Wednesday Morning Rant

A Routine Killer

As happens seemingly every year (I wrote about it last year, too), Europe is again going through a major heat wave. This time, they're calling it a "heat dome" and there's lots of apocalyptic language being thrown around, and plenty of blaming "climate change" for this thing that happens every summer. It is indeed hot. Parts of Western Europe have been over 100 degrees and it's expected to continue for a few days. Britain is expecting to set records. Europe can't deal with it and the perennial lack of effective response has real consequences.

According to the WHO (grains of salt, etc.), heatwaves have killed 200,000 Europeans in the past four years. That's a lot of people. For comparison, heat-related deaths in the United States - a country where many parts are much hotter than Europe - has had 20,000 heat-related deaths in the past 25 years. This year, Europe is responding as it always does: by banning things and by engaging in hysterical hand-wringing. It's the only response the EU ever has, and it is perhaps the only response it can have.

The histrionics are particularly good this year.

"This is not just a heatwave, it is a heat-dome driven furnace that will grip most of southern UK and push temperatures into truly exceptional territory," said Akshay Deoras, a meteorologist at the University of Reading.

A furnace that reaches 95+ degrees. That is hot to be sure, especially for Britain, but 90-something temperatures causing panic and a swath of death is insane to an American. There is a reason for the panic, which is the last time there was this kind of heat wave about 20 years ago:

"This heatwave will be quite comparable in severity to the one in August 2003. It is expected to surpass it in terms of maximum intensity," Meteo France said Monday, referring to a deadly 16-day heat wave that killed nearly 15,000 people.

Europe is responding as usual. France has banned drinking alcohol at music festivals (the article doesn't say why, so my guess is to help prevent dehydration). Spain canceled a large event where people would gather to watch the World Cup. The New York Times has some helpful hints for travelers facing the heat wave, and the list is useful to examine:

Block out the windows in your home - especially those that get afternoon sun - with a blanket or a darker sheet during the day to keep the heat out. At night, keep windows open and run fans to circulate the air.
Spritz your skin with a mist of cool or room-temperature water or wipe your forehead with a cool cloth. Cold showers can also help you cool down.
If you need to be outdoors, put ice cubes in your water bottle and drink cool liquids. If you plan to exercise, douse your head in cold water. Swimming is also a great way to exercise and keep cool.

Notice what the Times doesn't recommend. It's the obvious thing to any American. They don't recommend turning on the air conditioner. They don't recommend that because it isn't an option. Europe, as a rule, doesn't have A/C. Some places have it, of course, but most don't. Barcelona runs "climate shelters" - that is, places with air conditioning - and as was also reported during last year's heat wave, is undertaking urban reconstruction to nibble at the edges. But not to normalize A/C. That, they couldn't do even if they wanted to.

They simply don't have enough power to normalize A/C. Even if people want it (and in Europe, many decry air conditioning as absurd wasteful Americanism, but demand is nonetheless higher than ever), they can't get it. They can get the equipment, but they can't power it. The grid falls apart if too many people try. From last year's article:

Spain knows it has a problem. In a time of right-wing opposition to Europe’s environment-protecting Green Deal regulations - "greenlash," it has been called - the progressive government of Spain has embraced an ecological transition.

Yes, wanting to run an air conditioner reliably is "right-wing." Of course it is. Someone saying, "wait a second, we need more power and can't get it because the eco warriors refuse to permit reliable power generation" is the mark of a right-wing radical.

So Europe does what it can, and it's the same solution as in every crisis. As always, the answer is to stop doing things you enjoy and accept your position as a controlled subject who is forbidden from other options and merely hope the old people in your family don't die because they can't cool off. How much air conditioning would Europeans have if they could get it? Probably a damn sight more than they do now. But they can't, so the point is moot. "Decarbonization" and "climate change" and "progressive government" have all but guaranteed that this year, like most years, hot weather will rack up a meaningful body count. There is just nothing that can be done to prevent it. To prevent would be to embrace effective power generation and, yes, to take a cue from those filthy Americans and make air conditioning more common in places where it gets hot.

And we just can't do that. That would be absurd.

Posted by: Joe Mannix at 11:00 AM

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1 And we put tumorous Ida behind us.

I'll go let the others know the rant is live.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 24, 2026 11:00 AM (O7YUW)

2 1st?

Posted by: Bulg at June 24, 2026 11:00 AM (77rzZ)

3 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at June 24, 2026 11:01 AM (NcvvS)

4 FFS Europe. Get over it and install air conditioning and turn it on.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 24, 2026 11:01 AM (O7YUW)

5 We're having a heat dome
A Yerapeon heat dome

Posted by: fd at June 24, 2026 11:02 AM (7fU8L)

6 Hey, maybe scuppering all those nuclear power plants wasn't the best idea, huh? You could have run air conditioners!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 24, 2026 11:02 AM (O7YUW)

7
HEAT DOME

One Nation Enters, One Man Walks Out!

Posted by: naturalfake at June 24, 2026 11:03 AM (iJfKG)

8 According to the WHO (grains of salt, etc.), heatwaves have killed 200,000 Europeans in the past four years.

Well hell.
Take a shot, wear a mask,and rat out your neighbors.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 24, 2026 11:04 AM (2WIwB)

9 Meh...f*ck Europe, in particular.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 24, 2026 11:04 AM (bFu5X)

10 HVAC BABY!!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 24, 2026 11:04 AM (Kt19C)

11 They simply don't have enough power to normalize A/C. Even if people want it (and in Europe, many decry air conditioning as absurd wasteful Americanism, but demand is nonetheless higher than ever), they can't get it. They can get the equipment, but they can't power it. The grid falls apart if too many people try. From last year's article:

I thought Fwance had nuclear ☢️ power? Since they're all EU, why can't Fwance share?

I bet if Spain got uppity, Fwance would surrender.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 24, 2026 11:06 AM (4Iv8v)

12 I'm OK with A/C. I'm cool with it.

Posted by: gp at June 24, 2026 11:06 AM (Jr5Lq)

13 Catcher in the Rye is so bad I know it was on my HS reading lists and I remember nothing but this aching feeling in my head of how terrible it was, with no memory about any of it.
Posted by: Black JEM

They say if you read it as an adult, you'll see it in a whole new light. I'll never know.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 24, 2026 11:06 AM (ndZc7)

14 This year, Europe is responding as it always does: by banning things and by engaging in hysterical hand-wringing. It's the only response the EU ever has, and it is perhaps the only response it can have.

Europe would have a different response if important people were being affected. A better class of people. But they're not, so the swells will just tell the poors to suffer a bit more and stroke themselves over their collective goodness.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 24, 2026 11:07 AM (ExV1e)

15 France ought to be able to have AC, I thought they had embraced nuclear power. But inviting in hordes of savage jihadis probably makes nuclear a bit more risky.

Posted by: PaleRider at June 24, 2026 11:07 AM (PV+Zw)

16 Do they have any data centers?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 24, 2026 11:07 AM (Cqx++)

17 "Block out the windows in your home - especially those that get afternoon sun - with a blanket or a darker sheet during the day to keep the heat out."

Seems they would need something reflective, not a dark blanket. The dark blanket will collect maximum heat, and it is inside the room, so the hot air will go up and pull in more cooler room air at the bottom.

I did this in my house for solar heat for a couple years, except I had fans to help circulate the heat, and it was for winter use.

Posted by: illiniwek at June 24, 2026 11:07 AM (vbXSk)

18 "Catcher in the Rye is so bad"

"Heart of Darkness." I know that two things supposedly can't be mutually worse than each other, but those two are.

Posted by: gp at June 24, 2026 11:08 AM (Jr5Lq)

19 In 1980, the Portland metropolitan area had 10% of residences with air conditioning.

In Portland, you simply accepted that a couple of weeks a year would be too hot.

Since the '90's, every new residence in Portland has had a/c installed, and the City of Portland now gives away air conditioners to poor people (through politically-connected nonprofits, of course), because air conditioning is now a Human Right.

Expanding affluence...

Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 24, 2026 11:08 AM (aD4fx)

20 Sigh. They never really did recover from the World Wars.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 24, 2026 11:09 AM (OUMaO)

21 FFS Europe. Get over it and install air conditioning and turn it on.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 24, 2026 11:01 AM (O7YUW)
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As noted - they can't. And being in high density urban settings where wind is restricted and the effects of heat are more pronounced, they have decided that in worship to their god Gaia they will sacrifice thousands of their countrymen. Well those they don't let the Islamic horde rape and kill anyway.

Posted by: Black JEM at June 24, 2026 11:09 AM (GZYu7)

22
Willis Carrier FTW. One of the few people worth a damn to come out of New Yawk state.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 24, 2026 11:09 AM (L6eoZ)

23 108 F here for the next couple of days. The only people that will die are those who go out to climb mountains without carrying a ton of water.

Thank goodness for hydropower! and thank God first.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 24, 2026 11:09 AM (B0dAE)

24 If you need to be outdoors, put ice cubes in your water bottle and drink cool liquids.

Ice?!!?!! Just like Americans to say "put ice in your drinks" like ice grows on trees.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 24, 2026 11:10 AM (ExV1e)

25 Catcher in the Rye is so bad I know it was on my HS reading lists and I remember nothing but this aching feeling in my head of how terrible it was, with no memory about any of it.
Posted by: Black JEM

They say if you read it as an adult, you'll see it in a whole new light. I'll never know.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 24, 2026 11:06 AM (ndZc7)
==
That is a huge ask. We already have a lack of mental health professionals in our area!

Posted by: Black JEM at June 24, 2026 11:10 AM (GZYu7)

26 Commenting present

Posted by: Skip at June 24, 2026 11:10 AM (sgkY8)

27 9 Hey, RMBS, what did you think of the Orthodox Church in Chantilly?

Posted by: Bulg at June 24, 2026 11:10 AM (77rzZ)

28 According to the WHO (grains of salt, etc.), heatwaves have killed 200,000 Europeans in the past four years.
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Bastardi posted stats, yesterday, showing more people die of cold in Europe than heat. - He wasn't saying they weren't stupid for not having A/C. Just that heat death was more alarmist crap.

Maybe those people over here for the games will take home the idea of Walmart and $99 window units.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 24, 2026 11:10 AM (lkdOl)

29 I'll wager King Chuckles has plenty of A/C at his command. When he sweats, they collect it and sell it as an elixir.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 24, 2026 11:10 AM (fkjGs)

30 If you need to be outdoors, put ice cubes in your water bottle and drink cool liquids.

Ice?!!?!! Just like Americans to say "put ice in your drinks" like ice grows on trees.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 24, 2026 11:10 AM (ExV1e)
==
Yeah they don't have a bunch of ice either.

Posted by: Black JEM at June 24, 2026 11:11 AM (GZYu7)

31 Anyway, if Euros can't or don't want to use A/C, sounds like a 'them' problem, not an 'us' problem.

Posted by: gp at June 24, 2026 11:12 AM (Jr5Lq)

32 “I’d call him a sadistic, hippophilic necrophile, but that would be beating a dead horse.”

Posted by: SMOD at June 24, 2026 11:12 AM (RHGPo)

33 We now know - empirically - that more Europeans are killed by heat than Americans are killed by guns, even counting gang violence and suicide.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 24, 2026 11:12 AM (rii+a)

34 A furnace that reaches 95+ degrees. That is hot to be sure, especially for Britain, but 90-something temperatures causing panic and a swath of death is insane to an American.

I'm in Virginia, where 90+ is the norm in the summer. Time to break out my Beau Geste hat I guess.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 24, 2026 11:12 AM (Riz8t)

35 Europe is soft.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 24, 2026 11:12 AM (jehhT)

36 How much air conditioning would Europeans have if they could get it?

But at least they have 'free' healthcare.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 24, 2026 11:12 AM (ExV1e)

37 On the bright side at least their most precious inhabitants will be the least affected. The third worlders are used to the heat. It would be a tragedy to lose even one.

Posted by: Clay at June 24, 2026 11:13 AM (5Rf2z)

38 If you need to be outdoors, put ice cubes in your water bottle and drink cool liquids. If you plan to exercise, douse your head in cold water. Swimming is also a great way to exercise and keep cool.

Wow, when were these measures developed? We sure could have used them here in Virginia.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 24, 2026 11:13 AM (Riz8t)

39 >>"Block out the windows in your home - especially those that get afternoon sun - with a blanket or a darker sheet during the day to keep the heat out."

Gee, I wonder if there's a product or two that are made to do this, such a light-blocking drapes?

Nah, just use a sheet and pretend it's all good!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 24, 2026 11:13 AM (X8xt3)

40 Maybe those people over here for the games will take home the idea of Walmart and $99 window units.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 24, 2026 11:10 AM (lkdOl)

They could, but they couldn't afford to run them. It's not the a/c unit that's the problem for Europe. It's electricity. They don't have enough of it and they actively destroyed their means of producing it.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 24, 2026 11:13 AM (rii+a)

41 When I have to mow down here on the Gulf Coast in the summer, I soak a hand towel in water and place it the freezer for most of the day. Then, in the evening when I mow, as it is often still around 90 degrees, I wrap the towel around my neck, stuffing the ends into the collar of my t-shirt before heading out. Works wonderfully.

Posted by: one hour sober at June 24, 2026 11:13 AM (J4Dwc)

42 There's a reason why our ancestors braved a perilous ocean crossing in wooden ships to escape from the jamokes in Europe.

Posted by: Archer at June 24, 2026 11:14 AM (wvc0i)

43 Causing unnecessary suffering, death, destruction, misery?

Why, yes. It's what they live for!

Posted by: Lady Who Lurks at June 24, 2026 11:14 AM (JCLJi)

44 *** Meteo France said Monday, referring to a deadly 16-day heat wave that killed nearly 15,000 people.
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Is that the one where the young one's went to the beach for holiday leaving the old folks at home, uncared for, to die alone in the heat?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 24, 2026 11:14 AM (lkdOl)

45 I haven't read Catcher in the Rye since HS, so maybe I'd hate it now. But I thought it was okay back then. A welcome relief from the dreary, unloved (by anyone but English teachers) classics, like The Scarlet Letter. There were not a lot of books I read for English that I did like. Cry, The Beloved Country is the only counterexample that springs to mind. But I might hate it now too if I reread it, given how things have turned out.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 24, 2026 11:14 AM (AUL7F)

46 They simply don't have enough power to normalize A/C.

clearly, they need to build more windmills.

Posted by: anachronda at June 24, 2026 11:14 AM (sGtp+)

47 “He who makes the best egg salad shall rule over heaven and earth”

Posted by: SMOD at June 24, 2026 11:15 AM (RHGPo)

48 The Euro devotion to Net Zero is absolutely bizarre.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 24, 2026 11:15 AM (KSFAI)

49 "Block out the windows in your home - especially those that get afternoon sun - with a blanket or a darker sheet during the day to keep the heat out."

Seems they would need something reflective, not a dark blanket. The dark blanket will collect maximum heat, and it is inside the room, so the hot air will go up and pull in more cooler room air at the bottom.

Photoabsorption. How do it work?

Posted by: Archimedes at June 24, 2026 11:15 AM (Riz8t)

50
Heat Dome!

And suddenly, just like that,

it makes sense that Europe would import millions of 3rd World desert nomads to infest their Net Zero countries.

Genius!

Posted by: naturalfake at June 24, 2026 11:15 AM (iJfKG)

51 >>Catcher in the Rye is so bad I know it was on my HS reading lists and I remember nothing but this aching feeling in my head of how terrible it was, with no memory about any of it.

This is why it is cringe when adults say this is their favorite book, such as Obama fiction writer-turned-National Security Advisor.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 24, 2026 11:16 AM (X8xt3)

52 **They can get the equipment, but they can't power it. The grid falls apart**
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Europe is truly a third world country. The 'old world' more than ever.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 24, 2026 11:16 AM (lkdOl)

53 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 24, 2026 11:16 AM (9gDA7)

54 > I bet if Spain got uppity, Fwance would surrender.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 24, 2026 11:06 AM (4Iv8v)

Mitterand once attempted to surrender to a cub scout troop that was visiting Paris.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 24, 2026 11:16 AM (IG3/x)

55 Newpapers in the Northeast like to denounce air conditioning use, because they figure it is a slam against people who live in the Sunbelt.

More energy in the United States is used in heating than air conditioning, yet somehow these newspapers never denounce people who live in areas with cold winters

Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 24, 2026 11:17 AM (aD4fx)

56 How much air conditioning would Europeans have if they could get it?

But at least they have 'free' healthcare.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 24, 2026 11:12 AM (ExV1e)

What? You need an IV to treat your heat stroke? Your appointment is next month. But it's free!

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 24, 2026 11:17 AM (L6eoZ)

57 MANNIX!

You really should end each post with a link to a "Mannix babe" since we kinda miss that 'round these parts.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 24, 2026 11:17 AM (9gDA7)

58
It is sad to see New York to go full commie. The public school/college indoctrination has been successful. This generation will have to learn through pain.

Posted by: Frank Barone at June 24, 2026 11:17 AM (OkYzo)

59 Mitterand once attempted to surrender to a cub scout troop that was visiting Paris.

That's a damn lie. They were Webelos.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 24, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)

60 I used to put some of the reflective bubble wrap stuff on the outside of a bathroom window that caught a lot of morning sun. Can europeans even buy a roll of aluminum foil? Putting that on the window panes would help a bunch, and not interfere with opening the windows at night. I don't have central AC. I have 2 bedroom size AC units one for each floor that keep the house from getting too hot, and the climate here is dry, I can almost always just open windows and run fans to cool the house off well overnight.

Posted by: PaleRider at June 24, 2026 11:17 AM (PV+Zw)

61 They can never pry my A/C out of my cold dead arms!
Never, I say!

Posted by: Case at June 24, 2026 11:18 AM (IY9No)

62 The Euro devotion to Net Zero is absolutely bizarre.

It's part of increasing the controls over their population.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 24, 2026 11:18 AM (aD4fx)

63 Lack of AC mostly kills the elderly, saving governments money, and they're importing replacement citizens much better suited to the heat, so it'll solve itself soon.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at June 24, 2026 11:18 AM (uaWfi)

64
I bet the Presidential home in Spain, and all the government office buildings have AC running 24/7.

Posted by: Frank Barone at June 24, 2026 11:18 AM (OkYzo)

65 According to the WHO (grains of salt, etc.), heatwaves have killed 200,000 Europeans in the past four years. That's a lot of people. For comparison, heat-related deaths in the United States - a country where many parts are much hotter than Europe - has had 20,000 heat-related deaths in the past 25 years.

Because the end goal with all world governments at this point is population control. They will blame whatever they can blame, but it's their policies that get you killed. I guarantee you they are living in A/C and keeping cool during heat waves that is killing their constituents.

Their rules, laws, guidelines and global warming hysteria preventing the people from keeping cool is one thing.

Muthaf*cking MURDER.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 24, 2026 11:19 AM (9gDA7)

66 One of the best investments I made was buying and installing an canopy on my tractor. A fiberglass "roof."

99% of my property is in the sun. No shade. Trees ring it, but it used to be a farm field. And I take a water bottle with me and juice it with a little "Liquid IV" if I know I'll be sweating.

*I always sweat*

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 24, 2026 11:19 AM (jehhT)

67 Hey, RMBS, what did you think of the Orthodox Church in Chantilly?
Posted by: Bulg at June 24, 2026 11:10 AM

S'up, Bulg?

I would say very vibrant, friendly, multi-ethnic, young, and growing. I'll definitely be going back when I'm in the area. Their iconography project is ambitious, and should be beautiful when it's finally complete.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 24, 2026 11:19 AM (bFu5X)

68 >>Yes, wanting to run an air conditioner reliably is "right-wing."
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Waiting for AOC to bring this enlightenment home to us.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 24, 2026 11:19 AM (lkdOl)

69 59 Mitterand once attempted to surrender to a cub scout troop that was visiting Paris.

That's a damn lie. They were Webelos.
Posted by: Archimedes

They blow?!?! Where do I sign up to be a scout master?!?!?!

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at June 24, 2026 11:19 AM (uaWfi)

70 Do they sell electric fans in Europe? It seems I never recommendations by the 'experts' to sit by a fan when it is hot in your residence, let alone having a medium-sized fan pointing at your bed to help getting sleep if you don't have a/c. In my experience, an oscillating fan is best for this.

Posted by: Gref at June 24, 2026 11:20 AM (5rh/l)

71 Heat Assistance In Dying, HAID.

The newest trend in Euro government programs.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 24, 2026 11:20 AM (KSFAI)

72 They say if you read it as an adult, you'll see it in a whole new light. I'll never know.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 24, 2026 11:06 AM

I read it as an adult, not as a kid. Holden Caulfield is a kid messed up by the death of his closest sibling, his parents' apparent callousness in sending him to boarding school, and witnessing his bullied classmate commit suicide. I wonder if the author was amused that readers turned him into some sort of antihero.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 24, 2026 11:20 AM (38i2N)

73 Holden Caulfield was a whiny little entitled shit who didn't get beat up nearly as much as he should.

It happened a couple of times, as I recall, but that's not enough.

"Oh woe is me... my dad's an investment banker who keeps sending to me to expensive private schools that I keep flunking out of/getting kicked out of because I'm a spoiled asshole punk."

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 24, 2026 11:20 AM (IG3/x)

74 Have the Europeans blamed the USA for causing global warming yet?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 24, 2026 11:20 AM (Cqx++)

75 Hey, RMBS, what did you think of the Orthodox Church in Chantilly?
Posted by: Bulg at June 24, 2026 11:10 AM

They have lace there?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 24, 2026 11:20 AM (9gDA7)

76 Have the Europeans blamed the USA for causing global warming yet?

No need. It's axiomatic.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 24, 2026 11:21 AM (Riz8t)

77 The important thing is that you fear the weather, whether or not it even happens.

Posted by: t-bird at June 24, 2026 11:22 AM (TmQh+)

78 "having a medium-sized fan pointing at your bed to help getting sleep"

Remember when box fans were made of steel, and lasted for decades? Now they're all made out of plastic, and the bearings seize up after only a year of use.

Posted by: gp at June 24, 2026 11:22 AM (Jr5Lq)

79 if they hate air conditioning I can't wait to hear about swimming pools in back yards

Posted by: DanMan at June 24, 2026 11:23 AM (8uzBS)

80 They have lace there?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 24, 2026 11:20 AM

And a lot more that one pretty face. Just sayin'.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 24, 2026 11:23 AM (bFu5X)

81 "Heart of Darkness." ; A title that draws me to it like cuddling with a snake.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 24, 2026 11:24 AM (lkdOl)

82 Sounds like Europe could be a market for small Diesel-powered A/C units. You know, like the chiller units on the front of reefer trailers. Make window-shakers that really shake!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 24, 2026 11:24 AM (1z8ji)

83 I do not like heat… at all. Because I like to jog for exercise. But this overwrought nonsense about heat killing…. Both Monday and yesterday I did my usual jogs after work… it was mid-90s both days and humid. Dew point around 77 degF… that’s tropical and unpleasant. But somehow I survived 6 miles because I’m not an idiot. I hydrate and if I need to I stop and walk. It’s not hard folks! I think wintertime cold near 0 degF is much more likely to kill folks

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 24, 2026 11:24 AM (YetvJ)

84 75 Heh, Sponge. The Chantilly HS fight song is “Chantilly Lace.” Or at least its tune.

Posted by: Bulg at June 24, 2026 11:24 AM (77rzZ)

85 It's arguable that involving the government is unnecessary and potentially problematic, but at least SOMEONE is going to build nukes. Perhaps someone should tell the Euros it can be done.

Trump administration announces $17.5 billion in loans for 10 new large nuclear reactors.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright cited “tremendous interest” among developers of data centers that would buy the power, as well as utilities and energy companies. The nuclear plants could begin construction by 2030 and become operational in the mid-2030s, Wright and other officials said Tuesday.

“This is the start,” Wright said on a call with reporters. “We’re going to move with the players that are ready to stand up and move quickly. Once that supply chain is up and running, do we think there will be dozens of these built going forward? I’d be very surprised if there were not.”

https://is.gd/6XdL69

Posted by: Archimedes at June 24, 2026 11:25 AM (Riz8t)

86 >>and push temperatures into truly exceptional territory," said Akshay Deoras, a meteorologist at the University of Reading.

More on him, out of curiosity:
Senior Research Scientist in Indian Monsoon variability and high-impact weather (NCAS)

Research Interests
Dynamics and variability of monsoon systems
Extreme precipitation events and heatwave processes
Subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) forecasting
Current Research Projects
DRENCH – Depression-driven extreme precipitation (2025–present)
OUTBREAK – Breaks in rainfall and air quality (2024–present)
MiLCMOP – Mid-latitude controls on monsoon (2023–2025)
EUPHEMISMS_CO – Monsoon storms consolidation (2024–2025)

A guy who's only been focused on European weather since 2023 (looks like it as India weather before that) is trying to amp up the climate/weather hysterics for Europeans because: Summer is hot!

Perfect.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 24, 2026 11:25 AM (X8xt3)

87 Catcher in the Rye is so bad I know it was on my HS reading lists and I remember nothing but this aching feeling in my head of how terrible it was, with no memory about any of it.

This is why it is cringe when adults say this is their favorite book, such as Obama fiction writer-turned-National Security Advisor.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 24, 2026 11:16 AM (X8xt3)

I read it later in life just to see what the fuss all was about. I still don't know what the fuss was all about..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 24, 2026 11:25 AM (nbLIj)

88 > They have lace there?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 24, 2026 11:20 AM (9gDA7)

Also pretty faces.

However, being French, they don't smell so good.

Especially during a heat wave.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 24, 2026 11:25 AM (IG3/x)

89 if they hate air conditioning I can't wait to hear about swimming pools in back yards

Posted by: DanMan at June 24, 2026 11:23 AM (8uzBS)

They don't even understand our YARDS. Grass is a foreign concept to them.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 24, 2026 11:26 AM (rii+a)

90 They have lace there?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 24, 2026 11:20 AM

And a lot more that one pretty face. Just sayin'.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 24, 2026 11:23 AM (bFu5X)
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The ponytail. The ponytail really does it for me.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 24, 2026 11:26 AM (amcLV)

91 The Catcher in the Rye was a simple little book. I could reread it now, but why? I remember it from before. Boring. Dumb. Whiny AF.

If I'm going to do a reunion gig with a little novella from my youth, I'll try one that was good. Maybe the Old Man and the Sea, or Heart of Darkness.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 24, 2026 11:26 AM (BI5O2)

92 One of the best investments I made was buying and installing an canopy on my tractor. A fiberglass "roof."

We bought a house in 2019 I think, and the AC just couldn't keep the place cool on really hot days. Previous owners actually had it built, and skimped on everything, so the smallest AC for the square footage, minimal insulation, no shade on the house, etc.

We covered the whole roof in solar panels...and while not a great investment purely looking at energy produced/utility bill saved, it dramatically cooled the house in summer, which alone was worth it.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at June 24, 2026 11:26 AM (uaWfi)

93 our last in Houston had a 5 ton 15 SEER unit for the entire house and 1 ton mini-split for the master bedroom suite...suck on it my dear cousins across the pond

Posted by: DanMan at June 24, 2026 11:27 AM (8uzBS)

94 I still remember my first college lecture. A history class at Iowa State University in August. No AC in that lecture hall; it was unpleasant. The thing I still remember though is that the professor showed up in shorts and flip flops (probably due to the heat). I was shocked and even then thought it unprofessional and unbecoming

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 24, 2026 11:28 AM (YetvJ)

95 This is why it is cringe when adults say this is their favorite book, such as Obama fiction writer-turned-National Security Advisor.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 24, 2026 11:16 AM (X8xt3)

I think you mean the insidious little nepot Ben Rhodes.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 24, 2026 11:28 AM (BI5O2)

96 Dejah Thoris > Akshay Deoras

Posted by: I've got nothing at June 24, 2026 11:28 AM (wBRco)

97 The thing I still remember though is that the professor showed up in shorts and flip flops (probably due to the heat). I was shocked and even then thought it unprofessional and unbecoming

That's because it was.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 24, 2026 11:28 AM (Riz8t)

98
Homes with air conditioning

Japan: 91%
US: 90%
South Korea: 86%

All lie in similar latitudes. But Eurotrash and their oikophobic Leftist orbiters only concentrate on the US.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 24, 2026 11:28 AM (O0L8i)

99 Superman tv intro shows L A city hall. All the windows are open, no AC!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 24, 2026 11:29 AM (Kt19C)

100 The thing I still remember though is that the professor showed up in shorts and flip flops (probably due to the heat).
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Tell me he was wearing a Hawaiian shirt. Lie if you must.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 24, 2026 11:30 AM (amcLV)

101 >>I read it later in life just to see what the fuss all was about. I still don't know what the fuss was all about..

Heh, that's me with Wuthering Heights.

>>I think you mean the insidious little nepot Ben Rhodes.

Yup, forgot to name him. Weirdo.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 24, 2026 11:30 AM (X8xt3)

102 "We covered the whole roof in solar panels"

I'm curious: 1) How do they attach the panels to the roof securely enough to a roof so the wind doesn't rip them off? 2) Do the attachment points tend to spring leaks? 3) When the roof needs maint or replacement, doesn't it cost more because the panels need to be removed before the job and reattached after the job?

Posted by: gp at June 24, 2026 11:30 AM (Jr5Lq)

103 Go sit under some fucking trees. Have you forgotten how the outdoors work?

Posted by: t-bird at June 24, 2026 11:30 AM (TmQh+)

104 When a person purchases Catcher in the Rye, the CIA knows your location.

Posted by: Archer at June 24, 2026 11:32 AM (wvc0i)

105 Oh, I see we have a Heart of Darkness hater! That's a new one on me.

It's a really good book. To each his own, I guess.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 24, 2026 11:32 AM (BI5O2)

106 1970s L A trade tech. No AC. 90°+ at 7am.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 24, 2026 11:32 AM (Kt19C)

107 >>if they hate air conditioning I can't wait to hear about swimming pools in back yards

A big reason it's so fun listening to European soccer fans posting their takes on America as they travel around is the awe and excitement they feel when seeing how Americans actually live rather than what their media and elite say about us.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 24, 2026 11:33 AM (viF8m)

108 Gee, I wonder if there's a product or two that are made to do this, such a light-blocking drapes?

Nah, just use a sheet and pretend it's all good!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 24, 2026 11:13 AM (X8xt3)

Well Europe's newer inhabitants probably don't have window treatments but they have plenty of sheets... and towels...

Posted by: ... at June 24, 2026 11:35 AM (WsbNN)

109 When it was in the 90s a few weeks ago, my A/C didn't work. I commiserate with the Euros. They won't be able to cook or run appliances that generate heat without increasing their misery.

I'm surprised no one there has marketed a heatwave kit with a swamp cooler or reflective panels for windows.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 24, 2026 11:36 AM (38i2N)

110 The thing I still remember though is that the professor showed up in shorts and flip flops (probably due to the heat).
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Tell me he was wearing a Hawaiian shirt. Lie if you must.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 24, 2026 11:30 AM (amcLV)

Tell me the she was wearing a tube top.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 24, 2026 11:36 AM (ExV1e)

111 Last time I had my flat roof replaced, they put a white rubber/plastic membrane on it, only around 2mm thick. It keeps the place a bit cooler, and to my utter amazement, it has lasted 15 years so far without springing a leak or getting torn off by wind.

Posted by: gp at June 24, 2026 11:37 AM (Jr5Lq)

112 First summer I was in Germany there was a heat wave. The schwimbads were heaven. Lots and lots of female skin.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 24, 2026 11:37 AM (g8Ew8)

113 I'm curious: 1) How do they attach the panels to the roof securely enough to a roof so the wind doesn't rip them off? 2) Do the attachment points tend to spring leaks? 3) When the roof needs maint or replacement, doesn't it cost more because the panels need to be removed before the job and reattached after the job?
Posted by: gp at June 24, 2026 11:30 AM (Jr5Lq)

1. Screws.
2. Not mine.
3. Yes, but since I only replace my roof when insurance pays for it, they cover the extra cost.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 24, 2026 11:38 AM (ExV1e)

114 I grew up without AC and it routinely went over 90 degrees every single summer. We just slowed down a bit and drank plenty of water.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 24, 2026 11:38 AM (0N4FZ)

115 I don't recall any of my parents cars having a/c in the 50's and 60's. Maybe I'm wrong, but it seemed like we rode along with all the windows down during the summer.

Posted by: Archer at June 24, 2026 11:38 AM (wvc0i)

116 113 Thanks!

Posted by: gp at June 24, 2026 11:39 AM (Jr5Lq)

117 See what I mean.

>>Brits visiting US for first time during World Cup are apologizing to Americans: ‘We were wrong’

>>In a string of TikTok’s from across the pond, Brits are earnestly sharing their experience in the US and revealing the media in their country “paint this weird narrative” about Uncle Sam.

>>“America is nothing like what the media tells us,” said World Cup traveler Oliver Henry, on TikTok as @oliver.henry.w, in a recent post.

https://tinyurl.com/2jtex487

Posted by: JackStraw at June 24, 2026 11:39 AM (viF8m)

118 Pansy ass eurofags. It hit 103-105 degrees at my job site all last week in the Bay Area. No short sleeves, wearing goggles and other PPE.
STFU and drink your electrolytes or has Europe banned those too?

Posted by: JROD at June 24, 2026 11:40 AM (1+Mqc)

119 The thing I still remember though is that the professor showed up in shorts and flip flops (probably due to the heat).
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Tell me he was wearing a Hawaiian shirt. Lie if you must.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 24, 2026 11:30 AM (amcLV)

that would be my Organic Chemistry prof.

Sandals, Hawaiian shirt, shorts every day unless it was freezing outside.

Very smart guy but obviously an aging hippie who wanted to keep his red with the kids.

Or he just didn't give a fuck. Either or.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 24, 2026 11:40 AM (iJfKG)

120 Eugyppius notes on the current German government public health advisory:

Open windows only at night, early in the morning, and late in the evening.

Otherwise close all windows and draw all curtains so you can be both uncomfortably warm and profoundly depressed.

Safely ensconced in your stuffy dark apartment, unplug all electrical devices, including your internet router, because these can emit heat even in “standby mode.”

Also roll up all of your carpets to stop them from storing heat.

Hang up wet laundry in your dark apartment to cool the air via evaporation, but do not hang up too much wet laundry or the air will become excessively humid which is even worse.

The one electronic device you might possibly consider plugging in, is a fan, to cool your skin. To enhance the cooling effect, put a bucket of all the ice that you have emptied from your unplugged freezer in front of the fan.What you should not plug in, is any kind of portable air conditioning unit, because the Federal Environmental Agency believes that they will actually make your room warmer when the exhaust air finds its way back into your apartment.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 24, 2026 11:40 AM (rbvCR)

121 When I attended Chicago public schools, we had no A/C. We had really tall windows that needed long hooked poles to open and close. We did OK in the heat, and the teachers and curriculum were a whole lot better back then too.

Posted by: gp at June 24, 2026 11:41 AM (Jr5Lq)

122 Worked in a blueprints shop. Heat AND ammonia fumes.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 24, 2026 11:41 AM (Kt19C)

123 I like my AC sorry. Heat and humidity are dumb. I've done lifetimes without it but would choose it over many things.

Posted by: ... at June 24, 2026 11:41 AM (WsbNN)

124 Thx Joe
It's hysterical but very dangerous watching the old style Dems realize that they're being pushed aside by the Dem Socialist crazies. Warns the coccles of my heart to see them chant "you're next " to Hakeem

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 24, 2026 11:42 AM (aDqI/)

125 JackStraw

Thanks. It is like reality has a way of breaking through the mental fog. Huzzah!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 24, 2026 11:42 AM (u82oZ)

126
Tell me the she was wearing a tube top.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 24, 2026 11:36 AM (ExV1e)

Tube tops and short shorts.

Summer heaven!

Posted by: naturalfake at June 24, 2026 11:42 AM (iJfKG)

127 I used to unload box trucks during the summer. I bet it was 110 in those trucks easy. Full days. The worst.

Posted by: ... at June 24, 2026 11:42 AM (WsbNN)

128 According to a report in the Tuesday U.K. Daily Mail, 36 voters - many of whom are celebrities - are registered at one suite on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, California, including “Friends” actress Jennifer Aniston.

This is in spite of the fact that not only does Los Angeles require you to register to vote at your home address, it also requires you to sign an affidavit avowing that’s your official place of residence. For those of you not associated with the law, signing an affidavit under false pretenses is — dum dum dum! - perjury!

Posted by: SMOD at June 24, 2026 11:42 AM (RHGPo)

129 "we rode along with all the windows down during the summer."

My cousin's favorite complaint is the disappearance of wing windowlets in cars.

Posted by: gp at June 24, 2026 11:42 AM (Jr5Lq)

130 115 I don't recall any of my parents cars having a/c in the 50's and 60's. Maybe I'm wrong, but it seemed like we rode along with all the windows down during the summer.
Posted by: Archer at June 24, 2026 11:38 AM (wvc0i)

Yup.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 24, 2026 11:43 AM (g8Ew8)

131
red = cred

Thx Ac!

Not that AC!

Posted by: naturalfake at June 24, 2026 11:43 AM (iJfKG)

132 Tube tops and short shorts.

Summer heaven!

Posted by: naturalfake at June 24, 2026 11:42 AM (iJfKG)

It's sundress season here in NoVa. Glory, hallelujah.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 24, 2026 11:43 AM (rii+a)

133 but it seemed like we rode along with all the windows down during the summer.

They wanted you to fall out.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 24, 2026 11:44 AM (Kt19C)

134 🚨BREAKING:🚨DOZENS OF FORMER OBAMA ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS REPORTEDLY COOPERATING WITH FEDS TO BUILD CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST BARACK OBAMA AS ACTING DNI PULTE REFERS HIM TO DOJ FOR PROSECUTION - A DOJ source has revealed that OVER 30 TOP OFFICIALS FROM THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION are cooperating and cutting deals with federal authorities in order to help build A MASSIVE CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY CASE against DISGRACED former President Barack Hussein Obama for his leadership role in the TREASONOUS COUP PLOT against President Trump known as Russiagate. An indictment could reportedly symbolically be unsealed as soon as July 4th as Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte is said to have just officially referred Obama to The DOJ for criminal prosecution. Do YOU believe that JUSTICE may finally be on the horizon for THE HEAD OF THE SNAKE Barack Obama and would YOU like to see him indicted on America's 250th anniversary?

Posted by: SMOD at June 24, 2026 11:44 AM (RHGPo)

135 8 According to the WHO (grains of salt, etc.), heatwaves have killed 200,000 Europeans in the past four years.

Well hell.
Take a shot, wear a mask,and rat out your neighbors.

Posted by: Diogenes
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That's comment of the week potential right there!

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at June 24, 2026 11:44 AM (VkY89)

136 I don't recall any of my parents cars having a/c in the 50's and 60's. Maybe I'm wrong, but it seemed like we rode along with all the windows down during the summer.

Same. It was at that point I developed mad aerodynamics skilz by sticking my hand out the window and making it "fly".

Posted by: Archimedes at June 24, 2026 11:45 AM (Riz8t)

137 Wind wings > bingo wings

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 24, 2026 11:45 AM (Kt19C)

138 "Do YOU believe that JUSTICE may finally be on the horizon for THE HEAD OF THE SNAKE Barack Obama"

No.

Posted by: gp at June 24, 2026 11:45 AM (Jr5Lq)

139 I had a summer job working in a foundry. The heat was brutal. Great money but it convinced me to go to college that fall.

Posted by: Archer at June 24, 2026 11:45 AM (wvc0i)

140 When I attended Chicago public schools, we had no A/C. We had really tall windows that needed long hooked poles to open and close. We did OK in the heat, and the teachers and curriculum were a whole lot better back then too.
Posted by: gp at June 24, 2026 11:41 AM (Jr5Lq)

We had those in Seattle, too. It was a fun thing to be chosen to unlatch and open the windows. And we had old radiators for heat, the usual smelled of wet wool from the mittens lain across them them to dry out.

Posted by: LASue at June 24, 2026 11:47 AM (lCppi)

141 Yesterday's primaries proved Ron White right. You can't fix stupid.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 24, 2026 11:47 AM (RN96O)

142 Oh, I see we have a Heart of Darkness hater! That's a new one on me.

It's a really good book. To each his own, I guess.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 24, 2026 11:32 AM (BI5O2)

Francis Ford Coppola was obviously a fan...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 24, 2026 11:47 AM (nbLIj)

143 >>JackStraw

>>Thanks. It is like reality has a way of breaking through the mental fog. Huzzah!

Anyone who has lived or traveled around Europe knows that the average person isn't all that different from us. But their media is if anything more dishonest than ours and constantly paints Americans as rude, uncultured, ignorant, racist slobs. Meanwhile, their standard of living is on average way lower than the average American.

I've had foreign friends come to visit me and I always here some version of "America is nothing like we were told". I'm not surprised at all foreigners are enjoying the US. It truly is the most special country in the world.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 24, 2026 11:48 AM (viF8m)

144 No one is going to touch Barky
I would charge him but no official will

Posted by: Skip at June 24, 2026 11:48 AM (sgkY8)

145
The thing I still remember though is that the professor showed up in shorts and flip flops (probably due to the heat). I was shocked and even then thought it unprofessional and unbecoming

That's because it was.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 24, 2026 11:28 AM (Riz8t)

Word.

At my last company, we had a consultant who wore shorts and flip-flops for 9 months out of the year. He was a personal friend as well, but we had a falling out after I told him not to show his face in my shop while wearing flip-flops, because I was tired of seeing his nasty-ass feet. Not to mention the safety hazard of going into the shop with open-toed footwear.

Typical SoCal boat liveaboard Jimmy Buffett parrothead attitude. Pissed me off.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 24, 2026 11:48 AM (L6eoZ)

146 BREAKING:🚨DOZENS OF FORMER OBAMA ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS REPORTEDLY COOPERATING WITH FEDS TO BUILD CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST BARACK OBAMA AS ACTING DNI PULTE REFERS HIM TO DOJ FOR PROSECUTION - A DOJ source has revealed that OVER 30 TOP OFFICIALS FROM THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION are cooperating and cutting deals with federal authorities in order to help build A MASSIVE CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY CASE against DISGRACED former President Barack Hussein Obama for his leadership role in the TREASONOUS COUP PLOT against President Trump known as Russiagate. An indictment could reportedly symbolically be unsealed as soon as July 4th as Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte is said to have just officially referred Obama to The DOJ for criminal prosecution. Do YOU believe that JUSTICE may finally be on the horizon for THE HEAD OF THE SNAKE Barack Obama and would YOU like to see him indicted on America's 250th anniversary?
Posted by: SMOD at June 24, 2026 11:44 AM (RHGPo)

IF true, please don't ask me to hold my breath waiting for this to actually happen.

It sounds like an AI thing.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 24, 2026 11:48 AM (g8Ew8)

147 I don't recall any of my parents cars having a/c in the 50's and 60's. Maybe I'm wrong, but it seemed like we rode along with all the windows down during the summer.
Posted by: Archer at June 24, 2026 11:38 AM (wvc0i)

I talked with an older guy from NY, and he talked about riding around in the family car in the summer with the windows rolled up so everyone would think they had air conditioning.

I am from Oregon, rolling down the window was the best part of riding in a car as a kid. I GET TO STICK MY ELBOWS OUT, YAY!!!!

Posted by: Kindltot at June 24, 2026 11:49 AM (rbvCR)

148 I grew up without AC and it routinely went over 90 degrees every single summer. We just slowed down a bit and drank plenty of water.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 24, 2026 11:38 AM (0N4F

"Go run through the sprinkler."

Posted by: LASue at June 24, 2026 11:49 AM (lCppi)

149 No a/c means the dirty euros smell like moist nutsack and ass.

They like it that way.

Posted by: Have It Their Way at June 24, 2026 11:49 AM (8tSC/)

150 112 First summer I was in Germany there was a heat wave. The schwimbads were heaven. Lots and lots of female skin.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 24, 2026 11:37 AM (g8Ew

I was sort of agahst my first visit. No changing rooms. A group of really hot ladies showed up and set up next to us. Commenced to stripping neked and then did a hour long bathing suit comparison.
The worst part about them is when this happpens you can't stand up and walk away. It's torture I tell you.

Posted by: Reforger at June 24, 2026 11:50 AM (wjnjX)

151 Homes with air conditioning

Japan: 91%
US: 90%
South Korea: 86%

All lie in similar latitudes. But Eurotrash and their oikophobic Leftist orbiters only concentrate on the US.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 24, 2026 11:28 AM (O0L8i)

The Japanese and Koreans don't really care about what the Euros want. The Koreans are "screw you" it and the Japanese are sweetly condescending. "This is Japan. We do things Japanese way".

Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at June 24, 2026 11:50 AM (6BjcW)

152 The ponytail. The ponytail really does it for me.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 24, 2026 11:26 AM

And let us not forget the all important wiggle and giggle that seal the deal.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 24, 2026 11:50 AM (QmZyo)

153 "Do YOU believe that JUSTICE may finally be on the horizon for THE HEAD OF THE SNAKE Barack Obama"

No.
Posted by: gp

You're hashing my mellow!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 24, 2026 11:50 AM (RN96O)

154 I am from Oregon, rolling down the window was the best part of riding in a car as a kid. I GET TO STICK MY ELBOWS OUT, YAY!!!!
Posted by: Kindltot at June 24, 2026 11:49 AM (rbvCR)

That's hot!

Posted by: Joe Biden at June 24, 2026 11:50 AM (9gDA7)

155 "We had those in Seattle, too."

Every one of our classrooms had a giant 18 inch paper shear. We never used them, and AFAIK no student ever chopped his hand off. Students today would probably take the knife arms off and start machete massacres with them.

Posted by: gp at June 24, 2026 11:51 AM (Jr5Lq)

156 58> This generation will have to learn through pain.

No. It will transfer the pain to hate and envy of the Boomers.

Not the Communists, not the Eco-Cultists, not the venal politicians, not the hundreds of millions of parasites defrauding the system, not to the trillions poured into the pockets of Cantillionaires, not to the fraud that installed Biden, Newsom or Mandami, not to the enshittification of everything.

Posted by: Community Notes at June 24, 2026 11:51 AM (pUU4E)

157 Last time I spent any significant time in the UK, I stayed in Milton Keynes, which they billed as their 'most Americanized city.' It was their IT hub and there was a lot of technology companies there.

The hotel didn't have A/C and when I called down to the front desk and asked for some kind of box or oscillating fan, they acted like I was batshit insane.

They were 'Americanized' because the city streets were in a grid like pattern instead of 'as the sheep roamed' as it is in most other cities.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 24, 2026 11:53 AM (9gDA7)

158 We had our roof retarred (don't be crass) last summer after rain leakage collapsed the ceiling in the bathroom. The crew pulled the HVAC equipment and ducting off to reflash the openings, so we had a few nights sleeping in mid-80s temperatures.felt real europoor lemme tell you.

Posted by: mea culpa at June 24, 2026 11:53 AM (jHIhp)

159 🚨BREAKING:🚨DOZENS OF FORMER OBAMA ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS REPORTEDLY COOPERATING WITH FEDS TO BUILD CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST BARACK OBAMA

Speaking of someone with a sudden need for a little A/C...

Posted by: t-bird at June 24, 2026 11:53 AM (TmQh+)

160 I lived in Paris last year in a fancy neighborhood in a very nice, very large apartment...and it didn't have air conditioning. When the temps rose above about 90 degrees, it sucked. and the few days where it was over 100 degrees it was miserable.

And let us not pretend that even the air conditioned spaces are much better. Their idea of air conditioning is 75 degrees, not the glorious shivering 67 degrees that most American stores see as the minimum!

They are a poor region in comparison to America, and no amount of snooty jabbering can change that.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 24, 2026 11:53 AM (PLxDd)

161 Had a full morning so I missed the Art Thread but yes, I've been drunk enough to chat up Ida.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 24, 2026 11:53 AM (IChWT)

162 In Eromero land, I wear flipflops (30 year old Tevas), but when going outside into the world I puts shoes on my feets

Posted by: Eromero at June 24, 2026 11:53 AM (LHPAg)

163 >>>It's sundress season here in NoVa. Glory, hallelujah.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL!

>Priorities and perspective. It's summertime.

https://tinyurl.com/3ev2suhy

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 24, 2026 11:54 AM (fkjGs)

164 🚨BREAKING:🚨DOZENS OF FORMER OBAMA ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS REPORTEDLY COOPERATING WITH FEDS TO BUILD CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST BARACK OBAMA

Speaking of someone with a sudden need for a little A/C...
Posted by: t-bird at June 24, 2026 11:53 AM (TmQh+)

It isn't Owebama. That f*cker KNOWS he's the teflon Don and not one thing will stick to him.

Arrest and prosecute him and the BLM riots will look like a Friday Night at Porky's.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 24, 2026 11:54 AM (9gDA7)

165 The small mini-split AC ductless units are incredibly efficient. It's beyond negligent that their electrical grid couldn't handle those units to at least keep critical areas of a house cool.

A small unit for a small Euro family is under 1KW which is less than a standard toaster.

F'n idiots.

Posted by: hate_the_deepstate at June 24, 2026 11:54 AM (2Nfh9)

166 My mother hated the wind blowing through her hair so we'd have to keep the windows rolled up. It'd be 98 in the shade and we'd be rolled up and rolling. I don't know how we survived.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 24, 2026 11:55 AM (RN96O)

167 Spoke with my London son yesterday as he bid me a happy father's day. It was damn near 100F yesterday in his neighborhood. He is quite well off and yet, A/C is only available in one or two rooms in his home.

They are miserable.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 24, 2026 11:56 AM (IChWT)

168 But the minute DJT is no longer President the Marxists will go after him

Posted by: Skip at June 24, 2026 11:56 AM (sgkY8)

169 Every one of our classrooms had a giant 18 inch paper shear. We never used them, and AFAIK no student ever chopped his hand off. Students today would probably take the knife arms off and start machete massacres with them.
Posted by: gp at June 24, 2026 11:51 AM (Jr5Lq)

The blade made such a satisfying sound -- next best thing to the smell of a freshly mimeographed handout.

Posted by: LASue at June 24, 2026 11:57 AM (lCppi)

170
But their media is if anything more dishonest than ours and constantly paints Americans as rude, uncultured, ignorant, racist slobs.

I am NOT racist.

Lying cocksuckers.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 24, 2026 11:57 AM (L6eoZ)

171 Remember when posters were comparing wealth between the Euros and US states? We electrified rural areas during the Depression fahchristsakes.

In Mississippi they can make ice cubes out of European sweat.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at June 24, 2026 11:58 AM (wBaIH)

172 Skip

He knows this. He's up to what, 6 assassination attempts? As many as Queen Victoria, and in much less time.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 24, 2026 11:58 AM (u82oZ)

173 "This is Japan. We do things Japanese way".

Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey
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Tackaichi says, they say our replacement rate is flat, that we will diminish. We are marking time while the western world destroys itself.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 24, 2026 11:59 AM (lkdOl)

174 As usual, Van Jones is the Dem with the most incisive commentary, in this case about the elections last night.

https://twitter.com/i/status/2069606742573338645

Posted by: Archimedes at June 24, 2026 11:59 AM (Riz8t)

175 But the minute DJT is no longer President the Marxists will go after him
Posted by: Skip at June 24, 2026 11:56 AM

And this is why 8 years of President Vance or Rubio is essential.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 24, 2026 11:59 AM (bFu5X)

176 Watching the Europeans complain about the heat then marvel about AC is comical.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 24, 2026 11:59 AM (aDqI/)

177 "But the minute DJT is no longer President the Marxists will go after him"

If we lose the midterms, they'll stymie him at every turn. It'll be impeachments 24/7/365.

Posted by: gp at June 24, 2026 11:59 AM (Jr5Lq)

178 Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here?
To answer your question: Berlin, 1945.

Natives of Alabama, West Virginia and Mississippi have greater per capita wealth than Great Britian.

Used to be GB was in the top 5 of our states in per capita earnings.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 24, 2026 12:00 PM (u82oZ)

179 Public service.

This liberal woman from Portland, ME, claims she couldn’t enjoy her child’s graduation because… WAIT FOR IT… she had to go outside to patrol the parking lot for ICE vehicles that might be there to detain illegals.

I have no words left for how mentally damaged these people are!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 24, 2026 12:01 PM (RN96O)

180
If our European visitors are learning they've been lied to about the US, maybe they'll start wondering what other lies they're being told.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 24, 2026 12:01 PM (O0L8i)

181
Natives of Alabama, West Virginia and Mississippi have greater per capita wealth than Great Britian.

_____________

Betcha

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 24, 2026 12:02 PM (O0L8i)

182 But the minute DJT is no longer President the Marxists will go after him
Posted by: Skip

Winning!
- John Thune

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 24, 2026 12:02 PM (RN96O)

183 This liberal woman from Portland, ME, claims she couldn’t enjoy her child’s graduation because… WAIT FOR IT… she had to go outside to patrol the parking lot for ICE vehicles that might be there to detain illegals.

I have no words left for how mentally damaged these people are!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 24, 2026 12:01 PM

These people are mentally broken. But then, that's Portland these days.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 24, 2026 12:02 PM (bFu5X)

184
.... if you took out Greater London the disparity would be even more glaring.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 24, 2026 12:03 PM (O0L8i)

185 This liberal woman from Portland, ME, claims she couldn’t enjoy her child’s graduation because… WAIT FOR IT… she had to go outside to patrol the parking lot for ICE vehicles that might be there to detain illegals.

Works for me.

Posted by: The child of the liberal woman from Portland, ME at June 24, 2026 12:03 PM (Riz8t)

186 151 I read somewhere that Japan does have AC, but keep offices at a balmy 95F in Tokyo.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at June 24, 2026 12:03 PM (wBaIH)

187 I found Catcher in the Rye a fascinating depiction of descent into madness. Of course that was 30+ years ago. Not sure I'd pick it up again.

The movie Falling Down is a similar concept. But I would watch that again.

Posted by: 496 at June 24, 2026 12:03 PM (sOtuf)

188 25,000 Europeons dropping because of heat?

Huh. Almost like that boat full o' lawyers joke.

I'm too classy to make it though.

Posted by: sifty boones at June 24, 2026 12:04 PM (6V14C)

189 @166. My mother hated the wind blowing through her hair so we'd have to keep the windows rolled up.I'd be 98 in the shade........

Vanity, they name is woman.

Posted by: Case at June 24, 2026 12:04 PM (IY9No)

190 "she had to go outside to patrol the parking lot for ICE vehicles"

And if she spotted one, then what? I don't get it.

Posted by: gp at June 24, 2026 12:04 PM (Jr5Lq)

191 Arrest and prosecute him and the BLM riots will look like a Friday Night at Porky's.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
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It would be an opportunity to load them all on C-17s and take them someplace compatible with their outlook on life: Burkina Faso or Chad.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 24, 2026 12:04 PM (lkdOl)

192 But the minute DJT is no longer President the Marxists will go after him
Posted by: Skip

The funding for their system will be long gone.

Posted by: t-bird at June 24, 2026 12:04 PM (TmQh+)

193 It gets hot as fuck in California, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Florida, but what doesn't happen? Mass deaths from the heat. Why? Because we have fucking air conditioning.

Posted by: They hold they keys to their cells at June 24, 2026 12:04 PM (TbWk/)

194 I get a swell of American pride when Euros here for the World Cup experience the fact that the United States can air condition the entire AT&T stadium to 72 degrees.

Yeah bitches, enjoy.

Posted by: ballistic at June 24, 2026 12:05 PM (oqH4h)

195 186.

Keeping the offices hot makes the panties easier to sell in the vending machines.

We did a number on those poor people.

Posted by: sifty boones at June 24, 2026 12:05 PM (6V14C)

196 This heat should make the muzzie invaders feel at home. It's hot as hell where they come from.

And even hotter where they're going...ultimately.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 24, 2026 12:05 PM (Qhx62)

197 Hadrian the Seventh

The City is all that is holding the UK up.

In your experience, have you noticed the emptying out of the Cambridge science complex? I have seen hints of that happening.

Singapore and the US picked up some of those scientists.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 24, 2026 12:05 PM (u82oZ)

198 I don't know about Tokyo, but in Nagoya they seem to like it warmer than in the US but not too uncomfortable.

Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at June 24, 2026 12:06 PM (6BjcW)

199 because… WAIT FOR IT… she had to go outside to patrol the parking lot for ICE vehicles that might be there to detain illegals.

That's how you find them. Look for liberals standing watch.

Posted by: t-bird at June 24, 2026 12:06 PM (TmQh+)

200 83 I do not like heat… at all. Because I like to jog for exercise. But this overwrought nonsense about heat killing…. Both Monday and yesterday I did my usual jogs after work… it was mid-90s both days and humid. Dew point around 77 degF… that’s tropical and unpleasant. But somehow I survived 6 miles because I’m not an idiot. I hydrate and if I need to I stop and walk. It’s not hard folks! I think wintertime cold near 0 degF is much more likely to kill folks
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 24, 2026 11:24 AM (YetvJ)

Older and extremely young medically fragile people don't do well in any temp extremes. It's just Europe's way to have MAID without having MAID.

Posted by: Nova Local at June 24, 2026 12:06 PM (tOcjL)

201 Wife is currently on a work trip in Germany and they're experiencing 90 degree+ days and she says everyone's freaking the fuck out and she's like...uh yeah we call that April in Texas. Get a grip.

Posted by: ballistic at June 24, 2026 12:06 PM (oqH4h)

202 It would be an opportunity to load them all on C-17s and take them someplace compatible with their outlook on life: Burkina Faso or Chad.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 24, 2026 12:04 PM (lkdOl)

Or push them out at 30,000'

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 24, 2026 12:07 PM (F8sQr)

203 Trump not signing housing bill until SAVE act passed.

Obviously a gesture out of frustration. The Bill we be deemed passed in 10 days if he doesn't sign it or if he veto's it, it'll be overridden.

Thune is worthless.

Posted by: WisRich at June 24, 2026 12:07 PM (G0vdT)

204 My Joe flip flop prof was an aging hippie…. It was pathetic

Now if the prof had been a hot chica in a tube top my memory would be totally positive!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 24, 2026 12:07 PM (D2O3S)

205 As if things couldn't get any worse:

Apparently the British government is contemplating banning the harvesting of peat because digging it up releases carbon and the fascists running things in the UK have a goal of being “net zero carbon emissions” by 2050. Which will result in the destruction of the Scotch whisky industry. The horror.

https://x.com/CynicalPublius/status/2069507509606330586

Posted by: Archimedes at June 24, 2026 12:07 PM (Riz8t)

206 Betcha

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 24, 2026 12:02 PM (O0L8i)

The UK would be 49th of 50 states, barely beating Mississippi by a few hundred dollars of GDP per capita.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 24, 2026 12:07 PM (PLxDd)

207 This liberal woman from Portland, ME, claims she couldn’t enjoy her child’s graduation because… WAIT FOR IT… she had to go outside to patrol the parking lot for ICE vehicles that might be there to detain illegals.

I have no words left for how mentally damaged these people are!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 24, 2026 12:01 PM

I have words - "Get the fuck out of my country!"

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 24, 2026 12:07 PM (Qhx62)

208 Mr Aspirin Factory

Make the shark population rebound. It's for Gaia!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 24, 2026 12:08 PM (u82oZ)

209 It's a good thread but what ever changes but for immigration? (It seems like a WHO/EU plan. 🤷‍♀️

Heat is rarely recorded as the direct cause of death; rather, it acts as the fatal catalyst for heart failure, strokes, or respiratory crises. People with pre-existing cardiovascular and respiratory diseases are at the highest risk.

Over 85% of victims are elderly individuals (over 65) who suffer from underlying heart, lung, and kidney complications. Older adults and the very old (often over 80) make up the vast majority of heat-related fatalities.

Studies consistently show a significantly higher rate of heat-related mortality among women compared to men, often due to social isolation and physiological factors.

Manual laborers face continuous exposure and heavy exertion.

Densely populated cities trap heat in concrete and asphalt, making conditions much worse at night.
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Several elderly individuals have suffered fatal heat-related illnesses in the Philadelphia region during recent May heat waves. Notably, an 80-year-old woman in a Holmesburg apartment passed away from environmental hyperthermia after enduring dangerous indoor heat without functioning air conditioning.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 24, 2026 12:08 PM (NFX2v)

210 Thune is worthless.
Posted by: WisRich at June 24, 2026 12:07 PM

On the contrary, comrade...

Posted by: Democrats at June 24, 2026 12:08 PM (bFu5X)

211 My twitter is blowing up with DSA stuff. Darializa posted "GET GASSED @AIPAC".
tinyurl.com/bdeztsfy

Posted by: gKWVE at June 24, 2026 12:09 PM (gKWVE)

212 187 I found Catcher in the Rye a fascinating depiction of descent into madness. Of course that was 30+ years ago. Not sure I'd pick it up again.

The movie Falling Down is a similar concept. But I would watch that again.
Posted by: 496 at June 24, 2026 12:03 PM (sOtuf)

I think a lot of people can relate to Bill D-FENS Foster. "I'm the bad guy? How'd that happen? I did everything they told me to."

Posted by: You can run your whole life and not get anwywhere at June 24, 2026 12:09 PM (TbWk/)

213 They would indict Obama to kick off CW2. Smells of desperation. If the Dems had any sense, they would simply wait patiently for Iran to wreck Trump. Everyone has a plan until tank bottoms.

Posted by: Accomack at June 24, 2026 12:09 PM (T8bqm)

214 We had our roof retarred (don't be crass) last summer after rain leakage collapsed the ceiling in the bathroom.
Posted by: mea culpa at June 24, 2026 11:53 AM (jHIhp)

I'm in no ways tarred, but if I git tarred again, folks might say I was retarred..

Posted by: Hic at June 24, 2026 12:10 PM (nbLIj)

215 Mr Aspirin Factory

Make the shark population rebound. It's for Gaia!
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 24, 2026 12:08 PM (u82oZ)

We're doing our part to help.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 24, 2026 12:10 PM (F8sQr)

216 ...how mentally damaged these people are

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 24, 2026 12:01 PM (RN96O)

They're activists. Same thing I know

Posted by: ... at June 24, 2026 12:10 PM (WsbNN)

217 Mr Aspirin Factory

Make the shark population rebound. It's for Gaia!
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 24, 2026 12:08 PM

We heartily endorse this plan.

Posted by: Harbor Seals Everywhere at June 24, 2026 12:10 PM (bFu5X)

218 My twitter is blowing up with DSA stuff. Darializa posted "GET GASSED @AIPAC".
tinyurl.com/bdeztsfy

Excellent. The more extreme, the better for utterly discrediting them. Joos - you are welcome here on the right.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 24, 2026 12:11 PM (Riz8t)

219 gKWVE

My Jewish Deep State relatives have not figured out how dangerous the commies/Nazis are to them. They support Commies and hate Trump. And me to a slightly lessor extent.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 24, 2026 12:12 PM (u82oZ)

220 Thune soldiers on.

Posted by: Accomack at June 24, 2026 12:12 PM (T8bqm)

221 Joos - you are welcome here on the right.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 24, 2026 12:11 PM (Riz8t)

The Jews we want are already moving that way. The fake ones are commies, and no amount of reality hitting them in the face will change that.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 24, 2026 12:12 PM (PLxDd)

222 Or push them out at 30,000'

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
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That would be murder. Let them share the joy of being with their brothers and sisters in Chad or one of the other African nations.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 24, 2026 12:12 PM (lkdOl)

223 Nood. Socialists.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 24, 2026 12:14 PM (bFu5X)

224 Braenyard

Let them share the joy of being with their brothers and sisters in ~~Chad or one of the other African nations~~ Gaza.

FIFY.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 24, 2026 12:14 PM (u82oZ)

225 291 .
NOOD

Ace is up: Socialists Take Over the New York Democrat Party, Eye a National Takeover

NOOD!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 24, 2026 12:15 PM (O7YUW)

226 And I'll sweat, sweat, sweat, sweat

Posted by: Billy Idol at June 24, 2026 12:19 PM (wVcYX)

227 CBD...The UK would be 49th of 50 states, barely beating Mississippi by a few hundred dollars of GDP per capita.

Do you have old data? I've seen a bunch of YT's lately saying that UK is now at position 51.

Posted by: hate_the_deepstate at June 24, 2026 12:21 PM (2Nfh9)

228 Welcome to Europe..

If the heat don't get ya, our fine culture of enrichment will.

How fucking sad

Posted by: Melodicmetal at June 24, 2026 12:30 PM (61TgR)

229 139 I had a summer job working in a foundry. The heat was brutal. Great money but it convinced me to go to college that fall.
I went to work in an aircraft factory after getting out of the Marine Corps. Heat was brutal. Had to walk every day past the engineering offices where the engineers were sitting at desks with their feet up, drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes. That's the job I want. Quit the factory and went and got an engineering degree.

Posted by: The guy that says nothing will happen (again) at June 24, 2026 12:45 PM (LNVkW)

230 (ahem) … "Block out the windows in your home - especially those that get afternoon sun - with a blanket or a darker sheet during the day to keep the heat out." — SERIOUSLY!?

Did no one inform these jackwads that dark colors ABSORB HEAT and light colors REFLECT IT? They evidently enjoy being their very own 'sous vide' … in the literal sense.

Posted by: Dr_No at June 24, 2026 01:14 PM (ayRl+)

231 Where I go to shoot it can push 50C near the ground for 1/3 of the year. Lol.

These euroweenies don't know what heat is.

Posted by: heya at June 24, 2026 01:39 PM (gD1nz)

232 .
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Your post seems to relate to Sefton's this morning:
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"The U.N. chief urged wealthy nations to honor previous climate-financing commitments and dramatically increase funding for developing countries over the next decade.
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U.N. Secretary-General Demands $1.3 Trillion a Year to Fight ‘Climate Chaos’
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The https://tinyurl.com/L1NKie.

Posted by: Marooned at June 24, 2026 01:46 PM (kt8QE)

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