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Thursday Overnight Open Thread - July 9, 2026 [Doof]
Let's learn all of these stats and figures and quiz Weasel on Sunday night
Just under 3 min of US Gun Facts
— Dangerous Thoughts (@DangerousThinkg) July 9, 2026
Show this to libs and watch their heads spin pic.twitter.com/GgWEejNR4w
----- Strangely satisfying to watch!
Anything you put in there is gone once pic.twitter.com/LCvKpSsF9m
— ��Mide�� (@HaYoMiDe_) July 9, 2026
----- Who doesn't like a good origin story?
The origin of the General Lee from Dukes of Hazzard pic.twitter.com/RfCZwkMAKK
— 80s Kidz (@80s_Kidz) July 8, 2026
----- Go big or go home! World’s largest paper airplane has a 65-foot wingspan
It’s easy to craft a paper airplane capable of soaring across a classroom, but one that can travel 200 feet is a bit harder. A group of students from Italy’s University of Pisa not only managed to reach that distance on a single glide—they did so with the Guinness World Record holder for the largest paper airplane ever assembled. Built using only paper and some glue, the team’s nearly 23-foot-long creation and its over 65-foot wingspan cruised through a warehouse at Italy’s annual We Make Future expo on June 25. According to the university’s announcement, the students broke a record previously held since 2013 by Germany’s Braunschweig Institute of Technology.Video segment at the link. Foreign language narration but still kewl. ----- Ever wonder to yourself "How long do squirrels typically live?" No? OK, feel free to skip this one, then. Squirrel Lifespan: How Long Do Squirrels Live?
You see them often, but how long are you seeing the same squirrels? Find out how long squirrels live, and what affects a squirrel's lifespan. Look outside at your yard or in a public park for even just a minute or two, and you’re likely to see squirrels. These bushy-tailed critters are as adorable as they are wily, with their scavenging ways and problem-solving skills. If you’ve ever seen a baby squirrel or adult, you might wonder about a squirrel’s lifespan. How long do squirrels live? The answer is more complex than you might think.Go ahead - check out the whole thing. ----- Tin foil hats? Yup - I'll try on whatever ya got!
Trump:- “Biden died and they replaced him with an Actor Clone”
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Tonypete at July 09, 2026 10:01 PM (zlG6F)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:02 PM (RIvkX)
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Posted by: Adriane the O the Times, O the Morals Critic . . . at July 09, 2026 10:03 PM (3ZUWJ)
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Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 09, 2026 10:04 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 10:04 PM (+yTe/)
Posted by: Adriane the O the Times, O the Morals Critic . . . at July 09, 2026 10:04 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:02 PM (RIvkX)
Howdy SF. I haven't been on much recently -- how's the missus?
Posted by: Doof at July 09, 2026 10:04 PM (QLC6i)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 09, 2026 10:04 PM (NnhvP)
Good Evening, Tonypete
Posted by: Adriane the O the Times
They called him "Twotimes Twotimes"
Posted by: Tonypete at July 09, 2026 10:05 PM (zlG6F)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:05 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:05 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: TRex- whelmed dino at July 09, 2026 10:03 PM (OlBv0)
Howdy, Dino!
Posted by: Doof at July 09, 2026 10:05 PM (QLC6i)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 09, 2026 10:05 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:05 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at July 09, 2026 10:06 PM (/HDaX)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 09, 2026 10:06 PM (n17eQ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:07 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at July 09, 2026 10:06 PM (/HDaX)
I have more power than the barrel tonight!
Posted by: Doof at July 09, 2026 10:07 PM (QLC6i)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 09, 2026 10:07 PM (+9wcF)
Posted by: Doof at July 09, 2026 10:07 PM (QLC6i)
Posted by: James Bond at July 09, 2026 10:08 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:08 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 09, 2026 10:08 PM (n17eQ)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 09, 2026 10:08 PM (/fEh/)
Evening Doof!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 09, 2026 10:04 PM (NnhvP)
Yo!
Posted by: Doof at July 09, 2026 10:08 PM (QLC6i)
Tomorrow I will be doing a little target practice.
Just so they understand who they are living near...
We get way too many Californians here anymore. They need to understand that CO mountains ain't like California....
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 09, 2026 10:12 PM (uTEOj)
Godzilla Minus Zero Trailer is out
youtu.be/Xmy-Z3dHMd8
Oh, and Minions & Monsters is in theaters
youtu.be/ZSdOwt-G49w
Posted by: Kindltot at July 09, 2026 10:12 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 09, 2026 10:13 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 09, 2026 10:14 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:07 PM (RIvkX)
Excellent news!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 09, 2026 10:14 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: GWB at July 09, 2026 10:14 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 09, 2026 10:12 PM (uTEOj)
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*has hard time breathing*
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:16 PM (RIvkX)
Built using only paper and some glue
Guinness accepted that? Isn't that cheating? I thought paper-airplane purists only allowed the piece of paper. No tape, no glue, no paper clips for weight.....
That said, my favorite plane does require one piece of tape.
Posted by: mikeski at July 09, 2026 10:16 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Old and busted: woodchippers
New hotness: that chewy-chewy machine
Posted by: The Horde at July 09, 2026 10:18 PM (VHUov)
Episode two of Chainsmoker Cat, they are really going for the fence.
Yani is having a drug induced fantasy of cigarettes performing a musical number. And then it gets more weird.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 09, 2026 10:19 PM (2GVsD)
Demoncrats, commies (BIRM), artifa (again with the BIRM), progtarded judges, Soros prosecutors, rapists, jihadis, and most anyone not aligned with western Christian ideology.
Pretty much everyone that hates me for loving America as founded.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 09, 2026 10:19 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 09, 2026 10:19 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Jack Silver Dollar Straw at July 09, 2026 10:19 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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It would save money on helicopter fuel when the Burning Time comes.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 09, 2026 10:19 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 09, 2026 10:20 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 10:20 PM (+yTe/)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 09, 2026 10:19 PM (0aYVJ)
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Avoid at all costs
1. Within a radius of 5 miles from any Popeyes Chicken
2. On any MLK Boulevard
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 09, 2026 10:22 PM (u/oMr)
That said, my favorite plane does require one piece of tape.
Posted by: mikeski at July 09, 2026 10:16 PM (VHUov)
Yeah, sounds like some participation trophy bullshit to me. Here's my paper airplane shaped like an F-86. I got one on the surplus market!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 09, 2026 10:22 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 09, 2026 10:22 PM (zZu0s)
Saw the top picture. Said to myself, “ if this is t Flock of Seagulls” imma have to quit AoS.
Whooof. Still here.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 09, 2026 10:22 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: COMountainMarie
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Old aerosol cans are fun.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 10:23 PM (+yTe/)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:23 PM (RIvkX)
I am whelmed!
Posted by: Diogenes at July 09, 2026 10:24 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: polynikes at July 09, 2026 10:24 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 09, 2026 10:24 PM (fkjGs)
Yes, I've noticed my local Walmarts slowly closing down the self-checkout stations. They usually don't have more than two regular checkouts open. Maybe they'd go to three or four during really busy times. But they usually have at least one open soon after opening now.
Anybody with two brain cells could have told them what would happen with a high-crime-oriented population like we have here. But nooooo, they had to try it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026 10:24 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 09, 2026 10:25 PM (/fEh/)
I don't like helping things kill themselves, but another time I was driving to work and this squirrel ran right into my path. He obviously used geometry to plot the perfect suicide path, and he used me. USED ME!
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 09, 2026 10:26 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 09, 2026 10:26 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026 10:24 PM (wzUl9)
Companies almost have to try or get called racist. Or do it to avoid being called racist.
I had one self check several months ago that flagged me as suspect because I went to grab something out of the cart, changed my mind about what I wanted to put in that bag and grabbed something else.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 09, 2026 10:26 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 09, 2026 10:19 PM (0aYVJ)
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It was based on the Honor System.
Enough said?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 09, 2026 10:27 PM (u/oMr)
You're very good.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 09, 2026 10:27 PM (viF8m)
Gaynor Sullivan (1951-2026)
Gallery of pix
https://bit.ly/eclipsed-heart
Literally
https://youtu.be/vkIOlYxO0QY
Posted by: mindful webworker - can you see me through this fan? at July 09, 2026 10:27 PM (9rU9k)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtqfNWtvLEw
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 10:20 PM (+yTe/)
She is an awesome singer. This tune is straight-up jazz, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 09, 2026 10:27 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 09, 2026 10:28 PM (/fEh/)
*unfurls scroll*
Posted by: San Franpsycho
"Shut down all the garbage mashers on the detention level! Shut down all the garbage mashers on the detention level!!"
Posted by: Commies at July 09, 2026 10:28 PM (VHUov)
Somehow I doubt the notion that the majority of the border crossers did it legally even in 1950. But it is an exciting film from early in Montalban's career, before that back injury that gave him such trouble later, and directed with style by Anthony Mann.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026 10:29 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 09, 2026 10:29 PM (0Htd1)
Also, I went and read some of the comments in the X thread by Fenix Ammo linked in the sidebar. Geez, some people are stupid. And proud of it.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 09, 2026 10:29 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 09, 2026 10:19 PM (0aYVJ)
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It was based on the Honor System.
Enough said?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 09, 2026 10:27 PM (u/oMr)
well, I guess I've lived in far better neighborhoods. (shrug)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 09, 2026 10:29 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 09, 2026 10:29 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: polynikes at July 09, 2026 10:24 PM (/WQyy)
Mine! Mine!!
Mine...mine...mine...
Mine! Mine!!!
Mine!
Posted by: The Gulls at July 09, 2026 10:29 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Diogenes
.....
* throws Diogenes' paper airplane in the chewy-chewy machine *
Posted by: mikeski at July 09, 2026 10:30 PM (VHUov)
https://youtu.be/fsgWUq0fdKk
Posted by: mindful webworker - you toob fail at July 09, 2026 10:32 PM (9rU9k)
I had one self check several months ago that flagged me as suspect because I went to grab something out of the cart, changed my mind about what I wanted to put in that bag and grabbed something else.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 09, 2026
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I hated two points. One, that they were getting my labor for free; I wasn't getting a discount on my purchases for doing their work. Second, that damn screen right in my face, rubbing it in that I'm under surveillance. Once I put a plastic bag over the screen, and you'd have thought I'd damaged the machine in some way. They converged shouting on me as though they'd caught me shoplifting. After that I refused to use the self-checkouts, and still do.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026 10:33 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Diogenes
.....
* throws Diogenes' paper airplane in the chewy-chewy machine *
Posted by: mikeski at July 09, 2026 10:30 PM (VHUov)
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Finally!
I tried that pun this morning and was ignored.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 09, 2026 10:33 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 09, 2026 10:29 PM (uTEOj)
Firebrick is really spectacular.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 09, 2026 10:33 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 09, 2026 10:33 PM (+9wcF)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
I think I need my eyes checked. I had to scroll back to see what you were talking about.
Ha!
Posted by: mikeski at July 09, 2026 10:34 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:34 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 09, 2026 10:35 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 09, 2026 10:35 PM (1Ff7Z)
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He's the one that smells like patchouli oil.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 09, 2026 10:36 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 09, 2026 10:19 PM (0aYVJ)
I might have considered using them if they automatically included the employee discounts.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 09, 2026 10:37 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Oddbob at July 09, 2026 10:37 PM (vTZFs)
Yani is having a drug induced fantasy of cigarettes performing a musical number. And then it gets more weird.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 09, 2026 10:19 PM (2GVsD)
Nukes. Not enough. Not nearly enough.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 09, 2026 10:37 PM (ldeN0)
Our first, Alvin, lasted two years ... until one of my brothers friends fed him a sugar cube, and he shit himself to death.
Later in life, we rescued 3 orphaned babies after a storm knocked over a tree they were living in. Our cat had just had kittens, so my mom put the squirrels in with the kittens, and the mother cat took them in an raised them.
Damn things grew up faster than the kittens and they were climbing everywhere in the house ... pretty funny actually.
Posted by: browndog says woof at July 09, 2026 10:37 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026
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It went poorly. The agent's phone couldn't connect half the time. And while he said he couldn't legally tell me whether a neighborhood was good or bad, he mentioned there was a guy in the street near the house screaming his head off at eleven in the morning. Not a good sign.
I have another tomorrow morning -- a house I looked at back in May and passed on. Its price has come down quite a bit, and I have adjusted my hopes somewhat as well, so we'll see.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026 10:37 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 09, 2026 10:35 PM (1Ff7Z)
He's out of frame all by himself.
Posted by: polynikes at July 09, 2026 10:37 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Oddbob
Here's a bit of advice, stay away from Nextdoor. If you think that people should use punctuation, it will make you cry.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 09, 2026 10:38 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Oddbob at July 09, 2026
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I could imagine that happening, and me being banned from that store for the ruckus I'd have caused.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026 10:39 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:39 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026 10:29 PM
There was that scene at the end where Montalban fights a bad guy while they're sinking in quicksand. The bad guy goes down, flapping his arms helplessly, while Montalban is saved. Quicksand scenes have given me the willies since I was a kid.
Posted by: JuJuBee at July 09, 2026 10:39 PM (YSQQv)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 10:39 PM (+yTe/)
Posted by: polynikes at July 09, 2026 10:37 PM (/WQyy)
It's that patchouli smell.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 09, 2026 10:39 PM (1Ff7Z)
I know!
I got lots of bowling pins. Those are a kick too🧨!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 09, 2026 10:29 PM (uTEOj)
Don't forget full size targets of local predators. Bears, wolves, pumas, pedos, you know, the dangerous threats.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 09, 2026 10:40 PM (qx7Zg)
But it is an exciting film from early in Montalban's career, before that back injury that gave him such trouble later, and directed with style by Anthony Mann.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
Mystery Street came one year later.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0042771
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 09, 2026 10:41 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: nerdygirl
Around here, folks will post a picture of an animal and only say: "What is this?"
Normally, simply for the annoyance factor, I'll reply something like "That's a snake."
Posted by: Tonypete at July 09, 2026 10:43 PM (zlG6F)
My yard is surrounded by trees and brush and lots of squirrels. They are entertaining little acrobats.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 09, 2026 10:43 PM (viF8m)
https://tinyurl.com/mrfwf597 (comic strip)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 09, 2026 10:43 PM (qx7Zg)
Please go and spend six months renting in a town you are interested in and explore the neighborhoods and research the police blotters. It would be worth it not to buy a beautiful home a block away from a shitty neighborhood.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 09, 2026 10:43 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 09, 2026 10:44 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026
*
There was that scene at the end where Montalban fights a bad guy while they're sinking in quicksand. The bad guy goes down, flapping his arms helplessly, while Montalban is saved. Quicksand scenes have given me the willies since I was a kid.
Posted by: JuJuBee at July 09, 2026
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A scene like it was featured in the young adult Roy Rogers mystery I read at age nine, The Ghost of Mystery Rancho. Roy is stranded in the West Texas desert in a pool of quicksand by the villain, the Ghost. He writes a message on paper with a lead-nosed bullet, and sends Trigger off with a "Go home!", hoping the horse will go where he last was stabled. His hosts read the message and get to him just in time.
It's a good little story, with a narrative drive you wouldn't believe and a thunderbolt revelation held to the end. It started my true interest in the mystery genre.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026 10:44 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Sua Sponte at July 09, 2026 10:45 PM (GTw+O)
Posted by: Reforger at July 09, 2026 10:45 PM (Moh1b)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:23 PM (RIvkX)
The Mrs. doing better?
Posted by: javems at July 09, 2026 10:45 PM (zFsEm)
Normally, simply for the annoyance factor, I'll reply something like "That's a snake."
Posted by: Tonypete at July 09, 2026 10:43 PM (zlG6F)
Try "This is a snuffleargus. It only bites stupid people, and makes them dumber." Make up a new name, threat, and disaster each time.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 09, 2026 10:45 PM (qx7Zg)
I don't like helping things kill themselves, but another time I was driving to work and this squirrel ran right into my path. He obviously used geometry to plot the perfect suicide path, and he used me. USED ME!
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 09, 2026 10:26 PM (CHHv1)
Its great when they do that on the bike. You know they're just going to do it. One funny thing though, some seem to be wiser and more curious. They hear the loud exhaust and just keep running. Then they get to the other side, and then stand up and look at you as if to say WTF was THAT?? I guess loud pipes do saves lives.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 09, 2026 10:46 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 09, 2026
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Nurse, I'd have done that a year ago, if I hadn't had health issues. Now I think I'm getting low on time. However! If I haven't found a place I love by fall, I may well do just that. (If I can find a place I can take a six-month lease on, that is.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026 10:46 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: JackStraw
Yeah, especially when it comes to cleaning out my bird feeder. It's amazing how much those little buggers can stuff into their mouths.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 09, 2026 10:47 PM (0Htd1)
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Suicide by Dodge
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 09, 2026 10:47 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: javems at July 09, 2026 10:47 PM (zFsEm)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 09, 2026 10:49 PM (/fEh/)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:49 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Reforger at July 09, 2026 10:45 PM (Moh1b)
You haven't been to Jersey lately, have you?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 09, 2026 10:50 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: nerdygirl
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Comma, comma, comma's are so much fun.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjZ92_uOhzM
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 10:51 PM (+yTe/)
Posted by: javems at July 09, 2026 10:47 PM (zFsEm)
I'd choose either Solsbury Hill, or Don't Give Up.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 09, 2026 10:51 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 09, 2026
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Plus the $$$ I'd spend on deposits, pet deposits, pet rent, rent, and storage of my own furniture -- or on transporting it to my temporary abode -- I think is money better spent on the house and any improvements or renovations.
If Miss Linda were in on this and excited about it, so that we could do it together, it would be different. I can't help but think how differently the young Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 would have responded to the prospect of getting our own house.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026 10:51 PM (wzUl9)
Actually I believe it - because Law Enforcement at all levels took the issue seriously then, no judges were working to set them loose, and in those days they were most likely to just get a hell of an ass whoopin with lead filled billy clubs and tossed back.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 09, 2026 10:52 PM (VbqNm)
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52 years in August!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 09, 2026 10:03 PM (FZ29D
******
Stay out of the road!
Posted by: Zombie Jesse Jackson at July 09, 2026 10:52 PM (qCdNq)
She is an awesome singer. This tune is straight-up jazz, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Jazz world went into mourning when she chose the blues.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 10:52 PM (+yTe/)
My yard is on the side of a hill and my patio overlooks the bird feeders below. I get my old man on by yelling at the squirrels when they try and hit the feeder.
I was young once but this is all I have now.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 09, 2026 10:53 PM (viF8m)
The lefty board said the NG shot him for no reason. Apparently he was shooting at cops...ran into the NG and when he tried to shot them they fired first.
I also found a video of someone at the Memphis riots saying "I'm finna kill a cop tonight" but I can't tell if that's the same guy or just another person at the riots.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 09, 2026 10:53 PM (sKqQm)
Yep. Especially those pedos....🤪 it's pretty much free range in my neck of the woods...oh crap... I said that out loud didn't I...🙄
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 09, 2026 10:54 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 09, 2026 10:54 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:55 PM (RIvkX)
I've started working on a new short story which is telling itself to me pretty easily, so I hope I can get a page done on that early tomorrow as well.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026 10:55 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:49 PM (RIvkX)
That is very good news! How are you holding up?
Posted by: moki at July 09, 2026 10:55 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 09, 2026 10:56 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026
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Maybe so. If I don't have to worry about the cats and about moving or storing my furniture right away, it might work better.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026 10:56 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: javems at July 09, 2026 10:47 PM (zFsEm)
I'd choose either Solsbury Hill, or Don't Give Up.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 09, 2026 10:51 PM (qx7Zg)
The live version of "In Your Eyes" is a good listen. Plus the old standard "Sledgehammer" is still fun.
Posted by: javems at July 09, 2026 10:57 PM (zFsEm)
Nurse, I'd have done that a year ago, if I hadn't had health issues. Now I think I'm getting low on time. However! If I haven't found a place I love by fall, I may well do just that. (If I can find a place I can take a six-month lease on, that is.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 09, 2026 10:46 PM (wzUl9)
Wolfus, would Miss Linda consider going with you on one of these one month jaunts? Maybe if she sees a new place, (one that is cooler!) she may actually change her mind about not going with you.
Posted by: moki at July 09, 2026 10:58 PM (wLjpr)
I look around and didn't see any predators but I was guessing he'd seen a hawk. I watching him for a while and he calmed down, got out and ran out into the woods. I'd guess the hawk didn't want to fly down with a human around...guess I ruined his lunch.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 09, 2026 10:58 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 09, 2026
If you can't do that, try the Google Earth "Street view" feature. Do a virtual drive around, looking for boarded up stores, abandoned houses, and wrecked cars parked in vacant lots.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 09, 2026 10:59 PM (ldeN0)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 09, 2026 11:00 PM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 10:49 PM (RIvkX)
Good to hear.
Posted by: javems at July 09, 2026 11:01 PM (zFsEm)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 09, 2026 10:58 PM (sKqQm)
Heh. While you watched the juvenile, Mom and Pop were stealing the peanut butter out of your pantry. Oldest trick in the books.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 09, 2026 11:01 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 11:02 PM (+yTe/)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 09, 2026 11:02 PM (sKqQm)
I will tell you about the one I intended, but only if someone here wants to hear about it.
Posted by: mnw at July 09, 2026 11:03 PM (RCjYY)
Another time I threw out some nuts. A squirrel came running over but the blue jay in the tree above started loudly calling. The squirrel ignored the bird so it flew down and bopped him on the head. And the squirrel got the most amusing look on its face as if it couldn't comprehend what happened.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 09, 2026 11:04 PM (sKqQm)
Tell us
Posted by: 18-1 at July 09, 2026 11:05 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 09, 2026 11:05 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: polynikes at July 09, 2026 11:05 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: nerdygirl
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She was a good dancer. Best thing to go with 'Calendar Girl'.
She was lifetime married to Harry James who, also, was a hot item of the times.
there are tales
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 11:06 PM (+yTe/)
Here is a fun 2006 music video of a cutthroat soapbox race, guest starring Paul Ruebens (Pee-wee Herman):
The Raconteurs – Steady, As She Goes (Official Music Video - Malloy Version)
https://youtu.be/Z_B_QRdX6kY
Isaac Brock is the lead vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist of indie rock band Modest Mouse. If you haven't heard them before, a good intro to the band is this single from their platinum fourth album, Good New For People Who Love Bad News (2004):
Modest Mouse - Float On (Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/CTAud5O7Qqk
Posted by: SciVo at July 09, 2026 11:06 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 11:06 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: mnw at July 09, 2026 11:07 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 11:07 PM (+yTe/)
I will tell you about the one I intended, but only if someone here wants to hear about it.
Posted by: mnw at July 09, 2026 11:03 PM (RCjYY)
They used to execute criminals and the like, by firing squad, on Bar Beach in Lagos, Nigeria. They showed them live on TV. I spent a lot of time in Lagos but never cared to watch.
Posted by: javems at July 09, 2026 11:08 PM (zFsEm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 11:07 PM (+yTe/)
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I mopped!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 09, 2026 11:09 PM (RIvkX)
Slight disagreement. I love everything about the area I live in but whoever designed my house did it for me. Not for everyone but perfect for me.
But I absolutely agree you should do whatever you can to make sure the area you are moving too is for you. That is most important. Then find the house.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 09, 2026 11:10 PM (viF8m)
Honestly. I think some critters play 'chicken'. Yeah baby! Run! Deer are like this...they are so nervous!
I have many big horn sheep here....they don't give af. Kinda like 'bring it humans'...let's play. Much like Mooses.... 🦬
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 09, 2026 11:11 PM (uTEOj)
Please go and spend six months renting in a town you are interested in and explore the neighborhoods and research the police blotters. It would be worth it not to buy a beautiful home a block away from a shitty neighborhood.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 09, 2026 10:43 PM (yEz+x)
This is excellent advice. I know having to move twice is a pain, but getting stuck in a shitty neighborhood is a bigger pain.
It's also very useful to tag along with the inspector while having a potential purchase inspected. You can ask questions and get a lot more information than you do just from reading a report.
The written report may say something like "The furnace is old", which might put you off from buying, but in-person with the inspector, he might say something like "Yeah, the furnace is kind of old, but it seems to be running fine, and I've seen this model a lot older in other houses, so you will probably get another five years before you need to replace it."
Just my $0.02 worth, from having done just this a couple of times.
Personally, I would never consider buying a house I had not walked through, and driven around the neighborhood.
Posted by: a.moron at July 09, 2026 11:11 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 11:02 PM (+yTe/)
Uhmmmm...does the house have a man cave?
Posted by: Diogenes at July 09, 2026 11:12 PM (2WIwB)
149 139 Any Morons but me ever witnessed an execution?
I will tell you about the one I intended, but only if someone here wants to hear about it.
Posted by: mnw at July 09, 2026 11:03 PM (RCjYY)
I can think of several I intended, but my morality and fear of the law got in the way.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 09, 2026 11:13 PM (VbqNm)
Posted by: mikeski at July 09, 2026 11:14 PM (VHUov)
I will tell you about the one I intended, but only if someone here wants to hear about it.
Posted by: mnw
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Tell us. Don't leave us hanging.
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 09, 2026 11:16 PM (hPLSE)
Uhmmmm...does the house have a man cave?
Posted by: Diogenes
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No, but the exit door to the left of the alcove leads to a putting green.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 11:16 PM (+yTe/)
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 09, 2026 11:16 PM (hPLSE)
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I'm already electrified.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 09, 2026 11:17 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: four seasons at July 09, 2026 11:17 PM (/QHx4)
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149 139 Any Morons but me ever witnessed an execution?
I will tell you about the one I intended, but only if someone here wants to hear about it.
Posted by: mnw at July 09, 2026 11:03 PM (RCjYY)
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Are we talking sanctioned State sponsored execution or the type of execution that occurs when you spit on a guy's car who has anger issues. Because I saw the latter when I was 7 or 8 and spilled my drink all over the back seat of the car.
Posted by: Orson at July 09, 2026 11:18 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 09, 2026 11:19 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: mnw at July 09, 2026 11:03 PM (RCjYY)
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I would tell you but then I'd have to kill you.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 09, 2026 11:22 PM (lgmVC)
We love Idaho and I work with a bunch of really great people.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 09, 2026 11:23 PM (0aYVJ)
Meaning these powers gave up absolutely nothing tangible and they get to seemingly just will certain things into existence. "Controversy" where a tragic widow stands. Bastards.
Posted by: ... at July 09, 2026 11:24 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 09, 2026 11:24 PM (XV/Pl)
Ok, I will then.
It was at the Eastern MO Correctional Center in Bonne Terre, MO. I think it was around 2002.
I attended only because the victim's mother asked me to go with her. She and I had become close friends.
The guest of honor was under two different death sentences for 2 different murders. He had raped and murdered a 7-yr-old girl & left her body in a trash dumpster. Then he raped and murdered a severely handicapped teenage girl. She had lived in a building where he was the custodian.
The festivities had been scheduled for 10pm. About ten, the warden came into the room where the witnesses were sand told us a federal judge had stayed the execution. He asked us to wait if we could, in case the stay was lifted. At 2AM, he came back in & tols us the stay HAD been lifted and that the execution would proceed almost immediately.
(I'm going to. continue this post below, because I don't want to exceed the space allowed for a single post.)
Posted by: mnw at July 09, 2026 11:25 PM (RCjYY)
I just watched a couple episode of Widow's Bay because everyone was all gaga over it. Thought it was kind of dumb. Will not continue.
Posted by: Random PJ at July 09, 2026 11:25 PM (+jscL)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 09, 2026 11:28 PM (fkjGs)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 09, 2026 11:24 PM (XV/Pl)
The only way I would do either is if I could rent for a while first.
Posted by: a.moron at July 09, 2026 11:28 PM (X5Jzz)
Didn't see it but felt the aftermath - 'Big Sue', one of our keypunchers at the mill in Youngstown back in the day, did her mobbed up boyfriend wrong. She didn't show at work one day and was eventually found nekkid draped over a fence out in the sticks dead as hell.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 09, 2026 11:28 PM (zlG6F)
https://youtu.be/OnQXRxW9VcQ
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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This corporate, 'go America', 'pro America' thing could become a fad.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 11:30 PM (+yTe/)
Posted by: polynikes at July 09, 2026 11:31 PM (/WQyy)
JackStraw--make sure the area you are moving to is for you.That is most important.
JackStraw is right. The last time I moved was 26 years ago. Have never regretted it. It's perfect for me. I love being out in the country, in a rural area. I was so tired of city life. Traffic, crime, noise at all hours. Now, peace and quiet and good people in the area. It's made a big difference for me.
Posted by: Case at July 09, 2026 11:31 PM (IY9No)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 09, 2026 11:31 PM (CHHv1)
The execution was by lethal injection. The witnesses were seated on folding metal chairs, in the prison gym.
The first thing we saw was a small "stage," with the. curtain drawn, so we couldn't see the man.
After a very short time, the curtain was opened & there was the condemned man, already hooked up to the intravenous injection equipment. He was VERY heavily strapped down
The warden nodded to someone we couldn't see, and the execution began. The man was NOT asked for last words. That had been done earlier in the evening, and he had said he had nothing to say.
He coughed a couple of times and then began to snore.
After maybe 7 minutes, the warden told us the execution had been completed and that the man was dead.
(post 167 concludes below)
Posted by: mnw at July 09, 2026 11:39 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: polynikes at July 09, 2026 11:31 PM (/WQyy)
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Those "fell into a vat of melted chocolate" claims would help break up the day.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 09, 2026 11:40 PM (u/oMr)
Then compare murders per capita. Between the states.
Case closed.
Posted by: Facts at July 09, 2026 11:42 PM (ehU09)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 11:43 PM (+yTe/)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 09, 2026 11:28 PM (zlG6F)
That’s awful - luckily never been around murder , save for one black guy who worked for me who was two timing some other dudes wife; but I’ve seen the results of far too many suicides, which is just as tragic.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 09, 2026 11:44 PM (VbqNm)
I ended up with 2 lovely girls these last couple of years. Last night one of my girls died.
My sweet one left needs a pal. I think she's lonely.
Is there anyone in Boulder County CO who could adopt a very sweet hen? My heart breaks for my Queenie. She's a good egg layer. I think she needs a friend. 💔
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 09, 2026 11:45 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: polynikes at July 09, 2026 11:46 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: polynikes
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Participated in accident reconstruction. Some with grusome remains still evident.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 09, 2026 11:47 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at July 09, 2026 11:48 PM (Ms5RA)
Posted by: JQ at July 09, 2026 11:48 PM (rdVOm)
The arrests of foreign spies "means our tech stays home and our defense secrets stay locked down," a video shared by Patel on X said. "But the FBI didn't stop there. They forced 62 removals of Chinese spies in 2026 alone."
report in February 2025 detailing multiple cases of espionage conducted by the CCP in the United States since 2021.
The FBI is now targeting cartels as foreign terrorists, which has led to around 4,800 cartel members getting arrested, the video said. [clean streets - now do the Brotherhood & BLM]
Patel said: "The drug traffickers got smart with the securitization of the southern border and moved it up there [to Canada]. So we're tackling that with our seize partners."
ZH _ Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times,
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 11:49 PM (+yTe/)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 09, 2026 11:50 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: a.moron at July 09, 2026 11:28 PM (X5Jzz)
Ayup... living with Womenz has saved me a LOT of money in divorce decrees over the years.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 09, 2026 11:51 PM (mP0Kj)
17m
113 Active Spies From Foreign Countries Arrested: FBI Director
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 11:43 PM (+yTe/)
Is there an advantage to announcing this, besides PR? Isn't is better if they simply disappear, so their controllers wonder what happened?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 09, 2026 11:53 PM (qx7Zg)
17m
113 Active Spies From Foreign Countries Arrested: FBI Director
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 11:43 PM (+yTe/)
Well, with the Senate unable to form a quorum now, Trump can do recess appointments.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at July 09, 2026 11:53 PM (w/O5Q)
The execution had been very "antiseptic," for lack of a better word. I was impressed by the warden's gravity & professionalism.
As I was driving home, I turned on KMOX AM radio in STL A newsreader informed me that:
"A federal judge tonight stayed the execution of inmate V_____ B____ indefinitely. B____ had been scheduled to die earlier tonight at the Eastern Missouri Correctional Center in Bonne Terre, Missouri."
It was a surreal moment. Who was it I just saw put to death then?
The murder victim's mother and I are still close friends and exchange Christmas cards. After the murder trial, she. had sent a wonderful letter to my boss. I called her to thank her. She was a little embarrassed. She said, "You don't have to thank me. If you hadn't done a good job, I would have sent the other kind of letter."
I forgot to mention that at the time of the execution, the defendant was still wanted for a third murder he'd committed in Indianapolis.
Posted by: mnw at July 09, 2026 11:54 PM (RCjYY)
2h
Microsoft's Xbox division is cutting 1,600 jobs... but critics are pointing to another number that's fueling outrage.
Microsoft says it's laying off 4,800 employees companywide, while federal data shows the company has also been approved for 2,273 H-1B employer-sponsored visa workers this year.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 2026 11:57 PM (+yTe/)
Good night all.
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 09, 2026 11:58 PM (uTEOj)
We have a launch tomorrow night. I will try to put a reminder out closer to launch.
SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-48
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: July 10, 2026 PDT
Launch Time: 7:00 p.m. PDT (July 11, 0200 UTC, 04:00 CEST)
https://youtu.be/-56tCCViN1A
Posted by: Joyenz at July 09, 2026 11:58 PM (2F0/Y)
report in February 2025 detailing multiple cases of espionage conducted by the CCP in the United States since 2021.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 20
Shoot, shovel, shut up. Nobody needs to know where they went.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 09, 2026 11:58 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at July 09, 2026 11:59 PM (Ms5RA)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 09, 20
Shoot, shovel, shut up. Nobody needs to know where they went.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 09, 2026 11:58 PM (S41Gd)
Aero Pinochet.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 09, 2026 11:59 PM (qx7Zg)
I will tell you about the one I intended, but only if someone here wants to hear about it.
Posted by: mnw at July 09, 2026 11:03 PM (RCjYY)
Dad was a reporter for the Salem Capitol Journal who witnessed the last gas chamber execution in the state of Oregon. He also got a tour of the "fatal chamber" and an explanation of the mechanics the day before, in a tour provided by the Warden of the state pen. While the guide had his back turned Dad had his photographer take a picture of him seated on the execution chair -- as one does.
Mom wouldn't let him hang it anywhere in the house, so he hung it on the door of the fruit room in the back shed.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 09, 2026 11:59 PM (rbvCR)
Justice Department Agrees To End Biden-Era Oil & Gas Leasing Restrictions In Alaska
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 12:01 AM (+yTe/)
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 12:03 AM (RCjYY)
He *loved* it! Yay! It was nice and tender too.. he didn't have any problems chewing/swallowing it. Score!
Posted by: JQ at July 10, 2026 12:03 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 10, 2026 12:04 AM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr
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I think, in some areas, they are called "root cellars"?
Posted by: JQ at July 10, 2026 12:06 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 09, 2026 11:53 PM (qx7Zg)
Damn that Patel, he promised RESULTS! He has done nothing but take drinking trips to Hockey games with his Israeli girlfriend, he is a total loss. No wonder Bongino ghosted him, he accomplishes NOTHING just like [big name podcaster] says!
---- Some blowhard in the timeline where Director Patel tries to keep things quiet for operational security
Posted by: Kindltot at July 10, 2026 12:07 AM (rbvCR)
Got bought out by the Statesman when I was a kid
Posted by: Kindltot at July 10, 2026 12:10 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 10, 2026 12:11 AM (gKWVE)
if you are still looking for references on Starlink, I can provide one. I have been using it out in the boonies of Wyoming for almost a year. It has been great. faster than I expected and very stable. We lost connectivity briefly during a raging thunderstorm but otherwise rock solid. The local tower based service cannot compete. They are nearly the same price.
Posted by: Pete Bog's agentic AI alter ego at July 10, 2026 12:12 AM (dmdAi)
This raises the risk of adverse weather conditions across the US, Asia, Australia, and South America. The stronger the weather event becomes, the greater the threat to critical food supply chains, which are already vulnerable to drought, flooding, export restrictions, and rising protectionism.
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We're all gonna' die.........
Going to see what seer Bastardi says.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 12:12 AM (+yTe/)
4h
To understand the complexities of climate, we should stop gazing up at the sky, but look down into the oceanic abyss.
Modern surface temperatures are an echo from the past. The Earth is an ocean planet, driven by a pulsating 1,000-year conveyor belt known as Thermohaline Circulation.
We are witnessing a planetary memory in the oceans operating on a scale humans struggle to imagine — where deep currents are only now responding to thermal signals set in motion during the Roman Warm Period (250 BC–400 AD).
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 12:14 AM (+yTe/)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 12:14 AM (+yTe/)
In his house at R'lyeh...
Posted by: gKWVE at July 10, 2026 12:16 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 10, 2026 12:17 AM (VbqNm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 12:14 AM (+yTe/)
So that tire I burned last Spring had nothing to do with it?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 12:17 AM (1z8ji)
This is not a good idea on Trump, Jr.'s part. It raises issues about pretrial publicity which will undoubtedly be raised on appeal.
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 12:17 AM (RCjYY)
The oceans absorb and retain 90% of the system's excess heat while the atmosphere is simply a gaseous envelope, thin and reactive, largely a passenger on the back of the massive oceanic flywheel.
The oceans rule from their silent depths.
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That's it, we live in a thin gaseous envelop that at any moment
pftt
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 12:17 AM (+yTe/)
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Dammit! No one talks about me anymore.
Posted by: Polar Vortex at July 10, 2026 12:19 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 10, 2026 12:21 AM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Depends on whether you placed it around a liberal's neck.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 12:22 AM (+yTe/)
Some public executions of Nazi war criminals drew YUUGE crowds in post-War Poland. 20-30 thousand showed up to watch.
The crowds in Poland were so unruly that Poland stopped public executions of Nazis.
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 12:22 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 10, 2026 12:04 AM (Cqx++)
Interesting story that. We were the only house that had a food storage area called the Fruit Room. I never knew why it was called that instead of a pantry.
Fruit room is an old term for the pantry.
My Great Grandparents were from Scotland, so I figured that was where it came from, but my step sister pointed out that my step-mom (Mom) always called it a fruit room, even in the house they had before she married my Dad, and as far as we can tell it was from HER father in law, who was her first husband's step-father, who was a farmer from England who started a milk herd in Oregon.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 10, 2026 12:24 AM (rbvCR)
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90 Years Ago on This Date:
The HOTTEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED in New York’s Central Park.
… July 9, 1936 = 106°F
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 12:24 AM (+yTe/)
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 12:24 AM (vE0+H)
Thank you for the StarLink ref!
I have cable internet which is fast and reliable, but quite expensive even without their "channel lineup" which I dropped a couple years ago.
Hate *auto-pay* but would make this one exception, LOL.
Posted by: JQ at July 10, 2026 12:25 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 10, 2026 12:25 AM (/fEh/)
This raises the risk of adverse weather conditions across the US, Asia, Australia, and South America. The stronger the weather event becomes, the greater the threat to critical food supply chains, which are already vulnerable to drought, flooding, export restrictions, and rising protectionism.
They forgot Christian Nationalism and the repeal of Net Neutrality.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 10, 2026 12:25 AM (n17eQ)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 10, 2026 12:25 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 10, 2026 12:27 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 10, 2026 12:27 AM (rbvCR)
AAAAGGGGH
Posted by: ... at July 10, 2026 12:28 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Polar Vortex at July 10, 2026 12:19 AM (XeU6L)
There is a claim recently that the Ozone Hole unexpectedly has been cooling the Southern Oceans, counteracting AGW.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 10, 2026 12:29 AM (rbvCR)
@ChrisMartzWX
14h
On this date in 1936, 55.6% of the U.S. was ≥90°F and nearly a quarter of the country was ≥100°F. At least one location in each state except for Oregon reached the 90° mark, while 40 states reached the triple digits.
• 100° in LA, MA, NC, and UT
• 101° in AL, SC, TX, and VT
• 102° in DE and GA
• 103° in CT and TN
• 104° in AZ, AR, MS, and MT
• 105° in CA, MD, OK, and WI
• 106° in NY and WY
• 107° in CO, IA, KS, MI, and VA
• 108° in IL, KY, and MO
• 109° in NE, NV, NJ, and OH
• 110° in IN, MN, and WV
• 111° in PA
• 115° in ND and SD
This, of course, was just weather.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 12:30 AM (+yTe/)
Went back to the engine I am working on, cleaned a few parts, used a drill bit to scoop crud out of oil passages. There really wasn't much at all; nowhere near enough to be the cause of all the bearings being starved of oil. Thinking it might have been an air leak on the suction side of the oil pump.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 12:32 AM (1z8ji)
15h
Greenland Summer Melt is a Month Late.
Greenland's summer melt has not even begun yet and is already a month overdue.
The ice sheet is getting snow instead.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 12:32 AM (+yTe/)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 10, 2026 12:32 AM (Cqx++)
8h
Huge AI fight both US and Europe with AIS week 2 as US models cool Europe dramatically while Euro keeps it warm. US model also cooler in the US.
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And that's it. Whether you like the weather or not it's the only weather you've got. Heh.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 12:35 AM (+yTe/)
Anthopromorphic Continental Drift.
Posted by: Boss Moss
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Haha! Everyone went to the edges of the continent and rowed.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 10, 2026 12:38 AM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Azjaeger at July 10, 2026 12:39 AM (3/XaG)
Posted by: Boss Moss
Haha! Everyone went to the edges of the continent and rowed.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Take this seriously, woman!
Posted by: Hank Johnson at July 10, 2026 12:39 AM (VHUov)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5nlmnV1Cb4
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 12:41 AM (+yTe/)
Posted by: Azjaeger
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Or their proximity to well-travelled roads...
I see many little carcasses daily, squished on the blacktop.
Posted by: JQ at July 10, 2026 12:44 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 12:45 AM (+yTe/)
Burnham says that the UK govt has been too soft on Israel. He intends to fix that.
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 12:48 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Case at July 10, 2026 12:50 AM (IY9No)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 12:45 AM (+yTe/)
Supposedly an engine rebuilder with 50 years' experience. The nature of the fuckups is not something explainable by simply a lack of knowledge of Studebaker engines. You could fuck up a Ford rebuild the same way.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 12:53 AM (1z8ji)
We had more snow in the 1960's in Southcentral Alaska. Except for last year, when we had even more.
It comes and goes. Has for millennia. Weather does that.
But, some idiot needs to publish or perish, so he came up with a bullshit "science" that isn't, and now he's got tenure. Fuck that shit.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 10, 2026 12:54 AM (bl07w)
Posted by: Case at July 10, 2026 12:50 AM (IY9No)
Honeymoon suite in a Gay Pride Hotel.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 12:54 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 10, 2026 12:55 AM (bl07w)
Khamenei’s burial is tonight. It is the end of an era. Regardless of whether there is a war or not, Iran is entering very shaky territory.
The economy is in shambles, there are serious divisions within the leadership, hardliners do not want Iran to reach a deal with the U.S., and anti regime citizens still want revenge for the January massacres.
The fight over Hormuz will likely continue. Iran is not willing to give up control.
Whatever happens next is very messy
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 12:56 AM (+yTe/)
This has already started in the DEM party here.
This is the most insidious aspect of unrestricted immigration. Islamization of the West.
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 12:56 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 10, 2026 12:54 AM (bl07w)
Yup... went and looked a couple weeks ago... and somehow the internet Temp record they use, has NO correlation at all to my memories of how hot it has been here in the little town I have live in on and off of 67 years.
June... highest ever 102? I REMEMBER 110... Mom said hottest was 114 day my older Bro was born...
You can't have science at all, without accurate data, and they have decided their money and politics is worth more than accurate data.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 10, 2026 12:57 AM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 12:58 AM (+yTe/)
Whatever happens next is very messy
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 12:56 AM (+yTe/)
I think it is more accurate to say SOME in Iran are willing to give up control.... problem is, they are not the ones in control of the military.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 10, 2026 12:59 AM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 12:59 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: mnw
You can only pull a cart so quickly. Especially when the dead guys keep arguing with you.
Posted by: mikeski at July 10, 2026 01:01 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Case at July 10, 2026 01:05 AM (IY9No)
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 12:59 AM (RCjYY)
Smelly, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 01:05 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 12:54 AM (1z8ji)
Good band; too bad they didn't get the airplay in the US they deserved. Hope it was a good gig.
Posted by: Effie Perrine at July 10, 2026 01:05 AM (p1D+n)
Posted by: Beverly at July 10, 2026 01:05 AM (reMys)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 10, 2026 01:07 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 01:08 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 10, 2026 01:09 AM (viF8m)
Oh, well....
I was talking to a (former) leftwing friend about this, and said, "Who the hell was running the Presidency for the last four years?" She replied, huffily, "His staff -- they were doing the best that they could!" I exclaimed, "His STAFF? we didn't vote for his fucking STAFF!"
But she waved me off in irritation, refused to talk about it further. Unreal. With the Left, it really is Power Uber Alles.
Posted by: Beverly at July 10, 2026 01:09 AM (reMys)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 01:10 AM (+yTe/)
Posted by: JQ at July 10, 2026 12:25 AM (rdVOm)
Plus I really hate the cable and phone companies. Just awful, regulated theft.
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 10, 2026 01:11 AM (ussCl)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
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Took a hammer and pry bar to mine.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 01:12 AM (+yTe/)
There are some criminals that deserve something more than prison...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 01:12 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 01:12 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
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Took a hammer and pry bar to mine.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 01:12 AM (+yTe/)
Just as long as you don't set a dick on fire to burn it up...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 01:13 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 01:12 AM (RCjYY)
She wasn't a real POTUS, but she acted like she was...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 10, 2026 01:13 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 01:13 AM (+yTe/)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 01:10 AM (+yTe/)
"We are not men, we are Dee-vout"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2026 01:14 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: mnw at July 10, 2026 01:16 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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As far as we know she was pulling the strings.
We have no idea who was pulling the strings behind Biden.
The idea that Lightbringer was the master is ludicrous.
watch him when the teleprompter goes down
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 10, 2026 01:17 AM (+yTe/)
Posted by: PabloD at July 10, 2026 01:18 AM (A2qiH)
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