USA-250 Club ONT - July 4, 2026 [3 D's]

Welcome to Club ONT - a revolutionary collaboration of The Club's "founding fathers", The Disco, The Dino, and The Doggo. That's right - even the prodigal pooch couldn't stay away from our USA-250 celebration!

We built this place for you so you can have some fun. Come in in, grab a drink or 3. Keep it light and friendly. Jerks need not enter the premises. No loyal British subjects of the king are allowed either! Club ONT is for citizens, not subjects.

Please rise for a salute to the ragged old flag.

Thank you.

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Saturday Night Jokes and Other Funnies

Why did Paul Revere ride his horse from Boston to Lexington? It was too heavy to carry.

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So it's July 4th night, and all of the dead presidents are gathered around a campfire for a party. They're drinking, eating, and having a good time when President Washington puts President Lincoln on the spot.

"Hey, Lincoln, do your thing!" asks Washington.

"What thing?" Lincoln asks. "What is it?"

"Lincoln, do the thing!" Washington says. The speech, address or whatever! "You know what I'm talking about!"

"Oh, yeah, the speech," Lincoln says. That thing, yes. I'm afraid I can't. "I can't recall the words."

"What do you mean you can't remember the words?" exclaimed Washington. "You've given the speech a million times! You've got that like burned in your brain, right?!"

Lincoln says, "Well, yeah, normally, sure, I've got it memorized, but that was four s'mores and seven beers ago!"

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Drink of the Night

A red, white, and blue layered cocktail for USA-250? Of course!

Here's how to make it

I want to make this drink called the USA Lemonade. Looks pretty simple. All you'll need is:

Here's what you'll need:
1 oz Grenadine
4 oz lemonade
1 oz blue curacao
1.5 oz vodka
Ice

🍋 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/mnaGCavUJm
— DocumentingLibs (@HistorianUSA1) June 28, 2026

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Club ONT Department of Bicentennial Artifacts

Who still has their Bicentennial mug, T-shirt, pin, button, commemorative plate... or harmonica?

Is it proudly displayed? Tucked away in the attic? Hidden in a box with the avocado-green Tupperware and other "too sentimental to toss" treasures?

Hit the comments if you've held onto a Bicentennial keepsake or two.

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Check out this cool poster from our good friend and barkeep, JQ!

Hopefully JQ will take a break from pouring drinks and explain how this came into her possession and where she currently has it displayed.

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Yes... one of the D's still has a Bicentennial harmonica. It's safely tucked away in a home office desk drawer, just waiting for a Yankee Doodle rendition.

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And here's one from The Disco's personal collection. A well cared for piece of Bicentennial drinkware!

[Disco says: This belonged to my grandfather, was given to my mom when she and my dad bought a house with a bar in the basement, then I took it several years ago when my mom sold that house. It has become my favorite glass for sipping bourbon.]

Grok says it is a "sour cream" tumbler made by Hazel Atlas Glass Company.

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So - what do you still have? And what have you acquired as a collectible for USA-250?

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Club ONT Department of Flyover Country

4 cents per acre. Jefferson and that land purchase. Very casual reading at the link - plenty of other details to parse in the comment section.

By the time Monroe arrived in Paris on April 12, 1803, the French had made a stunning offer to Livingston. For various reasons, Napoleon had decided to abandon his plans for Louisiana, and he had Prime Minister Talleyrand offer not just New Orleans but the entire territory to the United States for $15 million. Monroe and Livingston agreed to the purchase, and they signed a treaty with France on April 30, 1803.

How is that Greenland thing coming along?

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Club ONT Department of Patriotic Paint Jobs and Styling

Patriotic Special Edition Cars and Trucks Hit the link to check out the 1976 Cadillac Eldorado Bicentennial Edition.

Hurst Performance had a thriving business as a specialty car builder for major automakers in the late 1960s, producing special high-performance models for Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Plymouth, and others, but the AMC Hurst SC/Rambler is undoubtedly one of the most visually distinctive vehicles that emerged from these collaborations.

Nice story about a kid tracking down his dad's 1976 Kenworth - Bicentennial edition.

During the nation's bicentennial celebration in 1976, automakers introduced special edition cars and trucks honoring America's 200th anniversary, while Kenworth answered the call with one of the most distinctive heavy-duty trucks it had ever produced.
Known as the VIT 200, the limited-production package transformed the company's flagship W900 conventional into a patriotic showpiece through a red, white, and blue paint scheme, special trim, commemorative badging, and the introduction of Kenworth's groundbreaking Aerodyne raised-roof sleeper.

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Club ONT Jukebox

250 years of this great nation deserves a party!

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Top 10ish Comments of the Week

Bonus comments of the week:

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Club ONT is brought to you by the Weather Report

Florida Man meets Hurricane Matthew (with help from Slayer)

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Club ONT Disclaimer: Side effects may include wild flag waving, excessive potato salad consumption, Roman Candle duels, and convincing yourself a second or third hot dog is a good idea. Professional fireworks should be left to professionals. Uncle Billy is not a professional fireworks technician, no matter what he says - and neither are you Morons.

This ONT is fueled by charcoal, confidence, and mosquitoes. No Founding Fathers were consulted in the planning of these festivities, though we're reasonably certain they'd have questions.

Sparklers are not lightsabers. Lawn chairs and coolers are not defensive positions. The bald eagle is watching all of you. America has thrived for 250 years. Don't be the reason it doesn't survive the weekend.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM

Comments

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1 Wow! 3 Ds?! Youza!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 04, 2026 10:01 PM (uTEOj)

2 Meow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at July 04, 2026 10:03 PM (w3u3d)

3 I have a $10 roll of Bicentennial quarters.

I also have - inherited from my father - a set, untouched by human hands, of Bicentennial coinage - a dollar, half dollar and a quarter.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 04, 2026 10:03 PM (M5CvA)

4 Woot! Club ONT! Thanks, 3Ds!!!

Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 10:03 PM (rdVOm)

5 The American Way

https://tinyurl.com/4uakukck

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 10:04 PM (jU8k8)

6 I still have my Philadelphia 76 Liberty Bell souvenir button.

Posted by: goozer at July 04, 2026 10:06 PM (eTh1u)

7 Who still has their Bicentennial mug, T-shirt, pin, button, commemorative plate... or harmonica?

I still have many quarters...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 04, 2026 10:06 PM (uTEOj)

8 That top picture needs to be a t-shirt.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026 10:08 PM (afJtY)

9 I'm thinking I'm the only Moron here tonight...
Look at meeee!
'Merica baby!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 04, 2026 10:08 PM (uTEOj)

10 Evenin'

Guess the fireworks in DC got rained out. I'm torn on that. Bummer for the visitors but we need the rain and it's been steamy hot around here. Hoping it cools down to a comfortable, humid 90 tomorrow. Over 100 sucks.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 04, 2026 10:09 PM (ntk8v)

11 Howdy, Club patrons! Happy 250!🇺🇸

Posted by: Doof at July 04, 2026 10:10 PM (QMAsf)

12 Sorry I'm late, I was waiting for Paul Revere to ride through town and hand out presents.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 04, 2026 10:10 PM (ZWAWS)

13 A3-D ONT is a rare treat. Thank you to all!

Greetings Horde from So. Cal. Scattered booms going off around me. Fireworks, not t-storms.

I might have a bicentennial proof set or two. I also have an early 1970's Florida license plate which I placed in the back window of my truck which my wife rolled her eyes at. She drew the line at my Nixon/Agnew bumper sticker.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 10:11 PM (GCVzV)

14 Is that tcn's Falcon?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 10:11 PM (jU8k8)

15
*rings doorbell repeatedly*

Helloooh! Anyone home?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2026 10:11 PM (O0L8i)

16 I keep a $2 bill in my wallet.

Posted by: davidt at July 04, 2026 10:11 PM (Q+gd/)

17 It's hard to believe that it has been 50 years since the Highcentennial.

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 04, 2026 10:12 PM (4NO2D)

18 Only three beachgoers hit in the head/face by a fallen Roman Candle this year. As one might imagine, someone else got a couple of throat punches.

Glad we watched from the cottage deck.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 04, 2026 10:12 PM (NXz0i)

19 I might have a bicentennial proof set or two. I also have an early 1970's Florida license plate which I placed in the back window of my truck which my wife rolled her eyes at. She drew the line at my Nixon/Agnew bumper sticker.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 10:11 PM (GCVzV)

Did you call her a nattering nabob of negativity?

Posted by: Doof at July 04, 2026 10:13 PM (QMAsf)

20 Bicentennial poster:

I was the poster-collector in my fam. Seems that this one is the only one what wasn't *appropriated* by younger siblings when I left home! Most of the others were Velvaprint® blacklight style and disappeared over the years...

I found it rolled up and tucked away with other childhood stuff, under the staircase, while cleaning out Dad's house. (The work of Mom, no doubt, as Dad threw away so many keepsakes when he found them. Dad didn't mess with that stuff under the stairs, thankfully)

Couldn't get it professionally matted before the holiday. Now wondering whether to do that, or just fill in the blank top/bottom with colorful fabric and call it good. For now, it's in the living room. Will hang permanently in the den after finishing the framed display.

Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 10:14 PM (rdVOm)

21 10 Guess the fireworks in DC got rained out.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 04, 2026 10:09 PM
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Not so fast. They're letting people back on the mall. PDJT is giving comments at 11pm and fireworks will follow. (At least that was the last I heard.)

Posted by: TRex - explosive dino at July 04, 2026 10:14 PM (IQ6Gq)

22 A red, white, and blue layered cocktail for USA-250? Of course!

But of course!

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

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 04, 2026 10:15 PM (Wnv9h)

23 TxAnn ought to come to the next TX MoMee.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 04, 2026 10:15 PM (R+iUD)

24 One thing people don't realize is now at 250 years the US has one of the oldest governments in the world.

A whole lot of governments only go back to WWI or WWII or even later.

I was asking this as a trivia question to some friends today, "What is the oldest government in the world and I got answers like Germany or Italy and...not even close

Posted by: 18-1 at July 04, 2026 10:16 PM (sKqQm)

25 I keep a $2 bill in my wallet.
Posted by: davidt

I keep a $3 bill in my wallet.

Posted by: Buttigig at July 04, 2026 10:16 PM (NXz0i)

26 Hey Helena!!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 10:17 PM (lfni7)

27 I’m trying to pin down the make and tear of the patriotic car up top, looks familiar but I can’t pin it down.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 04, 2026 10:17 PM (H8EHh)

28 KW looks like it has twin 100 gal tanks. Fill that baby up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 10:18 PM (jU8k8)

29 How are women like fireworks? They look.great from a distance, dangerous up close and can go off with the tiniest spark.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026 10:18 PM (afJtY)

30 The Ruger firearms company stamped "Made in the 200th Year of American Liberty" on the guns they made in 1976. Guns being the durable products that they are, most of them are still around.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 04, 2026 10:19 PM (W5PEE)

31 Truth, Justice and All That Jazz..

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 04, 2026 10:20 PM (XV/Pl)

32 The oldest government would be something like the Knights Hospitallers, or San Marino, wouldn't it? The Vatican?

Posted by: Kindltot at July 04, 2026 10:20 PM (rbvCR)

33 Comparing the US and UK today makes it clear that the right decision was to fight for Independence

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 04, 2026 10:20 PM (QTFkC)

34 Just set of 20 cannisters of pyrotechnic delight. But, the coolest thing was that the sky around here is alive with those lightning bolts that shoot across the entire sky. Some of the fireworks were timed absolutely perfectly with the natural light show.

Very Auspicious. (that's the positive type of Omen)

Posted by: Orson at July 04, 2026 10:21 PM (dIske)

35 I want mammoths. The northern America needs mammoths 🦣
Make it happen Trump

Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 10:21 PM (YeXhF)

36 29 How are women like fireworks? They look.great from a distance, dangerous up close and can go off with the tiniest spark.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026 10:18 PM (afJtY)
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Short fuse.

Posted by: Orson at July 04, 2026 10:22 PM (dIske)

37 Amazing likeness to all 3 of you in that top pic!

Posted by: GWB at July 04, 2026 10:22 PM (kU0PQ)

38 I may need to bring the younger cats in early tonight. They were a bit freaked last night.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 04, 2026 10:22 PM (rbvCR)

39 The 250th has got me all choked up. This is one helluva anniversary for our great nation.

Posted by: Splunge at July 04, 2026 10:23 PM (JpUeg)

40 33 Comparing the US and UK today makes it clear that the right decision was to fight for Independence
Posted by: JM in Illinois

Yeah.
George III himself exclaimed that when Washington went home to his farm that this was the greatest statesman of his time

Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 10:23 PM (YeXhF)

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Happy 4th, everybody.

It was slightly "cooler" today. We got more "mixing" as the GSP boys call it, which lowered dew points for about 80 down to the lower 70s. That made a difference. Tomorrow, the temps will be lower, but dew point back up. Pick your poison.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 10:23 PM (w6EFb)

42 That top picture needs to be a t-shirt.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026 10:08 PM (afJtY)

It's a very good likeness of all three!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 10:23 PM (1z8ji)

43
A woman walks into a library in Paris and asks to see the French Constitution. "Madame," the librarian sniffs, "we do not carry periodicals."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2026 10:24 PM (O0L8i)

44
Billy Ray corrupted Miley when she was too young.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 10:24 PM (jU8k8)

45 I wonder if there are fireworks in heaven. If so, I don't know if my dad, his dad, or I would have the most fun shooting them off for an hour or two.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 04, 2026 10:24 PM (qx7Zg)

46 Yet again my erudite and witty commentary fails to score even an honorable mention in the COTW field.....

Sobs uncontrollably....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 10:24 PM (QGaXH)

47 Evening Horde. We got some fireworks with the nephew and his kiddos before the storm blew up. When the wind goes from calm to blustery in minutes, and it's about to rain? Probably best to pack it in. It's a nice storm, though. Nature is doing fireworks tonight.

Posted by: RandomDave at July 04, 2026 10:24 PM (XQ+xj)

48 °being all humble and shit•
Just saw I made the bonus comments...I never get there!

I love the Ds!🐕🦖🎶!!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 04, 2026 10:25 PM (uTEOj)

49 43
A woman walks into a library in Paris and asks to see the French Constitution. "Madame," the librarian sniffs, "we do not carry periodicals."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2026 10:24 PM (O0L8i)

If the same thing happened in the UK, the librarian would have to say "Well, this is embarrassing, but we never actually wrote it down, so it's whatever Kier Starmer says it is."

Posted by: Splunge at July 04, 2026 10:25 PM (JpUeg)

50 35 I want mammoths. The northern America needs mammoths 🦣
Make it happen Trump
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 10:21 PM (YeXhF)

Always the bridesmaid...

Posted by: Mastodons at July 04, 2026 10:25 PM (ZWAWS)

51 Thanks for the star-spangled USA-250 Club ONT, 3-Ds!

Happy Independence Day!

Love the graphic up top. It's a keeper.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 04, 2026 10:26 PM (D/6p1)

52 I have a dog that provides me with unconditional love but I also have a cat that says I don't deserve it. It's all about balance.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026 10:26 PM (afJtY)

53 I love the Ds!🐕🦖🎶!!
Posted by: COMountainMarie

Who doesn't?

Posted by: Mayor Pete at July 04, 2026 10:26 PM (YeXhF)

54 >> I want mammoths.

We had native camels here as well during the late Pleistocene, too. Bring those back. Saber tooth cats, and even lions that were bigger than the African lions. A cheetah and a jaguar.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 10:27 PM (w6EFb)

55 19 Did you call her a nattering nabob of negativity?
Posted by: Doof at July 04, 2026 10:13 PM (QMAsf)

I get the reference and no - she knows where I sleep and has access to my food supply...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 10:27 PM (QGaXH)

56 I love the Ds!🐕🦖🎶!!
Posted by: COMountainMarie

You know about the cup sizes??

Posted by: Frank Costanza at July 04, 2026 10:27 PM (XQ+xj)

57 Elon says he wants a miniature mammoth as a pet. The thing about Elon is that you never know, he might actually make that happen.

Posted by: Splunge at July 04, 2026 10:28 PM (JpUeg)

58
May consign the house dogs to the laundry room for the evening where the sound of the fireworks won't be as loud.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2026 10:28 PM (O0L8i)

59 Always the bridesmaid...
Posted by: Mastodons at July 04, 2026 10:25 PM (ZWAWS)

Mastodons, mammoths, whatever. Em are all heffalumps. And we do need to get them back.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 10:28 PM (1z8ji)

60 You know what's missing in the top picture? TRex using a gator as a cannon.

https://youtu.be/mjXM6x_0KZk

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 04, 2026 10:28 PM (qx7Zg)

61 publius, Dire Lions?

Posted by: RandomDave at July 04, 2026 10:28 PM (XQ+xj)

62 Great ONT, 3Ds!

Happy Birthday, USA!

Posted by: PT, Piano Teacher, former Official Delurker at July 04, 2026 10:29 PM (wmKCn)

63
And we did have elephants proper roaming here as well. A big different from the African ones, and closer to the Asian species.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 10:29 PM (w6EFb)

64 Best fireworks ever. When my brother died he was cremated so we put his remains in a firecracker and gave him one fantastic send off.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026 10:29 PM (afJtY)

65 24 One thing people don't realize is now at 250 years the US has one of the oldest governments in the world.

A whole lot of governments only go back to WWI or WWII or even later.

I was asking this as a trivia question to some friends today, "What is the oldest government in the world and I got answers like Germany or Italy and...not even close

Posted by: 18-1
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Rome was a republic for 100 years.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 10:29 PM (jU8k8)

66 Tyler airport had a historic aircraft fly in today. I didn’t make it out there, but at 6 tonight they flew out and made passes over the city as they left. I heard the low rumblings of those engines, and was delighted to see two formations of 4 fighters each pass over the house at about 500’.

There’s nothing like the sound of those engines, I was inside but I heard them coming and ran out to see!

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 04, 2026 10:30 PM (H8EHh)

67 Willowed.
228 We can see monster fireworks displays at 5 locstions from our deck, some as far away as 4 milesand some as close as 200 yards.
Posted by: Eromero at July 04, 2026 10:26 PM (LHPAg)

Posted by: Eromero at July 04, 2026 10:30 PM (LHPAg)

68 Had to bring my outside dog in. Loud fireworks is scaring him.
Put him in the utility room in the house and gave him some dog biscuits. Petted him, seems to have settled him down.
He's not use to those loud noises.

Posted by: Case at July 04, 2026 10:30 PM (IY9No)

69 The brass band is playing the 1960s Star Trek theme.
That is as American as it gets.
Nice that William Shatner has lived long enough

Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 10:30 PM (YeXhF)

70 Sun hasn't set here yet... local show will commence at 10pm PDT. Not going this year, been imbibing LOL!

Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 10:31 PM (rdVOm)

71
We had native camels here as well during the late Pleistocene, too. Bring those back. Saber tooth cats, and even lions that were bigger than the African lions. A cheetah and a jaguar.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 10:27 PM (w6EFb)

Saber-tooth cats. Dire wolves. Giant sloths. Giant beavers. Dodos. Giant killer birds. Uintabeasts.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 10:31 PM (1z8ji)

72 >> publius, Dire Lions?

Panthera atrox, the American lion.

Also, a pretty big and very fast bear species that could catch some of those big cats.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 10:32 PM (w6EFb)

73 Happy Fourth.

Posted by: Don Black at July 04, 2026 10:33 PM (ZxPkt)

74 AoP, I think wolves, horses, camels, and even primates are North American
Mammoths and cats came here from the Bering

Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 10:33 PM (YeXhF)

75 Top 10 Comments of the Week is RIGGED

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 04, 2026 10:33 PM (u/oMr)

76 Also, a pretty big and very fast bear species that could catch some of those big cats.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 10:32 PM (w6EFb)

Giant cave bears?

And the never seen, but totally feared, 12 meter long Ur-marmot.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 10:34 PM (1z8ji)

77 If you're going to start cloning extinct species, maybe start with the passenger pigeon. Apparently they were so tasty that we ate every single one. Let's get them back on the menu.

Posted by: Splunge at July 04, 2026 10:34 PM (JpUeg)

78
70% of these megafauna species were wiped out with the Younger Dryas. That was creative destruction of a sort that produced the world as we know it today. Just 12,000 years ago, it was a very different world.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 10:35 PM (w6EFb)

79 Three major fireworks displays going on simultaneously within a 3 mile radius of my house. It's awesome.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 04, 2026 10:35 PM (ceJ0R)

80 Splunge !!!

Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026 10:35 PM (afJtY)

81 If you're going to start cloning extinct species, maybe start with the passenger pigeon. Apparently they were so tasty that we ate every single one. Let's get them back on the menu.
Posted by: Splunge at July 04, 2026 10:34 PM (JpUeg)

As long as we extinct the damned cargo pigeons first. They shit on everything.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 10:36 PM (1z8ji)

82 Hey Ben Had! I've been quiet, but not absent. How have you been?

Posted by: Splunge at July 04, 2026 10:36 PM (JpUeg)

83 70% of these megafauna species were wiped out with the Younger Dryas. That was creative destruction of a sort that produced the world as we know it today. Just 12,000 years ago, it was a very different world.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 10:35 PM (w6EFb)

Joe Biden is the Older Wetass.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 10:37 PM (1z8ji)

84 Happy Birthday to the USA, the greatest nation on Earth. Murdered by the Democrat Party, but hopefully we can revive her (and not in the Frankenstein way, that never works).

Love the Horde as always.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 04, 2026 10:37 PM (CHHv1)

85 Wow... observation.

My street is only 2 blocks long, 18 houses, and 1 Baptist church.

in 1976, the Bicentennial, every house had a flag... and even the Church had a US flag out front.

Just went out to take down my flag... and I was the ONLY Flag flying on the street.

What the has happened to my country?

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 04, 2026 10:37 PM (mP0Kj)

86 The 🌰 chestnut needs to be brought back nonironically

Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 10:37 PM (YeXhF)

87 Splunge, life couldn't be better. A hug to the both of you.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026 10:37 PM (afJtY)

88 Thanks for the 250th Anniversary 3-D ONT, guys. It's great!

Happy Fourth of July to the entire horde!

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 04, 2026 10:37 PM (Jr+re)

89 >> Giant cave bears?

Arctodus simus was the name. It stood about 12' tall on it's hind legs and weighed about a ton. And it could run 40 mph.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 10:38 PM (w6EFb)

90 Keir Starmer's a w⚓️

Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 10:38 PM (YeXhF)

91 People piling back into the Mall because and fireworks at 11PM EST to tell again .......

"THE DEMOCRAT_COMMIES SUCK" MOOSE DICK ......

Democrats, Hakeen Jefferies, AOC and Bernie Sanders hurt the most and devastated .........

Posted by: Jackson K. at July 04, 2026 10:38 PM (JDSUL)

92 I haven't listened to Trump's speech from Mt. Rushmore yet, but I hear it was a doozy. It probably won't replace Coolidge's speech for the 150th as my favorite Independence Day speech, but I still thank the Creator who endowed us with rights that we didn't have a Kamal word salad to mark the occasion.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 04, 2026 10:38 PM (ZWAWS)

93 Regardless of Mayor Sean Ryan's edict on fireworks in the city of Buffalo, the citizenry is ungovernable and are partying like it's 1976 ...

Be ungovernable !

Posted by: browndog says woof at July 04, 2026 10:38 PM (3sXRv)

94 77 If you're going to start cloning extinct species, maybe start with the passenger pigeon. Apparently they were so tasty that we ate every single one. Let's get them back on the menu.
Posted by: Splunge at July 04, 2026 10:34 PM (JpUeg)

Don't you people even WATCH horror movies?

Clone the Passenger Pigeon? Yeah... ever see the Hitchcock movie, the Birds?

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 04, 2026 10:38 PM (mP0Kj)

95 Sparklers are not lightsabers.

Aren't sparklers essentially Thermite On A Stick?

Posted by: Oddbob at July 04, 2026 10:39 PM (vTZFs)

96 lol AOP

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 10:39 PM (lfni7)

97

Part of the Brooklyn Bridge is on fire due to fireworks.

Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 10:40 PM (/QHx4)

98 when we were kids- quite a while ago- the Dads in our neighborhood would chip in and buy a bunch of fireworks, which they set off in the street. I can still see them, puffing on the cigars they used as punks.
The moms would each make a freezer of ice cream- all different kinds.
The Fourth was one of the best nights of the year.

Posted by: sal at July 04, 2026 10:40 PM (f+FmA)

99 Aren't sparklers essentially Thermite On A Stick?
Posted by: Oddbob at July 04, 2026 10:39 PM (vTZFs)
___

Pretty much.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 10:40 PM (lfni7)

100 Oregon Public Broadcasting published a thumb-sucker article:

Oregon at 250: Indigenous life in the Pacific Northwest in 1776

Guess what they forget to mention?

The rampant slavery practiced by most Northwest tribes.

Gosh, I wonder why that is?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 04, 2026 10:41 PM (aD4fx)

101
Look at the habitat map for that giant bear. All over the west coast and mid-west, but didn't get up to the NE and down the east coast. It looks like it may have gotten right here in upstate SC barely.

But it was all over Florida.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 10:41 PM (w6EFb)

102 “Excuse me, Mr. President. That’s not entirely accurate.”

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 04, 2026 10:41 PM (kYmoU)

103 Part of the Brooklyn Bridge is on fire due to fireworks.

Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 10:40 PM (/QHx4)
___

Hey four seasons!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 10:41 PM (lfni7)

104 I am rested and ready to give a Word Salad Speech on the National Mall.....

ONLY HAD TWO BOTTLES OF WINE IN THE PAST HOUR....

Cackle ......... Cackle ......... Cackle...

Posted by: Kami Harris at July 04, 2026 10:41 PM (G5jnN)

105 SMH ! I thought about have lovely your creek must have been today.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026 10:42 PM (afJtY)

106 Evenin' Horde, Happy Independence Day and Happy 250th, 'Merica! Just got back from my small town's fireworks show. I don't normally get into fireworks much, but it was great. Yesterday I went to the next town's celebration, just for the speeches and the reenactors firing muskets and cannon.

Best thing I did today was watch most of the flyovers from DC. So awesome.

I was almost 3 years old for the Bicentennial, so I have no memory of it. I've found some mementos in my mom's things. (She kept everything!)

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 04, 2026 10:42 PM (hPLSE)

107 the Dads in our neighborhood would chip in and buy a bunch of fireworks, which they set off in the street.

Our last neighborhood near OKC, that was the protocol. Lots of families set off their fireworks at the end of their driveways. It was magnificent most of the time. Some teenagers didn't seem to have much "fireworks safety" in them and minor injuries occurred. All in all, a good time!

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 04, 2026 10:43 PM (Jr+re)

108 Thermite, handy stuff.

Posted by: Walter White at July 04, 2026 10:43 PM (Q+gd/)

109 Despite the sorry state of Massachusetts these days when I was growing up Independence Day was a big deal there. One of the best celebrations was the Boston Pops playing at the Hatch Shell on the Esplanade and the big finish. Never changed, just got bigger every year and it always finished with Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture and cannons.

https://tinyurl.com/3aywfnv5

Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2026 10:43 PM (viF8m)

110 Arctodus simus - if alive today some idiot teenager with a cell phone would be trying to take selfie with her cubs

Posted by: Darwin �ber alles at July 04, 2026 10:43 PM (YeXhF)

111 Evening all,

I hope you all have had a great day.

We have a launch in the morning.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 10-50
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: July 5, 2026
Launch Time: 6:46 a.m. EDT (1046 UTC, 12:46 CEST)

https://youtu.be/dgpVSxrAPKc

Posted by: Joyenz at July 04, 2026 10:43 PM (2F0/Y)

112 I wonder sometimes how many democrats you could convince to go into a buffalo herd and pet a calf?

On a related note, my autocorrect tried changing Democrat to demon. Does it know something I don't?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 04, 2026 10:43 PM (qx7Zg)

113 They are working on the chestnut. Because of regulations on edible products they can't just CRISPR Asian chestnuts into the trees to make them resistant to blight, they have to make hybrids by selective crosses and selection.
There are some orchards already, but not a full program yet

Posted by: Kindltot at July 04, 2026 10:43 PM (rbvCR)

114 56 You know about the cup sizes??

Once upon a time....but I had to give up one to cancer.
Now I have one good triple D😜....
It works for the crazy people on GRINDR...
Oh....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 04, 2026 10:44 PM (uTEOj)

115 Hey Ben Had!

Ex-Ex got a bit too much sun at the creek, so he turned in early.

After he set off a rocket, of course.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 10:44 PM (lfni7)

116

Hello SMH!!

I enjoy reading your comments about your wonderful new location.

May you all have many many wonderful years there.

Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 10:45 PM (/QHx4)

117 112 I wonder sometimes how many democrats you could convince to go into a buffalo herd and pet a calf?

On a related note, my autocorrect tried changing Democrat to demon. Does it know something I don't?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 04, 2026 10:43 PM (qx7Zg)

Well, I HAVE been misspelling it to DEMONcrat for awhile now.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 04, 2026 10:45 PM (mP0Kj)

118 Just went out to take down my flag... and I was the ONLY Flag flying on the street.

What the has happened to my country?

Just mine and two others on my street. It's indeed very sad.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 04, 2026 10:45 PM (ceJ0R)

119 >> some idiot teenager with a cell phone

Who would soon be a steaming pile of bear shit.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 10:45 PM (w6EFb)

120 @85 - the Democrat party, the media, the entertainment industry, the Communists and their love of Islam.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 04, 2026 10:46 PM (CHHv1)

121 The 4th. was cool when I was a kid

Posted by: Case at July 04, 2026 10:47 PM (IY9No)

122 Some teenagers didn't seem to have much "fireworks safety" in them and minor injuries occurred. All in all, a good time!
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 04, 2026 10:43 PM (Jr+re)

Word. Our dad would sometimes have to leave to go repair somebody's eye, if he was on call.
Ever put a firecracker in a gourd and throw it up in the air? He took us up to the railroad tracks to do that- it was kind of messy...

Posted by: sal at July 04, 2026 10:47 PM (f+FmA)

123 The Fourth was one of the best nights of the year.
Posted by: sal at July 04, 2026 10:40 PM (f+FmA)

Denver 25 years ago was pretty much a free fire zone.

75 miles to the border to get REAL fireworks. So yeah... taught my kids how to have bottle rocket fights.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 04, 2026 10:48 PM (mP0Kj)

124 Our flag stays up, since there's a solar-powered finial that illuminates the flag during the night.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 10:48 PM (lfni7)

125 Windows on the house are shaking.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 10:48 PM (jU8k8)

126 Put a communist in a helicopter, he flies for a few hours.
Toss a communist out of a helicopter, he flies for the rest of his life.
- Augusto Pinochet

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at July 04, 2026 10:48 PM (MNCvZ)

127

yak, yak, he's not coming back.

Star Yak Ranch in Wyoming lost a yak to a lightning strike.

I didn't know there is a Yak Ranch in Wyoming.

Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 10:48 PM (/QHx4)

128 >>The 4th. was cool when I was a kid

Still cool. We are the most blessed people to have ever walked the earth. Sometimes we forget that.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2026 10:50 PM (viF8m)

129 You know what has changed a lot in the last, I dunno, maybe 10 or so years? The quality of consumer grade fireworks. I'm looking out the window right now and it looks like a small town's professional show from 20 years ago.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 04, 2026 10:50 PM (vTZFs)

130 Funky to think that South America except Brazil is now MAGA

Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 10:50 PM (YeXhF)

131 110 Arctodus simus - if alive today some idiot teenager with a cell phone would be trying to take selfie with her cubs
Posted by: Darwin �ber alles at July 04, 2026 10:43 PM (YeXhF)

You say that like it's a bad idea.

Posted by: Timothy Treadwell at July 04, 2026 10:50 PM (ZWAWS)

132
At the hospital this evening with my mother, one of the nurses (who is about the nicest, sweetest thing I've ever seen) said they're gearing up in the ER tonight for the mostly young and/or drunk idiots who shouldn't be allowed to play with fireworks.

She said they got a few in last night, but not as much as last year. But tonight will the the big night.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 10:50 PM (w6EFb)

133 Arctodus simus - if alive today some idiot teenager with a cell phone would be trying to take selfie with her cubs
Posted by: Darwin �ber alles at July 04, 2026 10:43 PM (YeXhF)

Giant cave bears could be useful. "Where did that annoying antifa fag get to? Dunno, maybe a cave bear got him."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 10:50 PM (1z8ji)

134 Most of my neighbors are out of town this weekend. I stand watch in their absence.

Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 10:50 PM (rdVOm)

135 108 Thermite, handy stuff.
Yes!

When you don't get out to the fireworks, why not🧨??

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 04, 2026 10:51 PM (uTEOj)

136 133 Arctodus simus - if alive today some idiot teenager with a cell phone would be trying to take selfie with her cubs
Posted by: Darwin �ber alles at July 04, 2026 10:43 PM (YeXhF)

Giant cave bears could be useful. "Where did that annoying antifa fag get to? Dunno, maybe a cave bear got him."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 10:50 PM (1z8ji)

Yeah... ya know all those Womenz a few months back that said they would choose a Bear over a Man?

OK then...

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 04, 2026 10:51 PM (mP0Kj)

137 In 1976 my mom bought a little (wooden! today it would be cheap plastic!) flag stand that holds five little historic US flags plus the Bicentennial flag which is white with a red and blue logo in the middle. I remember that logo was everywhere in 1976. (AFAIK there's no official flag or logo for the 250th.)

My other Bicentennial item is a little cloth Benjamin Franklin doll from the Hallmark store that came in packaging that looks like his Philly row house. One of the things most noticeable about it now is, there's no bar code.

I saw the air show over the Hudson River this morning and a few of the tall ships but gave up after a few ships because of the heat. I've always wanted to see a B2 bomber and sure enough one of 'em flew over with two fighter jet escorts. And I got to see some fireworks out my bedroom window tonight, probably the Jersey City one, so my Fourth was complete.

Posted by: JuJuBee at July 04, 2026 10:51 PM (tM5h4)

138 I want the top photo, appropriately clothed for the occasion, to appear on all major holidays.
Even if they don't all three contribute.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Posted by: sal at July 04, 2026 10:51 PM (f+FmA)

139 What part of the Brooklyn Bridge is flammable and why?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 04, 2026 10:53 PM (kd1a0)

140 The 4th is somewhat our anniversary.

It's the day, 38 years ago, when I asked Ex-Ex to take me to the nearest place to buy some beer.
My dad had just dropped me off at the barracks after spending the day with him...and my mom.
By the time I got back to the barracks, the Shoppette was closed, and I needed a drink.

That was kinda our first date.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 10:53 PM (lfni7)

141
Nemo,

I wondered about that also.

Article on Daily Mail. I didn't read the whole article.

Madman has probably fired all the fire people.

Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 10:54 PM (/QHx4)

142 Hurst Performance had a thriving business as a specialty car builder for major automakers in the late 1960s, producing special high-performance models for Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Plymouth, and others, but the AMC Hurst SC/Rambler is undoubtedly one of the most visually distinctive vehicles that emerged from these collaborations

My 64 Plymouth Valiant had the long chrome gearshift with Hurst on it topped with a white cueball etched with 4 speed pattern, 273 engine. Slicker than snot.

Posted by: Eromero at July 04, 2026 10:56 PM (LHPAg)

143 I want mammoths. The northern America needs mammoths 🦣
Make it happen Trump
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 10:21 PM

Some charlatan claimed he cloned mammoths a few years ago but it was really an elephant with some spliced-in shaggy hair genes or something. Whatever it was, it was not a mammoth.

Posted by: JuJuBee at July 04, 2026 10:56 PM (tM5h4)

144 Jujubee, they did a bullshit direwolf too.
I think the mammoth has a better chance

Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 10:57 PM (YeXhF)

145 "The northern America needs mammoths"

I'd settle for magpies. Somebody introduce us some magpies. Spice up our lives a bit.

Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 10:57 PM (Jr5Lq)

146 Well the fireworks seem to have settled down some. Guess the folks must have used them up. I really don't mind them shooting them off, just don't like my pets being freaked out. They don't understand what's going on.

Posted by: Case at July 04, 2026 10:58 PM (IY9No)

147

We have lots of magpies here in SW Wyoming.

They are large and loud.

Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 10:59 PM (/QHx4)

148 I'm back.

I was gone for a few minutes. I noticed the wind blowing toward the purple-haired, nose-ringed Prius- driving Obama voting Vegans next door so I threw some steaks on the grill for dinner.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 10:59 PM (QGaXH)

149 Some charlatan claimed he cloned mammoths a few years ago but it was really an elephant with some spliced-in shaggy hair genes or something. Whatever it was, it was not a mammoth.
Posted by: JuJuBee at July 04, 2026 10:56 PM (tM5h4)

I saw Shaggy Hair Genes open for the Crew Cuts at Maple Leaf Gardens in '62.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 11:00 PM (1z8ji)

150 Can I tell you a little secret? I am not a fan of "The Star Spangled Banner" being our national anthem I would prefer "America the Beautiful."

https://youtu.be/igqy0NxZIfQ

Posted by: tankdemon at July 04, 2026 11:00 PM (ZWAWS)

151 77 If you're going to start cloning extinct species, maybe start with the passenger pigeon. Apparently they were so tasty that we ate every single one. Let's get them back on the menu.
Posted by: Splunge at July 04, 2026 10:34 PM (JpUeg)
__________________

I wonder how many know that cloning of animals is now and everyday occurrence. There is a company called Viagen that will clone a pet for about $50,000 and clone a horse for about $85,000. It's a little scandalous from the perspective of horse racing...and dog shows. People are cloning their winners, and others are calling this cheating.

Posted by: Orson at July 04, 2026 11:00 PM (dIske)

152 "They are large and loud."

That's the ticket! Bring the mischief.

Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 11:00 PM (Jr5Lq)

153 Guess Trump will give his speech. I'll listen to him.

Posted by: Case at July 04, 2026 11:01 PM (IY9No)

154 "Well the fireworks seem to have settled down some."

10PM here. Amateur fireworks are on the upswing until midnight. That's when the celebratory gunfire begins.

Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 11:01 PM (Jr5Lq)

155

gp,

The dogs hate them, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 11:02 PM (/QHx4)

156 Good evening morons and Слава Тройке!

They are trying to have fireworks tonight off the Golden Gate Bridge. The cloud base is 700 feet.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 04, 2026 11:02 PM (RIvkX)

157 Lots of magpies here. I think they ate the corpse of the gopher I shot this morning. Of course it had to sit in the Sun all day to get ripe.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 11:02 PM (1z8ji)

158 Those of us not allowed in may or may not have Bicentennial coins, medals, and first day covers. Could be worth $$ or not.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 04, 2026 11:03 PM (XdwHx)

159

The magpies sometimes divebomb our little dogs, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 11:03 PM (/QHx4)

160 The Jews used to say next year in Jerusalem. Next year on the Moon

Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 11:04 PM (YeXhF)

161 I wonder how many know that cloning of animals is now and everyday occurrence. There is a company called Viagen that will clone a pet for about $50,000 and clone a horse for about $85,000. It's a little scandalous from the perspective of horse racing...and dog shows. People are cloning their winners, and others are calling this cheating.
Posted by: Orson at July 04, 2026 11:00 PM (dIske)

Proposal: for every Sidney Sweeney you clone, you have to unclone one Trigglypuff.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 11:05 PM (1z8ji)

162 Our good girl doggeh was *not* afraid of fireworks or thunder...

She'd run back and forth along the fence, barking and challenging those big noises!

Such a protective girl, she was. Miss that ol' mutt.

Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 11:05 PM (rdVOm)

163 Americans are the indigenous people of the Moon you know

Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 11:05 PM (YeXhF)

164 "The magpies sometimes divebomb our little dogs, lol."

I don't want those. I want the ones that thieve cash and jewelry. Our crows do their best, no doubt, but there's plenty of room for improvement.

Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 11:05 PM (Jr5Lq)

165 Oh my gosh, a 3D ONT and I can't find my glasses.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 04, 2026 11:06 PM (ibDUx)

166 Enjoying a bbq rib eye and cold beer in honor of the USA.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 11:06 PM (QGaXH)

167 Trump's favorite opera is on, therefore, fireworks are up shortly.

https://tinyurl.com/ys6fmyr9

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 11:07 PM (jU8k8)

168 "Americans are the indigenous people of the Moon you know"

That is so true! Plus, we stuck a flag in it, which (according to Eddie Izzard) makes it ours.

Posted by: tankascribe at July 04, 2026 11:07 PM (NtoJk)

169 Can I tell you a little secret? I am not a fan of "The Star Spangled Banner" being our national anthem I would prefer "America the Beautiful."

https://youtu.be/igqy0NxZIfQ
Posted by: tankdemon at July 04, 2026 11:00 PM (ZWAWS)

Because we're America, we have like four or five "national anthems".
I can't choose a favorite, though I love the lyrics to "AtB".

Posted by: sal at July 04, 2026 11:08 PM (f+FmA)

170 165 Oh my gosh, a 3D ONT and I can't find my glasses.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 04, 2026 11:06 PM
***
Well played.
Good evening DDS.

Posted by: TRex - 3D dino at July 04, 2026 11:08 PM (IQ6Gq)

171 Hey DDS!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 11:08 PM (lfni7)

172
Happy Birthday to the USA, the greatest nation on Earth. Murdered by the Democrat Party, but hopefully we can revive her (and not in the Frankenstein way, that never works).

If you use the correct brain ...

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 04, 2026 11:08 PM (Cqx++)

173

It is so foggy at Wrigley Field you can't see the scoreboard.

Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 11:09 PM (/QHx4)

174
Americans are the indigenous people of the Moon you know

Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 11:05 PM (YeXhF)

____________

Like hell!

Posted by: The Selenite Tribe at July 04, 2026 11:09 PM (O0L8i)

175 The neighbors just shot their wad of fireworks. It was nice to watch. I live in a mixed area. Nice to see newcomers appreciate the 4th. Now I will watch PDJT.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at July 04, 2026 11:10 PM (Snklc)

176 I'm on the riverbank near the five sided money pump looking at the monument. Rain has stopped and weather is comfortable. Everyone is in a good mood and patient, waiting for it to start.

Lots and lots and LOTS of people.

'Murrica!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 04, 2026 11:10 PM (kde3w)

177 Cubs fans singing Country Roads on 4th Of July during a fog delay at Wrigley. For those who don’t know that’s become the unofficial song of the US soccer team.

That’s pretty cool.

USA!! USA!! USA!!

Posted by: World Cup Update at July 04, 2026 11:10 PM (Qlrgu)

178 Paul Pelosi got into a hit and run with a parked car today
🔨

Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 11:10 PM (YeXhF)

179 Waiting for Cat to come inside for his evening treat-- then I can go out and light this pack of firecrackers. They need to go, but Cat likes to follow me around like a puppy and sniff everything I touch. Want to avoid hurting him!

Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 11:10 PM (rdVOm)

180 I believe in America because we have great dreams, and because we have the opportunity to make those dreams come true." – Wendell Willkie

The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful and virtuous." – Frederick Douglass

I hope lots of my Horde friends got to get out for the celebration and fireworks. It just got late here, and being 29+, I'm ready for naps🤭💤💤...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 04, 2026 11:11 PM (uTEOj)

181 175
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at July 04, 2026 11:10 PM
***
Nice to see you here! Feels like it has been a minute or two...

Posted by: TRex - diplomatic dino at July 04, 2026 11:11 PM (IQ6Gq)

182
To bed. Hope my being there comforts Diana, who's having a rough evening.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2026 11:11 PM (O0L8i)

183 Paul Pelosi got into a hit and run with a parked car today
🔨
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 11:10 PM (YeXhF)

And the parked car won, two falls out of three.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 11:12 PM (1z8ji)

184 "I am not a fan of "The Star Spangled Banner""

I always sing the bass melody to it. People turn around and look at me. I don't care, because it rocks.

Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 11:12 PM (Jr5Lq)

185
Sabre tooth cat: Smilodon fatalis (fatal smile?)

Here, kitty kitty.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 11:12 PM (w6EFb)

186 >>Americans are the indigenous people of the Moon you know

https://tinyurl.com/3f93ru9d

Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2026 11:12 PM (viF8m)

187 Oh, hey. Lee Greenwood is still alive. How about that.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 04, 2026 11:12 PM (ntk8v)

188

Our little dog is terrified. She won't go outside to do her business. We're hoping it's not going to be a long term problem.

Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 11:13 PM (/QHx4)

189 176 I'm on the riverbank near the five sided money pump looking at the monument.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 04, 2026 11:10 PM
***
Great location! Enjoy!

Posted by: TRex - front row dino at July 04, 2026 11:13 PM (IQ6Gq)

190 158 Those of us not allowed in may or may not have Bicentennial coins, medals, and first day covers. Could be worth $$ or not.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 04, 2026 11:03 PM (XdwHx)

Not worth much. I got an album of Bicentennial 1776 First Day covers, a 1976 $2 bill and U.S. Mint Bicentennial Medal.

Posted by: Joemarine at July 04, 2026 11:14 PM (y171U)

191 I hope everyone who wanted to see fireworks did! From our vantage, we saw Fairhope’s, obviously, but we also saw Mobile’s and the show over the USS Alabama. We even saw some of Dauphin Island’s.

Posted by: Piper at July 04, 2026 11:14 PM (Wmg4n)

192 Oh, hey. Lee Greenwood is still alive. How about that.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 04, 2026 11:12 PM (ntk8v)

Friend in Gilbert, AZ plays on-line chess with Lee Greenwood.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 11:15 PM (1z8ji)

193 Hey Piper!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 11:15 PM (lfni7)

194
Just imagine what Marlin Perkins would have poor Jim doing if they could somehow go back to the late Pleistocene.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 11:15 PM (w6EFb)

195 {{{DDS}}}

OH so lovely to see you girl!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 04, 2026 11:15 PM (uTEOj)

196
Trump's up.

always

But right now, too.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 11:16 PM (jU8k8)

197 176 I'm on the riverbank near the five sided money pump looking at the monument.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty

'Waves from office in basement of five sided money pump.'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 04, 2026 11:16 PM (ntk8v)

198 The upside to celebratory gunfire: The sky is an excellent target. Very hard to miss.

Downside: Waste of good ammo.

Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 11:17 PM (Jr5Lq)

199 I think the only thing I have left from the bicentennial is a bunch of quarters and the Marvel Comics 1976 calendar. Filled with very cool images. It only worked this year until February 28, though, because 1976 was a leap year.

I did pick up a bag of bicentennial flag pins. Betsy Ross flag on the left and modern on the right. Just enough to give one to each of my siblings and their spouses, as well as my dad.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 04, 2026 11:18 PM (kYmoU)

200 celebratory gunfire: The sky is an excellent target. Very hard to miss.

If it doesn't make orbit, it missed

Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 11:19 PM (YeXhF)

201 Hi SMH! I had to pop back up and read the content.

Posted by: Piper at July 04, 2026 11:20 PM (Wmg4n)

202 If it doesn't make orbit, it missed

You can’t take the sky from me.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 04, 2026 11:20 PM (kYmoU)

203 The upside to celebratory gunfire: The sky is an excellent target. Very hard to miss.

Downside: Waste of good ammo.
Posted by: gp

Also downside: what goes up, must come down. Somewhere.

Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 11:20 PM (rdVOm)

204 >> If it doesn't make orbit, it missed

*glares*

Posted by: Jeff Bezos at July 04, 2026 11:21 PM (w6EFb)

205 You can’t take the sky from me.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair

Watch me.

Posted by: Constantine Tsiolkovsky at July 04, 2026 11:22 PM (YeXhF)

206 "If it doesn't make orbit, it missed"

I once fired eight rounds from a Garand at the place where I reckoned the moon would be when they got there. I waited 17 days in anticipation, then readied my telescope. But I miscalculated: it was a new moon, and I couldn't see shit. Drat.

Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 11:22 PM (Jr5Lq)

207 Not worth much. I got an album of Bicentennial 1776 First Day covers, a 1976 $2 bill and U.S. Mint Bicentennial Medal.
Posted by: Joemarine at July 04, 2026 11:14 PM (y171U)

I don't expect much from them, but at 300, my kids may make some money from them.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 04, 2026 11:25 PM (aVvqF)

208 "Also downside: what goes up, must come down. Somewhere."

Yes, we had a baby in arms who was injured by a round of 45ACP returning from the zenith at one of our Fourth celebrations years back. But most of the kids shot in Illinois are hit by rounds fired roughly horizontally, throughout the year.

Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 11:26 PM (Jr5Lq)

209 I need to double check this, but someone posted a meme that our museum ships would form the second most powerful navy in the world.

Of the top of my head, it would have 2 Essex class carriers, 5 battleships, probably cruisers and destroyers, and at least 2 submarines (USS Cobia and U-505]

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 04, 2026 11:28 PM (qx7Zg)

210 Uh, I get it. Trump likes to talk but there is another storm cell heading to DC, they may need to get on with it.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 04, 2026 11:29 PM (ntk8v)

211
Still no word on the cause Bezos New Glenn explosion.

The spaceflight press says there's leak that it's a problem with the BE-4 engine itself. And that would be bad, because ULA's new Vulcan rocket uses the same engine.

Posted by: Jeff Bezos at July 04, 2026 11:30 PM (w6EFb)

212 I hate our president is behind glass, but at this point I get why.

Posted by: Piper at July 04, 2026 11:30 PM (Wmg4n)

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