Beach Party Open Thread

Normal dog in Brazil 🇧🇷💀 pic.twitter.com/WlSXYkx2ZA
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) June 23, 2024

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:35 PM

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1 Brazillian dog!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 04, 2024 03:37 PM (Q7/YC)

2 I DEMAND TO SURF!!
-cute doggo.

and first

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at July 04, 2024 03:38 PM (Rbu5d)

3 Oh and Hey Joe!
I'll join you on a 1st on Independence Day (without a poem or rhyme!)

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 04, 2024 03:38 PM (Q7/YC)

4 darn.
SECOND!

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at July 04, 2024 03:38 PM (Rbu5d)

5 Didn't watch first vid. Normal dog, so I assume he went and Coppertoned some hottie, right?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 04, 2024 03:39 PM (0eaVi)

6 I'm going to spend my 4th of July looking for British people to apologize to for what we did back in 1776. Compared to what we have now for a government, King George was a benevolent ruler.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 04, 2024 03:40 PM (lmdht)

7 Ok, watched normal dog. Ace, he's gay. Playing soccer when there are girls around. Gay.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 04, 2024 03:40 PM (0eaVi)

8 For those of you who have been submitting stories to, or buying anthologies from Raconteur Press, you might be amused by tuning into "Live from the Blanket Fort" which goes live in about 20 minutes:

https://youtu.be/Z3nAOFihX4Y

They do an hour show twice a week. Tuesdays at 12 Central/1PM Eastern, and Thursdays at 3 PM Central/4 PM Eastern.

Today's stream will feature Lawdog (Ian McMurtrie) and Cedar Sanderson of Raconteur Press, and author Jim Curtis.

Jim and Ian are the regular hosts.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 04, 2024 03:40 PM (O7YUW)

9 (without a poem or rhyme!)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 04, 2024 03:38 PM (Q7/YC)

=====

Lame

Posted by: Jordan61 at July 04, 2024 03:41 PM (bR4Tq)

10
The kids got back from Paris and said the street demonstration they saw was a guy pouring some flammable liquid on a barrier and lighting it while everyone stood back and watched. Pathetic.

Posted by: Auspex at July 04, 2024 03:41 PM (j4U/Z)

11
Not a beach person, despite living near the Gulf.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2024 03:41 PM (1Nxff)

12 Today's stream will feature Lawdog (Ian McMurtrie) and Cedar Sanderson of Raconteur Press, and author Jim Curtis.

Jim and Ian are the regular hosts.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 04, 2024 03:40 PM (O7YUW)

Cedar's a good person. Always willing to help a writer.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 04, 2024 03:42 PM (0eaVi)

13 I thought you were off today??!

Posted by: Jeff E at July 04, 2024 03:43 PM (Q9MSL)

14 OMG, lil' surfer Mylo looks just like my sweet doggy!
My dog is water curious - takes nudging to get him to wade in the ditch at the park, heh.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 04, 2024 03:44 PM (+oRno)

15 @12/OrangeEnt: That's kind of a thing for those folks. They truly believe in "A rising tide lifts all boats" and want to see people do well.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 04, 2024 03:44 PM (O7YUW)

16 Mylo is a cool doggeh! None of my dogs do water.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 04, 2024 03:45 PM (YRsIm)

17 I love the beach, even with the occasional hurricane. We didn’t have the hurricane channel to scream in our ears when I was growing up in S.C.

Posted by: Eromero at July 04, 2024 03:45 PM (o2ZRX)

18 >>Not a beach person, despite living near the Gulf.

I love the beach in the off season - sunrise or sunset dog walks, while it's snowing, whatever. The sound of the waves, the salt air, the breeze - heaven!!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 04, 2024 03:45 PM (+oRno)

19 "Feels like" temp is 105 but the actual temperature outside is only 93. It's a wet, cloying heat so I came inside for a break and discovered a Twilight Zone marathon. Maybe they will show the one where the Earth breaks out of its orbit and falls into the Sun.

Posted by: fd at July 04, 2024 03:46 PM (vFG9F)

20 >>I love the beach in the off season - sunrise or sunset dog walks, while it's snowing, whatever. The sound of the waves, the salt air, the breeze - heaven!!

Me too.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2024 03:48 PM (LkLld)

21 6 I'm going to spend my 4th of July looking for British people to apologize to for what we did back in 1776. Compared to what we have now for a government, King George was a benevolent ruler.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 04, 2024 03:40 PM (lmdht)
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Go spend it in England!

Posted by: All Hail Eris at July 04, 2024 03:48 PM (kpS4V)

22 The Economist has a new edition with a cover featuring a "walker" embrazened with the Presidential Seal

Posted by: SMOD at July 04, 2024 03:50 PM (GITLP)

23 Icles

Posted by: Test at July 04, 2024 03:50 PM (/Rqse)

24 PredictIt dot org: Biden, Harris tied for Dem nominee, 42¢ both, Harris up 6¢, Biden down 5¢

Posted by: Someone unknown at July 04, 2024 03:51 PM (rjJqk)

25 I go inland to swim in ponds in the summer, too much beach traffic and people.
Spring and fall is for the ocean beach, a little surf casting and a lot of staring off into the distance.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 04, 2024 03:52 PM (4780s)

26 A bouncy fun tune. Give it a chance. Safe for anywhere:

Frank Zappa

"Let Me Take You To The Beach"

https://tinyurl.com/uf8s4k26

Posted by: fd at July 04, 2024 03:52 PM (vFG9F)

27 >> a "walker" embrazened with the Presidential Seal

Not an AT-AT, either

Posted by: Someone unknown at July 04, 2024 03:52 PM (rjJqk)

28 Storms are over and I see some blue sky off to the north. Hopefully we're done with the rain. I've got chillin' and grillin' to do.

And for any cigar aficionados here, an E.P. Carrillo Pledge of Allegiance Maduro Toro. It has a beautiful band on it too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 04, 2024 03:53 PM (Q4IgG)

29 Happy Fourth …

Posted by: Adriane the Geeky Geek Critic . . . at July 04, 2024 03:54 PM (TX4bP)

30 Lame
Posted by: Jordan61

I'm not a poet and I know it.
I can barely rhyme all the time.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 04, 2024 03:54 PM (Q7/YC)

31 Firefighters in Va Beach, VA save dog by carrying it down 15 flights and giving it oxygen:

https://www.faithpot.com/firefighter-carries-husky/

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2024 03:54 PM (oUxZc)

32 I love the beach, haven't been in a very long time
😢

Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2024 03:55 PM (fwDg9)

33 Chicago DSA
@ChicagoDSA
We may not be able to get Biden to change course, but with enough angry people outside the convention center we can make the DNC a complete political disaster for his campaign.

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You go, girl!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Free the Trump 45! at July 04, 2024 03:55 PM (L/fGl)

34 groups who sought permits for demonstrations outside DNC convention in Chicago:
Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
Bodies Outside of Unjust Laws
Israeli American Council
U.S. Palestinian Community Network
Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign
Students for a Democratic Society at UIC
Reparations for Descendants of Enslaved Africa
March for People’s Agenda

Posted by: SMOD at July 04, 2024 03:57 PM (GITLP)

35 Nicholas Nehamas
@NickNehamas
"President Biden told a gathering of Democratic governors that he needs to get more sleep and work fewer hours, including curtailing events after 8 p.m."

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Yeah, that's it. Biden has just been working too hard.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Free the Trump 45! at July 04, 2024 03:57 PM (L/fGl)

36 "Live from the Blanket Fort" is now (per its name) live.

https://youtu.be/Z3nAOFihX4Y

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 04, 2024 03:58 PM (O7YUW)

37 How many is a brazzillion?

Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 04, 2024 03:58 PM (MeG8a)

38 Martini Farmer, I just ordered a couple of handfuls of Hatuey Connecticut wrapper Tacos. They have a Maduro tip. Ring gage 55 x4 1/2 long. A perfect 30 minute cigar.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 04, 2024 03:58 PM (YRsIm)

39 groups mising:
Antifa
Reparations for those who have to listen to the Descendants of Enslaved Africa whine

Posted by: SMOD at July 04, 2024 03:59 PM (GITLP)

40 "How many is a brazzillion?
Posted by: gourmand du jour"

1000 gazillions.

Posted by: fd at July 04, 2024 03:59 PM (vFG9F)

41 I just now for the first time in my life, wondered what Pappy Eromero used to think about Pawley’s Island beach. Did it remind him of Normandy without all the lead in the air? It was all fun for me, little ungrateful bastard such as I was at the time.

Posted by: Eromero at July 04, 2024 03:59 PM (o2ZRX)

42
Posted by: SMOD at July 04, 2024 03:57 PM (GITLP)

_______

The Crybabies Convention

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2024 03:59 PM (1Nxff)

43 Watching American Sniper... I've been to the Texas State Cemetery 3 times and been to Kyle's grave each visit.

Posted by: lin-duh at July 04, 2024 04:01 PM (PZo5T)

44 Dum dit dit duddy do do dum
La La La

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 04, 2024 04:02 PM (QSrLX)

45 No, I don't stop looking at polls, just because it is the 4th.

Remington Research post-debate state polls.

MI Trump +3
PA Trump +5
WI Trump +6
AZ Trump +7
NV Trump +7

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 04, 2024 04:02 PM (5p7BC)

46 Peter Boghossian
@peterboghossian
The woman next to me angrily accused the guy she was with of ableism because he stated POTUS shouldn’t run if he has dementia.

-
Maybe we could get him a Magic Eight Ball to help him decide whether to nuke Moscow.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Free the Trump 45! at July 04, 2024 04:03 PM (L/fGl)

47 @12/OrangeEnt: That's kind of a thing for those folks. They truly believe in "A rising tide lifts all boats" and want to see people do well.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 04, 2024 03:44 PM (O7YUW)

Yes. It seems like the old ways dominated by the Big Five are on their way out. Indy pub makes it easier for new writers to get in. The gatekeepers in NYC only what books from big names, or whatever flavor of deviancy is getting uptwinkles.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 04, 2024 04:03 PM (0eaVi)

48 I already don't schedule events after 8pm. I hope that doesn't mean I am going senile.

Posted by: fd at July 04, 2024 04:04 PM (vFG9F)

49 Happy Independence Day, you sick, twisted freaks!

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at July 04, 2024 04:04 PM (6vZaN)

50 That dog is great.

Posted by: Ciampino - A cure for water on the knee is drainpipe trousers . at July 04, 2024 04:04 PM (qfLjt)

51 I love the beach, haven't been in a very long time
😢
Posted by: Skip
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Me too...

Posted by: lin-duh at July 04, 2024 04:05 PM (PZo5T)

52 35 Nicholas Nehamas
@NickNehamas
"President Biden told a gathering of Democratic governors that he needs to get more sleep and work fewer hours, including curtailing events after 8 p.m."

I'm sure terrorists will respect those hours

Posted by: It's me donna at July 04, 2024 04:05 PM (IyPmt)

53 Poll are public. Ballot stuffing is not.

And other worries …

Posted by: Adriane the Geeky Geek Critic . . . at July 04, 2024 04:05 PM (TX4bP)

54 Totally forgot for first time on Pennsylvania Channel the Gettysburg Battlefield Walks, finally remembered yesterday so watched one. They are on today too

Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2024 04:06 PM (fwDg9)

55 Voting in the UK closes in 1 hour - 10pm their time.

Posted by: Ciampino - A cure for water on the knee is drainpipe trousers at July 04, 2024 04:07 PM (qfLjt)

56 Happy Independence Day, you sick, twisted freaks!

Posted by: Captain Whitebread

Yep. That's us!!

Posted by: Tonypete at July 04, 2024 04:07 PM (WXNFJ)

57 I'm here to arm-wrestle and chew gum, and I'm all out of gum.

Posted by: David Hogg, Harvard graduate at July 04, 2024 04:07 PM (/nIbP)

58 It looks like Mylo has a broken ear although I can't tell which one -- the floppy one or the upright one!

Posted by: andycanuck (Jh5b+) at July 04, 2024 04:07 PM (Jh5b+)

59 Hey! As your President, I will work even less and go to bed at 8:30. No kidding.

Posted by: Joe Biteum at July 04, 2024 04:07 PM (vFG9F)

60 Hello! Hope everyone is having a good 4th. I just cleaned all the mirrors and floors at the studio, and wanted to get in the pool with the kiddo but it’s raining. Hopefully it passes!

Posted by: Piper at July 04, 2024 04:08 PM (QzINz)

61 Chicago DSA
@ChicagoDSA

Which individual would they support for President?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2024 04:09 PM (oUxZc)

62 appy Independence Day, you sick, twisted freaks!
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at July 04, 2024 04:04 PM

We both say thank you for the salubrious wish! But what about all the other commentators here?

Posted by: Joe & Hunter B. at July 04, 2024 04:09 PM (/nIbP)

63 I've got to say, it is bad ass that Tim Pool has a NASCAR team.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 04, 2024 04:10 PM (5p7BC)

64 Ace, have you told the COBs to adjust the thread times to accommodate Stronk and Sharp as a Tack (TM) Joe's new schedule?

Morning Report: No earlier than 10 AM.
No new threads between 1 PM and 3 PM. Joe's nap time.
ONT: No later than 7 PM, so Joe can read and comment for an hour before beddie-bye time.

Also, no Pudding Cup headers! Seeing a pudding cup makes Joe scream like a banshee until Jill brings him three chocolate ones.

Posted by: Gref at July 04, 2024 04:10 PM (5fDan)

65 Anyone else share the tradition of watching "1776" on the Fourth of July? Somewhat flawed for history purists, but accurate in all the ways that count, and a mixture of high comedy and moving drama, ending with the somber reality of the leap of faith that the American Revolution constituted.

My professor of Colonial History saw "1776" when it was a stage show on Broadway. She said that during the musical, two little old ladies in front of her were talking, and one asked "Do you think they'll vote for independence?"

Posted by: John Drake Is Somewhat Impressed By The Astrakhan Kremlin at July 04, 2024 04:10 PM (tmPIh)

66 Annosaurus Wrecks - we may get to see "the whole world is watching" 1968 redux with respect to the Democrat National Convention. In Chicago. With a president whom has resigned. Whilst youths with molotavs in their hands.

I'm not making this up. With just a little bit of timeline slip, the mayor could have been named Daley.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 04, 2024 04:11 PM (r8+qN)

67 I have so enjoyed all the videos today but Milo, omg, Milo, I'm in love! Happy Birthday, America!!!! I think we might be headed in a better direction for a change. Fingers crossed.

Posted by: Peaches at July 04, 2024 04:11 PM (14URa)

68 >>Poll are public. Ballot stuffing is not.

So is the media. At last count there are 6 major newspapers that have called for Joe to drop out including the NY and the Chicago Tribune where the DNC will be next month.

There are numerous reporters from papers like the WaPo and NYT tweeting out that they are shocked, Shocked!, to learn Joe is senile. This is a coordinated hit.

Nobody is stuffing the ballot box for Joe this year and Harris is polling worse. They are going to need a new trick this year and somehow the race is going to have to get a lot closer than it is now.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2024 04:12 PM (LkLld)

69 I understand brazillionaire dogs don't pay their fair share of taxes.

Posted by: andycanuck (Jh5b+) at July 04, 2024 04:12 PM (Jh5b+)

70 Enjoying the 4th from our front row seat at Dana Point Harbor, CA. The traditional Dinghy Wars are in full swing with hundreds of dinghies, paddleboards and kayakers blasting away at each other with their water cannons and Home Depot buckets.

Many Trump flags are mixed in with the ubiquitous American flags. Not a Biden flag is to be seen.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 04, 2024 04:13 PM (sD+rY)

71 Mylo the surfing doggie is the cutest little thing. What a sweetie pie.

Posted by: Tuna at July 04, 2024 04:13 PM (oaGWv)

72 Peter Boghossian
@peterboghossian
The woman next to me angrily accused the guy she was with of ableism because he stated POTUS shouldn’t run if he has dementia.

We need a new ism. In this woman's case, stupidism would seem to fit, if you ask me.

Which I know you didn't.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 04, 2024 04:13 PM (lmdht)

73 >> PA Trump +5

Philadelphia authorities have begun hoarding toner and laser printers.

Posted by: Someone unknown at July 04, 2024 04:13 PM (rjJqk)

74 Surfin' and the U.S.A. What could be more appropriate for this Thread and this Day?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0dWXyTa2Cw

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 04, 2024 04:14 PM (/nIbP)

75 When to Assateague this morning at 9am, about 80% full.When we left at 11, place was packed. People parking on the access road.

Posted by: Jamaica at July 04, 2024 04:14 PM (6HDsc)

76 Bidenomics!!!

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Hendrick Motorsports has dropped longtime sponsor Hooters, saying the restaurant chain known for chicken wings and skimpy wait-staff outfits could not meet its financial commitment to the NASCAR team.

Hooters had sponsored the No. 9 car driven by NASCAR Cup Series champion Chase Elliott since 2017.

Hendrick Motorsports thanked Hooters for it contributions since coming on board “to our shared successes both on and of the track.” But it said the chain could not pay its bills.

Posted by: andycanuck (Jh5b+) at July 04, 2024 04:14 PM (Jh5b+)

77 72 Peter Boghossian
@peterboghossian
The woman next to me angrily accused the guy she was with of ableism because he stated POTUS shouldn’t run if he has dementia

I have this thing where I believe leaders of important nation ought to be able. Crazy. I know.

Posted by: Piper at July 04, 2024 04:15 PM (QzINz)

78 I had an old bag yell at me back in 2007 or so, that Obie could "learn on the job" or somesuch. The idea of a chief executive is foreign to a lot of people, and a lot of people want to prevent leadership of any kind as a character trait. This has been going on a long time.

I'm not a huge Thatcher fan, but she once observed "Consensus is just the absence of leadership" and it is true.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 04, 2024 04:15 PM (r8+qN)

79 This headline is clickbait since it uses the word "this".

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at July 04, 2024 04:15 PM (8sMut)

80 I'm not making this up. With just a little bit of timeline slip, the mayor could have been named Daley.
Posted by: Common Tater

With a bit of a mind flip
You're into the time slip

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Free the Trump 45! at July 04, 2024 04:15 PM (L/fGl)

81 Hey Skip this is for you!
20 from BadBlue.
https://is.gd/Liiu0F

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 04, 2024 04:15 PM (Q7/YC)

82 Not a Biden flag is to be seen.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

Well, since it *is* a patriotic holiday.....

Posted by: John Drake Is Somewhat Impressed By The Astrakhan Kremlin at July 04, 2024 04:15 PM (tmPIh)

83 73 >> PA Trump +5

Philadelphia authorities have begun hoarding toner and laser printers.
Posted by: Someone unknown

LOL

Posted by: Tuna at July 04, 2024 04:15 PM (oaGWv)

84 65 Anyone else share the tradition of watching "1776" on the Fourth of July? Somewhat flawed for history purists, but accurate in all the ways that count, and a mixture of high comedy and moving drama, ending with the somber reality of the leap of faith that the American Revolution constituted.

My professor of Colonial History saw "1776" when it was a stage show on Broadway. She said that during the musical, two little old ladies in front of her were talking, and one asked "Do you think they'll vote for independence?"
Posted by: John Drake Is Somewhat Impressed By The Astrakhan Kremlin at July 04, 2024 04:10 PM (tmPIh)

A musical?

Out.

Hard pass.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at July 04, 2024 04:16 PM (8sMut)

85 Many Trump flags are mixed in with the ubiquitous American flags. Not a Biden flag is to be seen.
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I'd have thought Biden would have been an expert on floaters?

Posted by: andycanuck (Jh5b+) at July 04, 2024 04:16 PM (Jh5b+)

86 84 65 Anyone else share the tradition of watching "1776" on the Fourth of July? Somewhat flawed for history purists, but accurate in all the ways that count, and a mixture of high comedy and moving drama, ending with the somber reality of the leap of faith that the American Revolution constituted.

I like to watch Independence day

Posted by: It's me donna at July 04, 2024 04:16 PM (IyPmt)

87 Bidenomics!!!

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Hendrick Motorsports has dropped longtime sponsor Hooters, saying the restaurant chain known for chicken wings and skimpy wait-staff outfits could not meet its financial commitment to the NASCAR team.

Hooters had sponsored the No. 9 car driven by NASCAR Cup Series champion Chase Elliott since 2017.

Hendrick Motorsports thanked Hooters for it contributions since coming on board “to our shared successes both on and of the track.” But it said the chain could not pay its bills.
Posted by: andycanuck (Jh5b+) at July 04, 2024 04:14 PM (Jh5b+
O, how the mighty hath fallen.

Posted by: Eromero at July 04, 2024 04:16 PM (o2ZRX)

88 76 Bidenomics!!!

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Hendrick Motorsports has dropped longtime sponsor Hooters, saying the restaurant chain known for chicken wings and skimpy wait-staff outfits could not meet its financial commitment to the NASCAR team.

Hooters had sponsored the No. 9 car driven by NASCAR Cup Series champion Chase Elliott since 2017.

Hendrick Motorsports thanked Hooters for it contributions since coming on board “to our shared successes both on and of the track.” But it said the chain could not pay its bills.
Posted by: andycanuck (Jh5b+) at July 04, 2024 04:14 PM (Jh5b+)

Hooters is needlessly expensive. It deserves to go under. I haven't been since 2003.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at July 04, 2024 04:17 PM (8sMut)

89 For some reason, they are trying to get the greatest President in the history of our country to resign because he has a cold and a stutter.

(yeah, I stole that)

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 04, 2024 04:17 PM (5p7BC)

90 With a bit of a mind flip
You're into the time slip
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Free the Trump 45! at July 04, 2024 04:15 PM

And nothing
will ever be the same.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 04, 2024 04:17 PM (/nIbP)

91
Which individual would they support for President?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2024 04:09 PM (oUxZc)

_________

Bernie is acceptable, if too conservative.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2024 04:17 PM (1Nxff)

92 It looks like Mylo has a broken ear although I can't tell which one -- the floppy one or the upright one!
Posted by: andycanuck (Jh5b+)

Adds to his charm.

Posted by: Tuna at July 04, 2024 04:18 PM (oaGWv)

93 Posted by: John Drake Is Somewhat Impressed By The Astrakhan Kremlin at July 04, 2024 04:10 PM (tmPIh)

I think the little old ladies had a dry sense of humor.

I love 1776-particularly "Sit Down, John", because you know a bunch of men sitting in a stuffy room with no air conditioning and with differing views would squabble.
Oh, I'm sorry it's only the "wammens" who would do that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2024 04:18 PM (oUxZc)

94 I'm not a huge Thatcher fan, but she once observed "Consensus is just the absence of leadership" and it is true.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 04, 2024 04:15 PM (r8+qN)

I'm a fan. She also rightly pointed out that socialists tend to run out of other people's money.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at July 04, 2024 04:18 PM (8sMut)

95 Annosaurus Wrecks - we may get to see "the whole world is watching" 1968 redux with respect to the Democrat National Convention. In Chicago. With a president whom has resigned. Whilst youths with molotavs in their hands.

I'm not making this up. With just a little bit of timeline slip, the mayor could have been named Daley.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 04, 2024 04:11 PM (r8+qN)

Ah, 1968... the year of the pitcher. And another dead Kennedy.

What a lovely year that was.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 04, 2024 04:19 PM (G0Oxn)

96 A musical?
Out.
Hard pass.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at July 04, 2024 04:16 PM

You don't care for performers from Kansas City who jump around?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 04, 2024 04:19 PM (/nIbP)

97 > I've got to say, it is bad ass that Tim Pool has a NASCAR team.
----------
I think he's sponsoring Cody Dennison for one race; Kansas in the ARCA, NASCAR feeder series. I don't think he actually "owns" it.

But it's still kinda' cool. Even though some of Dennison's followers are butt hurt about it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 04, 2024 04:20 PM (Q4IgG)

98 For some reason, they are trying to get the greatest President in the history of our country to resign because he has a cold and a stutter.

(yeah, I stole that)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 04, 2024 04:17 PM (5p7BC)

And jet lag! Don't forget the jet lag!!!

Posted by: BurtTC at July 04, 2024 04:20 PM (G0Oxn)

99 Putin just announced that Russia in on board with Trump's plan to end the war in Ukraine.

Queue up the next impeachment hearing.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 04, 2024 04:21 PM (5p7BC)

100 68 >>Poll are public. Ballot stuffing is not.

So is the media. At last count there are 6 major newspapers that have called for Joe to drop out including the NY and the Chicago Tribune where the DNC will be next month.

There are numerous reporters from papers like the WaPo and NYT tweeting out that they are shocked, Shocked!, to learn Joe is senile. This is a coordinated hit.

Nobody is stuffing the ballot box for Joe this year and Harris is polling worse. They are going to need a new trick this year and somehow the race is going to have to get a lot closer than it is now.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2024 04:12 PM (LkLld)

The British will count the ballots in view of the public. At least the old election return broadcasts showed this. We should consider doing that here so we don't here bullshit like "oh gee, the plumbing broke down and flooded out the election office..."

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at July 04, 2024 04:21 PM (8sMut)

101 And jet lag! Don't forget the jet lag!!!
Posted by: BurtTC at July 04, 2024 04:20 PM (G0Oxn)

And a Russian/Cuban mind ray

Posted by: It's me donna at July 04, 2024 04:21 PM (IyPmt)

102 John Drake, we watch 1776 every year. (more historically accurate than the gospel of Hamilton!, in its defense.)

My husband started it, as he lived in Concord as a child. he's gone now, just last year, and it will be tough tonight.

Mama Look Sharp was one of two songs he demanded for his service, and he had them.

Posted by: barbarausa at July 04, 2024 04:21 PM (enw9G)

103 You don't care for performers from Kansas City who jump around?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 04, 2024 04:19 PM (/nIbP)

I don't care for musicals. Period.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at July 04, 2024 04:22 PM (8sMut)

104 Yeah, I should have said sponsoring. I'm not well versed in NASCAR.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 04, 2024 04:22 PM (5p7BC)

105 Saks is buying Neiman Marcus. Monopoly! 😂

Posted by: Piper at July 04, 2024 04:22 PM (QzINz)

106 95 Annosaurus Wrecks - we may get to see "the whole world is watching" 1968 redux with respect to the Democrat National Convention. In Chicago. With a president whom has resigned. Whilst youths with molotavs in their hands.

I'm not making this up. With just a little bit of timeline slip, the mayor could have been named Daley.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 04, 2024 04:11 PM (r8+qN)

Ah, 1968... the year of the pitcher. And another dead Kennedy.

What a lovely year that was.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 04, 2024 04:19 PM (G0Oxn
I was overseas then but still enjoyed that convention, the hardhats, the cops, the hickory haircuts.

Posted by: Eromero at July 04, 2024 04:22 PM (o2ZRX)

107 O, how the mighty hath fallen.

In this case, maybe, "drooped."

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 04, 2024 04:22 PM (zdLoL)

108 Yeah, I should have said sponsoring. I'm not well versed in NASCAR.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 04, 2024 04:22 PM (5p7BC)

Gay woke sportsball on wheels.

No thanks.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 04, 2024 04:23 PM (G0Oxn)

109 >>groups who sought permits for demonstrations outside DNC convention in Chicago:
Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
Bodies Outside of Unjust Laws
Israeli American Council
U.S. Palestinian Community Network
Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign
Students for a Democratic Society at UIC
Reparations for Descendants of Enslaved Africa
March for People’s Agenda
- - - -

Making a wild-azz guess now that the convention will be disrupted by "MAGA White Nazis," allegedly the biggest threat Our Democracy(tm).

Posted by: Lizzy at July 04, 2024 04:23 PM (+oRno)

110 "Sit Down, John"

1776:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdF6QlAiUrI

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2024 04:23 PM (oUxZc)

111 Ah, 1968... the year of the pitcher. And another dead Kennedy.

What a lovely year that was.
Posted by: BurtTC at July 04, 2024 04:19 PM (G0Oxn)

RFK waited for an invitation to arrive
To go to a party where no one's still alive

Posted by: Oingo Boingo at July 04, 2024 04:23 PM (8sMut)

112 102 My husband started it, as he lived in Concord as a child. he's gone now, just last year, and it will be tough tonight.

Mama Look Sharp was one of two songs he demanded for his service, and he had them.
Posted by: barbarausa at July

I will be sending prayers and positive vibes to you.

Posted by: Piper at July 04, 2024 04:23 PM (QzINz)

113 Yeah, I used to watch 1776 when you could watch it for free. All the actors are good in it. Even that old commie, Howard Da Silva. He just seems to have made a perfect Franklin to me. Daniels is perfect.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 04, 2024 04:23 PM (0eaVi)

114 Conservative influencers at work!

Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok 3h
This is @POTUS’ X banner on the 4th of July.

https://tinyurl.com/3xxu54y7
screencap

Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok 1h
BREAKING: @POTUS just changed his X banner after we called him out 🔥

https://tinyurl.com/2v3z6zwe
new screencap

Posted by: andycanuck (Jh5b+) at July 04, 2024 04:23 PM (Jh5b+)

115
If the AA people in Philadelphia would actually go to the polls and vote, then their vote would matter. When they don't show up, someone votes on their 'behalf'. So much voting on their 'behalf' that there is 100% turnout. Pull my finger.

This is known.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 04, 2024 04:24 PM (RKVpM)

116 We both say thank you for the salubrious wish! But what about all the other commentators here?
Posted by: Joe & Hunter B. at July 04, 2024 04:09 PM (/nIbP)

I thought that covered everybody.
Am I missing some pronouns?

(Everybody but me, of course. I'm a harmless fuzzball.)

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at July 04, 2024 04:24 PM (6vZaN)

117 Happy Fourth, folken! It's hot here, but the sky is overcast, and we might get some showers. This is all to the good for me, of course; not much fun for people wanting to play outdoors.

My morning was occupied with buying a window unit A/C. The central unit in my apartment is refusing to cool below 75 with the outside temp about the same, so -- until the apartment mismanagement imbeciles are back in the office, maybe tomorrow, maybe Monday -- I took action. Home Depot had a bunch of nice units for about $300. (For those who suggested a portable, I decided I couldn't be sure about the drainage method.) With some help from Miss Linda, I got the A/C installed in the living room window. It's cooling well. The circular shop fan I also bought draws air into the bedroom for sleeping. All set for now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2024 04:24 PM (omVj0)

118 >> The British will count the ballots in view of the public.

Results will be out tomorrow, 630am UK time. In the Nation Below Canada, we might have our final results by January 2025.

Posted by: Someone unknown at July 04, 2024 04:24 PM (rjJqk)

119 thanks Piper

Posted by: barbarausa at July 04, 2024 04:24 PM (enw9G)

120 I thought the latest "what sticks to the wall" all hands on deck what do we do, is a mini primary during the convention. I'm sure they can get it all hashed out by March, maybe April.

Did Iowa ever figure out who won the primary? The last I heard they went TILT and it just sort of dropped off the radar.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 04, 2024 04:25 PM (r8+qN)

121 114 Conservative (fake word) at work!

Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok 3h
This is @POTUS’ X banner on the 4th of July.

https://tinyurl.com/3xxu54y7
screencap

Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok 1h
BREAKING: @POTUS just changed his X banner after we called him out 🔥

https://tinyurl.com/2v3z6zwe
new screencap
Posted by: andycanuck (Jh5b+) at July 04, 2024 04:23 PM (Jh5b+)

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at July 04, 2024 04:25 PM (8sMut)

122 It's a very good Bad Blue

Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2024 04:25 PM (fwDg9)

123 105 Saks is buying Neiman Marcus. Monopoly! 😂
Posted by: Piper at July 04, 2024 04:22 PM (QzINz)

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The last time I was in Neiman Marcus I was looking for a basic off-the-rack black blazer. The fussy salesman had just the thing.

After standing there for 10 minutes he emerges from the stock room with a nondescript black blazer. Price: $1600+

Holy shit. I have a tailor in HK that made me my last one fully custom for less than $750.

That was my last trip to Neiman Marcus.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 04, 2024 04:26 PM (sD+rY)

124 Posted by: barbarausa at July 04, 2024 04:21 PM (enw9G)

I'm sorry about the death of your husband. Anniversaries of special events are so very hard. The first time I heard that song, "Momma Look Sharp" I got really choked up, and it can still get to me. That is very touching that you had that at his memorial service.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2024 04:27 PM (oUxZc)

125 I was overseas then but still enjoyed that convention, the hardhats, the cops, the hickory haircuts.
Posted by: Eromero at July 04, 2024 04:22 PM (o2ZRX)

And there was a "cheap fake" controversy, where Daley was seen shouting at protesters, calling the fakers.

Wait... was he saying fakers?

Try finding video of that online. Scrubbers seem to have scrubbed it.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 04, 2024 04:27 PM (G0Oxn)

126
Putin just announced that Russia in on board with Trump's plan to end the war in Ukraine.

Queue up the next impeachment hearing.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 04, 2024 04:21 PM

Democrats: "Trump just ended the threat of WWIII and every major city being buried under 20 feet of radioactive rubble. We have to stop this guy!!!"

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 04, 2024 04:27 PM (RKVpM)

127 >>The British will count the ballots in view of the public. At least the old election return broadcasts showed this. We should consider doing that here so we don't here bullshit like "oh gee, the plumbing broke down and flooded out the election office..."

France just had elections a few days ago. Same day voting, no mail ins, ID required and paper ballots. And the results were known in hours not days or weeks.

It's always been a lie that we needed multiple days and machines to vote and ID was racist. They were just methods of enabling cheating.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2024 04:28 PM (LkLld)

128 I don't care for musicals. Period.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at July 04, 2024 04:22 PM (8sMut)

Could not agree more. And do not get me started on opera!

Posted by: Peaches at July 04, 2024 04:28 PM (14URa)

129 On Bad Blue a Leftist on beach almost has a breakdown seeing someone with a American flag

Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2024 04:28 PM (fwDg9)

130 Years ago, when the world wide web was young and searching a topic was possible, I stumbled upon a webpage purporting to be from a retired LEO who was at the 1968 convention in Chicago. It was a very interesting read, written from a kind of co-intelpro or intel perspective.

There were lots and lots of really really bad actors there, and the press played their role in the reporting. It was absolutely nothing like it was portrayed, put it that way.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 04, 2024 04:28 PM (r8+qN)

131 Anybody here like show tunes?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at July 04, 2024 04:29 PM (/cLvc)

132 I'm somewhat surprised that there isn't lock-step with the Democrat's propaganda arm in either calling for *biden to withdraw his nomination, or stay the course and cheat, lie and steal.

It's odd. Usually they're either all in, or all out.

I do like the turmoil however.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 04, 2024 04:29 PM (Q4IgG)

133 Democrats: "Trump just ended the threat of WWIII and every major city being buried under 20 feet of radioactive rubble. We have to stop this guy!!!"
Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 04, 2024 04:27 PM (RKVpM)

They still bitch at me. What about these people???

Posted by: The Little Boy Who Cried Wolf at July 04, 2024 04:30 PM (8sMut)

134 Out of the top 12 polls at RCP, the only two favorable to ZOTUS, one of them a tie, are not likely voter polls but poll registered voters. The other ten favor a bad orange man.

Z is for zombie.

Posted by: Someone unknown at July 04, 2024 04:30 PM (rjJqk)

135 I love 1776-particularly "Sit Down, John", because you know a bunch of men sitting in a stuffy room with no air conditioning and with differing views would squabble.
Oh, I'm sorry it's only the "wammens" who would do that.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

That's an awesome musical number, especially with the refrain "Will somebody open up a window!" And the exchange between John Adams and John Dickinson:
John Adams: Are you calling me a madman, you, you... you FRIBBLE! You and your Pennsylvania proprietors, oh, you cool, considerate men. You hang to the rear on every issue so that if we should go under, you'll still remain afloat!
John Dickinson: Are you calling me a coward?
John Adams: Yes... coward!
John Dickinson: Madman!
John Adams: Landlord!
John Dickinson: LAWYER!
(brawl breaks out)

Posted by: John Drake Is Somewhat Impressed By The Astrakhan Kremlin at July 04, 2024 04:30 PM (tmPIh)

136 You don't care for performers from Kansas City who jump around?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 04, 2024 04:19 PM (/nIbP)

I don't care for musicals. Period.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33
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*slides into thread with show-stopping number*

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 04, 2024 04:30 PM (iZbyp)

137 It's always been a lie that we needed multiple days and machines to vote and ID was racist. They were just methods of enabling cheating.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2024 04:28 PM (LkLld)

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*The 'Requiring Voter ID Is Racist' Caucus has entered the chat*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 04, 2024 04:31 PM (sD+rY)

138 Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at July 04, 2024 04:25 PM (8sMut)
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I wish I would have said that!

Posted by: andycanuck (Jh5b+) at July 04, 2024 04:31 PM (Jh5b+)

139 With some help from Miss Linda, I got the A/C installed in the living room window. It's cooling well. The circular shop fan I also bought draws air into the bedroom for sleeping. All set for now.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

I am glad you are cool now and surprised there isn’t emergency maintenance staff around to help.

Posted by: Piper at July 04, 2024 04:31 PM (QzINz)

140 BREAKING: @POTUS just changed his X banner after we called him out

They were so busy running around like chickens without heads and sniping at each other after the debate, that they forgot to make the change for the fact that we are "so over the rainbow.".

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2024 04:31 PM (oUxZc)

141 Saks is buying Neiman Marcus. Monopoly! 😂
Posted by: Piper

And Amazon is getting a minority stake in the new company.

Posted by: Tuna at July 04, 2024 04:32 PM (oaGWv)

142 Fenelon, thanks.
He was not a religious person, and both songs he said he wanted at any memorial were from musicals--the other was Sunrise, Sunset.

When we would watch the movie, he always choked up at Mama Look Sharp, not only because he was a proud American and proud Yankee, but because I think he always felt like his mom didn't love him.

She performatively "loved" ALL her kids (for pictures, events, in the Christmas letter), but constantly compared (whoever wasn't present was always better than whoever was in front of her), and IMO misinterpreted always trying to do your best each time to mean that nothing was ever good enough. Ever.

She was a deeply unhappy woman.

Yes, we did exactly as he wanted when he died. He deserved it, and he earned it.

Posted by: barbarausa at July 04, 2024 04:33 PM (enw9G)

143
If we don't stop Trump from preventing WW!!! he's going to start WW!!!.

Posted by: Karen CheChe at July 04, 2024 04:33 PM (RKVpM)

144 *slides into thread with show-stopping number*
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 04, 2024

*clapping, hopping up and down, whistling and yelling ENCORE! while everyone else is side eyeing me and then looking at each other with raised eyebrows*

Posted by: Piper at July 04, 2024 04:33 PM (QzINz)

145 I don't care for musicals. Period.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33

Not even "Springtime For Hitler"?

Posted by: fd at July 04, 2024 04:33 PM (vFG9F)

146 Nobody is stuffing the ballot box for Joe this year and Harris is polling worse.
.
.
.
Posted by: JackStraw

They didn’t stuff the box for Joe last time, either. They stuffed it because they got paid.

Posted by: Adriane the Geeky Geek Critic . . . at July 04, 2024 04:34 PM (TX4bP)

147 All set for now.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Yay!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2024 04:34 PM (oUxZc)

148 I woke up from a nap with the strange thought that Sandy Snatches would be a good name for some type of girl band.

Posted by: Northernlurker at July 04, 2024 04:34 PM (JLq/1)

149 The last time I was in Neiman Marcus I was looking for a basic off-the-rack black blazer. The fussy salesman had just the thing.
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Upscale Canadian retailer the Hudson's Bay Company [The Bay] is trying to buy out Neiman Marcus I saw on a news chyron here. No, their prices probably won't drop afterward.

Posted by: andycanuck (Jh5b+) at July 04, 2024 04:34 PM (Jh5b+)

150 This is @POTUS’ X banner on the 4th of July.

https://tinyurl.com/3xxu54y7
screencap
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Did anybody else read his bio as "...husband to FLOTUS, proud dad & poop?"

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 04, 2024 04:34 PM (iZbyp)

151 Wow, I just learned Thomas Massie's wife died. Apparently over a week ago. I'm wondering if there's been any news of how, she was obviously young.

I hate to think the worst, but this is 2024, I can't help it.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 04, 2024 04:34 PM (I7wMT)

152 65 Anyone else share the tradition of watching "1776" on the Fourth of July?
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Mentioned it to the wife this morning. She didn't seem too enthused so I guess I'll watch by myself.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 04, 2024 04:35 PM (a6pjX)

153 John Drake, we watch 1776 every year. (more historically accurate than the gospel of Hamilton!, in its defense.)

My husband started it, as he lived in Concord as a child. he's gone now, just last year, and it will be tough tonight.

Mama Look Sharp was one of two songs he demanded for his service, and he had them.
Posted by: barbarausa

Prayers and best wishes to you, barabrausa.

Posted by: John Drake Is Somewhat Impressed By The Astrakhan Kremlin at July 04, 2024 04:36 PM (tmPIh)

154 100
'The British will count the ballots in view of the public. '

Yeah. That would be great but to solve the problems we're having the voting is what'll have to be in view of the public.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at July 04, 2024 04:36 PM (3wi/L)

155 I am glad you are cool now and surprised there isn’t emergency maintenance staff around to help.
Posted by: Piper at July 04, 2024

***
Once upon a time, years ago, when this place was run by real people, there was. But not any more. I have no idea if the office will be closed tomorrow, but I know they are over the weekend. This was the best option all around.

If they do fix it tomorrow, or even Monday, I'll still have the window unit as backup. Maybe I'll return the fan. I have 90 days to bring back the A/C, but repacking it into its box, etc., sounds like a terrible job. I can take the unit with me when I move, I guess.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2024 04:36 PM (omVj0)

156 Leading Report @LeadingReport 4h
BREAKING: Biden administration announces it opposes “gender-affirming” surgery for minors.

Catturd ™ @catturd2 3h
Just in time for the election -- imagine that.

Dan Bongino @dbongino 4h
Corporate Media Admits It Hid Biden's Cognitive Decline Due to Fear of “White House” and “Liberal Twittersphere” bongino.com/corporate-media-…

Catturd ™ @catturd2 3h
Enemy of the people.

Posted by: andycanuck (Jh5b+) at July 04, 2024 04:36 PM (Jh5b+)

157 Same thing with those signing the Declaration as at Gettysburg. It was summer in Pa, probably in 80s and all wearing overcoats and multiple layers under

Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2024 04:37 PM (fwDg9)

158 >>They didn’t stuff the box for Joe last time, either. They stuffed it because they got paid.

And they're getting paid now and saying Joe must step down.

In 2020 the polls all showed Joe with a small lead. He is down 6 -8 and dropping like a rock. Harris is polling worse. And Trump always outperforms his polling.

We aren't up against gods. They make mistakes too. They have themselves in a box canyon now with no good options and they did it all by themselves.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2024 04:37 PM (LkLld)

159 {{{barbarausa}}}

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 04, 2024 04:38 PM (iZbyp)

160 Fen, you always have the right thing to say to bring comfort to those who have things laying heavy on their heart. Your calling from God is obvious.

Posted by: Piper at July 04, 2024 04:38 PM (QzINz)

161 Enjoying the 4th from our front row seat at Dana Point Harbor, CA. The traditional Dinghy Wars are in full swing with hundreds of dinghies, paddleboards and kayakers blasting away at each other with their water cannons and Home Depot buckets.

Many Trump flags are mixed in with the ubiquitous American flags. Not a Biden flag is to be seen.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

California has had rigged elections almost as long as Chicago. People have come to accept it without question.
Pelosi could tell you about it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 04, 2024 04:38 PM (cOq4q)

162 156 Leading Report @LeadingReport 4h
BREAKING: Biden administration announces it opposes “gender-affirming” surgery for minors.

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F*ck those craven cowards.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 04, 2024 04:38 PM (sD+rY)

163 thanks, Mr. Drake

Posted by: barbarausa at July 04, 2024 04:39 PM (enw9G)

164 I have 90 days to bring back the A/C, but repacking it into its box, etc., sounds like a terrible job. I can take the unit with me when I move, I guess.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Yep, keep it when you go. I almost sold/gave away my portable unit when I left Wyo, but I'm glad I kept it. Brother & SIL needed it for a few days as they came home from Europe to no a/c. And the HVAC unit at SiD (Half) Acres is 24 years old. For now it's cranking out blessedly cool air, but I'm glad we have a backup.

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 04, 2024 04:41 PM (iZbyp)

165 Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack Jul 3
What is the first thing authoritarians do when they get power? They consolidate it. They shut down opposition, and they staff institutions with loyalists beholden to them instead of the nation. That's step 1 and Trump has already promised all of this. It gets worse from there.

Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays 7h
Reducing the role of the federal government is the opposite of fascism. It transfers power to the states.

No Republicans see the scary movie Democrats are watching. None of the media’s fear propaganda is reality based.

No, there was not an insurrection on January 6th. Trump was never charged with insurrection. It was a protest to delay certification, pending an audit on some suspicious looking results. (In their opinion.)

Posted by: andycanuck (Jh5b+) at July 04, 2024 04:41 PM (Jh5b+)

166 >>Biden administration announces it opposes “gender-affirming” surgery for minors.

They can’t afford to be distracted from their pursuit of “brain-transplant” surgery for seniors.

Posted by: Someone unknown at July 04, 2024 04:41 PM (rjJqk)

167 Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays 7h
The so-called “fake electors” were to establish a legal standing should it go to the courts. No one was going to hand over the country to them.

The brainwashers told you Republicans stage coups without guns. Trust me, they didn’t. You can’t conquer a country by trespassing.

And Republicans don’t put their leaders above the Constitution. That would be the opposite of their whole deal.

The “dictator” narrative is an assigned opinion from the brainwashers. It isn’t a risk in the real world.

Posted by: andycanuck (Jh5b+) at July 04, 2024 04:41 PM (Jh5b+)

168 If they do fix it tomorrow, or even Monday, I'll still have the window unit as backup. Maybe I'll return the fan. I have 90 days to bring back the A/C, but repacking it into its box, etc., sounds like a terrible job. I can take the unit with me when I move, I guess.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Always have a backup A/C.
Window unit or roll-around. Doesn't matter. But it will give you room/time to price shop when your central air goes down.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 04, 2024 04:42 PM (cOq4q)

169 126
'Putin just announced that Russia in on board with Trump's plan to end the war in Ukraine.'

This tells me Putin is desperately looking for a way out of the Ukraine war.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at July 04, 2024 04:44 PM (3wi/L)

170 J just got off the boat and is heading to the store for hamburger stuff. I told him I was going to just have a veggie burger so buy accordingly. I got a frowny face emoji and told I was un American.

Posted by: Piper at July 04, 2024 04:44 PM (QzINz)

171
"Yes, we did exactly as he wanted when he died. He deserved it, and he earned it."

That's wonderful

I am interested to hear that you had "Sunrise, Sunset" as well. It is also a lovely song. I have a friend and that song has personal significance for he and his daughter. They are not Jewish but she worked on a grade school project on history with her dad involving that song. The daughter is getting married. I said "Why not contact the DJ and asked that it be played for a father/daughter dance" as a surprise but he said "She'd kill me!" I think he was being facetious.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2024 04:45 PM (oUxZc)

172 Honestly, the film "1776" is arguably the best musical for those who don't like musicals. As pointed out above, the actors are amazingly good, and the story is compelling. Watching it allows you to see just how complicated the decision to create America was, and the gravity of the choice for independence.

Posted by: John Drake Is Somewhat Impressed By The Astrakhan Kremlin at July 04, 2024 04:45 PM (tmPIh)

173 This tells me Putin is desperately looking for a way out of the Ukraine war.
Posted by: Dr. Claw

Winning is one way out.
Accepting your gains and/or losses is another.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 04, 2024 04:45 PM (cOq4q)

174 Trump was never charged with insurrection. It was a protest to delay certification, pending an audit on some suspicious looking results. (In their opinion.)

Posted by: andycanuck (Jh5b+) at July 04, 2024 04:41 PM (Jh5b+)

Not a single person was charged with "insurrection." Not a one.

Posted by: Peaches at July 04, 2024 04:45 PM (14URa)

175 I always wondered about that, especially in the winter. Furnace goes out. Would make a great commercial. The couple is sitting on the couch. They can see their breath, wearing parkas and gloves while they compare notes. "Do we want a heat pump, or not, do you think?" "If we can stick it out another 42 days, Lowe's is having a sale, it looks like."

Never fun to make a major ticket item purchase (for most people) under pressure, that's for sure.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 04, 2024 04:46 PM (r8+qN)

176 172 Honestly, the film "1776" is arguably the best musical for those who don't like musicals.

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Does it have Bette Midler in it?

Posted by: Rear Adm. Bill Kristol at July 04, 2024 04:46 PM (sD+rY)

177 I missed the post featuring Liberace. Boy, they were incapable of shame in the 1970s. It's weird that in the 70s I was mercilessly bullied for wearing crew socks instead of knee socks. (My parents couldn't afford to replace items in my wardrobe just because somebody was hassling me over it.)

But crew socks instead of knee socks made me a social outcast, yet look at what the TV people were wearing!

Posted by: Emmie at July 04, 2024 04:46 PM (Sf2cq)

178 'Putin just announced that Russia in on board with Trump's plan to end the war in Ukraine.'
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This tells me Putin is desperately looking for a way out of the Ukraine war.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at July 04, 2024 04:44 PM (3wi/L)

That's quite an illogical conclusion.

Pootin has wanted "a way out" of the war for about 3 years.

He's not desperate, he's just consciously aware that the "way out" is to negotiate with decent, reasonable opponents. Of which there are none in the Biden administration.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 04, 2024 04:47 PM (I7wMT)

179 174 Not a single person was charged with "insurrection." Not a one.
Posted by: Peaches at July 04

If they were honest brokers, they would admit how ludicrous the idea it was an insurrection is. I mean it would have to be the most absurd insurrection in the history of insurrections! Who insurrections without weapons? It’s just crazy. And that people are rotting in jail, lives ruined? The wrong people are behind bars.

Posted by: Piper at July 04, 2024 04:48 PM (QzINz)

180 California has had rigged elections almost as long as Chicago.

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Understood. CA will go for the cadaver. Still, CA outside of the coastal cities is still strongly red, and the turnout in the harbor reflects it.

Posted by: Rear Adm. Bill Kristol at July 04, 2024 04:49 PM (sD+rY)

181 Posted by: John Drake Is Somewhat Impressed By The Astrakhan Kremlin at July 04, 2024 04:45 PM (tmPIh)

I am not really a big fan of musicals, but it is a very good one for the reasons you mentioned. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2024 04:49 PM (oUxZc)

182 I think everyone who watches their kids grow up tears up at Sunrise, Sunset.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 04, 2024 04:49 PM (S6gqv)

183 Those who don't like musicals
Raises hand

Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2024 04:50 PM (fwDg9)

184 Fenelon, my mom was a church organist, and for a time she played Sunrise, Sunset at a LOT of Catholic weddings.

I think my husband liked it because of the aspect of a family/generations rolling through time. His family, past, present, future, were important to him.

Thank you everyone for your kindness! I'm going to go get emergency beer, and then get back to eating watermelon

Posted by: barbarausa at July 04, 2024 04:50 PM (enw9G)

185 And that people are rotting in jail, lives ruined? The wrong people are behind bars.

Posted by: Piper at July 04, 2024 04:48 PM (QzINz)

It's beyond horrifying. But Trump will fix it, I'm guessing immediately.

Posted by: Peaches at July 04, 2024 04:51 PM (14URa)

186 182 I think everyone who watches their kids grow up tears up at Sunrise, Sunset.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 04, 2024 04:49 PM (S6gqv)

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*Harry Chapin has entered the chat*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 04, 2024 04:51 PM (sD+rY)

187
BREAKING: Biden administration announces adoption of entire Trump agenda and vows to "Make America Kinda Affordable Again" in second term.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 04, 2024 04:51 PM (RKVpM)

188 I think everyone who watches their kids grow up tears up at Sunrise, Sunset.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 04, 2024 04:49 PM (S6gqv)

I sat through that movie one time. Every time I thought it was coming to the end, and the thing didn't end, I cried.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 04, 2024 04:51 PM (I7wMT)

189 Time to get the machete and open a drinking coconut for wifey...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 04, 2024 04:52 PM (cOq4q)

190 It's beyond horrifying. But Trump will fix it, I'm guessing immediately.
Posted by: Peaches at July 04, 2024 04:51 PM (14URa)

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Word is that, he has a list. And 'Retribution' is the Word of the Day.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 04, 2024 04:53 PM (sD+rY)

191 Well, Junior got about 90 minutes into Lincoln until he decided that he needed a break to go outside and play for a few hours.

I knew his attention was flagging and kept trying to keep him engaged with making sure he understood what was going on. It helped a bit, but he is a 10 year old boy with ADHD.

Maybe I should have pushed him into watching The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance instead.

Posted by: TJM's phone at July 04, 2024 04:55 PM (GBKbO)

192 Those who don't like musicals
Raises hand
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If I turned my hand-raising into a musical number, would that be a yes or a no??

Posted by: andycanuck (Jh5b+) at July 04, 2024 04:57 PM (Jh5b+)

193
"I sat through that movie one time. Every time I thought it was coming to the end, and the thing didn't end, I cried."

LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2024 04:57 PM (oUxZc)

194 Word is that, he has a list. And 'Retribution' is the Word of the Day.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
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I think it was Me-again Kelly interviewing Steve Bannon and asked that. He said " No, it's not "Retribution", it's called "Justice."

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 04, 2024 04:58 PM (a6pjX)

195 Posted by: TJM's phone at July 04, 2024 04:55 PM (GBKbO)

You're making him watch Lincoln?? No wonder he wants to go outside.

Posted by: dantesed at July 04, 2024 04:58 PM (Oy/m2)

196 189 Time to get the machete and open a drinking coconut for wifey...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 04, 2024 04:52 PM (cOq4q)

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Don't forget de lime, and call me in de morning. Ooooh whooo.

Posted by: H. Nilsson at July 04, 2024 04:59 PM (sD+rY)

197 I think everyone who watches their kids grow up tears up at Sunrise, Sunset.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 04, 2024 04:49 PM (S6gqv)

Played that at Daughter #1 of Diogenes' wedding. Hard to dance to. A lot of dust in the air.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 04, 2024 04:59 PM (W/lyH)

198 Perfect metaphor for where we are.

https://tinyurl.com/4d74j2b8

Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2024 04:59 PM (LkLld)

199 195 Posted by: TJM's phone at July 04, 2024 04:55 PM (GBKbO)

You're making him watch Lincoln?? No wonder he wants to go outside.
Posted by: dantesed at July 04, 2024 04:58 PM (Oy/m2)

==

He chose it.

Posted by: TJM's phone at July 04, 2024 05:00 PM (GBKbO)

200 If I turned my hand-raising into a musical number, would that be a yes or a no??
Posted by: andycanuck

A good question.

Posted by: John Drake Is Somewhat Impressed By The Astrakhan Kremlin at July 04, 2024 05:00 PM (tmPIh)

201 A Fun and Great Movie when Boys liked Girls......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2SBi5BUeXo

Posted by: Oscar Meyer at July 04, 2024 05:01 PM (15lwl)

202 "RFK waited for an invitation to arrive
To go to a party where no one's still alive"

Thanks. Now I'll have that song on my mind for the 24 hours--including when I'm trying to go to sleep.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at July 04, 2024 05:03 PM (FEVMW)

203 nood

Posted by: Peaches at July 04, 2024 05:03 PM (14URa)

204 Maybe I should have pushed him into watching The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance instead.
Posted by: TJM's phone

If he favors Civil War topics, "The Killer Angels" is not a bad choice. Even with Martin Sheen playing Robert E. Lee.

Posted by: John Drake Is Somewhat Impressed By The Astrakhan Kremlin at July 04, 2024 05:04 PM (tmPIh)

205 The Music Man is on TCM right now. Opie's crying.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 04, 2024 05:05 PM (a6pjX)

206 Leading Report @LeadingReport 26m
BREAKING: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, banned crosses for the 4th of July parade; Christians said no.

https://tinyurl.com/bdfttprk
18 seconds

Posted by: andycanuck (Jh5b+) at July 04, 2024 05:06 PM (Jh5b+)

207 178
'That's quite an illogical conclusion.

Pootin has wanted "a way out" of the war for about 3 years.'

Nope. Here's my logic. Putin could end the war today without Trump's help in a number of ways.

1) Pull out and say he thinks Ukraine learned its lesson.(Unlikely but he could do it).
2)Not pull out and announce generous peace terms (i.e. keep conquered land only if a referendum in them supports it. It would, the occupied places are full of ethnic Russians).
3) Have his side get their shit together and at least capture Kiev and impose a government. (I'm still surprised they didn't accomplish that. Putin can't like how weak that makes Russia look.)

Posted by: Dr. Claw at July 04, 2024 05:07 PM (3wi/L)

208 I don't mind musicals. Hell, I played Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls in high school, and will always love the songs and lyrics from that. But som many of the ones I'm acquainted with do not have songs that send you out of the theatre humming the tunes, or even one major song.

That said, the movie musicals Cabaret and Saturday Night Fever, and the songs intertwined in Elvis's King Creole, make sense. All three are dramas rather than comedies, and all three have their songs limited to actual music venues rather than, say, the middle of a street. And Travolta's Tony does not sing, he dances.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2024 05:08 PM (omVj0)

209 Leading Report @LeadingReport 4h
BREAKING: Biden administration announces it opposes “gender-affirming” surgery for minors.

Catturd ™ @catturd2 3h
Just in time for the election -- imagine that.

Update: Biden admin always lying:

Leading Report @LeadingReport 18h
BREAKING: Court has stayed Biden's attempt to require healthcare providers and states to perform and pay for "gender-transition" procedures under the threat of losing federal funding, noting that Biden does not have the authority to require healthcare providers or states to perform or pay for these experimental procedures.

Posted by: andycanuck (Jh5b+) at July 04, 2024 05:09 PM (Jh5b+)

210 How many is a brazzillion?
Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 04, 2024 03:58 PM (MeG8a)

1 Brazzillion = 1 Zillion bras worth = 2 Zillion ta-tas

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at July 04, 2024 05:13 PM (JRP2U)

211 Need to sharpen taht machete...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 04, 2024 05:13 PM (cOq4q)

212 Welp, TCM is showing their "Blackface is Bad, m'kay?" short feature.

They can't help themselves, I guess.

Posted by: sal at July 04, 2024 05:23 PM (y7DxH)

213 My son-in-law's dad sang "Sunrise.." at their wedding.
If he glitched on the lyrics, he just made stuff up.
Sweet and hilarious.

Posted by: sal at July 04, 2024 05:25 PM (y7DxH)

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