Wednesday Night ONT - July 8, 2026 [TRex]

How do you do, fellow kids? Good evening Horde. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans. The bar is open and freshly re-stocked. Free refills!

Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT which means another edition of random overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and join the fun. Good will offerings of amusing puns are encouraged. Pants are optional. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors. This is a Tucker, Candace, Megyn and Bill Kristol free zone. Please.

Will reading the content help the sun come up tomorrow? Don't know but why take chances. Read on.

[Top photo: no dogs, but fine art]

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Science News

Researchers Built a Scuba Suit for Cyborg Cockroaches

Scientists in Singapore and Japan have developed a tiny 3D-printed scuba suit for cyborg cockroaches, allowing them to survive and move underwater and other low-oxygen environments for up to three hours.
The suit can transform a regular cockroach, and potentially other insects, into "an amphibious cyborg robot capable of operation across land and water," according to a new research paper published this week in Nature Communications.

So, why do researchers want half-robot cockroaches to breathe underwater anyway?
Apparently, they hope to one day be able to use cyborg cockroaches in search and rescue missions, pipeline inspection, and other complex tasks.

What could possibly go wrong?

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Horde Shopping News

I know what you're thinking. "My plans for a 39 foot tall animatronic T-Rex dinosaur have not materialized. I'm interested in exploring alternative avenues. Any suggestions?"

Sotheby's is planning to sell one of the largest and most complete T-Rex skeletons ever found on July 14. It was found on private land in Harding County, South Dakota and took years to fully excavate and assemble. His name is Gus. He seems nice.

The auction estimate is $20 to $30 million, so better shake those couch cushions hard.

More background here:

If that's a little pricey for you, other items in the Natural History auction might be interesting. It is a fascinating mix of fossils, meteorites, petrified wood, minerals and precious metals in their natural form, prehistoric handaxes, and more.

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I know what you're thinking: "Cyborg cockroaches? T-Rex skeletons? How about some class and elegance?"

Sure. This isn't a fashion thread, but here you go:

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Where are the Iron Maiden fans?

Related: Fear of the Chickens

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Niche YouTube Channel of the Week

Tonight's feature is Jason and his channel called Epic UpCycling. Jason takes scraps (think in terms of wood pallets) and makes things. He makes cabinets, chests, and even a globe. He mostly works with wood, but occasionally strays into metal. He shows each step and most of his project involve a huge number of simple cuts. He uses power tools but often prefers hand planes, chisels and saws. His channel has over 417,000 subscribers.

I know what you're thinking. Do people really watch 30 to 40 minute videos of a guy making stuff in his workshop by himself with no commentary, subtitles or music? Yes. His videos regularly attract several million views.

His videos are good examples of story telling. Simple camera work, angles and editing. No artificial drama. No highly polished graphics or editing. No clickbait.

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The Pittsburgh police scanner keeps giving. Thank you people of Pittsburgh and thank you Pittsburgh scanner!

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Never thought about it before, but I learned today that both alligators and crocodiles sneeze. Isn't this the type of life-enriching knowledge that makes reading the ONT worthwhile? Isn't it? You're welcome.

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They Might be Giants for the big ONT finish:

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1 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 08, 2026 10:01 PM (+9wcF)

2 11 #USAF 🇺🇸 tankers up

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 08, 2026 10:01 PM (GebTj)

3 Iraq devolved into a IED war was because of very effective counter battery fire and good QRF teams. Even if you equate mines with IEDs, the Straight battle will be no way analogous to Iraq if we can develop efficient counter battery on their launch sites. In Iraq, arty was targeted on hit and run mortar teams while their first round was in the air. Need the same here.

Posted by: buddhaha at July 08, 2026 10:01 PM (QlKqi)

4 All right! Jerks allowed again!!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 08, 2026 10:02 PM (1Ff7Z)

5 Willowed:

"CRY HAVOC AND LET LOOSE THE ~~DOGS OF WAR~~ ONT " !!!!!!!
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 08, 2026 09:59 PM (X2inB)
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FIFY

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 08, 2026 10:03 PM (FZ29D)

6 Nixon's problem was he taped himself doing stuff everybody had been doing for years.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram

Masturbating for 18 and a half minutes?

Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 08, 2026 10:03 PM (Fn3wM)

7 For 30 million bucks, I'd want one with bigger arms.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 08, 2026 10:04 PM (u/oMr)

8 Was Grace Kelly's wedding held at a Schwinn dealer?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 08, 2026 10:04 PM (1Ff7Z)

9 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 08, 2026 10:04 PM (zZu0s)

10 Havoc Aviation@havoc_aviation - 1h

POTUS at RAF Mildenhall! 🦅🇺🇸

The new VC-25B Bridge arrived at RAF Mildenhall this evening as SAM 33, followed by a discrete C-32 as REACH 018, the "old" VC-25A as AIR FORCE ONE, and a discrete C-40B as SAM 112.

It was a busy evening!

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 08, 2026 10:04 PM (GebTj)

11 Good evening morons ותודה דינו!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 08, 2026 10:05 PM (RIvkX)

12 Hi!

Posted by: Iris at July 08, 2026 10:05 PM (286+n)

13 Masturbating for 18 and a half minutes?
Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 08, 2026 10:03 PM (Fn3wM)

You might be doing it wrong.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 08, 2026 10:05 PM (zZu0s)

14 Apparently, they hope to one day be able to use cyborg cockroaches in search and rescue missions, pipeline inspection, and other complex tasks.
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I've seen this X-Files episode.

Very disturbing.

Especially that scene where it looks like an actual cockroach runs across your television screen.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 08, 2026 10:06 PM (FZ29D)

15 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 08, 2026 10:06 PM (zlG6F)

16 So, why do researchers want half-robot cockroaches to breathe underwater anyway?
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Apparently someone thought they weren't hard enough to kill as it is.

Posted by: Methos at July 08, 2026 10:06 PM (vSvIl)

17 I'm impressed with the quality of the T-rex related content. Five Stars!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 08, 2026 10:06 PM (RIvkX)

18 Masturbating for 18 and a half minutes?
Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 08, 2026 10:03 PM (Fn3wM)

You might be doing it wrong.

No kidding, who quits that early?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 08, 2026 10:07 PM (+9wcF)

19 Thanks for the dandy Wednesday Night ONT, T Rex!

A skateboarding rhino... don't that beat all! That's some shenanigans!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 08, 2026 10:08 PM (D/6p1)

20 Pittsburgh Scanner
Schenley Park. Schenley Oval. Caller said like 100 teens are fighting with boxing gloves. Caller not a fan of rule 1.

Does that mean that the caller is a member of the Club, or that the caller is interested in one of the female combatants?

Posted by: mikeski at July 08, 2026 10:08 PM (VHUov)

21 You might be doing it wrong.

No kidding, who quits that early?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 08, 2026 10:07 PM (+9wcF)

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You want to avoid getting an overdeveloped bicep on one side only.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 08, 2026 10:10 PM (u/oMr)

22 Pittsburgh Scanner
Mt. Washington. 120 Shiloh Street - DiFiore's Ice Cream. Caller is an employee and said a guy in a white van is undercutting them out in front of the store.

Man, inflation is rough. Even the "free candy" van is charging, now.

Posted by: mikeski at July 08, 2026 10:10 PM (VHUov)

23 18.5 mins was all Nixon had between sh!tting on jews, blacks, and hippies.

Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 08, 2026 10:10 PM (Fn3wM)

24 I have a problem with the Rhino on Skateboard statue. It's obviously fake, no such thing ever happened in reality.

Girls can't skateboard.
(look closely).

Posted by: buddhaha at July 08, 2026 10:11 PM (QlKqi)

25 18 Masturbating for 18 and a half minutes?
Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 08, 2026 10:03 PM (Fn3wM)

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why stop?

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 08, 2026 10:11 PM (THY4u)

26 The ONT.

I was hoping there would be more to the day than that, but here we are . . . . . .

Thanks for the ONT, TRex!

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 08, 2026 10:11 PM (Jr+re)

27 What?

Posted by: Rosemary Woods at July 08, 2026 10:12 PM (RIvkX)

28 @sentdefender
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16m
Another wave of Iranian drones and missiles just now against Bahrain.

Posted by: Methos at July 08, 2026 10:13 PM (vSvIl)

29 Before the echo fades, Let's Make A Deal!

@RapidResponse47
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1h
.@POTUS
on Iran: "They called a little while ago. They want to make a deal so badly — I just don't know if they're worthy of making a deal. I don't know that they're going to honor the deal. That's the problem."

Posted by: Don Black is a bit off today at July 08, 2026 10:13 PM (ZxPkt)

30 Iron Maiden fan here. What I've always said about metal music is, it's either really good, or it's really bad. There is no in between. Trump might actually be the first heavy metal President, based on that criteria.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 08, 2026 10:14 PM (QaH55)

31 Scientists in Singapore and Japan have developed a tiny 3D-printed scuba suit for cyborg cockroaches, allowing them to survive and move underwater and other low-oxygen environments for up to three hours.
The suit can transform a regular cockroach, and potentially other insects, into "an amphibious cyborg robot capable of operation across land and water," according to a new research paper published this week in Nature Communications.“

And it brings up the ageless question, Japan: nuked too much, or not enough?

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2026 10:14 PM (VbqNm)

32 Good evening Horde! Best wishes for your Wednesday. Thanks for being here.

Posted by: TRex - scanning dino at July 08, 2026 10:14 PM (OlBv0)

33 >>>Caller says a guy in a Harlem Globetrotters shirt keeps jumping back and forth over a fence.

If the guy was whistling Sweet Georgia Brown, I'd let him slide.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 08, 2026 10:14 PM (syz1S)

34 The Pittsburgh scanner is illuminating and entertaining, as always.

And who knew the alligators and crocodiles sneezed? Thanks for the handy info, T Rex!

P.S. I rather like Gus. He would look great in your new yard, even if he doesn't move.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 08, 2026 10:14 PM (D/6p1)

35 1h
.@POTUS
on Iran: "They called a little while ago. They want to make a deal so badly — I just don't know if they're worthy of making a deal. I don't know that they're going to honor the deal. That's the problem."

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You never go wrong by trusting.

Posted by: Zombie Neville Chamberlain at July 08, 2026 10:15 PM (u/oMr)

36 >>>Caller says a guy in a Harlem Globetrotters shirt keeps jumping back and forth over a fence.

If the guy was whistling Sweet Georgia Brown, I'd let him slide.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 08, 2026 10:14 PM (syz1S)
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He probably wants to try out for the team someday.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 08, 2026 10:15 PM (FZ29D)

37 Rule four or five is "never marry anyone named after a cherry"

Posted by: Kindltot at July 08, 2026 10:15 PM (rbvCR)

38 Evening all,

We have a launch in the morning.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 10-42
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: July 9, 2026
Launch Time: 5:25 a.m. EDT (0925 UTC, 11:25 CEST)

https://youtu.be/1nqwTfqAHAw

Posted by: Joyenz at July 08, 2026 10:16 PM (2F0/Y)

39 "How do you stop a rhino from charging?"

"Take away its skateboard."

Posted by: mikeski at July 08, 2026 10:16 PM (VHUov)

40 A RINO on a skateboard. AKA the Maine senate race.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at July 08, 2026 10:16 PM (zqeQL)

41 >>>Caller says that a 7 year old keeps follow them around shooting nerf darts at them.

I hope they dispatched the K9 unit to deal with the little ruffian.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 08, 2026 10:16 PM (syz1S)

42 >>>Caller says that a 7 year old keeps follow them around shooting nerf darts at them.

I hope they dispatched the K9 unit to deal with the little ruffian.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous

Future Morons Of America member.

Posted by: mikeski at July 08, 2026 10:18 PM (VHUov)

43 41 >>>Caller says that a 7 year old keeps follow them around shooting nerf darts at them.

I hope they dispatched the K9 unit to deal with the little ruffian.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 08, 2026 10:16 PM (syz1S)

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One flash-bang down their shirt and most 7 year-olds fall right into line.

Posted by: Officer Krupke at July 08, 2026 10:18 PM (u/oMr)

44 Rule four or five is "never marry anyone named after a cherry"
Posted by: Kindltot at July 08, 2026 10:15 PM (rbvCR)

The hell?

Posted by: Bing Crosby at July 08, 2026 10:18 PM (0aYVJ)

45 Kalshi is BS predictor....but entertaining!

"After Graham Platner drops out, Susan Collins has the highest odds in the Maine Senate Race among a crowded field

Odds Per @Kalshi
🔴 Susan Collins: 40%
🔵 Troy Jackson: 35%
🔵 Shenna Bellows: 16% "

Posted by: runner at July 08, 2026 10:19 PM (GD0B3)

46 Shenna Bellows?

Not a name, a statement.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 08, 2026 10:21 PM (0aYVJ)

47 10 Havoc Aviation@havoc_aviation - 1h
POTUS at RAF Mildenhall! 🦅🇺🇸
The new VC-25B Bridge arrived at RAF Mildenhall this evening as SAM 33, followed by a discrete C-32 as REACH 018, the "old" VC-25A as AIR FORCE ONE, and a discrete C-40B as SAM 112.

Truly a day of daze//The Three Seas Initiative very much at risk due to Mellon-headed Meloni, and the frenchMacaroni who think they will fare any better than Napoleon or Mussolini against Russia -- the very thing that piss'd the freeAgent/Putin off: vision of a shared European space where Russia would have equal economic access but no seat at the institutional table, Putin’s reaction was immediate, blunt, and deeply telling of his strategic mindset.

Trump, take the offer, the hotel in moscow, vlad takes europe by force, in exchange for cuba... a very square deal, America first, and justice serve'd & freePortCuba with American Shale replacing kharg. Netherlands will beg trump to take Greenland over the fatuous doom that the Macaroni has brought upon them all....

MORE! LET's GO BRANDON!
Best episode of Apprentice yet!
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-TrumpLaysLowDIMON
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-signedSCHWARTZWALD

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at July 08, 2026 10:21 PM (pGur1)

48 🔵 Shenna Bellows: 16% "

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When the Paolo calls, the ladies, they will all bellow before he departs.

Posted by: The Paolo at July 08, 2026 10:21 PM (u/oMr)

49 SOmeone send upm the Bat Signal for Ace!

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ platner-drops-out-crucial-race-after-bombshell- rape-allegation-torpedoes-senate-campaign

Platner drops out of crucial Senate race after bombshell rape allegation torpedoes campaign

Platner's withdrawal clears the way for Maine Democrats to name a new challenger to Republican Sen Susan Collins

Posted by: zombie at July 08, 2026 10:21 PM (Av6i5)

50 I should have left that for tomorrow.

This is supposed to be a happy occasion.

Posted by: Don Black is a bit off today at July 08, 2026 10:22 PM (ZxPkt)

51 Thx TRex, evening Horde.
Steve Cropper played a great guitar on Green Onions

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 08, 2026 10:22 PM (m2wmY)

52 Sorry I'm late, I had to clean my hatchet. Apparently, nbody wants to pick up a hitch-hiker who is holding a bloody hatchet.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 08, 2026 10:23 PM (wTgmo)

53 If no one makes a Downfall video about Platner, I will be disappoint !

Posted by: runner at July 08, 2026 10:23 PM (GD0B3)

54 So we can stop talking about Platner now?

Posted by: Don Black is a bit off today at July 08, 2026 10:23 PM (ZxPkt)

55 >>>Researchers Built a Scuba Suit for Cyborg Cockroaches

Who would pay for this research. Is there any business that would invest in this research because they think they would make back the money?

"The study was conducted by scientists at Nanyang Technological University and Waseda University."

I smell government funding.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 08, 2026 10:23 PM (syz1S)

56 54 So we can stop talking about Platner now?

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Come back at midnight for Talarico Hour.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 08, 2026 10:24 PM (u/oMr)

57 Sorry I'm late, I had to clean my hatchet. Apparently, nbody wants to pick up a hitch-hiker who is holding a bloody hatchet.

If I had known that was you I would have sped up.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 08, 2026 10:24 PM (+9wcF)

58 My plans for a 39 foot tall animatronic T-Rex dinosaur have not materialized.
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Your dream has a fan club - unfortunately for Grateful.

Posted by: scampydog at July 08, 2026 10:24 PM (41CYW)

59 (shaking head)

So, Dr. Watanabe, why did you invent a cyborg Honey Badger with a SCUBA suit?

"No reason" (looks around nervously)

Come on. There must have been some sort of motivation or reasoning. It's a unique accomplishment.

"Well, Ok. But, this is off the record. Dr. Saiko keeps stealing my tools and never puts them back. He's going on vacation next week to Turks and Caicos and I really want my tools back."

(And so ends another addition of "Accidental Discoveries" Join us next time when a Russian mechanical engineer gives a vending machine a gambling addiction)

Posted by: Orson at July 08, 2026 10:24 PM (dIske)

60 Several decades back, I worked with a very talented Air Force electronics technician who was also a more talented carpenter/furniture maker. The AF threw pallets away after use. Bob picked them up, took them apart, sawed, milled, drilled, planed, etc. He made some of the nicest furniture I've ever seen! The pallet wood was primarily oak.

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 08, 2026 10:25 PM (Jr+re)

61
I saw this and think it's perfect for this thread!

T-Rex races!

https://tinyurl.com/bdxx74h9

Posted by: runner at July 08, 2026 10:25 PM (GD0B3)

62 I bought one of those long handled back scratchers the other day.

I can't see how I lived so long without it.

Posted by: pawn at July 08, 2026 10:27 PM (R8m8a)

63 Your dream has a fan club - unfortunately for Grateful.
Posted by: scampydog
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Grateful is in charge of the finances - unfortunately for the fan club.

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 08, 2026 10:27 PM (cCn4/)

64 Also, I just finished watching Sicario. Good action flick. Emily Blunt occasionally whispered her part. Her 'American' is spot on, though.

Posted by: Don Black is a bit off today at July 08, 2026 10:28 PM (ZxPkt)

65 Is he ending or 'suspending' his campaign?

Posted by: davidt at July 08, 2026 10:28 PM (Q+gd/)

66 Dino, are you looking for a new ride?

https://youtube.com/shorts/T7IRAAILhuk

Posted by: tankdemon at July 08, 2026 10:29 PM (wTgmo)

67 > I bought one of those long handled back scratchers the other day.
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one piece or telescoping?

Posted by: Don Black is a bit off today at July 08, 2026 10:30 PM (ZxPkt)

68 Vote for Amanda Bellows.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 08, 2026 10:30 PM (Cqx++)

69 66 Dino, are you looking for a new ride?

Posted by: tankdemon at July 08, 2026 10:29 PM
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I've got a better shot of Grateful buying me a tank...

Posted by: TRex - tank commander dino at July 08, 2026 10:31 PM (OlBv0)

70 Evening.

"Where are the Iron Maiden fans?"

Muthafucker...summon me and I SHALL appear!

Posted by: Robert at July 08, 2026 10:32 PM (dpXJq)

71 We alls thanks that Presdent Obana should prick the new democrat foor that Mane election thing.

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at July 08, 2026 10:32 PM (kBcTc)

72 Your dream has a fan club - unfortunately for Grateful.
Posted by: scampydog
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Grateful is in charge of the finances - unfortunately for the fan club.
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The dream is priceless. And the fan club has voted - unanimously, that Grateful surrender the checkbook.

Posted by: scampydog at July 08, 2026 10:32 PM (41CYW)

73 I have the telescoping one somewhere.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 08, 2026 10:32 PM (BNC/N)

74
(And so ends another addition of "Accidental Discoveries" Join us next time when a Russian mechanical engineer gives a vending machine a gambling addiction)
Posted by: Orson

Eastern Bloc Robot Cowboy

https://t.ly/-ckL5

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 08, 2026 10:34 PM (Cqx++)

75 Apparently, they hope to one day be able to use cyborg cockroaches in search and rescue missions, pipeline inspection, and other complex tasks.

What could possibly go wrong?

I saw this movie. It was called Mimic.

Posted by: Genetic alterations but still at July 08, 2026 10:34 PM (TbWk/)

76 Iceland? WTAF?

Posted by: Denmark at July 08, 2026 10:34 PM (u/oMr)

77 Secret White House recordings go back at least to the Kennedy administration. During the Cuban (Soviet really) Missile Crisis the executive task force meetings of all the key players & cabinet members were all recorded, and unbeknownst to them, too. It is interesting to read the transcripts.

Kennedy initially leaned towards an invasion, and definitely taking the missile sites out. He wanted assurances that they would all get obliterated l, something the military could not guarantee

Posted by: Common Tater at July 08, 2026 10:34 PM (anZ4T)

78 2 minutes to midnight has one of the best intros a metal band ever conceived. My fave maiden song

Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 08, 2026 10:35 PM (Fn3wM)

79 70 "Where are the Iron Maiden fans?"

Muthafucker...summon me and I SHALL appear!

Posted by: Robert at July 08, 2026 10:32 PM
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Please tell me you clicked on the Fear of the Chickens link.

Posted by: TRex - Eddie understudy dino at July 08, 2026 10:35 PM (OlBv0)

80 Apparently, they hope to one day be able to use cyborg cockroaches in search and rescue missions, pipeline inspection, and other complex tasks.

What could possibly go wrong?

I saw this movie. It was called Mimic.
Posted by: Genetic alterations but still at July 08, 2026 10:34 PM (TbWk/)

The Fifth Element, when they use the little radio controlled cockroach to spy on that one dude.

Posted by: Robert at July 08, 2026 10:35 PM (dpXJq)

81 The dream is priceless. And the fan club has voted - unanimously, that Grateful surrender the checkbook.
Posted by: scampydog at July 08, 2026 10:32 PM (41CYW)

Good luck with that! Grateful is a great shot!

Posted by: Iris at July 08, 2026 10:36 PM (286+n)

82 Midniiiiiiiiighhhhhhhht, ALL NIGHT!

Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 08, 2026 10:36 PM (Fn3wM)

83 Your dream has a fan club - unfortunately for Grateful.
Posted by: scampydog
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Grateful is in charge of the finances - unfortunately for the fan club.
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The dream is priceless. And the fan club has voted - unanimously, that Grateful surrender the checkbook.
Posted by: scampydog
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Dream on Doggo...not in this lifetime...

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 08, 2026 10:37 PM (cCn4/)

84 I was not expecting g a fight club reference I the Pittsburgh scanner

Posted by: tankdemon at July 08, 2026 10:38 PM (wTgmo)

85 Dream on Doggo...not in this lifetime...
Posted by: The Grateful
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And even if I did consider it, you honestly think the balance would support a $20-30Million purchase?

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 08, 2026 10:38 PM (cCn4/)

86 Long handled back scratchers are the best

Posted by: ChE99 at July 08, 2026 10:39 PM (KgC04)

87 The Fifth Element, when they use the little radio controlled cockroach to spy on that one dude.
Posted by: Robert at July 08, 2026 10:35 PM (dpXJq)

Oh yeah. Worked great until Tiny Lister smashed it with his size 15 shoe!

Posted by: WHAM AAAAAAAAAGH! at July 08, 2026 10:39 PM (TbWk/)

88 78 2 minutes to midnight has one of the best intros a metal band ever conceived. My fave maiden song

Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 08, 2026 10:35 PM
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Maiden has some of the best song intros. For example, the drum into for Where Eagles Dare is a classic.

Posted by: TRex - Piece of Mind dino at July 08, 2026 10:39 PM (OlBv0)

89 Please tell me you clicked on the Fear the Chickens link.
Posted by: TRex - Eddie understudy dino at July 08, 2026 10:35 PM (OlBv0)

Dude...

DUDE!!!!!

Posted by: Robert at July 08, 2026 10:39 PM (dpXJq)

90 Campaign Suspended? Like a guy not hanging himself?

Posted by: Hillary at July 08, 2026 10:40 PM (Q+gd/)

91 Good luck with that! Grateful is a great shot!
Posted by: Iris
******
Thank you Iris...hopefully all the wedding and celebrations have concluded and were simply wonderful. We truly missed you at the NoVA MoMe, hopefully can connect this year in TX

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 08, 2026 10:41 PM (cCn4/)

92 I love the Paul D'ianno Maiden albums. But Number of the Beast with Bruce was a fucking kick in the head. I was 16, and perpetually pissed off.

Metal music drains the darkness. For me, at least, it's always been therapeutic. A balm.

Some have asked, doesn't it make you angry? I answer, no, fucking Bee Gees and Starland Vocal band make me angry.

Slayer makes me happy.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 08, 2026 10:41 PM (0aYVJ)

93 I didn't get the Fight Club obscure reference. Now I remember.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 08, 2026 10:41 PM (BNC/N)

94
67 > I bought one of those long handled back scratchers the other day.
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one piece or telescoping?
Posted by: Don Black is a bit off today at July 08, 2026 10:30 PM (ZxPkt)

I had a Halloween one back in the day that looked like the crypt keepers arm.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2026 10:45 PM (VbqNm)

95 Dream on Doggo...not in this lifetime...
Posted by: The Grateful
*******
And even if I did consider it, you honestly think the balance would support a $20-30Million purchase?
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 08, 2026 10:38 PM (cCn4/)
* * * *
One winning Powerball ticket can make this priceless dream come true for T Rex!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 08, 2026 10:45 PM (D/6p1)

96 Princess Grace didn't look very happy at her wedding. Was she forced into that marriage?

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 08, 2026 10:45 PM (0Htd1)

97 I'd like the T-Rex for $30, Bill … !

Posted by: Dr_No at July 08, 2026 10:46 PM (ayRl+)

98 Things you will probably only know if you read the ONT:

Grace Kelly's father was Jack Kelly-- a former bricklayer & self-made Philadelphia construction millionaire.

Jack Kelly had literally never heard of "Monaco," and he doubted at first that such a country even existed.

Then, he was suspicious that this Rainier guy might be after Jack Kelly's money!

So, he sent a Philly gumshoe over there, to investigate whether this so-called "prince" was for real or not.

The foregoing is true. I suspect the royal bankers must've been a bit non-plussed by Jack Kelly's private eye wanting to have a look at their books.

Posted by: mnw at July 08, 2026 10:46 PM (RCjYY)

99
Princess Grace hostage video

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 08, 2026 10:47 PM (mmrXZ)

100 >Princess Grace didn't look very happy at her wedding. Was she forced into that marriage?

Posted by: nerdygirl
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she was ACTING!

Posted by: Don Black is a bit off today at July 08, 2026 10:47 PM (ZxPkt)

101 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 08, 2026 10:47 PM (Hpgos)

102 And even if I did consider it, you honestly think the balance would support a $20-30Million purchase?
Posted by: The Grateful
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Again, dreams are priceless, but at $30M, the fan clubs arms shrink...like a Trex. Animatronic, however....

Posted by: scampydog at July 08, 2026 10:47 PM (41CYW)

103 fucking Bee Gees and Starland Vocal band make me angry.

Slayer makes me happy.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 08, 2026 10:41 PM (0aYVJ)

PREACH!!!!!!

I've never understood this myself, but fucking garbage pop music is enraging. Bands like Slayer that go balls out? Bliss.

Posted by: Robert at July 08, 2026 10:48 PM (dpXJq)

104 How exciting would it be to dig around your back yard and find a dinosaur.

Posted by: Piper at July 08, 2026 10:48 PM (Dd38x)

105 Princess Grace didn't look very happy at her wedding. Was she forced into that marriage?

Posted by: nerdygirl
----

she was ACTING!
Posted by: Don Black is a bit off today at July 08, 2026 10:47 PM (ZxPkt)

A Jon Lovitz sock would have worked well with this post. Heh.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 08, 2026 10:48 PM (0aYVJ)

106 Hunter Biden for Senate in Maine.
We all know he can handle the snow!

Posted by: JB1000 at July 08, 2026 10:50 PM (yv9By)

107 T Rex.
Dude!
Ya gotta eat man. Those pictures aren't doing you justice.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 08, 2026 10:50 PM (2WIwB)

108 What you doing on your back?
Hey, hey
What you doing on your back?
Hey
You should be dancing
Yeah
Dancing
Yeah

Posted by: Piper at July 08, 2026 10:50 PM (Dd38x)

109 Thanks TRex for the ONT (and especially the Pittsburgh Scanner excerpts), and good evening, 'ettes and 'rons.

I've got a better shot of Grateful buying me a tank...
Posted by: TRex - tank commander dino at July 08, 2026 10:31 PM (OlBv0)

If this is happening, I want a ride!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at July 08, 2026 10:51 PM (xVpNO)

110 @ 35 1h.@POTUS on Iran: "They called a little while ago. They want to make a deal so badly — I just don't know if they're worthy of making a deal. I don't know that they're going to honor the deal. That's the problem."
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You never go wrong by trusting.
-----------

Yes, you do.

Posted by: Dr_No at July 08, 2026 10:51 PM (ayRl+)

111 96

No, by no means a forced marriage.

Grace Kelly got out of Hollywood while she was still at the peak of her career. Hollywood is not especially kind to great beauties who have begun to fade, if only a little.

Rainier and his advisors thought that a royal wedding to a famous movie star might be good for business-- and they were right.

Posted by: mnw at July 08, 2026 10:51 PM (RCjYY)

112 Late to the party tonight because I was trying to remember what group had Amphibious Cyborg Robot Cockroaches as an opening act.

I think it was Klaatu.

The bow-tie History Guy, in an outlandish shirt, on the Roswell crash and other stories.🛸👽 (19m)
https://youtu.be/MjdgbX2-ntw

Posted by: mindful webworker - spaced at July 08, 2026 10:52 PM (cvo3J)

113 I've got a better shot of Grateful buying me a tank...
Posted by: TRex - tank commander dino at July 08, 2026 10:31 PM (OlBv0)

If this is happening, I want a ride!
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless)
********
I told him he could have an antique John Deere tractor and a helicopter....after I get my house!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 08, 2026 10:52 PM (cCn4/)

114 He made some of the nicest furniture I've ever seen! The pallet wood was primarily oak.
Posted by: LRob in OK

Wait, whut? They hadn't invented pine by then?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 08, 2026 10:52 PM (diia5)

115 Bee Gee's Jive Talkin' is on my playlist.

Early pre-disco.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 08, 2026 10:53 PM (RIvkX)

116 If TRex gets Gus, I know where we'll find him after it's set up. He'll be 6 feet under Gus' left foot, put there by The Grateful.

Why not the right foot? Because The Grateful was right! If she wants, she can be buried under the right foot.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 08, 2026 10:53 PM (qx7Zg)

117 How do they get the cockroaches to put on the scuba suits?

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 08, 2026 10:53 PM (BNC/N)

118 Slayer - Jihad

https://youtu.be/L3VpA0sED9w

Posted by: Robert at July 08, 2026 10:53 PM (dpXJq)

119
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 08, 2026 10:45 PM (0Htd1)

Horde mind @99

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 08, 2026 10:53 PM (mmrXZ)

120 I've never understood this myself, but fucking garbage pop music is enraging. Bands like Slayer that go balls out? Bliss.
Posted by: Robert at July 08, 2026 10:48 PM (dpXJq)

The thing about metal bands, in my experience, is they always sound nearly as good live as in the studio. Some of that might be because the bands I love play smaller venues with great sound systems. I could go on and on about how much these fookers practice. 10,000 hours on steroids.

Yarrgh! Must smash things!!! \m/ \m/

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 08, 2026 10:53 PM (0aYVJ)

121 I told him he could have an antique John Deere tractor and a helicopter....after I get my house!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 08, 2026 10:52 PM (cCn4/)

Your priorities check out, ma'am. Carry on.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at July 08, 2026 10:54 PM (xVpNO)

122 Tucker Carlson made the call, and he’s still laughing about it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2026 10:54 PM (VbqNm)

123 They made us do disco dancing in early elementary school.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 08, 2026 10:55 PM (BNC/N)

124 Queen Elizabeth is reported to have said,"Grace Kelly is actually a very nice woman-- for an American."

Posted by: mnw at July 08, 2026 10:55 PM (RCjYY)

125 You never go wrong by trusting.
-----------

Yes, you do.
Posted by: Dr_No at July 08, 2026 10:51 PM (ayRl+)

Now, now, look at all the people who trusted Platner!

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 08, 2026 10:56 PM (VbqNm)

126 I told him he could have an antique John Deere tractor and a helicopter....after I get my house!
Posted by: The Grateful
---------
Damnit, stop being such a good negotiator.

Posted by: scampydog at July 08, 2026 10:56 PM (41CYW)

127 I told him he could have an antique John Deere tractor and a helicopter....after I get my house!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 08, 2026 10:52 PM (cCn4/)

Are you looking for houses on Goa Way?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 08, 2026 10:56 PM (qx7Zg)

128 I love Jim Breuer's bit about being a Gen X metalhead in a nursing home. I'd add a link, but, I bet y'all could type some stuff in the yoo toobz thingy. Be proactive.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 08, 2026 10:57 PM (0aYVJ)

129 The royal family of england is pretty nice for Germans.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 08, 2026 10:57 PM (BNC/N)

130 The pallet wood was primarily oak.

Supposedly, ones used to ship stuff from Asia can be some pretty nice tropical hardwood. OTOH, I got a couple to try to make a planter out of and they were pure crap. Every board splintered to pieces when I tried to disassemble it. I didn't save them from the landfill, I merely detoured them.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 08, 2026 10:58 PM (vTZFs)

131 I told him he could have an antique John Deere tractor and a helicopter....after I get my house!
Posted by: The Grateful
---------
Damnit, stop being such a good negotiator.
Posted by: scampydog
************
Watch and learn grasshopper!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 08, 2026 10:58 PM (cCn4/)

132 They made us do disco dancing in early elementary school.
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 08, 2026 10:55 PM (BNC/N)
=====

We to a disco and our teachers were there. Horrific.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 08, 2026 11:00 PM (RIvkX)

133 Slayer's not my stuff. Did see them open for Priest on the Ram it Down tour. Glad i can say i saw them but not my bowl of weed.

Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 08, 2026 11:01 PM (Fn3wM)

134 So Democrats prove once again they can get rid of whoever they want whenever they want. Which means any "war" with the DSA that is "suddenly taking over" their party is all a big fucking show.

Posted by: ... at July 08, 2026 11:01 PM (vE0+H)

135 There are different grades or quality levels of pallets. Expensive or heavy stuff gets better pallets.

Cardboard boxes too, if you’re really bored or have insomnia there is probably a web page devoted to burst strength and the rest of it. There are different levels of can and lining quality for retail brands of canned foods. I learned that the cheaper house brands are often less expensive for a reason, they will soon start to spring leaks, particularly tomatoes, as they are acidic.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 08, 2026 11:02 PM (cBmv+)

136 They made us do disco dancing in early elementary school.
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 08, 2026 10:55 PM (BNC/N)

I might have preferred that to what we did: Box socials and square dancing.

Not kidding. Cody, Wyoming in the late 1970s.

On the plus side, Molly was cute.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 08, 2026 11:02 PM (0aYVJ)

137 A sole and a flounder are swimming in the ocean when they bump into each other.

The sole says, "A flounder!"

The flounder, to be polite, says nothing.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 08, 2026 11:03 PM (qx7Zg)

138 Wait, whut? They hadn't invented pine by then?

Took a while to figure out how to put anti-freeze into the trees so they'd stay green all winter.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 08, 2026 11:03 PM (+9wcF)

139 If anyone needs a laugh, the last comment on the Quick Hits thread.

For an atheist they posted as Dark Lord.

You can't make this stuff up.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 08, 2026 11:03 PM (2GVsD)

140 Right now on my playlist, Spiral Architect, Black Sabbath.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 08, 2026 11:04 PM (0aYVJ)

141 Thanks Grateful! Yes, all the wedding festivities have concluded and it was all worth it. Even missing the NoVaMoMe - just this once. Hope to see everyone soon.

Posted by: Iris at July 08, 2026 11:04 PM (286+n)

142 Supposedly, ones used to ship stuff from Asia can be some pretty nice tropical hardwood.
——-

Don’t forget exotic, invasive insects wiping out Ash trees

Posted by: Common Tater at July 08, 2026 11:06 PM (nFipu)

143 Box socials. Does that mean fried chicken?

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 08, 2026 11:06 PM (BNC/N)

144 I am going to be so sore tomorrow. 8 am appt with the optho

Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 08, 2026 11:07 PM (Fn3wM)

145 137 A sole and a flounder are swimming in the ocean when they bump into each other.

The sole says, "A flounder!"

The flounder, to be polite, says nothing.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 08, 2026 11:03 PM (qx7Zg)

Well-played! It took me about three mental readings...

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at July 08, 2026 11:07 PM (xVpNO)

146 @ 104 How exciting would it be to dig around your back yard and find a dinosaur.
Posted by: Piper at July 08, 2026 10:48 PM (Dd38x)
__________________________________

That's an excellent question. Let's see if there's an equally excellent answer…

Posted by: Dr_No at July 08, 2026 11:08 PM (ayRl+)

147 Box socials. Does that mean fried chicken?
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 08, 2026 11:06 PM (BNC/N)

If only. I think it was tuna salad sammiches and potato chips.

All in all, every one of us kids would rather have been doing literally anything else.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 08, 2026 11:09 PM (0aYVJ)

148 If anyone needs a laugh, the last comment on the Quick Hits thread.

For an atheist they posted as Dark Lord.

You can't make this stuff up.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 08, 2026 11:03 PM (2GVsD)

I don't understand what it was trying to say.

Chinese troll farms aren't sending their best.

Posted by: Robert at July 08, 2026 11:09 PM (dpXJq)

149 Robert

Tofu AI wuv ewe long time

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 08, 2026 11:10 PM (2GVsD)

150 The primaries and committees, the DNC is a “private” organization, they can make their own rules, Democrats are not democratic, not so’s anyone would notice anyhow

Posted by: Common Tater at July 08, 2026 11:10 PM (nFipu)

151
It's wall-to-wall ICE shooting here on the local Houston news. The Trump Administration and every Trump voter murdered this poor man as though they pulled the trigger.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 08, 2026 11:12 PM (O0L8i)

152 U.S. Participates in Fifth Iteration of Chilean-Hosted Exercise, quietly under reported.

defensa.com@DefensaCom
KC-135 FACh resupplies F-16 flight from Costa Rica to Iquique. #KC135FACh#F16#ReabastecimientoEnVuelo

During the LIVEX phase of Exercise Salitre 2026, a KC-135E Stratotanker from the Chilean Air Force 's (FACh) No. 10 Aviation Group completed an in-flight refueling mission notable for its logistical complexity and the level of coordination achieved with the USAF. The Chilean tanker supported an F-16D Block 40 from the 311th Fighter Squadron "Sidewinders" during its transfer from Panama to northern Chile.
[Operation Salitre, coordinating with allied air forces and crossing a large part of South America,]
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 08, 2026 11:13 PM (GebTj)

153 Hey, TRex! It was great meeting you, however briefly, at the NoVa MoMe.

Posted by: Bulg at July 08, 2026 11:13 PM (77rzZ)

154 AI is writing this:

AP - "California colleges reveal their military stockade after CalMatters investigation"

And the article itself is written by CalMatters bot named Phoebe Huss.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 08, 2026 11:14 PM (2GVsD)

155 This action allowed the American F-16D to fully integrate into the U.S. contingent in Chile, which consists of two F-16C Block 40s from the 8th Fighter Squadron “The Black Sheep,” another F-16D Block 40 from the 314th Fighter Squadron “Warhawks,” and maintenance personnel from the 849th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. All these units belong to the 54th Fighter Group of the 49th Wing, based at Holloman AFB, New Mexico. Crew interoperability proved key to the fighter's seamless integration into the combined air operations (COMAO) being conducted during the LIVEX phase

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 08, 2026 11:15 PM (GebTj)

156 A sole and a flounder are swimming in the ocean when they bump into each other.

The sole says, "A flounder!"

The flounder, to be polite, says nothing.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 08, 2026 11:03 PM (qx7Zg)

Well-played! It took me about three mental readings...

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at July 08, 2026 11:07 PM (xVpNO)
-

Yeh. At first, the joke fell flat on me, too.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 08, 2026 11:16 PM (lgmVC)

157 @ 154 AI is writing this: AP - "California colleges reveal their military stockade after CalMatters investigation"
And the article itself is written by CalMatters bot named Phoebe Huss.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 08, 2026 11:14 PM (2GVsD)
_____________________________

Whoa! If y' can't trust a CalMatters 'bot, what CAN y' trust … ? Exspeshly when they're named 'FeeBee' …

Posted by: Dr_No at July 08, 2026 11:17 PM (ayRl+)

158 To reprise from the Art Thread:

You know that King Kong wasn’t real, right?

He was just a faywray tale.

Posted by: Bulg at July 08, 2026 11:17 PM (77rzZ)

159
Everything is more complicated than you think. For example, the humble pallet. The company is worked for made the cellulose acetate used in cigarette filters. You would not believe how involved the process to take wood pulp and turn it into the band of tow used in filters.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 08, 2026 11:17 PM (O0L8i)

160 What is something your human does that gives you the ick?

"She drinks box wine straight from the spout. Her demons stay hydrated." - The Cat

https://youtu.be/Gc7gs2paodM

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 08, 2026 11:18 PM (/eAef)

161 I still don't get it.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 08, 2026 11:18 PM (BNC/N)

162 It should be Constantinople...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 08, 2026 11:18 PM (xcxpd)

163
Slayer makes me happy.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 08, 2026 10:41 PM (0aYVJ)

Slayer comes up with happy music the whole family can enjoy!

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 08, 2026 11:19 PM (4g5V+)

164 Speaking of F-16s. This past January, Denmark retired its last F-16 after 46 years of service. They are now an F-35 air force. Some Danish F-16s have since been transferred to Argentina.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 08, 2026 11:22 PM (2GVsD)

165 @ 163 Slayer makes me happy.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 08, 2026 10:41 PM (0aYVJ)
Slayer comes up with happy music the whole family can enjoy!
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 08, 2026 11:19 PM (4g5V+)
_____________________________

You mean, like, the Manson Family … ? I'm all confuzed now …

Posted by: Dr_No at July 08, 2026 11:22 PM (ayRl+)

166 Apparently Iran has reached out to Trump after getting bomb over the last few days. Me, "Don't go there Bro, make the lights go out on Tehran for the next 5 years."

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 08, 2026 11:23 PM (/eAef)

167 F China and every piece of flat box, some assembly required, POS furniture they have ever sold in this country.

Also F the pols and bankers who destroyed the US furniture industry.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at July 08, 2026 11:23 PM (zqeQL)

168 Most fish sold as sole in the U.S. is actually flounder.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 08, 2026 11:23 PM (BNC/N)

169 Back to "The Borgias" now.

It's sword fightin', bodice rippin' trash.

But I like it.

Posted by: mnw at July 08, 2026 11:23 PM (RCjYY)

170 165 @ 163 Slayer makes me happy.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 08, 2026 10:41 PM (0aYVJ)
Slayer comes up with happy music the whole family can enjoy!
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 08, 2026 11:19 PM (4g5V+)
_____________________________

You mean, like, the Manson Family … ? I'm all confuzed now …
Posted by: Dr_No at July 08, 2026 11:22 PM (ayRl+)

I stayed at a hotel last night, disappointed I was not given room…213. : )

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 08, 2026 11:24 PM (4g5V+)

171 153 Hey, TRex!
Posted by: Bulg at July 08, 2026 11:13 PM
***
Howdy Bulg!

Posted by: TRex - helicopter dino at July 08, 2026 11:25 PM (d0IHX)

172
I am going to be so sore tomorrow. 8 am appt with the optho
Posted by: Dark Lix

============

Ugghh. You're icing it, right?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 08, 2026 11:25 PM (mmrXZ)

173 The statute of limitations for rape in Maine is 20 years. Shouldn't the police arrest gram platner.

Posted by: Mr. Mxyzptlk at July 08, 2026 11:26 PM (hodEJ)

174 A sole. @$$ hole.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 08, 2026 11:26 PM (BNC/N)

175 This country has no plaice for flatfish.

Posted by: Bulg at July 08, 2026 11:27 PM (77rzZ)

176 Yes, I'm old, but corn on the cob at the grocery stores in my area are two ears for $1. When did corn get so expensive?

Posted by: Archer at July 08, 2026 11:27 PM (wvc0i)

177 I was 16. Watching Headbanger’s Ball. They showed the video for “War Ensemble” by Slayer. I was like, “I heard of these guys and finally I get to hear their music! Alright!”

By the end of the first section of it I was like “I’m getting this album”.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 08, 2026 11:28 PM (4g5V+)

178 Apparently Iran has reached out to Trump after getting bomb over the last few days. Me, "Don't go there Bro, make the lights go out on Tehran for the next 5 years."
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 08, 2026 11:23 PM (/eAef)

I'd like to see all the mosques go silent for at least that long. Completely empty would also be acceptable.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 08, 2026 11:28 PM (qx7Zg)

179 Aren’t Borgias those dogs that Hadrian shows?

Posted by: Bulg at July 08, 2026 11:28 PM (77rzZ)

180 173 The statute of limitations for rape in Maine is 20 years. Shouldn't the police arrest gram platner.
Posted by: Mr. Mxyzptlk at July 08, 2026 11:26 PM (hodEJ)

It’s (D)ifferent. So no.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 08, 2026 11:28 PM (4g5V+)

181 Borzois Borgias

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 08, 2026 11:29 PM (2GVsD)

182 She doesn't want him arrested, she just wants him out of the race.

Posted by: ... at July 08, 2026 11:29 PM (vE0+H)

183 I loved flounder as a kid. I could eat plates and plates of it. Fass Brothers Fish House. I saw menus from back in the day. Cheap.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 08, 2026 11:29 PM (BNC/N)

184 166 Apparently Iran has reached out to Trump after getting bomb over the last few days. Me, "Don't go there Bro, make the lights go out on Tehran for the next 5 years."
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 08, 2026 11:23 PM (/eAef)

There is no government of Iran... it's dead Jim...

Just competing power groups... can't make a deal like that and have them stick to it.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 08, 2026 11:30 PM (mP0Kj)

185 This country has no plaice for flatfish.
Posted by: Bulg at July 08, 2026 11:27 PM (77rzZ)

It's a place for pufferfish?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 08, 2026 11:30 PM (qx7Zg)

186 Chinese troll farms aren't sending their best.
Posted by: Robert

You might be surprised.

Posted by: mikeski at July 08, 2026 11:31 PM (VHUov)

187 Borgias. Were those gangsters or popes?

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 08, 2026 11:31 PM (BNC/N)

188 It's hard to explain. But, for me, it's very real. If something pisses me off, metal music calms me down. I love a lot of varieties of music, but metal is my soul-mate.

I've been to a ton of metal shows. Nobody fights (even in the mosh pit). Never saw a stabbing, or gang fight.

Just a bunch of music lovers hanging out.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 08, 2026 11:31 PM (0aYVJ)

189
>>"I don't know that they're going to honor the deal. That's the problem."

================

Jaysus krikes, if you don't know whether they're going to honor the deal, THAT'S the problem.

(I hope Trump is saying one thing and meaning another.)

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 08, 2026 11:31 PM (mmrXZ)

190 Borgias. Were those gangsters or popes?

Both

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 08, 2026 11:31 PM (2GVsD)

191 179

Borzoi/Borgia

Heinlein/Heineken

Posted by: mnw at July 08, 2026 11:31 PM (RCjYY)

192 187 Both.

Posted by: Bulg at July 08, 2026 11:32 PM (77rzZ)

193 The statute of limitations for rape in Maine is 20 years. Shouldn't the police arrest gram platner.
Posted by: Mr. Mxyzptlk

She doesn't want him arrested, she just wants him out of the race.
Posted by: ...

I guess it wasn't "rape-rape" then.

Posted by: mikeski at July 08, 2026 11:32 PM (VHUov)

194 187 Borgias. Were those gangsters or popes?
Posted by: Boss Moss

Yes. Embrace the power of "and".

Posted by: Archer at July 08, 2026 11:32 PM (wvc0i)

195 That said, Zac Brown Band, Colder Weather is on my playlist right now.

I am a complex individual.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 08, 2026 11:33 PM (0aYVJ)

196 Chinese troll farms aren't sending their best.
Posted by: Robert

You might be surprised.
Posted by: mikeski

The validation serial numbers match on this comment. Pay this person.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 08, 2026 11:33 PM (/eAef)

197 That said, Zac Brown Band, Colder Weather is on my playlist right now.

I am a complex individual.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian

I'm more of an outdoor flea market person.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 08, 2026 11:34 PM (/eAef)

198 Ugghh. You're icing it, right?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone

Like a bad hockey team

Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 08, 2026 11:34 PM (Fn3wM)

199 She doesn't want him arrested, she just wants him out of the race.

I'll never understand women.

Posted by: Archer at July 08, 2026 11:35 PM (wvc0i)

200 So now it’s a Borgia thread?

Posted by: Bulg at July 08, 2026 11:36 PM (77rzZ)

201 I gotta get home and feed the kittycat.

Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 08, 2026 11:37 PM (Fn3wM)

202 Borgia. Didn't they invent spaghetti?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 08, 2026 11:38 PM (/eAef)

203 Princess Grace What a gorgeous woman

Posted by: LASue at July 08, 2026 11:39 PM (lCppi)

204 Did the statistics from last week get posted on any ONT this week? I just realized that I don't remember seeing them.

I'm not complaining, just checking if my memory is going.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 08, 2026 11:39 PM (qx7Zg)

205 Whoever the DEMs select to replace Platner will beat Collins.

James Madison would throw a fit. if he were here. He thinks 73-yr-old Susan Collins is the bee's knees.

Posted by: mnw at July 08, 2026 11:39 PM (RCjYY)

206 The Borgias never coulda beaten the Medici.

Posted by: Bulg at July 08, 2026 11:39 PM (77rzZ)

207 203 Agreed, LASue.

Posted by: Bulg at July 08, 2026 11:41 PM (77rzZ)

208 Well canned spaghetti.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 08, 2026 11:41 PM (BNC/N)

209 162 It should be Constantinople...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 08, 2026 11:18 PM (xcxpd)

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It's nobody's business but the Turks.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 08, 2026 11:42 PM (u/oMr)

210 👍🏼 ONT

From above, Scientists in Singapore and Japan have developed a tiny 3D-printed scuba suit for cyborg cockroaches, allowing them to survive and move underwater and other low-oxygen environments for up to three hours.
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Other programs - Because of their ability to survive high-radiation environments and squeeze into places traditional drones cannot reach, cyborg bugs are being tested by organizations like NATO for advanced military and defense surveillance. The underlying technology goes beyond simple surveillance, as researchers are building autonomous swarm algorithms to coordinate the insects.

The German military and NATO are utilizing cockroach swarms to operate behind enemy lines in GPS-denied environments.

They can crawl deep into earthquake rubble or collapsed tunnels to locate trapped survivors and map disaster zones.

Researchers believe this technology could one day act as biological drones deployed over hostile planetary surfaces like Mars.🪲🪳🦠🫣

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 08, 2026 11:43 PM (NFX2v)

211 202 Yes. Chef Borgiadee.

Posted by: Bulg at July 08, 2026 11:43 PM (77rzZ)

212 202 Borgia. Didn't they invent spaghetti?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 08, 2026 11:38 PM (/eAef)

Chef Borgia? Raviolios?

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 08, 2026 11:43 PM (mP0Kj)

213 I'm hungry

Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 08, 2026 11:43 PM (Fn3wM)

214 Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 08, 2026 11:43 PM (NFX2v)

Next up... Terminator Cockroaches?

Don't these guys WATCH horror or Sci Fi movies?

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 08, 2026 11:44 PM (mP0Kj)

215 I'm hungry
Posted by: Dark Lix

Did did you get any drugs at the ER you're not supposed to use with alcohol? If not you deserve a discount.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 08, 2026 11:45 PM (/eAef)

216 Callixtus III wasn't so bad. It was Alexander VI that gave Borgia popes a bad name.

You know because Jeremy Irons played him on TV.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 08, 2026 11:46 PM (u/oMr)

217 214. Don't these guys WATCH horror or Sci Fi movies?
Posted by: Romeo13

They do. They watch us, too.

Stop giving them ideas. 😉

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 08, 2026 11:46 PM (NFX2v)

218 Nothing special. OTC love.

Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 08, 2026 11:48 PM (Fn3wM)

219 216 The best Pope was Rex Harrison.

Posted by: Bulg at July 08, 2026 11:48 PM (77rzZ)

220 I think there was only one Borgia pope.

Say what one will about Alexander VI, he gave sanctuary to the Jews. For a price, of course, but nonetheless.

Posted by: mnw at July 08, 2026 11:48 PM (RCjYY)

221 Flowers for Algernon but with cockroaches.

Or would it be The Secret of the NIHM Roaches?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 08, 2026 11:49 PM (2GVsD)

222 The epic upcycling dude is frigging insane. I watched a lot of his vids. I know the free wood must be part of the kink for him, but I just don't know if I could spend that insane amount of time making things from crap wood. 100s of hours of actual time. You do save a serious shitload of money that way though.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 08, 2026 11:51 PM (S41Gd)

223 I didn't know TRex has the chance to be a movie star.

Someone posted a YouTube video about a movie they want to fund, "Dinosaurs of the Old West". Conestoga wagons on a brontosaurus. Cowboys on velociraptors and T. rex.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 08, 2026 11:53 PM (qx7Zg)

224 I made a final batch of cherry jam today, hoping that by following the recipe I could get a decent batch.
Nope. Not sure what I did, but I made syrup again.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 08, 2026 11:53 PM (rbvCR)

225 There were two “Borgia” Popes,” I think.

The first one was from Spain, I think, with the surname “Borja.” Calixtus III, IIRC.

And then his nephew(?), Alexander VI.

Posted by: Bulg at July 08, 2026 11:54 PM (77rzZ)

226 I like that some folks here have got their favorite bands kinda like their top ten. I've done that for lots of years, of course I'm old so my favorite songs are too. My own top ten hardly ever changes. Eleven to twenty may change more often, depends on my mood at the time. I'm not heavy metal, more just rock. The music brings back good memories and good friends from back in the day. Rock on.

Posted by: Case at July 08, 2026 11:54 PM (IY9No)

227 I made a final batch of cherry jam today, hoping that by following the recipe I could get a decent batch.
Nope. Not sure what I did, but I made syrup again.
Posted by: Kindltot

I would thin it out with tequila or rum and declare victory.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 08, 2026 11:54 PM (/eAef)

228 Whoever the DEMs select to replace Platner will beat Collins.

James Madison would throw a fit. if he were here. He thinks 73-yr-old Susan Collins is the bee's knees.

Posted by: mnw at July 08, 2026 11:39 PM (RCjYY)

A month or two ago, you were telling us that polls showed the Oysterfuhrer was going to beat Collins in a walkaway.

So I will file this one in the same place.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 08, 2026 11:55 PM (1z8ji)

229 I made a final batch of cherry jam today, hoping that by following the recipe I could get a decent batch.
Nope. Not sure what I did, but I made syrup again.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 08, 2026 11:53 PM (rbvCR)

I would make pancakes and put that syrup to good use.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 08, 2026 11:55 PM (S41Gd)

230 I’m a diehard Protestant, but I find the history of the Papacy fascinating.

Posted by: Bulg at July 08, 2026 11:57 PM (77rzZ)

231 I made a final batch of cherry jam today, hoping that by following the recipe I could get a decent batch.
Nope. Not sure what I did, but I made syrup again.
Posted by: Kindltot

I would thin it out with tequila or rum and declare victory.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 08, 2026 11:54 PM (/eAef)

Man, that sounds tasty.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 08, 2026 11:57 PM (S41Gd)

232 Great ONT TRex, thanks. I'm pretty sure TJM doesn't like any of the Maine candidates. Never met him, but he seems kind of solid.

As for me? Whut? Well, this Wednesday [clipped] and I'm still mostly awake.

Hello, Horde.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 08, 2026 11:57 PM (CHHv1)

233 My understanding is that the state can choose to prosecute even if she doesn't want to cooperate. It seems there is a lot of evidence that it did happen.

Posted by: Mr. Mxyzptlk at July 08, 2026 11:57 PM (hodEJ)

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