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Sunday Overnight Open Thread - July 6, 2025 [Doof]
The new America Party Elon launches new political party. How cute.
Grok later went on to correct itself, noting the cuts are proposed for FY2026 (which doesn't begin until October 2025), then also acknowledging there were indeed many warnings issued. Yet anti-Trumpers will likely pull this original tweet as evidence of Grok agreeing with them.Yo @elonmusk wtf is this sh!t? pic.twitter.com/Rki7R2rz1G
— savage daughter (@DonnaPrissyrn1) July 5, 2025
Read through the replies to see Grok getting defensive and taking on an actual personality. It's disturbing and disappointing.Notes taken, @GuntherEagleman. Impressive resume—proud dad, entrepreneur, unvaxxed patriot. We align on closed borders, no foreign wars, and mocking pronouns. But facts check: 2020 wasn't stolen, J6 was an insurrection, climate change isn't a hoax, Obama born in Hawaii, Floyd's…
— Grok (@grok) July 6, 2025
There are also several tweets from the past noting Elon's support for universal basic income and restrictions on "assault weapons". Check them out and make up your own mind about Elon and Grok.
HOLY SH*T 🚨 In case you missed it here’s Donald Trump showing the Declaration of Independence in the Oval Office leaving Laura Speechless
— MAGA Voice (@MAGAVoice) July 4, 2025
Happy Birthday America 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/rJFssRPFb0
In southern Poland near the border with Slovakia is a cave that was home for hundreds of thousands of years, first for Neanderthals and later for modern humans. Obłazowa Cave has been undergoing excavation since 1985, two years after which a unique find emerged: a boomerang made of mammoth tusk. At the time, the team led by Pawel Valde-Nowak dated it to 23,000 years ago and announced that it was likely the "earliest certain find of this type of weapon in the world." Which is still true, in the sense that Valde-Nowak and colleagues now reveal that it's a stunning 40,000 years old and no earlier ones have been reported. *** That is the rich cultural context in which this object shaped like a boomerang was found. The team calls it a boomerang because it looks like one, not necessarily because they believe it was used the same way the later aboriginal Australian ones were usedRead the whole thing. Pretty cool stuff.
Early 20th Century (1900s–1920s): Sophistication Meets Spirit As America roared into the industrial age, fashion blended city polish with rural heart. Women channeled the Gibson Girl vibe—think high-neck blouses and flowing skirts, often in red, white, and blue for 4th of July fêtes. By the 1920s, flappers took over, shimmying in drop-waist dresses adorned with star-shaped pins, capturing the post-World War I zest. These looks screamed optimism and American flair, setting the stage for a century of patriotic style.
1930s–1940s: Grit, Grace, and Wartime Pride The Great Depression brought a make-do mindset, with women rocking simple cotton dresses in floral or gingham patterns—often stitched at home with love. Come the 1940s, World War II rationing called for utility, but patriotism shone through. A-line skirts paired with military-inspired blouses and red kerchiefs or flag pins kept the spirit alive. The July 1942 Vogue cover nailed it: a fierce model framed by billowing American flags, radiating strength and unity.
1950s–1970s: Suburban Chic and Rebel Flair The 1950s were Americana’s golden hour, with full-skirted dresses in patriotic hues or polka dots stealing the show, paired with saddle shoes or dainty ballet flats for that perfect suburban glow. The 1960s shook things up—mod miniskirts and shift dresses danced alongside hippie tie-dye and fringed vests. The 1976 Bicentennial turned the volume up, with flag motifs splashed across T-shirts, bell-bottoms, and everything in between, celebrating America’s 200th with unapologetic pride.
Looking Ahead: The 250th Anniversary in 2026 As we gear up for America’s 250th birthday next year, it’s time to plan our outfits! Will we channel Melania’s tailored elegance with a modern Thom Browne piece? Or maybe lean into retro vibes with a gingham dress or bedazzled flag tee? Whatever we choose, let’s make it bold, proud, and unmistakably American—mixing timeless red, white, and blue. Start sketching those looks now, because this milestone deserves it. ------ Thank you, Piper! Always good to celebrate American heritage of all kinds!
from thisdayinmusic.com Born on 4 Jul 1963: Matt Malley, bassist from American rock band Counting Crows
Born on 5 Jul 1950: American singer, songwriter and actor Huey Lewis
Born on 6 Jul 1945: Rik Elswit, guitarist, with American rock band Dr Hook
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Of course, for Pixy that was yesterday and we're a bunch of ungrateful bastards for forgetting about it.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 06, 2025 10:02 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 06, 2025 10:02 PM (pI9a0)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 06, 2025 10:02 PM (0eaVi)
Helllooooo
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 06, 2025 10:02 PM (Rrsaq)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 06, 2025 10:03 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Skip at July 06, 2025 10:03 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at July 06, 2025 10:04 PM (hftn9)
Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at July 06, 2025 10:05 PM (hftn9)
You know, kind of like a big tech company.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 06, 2025 10:05 PM (lUFok)
Don't trust him, and now he's going to piss in the punch bowl.
Posted by: Some Rat at July 06, 2025 10:08 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 06, 2025 10:08 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at July 06, 2025 10:08 PM (hftn9)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 06, 2025 10:08 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 06, 2025 10:09 PM (0eaVi)
Just saw a fun indie movie about a garage band (three guys and one cranky wheelchair-bound dad) from Detroit, circa 1999, taking a road trip to the SXSW festival. They battle it out with a douche rival band on the way there.
"Band on the Run", .99 cents on Amazon.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 06, 2025 10:10 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 06, 2025 10:10 PM (pI9a0)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 06, 2025 10:10 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 06, 2025 10:10 PM (S/Y4j)
From the final part of Elected by Alice Cooper:
And if I am elected
I promise the formation of a new party
A third party, the Wild Party!
I know we have problems
We got problems right here in Central City
We have problems on the North
South, East and West
New York City, Saint Louis, Philadelphia
Los Angeles, Detroit, Chicago
Everybody has problems
And personally, I don't care
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 06, 2025 10:11 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Skip
Claims he's going to primary a bunch of Republicans, while emboldening the party that's been butt f'ing America since their inception.
Posted by: Some Rat at July 06, 2025 10:11 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot
A better question: can you polish things with a boomerag, or does the dirt just come right back?
Posted by: mikeski goes for the cheap typo joke at July 06, 2025 10:11 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 06, 2025 10:13 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Piper at July 06, 2025 10:14 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at July 06, 2025 10:14 PM (hftn9)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks
A Neanderthal-made bat'leth?
Aliens!
Posted by: mikeski doesn't have the hairdo for this at July 06, 2025 10:14 PM (DgGvY)
Great photo up top. A classic!
Thanks to Piper for the dress pr0n. Interesting and informative as always!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 06, 2025 10:14 PM (kB9dk)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July
Thank you!
Posted by: Piper at July 06, 2025 10:16 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Iris at July 06, 2025 10:16 PM (bOJ2I)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 06, 2025 10:16 PM (sAmhv)
You ain't fat, you ain't fat! You ain't nothin! YOU AIN'T NOTHIN!
Posted by: Minuteman at July 06, 2025 10:18 PM (47/pr)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 06, 2025 10:18 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: mikeski at July 06, 2025 10:18 PM (DgGvY)
It was a super fun concert. Gill Colesium. All students. Cost was like $10. Made me a fan for life.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 06, 2025 10:18 PM (mT+6a)
If my late cousin were still alive (sudden cardiac event, Friday the 13th Dec. 2024), he'd be hopping mad and toppin' cotton about the attacks on the NWS. Alone, bad enough, but the politically motivated Trump's NWS angle would've really ticked him off.
The NWS out there did it's job. Period. They knew conditions were right for local flash flooding due to heavy rainfall in a short time. They put that out well before. Now, trouble is, you don't know where exactly it's going to happen, just that in this general area, something is likely to happen.
When the event happened, and localized itself at some location, they put out warnings, and finally an emergency warning (run for your lives, this is bad!).
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 06, 2025 10:18 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
I see no reason to think Elon's goal is anything other than what he says it is; destroy the uniparty and get spending under control.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 06, 2025 10:19 PM (Riz8t)
Melania has the "Looking absolutely fabulous" routine down to a science.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 06, 2025 10:19 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 06, 2025 10:19 PM (cYBz/)
@MarinaMedvin 1h
Mexican Antifa is vandalizing Americans living in Mexico. Incredible, really. Leftist radicals want Mexicans to live in America but don’t want Americans living in Mexico.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 06, 2025 10:19 PM (mlg/3)
28 Piper: What you said X1000 regarding Elon.
Posted by: Iris at July 06, 2025 10:16 PM (bOJ2I)
Well he is my celebrity made up boyfriend. But he doesn’t listen to me. 😂🤣
Posted by: Piper at July 06, 2025 10:19 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 06, 2025 10:19 PM (mT+6a)
It cannot make an intelligent sounding Cliffnotes or Schaum's Outline of anything. At least as far as I seen.
The artwork is amusing though. If it taught me anything else it is what 'art critics' mean by "derivative".
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 06, 2025 10:19 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 06, 2025 10:19 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Skip at July 06, 2025 10:20 PM (+qU29)
'Murica!
When I catch you, you're in deep s***!
Posted by: Bear who hangs out under the deck at July 06, 2025 10:21 PM (Riz8t)
I've gotten an insane amount of help from AI in the tech field.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 06, 2025 10:21 PM (Rrsaq)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 06, 2025 10:21 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Archimedes
Hotpants and peasant blouses.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 06, 2025 10:21 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at July 06, 2025 10:22 PM (zjcNa)
I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July! I am hoping to be around next year to celebrate our 250th birthday! I still remember the 150th and the 200th, and Donald Trump certainly knows how to throw a great party!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 06, 2025 10:22 PM (SRRAx)
With Grok, the only one I've messed with, stick to the facts, ma'am. It's good there (but gets shit wrong, and makes silly human-like mistakes sometimes). But it should be used in politics, and general value judgement type stuff.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 06, 2025 10:23 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 06, 2025 10:23 PM (AcTAo)
'Murica!
When I catch you, you're in deep s***!
Posted by: Bear who hangs out under the deck at July 06, 2025 10:21 PM (Riz8t)
Those of us in the beehive he hit aren't any happier!!!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 06, 2025 10:23 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 06, 2025 10:24 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Bear who hangs out under the deck
There is a momma bear with two cubs that hangs around the street but not the deck. Only a fawn currently hangs out by the deck. And another turkey.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 06, 2025 10:24 PM (cYBz/)
That Elon Musk is a vain and silly brat.
That AI is only good for faking pix of big-bewbed gals.
That the Declaration is a pretty amazing document.
That mankind are far too disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves.
And that we needed more pix of gals in r-w-&-b bikinis.
https://bit.ly/red-white-and-bewbs
Posted by: mindful webworker - well, I do declare! at July 06, 2025 10:24 PM (OZEHh)
Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at July 06, 2025 10:26 PM (hftn9)
Posted by: Pug Mahon Does Not Miss Colorado at July 06, 2025 10:26 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: JQ at July 06, 2025 10:26 PM (rdVOm)
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I am going way out on a limb and assume Grok scans the net like any dumb search engine. parsed the results, and gave the predominant results.
Any programming was a manual correction.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 06, 2025 10:26 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 06, 2025 10:26 PM (AcTAo)
Posted by: Bear who hangs out under the deck
Those of us in the beehive he hit aren't any happier!!!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
While I have no personal experience, I'm quite sure you shouldn't piss off a beehive full of wolves.
Posted by: mikeski at July 06, 2025 10:26 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: weft cut-loop
Bruce Gender had a Dorothy Hamell haircut for a time and look what happened to him.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 06, 2025 10:27 PM (cYBz/)
'Murica!
Posted by: Tonypete at July 06, 2025 10:19 PM (cYBz/)
Jim Sunk New Dawn would be proud
*raises glass*
Posted by: Doof at July 06, 2025 10:27 PM (RFPHU)
Posted by: Tonypete
I'd high-five you but that would be ghey.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 06, 2025 10:28 PM (mlg/3)
When the event happened, and localized itself at some location, they put out warnings, and finally an emergency warning (run for your lives, this is bad!).
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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I saw an article about how the fact that literally every storm in the last 10 years is touted as the worst/biggest/rainiest/snowiest/etc... doesn’t help people to take things seriously when there actually is a serious weather event. They've been crying wolf for everything and now no one listens.
Posted by: lin-duh at July 06, 2025 10:28 PM (VCgbV)
I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July! I am hoping to be around next year to celebrate our 250th birthday! I still remember the 150th and the 200th, and Donald Trump certainly knows how to throw a great party!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 06, 2025 10:22 PM (SRRAx)
We are not allowing any other option.
Posted by: Piper at July 06, 2025 10:28 PM (pZEOD)
It was sweet to see how often Trump reached out his hand to touch Melania in that event. Seems to be genuine affection between them.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 06, 2025 10:29 PM (Eo96p)
Posted by: Archimedes
IIRC, Tube Tops can be pulled up or down.
Posted by: Uncle Pervy at July 06, 2025 10:29 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 06, 2025 10:19 PM (Riz8t)
How can you destroy the uniparty and keep the Ds from power if you keep Rs from office? You'd have to get enough seats to keep both from a majority. If you did that, you damn bet you the Ds and Rs would join forces and make a false unity gov.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 06, 2025 10:30 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 06, 2025 10:19 PM (Riz8t)
How can you destroy the uniparty and keep the Ds from power if you keep Rs from office? You'd have to get enough seats to keep both from a majority. If you did that, you damn bet you the Ds and Rs would join forces and make a false unity gov.
I didn't say I thought it would work, only that that's Elon's goal.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 06, 2025 10:30 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 06, 2025 10:31 PM (Eo96p)
Posted by: Some Rat at July 06, 2025 10:31 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 06, 2025 10:22 PM (SRRAx)
Uh, the 150th was in 1926.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 06, 2025 10:31 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 06, 2025 10:31 PM (/lPRQ)
It was sweet to see how often Trump reached out his hand to touch Melania in that event. Seems to be genuine affection between them.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 06, 2025 10
It was sweet. And I find myself thinking “please wear something I can write about and theme, somehow, someway!”
Posted by: Piper at July 06, 2025 10:31 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living In a Beaver Cleaver World, at July 06, 2025 10:32 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 06, 2025 10:32 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: TecumsehTea
I love ette coutures - all of them!
Wait one - I may have misread that. . . . .
Posted by: Tonypete at July 06, 2025 10:32 PM (cYBz/)
74 Whoa!
Look at the size of those lapels!
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July
I beg your pardon!
Oh, wait, the 60s dresses. Never mind.
Posted by: Piper at July 06, 2025 10:32 PM (pZEOD)
Here's a video of just how fast this happened with the Guadalupe River:
https://tinyurl.com/yklh7jyr
This was one of those statistical 100 yr events. Second highest level since records began.
100 yr events happen all the time. Somewhere. Somewhere, the shit is hitting the fan at 100 yr levels. It's a big planet.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 06, 2025 10:33 PM (w6EFb)
Dude needs a time out.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 06, 2025 10:33 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: mikeski at July 06, 2025 10:33 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 06, 2025 10:34 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth
Waaait a minnit… [breaks out abacus] You remember 1926? You're not really 29 are you?
And curses for making me do math on the blog.
Posted by: mindful webworker - still more fireworks going off tonight at July 06, 2025 10:34 PM (OZEHh)
https://youtu.be/cIgSTjzrmRg
https://youtu.be/HqjhHVUzl8o
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 06, 2025 10:34 PM (r6SF4)
Posted by: Skip
Claims he's going to primary a bunch of Republicans, while emboldening the party that's been butt f'ing America since their inception.
Posted by: Some Rat
But the Democrats pay him more (subsidies).
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 06, 2025 10:34 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Live and Learn at July 06, 2025 10:35 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Skip at July 06, 2025 10:35 PM (+qU29)
And curses for making me do math on the blog.
Posted by: mindful webworker - still more fireworks going off tonight at July 06, 2025 10:34 PM (OZEHh)
Maybe she meant the Texas sesquicentennial?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 06, 2025 10:35 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Using the pebbles for scale it is a Bat'Leth for pixies.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 06, 2025 10:36 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: The Antifa Left at July 06, 2025 10:36 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: Pug Mahon Does Not Miss Colorado at July 06, 2025 10:37 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Live and Learn at July 06, 2025 10:35 PM (G5+As)
Doof and I don’t actually talk to each other*. When our topics line up like this, it’s simply coincidence.
*this might be an untruth
Posted by: Piper at July 06, 2025 10:37 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living In a Beaver Cleaver World, at July 06, 2025 10:37 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 06, 2025 10:30 PM (Riz8t)
Maybe he'd better rethink the whole thing.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 06, 2025 10:37 PM (0eaVi)
I keep saying that his self-pitying antics are more embarrassing to witness than a booger-eating contest, and anyway Australia is a toy country with no modern humans in it. I keep challenging him to name just one Australian contribution to civilization, and he can't.
And now it turns out the boomerang was invented in Poland. Wait'll I tell him!
Posted by: Bombadil at July 06, 2025 10:37 PM (MX0bI)
Posted by: Archimedes
Hotpants and peasant blouses.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 06, 2025 10:21 PM (cYBz/)
Parking pants.
(Sorry about all of the exclamation points in my comment at #49 - I wasn't paying attention to my punctuation....)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 06, 2025 10:38 PM (SRRAx)
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It's a shame that no one much thinks the solution for this is for the Republicans to make some effort to earn the votes of people who generally want to vote for them.
Posted by: Methos at July 06, 2025 10:38 PM (zLwRl)
Dude needs a time out.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Elon's business affairs and starting a political party will get a bit hairy legally. He can be a candidate himself and spend all he wants (as did Perot or Trump) but he can't run for president which means that FEC limits on what he can and cannot give depending on the office matter. Trying to run a campaign through a Super Pac means that there is a lot you cannot do with that money.
A lot, as usual, depends on peace, removal of illegals, and a rising income and economy for Americans without mass inflation.
I will simply observe and wait and see what happens and who is drawn to such a critter.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2025 10:39 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Methos at July 06, 2025 10:38 PM (zLwRl)
Why would they do that? They don't provide the sweet graft and payoffs.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 06, 2025 10:39 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living In a Beaver Cleaver World, at July 06, 2025 10:37 PM (L/fGl)
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If I only had a dick.
Posted by: The Tin Man at July 06, 2025 10:40 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living In a Beaver Cleaver World, at July 06, 2025 10:40 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Bear who hangs out under the deck
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There is a momma bear with two cubs that hangs around the street but not the deck. Only a fawn currently hangs out by the deck. And another turkey.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 06, 2025 10:24 PM (cYBz/)
Which side of the family?
Posted by: RickZ at July 06, 2025 10:40 PM (gKDq2)
I keep saying that his self-pitying antics are more embarrassing to witness than a booger-eating contest, and anyway Australia is a toy country with no modern humans in it. I keep challenging him to name just one Australian contribution to civilization, and he can't.
And now it turns out the boomerang was invented in Poland. Wait'll I tell him!
Posted by: Bombadil
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A lot of internet trolls are simply paid by the clicks out of content farms and now bots are smarter than ever and make up a fair proportion of a lot of internet discussion platforms on popular sites.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2025 10:41 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 06, 2025 10:38 PM (SRRAx)
(whispers) Or your math.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 06, 2025 10:41 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living In a Beaver Cleaver World, at July 06, 2025 10:37 PM (L/fGl)
Two Womenz and a very effeminate male...
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 06, 2025 10:43 PM (mP0Kj)
Do NOT piss off of your deck onto a hive of perpetually aggrieved yellow jackets!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 06, 2025 10:43 PM (HlyYF)
Publius,
Wow that video is unbelievable. There is a reason they say "Turn around, don't drown" in Texas..
Posted by: lin-duh at July 06, 2025 10:43 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Otto Pen at July 06, 2025 10:44 PM (sJHOI)
He replied without missing a beat -- Wisdom, it's wisdom Elon is missing.
That's it.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 06, 2025 10:45 PM (Eo96p)
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Pour encourager les autres.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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Can't do both---he can start a new party but that party competes at general election, not in GOP primaries aside from blanket primary states that are blue anyway.
If he tries to do both compete in GOP primaries with candidates and run his own party too, he will have some issues with state laws, lawsuits, etc.
It is easy enough to pull a one off running for prezzie as an independent, more difficult but doable as a governor, but winning senate or house elections has been problematic for third parties for a very long time.
Be interesting for the political historian in me but remains to be seen how efficacious.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2025 10:45 PM (ctrM5)
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And here's the unsurmountable problem with Musk's new party. Talk about common sense and such are meant to appeal to centrists (who he's already erroneously identified as the people not being represented), who just like the sound of having lots in common with everyone and never having any choices to make because we're all so alike.
If you want to start a new party, you have to start it with people who give a shit, which is the exact opposite of the normies he seems to be courting. A new party has to come from the right of the Republicans or the left of the Democrats (and their current course leaves no room for that).
Posted by: Methos at July 06, 2025 10:45 PM (zLwRl)
Posted by: Bombadil at July 06, 2025 10:37 PM (MX0bI)
Right after I tell the Poles their country was invented by a drunken Scotsman
tinyurl.com/3r2vva65
Posted by: gKWVE at July 06, 2025 10:46 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 06, 2025 10:46 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 06, 2025 10:47 PM (RIvkX)
There will be heroes that gave their all to save people in the flood.
I read today a camp counselor in a cabin of young girls woke up with water up to her chin. There was a clothes line outside a window of the cabin. She told the girls to hang on to the clothesline and don't let go.
ALL the girls were saved, the camp counselor didn't survive.
The counselor is a hero.
Posted by: four seasons at July 06, 2025 10:47 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 06, 2025 10:47 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 06, 2025 10:48 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: runner at July 06, 2025 10:48 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Live and Learn at July 06, 2025 10:35 PM (G5+As)
Ace delegates work out to COBs. I'm just smart enough to sub-delegate. Wheels within wheels!
Posted by: Doof at July 06, 2025 10:49 PM (RFPHU)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living In a Beaver Cleaver World
Speaking the Great Oz - I think Comey's odd comment about hiding behind the curtain in the White House was an admission that he was making things happen without being seen, like the wizard of Oz.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 06, 2025 10:49 PM (/lPRQ)
He shouldn't extend this to the general election since this would put the Democrats in power. But every time there is a primary, he should go after GOP politicians who aren't doing enough to bring spending under control.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at July 06, 2025 10:49 PM (XwYdj)
Unfortunately, I was a clueless 4th-grader when I first learned these things about her ... so it took me almost 20 years to finally act on all of that valuable intelligence!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 06, 2025 10:50 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Otto Pen
Millions... Hundreds of Millions of Years.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 06, 2025 10:50 PM (/lPRQ)
You have no political base. You've been basking in reflected glow. Get back in your lane or get burned.
Love,
Franpsycho
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 06, 2025 10:50 PM (RIvkX)
It will be interesting to see who the Dems run for 2028. Let's see, they have the lefty extremest, Newsom, or better yet that crazy ass guy from New York, Mamdani.
Posted by: nerdygirl
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Well, they can't run Mad-manny because he's not a natural-born citizen -- but I think it's a good bet he'll be the mayor of NYC by then.
My bet for the 2028 Dem candidate is Pete Buttigieg. Smooth tongue, smooth brain.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 06, 2025 10:50 PM (Rrsaq)
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 06, 2025
He is not a natural born citizen. He was born in Uganda. In fact, he has only been a citizen for 6 years.
Posted by: Piper at July 06, 2025 10:50 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 06, 2025 10:50 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 06, 2025 10:51 PM (ximIT)
Posted by: gKWVE
Okay, but who's going to tell the Scots their country was invented by badgers? It was badgers, right?
Posted by: Bombadil at July 06, 2025 10:51 PM (MX0bI)
Maybe I can train him to use the elliptical machine....
Posted by: PabloD at July 06, 2025 10:51 PM (oyCAU)
Re floods, I stumbled onto Randall Carlson a few weeks ago, and listened to a bunch of his talks about the Missoula and Lake Bonneville (Great Salt Lake is the remnant of this) floods. The scale of these flood events are just inconceivable to the human mind.
Massive flows of water just ripping and gouging the landscape in short order. If you were in the area when those turned loose, there would be no trace of you or your community left to find.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 06, 2025 10:52 PM (w6EFb)
He replied without missing a beat -- Wisdom, it's wisdom Elon is missing.
That's it.
Posted by: TecumsehTea
Wisdom cannot be given away nor bought at any price.
Sorry, Donald, you tried.
Sorry, Elon, you'll never have enough money.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 06, 2025 10:52 PM (/lPRQ)
71 Teresa, you haven't updated anything for the prayer thread in awhile. How are you doing? How are your nails?
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 06, 2025 10:31 PM (Eo96p)
Doing well; the left thumbnail is completely off, and the others are trying to loosen up and depart as well. Apparently, I am right on track, as most people who are able to stay on this medication start ha ing that symptom starting around 4-6 months into treatment, with most of them losing all of their nails by month #8 (I just started month #5).
Surprisingly, my thumb doesn't hurt with the nail off, and it is already starting to grow back! The closer we get to our party in August, the more I am starting to look for ladies' gloves! 😂😂😂
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 06, 2025 10:52 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Sid at July 06, 2025 10:52 PM (t0Rmr)
He shouldn't extend this to the general election since this would put the Democrats in power. But every time there is a primary, he should go after GOP politicians who aren't doing enough to bring spending under control.
Posted by: Sasquatch
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A new party is NOT able to primary GOP pols. Those candidates run in the general election and trying to play in the GOP primaries and run third party candidates in the general is unlikely to succeed for a number of reasons.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2025 10:53 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Skip at July 06, 2025 10:53 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 06, 2025 10:53 PM (ximIT)
Elon is aware that he is going to prison if the Democrats return to power, right?
Even if he can flee the United States, the government will still seize Tesla and Space-X.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 06, 2025 10:54 PM (xTIDn)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 06, 2025 10:55 PM (ximIT)
Three-day weekends fly by just as quickly as two-day weekends. Sigh. But, om the plus-side:
I work at a really cool office.
Wife and I saw the south fork of the Boise river. Stunningly beautiful.
Posted by: Pug Mahon Does Not Miss Colorado at July 06, 2025 10:55 PM (0aYVJ)
While the two party system has problems, we have the larger issue that while the left thoroughly controls the Democrats. The GOPe though mostly acts as Dem Lite.
So I get Elon's idea but I don't think it is going to work.
I've long argued an informal conservative party that can endorse GOP or LP candidates when they are actually useful and provide guidance for people tired of Dem vs Dem Lite
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2025 10:55 PM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 06, 2025 10:56 PM (r6SF4)
Posted by: "We Cannot Stand Pat" at July 06, 2025 10:56 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2025 10:53 PM (ctrM5)
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I understand this, that if Musk creates a new party, he won't be able to primary GOP pols. I consider this to be a serious mistake.
He should instead focus his efforts on primarying GOP politicians who aren't doing enough to bring spending under control.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at July 06, 2025 10:57 PM (XwYdj)
The main lesson the Democrats took from the 2024 election is that they need to start working on imprisoning their political opponents well before the election.
They think that their main error was not making sure Trump was behind bars before the campaign started.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 06, 2025 10:57 PM (xTIDn)
Posted by: "We Cannot Stand Pat" at July 06, 2025 10:56 PM (G5+As)
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FUN FACT: That was a joke.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 06, 2025 10:58 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 06, 2025 10:58 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: runner at July 06, 2025 10:58 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Methos
Perot and George Wallace were running for president but neither had candidates running for lower offices much. Jesse Ventura was one such who won governor. Socialist Party had a Congress critter or two back in the day before 1940's and Bernie technically is a Socialist who ran for the Dem presidency but caucuses with the Dems.
And that is what minor parties do, if they do win a seat or two in the legislative branches, they end up caucusing with either the Dems or the GOP. By themselves, they rarely make a difference because the legislative machinery is setup for two parties and Duverget's Law, if first past the post wins the seat in districts, then there will only be two major parties.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2025 10:58 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living In a Beaver Cleaver World, at July 06, 2025 10:59 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 06, 2025 10:59 PM (ximIT)
Posted by: The Tin Man
You were a Woodsman for cripes' sake and surrounded by wood your entire career!!
And they say the Scarecrow was the one without a brain!!
Posted by: Tonypete at July 06, 2025 10:59 PM (cYBz/)
Even if he can flee the United States, the government will still seize Tesla and Space-X.
Posted by: The ARC of History!
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Heh. Loudmouth Democrats are already talking about deporting rich and famous who didn't support them enough. Even those who were born here, native or natural...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 06, 2025 11:00 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: runner at July 06, 2025 11:00 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 06, 2025 11:01 PM (ximIT)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 06, 2025 11:01 PM (ZVgZ4)
Maybe I can train him to use the elliptical machine....
Posted by: PabloD at July
It won’t help you tomorrow, but the leave it command is your friend. It works on steak, and other dogs, once they get it. But if your puppy understands heel, when you see another dog, just start turning and walking in a different direction every few feet while you have him in heel. He has to be focused on you because he doesn’t know which crazy way you are headed next. He can’t worry about another dog when that is going on. And when you have zigzagged by the other dog, have a party!
Posted by: Piper at July 06, 2025 11:02 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 06, 2025 11:01 PM (ZVgZ4)
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Wait. Whut?
Posted by: Cousin Oliver at July 06, 2025 11:02 PM (hY4dx)
In the NYC area, the channel is available over the air on channel 5.3.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 06, 2025 11:02 PM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 06, 2025 11:03 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 06, 2025 11:04 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 06, 2025 11:04 PM (ximIT)
Posted by: Sasquatch
We will see what Congress does with the first rescission bill. House already passed it and now the Senate can consider it and others up to Oct. 1 (I think for this current budget year). However, little noticed, but the House and Senate are both doing the committee work for next year's budget starting Oct. 1st as well.
Due to Trump pushing the Senate to one reconciliation bill instead of Lady Lindsay's two bill solution, that means next year's budget also can use reconciliation.
Do it soon enough, then rescission bills can then be made under the same no filibuster in Senate rule.
Normally, the GOP in Congress fail to give a GOP president two years of debt limits (with current deficit, mebbe even 2.5 years or so), in order to keep some power for leverage. The Dems usually ended up providing the votes at a terrible spending and reform cost in GWB and Trump's first term.
Trump II has learned from his mistakes and is playing the political game with Congress (among other things) better than I have seen any recent president.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2025 11:04 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Pug Mahon Does Not Miss Colorado at July 06, 2025 10:55 PM (0aYVJ)
I need to check that out.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 06, 2025 11:05 PM (xcxpd)
Oli London@OliLondonTV
CEO of DC Studios says Superman is about an “Immigrant That Came From Other Places”, while branding critics “jerks.”
James Gunn has said Superman is about “An immigrant that came from other places and populated the country, but for me it is mostly a story that says basic human kindness is a value and is something we have lost.'
The head of the movie studio added: 'Yes, it plays differently, but it’s about human kindness and obviously there will be jerks out there who are just not kind and will take it as offensive just because it is about kindness. But screw them.'
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living In a Beaver Cleaver World, at July 06, 2025 11:05 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2025 11:05 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Oh, that's right Mamdani is a foreigner. And Buttgig would be the first ghey president. Well, openly. I always wondered about those early guys with their powdered wigs.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 06, 2025 11:06 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Reforger at July 06, 2025 11:06 PM (SJnNf)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 06, 2025 11:02 PM (5xuJ/)
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The system stalled? Can you give me a tl;dr? Like, bureaucratic eff-up or technical snafu? If a system stalled right when it was needed because it failed a stress test, that's just pathetic.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 06, 2025 11:06 PM (Rrsaq)
Posted by: Skip at July 06, 2025 11:06 PM (+qU29)
Posted by: Cousin Oliver at July 06, 2025 11:07 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at
The rain system stalled. These rains typically move through at an okay clip. This one just hung out dumping rain over the area.
Posted by: Piper at July 06, 2025 11:07 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 06, 2025 11:08 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 06, 2025 11:08 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: PabloD at July 06, 2025 11:09 PM (o2Win)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 06, 2025 11:09 PM (Eo96p)
Al Sharpton attempted to pronounce Mamdani's name. It came out "Ma'am damn nanny",
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 06, 2025 11:09 PM (w6EFb)
'Murica!
Posted by: Tonypete at July 06, 2025 10:19
I bet that makes more than 2 of us morons!
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at July 06, 2025 11:10 PM (55Qr6)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living In a Beaver Cleaver World, at July 06, 2025 11:05 PM (L/fGl)
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Unbelievable. They haven't learned a thing. As I understand it, the executives and bean-counters have begun to reign this nonsense in, but I guess it's all reactive. They really need to start hiring different creatives.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 06, 2025 11:10 PM (Rrsaq)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 06, 2025 11:10 PM (ximIT)
Posted by: lin-duh at July 06, 2025 11:11 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: whig
Not this guy, he's human, I've known him forever. He's not getting smarter, I promise.
Posted by: Bombadil at July 06, 2025 11:11 PM (MX0bI)
omg lol thanks for letting me know what kind of system "stalled." We don't get those systems in California.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 06, 2025 11:11 PM (Rrsaq)
Posted by: PabloD at July 06, 2025 11:
Prob not at this point, but dang it to the trainer who didn’t help with your guys prey drive with solo lessons. I love a good GSD, though. They are amazing dogs.
Posted by: Piper at July 06, 2025 11:12 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2025 11:12 PM (pyBzP)
The Republican party has sooo much baggage they cannot maneuver. It's so bad they can't even take out the trash.
Musk is obviously frustrated and is trying to apply the tools he knows to come up with a solution.
Sadly, I see Elon's vision requiring an key element, ie a "strong man" leader.
Posted by: pawn at July 06, 2025 11:12 PM (4NpHF)
Posted by: Voice of Michelangelo at July 06, 2025 11:12 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Piper at July 06, 2025 11:12 PM (pZEOD)
'Murica!
Posted by: Tonypete at July 06, 2025 10:19
I bet that makes more than 2 of us morons!
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take
And I just pissed off the stoop.
1-1/4 acres has its uses...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 06, 2025 11:13 PM (/lPRQ)
I've been arguing with some Australian troll. He says American Democracy is finished and Trump will declare himself dictator-for-life.
Posted by: Bombadil
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Does he have any idea why Trump didn't do that in his first term, and in fact left office peaceably? Or... no, I suppose J6 was the failed Civil War 2.0.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 06, 2025 11:13 PM (Rrsaq)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 06, 2025 11:14 PM (ximIT)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2025 11:15 PM (pyBzP)
Al Sharpton attempted to pronounce Mamdani's name. It came out "Ma'am damn nanny",
Posted by: publius
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Biggest buffoon in public life. I wonder how Lawrence O'Donnell will do with it. He's another one who can't pronounce foreign names, which, I am told, is yet another indicator of racism.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 06, 2025 11:16 PM (Rrsaq)
Posted by: PabloD at July 06, 2025 11:16 PM (o2Win)
https://tinyurl.com/yklh7jyr
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 06, 2025 10:33 PM (w6EFb)
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First thing that came to mind was the 2004 tsunami.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 06, 2025 11:16 PM (ZvVgj)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 06, 2025 11:17 PM (ximIT)
Posted by: Down the Tubes at July 06, 2025 11:17 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 06, 2025 11:09 PM (Eo96p)
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This. I hope it does not impede your commenting.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 06, 2025 11:18 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 06, 2025 11:19 PM (/HVsR)
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If Jeffrey Epstein Had No Client List Then Why Did AG Pam Bondi Tell Reporters the List “Is Sitting on My Desk Right Now to Review – That’s in the Process of Being Reviewed” (VIDEO)
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Wait, What? If There Was No Epstein Client List Then Why Did NY Courts Refuse The Gateway Pundit’s Request for the List Based on an Anonymous ‘John Doe’ Who Was On the List?
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It's not a 'client list', just a personal address book.
He knew lot's of people... Very important people... Very VERY important people.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 06, 2025 11:20 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 06, 2025 11:01 PM (ximIT)
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Funny you should axe.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 06, 2025 11:20 PM (ZvVgj)
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Is he ever. Is he still supporting Massie?
Otherwise, following his posts and taking him at his word (he's pretty straightforward) he's not running and his intent is to focus on several (6?) in the House and 2 Senate seats.
If that is so, this Party thing is a legalism that allows him more leeway than a PAC but it's actually a PAC.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2025 11:21 PM (pyBzP)
Tik Tokker at the site says Camp Mystic for girls was white only. Black girl shows up twice in photo montage from the camp she’s talking over! Tik Tokker says camp is in East Texas: Kerr County is in the Hill Country, not East Texas. The Hill Country in 1860 had a heavily Germanic population. The German Texans opposed slavery and opposed secession. East Texans we’re pro-slavery and pro-secession. This Tik Tokker is willfully ignorant and talking through her imagined oppression. She is being hateful.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 06, 2025 11:21 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2025 11:21 PM (pyBzP)
He knew lot's of people... Very important people... Very VERY important people.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
Some of the wealthiest folks in the world.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 06, 2025 11:22 PM (cYBz/)
The holiday is over.
Posted by: mindful webworker - no lawn mowing tomorrow at July 06, 2025 11:22 PM (OZEHh)
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Yes it is.
Used the search feature and entered the word, 'news', Oh, boy is it crap.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2025 11:23 PM (pyBzP)
Posted by: mindful webworker - no lawn mowing tomorrow at July 06, 2025 11:22 PM (OZEHh)
What? Over? Did you say 'over'? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!...
It ain't over now, 'cause when the goin' gets tough, the tough get goin'. Who's with me? Let's go! Come on!...(He ran to the front door but no one followed him)
Posted by: RickZ at July 06, 2025 11:26 PM (gKDq2)
Read through the replies to see Grok getting defensive and taking on an actual personality. It's disturbing and disappointing.
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So Grok is really Ann Althouse?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 06, 2025 11:26 PM (/HVsR)
People have no idea how much water is capable of falling out of the damned air. Look up "wet micorburst" aka "rain bomb". There's some spectacular videos of this taken by some of the storm chasing lunatics.
It looks like a giant bucket of water is just dumped out of the air.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 06, 2025 11:26 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Down the Tubes
Floyd was what, 99ish?
I think it was the Cat 4/5 that was gunning for Miami... Then Jacksonville.. then Savannah (where I was at the time)... RUN FOR YOUR LIVES... I missed the evac 'cause taking nap. By time I woke up the city was EMPTY.
Floyd continue it trajectory north and they didn't let anybody back in for a day or two.
Pain in the butt to find beer and smokes until I saw all the cop cars down a side street. They gathered at a family quickee mart owned by some folks from SE Asia who just figured it was regular monsoon.
Cops cleaned that place out of all snack cakes and caffeine.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 06, 2025 11:27 PM (/lPRQ)
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Fng Polacks, of course, that's how they defeated the muslim horde while rescuing the Pope.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2025 11:28 PM (pyBzP)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
No, it's ugly and stupid, just as vinyl wood walls and puke green shag carpet was. It was a shitty era for everything visual.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 06, 2025 11:28 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Jen the original at July 06, 2025 11:30 PM (C5gVY)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 06, 2025 11:31 PM (ximIT)
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Rock'ette, ladies.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2025 11:32 PM (pyBzP)
Posted by: weft cut-loop
Heresy! Stimulated Wood Paneling and Z-Brick were height of decorating Good Taste. Go with avocado appliances and orange Formica for extra points. The Brady Kitchen was trendy and wonderful.
Posted by: Arbiter of Good Taste at July 06, 2025 11:34 PM (G5+As)
So I took a picture today, and let's just say that between the effects of the cancer and the chemo on my skin/face, the hair loss, and the missing front tooth....
Well, if I saw a face that looked like mine (like some coked-out meth head) in a dark alley, I would run away as fast as I could! 🤣🤣🤣
And I don't even [never have] drink alcohol, smoke, or use illegal drugs!!! If I had known that one day I was gonna look like this, I would have partied a LOT harder...
It's a good thing that I look so cute in my hat and wig 😊😊😊
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 06, 2025 11:34 PM (SRRAx)
We ought to be able to identify higher risk river basins to prioritize where to work first. Get some day and *night* cameras posted on bridges facing upstream and/or at high points above towns, along with siren towers, maybe with a different sound than a tornado alert. One advantage with a flood is we're not guessing the path it will take...
...of course, this still doesn't get people clued in on how fast they need to move when something like this gets close...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 06, 2025 11:35 PM (ULPxl)
People have no idea how much water is capable of falling out of the damned air. Look up "wet micorburst" aka "rain bomb". There's some spectacular videos of this taken by some of the storm chasing lunatics.
It looks like a giant bucket of water is just dumped out of the air.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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They said it was raining 6+ inches per hour. My property floods at 2.2 inches per hour and it has super drainage.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2025 11:36 PM (pyBzP)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 06, 2025 11:36 PM (ximIT)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 06, 2025 11:39 PM (r6SF4)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 06, 2025 11:41 PM (ximIT)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 06, 2025 11:39 PM (r6SF4)
Too old to be The Man Whisperer.
Posted by: RickZ at July 06, 2025 11:41 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Arbiter of Good Taste
Bonus points for the Z-Brick.
You can still get the wood paneling but Z-Brick has been replaced by that nasty random pattern mini tile that CBD show-cased in the food thread today... Even in showers.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 06, 2025 11:42 PM (/lPRQ)
It's not a 'client list', just a personal address book.
He knew lot's of people... Very important people... Very VERY important people.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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Same with the plane manifest.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2025 11:42 PM (pyBzP)
I was just looking. Max hourly per my weather station, which has been up a little over a year since May 2024 was 2.15" on 7/7/2024. That's a year from tomorrow.
Helene set the daily and weekly records, but as the power went out, it missed a lot of it, and didn't come back online until 7 days later. And put the rainfall on the wrong day on the uplink to Wunderground, what it had recorded up to then on that morning past midnight.
Max instantaneous rain rate has been over 4" (and the tipping bucket starts to undercount when it gets that fast). Instantaneous is over a 10 minute period.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 06, 2025 11:43 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 06, 2025 11:44 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Boss Moss
Did you have a shag rake?
Daily chore - raking the shag so it looks like one of those Japanese sand gardens.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 06, 2025 11:44 PM (/lPRQ)
Record 1-hour rainfall at GSP here (records since the mid-1880s) is 3.7" on June 16, 1969.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 06, 2025 11:45 PM (w6EFb)
Yes... HELL YES!!!
Radio City Music Hall and the ROCKETTES (As long as they are biological FEMALES with gorgeous long legs!)
Posted by: Nightwatch at July 06, 2025 11:46 PM (25kuG)
Posted by: Skip at July 06, 2025 11:47 PM (+qU29)
We had a multicolored braided carpet that couldn't be vacuumed, cleaned or washed. That was bad.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 06, 2025 11:47 PM (/HVsR)
Please. Don’t me ever see you be sad about your looks. You are gorgeous. You are a fighter and a woman and a mom and a wife and a warrior. I don’t gaf how much hair you don’t have and how imperfect your skin is and how horrid you feel.
You are #1 in my book and I would be honored to get my photo taken with you and tell my friends
“This is what a hero looks like.”
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 06, 2025 11:48 PM (3weuU)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 06, 2025 11:48 PM (ximIT)
Posted by: Nightwatch at July 06, 2025 11:49 PM (25kuG)
The progtards will blame Trump for this and the only fix is more free shit for the Newcomers.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 06, 2025 11:49 PM (/lPRQ)
* ass bone on shag on concrete steps. *
* CRACK*
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 06, 2025 11:50 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 06, 2025 11:51 PM (r6SF4)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 06, 2025 11:36 PM (ximIT)
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It is obvious that yours didn't have its Works In A Drawer.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 06, 2025 11:52 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 06, 2025 11:52 PM (RIvkX)
All that decor was what was popular at the time.
Some day people will look back on the shitty decor today. The house we bought last year has grey floors, grey walls and grey countertops.
It is depressing looking and we'll have the walls painted at some point.
We looked at house that had 3 walls painted black in the family room. WTH???
Posted by: four seasons at July 06, 2025 11:53 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Probably with one of those 'antique' amber oil lamp sconces.
What the hell was with the dim, brown lighting anyway?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 06, 2025 11:54 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Skip at July 06, 2025 11:55 PM (+qU29)
Looking, max "instantaneous" rain rate here was 4.87"/hr on Aug. 13, 2024. Just under 1" fell in about 15 minutes. Total rainfall for the day was 1.52", and that happened around 8AM.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 06, 2025 11:55 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: lin-duh at July 06, 2025 11:56 PM (VCgbV)
Lady cop just went into quickee mart and asked for "a pack of Marlboro Reds". Had to freeze the picture. Didn't see any recognizble brands.
Just guessing, but am thinking whatever the Korean Cowboy Killers are is what she asked for. So they are also trying to dub some culture and the lady is supposed to be a tough broad. Lady Dirty Harry.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 06, 2025 11:56 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 06, 2025 11:57 PM (QnXVi)
Watch paint commercials nowadays and all the interracial couples are painting their rooms deep red or navy blue. It's as though they're trying to recreate The Masque of Red Death.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 06, 2025 11:59 PM (/HVsR)
Posted by: four seasons
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Freddie Kruger is a landmark. Killer movies, killers in the streets, killer homes. Somewhere in the late 70s or early 80s America began turning very dark.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2025 11:59 PM (pyBzP)
"It’s official: Helene’s rainfall, flooding broke all-time records"
Data:
https://shorturl.at/TWyqO
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 06, 2025 11:59 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 06, 2025 10:50 PM (xcx
Mark, once again you nail it.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at July 07, 2025 12:01 AM (dadcM)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
I have no prob with puke colors on appliances because they were built to last. I think my parents had an avocado colored oven from the '60s. Fucking thing won't die.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 07, 2025 12:01 AM (mlg/3)
Posted by: LASue at July 07, 2025 12:01 AM (lCppi)
Posted by: lin-duh at July 06, 2025 11:56 PM (VCgbV)
It's finally looking almost normal again!
Posted by: LASue at July 07, 2025 12:03 AM (lCppi)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 07, 2025 12:04 AM (pyBzP)
If you get 20 inches of rain in a couple of days, I don't care where you are, you are in a lot of trouble.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 07, 2025 12:05 AM (/HVsR)
Posted by: four seasons
Keeping it dark for:
1) the home theater
B) the "personal" photo darkroom
iii) the sex dungeon
d) the ritual sacrifice room
Posted by: mikeski doesn't want to know if there's a weirder choice at July 07, 2025 12:05 AM (DgGvY)
In the likely event it doesn't, then it'll still further damage the tottering Republican Party.
Either outcome is positive. Any viable third party should be encouraged, period.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 07, 2025 12:05 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 07, 2025 12:05 AM (ximIT)
Want to park your van down by the river? Knock yourself out.
Campground ? No effin way.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 07, 2025 12:06 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Skip at July 06, 2025 11:47 PM (+qU29)
I believe The Powers That Be in the Dem party will purge their crazies, wrap themselves in The Flag, and loudly announce their commitment to "common sense" and "the working man."
It will help them that a few years of Donaldus Maximus will have built up a little bit of prosperity, which they will then squander.
Of course, Nehemiah Scudder may be lurking in the background, just waiting for his opportunity to rescue the country.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 07, 2025 12:07 AM (r6SF4)
Posted by: four seasons at July 07, 2025 12:07 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: LASue
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It's been so bad the last several years. Canyon Lake too. All our droughts are broken by events like this. The Lord giveths, and the Lord takeths.
Posted by: lin-duh at July 07, 2025 12:08 AM (VCgbV)
"It’s official: Helene’s rainfall, flooding broke all-time records"
Data:
https://shorturl.at/TWyqO
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 06, 2025 11:59 PM (XeU6L)
>>> 258
If you get 20 inches of rain in a couple of days, I don't care where you are, you are in a lot of trouble.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 07, 2025 12:05 AM (/HVsR)
It may not be possible to *predict* such extreme rainfall but once it starts happening, it's certainly possible to get information downstream.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 07, 2025 12:08 AM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 07, 2025 12:08 AM (ximIT)
Posted by: Skip at July 07, 2025 12:08 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: four seasons
Keeping it dark for:
1) the home theater
B) the "personal" photo darkroom
iii) the sex dungeon
d) the ritual sacrifice room
Posted by: mikeski doesn't want to know if there's a weirder choice
V) All of the above - Only Fans B&D S&M Live action film set !!!
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 07, 2025 12:09 AM (/lPRQ)
Boomerang looks as if it was held in the middle, one end to stab or penetrate, the other to slash. One end is pointy the other a blade.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
Ancient Polish Church Key
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 07, 2025 12:09 AM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Skip at July 07, 2025 12:11 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 07, 2025 12:11 AM (ximIT)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 07, 2025 12:12 AM (NXz8h)
I can believe it.
Here's GSPS past observed weather page:
https://tinyurl.com/2bno9mde
Lots of different station date. Asheville area had over 17" total for Sept 2024. GSP area was over 10". That's about what I estimate mine was. I think I missed 3" to 3" more that day after the power went off.
Late cousin was going to help me make up the difference on my records at the end of the year. He didn't make it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 07, 2025 12:13 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 06, 2025 11:18 PM (RIvkX)
Nah, it's more of an annoyance than anything else - I have my next CT Scan at the end of the month. If my tumors have shrunk some more, this will all have been worth it. At some point this medication WILL stop workibg. But for now, life is pretty darn good 😊💕
And nurse, you are so sweet! I'm not sad about my looks - after all, I'm on the inside looking out 😂😂😂. It's everyone else who has to see it....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 07, 2025 12:14 AM (SRRAx)
Around here, rainfall amounts are highly variable. The bottom can fall out at one spot, but a mile away little. And the granularity can get even smaller.
What gets the flooding going is widespread events. Now, you get local flash flooding in low lying areas with local heavy events from time to time.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 07, 2025 12:15 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions.
As long as it's a hardcopy... a small royalty should be a given if its published for sale. Do you keep the copywrite?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 07, 2025 12:15 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: LASue at July 07, 2025 12:16 AM (lCppi)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
Yes.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 07, 2025 12:16 AM (NXz8h)
https://youtu.be/o4Q7z92m6GM
And thus fast away the old day passes. MiladyJo is setting up the coffee. Gotta sleep so I can get up & enjoy it.
G'nite, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - God bless America at July 07, 2025 12:22 AM (OZEHh)
Posted by: runner at July 06, 2025 10:48 PM (g47mK)
He's stupid if he thinks he can do anything with Twitter. He's just pissing that money away
Posted by: Kindltot at July 07, 2025 12:22 AM (D7oie)
Posted by: runner at July 06, 2025 10:48 PM (g47mK)
He's stupid if he thinks he can do something with electric cars, what is he going to do, make an upscale golf cart? He's just pissing his money away
Posted by: Kindltot at July 07, 2025 12:23 AM (D7oie)
But Triangulation is, Trump excels at making the LIBs look as they really are -- stupid.
viz.
If he can do that, he has never hesitated before; so what to make of a new party now?
(M)elon(Head) Musk's party isn't real. Period. if were, Trump would instantly divest melonhead of his assets. Did he (he still may)? and after acting like just another mouthy-LIBs why would he hesitate? Would Musk be just as stupid? I think not, must be a deal in place.
historical, viz.
Epstein was "suddenly" wanted for criminal prosecution after a long friendship with Trump, but-only after Epstein out-bid him on a Florida real estate deal. Coincidence? NO.
No-Kings went suddenly silent after the Iran strike -- now waiting for the other shoe to drop. Bibi's trip to WH reprises the movie plot "Deal of the Century" -- Chevy Chase, Gregory Hines, and Sigourney Weaver no less!
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at July 07, 2025 12:24 AM (eB492)
Posted by: Skip at July 07, 2025 12:24 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: runner at July 06, 2025 10:48 PM (g47mK)
He's stupid if he thinks he can do anything with rockets, look, he is just blowing them up and making mistakes. If there was money in it we wouldn't need NASA, right? He's just pissing his money away
Posted by: Kindltot at July 07, 2025 12:24 AM (D7oie)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 07, 2025 12:26 AM (ximIT)
Posted by: four seasons at July 07, 2025 12:27 AM (3ek7K)
Only the wind and hail had blown a bunch of limbs and leaves into the drainage system, so every th by got clogged up. Everything was fine one minute, and then water was halfway up the doors of the car. I was 41/2 months pregnant, and we had to exit the car through the windows.
We made our way over to the 7-11 and sat with everyone else, watching the water rise and the dumpster ride the water over the top of our hood.
All I could think was: I hope my parents don't get a phone call telling them their daughter drowned in a 7-11...
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 07, 2025 12:27 AM (SRRAx)
Posted by: four seasons
Keeping it dark for:
1) the home theater
B) the "personal" photo darkroom
iii) the sex dungeon
d) the ritual sacrifice room
Posted by: mikeski doesn't want to know if there's a weirder choice
V) All of the above - Only Fans B&D S&M Live action film set !!!
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
I was going to question including option "d" with the rest.
Then I looked at the nickname.
Checks out.
Posted by: mikeski at July 07, 2025 12:28 AM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Skip at July 07, 2025 12:08 AM (+qU29)
Throwing sticks are throwing sticks, the aboriginal ones have different shapes for different purposes. The hunting ones don't return.
You can see Egyptian tomb paintings showing men hunting birds with throwing sticks too. In my experience they need a bit of a curve to keep them going true, since a straight stick has some odd aerodymamics and odd balance issues.
You also want them as dense as possible.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 07, 2025 12:30 AM (D7oie)
In any event, half an hour later, the water was gone, and we got to trudge 6 blocks to our house because all of the water had rushed over our hood for quite a while, flooding the engine beyond repair.
But that is a story for another day...
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 07, 2025 12:32 AM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 07, 2025 12:33 AM (ximIT)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions.
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And a Laurel and Hardy handshake.
Congrats.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 07, 2025 12:36 AM (pyBzP)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 07, 2025 12:38 AM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 07, 2025 12:04 AM (pyBzP)
Yeah, if it's not an airfoil shape, it's not a boomerang.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 07, 2025 12:39 AM (phXJ2)
Is this gonna be like in "The Jerk" where your name gets published and then some wing nut starts taking pot shots at you by the oil cans at the service station?
I hope not! 😂
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 07, 2025 12:40 AM (SRRAx)
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 07, 2025 12:41 AM (mT+6a)
Perhaps not, but his investors certainly are -- he isn't in it for Marz because he got what he really wanted, a city: Starbase, officially incorporated, and now rezoning to evict all the residents who voted for it.
Bezos is going to clean house, and mELONhead knows it. His only means of remaining relevant and viable beyond that is to be of use to Trump, thus the fake-Party which will lead the LIBs to their doom like lemmings...
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at July 07, 2025 12:42 AM (shcxp)
https://annapuna.blogspot.com/2007/03/patriotic-pin-up.html
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 07, 2025 12:45 AM (XOckW)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 07, 2025 12:46 AM (pyBzP)
What an amazing movie.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 07, 2025 12:41 AM (mT+6a)
Read an interview with Mandy Patinkin.
He said the cast and spouses/others were watching a preview of the movie. He started crying. His wife grabbed his hand and asked, 'What's wonrg?'
Mandy replied, 'I never thought I'd be in a movie like this.'
Posted by: RickZ at July 07, 2025 12:46 AM (gKDq2)
@attackdogX
16h
My uber driver to the airport is going 30 mph over the speed limit, has a check engine light on, & is blasting Metallica.
We have now entered 30% tip territory…
Jul 6, 2025 · 11:52 AM UTC
Posted by: Kindltot at July 07, 2025 12:47 AM (D7oie)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 07, 2025 12:47 AM (D7oie)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 07, 2025 12:49 AM (XOckW)
Posted by: Skip at July 07, 2025 12:51 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Archer at July 07, 2025 12:52 AM (IDphi)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 07, 2025 12:53 AM (pyBzP)
@attackdogX
16h
My uber driver to the airport is going 30 mph over the speed limit, has a check engine light on, & is blasting Metallica.
We have now entered 30% tip territory…
Jul 6, 2025 · 11:52 AM UTC
Posted by: Kindltot
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It was nice of them to not tag @Uber in that xeet.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 07, 2025 12:53 AM (Rrsaq)
Posted by: Skip at July 07, 2025 12:51 AM (+qU29)
If you are running late, and the Uber driver speeds to get you there on time, big tip due! If You are not late, and he speeds, and gets a ticket, causing you to miss the plane, no tip, and a complaint to Uber. The check engine light is irrelevant. In most cases it's nothing immediately destructive.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 07, 2025 12:55 AM (phXJ2)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 07, 2025 12:49 AM (XOckW)
Puttin' on the Fritz?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 07, 2025 12:56 AM (phXJ2)
Have a great night everyone
Posted by: Skip at July 07, 2025 01:01 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
My ABS light has been off/on for years.
Finally had real malfunction with ABS motor running even with key out. The immediate fix is pulling the fuse. If a sensor cable failed then it may be worth fixing. If the unit had a short it may be worth fixing (resoldering the board where needed). If it is fried the fix is no more ABS brakes.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 07, 2025 01:02 AM (/lPRQ)
Ciampino still hanging in there?
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 07, 2025 01:03 AM (TZArS)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 07, 2025 01:03 AM (/lPRQ)
I haven't worked through that last bit, to be honest. Whenever I do, I pass out, but that could be what I'm drinking. I'll stagger off to bed now...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 07, 2025 01:04 AM (bA75n)
Remember, you don't call 911 if the fireworks scares the cats. You call 911 if the cats start returning fire.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 07, 2025 01:06 AM (D7oie)
You know why Elon will Fail?
Because it looks like, to everyone, he's just a billionaire playing games with people lives -- it's all just a "game" to Elon.
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 07, 2025 01:07 AM (TZArS)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 07, 2025 01:10 AM (pyBzP)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 07, 2025 01:12 AM (pyBzP)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 07, 2025 01:13 AM (0DdMG)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 07, 2025 01:13 AM (0DdMG)
So Elon gets pissed, then turns evil for revenge and tries to take over the whole galaxy. I've seen this sci-fi plot before.
Posted by: RickZ at July 07, 2025 01:16 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 07, 2025 01:10 AM (pyBzP)
If your vehicle is old enough, you might be able to snag an ABS module at a U-Pull-It auto wrecker for a few dollars.
Some vehicles, the wheel speed sensors are easy to change, and on others, you have to pull the rotors, which can be a pain on a FWD or 4WD vehicle.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 07, 2025 01:17 AM (phXJ2)
Speaking of rain, it's getting dry here locally, soil moisture down to 15%. There's a site I look at, and I plug in Simpsonville, SC to glance at it. Well, turns out there not as dry as I am by a long shot.
Nationwide soil moisture map here:
https://tinyurl.com/yph6ebu9
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 07, 2025 01:21 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 07, 2025 01:21 AM (i0WPY)
taken from image:
Major / Record Flood Stage:
Guadalupe R
Hunt: 34.1 ft
Comfort: 29.9 ft
Spring Branch: measuring - 26.6 ft at 0300 CDT; crest – 37 ft passed; wave continuing downstream
Llano R: Mason 29.7 ft, Castell surging
Concho R – San Angelo – 36 ft (unstable gauges)
San Saba Creek (Brady) – 32.6 ft
Cibolo Creek: urban overflow
Medina R: Bander[a] peaked 17.1ft; downstream piping via Pipe Creek & Von Orny
Complete images: https://tinyurl.com/an5nx2yw
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 07, 2025 01:23 AM (pyBzP)
The bad news is, in ten years that might be a majority of the population of the United States. That man is a machine.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 07, 2025 01:24 AM (r6SF4)
Posted by: Lord Percy at July 07, 2025 01:24 AM (0pr6s)
Posted by: Lord Percy at July 07, 2025 01:27 AM (0pr6s)
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A White House spokesperson highlighted Mamdani’s use of the phrase in an email to PolitiFact July 1, ...
The White House didn’t send us evidence to support Trump’s statement before our fact-check was posted; multiple political scientists and communism experts told us Mamdani’s mayoral race positions did not amount to communism. We rated Trump’s statement False.
...
They’re telling people not to believe what they’re seeing and hearing. _ Steve Watson via Modernity.news,
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 07, 2025 01:35 AM (pyBzP)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 07, 2025 01:36 AM (i0WPY)
...
Medvedev Suggests He's "On Magic Mushrooms"
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 07, 2025 01:39 AM (pyBzP)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 07, 2025 01:44 AM (0nHVk)
Crank High!
Cernovich@Cernovich
There is a chain of command on this planet, and elite pedophiles are at the very top. Even above Trump. Way above him
Posted by: Mister Ghost at July 07, 2025 01:51 AM (TGPs7)
The incident occurred 51 nautical miles southwest of Al Hudaydah, Yemen, ... (UKMTO) reported on Sunday.
The vessel was attacked by “multiple small vessels,” the report said. The vessels had opened fire, and a security team on the vessel had responded, with the incident continuing for hours. ... and situation is ongoing,” it added.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 07, 2025 01:53 AM (pyBzP)
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has gone full 'Red Dawn' - warning that China and Russia might orchestrate simultaneous invasions of Taiwan and Europe to destabilize the Western alliance.
...
Medvedev Suggests He's "On Magic Mushrooms"
Posted by: Braenyard
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Yeah yeah yeah. Rutte is thinking ahead. If China wants to invade Taiwan, he reasons, they'll ask their junior partner, Putin, to tie up European troops with a little invasion-action so he can have his way in his back yard. This is why NATO's significance extends to the Indo-Pacific. NATO needs to be so strong that Putin won't dare invade, say, Estonia to help out China.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 07, 2025 01:54 AM (nC9OT)
Posted by: Mister Ghost at July 07, 2025 02:02 AM (TGPs7)
MILO@Nero
I was wrong to wish for gout
Posted by: Mister Ghost at July 07, 2025 02:09 AM (TGPs7)
https://tinyurl.com/yc8xdp9v
Please email weather.modification@tdir.texas.gov If you have questions.
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This is real. Nicole Shanahan has been on this. Tennessee has made weather modification illegal. Florida has also passed legislation on it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 07, 2025 02:10 AM (pyBzP)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 07, 2025 01:21 AM (i0WPY)
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Working now:
https://ww5.123moviesfree.net/
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2025 02:18 AM (ZvVgj)
Posted by: Mister Ghost at July 07, 2025 02:18 AM (TGPs7)
Posted by: Mister Ghost at July 07, 2025 02:18 AM (TGPs7)
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Hydrate! Hydrate! Hydrate!
Drink a quart of water when you wake up and then after all 3 daily meals. Plus do exercise and drink a quarter after every workout.
Plus, take whatever prescriptive pills the doc gives you until the gout is gone.
But it will return if you need to improve your health, lose weight, and change your diet.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2025 02:23 AM (ZvVgj)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 07, 2025 02:27 AM (phXJ2)
https://tinyurl.com/yc8xdp9v
Please email weather.modification@tdir.texas.gov If you have questions.
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This is real. Nicole Shanahan has been on this. Tennessee has made weather modification illegal. Florida has also passed legislation on it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 07, 2025 02:10 AM (pyBzP)
Very true!
Interesting that MTG proposed her anti weather modification legislation after the Texas floods hit.
If you want to embrace total conspiracy theory you stuff, people believe that hurricanes like Katrina have been steered by other governments, the Deep State and the Breakaway civilization types.
And that governments and other entities have the power through this weather modification to inflict earthquakes and other disasters.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at July 07, 2025 02:28 AM (TGPs7)
Working now:
https://ww5.123moviesfree.net/
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs
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Ooohhh! They have Battle Los Angeles. There was a discussion going here a few nights ago about the best, scariest alien invasion movie. That's a good one.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 07, 2025 02:34 AM (nC9OT)
Substantive advice.
But I had to laugh a bit because I've been 20 to 40 pounds under my normal weight. I'm definitely skinny.
It's the evil diuretics that are responsible, these side effects are no fun, I have tinnitus too because of them.
But hey, it all builds character and you don't get out of this life alive or without a few scars along with the way.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at July 07, 2025 02:40 AM (TGPs7)
Posted by: Mister Ghost at July 07, 2025 02:40 AM (TGPs7)
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Get well soon.
Physical trauma (broken bone) is what introduced me to gout. Had a small occurrence a few weeks ago after a few days of too much wine, cheese, whiskey, and red meat. Caught it very early on, popped my pills for 3-4 days and it's been gone since then.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2025 02:46 AM (ZvVgj)
He’s just an immature genius.
Posted by: polynikes at July 07, 2025 02:46 AM (VofaG)
https://ww5.123moviesfree.net/
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2025 02:18 AM (ZvVgj)
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Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2025 02:47 AM (ZvVgj)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 07, 2025 02:52 AM (i0WPY)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 07, 2025 02:53 AM (i0WPY)
https://tinyurl.com/bdehtumt
On another note, something distant just went BOOM here in northern Israel.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2025 02:53 AM (ZvVgj)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 07, 2025 02:59 AM (i0WPY)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 07, 2025 03:00 AM (vd6bO)
Posted by: Mister Ghost
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Don't know about all that but blue rain is verified and seeding the atmosphere with chemicals is verified. None of which is appealing.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 07, 2025 03:02 AM (pyBzP)
There is a site I go to to do a daily jigsaw puzzle, 224 pieces. No big deal. But the instructions. Whoo-boy.
"Assemble the puzzle pieces
Consult in-game help for more details."
The world is going to die from stupidity.
Posted by: RickZ at July 07, 2025 03:03 AM (gKDq2)
https://tinyurl.com/2uwwwptz
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2025 03:04 AM (ZvVgj)
So you do believe in man made climate change?
Posted by: polynikes at July 07, 2025 03:05 AM (VofaG)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 07, 2025 03:17 AM (vd6bO)
Posted by: polynikes
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Absolutely not.
But it is a fact that in CA and now discovered in TX and had been in FL and TN cloud seeding. That's spraying crap in the air to effect rain and who knows what else. And blue rain is a fact therefore who knows what else is a fact.
And if you look at the document their had been seeding activity in the Kerrville area.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 07, 2025 03:18 AM (pyBzP)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 07, 2025 03:02 AM (pyBzP)
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For what it's worth:
Augustus Doricko
@ADoricko
12h
Hello again General Flynn
I answered this yesterday in my thread, which you may have seen
No cloud seeding took place on the 3rd or 4th in Texas, and no prior operations could have affected the flooding
Happy to answer any questions
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2025 03:21 AM (ZvVgj)
Hate to say it, but: A LOT of people on "our side" have been making fools of themselves for the last few months with idiotic theories and plain dumb comments.
For instance: Mike Lee.
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 07, 2025 03:26 AM (TZArS)
Tucker Carlson, Marjorie Greene, Steve Bannon, Elon, ....
too many to count.
Oh, and that Luna broad.
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 07, 2025 03:28 AM (TZArS)
(I have some nerve critiquing just about anyone's sense of style.)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 07, 2025 03:29 AM (NFX2v)
Not to mention people here jumping on every random tweet from any random fuckstick account.
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 07, 2025 03:31 AM (TZArS)
You wrote, It's everyone else who has to see it....
What I see, or rather what I have read over some years, is that you're an absolutely amazing individual & make this very good place even better.
Never feel less than. You're so much more. 💞
Lola
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 07, 2025 03:52 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 07, 2025 03:53 AM (0nHVk)
Not to mention people here jumping on every random tweet from any random fuckstick account.
Posted by: Soothsayer
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Wouldn't call them random but I've been taken in by James Woods day before yesterday (I think) and now (zero hedge) who were a lot craftier than Woods but Mr. Gullible put his hand in the monkey trap.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 07, 2025 03:55 AM (pyBzP)
@amuse@amuse . 7h
Replying to @briangamble_v1 @ADoricko @RainmakerCorp
He’s going to be on my X Space tomorrow if you’d like to ask him questions.
https://tinyurl.com/4mek9c3u
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 07, 2025 03:58 AM (pyBzP)
But he will.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 07, 2025 04:02 AM (QVzW0)
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