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Food Thread: We Will Just Muddle Along...
I had an impromptu Bourbon tasting this afternoon with some friends who stopped by...thus the abbreviated Food Thread. They brought a couple of bottles to taste, and the Old Ezra 7 Year was my favorite! Just delicious. Just enough proof to make it an adult drink, with some lovely and complex aromas followed by a delightfully smooth mouth feel. There was a delicate hint of sweetness, but definitely not enough to interest your kids. And that's good, because this stuff is nowhere to be found around here, so I will have to hunt for it, because it is definitely worth some legwork!
I hope all of you had successful food experiences yesterday, no matter what you ate. A massive Independence Day barbecue, or a quiet meal of microwave burritos eaten over the sink...it's all good! America...Happy 250th Birthday!
The garlic is harvested! And it looks...well...sigh. Send all of your excellent home-grown garlic to: cbd dot aoshq at gmail dot com. Rumor has it that the Bourbon Bubble is bursting. I have seen no evidence of decreasing prices, but maybe the bursting started somewhere else! I think the sweet spot is $40-$60 for excellent and interesting bottles, and bumping that to $100 gets you an incremental improvement in quality, but nothing mind-blowing. More than that and I think you are paying for hype and rarity, which may look good in your liquor cabinet, but doesn't translate to more quality in the bottle. The problem...or the solution...is to buy lots of bourbon, take tasting notes, and eventually arrive at your favorites! It should take forty or fifty years, but it is worth it!
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026 04:06 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma at July 05, 2026 04:07 PM (Ft5W9)
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026 04:07 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 05, 2026 04:08 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Big Tonic at July 05, 2026 04:09 PM (2Ez/1)
A friend brought a bottle of Willets Bourbon to the fireworks show last night. I’m not a bourbon guy but it was tasty. I have no idea what it costs.
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 05, 2026 04:09 PM (Wejm4)
Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma at July 05, 2026 04:07 PM (Ft5W9)
I carry a flask of whisky as a remedy for snake bite.
I also carry a snake.
Posted by: W.C. Fields at July 05, 2026 04:11 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 05, 2026 04:12 PM (Kt19C)
Heck, I better check on the gin sitch.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 04:13 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Malaria at July 05, 2026 04:13 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Savage Henry at July 05, 2026 04:14 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: scampydog at July 05, 2026 04:15 PM (41CYW)
On food news, we're heading out to eat to celebrate the holiday, so heading out in a few...
Most fun thing made this week was a crustless pumpkin pie/flan. 1/2 a pumpkin pie filling can, extra cinnamon and nutmeg, 4 eggs, and 2/3 can of coconut cream (and a TB of two of maple syrup). Baked for 40 minutes at 350. Cooled at room temp and then fridge. Came out great - even gave it to the unexpected young adult male guest on top of my crew. He was wowed...then I had to tell him it would never be the same again b/c I don't measure and I change things up by taste, even baking...
Posted by: Nova Local at July 05, 2026 04:16 PM (tOcjL)
n, where n ≥ 2. They serve as crucial biosynthetic building blocks in many organisms, particularly plants.
Terpenes are classified by the number of carbons: monoterpenes (C10), sesquiterpenes (C15), diterpenes (C20), as examples. The terpene alpha-pinene is a major component of turpentine, a common solvent.
Comprising more than 30,000 compounds, these unsaturated hydrocarbons are produced predominantly by plants, particularly conifers. In plants, terpenes and terpenoids are important mediators of ecological interactions, while some insects use some terpenes as a form of defense. Other functions of terpenoids include cell growth modulation and plant elongation, light harvesting and photoprotection, and membrane permeability and fluidity control.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 05, 2026 04:17 PM (0sNs1)
I prefer a meatloaf to a pot roast. It's just easier on my tummy.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 05, 2026 04:17 PM (qFwJc)
n = ( C5H8 )nPosted by: Wesley Crusher at July 05, 2026 04:17 PM (0sNs1)
Not being an aficionado of drinks with more than one ingredient, does that make an actual detectable difference? Have you ever double blind tested it?
My discovery this week was the existence of a Trader Joe's branded single malt scotch. The 12 year old was about $35 and the 18 was about $70. For seventy bucks, I can buy a scotch that I know I will like but thirty-five seems worth taking a shot. Result: meh. I won't pour it out but I won't buy it again.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 05, 2026 04:19 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 05, 2026 04:19 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026 04:22 PM (Ia/+0)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCuqDrhJIqA
Yeah, she's a mite annoying, but this is a really refreshing summer cocktail.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 05, 2026 04:23 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 05, 2026 04:24 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 05, 2026 04:25 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 05, 2026 04:25 PM (O0L8i)
Weekly trolling???? MisHum would never even *think* of trolling you, CBD. How could you think such a thing?
#BeBetter
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 05, 2026 04:26 PM (0sNs1)
*Drinks a bourbon aged 4 to 7 years*
Posted by: Perry the Platypus at July 05, 2026 04:28 PM (xcxpd)
Nor did she ever make rhubarb sherbet, which is what I used those four cups after chopping for.
4 cups cubed raw rhubarb; simmer in 1 cup water until tender; it will result in about 2 cups softened rhubarb, especially if you forget about it on the stove until the water is gone like I did.
1 cup sugar boiled with 1 cup water for about five minutes to make a syrup, and add ½ cup corn syrup
¼ cup orange juice
¼ cup pineapple juice
2 tbsp lemon juice
2 egg whites
2 tbsp sugar
Mix the pulp with the syrup and the fruit juices. Chill.
Beat the egg whites, slowing adding the sugar, to soft peaks and fold into the chilled fruit. Freeze for a few hours until it’s half-frozen, then beat with a wooden spoon until smooth and probably better mixed than when you tried to fold egg white into fruit juice.
Freeze completely. Very refreshing, especially on a hot July 4.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 05, 2026 04:32 PM (kYmoU)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 05, 2026 04:33 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 05, 2026 04:34 PM (0sNs1)
You're doing the Lord's work, Dildo.
I'll probably get my usual brand, Death's Door. Very botanical. Anybody ever try Drumshanbo Gunpowder Italian Fig and Laurel Gin, in the violet bottle? I'm intrigued.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 04:34 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 05, 2026 04:36 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 05, 2026 04:33 PM
Tell us your life today is the pits, without telling us. ;-)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 05, 2026 04:38 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 04:40 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026 04:42 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Domino's at July 05, 2026 04:44 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 04:34 PM (kpS4V)
I love their bottles! They look great, which of course means that the gin inside is tasty!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 05, 2026 04:44 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 04:40 PM
"But a dry martini you always shake to waltz time."
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 05, 2026 04:44 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 04:45 PM (afJtY)
I bought cherries today. I will be canning them for the rest of the day. 20 lbs is a lot of cherries.
Posted by: Kindltot
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Where did you get them? I bought Washington! Cherries!!! at the local supermarket and wound up throwing 3/4 of them away, having suffered through the first 1/4 to confirm they really were that flavorless and sour. And I know the difference between tart and sour.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 05, 2026 04:46 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 04:46 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at July 05, 2026 04:46 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 05, 2026 04:44 PM (l4RKn)
Last time I was in a liquor store (several months ago) I saw this new (to me) brand of whiskey that had labels that looked like old pulp superhero/horror movie posters. Very cool.
Bet the stuff tasted like crap but I wanted that bottle. Not at that price point though.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 05, 2026 04:48 PM (zZu0s)
Are "Colorado cherries" something new? I noticed them at the grocery a couple of weeks ago. They just look like regular ol' Bings to me.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 05, 2026 04:49 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 04:45 PM
It's a favorite.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 05, 2026 04:49 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: The Hampsters at July 05, 2026 04:50 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
The last cherries I bought from Krogers were sweet and very flavorful.
Posted by: Tuna at July 05, 2026 04:50 PM (lJ0H4)
One of my favorite movies, even the poorly-assembled “director’s” cut. When I bought a VCR back in about 1986, it was one of three movies I bought on VHS.
One of the first movies—possibly the first movie—that I saw in a movie theater was Animal House. I’ve had a knee-jerk enjoyment of John Belushi movies ever since.
Not sure why I (or my dad) chose Animal House; it may not have been a choice. The movie might have been a reward for good grades or something, and it could well have been the only movie playing at our small-town theater.
“You don’t need to tell your mom about some of those scenes.”
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 05, 2026 04:50 PM (kYmoU)
Quick, yeast bread, no knead, includes milk, under two hours from jeez I'm out of bread to taking it out of the oven, and recipe scales well to one loaf and proof your yeast. Don't have the link but it was by Taste of Home, or Taste of something or other, and English Muffin bread was the search term.
Posted by: From about That Time at July 05, 2026 04:51 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 04:54 PM (4g5V+)
And then no more than two parts tonic to one part gin. The name of the drink starts with "GIN!" It should taste of it.
And for f*ck's sake, use a fresh bottle of tonic. There is nothing worse than flat tonic water in a G&T.
Bottles of FeverTree tonic water come in a 7.5 oz size. That means 3.75 oz of TW with 2 oz of gin for a couple having drinks. It's almost as if they thought this through.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2026 04:54 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026 04:54 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: From about That Time at July 05, 2026 04:51 PM (sl73Y)
Did you use a loaf pan?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 05, 2026 04:54 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2026 04:54 PM (Riz8t)
I appreciate that sort of planning in my consumer products!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 05, 2026 04:56 PM (l4RKn)
Bet the stuff tasted like crap but I wanted that bottle. Not at that price point though.
I'm sorry, but if a distiller is trying to entice you with the bottle, what does that say about what's inside the bottle?
It's like restaurants in places like Mt. Vernon or Colonial Williamsburg. They're selling an experience, not the food.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2026 04:56 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 05, 2026 04:57 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026 04:57 PM (Ia/+0)
Check to see if it has real quinine in it. Many TWs now do not.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2026 04:57 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 05, 2026 04:44 PM (l4RKn)
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Hey, I've had a decent run choosing books by their covers.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 04:58 PM (kpS4V)
Vodka tonics made with FeverTree and Patriots Creed Pueblo Chile Vodka are very good.
I use the guidelines from a ca. 1966 sliding drink card of the Hotel Las Brisas in Acapulco: 2 oz vodka, a couple of ice cubes, in a highball, filled the rest of the way with tonic water and a lemon peel.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 05, 2026 04:58 PM (kYmoU)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 05, 2026 04:44 PM (l4RKn)
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Hey, I've had a decent run choosing books by their covers.
Before I started drinking gin cocktails, I thought Bombay Sapphire gin was really blue. I was shocked, SHOCKED! to find that it's just a blue colored bottle.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2026 04:59 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Cow Demon
I threw some leftover rice in a frying pan with some frozen veggies and eggs and teriyaki sauce.
I would never judge you.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 05, 2026 05:00 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: Tuna at July 05, 2026 05:00 PM (lJ0H4)
Even if I liked tequila, $350 is a bit much for a single bottle.
Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2026 05:00 PM (rdVOm)
Even if I liked tequila, $350 is a bit much for a single bottle.
I've shopped around a bit for tequila, and find that I like El Tesoro Blanco the best for Margaritas. It's about $50 here in NoVa ABC stores.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2026 05:02 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 05:02 PM (afJtY)
I used to as well due to some unfortunate experiences as a yute. Surprisingly, it makes a difference when you buy good stuff and drink like an adult.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2026 05:03 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026 05:04 PM (Ia/+0)
How else can they entice you? They have to catch the eye before they even have a chance at catching the tongue.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 05, 2026 05:04 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Archimedes
But-- is it in a beautiful bespoke bottle?
Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2026 05:04 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: huerfano at July 05, 2026 05:04 PM (VJX5o)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 05:05 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Cosda at July 05, 2026 05:06 PM (5Mso3)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 05:06 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 05, 2026 05:07 PM (2WIwB)
But then I’d be bragging.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 05, 2026 05:07 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: huerfano at July 05, 2026 05:04 PM (VJX5o)
No love for blue? Admittedly, red is the best for ices, and blue is the best in candy.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 05, 2026 05:08 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 05, 2026 05:08 PM (nbLIj)
Check to see if it has real quinine in it. Many TWs now do not.
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Great Value Diet Tonic Water... from Walmart. Yup. Got it. 99 cents.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 05, 2026 05:09 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo a
Yes, not the biggest, 8.5x4.5 maybe. Did 45 minute rise in pan, then to 375 oven. Tiny touch of baking powder along with regular yeast, rose quickly but then it was in the 90s and my ac broke down.
Posted by: From about That Time at July 05, 2026 05:11 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
You can have all my blue Jolly Ranchers then. Bleah. I'll save them up for you.
Posted by: fd at July 05, 2026 05:11 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 05:06 PM (afJtY)
The only thing I'll drink to is excess...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 05, 2026 05:12 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 05:13 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2026 05:13 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: man at July 05, 2026 05:15 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026 05:17 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2026 05:04 PM (rdVOm)
Heh. If I were the kind what made cocktails (but I'm not), and had a home bar, I'd want pretty or interesting bottles. Not to the point that I'd buy crappy liquor, but if it was good stuff AND a lovely bottle, it'd be there.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 05, 2026 05:18 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 05:13 PM (afJtY)
(Raises glass. Tips over..)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 05, 2026 05:19 PM (nbLIj)
The Mets are determined to lose to the Braves.
Posted by: Accomack at July 05, 2026 05:19 PM (T8bqm)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 05:19 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2026 05:19 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Oddbob
That’s what she said?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 05, 2026 05:19 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: Dispatcher at July 05, 2026 05:19 PM (/HDaX)
Had a great day but due to the heat we were inside most of the time.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at July 05, 2026 05:20 PM (3CpER)
Posted by: epador at July 05, 2026 05:22 PM (fR77b)
Posted by: man at July 05, 2026 05:23 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Fritz at July 05, 2026 05:24 PM (J7jo9)
The last cherries I bought from Krogers were sweet and very flavorful.
Posted by: Tuna
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Well hang it. I bought mine at Kroger's (aka Ralphs here in Cali).
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 05, 2026 05:26 PM (mmrXZ)
I know this.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2026 05:26 PM (RIvkX)
[insert Homer Simpson drool here]
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 05, 2026 05:28 PM (/HDaX)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 05:28 PM (afJtY)
It was.... educational. Like Bourbons, there's a huge, nearly infinite variety of tastes, aromas, etc.
He picked about a half dozen for a flight of shots for each of us. And we were eating some really good Mexican snacks. I did not get sick.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 05, 2026 05:29 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 05:32 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: free tibet at July 05, 2026 05:36 PM (1wtUm)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Go to your room. You know what you did.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 05, 2026 05:36 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Pete Bog at July 05, 2026 05:37 PM (Wejm4)
The greatest yootoob chicken byproducts ad ever made.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kR17wrlEVKA
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 05, 2026 05:37 PM (fdcCZ)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 05:38 PM (afJtY)
https://www.liquor.com/recipes/old-cuban/
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 05, 2026 05:39 PM (QaH55)
I know this.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2026 05:26 PM (RIvkX)
And if you eat creamsicles?
Posted by: RI Red at July 05, 2026 05:40 PM (iaf7q)
Posted by: Ben Had
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Quantity has a quality all of its own. This is wise.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 05, 2026 05:41 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: RI Red at July 05, 2026 05:40 PM (iaf7q)
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Some questions should never be asked.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2026 05:41 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 05:32 PM
It was Ben :-)
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at July 05, 2026 05:41 PM (3CpER)
I do like to try alcohol I never had before
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026 05:43 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 05:28 PM (afJtY)
BH, try Helados Mexico! Great coconut, strawberry and mango creamcicles at Shaws. They’re my summer favorite!
Posted by: RI Red at July 05, 2026 05:45 PM (iaf7q)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 05:45 PM (afJtY)
You can have all my blue Jolly Ranchers then. Bleah. I'll save them up for you.
Posted by: fd at July 05, 2026 05:11 PM (MWfyi)
Cinnamon/Fire Jolly Ranchers are by far the worst.
But there is a worse thing than a Jolly Rancher:
A Gay Farmer.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 05:46 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 05, 2026 05:47 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 05:47 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 05:47 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 05:49 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026 05:49 PM (Ia/+0)
Perhaps you could sneak us the recipe!
Posted by: RI Red at July 05, 2026 05:50 PM (iaf7q)
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026 05:50 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 05, 2026 05:51 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 05:52 PM (afJtY)
This is an alcohol thread, right?
Posted by: RI Red at July 05, 2026 05:53 PM (iaf7q)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 05:53 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: Pete Bog at July 05, 2026 05:54 PM (Wejm4)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 05:55 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 05:56 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026 05:57 PM (Ia/+0)
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kR17wrlEVKA
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 05, 2026 05:37 PM
I was at walmart the other day and noticed some canned dog food on sale. One of the cases said it was "beef". I looked at the ingredients and beef byproducts was the 4th ingredient. Chicken and chicken by products were the first two listed ingredients followed by chicken stock.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 05, 2026 05:57 PM (0N4FZ)
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See? The quote marks were the tell.
I used to work in a restaurant that serve "clam" chowder. Buyer beware.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 05, 2026 05:59 PM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 05:49 PM
Oh, absolutely!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 05, 2026 06:00 PM (Wnv9h)
Of course, if it’s her kitchen table, I’ll have gone the other direction.
Posted by: RI Red at July 05, 2026 06:01 PM (iaf7q)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 06:02 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: RI Red at July 05, 2026 05:50 PM
I texted my nephew for it. Some of the bread was toasted, some wasn't.
It was pretty simple, but the grilled peaches is what made it stand out.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at July 05, 2026 06:02 PM (3CpER)
Posted by: RI Red at July 05, 2026 06:01 PM (iaf7q)
*snort
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 05, 2026 06:03 PM (h7ZuX)
It has been there for 83+ years. At least one of the waitresses has worked there for 50 years. Great place! Great prices! Lots of food and menu choices. Never been disappointed.
Posted by: Admirale's Mate at July 05, 2026 06:07 PM (/enuJ)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 06:07 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: RI Red at July 05, 2026 06:09 PM (iaf7q)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 05, 2026 06:10 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2026 06:11 PM (XeU6L)
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Lays stole Brian Stelter's tagline.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 05, 2026 06:12 PM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2026 06:11 PM (XeU6L)
Made WITH....
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 05, 2026 06:14 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: man at July 05, 2026 06:15 PM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 06:02 PM
I could see that. Maybe some coarsely cracked black pepper, too.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 05, 2026 06:15 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 06:16 PM (afJtY)
It has been there for 83+ years. At least one of the waitresses has worked there for 50 years. Great place! Great prices! Lots of food and menu choices. Never been disappointed.
Posted by: Admirale's Mate at July 05, 2026 06:07 PM
I haven't. It's only a couple miles from me, though. I think the parents went there once.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 05, 2026 06:17 PM (Wnv9h)
YMMV
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 05, 2026 06:18 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 05, 2026 06:19 PM (h7ZuX)
By contrast, it’s not worth it to use expensive gin. I wouldn’t use Captain Gay’s Anal Squab gin, but any decent gin will be fine. I use Gordon’s.
Trust The Blade.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 05, 2026 06:19 PM (FyPhv)
My current mixologist area is in the garage, so no lavish photo spreads from me.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 06:24 PM (kpS4V)
First World Problems...
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026 02:02 PM (Ia/+0)
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Posted by: Abby Normal at July 05, 2026 02:03 PM (jrgJz)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at July 05, 2026 02:03 PM (ubCxQ)
My cat had a problem, but he's over it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 05, 2026 02:05 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026 02:05 PM (Ia/+0)
LOL they are freaking out that Trump made a call to FIFA President about the Red Card on the US player and they suspended the red card 1 game suspension, LOL
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio
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lol really? We get that super player with the funny name in Monday's game then?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 05, 2026 02:06 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 02:06 PM (vC80E)
FWS: Point out the FIFA hyocrisy about Messi and Ronaldo (who got his Red Card suspended, so he wouldn't miss the World Cup) and get FIFA to suspend Balogun's card so he can play tomorrow.
Go USA soccer!
Posted by: Nova Local at July 05, 2026 02:08 PM (tOcjL)
LOL they are freaking out that Trump made a call to FIFA President about the Red Card on the US player and they suspended the red card 1 game suspension, LOL
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio
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lol really? We get that super player with the funny name in Monday's game then?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 05, 2026 02:06 PM (mmrXZ)
Yes. Balogun, the 1st real goal scorer we've ever had, can and probably will play.
Posted by: Nova Local at July 05, 2026 02:09 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Skip
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That truck's become problematic. Glad you made it home with the lead. At least it did that for you.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 02:09 PM (vC80E)
lol really? We get that super player with the funny name in Monday's game then?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 05, 2026 02:06 PM (mmrXZ)
Yes he can play on Monday and It's being reported that Trump did call the FIFA President about the Red Card.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at July 05, 2026 02:11 PM (ubCxQ)
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026 02:12 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026 02:13 PM (Ia/+0)
Here's a neat video of David Muir (and cameraman) climbing up the Statue of Liberty to the crown and torch:
https://tinyurl.com/mjn65ycb
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 02:14 PM (kpS4V)
So, the walls are falling off?
Heh
Posted by: man at July 05, 2026 02:14 PM (cGjQu)
Just push your feet thru the floor...
Posted by: man at July 05, 2026 02:15 PM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at July 05, 2026 02:15 PM (obVEo)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 05, 2026 02:15 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Beverly at July 05, 2026 02:16 PM (reMys)
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First thing up on the news feed. The most important thing in America, the world. It's a miracle that so many see their way through the crap into what is valuable and not.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 02:16 PM (vC80E)
Not surprising considering the circumstances, but wow.
Posted by: burrrton at July 05, 2026 02:17 PM (kah0Z)
Posted by: Savage Henry at July 05, 2026 02:19 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at July 05, 2026 02:03 PM (ubCxQ)
Yeah, but no one had ever DARE try to figure out when a soccer game ends. ONLY the officials are allowed to know that.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 02:20 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 05, 2026 02:21 PM (E1om2)
18 I am all lathered up because there is mustard and ketchup I can't get out of the squeeze bottle after they hit "empty." Yes, I had this happen yesterday.
Solution: Purchase an industrial centrifuge capable of spinning those bottles.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2026 02:21 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026 02:21 PM (Ia/+0)
Hey, we've tried everything!
/media
Posted by: man at July 05, 2026 02:21 PM (cGjQu)
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First thing up on the news feed. The most important thing in America, the world. It's a miracle that so many see their way through the crap into what is valuable and not.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
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Did they report that American Liberals were deliberately destroying the reflecting pool immediately after the repairs? That would seem to be an important part of the story. Usually people who value our national monuments aren't out defacing and destroying them in an effort to undo acts of restoration.
Posted by: Sam Adams at July 05, 2026 02:21 PM (X+xvk)
Just push your feet thru the floor...
Posted by: man
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The way they rig vehicles today (safety items) wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't wired to an automatic shut down.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 02:21 PM (vC80E)
It all started a little after 8:00, and was still going at 11:15 when I left for home.
Posted by: Methos at July 05, 2026 02:22 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2026 02:25 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 02:20 PM (4g5V+)
The Europoors are good and mad that soccer has 4 quarters now and they are going to experiment with the Clock here in US where the Stadium clock will keep the official time not the ref
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at July 05, 2026 02:26 PM (ubCxQ)
Posted by: NR Pax at July 05, 2026 02:26 PM (/k3in)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2026 02:27 PM (viF8m)
With 125 mph straight line winds and what appears for all the world like a tornado that did not touch down. Large,, mature trees uprooted all over my neighborhood. Still no power.
Posted by: Charlie Kelly at July 05, 2026 02:27 PM (l26NL)
Maybe I'll just hike down to the river with my canteen and a basket full of clothes to pound on the rocks
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 05, 2026 02:27 PM (E1om2)
Posted by: fd at July 05, 2026 02:28 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 05, 2026 02:29 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Eromero at July 05, 2026 02:29 PM (bEwGx)
Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky at July 05, 2026 02:29 PM (zdQuL)
I've been assured that they exist in good numbers at the state park in which I've reserved a campsite. If it pans out, this could become a regular pilgrimage..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 05, 2026 02:29 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026 02:21 PM
******
Hey. I'm sitting right here.
Posted by: Bigger hammer at July 05, 2026 02:30 PM (2Ez/1)
That was us last night! Simply incredible, and the big "official" displays lit the horizons. Went for a walk just after sunrise, and could still smell the freedom...
News had footage of cars stopped on the interstate to watch.
I'm glad to have seen both the 200th and 250th.
Long may she wave!
Posted by: man at July 05, 2026 02:30 PM (cGjQu)
Day 3 without water. Maybe the well pump, maybe the the storage tank. Hope to get repair service out tomorrow.
_____________
Sometimes ants get into the switch box. Cut the breaker, open the switch box and get a brush to clean the contacts. That frequently works for me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 05, 2026 02:31 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 05, 2026 02:32 PM (Kt19C)
......
Like I said. Sitting right here.
Posted by: Bigger hammer at July 05, 2026 02:34 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 05, 2026 02:35 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Ditto, sometimes just separating the contacts is enough.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 05, 2026 02:36 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: fd at July 05, 2026 02:36 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 05, 2026 02:38 PM (y1wyK)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 05, 2026 02:38 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: banana Dream
Noted the private displays were muted in comparison to the year the PTB stopped all public displays.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 05, 2026 02:38 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2026 02:25 PM (RIvkX)
The People's Republic of San Francisco doesn't have an official (predominantly red) display?! What are they, Buffalo, NY?
Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling Lil Pooky for the keyboard at July 05, 2026 02:39 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: fd at July 05, 2026 02:39 PM (MWfyi)
With 125 mph straight line winds and what appears for all the world like a tornado that did not touch down. Large,, mature trees uprooted all over my neighborhood. Still no power.
Posted by: Charlie Kelly
We were a little north of the destruction zone. Started shooting fireworks early to beat the storm. We hadn't quite exhausted our ample supply when the wind arrived suddenly and ferociously. Then it was a mad scramble to clean up and drag water buckets and trash cans back to the house. It was a good time.
Posted by: She Hobbit at July 05, 2026 02:39 PM (6v6cQ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 05, 2026 02:38 PM (Cqx++)
I use xcancel to bypass the login. Add "cancel" to make it xcancel dot com
Posted by: Vendette at July 05, 2026 02:40 PM (pJK38)
"NASA has opened recruitment for the Moon and Mars Exploration Analog (MMEA), a yearlong simulated deep space mission at Johnson Space Center, set to begin no earlier than August 2027.
The mission will take place inside two habitats, with a four-person crew spending twelve months experiencing nearly everything a real deep space mission could throw at people, minus the actual vacuum of space, of course."
https://tinyurl.com/yjjff58a
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 02:41 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 05, 2026 02:41 PM (looXz)
Ditto, sometimes just separating the contacts is enough.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 05, 2026 02:36 PM (NnhvP)
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Anything beyond that and I have to call in the pros. But there's stuff that can go wrong without it being the well pump. None of which is wildly expensive to fix.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 05, 2026 02:41 PM (O0L8i)
The new commemorative US Passport will come in a nifty box with a certificate. DJT's image will be on the facing page of the book.
Winning!
Posted by: mrp at July 05, 2026 02:42 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at July 05, 2026 02:03 PM (ubCxQ)
'Murica!!!!
*screech of Bald Eagle*
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at July 05, 2026 02:42 PM (ksbjf)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 05, 2026 02:32 PM (Kt19C)
When they changed the Chyrons from fat shiny one eyed robots to thirst traps I knew BSG was cooked.
Posted by: banana Dream - Batterstar Garactica at July 05, 2026 02:42 PM (3uBP9)
It arrives blatantly in 'used' condition, missing parts.
Get a return label, take it to UPS, and replacement arrives next day, same seller:
Same problem (not the same box, but same problem).
Return system will not let me do another replacement so...
Call Amazon, get a refund, they say "keep or toss it, and next time try a different seller".
Next try arrives tomorrow. If it's not missing all of the key parts, I should at least be able to combine packages to get one working device.
I think I have no choice at this point but to start my own shipping company and online store and go through 30 years of business growth, just to get the thing I wanted.
Posted by: RandomDave at July 05, 2026 02:42 PM (GZpMX)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 05, 2026 02:43 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: fd at July 05, 2026 02:44 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Oddbob at July 05, 2026 02:45 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Tuna at July 05, 2026 02:46 PM (lJ0H4)
My windows were rattling.
My neighborhood is becoming gentryfied in a very American way.
It started, years ago, as an upper middle class area then the folks moved up or stayed and died leaving the homes to become rentals. Now, they are being sold to, hold on, upwardly mobile Mexicans.
They are very American of Mexican descent and very upwardly mobile. Fixin' up the neighborhood. Very interesting.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 02:46 PM (vC80E)
We had a well when I was a kid. The control box suddenly stopped working. Dad took it to the repair shop (20 miles away) and they tested it and found no problem. Dad returns, hangs the box back onto the pump house wall, and it doesn't work. Back to the shop. Again, they can't find anything wrong with the box. Dad is getting a bit annoyed.
Turned out there was a worn relay in the box. It would work when the box was laid on its back on the test bench, and would stop working when the box was stood up vertical when hung on the wall.
Just something to think about.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 05, 2026 02:47 PM (CSQvy)
The homeowners around us did a pretty good job last night... even though a thunderstorm rolled through.
Figure there will be more tonight.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 05, 2026 02:47 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: man
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[recollects lyric from Perry Como, 'Magic Moments']
The way that we cheered
Whenever our team was scoring a touchdown
The time that the floor fell out of my car
When I put the clutch down
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2026 02:47 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: RandomDave at July 05, 2026 02:42 PM (GZpMX)
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Or simply do what CBD would do - burn Amazon down.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 05, 2026 02:47 PM (y1wyK)
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 05, 2026 02:47 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: RandomDave at July 05, 2026 02:42 PM (GZpMX)
I got a ninja food processor used off amazon and one of the lids to a processing bowl had a tab broken off that prevented a stupid safety feature on the motor from engaging. I got another set on ebay that had the exact same issue. I got a refund and ebay just said to keep it. I eventually just whipped out a pin drill and used my modelling skiils to fashion new tabs with steel pin reinforcement and fixed all the lids to work good as new.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 05, 2026 02:48 PM (3uBP9)
So Mars, Houston... yeah, they're the same.
Except for temperature. Slightly warmer in Houston.
Slightly.
Posted by: man at July 05, 2026 02:48 PM (cGjQu)
Posted by: fd at July 05, 2026 02:44 PM (MWfyi)
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Apparently, the Dems of Philadelphia have finally figured out what they think a woman is.
Posted by: mrp at July 05, 2026 02:48 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
That makes very happy. I loved the movie. It deserves to do well at the box office.
Posted by: Tuna at July 05, 2026 02:49 PM (lJ0H4)
****
Is that a lot?
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 05, 2026 02:47 PM (2Ez/1)
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Same as in town.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 05, 2026 02:49 PM (y1wyK)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 05, 2026 02:50 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: man at July 05, 2026 02:50 PM (cGjQu)
****
Is that a lot?
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 05, 2026 02:47 PM (2Ez/1)
For an Angel Studios movie and an adult drama - yes. And it was all deserved. Everyone should go watch this movie...
Posted by: Nova Local at July 05, 2026 02:50 PM (tOcjL)
Return system will not let me do another replacement so...
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It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.
Posted by: Kramer at July 05, 2026 02:51 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at July 05, 2026 02:26 PM (ubCxQ)
Bullshit. That DOES NOT HAPPEN. THE GAME ENDS WHEN WE SAY IT DOES.
Posted by: Soccer officials at July 05, 2026 02:51 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 05, 2026 02:41 PM (looXz)
Mrs Cop and I went to watch "Young Washington" yesterday. She liked it a great deal. My own reaction was a bit more subdued.
The modern Amercanized English dialog kept intruding upon my suspension of disbelief. (Example: characters using the expression "Okay"). The combat scenes were more akin to WWII, rather than 18th C. skirmishing. The French deploying artillery mounted on the 4-wheeled carriages intended for fortifications just pushed me over the edge.
However, the general sequence of events is correct, and some of the cinematography is quite stunning.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at July 05, 2026 02:51 PM (ksbjf)
"On July 4th, Young Washington was No. 2 at the domestic B.O. with $7.6M behind Minions & Monsters‘ $9.4M.
The over 55 crowd showed up at a big 47% to Young Washington — remarkable, as that demographic has been even slower to trickle out post Covid. Overall CinemaScore was an A and a great 81% definite recommend on Screen Engine/Rentrak’"
And bonus for the ladies, the actor playing Washington is nice looking IMO, and For the guys Sally Fairfax is cute as well
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 05, 2026 02:53 PM (D+BhG)
Did they report that American Liberals were deliberately destroying the reflecting pool immediately after the repairs? That would seem to be an important part of the story. Usually people who value our national monuments aren't out defacing and destroying them in an effort to undo acts of restoration.
Posted by: Sam Adams
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No, it appears that it 'just happened', ...
"Shortly after the Reflecting Pool reopened, it was plagued by an algae bloom. Crews poured in gallons of hydrogen peroxide, a compound used in paint removers, as one of the steps taken to rein in the algae.
Then observers began noticing shards of blue sealant peeling off the Reflecting Pool...."
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 02:54 PM (vC80E)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 05, 2026 02:41 PM (looXz)
Be careful about Angel Studios, the original guys that started it were pushed out and now it's run by Hollywood types theirs a youtube video of the breakdown and he tried to get the free tickets and it wouldn't let him and he tried multiple times
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at July 05, 2026 02:54 PM (ubCxQ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 05, 2026 02:50 PM
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I found this to be very entertaining:
https://youtu.be/Iipsxj3hRpE
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 05, 2026 02:54 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Nova Local at July 05, 2026 02:50 PM (tOcjL)
I hope animal farm was just a fluke, that they learned their lesson, and then s-canned those that were involved.
My kid is a Washington stan and wanted to see this movie. She went with a bunch of other kids her age and it was well received. Homeschool types.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 05, 2026 02:55 PM (3uBP9)
****
Is that a lot?
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 05, 2026 02:47 PM (2Ez/1)
Yes. Per the Intertubes, that was about the budget of the movie, so it is well on its way to making a profit.
Compare this to the "Supergirl" movie from last week, budget of $170 million, opening box office of $37 million.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 05, 2026 02:55 PM (CSQvy)
All in all, about 2.5 hours of fireworks goodness with a longish delay between the city and baseball team as they finished winning their game and we were serenaded by drunks singing badly.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 05, 2026 02:56 PM (ExV1e)
they are going to experiment with the Clock here in US where the Stadium clock will keep the official time not the ref
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Counting down instead of up and having the time remaining visible to everyone would do wonders for the sport.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 05, 2026 02:57 PM (O0L8i)
Except for temperature. Slightly warmer in Houston.
Slightly.
Posted by: man at July 05, 2026 02:48 PM (cGjQu)
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Temperature rising. Houston, we have a problem:
https://tinyurl.com/3arx5sef
Philistines upon you, America!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 05, 2026 02:58 PM (y1wyK)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
again
use
xcancel, it gets you there
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 02:58 PM (vC80E)
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Weren't there other simulations like this done? I recall at least a couple that were somewhat legit, and a couple that were just disasters. IIRC some group of weirdos tried it and they were basically at each other's throats by the end of 3 months. One might have tried to kill themself or someone else... authorities had to yank them out and put them all in a hospital for observation.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 05, 2026 02:59 PM (jehhT)
Pulled into dealer and told problem, went out to start it up and wouldn't go forward or reverse.
Posted by: Skip
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Well, at least you know you have a real problem.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 05, 2026 02:59 PM (mmrXZ)
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Is that a lot?
That depends on the number of screens on which it's showing. No, I don't know how many.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2026 03:00 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Young Boom Boom Washington at July 05, 2026 03:02 PM (g7saB)
...
https://tinyurl.com/yjjff58a
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf
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Not enough money to get me on a NASA ship.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 03:02 PM (vC80E)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 05, 2026 03:03 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 05, 2026 02:50 PM
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I found this to be very entertaining:
https://youtu.be/Iipsxj3hRpE
There's a movie about it: Operation Mincemeat. It's on Netflix.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2026 03:03 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: scampydog at July 05, 2026 03:08 PM (/afFH)
>>https://tinyurl.com/2rdvb7du
Posted by: JackStraw
Get down! Get funky!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury!
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Classified as viable music.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 03:08 PM (vC80E)
https://tinyurl.com/ybkf828s
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 05, 2026 02:38 PM (y1wyK)
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What do you expect happens when a bunch goombahs get explosives?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2026 03:08 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at July 05, 2026 02:15 PM (obVEo)
FWS: Get them in opaque bottles, so you can't see the FWP you can't do anything about.
Posted by: SciVo at July 05, 2026 03:09 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Makes me a bit angry to be honest at July 05, 2026 03:10 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 05, 2026 03:10 PM (qFwJc)
"I therefore invite the good people of the United States, on the approaching 4th day of July, in addition to the usual observances with which they are accustomed to greet the return of the day, further, in such manner and at such time as in their respective localities and religious associations may be most convenient, to mark its recurrence by some public religious and devout thanksgiving to Almighty God for the blessings which have been bestowed upon us as a nation during the century of our existence, and humbly to invoke a continuance of His favor and of His protection."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 05, 2026 03:12 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 05, 2026 02:29 PM (nbLIj)
Yeah, not all regions of the US have them. I don't know why.
My brother's ex, PNW-born and bred, would not believe that such a thing even existed. She thought they were just something made up for the movies.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 05, 2026 03:12 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Makes me a bit angry
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Let's do it and say we didn't.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 03:12 PM (vC80E)
All these folks came over here for the World Cup and are blown away by our generosity. We are so wealthy that we can buy complete strangers dinners and rides.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 05, 2026 03:12 PM (qFwJc)
Turned out there was a worn relay in the box. It would work when the box was laid on its back on the test bench, and would stop working when the box was stood up vertical when hung on the wall.
Just something to think about.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 05, 2026 02:47 PM (CSQvy)
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Those are the worst types of problems to figure out
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 05, 2026 03:12 PM (sDMsL)
A MOME after 2.5 hours of fireworks? Nice...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 05, 2026 03:14 PM (nbLIj)
A/C in domed stadiums. Huh?
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 05, 2026 03:15 PM (qFwJc)
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There's an easily accessible box above ground.in the area of the storage tank, I'll take a look. We get the usual spring invasion of ants.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 05, 2026 03:16 PM (+r0A9)
A/C in domed stadiums. Huh?
Posted by: no one of any consequence
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Questions will be asked, back home.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 03:17 PM (vC80E)
There's an easily accessible box above ground.in the area of the storage tank, I'll take a look. We get the usual spring invasion of ants.
Posted by: JM
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Turn the electricity off, first.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 03:18 PM (vC80E)
Uh. No. I am not spending money to be miserable. It's just too hot. Going bowling later. A/C is a First World Wonder.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 05, 2026 03:18 PM (qFwJc)
"Shortly after the Reflecting Pool reopened, it was plagued by an algae bloom. Crews poured in gallons of hydrogen peroxide, a compound used in paint removers, as one of the steps taken to rein in the algae.
Then observers began noticing shards of blue sealant peeling off the Reflecting Pool...."
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
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Yep, it "just happened."
Just like the Federal Agents, er, I mean the "Patriot Front" just showed up out of nowhere to march on the 4th of July....
Oddly, no American media outlets are even remotely interested in investigating who the "Patriot Front" people are, or who is behind their funding.
Posted by: Sam Adams at July 05, 2026 03:18 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026 03:18 PM (Ia/+0)
A/C in domed stadiums. Huh?
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 05, 2026 03:15 PM (qFwJc)
And the US only had to put the FIFA-approved turf into stadiums that already existed. No years of construction and related graft.
Posted by: Vendette at July 05, 2026 03:19 PM (pJK38)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 05, 2026 03:19 PM (ndZc7)
And the elite will respond "Shut up prole. We are trying to save the planet. You must do your part."
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 05, 2026 03:19 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 05, 2026 03:19 PM (D+BhG)
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026 03:20 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 05, 2026 03:20 PM (qFwJc)
Old-school phones use 90 VAC for a ringing voltage, more than enough to give you a zap.
He'd chained his dog to a phone company grounding terminal and over time the dog had worked it loose so it was making poor contact.
The ringing voltage would be sent from the office and zap the dog, making it howl and whine. It would also start pissing. However, there wasn't enough current to actually make the phone ring.
Once the ground was wet, the grounding terminal was again making good contact, avoiding the path through the dog and providing enough current sink to make the phone actually ring.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 05, 2026 03:21 PM (IG3/x)
A/C in domed stadiums. Huh?
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 05, 2026 03:15 PM (qFwJc)
Those air-conditioned stadiums are why it's so hot in Europe!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 05, 2026 03:22 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 05, 2026 03:22 PM (qFwJc)
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Saw a meme the other day. Dogs get more information from sniffing each other's butts than you get from watching CNN.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 05, 2026 03:23 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Savage Henry at July 05, 2026 02:19 PM (ZxPkt)
Living in a far-surburban (nearly exurban) whiteopia, I wandered off to scout an early spot for the fireworks show at the nearby elementary school, which has a remarkably large field (presumably set aside for future expansion). And I found such a perfect spot, with a 360-degree view of various high-power private residential shows, that I didn't want to leave and go get a folding chair, so I ended up just standing there for almost an hour before the 25-minute show even started.
But honestly, I spend more than enough time sitting. It was probably for the best. And it ended up being ideal for the main event too, less than 100 yards from the launchers, since they set up on the side of the field as far as possible from the school, right near my Perfect Spot.
Posted by: SciVo at July 05, 2026 03:23 PM (Sy6m/)
Once the ground was wet, the grounding terminal was again making good contact, avoiding the path through the dog and providing enough current sink to make the phone actually ring.
No shit Sherlock?
Posted by: Watson at July 05, 2026 03:23 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
And his frowning lackeys limply holding their little American flags looking like they'd rather be anywhere but where they were.
Posted by: Tuna at July 05, 2026 03:23 PM (lJ0H4)
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE FRANCE HAS LOTS OF ELECTRICITY FROM THEIR NUCLEAR PROGRAM. THEY COULD EASILY BUILD MORE CAPACITY FOR A/C.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 05, 2026 03:24 PM (qFwJc)
My phone always rings when I'm pissing.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 05, 2026 03:25 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 05, 2026 03:12 PM (IG3/x)
My disappointment began when I moved to California in '99. I was told that there is a related species out there, but they lack the luminescent trait of their Eastern cousins. Coming back to the east coast, fireflies had a prominent place in my list of things to look forward to. Here's hoping that itch gets scratched tomorrow night..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 05, 2026 03:25 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Tuna at July 05, 2026 03:23 PM (lJ0H4)
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Well he is not American, so...
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2026 03:25 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 05, 2026 03:25 PM (jehhT)
I could not live here without A/C.
Stupid Your a pee ans.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 05, 2026 03:29 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: fd at July 05, 2026 03:29 PM (MWfyi)
Yes, they all looked pretty grim, but a number of them were women wearing the hijab, so maybe they were looking forward to the Islamic revolution in the U.S.😠
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 05, 2026 03:31 PM (Bw1/o)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 05, 2026 03:33 PM (qFwJc)
https://tinyurl.com/enxkaeer
Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2026 03:34 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: fd at July 05, 2026 03:29 PM (MWfyi)
Paging Mr. Paolo! Will Mr. Paolo please pick up the white courtesy phone...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 05, 2026 03:34 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Make no mistake, that whole production number was a subtle message that I'm sure Mamdani put a lot of thought into. First of all, that desk is George Washington's desk. Second of all, he surrounded himself with hajib wearing "foreigners". Third of all, his wife didn't even participate because she was hopping a plane to Spain to participate in a Muslim retreat. Finally, his speech was condescending nonsense.
He's flipping Americans the bird. Make no mistake about that. It was a message more to the Muslims around the world that Hijrah and Da'wah progresses as planned delivered quite purposefully on the most patriotic of US holidays.
I don't usually pay much attention to these type theatrics, but this on infuriated me.
Posted by: Orson at July 05, 2026 03:35 PM (dIske)
Posted by: NaughtyPine at July 05, 2026 03:35 PM (cOQ4e)
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026 03:36 PM (Ia/+0)
When the male shows up all ready for sexyfuntime, she eats him.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 05, 2026 03:38 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
And his frowning lackeys limply holding their little American flags looking like they'd rather be anywhere but where they were.
Why, they're just like us. No difference, just good, loyal Americans who hate communism. I'll vote for them!
Mark it. This is the beginning of their push to "normalize" themselves for the fall elections.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2026 03:38 PM (Riz8t)
The reason I ask is this. The Diocese of Charleston states "The possession of firearms or other weapons on or in Diocesan property... Concealed weapons are not permitted..."
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 05, 2026 03:39 PM (qFwJc)
We paid a company to spray our yard for mosquitoes for a couple of years. The mosquitoes didn't seem to mind, but it absolutely destroyed the firefly population. We cancelled that "service" a couple of years ago, and now the fireflies are back in all their glorious numbers.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2026 03:40 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 05, 2026 03:40 PM (ndZc7)
When the male shows up all ready for sexyfuntime, she eats him.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 05, 2026 03:38 PM (IG3/x)
I actually remember a Mark Trail comic strip informing me of this very fact. Not sure if it was a different species of firefly or some other predator. What I am sure of is that I'm damned old...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 05, 2026 03:42 PM (nbLIj)
The reason I ask is this. The Diocese of Charleston states "The possession of firearms or other weapons on or in Diocesan property... Concealed weapons are not permitted..."
IANAL, but if I understood the ruling correctly, once the owner of the property explicitly states "no guns", then that is completely within their rights, as it should be. The case involved situations where it was assumed that that was the policy.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2026 03:42 PM (Riz8t)
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You betcha!
https://tinyurl.com/yu5r3j3z
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 05, 2026 03:43 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 05, 2026 03:43 PM (qFwJc)
https://tinyurl.com/bdesstww
I think of drones as the Kaboom of July 4 entertainments, but I have to admit they're getting better fast.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2026 03:44 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 05, 2026 03:44 PM (ndZc7)
I thought of you morons yesterday.
FWP of the part-time neighbors was that last year they got into a competition with the people on the other shore about who had the bigger fireworks.
Last night was spectacular. We all sat on the deck and watched the battle. Dad went inside after debris landed on his head, but he saw when the far shore's raft caught on fire. Wish you could have been there, if only to cheer on the drunks yelling "Fuck you, that's nothing!" and other taunts.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at July 05, 2026 03:45 PM (cOQ4e)
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026 03:45 PM (Ia/+0)
The reason I ask is this. The Diocese of Charleston states "The possession of firearms or other weapons on or in Diocesan property... Concealed weapons are not permitted..."
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 05, 2026 03:39 PM (qFwJc)
I think the case to which you're referring is Wolford v Lopez. The ruling was you can carry on private property open to the public unless the place expressly says you cannot. That is the case already in 45 states, so SCOTUS just got the remainder in line (this case came out of Hawaii). The diocese is doing what is required by putting up the sign.
Posted by: Vendette at July 05, 2026 03:46 PM (pJK38)
Apparently a couple of commie totalitarian states had passed laws that every place open to the public was a gun-free zone.
Posted by: PaleRider at July 05, 2026 03:46 PM (CFj4+)
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Probably that damn Musk!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 05, 2026 03:47 PM (ndZc7)
I would just like to thank the Horde for being the best community in the blogosphere. I've dipped my toes into many and I find every one of them severely wanting in every conceivable way.
This collection of cranks, crackpots, drunks, whoremongers and half-mad/half-insane maniacs still proves to be the most intelligent and awesome bunch of folks online. Hell yeah!
Posted by: Robert wants to see Rush, dammit! at July 05, 2026 03:47 PM (rOe2S)
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Yeah. It can be a problem.
Posted by: Red Green at July 05, 2026 03:49 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 05, 2026 03:49 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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He wanted everyone to know there was no goat under the table.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 03:51 PM (vC80E)
I've got plenty of solutions.
Posted by: bartender at July 05, 2026 03:51 PM (pSotA)
And his frowning lackeys limply holding their little American flags looking like they'd rather be anywhere but where they were.
Posted by: Tuna at July 05, 2026 03:23 PM (lJ0H4)
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I hate it when those America-haters pretend to love the country.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 05, 2026 03:52 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Braenyard
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Was it a partners desk with the drawers on both sides?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 05, 2026 03:53 PM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 05, 2026 02:29 PM (nbLIj)
Used to have lightning bugs from Jville to Micanopy down to Alligator Alley, anywheres about a mile from the shore.
Then the Yankees came...
Posted by: Zombie Osceloa at July 05, 2026 03:53 PM (g7saB)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 05, 2026 03:55 PM (Bw1/o)
Posted by: Tuna at July 05, 2026 03:23 PM
I suppose later on they'll realize that instead of him celebrating their naturalization, they were human props. Not unlike The Olde Country.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at July 05, 2026 03:56 PM (cOQ4e)
No. You're (I assume) thinking of Wolford v. Lopez where they said that a state law making every private business a no carry zone by default unless the owner explicitly said otherwise was unconstitutional.
The reason I ask is this. The Diocese of Charleston states "The possession of firearms or other weapons on or in Diocesan property... Concealed weapons are not permitted..."
As the private property owners, they are fully within their rights to do so. As it should be. You, of course, are fully within your rights to seek another diocese.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 05, 2026 03:57 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Braenyard
Ah. Like the Wizard of Oz, then.
"Pay no attention to that goat beneath the table!"
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 05, 2026 03:57 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Robert wants to see Rush, dammit!
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I will admit to crank.
Posted by: Savage Henry at July 05, 2026 03:58 PM (ZxPkt)
I was amused that while all the Paraguay players looked like Latin Americans almost all of the French players were...black.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 05, 2026 03:58 PM (sKqQm)
Hopefully that is it. I will sell as a project pickup with disclosure of the short that made the disconnect neccessary, but would be a harder sell if the pickup can't be started and it will be a royal PITA if I have to manually connect/disconnect battery.
Posted by: PaleRider at July 05, 2026 03:58 PM (CFj4+)
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Yeah. It can be a problem.
Posted by: Red Green
* golf clap * Well played, sir (or madam, I shouldn't assume).
Posted by: Oddbob at July 05, 2026 04:00 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2026 04:00 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: The cranks, crackpots, drunks, whoremongers and half-mad/half-insane maniacs at July 05, 2026 04:06 PM (2Ez/1)
My life goal is to overhear someone in the neighborhood say to someone else "Oh, that's just old Mr. Oddbob. He's harmless. (pause) Mostly."
Posted by: Oddbob at July 05, 2026 04:06 PM (vTZFs)
FOOD NOOD
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026 04:06 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Oddbob
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Pretty sure they already say that of me.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2026 04:08 PM (XeU6L)
Pathetic? Amusing? Pathetically amusing?
We don't chant for death. We deal it.
Rot in Piss, goatfucker.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 05, 2026 04:09 PM (Ot/FD)
They're just lucky that Trump was busy yesterday. Millions of legit targets in one place is hard to resist.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 05, 2026 04:11 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Robert
Who you callin' a whoremonger?
Posted by: mikeski at July 05, 2026 04:14 PM (VHUov)
No sign. Just a note in the bulletin.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 05, 2026 04:14 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: no one of any consequence
Your world sounds fun, where you can go to a movie about sheep detectives, and possibly not have to suspend disbelief.
Posted by: mikeski at July 05, 2026 04:15 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 05, 2026 04:23 PM (qFwJc)
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That H2O2 became H20 when the two mixed … but hey: They tried, yes?
Posted by: Dr_No at July 05, 2026 04:39 PM (ayRl+)
I hope they can solve the issue.
Posted by: PaleRider at July 05, 2026 06:22 PM (CFj4+)
The Declaration Of Independence Is As Important Today As It Was in 1776
It is depressingly axiomatic that our current crop of pathetic, ahistoric, crass, rapacious, unpatriotic sub-wits in our government have no understanding the unique drive for freedom and liberty that animated our founders.
And what makes it worse is that they have no appreciation for what those men created: a template for the greatest country in the history of Man. They think they can do better. They are wrong.In Congress, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
Read the rest at the National Archives
The list of grievances is fascinating, and the number that can be directed at our own government and its unelected bureaucratic autocracy is startling. It also illuminates the unchanging drive for power, and the wisdom of our founders to recognize it. The last one could describe the last two Democrat presidents!
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
Sound familiar. It is easy to dismiss the convulsions of our society as just another blip in the never-ending success of our glorious country. After all, America has survived 250 years, and the end result is absolutely amazing. But the transportation, the technology, the communication that the United States has mostly created for the world has conspired to create vulnerabilities that are new, and we are unsure how to protect our wonderful country from the depredations of the rest of the world, and the enemies within. Will we survive for another 250 years? That is up to us and our children and our grandchildren. I think that is the timeline for the survival of this great experiment.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 05, 2026 12:01 PM (y1wyK)
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
Sound familiar.
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Wagon drivers?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 05, 2026 12:03 PM (y1wyK)
Posted by: doug at July 05, 2026 12:04 PM (Hy+R4)
Posted by: Dr_No at July 05, 2026 12:05 PM (ayRl+)
While accusing Donald Trump of politicizing the 250th anniversary of the United States, Bill Clinton accuses President Trump of doing everything the Democrats are doing.
https://t.ly/j9nPp
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 05, 2026 12:05 PM (Cqx++)
Its lunch time
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026 12:06 PM (Ia/+0)
I wonder if there were loyalists back in the day arguing that raping and pillaging was worth being able to get authentic Indian food?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 05, 2026 12:06 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 05, 2026 12:06 PM (Kt19C)
The right isn't politicizing Independence Day we are celebrating our country but since the left hates our country they'll argue THAT is politicizing it
Posted by: 18-1 at July 05, 2026 12:08 PM (sKqQm)
Much is as it is today, if not what England is dokng to us as what the government is doing.
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026 12:08 PM (Ia/+0)
There is iron in these words.
Posted by: dantesed at July 05, 2026 12:08 PM (Oy/m2)
https://t.ly/j9nPp
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 05, 2026 12:05 PM (Cqx++)
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Lots of good people responded. Here's DataRepublican, sharp as a blade:
https://tinyurl.com/4kdjyte3
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 05, 2026 12:08 PM (y1wyK)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 05, 2026 12:08 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 05, 2026 12:09 PM (y1wyK)
And the TX Declaration of Independence every March 2.
“These, and other grievances, were patiently borne by the people of Texas, untill they reached that point at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue. We then took up arms in defence of the national constitution. We appealed to our Mexican brethren for assistance. Our appeal has been made in vain. Though months have elapsed, no sympathetic response has yet been heard from the Interior.
“We are, therefore, forced to the melancholy conclusion, that the Mexican people have acquiesced in the destruction of their liberty, and the substitution therfor of a military government; that they are unfit to be free, and incapable of self government.”
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 12:10 PM (4g5V+)
https://t.ly/j9nPp
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 05, 2026 12:05 PM (Cqx++)
Bet they were furious about yesterdays festivities...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 05, 2026 12:10 PM (FtULh)
The left only cares about outcomes so this shouldn't be a surprise.
The annoyance here is there is just enough controlled opposition to stop us from acting in kind.
The fact that Bill Clinton never went to prison is a stain on the country.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 05, 2026 12:10 PM (sKqQm)
I guess that's why "The United Colonies of America" never really caught on as a national moniker.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 05, 2026 12:11 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 05, 2026 12:08 PM (sKqQm)
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They still have diplomats in the US. And they still have somewhat of a sense of humo(u)r:
https://tinyurl.com/yvmftypb
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 05, 2026 12:11 PM (y1wyK)
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Projection is one the prime motivators of the street-level Left/Liberal/Prog/Dem psyche. Stir in some hypocrisy and narcissism, and there you have it.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2026 12:12 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 05, 2026 12:12 PM (ugElV)
Posted by: Don Black at July 05, 2026 12:13 PM (ZxPkt)
“(King George the Threeth) has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.”
This is why it is important to understand that the police ARE civilians.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 12:14 PM (4g5V+)
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Clinton is the original 'StainMaster' … knowhutimean?
Posted by: Dr_No at July 05, 2026 12:14 PM (ayRl+)
Posted by: Nazdar at July 05, 2026 12:15 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Don Black at July 05, 2026 12:13 PM (ZxPkt)
I saw just one fired at Halifax at the fort there for a demonstration. Concur. Covering my ears barely did it justice.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 12:15 PM (4g5V+)
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I think it's important to remind everyone that yesterday celebrated the announcement of the explanation for our forebears' decision to take up arms against their government (which they had been doing for quite some time).
It is reasonably recognized as the birthday of our nation.
It is not, however, the birth of our federal government. That, quite rightly, never gets any celebration.
Posted by: Methos at July 05, 2026 12:16 PM (vSvIl)
Ditto Hillary.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 05, 2026 12:15 PM (NcvvS)
Agree. But think Obama was much much much much worse
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 05, 2026 12:16 PM (ugElV)
"And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor."
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Nothing will happen.
Posted by: The Nothing Will Happen guy's great-great-great-great grandfather at July 05, 2026 12:16 PM (2Ez/1)
Elon Musk @elonmusk 6h
Replying to @TheAliceSmith
I read the Declaration of Independence out loud today with heartfelt conviction.
It is a work not just of genius, but also of a purity of soul that resonates to this very day.
See his numerous patriotic X posts over the last 2 days:
https://x.com/elonmusk/
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 05, 2026 12:16 PM (y1wyK)
Posted by: Dr_No
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The free press was incredible!
Posted by: The Gap at July 05, 2026 12:16 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026 12:17 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: man at July 05, 2026 12:17 PM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Over 39.46 Trillion and Growing at July 05, 2026 12:17 PM (g7saB)
It has been said we are not voting our way out of the rise of socialism/communism and that is true. Standing up and speaking out is the solution.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 12:17 PM (afJtY)
You're right in total effect, but with the Clintons there was so much evidence with which to prosecute them. Obama's offences were political; the Clintons' actually criminal.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 05, 2026 12:18 PM (NcvvS)
Nothing will happen.
Posted by: The guy who always says Nothing Will Happen Texas ancestors at July 05, 2026 12:19 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Dr_No at July 05, 2026 12:14 PM (ayRl+)
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"Devil on a blue dress" - Lewinsky rendition.
"Devil in a blue dress" - Epstein rendition.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 05, 2026 12:19 PM (y1wyK)
Posted by: Nazdar at July 05, 2026 12:15 PM (NcvvS)
Agree. But think Obama was much much much much worse
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No. Bidet the Forgettable is without doubt the worst - and most corrupt (which speaks volumes). Little Jilliekins comes in 2nd since she was 'The Enabler'. Mama, why don't we still use firing squads … ?
Posted by: Dr_No at July 05, 2026 12:19 PM (ayRl+)
The free press was incredible!
Posted by: The Gap
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The dress...hold it...I might be treading on Piper's turf.
Anyway: https://shorturl.at/IrOSU
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2026 12:19 PM (XeU6L)
It has been said we are not voting our way out of the rise of socialism/communism and that is true. Standing up and speaking out is the solution.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 12:17 PM (
Absolutely. Voting is a PART of participation in government.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 12:20 PM (4g5V+)
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
Posted by: Still in the Courfe of human events at July 05, 2026 12:20 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Don Black at July 05, 2026 12:21 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 05, 2026 12:06 PM (sKqQm)
At 3am
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 12:22 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Don Black at July 05, 2026 12:21 PM
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Likewise on the riverbank in the Old Dumb Union.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 05, 2026 12:24 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 12:24 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 05, 2026 12:06 PM (sKqQm)
At 3am
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 12:22 PM (4g5V+)
No GrubHub back then. Or drive-throughs. Trot up on your horse for two orders of pemmican and a slab of salted buffalo?
Posted by: Where else can you get rape at 3am but NYC? at July 05, 2026 12:25 PM (TbWk/)
His fuckin attention.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 12:24 PM (afJtY)
Not always.
Posted by: Senator McConnell's Chief of Staff at July 05, 2026 12:29 PM (c3YdQ)
I'd really like to see Trump take the members of Congress who obviously represent people other than Americans to task. Ilhan Omar for example, who represents her Somali brethren, not Americans. Or any of the other representatives who constantly bitch and moan about Palestine. Or whatever.
These people need to be exiled.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 05, 2026 12:31 PM (jehhT)
His fuckin attention.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 12:24 PM (afJtY)
I'm in CA... It would probably get me arrested....
Posted by: It's me donna at July 05, 2026 12:32 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 05, 2026 12:12 PM (ugElV)
Agreed...he was too enamored of the French Revolution.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 05, 2026 12:33 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 12:33 PM (afJtY)
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Projection is one the prime motivators of the street-level Left/Liberal/Prog/Dem psyche. Stir in some hypocrisy and narcissism, and there you have it.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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Yesterday History Channel was running a program on George Washington. Not having seen any history portrayed on History Channel in years, I eagerly tuned in.
The first thing I saw was Bill Clinton holding forth on his perceptions of George Washington. I had the channel changed before he out five words.
Posted by: Sam Adams at July 05, 2026 12:34 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 05, 2026 12:35 PM (IQ6Gq)
Despite the commies, if America hadn't endured all of us would be getting regular visits from Scotland Yard over what we post on AOS and either fined or arrested
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With More Quality Fapness at July 05, 2026 12:35 PM (fapp/)
Dubois Wyoming Military Museum celebrates 250th by crushing cars with tanks.
Cowboy State Daily has the story.
America!
Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 12:35 PM (/QHx4)
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they did have some large wagshambas though
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With More Quality Fapness at July 05, 2026 12:36 PM (fapp/)
https://tinyurl.com/4dn8djj2
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 05, 2026 12:37 PM (+wdeh)
Cowboy State Daily has the story.
America!
Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 12:35 PM (/QHx4)
I love Dubois and the Wind River valley. Heaven on earth.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at July 05, 2026 12:38 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 12:38 PM (afJtY)
He's buried in a crypt at a private church still standing today and active AFAIK, I always intended to go and pay my respects but I did get a second best opportunity visiting his home which is still beautifully kept by US Parks
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With More Quality Fapness at July 05, 2026 12:38 PM (fapp/)
Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 12:38 PM (/QHx4)
The United States is more than just the best and most free country on the planet. We are beacon of hope and freedom for the entire world and recently a whole new generation of people from around the world have learned that.
I've never been more optimistic about this little experiment.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2026 12:39 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger
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We have a list.
Posted by: Bob, at the NSA at July 05, 2026 12:40 PM (XeU6L)
Kudos for recognizing what I done and how I had sourced it, but he was still nothing but a statist RINO.
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at July 05, 2026 12:41 PM (KqLd6)
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they did have some large wagshambas though
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With More Quality Fapness at July 05, 2026 12:36 PM (fapp/)
Even TJ saw the problems with the French Revolution well afterwards.
They have a statue of TJ in Paris.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 12:42 PM (4g5V+)
Despite the commies, if America hadn't endured all of us would be getting regular visits from Scotland Yard over what we post on AOS and either fined or arrested
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I doubt there'd even be an internet much less the personal devices we use to access it.
Posted by: Methos at July 05, 2026 12:42 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 05, 2026 12:33 PM (l4RKn)
Yes, too much a Francophile for my taste. Excused the excesses of their revolution which I’ve never understood.
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 05, 2026 12:42 PM (26GAh)
Last year I'd guess the attendance was 110 or so. This year it was 214.
I am optimistic.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2026 12:42 PM (Riz8t)
So they do this: https://tinyurl.com/5ab79369
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 05, 2026 12:43 PM (jehhT)
The United States is more than just the best and most free country on the planet. We are beacon of hope and freedom for the entire world and recently a whole new generation of people from around the world have learned that.
I've never been more optimistic about this little experiment.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Reagan on America " It's the American vision of creating a new nation of free people, a country that would be a light unto the nations, and a shining city upon a hill. "
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2026 12:44 PM (XeU6L)
His fuckin attention.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 12:24 PM (afJtY)
Not always.
Posted by: Senator McConnell's Chief of Staff at July 05, 2026 12:29 PM (c3YdQ)
I know what you mean, man. Fuck my district. I’ll give them some red meat, but beyond that, they don’t need to know what I do in the TX HR. Idiots.
Posted by: Rep. Ken King, TX HR at July 05, 2026 12:45 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: RebeccaH at July 05, 2026 12:45 PM (VFung)
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We should never forget the virtue of bitching about shit that could be better *and then fixing it* rather than keeping a stiff upper lip and accepting the way things "just are."
Posted by: Methos at July 05, 2026 12:45 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at July 05, 2026 12:46 PM (3ImbR)
Oh, Bill. It's so cute that you think anyone still gives a s*** about your opinion on anything. You were a terrible president, but you've been an even worse ex-president, which is hard to do.
In the words of Critical Drinker, "go away now"!
Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2026 12:47 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Methos at July 05, 2026 12:16 PM (vSvIl)
You don’t remember the 200th anniversary of the Constitution in September 1987?
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 12:47 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 05, 2026 12:48 PM (Bw1/o)
+1
Posted by: Nazdar at July 05, 2026 12:48 PM (NcvvS)
In the words of Critical Drinker, "go away now"!
Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2026 12:47 PM (Riz8t)
Dude will be 80 on August 19.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 12:48 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Ian S. at July 05, 2026 12:49 PM (QZThv)
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THAT'S THE OLDEST TRICK IN THE CLINTON FAMILY BOOK OF SCORCHED EARTH POLITICS.
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at July 05, 2026 12:49 PM (X8xt3)
No, what?
They declared that all men are created equal. Imagine what the laborers and serfs would think!
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 05, 2026 12:50 PM (fyPzL)
The White House official X account named Hillary's "Happy birthday to this future president" as the greatest social media post of all time, so he probably was forced to defend her (dis)honor.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 05, 2026 12:50 PM (QZThv)
I don't bother anymore.
If we lived in a country where even a small minority of people took that shit remotely seriously, there would be no such thing as a United States anymore. It would have been unceremoniously swept into the bin decades ago, and be called something else.
Our ruling class makes George III's look like purring pussycats, but the course of human events passed up these ideas, at least in our time and place.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 05, 2026 12:51 PM (BI5O2)
You're right in total effect, but with the Clintons there was so much evidence with which to prosecute them. Obama's offences were political; the Clintons' actually criminal.
I disagree vehemently. Obama attempted to turn the entire apparatus of the state against the American people to secure his own power. Yes, Clinton was a criminal, but Obama was the worst traitor this country has ever known.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2026 12:52 PM (Riz8t)
No, what?
They declared that all men are created equal. Imagine what the laborers and serfs would think!
Leftism is "I want to be the aristocracy" all the way down.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 05, 2026 12:53 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 12:47 PM (4g5V+)
Not in the slightest.
I assume, based on the way the Constitution is typically discussed, that anyone marking the occasion would be talking about the document and the wisdom of trying to limit government, rather than celebrating the foul pit of corruption that is D.C.
Posted by: Methos at July 05, 2026 12:53 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Weasel at July 05, 2026 12:54 PM (zqeQL)
Not that they personally ever respond to their constituents. Or care.
And I question what sort of agenda their staffers have as they're likely the ones interfacing with the public anyway.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 05, 2026 12:54 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Weasel at July 05, 2026 12:54 PM (zqeQL)
Their love for the U.S. including the freedom and the food is absolutely infectious.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at July 05, 2026 12:56 PM (z51w/)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 05, 2026 12:57 PM (26GAh)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 05, 2026 12:58 PM (26GAh)
I've never been more optimistic about this little experiment."
*Stands. Doffs cap in salute*
Posted by: man at July 05, 2026 12:59 PM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 01:00 PM (afJtY)
This Mamdani-style anti-American chic that gets gushing reviews from self-hating upper class neurotics is just a revived late-sixties/early 70s fad that was boring and stupid then, and still is now.
Yeah, I don’t know that Mamdani is even worth responding to seriously because DSA rhetoric is just an incoherent pastiche of ideological slop that last had real salience more than 50 years ago.
A meta-criticism pointing out that retarded theater kids have commandeered a major political party yet lack the requisite cognitive capacity to form a coherent ideological narrative for what they’re doing is probably closer to the target than responding to his midwit provocations in earnest.
https://tinyurl.com/4hcf5a96
Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2026 01:01 PM (Riz8t)
Completely disappointed
Posted by: From about That Time at July 05, 2026 01:02 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 01:03 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: Monica Lewinsky's ex-boyfriend's wife at July 05, 2026 01:04 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: muldoon at July 05, 2026 01:05 PM (I0N4X)
Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 05, 2026 01:05 PM (DZ9Lv)
The theme the other night was of course around the 4th. Lot's of power to the people and revolution shit, and it occurred to me that these people have been bitching about all the same things for my entire life. No way to go through life, and no wonder so many are perpetually unhappy with it.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 05, 2026 01:05 PM (QaH55)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2026 12:52 PM
*****
Heh.
Do they have a big honkin' bridge named after them?
Well, do they?
Posted by: The ghost of Woodrow Wilson at July 05, 2026 01:08 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Ben Had
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Yeah, I know. What I was wondering was if that's a requirement, law or what.
I would imagine they'd rather not. If permitted.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 05, 2026 01:11 PM (jehhT)
This is how it was at the celebration at the nearby city park. Lots of young kids and parents having a blast eating ice cream, facepainting, bicycle parade, etc. In the boathouse was a band playing the old standbys, but then they had to pause and launch into a long speech about how it's vital that we ALL must vote to Save Our Democracy(tm) and on and on. Not subtle.
Meanwhile the families continued having a blast being normal.
It's people like that dude that have made the "boomer" pejorative so popular. Still thinks he's fightin' The Man as he comfortably enjoys a holiday in a nice, safe neighborhood.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 05, 2026 01:12 PM (X8xt3)
Now we have this shameless, corrupt coward Thune stabbing us in the back every day, openly working to secure Democrat victories, and we have no national voice calling him out.
Posted by: Sam Adams at July 05, 2026 01:14 PM (X+xvk)
When I was a lot younger and even more cynical I I thought that was a nice sentiment from a politician. A lot of travel and meeting people and seeing the world for myself made me realize just how true those words are.
Just in the last year or so Latin America has done a 180 and elected, for lack of a better term, 7 rightwing leaders after years of socialism/communism. That wasn't some cosmic accident. The world watches the US and follows no matter what the media says. When we are weak bad things happen to us and them. When we are strong they stand up.
We're just getting started.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2026 01:15 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Lizzy
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You never see a twinkle of happiness in the eye of an old hippie.
Posted by: muldoon at July 05, 2026 01:16 PM (I0N4X)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 05, 2026 01:17 PM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026 01:18 PM (Ia/+0)
I assume, based on the way the Constitution is typically discussed, that anyone marking the occasion would be talking about the document and the wisdom of trying to limit government, rather than celebrating the foul pit of corruption that is D.C.
Posted by: Methos at July 05, 2026 12:53 PM (vSvIl)
I was in school at the time and that was most certainly done.
In my stamp collection I have some old stamps from the time that contain sections of the Preamble.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 01:19 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Archimedes
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"I've got a pen and I've got a phone - and I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions and administrative actions that move the ball forward" --Barack Obama
One of his most arrogant declarations. He speaks not to the responsibilty of the President, but to his own ego/narcissism.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2026 01:19 PM (XeU6L)
>>@espn
>>Breaking: Folarin Balogun will be available to play in USA's Round of 16 match against Belgium on Monday, FIFA announced.
>>The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has suspended the red card issued to the USA striker during their Round of 32 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2026 01:20 PM (viF8m)
The following is a list of the 27 grievances in the DoI and a contextual analysis of each one in detail. FASCINATING WORK. Several items I was not aware of, particularly the framing of the rights of the people to assume power as accepted fact in the context of the 1688 "Glorious Revolution".
LINK: https://tinyurl.com/5eakvxvw
Posted by: mrp at July 05, 2026 01:22 PM (rj6Yv)
>>@espn
>>Breaking: Folarin Balogun will be available to play in USA's Round of 16 match against Belgium on Monday, FIFA announced.
>>The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has suspended the red card issued to the USA striker during their Round of 32 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2026 01:20 PM (viF8m)
Damn, gotta put away the little red card so I can lose it again and frantically look for it again after running on to the field after a soccer player stubs his toe on the grass…
Posted by: Soccer official at July 05, 2026 01:23 PM (4g5V+)
All of our original documents are simply written. Yet they've had more political impact than any other political documents ( Bible excluded "
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 05, 2026 01:23 PM (1OoAs)
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16m
FIFA have suspended the red card USMNT striker Folarin Balogun received in the match against Bosnia-Herzegovina, meaning he is available to face Belgium in the Round of 16
Posted by: Savage Henry at July 05, 2026 01:25 PM (ZxPkt)
One of his most arrogant declarations. He speaks not to the responsibilty of the President, but to his own ego/narcissism.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2026 01:19 PM (XeU6L)
Not to mention He never figured out how to work with Congress or bothered to want to learn. He demanded everyone bend over and kiss His ass because He was President. I’m surprised He never tried to dissolve Congress and rule America by decree.
Posted by: Cos Demon at July 05, 2026 01:26 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Cow Demon
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Here's pic of all four stamps; https://shorturl.at/92XPr
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2026 01:29 PM (XeU6L)
obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither
We are clearly of two minds on this one anymore.
Requires a lot of chewing to swallow in our current situation.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 05, 2026 01:31 PM (zdLoL)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 05, 2026 01:32 PM (JDH8J)
Posted by: Cos Demon
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Don't forget his proposal of a National police force.
" we need a “civilian national security force” that is “just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded” as the U.S. military?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2026 01:33 PM (XeU6L)
...thinks he's fightin' The Man as he comfortably enjoys a holiday in a nice, safe neighborhood.
Posted by: Lizzy
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Heh. I always enjoyed this commercial:
https://youtu.be/ZG-VB5xb6KM
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 05, 2026 01:33 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 05, 2026 01:33 PM (26GAh)
Posted by: Buck Ofama, K4WTJ at July 05, 2026 01:33 PM (z6ONu)
https://tinyurl.com/3uccn6ps
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 05, 2026 01:35 PM (daUIH)
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at July 05, 2026 01:35 PM (j7INY)
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 05, 2026 01:36 PM (2Ez/1)
" we need a “civilian national security force” that is “just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded” as the U.S. military?
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Every Federal agency/bureau/department has an armed, paramilitary group. Education, for example, has, or had a massive, well funded military group armed with military grade small arms and MRAPs.
All Obama had to do was activate the various groups and he'd have his private army. Why he didn't is debatable.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 05, 2026 01:37 PM (jehhT)
They want it for themselves, and would take it forever without remorse.
It's a cudgel, nothing more.
Posted by: ... at July 05, 2026 01:38 PM (vE0+H)
" we need a “civilian national security force” that is “just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded” as the U.S. military?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2026 01:33 PM (XeU6L)
And in the ensuing day, they removed it from the speech transcript. Curious.
Posted by: ... at July 05, 2026 01:40 PM (vE0+H)
Enjoy!
http://bit.ly/3SBgToS
Posted by: Half Dozen at July 05, 2026 01:40 PM (wmpJF)
They want it for themselves, and would take it forever without remorse.
It's a cudgel, nothing more.
Posted by ...
They believe in nothing but raw power.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 05, 2026 01:41 PM (GquHV)
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I do not agree with this analysis. I think their understanding of what was done is shallow, ahistorical, and tainted by ideology.
They have no idea and further, don't care either.
They are totally wrong, yet supremely confident.
They turn from history and gaze in the mirror all day. They are Narcissus.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2026 01:45 PM (RIvkX)
Completely disappointed
Having grown up in New England but now long gone, I am neither shocked or surprised.
Posted by: USMCMGB at July 05, 2026 01:47 PM (LNVkW)
All Obama had to do was activate the various groups and he'd have his private army. Why he didn't is debatable.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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My theory: Incompetence and ignorance. He'd need the brains to inquire whether resources already existed and if so how they might be consolidated and activated. WAYYYY too much work. Thank God the guy wasn't energetic.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 05, 2026 01:49 PM (mmrXZ)
That this will never be achieved in the way they think never enters their little pea brains.
But it's something the powers that be use as an agitation mechanism to get them to harass us.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 05, 2026 01:49 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2026 12:47 PM (Riz8t)
Dude will be 80 on August 19.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 12:48 PM (4g5V+)
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Male. Chauvinist. Pig.
Dirty. Old. Man.
Both work.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2026 01:50 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026 01:50 PM (Ia/+0)
Obama just openly worked for America's enemies. His Rules of Engagement in Afghanistan prohibited American soldiers from firing on hostiles if those hostiles simply put their weapons down. His declaration that he would "always side with the Muslims" was entirely accurate. Under Obama, we stopped investigating radical Islam in America. In fact, we brought members of the Muslim Brotherhood in to help write the guidelines for our intelligence agencies. Obama also shipped hundreds of billions of dollars, in cash, to the terrorist regime in Iran.
The entire Democrat Party is working for America's enemies. The proof is all around us.
Posted by: Sam Adams at July 05, 2026 01:51 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 05, 2026 01:49 PM (mmrXZ)
Yeah. Replace him with, say, MummyDummy or Van Jones and things are likely to get spicy before it's over.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 05, 2026 01:51 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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The guy had *zero* experience with real life. The same might be said for most politicians.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2026 01:51 PM (XeU6L)
We made up for it.
Posted by: man at July 05, 2026 01:52 PM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Sid at July 05, 2026 01:53 PM (0HJrI)
Posted by: Eromero at July 05, 2026 01:55 PM (bEwGx)
I wonder if there were loyalists back in the day arguing that raping and pillaging was worth being able to get authentic Indian food?
Posted by: 18-1
The succotash was to die for!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at July 05, 2026 01:55 PM (s9VOe)
And freedom to run our own lives
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026 01:55 PM (Ia/+0)
I assume it's the same sisters - think I caught their Grand Canyon episode - that was a keeper. Never mind the Canyon itself, but experiencing the freedom to just up and go, drive several hundred miles to get there...
Posted by: MD_Mike at July 05, 2026 01:55 PM (6oVhu)
That's the Sunday am talking point.
Now ask "how much would that trust be worth if it had the same rate of return as the Pelosi's? AOC? Ro ro?"
Heh
Posted by: man at July 05, 2026 01:57 PM (cGjQu)
[sigh]
C'mon 'Sid', give us some concrete data. Moreover, compared to most notable Dems, Trump is a piker so far as wealth multiplication while in office. Sanders? Pelosi? Etc., et al.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2026 01:58 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Eromero at July 05, 2026 01:55 PM
.......
Pfffft. She's a piker.
Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at July 05, 2026 01:59 PM (2Ez/1)
By the way, on what should have been the biggest night of summer, the major shopping and restaurant district of Newport Beach in California had to shut down yesterday. The beaches were cleared by mounted police. I'll let you guess who showed up.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 05, 2026 02:01 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026 02:03 PM (Ia/+0)
Exactly. By “politicizing” they mean “celebrating”.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 05, 2026 02:05 PM (kYmoU)
They think they can do better."
The Loyalists continued to live among us even after we defeated their cause. From the end of the war, they schemed to deliver the Unites States back to their god-king. Those efforts continue. Just as they enlisted the savage indian tribes to help in those early battles, they now make common cause with the islamist savages to terrorize and kill us into submission. It's not that they think they can do better. They think they are better...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 05, 2026 02:07 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Cos Demon at July 05, 2026 02:10 PM (4g5V+)
" we need a “civilian national security force” that is “just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded” as the U.S. military?
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Every Federal agency/bureau/department has an armed, paramilitary group. Education, for example, has, or had a massive, well funded military group armed with military grade small arms and MRAPs.
All Obama had to do was activate the various groups and he'd have his private army. Why he didn't is debatable.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 05, 2026 01:37 PM (jehhT)
I think it’s is despicable and unnecessary for ISDs in TX to have police forces. We have enough fed LE as it is. And He wanted more???
Posted by: Cos Demon at July 05, 2026 02:13 PM (4g5V+)
Their love for the U.S. including the freedom and the food is absolutely infectious.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at July 05, 2026 12:56 PM (z51w/)
I've been following them for a while. I've nearly been brought to tears by their love of the country and its people. They are amazed by the simple things we take for granted. A trip to Home Depot put them over the moon. The Grand Canyon nearly brought them to tears. Made me see our wonderful country through a new set of eyes.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 05, 2026 02:32 PM (5xuJ/)
FFS those black powder muskets were deafening.
Posted by: Don Black
I fired one at a scouting event years ago. Its owner said that I needed merely to brush the trigger for it to fire. He was not joking and, to my surprise, I hit the target.
Very loud it was, though.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at July 05, 2026 02:34 PM (s9VOe)
FFS those black powder muskets were deafening.
Posted by: Don Black
I fired one at a scouting event years ago. Its owner said that I needed merely to brush the trigger for it to fire. He was not joking and, to my surprise, I hit the target.
Very loud it was, though.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
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Used to go black powder shooting with friends. One of whom was ex-SS. He generally hit what he aimed at.
I'm thinking about mounting the Griswald& Gunnison in a display box.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2026 02:39 PM (XeU6L)
I find this part of particular importance. It's a direct answer, from 250 years ago, to the common argument that it's stupid to believe in or support the Constitution because "it's just a piece of paper". When you dig a little, what they're usually arguing is that there is no such thing as natural rights, so people arguing for them are just stupid (which inevitably leads to the left's "politics is purely the exercise of power" and "morality is purely subjective" positions).
They like to pretend that patriots believe the Constitution has magic powers or something, but these words make it abundantly clear that the Founders saw natural rights as both existing and in need of enforcement. True natural rights are absolutely real as consequences of the human condition, but enforcing those rights is up to us. And when a government leaves its proper role and becomes destructive to them, it should be dissolved and replaced.
Posted by: Cortillaen at July 05, 2026 04:21 PM (1cPuw)
Book Thread: July 5th, 2026 (MP4)
https://tinyurl.com/8n8dd49y So ask the barman for a cocktail, covfefe or tea and let’s get started! ‘we hold these truths to be self-evident’ By the time this is posted, I expect Independence Day will be behind us. What will happen that day? Nationwide hate-Trump riots? More “No Kings” marches? Democrat politicians of all skin hues and aspirations lecturing Americans about the inherent, inborn, unforgivable evil that is the United States? I don’t know. I do know that the 250th anniversary will be (or was) a sadder, more divisive and ultimately poorer celebration than that of 1976. During the Bicentennial, I had the pleasure of visiting Filthadelphia, where I saw the meeting room of the Continental Congress (much smaller than that version seen in 1776) and came away with a copy of Edmund Morgan’s The Meaning of Independence, a collection of three lectures he gave in 1975 regarding Adams, Washington and Jefferson. It was the first book I had ever bought regarding the Revolution and to this day I still pick up the occasional volume that catches my eye. Allow me to mention a few: Spies of the Revolution by Katherine and John Bakeless. My copy is from Scholastic Book Services and is a YA adaptation of their 1959 Turncoats, Traitors and Heroes. It’s a fad these days to write about Washington’s network of spies, but the Bakelesses covered that and more decades ago. A.G. Langguth’s Patriots: The Men Who Started the American Revolution is, IMO, probably the best one-volume history of the Revolution and one written to appeal to all reading levels, charting the course of the conflict from the Stamp Act all the way to Yorktown and beyond. For a close look at the Declaration itself, Pauline Maier’s American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence is a must-have. She examines not only the writing of the Declaration, but its antecedents, its mirror declarations in various colonies and how, in the 19th century, the document itself was ‘sanctified.’ An appendix reprints Jefferson’s original draft, enabling you to see how and where he was improved or watered down. Thomas Fleming’s Liberty: The American Revolution was a companion volume to the 1997 PBS series. It’s a lavishly-illustrated book which begins in the aftermath of the French and Indian War, proceeding through the various Parliamentary attempts to squeeze money from the colonies and on into war, victory and the framing of the Constitution. And, of course, if you happen to prowl used bookshops, you might come across any one of the various American Heritage books about the Revolution, colonial settlement or American history. An excellent example is their two-volume 200 Years: A Bicentennial Illustrated History of the United States. And I can’t finish without mentioning Westholme Publishing, who specialize in the 18th century and have a companion website, Journal of the American Revolution. I’m looking forward to the publication of City Tavern: The Founding Table by Becky Libourel Diamond. What about you? What books captured your imagination or influenced your thinking about independence? Will our 300th anniversary be as celebratory as 1976, or are we a rusty clock, winding down to a sad, empty silence? [A Personal Request:
My new Theda Bara novel, Ten Thousand Midnights, is at reading draft stage and I'm looking for a few people to share thoughts. If you've read my first two, you know the scene - silent star Theda Bara is an amateur detective along with her makeup artist Toby Swanson. The new book has her asked by the LA police to help solve the 1922 murder of Paramount director William Desmond Taylor. If you're interested, email me at christopherdigrazia@gmail.com and I'll send you a word file and what I'm looking for.]
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2026 08:55 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 05, 2026 08:56 AM (c3YdQ)
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026 08:57 AM (Ia/+0)
How contemporary for you, MP. Not even a hobble skirt. Are you feeling well?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2026 08:58 AM (1Ff7Z)
They pulled the curtains to keep the sun out, and the spying
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026 09:00 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2026 09:01 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 09:02 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 05, 2026 09:02 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: gp at July 05, 2026 09:02 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: JTB at July 05, 2026 09:04 AM (yTvNw)
Sad to say reading revolutionary books in today's state makes you wonder if they would have done it knowing what miscreants and evildoers are perpetrating on this country.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2026 09:04 AM (1Ff7Z)
Howdy, Horde.
Not much reading this week either. Have started Karamazov and am almost a third of the way in, but started feeling like reading something else, so am now halfway through a revisit on A Farewell to Arms which I read who knows how long ago and about which I recall almost nothing. Can't seem to stay with anything really long these days.
Hope everyone's had a pleasant 4th.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 05, 2026 09:04 AM (q3u5l)
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Without some major changes in demography and policy, we won't make it another 25 years. Our enemies have been fighting 50 years for our destruction while we deny they even exist.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2026 09:04 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Cunningham was the shit. The Italian navy was no joke.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 05, 2026 09:07 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 05, 2026 09:04 AM (q3u5l)
I recall everything!!
Posted by: Michelle Fields at July 05, 2026 09:07 AM (1Ff7Z)
One of the "perks" of an extended power outage is that there's not much else to do besides read.
I finished two books yesterday and started a third.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 05, 2026 09:07 AM (FZ29D)
MP4, I'll send you a note today.
As for my reading adventures: I finished S.M. Stirling's first in his alternate Roman Empire series, To Turn the Tide, and am deep into its sequel, The Winds of Time. The setup: In 2032, a professor of ancient history (and former combat soldier) and four of his graduate students are catapulted in time, a second before a fusion bomb destroys Vienna, back to 165 AD, during Marcus Aurelius's reign. The time machine's inventor was killed in the time flip; but he had been preparing to avoid the coming nuclear holocaust. So the professor and his students have some antibiotics, models of machinery and textbooks, laptops and phones -- and knowledge of techniques and technology the world does not yet have.
They are not considered madmen or executed as wizards. They all speak Latin and some Greek, and with the friendship of a Jewish merchant, begin to introduce new tech to the Empire: the wheelbarrow, an improved sickle, saddles with stirrups, and much more. The two novels are rather Heinlein-esque, in that you are being educated in tech and economics while enjoying every second of it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 09:08 AM (wzUl9)
Writer Henry James very reluctantly teams up with the Legendary Sherlock Holmes to solve a murder mystery, while Holmes battles heroin addiction and undergoes the existential crisis of not knowing if he is, in fact, a real person, or is merely a character in Dr. Watson's numerous recountings of his adventures.
An excellent premise well-crafted.
Posted by: Sharkman at July 05, 2026 09:10 AM (/RHNq)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2026 09:04 AM (1Ff7Z)
I think yes, absolutely. But if anyone could have foreseen Marx and Mao, they would have made appropriate pre-emptive law.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 05, 2026 09:10 AM (h7ZuX)
His other works like The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress carried me along in that vein.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 09:11 AM (wzUl9)
Ive been reworking my story a graat romance set in bosnia a colonisl epic set in aden and a caper in marbella thats 60,000 words
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at July 05, 2026 09:13 AM (y3wWc)
But there was some interesting speculation. This was the era when English soldiers first stated dressing in their distinctive red coat. The book mentioned that we don't know much about the development of the redcoat costume; which sent me down a mental rabbit-hole. The red overcoat, that makes a certain amount of sense, from a practical standpoint. But the big lapels along the full height of the coat, the giant cuffs, the colored interior lining, and all the lace and decorations....That all seems very odd. Especially on a common soldier. And yet, at some point, it all made sense for the people who authorized it. Kinda makes me wonder why that all those decisions were made the way they were....
Posted by: Castle Guy at July 05, 2026 09:13 AM (3v7ra)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 05, 2026 09:10 AM (h7ZuX)
It was only around 70 years between the Declaration and the commie manifesto.
Posted by: Michelle Fields at July 05, 2026 09:14 AM (1Ff7Z)
Read The 1000 orcs a few days ago. Pretty good story and blissfully unwokified.
Posted by: Will Robinson at July 05, 2026 09:15 AM (4a6AT)
Oh, yeah, same fireworks racket into the night.
Posted by: Weak Geek at July 05, 2026 09:16 AM (IDILA)
Detoured for a while during and after college into being a good little lefty but came back to my senses after seeing the reactions to Reagan's SDI proposals.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 05, 2026 09:16 AM (q3u5l)
In other words, as the American professor thinks, they are in for the same division within humanity -- competing political systems -- that led to nuclear bombs 2000 years hence.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 09:16 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Zoltan at July 05, 2026 09:17 AM (VOrDg)
Posted by: Tuna at July 05, 2026 09:18 AM (lJ0H4)
And ...
I'm trying a new approach to whittling my TBR list. Specifically, reading books I've acquired as gifts. So I've boarded "Von Ryan's Express" by David Westheimer.
Col. Joseph Ryan enters a POW camp in Italy and, as the senior officer, takes command and whips his slovenly charges into shape. His abrasive approach earns him the soubriquet "Von Ryan," but the men learn again to comport themselves as officers. But now Italy has surrendered, the guards have abandoned the camp -- and I still have half a book to go. Something's bound to go wrong. And it will likely involve a train.
Posted by: Weak Geek at July 05, 2026 09:18 AM (IDILA)
Posted by: JTB at July 05, 2026 09:04 AM (yTvNw)
I love it. I've been sitting outside on the porch as much as possible. AC gets too cold for me. So, I get cold, and then I go out in the sauna for a couple of hours, come in and cool off, repeat.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 05, 2026 09:18 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 05, 2026 09:19 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: Castle Guy at July 05, 2026
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A method of instilling pride within the soldier, a patriotic sensibility that would make him feel he was part of an elite within an elite, perhaps.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 09:19 AM (wzUl9)
Now look at the 250th. Is the country not in a more prosperous state now than it was in 1976? There’s less of a need for escapism this go around.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 09:19 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Weak Geek at July 05, 2026 09:16 AM (IDILA)
It went on a lot longer than usual in the neighborhood last night. I swear one of the people in the area shot off more than the show at the business down the street. I stood in the back yard and saw fireworks coming from every point of the compass. Too many people were doing it, so the police did nothing.*
*Roman candles are illegal here, but the Injuns sell them.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2026 09:20 AM (1Ff7Z)
Happy start of Year 251 of the the greatest nation in history!
Congrats on nearing the finish line on Theda bk3, MP4
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 05, 2026 09:21 AM (ZBho7)
It was also an interesting change of pace to see a main character who was actually brought low by his failures. (Aka, Fort Necessity) A real 'second act low point' is rare in this age of Mary Sues and Girlbosses. Anyways, this made Washington's subsequent redemption all the more cathartic to watch.
Posted by: Castle Guy at July 05, 2026 09:22 AM (3v7ra)
Posted by: Colin at July 05, 2026 09:22 AM (CiQE7)
But I've gotten interested in this. It's funny, which is a nice change from my usual selections. I feel like I'm in the game, without having to learn how to play it. It's a nice diversion, and I'll keep reading.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 05, 2026 09:23 AM (h7ZuX)
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Without some major changes in demography and policy, we won't make it another 25 years. Our enemies have been fighting 50 years for our destruction while we deny they even exist.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2026 09:04 AM
Defeatist cynicism is an arrogance that we too know an outcome – we do not. Our Creator expects us to fight for good until He ends the game, not us.
Posted by: Robert W. Pratt at July 05, 2026 09:23 AM (4g5V+)
I enjoy books that cover STEM type topics. I enjoyed Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Deming's Out of the Crisis, a book titled The God Particle by Leon Max Lederman, and a book of essays called The World Within the World, by John Barrow.
I've gotten very interested in the history of math, but haven't had time to devote to it. I do want to say that Euler is among the greatest geniuses to have ever lived, and possibly he is the greatest. My opinion.
Posted by: meh at July 05, 2026 09:24 AM (zZxsY)
Depends on how you measure it, what the criteria and so forth. I’m going to argue some things are better. Mostly a lot worse, and not a prescription for confidence going forward
Posted by: Common Tater at July 05, 2026 09:24 AM (yKoRs)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 09:25 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 05, 2026 09:25 AM (u/wrI)
Metaxas is an excellent storyteller and made this latest historical journey through our founding very enjoyable.
Posted by: 13times at July 05, 2026 09:25 AM (fnZRl)
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 05, 2026 09:26 AM (78a2H)
The whole evening was fireworks around us. That went on until midnight. Our poor cat finally came out from under the bed and slept with me.
The law here is fireworks for only the 3-5th of July, but as soon as the fireworks businesses open up we hear it, and will, for weeks. Just not as much as last night.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 05, 2026 09:27 AM (4VH0B)
Depends on how you measure it, what the criteria and so forth. I’m going to argue some things are better. Mostly a lot worse, and not a prescription for confidence going forward
Posted by: Common Tater at July 05, 2026 09:24 AM (yKoRs)
The 70s were the era of stagflation, stubbornly high unemployment, and pessimism as a whole abounded. I’m not saying it’s all sunshine now, but would people trade this year for the 1970s? I doubt it.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 09:28 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Robert W. Pratt at July 05, 2026 09:23 AM (4g5V+)
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I see your point, but I probably live at least 25 years in the future from where you do.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2026 09:28 AM (RIvkX)
Now look at the 250th. Is the country not in a more prosperous state now than it was in 1976? There’s less of a need for escapism this go around.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 09:19 AM (4g5V+)
I'll also say that social media and the fracturing of the MFM monopoly did a lot to sow discord. In 1976, the hate-America crowd didn't have access to the worldwide sewer of Facebook and could only spew their vomitus within their own neighborhoods.
Now Muhammad Muhammad can post "Fuck you, America!" from his cosy Dearbornistan house and tens of thousands of like-minded amplify his message and you're suddenly slapped in the face with the number of assholes living here who would gladly tear it all down.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 05, 2026 09:29 AM (qRla/)
This story begins with the funeral for Allan's son Henry. As Quatermain grieves, he is approached by Sir Henry Curtis and John Good, who were his companions in the previous story. They both are looking for one more African adventure, and want to explore the legend of a civilization located beyond Lake Victoria. Allan, with nothing to hold him in England any more agrees to one last journey
As the party moves across East Africa, they find their old Zulu friend Umslopogaas, who joins them in defending a mission station before they resume their journey to find the legendary tribe in the West. Almost from the moment they enter Africa, the team are forced to fight for their lives against daunting odds, and to endure overwhelming danger and near impossible situations. This is another rousing adventure story.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 05, 2026 09:29 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 09:19 AM (wzUl9)
That makes as much sense as anything. That and maybe making them look impressive when on parade and when standing guard around the palace...
Posted by: Castle Guy at July 05, 2026 09:29 AM (3v7ra)
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 05, 2026 09:29 AM (78a2H)
Posted by: Zoltan at July 05, 2026 09:30 AM (VOrDg)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 05, 2026 09:30 AM (ZBho7)
Attitudes were certainly different. No self respecting family man would accept welfare if he could help it. People were proud of the fact they weren’t on the dole. Now? You’re a fool if you don’t steal whatever ain’t nailed down.
Quality Learing Centers. Medical fraud. Home day care.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 05, 2026 09:30 AM (yKoRs)
Posted by: Castle Guy at July 05, 2026 09:13 AM (3v7ra)
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Military uniforms are a fascinating subject, and Osprey Publishing pretty much made a fortune on documenting all of it.
The core purpose is unit/faction identification, so if one side is wearing blue, you need to wear red or something else. Royal troops wore blue, and they still do today. The Household Guard wears blue uniforms. The Royal Artillery wore blue with red facings.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 05, 2026 09:31 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 09:31 AM (kpS4V)
about The American Revolution were:
Johnny Tremain. (Esther Forbes)
(by far and away - the most influential)
Ben and Me (Robert Lawson)
Mr. Revere and I (Robert Lawson)
Arundel (Kenneth Roberts)
Rabble in Arms (Kenneth Roberts)
I read them all in grade school in the '60's
I now have First Editions of each.
Posted by: retropox at July 05, 2026 09:31 AM (j/x/c)
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 05, 2026 09:31 AM (78a2H)
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 05, 2026 09:31 AM (78a2H)
You must not have a dog or a hog.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 05, 2026 09:33 AM (R+iUD)
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Here too! Despite a thunderstorm with lightning, and our local woke town canceling fireworks coz of the heatwave, I could hear a lot of booms all night.
Stayed up past midnight watching the DC fireworks.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 05, 2026 09:34 AM (ZBho7)
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 05, 2026 09:26 AM (78a2H)
See, that's the sort of thing that no book I've read has covered, or even suggested...
Posted by: Castle Guy at July 05, 2026 09:34 AM (3v7ra)
I really enjoyed Remarkably Bright Creatures, it was an engaging book and I hear the movie is pretty good too. I'll try and watch it soon, maybe later today.
All the Colors of the Dark was good too, although he could have easily cut 100 pages in the middle. It had very unexpected twists and was a compelling read. It was beautifully written and the language and prose captivating.
I have The Hail Mary Project downloaded to Audible for our road trip next week for the spawn's probably last Nationals competition's.
Posted by: lin-duh at July 05, 2026 09:35 AM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 05, 2026 09:35 AM (78a2H)
Mine have been all book-related - Early Paramount Pictures, Early Hollywood, Santa Monica, Early Universal City and so on - because I need to get as many details right as I can.
I've also got a large map of 1922 LA which I need to spend time with this week, marking out the various spots my characters visit so that I have the geography as correct as can be.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 05, 2026 09:36 AM (qRla/)
When armies were small (say local militia or feudal levies) everyone knew everyone. There wasn't a lot of technical complexity. Status/rank was obvious ("he must be royalty, he's not covered in shit") but as armies get more technical, more sprawling, units and weapons become more specialized, suddenly you need to be able to quickly tell your riflemen from your "line" infantry, artillerists from cavalry and horse artillery from infantry artillery.
You also need to know who is under your command. The various regimental uniforms seem absurd to Americans, but our armies were traditionally tiny. Then the Civil War came, and what do you know - we started making soldiers wear special badges on their hats and uniform so we could tell which brigade, division and corps they belong do. And still do that today.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 05, 2026 09:37 AM (ZOv7s)
200 as opposed to 250? One nice thing about the 70s was that the Dems were not yet importing the third world as fast as they could. They'd laid the groundwork IIRC, but they hadn't pushed the controls to ludicrous speed.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 05, 2026 09:37 AM (q3u5l)
I really enjoyed Remarkably Bright Creatures, it was an engaging book and I hear the movie is pretty good too. I'll try and watch it soon, maybe later today.
All the Colors of the Dark was good too, although he could have easily cut 100 pages in the middle. It had very unexpected twists and was a compelling read. It was beautifully written and the language and prose captivating.
I have The Hail Mary Project downloaded to Audible for our road trip next week for the spawn's probably last Nationals competition's.
Posted by: lin-duh at July 05, 2026 09:35 AM (VCgbV)
As is usually the case the book is much better than the movie...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 05, 2026 09:37 AM (u0koz)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 05, 2026 09:38 AM (yKoRs)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 05, 2026 09:29 AM (0U5gm)
I need to read those stories. I've seen a few different movie versions of them (including one super low-budget movie that had me rolling on the floor laughing because the characters walked off to adventure without even a prop-canteen) but never actually read them. I think I have "King Solomon's Mines" as the 'main event' in a hardcover pulp-anthology I bought from Barnes and Noble years ago. Maybe that should move to the top of the to-b-read pile...
Posted by: Castle Guy at July 05, 2026 09:38 AM (3v7ra)
His other works like The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress carried me along in that vein.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 09:11 AM (wzUl9)
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I was going to say that Heinlein was probably my introduction to pondering about freedom. One of his juveniles had a team of young adults having to establish a society from scratch.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 09:39 AM (kpS4V)
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I haven't seen those at my local library. I'll have to look around.
Stirling's name first came to my attention with one of his Known Space short stories in The Man-Kzin Wars volumes. I'll have to look and see which one. (No, I did not name my cat for him!)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 09:39 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: JTB at July 05, 2026 09:40 AM (yTvNw)
Bobrick and Metaxas are great storytellers.
Posted by: 13times at July 05, 2026 09:41 AM (fnZRl)
*points to link in nic*
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 05, 2026 09:41 AM (ZBho7)
Posted by: Castle Guy at July 05, 2026 09:41 AM (3v7ra)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at July 05, 2026 09:41 AM (y3wWc)
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 05, 2026 09:26 AM (78a2H)
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The big cuffs could be folded down to cover your hands. Cheaper than buying everyone mittens or gloves, which would immediately be lost.
And yes, you are correct. The illustrations we typically see (and what reenactors wear) is the "parade/inspection" look, not how they were worn in the field.
Blankets are an interesting example. On the march, you typically want it rolled and lashed to your knapsack to keep it out of the way, but in cold weather, you might wear it diagonally across your back and chest like a sash.
The Prussian Army also "rolled blankets" when going into action because it added extra protection against bullets and bayonets.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 05, 2026 09:42 AM (ZOv7s)
Received Radicalism of the American Revolution by Gordon S. Wood. Looking forward to reading it.
Here's to at least another 250 years for the U.S.A.!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 05, 2026 09:42 AM (D/6p1)
The rot has spread far and wide and there’s nowhere to run, (which was something leftists had on their radar)
Sorry, I’ll stop being a Debbie Downer. We have much to be thankful for! It’s just tragic that all this shit was avoidable.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 05, 2026 09:42 AM (yKoRs)
I never had heard of his Culper Ring until Vertigo Comics published its adventure series Y: The Last Man.
The premise was that somehow every male creature on Earth suddenly died except one guy (I don't recall his name) and his pet Caupachin, Ampersand. (His name I do recall.)
This sounds like the basis for a sex comedy, but it is treated with deadly seriousness. No males -- no continuing food supply, for openers.
How does the Culper Ring figure in this? The agency has been operating all this time, and its Agent 355 shows up to help the last man, who is trying to find his girlfriend while not being discovered to be a man, which would make his life a worse hell. Not only would every government want him, there's a band of Amazons who are out to finish the job.
Posted by: Weak Geek at July 05, 2026 09:42 AM (p/isN)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026
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Oh, that's right -- Tunnel in the sky, where a high school class dropped by matter transmitter on a wild alien planet as a field exercise gets stranded, and have to survive and build their own small society. Maybe it was RAH's direct answer to Golding's Lord of the Flies? Golding's book appeared the year before Heinlein's.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 09:43 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 05, 2026 09:44 AM (yKoRs)
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 05, 2026 09:26 AM
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I assume lapels can be folded up and pinned to form a collar for warmth. The narrowness or hangglideryness depends on how a Beau Brummell defines the fashion for that time period.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 09:45 AM (kpS4V)
Looking at all the old architecture, and the downtowns/neighbor hoods of days past makes me think about all the hopes and dreams those builders and citizens and storekeepers had for the future of their city/neighborhood/country.
It's sad when I see what the downtown was like, in say, Adrian, MI, near where we lived. They really had it going on, with manufacturing, society things, retail -- beautiful buildings. A sense of pride shows through in the photos. And then drive through the same area today, or even 25 years ago, and it's just sad. I'm glad the founders and builders and dreamers of that bustling town did not live to see what it has become.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 05, 2026 09:45 AM (4VH0B)
Posted by: Who Knew at July 05, 2026 09:45 AM (0QMbS)
Stayed up past midnight watching the DC fireworks.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 05, 2026 09:34 AM (ZBho7)
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We had a thunderstorm hit right after sunset, but it pushed through quickly and as soon as the rain was gone, there was an eruption of man-made thunder from all sides. It was great. There was still lighting in the distance - God joining in the celebration!
I went for a bigger display this year, and everyone loved it. I'll improve on it next year. Lots of heavy stuff going up in my liberal college town, which bodes well for the future.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 05, 2026 09:45 AM (ZOv7s)
Anybody have an opinion on Gordon Wood? It seems I see his name a few times with regards to books about the Revolutionary War.
Posted by: dantesed at July 05, 2026 09:45 AM (Oy/m2)
You also need to know who is under your command. The various regimental uniforms seem absurd to Americans, but our armies were traditionally tiny. Then the Civil War came, and what do you know - we started making soldiers wear special badges on their hats and uniform so we could tell which brigade, division and corps they belong do. And still do that today.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 05, 2026 09:37 AM (ZOv7s)
IIRC the PLA actually tried to not have a rank structure at all under Mao. The mind boggles as to how that would actually work.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 09:46 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 05, 2026 09:44 AM (yKoRs)
Boonies FTW.
When I was deployed, I was not sent downrange with one. I ordered one online straightaway.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 09:47 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Who Knew at July 05, 2026 09:48 AM (0QMbS)
I have that as well as Gordon S Wood's The American Revolution: A History (190 pages) and Bruce Lancaster's The American Revolution (American Heritage Library, 368 pages).
And since I live in Massachusetts, I have a fondness for pre-revolutionary works about Boston. I'm slowly making my way through Brian Deming's dense Boston and the Dawn of American Independence.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 05, 2026 09:48 AM (qRla/)
Going through 1989 cured me of my Eeyore tendencies. If we want them to, great things will happen. On to 2276 and beyond.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 09:49 AM (4g5V+)
I wonder if it was. Envy and sloth lie at the heart of a lot of that crap, and I can't see those aspects of human nature ever being completely eliminated. Suppressed for a while and discouraged maybe, but never completely eliminated. Without them the left would be laughed off the world stage whenever it showed up.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 05, 2026 09:49 AM (q3u5l)
"The structure of Life and Fate is similar to that of War and Peace: the life of a whole society is evoked by means of a large number of different sub-plots centered around one family."
Posted by: 13times at July 05, 2026 09:51 AM (fnZRl)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 05, 2026 09:51 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 05, 2026 09:42 AM (yKoRs)
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I don't think it was. I think every generation has its own follies and societies regularly repeat the same mistakes because we are all fallible. Humans are not perfectible, certainly not in a secular sense.
But just as virtues can go into eclipse, so can vices, and so hard time make harder people. I'm actually thrilled at the state of affairs, particularly the speed with which society reversed itself regarding trans crap and other issues.
The 1970s objectively sucked. They were ugly and depressing. There were some bright spots (burning the bra being one of the biggest), but there was a lot wrong and I think the Bicenntennial was a brief attempt to cheer everyone up. Then we got Jimmy Carter. Ugh.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 05, 2026 09:51 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 09:46 AM (4g5V+)
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They did, briefly. It did not work. Rank isn't just to establish hierarchy, ya damn hippiecommies.
It was about as practical as "Red means GO!" for traffic lights.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 09:51 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 05, 2026 09:52 AM (78a2H)
Posted by: lin-duh at July 05, 2026 09:52 AM (VCgbV)
Drums (James Boyd).
I don't have a First Edition of it with the N.C. Wyeth illustrations. Yet.
And, I note, that N. C. Wyeths art was also a large influence on me. We had a 'coffee table' book of his art when I was a kid - hugely influential.
I still get apprehensive when I see a picture
of 'Blind Pew' (from Treasure Island - also a favorite book of Colonial times)
Posted by: retropox at July 05, 2026 09:53 AM (j/x/c)
Tosches is very much and acquired taste. I've read that book, but while it's thorough, it ends up fairly depressing and cynical.
You might want to at least dip into William Schoell's Martini Man: The Life of Dean Martin.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 05, 2026 09:53 AM (qRla/)
There is one other I want to check out, the profile of Roseanne Barr.
Otherwise I have a couple of early William Goldman novels Just Some Guy sent me!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 09:53 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Just Wondering at July 05, 2026 09:53 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: 13times at July 05, 2026 09:54 AM (fnZRl)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 05, 2026 09:49 AM (q3u5l)
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This being the Book Thread, I will note that a lot of nonsense we deal with today is not new. G.K. Chesterton addressed it, as did Evelyn Waugh. Orwell was more political, but others focused on social fads which are drearily familiar.
Heck, even Dickens created characters we would immediately recognize, like Mrs. Jellby, who obsesses about foreign kids while neglecting her own. Nothing is new.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 05, 2026 09:54 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Sabrina Chase at July 05, 2026 09:55 AM (LuunY)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 09:51 AM (kpS4V)
You make a joke, but the PM of the PRC had to intervene to prevent the Red Guards from doing exactly that with traffic lights. (Or maybe you already knew that?)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 09:55 AM (4g5V+)
The survey, first spotted by the Economist, tested around 160,000 people of all ages, across all 38 member states. It found that across all OECD member countries, a full 8 percent of college students are reading at the level of a ten-year-old, if not worse. While countries like Germany and France rang in at under 5 percent, countries like Poland, Israel, and the United States blew the curve at 21, 20, and 14 percent, respectively.
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 05, 2026 09:57 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Oddbob at July 05, 2026 09:57 AM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 05, 2026 09:42 AM (yKoRs)
*Ponders the Old Testament, and the many blessings and opportunities that God gave His people, and the many times they screwed that up, and the ensuing forgiveness and wins, and etc.
Now today, where commies are winning certain seats, but most of America has had it with their BS. I think it's going to be all right. Pendulum swings.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 05, 2026 09:58 AM (h7ZuX)
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That’s not the point. Of course they can’t be eliminated. The government encourages it now, that’s the problem.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 05, 2026 09:58 AM (yKoRs)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 09:46 AM (4g5V+)
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The PLA did not have ranks initially, but because it was small, that wasn't an issue. During the civil war, they were able to get by because the core leadership knew each other so well, and also it was just masses of light infantry, fighting exhausted conscripts.
When it tried to modernize, it adopted Soviet ranks and then ran wild, creating crazy different branches. That army never saw any action, however, because as part of the Cultural Revolution, Mao forced the PLA to "revert" to the old system, which was a complete shitshow, leading to humiliations against both the Soviets and the Vietnamese.
Then the ranks came back.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 05, 2026 09:58 AM (ZOv7s)
Thanks to whoever recommended "The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires" by Grady Hendrix. It's a hoot and genuinely scary. Grady also wrote "Horrorstör", about an IKEA-esque big box store where strange things are afoot.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 09:59 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 05, 2026
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I wish I liked Dickens on the page better. His prose is rather dense. But his characters are timeless, as are their names. Few authors have ever named characters as well as Dickens and Shakespeare did: Sairey Gamp, Lady Dedlock, Sir Toby Belch, and Sir Andrew Aguecheek, to name just four.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 09:59 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 05, 2026 09:59 AM (pMl/x)
"The Reb and the Redcoats" by Constance Savery and "The Sherwood Ring" by Elizabeth Pope.
TR&R is about some British children living with their Uncle Lawrence, who is back from the war in America. He is given custody of an America POW, who strikes up a friendship with the children -while all the time trying to figure out how to escape to France.
TSR is about a young modern American woman who lives with her uncle in the family mansion in New York state. A British researcher who comes to look into the local history and sparks her interest in the War - then four ghosts from the Revolutionary War era each appear to tell her about what really happened in the area.
Posted by: Wethal at July 05, 2026 10:00 AM (gihWY)
I've got all I can handle right now with flags.
Posted by: Sheldon Cooper at July 05, 2026 10:00 AM (kK7U2)
Posted by: All Hail Eris,
I enjoyed leafing through that - the Ikea-ish catalog format was brilliant.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 05, 2026 10:01 AM (u/wrI)
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 05, 2026 09:52 AM (78a2H)
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Elaborate clothing was a valuable status symbol. One of the aspirations of lower class people was to own a suit and hat, or a nice dress. Buying a wedding gown (a one-use item) was conspicuous consumption.
We've generally lost that idea, substituting cars and electronics (but retaining jewelry and watches).
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 05, 2026 10:02 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026
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That was me, Eris. I'll look for more of Hendrix's stuff on my next library flyby. It sounds to me like he produces just the kind of stories I like to read and write.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 10:02 AM (wzUl9)
1 - I'm collecting some of the literature of the King Arthur legends, both historical like Le Morte D'Arthur and recent like Roger Lancelyn Green's "King Arthur and His Knights". There is a strong connection of the Arthur story with several of the Inklings.
2 - Dealing with the period of the early tales, roughly 12th century, has led to other writing from that period which is how I learned about Hildegard of Bingen. She is turning out to be one of the most extraordinary people, of any period, who ever lived. I have to learn more about her.
3 - All of this has led to a new appreciation of what the medieval religious orders preserved and created while much of the West was floundering in the dark.
Posted by: JTB at July 05, 2026 10:03 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 09:59 AM (kpS4V)
That was a ridiculous horror romp. Putting "Southern Book Club..." on my library list now.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 05, 2026 10:04 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026 10:04 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 05, 2026 10:04 AM (q3u5l)
"The Reb and the Redcoats" by Constance Savery and "The Sherwood Ring" by Elizabeth Pope.
Thanks, Wethal!
Did not know of those two.
Posted by: retropox at July 05, 2026 10:05 AM (j/x/c)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 09:59 AM (wzUl9)
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Waugh of course loathes Dickens (most English do, and find America's fondness of him just one more example of our low culture), but he also does the fun naming thing, particularly in his "smart set" novels.
His newspapers are Daily Brute, the Daily Beast (yes, that's where it comes from), the Daily Excess - and the editors are Lord Copper and Lord Zinc (how they made their money, natch) and of course there is Lady Metroland, etc.
Though more rooted in "our" world, Brideshead Revisted and Sword of Honour do contain some nods to his earlier works.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 05, 2026 10:06 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 05, 2026 09:52 AM (78a2H)
Recommended by his dermatologist. Unfortunately Lincoln was not wearing his hat when he was shot.
Posted by: Eromero at July 05, 2026 10:08 AM (LHPAg)
Not a single one of those sentences is true. The entire thing was hilariously, and yet frighteningly, inaccurate.
Beware.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 10:09 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 05, 2026 10:09 AM (ndZc7)
You might enjoy Mike Ashley's The Mammoth Book of King Arthur. He covers the candidates for the historical Arthur, the evidence for his existence and then takes a dive into the legend itself and its accretions before going on to a survey of Arthurian movies and novels.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 05, 2026 10:10 AM (qRla/)
I for one am pro hat.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 10:10 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 05, 2026 10:04 AM (q3u5l)
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That's a very modern phenomenon. With a smoothbore musket, sniper-level accuracy is impossible. With rifled muskets, it became an issue, and that's when US officers began taking their shoulder straps off an pinning officer rank on a private's uniform. The NCOs were still highly visible, not not considered a priority.
Europeans struggled with that, though, and as late as WW I, officers wanted to be identified. The British Army banned its officers from wearing riding pants because the casualty rates were so high.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 05, 2026 10:10 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes
Horror/suspense is usually not my cuppa tea but that sounds just weird enough to be interesting.
(* looks up on Amazon *)
Ouch, ten bucks for Kindle. OK, maybe later. But it goes on The List.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 05, 2026 10:11 AM (vTZFs)
We have some artificially-inflated luxury brands which exist basically as a way to advertise how expensive they are, but that's essentially a niche interest.
So most people just dress for comfort/practicality all the time now. How many men don't even own a tie any more?
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 05, 2026 10:11 AM (78a2H)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 05, 2026 09:48 AM (qRla/)
Has anyone ever written a book about post Treaty of Paris NYC? It'd be interesting to read what the British did after they were informed, and finally left. Did they stay in barracks? Still patrolled the city? Get attacked by citizens? Might be an interesting story.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2026 10:11 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026
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Hats were a fashion item, but also very useful: shade from sun, protection from rain, a certain amount of warmth for the head in winter. And no, it is not true that JFK's hatlessness in pictures started the decline in hat wearing. It had been declining ever since WWII. A lot of soldiers and sailors came home from that war tired of wearing caps or helmets or anything on their heads, and began (despite what we see in pictures and movies) declining to wear them.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 10:12 AM (wzUl9)
They put together the Paperbacks from Hell series -- reissues of a number of good horror titles for Valancourt Books.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 05, 2026 10:12 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Oddbob at July 05, 2026 10:11 AM (vTZFs)
Do you use library apps? I read it with Libby.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 05, 2026 10:13 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Jj at July 05, 2026 10:13 AM (X7dyz)
I for one am pro hat.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 10:10 AM (kpS4V)
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I think the issue isn't wearing a hat, it's the rules about wearing the hat, which take some getting used to.
Plus, sailors have those gay dog dish hats.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 05, 2026 10:14 AM (ZOv7s)
How can Malice have a shred of optimism after such an exhaustive accounting?
"It is possible that those of us who fight for the dignity of mankind will lose our fight. It is not possible that we must lose our fight. That is the white pill."
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 10:14 AM (kpS4V)
I for one am pro hat.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026
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Exactly.
I wear my fedoras in cooler weather, and a straw in warmer. In truly hot weather like now, I'm out in the sun very little anyway, so I skip tossing on a lid.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 10:14 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 05, 2026
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There are dishes especially for gay dogs?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 10:15 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 05, 2026 10:16 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 05, 2026 10:17 AM (y1wyK)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 10:15 AM (wzUl9)
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It is said that sailors first discovered sex, but it was the Marines who introduced it to women.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 05, 2026 10:17 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 05, 2026 09:58 AM (h7ZuX)
Hopefully, it end in the breakup of the D party. The only downside to that is the GOPe would think it means they have free rein to continue their grifts.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2026 10:18 AM (1Ff7Z)
I for one am pro hat.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 10:10 AM (kpS4V)
I take off my hat to pray, eat at a table, sleep, and bathe, all of which I usually do indoors,
Posted by: Eromero at July 05, 2026 10:19 AM (LHPAg)
Unexpected great read this week is 'Appendix N' by Jeffro Johnson. It's an overview of more than 40 books central to the creation & rules of D & D. Although I'm a space nerd & never truly got into the game, I did spend time with the rule books and made a brief exploration into playing. Appendix focus is on where & how aspects of these books are incorporated into D&D. Lots of pulp novels from more genres than I was expecting.
Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at July 05, 2026 10:19 AM (KaHlS)
Posted by: Who Knew at July 05, 2026 10:20 AM (0QMbS)
Now I wish I had grabbed a paperback Ikea catalog when they still had them*. That and a copy of this side-by-side on the bookshelf would be perfect.
* IIRC, they stopped a few years ago but even if I'm wrong about that, the nearest store is 3 hours away.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 05, 2026 10:20 AM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Just Some Guy
I read that as a yute and loved it.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 05, 2026 10:21 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 10:14 AM (wzUl9)
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For my 40th birthday, I asked my wife to find a hat with a decent brim to give me more shade. She got me a great "crushable" hat that is now alas going to need a replacement. I have several shady hats for yard work and biking. I only wear baseball caps when I go shooting as they mesh well with ear protection.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 05, 2026 10:21 AM (ZOv7s)
MP4,
Thanks for mentioning the book. I hadn't heard of it before.
Posted by: JTB at July 05, 2026 10:22 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 05, 2026 10:23 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 05, 2026 10:25 AM (lFFaq)
Posted by: 13times at July 05, 2026 10:25 AM (fnZRl)
Posted by: Who Knew at July 05, 2026 10:20 AM (0QMbS)
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ahlloyd (at) hotmail (dot) com.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 05, 2026 10:25 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 10:26 AM (wzUl9)
I don't have a First Edition of it with the N.C. Wyeth illustrations. Yet.
And, I note, that N. C. Wyeths art was also a large influence on me. We had a 'coffee table' book of his art when I was a kid - hugely influential.
I still get apprehensive when I see a picture
of 'Blind Pew' (from Treasure Island - also a favorite book of Colonial times)"
retropox,
Thanks. Just ordered a used copy of Drums with the Wyeth illustrations. Sounds like a fun read and Wyeth is ALWAYS worth looking at. (That painting of Blind Pew scared me in second grade and still does a bit.)
Posted by: JTB at July 05, 2026 10:27 AM (yTvNw)
Beware.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 10:09 AM (wzUl9)
But, Annunciation and Erato do intersect, right?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2026 10:27 AM (1Ff7Z)
But thanks, horde for the CJ Box recommendation. I'm about to start my third book.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 05, 2026 10:27 AM (2Ez/1)
MP4,
Thanks for mentioning the book. I hadn't heard of it before.
Posted by: JTB at July 05, 2026 10:22 AM (yTvNw)
Have you ever heard of Dorsey Armstrong? She's a professor of Arthurian studies at Perdue. She once recorded a series of lectures for The Great Courses which I enjoyed very much. You might be able to find them on YouTube - if not, I can always make a copy for you.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 05, 2026 10:27 AM (qRla/)
Superb retelling of a critical event and the divine providence behind Washington and our country
Posted by: TG Sam at July 05, 2026 10:28 AM (sFBIQ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 05, 2026 10:09 AM (ndZc7)
Not again!
Posted by: Spock's Brain at July 05, 2026 10:29 AM (1Ff7Z)
They appear to be written by different people so the writing quality varies significantly. I guess smoothly presenting "info dumps" has been a problem for a long time.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 05, 2026 10:29 AM (lFFaq)
For all their gassing and grousing and complaining about the Brits, they do not have an Independence Day to celebrate instead, they have The Ceremony of the Keys. Wherein King Chuck shows up and the Mayor gives him the key to the city and pledges fidelity and all that and King Chuck gives the key back and says, " Oh that's okay, old bean. I trust you! And your pledge."
Not quite the same, is it?
On the upside, they have a parade afterward in full Scottish attire with bagpipes and all and groups like the royal Marines, etc marching along. Impressive and nicely ceremonial, but it's not independence nor a fireworks display.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 05, 2026 10:30 AM (qNIhQ)
Let's not forget the various terror bombings and other attacks. And the conditions of cities... Times Square anyone?
Optimism here. And the two speeches this weekend were stemwinders...
Posted by: man at July 05, 2026 10:31 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 05, 2026 10:23 AM (rbvCR)
I loved the boonies. I hated the fact that the Elmer Fudd cap went away with the BDUs.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 10:31 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Common Tater
Three words. James Earl Carter.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 05, 2026 10:31 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 05, 2026 10:33 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 10:31 AM (4g5V+)
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BDUs were a hassle, but that also made them useful. Two weights of uniform was nice, and also one could idle away time at a staff meeting by comparing levels of boot polish.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 05, 2026 10:34 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Jerry Ford at July 05, 2026 10:35 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: naturalfake at July 05, 2026 10:36 AM (qNIhQ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 05, 2026 10:31 AM (ndZc7)
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"Remember when Jimmy Carter put up speed limit signs in metric? Remember when people actually shot the signs down?"
- from Dave Barry Slept Here
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 05, 2026 10:36 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 05, 2026 10:21 AM (ZOv7s)
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Now here's an issue I've wondered about -- ear protection. I look at old movies and wartime footage with cannons firing and bombs bursting and artillery blasting away and I've wondered if everyone adjacent suffered hearing loss. Was there any kind of hearing protection, and when did it start?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 10:36 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 05, 2026 10:36 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 05, 2026 10:37 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 05, 2026 10:38 AM (lFFaq)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 05, 2026 10:33 AM (2Ez/1)
I wore one of those nearly to rags, I wore the flannel down to the woof and warp before I bought a new one. Then I got a wool felt snap brim instead and wore that until I started wearing baseball caps instead. The snap brim is not handy getting in and out of a car, and it is not a hat to wear in heavy brush.
Honestly, I liked the snap brim because it kept my ears dry in the rain. And we all know how important it is to keep our ears dry/
Posted by: Kindltot at July 05, 2026 10:38 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 05, 2026 10:38 AM (78a2H)
They appear to be written by different people so the writing quality varies significantly. I guess smoothly presenting "info dumps" has been a problem for a long time.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 05, 2026 10:29 AM
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Is this about me?
Posted by: Your Somali Sister at July 05, 2026 10:38 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 10:40 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 05, 2026 10:33 AM (2Ez/1)
Nobody notices, QT. Hardly ever get a look from anyone when I'm wearing mine anywhere.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2026 10:40 AM (1Ff7Z)
I've been wearing US Army Booney hats since 1993. One could say I am unrecognizable without it. I have other hats I use and claim I'm "in disguise" when I wear them.
Over the years I have developed a blocking for the booney that last year I was made aware nobody has figured out how to recreate. Pretty proud of that and I give no credit to the asshole who actually did by snatching my perfectly flat ironed brimmed one so many years ago in Somalia and crumpling it up.
I don't even remember your name, sir. Lt... butterbar dickhead or something like that.
The reason I wear them is safety and courtesy. I am not just only prone to hit my head on things but if there are things I can hit my head on I will hit my head on them. So to not show others how badly my bald ass head bleeds I put a cushion between it and the world.
Posted by: Reforger at July 05, 2026 10:44 AM (HauQh)
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 05, 2026 10:38 AM (78a2H)
Any man anywhere with a hat on when indoors or on tv, is hiding a bald spot.
Posted by: Norman Lear at July 05, 2026 10:45 AM (1Ff7Z)
A rare Sunday golf day (I'm usually...well...sometimes in church) so my reading today will be the greens.
BBL!
Posted by: Diogenes at July 05, 2026 10:46 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 10:46 AM (kpS4V)
It took only moments for negative reactions to arrive. For the sake of his co-workers, he took it off.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 05, 2026 10:47 AM (y1wyK)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 05, 2026 10:47 AM (ndZc7)
A Greek fisherman's cap is comfortable, the visor is enough for sun and rain protection, and it doesn't easily blow off in a wind storm. If it's wool, it's also nicely warm but could get hot during summer. If you like it, wear it, land locked or not. I wore one in my twenties and have been thinking about getting another one. It would go well with my white beard.
Posted by: JTB at July 05, 2026 10:47 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 05, 2026 10:48 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 05, 2026 10:14 AM"
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*ahem*
Dixie cup hats.
Posted by: US Navy enlisted personnel everywhere at July 05, 2026 10:48 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 10:48 AM (kpS4V)
I recall whenever we entered an elevator, when ladies were present, he would remove his hat in respect.
MYSOGYNIST!
The times they have a change'd.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 05, 2026 10:51 AM (y1wyK)
Posted by: JTB at July 05, 2026 10:51 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 10:48 AM (kpS4V)
It is always fun when I bring a hibernating yellow jacket on a piece of stovewood in the winter. I wind up with three otherwise bored cats chasing it around the house.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 05, 2026 10:52 AM (rbvCR)
Frank Conniff
@FrankConniff
A friendly message to MAGA folks on this 4th of July weekend: you are the most traitorous, unpatriotic, anti-American, insurrectionist pieces of shit walking the earth right now. Fuck you.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 05, 2026 10:53 AM (ndZc7)
Scotland appears to be the Land of The follicularly impaired. I'm not saying that all Scottish men are bald, but I am saying that eventually they will be bald.
For the balding gene has a fierce and terrible grip on and holds Those of the XY chromosomes in thrall.
On the upside, the lassies Hibernia all seem to have gloriously thick hair.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 05, 2026 10:55 AM (qNIhQ)
For example, It seems the only way we'd know that British police abusing British citizens: https://tinyurl.com/45nx8nph
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 05, 2026 10:57 AM (VMdmX)
@FrankConniff
A friendly message to MAGA folks on this 4th of July weekend: you are the most traitorous, unpatriotic, anti-American, insurrectionist pieces of shit walking the earth right now. Fuck you.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 05, 2026 10:53 AM (ndZc7)
Ah, TV's Frank. I read that his dream job was not the MST3K gig, but the time he spent working for Al Franken's Air America.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 05, 2026 10:57 AM (c3YdQ)
Why do you ask?
Posted by: naturalfake at July 05, 2026 10:58 AM (qNIhQ)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2026]
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You mean that scene in the '82 Cat People? Yes, they do, just barely. Erato ends or begins at Annunciation, right by the big bridge over the river.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 10:59 AM (wzUl9)
Sounds like a real sweetheart. I must remember to not check out his stand-up stuff.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 05, 2026 10:59 AM (q3u5l)
As I mentioned above, if any of you are interested in reading my new book, let me know by Saturday and I will send a file along.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 05, 2026 11:00 AM (qRla/)
Arizona AG says she's pumped about the World Cup. And she's cheering for Mexico.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 05, 2026 11:00 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at July 05, 2026 11:01 AM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 10:59 AM (wzUl9)
Yes.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2026 11:01 AM (1Ff7Z)
@FrankConniff
A friendly message to MAGA folks on this 4th of July weekend: you are the most traitorous, unpatriotic, anti-American, insurrectionist pieces of shit walking the earth right now. Fuck you.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 05, 2026 10:53 AM (ndZc7)
You’re welcome.
Ingrates always amuse me.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 11:01 AM (4g5V+)
A Greek fisherman's cap is comfortable, the visor is enough for sun and rain protection, and it doesn't easily blow off in a wind storm. If it's wool, it's also nicely warm but could get hot during summer. If you like it, wear it, land locked or not. I wore one in my twenties and have been thinking about getting another one. It would go well with my white beard.
Posted by: JTB at July 05, 2026
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I've been thinking about it too. The pipe would be the final touch!
Steinbeck, who wore a similar cap during Travels With Charley, did warn about wearing a nautical cap of any kind when you are way inland. You get strange looks.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 11:02 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026 11:02 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 11:04 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 11:04 AM (kpS4V)
It's in her guitar case.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2026 11:05 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 05, 2026 11:05 AM (ndZc7)
Honestly, I liked the snap brim because it kept my ears dry in the rain. And we all know how important it is to keep our ears dry/
Posted by: Kindltot at July 05, 2026
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Possibly another element that led to the decline of fedora-wearing. Cars starting in the late '40s were lower in the roofline than pre-war cars. Ones today are worse.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 11:05 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Reforger at July 05, 2026 10:44 AM (HauQh)
Not having hair makes them required.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 11:06 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026
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True, but sales were definitely off after the war.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 11:06 AM (wzUl9)
Reminds me -- I should watch Running Scared again some time soon. Maybe it's just my juvenile sense of humor, but I thought Gregory Hines and Billy Crystal were hilarious in that flick.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 05, 2026 11:06 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 05, 2026 11:07 AM (2Ez/1)
I first had an inkling of his douchey proclivities years ago at a showing of a "live" Rifftrax event where he just had to squeeze in a Trump bash for no effing reason.
They just can't help themselves!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 11:08 AM (kpS4V)
Ah, TV's Frank. I read that his dream job was not the MST3K gig, but the time he spent working for Al Franken's Air America.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 05, 2026 10
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He's the kind of douche that makes you proud to be part of a group he hates.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 05, 2026 11:09 AM (vS2qG)
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Be glad it's not about codpieces and penis sheathes. Although we are getting sporran-adjacent. Beware!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 11:09 AM (kpS4V)
It is the prime example of the American Dream and Only in America.
Posted by: polynikes at July 05, 2026 11:10 AM (/WQyy)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at July 05, 2026 11:10 AM (Q1AmB)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at July 05, 2026 11:10 AM (Q1AmB)
I thought of that very same scene just now. Heh.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at July 05, 2026 11:10 AM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: JTB at July 05, 2026 11:11 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 10:59 AM (wzUl9)
Yes.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2026
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I haven't driven down there in years; no idea if the white block apartment building is still there. Some way I have a memory that says it's not -- the expansion of the bridge in the years after 1981 to build the new span may have required it be torn down. When I get a chance, I'll look!
The zoo scenes in Cat People are neat. The ticket sales/concession stand that you see really existed for many years; gone now, since the zoo is modernized. The cages we saw in the movie were sets, but the entry was the real thing. The house that Malcolm McDowell and Nastassia Kinski live in is still around, I think, on Esplanade or a nearby street.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 11:11 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 05, 2026 10:31 AM (ndZc7)
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"Remember when Jimmy Carter put up speed limit signs in metric? Remember when people actually shot the signs down?"
- from Dave Barry Slept Here
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 05, 2026 10:36 AM (ZOv7s)
When he left the mortal coil, I think he was approached near the Pearly Gates by an elderly man who resembles me rather eerily, who then politely said to him “HEY ASSHOLE! REMEMBER THE FUCKING GIs? WHERE IS OUR FUCKING PAY RAISE, YOU BLITHERING FUCKING IDIOT???”
(You never mentioned James Earl Carter, Jr, in the house back in the day. Ever.)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 11:11 AM (4g5V+)
If the idea is to dress "comfortably," then why do so many women wear clothes they look like they were poured into? Not necessarily to their advantage, either.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 05, 2026 11:11 AM (O0L8i)
Naturalfake, playing Spy at the airport is fun. Everybody looks guilty. See that nun there? I bet she's smuggling cocaine!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes
Laughing on the bus
Playing games with the faces
She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy
I said, "Be careful his bow tie is really a camera"
https://t.ly/mm9sa
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 05, 2026 11:12 AM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 05, 2026 11:06 AM (q3u5l)
Two movies with the same name. Both were excellent.
Posted by: polynikes at July 05, 2026 11:12 AM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 05, 2026 11:12 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 05, 2026 11:12 AM (q3u5l)
Bought the first two volumes of Rick Atkinson's Revolutionary War trilogy. Haven't really started reading them, though.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 05, 2026 11:13 AM (O0L8i)
Wolfus,
Agree about the pipe completing the image. Had to laugh. If I worried about getting 'strange looks' I would never leave the house. There are benefits to being a curmudgeon.
Posted by: JTB at July 05, 2026 11:15 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 05, 2026 11:11 AM
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This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: Yoga pants at Walmart at July 05, 2026 11:15 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026
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True, but sales were definitely off after the war.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 11:06 AM (wzUl9)
I do not know how true this is, but I will throw it out there: men who lived through the time - such as my late father - would tell me the #1 reason men stopped wearing hats was JFK. (They saw him going about Presidential business not wearing one and were like “why not us?”
Probably the biggest revolutionary event in men’s fashion in the past…what, 100 years?
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 11:15 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 05, 2026
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They want you to *think* they are slimmer than they are. Clearly they are underestimating your intelligence.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 11:15 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 05, 2026 11:12 AM (q3u5l)
Same. But, everything he said is a patent lie. Is he hiding some perversion? I think we should ask every celebrity who are vehemently anti-Trump/MAGA. I mean, what do they have to hide?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2026 11:16 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026
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True, but sales were definitely off after the war.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026
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I do not know how true this is, but I will throw it out there: men who lived through the time - such as my late father - would tell me the #1 reason men stopped wearing hats was JFK. (They saw him going about Presidential business not wearing one and were like “why not us?”
Probably the biggest revolutionary event in men’s fashion in the past…what, 100 years?
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026
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Oh, I'm sure it was an additional straw on the camel's back. But the trend had started a while back.
There are B & W pics of JFK wearing and carrying a short-brimmed fedora, and of course in a top hat prior to his inaugural ball.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 11:17 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 11:11 AM (wzUl9)
What about the pool scene?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2026 11:17 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 05, 2026 11:11 AM
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This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: Yoga pants at Walmart at July 05, 2026 11:15 AM (2Ez/1)
Why I hate yoga pants and leggings as pants.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 11:17 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: polynikes at July 05, 2026 11:18 AM (/WQyy)
There was a novel called Running Scared, a pretty dark one if memory serves, in the late 70s or early 80s by Gregory McDonald who did the Fletch books. Not even remotely like the Fletch novels, and while the Fletch series may still be available I don't think Running Scared has been reprinted in eons.
McDonald was terrific with dialog as I recall. Fast, funny, and I think there were long stretches where the speaker was not identified but you still never lost track of who was who.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 05, 2026 11:19 AM (q3u5l)
If the idea is to dress "comfortably," then why do so many women wear clothes they look like they were poured into? Not necessarily to their advantage, either.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 05, 2026 11:11 AM (O0L8i)
I can be comfortable.
Posted by: Pencil skirts at July 05, 2026 11:19 AM (4g5V+)
Agree about the pipe completing the image. Had to laugh. If I worried about getting 'strange looks' I would never leave the house. There are benefits to being a curmudgeon.
Posted by: JTB at July 05, 2026
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Well, since I rarely take my pipe outside the house, it's a "moo point." ("It's like a cow's opinion; it doesn't matter. It's moo.")
I wear a collared shirt and jeans or slacks, and cowboy boots, most places I go. If people look and snicker, let 'em, I don't have to live with 'em.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 11:19 AM (wzUl9)
I had one of those made of some kind of canvas advertised as "sail cloth." You know one notable thing about sails? They get wet. I wore it until it got grungy and then tried to wash it. It shrunk down to child sized.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 05, 2026 11:20 AM (vTZFs)
Because to some people the most uncomfortable thing is the thought that other people might be ignoring you.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 05, 2026 11:22 AM (vTZFs)
Posted by: fd at July 05, 2026 11:22 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 10:36 AM (kpS4V)
They give you ear plugs but nobody wears them, except for when on the range, mostly.
Posted by: javems at July 05, 2026 11:22 AM (zFsEm)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 05, 2026 11:22 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2026
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The Tulane pool was once in the ground floor of the University Center, but that was about 5-6 years before they filmed CP. I think that scene might have been on a set. The use of the streetcar roaring and clanging to make the audience jump right after that, though, was well done. Those streetcars do make a lot of noise.
Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 was jealous of Annette O'Toole; she, Mrs. W I mean, thought Annette was getting the kind of movie roles she dreamed about playing.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 11:23 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 05, 2026 11:23 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 11:15 AM
Also receiving votes:
- baseball caps worn backwards
- men's pants precariously hanging from the buttocks while displaying a generous portion of undergarment.
Posted by: The Fashion Judges at July 05, 2026 11:24 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 05, 2026
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The first novel, Fletch, is something like 70% dialog, and he handled it just as you describe.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 11:24 AM (wzUl9)
The non crystal Running Scared had one of my top five movie scenes ever.
Posted by: polynikes at July 05, 2026 11:26 AM (/WQyy)
In sorting through Mom's clothing I found a cute little black satin affair with netting that perched atop the head. If I ever cosplay as Mamie Eisenhower I know what to wear.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 11:26 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 11:27 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 11:26 AM (kpS4V)
Like this: https://tinyurl.com/bddyduu8
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2026 11:29 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 11:27 AM (wzUl9)
I was thinking more clothing than hairstyles…but I can see that.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 11:29 AM (4g5V+)
Another dialog-heavy novel: Charles Webb's The Graduate. IIRC, a lot of the movie's dialog was almost straight from the book.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 05, 2026 11:30 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 11:29 AM (4g5V
The Jelly Roll was the bomb. ---Wally Cleaver
Posted by: polynikes at July 05, 2026 11:31 AM (/WQyy)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026
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Like this: https://tinyurl.com/bddyduu8
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2026
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That's a cap, not a hat!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 11:32 AM (wzUl9)
70 or 80 or 90 years ago society had good models for how they should appear. Politicians, celebrities, executives, etc. dressed well and people tended to follow that mode. Nowadays, all those higher up on the social scale dress like slobs, so it's not surprising that society in general go around in public looking like they just woke up.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 05, 2026 11:34 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: polynikes at July 05, 2026 11:34 AM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026
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I was thinking more clothing than hairstyles…but I can see that.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026
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Right; the Beatles going from suit and tie (and those cool boots) to T-shirts, tie-dyed jeans, beads, sandals, etc. Everybody under 25 raced to copy them. (Well, not me, and I knew some other holdouts who didn't.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 11:34 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 11:32 AM (wzUl9)
I did not know that!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2026 11:35 AM (1Ff7Z)
Another dialog-heavy novel: Charles Webb's The Graduate. IIRC, a lot of the movie's dialog was almost straight from the book.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 05, 2026
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My copy of Fletch has that!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 11:35 AM (wzUl9)
Don't allow a disinterest in things maritime to tamp your interest. The author explores all aspects of social and political circumstances during the period. Probably one of the most interesting non-fiction reads for me in years.
Goodreads review: https://shorturl.at/YWOzI
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2026 11:36 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 11:32 AM (wzUl9)
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I did not know that!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2026
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Well done, OE, well done
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 11:36 AM (wzUl9)
Which Running Scared was that? Just checked IMDb and found several by that title besides the Crystal/Hines.
And Jeez Louise, that dark novel by Gregory McDonald was filmed. I'll have to look that one up too.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 05, 2026 11:36 AM (q3u5l)
One of the biggest issues with sails and why so few are still made with canvas or some other cotton blend. They don't hold their shape. Sail cloth today is kevlar, spectra or some other manmade material. Holds it's shape better. Also holds heat. Wouldn't recommend it for a hat.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2026 11:37 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: polynikes at July 05, 2026 11:37 AM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Cosda at July 05, 2026 11:38 AM (5Mso3)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 05, 2026 11:38 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
From "Our Mutual Friend", my favorite Dickens novel: Mr. Venus, the taxidermist and Mr. Sloppy, so named because he was born on a "sloppy" day.
Posted by: Tuna at July 05, 2026 11:39 AM (lJ0H4)
You reminded me of Summer Rental with John Candy. Very underrated comedy imho.
Posted by: polynikes at July 05, 2026 11:40 AM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 11:40 AM (wzUl9)
I can see that playing his same character as in Animal House.
Posted by: polynikes at July 05, 2026 11:42 AM (/WQyy)
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I prefer aluminum. Has a good strength to weight ratio.
Posted by: Frank Costanza, Festivus consultant at July 05, 2026 11:42 AM (2Ez/1)
I can see that playing his same character as in Animal House.
Posted by: polynikes at July 05, 2026
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McDonald's Fletch had quite the sense of humor, and it showed in his dialog. I think Matheson could have handled it. Of course he was not a "name" as Chase was, or thought he was, at the time.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 11:44 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 10:36 AM (kpS4V)
They give you ear plugs but nobody wears them, except for when on the range, mostly.
Posted by: javems
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I wasn't issued any earplugs until I received a MAC-V assignment. I already had hearing problems by then. Totally deaf in my right ear now. I do receive (very modest) VA disability for it.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2026 11:45 AM (XeU6L)
For those unaware, Midway Airport is located right in the middle of a neighborhood packed with single-family homes.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 05, 2026 11:45 AM (J4Dwc)
Glad you mentioned "Six Frigates" by Ian Toll. It really lays out what it took to establish the US navy, both the ships and the men on them.
Posted by: JTB at July 05, 2026 11:47 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: one hour sober at July 05, 2026[/o]
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No doubt containing people who moved there in the full knowledge there was an airport in the vicinity, and then spent decades complaining about the traffic and the noise.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 11:48 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 11:48 AM (wzUl9)
Read several of the Fletch books and the Flynns when Avon was putting them all out in paperback. Always pictured Anthony Zerbe in his Harry O - Lt. Trench mode in the part of Inspector Flynn.
Just checked the Kindle store and it looks like the Fletch and Flynn books are still available, at least as ebooks. Not Running Scared, though, and that book was out pre-Fletch (filmed in 72) so probably reprinted only because the Fletch books were hot then.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 05, 2026 11:50 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 11:51 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2026 11:51 AM (XeU6L)
A friend passed his copy to me after he finished it. Looking forward to reading it.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2026 11:52 AM (viF8m)
I researched it and found it was from Jack Kerouac's On The Road. Am listening to it now. It's a bit frenetic and doesn't really seem to be developing a substantive plotline, but I'll give it a bit longer.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 05, 2026 11:57 AM (2Ez/1)
One of the few times I ever said or did anything remotely disrespectful to my parents was when I first saw photos of them and their friends back in the 60s and 70s, and just burst out laughing at how ridiculous everyone looked.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 05, 2026 11:57 AM (BI5O2)
MP4, thanks for the thread.
Have a good one, gang.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 05, 2026 11:57 AM (q3u5l)
One last book: I'm flipping through "An Atlas of Lost Kingdoms" by Emily Hawkins, with gorgeous illustrations by Lauren Baldo.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 11:58 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 12:00 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 12:01 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
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Ah. The beat generation. I wonder how a psychologist would classify Kerouac et al. 'Depressive', at best, is my guess.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2026 12:03 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2026 12:06 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: microcosme at July 05, 2026 12:55 PM (tIOA7)
But at least the Sci-Fi-era/RiffTrax cast are generally even-handed with their jokes.
Posted by: Castle Guy at July 05, 2026 12:57 PM (3v7ra)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 01:05 PM (kpS4V)
My only wish was the maps from 1776 be overlaid with current maps of the area as I had only a vague idea of where some of the battles took place.
Posted by: March Hare at July 05, 2026 03:38 PM (O/GSq)
Daily Tech News 5 July 2026
Top Story
- Apple's upcoming A20 Pro phone CPU could be the company's first chip to use LPDDR6 memory - and to increase the bus width from 64 bits to 96 bits. (WCCFTech)
The 96-bit width is actually a natural result of DDR6 architecture, which instead of having two 32-bit subchannels (each with optional ECC) is broken down into four 24-bit channels (each comprised of two 12-bit subchannels) with extra ECC bits coming from a multi-word burst. If you read twelve 12-bit words from memory, for example, you get four 32-bit words plus 16 bits of error-correcting data.
Which means that while all DDR5 memory has on-die ECC, all DDR6 memory has both on-die and end-to-end ECC.
And 50% more bandwidth. Actually more than that in time, as DDR6 will support higher speeds than DDR5.
- Though you won't be able to afford it. (WCCFTech)
Budget phones are expected to disappear for at least a couple of years as memory prices simply push them out of the market. If manufacturers have to spend $200 for 8GB of RAM, saving $5 on the CPU makes no sense.
Tech News
- Retail memory price increases are set to slow for the simple reason that nobody can afford it anymore. (Tom's Hardware)
The third derivative of distance is called jerk, just like Sam Altman.
- Smaller electronics companies will be turning to products that use minimal amounts of memory, like this fancy typewriter-styled keyboard from Epomaker. (WCCFTech)
But does it have the Four Essential Keys?
Yes?
Very good then. Carry on.
- Score one for Bluesky? (Tech Crunch)
The denizens there were properly scornful of a Google ad showing the Founding Fathers using Gemini to draft the Declaration of Independence.
They might hate America, but they hate AI even more.
- Speaking of which, Grok has started illustrating answers to questions... Some of the time. Helpful - well, not actually helpful, but notable - in illustrating a geodesic through a four dimensional planetary structure.
Thankfully it didn't illustrate the question I posed about the plausibility of decapitating an Amphicyonid with a single sword blow.
(I am probably on a list somewhere simply titled "Huh?")
- Lenovo has started including YMTC-manufactured SSDs in its mainstream computers. (Tom's Hardware)
Not available in the US, as the Chinese memory makers CXMT and YMTC are both under sanctions. I actually have a couple of YMTC SSDs I bought early this year, as they are not under sanctions here in Australia, and they were the last models to increase in price.
- Speaking of which wars are blurring the lines between corporate and national security. (MSN)
The link to this article posed it as a question so I was planning to hit it with an inverse Betteridge's Law, but the article simply states it as fact, with good reason.
- Italian investment group Bending Spoons has held a successful IPO giving it a valuation of $18 billion. (Tech Crunch)
Who?
You might not have heard the name, but they own the remnants of former high-flying American tech companies like Meetup, Eventbrite, Vimeo... And AOL.
- Supergirl is not the box office disaster suggested by its disaster at the box office. (Ars Technica)
Even the comments are suggesting the Ars staff need to go a little lighter on the shrooms.
- In the big Amazon Prime Day sale I picked up a subscription to anime streaming service Hidive at 75% off.
Wow. That stuff is bad. Mostly.
They do at least have Gate.
Worth the A$2.25 I paid, but not worth keeping once it reverts to full price.
Musical Interlude
Disclaimer: I'm not at all surprised it was a cover, just who it was a cover of.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 05, 2026 04:33 AM (mmrXZ)
Wait! It didn't hurt!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 05, 2026 04:33 AM (mmrXZ)
Okay, I'll go call the others.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 05, 2026 04:33 AM (mmrXZ)
Apparently, there are no others. I'm in a Ray Bradbury short story.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 05, 2026 04:34 AM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 05, 2026 04:37 AM (ntk8v)
Supergirl was "beset by mixed reviews, and a very disappointing opening weekend box office."
I think of "beset" as applying to locusts, wildfires, pirates, etc.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 05, 2026 04:38 AM (mmrXZ)
Mornin', Puddlegum. Carry the torch here. I've got to get to sleep.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 05, 2026 04:38 AM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 05, 2026 04:39 AM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 05, 2026 04:42 AM (ntk8v)
I think of "beset" as applying to locusts, wildfires, pirates, etc.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Ain't nobody got time to pirate Supergirl.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 05, 2026 04:44 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026 04:51 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026 04:57 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: meh at July 05, 2026 05:00 AM (zZxsY)
Posted by: meh
I'm just starting. (My every-few-weeks can of Miller Lite. I bought an 18 pack several months ago.)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 05, 2026 05:04 AM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: fluffy at July 05, 2026 05:15 AM (V0/Sp)
*snrks* Perfect. Just perfect.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 05, 2026 05:16 AM (O7YUW)
Set a scheduled set of three alarms on your phone for renewal date minus 9, 8, and 7 days respectively.
date -9: "Cancel Hidive"
date -8: "No really, cancel Hidive"
date -7: "If you don't cancel Hidive right now, you're going to end up making a 'I told me so' comment in the Tech News a week from now!"
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 05, 2026 05:22 AM (O7YUW)
I woke from a dream about Buffy the Vampire Slayer trying to board the same plane as a villain, possibly a vampire (though with the whole "daylight destroying vamps" thing, that's unlikely). The vampire got to the plane just ahead of her, and the staff shut the door. Buffy was going to be half a day behind him and whatever horror he was planning to perpetrate -- a big setback for the plot.
Then Stirling the big black cat nestled in next to me, and I realized I was (a) awake, (b) no longer sleepy. Guess I'll never know how that one came out.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 05:26 AM (wzUl9)
I slept thru most of the fireworks, but at about midnight, there was a rumble and roar like I had never heard before that woke me up. Not sure if it was the finale or what, but I'm 9 miles from the Mall, so...
I give a lot of credit to the folks who toughed out the thunderstorms and waited so late for the fireworks, I hope is was spectacular but I felt 40 minutes would be exhausting.
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at July 05, 2026 05:32 AM (S8cdb)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 05, 2026 05:35 AM (VyBeY)
I have a dim memory of one of Esquire's Dubious Achievement Awards issues, in which the short bit appeared telling us that Grace was going to name her child "god." Why the lower case, the magazine asked. To which Grace was supposed to have replied, "Because we have to be humble about this."
Since her only child, according to Wiki, is named "China Wing Kantner," I suppose this was a complete gag by the magazine from start to finish.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 05:36 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 05, 2026 05:37 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 05, 2026 05:37 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Pod Hamp at July 05, 2026 05:38 AM (KTCHq)
Cats. Who can understand 'em?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 05:40 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 05, 2026 05:40 AM (DZ9Lv)
Diana just wanted to be on the bed with us last night. The Big Dummy lay on the floor next to Her Majesty's side. They, Dot and the kennel dogs were fine this morning.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 05, 2026 05:43 AM (O0L8i)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 05, 2026 05:46 AM (AMvSw)
If it has a flaw, to me, it's that it ends too quickly and abruptly. Smith collapses after his 23-hour filibuster; it looks like his crusade is over; and then Rains's Sen. Paine goes berserk, shouting that Smith is right, that he himself is corrupt and should be expelled from the Senate. And that's pretty much it. It needed a quick, possibly wordless scene where Jean's character goes to Stewart's, revives him and kisses him, and they embrace. *Then* The End.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 05:48 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: m at July 05, 2026 06:05 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: m at July 05, 2026 06:10 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: m at July 05, 2026 06:16 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 05, 2026 06:20 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 05:36 AM (wzUl9)
I remember seeing her on MTV eons ago as a sometimes VJ. Weird name, but she was hot.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 06:25 AM (pKv0r)
From my vague recollection of beginner’s flight ground school, D.C. has very restricted air space at normal times. I keep thinking of that tragic screwup over the Potomac River by DCA.
Posted by: Fenderbender at July 05, 2026 06:29 AM (1FEc1)
Posted by: Pod Hamp
Howdy! Oban is one of my favorite towns in Scotland. Visited it in '92, but I recall it fondly. Gorgeous area.
Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at July 05, 2026 06:52 AM (sAmhv)
Grace Slick had some pipes.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 05, 2026 06:59 AM (1OoAs)
np, totally get it.
Posted by: meh at July 05, 2026 07:06 AM (zZxsY)
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026 07:09 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026
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I remember seeing her on MTV eons ago as a sometimes VJ. Weird name, but she was hot.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026
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"Wing" was Grace's maiden name, and "Kantner" was the Jefferson Airplane/Starship band member who fathered the girl.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 07:10 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 05, 2026
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Sen. Paine's change of heart works in the film because it's been set up properly, and because of Claude Rains, who could make almost anything work.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 07:12 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: olddog in mo at July 05, 2026 07:16 AM (dmoni)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 05, 2026 07:30 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 07:32 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Nazdar at July 05, 2026 07:33 AM (NcvvS)
Had a rough night here.
A storm rolled through at 3 pm yesterday and knocked out power to most of town.
Didn't come back on until 5 am this morning.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 05, 2026 07:34 AM (FZ29D)
Lunch with pups and grandpups.
Some Brits still retain a sense of humor:
https://tinyurl.com/yvmftypb
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 05, 2026 07:45 AM (y1wyK)
I think of "beset" as applying to locusts, wildfires, pirates, etc.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 05, 2026 04:38 AM (mmrXZ)
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So says an 'Ette.
The 'Rons here would most likely think of "beset" as Jacqueline.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 05, 2026 07:48 AM (y1wyK)
To me at least, the contrast of love for country and hate/contempt for country between this administration and the previous administrations and it's sycophantic bootlickers is crystal clear.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 05, 2026 07:51 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 05, 2026 07:57 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 05, 2026 07:58 AM (1OoAs)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 05, 2026 08:04 AM (u82oZ)
I slept thru most of the fireworks, but at about midnight, there was a rumble and roar like I had never heard before that woke me up. Not sure if it was the finale or what, but I'm 9 miles from the Mall, so...
I give a lot of credit to the folks who toughed out the thunderstorms and waited so late for the fireworks, I hope is was spectacular but I felt 40 minutes would be exhausting.
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at July 05, 2026 05:32 AM (S8cdb)
The roar you heard was the start of it. It ran from 11:59 p.m.-12:39 a.m.
Posted by: Vendette at July 05, 2026 08:04 AM (pJK38)
From my vague recollection of beginner’s flight ground school, D.C. has very restricted air space at normal times. I keep thinking of that tragic screwup over the Potomac River by DCA.
Posted by: Fenderbender at July 05, 2026 06:29 AM (1FEc1)
The flyovers happened earlier in the day, before the storms came through.
Posted by: Vendette at July 05, 2026 08:05 AM (pJK38)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 05, 2026 08:07 AM (3Ope8)
Dog survived the fireworks. Mr Trouble came inwith him about six and stayed in until one. Jake got Composure pills that had him sleeping through the worst of it
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 05, 2026 08:09 AM (bkuEU)
Update on Mrs. F. Remains hospitalized being treated for salmonella poisoning. Slight improvement but still not taking any nourishment by mouth. She needs to take some juice or broth but has not managed to keep anything down. Today is Day 5. Please include her in your prayers for a complete and immediate recovery.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2026 08:10 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Vendette at July 05, 2026 08:12 AM (pJK38)
Best wishes and prayers for your better half (and some for you
).Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 05, 2026 08:13 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 07:10 AM (wzUl9)
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Burger place I go to has a burger named after Jack Kantner because he went there all the time.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2026 08:17 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 05, 2026 08:17 AM (y1wyK)
May her recovery be swift and she be returned to your home quickly.
Goodness.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 05, 2026 08:17 AM (4VH0B)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2026 08:10 AM (RIvkX)
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Ugh!
Get better quick, Mrs. SF - and stay off the salmon for the next few months!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 05, 2026 08:19 AM (y1wyK)
Wow. Five days. Prayers continue to ascend. Maybe I'll break out the motorized prayer wheels to help.
Hang in there. You need support as well.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 05, 2026 08:20 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2026 08:10 AM (RIvkX)
Wow, prayers said for her recovery. How long did it take them to determine that it was salmonella?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 05, 2026 08:23 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 05, 2026 08:26 AM (bkuEU)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 05, 2026 08:23 AM (h7ZuX)
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That miracle of science was pronounced by the wizards the morning of Day 4.
Funny how literally no one else has it. But for one meal on Day -6 we have eaten the same thing wt the same time. It just doesn't track.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2026 08:26 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 05, 2026 08:27 AM (eT41E)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2026 08:29 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 05, 2026 08:29 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2026 08:26 AM (RIvkX)
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Bacterial infections are not an all or none event.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 05, 2026 08:32 AM (y1wyK)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2026 08:33 AM (RIvkX)
Paul Pelosi drove into a parked car yesterday and drove away but the police are cool with it 'cause he said he'd take car of the damages.
I'm pretty sure none of us would get the same treatment for a hit and run.
Posted by: Auspex at July 05, 2026 08:35 AM (Y8DZL)
And how much memory does a phone need, anyway, to work as a phone? Make and receive calls and texts, and a few pics, as needed. No music, no games, no apps, no tracking.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2026 08:36 AM (1z8ji)
I'm pretty sure none of us would get the same treatment for a hit and run.
Posted by: Auspex at July 05, 2026 08:35 AM (Y8DZL)
Should have given him a DUI as he was hammered earlier.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2026 08:37 AM (1Ff7Z)
https://tinyurl.com/3edrfjb7
Or snuff them.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 05, 2026 08:41 AM (y1wyK)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2026 08:37 AM (1Ff7Z)
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It's (D)ifferent when he drives drunk. May be bashing in his skull more completely would actually save lives.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2026 08:42 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 08:42 AM (afJtY)
That Jackson Hinkle character is a particularly noxious little b*tch.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2026 08:43 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2026 08:10 AM (RIvkX)
At least they have a diagnosis now. May she recover quickly!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2026 08:45 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 08:42 AM (afJtY)
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She had an endoscopy Tuesday and never recovered. imho that is the source of her infection. She was perfectly fine Monday and Tuesday morning and the hospital seems like it is in CYA mode.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2026 08:46 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 05, 2026 08:49 AM (4VH0B)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 08:50 AM (afJtY)
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026 08:51 AM (Ia/+0)
I think you have it figured out. Sorry this has happened. You both are in my prayers.
Posted by: Brunnhilde at July 05, 2026 08:51 AM (3AwA+)
When I ran into the back of it, the bike stopped instantly but I kept moving. My butt flew off that banana seat and into the handlebar fork in front, and I got the nutcracking to end all nutcrackings. I remember crawling into the grass of the nearby yard and just laying there for about 10 minutes before I could even stand up again.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 05, 2026 08:53 AM (H8EHh)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2026 08:55 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2026 08:46 AM (RIvkX)
Any Muzzie or other DEI practitioners involved with the initial procedure?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2026 08:57 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2026 07:10 AM (wzUl9)
There are not a lot of women running around today named “China”, even so.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 09:03 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Any Muzzie or other DEI practitioners involved with the initial procedure?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
That's where my thinking is too. Prayers SF, may she recover quickly now they know what it is.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 05, 2026 09:04 AM (QVmho)
Lunch with pups and grandpups.
Some Brits still retain a sense of humor:
https://tinyurl.com/yvmftypb
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 05, 2026 07:45 AM (y1wyK)
!!!
I'm laughing, I'm crying.
Posted by: m at July 05, 2026 09:08 AM (6wpGE)
When I ran into the back of it, the bike stopped instantly but I kept moving. My butt flew off that banana seat and into the handlebar fork in front, and I got the nutcracking to end all nutcrackings. I remember crawling into the grass of the nearby yard and just laying there for about 10 minutes before I could even stand up again.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 05, 2026 08:53 AM (H8EHh)
Great story.
Posted by: m at July 05, 2026 09:21 AM (6wpGE)
USA-250 Club ONT - July 4, 2026 [3 D's]
Please rise for a salute to the ragged old flag.
Thank you.
Here's how to make it
I want to make this drink called the USA Lemonade. Looks pretty simple. All you'll need is:
— DocumentingLibs (@HistorianUSA1) June 28, 2026
Here's what you'll need:
1 oz Grenadine
4 oz lemonade
1 oz blue curacao
1.5 oz vodka
Ice
🍋 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/mnaGCavUJm
By the time Monroe arrived in Paris on April 12, 1803, the French had made a stunning offer to Livingston. For various reasons, Napoleon had decided to abandon his plans for Louisiana, and he had Prime Minister Talleyrand offer not just New Orleans but the entire territory to the United States for $15 million. Monroe and Livingston agreed to the purchase, and they signed a treaty with France on April 30, 1803.How is that Greenland thing coming along?
Hurst Performance had a thriving business as a specialty car builder for major automakers in the late 1960s, producing special high-performance models for Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Plymouth, and others, but the AMC Hurst SC/Rambler is undoubtedly one of the most visually distinctive vehicles that emerged from these collaborations.Nice story about a kid tracking down his dad's 1976 Kenworth - Bicentennial edition.
During the nation's bicentennial celebration in 1976, automakers introduced special edition cars and trucks honoring America's 200th anniversary, while Kenworth answered the call with one of the most distinctive heavy-duty trucks it had ever produced. Known as the VIT 200, the limited-production package transformed the company's flagship W900 conventional into a patriotic showpiece through a red, white, and blue paint scheme, special trim, commemorative badging, and the introduction of Kenworth's groundbreaking Aerodyne raised-roof sleeper.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 04, 2026 10:01 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at July 04, 2026 10:03 PM (w3u3d)
I also have - inherited from my father - a set, untouched by human hands, of Bicentennial coinage - a dollar, half dollar and a quarter.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 04, 2026 10:03 PM (M5CvA)
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 10:03 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 10:04 PM (jU8k8)
Posted by: goozer at July 04, 2026 10:06 PM (eTh1u)
I still have many quarters...
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 04, 2026 10:06 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026 10:08 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 04, 2026 10:08 PM (uTEOj)
Guess the fireworks in DC got rained out. I'm torn on that. Bummer for the visitors but we need the rain and it's been steamy hot around here. Hoping it cools down to a comfortable, humid 90 tomorrow. Over 100 sucks.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 04, 2026 10:09 PM (ntk8v)
Posted by: Doof at July 04, 2026 10:10 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: tankdemon at July 04, 2026 10:10 PM (ZWAWS)
Greetings Horde from So. Cal. Scattered booms going off around me. Fireworks, not t-storms.
I might have a bicentennial proof set or two. I also have an early 1970's Florida license plate which I placed in the back window of my truck which my wife rolled her eyes at. She drew the line at my Nixon/Agnew bumper sticker.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 10:11 PM (GCVzV)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 10:11 PM (jU8k8)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2026 10:11 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: davidt at July 04, 2026 10:11 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 04, 2026 10:12 PM (4NO2D)
Glad we watched from the cottage deck.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 04, 2026 10:12 PM (NXz0i)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 10:11 PM (GCVzV)
Did you call her a nattering nabob of negativity?
Posted by: Doof at July 04, 2026 10:13 PM (QMAsf)
I was the poster-collector in my fam. Seems that this one is the only one what wasn't *appropriated* by younger siblings when I left home! Most of the others were Velvaprint® blacklight style and disappeared over the years...
I found it rolled up and tucked away with other childhood stuff, under the staircase, while cleaning out Dad's house. (The work of Mom, no doubt, as Dad threw away so many keepsakes when he found them. Dad didn't mess with that stuff under the stairs, thankfully)
Couldn't get it professionally matted before the holiday. Now wondering whether to do that, or just fill in the blank top/bottom with colorful fabric and call it good. For now, it's in the living room. Will hang permanently in the den after finishing the framed display.
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 10:14 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 04, 2026 10:09 PM
***
Not so fast. They're letting people back on the mall. PDJT is giving comments at 11pm and fireworks will follow. (At least that was the last I heard.)
Posted by: TRex - explosive dino at July 04, 2026 10:14 PM (IQ6Gq)
But of course!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPicnUgsJjE
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 04, 2026 10:15 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 04, 2026 10:15 PM (R+iUD)
A whole lot of governments only go back to WWI or WWII or even later.
I was asking this as a trivia question to some friends today, "What is the oldest government in the world and I got answers like Germany or Italy and...not even close
Posted by: 18-1 at July 04, 2026 10:16 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Buttigig at July 04, 2026 10:16 PM (NXz0i)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 10:17 PM (lfni7)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 04, 2026 10:17 PM (H8EHh)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 10:18 PM (jU8k8)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026 10:18 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 04, 2026 10:19 PM (W5PEE)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 04, 2026 10:20 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 04, 2026 10:20 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 04, 2026 10:20 PM (QTFkC)
Very Auspicious. (that's the positive type of Omen)
Posted by: Orson at July 04, 2026 10:21 PM (dIske)
Make it happen Trump
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 10:21 PM (YeXhF)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026 10:18 PM (afJtY)
_____________________________
Short fuse.
Posted by: Orson at July 04, 2026 10:22 PM (dIske)
Posted by: GWB at July 04, 2026 10:22 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 04, 2026 10:22 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Splunge at July 04, 2026 10:23 PM (JpUeg)
Posted by: JM in Illinois
Yeah.
George III himself exclaimed that when Washington went home to his farm that this was the greatest statesman of his time
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 10:23 PM (YeXhF)
Happy 4th, everybody.
It was slightly "cooler" today. We got more "mixing" as the GSP boys call it, which lowered dew points for about 80 down to the lower 70s. That made a difference. Tomorrow, the temps will be lower, but dew point back up. Pick your poison.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 10:23 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026 10:08 PM (afJtY)
It's a very good likeness of all three!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 10:23 PM (1z8ji)
A woman walks into a library in Paris and asks to see the French Constitution. "Madame," the librarian sniffs, "we do not carry periodicals."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2026 10:24 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 10:24 PM (jU8k8)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 04, 2026 10:24 PM (qx7Zg)
Sobs uncontrollably....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 10:24 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: RandomDave at July 04, 2026 10:24 PM (XQ+xj)
Just saw I made the bonus comments...I never get there!
I love the Ds!🐕🦖🎶!!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 04, 2026 10:25 PM (uTEOj)
A woman walks into a library in Paris and asks to see the French Constitution. "Madame," the librarian sniffs, "we do not carry periodicals."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2026 10:24 PM (O0L8i)
If the same thing happened in the UK, the librarian would have to say "Well, this is embarrassing, but we never actually wrote it down, so it's whatever Kier Starmer says it is."
Posted by: Splunge at July 04, 2026 10:25 PM (JpUeg)
Make it happen Trump
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 10:21 PM (YeXhF)
Always the bridesmaid...
Posted by: Mastodons at July 04, 2026 10:25 PM (ZWAWS)
Happy Independence Day!
Love the graphic up top. It's a keeper.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 04, 2026 10:26 PM (D/6p1)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026 10:26 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: Mayor Pete at July 04, 2026 10:26 PM (YeXhF)
We had native camels here as well during the late Pleistocene, too. Bring those back. Saber tooth cats, and even lions that were bigger than the African lions. A cheetah and a jaguar.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 10:27 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Doof at July 04, 2026 10:13 PM (QMAsf)
I get the reference and no - she knows where I sleep and has access to my food supply...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 10:27 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Frank Costanza at July 04, 2026 10:27 PM (XQ+xj)
Posted by: Splunge at July 04, 2026 10:28 PM (JpUeg)
May consign the house dogs to the laundry room for the evening where the sound of the fireworks won't be as loud.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2026 10:28 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Mastodons at July 04, 2026 10:25 PM (ZWAWS)
Mastodons, mammoths, whatever. Em are all heffalumps. And we do need to get them back.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 10:28 PM (1z8ji)
https://youtu.be/mjXM6x_0KZk
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 04, 2026 10:28 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: RandomDave at July 04, 2026 10:28 PM (XQ+xj)
Posted by: PT, Piano Teacher, former Official Delurker at July 04, 2026 10:29 PM (wmKCn)
And we did have elephants proper roaming here as well. A big different from the African ones, and closer to the Asian species.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 10:29 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026 10:29 PM (afJtY)
A whole lot of governments only go back to WWI or WWII or even later.
I was asking this as a trivia question to some friends today, "What is the oldest government in the world and I got answers like Germany or Italy and...not even close
Posted by: 18-1
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Rome was a republic for 100 years.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 10:29 PM (jU8k8)
There’s nothing like the sound of those engines, I was inside but I heard them coming and ran out to see!
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 04, 2026 10:30 PM (H8EHh)
228 We can see monster fireworks displays at 5 locstions from our deck, some as far away as 4 milesand some as close as 200 yards.
Posted by: Eromero at July 04, 2026 10:26 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Eromero at July 04, 2026 10:30 PM (LHPAg)
Put him in the utility room in the house and gave him some dog biscuits. Petted him, seems to have settled him down.
He's not use to those loud noises.
Posted by: Case at July 04, 2026 10:30 PM (IY9No)
That is as American as it gets.
Nice that William Shatner has lived long enough
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 10:30 PM (YeXhF)
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 10:31 PM (rdVOm)
We had native camels here as well during the late Pleistocene, too. Bring those back. Saber tooth cats, and even lions that were bigger than the African lions. A cheetah and a jaguar.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 10:27 PM (w6EFb)
Saber-tooth cats. Dire wolves. Giant sloths. Giant beavers. Dodos. Giant killer birds. Uintabeasts.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 10:31 PM (1z8ji)
Panthera atrox, the American lion.
Also, a pretty big and very fast bear species that could catch some of those big cats.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 10:32 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Don Black at July 04, 2026 10:33 PM (ZxPkt)
Mammoths and cats came here from the Bering
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 10:33 PM (YeXhF)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 04, 2026 10:33 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 10:32 PM (w6EFb)
Giant cave bears?
And the never seen, but totally feared, 12 meter long Ur-marmot.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 10:34 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Splunge at July 04, 2026 10:34 PM (JpUeg)
70% of these megafauna species were wiped out with the Younger Dryas. That was creative destruction of a sort that produced the world as we know it today. Just 12,000 years ago, it was a very different world.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 10:35 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 04, 2026 10:35 PM (ceJ0R)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026 10:35 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: Splunge at July 04, 2026 10:34 PM (JpUeg)
As long as we extinct the damned cargo pigeons first. They shit on everything.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 10:36 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Splunge at July 04, 2026 10:36 PM (JpUeg)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 10:35 PM (w6EFb)
Joe Biden is the Older Wetass.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 10:37 PM (1z8ji)
Love the Horde as always.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 04, 2026 10:37 PM (CHHv1)
My street is only 2 blocks long, 18 houses, and 1 Baptist church.
in 1976, the Bicentennial, every house had a flag... and even the Church had a US flag out front.
Just went out to take down my flag... and I was the ONLY Flag flying on the street.
What the has happened to my country?
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 04, 2026 10:37 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 10:37 PM (YeXhF)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026 10:37 PM (afJtY)
Happy Fourth of July to the entire horde!
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 04, 2026 10:37 PM (Jr+re)
Arctodus simus was the name. It stood about 12' tall on it's hind legs and weighed about a ton. And it could run 40 mph.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 10:38 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 10:38 PM (YeXhF)
"THE DEMOCRAT_COMMIES SUCK" MOOSE DICK ......
Democrats, Hakeen Jefferies, AOC and Bernie Sanders hurt the most and devastated .........
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 04, 2026 10:38 PM (JDSUL)
Posted by: tankdemon at July 04, 2026 10:38 PM (ZWAWS)
Be ungovernable !
Posted by: browndog says woof at July 04, 2026 10:38 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: Splunge at July 04, 2026 10:34 PM (JpUeg)
Don't you people even WATCH horror movies?
Clone the Passenger Pigeon? Yeah... ever see the Hitchcock movie, the Birds?
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 04, 2026 10:38 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Oddbob at July 04, 2026 10:39 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 10:39 PM (lfni7)
Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 10:40 PM (/QHx4)
The moms would each make a freezer of ice cream- all different kinds.
The Fourth was one of the best nights of the year.
Posted by: sal at July 04, 2026 10:40 PM (f+FmA)
Posted by: Oddbob at July 04, 2026 10:39 PM (vTZFs)
___
Pretty much.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 10:40 PM (lfni7)
Oregon at 250: Indigenous life in the Pacific Northwest in 1776
Guess what they forget to mention?
The rampant slavery practiced by most Northwest tribes.
Gosh, I wonder why that is?
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 04, 2026 10:41 PM (aD4fx)
Look at the habitat map for that giant bear. All over the west coast and mid-west, but didn't get up to the NE and down the east coast. It looks like it may have gotten right here in upstate SC barely.
But it was all over Florida.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 10:41 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 04, 2026 10:41 PM (kYmoU)
Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 10:40 PM (/QHx4)
___
Hey four seasons!
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 10:41 PM (lfni7)
ONLY HAD TWO BOTTLES OF WINE IN THE PAST HOUR....
Cackle ......... Cackle ......... Cackle...
Posted by: Kami Harris at July 04, 2026 10:41 PM (G5jnN)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026 10:42 PM (afJtY)
Best thing I did today was watch most of the flyovers from DC. So awesome.
I was almost 3 years old for the Bicentennial, so I have no memory of it. I've found some mementos in my mom's things. (She kept everything!)
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 04, 2026 10:42 PM (hPLSE)
Our last neighborhood near OKC, that was the protocol. Lots of families set off their fireworks at the end of their driveways. It was magnificent most of the time. Some teenagers didn't seem to have much "fireworks safety" in them and minor injuries occurred. All in all, a good time!
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 04, 2026 10:43 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: Walter White at July 04, 2026 10:43 PM (Q+gd/)
https://tinyurl.com/3aywfnv5
Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2026 10:43 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Darwin über alles at July 04, 2026 10:43 PM (YeXhF)
I hope you all have had a great day.
We have a launch in the morning.
SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 10-50
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: July 5, 2026
Launch Time: 6:46 a.m. EDT (1046 UTC, 12:46 CEST)
https://youtu.be/dgpVSxrAPKc
Posted by: Joyenz at July 04, 2026 10:43 PM (2F0/Y)
On a related note, my autocorrect tried changing Democrat to demon. Does it know something I don't?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 04, 2026 10:43 PM (qx7Zg)
There are some orchards already, but not a full program yet
Posted by: Kindltot at July 04, 2026 10:43 PM (rbvCR)
Once upon a time....but I had to give up one to cancer.
Now I have one good triple D😜....
It works for the crazy people on GRINDR...
Oh....
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 04, 2026 10:44 PM (uTEOj)
Ex-Ex got a bit too much sun at the creek, so he turned in early.
After he set off a rocket, of course.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 10:44 PM (lfni7)
Hello SMH!!
I enjoy reading your comments about your wonderful new location.
May you all have many many wonderful years there.
Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 10:45 PM (/QHx4)
On a related note, my autocorrect tried changing Democrat to demon. Does it know something I don't?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 04, 2026 10:43 PM (qx7Zg)
Well, I HAVE been misspelling it to DEMONcrat for awhile now.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 04, 2026 10:45 PM (mP0Kj)
What the has happened to my country?
Just mine and two others on my street. It's indeed very sad.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 04, 2026 10:45 PM (ceJ0R)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 10:45 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 04, 2026 10:46 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Case at July 04, 2026 10:47 PM (IY9No)
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 04, 2026 10:43 PM (Jr+re)
Word. Our dad would sometimes have to leave to go repair somebody's eye, if he was on call.
Ever put a firecracker in a gourd and throw it up in the air? He took us up to the railroad tracks to do that- it was kind of messy...
Posted by: sal at July 04, 2026 10:47 PM (f+FmA)
Posted by: sal at July 04, 2026 10:40 PM (f+FmA)
Denver 25 years ago was pretty much a free fire zone.
75 miles to the border to get REAL fireworks. So yeah... taught my kids how to have bottle rocket fights.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 04, 2026 10:48 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 10:48 PM (lfni7)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 10:48 PM (jU8k8)
Toss a communist out of a helicopter, he flies for the rest of his life.
- Augusto Pinochet
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at July 04, 2026 10:48 PM (MNCvZ)
yak, yak, he's not coming back.
Star Yak Ranch in Wyoming lost a yak to a lightning strike.
I didn't know there is a Yak Ranch in Wyoming.
Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 10:48 PM (/QHx4)
Still cool. We are the most blessed people to have ever walked the earth. Sometimes we forget that.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2026 10:50 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Oddbob at July 04, 2026 10:50 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 10:50 PM (YeXhF)
Posted by: Darwin �ber alles at July 04, 2026 10:43 PM (YeXhF)
You say that like it's a bad idea.
Posted by: Timothy Treadwell at July 04, 2026 10:50 PM (ZWAWS)
At the hospital this evening with my mother, one of the nurses (who is about the nicest, sweetest thing I've ever seen) said they're gearing up in the ER tonight for the mostly young and/or drunk idiots who shouldn't be allowed to play with fireworks.
She said they got a few in last night, but not as much as last year. But tonight will the the big night.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 10:50 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Darwin �ber alles at July 04, 2026 10:43 PM (YeXhF)
Giant cave bears could be useful. "Where did that annoying antifa fag get to? Dunno, maybe a cave bear got him."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 10:50 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 10:50 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 04, 2026 10:51 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: Darwin �ber alles at July 04, 2026 10:43 PM (YeXhF)
Giant cave bears could be useful. "Where did that annoying antifa fag get to? Dunno, maybe a cave bear got him."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 10:50 PM (1z8ji)
Yeah... ya know all those Womenz a few months back that said they would choose a Bear over a Man?
OK then...
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 04, 2026 10:51 PM (mP0Kj)
My other Bicentennial item is a little cloth Benjamin Franklin doll from the Hallmark store that came in packaging that looks like his Philly row house. One of the things most noticeable about it now is, there's no bar code.
I saw the air show over the Hudson River this morning and a few of the tall ships but gave up after a few ships because of the heat. I've always wanted to see a B2 bomber and sure enough one of 'em flew over with two fighter jet escorts. And I got to see some fireworks out my bedroom window tonight, probably the Jersey City one, so my Fourth was complete.
Posted by: JuJuBee at July 04, 2026 10:51 PM (tM5h4)
Even if they don't all three contribute.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Posted by: sal at July 04, 2026 10:51 PM (f+FmA)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 04, 2026 10:53 PM (kd1a0)
It's the day, 38 years ago, when I asked Ex-Ex to take me to the nearest place to buy some beer.
My dad had just dropped me off at the barracks after spending the day with him...and my mom.
By the time I got back to the barracks, the Shoppette was closed, and I needed a drink.
That was kinda our first date.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 10:53 PM (lfni7)
Nemo,
I wondered about that also.
Article on Daily Mail. I didn't read the whole article.
Madman has probably fired all the fire people.
Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 10:54 PM (/QHx4)
My 64 Plymouth Valiant had the long chrome gearshift with Hurst on it topped with a white cueball etched with 4 speed pattern, 273 engine. Slicker than snot.
Posted by: Eromero at July 04, 2026 10:56 PM (LHPAg)
Make it happen Trump
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 10:21 PM
Some charlatan claimed he cloned mammoths a few years ago but it was really an elephant with some spliced-in shaggy hair genes or something. Whatever it was, it was not a mammoth.
Posted by: JuJuBee at July 04, 2026 10:56 PM (tM5h4)
I think the mammoth has a better chance
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 10:57 PM (YeXhF)
I'd settle for magpies. Somebody introduce us some magpies. Spice up our lives a bit.
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 10:57 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Case at July 04, 2026 10:58 PM (IY9No)
Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 10:59 PM (/QHx4)
I was gone for a few minutes. I noticed the wind blowing toward the purple-haired, nose-ringed Prius- driving Obama voting Vegans next door so I threw some steaks on the grill for dinner.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 10:59 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: JuJuBee at July 04, 2026 10:56 PM (tM5h4)
I saw Shaggy Hair Genes open for the Crew Cuts at Maple Leaf Gardens in '62.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 11:00 PM (1z8ji)
https://youtu.be/igqy0NxZIfQ
Posted by: tankdemon at July 04, 2026 11:00 PM (ZWAWS)
Posted by: Splunge at July 04, 2026 10:34 PM (JpUeg)
__________________
I wonder how many know that cloning of animals is now and everyday occurrence. There is a company called Viagen that will clone a pet for about $50,000 and clone a horse for about $85,000. It's a little scandalous from the perspective of horse racing...and dog shows. People are cloning their winners, and others are calling this cheating.
Posted by: Orson at July 04, 2026 11:00 PM (dIske)
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 11:00 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Case at July 04, 2026 11:01 PM (IY9No)
10PM here. Amateur fireworks are on the upswing until midnight. That's when the celebratory gunfire begins.
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 11:01 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 11:02 PM (/QHx4)
They are trying to have fireworks tonight off the Golden Gate Bridge. The cloud base is 700 feet.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 04, 2026 11:02 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 11:02 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 04, 2026 11:03 PM (XdwHx)
Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 11:03 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 11:04 PM (YeXhF)
Posted by: Orson at July 04, 2026 11:00 PM (dIske)
Proposal: for every Sidney Sweeney you clone, you have to unclone one Trigglypuff.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 11:05 PM (1z8ji)
She'd run back and forth along the fence, barking and challenging those big noises!
Such a protective girl, she was. Miss that ol' mutt.
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 11:05 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 11:05 PM (YeXhF)
I don't want those. I want the ones that thieve cash and jewelry. Our crows do their best, no doubt, but there's plenty of room for improvement.
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 11:05 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 04, 2026 11:06 PM (ibDUx)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 11:06 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 11:07 PM (jU8k8)
That is so true! Plus, we stuck a flag in it, which (according to Eddie Izzard) makes it ours.
Posted by: tankascribe at July 04, 2026 11:07 PM (NtoJk)
https://youtu.be/igqy0NxZIfQ
Posted by: tankdemon at July 04, 2026 11:00 PM (ZWAWS)
Because we're America, we have like four or five "national anthems".
I can't choose a favorite, though I love the lyrics to "AtB".
Posted by: sal at July 04, 2026 11:08 PM (f+FmA)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 04, 2026 11:06 PM
***
Well played.
Good evening DDS.
Posted by: TRex - 3D dino at July 04, 2026 11:08 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 11:08 PM (lfni7)
Happy Birthday to the USA, the greatest nation on Earth. Murdered by the Democrat Party, but hopefully we can revive her (and not in the Frankenstein way, that never works).
If you use the correct brain ...
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 04, 2026 11:08 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 11:09 PM (/QHx4)
Americans are the indigenous people of the Moon you know
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 11:05 PM (YeXhF)
____________
Like hell!
Posted by: The Selenite Tribe at July 04, 2026 11:09 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at July 04, 2026 11:10 PM (Snklc)
Lots and lots and LOTS of people.
'Murrica!
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 04, 2026 11:10 PM (kde3w)
That’s pretty cool.
USA!! USA!! USA!!
Posted by: World Cup Update at July 04, 2026 11:10 PM (Qlrgu)
🔨
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 11:10 PM (YeXhF)
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 11:10 PM (rdVOm)
The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful and virtuous." – Frederick Douglass
I hope lots of my Horde friends got to get out for the celebration and fireworks. It just got late here, and being 29+, I'm ready for naps🤭💤💤...
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 04, 2026 11:11 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at July 04, 2026 11:10 PM
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Nice to see you here! Feels like it has been a minute or two...
Posted by: TRex - diplomatic dino at July 04, 2026 11:11 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2026 11:11 PM (O0L8i)
🔨
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 11:10 PM (YeXhF)
And the parked car won, two falls out of three.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 11:12 PM (1z8ji)
I always sing the bass melody to it. People turn around and look at me. I don't care, because it rocks.
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 11:12 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 11:12 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2026 11:12 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 04, 2026 11:12 PM (ntk8v)
Our little dog is terrified. She won't go outside to do her business. We're hoping it's not going to be a long term problem.
Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 11:13 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 04, 2026 11:10 PM
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Great location! Enjoy!
Posted by: TRex - front row dino at July 04, 2026 11:13 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 04, 2026 11:03 PM (XdwHx)
Not worth much. I got an album of Bicentennial 1776 First Day covers, a 1976 $2 bill and U.S. Mint Bicentennial Medal.
Posted by: Joemarine at July 04, 2026 11:14 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Piper at July 04, 2026 11:14 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 04, 2026 11:12 PM (ntk8v)
Friend in Gilbert, AZ plays on-line chess with Lee Greenwood.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 11:15 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 11:15 PM (lfni7)
Just imagine what Marlin Perkins would have poor Jim doing if they could somehow go back to the late Pleistocene.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 11:15 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 04, 2026 11:15 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 11:16 PM (jU8k8)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
'Waves from office in basement of five sided money pump.'
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 04, 2026 11:16 PM (ntk8v)
Downside: Waste of good ammo.
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 11:17 PM (Jr5Lq)
I did pick up a bag of bicentennial flag pins. Betsy Ross flag on the left and modern on the right. Just enough to give one to each of my siblings and their spouses, as well as my dad.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 04, 2026 11:18 PM (kYmoU)
If it doesn't make orbit, it missed
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 11:19 PM (YeXhF)
Posted by: Piper at July 04, 2026 11:20 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 04, 2026 11:20 PM (kYmoU)
Downside: Waste of good ammo.
Posted by: gp
Also downside: what goes up, must come down. Somewhere.
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 11:20 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Jeff Bezos at July 04, 2026 11:21 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Constantine Tsiolkovsky at July 04, 2026 11:22 PM (YeXhF)
I once fired eight rounds from a Garand at the place where I reckoned the moon would be when they got there. I waited 17 days in anticipation, then readied my telescope. But I miscalculated: it was a new moon, and I couldn't see shit. Drat.
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 11:22 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Joemarine at July 04, 2026 11:14 PM (y171U)
I don't expect much from them, but at 300, my kids may make some money from them.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 04, 2026 11:25 PM (aVvqF)
Yes, we had a baby in arms who was injured by a round of 45ACP returning from the zenith at one of our Fourth celebrations years back. But most of the kids shot in Illinois are hit by rounds fired roughly horizontally, throughout the year.
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 11:26 PM (Jr5Lq)
Of the top of my head, it would have 2 Essex class carriers, 5 battleships, probably cruisers and destroyers, and at least 2 submarines (USS Cobia and U-505]
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 04, 2026 11:28 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 04, 2026 11:29 PM (ntk8v)
Still no word on the cause Bezos New Glenn explosion.
The spaceflight press says there's leak that it's a problem with the BE-4 engine itself. And that would be bad, because ULA's new Vulcan rocket uses the same engine.
Posted by: Jeff Bezos at July 04, 2026 11:30 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Piper at July 04, 2026 11:30 PM (Wmg4n)
I don't actually want Musk to be emperor of the solar system but his competitors need not to be incompetent
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 11:32 PM (YeXhF)
That explosion destroyed their transporter-erector. Rather than try to build an new, they're going to use a crane to stack the rockets right at the pad, they say.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 11:33 PM (w6EFb)
If I were Secret Service, I'd be worrying a lot about drones.
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 11:33 PM (Jr5Lq)
Both have some powerful lines in them that are stunning.
I learned to love the Star Spangled Banner after 9/11. Among all that rubble, the sight of those firefighters raising the flag...the flag was still there. It gave me chills and it still does.
And I learned to love America the Beautiful from reading The Westing Game. No joke.
Grateful we have them both!
Posted by: LizLem at July 04, 2026 11:35 PM (gWBY1)
I'm pulling for all them, now. If we're going to get back to the Moon and establish Moonbase Alpha, we're gonna need all of them.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 11:36 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 04, 2026 11:37 PM (QNSrI)
Posted by: TRex - air traffic control dino at July 04, 2026 11:38 PM (IQ6Gq)
5 carriers
8 battleships
1 heavy cruiser
1 light cruiser
8 destroyers
2 destroyer escorts
22 fleet submarines
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 04, 2026 11:39 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 11:40 PM (Jr5Lq)
Germany and Italy? Are these people idiots?
Mexico’s government has been in existence longer than either of theirs.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 04, 2026 11:40 PM (H8EHh)
Jared Isaacman (NASA administrator) led a flyover earlier in his own F-5 Tiger. He owns several of those.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 11:40 PM (w6EFb)
Thank you, America, for showing the world your true nature through your kind and generous treatment of our World Cup guests! Your inherent goodness has opened the eyes of our international critics, and completely destroyed the hateful narratives employed incessantly by the American Left.
It has given me tremendous joy, watching Communists weeping in the comments on YouTube, while desperately declaring that no one here could be having a good time, and that this is all propaganda.
Nope, propaganda is for Commies. America inspires true greatness in all of us. May Almighty God bless and keep the United States of America!
Posted by: Sam Adams at July 04, 2026 11:40 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at July 04, 2026 11:41 PM (Snklc)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 04, 2026 11:41 PM (6/7Fs)
On the plus side, there are some ancient warriors getting some love.
Posted by: buddhaha at July 04, 2026 11:41 PM (iaABv)
Unfortunately, the weather may have disrupted parts of the @Freedom250 celebration, but we were grateful to open the beautiful @USDA building to provide shelter. And then this happened… these incredible patriots spontaneously broke into the National Anthem.🇺🇸
I love my country.
Very cool!
And the fireworks at Epcot looked epic.
Posted by: LizLem at July 04, 2026 11:42 PM (gWBY1)
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 11:42 PM (Jr5Lq)
Daughter and her husband are moving into the house down near the gate. Still much work to be done on the place, but before the floors get torn up and the wall knocked down, they've stayed a few nights, and tonight had a kind of pre-housewarming Independence Day party.
Family and good friends and dogs, all kinds of delicious food and beverage, a furious thunderstorm with the electricity going off and on off and on again, concluding (after the deluge ended) with a most excellent fireworks show. From their front porch, we could see four different distant big shows, also.
As far as comparisons, God wins, with spectacular lightning and thunder in all directions.
America at its finest.
Posted by: mindful webworker is full and happy and smells of fireworks at July 04, 2026 11:43 PM (tQ0hn)
Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 11:43 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 11:43 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 04, 2026 11:43 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Gobekli Tepe at July 04, 2026 11:44 PM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 11:45 PM (/QHx4)
Got the mess hosed down into the grass & destroyed the duds. All clear! Cat can resume his outdoor travels.
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 11:45 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 04, 2026 11:46 PM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 11:46 PM (lfni7)
Downside: Waste of good ammo.
Posted by: gp
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12 ga No. 7 1/2
Even in intended use, 80% of it is gonna miss anyway.
Posted by: buddhaha at July 04, 2026 11:47 PM (iaABv)
Posted by: fd at July 04, 2026 11:49 PM (MWfyi)
And this is when I whip out the Kleenex. I miss my dad and his three brothers. All WWII vets who all made it home. They took a portrait together in uniform on 12/24/45 for my grandmother. It’s on the wall with my Dads flag and the helmet he wore. My house is essentially a museum.
Posted by: TxAnn at July 04, 2026 11:50 PM (SjAWL)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 04, 2026 10:12 PM (4NO2D)
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*Air horn!
We were on Dauphin Island, Alabama with my family in a beach house. After watching fireworks my brother and I partied alone under gorgeous skies on the beach and listening to the Gulf. I remember looking at those skies and wondering if someday soon I would meet the right guy who might be looking at those same skies that night. We met two months later and are still young at heart.
Good times. Tonight was much quieter with son and his family and we were behaving. Also a good time and the baby girl's first Independence Day in her little red, white and blue outfit. The other two were wearing a soccer jersey (7yr old), and my mini-me girl wore a sparkly pink dress because she likes pink.
I honestly would not trade loving my grands for my fantastic youth as I've had both and am blessed in all ways.
Happy Independence Day, y'all!
At least we don't have Startled Starmer as our "leader." He probably would startle, stutter, and weep if he heard a firecracker and need the ED after his nightly colonoscopy with Macron jolt.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 04, 2026 11:51 PM (hzuYO)
I love to see the Horde interact, and that I can be here. I surely am not a big part of this community; you all are so close. Ive onle been here about 7 years, but I surely love being here!
Good night wonderful people. I'm glad I get to be here💕
Happy birthday America!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 04, 2026 11:51 PM (uTEOj)
Artemis II crew threw the first pitch(es) at the Nationals park today. Christina went last, and they didn't show where her ball went, while they showed the other guys.
We'll just not worry too much about that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 11:53 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at July 04, 2026 11:54 PM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: TxAnn at July 04, 2026 11:50 PM (SjAWL)
Snaps fingers twice.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 04, 2026 11:54 PM (zl9PI)
It'll be dark enough in a half hour or so. Will see if anyone is still around to fire off some "big stuff" then.
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 11:54 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 04, 2026 11:55 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 04, 2026 11:56 PM (H8EHh)
Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 04, 2026 11:56 PM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 04, 2026 11:56 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 04, 2026 11:56 PM (Cqx++)
Won't hurt me to drink my dinner. Been a long while since last time.
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 11:57 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 04, 2026 11:56 PM
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Congratulations! Someone was going to be post number 250 and it is YOU!
The Club ONT prize drawer is a little thin at the moment, but stop by next week and we'll take care of you.
Posted by: TRex - prize distributor dino at July 04, 2026 11:58 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Case at July 04, 2026 11:58 PM (IY9No)
Posted by: TxAnn at July 04, 2026 11:50 PM (SjAWL)
Bless you. And bless your family for their service.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at July 04, 2026 11:59 PM (Snklc)
Posted by: pookysgirl, chugging water at July 04, 2026 11:59 PM (Wt5PA)
They stripped him of his 1st amendment rights. They tried to kick him off ballots in 25 states. They rewrote laws to persecute and prosecute him. They sought to bankrupt him, and to imprison him for life. They have now made at least three attempts on his life.
Donald Trump would have been one of those men risking it all for freedom. His signature would have been right there next to John Hancock's, but probably in even larger text.
Posted by: Sam Adams at July 04, 2026 11:59 PM (X+xvk)
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I was hoping they'd start with Gracie Mansion.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 04, 2026 11:59 PM (6/7Fs)
The fire hydrants across the country were painted red, white and blue. It was so huge and I’m grateful 19 yo me was there to see America as it used to be.
Posted by: TxAnn at July 05, 2026 12:00 AM (SjAWL)
https://tinyurl.com/m3c7zymj
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 11:46 PM (lfni7)
_________________________
Japan is, currently, our best ally. Just watch what they do for us at the end of this month. Trump and Carney are set to meet over the USMCA. Carney is going to be stubborn, and Trump's going to activate the 6 month timeclock to dissolve the USMCA. As part of that Toyota and Honda is going to pull all their manufacturing out of Canada. They've already stated that they would do so.
Posted by: Orson at July 05, 2026 12:01 AM (dIske)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at July 05, 2026 12:01 AM (Snklc)
Whoa, intense fireworks! Wonder if some are Hilary's leftovers?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 12:01 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: pookysgirl misses the relaxation sometimes at July 05, 2026 12:01 AM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Serious Cat at July 05, 2026 12:02 AM (xqQi7)
Ooh - they just set off one that made the doors rattle! Well that spooked the cat enough that he ran inside and hid.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 05, 2026 12:02 AM (H8EHh)
Posted by: Steck at July 05, 2026 12:02 AM (LlRQB)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 05, 2026 12:02 AM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: Orson
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God bless Japan. The free world needs them as a significant counterweight to Communist China.
Posted by: Sam Adams at July 05, 2026 12:03 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 05, 2026 12:03 AM (6/7Fs)
My street is only 2 blocks long, 18 houses, and 1 Baptist church.
in 1976, the Bicentennial, every house had a flag... and even the Church had a US flag out front.
Just went out to take down my flag... and I was the ONLY Flag flying on the street.
What the has happened to my country?
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 04, 2026 10:37 PM (mP0Kj)
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Q: what has happened to our country?
A: the Dept of Education
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 05, 2026 12:03 AM (THY4u)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 05, 2026 12:04 AM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 05, 2026 12:05 AM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 05, 2026 12:06 AM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: Case at July 05, 2026 12:06 AM (IY9No)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at July 05, 2026 12:06 AM (Snklc)
Night, Horde, and enjoy the waning hours of the Glorious Fourth!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2026 12:07 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Sam Adams at July 05, 2026 12:08 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: gp at July 05, 2026 12:09 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 05, 2026 12:09 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at July 04, 2026 11:59 PM (Snklc)
Thank you. I do what I can to make sure that their sacrifice will not have been in vain. There would have been a 5th brother (like the Sullivans) but he drowned in a boating accident at 22 in 1941.
Posted by: TxAnn at July 05, 2026 12:10 AM (SjAWL)
Posted by: Bulg at July 05, 2026 12:10 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Vendette at July 05, 2026 12:11 AM (pJK38)
A: the Dept of Education
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 05, 2026 12:03 AM (THY4u)
That’s Edumacation to you, buddy!
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 05, 2026 12:11 AM (H8EHh)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 05, 2026 12:12 AM (ceJ0R)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at July 05, 2026 12:12 AM (Snklc)
#2 son had some easy listening 60-70s channel on his truck today. Simon & Garfunkel, America, CSN, etc. I didn't say anything but sheesh, how many generations are going to still be listening to that stuff?
Posted by: fd at July 05, 2026 12:12 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: PaleRider at July 05, 2026 12:13 AM (PV+Zw)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at July 05, 2026 12:13 AM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 05, 2026 12:14 AM (ceJ0R)
A: the Dept of Education
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 05, 2026 12:03 AM (THY4u)
No parents were there to pass on the importance of patriotism. This is what happens when everything is left to the schools.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 12:14 AM (pKv0r)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 05, 2026 12:15 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: TRex - very important mail dino at July 05, 2026 12:15 AM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Case at July 05, 2026 12:15 AM (IY9No)
I hate the artist who refused to perform because OrangeManBad.
Fuck all these assholes.
And God Bless our folks who didn’t pussy out.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 05, 2026 12:15 AM (yEz+x)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 05, 2026 12:16 AM (lfni7)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXI6CdTVJ-0
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 05, 2026 12:16 AM (fkjGs)
#2 son had some easy listening 60-70s channel on his truck today. Simon & Garfunkel, America, CSN, etc. I didn't say anything but sheesh, how many generations are going to still be listening to that stuff?
Posted by: fd
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There's some good things by independents on the Tube but distribution is narrow. Corporate owns the radio and it prefers not to pay high BMI & ASCAP vig.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 05, 2026 12:16 AM (jU8k8)
Posted by: Notorious BFD"
Did you hear that one of the Village People died? Now he's In The Gravey.
Posted by: fd at July 05, 2026 12:16 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 05, 2026 12:16 AM (yEz+x)
#2 son had some easy listening 60-70s channel on his truck today. Simon & Garfunkel, America, CSN, etc. I didn't say anything but sheesh, how many generations are going to still be listening to that stuff?
Posted by: fd at July 05, 2026 12:12 AM (MWfyi)
I was recently at a ski resort and noticed the music playing on the outdoor deck of people enjoying apres ski were all hits from the 80s. I remarked that'd be like people during the 1980's playing hits from before rock music was invented.
Posted by: Serious Cat at July 05, 2026 12:16 AM (xqQi7)
Posted by: JuJuBee at July 05, 2026 12:17 AM (tM5h4)
Happy Independence Day!
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 05, 2026 12:17 AM (lfni7)
Posted by: TRex - very important mail dino at July 05, 2026 12:15 AM (IQ6Gq)
They aren't bearing good news, im guessing. Sorry about the timing.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at July 05, 2026 12:18 AM (Snklc)
#2 son had some easy listening 60-70s channel on his truck today. Simon & Garfunkel, America, CSN, etc. I didn't say anything but sheesh, how many generations are going to still be listening to that stuff?
Posted by: fd
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And then there's that damned Mozart!
Posted by: buddhaha at July 05, 2026 12:18 AM (iaABv)
Posted by: scampydog at July 05, 2026 12:19 AM (wJrX8)
A: the Dept of Education
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 05, 2026 12:03 AM (THY4u)
B: the death knell of them all - the 1965 Immigration Act aka The Hart-Cellar Act. As Sen Jacob Javitz said when it passed “the floodgates are open”. It just took a few decades to feel the disastrous effects.
Posted by: TxAnn at July 05, 2026 12:19 AM (SjAWL)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2026 12:19 AM (viF8m)
288 To whichever star canceled for tonight's bash. Thank you, I'm enjoying the Military musicians.
Posted by: PaleRider at July 05, 2026 12:13 AM (PV+Zw)
Absolutely! I’d much rather listen to talented amateurs than some aged out hipsters.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 05, 2026 12:19 AM (H8EHh)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 05, 2026 12:12 AM (ceJ0R)
Trump-hating locals will have to really hate the guy to say that it wasn't a good show (although the weather delay didn't help with the timing).
As much as people in the media and on the left have groused at America 250 being dwarfed by Freedom 250 (Trump has to have his own show!), I think Trump rightly saw that the former, for its 10 years of existing, was doing a poor job and the final product was amounting to a whole lot of meh, and being the showman he is, stepped in.
Posted by: Vendette at July 05, 2026 12:20 AM (pJK38)
Posted by: fd at July 05, 2026 12:20 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Sam Adams at July 05, 2026 12:20 AM (X+xvk)
They didn't play any Depeche Mode but maybe they may as well.
youtu.be/RLQGaJ6-aE0
Posted by: gKWVE at July 05, 2026 12:20 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: PaleRider
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Good band & singers, excellent opportunity.
Need a list of boycotters. Time for turn about's.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 05, 2026 12:21 AM (jU8k8)
Posted by: Norrin Radd, sojourner of the spaceways at July 05, 2026 12:21 AM (tRYqg)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2026 12:19 AM (viF8m)
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Complete with holographic Trump dancing to YMCA.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 12:22 AM (kpS4V)
302 The semi-squishy centennial is over. It was fun while it lasted. I know I won't be around for the 300th and possibly the country won't either, but I feel lucky I celebrated the 200th and the 250th. Tomorrow I'm having a Fourth on the Fifth parTAY with a friend who had to work today. Might as well make a weekend of it.
Posted by: JuJuBee at July 05, 2026 12:17 AM (tM5h4)
Me too! You realize that people like us (and there’s a lot here tonight) have been around for 1/5 of this countries entire existence? In fact for a lot of us it’s more like 1/4. No wonder we remember a lot more than the current crop of young fools.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 05, 2026 12:23 AM (H8EHh)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 05, 2026 12:24 AM (CHHv1)
Gosh I sure do love you, Horde, truly fine people.
SMH,I had a vision of your front porch decked out with an American flag today.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 05, 2026 12:24 AM (ibDUx)
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Looking at the smoke, there's a good shot that it'll poison a large part of DC.
Hey, a boy can dream, can't he?
Posted by: buddhaha at July 05, 2026 12:24 AM (iaABv)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 05, 2026 12:25 AM (ceJ0R)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 12:22 AM (kpS4V)
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My dad was a HUGE Village People fan, and he hates Trump.
I'm not brave enough to ask him about that...
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 05, 2026 12:25 AM (lfni7)
Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2026 12:25 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Case at July 05, 2026 12:27 AM (IY9No)
Posted by: gKWVE
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If Bezos would get of his yacht and spend a little time at the shop they might get that problem solved.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 05, 2026 12:27 AM (jU8k8)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 05, 2026 12:24 AM (ibDUx)
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Have a flagpole a couple of yards away from the porch.
The previous owners were nice enough to leave us the flag.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 05, 2026 12:27 AM (lfni7)
Likely, but I'm not sure it's even necessary. I hear that song now and I do the white guy overbite and my hands start dancing.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2026 12:27 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 05, 2026 12:24 AM (CHHv1)
Go for it! Just keep about 3 or 4 blockquote tags open, so all the comments get a dark gray background.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 05, 2026 12:28 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2026 12:27 AM (viF8m)
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This made me giggle for some reason.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 05, 2026 12:28 AM (lfni7)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 05, 2026 12:28 AM (ceJ0R)
Thank you for posting (and cropping!) my poster pic!
Can't believe it's still in such good condition. Has only a single pin hole at each corner, from where I attached it to my bedroom wall all those years ago. Thanks, Mom!
Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2026 12:29 AM (rdVOm)
And so far the rockets are not re-usable.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 05, 2026 12:29 AM (jU8k8)
I didn't know much of anything about Trump before he ran for President.
When he came down the escalator to announce he was running for President I thought to myself he is the man who is going to get stuff straight. It was strange because I didn't know anything about him.
I realize people have issues with him which is their right.
I feel so blessed we have him and we'll never see another like him.
Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 12:29 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Bulg at July 05, 2026 12:10 AM (77rzZ)
Howard DaSilva was an old commie, but by golly he did a great Ben Franklin.
Gonna watch tomorrow, had no time today.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2026 12:30 AM (1Ff7Z)
I’m loving the amateur karaoke.
Fuck all the assholes who are too afraid to perform because of politics.
It’s America 250
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 05, 2026 12:30 AM (4ThdF)
Posted by: Sam Adams at July 05, 2026 12:30 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 12:31 AM (kpS4V)
CNN just had to show a brief clip of Trump and Melania having a discussion, I'm sure to later wonder if they were arguing.
Posted by: Vendette at July 05, 2026 12:31 AM (pJK38)
Whose very ashes have a voice—a warning cry to guard and save.
—Lines on the Deaths of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, A Lady of Richmond, E.L.S., July 14 1826.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 05, 2026 12:32 AM (kYmoU)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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It is to laugh. Mexico is possibly one of the longest.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 05, 2026 12:32 AM (jU8k8)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 05, 2026 12:23 AM (H8EHh)
Damn, since you put it way I’m in between 1/3 and 1/4. I was already feeling old going through the mental bicentennial archives, but that ratio adds another layer of rust. :-)
Posted by: TxAnn at July 05, 2026 12:32 AM (SjAWL)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 05, 2026 12:33 AM (ceJ0R)
Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2026 12:33 AM (rdVOm)
JQ, I just knew that your poster was held in reserve until tonight, that is wonderful, it would be proudly hanging in my hallway.
My hubs and I used to laugh so hard when my oldest son would see the flag and say fag, fag and all of my gay co-workers would look at each other. I should perhaps specify that he was only two at te time.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 05, 2026 12:33 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 05, 2026 12:34 AM (fkjGs)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 05, 2026 12:34 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Sam Adams at July 05, 2026 12:34 AM (X+xvk)
youtube.com/watch?v=X7x9cv1FsyA
Posted by: gp at July 05, 2026 12:35 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Vendette at July 05, 2026 12:36 AM (pJK38)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 05, 2026 12:36 AM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Serious Cat at July 05, 2026 12:37 AM (xqQi7)
Posted by: Sam Adams at July 05,
Amen.
And your beer is not bad, sir.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at July 05, 2026 12:37 AM (Snklc)
youtube.com/watch?v=X7x9cv1FsyA
Posted by: gp at July 05, 2026 12:35 AM (Jr5Lq)
Watch it on a browser with an ad blocker. It's long enough already without a commercial cutting in every five minutes.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2026 12:37 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Whippersnappers.
Born before Pearl Harbor. Been alive for slightly less than 1/3 of our country's existence.
Then look at those WWII vets on the stage this evening. More than 45% of the country's existence.
I don't feel that old, and neither does this country. We've come a long way, baby, and there's a long, long way to go.
Greatness behind, and greatness ahead.
Posted by: buddhaha at July 05, 2026 12:38 AM (iaABv)
Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2026 12:38 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Sam Adams at July 05, 2026 12:39 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 05, 2026 12:39 AM (ceJ0R)
Posted by: Vendette at July 05, 2026 12:39 AM (pJK38)
Posted by: gp at July 05, 2026 12:39 AM (Jr5Lq)
As an aside, not the case for Molly Pitcher:
https://shorturl.at/JfbPG
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2026 12:40 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Case at July 05, 2026 12:40 AM (IY9No)
Posted by: Vendette at July 05, 2026 12:41 AM (pJK38)
Posted by: Norrin Radd, sojourner of the spaceways at July 05, 2026 12:21 AM (tRYqg)
***********
Had 2 sons in Junior High and HS marching band, one was drum major in HS (alto sax casanova). Junior high was a painful time listening to them.
I can't tell you how much I love your band and how fun it sounds!
My husband just brought in his laptop of young bald eagles (Sandy and Luna) at Big Bear California watching fireworks. I am sure Sandy wonders wth is going on as her sibling accidently knocked her out of the nest last week and she fledged. First landing upside down twice on limbs in confusion.
We think this is very patriotic of them to be part of the celebration.
Now we are going to bed. Love you crazy people.
Thanks for the ONT, D's.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 05, 2026 12:43 AM (hzuYO)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 05, 2026 12:43 AM (lfni7)
And your beer is not bad, sir.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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Why, thank you! I like Sam Adams. They have some very tasty offerings. Tonight I'm sampling some Sierra Nevada IPA's. Magnificent.
Posted by: Sam Adams at July 05, 2026 12:44 AM (X+xvk)
As an aside, not the case for Molly Pitcher:
https://shorturl.at/JfbPG
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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Whoa. Was not expecting that.
Posted by: scampydog at July 05, 2026 12:44 AM (wJrX8)
Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 12:45 AM (/QHx4)
(sad violin music)
Anyway, looked damn impressive.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 05, 2026 12:45 AM (ntk8v)
I remember seeing the stunned, po-faced anchor persons who could not wrap their tiny little Minds around the idea that Americans were rebelling against this b******* edict.
It was glorious.
Posted by: Beverly at July 05, 2026 12:46 AM (reMys)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 05, 2026 12:46 AM (ibDUx)
We live in the greatest country in the world.
We are so blessed.
Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 12:45 AM (/QHx4)
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It was an honor to defend this nation.
And it wasn't until I went to Iraq that I realized how truly blessed we are.
These kids just don't know.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 05, 2026 12:47 AM (lfni7)
I remember seeing the stunned, po-faced anchor persons who could not wrap their tiny little Minds around the idea that Americans were rebelling against this b******* edict.
It was glorious.
Posted by: Beverly
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In southern Illinois, it was amazing.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 05, 2026 12:48 AM (lfni7)
I remember seeing the stunned, po-faced anchor persons who could not wrap their tiny little Minds around the idea that Americans were rebelling against this b******* edict.
It was glorious.
Posted by: Beverly
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In the face of abject tyranny, they uniformly told them where to go. God, but I love this country.
Posted by: Sam Adams at July 05, 2026 12:48 AM (X+xvk)
SMH,
You are right, they have no clue.
We have to pray they don't muck up things.
Proud to be an American where we are blessed to be free.
Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 12:49 AM (/QHx4)
I remember seeing the stunned, po-faced anchor persons who could not wrap their tiny little Minds around the idea that Americans were rebelling against this b******* edict.
It was glorious.
Posted by: Beverly at July 05, 2026 12:46 AM (reMys)
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LOL! Thanks, I had forgotten about that and it was grand!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 05, 2026 12:49 AM (hzuYO)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 05, 2026 12:49 AM (lfni7)
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And we are now told to believe a story that "they" are concerned that some extremists might be coming to take over their party.
Posted by: ... at July 05, 2026 12:51 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: ... at July 05, 2026 12:51 AM (vE0+H)
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God uses the unlikeliest of people for His purpose.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 05, 2026 12:52 AM (lfni7)
Southern Illinois??? Really?
And you just moved to the Ozarks???
I think you're following me around!
Hope we get to meet one day.
Posted by: mnw at July 05, 2026 12:52 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 05, 2026 12:53 AM (lfni7)
We lived in a suburb of Chicago for several years.
O what a happy day when we moved from there to South Carolina.
Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 12:54 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: ...
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I tell you, if Trump had lived in 1776, his signature would have been on the Declaration. He has literally risked EVERYTHING dear to him for the sake of this nation. How that man can walk upright with a pair of balls that big is beyond me. May God bless and keep him, and cover him in His protective hand.
Posted by: Sam Adams at July 05, 2026 12:54 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 05, 2026 12:52 AM (lfni7)
That is for sure. What has always struck me is that the early backers of the famously degenerate potty-mouthed Trump was "evangelicals". It's like they knew what/who was required for the battle before many even knew what the battle was.
Posted by: ... at July 05, 2026 12:55 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 05, 2026 12:55 AM (lfni7)
Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 12:55 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 04, 2026 10:15 PM (R+iUD)
I’m chewing on it. It’s just about 3 hours north on 45. From what I understand, it’s a BYOA, bring your own arsenal?
Posted by: TxAnn at July 05, 2026 12:56 AM (SjAWL)
Posted by: ... at July 05, 2026 12:55 AM (vE0+H)
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Scripture kinda lays out the battle plan.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 05, 2026 12:57 AM (lfni7)
Posted by: mnw at July 05, 2026 12:57 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: TxAnn at July 05, 2026 12:56 AM (SjAWL)
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Arsenal, alcohol, etc.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 05, 2026 12:58 AM (lfni7)
Posted by: Vendette at July 05, 2026 12:58 AM (pJK38)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 05, 2026 12:59 AM (lfni7)
I shall sleep well tonight.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 05, 2026 12:59 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Sam Adams
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In Jesus' name we pray.
Amen.
Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2026 01:00 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 05, 2026 01:00 AM (lfni7)
Scripture kinda lays out the battle plan.
Posted by: SMH
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Joel 3-9
Proclaim this among the nations:
Prepare for war!
Rouse the warriors!
Let all the fighting men draw near and attack. Beat your plowshares into swords
and your pruning hooks into spears.
Let the weakling say,
“I am strong!”
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2026 01:00 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: ...
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He called the heads of all faiths in at the same time. He spoke truth as a man not as a politician. The last thing he said, I won't let you down.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 05, 2026 01:00 AM (jU8k8)
Posted by: Sam Adams at July 05, 2026 12:54 AM (X+xvk)
God spared him for a reason.
Listening to him that day telling that black conference that Kamala's not even black was a thing of beauty. I mean it's only something she said her entire career but he's not allowed. Whites aren't allowed. A black Republican would not be allowed.
The guy has interplanetary balls. It's like "you can't do that"... right up until someone does it.
The discussion here that day was decidedly mixed. The people that want him to be quiet or pull punches do not possess his instinct for battle or understanding for what is required. Or more to the point, the shape of the phony gameboard they have us all prostrate on. He has balls. I like... balls.
Posted by: ... at July 05, 2026 01:00 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 05, 2026 12:57 AM (lfni7)
Amen
Posted by: ... at July 05, 2026 01:01 AM (vE0+H)
The American diplomats who negotiated the LP complained, "The boundaries of the French territory in the Purchase lands are not clearly known. So, we don't know exactly what it is we're buying."
Napoleon: "I'm sure you'll make the most of it."
Posted by: mnw at July 05, 2026 01:03 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: ... at July 05, 2026 12:55 AM (vE0+H)
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We needed a LEADER. A two-dimensional cardboard cutout spouting focus group-approved talking points wasn't going to get it. Trump did absolutely everything I had ever wanted to see a Republican candidate do. He stood up to his own idiot party. He stood up to the corrupt Clinton Crime Family, and he gave absolute hell to our useless media. He's left them howling, confused, licking their wounds and whining on the back porch. God bless him.
Posted by: Sam Adams at July 05, 2026 01:04 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: ... at July 05, 2026 01:00 AM (vE0+H)
He speaks in a language I understand.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 05, 2026 01:04 AM (S41Gd)
President Trump loves us and our country.
I've never seen a person like him who has respect for all classes of people. He knows we are all important to make our country work.
Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 01:04 AM (/QHx4)
Oh well. I know what it all means! And it's great!
Happy birthday, America!
Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2026 01:05 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 05, 2026 01:07 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 05, 2026 01:07 AM (pv+nv)
Posted by: Case at July 05, 2026 01:07 AM (IY9No)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 05, 2026 01:07 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 05, 2026 01:07 AM (lytXf)
Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2026 01:08 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 01:08 AM (/QHx4)
I have. I was fortunate to grow up with a mom and dad exactly like that.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2026 01:09 AM (viF8m)
Oh well. I know what it all means! And it's great!
Happy birthday, America!
Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2026 01:05 AM (rdVOm)
It was so crazy here they were shooting shit off from the ancient cemetery up the street.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 05, 2026 01:09 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 01:09 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 05, 2026 01:09 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 01:10 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Berserker
That's probably well-watered there & safer than many other possible launch sites, LOL
Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2026 01:10 AM (rdVOm)
I watched on t.v. and I really liked the closeups of people in the crowd. Seemed like all of America was there, enjoying the show.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 05, 2026 01:11 AM (mmrXZ)
Before the halfway point the smoke on the river was so thick I could see none of them, even the one closest to me.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 05, 2026 01:11 AM (pv+nv)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 05, 2026 01:09 AM (S41Gd)
Are you sure the fireworks weren't launched by the patriots interred there? Celebrating 250 years, and this President and today's patriots?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 05, 2026 01:14 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 05, 2026 01:14 AM (BI5O2)
People in the Midwest and South who had never heard a New Yawker multimillionaire with a Queens accent before, and saw him sweating profusely in his fancy dark suit?
They somehow sensed a genuineness in Trump they had never encountered before.
I include myself among the Trump skeptics. I knew he'd contributed to Hillary & other Democrats in the past, so I suspected him of being... a liberal in disguise.
I'm so happy to have been INCREDIBLY wrong!
Posted by: mnw at July 05, 2026 01:15 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: PabloD at July 05, 2026 01:16 AM (byoW7)
Posted by: mnw at July 05, 2026 01:17 AM (RCjYY)
For a lot of years I've wanted a businessman with some common sense to run this country and not a politician. I admit when Trump first tossed his hat in the ring I didn't think he was serious. I was wrong.
I watched Trump operate in NYC as a kid growing up and I always knew he was smart and capable but he has far exceeded my hopes. He's truly one of a kind. We will never see another like him.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2026 01:17 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Weak Geek at July 05, 2026 01:18 AM (kdEHI)
Posted by: davidt at July 04, 2026 10:11
I've been getting packs of $2 bills, saving any valuable ones, then spending the rest in my few cash transactions.
It's actually anti-inflationary as most people keep them and they are pulled out of circulation. LOL
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at July 05, 2026 01:18 AM (55Qr6)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 05, 2026 01:14 AM
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The temp dropped quite a bit and it feels comfortable.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 05, 2026 01:18 AM (pv+nv)
Posted by: mnw at July 05, 2026 01:19 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2026 01:19 AM (XeU6L)
I'm so happy to have been INCREDIBLY wrong!
Posted by: mnw
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Me too! I voted for Cruz in the primary... Because I figured The Donald was just another lib dem in disguise. A Diablo, waiting to fk us over. Dad (RIP), a hard-core conservative, talked me off the ledge after Trump won the primary.
Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2026 01:19 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: gp at July 05, 2026 01:19 AM (Jr5Lq)
When he went after the Bushes I knew he was absolutely the real deal. Because no GOPe I know would do that.
I know that pissed people here off that night, bigly, sounding like a leftard blaming Bush for 9/11 but that wasn't what he was doing. He wasn't implicating us. He was implicating the people that had kept betraying us. And he was taking down the rival that was supposed to REALLY get Hillary elected.
Posted by: ... at July 05, 2026 01:19 AM (vE0+H)
People are so happy they don't live in a shithole country.
They are celebrating FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 01:20 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 05, 2026 01:18 AM (pv+nv
Yeah, I guess you guys got some rain, right? It hit us hard last night, and finally took the edge of the stifling heat in Southern Appalachia.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 05, 2026 01:20 AM (BI5O2)
And I was entirely wrong.
Donald Trump has been consistent in what he was saying for a long, long time. He hates seeing stupidity and corruption in government. He hates inefficiency. He hates seeing ordinary people getting screwed. This man genuinely loves this nation and Her people. God bless and keep him.
Posted by: Sam Adams at July 05, 2026 01:20 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: ChE99 at July 05, 2026 01:22 AM (Jteiy)
They are celebrating FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 01:20 AM (/QHx4)
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We won the lottery.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 05, 2026 01:22 AM (lfni7)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2026 01:19 AM (XeU6L)
Well, he IS a politician, though he is on the way to being regarded as a statesman, which is something else altogether.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 01:23 AM (An2iq)
Posted by: davidt
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I have probably 50 lbs. of copper pennies.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2026 01:23 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Weak Geek
Maybe that's all they could afford, and wanted to be part of the big celebration *somehow*!
Or, maybe they're just regular peeps like me, what needed a day to dispose of old fireworks-- and couldn't find them on New Year's Day. LOL!
Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2026 01:23 AM (rdVOm)
President Trump deserves his own mountain.
Mt. Rushmore is great but he should not have to share space with them.
Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 01:24 AM (/QHx4)
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It did rain a bit. Temps dropped soon afterward.
Gave me a chance to try out my spiffy new Ozark Trail poncho.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 05, 2026 01:24 AM (pv+nv)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2026 01:25 AM (viF8m)
I didn't even think of buying any for three years after moving somewhere they're permitted, because the aversion to them was so ingrained.
Last year, I was hearing them going off all around, and it finally hit me: "oh yeah... this is legal!"
So I bought a bunch of mortars and stuff this year, and lit them off with my brother, and thought "yeah, that was pretty badass," and then saw Donald Trump's thing on TV.
*sad trombone*
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 05, 2026 01:27 AM (BI5O2)
What is so great about pop-pop-pop?
Posted by: Weak Geek
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You're sposta watch them, not just listen to them.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 05, 2026 01:27 AM (mmrXZ)
Things I could have been but weren't: too long to list.
Things I was but shouldn't a been: also too long to list.
Things I am: caretaker of a black cat. Slave.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 05, 2026 01:27 AM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc
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Bingo.
Posted by: Sam Adams at July 05, 2026 01:29 AM (X+xvk)
You are a wonderful steward of one of God's creatures.
You're also made in God's image, never forget that.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 05, 2026 01:29 AM (lfni7)
Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 01:29 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Hahaha, I sure tried! Walked all around the property, trying to see between trees... no joy. Oh, well. The sound is good enough for me! I know that the people lighting them off, were CELEBRATING!
I'm celebrating too, just *more quietly* than most.
Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2026 01:30 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2026 01:31 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 01:34 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Berserker
That's probably well-watered there & safer than many other possible launch sites, LOL
Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2026 01:10 AM (rdVOm)
Along with a captive audience that didn't complain.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 05, 2026 01:34 AM (S41Gd)
Happy Fourth, Blondie. You always make me laugh and I like how you think.
Posted by: ... at July 05, 2026 01:35 AM (vE0+H)
Mt. Rushmore is great but he should not have to share space with them.
Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 01:24 AM (/QHx4)
He needs his own planet.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 05, 2026 01:35 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 01:36 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 01:36 AM (/QHx4)
He'll reshape the face on mars in his own image. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 05, 2026 01:37 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2026 01:17
The funniest prez ever. And agree, he's far exceeded my hopes.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at July 05, 2026 01:37 AM (55Qr6)
youtu.be/22Ndi2HUheg
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 05, 2026 01:39 AM (ntk8v)
Some people think he is crude.
So what, he speaks the truth, no holds barred.
So many people have been cowed to be PC. Fuck that shit.
Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 01:39 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Sam Adams at July 05, 2026 01:43 AM (X+xvk)
Yeah-- listen to these same people in their private convos, and hear even *worse* than what they (faux) complain about! Hypocrites...
Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2026 01:45 AM (rdVOm)
America! Gosh Yes!
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at July 05, 2026 01:46 AM (0aYVJ)
It is so dry here. So many people here have been worried about fires from the fireworks. Hubby and I have been concerned.
We haven't heard any sirens so things must be good.
Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 01:48 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Beverly at July 05, 2026 12:46 AM (reMys)
I'm in Orange County, just south of and within commuting distance to Los Angeles.
Tonight was an incredible display of fireworks all around us. It went continuously from dusk until presently there are still isolated booms in the distance.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 05, 2026 01:49 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 05, 2026 01:34
You do have a point there.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at July 05, 2026 01:50 AM (55Qr6)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at July 05, 2026 01:50 AM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 05, 2026 01:51 AM (+9wcF)
Pug,
It hasn't slowed here. Last year the drought was so bad that fireworks were banned. I think people are doubling up this year.
Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 01:51 AM (/QHx4)
There are moments in all of our lives we don't fully appreciate because we are too busy living in the moment. This is one of those moments.
Trump has changed the trajectory of the world. It's an incredible time to be alive.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2026 01:52 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 01:56 AM (/QHx4)
It was a good Independence Day celebration, despite the efforts of media, libtards and commies (birm)
Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2026 01:56 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 01:51 AM (/QHx4)
The drought here is minimal, I would say, especially in my area. Last weekend we saw heavy rain and mid 50s temperatures. So that certainly helped. And Idaho has far less restrictive fireworks rules. Way looser than Colorado, but I daresay a lot of that was Karens calling the cops if they hear any kind of explosions.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at July 05, 2026 01:56 AM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Sam Adams at July 05, 2026 02:03 AM (X+xvk)
Enjoyed sharing the fourth with all of youse.
I'm gonna leave before I can't leave.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 05, 2026 02:03 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 05, 2026 02:04 AM (bl07w)
Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2026 02:04 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2026 02:07 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 05, 2026 02:16 AM (bl07w)
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 05, 2026 02:19 AM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2026 02:24 AM (rdVOm)
2h
This might be the greatest Freudian slip of all time
https://tinyurl.com/mdstebky
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 05, 2026 02:25 AM (QNSrI)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 05, 2026 02:29 AM (fkjGs)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 05, 2026 02:25 AM
Homo and his gold-digging beard. Ugh.
Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2026 02:31 AM (rdVOm)
https://tinyurl.com/4kdjyte3
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 05, 2026 02:35 AM (QNSrI)
Good night, horde. Thanks for being here & celebrating our 250th together!
Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2026 02:40 AM (rdVOm)
Homo and his gold-digging beard. Ugh.
Posted by: JQ
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what in the heck is with Huma Abedin? Is she afraid of dying alone? Of entering a restaurant alone?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 05, 2026 02:41 AM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 05, 2026 02:25 AM
Homo and his gold-digging beard. Ugh.
Posted by: JQ
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Couldn't even bring himself to lie. Good show Alex.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 05, 2026 02:44 AM (jU8k8)
I did not know about Raquel Welch's 1970 Raquel! TV special at the time, since I did not exist yet.
Raquel Welch - Space Dance (The Cecil Holmes Soulful Sounds - Also Sprach Zarathustra)
https://youtu.be/ShpHqjM-zAQ
So, when I first saw this fanvid, which is perfectly synced, I thought it was a real music video.
Pets - Porno For Pyros (Raquel Welch - Space Dance)
https://youtu.be/FSOHO3GwEPg
As a result, when I found out where the sexy dancer came from for that one, I assumed that Kate Moss dancing to garage rock was a fanvid too.
The White Stripes - I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself
https://youtu.be/wzDG0jA3XVY
Nope. That's official. Enjoy!
Posted by: SciVo at July 05, 2026 02:45 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 05, 2026 02:47 AM (jU8k8)
@takaichi_sanae
Jul 4
Heartfelt congratulations to President @realDonaldTrump and the American people on Independence Day, the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States.
To celebrate this memorable year, 250 cherry trees were donated from Japan.
Additionally, Japanese fireworks will be launched at Independence Day events across the United States to add flowers to the celebrations.
We will continue to strengthen the ties between Japan and the United States.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 05, 2026 02:49 AM (jU8k8)
I want to thank the law enforcement agencies who conducted a large-scale operation throughout the Colosseum area this morning. Hundreds of people have been identified and arrested ....
The State is there and continues to guard the territory with determination, also thanks to the strengthened tools introduced with the Security Decree.
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Out of towners unwelcome in Southern Europe?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 05, 2026 02:55 AM (jU8k8)
https://tinyurl.com/4zptra5v
OK. Back to work for me.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 05, 2026 02:57 AM (y1wyK)
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Meloni > Baloney
What a disappointment. One of many.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 05, 2026 02:59 AM (y1wyK)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 05, 2026 03:02 AM (jU8k8)
Matches her policy of dependence on Russia for energy, US for defence, China for revenue.
Then she called her memoir Freedom
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 05, 2026 03:09 AM (jU8k8)
President Trump loves us and our country.
I've never seen a person like him who has respect for all classes of people. He knows we are all important to make our country work.
Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 01:04 AM (/QHx4)
The key difference is that Trump has real world experience. He’s a politician now, but he had decades of working in the real world and that gave him a different POV than people who took government classes, and maybe became lawyers or got master’s degrees in public administration so that they could enter political office, fully isolated from the real world.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 03:17 AM (An2iq)
@BuzzPatterson
7h
Taylor Swift forces Travis to sign a 40-page prenuptial agreement that includes an infidelity clause, costing Travis $20M per violation
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 05, 2026 03:19 AM (jU8k8)
Well, it sure as all hell couldn’t be “War Ensemble”.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 03:23 AM (An2iq)
YNWA
Posted by: Liverpool FC at July 05, 2026 03:24 AM (An2iq)
Posted by: Levi jeans at July 05, 2026 03:25 AM (An2iq)
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Now pardon the rest of us so we may have that Camray, Toyota HiLux diesels, or Colorado's with Duramax four banger. And while you're at it get rid of that Blue Dep.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 05, 2026 03:25 AM (jU8k8)
Speed of light trapped under my hood
Breakin laws cuz there’s nothin to do
Driving the Interstate, I’m stopped for a
Posted by: Megadeth at July 05, 2026 03:26 AM (An2iq)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 03:26 AM (An2iq)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 03:27 AM (An2iq)
Posted by: Splunge at July 04, 2026 10:34 PM (JpUeg)
As long as we extinct the damned cargo pigeons first. They shit on everything.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 10:36 PM (1z8ji)
The more you eat, the more you shit.
Posted by: Mao at July 05, 2026 03:28 AM (An2iq)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 03:29 AM (An2iq)
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Maybe they'll figure out how to get Europe to stop funding Ukraine.
But it's probably got something to do with the (memory here) the Balkins and Finns sabre rattling.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 05, 2026 03:33 AM (jU8k8)
@BuzzPatterson
7h
Taylor Swift forces Travis to sign a 40-page prenuptial agreement that includes an infidelity clause, costing Travis $20M per violation
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 05, 2026 03:19 AM (jU8k
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"Love means never having to say
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 05, 2026 03:50 AM (y1wyK)
Posted by: SciVo at July 05, 2026 03:55 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at July 05, 2026 04:00 AM (Cr2ed)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 05, 2026 04:05 AM (fkjGs)
Pixy, in case anyone's here.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 05, 2026 04:34 AM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 05, 2026 04:05 AM (fkjGs)
She is the definition of plain looking.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 06:21 AM (pKv0r)
Posted by: Things that will never be heard in the Kelce household at July 05, 2026 07:54 AM (c3YdQ)
Saturday Evening Movie Post [moviegique]: The Most Pro-American Movies of the 21st Century (to date)
On this 250th Independence Day, I thought it would be fun to revisit three films that came out in the 21st century that reflected the most positively on this great and glorious nation. There's a thread running through all this, which is probably really obvious. If you're not drunk, it'll probably leap out like a firework with a surprisingly short fuse.
You don't even have to be a great detctive to figure this one out.
The World's Fastest Indian
But Walton Goggins is in it. So it's got that going for it. (Which is nice.)
Just don't call him a POHMie.
Schultze Gets The Blues
The dance hall scenes are adorable. The people can't stop looking at the camera.
This is apparently a genre called "European Deadpan".
Detective Chinatown 2
Subtlety is not the watchword here.
Yes, this is also how I do stealth missions.
American Exceptionalism
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Just got back from "Young Washington." I'll probably review that for the July 25th post.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at July 04, 2026 07:31 PM (K40fF)
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at July 04, 2026 07:34 PM (K40fF)
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at July 04, 2026 07:36 PM (Cr2ed)
Wooho. I'm the 2nd loser!
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at July 04, 2026 07:36 PM (Cr2ed)
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 07:39 PM (Ia/+0)
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"Highway Hell" (1941) Prostitution ring septet works the rural two-lanes and rustic cabin motels of the fruited plain. A couple of the roadsluts aren't bad looking, and they all seem to be 'going my way.'
youtube.com/watch?v=CH66JDsmBX4
"The Red Menace" (1949) Shows how commie spies operate and recruit in the USA. One of the better flicks in this genre, well worth a watch. Barbra Fuller is the most boinkable among the Bolsheviks.
youtube.com/watch?v=6KWHDNPdoCg
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 07:40 PM (Jr5Lq)
youtube.com/watch?v=2hQR1MpLGDo
"The Wild Party" (1929) Clara Bow is hot for teacher, but why does it have to be Fredric frickin March for cripes sake? Movie starts out fun, then turns too serious. Who needs serious? I wanna climb up in her kee-ray-zee hair and build a squirrel dray. Because that's something that Fred would never do for her. And I need a place to store my nuts.
youtube.com/watch?v=1z4ZhBiobYc
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 07:41 PM (Jr5Lq)
ok.ru/video/6691606301211
"Blood Money" (1933) Interesting story and characters. Bug-eyed puffing klepto Frances Dee is mad as a march hare and scary as hell.
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 07:41 PM (Jr5Lq)
Well, when the post timestamp is 25 minutes from now, that simplifies it astonishlingly!
Erebus nooded, so the Horde is inbound.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 04, 2026 07:43 PM (NcvvS)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is on Movies in about fifteen minutes, if you haven't seen it recently and like James Stewart and especially Jean Arthur as much as I do. Linda's got some fireworks show going on the TV, and I'm going to have to wrestle the remote away from her, methinks.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 07:43 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 07:44 PM (Ia/+0)
I'm all peopled out today.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 04, 2026 07:44 PM (NXz0i)
Why should "Bablyon" be X-Rated. I remember it being...well, what we used to call "racy"...but I don't remember it being particularly graphic.
I didn't do a full write-up of that one. Just "Babylon: The worst thing to happen to Singin' In The Rain since A Clockwork Orange!"
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at July 04, 2026 07:45 PM (K40fF)
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 07:46 PM (Jr5Lq)
I expect most people haven't. "The World's Fastest Indian" flopped. "Schultze Gets The Blues" did fine for an art film, but that's not saying much as far as audience awareness. And "Detective Chinatown 2" was a smash hit! But in China. Not so much in the USA.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at July 04, 2026 07:46 PM (K40fF)
Posted by: Eromero at July 04, 2026 07:48 PM (LHPAg)
Poor Lucy. She’s not going to be a happy kitty.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 04, 2026 07:50 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 07:51 PM (jU8k8)
Abundant full-frontal nudity, various perversions, like people getting peed on, and murdered during sex.
Pre-Code period stuff was racy. "Babylon" is explicit. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but maybe better to label it as such.
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 07:53 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 04, 2026 07:53 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 07:53 PM (wzUl9)
I haven't seen it in ages. Thank you for the reminder.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at July 04, 2026 07:54 PM (Snklc)
Not really. It's a hugely upbeat movie, pro-America, and about going fast and using fossil fuels.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at July 04, 2026 07:54 PM (K40fF)
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 07:55 PM (Jr5Lq)
My father butt raped from age 3ish to age 9.
That hurt less than this post.
At least he used some sort of grease...
Posted by: Shithurt at July 04, 2026 07:56 PM (Dgvzh)
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 07:59 PM (Jr5Lq)
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Huh. I don't remember that, other than by implication.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at July 04, 2026 08:00 PM (K40fF)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 04, 2026 08:03 PM (4g5V+)
24 AI sez: "You can stream the movie "Detective Chinatown 2" for free on Tubi"
AI is wrong. You cannot stream DC2 in the USA as far as I know. And this brings back memories.
When the lockdown hit, I started getting DVDs of Asian movies I had see to re-watch them with the (incarcerated) family. I even did a post on that here called "Reviewing the new classics."
I picked up a bunch of movies easily, but not DC2. I had to get a DVD from Malaysia!
I formulated the idea that this was so un-PC that it was essentially censored in America. I cannot prove this. But given that it was the biggest hit of the DC series, and "Detective Chinatown" (1) is freely available, I think it's not too far-fetched.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at July 04, 2026 08:04 PM (K40fF)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 04, 2026 08:06 PM (kpS4V)
If you are going to list something with drag like "Detective Chinatown 2," you should list the superior "To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything Julie Newmar." Patrick Swayze and Wesley Snipes being amazing, on an classic American road trip movie, finding the goodness in rural American life and helping change others and be changed for the better. And the American dream at the end of winning a pageant.
"My Cousin Vinny," fish out of water in the south, roadtrip gone bad. But it shows the good virtues of the south, and doesn't paint Southerners as clueless yokels. And it shows that the justice system can be noble, even if proving innocence in it can be difficult.
And how about "Scarface" ... you can come from nothing and rise to the top! Sort of. Say hello to my little friend.
Posted by: LizLem at July 04, 2026 08:07 PM (gWBY1)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 04, 2026 08:07 PM (S41Gd)
DC4 takes place in San Francisco in 1900.
I should probably get 3 & 4. I'm so disappointed that so many of the theaters have just stopped playing Chinese & Korean stuff. Plenty of Hindi/Telugu/Tamil stuff, tho'.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at July 04, 2026 08:07 PM (K40fF)
ok.ru/video/1119308089874
works for me.
They have another copy if that one doesn't work for you.
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 08:08 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2026 08:09 PM (D+BhG)
Yeah, sorry, the answer is "My Jellyfin server."
If you want to see it and can't find a good source, I'll media mail you my copy.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at July 04, 2026 08:09 PM (K40fF)
"May the wings of liberty never lose a feather."
Posted by: LizLem at July 04, 2026 08:09 PM (gWBY1)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 04, 2026 08:09 PM (kpS4V)
I recently rewatched the DePalma "Scarface," and still love it. Nothing wrong with the 1932 "Scarface" either. Make it a double feature.
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 08:11 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 04, 2026 08:12 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 04, 2026 08:13 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Javems at July 04, 2026 08:14 PM (+uKTE)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at July 04, 2026 08:14 PM (jOF+o)
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Go on. . .
Posted by: Tonypete at July 04, 2026 08:14 PM (NXz0i)
https://tinyurl.com/5cejbp2s
I think Angel Studios has redeemed itself after the apparently awful Animal Farm, although I didn't see that.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2026 08:14 PM (D+BhG)
!!!!
The one I was having trouble securing to review for this...uh...review was "Schultze Gets The Blues".
There's a site called "Hoopla" that had it. But Hoopla is tied to your library card. Hmmph. Well, Hoopla provides links on how to get a library card on line. I got one in 5 minutes and was actually able to go back and watch "Schultze" in, like, 10 minutes.
A rare occasion where technology worked seamlessly and to my advantage!
Which I'm probably also paying for with my tax dollars.
:'-(
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at July 04, 2026 08:14 PM (K40fF)
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 08:15 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2026 08:15 PM (D+BhG)
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at July 04, 2026 07:31 PM (K40fF)
___________________________
How about a teaser? Were you entertained?
Posted by: Orson at July 04, 2026 08:15 PM (dIske)
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How else are vagrants going to watch porn?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 04, 2026 08:15 PM (kpS4V)
"Bob's your uncle."
"I'm not a bloody Pommie." (I fell for Prisoner of Her Majesty, POHMie but that's not correct.)
"Dirty old men need love, too."
Those come to mind. But I just rewatched.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at July 04, 2026 08:17 PM (K40fF)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at July 04, 2026 08:17 PM (jOF+o)
ok.ru/video/284475656867
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 08:22 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 08:22 PM (/QHx4)
So, I didn't cover it because the post is long enough already, but I didn't not consider any military film. War tends to be a highly specific circumstance.
I was looking for movies that reflected the culture(s) of America as an ordinary, identifiable day-to-day life--ones that didn't bother with America's flaws.
With that restraint, it almost had to be foreign films.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at July 04, 2026 08:23 PM (K40fF)
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at July 04, 2026 08:24 PM (K40fF)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 04, 2026 08:24 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at July 04, 2026 07:31 PM (K40fF)
___________________________
How about a teaser? Were you entertained?
Posted by: Orson at July 04, 2026 08:15 PM (dIske)
I saw it today - it's great! I recommend everyone see it. Rather than showing Washington as the made man we all know, it shows how the boy became the great man he was.
Posted by: Nova Local at July 04, 2026 08:25 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 08:25 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at July 04, 2026 08:25 PM (jOF+o)
I would suggest: "Casablanca"
There's no overt reference to the US other than "Rick" an American who set up a club on foreign soil. The whole purpose of his character is to reflect the very question that was on everyone's mind in the US. "Do we want to be in this war?" He's less a character, and more an idea/ choice. Ulimately, he decides to sacrifice his personal successes, sacrifice his personal life, and go all in on doing what he comes to believe is the right thing to do. The film came out in 1942, and likely was instramental in solidifying the choice we made to join the war 12/7/41 out of necessity.
In my mind, that's what makes a classic movie. There was no one in the US (and other countries) who couldn't relate to that very purposeful choice. That seems pretty pro-American to me.
Posted by: Orson at July 04, 2026 08:26 PM (dIske)
And I appreciated the fact that he failed at some things and learned from that.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2026 08:26 PM (D+BhG)
youtube.com/watch?v=1z4ZhBiobYc
Posted by: gp
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Knew a guy at school like that. Had it for his wife and she was very cute. I was like, Really? yep really.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 08:27 PM (jU8k8)
And I appreciated the fact that he failed at some things and learned from that.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2026 08:26 PM (D+BhG)
Yes, it's a great movie to take kids to (if they can handle battle scenes) b/c it does reinforce that success is no guarantee, and failure is okay and can be a stepping stone on which to grow...
Posted by: Nova Local at July 04, 2026 08:28 PM (tOcjL)
ok.ru/video/1119308089874
works for me.
They have another copy if that one doesn't work for you.
Posted by: gp
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They have Schultz too. Both in native language. No English.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 08:29 PM (jU8k8)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 08:29 PM (w0CFP)
Yes. That was an important message and my son who is in his 20's was the youngest person there.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2026 08:30 PM (D+BhG)
Yes. That was an important message and my son who is in his 20's was the youngest person there.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2026 08:30 PM (D+BhG)
I had my teen boys, and saw more teens in my showings...my kids all liked it!
Posted by: Nova Local at July 04, 2026 08:31 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 08:31 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2026 08:32 PM (D+BhG)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 08:29 PM (w0CFP)
Ummm, by your definition, it's actually Team America: World Police
Posted by: Nova Local at July 04, 2026 08:32 PM (tOcjL)
There is talk that ID4 was supposed to be the sequel. Some of this is sketched in the novels. But the novels became very very bad so ID4 became the standalone.
SG1 is the reboot of the terrible novels.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 08:33 PM (w0CFP)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 04, 2026 08:34 PM (kpS4V)
Some don't appreciate America until they see what they are up against.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 08:36 PM (w0CFP)
Follows town's citizens from fall of France in 1940 and says ends in 1945. On episode 8, been good so far.
Suspect some of these won't last to the end.
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 08:36 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Javems at July 04, 2026 08:36 PM (+uKTE)
But I was looking for 21st century movies.
Also, I was looking for average(ish) Americans in average(ish) situations.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at July 04, 2026 08:38 PM (K40fF)
Posted by: Javems at July 04, 2026 08:38 PM (+uKTE)
Unexpectedly pro-American film: Shane. Even though Director George Stevens didn't bother changing the Anglo names of the characters from the book, he made a point of placing several foreigners among the homesteaders to show that they were Americans united from all over the world. "Ernie Wright" was played by an actor famed for his exotic accents, and his character was seemingly German. "Swede" and Mrs. Shipstead and Axel Johnson were another set of foreigners. (Hollywood didn't mind these mismatched names/accents in those days apparently). Torrey the southerner and the Starretts were part of the community, too. You don't know the Starretts complete backstory, but they clearly came from genteel families and they'd been educated and "finished" elsewhere -- but Starrett insisted on forging a way for himself as a homesteader and steadily refused the cattle baron's offer of a more lucrative job working for him.
Although the settlers and homesteaders are living pretty rough, you can see the rising prosperity in a scene where they all go to Grafton's and they look through a catalog with fancy clothes.
There's a Fourth of July celebration in the movie, too.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 04, 2026 08:39 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: ... at July 04, 2026 08:39 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 08:41 PM (w0CFP)
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Go on. . .
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I can't find it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 08:43 PM (jU8k8)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2026 08:44 PM (Bw1/o)
Especially American-made ones.
73 I'm not a fan of Zendaya, but she and Robert Pattinson were very good in "The Drama".
That worked for me. I thought I covered it here but I see I went for "Over Your Dead Body" instead. I had a very similar take on it.
https://moviegique.com/reviews/the-drama/
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at July 04, 2026 08:44 PM (K40fF)
There's a Fourth of July celebration in the movie, too.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 04, 2026 08:39 PM (mmrXZ)
Sort of a subject change here but in a way, not. I watched Battle of Britain recently and really dug the Nazi rally that was filled to the brim with excited cheering women, with the men at war.
An image you don't see every day and has actually been drummed out of polite society in favor of the stereotypical crowds of scary racist white men - but 100% balls on accurate. Hitler had millions and millions of fawning female fans.
Posted by: ... at July 04, 2026 08:44 PM (vE0+H)
Which is weird.
83 I don't think I've ever seen any 21st century movies where foreigners came to the U.S.A and appreciate it.
Helps to watch =foreign= films. Finding American movies that are appreciative of America is hard.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at July 04, 2026 08:44 PM (K40fF)
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 08:45 PM (Jr5Lq)
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When I first saw it, at jarhead boyfriend's insistence, the chainsaw scene nearly made me hurl. BF just laughed and laughed. Savages, the lot of 'em!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 04, 2026 08:45 PM (kpS4V)
If they could just get rid of Americans.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 08:47 PM (w0CFP)
"DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES!!!!! YES!!!!"
- Al Michaels
Posted by: Orson at July 04, 2026 08:47 PM (dIske)
Also, I was looking for average(ish) Americans in average(ish) situations.
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Excellent concept the only problem is that I don't speak German or Chinese. Considering the crap they put out today you probably couldn't find three within the parameters you set.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 08:48 PM (jU8k8)
Posted by: Wally at July 04, 2026 08:49 PM (0e5Te)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2026 08:44 PM (Bw1/o)
Elf wildly appreciates America...
Posted by: Nova Local at July 04, 2026 08:49 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 04, 2026 08:45 PM (kpS4V)
Scene is brutal and shocking. If I told you how old I was when I first saw it, you would hurl again. Probably didn't do my head any good. Rest of the movie is a tour de force, maybe a little of its time and extremely DePalmy - and you do have to get past the chainsaw and Pacino's caricature - but I would never deny it's a fantastic film.
Posted by: ... at July 04, 2026 08:50 PM (vE0+H)
One of the gags...I think of it as a gag, but it probably just reflects my lack of understanding of '60s British privlic schools...but one of the gags of "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" is that she ADORES Mussolini.
> Young Washington
I enjoyed this a great deal. It is well-shot, well-edited, well-acted--I mean, I hate to underscore this but right-wing movies often have more heart than technical skill. This feels like a real movie.
It does not quite, in my mind, rise to the level of the Korean historical dramas. But it's a damn good film, and it makes you want to see more of the time period, which has been grossly underserved in the past 50 years.
Curiously, yesterday it had a 6.1 on IMDB. Usually ratings go down as review quantities go up, but it is now at 7.0. I might put it as high as a 7.3.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at July 04, 2026 08:50 PM (K40fF)
I'll see if I can find a speech to text translator that can run alongside a streaming movie that does not have subtitles. If I find one that works, I'll report back in a future thread.
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 08:52 PM (Jr5Lq)
Man, this rained-out 250th in DC is a bummer. Trump should just go out to that trailer with the WWII veterans and party.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 04, 2026 08:52 PM (mmrXZ)
Heh. I had to look it up. Yeah, it's around the same time as "Schultze" and "Indian".
It's definitely pro-America. Or pro-1980 America.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at July 04, 2026 08:52 PM (K40fF)
Terrible movie.
Posted by: Wally at July 04, 2026 08:53 PM (0e5Te)
Man, this rained-out 250th in DC is a bummer. Trump should just go out to that trailer with the WWII veterans and party.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 04, 2026 08:52 PM (mmrXZ)
It's why they originally scheduled the fireworks for 11pm...that's usually when weather clears...
My kids are in the rain watching neighbors light fireworks (our neighborhood show got busted by a dog owner who brought the cops a few years ago, son in revenge, now it's every man and women for themselves b/c those are not "organized" and thus are never shut down)...less safe and cool than the old show, but more American somehow...
Posted by: Nova Local at July 04, 2026 08:54 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Nova Local at July 04, 2026 08:55 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at July 04, 2026 08:57 PM (jOF+o)
I asked an AI how much water was in this week's humid heat dome. It said 225 gigatons. I asked how much latent energy was in that water vapor. 140 trillion kWh, equivalent of 2400 Tsar Bombas. I knew when the heat broke, that water had to land on somebody.
The Water Cycle knows no mercy.
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 08:58 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Nova Local at July 04, 2026 08:54 PM (tOcjL)
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And as despisable as they are California and Hawaii are part of the celebration too.
Anyway....850,000 shells are being used for this fireworks display....That's about 100 times more than big city displays who use anywhere between 7000 and 10000. DC is going to be loud and bright tonight.
Posted by: Orson at July 04, 2026 08:58 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 04, 2026 08:59 PM (mmrXZ)
Energy up the wazoo -- an almost 3-hr movie that doesn't feel close to 3 hours, so it gets a lot of points there.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 04, 2026 08:59 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: ... at July 04, 2026 08:44 PM (vE0+H)
Obama, mandami, etc. Nothing new when it comes to slimeballs.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 04, 2026 09:01 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at July 04, 2026 09:01 PM (jOF+o)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 04, 2026 09:03 PM (dCWmY)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at July 04, 2026 09:04 PM (jOF+o)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 04, 2026 09:01 PM (S41Gd)
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That's the worst punishment for me. I have all these fawning women pursuing me, and I prefer Bubba in the cell next to mine.
Posted by: Luigi at July 04, 2026 09:04 PM (dIske)
There's not a theater in this little town and I don't belong to Prime.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 09:05 PM (jU8k8)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 04, 2026 09:05 PM (dCWmY)
1% of the solar energy but it can still run a (methano)hydrochloride.
Powerful force
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 09:05 PM (sHiqN)
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 09:06 PM (Ia/+0)
There's not a theater in this little town and I don't belong to Prime.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 09:05 PM (jU8k
Take a weekend getaway and include a movie in the experience...
Posted by: Nova Local at July 04, 2026 09:06 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 04, 2026 09:06 PM (q3u5l)
Hope everyone had a great Independence day
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 09:07 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 04, 2026 09:07 PM (QaH55)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 04, 2026 09:07 PM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 09:08 PM (Ia/+0)
Plus: one of the canvassers was Republican, libertarian anyway (against gerrymandering). And like 20 years old.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 09:08 PM (sHiqN)
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 09:08 PM (Jr5Lq)
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Super movie except for that faggot kid.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 09:08 PM (jU8k8)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 09:09 PM (sHiqN)
Posted by: Skip
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A degenerate movie.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 09:11 PM (jU8k8)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 09:12 PM (sHiqN)
They've been loud here for a couple of days now, and that'll continue until at least Tuesday. Oh, well...
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 04, 2026 09:12 PM (q3u5l)
They are, as mentioned at the end of the post, outsider looks at America. A separate genre.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 04, 2026 09:14 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 09:12 PM (sHiqN)
Hardly. The Untouchables is DePalma.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 04, 2026 09:14 PM (xcxpd)
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If I had kids I would have taken them to DC. I would have filled their mushy heads with Americana they wouldn't begin to appreciate till they were 25. That's OK.
I saw an itinerary, there's more to come.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 09:15 PM (jU8k8)
I love a good, or even so-so, Tank movie.
T-34 came out right after the collaboration nonsense and our theater actually got people yelling at them that they shouldn't be showing a Russian movie!
https://moviegique.com/reviews/t-34/
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at July 04, 2026 09:17 PM (K40fF)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at July 04, 2026 09:17 PM (jOF+o)
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If I had kids I would have taken them to DC. I would have filled their mushy heads with Americana they wouldn't begin to appreciate till they were 25. That's OK.
I saw an itinerary, there's more to come.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 09:15 PM (jU8k
I'm doing that Tuesday...when the weather is not surface of the sun...
Posted by: Nova Local at July 04, 2026 09:19 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: ... at July 04, 2026 09:21 PM (vE0+H)
Case 1: Just watched the most recent "Odyssey" trailer, and that Spiderman guy uses the word "Dad" instead of father. That term didn't come into creation until 6200 years later...but it gave Pattison an opportunity to make a "daddy joke." How's Odysseus going to greet Polites? "Sup' my homey?"
Case 2: New Reagan film about the Iceland Conference with Gorbachev. The trailer has Reagan suggesting a full nuclear disarmament, and Gorbachev being coy/ disagreeable. Only, in real life it was Gorbie who made that suggestion, following up on his media releases prior to the conference....because their infrastructure was crumbling....hence Chernobyl three months earlier.
Posted by: Orson at July 04, 2026 09:22 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 04, 2026 09:23 PM (ndZc7)
Didn't see Midnight Run. Wasn't Spaceballs also in that 1987 era?
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 09:25 PM (HqQh+)
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at July 04, 2026 09:26 PM (K40fF)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 09:25 PM (HqQh+)
Ha, I nearly included that. One of my favorite comedies for sure. Midnight Run is a great movie and still holds up today. Only problem is you have to stare at DeNiro but it's one of the last movies he actually tried in.
Posted by: ... at July 04, 2026 09:26 PM (vE0+H)
When: August 22–23, 2026 · Practice and qualifying Saturday; race Sunday
Where: Street circuit on the National Mall
The 2026 Patriot Games
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The Great American State Fair
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 09:26 PM (jU8k8)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 09:27 PM (HqQh+)
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I watched a YT about upcoming historical dramas. One was set in the deep dark days of the '70s. Real historical.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 04, 2026 09:28 PM (ndZc7)
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You didn't see Midnight Run?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 09:28 PM (jU8k8)
Posted by: davidt at July 04, 2026 09:30 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: davidt
That was a baaad scene.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 04, 2026 09:32 PM (DZ9Lv)
Viewing over the last week or so has included The Haunting (63, not the 99 abomination), The Thing (51 and 82), The Legend of Hell House, Colossus: The Forbin Project, The Innocents, Twilight (the Paul Newman flick, not the sparkly vampires one), and Out of the Past. All of which hold up quite nicely.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 04, 2026 09:32 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: ... at July 04, 2026 09:32 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal
That's a bingo.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 04, 2026 09:32 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 09:09 PM (sHiqN)
We had one of those but it leaked.
Should have bought the BSA or Enfield, instead of the Lucas.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 04, 2026 09:32 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: ... at July 04,
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Then the faggot commies took over.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 09:33 PM (jU8k8)
He's afraid!
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 09:34 PM (HqQh+)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 04, 2026 09:35 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at July 04, 2026 09:36 PM (K40fF)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 09:33 PM (jU8k
That's like the "murders began" story starter. It can be a catch-all ending line to anything.
Posted by: ... at July 04, 2026 09:36 PM (vE0+H)
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It wasn't to love but it was a piece that worked. The writers actually created a narrative and kept it going and growing without too much vamping. Considering today's offerings it was a worthy accomplishment.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 09:38 PM (jU8k8)
In. The faggot commies
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 09:38 PM (HqQh+)
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It we don't butch up it may be.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 09:39 PM (jU8k8)
If the trailer is any indication the movie is going to have some of the cringiest dialog ever.
Posted by: Tuna at July 04, 2026 09:39 PM (lJ0H4)
March For Our Lives
@AMarch4OurLives
Gun violence in America was not an accident. It was built through specific decisions, laws, and power structures, going back to the founding.
250 years later, we're still living with the consequences.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 04, 2026 09:39 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at July 04, 2026 09:41 PM (jOF+o)
Trump will speak at America 250 at 11:00 pm then the fireworks will commence, because he wills it so!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 04, 2026 09:41 PM (kpS4V)
France deploying shipt to straight of H...
And the Pic? a RUSSIAN CRUISER.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 04, 2026 09:42 PM (mP0Kj)
March For Our Lives
@AMarch4OurLives
Gun violence in America was not an accident. It was built through specific decisions, laws, and power structures, going back to the founding.
250 years later, we're still living with the consequences.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 04, 2026 09:39 PM (ndZc7)
America, the last place that has any vestige of Freedom of Speech... because of the Founding Father's belief that citizens get to make their own damn decisions...
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 04, 2026 09:43 PM (mP0Kj)
Liked Breaking Bad, but I can never seen Esposito without thinking of his brief turn as the bumbling wanna-be PI in Twilight (the Newman flick) or his walk-on getting fried by the game machine in the greatest cinematic epic of our time, Maximum Overdrive.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 04, 2026 09:44 PM (q3u5l)
250 years later, we're still living with the consequences.
Um, why is “gun violence” bad and violence by any and all other means perfectly OK?
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 04, 2026 09:44 PM (M5CvA)
250 years later, we're still living with the consequences.
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You betcha'!
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 09:45 PM (jU8k8)
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 09:45 PM (Jr5Lq)
A month before he died, Rob Reiner filmed his final role as George Washington in Larry David’s historical sketch comedy series “Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness.”
His appearance in the HBO show was kept a secret until the second episode aired on July 3. The sketch allows Reiner, who was an outspoken critic of Donald Trump, to get the “last laugh” against the sitting president, director Jeff Schaffer tells Variety.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 04, 2026 09:46 PM (ndZc7)
Because gun violence is especially effective against authority.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at July 04, 2026 09:47 PM (K40fF)
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Because Trump has been notoriously quiet since Reiner died.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at July 04, 2026 09:47 PM (K40fF)
So good to see grammie winger post today. Many moons ago I suggested to a poster named momma winger that as much as she posted about her grandkids that she should make a change, and by gum she did.
Grammie and I live not to far apart, S WI and N IL. Many prayers from here.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at July 04, 2026 09:48 PM (55Qr6)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at July 04, 2026 08:14 PM (jOF+o)
Mob movies as a whole suck. There are a few exceptions. YMMV.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 04, 2026 09:49 PM (M5CvA)
Posted by: Lex at July 04, 2026 09:51 PM (y4H1r)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 09:52 PM (lfni7)
Hope you've all had a pleasant 4th.
Moviegique, thanks for the thread.
Have a good one, gang.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 04, 2026 09:54 PM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Case at July 04, 2026 09:56 PM (IY9No)
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 09:57 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 04, 2026 09:57 PM (bkuEU)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 09:52
Howdy SMH! I've heard you moved, did you escape IL and Prickster? Happy Independence Day.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at July 04, 2026 09:58 PM (55Qr6)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 04, 2026 09:59 PM (QaH55)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 04, 2026 09:46 PM (ndZc7)
Uh - I'm not incredibly familiar with death but that is definitely not how that works.
Posted by: ... at July 04, 2026 09:59 PM (vE0+H)
I feel like they mismanaged that ad campaign.
Anyway, thanks, all for coming.
Happy Independence Day!
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at July 04, 2026 09:59 PM (K40fF)
I got a bug about writing a script for a couple of things that have been kicking around my head, and really didn't like what was out there.
I'm a vim guy and having to do anything with a mouse breaks my flow so this is completely a keyboard experience, it's essentially Wordstar with screen wrtiting hooks and Vim keys and motions.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 04, 2026 09:59 PM (XV/Pl)
The Jacksonian Tradition
https://tinyurl.com/4uakukck
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 10:03 PM (jU8k8)
Posted by: Lex at July 04, 2026 10:03 PM (y4H1r)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal
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I was watching a documentary recently where someone high in the German Wehrmacht (schwere Panzer-Abteilungen). I forget the guy's name. He was talking about the first time they had captured and had an opportunity to evaluate US made tanks....and the guy said he was horrorfied...because everyting in the US tank seemed to be easily rigged for repairs, and that no matter what they did they couldn't get the US tank to break down with significant problems...as opposed to the Panzers and Tigers, that couldn't go a decent distance without breaking down, and requiring difficult repairs. He said you had to be a contortionist to repair german tanks, while the US tanks had everything right there in front of you...and you could repair on the run.
Posted by: Orson at July 04, 2026 10:06 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 04, 2026 10:08 PM (bkuEU)
"He blamed me. You heard him. Those were his last words."
"Not if you count the gurgling sound."
I thought Reiner was killed by his son, but it turns out karma killed him.
Posted by: Wally at July 04, 2026 10:11 PM (0e5Te)
There are critiques that can be leveled against the movie. The early film spends a lot of time on Washington's motives, the struggles of his social life, and his seemingly ill-fated romance. But all of that ends on a dour note, and pretty much stops dead in its tracks as Washington leaves for the Braddock Expedition. (With good reason, it seems like he abandoned all hope for himself at that stage) And the movie never went back to deal with those issues, as the Braddock Expedition was the climax of the movie, and the wrap-up was all focused on how that affected his career as an officer and leader. This is fully justified, and feels satisfactory in the moment, but may be seen as a flaw upon reflection.
But, again, that is irrelevant. I will buy this on DVD for the military scenes! And those scenes will make great viewing as isolated YouTube clips.
Posted by: Castle Guy at July 04, 2026 10:18 PM (3v7ra)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 10:44 PM (jU8k8)
Brooklyn was good! Irish lass chooses the young upstart American plumber with a dream over the fancy rich Irish guy with a sterile, settled life.
Posted by: LizLem at July 04, 2026 11:00 PM (gWBY1)
If the trailer's any indication the movie is going to have some of the cringiest dialog ever.
Posted by: Tuna
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The bit of trailer I saw is great.
"Elliot" Page being skewered.
Posted by: buddhaha at July 04, 2026 11:29 PM (iaABv)
Posted by: epador at July 05, 2026 10:27 AM (SUnRd)
Bender, that sounds interesting. I'm putting together a word processor that has fiction-writing tools. (All the things you'd probably expect, plus the ability to swap scenes out, back-and-forth. Because I find that's the big thing for me.)
Notsothoreau, the problem with fiction is that it has to make sense and not rely too heavily on coincidence or luck. Life has no such constraints.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at July 05, 2026 01:44 PM (K40fF)
Hobby Thread - July 4, 2026 [TRex]
Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread. For this week, the Wheel of Hobbies (TM) is feeling explosive. It spun and spun and landed on a fireworks theme for this Hobby Thread.
Are you wise in the ways of Zambelli?
Did you miss the Hobby Thread last week? We did an flight simulator theme. The comments may be closed, but you can re-live the content. Notable comments from last week:
Words of wisdom:
"Because despite all our troubles, when things are grim out in that wide round world of ours, that's when it's really important to have a good hobby." Posted by: tankascribe at June 22, 2024 07:41 PM (HWxAD).
Send thoughts, suggestions and photos of your hobbying to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Do mighty things.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 04, 2026 05:34 PM (hRGfZ)
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 05:34 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: HappyFun at July 04, 2026 05:36 PM (CoQfd)
Can't do that here in AZ. Neighbors get pissy when you set the town on fire.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 04, 2026 05:39 PM (+9wcF)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 05:40 PM (jU8k8)
As I mentioned earlier today, fireworks fill me with zero interest. They seem dangerously without safeguards. A gun's explosive power is contained within metal. A firework? *Cardboard* around the powder? Uh, Homie don't play dat.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 05:42 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: polynikes at July 04, 2026 05:43 PM (/WQyy)
Looking at how to make lemonade out of lemons by hitting five more this week.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 04, 2026 05:45 PM (4g5V+)
https://freedom250.org/celebration/ etc
It's supposed to be tall ships in NY harbor. Well, it isn't. It's a view of the mall with people talking in the background.
It shouldn't be so difficult to find events. The Mt. Rushmore presentation was good. Finding things today is a chore.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 05:45 PM (jU8k8)
Posted by: polynikes at July 04, 2026 05:45 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 04, 2026 05:45 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 04, 2026 05:46 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 04, 2026 05:47 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 04, 2026 05:50 PM (nbLIj)
Result: Cool smoking for over half an hour, not any more relights needed than with any other blend. A nice toasty aroma, too.
I don't often match pipe country with tobacco country. Yes, Peterson pipes sometimes get a Peterson tobacco, and a German tobacco in a German pipe, but it's rare. I have several French-made pipes -- but I don't know if there are any French-made pipe tobaccos. Are there?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 05:50 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 05:52 PM (jU8k8)
Posted by: Kratwurst at July 04, 2026 05:52 PM (9gKa/)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 05:53 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 04, 2026 05:50 PM (nbLIj)
I love that plane. Flew in the many a time.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 04, 2026 05:54 PM (4g5V+)
What are you hobbying?
Been making a laptop shelf with a cooling fan that can hold both of my 17" laptops. Forced AI to design it using typed prompts to create the design file. Gonna finish the raw pieces tomorrow, and use the 40w laser to cut the pieces out next week while I'm recovering from shoulder surgery.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 04, 2026 05:56 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: polynikes at July 04, 2026 05:58 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: RI Red at July 04, 2026 05:58 PM (WcJqs)
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Looks at Styrofoam enclosure hanging by a wire screwed into back of monitor... oh, well, little Beelink is cool.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 06:00 PM (jU8k8)
‘Murica!
Posted by: RI Red at July 04, 2026 06:02 PM (WcJqs)
Posted by: TRex - bombadier dino at July 04, 2026 06:02 PM (IQ6Gq)
At the moment, nothing. Waiting on the old house to sell so I can stop paying that mortgage and start dumping money into a new electronics bench, and maybe a 3D printer.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 04, 2026 06:03 PM (+9wcF)
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 06:03 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 06:04 PM (lfni7)
Posted by: TRex - thrust vector dino at July 04, 2026 06:04 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 04, 2026 06:05 PM (3kxek)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 04, 2026 06:05 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 04, 2026 05:45 PM (4g5V+)
Dinosaur Valley looks interesting - might put that on the itinerary for a fall or spring road trip. Looks too hot in summer.
What is the lemon you are trying to make lemonade out of?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 06:05 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 06:06 PM (jU8k8)
Posted by: PabloD at July 04, 2026 06:06 PM (byoW7)
Posted by: TRex - spooky dino at July 04, 2026 06:06 PM (IQ6Gq)
I could have over 500 pounds
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 06:06 PM (Ia/+0)
Wish me luck, patience and fortitude.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 06:08 PM (QGaXH)
And...the photo of the B-1 is great. That plane is just awesome.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 04, 2026 06:08 PM (PLxDd)
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 06:08 PM (Ia/+0)
As an aside, the same kid has managed to turn his back yard into an officially recognized wildlife area. He claims he just watched YouTube for instructions.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at July 04, 2026 06:09 PM (DK5Sh)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 06:05 PM (QGaXH)
Eh, got a car in the shop. Nothing serious, but nothing I wanted to risk driving through The Big Empty either. Once I get it back, I’m taking my time getting back home.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 04, 2026 06:10 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: H at July 04, 2026 06:10 PM (15qXl)
Posted by: TRex - spooky dino at July 04, 2026 06:06 PM (IQ6Gq
We lost six AC 130s in a Vietnam and one in Desert Storm.
We used them extensively in Afghanistan and Iraq with no losses. I find that pretty amazing.
Posted by: polynikes at July 04, 2026 06:11 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Skip
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So, it's home. Great.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 06:11 PM (jU8k8)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 04, 2026 06:13 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: PabloD at July 04, 2026 06:13 PM (byoW7)
Died too soon of a stroke at age 56.
RIP Billy.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 06:16 PM (QGaXH)
Meanwhile, my cousin and his 2 young boys were working on their own little project. You see, they'd been to a water park recently and wanted to build their own water balloon launcher, strung between 2 trees using a bucket and strips of rubber (cut from an innertube).
You see where this is going, yes? LOL
***SPLASH!!!***
Dude with the firecrackers was caught *completely* off-guard and oh, boy did he use some language like I'd not heard before! Probably messed his pants too!
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 06:17 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 06:17 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: ... at July 04, 2026 06:18 PM (vE0+H)
To stay safe, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) recommends maintaining a distance of at least 500 feet from any fireworks launch site.
And wear your mask.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 04, 2026 06:18 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 04, 2026 06:10 PM (4g5V+)
The Big Empty ?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 06:19 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 06:19 PM (jU8k8)
Had to repair one of the speaker wires, so I busted out the solder kit and gave Little a brief demo of proper(ish) home electronics repair. (As I type, there is a small boil from an errant ball of solder that landed on my knuckle during the process).
Anyway, turntable and amp got connected. Also added my Teac dual cassette deck, because I still have cassettes in the collection. The speakers performed admirably. Little found and put on Meet the Beatles, which was the first album my late sister ever bought. Found the room getting dusty as side A played through...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 04, 2026 06:20 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 04, 2026 06:22 PM (Kt19C)
That stuff will do it to ya.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 06:22 PM (QGaXH)
My sisters and I wore that album out. It was a big deal.
Posted by: Tuna at July 04, 2026 06:25 PM (lJ0H4)
And wear your mask.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 04, 2026 06:18 PM (Cqx++)
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Pfft.
Whatevers.
Posted by: 13 Bravo - King of Battle at July 04, 2026 06:26 PM (lfni7)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 06:19 PM (jU8k
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Praise God that I never have to wear one ever again.
Posted by: 13 Bravo - King of Battle at July 04, 2026 06:27 PM (lfni7)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 06:28 PM (lfni7)
Posted by: JTB at July 04, 2026 06:28 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Admirale's Mate at July 04, 2026 06:29 PM (/enuJ)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 04, 2026 06:29 PM (+9wcF)
#1 now is Choosin Texas by Ella Langley
2026 wins !!
Posted by: polynikes at July 04, 2026 06:30 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 06:30 PM (jU8k8)
Posted by: JTB at July 04, 2026 06:31 PM (yTvNw)
Spent the afternoon at a creek nearby, and will head into town to watch the fireworks.
God bless Missouri.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 06:31 PM (lfni7)
W. Virginia, basically, has no restrictions....just an age limit. So, I'm sitting on about 100 Reloadable Aerial Mortars, in addition to the more mundane and kid friendly stuff. I figure I put salt licks out for the deer, and they eat my apples without permission, so I'm owed a little leniency. I have no close neighbors to my residence, I have just over 15 acres of mowed lawn without fire hazards, so I'm not worried about fires....just my fingers. BTW, I see a lot of dogs have problems with the loud bangs. Mine, I have to keep tied up so he doesn't try to chase them when they go up. He's a free spirit. Incidentally, his name is Orson (which I stole for my screen name) and he's a black lab.
Posted by: Orson at July 04, 2026 06:33 PM (dIske)
@JMRaasch
Our planes are so sick my God.
F-35 hovering over the National Mall.
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Secular Talk (KyleKulinskiShow@bsky.social)
@KyleKulinski
Can’t have healthcare or childcare but we h0ave hovering planes of death. America is a fail state.
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"Hovering planes of death"? America, F*ck Yeah!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 04, 2026 06:37 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: JTB at July 04, 2026 06:31 PM
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You're welcome. Seems like half the hobby thread video content is de-mystifying how things are done or made. I'm continually fascinated.
Posted by: TRex - firework technician dino at July 04, 2026 06:37 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Orson at July 04, 2026 06:33 PM (dIske)
Sounds like a lucky dog with 15 acres to call his own...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 06:37 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at July 04, 2026 06:38 PM (kBcTc)
Wow, polynikes, that's damn good! I could never do squat with a palette knife; I'm envious. Too impressionist for my nit-picky nature and obsessive desire for details, I guess.
Posted by: tankascribe at July 04, 2026 06:38 PM (NtoJk)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 06:37 PM (QGaXH)
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I get the same look from him every morning. "Dude...those rabbits aren't going to harrass themselves. Let's go."
Posted by: Orson at July 04, 2026 06:39 PM (dIske)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 06:39 PM (lfni7)
@KyleKulinski
Can’t have healthcare or childcare but we h0ave hovering planes of death. America is a fail state.
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*?*
I thought that Obamacare fixed that.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 04, 2026 06:40 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 04, 2026 06:41 PM (XeU6L)
@JMRaasch
Our planes are so sick my God.
F-35 hovering over the National Mall.
Must have been a USMC VTOL F-35 Aircraft if it was hovering. I think I saw a F-35 also do a Tail walk above the Capitol...
Massive Hard On ................
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 04, 2026 06:41 PM (JDSUL)
Posted by: steevy at July 04, 2026 06:41 PM (YwEeS)
Wish me luck, patience and fortitude.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
Gonna be hot in the valley this upcoming week (not to mention crowded) so you're gonna need all the patience and fortitude you can bring to bear. But good luck and try not to murder anyone while you're there!
Posted by: tankascribe at July 04, 2026 06:42 PM (NtoJk)
@KyleKulinski
Can’t have healthcare or childcare but we h0ave hovering planes of death. America is a fail state.
America is a powerful state. You on the other hand douchebag are a failed sperm cell.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 04, 2026 06:42 PM (3kxek)
And I have plenty of ball caps.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 04, 2026 06:42 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 06:19 PM (QGaXH)
There ain’t a whole lot between The Metroplex and the Panhandle.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 04, 2026 06:43 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 06:43 PM (Ia/+0)
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Everyone had a crazy friend in high school. My crazy friend used to use a toilet paper roll, some black powder with wax stops on both ends, and a standard wick he pulled off of those smoke bombs you can get at the hardware store for rodents.
Shockingly, the last time I saw him he had all his fingers.
Posted by: Orson at July 04, 2026 06:43 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 04, 2026 06:44 PM (ntk8v)
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The first album I ever bought was the Beatles second album cleverly entitled The Beatles Second Album.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 04, 2026 06:44 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 04, 2026 06:45 PM (ntk8v)
Posted by: steevy at July 04, 2026 06:48 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: tankascribe at July 04, 2026 06:49 PM (NtoJk)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2026 06:50 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: steevy at July 04, 2026 06:50 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: steevy at July 04, 2026 06:51 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2026 06:52 PM (O0L8i)
Now that sounds like a good day. Going over to a friends house to watch the fireworks in a bit. They live on a hill overlooking the park, need a pass to even get into the neighborhood.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 04, 2026 06:52 PM (+9wcF)
Posted by: steevy
White powder is heavenly.
- Hunter Biden
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 04, 2026 06:53 PM (ndZc7)
I made some black powder, seems to work fine and burns quickly. Won't in my musket and not sure why.
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 06:54 PM (Ia/+0)
Wolfus, That sounds like a nice combo. Haven't tried the Morning Blend but the Cube Cut is excellent. It's basically an American non-aromatic, no topping just burley and Virginia. The processing seems to meld the different leafs nicely. Curious what you think of Cube Cut by itself.
I never think to match tobacco and pipe from the same country. I'm not that organized. But I'm a big fan of Stokkebye 4th Generation pipes and the company's blends. Their flake blends are excellent, especially the Deluxe Navy Flake.
Posted by: JTB at July 04, 2026 06:54 PM (yTvNw)
Shockingly, the last time I saw him he had all his fingers.
Posted by: Orson at July 04, 2026 06:43 PM (dIske)
My group were those crazy friends. We used to take coffee cans, fill them with gas, then punch a small hole in the plastic lid big enough for an m80 fuse to poke through. We put a few layers of plastic wrap over the can pushing it down enough to make an area for the m80. Pop the lid on, bury the can up to the lid, light the fuse, run like hell and enjoy the huge mushroom cloud. We started small with baby food jars and fire crackers, but they were lame.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 04, 2026 06:55 PM (3kxek)
Posted by: fd at July 04, 2026 06:55 PM (MWfyi)
https://tinyurl.com/2va2u2mu
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 06:55 PM (lfni7)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 04, 2026 06:56 PM (bkuEU)
Posted by: ALH, Sister Golden Hair at July 04, 2026 06:57 PM (+QijZ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 04, 2026 06:57 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: steevy at July 04, 2026 06:58 PM (YwEeS)
So did I. In 1976.
Posted by: man at July 04, 2026 06:59 PM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 06:37 PM (QGaXH)
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I get the same look from him every morning. "Dude...those rabbits aren't going to harrass themselves. Let's go."
Posted by: Orson at July 04, 2026 06:39 PM (dIske)
Ha! And where approximately is this slice of heaven?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 07:00 PM (QGaXH)
Can’t have healthcare or childcare but we h0ave hovering planes of death. America is a fail state."
Wait, there's no medical services in America? No schools? Amazing .
Posted by: man at July 04, 2026 07:01 PM (cGjQu)
Posted by: JTB at July 04, 2026 07:02 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: steevy at July 04, 2026 07:02 PM (YwEeS)
@nypost
Paul Pelosi charged with hit-and-run in Napa County
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Before it was run and get hit.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 04, 2026 07:03 PM (ndZc7)
The cops always came but no one answered the door.
Once, opponents tried to create a lighting implement using a roll of toilet paper doused in gasoline at the end of a broom handle. It slid off the handle and rolled into the gutter below their dormer window. On fire. LOL. No major damage.
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at July 04, 2026 07:03 PM (S8cdb)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 04, 2026 07:04 PM (bkuEU)
Can’t have healthcare or childcare but we h0ave hovering planes of death. America is a fail state."
Wait, there's no medical services in America? No schools? Amazing .
Posted by: man at July 04, 2026 07:01 PM (cGjQu)
Well to be fair, to anti American communist ball bags, military power, security, and freedom always takes a back seat to free shit.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 04, 2026 07:05 PM (3kxek)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 04, 2026 07:05 PM (3kxek)
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lol, yep.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 07:06 PM (lfni7)
Can’t have healthcare or childcare but we h0ave hovering planes of death. America is a fail state."
The replies to this are hilarious! Not much of a hobbyist unless golf and fishing are hobbies. I'll try to get some in my next days off.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 04, 2026 07:07 PM (ntk8v)
Posted by: ... at July 04, 2026 07:07 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 07:00 PM (QGaXH)
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Let's just say a rural part of PA where the Township president doubles as one of the snow plow operators and frequently wears his MAGA hat to Township meetings just to piss people off. I might be related to that guy.
Posted by: Orson at July 04, 2026 07:08 PM (dIske)
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The first album I ever bought was the Beatles second album cleverly entitled The Beatles Second Album.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 04, 2026 06:44 PM (ndZc7)
They were certainly geniuses when it came to impressing teenage girls. Sir George Martin was the musical horsepower behind most of their stuff, even the drug-fueled stuff. I used to have all their albums.
Posted by: Eromero at July 04, 2026 07:09 PM (LHPAg)
@nypost
Paul Pelosi charged with hit-and-run in Napa County
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Before it was run and get hit.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 04, 2026 07:03 PM (ndZc7)
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Was he HAMMERED???? *zing*
Posted by: Orson at July 04, 2026 07:10 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 07:10 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: ALH, Sister Golden Hair at July 04, 2026 06:57 PM (+QijZ)
You should probably avoid the guy with the M-80 gas bombs....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 07:11 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 07:11 PM (lfni7)
Working with miniatures whether doll houses, military figures like Skip does, or small exacting activity like fly tying or needlecraft has benefits. No age requirements.
Posted by: JTB at July 04, 2026 07:11 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Eromero at July 04, 2026 07:11 PM (LHPAg)
They used to come here. It was spectacular seeing those magnificent old ships come cruising up the bay.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2026 07:11 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 07:16 PM (Ia/+0)
Many toy soldiers and toys suffered terribly in consequence. Before it was over, we were making two varieties of electrically ignited devices, as well as submarine devices. All by the time that we were twelve years old.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 04, 2026 07:17 PM (XeU6L)
Front view
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 07:18 PM (Ia/+0)
https://tinyurl.com/2va2u2mu
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 06:55 PM (lfni7)
Ironically, they have great cheese.
Posted by: Eromero at July 04, 2026 07:19 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 07:19 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 04, 2026 07:21 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: gp
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[hangs head in shame]
Posted by: Mike Hammer, Inactive Know-code Extra at July 04, 2026 07:22 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: mrp at July 04, 2026 07:22 PM (rj6Yv)
I never think to match tobacco and pipe from the same country. I'm not that organized. But I'm a big fan of Stokkebye 4th Generation pipes and the company's blends. Their flake blends are excellent, especially the Deluxe Navy Flake.
Posted by: JTB at July 04, 2026
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JTB, I bought the Cube-Cut a while ago and tried it. It smelled wonderful. Maybe I wasn't packing it loosely or firmly enough, but it was a devil to keep lit. Mixed into the Morning Blend's ribbon cut -- I drop a pinch of one blend, then the other into the bowl, so it's kind of a layered approach -- it works fine. Or maybe the CC is drier now.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 07:22 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 07:19 PM (Jr5Lq)
gp, your name will be carved on the next Patriotic Rock.
Wolverines!
Posted by: Eromero at July 04, 2026 07:23 PM (LHPAg)
He and a friend were making smoke bombs in said friend's kitchen and it ignited on the stove. They took the pan outside but some of it boiled over the side and damaged the brand new linoleum.
First they made the shock-sensitive material. Then they made their own poppers with BBs. One of the BBs fell off the paper, hit the mixture and detonated the entire batch. The boys couldn't hear for 2 hours.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 04, 2026 07:24 PM (4VH0B)
I'm an FT8 operator, not phone or CW, which require much more skill than FT8, so feel free to discount my contacts somewhat, and alleviate some shame
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 07:25 PM (Jr5Lq)
Just saw the "old" robins' egg blue 747 used as AF1 cruise by. The new one made a pass over DC with a pair of B2s and a B1, but they were impolite enough to fly a few miles away from me.
You're welcome to stay here for a while but don't forget to join the Horde at Club ONT later. Happy Independence day everyone!
Posted by: TRex - altitude dino at July 04, 2026 07:28 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 07:19 PM (Jr5Lq)
Very cool! As a boy in Florida I would stay up late at night with a simple AM radio seeing what I could pull in. Charlotte (WBT) and Nashville (WLAC?) were common, as was WABC (NYC). KAAY (Little Rock) and KMOX (St Louis) on occasion too. I still have my log of stations, frequency, dates and time.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 07:29 PM (QGaXH)
I still do that! AM BCB DX listening is fun.
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 07:29 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue
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WOWO, Ft Wayne?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 04, 2026 07:30 PM (XeU6L)
Last time I did that was about a month ago, mid-morning, with a plain loopstick radio, and logged 33 stations in less than half an hour. At night, it's easy to top that.
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 07:31 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Eromero at July 04, 2026 07:31 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: mrp at July 04, 2026 07:22 PM
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I can assure you that the shots in the content came from your dino host.
Posted by: TRex - avgeek snapper dino at July 04, 2026 07:32 PM (IQ6Gq)
I still do that! AM BCB DX listening is fun.
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026
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As a college student, I did that, and heard the Eagles' "Take It Easy" and Johnny Nash's "Stir It Up" on Top 40 stations before my local WTIX was playing them.
I need to get a better quality AM/FM/Shortwave radio, maybe run an antenna out the window (?), and see what I can pick up at night.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 07:32 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue
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WOWO, Ft Wayne?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 04, 2026
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At night in 1977, coming back from my shift at KVPI in Ville Platte, LA, I could pick up stations in Beaumont and Lake Charles on FM, and KAAY on AM. I remember one cold night in November the DJ at KAAY playing "Shake Your Booty," and outro'ing it with, "Shake your booty, lest it freeze off."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 07:35 PM (wzUl9)
Beaker Street Underground! We used to listen to that late at night over fifty years ago.
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 07:35 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 04, 2026 07:30 PM (XeU6L)
Yes! And many more besides. Some interesting ones - WOAI San Antonio, K-something in Pennsylvania, both chartered before the W-K split was implemented.
Also XERF Ciudad Acuna Mexico and some Netherlands Antilles stations.
This was in SE Florida just north of Miami.
I'll be away next week but if I remember I'll share more in two weeks
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 07:37 PM (QGaXH)
Happy Independence Day!
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at July 04, 2026 07:37 PM (Cr2ed)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 04, 2026 07:38 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Nazdar at July 04, 2026 07:40 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Ronster at July 04, 2026 07:40 PM (Wr7co)
Haven't done AM DXing for a while. Best time is night during the winter months. It can backfire on you. One time I got a nasty weather report. Turns out it was from a station in Ohio 600 miles west.
Posted by: JTB at July 04, 2026 07:42 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Ronster at July 04, 2026 07:44 PM (Wr7co)
Posted by: huerfano at July 04, 2026 07:46 PM (VJX5o)
Posted by: JTB at July 04, 2026 07:42 PM (yTvNw)
Ever bring in KUMM? College station out of Minnesota..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 04, 2026 07:48 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Ronster
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Yes, but we presume you are in favor of the traditional post HT party, aka the pre Club ONT party. Pull up a chair, what'll you have to drink?
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 04, 2026 07:49 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Ronster at July 04, 2026 07:50 PM (Wr7co)
Posted by: Ronster at July 04, 2026 07:52 PM (Wr7co)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 04, 2026 07:56 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 04, 2026 07:58 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Ronster at July 04, 2026 07:50 PM (Wr7co)
KUMM had a famous promo tag back in the 70's - 80's:
"Don't touch that dial, you got KUMM on it!"
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 04, 2026 07:59 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 04, 2026 08:00 PM (IQ6Gq)
Starting to hear booms in town. Praying neither house gets burned down tonight-- it's been so dry and now also windy.
Hubby didn't recognize me today, so that's just the crap icing on the poop cake.
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 08:00 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Ronster at July 04, 2026 08:05 PM (Wr7co)
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 08:06 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 04, 2026 08:07 PM (IQ6Gq)
Yeah, it was strange when I saw hubby today, said hello and kissed him-- he recoiled slightly and asked "Who are you?" Gutted me.
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 08:11 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 04, 2026 08:13 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Ronster at July 04, 2026 08:14 PM (Wr7co)
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 08:16 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 04, 2026 08:17 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 08:17 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 08:18 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 04, 2026 08:19 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Ronster at July 04, 2026 08:19 PM (Wr7co)
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 08:00 PM (rdVOm)
So sorry to read this JQ. Hope there are better days still to make up for the tough ones.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 08:20 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 08:22 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 04, 2026 08:23 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 08:23 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 04, 2026 08:23 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 04, 2026 08:23 PM (IQ6Gq)
Thank you Grateful. Bottle is fine.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 08:26 PM (QGaXH)
Hobby-related, anyway: I like wrenching on cars, especially Studebakers, and I have a friend's '63 Lark VI in the yard right now. Poor thing lost oil pressure, and a rod is knocking. This right after a $6000 rebuild of the engine (not by me, fortunately). Got the accessories stripped off the engine, and am mostly ready to pull it. Where am I going to put it? Doh! On an engine stand, of course. My sturdy 4-wheel engine stand is occupied, so I have the old 3-wheeled one, but it is tippy, and a six-cylinder engine makes it more so. What to do? Bingo! I found an old riding mower deck, put the rear axle back in it, and with a little "massaging" of the metal I was able to bolt the engine stand securely to it using U-bolts. It is solid. Bad news? One of the front tires is shot, and I have zero 5" turf tires.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 08:27 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 04, 2026 05:39 PM (+9wcF)
I have some mortars and rockets bought in NM last year. Maybe use them for New Years eve.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 08:29 PM (1z8ji)
JQ, when an aunt who was like a mother to me had no idea who I was I was absolutely stunned into silence (which never happens), felt like someone kicked me in the gut. The worst part was there was nothing I could do...
Of course when a great aunt went down the dementia road she thought I was my grandmother (her sister) and I leaned all types of things!!1
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 04, 2026 08:29 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 04, 2026 08:30 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
But you *do* have a pair of six-ers, right? Swap them both?
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 08:31 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 08:27 PM
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I love this. Garage bodging at its best!
Posted by: TRex - spark plug dino at July 04, 2026 08:32 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 05:42 PM (wzUl9)
Cardboard is safer. When it goes bang! You get showered in confetti. If metal breaks, it becomes shrapnel. Or the bullet becomes a deadly projectile.
I have had firecrackers explode in my hand. It smarts, like hitting your fingers with a hammer. But ten minutes later, fingers are OK.
Really large fireworks could injure by concussion, but more likely by burns. Use common sense, and they are safe enough.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 08:33 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 08:34 PM (rdVOm)
I could have over 500 pounds
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 06:06 PM (Ia/+0)
Lead drywall is for sound deadening, right? I remember lining engine spaces on power yachts with sheet lead.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 08:38 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 04, 2026 08:39 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 04, 2026 08:40 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 08:43 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 04, 2026 08:44 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 08:45 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 04, 2026 08:47 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 08:47 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 04, 2026 08:48 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 08:50 PM (rdVOm)
I still do that! AM BCB DX listening is fun.
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 07:29 PM (Jr5Lq)
As a kid, I had a fantastic old tube radio. Had a slide-rule dial on a drum that rotated to give you 4 bands. And it was dead-nuts one, too. AM band had graduations every 10kc, which is the channel spacing, and by golly, it would pick up a station at every tick mark on that dial. In Vancouver, BC, I could get WWL in New Orleans nearly every night.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 08:56 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 04, 2026 08:30 PM (IQ6Gq)
I just finished a Caesar. And I am going to have another one. Then make a pot of spaghetti for dinner.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 09:01 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 08:31 PM (rdVOm)
I do, but the bore size of the hubs does not match the spindle size of the power deck. Called my friend, the guy who owns the Lark. He has a bunch of mower parts. He will call me back if he finds one. Otherwise, a trip to Princess Auto tomorrow for a Yang Poon tire.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 09:05 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 09:12 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 09:12 PM (rdVOm)
I could probably get a good made-in-USA Carlisle tire from the tire store on Monday, but I don't know if a seldom-used hand-pushed contrivance needs a "good" tire.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 09:18 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Exactly. No sense in spending more than minimum to get the job done.
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 09:19 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 09:22 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 09:19 PM (rdVOm)
For a lot of stuff, you really don't need a pneumatic tire to get the job done. A stack of plywood semi circles glued up around the rim would work fine, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 09:25 PM (1z8ji)
For something a bit lighter-duty than an engine stand, I'd reckon. LOL.
My engine stand has teeny metal casters. PITA if there's any speck of dust on the floor!
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 09:30 PM (rdVOm)
My engine stand has teeny metal casters. PITA if there's any speck of dust on the floor!
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 09:30 PM (rdVOm)
Eh, a stack of glued-up plywood semicircles could carry 500 pounds, easy. Look at wagon wheels. They carried tons. The engine stand I used had three 3" iron casters. Rolled great on a smooth concrete floor. Not so good on rough turf.
I want a pneumatic tire on this puppy because I have an idea to make the old mower into a little run-about go-fer cart with a small gasoline engine to drive it. The rear axle is a transaxle, with a brake on it, and a forward-reverse gear selector. All I need is a small gas engine, say 3 HP, some V-belts and a centrifugal clutch. Got all that.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 09:41 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 09:47 PM (QGaXH)
Here's this pile of stuff-- make something useful out of it.
You're a gem, AOP!
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 09:48 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
Why not? No sense OTing another thread. It's not as if we'll be auto-banned for posting to one this recent.
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 09:49 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 09:47 PM (QGaXH)
Eh, why not? I, for one, rarely have anything useful to contribute to the movie thread, seeing as I have long given up going to movies, and the thread rarely touches on the classics I might have seen. So instead of being the dog in the manger on the movie thread, I will play here until the ONT rolls around.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 09:50 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 09:51 PM (QGaXH)
Looking forward to seeing it, however imperfect it may be...
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 09:54 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 09:54 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 09:55 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 09:56 PM (rdVOm)
Very dry here but people are already shooting off fireworks. I love fireworks but dang i am praying there won't be any wildfires.
It is going to be a long night.
Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 09:56 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 09:50 PM (1z8ji)
My wife accuses me, with good reason, of living in the past. I tell her I like the past. I know how it turns out.
Once, when I managed a small group of engineers, one of my early career engineers came into my office on Monday morning asking 'what did you do this weekend, watch old black and white movies with John Wayne in them?'
I thought to myself 'I'm too open with these people....'
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 09:56 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 09:57 PM (/QHx4)
It is going to be a long night.
Posted by: four seasons
I hear ya! Same...
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 09:58 PM (rdVOm)
Happy birfday, USA!
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 09:59 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 10:01 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 04, 2026 10:03 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Eromero at July 04, 2026 10:26 PM (LHPAg)
also an episode where stuart is grilling glenn on pyrotechnics, and glenn's depth of understanding finally silences the skid.
Posted by: cmeat at July 05, 2026 01:04 PM (R11M+)
Ace of Spades Pet Thread, July 4
Encountered by Members of The Horde
A bit late for today's garden thread, but this afternoon my wife took a few photos of a robin in our driveway killing and eating a DeKay's brown snake! They're pretty small, so I guess it's not that different from a big earthworm?Intrepid Liaison/Admiral Ackbar, June 20
I have not managed to acquire many quality photos of the islands diverse fauna yet, and some of my best involve, of all things, feral chickens, which freely roam the island, including the streets of Honolulu.
Thank you for sharing your pets and animal photos and stories with us today.
If you would like to send pet and/or animal stories, links, etc. for the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, the address is:Until next Saturday, have a great week!petmorons at protonmail dot com Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known when you comment at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.
If you start feeling nostalgic, here a link to last week's Pet Thread, the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, June 27
I closed the comments on that post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway. Been considering a pet spider since last week?
And others remind us that the world is diverse.The unreal appearance of a huntsman spider molting pic.twitter.com/ftygktTUHn
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) June 28, 2026
This dead leaf that isn’t quite a leaf.
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) July 2, 2026
This is leaf-mimicking spider (Eriovixia gryffindori), discovered in 2015.pic.twitter.com/9Ue8Q7GdDn
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Lady Calling Kitties at July 04, 2026 03:33 PM (3z4Sn)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 04, 2026 03:34 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 04, 2026 03:34 PM (Kt19C)
Watching on ABC many communities have pet parades, bring you pet out⁸
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 03:35 PM (qEb4U)
Let’s go Mariners!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 04, 2026 03:35 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 04, 2026 03:41 PM (Kt19C)
Bath for Diana today. In a month, she's set to reappear on the show scene. So instead of a maintenance bath, she got a show bath; the difference is the shampoos and conditioner used.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2026 03:41 PM (O0L8i)
That leaf-mimicking spider is amazing. Not least because they named it for one of the houses of Hogwarts!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 03:48 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at July 04, 2026 03:48 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Eromero at July 04, 2026 03:53 PM (bEwGx)
We gave Dagny eight or nine, as she is much smaller. She also is less disturbed by noises or even by the vacuum cleaner. Both seemed pretty smoothed out; Stirling clambered into my lap, and Dagny curled up atop the couch behind my head. I guess we'll do it again tonight.
The funny thing: Stirling was a super-confident kitten, all the way from June '21, when I adopted him, to New Year's Eve that year. July 4 didn't bother him -- but suddenly the rattle of NYE fireworks sent him scurrying under the bed.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 03:56 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 04, 2026 03:59 PM (bkuEU)
That's your cue to run....run fast, hard, and don't look back.
Posted by: Orson at July 04, 2026 04:01 PM (dIske)
I hope everyone is having a great Independence Day!
Small update on our cats.
https://tinyurl.com/dg65258
Posted by: Joyenz at July 04, 2026 04:07 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 04, 2026
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Stirling has recently gotten the idea that it would be fun to nip my arm after he finishes milk-treading it, and before he leaves my lap. I've been careful not to give him the opportunity. If he starts to, I scruff him like his mother and give him a stern, loud "NO!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 04:07 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 04, 2026 04:12 PM (bl07w)
The late Marie-Antoinette once feared the vacuum cleaner. A few years went by, and she no longer scurried away, but sat atop the dinette table and watched -- much as little Dagny does now. Either Marie concluded her humans would never let the growling roaring thing hurt her, or her hearing was falling off and she no longer was disturbed by the higher frequencies. Maybe both?
Big black Wolf dashed to hide in the bathroom the moment he saw me take out the machine. He'd realized I brought it into the bathroom, if necessary, last of the rooms. Stirling has concluded the same.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 04:13 PM (wzUl9)
The cat looked on in bemusement.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 04, 2026 04:14 PM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Howard Philips Lovecraft at July 04, 2026 04:15 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 04, 2026 04:15 PM (bl07w)
That leaf-mimicking spider is amazing. Not least because they named it for one of the houses of Hogwarts!"
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Wow! I didn't notice! Adds a new dimension to the video when the guy picks the spider up.
Posted by: KT at July 04, 2026 04:16 PM (rdeQO)
We lost Precious the Bichon a year ago this week to a brain tumor. We only had her for two years, adopted her from the county rescue when she was 14. To this day we still expect her to be here. Have to stop from throwing popcorn on the floor for her treat. Think we have to get home from errands quickly to take her for a walk. Still kind of shuffle around the house so we don't step on her paw.
It's not sadness we feel since we made her last years as pleasant as possible. But we still have frequent "Oh yeah. We don't have to do that" moments.
Posted by: JTB at July 04, 2026 04:16 PM (yTvNw)
https://youtu.be/BBiczdCEBMM?si=2hqcOzVOG5P0IRkx
This one never fails to make me laugh.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 04, 2026 04:19 PM (CHHv1)
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Wow! I didn't notice! Adds a new dimension to the video when the guy picks the spider up.
Posted by: KT at July 04, 2026
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The spelling, with a "y" instead of an "i," is distinctive.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 04:20 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: KT at July 04, 2026 04:23 PM (rdeQO)
Posted by: JTB at July 04, 2026
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It was strange indeed from March of '21 until Stirling's arrival in June, after Chekov the Ailing Codger Cat passed. Not only did I miss him and his "brother" Wolf, but it was odd not having to buy cat litter and police the box. I'd always had at least one cat and sometimes two in my life since 1983.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 04:24 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Piper at July 04, 2026 04:26 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: KT at July 04, 2026
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My mother always advised me not to kill spiders in the house. "They kill other things you want around even less."
I expect she was not talking about black widows or brown recluse spiders, though. In western Canada, where she lived until age twelve, I don't know if they had those. Those species probably existed in Florida where she lived later, though.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 04:28 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 04:36 PM (wzUl9)
They were far more terrified of the hailstorms that pummeled us all too often.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at July 04, 2026 04:37 PM (0aYVJ)
I'll send that photo and a current photo for next week's pet thread.
Posted by: polynikes at July 04, 2026 04:38 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Eromero at July 04, 2026 04:39 PM (LHPAg)
How much of a slime mold must a person be to do that? The SPCA is not far away, wherever you are, and they don't charge you if you bring in a found animal. They do if you're surrendering an animal, but not if you've simply found it. Infuriating.
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Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 04:48 PM (wzUl9)
They asked me to name him. "Skinny Puss" wouldn't help him get adopted. I chose "Paladin": He was a knight without armor in a savage land.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 04:50 PM (wzUl9)
I expect she was not talking about black widows or brown recluse spiders, though. In western Canada, where she lived until age twelve, I don't know if they had those. Those species probably existed in Florida where she lived later, though.
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Well, Wolfus, Black Widows live in some South-western parts of Canada and maybe sometimes elsewhere in Canada, but I was not aware of brown recluse spiders growing up outside the South. My mother used to watch black widows make webs in the corners of a sleeping porch in Utah without worrying about them. But I was terrified of black widows growing up. They nested at the bottom corners of our basement stairs.
One of my friends had one crawl up her leg in gym class. Still remember it.
My cousin (my age) was scared of all spiders.
Posted by: KT at July 04, 2026 04:51 PM (rdeQO)
One of my friends had one crawl up her leg in gym class. Still remember it.
My cousin (my age) was scared of all spiders.
Posted by: KT at July 04, 2026
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Until she was twelve, my mother lived in a small town in Saskatchewan. Saskatoon was "the big city" to them. So that was way out on the prairies. Black widows live out there?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 04:53 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: KT at July 04, 2026 04:54 PM (rdeQO)
Last night they almost sent all their food flying in a panic. You can just imagine 6+ cats all scattering in every direction.
Posted by: Joyenz at July 04, 2026 04:54 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 04, 2026 04:56 PM (fkjGs)
Posted by: Joyenz at July 04, 2026 04:59 PM (2F0/Y)
I think black widows would be more likely to live closer to the U.S. border. They prefer warm, dry conditions.
Posted by: KT at July 04, 2026 05:03 PM (rdeQO)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 04, 2026 05:17 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Joyenz at July 04, 2026
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Storms generally have never bothered any of my cats. I guess I'm lucky.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 05:19 PM (wzUl9)
Then lightning struck close by and the thunder boomed at 11 in less than a second. Isis shot out the door like lightning to hide while Pip kept his face buried in the dry food.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2026 05:31 PM (sUDUf)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 05:39 PM (D4LRG)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 05:40 PM (wzUl9)
She and my uncle lived on a large, tree shaded property on a lake. One Christmas all of the family was gathered at my aunt's house. When it was time to feed the cats she filled 3 or 4 giant pans with cat chow and took them outside to the patio and called "kitty, kitty, kitty." Cats converged from all directions--running from the lake, dropping from the trees, racing down the hill. It was quite a sight!
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at July 04, 2026 05:40 PM (TrISa)
Posted by: Billythesquid at July 04, 2026 05:47 PM (gN+5I)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 05:19 PM (wzUl9)
The cats who panic the most are the Chili's and Cheese families. Even their kittens who have never been outside get extremely scared. They'll run through the house in panic and others dive for cover under tables and beds.
Posted by: Joyenz at July 04, 2026 05:59 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: olddog in mo at July 04, 2026 06:38 PM (dmoni)
Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, July 4!
Hi KT! The sunflowers are growing so tall in this heat. The one below is way above my head and is almost ready to bloom although the flowers will be very hard to see without a ladder Other summer flowers are just now blooming. The cleome or spider flowers are something I started from seed this spring. The bee balm is full of bees, as advertised The gray headed cone flowers have just started to bloom. Yellow finches love them!Well, the birds and bees are loving your yard! Can't wait for those big sunflowers!
Hope you have a wonderful Independence Day! Mrs. Leggy
Edible Gardening/Putting Things By Intrepid Liaison/Admiral Ackbar and his wife have moved to Hawaii, and send us a recipe idea to remind us of where they are:
As a 100% pureblooded cracker, let me offer everyone a friendly, culturally-appropriated "aloha" now that I'm fully moved and integrated on these conquered isles. . .We will be posting many of their photos in the future, but for today, "a culinary abomination guaranteed to traumatize CBD's food thread (and give diabetes to anyone even gazing upon it)"
Hi, I have had this strawberry plant for 3 yrs now. It produces smaller berries but sweet ones. I would like to know, do I cut off the stems where the berries grew or leave them? I can't remember them being so strong or apparent in the last couple of years? Thank you for a wonderful gardening thread. SidneyAre these regular strawberries, alpine or wild strawberries? Any cultivation instruction from those with experience?
FOODS FROM THE AMERICAS Growing corn this year? How about popcorn? What is your favorite type?
I keep imagining how someone one day pulled this out of the ground and had the idea to eat it
Are you a fan?eu fico imaginando como alguém um dia tirou isso da terra e teve a ideia de comer pic.twitter.com/NkLgWgmISL
— out of context brazil (@oocbrazill) July 3, 2026
From George V:
A few days ago the sunny humid day brought some pop-up showers and thunderstorms in the late afternoon to our home in southeast Michigan. With the sun low in the sky we were treated to magnificent sun showers as the storms pulled away. I was in our sun room out back watching it rain and as the last storm moved out it left a little rainbow that just spanned our back yard. I ran inside as quick as I could to get my phone. I was able to get a picture through our family room window just before it faded away. It was truly wonderful to see, and felt sort of like a blessing.W0w. What a great thing!
"The countryside is not a slice of untilled nature. It is a human institution built over centuries in the image of the people who made it."
— The Culturist (@the_culturist_) July 1, 2026
— Sir Roger Scrutonpic.twitter.com/tE8F8rXjX6
A giant tower of bougainvillea in village in Mexico pic.twitter.com/ifBNAVS7Dq
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) June 27, 2026
The jet stream is broken and it’s been broken since the 9.0 Fukushima earthquake in 2011. https://t.co/HlCchOQxFM
— Jimmy McJimmyFace (@Jimmy_McJohn) June 28, 2026
If you would like to send photos, stories, links, etc. for the Saturday Gardening Thread, the address is: ktinthegarden at g mail dot com Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.
I closed the comments on that post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 04, 2026 01:34 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 04, 2026 01:34 PM (NnhvP)
Thank you for the Great pictures K.T.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 04, 2026 01:36 PM (NnhvP)
Don't forget our feathered friends
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 01:39 PM (Ia/+0)
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Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 02:00 PM (Ia/+0)
It won't grow anywhere that the winters get to freezing, and it can't tolerate wet soil while dormant.
There are a lot of native new world staple plants that need to have toxins or indigestible sugars and fiber cooked or washed out of them.
That big old machete the guy is using is only good for cutting cane and cassava, if you use it on woody stuff it tends to chip the cutting edge.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 04, 2026 02:01 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 04, 2026 02:01 PM (yMhwm)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at July 04, 2026 02:02 PM (0aYVJ)
I followed a Russian recipe on pickling yellow plums, and in a month or so I guess I will know if it was a success or not.
Right now it is bubbling and the brine is still clear-ish.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 04, 2026 02:03 PM (rbvCR)
Wifey wants it.
We haven't done a thing with it yet.
One of these days maybe she'll make some pearls for smoothies...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 04, 2026 02:04 PM (/lPRQ)
One Vlogger, David the Good, has spent a lot of time trying to get it to grow in Alabama, and has not had a lot of luck.
There are some videos of how to process it, and how to use the washed out starch, though most of them are in Spanish and Portuguese.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 04, 2026 02:11 PM (rbvCR)
I have a question, I seem to have a bunch of mini cabbages coming off the stumps, will they grow to second crop, and should I trim back all but one of the tiny heads to encourage them to get big?
Posted by: Kindltot at July 04, 2026 02:13 PM (rbvCR)
There a yellow lotus in the front yard. Huge. Always dropping branches I have to pick up before mowing, I've mowed it's leaves into December - in Canada. Leaves and branches were everywhere. I asked permission and did my neighbours' yard explaining it was all from my tree.
I'm thinking of calling it "The Giving Tree."
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 04, 2026 02:24 PM (Sco7b)
I'm glad my cats can't read. Neither has ever bothered the plants, with the exception of catmint--I cut off stems of that and strew them on the floor and the cats go crazy and then pass out like drunks. But otherwise they leave everything alone.
Posted by: Wenda at July 04, 2026 02:36 PM (3uyrB)
https://bellyfull.net/apple-date-celery-salad/
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https://bellyfull.net/apple-date-celery-salad/
Posted by: Kathy at July 04, 2026 02:38 PM (MOK4W
Bag excess cules up and give to homeless.
Posted by: Eromero at July 04, 2026 02:49 PM (bEwGx)
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Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 03:00 PM (/QHx4)
The recent rain has been grat for my little trees and the weeds. I don't think any Asian pears will make it. Have one dead so far and the other two aren't putting out a lot of leaves. The other trees look good. One of the berry bushes has put out some fruit. I think it is a marionberry. Fruit is purple, sweet and large. I'll see how it goes over the winter and replace any trees that don't make it.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 04, 2026 03:05 PM (bkuEU)
Still very very hot here but my containers seem to be holding up.
Bought a small bird bath and some seed to try and attract a few birds. They found the seed but so far no interest in the bath.
Are baby orange peppers supposed to turn orange before you pick them?
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 04, 2026 03:11 PM (kJmSS)
And gladiator movies.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 04, 2026 03:19 PM (Kt19C)
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Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 03:29 PM (qEb4U)
In a world gone mad, an endless cortisol fountain...
The Gardening Post helps.
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Posted by: KT at July 04, 2026 04:28 PM (rdeQO)
I admit that I lost a transplanted rose when I tried that a couple years ago. I transplanted too late, and we didn't get rain for 4 months.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 04, 2026 05:19 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: sidney at July 05, 2026 02:51 PM (rzwGB)
Happy 250th Anniversary!
I remember community celebrations on ordinary Independence Days, too. How about you? In particular, a person who will remain nameless here (with whom I had gone to a community program and who was featured on that program) accidentally stepped off the stage into a tub of watermelons at the park. Memorable!I was just a kid. I wore an Uncle Sam costume my mom made, and my sister was Lady Liberty, complete with torch. My dad helped me rig up this old heavy wood-sided cart, and I painted each side with American flags. The cart was on hard rubber casters and didn’t move too good, but I…
— William M Briggs - Statistician to the Stars! (@FamedCelebrity) July 2, 2026
This is an incredible account that posts moments from American history as they happened 250 years ago from the date of each tweet.
Thomas Jefferson submits the final draft of his Declaration of Independence to Continental Congress. pic.twitter.com/Z8xWYwU94x
— 1776 Live (@250YearsAgoLive) June 28, 2026
Go to the main page for the latest tweets from this account, but older ones are also interesting.
For some unknown reason, Thomas Jefferson is preoccupied this morning with recording the temperature.
— 1776 Live (@250YearsAgoLive) July 4, 2026
He writes that upon awaking at 6 AM, the temperature is a pleasant 68.0 degrees Fahrenheit, but that it is creeping up toward 70.
On his way to Congress, Jefferson purchases a… pic.twitter.com/tdRojvAdol
Continental Congress has convened for the day at the Pennsylvania State House.
— 1776 Live (@250YearsAgoLive) July 4, 2026
The doors are shut and the windows shaded to keep the sun out as much as possible - and to keep out eavesdroppers and spies.
The delegates are stifling on the stuffy inside and we, the public, are… pic.twitter.com/i8X334eyQx
The Cherokee Indians, allied with the British, launch a massive attack all along the western frontier, from Virginia to Georgia, against Patriot-held villages.
— 1776 Live (@250YearsAgoLive) July 1, 2025
Citizens flee their homes in terror. pic.twitter.com/VEmwpIIkWq
The tweets don't just address American history:
Catherine the Great ends her affair with advisor Grigory Potemkin after the love “lost its passion.” pic.twitter.com/CKwr5aTqZO
— 1776 Live (@250YearsAgoLive) July 3, 2026
The 250th has once again brought the Declaration back into view, and much good can come of that fact, if we are willing and able to embrace it fully, courageously, with a willingness to hear what it is telling us. Let me try to suggest in what follows some of the ways the Declaration can be used as a tool to correct, reorient, and sharpen our sense of what is foundational to our way of life. Some of this work will involve correcting inaccurate notions of what the Declaration actually said. First of all, it is vitally important to remember that the Declaration began by referring to the colonists for whom it spoke as a “people,” who were “entitled” to a “separate and equal status” by the laws of nature and “Nature’s God.” Those words formed the basis for all that follows. It was the “peoplehood” of the Americans, their sense of belonging together in their own separate land, that formed the basis for their declaring their independence. It did not come from their acceptance of some misty notion of America as “an idea” whose time has come, and which happens to have touched down from the heavens first in this particular place. That the Declaration has universal implications, and has found favor all over the world as one of the great charters of human liberty, is certainly true; but it does not change the immediate context in which the Declaration emerged: as an expression of an important moment of self-recognition in the life of this particular political community. With the Declaration we declared ourselves to ourselves, proposing that we were now a distinct people among the peoples of the earth. “Something we were withholding made us weak,” wrote Robert Frost, “Until we found out that it was ourselves / We were withholding from our land of living.” The Declaration laid a foundation for the new thing that we were becoming. It was a declaration grounded in national solidarity, in the right of a people to define themselves and govern themselves.After you read (or listen to) this piece, you might want to read Buck Throckmorton's Morning Rant from yesterday again, and listen to the music at the end. The rant also suggests the right of a people to define themselves and govern themselves. And the rant gives meaning to the music.
Move over Sydney Sweeney: America has a new heroine perfectly fitted to the July 4 semiquincentennial today: She is Sophie Cunningham, Sophie being an adaptation of sophia, the ancient Greek word for wisdom. And sort of like Helen of Troy, our Sophie has launched a thousand memes. So as we celebrate today the sophia of our founding, let Sophie help point the way!
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at July 04, 2026 11:01 AM (xVpNO)
Posted by: Nazdar at July 04, 2026 11:03 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 04, 2026 11:04 AM (FyPhv)
Posted by: Admirale's Mate at July 04, 2026 11:05 AM (/enuJ)
Posted by: doug at July 04, 2026 11:05 AM (Hy+R4)
Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at July 04, 2026 11:06 AM (mQbp+)
Mr Ed said “see ya later, loser!”
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 04, 2026 11:06 AM (H8EHh)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2026 11:07 AM (O0L8i)
How the hell did 50 years get past me that quick?
Posted by: Brewingfrog at July 04, 2026 11:07 AM (bdHbP)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 04, 2026 11:08 AM (Sco7b)
322 >>They have degrees, credentials but zero knowledge of the actual world. I can't recall if it was Orwell or Lewis that said some things are so stupid that only the educated can believe them.
Look at the new wave of communists taking over the Democrat Party. Virtually all of them, including Mamdani, have never had a real job. Lots of education, zero real world knowledge.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2026 10:43 AM (viF8m)
No experience in running even a lemonade stand, but lots and lots of hubris. Collectivism is demonic -- it requires the commission of the Sins of Pride, Wrath, Envy and Greed. Any spirit of agape' is conspicuously absent, despite their protestations of caring about the downtrodden.
I jut don't get this argument. I, unlike all the "real world" types you adore, have never failed at anything. True, I've never attempted anything, but my record is perfect.
Posted by: Zorro Mamdani at July 04, 2026 11:09 AM (Riz8t)
Do people just not care about the number? Personally I think it’s cooler, more significant than 200. I wasn’t around in 1976 but from what I’ve read/heard it was yuuuge deal then.
Posted by: World Cup Update at July 04, 2026 11:10 AM (Qlrgu)
Impressive.
But if that little pissant Mamdani keeps shooting his mouth off, a couple battalions of tanks rolling down Broadway will be just as impressive.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 04, 2026 11:10 AM (2WIwB)
Children would happily vote for someone who promised them candy for dinner every night. Same concept.
Posted by: World Cup Update at July 04, 2026 11:12 AM (Qlrgu)
Posted by: anachronda at July 04, 2026 11:14 AM (qdr3M)
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I think it was the birth of Keith Richards.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 04, 2026 11:14 AM (ndZc7)
On that note, some conflicted person there posted a photo on X of a subway car, dressed up in an Iranian flag motif.
The left never, ever misses a chance to rub your nose in their shit.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 04, 2026 11:14 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 11:19 AM (qXs2h)
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I think it was the birth of Keith Richards.
I think it's the age of the milk in my frig.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 04, 2026 11:20 AM (Riz8t)
It was. I graduated high school that year.
My senior yearbook:
https://tinyurl.com/4nuzt7mn
Posted by: one hour sober at July 04, 2026 11:21 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 11:22 AM (qXs2h)
Going to spend the day grilling, movie watching, and fireworking.
Posted by: LizLem at July 04, 2026 11:22 AM (gWBY1)
Posted by: Smellslikevictory at July 04, 2026 11:22 AM (jPdyB)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 04, 2026 11:23 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Recent High School Graduate at July 04, 2026 11:24 AM (Qlrgu)
Posted by: NR Pax at July 04, 2026 11:24 AM (/k3in)
Posted by: Recent High School Graduate
Ummm, I think you forgot to mention the key role played by George Floyd.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 04, 2026 11:26 AM (Riz8t)
Eight side chairs, two arm chairs. The backs are so intricately carved, I still stop and admire them. Two of the chairs are not in good shape, but I keep them till I can find someone to repair them properly.
At that time, small museums frequently used small auction houses when they were de-acquisitioning, and they did it anonymously, so there were occasionally great finds.
Anyway. A small reminder of a previous big day in 1876!
Posted by: Wenda at July 04, 2026 11:26 AM (3uyrB)
https://www.mountvernon.org/inn/recipes/article/hoecakes
Posted by: LizLem at July 04, 2026 11:26 AM (gWBY1)
Trump Floats White House Football Invite for Obama, Biden, and Bush
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 04, 2026 11:26 AM (ndZc7)
https://tinyurl.com/c4p8yk7x
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 04, 2026 11:27 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Cloud William von Biden at July 04, 2026 11:28 AM (rgnea)
In a very real sense, The US exists because of Tea.
It's the elixir of Patriots.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 04, 2026 11:28 AM (XV/Pl)
We need a cleansing.
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at July 04, 2026 11:29 AM (HXBtj)
Posted by: President Bubba at July 04, 2026 11:30 AM (Qlrgu)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 04, 2026 11:30 AM (QaH55)
Trump is going to host Freddy the German at the WH! He sadly had an attempt to cancel him because he was having too much fun loving our country. Glad he's still going.
Trump met another world cup visitor and gave him a commemorative coin.
Posted by: LizLem at July 04, 2026 11:30 AM (gWBY1)
Day drinking is fully underway and the college-aged lifeguards are completely overwhelmed.
Wish you all were here. No, really. It would be a blast.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 04, 2026 11:31 AM (NXz0i)
Posted by: President Bubba
Sorry, Bill. Hillary said she had plans for you that day.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 04, 2026 11:32 AM (/k3in)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 04, 2026 11:34 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder
They're invading basketball!
Stephen A. Smith Stunned by Lakers’ Building Roster Around White Players: “3 White Dudes?!”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 04, 2026 11:35 AM (ndZc7)
I also graduated in 1976. Our mortar board tassels had a Liberty Bell and '76 on them.
Posted by: Brunnhilde at July 04, 2026 11:35 AM (3AwA+)
I stopped at intersection of Spout Run Parkway and George Washington Parkway in Arlington to redirect cars driving up wrong side of the Parkway.
Posted by: CapeFear at July 04, 2026 11:37 AM (9I1qu)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 04, 2026 11:37 AM (kpS4V)
America is 250 years young, today!
God bless America!
I'm gonna blow some stuff up this evening, just to let everyone know how much I love this country!
Posted by: GWB at July 04, 2026 11:39 AM (kU0PQ)
🔥🚨 EPIC FLYOVER! Dozens of fighter jets — including the legendary Blue Angels — are flying down the Hudson River near NYC.
Our military is putting on a massive show for the 250th! 🇺🇸🔥
What a sight!
"When people say something can't be done, Americans have always proven them wrong"
Posted by: LizLem at July 04, 2026 11:39 AM (gWBY1)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 04, 2026 11:40 AM (ndZc7)
The left was convinced the WC would be a total disaster because the world was boycotting due to Trump and ICE. They also live in a world where everyone is broke because capitalism is baaaaad.
Now they’re seeing every game in 60-80k stadiums sold out with tickets going for thousands of dollars on resale websites. Foreigners having the time of their lives. And their brains are short circuiting. Everything they believe isn’t real.
It’s been amusing to witness.
Posted by: World Cup Update at July 04, 2026 11:41 AM (Qlrgu)
youtube.com/watch?v=FmkGg1lc0hc
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 11:42 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Wally at July 04, 2026 11:43 AM (0e5Te)
That was back before Sackameepenis and that lesbian Susan B Anthony ruined minted coinage forever and dumb Americans voted in Jimmy Carter.
Posted by: Echoes of 76 at July 04, 2026 11:44 AM (g7saB)
Posted by: Cloud William von Biden at July 04, 2026 11:28 AM (rgnea)
You know, that episode is very timely in this 250th year. A great many seem to have lost the meaning of the words in that great document, hearing only that we have license instead of liberty. They happily cling to their wealth and tranquility and shun the animating contest of freedom.
Go out there today, and let the world know how much America means to you! Let them understand why you love America, even with all her wrinkles, at 250. And live such that all of the sacrifices of those in 1776 and after have been worth it!
God bless America!
(I don't care that I already said that.)
Posted by: GWB at July 04, 2026 11:47 AM (kU0PQ)
13 minutes ago
Spectacular military flyover ahead of Sail4th 250 on the Hudson
A parade in the sky of military aircraft led by the Navy's Blue Angels took place during Sail4th 250, a gathering of tall ships and military ships celebrating America's 250th birthday.
The French Air Force acrobatic squad Patrouille de France released a stream of red, white and blue while flying over the Hudson River and New York Harbor.
I must admit, there's nothing as exciting as NYC and the Blue Angles are always magnificent.
Have a lovely holiday weekend.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 04, 2026 11:47 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: European Whites at July 04, 2026 11:48 AM (Qlrgu)
- a squid
Posted by: Eromero at July 04, 2026 11:49 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2026 11:49 AM (D+BhG)
Posted by: GWB at July 04, 2026 11:49 AM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 11:50 AM (Jr5Lq)
42 Very cool yearbook, One-hour-sober!
I also graduated in 1976. Our mortar board tassels had a Liberty Bell and '76 on them.
Posted by: Brunnhilde at July 04, 2026 11:35 AM (3AwA+)
Funny, I graduated in ‘77, but most of the friends I hung out with were in the class of ‘76. Some things never change!
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 04, 2026 11:52 AM (H8EHh)
Posted by: Smellslikevictory at July 04, 2026 11:52 AM (jPdyB)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 04, 2026 11:52 AM (WaTrL)
I have appreciated your updates . I don't watch soccer, although I'm not one of the folks who thinks it's like kickball, but I am glad about all the fans who have come here and appreciated things about the U.S.A and I certainly hope our team does well.
Keep up the good work!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2026 11:53 AM (D+BhG)
Great photos and I LOVE that Sophie is Queen!
I guess the Dims and commies are sad today. We just had a flyover and I ran out on the deck in my nightgown and could not see the fighter planes. Imagine how Iran feels when they hear this sound of freedom!
I want a photo of them but they are gone by the time you hear them.
Have a great and safe celebration!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 04, 2026 11:56 AM (hzuYO)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2026 11:58 AM (viF8m)
Tonight might not be a lot different, minus the beer and beach. Quiet as fireworks are banned in much of the Intermountain West due to drought. Rock on!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 04, 2026 11:59 AM (hzuYO)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 04, 2026 11:59 AM (xp6Fy)
Land of Grand Tetons!
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 04, 2026 12:03 PM (Kt19C)
*except for the "classic blue," it doesn't get dark, but the red does.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 04, 2026 12:03 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: tsj017 at July 04, 2026 12:05 PM (xakWh)
Paige Cognetti wants all of America (including cops) to be gun free!
AI Overview
Scranton Mayor and Democratic congressional candidate Paige Cognetti expressed support for emulating Japan's gun-control laws and disarming police in a resurfaced 2020 virtual town hall. She stated she would "love to get to a world... where our police don't have firearms and where citizens are not carrying them either," citing her time living in Japan
Daily Caller: Dem Mayor Seeking To Flip Red Seat Blue Fantasized About Disarming Police, Citizens In Resurfaced Video
https:/tinyurl.com/4nn6zk7a
Politician Wants America Gun-Free Like Japan
Colion Noir
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLAz7HmHofg
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at July 04, 2026 12:05 PM (9aVck)
She's quite attractive and mentioned recently on some popular podcast that she will marry at some point, looking for a man to take care of her (her words).
That had to have upset the feminazis listening in.
She's a male gaze magnet (strike one)
She plays in the lowly women's league that exists only because it is propped up financially by the widely more popular men's league (strike two)
She's looking for a man to take care of her (strike three)
Posted by: one hour sober at July 04, 2026 12:05 PM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder
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I like her style on and off the court. While playing, she is cool as a cucumber. And she really seems to be enjoying just living life. Good for her.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 04, 2026 12:05 PM (EqY/n)
Posted by: Community Notes at July 04, 2026 12:05 PM (GIU8b)
So soon after pride month?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 04, 2026 12:07 PM (Kt19C)
That's probably the part that is pissing off the folks on Reddit the most. "HOW DARE THEY BE HAPPY! DON'T THE KNOW THAT RAYSIS RETUGLIKKANS RUN THIS PLACE WITH THE CHRISTOTALIBAN!?"
(Have I ever mentioned how glad I am to not be liberal these days? Misery is overrated.)
Posted by: NR Pax at July 04, 2026 12:08 PM (/k3in)
NYC had the magnificent military flyover & the Tall Ships have docked nearby.
The Kelce's have donated 26 million across several major non-profits targeting "food rescue logistics," educational outreach, and specialized pediatric medical care including:
City Harvest (New York, NY): Summer Food Rescue Program, which distributes fresh food to more than 2.4 million New Yorkers.
Harvesters – The Community Food Network (Kansas City, MO): Expanding Mobile Food Pantries & child hunger initiatives to provide roughly 2 million meals to families facing historic inflation.
The Store (Nashville, TN): Supporting their Free Grocery Store Program for low-income families to shop for fresh, healthy food with dignity.
New York Cares (New York, NY): Scaling up Volunteer-Powered Community Service Programs which mobilize tens of thousands of locals to manage urban food distribution networks.
Then there's the Grammy Museum Foundation; Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, and Education Through Music (New York, NY). And MSK Kids at Memorial Sloan Kettering (New York, NY), Children's Mercy Hospital (Kansas City, MO).
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 04, 2026 12:09 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 04, 2026 11:59 AM
******
I was in Gulf Shores.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 04, 2026 12:10 PM (2Ez/1)
I wouldn’t know what liberty meant without you.
Posted by: Speller at July 04, 2026 12:11 PM (pSotA)
Posted by: Brunnhilde at July 04, 2026 12:11 PM (3AwA+)
US - Belgium is on Monday. And in Seattle too, easily the best home crowd the US team could hope for. That worked out well.
We’re actually the ever so slight favorites right now. Something alien to US men’s soccer.
Posted by: World Cup Update at July 04, 2026 12:12 PM (Qlrgu)
Posted by: Community Notes at July 04, 2026 12:05 PM (GIU8b)
You can try, can't you?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 04, 2026 12:13 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 12:14 PM (Jr5Lq)
Children would happily vote for someone who promised them candy for dinner every night. Same concept.
Posted by: World Cup Update at July 04, 2026 11:12 AM
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By design, our schools don't explain "the flaw the plan". Two weeks in high school on the the simple differences between capitalism and socialism would make the point.
There's no such thing as a free lunch
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 04, 2026 12:15 PM (YDjYy)
She was a placekicker on her high school football team...and homecoming queen.
The sexy tomboy.
'merica...
Posted by: one hour sober at July 04, 2026 12:15 PM (J4Dwc)
The same people who are telling us that they can't possibly celebrate the 250th anniversary of this nation are the same ones who a month ago were screaming at some baseball players who refused to celebrate Pride Month.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2026 12:18 PM (O0L8i)
SOPHIE GAVE HER THE MOST 'MORE COWBELL' POINT POSSIBLE!
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at July 04, 2026 12:19 PM (X8xt3)
that must mean Im just as schmart as Jefferson!
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With More Quality Fapness at July 04, 2026 12:22 PM (fapp/)
Posted by: World Cup Update at July 04, 2026 12:23 PM (Qlrgu)
She and I, accompanied by our only brother at that time, walked up the hill in our little rowhouse community and watched the local parade.
Police cars and fire engines; Miss 4th of July (had all teeth) riding in the back of a convertible; kids from the local boys and girls clubs & our 1st area swim club (private) on decorated bikes; a baby parade with judged winners, an ice cream truck stationed along the road at the end of the parade.
And most importantly, a few of our surviving military veterans from the Vietnam War.
That evening, there were fireworks in a field. Hoodlums, bikers, whatever present; everyone present was respectful and patriotic at that time.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 04, 2026 12:24 PM (NFX2v)
Good morning, all! Got 5 flags flying, including a special Happy 250th Birthday one.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 04, 2026 12:28 PM (mmrXZ)
-and make people live much longer than we’ve been used to-
I'm already living longer than I've been used to.
Posted by: Speller at July 04, 2026 12:28 PM (pSotA)
Not too many liberals; they must be keeping cool at Starbucks...
Posted by: The Sanhedrin at July 04, 2026 12:31 PM (+9A0s)
My small city’s annual 4th of July is basically this. It’s very local and “low cost” which makes it great. Volunteers and local businesses making floats. Local HS cheerleaders, marching bands, police cars, fire trucks, etc. Small town old school feel. And always heavily attended.
We hear about blue shithole cities like Buffalo canceling parades and fireworks because a Muslim is offended. But we never hear about the thousands of small cities counties and towns across the country who still celebrate.
Posted by: World Cup Update at July 04, 2026 12:32 PM (Qlrgu)
Posted by: World Cup Update
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You'll be under glass and betting quatloos.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 04, 2026 12:32 PM (XvL8K)
So far, so good.
Posted by: Stephen Wright at July 04, 2026 12:32 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 04, 2026 12:33 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 04, 2026 12:34 PM (u73oe)
And had Kamala been installed in 2024 they would be flying flags and arguing anyone that didn't join in should leave.
Because nothing the left natters on about is real, it is all about power.
Pride month gives money and power to the Alphabet mafia. The 4th under a non-leftist gives legitimacy to a non-leftist. Hence the different reactions
Posted by: 18-1 at July 04, 2026 12:34 PM (sKqQm)
"A land whose countryside would be bright with cozy homesteads, whose fields and villages would be joyous with the sounds of industry, with the romping of sturdy children, the contest of athletic youths and the laughter of comely maidens, whose firesides would be forums for the wisdom of serene old age. The home, in short, of a people living the life that God desires that men should live."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2026 12:35 PM (O0L8i)
88 There’s a decent chance I’ll make it to 300. Medical advances in the next 50 years could be revolutionary.
I’ve already picked out a nice jar for my brain!
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 04, 2026 12:36 PM (H8EHh)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 04, 2026 12:36 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Duke Lowell
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Don't overdo it. Post-surgical intestinal problems are not uncommon.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 04, 2026 12:36 PM (XeU6L)
There have certainly been advances against cancer and some other long term health issues but longevity research hasn't been as effective as you might expect by looking at rising life expectancies.
The number one longevity treatment is still...don't do drugs or drink to excess and get exercise to stay thin-ish with some muscle
Posted by: 18-1 at July 04, 2026 12:36 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 04, 2026 12:38 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 04, 2026 12:38 PM (Kt19C)
Yes this is always an interesting discussions with relatively well meaning LIVs.
Ok, fine we share everything...who makes the stuff we share? The people currently working? Ok, but if they get the same amount of stuff whether they work or not why would they work? Oh...you think most people that work enjoy working so much they would spend their time doing it if they didn't draw a salary? Would you? No? Why would anyone else be any different?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 04, 2026 12:41 PM (sKqQm)
The number one longevity treatment is still...don't do drugs or drink to excess and get exercise to stay thin-ish with some muscle
Posted by: 18-1 at July 04, 2026 12:36 PM (sKqQm)
Yeah for sure.
I’m not expecting a pill to magically make me live to 100. But if medicine/science can cure more cancers, Alzheimer’s stuff like that, then the path to making it to 100 becomes a lot easier.
Posted by: World Cup Update at July 04, 2026 12:42 PM (Qlrgu)
By design, our schools don't explain "the flaw the plan". Two weeks in high school on the the simple differences between capitalism and socialism would make the point.
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Two or three decades ago, 'Civics' was displaced by 'Sociology'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 04, 2026 12:42 PM (XeU6L)
Happy Independence Day!!!!
Posted by: Orson at July 04, 2026 12:43 PM (dIske)
Posted by: SMOD at July 04, 2026 12:43 PM (O7XEN)
Posted by: 18-1
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Healthy diet.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 04, 2026 12:44 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: 18-1
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Healthy diet.
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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It's still probably 80% genetic.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 04, 2026 12:46 PM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Piper at July 04, 2026 12:47 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026 12:47 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: 18-1
Genetics.
Posted by: Zombie Gregor Mendel at July 04, 2026 12:47 PM (g7saB)
Proclamations were made all week it'd be a bust. And it's not remotely true.
Here, it's popular to put an American flag in the back of a pickup truck and ride around in a convoy with others all flying the flag. I've seen several already. And we're out in the sticks.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 04, 2026 12:47 PM (jehhT)
Cancer we are making more progress on than Alzheimers/dementia which is actually in some ways sad. I have a relative with both and they just about have his cancer beat but I know the mental side is not going to get better.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 04, 2026 12:47 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: yep at July 04, 2026 12:48 PM (s9TOl)
Posted by: SMOD at July 04, 2026 12:43 PM (O7XEN)
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Red-headed, fit, and 6'2" back in the 1700's.
Posted by: Orson at July 04, 2026 12:49 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Delurker at July 04, 2026 12:49 PM (2Drhq)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 04, 2026 12:49 PM (gm9Sb)
So soon after pride month?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 04, 2026 12:07 PM (Kt19C)
I would be OK with all of the full-time cops being disarmed, and having to call out the militia/posse if violence is needed.
Posted by: GWB at July 04, 2026 12:49 PM (kU0PQ)
Awesome!
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 04, 2026 12:50 PM (u/wrI)
Posted by: Zombie Gregor Mendel at July 04, 2026 12:47 PM (g7saB)
Actually I think this is kind of a random one.
Years lived after fertility ends have a quickly declining impact on producing offspring and making sure they in turn have children.
If there is a genetic aspect to religious affiliation though that could be a significant one since the depth of religious belief correlates pretty well with how many children you have.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 04, 2026 12:50 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Ben Had
Concur. The resemblance was startling.
Posted by: Auspex at July 04, 2026 12:51 PM (Y8DZL)
I'd argue that cops should only be allowed to carry the same weapons citizens are since they are just citizens, not military.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 04, 2026 12:51 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: 18-1
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Healthy diet.
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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It's still probably 80% genetic.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 04, 2026 12:46 PM (XvL8K)
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I would not be surprised to see a more complete application of "sound" based medical treatment leading to longevity. Imagine if you could calibrate sound down to atomic weight to create resonate tones (like the reverberation you hear of the tiles when singing in the shower). If they can calibrate precisely enough and focus that resonate tone for specific targets, you can say goodbye to the barbaric (non-discriminating) radiation and chemotherapy treatments.
Or so my imagination suggests.
Posted by: Orson at July 04, 2026 12:53 PM (dIske)
6'8" and weighed a ton.
He saved children but not the British children.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2026 12:54 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Piper at July 04, 2026 12:47 PM (OoFl2)
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Good plan. Fortunately, I'm out in a rural area, so the explosions are rare. But even a faint sound is enough to make the younger dog seek shelter.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 04, 2026 12:55 PM (91q/g)
And now Rubio has to take over as WNBA pointer. He's such a busy guy.
Posted by: Wears a lot of hats, uniforms, and jerseys at July 04, 2026 12:55 PM (TbWk/)
Finally did.
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 12:56 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: NR Pax at July 04, 2026 12:56 PM (/k3in)
I was told by a guide at Mt Vernon that while most depictions of George Washington show him with a powdered wig, he was actually a red head.
Posted by: SMOD
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I'll never understand why wearing fake old-people's hair was supposed to enhance your appearance.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 04, 2026 12:56 PM (mmrXZ)
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Hmm. The Brown Note comes to mind.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 04, 2026 12:57 PM (XeU6L)
We had a number of great philosophical thinkers to argue why we should break with Britain and what sort of government is natural and right for a Judeo-Christian civilization but Washington is likely singular in having the organizational abilities he had, the natural charisma to make people want to follow him, AND no desire to get himself a crown.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 04, 2026 12:57 PM (sKqQm)
In spite of all our differences, it's heartening to see America come together and celebrate Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce come together as a happily married couple at Madison Square Garden; disappointed there's seemingly no live coverage or pay per view but am hopeful a video will be available for purchase soon!
Posted by: Auspex at July 04, 2026 12:58 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at July 04, 2026 12:58 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Franklin Delano Milankovich at July 04, 2026 12:59 PM (DZ9Lv)
Too damn hot
Posted by: Accomack at July 04, 2026 12:59 PM (GbONR)
Or a gladiator movie
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 04, 2026 12:59 PM (Kt19C)
On William Howard Taft:
"He was our heaviest President , and I have to be careful , because I don't want to supersede his record , and a thing like that would be possible if I allowed it to happen..."
On Gerald Ford building an outdoor pool at the White House: " I don't get to use it. I don't know if I look good in a bathing suit. I haven't had a bathing suit in a long time."
I laughed.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2026 01:00 PM (Nx5jP)
Posted by: RI Red at July 04, 2026 01:01 PM (WcJqs)
Can't believe how lucky I feel to have been born here.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 04, 2026 01:01 PM (mmrXZ)
I'd argue that cops should only be allowed to carry the same weapons citizens are since they are just citizens, not military.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 04, 2026 12:51 PM (sKqQm)
Well, I'm actually OK with all of the citizens being able to carry the exact same individual weapons* the military carries.
But if we want to restrict anyone, I think restricting the power of the state and returning some of it to the people (militia/posse) is a better way to do it than to disarm everyone. Might help engender sense of responsibility among the people, too.
(* Limitations for everyday carry based on how appropriate certain weapons - like grenades - are when you're dealing with innocent bystanders.)
Posted by: GWB at July 04, 2026 01:02 PM (kU0PQ)
The one Amber Heard?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 04, 2026 01:02 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 04, 2026 12:56 PM (mmrXZ)
Primarily because 1) "good hair" wasn't as easy in those days, and 2) wearing 'fake' young-people's hair still needed powder to keep it clean and such. (Or so was my understanding.)
Posted by: GWB at July 04, 2026 01:04 PM (kU0PQ)
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De Trouw (The Faith- they were Dutch) 1660 or so.
Posted by: Smellslikevictory at July 04, 2026 01:04 PM (jPdyB)
Thanks for all those interesting links. Had to laugh at the old Hippie realizing 1976 was fifty years ago. I was an unsuccessful flower child. Wrong size (think offensive tackle) and the wrong attitude. But I miss the VW minibus. You could work on the engine sitting on a folding chair and enough interior room for some fun.
That reminded me that the flower girl and ring bearer at our wedding are almost fifty years old. When the hell did that happen? Seems only a few weeks ago they were waiting to start kindergarten.
Posted by: JTB at July 04, 2026 01:05 PM (yTvNw)
They wore the wigs to cover hair loss and syphillis sores, and the powder was to hide lice.
Three cheers for modern hygiene.
Posted by: Delurker at July 04, 2026 01:06 PM (2Drhq)
Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 01:06 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: JTB
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Very disturbing that the older one gets, the more quickly that time seems to pass.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 04, 2026 01:08 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 04, 2026 01:01 PM (mmrXZ)
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And in this time. Unfortunately, there are reasons to worry that there might be a national decline in the near future. Socialists on the rise? What madness!
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 04, 2026 01:08 PM (PEg9t)
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 01:10 PM (Ia/+0)
The lead singer for Jackyl did that a lot as well.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 04, 2026 01:11 PM (/k3in)
Posted by: Mike Hammer,
Like a roll of toilet paper. Closer you get to the end, the father it goes.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 04, 2026 01:11 PM (zYHty)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 04, 2026 01:12 PM (zYHty)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 04, 2026 01:11 PM (zYHty)
That is an excellent description!
I'm going to use that.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 04, 2026 01:15 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Abby Normal at July 04, 2026 01:16 PM (jrgJz)
Posted by: javems at July 04, 2026 01:17 PM (zFsEm)
126 I would be OK with all of the full-time cops being disarmed, and having to call out the militia/posse if violence is needed.”
You don’t want to call out the militia every time some meth head goes on a rampage at 2 am.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 04, 2026 01:19 PM (H8EHh)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 04, 2026 01:08 PM (PEg9t)
We shall challenge them in the media, we shall challenge them in the class rooms. We shall meet them at the ballot box and in the streets. Liberty shall never ever quit so that, a thousand years from now, people will say "This was their finest hour and the beginning of their Golden Age."
Posted by: Diogenes at July 04, 2026 01:19 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Abby Normal at July 04, 2026 01:20 PM (jrgJz)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 04, 2026 01:21 PM (zYHty)
The logo for that included a cow on skis.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 04, 2026 01:24 PM (rbvCR)
I'm Canadian and, unlike far too many up here, I think the USA is the best neighbor and friend any country could ask for.
I wish I could have crashed the party 'cause it looks like everyone who is not a lefty is having a blast.
Posted by: all doubt removed at July 04, 2026 01:25 PM (Ua1UE)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 04, 2026 01:25 PM (zYHty)
The slave that is linked to him did bear a child with Jefferson genetics but it is at least as likely the father was his uncle.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 04, 2026 01:25 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 04, 2026 01:26 PM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: GWB at July 04, 2026 01:02 PM (kU0PQ)
I'm sorry, I thought this was America.
Posted by: Randy Marsh at July 04, 2026 01:27 PM (rbvCR)
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Unlike the left, we're way, way too tolerant of "stuff." Maybe extreme, but I'd consider shooting the SOB.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 04, 2026 01:29 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 01:30 PM (Ia/+0)
We shall challenge them in the media, we shall challenge them in the class rooms. We shall meet them at the ballot box and in the streets. Liberty shall never ever quit so that, a thousand years from now, people will say "This was their finest hour and the beginning of their Golden Age."
Posted by: Diogenes at July 04, 2026 01:19 PM (2WIwB)
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Stirring words to live by.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 04, 2026 01:33 PM (VZZtk)
Posted by: Eromero at July 04, 2026 01:34 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 01:34 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 04, 2026 01:35 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: Abby Normal at July 04, 2026 01:36 PM (jrgJz)
Posted by: man at July 04, 2026 01:36 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 04, 2026 01:37 PM (sVBn2)
The good feelings of America's 200th birthday came to an end with the miserable, anti-American, hemorrhoidal presidency of James Earl Carter. Until Biden, the most embarrassing president of modern times. Followed by, Ronald Reagan and some of the best times. Perhaps Carter gave us Reagan.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 04, 2026 01:41 PM (VWtfl)
Posted by: Texican ette at July 04, 2026 02:35 PM (SNf74)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 04, 2026 02:37 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: ... at July 04, 2026 04:21 PM (vE0+H)
Her PR team and agent did a brilliant job of getting that in the news. Christian Toto speculates she did such a massive donation so the democratic socialists will eat her last. Because think about it: they spent ten millions of dollars, hijacked hundreds of NYC police, made a massive amount of celebs fly to NYC in air polluting planes, to converge on a giant complex and make it generate so much energy and cooling at a time the socialist mayor is telling all New Yorkers to turn their thermostats up. I promise you they did NOT turn the Garden's thermostat up. Can't have elite celebs sweating, can we?
I'm grateful when anyone donates to good causes, but she's so ostentatious and performative about her donations. They could have donated it anonymously. She wants the media to forget about how elitist her dream wedding sounds and change the conversation.
What's funny is even among the swifties there's discord, that doesn't usually happen. Their queen's over the top wedding has caused fighting in the ranks.
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The Classical Saturday Coffee Break & Prayer Revival (Happy Independence Day!)
Good morning boys and girls and everything in between. Before we enter the Prayer Revival just a few housekeeping matters to go over (Rulz for those of you in Bunker Hill) 1) This is an open thread. Feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate away.
2) Some people need to be reminded, be nice. Be kind.
3) Running with sharp objects takes away from the concentration required to detonate the fireworks.
4) Have a wonderful Independence Day celebration. Happy Birthday America!!!!
Here is his "Camptown Races" HT - Isophorone Blog
AoSHQ Weekly Prayer List Please submit any prayer requests to me, “Annie’s Stew” at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks unless we receive an update. Prayer Requests: 4/3 – Teresa in Fort Worth posted an update. Her chemo seems to be holding things steady for now. Unfortunately, as she is receiving a steroid, she has gained about 25 pounds. Her blood sugar has also jumped up about 40 points (which only happens when she is on steroids).
6/1 Update – Teresa had a CT scan and has seen the surgeon. Everything looks good/stable. There are no new tumors and the ones that are there have pretty much stayed the same or shrunk. No metastises seen. Additional good news is that she can stay on the current medication, and just alternate it with other meds. She continues to respond extremely well to the protocols. She sends her gratitude for each and every prayer.
6/19 – Teresa in Fort Worth sent an update. Her cancer marker numbers continue to go down; hopefully that means everything is working! In other news, she has started working on another stocking, this time for her grandson, who will be implanted soon via IVF. Prayers for a successful procedure and pregnancy would be greatly appreciated! 5/16 – Tonypete asked for prayers for Jane who is dying of breast cancer, and for Cheri who is in jail (again) for drug related crimes.
6/13 Update – Jane and her husband have sold their home and have moved back to Green Bay, to be with family when she dies. 5/20 – D gave an update on his wife Susan and her continued battle with cancer. Her cancer markers are still headed in the right direction. She is on a new antibiotic, and it is causing some side effects, but it is keeping her out of another surgery, so that is a win. Thanks again to everyone for their prayers. May 1 marked one year since they found out about the cancer, and Susan is doing so well.
6/24 Update – Everything is going well. The chemo seems to be working, but it’s very hard. The prayers help, so please keep praying for them. 5/23 – I used to have a Different Nic could use some prayers as he waits for the results of a biopsy of a mass on his prostate.
6/2 Update – I used to have a Different Nic sent in an update. He has been diagnosed with risk group 2 prostate cancer. It appears to be localized to the prostate but this will be verified via another scan. He has doctor appointments lined up for the next month or so before he starts treatment.
6/23 Update – The latest update is that he has stage 2, “unfavorable intermediate”, which he notes is an awful name, but what it means is, it is in the middle, but bad enough that they want to treat it. It’s more aggressive than previously thought. He is at the point where he has to decide on treatment options, which means choosing which set of pretty unfortunate side effects he prefers. 5/26 – Doof posted a request for prayers for his mom. She is back in the hospital. She is very weak from one or more infections, and is sleeping a lot. She isn’t really talking when she is alert for a few minutes.
6/14 Update – Doof’s mother passed away. 5/29 – Bulg requested prayers for his sister, her husband, their four children, and the rest of the family as his sister is dying. She is in palliative care in the hospital, with a lot of blood clots, and is not expected to last long.
6/14 Update – Bulg’s sister passed away on 6/14. They all could use prayers of comfort. 6/9 – “A” requested prayers for a long-time friend now suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease, who just fell and broke his hip. He came out of the anesthetic really confused. His wife and family also need prayers of support and strength to help him. 6/13 – Dash my lace wings asked for prayers for a friend named Lisa, who was diagnosed with liver duct cancer. She has been in the hospital for a couple of weeks and is afraid she will never leave.
6/20 Update – Lisa has been allowed to go home for hospice care. Cancer has metastasized throughout her body; this looks like the end for her.
6/27 Update – Lisa passed on 6/22, at home, in the presence of family. Thank you for your prayers. 6/13 – Tonypete requested prayers for an acquaintance (B), who has destroyed every relationship she has ever been a part of and spreads hate and torment to everyone around her. 6/18 – buzzion asked for prayers for a friend named Christina, who has struggled with drug addiction and is in jail again. Buzzion prays that this really is rock bottom and a true wake-up call for her – even if it requires her to stay in jail.
6/29 Update – Christina’s family bonded her out of jail and she has checked into a rehab facility. Please pray that she gets the help she needs. 6/20 – bluebell gave an update on grammie Winger. Grammie had some major surgery related to her cancer in March and is pretty much housebound. She said she isn’t keeping up on news since her diagnosis; she doesn’t have the energy. She said she thinks of her grey-box friends often with fondness. Please keep praying for her. Your prayers are a source of great comfort to her.
6/27 Update – grammie winger requested bluebell to let the Horde know that she is hospitalized again, with sepsis, and cannot eat or walk. She is very tired and cannot speak for long. She is being fed by tube. They don’t know how long she will be hospitalized or where she will go after (rehab, hospice, etc.). Bluebell has a mailing address for grammie, so please contact bluebell to send a card or note to grammie winger. Please pray for her, that her suffering will be eased, and pray for her family, who are suffering along with her. 6/20 – Polliwog the ‘Ette said that prayers for Inspector would be much appreciated. Inspector is still in the hospital. They are working on getting his strength up so it’s safe for him to go home. He is more alert and focused than when he was admitted, and he has been able to eat multiple full meals, which is an improvement and will help him continue to improve. 6/21 – B posted a request for prayers. He said that, due to his own shortcomings, and a moment of madness 6 years ago, B has been estranged from his two sons (age 41 and 36). He has tried to reach out and apologize to them over the past 6 years, to no avail. B asked the Horde to pray for their hearts to open, to allow him to properly apologize, and try to be the father he should have been. The boys are losing their mother to early-onset Alzheimers, and B needs them to know that he’s a better person today than he was then, and he can be counted on. 6/27 – Tom Servo posted prayers of thanks to God that his 38 year-old daughter, who was released from a psych hospital this week after a particularly bad breakdown. She has 2 children, which she does not have custody of, but she still sees, and they are wonderful. She has received more professional care, and it appears to have helped quite a bit. She has new medication and a new commitment to living in a way that will keep her from making a return trip to the hospital. 6/27 – George V sent his thanks to the Horde for their prayers. We had prayed for his wife in May, when she had a heart valve replacement, and there were indications of problems in her lymph nodes. She received the biopsy results, and both came back negative for cancer! Thank God for his goodness! 6/27 – “A” sent thanks for the prayers for a family friend, who is at home recovering with the family and doing much better. “A” has an additional request for long-time friends (J and S) who are in the midst of intense family problems and requesting healing, peace, repentance, and restoration in the family.
7/3- Isophrone Blog requests prayers for his parents, they are both elderly and in failing health. For submission guidelines and other relevant info, please contact Annie's Stew, who is managing the prayer list. You can contact her at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. If you see a prayer request posted in a thread comment, feel free to copy and paste it and e-mail it to Annie's Stew. She tries to keep up with the requests in the threads, but she's not here all of the time, so she may not see it unless you e-mail it to her. Please note: Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks or so unless we receive an update. 2 Corinthians 4:8-9
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair, persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)I could have been first but my mental bandwidth was going elsewhere.
Posted by: fd at July 04, 2026 08:03 AM (MWfyi)
Happy Independence day
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 08:03 AM (Ia/+0)
for a duck may be some body's mother...
Posted by: man at July 04, 2026 08:03 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 04, 2026 08:04 AM (U/wKW)
Posted by: fd at July 04, 2026 08:04 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 04, 2026 08:05 AM (U/wKW)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 04, 2026 08:05 AM (NXz0i)
Thank you to all who served and are serving now.
We wouldn't have our great country without you fighting for us.
Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 08:05 AM (/QHx4)
May Divine Providence continue to bless and protect this nation and all who love her.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 04, 2026 08:06 AM (ZBho7)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 04, 2026 08:07 AM (ZBho7)
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 08:07 AM (Ia/+0)
for a duck may be some body's mother...
Posted by: man
It's too early to be stomping around the house singing that at the top of my lungs, isn't it?
Damn.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 04, 2026 08:08 AM (NXz0i)
Reading Pres Trump's speech at Mt Rushmore last night...does he write his own speeches? It is magnificent.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 04, 2026 08:08 AM (ZBho7)
Turn your AC up (or down, whatever)
Shoot your guns!
Post anti-migrant memes!
Because, seriously, fuck Britain.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 04, 2026 08:09 AM (f0sNM)
Nope. It's a classic.
Posted by: man at July 04, 2026 08:09 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 04, 2026 08:09 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 04, 2026 08:10 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Huck Follywood"
I'm going to let people try to shoot down limbs infested with web worm nests in the pecan trees, using a pellet gun. The limbs they nest on are the twigs out at the end and a well placed shot will break it clean off.
Posted by: fd at July 04, 2026 08:10 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 04, 2026 08:11 AM (u82oZ)
https://tinyurl.com/3ebdc5wu
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 04, 2026 08:11 AM (mPnrf)
Willowed: I believe there'd be a market for aerobicized sandwich making videos. Monetizable, even,
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 04, 2026
"The Girls of the Twenty-Minute Monte Cristo Workout"?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 08:12 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 04, 2026 08:12 AM (u73oe)
Posted by: Grammie wingers phone at July 04, 2026 08:12 AM (56y8R)
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 08:07 AM (Ia/+0)
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Instead of sipping, everyone chugs.
Yes, we are still dumb, after all these years.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 04, 2026 08:13 AM (iTZ6k)
And to many more years of American Exceptionalism!
We unlocked individual creativity, and showed the path to success to other nations. Who mostly went with the old Stone Age ways of elites and peons.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 04, 2026 08:13 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 04, 2026 08:13 AM (iTZ6k)
"Well I Declare!" - a limerick
As we celebrate In-de-pen-dence
And hope for two-fifty more hence
I hope we recall
What started it all:
"When n the course of human events..."
Posted by: muldoon at July 04, 2026 08:14 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: Frank Costanza at July 04, 2026 08:15 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: Grammie wingers phone at July 04, 2026 08:12 AM (56y8R)
Woo! Right back atcha!
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 04, 2026 08:15 AM (wVcYX)
Kisses your hand. You are a very special lady.
And a tip of the hat to the stalwart Rev.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 04, 2026 08:15 AM (u82oZ)
Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the Devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2026 08:15 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 08:15 AM (QykSZ)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 04, 2026 08:15 AM (iTZ6k)
England would be the 51st state in economic ranking today
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 08:15 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 08:15 AM (QykSZ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2026 08:16 AM (O0L8i)
A special prayer for a good man , Mayhar Tousi, who is trying to relocate to America. Facing escalating repression in the UK, Mayhar has a Visa to move to the US but that is being held up by our bureaucracy.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026 08:16 AM (afJtY)
Prayers for all. Special prayer this morning for all who suffer from mental illness, which is rampant in this country. And for the friends and family members who do their best to keep peace.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 04, 2026 08:16 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Grammie wingers phone at July 04, 2026
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Grammie, I'm glad to see you posting! It was you who started me thinking seriously about relocating in, oh, 2019, when you told me, "Come on to Wisconsin! We're nice!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 08:17 AM (wzUl9)
Nice to hear from you! We are all thinking of you, grammie.
Posted by: dantesed at July 04, 2026 08:17 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 04, 2026 08:17 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 08:19 AM (QykSZ)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 04, 2026 08:12 AM (u73oe)
You got it, Duke. Best wishes and prayers for successful and harmonious outcome!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 04, 2026 08:19 AM (h7ZuX)
I am still happy you moved, and to such a nice place.
Grandchildren are true wealth.
One of the widows has invited me to her family Fourth of July celebration. First time meeting them. One of her ex-husbands will be there. I expect ... a grilling.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 04, 2026 08:19 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at July 04, 2026 08:20 AM (QUIEe)
I didn't know we got here so close to the same time. Thought you'd been around for awhile.
You are in my prayers so very often. That our Lord is comforting you. Allowing little to no pain.
As to your future, I have no worries. I'd just ask that, as you're walking those streets of gold, you'll give me a wave if you see me sweeping the sidewalk.
God Bless Dear Lady.
Posted by: TeeJ at July 04, 2026 08:20 AM (dAv7M)
Posted by: Just Wondering at July 04, 2026 08:20 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026 08:21 AM (afJtY)
Posted by: Vendette at July 04, 2026 08:21 AM (PrsTH)
I do not have your address yet - I need to make sure I sent the email to the right place - but I am sending big hugs to you and praying for you!
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 04, 2026 08:22 AM (hPLSE)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026 08:23 AM (afJtY)
Posted by: Grammie wingers phone at July 04, 2026 08:12 AM (56y8R)
Grammie! Lovely to see you have a little energy today. We love you!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 04, 2026 08:23 AM (h7ZuX)
It's a blessing to be an American.
Posted by: JTB at July 04, 2026 08:23 AM (yTvNw)
Hope you are feeling better
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 08:24 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 04, 2026 08:24 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: TeeJ at July 04, 2026 08:24 AM (dAv7M)
Posted by: Boswell at July 04, 2026 08:24 AM (j10i6)
It's a blessing to be an American.
Posted by: JTB at July 04, 2026
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Which burley blend, JTB? I'm puffing on some Peterson Standard Mixture, an English -- which is unusual for me at this time of year.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 08:24 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Isophorone at July 04, 2026 08:24 AM (bpEno)
{grammie}
Please add Mrs. F. to your prayers for a complete and immediate recovery. She was conscious enough to phone late last night and it was a great relief to know she was awake even for a short period. She continues with IV fluids and atb. Further steps and hopefully improvement await the results of lab tests. I'll take Boy F. to see her this morning and then send him off with the kids for the cousin's bbq down in Los Altos.
The caring concern shown by so many morons has been a great relief. Thank you.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 04, 2026 08:25 AM (RIvkX)
May the Lord keep you in His embrace, and know that we love you so much, and miss you, and will keep your family in our prayers.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 08:26 AM (QykSZ)
Prayers continue to ascend. Thank you for this hopeful update.
May she be released into your arms soon.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 04, 2026 08:26 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at July 04, 2026 08:27 AM (qrpsN)
So of course Mayor Zohran Mamdani turned it into a lecture blasting America.
Mamdani retold the history of the United States Friday morning as an unending parade of horrors, an unwelcoming autocracy ruled by the wealthy and powerful.
Trump: “As we approach this magnificent anniversary, we see our American identity under a renewed attack,” Trump said in his remarks in South Dakota.
“A generation after we fought and won the Cold War against the menace of communism, there is now a resurgence of the communist menace in our land, including from newcomers to our country who embrace ideas totally opposed to our way of life and our great success,” the president continued.
“These are not mere political disagreements, like differences over taxes or regulations. Communism is a mortal threat to American liberty. It is the greatest threat to our country,” Trump declared.
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Thanks to the NY Post for these reports
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 04, 2026 08:28 AM (WKesY)
So happy you could post today. You, Rev and your family are in our prayers every day.
Posted by: JTB at July 04, 2026 08:28 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 08:28 AM (QykSZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 04, 2026 08:30 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Isophorone at July 04, 2026 08:24 AM (bpEno)
A whole bunch of us have been or are going through the same thing, so we're not just going to pray for them, but for you too.
Posted by: Vendette at July 04, 2026 08:30 AM (1ieqq)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 04, 2026 08:31 AM (DFdns)
May you all have the same numbers of fingers Monday you have today. Party On!
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 04, 2026 08:32 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026 08:33 AM (afJtY)
May you all have the same numbers of fingers Monday you have today. Party On!
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Keep an eye on the kids too. Last year there were a couple "incidents" around here with fireworks that lead to injuries.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 04, 2026 08:35 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026 08:33 AM (afJtY)
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What happened to Some Rat?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 04, 2026 08:37 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 04, 2026 08:38 AM (RIvkX)
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood,
From sea to shining sea!
Posted by: man at July 04, 2026 08:38 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Frank Costanza at July 04, 2026 08:40 AM (2Ez/1)
I have never been into fireworks. They seem dangerously without safeguards, unlike a gun, where the metal contains the blast. Instead there's *cardboard* around the powder? No, I don't think Homie gonna play dat.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 08:40 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 04, 2026 08:37 AM (RIvkX)
She didn't say--she requested prayers for "mind, body, and soul." I pray that whatever difficulties he's having, the Lord carries him through.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 04, 2026 08:40 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 04, 2026 08:08 AM (ZBho7)
As you might expect, Althouse treated the speech with snark and dismissal.
Mamdami's blasphemy? Not a word of disapproval from that wine box drunk.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 04, 2026 08:40 AM (qRla/)
You, dear lady, who pray for so many others, may you find strength and happiness on this and every day.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 04, 2026 08:41 AM (qRla/)
Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of Thy mercy. Amen.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 04, 2026 08:43 AM (ZOv7s)
Someone here pointed out that I could walk in the A/C at the local mall. It opens at ten. Two or three days a week, I could have a light breakfast and maybe some fruit around eight, drive over for ten, put in a couple of miles (ca. forty minutes), and head back for lunch. Two of the other days I could force myself out for a mile's walk/run in the heat in my neighborhood. (The mall cops probably won't want me trotting in the mall.)
5x a week without risking heat exhaustion. Sounds good to me.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 08:44 AM (wzUl9)
May God bless you and keep you.
2008? Wow! You beat me here by about a year. A lot of water under a lot of bridges in that time. Lots of ups and downs for all of us!
Posted by: muldoon at July 04, 2026 08:44 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 04, 2026 08:44 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 04, 2026 08:44 AM (fZiTB)
By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood,
And fired the shot heard round the world.
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2026 08:45 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026 08:45 AM (afJtY)
So I'll just drive to the dairy for some fresh milk, come home and at some point watch 1776.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 04, 2026 08:46 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: Halfhand at July 04, 2026 08:46 AM (HUfR7)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 08:47 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 08:44 AM (wzUl9)
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We have a mall that opens at 10 even though most of the stores open at 11, for people to walk around. The bakery and coffee places are open. It's a like an alternate reality for an hour.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 04, 2026 08:47 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Grammie wingers phone at July 04, 2026 08:12 AM (56y8R)
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God bless you!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 04, 2026 08:47 AM (ZOv7s)
If the Hendrix estate authorized an edited version of the recording for public use,it would make a pretty nice preamble to a sport event, if a proficient singer was not available.
Posted by: Fenderbender at July 04, 2026 08:47 AM (1FEc1)
Prayers for the Horde and their loved ones in need.
Grammie, great post. Good luck and God bless
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 04, 2026 08:48 AM (itsE0)
Posted by: muldoon at July 04, 2026 08:49 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 04, 2026
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I'm not sure any coffee places are open that early in my nearby mall. Still, that sounds terrific.
Maybe I'll give it a try on Monday. Miss Linda may want to go -- but she walks a good deal slower than I do.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 08:49 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: A Nomad Of The Time Streams at July 04, 2026 08:49 AM (niKHs)
Posted by: Smellslikevictory at July 04, 2026 08:49 AM (jPdyB)
Posted by: muldoon at July 04, 2026 08:14 AM (I0N4X)
I dub you the Official Semiquincentennial Limericist of these here proceedings...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 04, 2026 08:51 AM (nbLIj)
Was across the harbor on Governor's Island...
Posted by: man at July 04, 2026 08:51 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026 08:45 AM (afJtY)
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We're waiting for all the lab results to come back. She's healing from the biopsies, which is good.
Prayers for my aunt, who was in a shattering collision Monday. She was hit by a semi moving at full speed through the intersection and had to be choppered down to Grand Rapids for emergency surgery. Lots of blood loss, but she is now out of the ICU and physical therapy is beginning.
This happened during the family reunion, which I traditionally crash with the grandkids and whomever else in my family wants to meet comically distantly related cousins. ("Wait, so, you're my first cousin three times removed or a fourth cousin?") It happened just before I rolled in and understandably cast a pall over the whole event.
And then last night we lost power and my generator acted up. It came back at 2:30 a.m. I think I'm just going to sit still today.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 04, 2026 08:52 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 04, 2026 08:53 AM (2Ez/1)
I launched a spud into the air
It dang near reached the stratosphare
I stepped to the stage
with my trusty 12 gauge
Now we're making tater salad...wayyyy over there!
Posted by: muldoon at July 04, 2026 08:54 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: Limerick Lover at July 04, 2026 08:54 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 04, 2026 08:52 AM (ZOv7s)
How horrible! Sounds like a miracle that she survived! Prayers up.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 04, 2026 08:55 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Limerick Lover
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I just want to hear FJB pronounce it.
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 04, 2026 08:56 AM (hPLSE)
the-patriotism-gap/
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 08:56 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: muldoon at July 04, 2026 08:44 AM (I0N4X)
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I go way back, and was here for the 2004 election. Of course I didn't read comments at first, just glance through posts.
At some point I read comments, but just lurked. Fascinating stuff. I finally commented during Trump I, which makes me a old newb or a shy Grognard.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 04, 2026 08:57 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: A Nomad Of The Time Streams at July 04, 2026 08:49 AM (niKHs)
Great place to see them, too! The tall ships were a definite highlight of the Bicentennial!
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 04, 2026 08:57 AM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Joe Kidd
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D'awww!
*blushes*
*kicks dirt*
Posted by: muldoon at July 04, 2026 08:58 AM (I0N4X)
https://tinyurl.com/2jc27vtj
Posted by: 496 at July 04, 2026 08:59 AM (DWmGl)
Galatians 5:1
Posted by: Marcus T at July 04, 2026 08:59 AM (LLQU7)
Wolfus,
It's the Sutliff J4 burley. Mostly burley with some Kentucky and a light vanilla topping. Fairly mild, slightly sweet and it goes great with my perked black coffee. It's now discontinued but I was able to get the last couple of pounds before it disappeared. Think of Carter Hall or Granger kicked up several notches in quality. I save it for an occasional treat.
Posted by: JTB at July 04, 2026 08:59 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 04, 2026 09:00 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 04, 2026 08:55 AM (h7ZuX)
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Thank you. What is normally an oasis of peace Up North was completely disrupted as notifications went out, some folks drove down to be with her, others arranged shifts and we shifted food preparation around. And here I am, the bump on a log, though my grandkids were much appreciated and had a blast (as they always do).
That evening I called my father with the latest news and he in turn called his brother, who then phoned in and so I guess that's my job - a bridge to the increasingly separate branches of the family.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 04, 2026 09:00 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 04, 2026 09:00 AM (qRla/)
You too!
Posted by: Vendette at July 04, 2026 09:00 AM (1ieqq)
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There was a NASCAR race a week or two ago that featured a guitar instrumental of that. The guy playing it was probably in his 60's and it was awesome. Just the right about of reverb and fuzz.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 04, 2026 09:01 AM (jehhT)
Thankful to live in the best country ever, and for the tiny little piece of it that God has graciously given me for awhile. May God continue to bless America, and the Horde. Sending hugs and love to all y'all.
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 04, 2026 09:02 AM (hPLSE)
Some good ones in the weekly funnies
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 09:06 AM (Ia/+0)
My wife is at her first show of the day. Her band is going to be performing at a retirement community. She's trying to negotiate the band being able to leave instead of being forced to sit for the rest of the performance.
I managed to get a few things accomplished as well and now I dedicate the day to staying within my air conditioned home and drugging the dogs before the fireworks begin.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 04, 2026 09:07 AM (/k3in)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 04, 2026 09:07 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 04, 2026 09:00 AM (ZOv7s)
That is important.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 04, 2026 09:08 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Limerick Lover
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It'll Get You In The End - a limerick
There once was an over-eager millennial
Celebrating the Semiquincentennial
In a grand epic fail
he slid down the stair rail
And landed smack dab on his finial!
Posted by: muldoon at July 04, 2026 09:09 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: NR Pax at July 04, 2026 09:07 AM (/k3in)
Thanks for the reminder!
*sets Trazadone on counter so I remember later. Might as well get the claw clippers and grinder out, too. Two birds, one stone, and all that.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 04, 2026 09:10 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Texican ette at July 04, 2026 09:11 AM (SNf74)
It's the Sutliff J4 burley. Mostly burley with some Kentucky and a light vanilla topping. Fairly mild, slightly sweet and it goes great with my perked black coffee. It's now discontinued but I was able to get the last couple of pounds before it disappeared. Think of Carter Hall or Granger kicked up several notches in quality. I save it for an occasional treat.
Posted by: JTB at July 04, 2026
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Sounds great. I have a 2021 7 or 8 oz. tin of Granger in the closet, and should open it now that Sir Walter Raleigh is still giving off that faint vinegar aroma in the pouch.
I finished the Standard Mixture -- there was only about ten minutes' worth left in the bowl after yesterday afternoon. Got some Match Early Morning Pipe going in the same pot-bowl pipe.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 09:11 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 04, 2026 09:00 AM (ZOv7s)
That is important.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 04, 2026 09:08 AM (h7ZuX)
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My kids do a good job at this, they are close with a large number of fairly distant cousins.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 04, 2026 09:12 AM (RIvkX)
The pickings have been slim lately. I was beginning to wonder if I'd see anything else I liked this year.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 09:14 AM (wzUl9)
Ben Had
Vendette
SMH
AND
Grammie
Blessings on the lot of ye...
and all the other assorted miscreants here as well!!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next Up TX MoMe ~ at July 04, 2026 09:15 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026 09:17 AM (afJtY)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 04, 2026 09:19 AM (ugElV)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026 09:19 AM (afJtY)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 09:20 AM (QykSZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 04, 2026 09:20 AM (RIvkX)
A blessed Fourth of July to all!
A happy family gathering last night and another scheduled today, wish I saw a lot of these cousins more than once a year.
Posted by: Auspex at July 04, 2026 09:21 AM (Y8DZL)
Bravo!
Posted by: Limerick Lover at July 04, 2026 09:22 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Buck Ofama, K4WTJ at July 04, 2026 09:22 AM (z6ONu)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 04, 2026 09:22 AM (tXwiM)
Posted by: olddog in mo at July 04, 2026 09:22 AM (dmoni)
When the weather is very very damp
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at July 04, 2026 09:23 AM (3ImbR)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026 09:24 AM (afJtY)
Prayers for a safe, enjoyable 4th. Prayers for those requested and those contemplated in Jesus's Name.
Amen
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 04, 2026 09:24 AM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 04, 2026 09:24 AM (tXwiM)
Solemn in looking forward to keeping this great country on course, Happy that we still have that opportunity.
I think this place represents one of the bastions of hope.
Posted by: RI Red at July 04, 2026 09:25 AM (iaf7q)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 04, 2026 09:25 AM (26GAh)
Posted by: olddog in mo at July 04, 2026 09:25 AM (dmoni)
Gomorrah. We regret our sins and beg for forgiveness so that we can live in covenant with You.
Amen
Posted by: Eromero at July 04, 2026 09:25 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 04, 2026 09:26 AM (tXwiM)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 04, 2026 09:20 AM (RIvkX)
Amen to that!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 04, 2026 09:27 AM (h7ZuX)
Good to see you, my sister in Christ! FenSpouse and I have been praying for you.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2026 09:27 AM (eF17/)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 04, 2026 09:25 AM (26GAh)
He both amuses and educates
Posted by: Vendette at July 04, 2026 09:28 AM (1ieqq)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 04, 2026
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I prefer the straights as well. In the '80s, when I first tried the pipe, you could smoke at bars and restaurants, and I thought a straight would be awkward to handle; so I bought mostly bents. Some of which I still have, and smoke. A bent is generally easier to clench in your teeth, and supposedly the moisture from combustion stays lower in the stem and doesn't reach your mouth. But if you're smoking correctly -- drier leaf, sipping at the pipe instead of puffing like a steam engine -- the moisture issue doesn't really come up.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 09:29 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 04, 2026
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And nowadays I smoke almost always at home, so the awkwardness doesn't come up. I think of a straight as sending a message: "Yeah, I smoke a pipe. What's it to ya?"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 09:30 AM (wzUl9)
We can talk about Marxism, Communism, and various leftist logical contortions and fallacies, but to me it has never been more clear that this is all just a secular veneer for pure demonic energy.
To promote a flag representing unlimited sexual license over the one of one's nation, which represents fidelity to parents and tradition, is as blatant a symbol of spiritual warfare that I can think of. That it is a perversion of God's rainbow just makes it that much more obvious.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 04, 2026 09:31 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026 09:33 AM (afJtY)
The previous owners left their flag and flag pole.
Fortunately, the flag is in good condition.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 09:34 AM (QykSZ)
Posted by: The Paolo at July 04, 2026 09:34 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 04, 2026 09:20 AM (RIvkX)
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I think it will be used for ISR, to track who shows up, where they came from, and where they go.
It is preferable to "disappear" those people, continuing to create a power vacuum and rendering the regime wracked by strife and distrust. Are insiders selling out rivals? Cutting deals to save themselves?
This is why people need to chill. It's a process, not an event. The best regime change is organic, not achieved by tanks and infantry. People looked at WW II, which was a unique event in history and said "yeah, that's a template for the ages." No, it's not.
Punitive expeditions are much more common and much more effective in the long run.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 04, 2026 09:35 AM (ZOv7s)
Those false rights are now approaching 100 years old and have never ever ever worked even when tried on a small scale.
Sweden, Norway, and the other Icebacks now see that their semi-socialist ways do not work without a very homogenous (race, religion, education, etc) population.
Milton said you can have open borders or welfare.
To expound on that idea it appears you can have socialism or diversity, but not both at the same time.
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2026 09:35 AM (/+uur)
Prayers continue.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 04, 2026 09:35 AM (4VH0B)
Posted by: The Paolo at July 04, 2026 09:34 AM (2Ez/1)
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Bill Clinton would know about that.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 04, 2026 09:35 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
*************
♫ ♫ ♪ ♫
"It's the finial countdown..."
Posted by: muldoon at July 04, 2026 09:35 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next Up TX MoMe ~ at July 04, 2026 09:36 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 09:36 AM (QykSZ)
Posted by: Grammie wingers phone at July 04, 2026 08:12 AM (56y8R)
🇺🇸🎉 Grammie!!!
Posted by: runner at July 04, 2026 09:37 AM (kwV69)
Posted by: Vendette at July 04, 2026 09:37 AM (1ieqq)
Fortunately, the flag is in good condition.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 09:34 AM (QykSZ)
Bonus!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 04, 2026 09:37 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2026 09:35 AM (/+uur)
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This is designed to gull ageing centrist Dems into thinking that it is still FDR's party. They have no intention of doing anything other than staging an Anarchist revolution. The template they are using is Spain, 1936. There's a book about it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 04, 2026 09:37 AM (ZOv7s)
Camping, by definition, is overnight. Otherwise it’s a picnic!
Posted by: Common Tater at July 04, 2026 09:26 AM (tXwiM)
True dat. I used the term to indicate a single, versus multiple, night duration. Got a site at Kissimmee Prarie Park, a certified Dark Sky park..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 04, 2026 09:37 AM (nbLIj)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy
No question about that flag flying at your house!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next Up TX MoMe ~ at July 04, 2026 09:38 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: muldoon at July 04, 2026 09:38 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026
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His creator, Georges Simenon, was quite the pipe man himself. So were Faulkner, historian Shelby Foote, and the Ellery Queen cousins. The story goes that when their first novel won the first prize a national magazine was offering in '28, they trooped over to Dunhill and bought two pipes, each with the letters "EQ" stamped into it.
I wonder whatever happened to those pipes. . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 09:38 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Archer at July 04, 2026 09:39 AM (wvc0i)
Posted by: In my best Johnny Carson voice at July 04, 2026 09:40 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Archer
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One of the few things I miss about living near an Army base is regularly seeing Blackhawks, Apaches, and Chinooks.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 09:41 AM (QykSZ)
Prayers for all who need, stated or not.
Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at July 04, 2026 09:41 AM (mQbp+)
Also a prayer request! My grand-niece has not been growing properly. She's... 5 or 6?, the growth plates are fine but no growth in over a year. They've found an intestinal or bowel blockage with the latest tests and she will probably need surgery. I'm getting all this second-hand so don't have a lot of details.
Posted by: RandomDave at July 04, 2026 09:41 AM (aJQbY)
Mine is a aluminum spear point on top a mahogan round wood
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 09:41 AM (Ia/+0)
Not bad. The stuff we use contains chamomile, passionflower, valerian root and melatonin. Good stuff so I hope it helps when the explosions start.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 04, 2026 09:41 AM (/k3in)
Posted by: JTB at July 04, 2026 09:42 AM (yTvNw)
I pointed this out on a message board forum once in response to something and I thought this old leftist was going to have a stroke. He tried to ‘splain how Friedman was wrong, but it was just incoherent.
We don’t lock the doors on our house because we hate other people, it’s because we love our family.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 04, 2026 09:43 AM (tXwiM)
Posted by: Eromero at July 04, 2026 09:43 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 09:44 AM (QykSZ)
https://tinyurl.com/yc4pth2v
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 04, 2026 09:45 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 09:46 AM (Ia/+0)
God Bless America! Truth and Justice will prevail!
Posted by: muldoon at July 04, 2026 09:47 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 04, 2026 09:20 AM (RIvkX)
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It may be a risk but they had to do something. He was starting to smell.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 04, 2026 09:47 AM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 09:48 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: JTB at July 04, 2026 09:42 AM (yTvNw)
?! Those are three words I definitely don't understand together.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 04, 2026 09:49 AM (lFFaq)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 04, 2026 08:17 AM (wVcYX)
https://youtu.be/NFPIGNua5WM
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 04, 2026 09:50 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: NR Pax at July 04, 2026 09:41 AM (/k3in)
What is it? I don't find the Trazadone to be super effective, and when it does start to take effect, Tank gets bewildered. Would love to use something else.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 04, 2026 09:51 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 04, 2026 09:51 AM (l26NL)
As for the Ayatollah's funeral, if I were in the IRGC I'd slip my cell phone into the pocket of my worst enemy who I knew would be in attendance. Location services: ON.
Posted by: PabloD at July 04, 2026 09:53 AM (byoW7)
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2026 09:35 AM (/+uur)
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This is designed to gull ageing centrist Dems into thinking that it is still FDR's party. They have no intention of doing anything other than staging an Anarchist revolution. The template they are using is Spain, 1936. There's a book about it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 04, 2026 09:37 AM (ZOv7s)
Mad-Manny's little rant about how America sucks and we're on stolen land and we hate immigrants isn't going to help. I thought Mandami was a more astute politician than that. He just made a huge in-kind donation to the GOP.
But he and his DemSoc loons want their Communist Utopia and they want it now. Pres. Trump is going to hang them like an albatross around the neck of the Democrat party.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at July 04, 2026 09:54 AM (ksbjf)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 04, 2026 09:54 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 09:54 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 04, 2026 09:55 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Piper at July 04, 2026 09:55 AM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 09:55 AM (gKWVE)
Good morning Ben Had. (Hope Texas is cooler than Virginia right now.)
It's true. A pipe can become a part of you. Partly appearance, partly attitude, partly perception by others. In addition to the authors Wolfus mentioned, you can add Tolkien, CS Lewis, and Malcolm Guite. I really believe smoking a pipe lends itself to a creative approach and quiet appreciation of life.
Posted by: JTB at July 04, 2026 09:55 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 04, 2026 09:56 AM (0U5gm)
https://tinyurl.com/2mxrv6v4
Enjoy today and remember, it's only treason if you lose.
Posted by: AnchorPoint at July 04, 2026 09:57 AM (XY7MO)
Posted by: TeeJ at July 04, 2026 09:57 AM (dAv7M)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026 09:58 AM (afJtY)
The Boston Pops 1812, July 4, 1976. I remember it well as it ran on CBS nationally. Reportedly, The Pops, lead by Arthur Fiedler, drew a record-breaking 400,000 thousand people to the Charles River Esplanade for the performance.
Something that really struck me rewatching the performance this morning was the cameras capturing a baby and another young child in the audience, now 50 years ago.
Grammie Winger! Another blessing for us on this historical day! Always in our hearts and minds; continuing prayers for you and yours. 🙏
And continuing prayers for God's blessings & comfort for all of the Horde and Horde adjacent, especially those with particular health needs.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 04, 2026 09:58 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
It may be a risk but they had to do something. He was starting to smell.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
Not that he probably smelled all that great in life.
Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at July 04, 2026 09:59 AM (mQbp+)
My wife is at her first show of the day. Her band is going to be performing at a retirement community. She's trying to negotiate the band being able to leave instead of being forced to sit for the rest of the performance.
I managed to get a few things accomplished as well and now I dedicate the day to staying within my air conditioned home and drugging the dogs before the fireworks begin.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 04, 2026 09:07 AM (/k3in)
Have them play Slayer's angel of death as their last song. Having to stick around won't be a problem. They might even be escorted out. Lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 04, 2026 09:59 AM (WQBBj)
You're a high flying flag
And forever in peace may you wave.
You're the emblem of
The land I love.
The home of the free and the brave.
Ev'ry heart beats true
'neath the Red, White and Blue,
Where there's never a boast or brag.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
Keep your eye on the grand old flag.
Posted by: Zombie George M. Cohan at July 04, 2026 09:59 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 10:00 AM (QykSZ)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
"Vibeful Calming Soft Chews." We get them from Chewy.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 04, 2026 10:01 AM (/k3in)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 09:54 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Mitch McConnell's staff at July 04, 2026 10:01 AM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 04, 2026 10:01 AM (bkuEU)
Posted by: AnchorPoint at July 04, 2026 10:01 AM (XY7MO)
"Put a communist in a helicopter and he will fly for a few hours. Throw him out of a helicopter and he will fly for the rest of his life'. -Augusto Pinochet.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 04, 2026 10:03 AM (l26NL)
Posted by: Back in the day at July 04, 2026 10:03 AM (2Ez/1)
Polliwog,
Missouri Meerschaum company, under that name, began making corn cob pipes before WW I. A play on using the most common material, corn cobs, with the luxury meerschaum pipes and their fancy carved bowls.
Posted by: JTB at July 04, 2026 10:03 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 09:41 AM (QykSZ)
One of the things I miss was seeing the Blue Angels in F4s, and the memory of pickling one of them coming in low and too fast at Oceana. I as a snuffy airman on ramp watch and did know the Blue Angels were arriving.
Posted by: Eromero at July 04, 2026 10:04 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 04, 2026 09:20 AM (RIvkX)
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I think it will be used for ISR, to track who shows up, where they came from, and where they go.
It is preferable to "disappear" those people, continuing to create a power vacuum and rendering the regime wracked by strife and distrust. Are insiders selling out rivals? Cutting deals to save themselves?
This is why people need to chill. It's a process, not an event. ...
Punitive expeditions are much more common and much more effective in the long run.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 04, 2026 09:35 AM (ZOv7s)
The "We've been defeated by Iran!!! reee!!!" people are just so wrong in their assessment that they astound me. Crude oil prices have dropped, UAE has left OPEC and is building a pipeline, and shipping has resumed through the Strait of Hormuz (despite Iran's bluster).
The MOU is not a peace treaty. It's really to let the tankers escape. If you know "go time" has a date certain, would you return? No you would not.
Who's selling oil from a safe location? Oh yah, 'Murica!
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at July 04, 2026 10:05 AM (ksbjf)
Posted by: Moe Howard at July 04, 2026 10:06 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: JTB at July 04, 2026
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I don't clench my pipes all that much, though. I'm more likely to hold the bowl in one hand even while puffing.
I have one vintage, a straight Keyser, with a bowl that is not very big but which is twice as heavy as my others. I've learned to clench a little higher up the stem when I do that while puffing that pipe.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 10:06 AM (wzUl9)
"But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream." Amos 5:24
Posted by: muldoon at July 04, 2026 10:08 AM (I0N4X)
But he and his DemSoc loons want their Communist Utopia and they want it now. Pres. Trump is going to hang them like an albatross around the neck of the Democrat party.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at July 04, 2026 09:54 AM (ksbjf)
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The legacy media will leave all of that out and just include the FDR bits to reassure people like my parents that the Party hasn't changed at all, it's that the GOP is now run by Nazis (I mean, the bad Nazis, not the good ones like that nice man in Maine).
A lot of old Dems are in deep denial about the state of the Party, and soundbites like this are designed to reinforce that, and allow them to tune out the other parts as "GOP misinformation." They still think Russiagate is real, Hunter Biden's laptop was fake, and that J6 killed cops.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 04, 2026 10:08 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: man at July 04, 2026 10:09 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: TRex - low key dino at July 04, 2026 10:09 AM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 04, 2026 10:09 AM (Kt19C)
God Bless the USA .
So lovely to see grammie this morning. Prayers in abundance for all of the Horde and their loved ones, especially Some Rat and Mrs Franpyscho.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 04, 2026 10:09 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: NR Pax at July 04, 2026 10:09 AM (/k3in)
Posted by: man at July 04, 2026 10:10 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: NR Pax at July 04, 2026 10:01 AM (/k3in)
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I heard that Vibeful Calming Soft Chews are now touring with The Osmonds on the casino circuit.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 04, 2026 10:10 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: JTB at July 04, 2026
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It does. In a fast-paced, "get it done yesterday" world, sitting with a pipe -- or even strolling outdoors with one -- is an oasis of calm.
Tolkien apparently liked Capstan Blue, a Virginia, and Lewis a blend called Three Nuns. You can still buy them, though they are no longer cheap, and TN has changed components, so it's not really the same blend.
Faulkner was apparently a Dunhill (now Peterson) My Match 965 fan, an English blend.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 10:10 AM (wzUl9)
O beautiful for pilgrim feet,
Whose stern, impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine ev'ry flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self control,
Thy liberty in law.
Posted by: The second verse at July 04, 2026 10:11 AM (2Ez/1)
Land of the noble free,
Thy name I love;
I love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and templed hills;
My heart with rapture thrills
Like that above."
Posted by: man at July 04, 2026 10:12 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at July 04, 2026 09:54 AM (ksbjf)
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The legacy media will leave all of that out and just include the FDR bits to reassure people like my parents that the Party hasn't changed at all, it's that the GOP is now run by Nazis (I mean, the bad Nazis, not the good ones like that nice man in Maine).
A lot of old Dems are in deep denial about the state of the Party, and soundbites like this are designed to reinforce that, and allow them to tune out the other parts as "GOP misinformation." They still think Russiagate is real, Hunter Biden's laptop was fake, and that J6 killed cops.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 04, 2026 10:08 AM (ZOv7s)
True, but we have very Lefty partisan Democrats like James Carville and Rahm Emanuel publicly saying that the DemSoc loons are American-hating retards. (Of course, Carville and Emanuel are really upset that the DemSoc loons are spilling beans about the Democrat party -- it's Communist in all but name for decades)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at July 04, 2026 10:14 AM (ksbjf)
....
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 04, 2026 10:08 AM (ZOv7s)
I'm very stute!
Posted by: Madman Mamdani at July 04, 2026 10:14 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 10:14 AM (qXs2h)
Posted by: Charlie Kelly at July 04, 2026 10:15 AM (l26NL)
Author of liberty,
To Thee we sing;
Long may our land be bright
With freedom’s holy light;
Protect us by Thy might,
Great God, our King.
Posted by: man at July 04, 2026 10:15 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at July 04, 2026 10:05 AM (ksbjf)
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It's amazing to me how many "conservatives" have outed themselves as mercenary shills (and dim ones at that) over the past year.
It has nothing to do with the policies per se, it's the complete lack of any reasoning ability to reach their conclusions.
I mean, expect Dems to be incoherent idiots, but this whole business of making up objectives we never had and then pointing to our failure to achieve these fantasies as some sort of failure is really amazing.
A bunch of it is about disqualifying Vance. By claiming Iran is a failure and then tying it to him, they figure they can knock him out of 2028.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 04, 2026 10:15 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 04, 2026 10:15 AM (jehhT)
And may the Horde have a blessed 4th.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 04, 2026 10:15 AM (NnhvP)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 10:16 AM (wzUl9)
O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved,
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine,
Till all success be nobleness,
And ev'ry gain divine.
Posted by: The third verse at July 04, 2026 10:16 AM (2Ez/1)
Prior to the lockdowns they used to hold an air show at Quonset every year. It was pretty cool to have them roar overhead going up the bay.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2026 10:17 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 10:14 AM (qXs2h)
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The celebration started of slow, but going to stores and walking around, people are really getting into the patriotic spirit. Driving Up North and back I listened to a lot of radio and it was all about celebrations, and all the commercials were patriotic themed.
The corporations are catching up bigly, and I don't think it's going to end today. I think people are getting a kick out of holding their heads up again and not having to say sorry for everything. Freedom is intoxicating, and highly contagious.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 04, 2026 10:19 AM (ZOv7s)
It has nothing to do with the policies per se, it's the complete lack of any reasoning ability to reach their conclusions.
I mean, expect Dems to be incoherent idiots, but this whole business of making up objectives we never had and then pointing to our failure to achieve these fantasies as some sort of failure is really amazing.
A bunch of it is about disqualifying Vance. By claiming Iran is a failure and then tying it to him, they figure they can knock him out of 2028.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 04, 2026 10:15 AM (ZOv7s)
I've noticed the animus against Vice Pres. Vance, too. I've never found him to utter anything other than his honest appraisal -- I don't have to agree with him.
However, we've had a regular commenter declare that Vance is just as deceitful as Hillary Clinton -- an assessment that is so far removed from reality, it makes me question his motives.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at July 04, 2026 10:19 AM (ksbjf)
Posted by: muldoon at July 04, 2026 08:49 AM (I0N4X)
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Normally, we throw a frisbee and try to hit it with potato guns. Today, we have a crack shot with us and so we're going to experiment with firing a potato across the field (as if from a skeet house) and see if he can hit it. The boys are making the guns right now!
I'm pretty confident none of us will hit anything but potato guns are a lot of fun.
Afterwards we are turning pyro and firing off some fireworks, so big day!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 04, 2026 10:20 AM (2pEo+)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 04, 2026 10:20 AM (ndZc7)
Fresh corn 5 for $1
Half gallon ice cream $4.98
Peaches 97 cents / lb
Texas!
'Murrica!
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 04, 2026 10:20 AM (wVcYX)
Happy birthday America!!!
Prayers for those in need and may God bless this great nation.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 04, 2026 10:21 AM (2WIwB)
Bet it hits 5M before 2028.
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 04, 2026 10:22 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Count de Monet
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I hope you cleaned them out at that price.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 04, 2026 10:23 AM (XvL8K)
***waves at Grammie Winger***
Prayers are always headed your way, dear lady! Great to hear from you 💐
Glad to hear Mrs Franpsycho is doing better 💕💕💕
Prayers up for Some Rat. 🎉
And of course, prayers for all who may need them 🙏🙏🙏
My cancer numbers are staying down, and everything appears to be status quo for now. I am now 21 months into a 6-12 month prognosis. I am VERY fortunate to be responding so well to current medications. God is good!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 04, 2026 10:24 AM (SRRAx)
To be clear, the act itself broke communion; it is not a punishment.
Yesterday, instructions were released from the DDF for those wishing to repent and return to the Church. This includes both the clergy AND laity in the SSPX. An interesting feature is that SSPX priests have lost their faculties to perform valid marriages and confessions. Oof.
The process of readmission is non-trivial, especially for the clergy. The laity can simply confess and be restored to full communion.
I mention this because it dispels the notion that Pope Leo is a squish and/or that he is a Francis clone. Francis indulged the SSPX at every turn. My prayer is that Pope Leo bring this same heat against the CCP.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 04, 2026 10:24 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 10:24 AM (QykSZ)
Posted by: muldoon at July 04, 2026 10:25 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: Fenderbender at July 04, 2026 10:26 AM (1FEc1)
Posted by: Dr. T at July 04, 2026 10:26 AM (jGGMD)
Hail Mary, full of grace, blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Today (Independence Day) is an Optional Memorial in the Liturgical Calendar. May the United States continue to receive the blessings of Divine Providence.
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I have prayed Rosaries for the Horde's intentions, both stated and unstated.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at July 04, 2026 10:26 AM (ksbjf)
“You cannot stop Islam in America. This is NOT your country, this is OUR country. This is the land of Allah. If you want to live in a place with no Muslims, I suggest you go to hell.”
https://tinyurl.com/4msf7kzv
Bless his heathen heart...
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 10:27 AM (QykSZ)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 04, 2026 10:27 AM (X8xt3)
Teresa, So glad to hear that. You are always in our prayers.
Posted by: JTB at July 04, 2026 10:27 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Weak Geek at July 04, 2026 10:28 AM (Z/Qq6)
False bravado.
Message has gone out to demoralize up on 250th.
Ha! As if!!
Posted by: Lizzy at July 04, 2026 10:29 AM (X8xt3)
There has been a back and forth over the consecration all year, and as part of negotiations, the SSPX circulated a statement of beliefs that clearly stated they regarded the current form of the Mass as invalid and that none of the sacraments offered since Vatican II (other than theirs) were valid, either.
So yeah, when you announce you're more Catholic than the Church, maybe take a moment for reflection.
Other fun fact: the rite of ordaining a bishop actually includes a statement that this is done with the pope's blessing. I've not yet seen if they left this part out or lied about it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 04, 2026 10:29 AM (ZOv7s)
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Embrace the power of 'and'.
Islam is on the march, and the Great Satan is in the crosshairs.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 10:29 AM (QykSZ)
His dada is a professor of Hatred at Columbia.
His mom is a celebrated Hollywood movie director.
They have homes in India, Uganda, and USA (maybe elsewhere?).
Posted by: Lizzy at July 04, 2026 10:30 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 04, 2026 10:23 AM (XvL8K)
Just the one family pak today - 3 monster ribeyes. I can go back for more thru Tuesday!
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 04, 2026 10:31 AM (wVcYX)
To be clear, the act itself broke communion; it is not a punishment.
Yesterday, instructions were released from the DDF for those wishing to repent and return to the Church. This includes both the clergy AND laity in the SSPX. An interesting feature is that SSPX priests have lost their faculties to perform valid marriages and confessions. Oof.
The process of readmission is non-trivial, especially for the clergy. The laity can simply confess and be restored to full communion.
I mention this because it dispels the notion that Pope Leo is a squish and/or that he is a Francis clone. Francis indulged the SSPX at every turn. My prayer is that Pope Leo bring this same heat against the CCP.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 04, 2026 10:24 AM (ZOv7s)
I was surprised that the SSPX essentially decided to become schismatic. It pulled the laity into a squabble between different levels of the hierarchy.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at July 04, 2026 10:31 AM (ksbjf)
Woohooo!!
Posted by: Lizzy at July 04, 2026 10:32 AM (X8xt3)
His father got a job a Columbia, of course, teaching African political history. He doesn't call himself a marxist either but he is one.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2026 10:33 AM (viF8m)
“You cannot stop Islam in America. This is NOT your country, this is OUR country. This is the land of Allah. If you want to live in a place with no Muslims, I suggest you go to hell.”
https://tinyurl.com/4msf7kzv
Bless his heathen heart...
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026
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* Trump moves Farooq to the top of the deportation list * (in a sane USA, anyway)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 10:33 AM (wzUl9)
The blood thinners are discontinued. Clot risk is preferable, given the circumstances. But the wound care from that operation is gruesome, my friends. I think they're keeping her there until it stabilizes. Meanwhile she's got to keep her legs up. That's going to make her pretty weak.
At this time we don't know what to expect or how to prepare for her here. Hospital bed, maybe? Before this began she was moving around fine with her rollator. I was hoping that could continue.
General prayers for fortitude, please. Especially for me because I decided that today is my Independence Day from tobacco.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 04, 2026 10:33 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Mick at July 04, 2026 10:35 AM (HFx9z)
Not that studying history isn't enormously useful. It is.
But if you study it enough, you'll eventually notice that - for better or worse - many of its innovative moments came from actual illiterates, or people with little interest in history at all, and that many of its most unfortunate turns came from the educated classes.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 04, 2026 10:36 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 10:36 AM (QykSZ)
There has been a back and forth over the consecration all year, and as part of negotiations, the SSPX circulated a statement of beliefs that clearly stated they regarded the current form of the Mass as invalid and that none of the sacraments offered since Vatican II (other than theirs) were valid, either.
So yeah, when you announce you're more Catholic than the Church, maybe take a moment for reflection.
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Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 04, 2026 10:29 AM (ZOv7s)
I had not known that they had done that. That was pretty arrogant on the part of the SSPX. No wonder Pope Leo XIV dropped the hammer.
While I have my own dislike of some features of the Novus Ordo Mass as implemented (mainly the rejection of celebrating Ad Orientum and bad happy-clappy Hippy music), it is perfectly licit. It received the approval of St. Pope Paul VI.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at July 04, 2026 10:37 AM (ksbjf)
Posted by: Gref at July 04, 2026 10:38 AM (5rh/l)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 04, 2026 10:38 AM (kpS4V)
So good to see so many familiar nics but difficult to see people's troubles. Sending hugs to all who need them. ❤️❤️❤️
Remember....
https://x.com/RinkusSharon/status/2073401326562648144?s=20
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 04, 2026 10:39 AM (kJmSS)
England would be the 51st state in economic ranking today
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 08:15 AM (Ia/+0)
Bey they have health care and education and 12 weeks vacations and GDP per capita is meaningless since Elon is a trillionaire and every other American is poor.
Posted by: Reddit at July 04, 2026 10:39 AM (2l5vB)
Posted by: YD at July 04, 2026 10:36 AM
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Hence the phrase: "An idea so dumb, only an intellectual would believe it."
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 04, 2026 10:39 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 04, 2026 10:36 AM (BI5O2)
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Correction: "educated" classes.
They have degrees, credentials but zero knowledge of the actual world. I can't recall if it was Orwell or Lewis that said some things are so stupid that only the educated can believe them.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 04, 2026 10:40 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 04, 2026 10:41 AM (G2hPk)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 04, 2026 10:41 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 04, 2026 10:41 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at July 04, 2026 10:37 AM (ksbjf)
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I suspect they will become like the Old Catholics, who initially rejected Vatican I and were super-Traditionalist, and now ordain women.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 04, 2026 10:41 AM (ZOv7s)
....
The visuals of that speech were choreographed -- and so farcical!
Dude, you're sitting on the wrong side of the desk, trapped between it and a fireplace.
And his lil' people props, no doubt handpicked to represent all the preferred immigrant nations: why so dour?! Gripping your prop flags like you're not sure what to do with them and looking grimly into the camera.
Whatever image he thought he was projecting was lost is that pathetic display of arrogance.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 04, 2026 10:42 AM (X8xt3)
Effective Lent 2027, ALL priests, religious brothers and sisters will be using the new brevary.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at July 04, 2026 10:42 AM (ksbjf)
Look at the new wave of communists taking over the Democrat Party. Virtually all of them, including Mamdani, have never had a real job. Lots of education, zero real world knowledge.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2026 10:43 AM (viF8m)
I love to sit down and have a beer with Catholic friends and relatives in kid with them in a Martin Luther way about doctrine.
I'm sure it would work that way with Muslims, too. I could envision them smiling and laughing like Mandami.
At least before the Fatwa is issued on my fat white ass.
Posted by: Auspex at July 04, 2026 10:44 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 04, 2026 10:41 AM (2Ez/1)
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Indeed.
Orwell's Homage to Catalonia does a great job of mapping out some of the lies that intellectuals bought into regarding Spain (and this clearly informed both Animal Farm and 1984), but if you read it without full understanding of what's going on (which I did back in the day), it's really confusing.
Happily, Long Live Death can help make sense of it, and you can see the logical contortions of leftist as they lauded "Spain's Embattled Democracy" that burned churches, lynched clergy and ran secret prisons and murdered dissenters.
Oh, and the International Brigades were not composed of "anti-fascist idealists" but card-carrying Communists recruited by Comintern. Those few who *were* liberals were liquided, sometimes by tribunal, but often by being shot in the back during action, which saved on paperwork.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 04, 2026 10:46 AM (ZOv7s)
"May the wings of liberty never lose a feather."
Rocky turned 50 this year and Big Trouble in Little China turned 40. Maybe will watch one of those today while I eat grilled meat, and then see fireworks later tonight.
Posted by: LizLem at July 04, 2026 10:46 AM (gWBY1)
https://youtu.be/yAqNe-m0a8s
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 04, 2026 10:47 AM (qx7Zg)
Look at the new wave of communists taking over the Democrat Party. Virtually all of them, including Mamdani, have never had a real job. Lots of education, zero real world knowledge.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2026 10:43 AM (viF8m)
No experience in running even a lemonade stand, but lots and lots of hubris. Collectivism is demonic -- it requires the commission of the Sins of Pride, Wrath, Envy and Greed. Any spirit of agape' is conspicuously absent, despite their protestations of caring about the downtrodden.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at July 04, 2026 10:47 AM (ksbjf)
It pulled the laity into a squabble between different levels of the hierarchy.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at July 04, 2026 10:31 AM (ksbjf)
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There are bad knock-on effects even for those who don't adhere to the SSPX.
- Even those TLM groups in full communion with Rome will now come under suspicion.
- Bishops are more likely to see anyone advocating for the TLM as a potential schismatic. Forget about an expansion of diocesan TLM offerings.
- Those faithful who are curious about the TLM are now going to get scared off.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2026 10:47 AM (O0L8i)
At least before the Fatwa is issued on my fat white ass.
Posted by: Auspex at July 04, 2026 10:44 AM (Y8DZL)
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I like the dichotomy of them declaring America's Constitution invalid and that they will replace it with sharia, and...
fighting deportation tooth and nail.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 04, 2026 10:48 AM (ZOv7s)
People
@people
Patti LuPone ‘Furious’ After She Learns LGBTQ+ Cruise She’s Set to Perform on Is Banned from Traveling Through Turkey
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Turkey just banned a cruise ship carrying nearly 2,000 gay travelers, including Broadway legend Patti LuPone, from docking in Kuşadası and Istanbul.
Officials called the passengers a threat to their "moral values."
Istanbul police then raided a gay nightclub that had operated for 18 years, because it planned to welcome the cruise's passengers.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 04, 2026 10:48 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 10:49 AM (1z8ji)
"Just remember what ol' Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big ol' storm right square in the eye and he says, 'Give me your best shot, pal. I can take it.'"
Posted by: Lizzy at July 04, 2026 10:49 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at July 04, 2026 10:31 AM (ksbjf)
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There are bad knock-on effects even for those who don't adhere to the SSPX.
- Even those TLM groups in full communion with Rome will now come under suspicion.
- Bishops are more likely to see anyone advocating for the TLM as a potential schismatic. Forget about an expansion of diocesan TLM offerings.
- Those faithful who are curious about the TLM are now going to get scared off.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2026 10:47 AM (O0L8i)
Yes, has occurred to me, too.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at July 04, 2026 10:49 AM (ksbjf)
Land acknowledgements make me want to throw-up. I can't believe Indian tribes want this. Seems to me it just rubs salt in whatever wounds Indian tribe activists are still nursing. Activists being the key word.
Either give the land to the tribe(s), pay rent to them, or shut up.
Posted by: Gref at July 04, 2026 10:51 AM (5rh/l)
Please make a note of it.
Posted by: Doug and Bob McKenzie at July 04, 2026 10:51 AM (2Ez/1)
My message to him: 5.56.
Posted by: man at July 04, 2026 10:51 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 10:51 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at July 04, 2026 10:51 AM (OF02a)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2026 10:47 AM (O0L8i)
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I disagree. Francis indulged the SSPX even as he worked to crush the TLM.
The SSPX is trying to claim a mantle of martyrdom over the TLM, but it is dishonest. The record is clear - their own "statement of beliefs" goes way beyond just wanting the TLM, and there is zero reason for their "emergency" other than they fancy themselves wholly independent of Rome.
I think it actually removes the TLM from the discussion.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 04, 2026 10:52 AM (ZOv7s)
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We’re confused.
Posted by: Queers for Palestine at July 04, 2026 10:52 AM (2l5vB)
Officials called the passengers a threat to their "moral values."
Istanbul police then raided a gay nightclub that had operated for 18 years, because it planned to welcome the cruise's passengers.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 04, 2026 10:48 AM (ndZc7)
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So close to Pride Month?!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 04, 2026 10:53 AM (ZOv7s)
Patti LuPone ‘Furious’ After She Learns LGBTQ+ Cruise She’s Set to Perform on Is Banned from Traveling Through Turkey
IT'S FUNNY THAT IT TAKES HER LGBTQ CRUISE PLANS BEING SPOILED TO FINALLY GET UPSET WITH ISLAM'S OPRESSION. WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN, BUTTERCUP?
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at July 04, 2026 10:53 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2026 10:53 AM (viF8m)
From yesterday
"I would like to acknowledge that this meeting is being held on the lands of heathen savages, who slaughtered the previous inhabitants and then grubbed around uselessly before we came along to redeem it and made it productive and prosperous."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2026 10:54 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: We're all thinking it at July 04, 2026 10:54 AM (2Ez/1)
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Hey, I know you all could go there to live!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 04, 2026 10:55 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 04, 2026 10:57 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 04, 2026 08:46 AM (qRla/)
So you are ceding the field to the rabble, then? Why not go, bearing a stout cane for bashing Commie skulls?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 10:59 AM (1z8ji)
If the SSPX had just been about the TLM and the old forms and traditions, it would have been fine. They could have found many sympathetic bishops to provide for their pastoral needs and I hope its leaders come to their senses, put aside their pride and humbly return to the Church.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 04, 2026 11:00 AM (ZOv7s)
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It's only fair. We lit up their cities 80+ years ago.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 04, 2026 11:01 AM (ndZc7)
Grammie - get well. We miss your humor! Hopefully they let you watch baseball.
Prayers up for those on the prayer list, the Horde, and this wonderful nation.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 04, 2026 11:01 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 04, 2026 11:02 AM (G2hPk)
If the SSPX had just been about the TLM and the old forms and traditions, it would have been fine.
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I got enough trouble getting to the end of the day without getting on the Almighty's Naughty List.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2026 11:03 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Nazdar at July 04, 2026 11:03 AM (NcvvS)
Look at the new wave of communists taking over the Democrat Party. Virtually all of them, including Mamdani, have never had a real job. Lots of education, zero real world knowledge.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2026 10:43 AM (viF8m)
No experience in running even a lemonade stand, but lots and lots of hubris. Collectivism is demonic -- it requires the commission of the Sins of Pride, Wrath, Envy and Greed. Any spirit of agape' is conspicuously absent, despite their protestations of caring about the downtrodden.
I jut don't get this argument. I, unlike all the "real world" types you adore, have never failed at anything. True, I've never attempted anything, but my record is perfect.
Posted by: Zorro Mamdani at July 04, 2026 11:03 AM (Riz8t)
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It's only fair. We lit up their cities 80+ years ago.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 04, 2026 11:01 AM (ndZc7)
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Japan's heel turn in the 1920s was a world-historic tragedy. I love that our nations have grown so close together.
Trump joking about Pearl Harbor with the Japanese PM was one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 04, 2026 11:03 AM (ZOv7s)
314 Who names their kid "Uthman?"
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 04, 2026 10:57 AM (2Ez/1)
Thomeone who couldn’t thay “Usman”.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 04, 2026 11:03 AM (H8EHh)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 04, 2026 11:03 AM (2WIwB)
Oh, have Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Swift come out of seclusion to greet their adoring commoners?
Posted by: one hour sober at July 04, 2026 11:04 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2026 11:05 AM (8Xy/A)
Leo is a tyrant.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 04, 2026 11:05 AM (qFwJc)
And the SSPX stepped over a line that they were told not to cross, the line that would guarantee under any Pope that they'd get what they got. So my sympathy for them in their present plight is now near zero.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2026 11:05 AM (O0L8i)
Rockets red glare, and tall ships too
Celebrating 250 as americans do
And I think to myself.......what a wonderful world!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqyrmQbd5S0
Posted by: Ernest T Bass at July 04, 2026 11:07 AM (jrgJz)
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I think it was the birth of Keith Richards.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 04, 2026 11:09 AM (ndZc7)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?
v=zmfRG8-RHEI&ra=m
The Tube of Ewes is rejecting URL shortener links, so please use the above, taking out any spaces.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 04, 2026 11:09 AM (ZVgZ4)
Does that mean they're going to hell unless the repent to "the Church?" To the "Holy Father?"
I think I've seen that's one of the pope's titles. Along with father such and such for priests.
Matthew 23:9 - And call no man your Father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
Posted by: TeeJ at July 04, 2026 11:12 AM (dAv7M)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2026 11:05 AM"
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Islam isn't a religion.
Posted by: In case you haven't noticed at July 04, 2026 11:15 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 10:33 AM (wzUl9)
Top of the wood chipper list would be preferable.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 11:15 AM (1z8ji)
Yes, the Taisho era was less militaristic and more benevolent than the succeeding Showa era. But the Japanese had already taken over Korea in 1910, during the Taisho era. Ask the Koreans about their treatment from 1910 to 1945 by the Japanese.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 04, 2026 11:16 AM (ZVgZ4)
****
In 1945 they tried to kill my dad off the coast of Okinawa.
Now I drive a vehicle made in Japan.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 04, 2026 11:19 AM (2Ez/1)
Here is his "Camptown Races" HT - Isophorone Blog
Nice. Thanks.
I definitely had some very early liberal elementary school teachers as a kid near a northern city.
They took us to the UN, the Liberty Bell. They taught us about the Holocaust; branches of US government, capitals & economies of all states, so much more.
SE PA was known as the birthplace of American abolitionism. 🤷♀️ Since Northern abolitionists had championed several of Stephen Foster's songs, we were taught them in elementary school. Then they were blended into daily U.S. history lessons (anti-slavery) along with Pete Seeger's songs (If I had a hammer, etc.), anthems for labor and civil rights.
It was significant in lessons that Martin Luther King Jr. had spent 4 years in Chester, PA (Delaware County), 1948 to 1951, studying at Crozer Theological Seminary. Also that Peter, Paul & Mary had performed Seeger's 'If I Had a Hammer' at the 1963 March on Washington, standing alongside Dr. King.
Later came the riots & marches.
Scary back then, too.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 04, 2026 11:27 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2026 11:30 AM (D+BhG)
The past is a different world.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at July 04, 2026 11:37 AM (7iEFu)
Posted by: Allen Jenkins In A Cab at July 04, 2026 06:12 PM (oftw2)
Daily Tech News INDEPENDENCE DAY 2026
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- Happy birthday, America! You don't look a day over 240!
(Actually you look a lot better than you did at 240, but we won't go into that.)
- US life expectancy is expected to hit a record high as drug overdoses decrease. (CNN)
Unexpectedly. Turns out you can just do things.
- Sitting - or lying down - for more than 30 minutes at a time has been linked to an increased risk of dying of cancer. (The Guardian)
So has drinking water and breathing air.
Tech News
- Looks like I need to buy another PC case. (Hyte)
(Checks price.)
(Checks shipping rates.)
Uh. Yeah, at close to $1200 delivered I'll wait and see if this shows up at local retailers.
- GitHub has announced plans to distribute physical media of popular repositories. (Tom's Hardware)
This is Microsoft poking fun at Sony.
- Intel has added a 65W 22 core Nova Lake part with BLERK to its upcoming lineup. (Tom's Hardware)
Allegedly. BLERK stands for "Big Last-Level Cache" and is Intel's answer to AMD's X3D parts. 65W stands for, probably, about 150W. (AMD's 65W parts use 89W peak, for comparison.)
We'll see.
- Intel just increased the price on a broad range of its CPUs. (Tom's Hardware)
Mostly its server chips - which have increased by closed to 30% in some cases - but also its desktop parts.
- Bloober Team Ditches Cronos Survival Dread for Aggressive Combat as Lazarus Lands on PC, PS5, Xbox Series, and Switch 2. (WCCFTech)
I recognised at least one of those words.
-
AOOOSTAR has launched its own competitor to Valve's Steam Machine, priced at $849. (Liliputing)
It's a compact system measuring 8"x8"x3", and features Radeon 7600 XT graphics (a little faster than the Steam Machine's 7600M), and a Ryzen 7940HX CPU, which is dramatically faster than the semi-custom processor in the Steam Machine.
What it doesn't have is any memory (apart from the 8GB on the graphics card) or storage. Well, I assume it's 8GB; I doubt they've included a 16GB card.
Musical Interlude
Disclaimer: Did you do something with your hair?
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: m at July 04, 2026 04:34 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 04, 2026 04:37 AM (ntk8v)
Posted by: m at July 04, 2026 04:39 AM (6wpGE)
So has drinking water and breathing air.
Living is bad for your health.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 04, 2026 04:40 AM (ntk8v)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 04, 2026 04:41 AM (obVEo)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 04, 2026 04:44 AM (ntk8v)
Posted by: Molly k. at July 04, 2026 04:45 AM (j/yko)
Posted by: m at July 04, 2026 04:46 AM (6wpGE)
****
'I recognised at least one of those words.'
I recognized all of them and it made me think about trying marijuana again.
Posted by: clarence at July 04, 2026 04:47 AM (xyH2B)
Posted by: Molly k. at July 04, 2026 04:45 AM (j/yko)
It's The Grauniad.
https://tinyurl.com/2dxkue4s
Posted by: m at July 04, 2026 04:48 AM (6wpGE)
That is one stupid headline.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2026 04:49 AM (D+BhG)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2026 04:52 AM (D+BhG)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 04, 2026 05:00 AM (fkjGs)
'I recognised at least one of those words.'
I recognized all of them and it made me think about trying marijuana again.
Posted by: clarence at July 04, 2026 04:47 AM (xyH2B)
"All" is "at least one."
Posted by: m at July 04, 2026 05:02 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at July 04, 2026 05:03 AM (S8cdb)
Posted by: fluffy at July 04, 2026 05:07 AM (V0/Sp)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 04, 2026 04:44 AM (ntk8v)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at July 04, 2026 05:03 AM (S8cdb)
Both of you are inside the beltway!
Posted by: m at July 04, 2026 05:08 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 05:12 AM (Ia/+0)
Could not have named that band to save my life.
But I bet you would hear the song in your head if you saw someone doing the Pee Wee Herman dance.
Posted by: fluffy at July 04, 2026 05:13 AM (V0/Sp)
Posted by: m at July 04, 2026 05:21 AM (6wpGE)
NeverTweet
@LOLNeverTweet
19h
This thing just gave me a hippie seizure, man.
Nick Gillespie
@nickgillespie
Jul 2
Happy 250th. Watch this incredible, psychedelic film created by Vince Collins for the Bicentennial. This is about the greatest film any government anywhere ever produced.
(3:25)
Posted by: m at July 04, 2026 05:22 AM (6wpGE)
Cut and slash
The night air's peace
Like water and grease
The light and fire sings
As our freedom rings
fin
Posted by: clarence at July 04, 2026 05:23 AM (xyH2B)
Posted by: m at July 04, 2026 05:28 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: olddog in mo at July 04, 2026 05:30 AM (dmoni)
Mount Rushmore fireworks show 2026 finale follows Trump speech commemorating America's 250th
https://tinyurl.com/2bdyrp5t
(2:27)
Posted by: m at July 04, 2026 05:35 AM (6wpGE)
NeverTweet retweeted
Aelfred The Great
@aelfred_D
Jul 2
Watching Kill Bill for the nth time and just realized that when Vivica A. Fox’s character pulls the gun in the cereal box move, the cereal is called “Kaboom”.
Only related by name, Ace’s Kaboom piece is one of the funniest things I’ve ever read.
https://tinyurl.com/4snt7shc
Posted by: m at July 04, 2026 05:40 AM (6wpGE)
Nothing says "part of a balanced breakfast"
like the Faces of the Unquiet Dead.
Posted by: m at July 04, 2026 05:40 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: meh at July 04, 2026 05:42 AM (zZxsY)
Devotional on Proverbs 14:30- " A peaceful heart"
https://tinyurl.com/bdfeu68h
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2026 05:45 AM (D+BhG)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2026 05:50 AM (D+BhG)
Posted by: meh at July 04, 2026 05:55 AM (zZxsY)
Thanks. That's kind of you. I think I'm usually a happy person, aside from being irritated by stupid headlines from "The Guardian" about needing to move every thirty minutes to avoid getting cancer.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2026 05:59 AM (7RYym)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 04, 2026 06:01 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Fenderbender at July 04, 2026 06:06 AM (1FEc1)
Posted by: m at July 04, 2026 06:09 AM (6wpGE)
And with that comes the realization that I'm probably not building a new system for myself for years until the computing components market finally trips over its own greed and faceplants in the dust for a while.
I'll spend my money once they're forced to show humility and reasonableness in pricing again. Not before.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 04, 2026 06:16 AM (O7YUW)
(Pixy is right. America does look better than she did at 240.) (And the redhead grilling girl in the cartoon atop last night's ONT is hot.)
We watched Ian McKellen in Mr. Holmes last night. Not a fast-paced film, but despite depicting Sherlock at 93 (in 1947 England) as having recurrent dementia symptoms -- part of the plot; the movie is based on a novel -- it's pretty respectful to the original material. And there are even two deductive surprises delivered neatly by Mr. Holmes.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 06:19 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 04, 2026 06:20 AM (O7YUW)
The calming (just some melatonin) took a while to kick in, but then Stirling climbed into my lap -- despite Miss Linda having her feet already in said lap -- to work my arm and doze for a while. Third time that day, yet. And Dagny climbed to the back of the sofa and slept behind my head all during the movie.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 06:23 AM (wzUl9)
that all men are created equal
and endowed by their Creator
with certain UNALIENABLE rights
life. liberty and the pursuit of happiness
(those written words and the work and sacrifice of the people over the last 250 years to implement them are what I'm celebrating today)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at July 04, 2026 06:24 AM (S8cdb)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 04, 2026 06:25 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 06:26 AM (wzUl9)
(Actually you look a lot better than you did at 240, but we won't go into that.)
--------
Fernando de Soto did find the Fountain of Youth in Florida.
also
The Ladies of The Villages are in need of a capable IT lad with a charming accent
Posted by: Relocation Expert Miklos at July 04, 2026 06:26 AM (6VErX)
- gotta love the acronym BLERK, amirite?
- oh, and good for GitHub! Sony deserves mockery, and worse.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 04, 2026 06:29 AM (VyBeY)
That said, some corn or bran flakes in milk is pretty tasty, and the liquid helps to rehydrate you after a night's sleep.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 06:29 AM (wzUl9)
But Pixy's musical selections are the best since the Tech Thread started in 1963
Posted by: Musicological Miklos, prepared, in fact, to dance at July 04, 2026 06:31 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: Relocation Expert Miklos at July 04, 2026
***
Would a Shatner- or Michael J. Fox-esque Canadian accent qualify for that? If so, I'm ready!
Oh. Wait. That means Florida weather. Uh, no.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 06:32 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2026 06:32 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Accomack at July 04, 2026 06:34 AM (sStKZ)
Posted by: Molly k. at July 04, 2026 06:34 AM (j/yko)
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at July 04, 2026 06:35 AM (lP31d)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
When I was a kid, a "balanced breakfast" meant doing everything morning including some food probably but get your young backside out the door on time
Posted by: Miklos had it rough, I tell ya at July 04, 2026 06:35 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: Molly k. at July 04, 2026
***
Even with the humidity, 68 at dawn in July sounds like a dream.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 06:35 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Miklos had it rough, I tell ya at July 04, 2026 06:35 AM (6VErX)
"The hell i'm giving you a ride to school because you missed the bus hee-hawing around deciding which sneakers to wear"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 04, 2026 06:36 AM (Ot/FD)
And with that comes the realization that I'm probably not building a new system for myself for years until the computing components market finally trips over its own greed and faceplants in the dust for a while.
I'll spend my money once they're forced to show humility and reasonableness in pricing again. Not before.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 04, 2026 06:16 AM (O7YUW)
"Probably."
Posted by: m at July 04, 2026 06:36 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,
The Ladies have money for AC, you charming lad.
It will only get as hot as you make it
Posted by: The Ladies of The Villages at July 04, 2026 06:37 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at July 04, 2026 06:35 AM (lP31d)
Hajjercize?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 04, 2026 06:37 AM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at July 04, 2026 06:39 AM (lP31d)
(Actually you look a lot better than you did at 240, but we won't go into that.)
--------
Fernando de Soto did find the Fountain of Youth in Florida.
also
The Ladies of The Villages are in need of a capable IT lad with a charming accent
Posted by: Relocation Expert Miklos at July 04, 2026 06:26 AM (6VErX)
Pixy?
Posted by: m at July 04, 2026 06:40 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Warai-otoko
I don't remember any "Hee-hawing" in the morning.
We always watched Hee-Haw, but that was around dinner time
Posted by: Junior Miklos Samples . BR-549 at July 04, 2026 06:41 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at July 04, 2026 06:35 AM (lP31d)
Hajjercize?
Posted by: Warai-otoko
Not a Jolly good Pub Crawl
Posted by: Miklos likes his Pints at July 04, 2026 06:43 AM (6VErX)
"Sitting for more than 30 minutes at a time linked to higher risk of cancer death"
Study suggests even light activity such as ironing could reduce health risks linked to prolonged sedentary behaviour
Such as ironing.
Posted by: m at July 04, 2026 06:43 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 04, 2026 06:45 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Mrs. Chief Iron Eyes at July 04, 2026 06:47 AM (6VErX)
“Current health guidelines focus heavily on moderate or vigorous exercise, but our findings show that light
movement should not be ignored.
Moving forward, clinical trials will help us
move beyond blanket advice and develop personalised strategies for breaking up sitting time.”
Posted by: m at July 04, 2026 06:49 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: m
There is ironing your words
Posted by: Mrs. Chief Iron Eyes at July 04, 2026 06:47 AM (6VErX)
Ambient Ironing?
https://ai.mee.nu
Posted by: m at July 04, 2026 06:51 AM (6wpGE)
“Current health guidelines focus heavily on moderate or vigorous exercise, but our findings show that light
movement should not be ignored.
Shutting the fuck up might be acceptable
Posted by: Unliscensed Lifestyle and Career Coach Miklos at July 04, 2026 06:51 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: m at July 04, 2026 06:53 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: fd at July 04, 2026 06:53 AM (MWfyi)
Substituting one hour of sedentary behaviour each day with light physical activity, such as ironing or washing up
Ironing or washing up.
Posted by: m at July 04, 2026 06:54 AM (6wpGE)
Grauniad:
Substituting one hour of sedentary behaviour each day with light physical activity, such as ironing or washing up
And after you've finished that, get me a sammich.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2026 06:58 AM (O0L8i)
youtube.com/watch?v=JpKI-3klUe8
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 06:59 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 04, 2026 07:05 AM (Ot/FD)
Sun is starting to peek over the horizon, so I guess I better get my flag out for the day...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 04, 2026 07:05 AM (gnNyN)
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 07:07 AM (Jr5Lq)
Not looking forward to this evening. The kennel dogs will have to be put up early. Poor Diana doesn't like fireworks at all, so we'll give her a sedative and keep her close to us.
I wish it wasn't necessary, but to say that fireworks should not be shot off on the Glorious Fourth because our guys might get frightened is like some AWFL Karen saying that because little Xyler has a peanut allergy, no one should have peanuts.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2026 07:09 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 07:07 AM (Jr5Lq)
MATH on the blog! MATH on the blog!
Posted by: m at July 04, 2026 07:11 AM (6wpGE)
Substituting one hour of sedentary behaviour each day with light physical activity, such as ironing or washing up
Ironing or washing up.
Posted by: m at July 04, 2026 06:54 AM (6wpGE)
----
So, basically going about my normal daily routine.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 04, 2026 07:11 AM (gnNyN)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 04, 2026 07:11 AM (FjEs9)
Yes, probably. One does not speak in absolutes where hardware replacement is concerned lest your existing machine look sharply in your direction, laugh madly at you, and release its magic smoke into the room.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 04, 2026 07:12 AM (O7YUW)
So has drinking water and breathing air.
It's a good pick, Pixy!
Posted by: m at July 04, 2026 07:13 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 04, 2026 07:13 AM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: gp
FUN FACT
My birfday is in a month, and If I reach that all Will and Trust documents become invalid.
hehe
Posted by: normally quiet and pleasant Miklos, according to some neighbors at July 04, 2026 07:13 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 04, 2026 07:13 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 04, 2026 07:13 AM (O7YUW)
The time honored test to see if an electronic device is any good anymore.
Hold it up to your nose and sniff.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 04, 2026 07:14 AM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 07:07 AM (Jr5Lq)
MATH on the blog! MATH on the blog!
Posted by: m at July 04, 2026 07:11 AM (6wpGE)
It might just be rote memory so lets give this one a pass!
😊
Posted by: Will Robinson at July 04, 2026 07:15 AM (4a6AT)
Yes, probably. One does not speak in absolutes where hardware replacement is concerned lest your existing machine look sharply in your direction, laugh madly at you, and release its magic smoke into the room.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 04, 2026 07:12 AM (O7YUW)
and yet:
36 I'll spend my money once they're forced to show humility and reasonableness in pricing again. Not before.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 04, 2026 06:16 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: m at July 04, 2026 07:15 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 07:15 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: gp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnptQGs98qw
Posted by: Miklos know this nice lady Miss Irma Thomas at July 04, 2026 07:16 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 07:20 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 07:26 AM (Ia/+0)
Freedom of speech is inseparable from freedom of thought itself. It's so precious, and so easily lost.
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 07:27 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 04, 2026 07:27 AM (wVcYX)
My biggest concern is that it can’t be updated so I have to be mindful of security issues.
Posted by: Uncle Slayton at July 04, 2026 07:27 AM (jQ8he)
Jay Yang
@Jayyanginspires
Jul 2
this is so real ngl
Adam Shuaib
@adamshuaib • Jun 15
A strong predictor of who does extraordinary work is being terrible with everyday life; they get people's names wrong, forget meetings, constantly lose things or don't remember to eat because all their mental bandwidth is going elsewhere.
Posted by: m at July 04, 2026 07:30 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: m at July 04, 2026 07:30 AM (6wpGE)
@Jayyanginspires
Jul 2
this is so real ngl
Adam Shuaib
@adamshuaib • Jun 15
A strong predictor of who does extraordinary work is being terrible with everyday life; they get people's names wrong, forget meetings, constantly lose things or don't remember to eat because all their mental bandwidth is going elsewhere.
Posted by: m at July 04, 2026 07:30 AM (6wpGE)
I did invent flubber.
Posted by: The Absent Minded Professor at July 04, 2026 07:31 AM (wVcYX)
I believe there'd be a market for aerobicized sandwich making videos. Monetizable, even,
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 04, 2026 07:27 AM (wVcYX)
Peak Denise Austin in an aerobics outfit making sammiches. Yum!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2026 07:32 AM (O0L8i)
Adam Shuaib
@adamshuaib • Jun 15
A strong predictor of who does extraordinary work is being terrible with everyday life; they get people's names wrong, forget meetings, constantly lose things or don't remember to eat because all their mental bandwidth is going elsewhere.
Yes. Yes, that's it. I just have an extraordinary mind. My mental bandwidth is going elsewhere.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2026 07:33 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: m at July 04, 2026 07:33 AM (6wpGE)
Jay Yang
@Jayyanginspires
Jul 2
Work too little and they'll say you're unserious.
Work too much and they'll say you're delusional.
Idk man, I say spend your time how you want.
If you want to work a lot and achieve a lot, then work a lot. If you want to work little and live your life, then work little.
It becomes dangerous when you sit in the messy in-between, choosing one but envying the other.
Posted by: m at July 04, 2026 07:34 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 07:36 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Jerry Lewis, Fred McMurrray will back me up at July 04, 2026 07:36 AM (6VErX)
Next best thing?
https://youtube.com/shorts/EHdP7Rv_xUw
Posted by: Halfhand at July 04, 2026 07:37 AM (HUfR7)
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 07:15 AM (Jr5Lq)
Aimee agrees:
https://youtu.be/msHkQKzCwZk
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 04, 2026 07:39 AM (U/s6V)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Suzanne Somers had the ThighMaster
Panini comes to mind
Posted by: IPR Guy Miklos at July 04, 2026 07:39 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: Jerry Lewis, Fred McMurrray will back me up at July 04, 2026 07:36 AM (6VErX)
You're simply nutty.
Posted by: The Absent Minded Professor at July 04, 2026 07:41 AM (wVcYX)
https://youtube.com/shorts/EHdP7Rv_xUw
Posted by: Halfhand at July 04, 2026 07:37 AM (HUfR7)
'Tis a shame she's festooned in tattoos.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 04, 2026 07:44 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 04, 2026 07:44 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 04, 2026 07:45 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Halfhand at July 04, 2026 07:48 AM (HUfR7)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 04, 2026 06:26 AM (wzUl9)
I'm having my first cup now. I'll have coffee until coffee and prayer thread winds down, then I better get out and mow before it's crazy hot. Neighbors should all be awake by then.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 04, 2026 07:49 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: fd at July 04, 2026 07:52 AM (MWfyi)
Set up the tent at the beach at 0530. It was already filling up with others. Some of those boys were drinking already. My AoS Moron Horde ball cap got more than a few comments.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 04, 2026 07:52 AM (NXz0i)
Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 07:07 AM (Jr5Lq)
=====
You may have ketchup on your hot dogs.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 04, 2026 07:52 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 07:54 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Halfhand at July 04, 2026 07:37 AM (HUfR7)
'Tis a shame she's festooned in tattoos.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 04, 2026 07:44 AM (wVcYX)
=========================
Bacon. That sammich needs bacon in a big way.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 04, 2026 07:55 AM (U/wKW)
The local fireworks show is 10:30 tonight. It's going to be a long day. A nap will be needed.
Posted by: fd at July 04, 2026 07:55 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Warai-otoko
>Sneakers? Luxury. We had one pair of sneakers and they were for the streets and gym class.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 04, 2026 07:56 AM (fkjGs)
Posted by: Relocation Expert Miklos at July 04, 2026 06:26 AM (6VErX)
Pixy?"
Nah. The Paolo's charming Uncle.
Posted by: man at July 04, 2026 07:57 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 04, 2026 07:52 AM (NXz0i)
Good morning, Tonypete!
Did they comment because they know the blog, or because they wonder why a man of your obvious intelligence would wear a cap outing him as a moron? LOL
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 04, 2026 07:58 AM (h7ZuX)
Nowadays, England could be knocked over by Lichtenstein. Kinda disappoints me they have lets themselves go all to hell over there.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 04, 2026 07:59 AM (U/wKW)
@merriamwebster
Why is it ‘cancelled’ in the U.K. but ‘canceled’ in the U.S.?
Because we gave them that L in 1776.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 04, 2026 08:00 AM (ZBho7)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 04, 2026 08:01 AM (NXz0i)
She still looks incredible... but hey, the 80s were what, 20 years ago?
Oh
Posted by: man at July 04, 2026 08:01 AM (XuXeR)
God Bless America
Hot dogs no ketchup for everyone!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 04, 2026 07:45 AM (RIvkX)
====================
I'm a little puzzled by this one. I'll decide my own condiments, thanks. 'Merica.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 04, 2026 08:01 AM (U/wKW)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 04, 2026 08:02 AM (ZBho7)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 04, 2026 08:02 AM (NXz0i)
Posted by: fd at July 04, 2026 08:02 AM (MWfyi)
Why is it ‘cancelled’ in the U.K. but ‘canceled’ in the U.S.?
Because we gave them that L in 1776.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 04, 2026 08:00 AM (ZBho7)
----------------------
Thanks- I am totally stealing that, a very good Dad joke.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 04, 2026 08:03 AM (U/wKW)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 04, 2026 08:03 AM (ZBho7)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 04, 2026 07:52 AM (NXz0i)
; )
Posted by: m at July 04, 2026 08:08 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 04, 2026 08:09 AM (RIvkX)
Today is a Good day.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 04, 2026 08:09 AM (RIvkX)
https://tinyurl.com/hp2xhjza
Posted by: m at July 04, 2026 08:11 AM (6wpGE)
Star-Spangled ONT
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA! OK, I'm a few hours early. Sue me.
Musical interlude
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) July 4, 2026
For those who served
Fido Friday:Remember the victims of July 4th
Would marry
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) July 3, 2026
Suck it England
Checking my calendar
We've watched the world discover how great we are over the past month. Don't let the media convince you otherwise
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) July 3, 2026
Libations for the holiday
Whoops
Long weekend, gonna do some lawn work
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) July 3, 2026
Important safety tip
Knock knock
Have fun grilling this weekend
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) July 3, 2026
Dear England
Shall not be infringed
We're the kids in America
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) July 3, 2026
The bell is great, but it's surrounded by progslop
Breakup meme
Never forget
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) July 3, 2026
Kid Claus
And finally, take this 4th to dedicate yourself to a noble cause
Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by great moments in movies:
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) July 3, 2026
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)https://youtu.be/qgABUZ4i9co&t=45
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 10:07 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at July 03, 2026 10:07 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 03, 2026 10:08 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 03, 2026 10:08 PM (6lIrI)
you'll hear from my lawyer
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 10:08 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 03, 2026 10:10 PM (6lIrI)
Thank you morons for your prayers
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 03, 2026 10:10 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at July 03, 2026 10:10 PM (DPvx7)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2026 10:10 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 03, 2026 10:10 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: tankdemon at July 03, 2026 10:11 PM (J+z4U)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 03, 2026 10:11 PM (NXz0i)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 03, 2026 10:12 PM (ntk8v)
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 03, 2026 10:12 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 03, 2026 10:12 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Cosda at July 03, 2026 10:12 PM (5Mso3)
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 10:13 PM (/QHx4)
*wipes tear
Posted by: tankdemon at July 03, 2026 10:13 PM (J+z4U)
Posted by: TRex - waffle house dino at July 03, 2026 10:14 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2026 10:14 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: Cosda at July 03, 2026 10:15 PM (5Mso3)
Posted by: scampydog at July 03, 2026 10:17 PM (3Uiav)
Something the Commie Libs would not understand !!!!!!
HIGH SPEED................... LOW DRAG .........
Posted by: Jackson K. (USAF Ret.) at July 03, 2026 10:17 PM (J1l9E)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 10:08 PM (mmrXZ)
Morgan and Morgan?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 03, 2026 10:17 PM (1Ff7Z)
But yeah...Happy Birthday America🇱🇷❣️kaboom!
You all have a wonderful American 4th!!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 03, 2026 10:18 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 10:18 PM (/QHx4)
That would be GREAT !!!!!!!!!!!!
The Commiecrats would have a Heart Attack or lose their Little Squirrel Bait Minds!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 03, 2026 10:19 PM (J1l9E)
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 10:18 PM (/QHx4)
Fox has it live.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 03, 2026 10:20 PM (2WIwB)
Sorry Hillary but that is the way it is ............
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 03, 2026 10:21 PM (J1l9E)
I would like to acknowledge that the land we now occupy once belonged to His Majesty the King of England, but he and the parliament that runs his government started acting like a bunch of douchecanoes, so we kicked their asses out and started running things ourselves.
It all worked out for the best, for us, and humanity as a whole.
If you want it back, too freakin' bad, it's ours now.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 03, 2026 10:23 PM (J+z4U)
Then tomorrow of course.
Then Sunday.
When they run out of fireworks they will start shooting their guns.
Well, it's their money.. Hopefully they don't shoot someone,
or start a fire or pass out drunk.
Posted by: Case at July 03, 2026 10:24 PM (IY9No)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 10:24 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: 496 at July 03, 2026 10:24 PM (TUwfQ)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 03, 2026 10:24 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: polynikes at July 03, 2026 10:24 PM (/WQyy)
I still think that the area of Mt. Rushmore to Lincoln's left is a perfect spot for a bust of Trump.
That would be GREAT !!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Jackson K
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Japan is doing fireworks for America's 250th and they had a gigantic light display of a sort of line drawing of Trump. Suit, red tie, and MAGA cap.
JAPAN, go figure -- while our cities are doing land acknowledgments.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 10:24 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Eromero at July 03, 2026 10:25 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 03, 2026 10:26 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at July 03, 2026 10:27 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 03, 2026 10:27 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 10:27 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: polynikes at July 03, 2026 10:27 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: 496 at July 03, 2026 10:28 PM (kKD6e)
Posted by: Tuna at July 03, 2026 10:28 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 03, 2026 10:28 PM (J1l9E)
Just a reminder....Do not give up your weapons.
Keep America Great.
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 10:13 PM (/QHx4)
Supremes are finally taking up an 'Assault Rifle' case...
With this court, I'm scared.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 03, 2026 10:28 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Land Acknowledgment at July 03, 2026 10:28 PM (u/oMr)
1) It's dusty in here, that's all!
2) Listen to the whole thing. He's saying we should be all solemn and stuff by _partying_!
Re: The Star Spangled Plinking - beautiful!
Posted by: RandomDave at July 03, 2026 10:28 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: polynikes at July 03, 2026 10:27 PM (/WQyy)
Very cool!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 10:29 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 03, 2026 10:27 PM (u/oMr)
Woof Woof.... that's my other dog impression
Posted by: Oddball at July 03, 2026 10:29 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 03, 2026 10:29 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 10:30 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 03, 2026 10:30 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 03, 2026 10:29 PM (sKqQm)
It was the fashion at the time. Ran out of belt onions.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 10:31 PM (1z8ji)
Don't give a hoot about the World Cup but that vid is pure awesomeness.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 03, 2026 10:31 PM (ceJ0R)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2026 10:32 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at July 03, 2026 10:32 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 03, 2026 10:32 PM (fkjGs)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 03, 2026 10:32 PM (6lIrI)
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I have cleared my docket.
Posted by: Judge Meleke Meleke Kalani Au'u at July 03, 2026 10:33 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 03, 2026 10:32 PM (6lIrI)
I'm trying to figure out what kind of watercraft that is.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 10:34 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 03, 2026 10:34 PM (wVcYX)
And also would marry.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 03, 2026 10:34 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Ian S. at July 03, 2026 10:35 PM (JbzBI)
It all worked out for the best, for us, and humanity as a whole.
If you want it back, too freakin' bad, it's ours now.
Posted by: tankdemon
Tell them Moron Lube
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 03, 2026 10:36 PM (Cqx++)
Very nice piece of art!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at July 03, 2026 10:36 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 03, 2026 10:37 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 03, 2026 10:37 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2026 10:32 PM (afJtY)
Because America > Star Wars
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 03, 2026 10:37 PM (xcxpd)
Same. Gotta be something homemade I think.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 03, 2026 10:37 PM (JbzBI)
Orrr...flying Somali flags.
*spit*.
In the Somali state of Virginia, they have a 311 number to call to turn in kids with sparklers...
W the actual F?!
Anyway...'Murica!!! Ha you lefty fuckers...
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 03, 2026 10:38 PM (uTEOj)
or start a fire or pass out drunk.
Posted by: Case at July 03, 2026 10:24 PM (IY9No)
Whut? I thought that this was America!
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 03, 2026 10:38 PM (W5PEE)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 03, 2026 10:38 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 03, 2026 10:38 PM (6lIrI)
Posted by: Beartooth at July 03, 2026 10:38 PM (IYeV+)
My attorneys, Rabinowitz, Rabinowitz & Rabinowitz, will be in touch.
Posted by: Miklos and Archie Bunker have the same lawyers at July 03, 2026 10:40 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 03, 2026 10:40 PM (Wnv9h)
I've come to enjoy land acknowledgements given that they're really just rubbing the Indians' faces in their being losers.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 03, 2026 10:40 PM (JbzBI)
Bayonets!!!!!!!!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 03, 2026 10:40 PM (Wnv9h)
Good choice
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 03, 2026 10:40 PM (xcxpd)
Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round the world.
So Europe had about 1400 years to become the Exceptional State(s).
They failed.
We succeeded.
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 03, 2026 10:40 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2026 10:40 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 03, 2026 10:40 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 03, 2026 10:41 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Miklos (no homo) at July 03, 2026 10:42 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 03, 2026 10:42 PM (2NHgQ)
O thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand,
Between their loved home and the war's desolation,
Blessed with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n rescued land,
Praise the power that hath made and preserved us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave,
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 03, 2026 10:42 PM (O0L8i)
The media's hate America stance failed.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 03, 2026 10:43 PM (0Htd1)
With all that was going on with my mother yesterday, I wasn't paying attention to the weather, but yesterday the high here at the weather station was 99.5F, with the dew point hitting 82F. That pushed the heat index to 120.6F yesterday at 3:45PM. Those latter two are record highs for my station here.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 03, 2026 10:43 PM (w6EFb)
Bayonets!!!!!!!!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 03, 2026 10:40 PM (Wnv9h)
Cold steel. They don't like it up 'em.
Posted by: Lance Corporal Jones at July 03, 2026 10:43 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 03, 2026 10:44 PM (sKqQm)
Howdy, Ben Had!
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher
*Jumps AND waves while shooting bottle rockets*
*it's OK, Bubba Jr. is on beer holding duty*
Posted by: Miklos celebrates in the Way of his People at July 03, 2026 10:45 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at July 03, 2026 10:45 PM (gUs21)
Us: Cute girls in halter tops and shorts.
Them: "Body positive" land whales with monster glasses.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 03, 2026 10:45 PM (O0L8i)
@SanFranPsycho I've been keeping your wife in my thoughts. Hope she's improving.
Posted by: Effie Perrine at July 03, 2026 10:45 PM (p1D+n)
But he also knew he had to score a major victory on Union territory soon or the war was lost anyway
Posted by: 18-1 at July 03, 2026 10:45 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 03, 2026 10:46 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
You need to burn off your propane NOW to save the Environment
Posted by: Miklos uses Alternative Logic at July 03, 2026 10:47 PM (6VErX)
Totally agree. WD certainly rose to the occasion.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 03, 2026 10:47 PM (ceJ0R)
I loved the jet ski football. Plus *Freebird!
Have always been proud to be an American. I have to say the international fans of the World Cup were an extra special surprise gift for our 250th birthday! We take so much for granted here. Waffle House?
I would imagine many felt homesick for our freedoms, food, free refils, smiles, and AC when they got back to the UK and Europe.
I'd like to see our government try to confiscate A/C.
Happy 250th Birthday, Moron's and 'ettes. Many wish they were us.
God bless you all and may God bless and protect the USA for another 250yrs.
Prayers for protection tomorrow for our country, our President, and our military.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 03, 2026 10:47 PM (hzuYO)
By the way, the redhead grill girl appears to be wearing nothing more than the apron.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 03, 2026 10:47 PM (O0L8i)
I've come to enjoy land acknowledgements given that they're really just rubbing the Indians' faces in their being losers.
Yeah, notice they're not land give-backs or even land apologies.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 03, 2026 10:48 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2026 10:48 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 03, 2026 10:48 PM (+9wcF)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 03, 2026 10:49 PM (uTEOj)
Happy Birthday, America! 🇺🇸🗽🎉
Our beloved Aggies will be marching in the parade tomorrow, and the Elissa will be in the flotilla. 👍👍👍
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 03, 2026 10:49 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Anothony McAuliffe's time travel response at July 03, 2026 10:50 PM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 03, 2026 10:51 PM (cV4lB)
Posted by: Miklos will continue to self-medicate at July 03, 2026 10:51 PM (6VErX)
Never grill topless...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 03, 2026 10:52 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Indiana Lurker at July 03, 2026 10:53 PM (3ZVqj)
Never grill topless...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 03, 2026 10:52 PM
Bottomless also has potential issues.
Posted by: Piper at July 03, 2026 10:53 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Ben Had
It is a bit of a challenge to determine where my forehead begins and ends
Posted by: Miklos also releases steam from his ears because Idiots at July 03, 2026 10:53 PM (6VErX)
*Jumps AND waves while shooting bottle rockets*
*it's OK, Bubba Jr. is on beer holding duty*
Posted by: Miklos celebrates in the Way of his People at July 03, 2026 10:45 PM (6VErX)
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We must be from the same clan. So many shirts with little freedom holes burnt through the front..
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 03, 2026 10:53 PM (6lIrI)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 03, 2026 10:54 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 03, 2026 10:54 PM (O0L8i)
The media's hate America stance failed.
Posted by: nerdygirl
I read somewhere that if you want to hate America, watch the news or Hollywood. If you want to love America, rent a car and drive around the country.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 03, 2026 10:54 PM (ntk8v)
No, she's got some stupid looking thing perched on her head. Can't tell if it's a hat or some kind of tupperware container rip off.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 03, 2026 10:54 PM (+9wcF)
or start a fire or pass out drunk.
Posted by: Case at July 03, 2026 10:24 PM (IY9No)
You can take my fireworks when you pry them from my cold dead fingers. Which are in the ditch over *there* [gesturing with chin]
Posted by: Kindltot at July 03, 2026 10:55 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 03, 2026 10:55 PM (ceJ0R)
Way ahead of you love🍸...
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 03, 2026 10:55 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: Miklos also releases steam from his ears because Idiots at July 03, 2026 10:53 PM (6VErX)
Not falling for that one........
Posted by: ... at July 03, 2026 10:55 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: COMountainMarie
Down at Bob's Country Bunker, I normally tell the girls my name is Mike anyway
Posted by: Mikelos at July 03, 2026 10:55 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: ... at July 03, 2026 10:56 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 03, 2026 10:56 PM (ttrGW)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 03, 2026 10:52 PM
Bottomless also has potential issues.
TBH I've never tried that
Posted by: 18-1 at July 03, 2026 10:56 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 03, 2026 10:57 PM (diia5)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 03, 2026 10:54 PM (+9wcF)
Well, it's not a leopard skin pillbox hat, is it?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 10:57 PM (1z8ji)
That's nothing, compared to this useless slop from a few years ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b7AEoyjX44
Liberals are very good babbling useless, virtue signaling statements that accomplish nothing.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 03, 2026 10:57 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Miklos and Archie Bunker have the same lawyers at July 03, 2026 10:40 PM (6VErX)
Not Morgan and Morgan?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 03, 2026 10:58 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Anime style, so that tracks.
Your Japanese lesson for the day: Hadaka Apron.
Posted by: mikeski at July 03, 2026 10:58 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher
Shirts?
*looks down and Remembers*
Posted by: Miklos figures hell who the gonna even notice at July 03, 2026 10:58 PM (6VErX)
Bayonets!!!!!!!!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 03, 2026 10:40 PM (Wnv9h)
Good choice
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 03, 2026 10:40 PM
I try to watch it every 4th
Tomorrow will be The Patriot.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 03, 2026 10:58 PM (Wnv9h)
Awesome collection!
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 03, 2026 10:58 PM (ZZIer)
Posted by: moki at July 03, 2026 10:58 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher
I assumed he had ice in there and got himself a cold beer.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 03, 2026 10:59 PM (0Htd1)
This.
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 03, 2026 10:59 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 03, 2026 11:00 PM (6lIrI)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 03, 2026 11:00 PM (Cqx++)
1) Posts the scene with Veteran of the Psychic Wars by BOC
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCCdUB7D10U
Fer ships sake, it's not like the founding lead guitarist is a friend of the blog and has posted here before....
2) Posts the song specifically written for the movie which was rejected because it tells the entire Taarna story, beautifully, in under 5 minutes (and is a great song in its own right)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0T8bzaxL14
(Also by BOC with a cool solo by Buck and fantastic arranging by the Bouchard brothers)
3) Posts another BOC song written for Heavy Metal that tells the story about the cabbie:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1y1HcFlzKY
I'm so disappointed.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 03, 2026 11:00 PM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: Old School Calvinist Miklos finds common understanding at July 03, 2026 11:00 PM (6VErX)
Hell, just looking, eastern NC was a whole lot worse than here. It hit well over 100F around Fayetteville.
The GSP forecaster discussion mentioned a "cooling" trend next week. They put that in quotes themselves.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 03, 2026 11:00 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Piper at July 03, 2026 11:01 PM (p4NUW)
Ahole neighbor is in his yard hooting and hollering.
He's probably going to shoot off fireworks and burn all of the neighbors out. It is so dry here. One spark is all it will take.
He's special.
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 11:01 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 03, 2026 10:58 PM (1Ff7Z)
Nor Jacoby and Meyer, which I recently discovered is a real law firm. Dr. John name-dropped them in his song, "How Come My Dog Don't Bark When You Come Around?"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 11:01 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 03, 2026 11:01 PM (+9wcF)
“I would like to acknowledge that this meeting is being held on the lands of some dirty band of heathen savages, who slaughtered the previous inhabitants and then grubbed around before we redeemed it and made it productive and prosperous."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 03, 2026 11:02 PM (O0L8i)
That's going to upset some people.
I like it.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 03, 2026 11:03 PM (+9wcF)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 03, 2026 11:00 PM (DZ9Lv)
We kind of figured you would show up eventually.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 03, 2026 11:03 PM (J+z4U)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 11:04 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 03, 2026 11:05 PM (uTEOj)
This.
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 03, 2026 10:59 PM (uTEOj)
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COMM - I drove a big path through your beautiful state this week on a work trip.... Durango to Grand Junction and back east to Greeley / Denver. Still trying to fathom all the gorgeous scenery....
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 03, 2026 11:06 PM (6lIrI)
" I would like to acknowledge the previous inhabitants of this land, but they all dead or on welfare and no bus money"
Posted by: Miklos of the Auld and Ancient Clan McMiklos at July 03, 2026 11:06 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 11:01 PM (1z8ji)
Oh yeah, they're real. Or were. Haven't heard anything about them for years. Keep hearing Morgan and Morgan stuff all the time. Usually followed by Morgan Jewelers owned by his sons.
Sorry, Mr. H and Friends.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 03, 2026 11:06 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Case at July 03, 2026 11:07 PM (IY9No)
Posted by: Ian S.
Sure sounds that way. Has any indigenous tribe sued to recover the land based on an acknowledgment? Be awfully funny if it happened.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 03, 2026 11:07 PM (DZ9Lv)
My buddy and I were towing his boat to Florida when one of the tires on the boat trailer came apart. We were in the middle of Georgia and had no idea where we could find someone who could deal with it.
Searched for auto repair shops in the area and somehow came up with a heavy equipment repair shop. They told us to come on over. So we come on over.
Like 5 guys come out to see what's up, they take the trailer off the truck, pick the boat and trailer up with a ginormous forklift, and change the tire like an Indy pit crew. Charged us $30. And gave us coffee cups with their logo.
Yea, pretty cool country.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 03, 2026 11:07 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Uncompromising Miklos who lived in an actual Commie Peoples' Republic at July 03, 2026 11:08 PM (6VErX)
Sorry, Mr. H and Friends.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 03, 2026 11:06 PM (1Ff7Z)
There was an ad for Jacoby and Meyer on the stadium boards during a ball game, Dodgers at Padres, last Wednesday.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 11:08 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Mrs JTB at July 03, 2026 11:09 PM (yTvNw)
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!! To the Rugged Individualists of the Horde. May tomorrow include cold AMERICAN beer, succulent grilled meats, good conversation, proud celebration, and maybe a little bit of gloating over the fact that there are quite a few nations out there envious of our Bill of Rights about now.
Posted by: Orson at July 03, 2026 11:10 PM (dIske)
Posted by: ... at July 03, 2026 11:10 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 11:08 PM (1z8ji)
Guess they're still a going concern. Surprised they're not in my area. Eh, no loss.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 03, 2026 11:11 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 03, 2026 11:11 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 03, 2026 11:02 PM (O0L8i)
LOL.
At a grandkids play, the director did a land acknowledgement and some guy in the back blurted out something very similar to what you wrote.
Posted by: Beartooth at July 03, 2026 11:12 PM (IYeV+)
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Drive down any freeway in LA and you'll see a Rogue's Gallery of skeevy personal injury attorneys on the billboards. Jacoby & Meyers is still a staple.
The billboard industry here would die out tomorrow without all the ambulance chasers.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 03, 2026 11:12 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 03, 2026 11:14 PM (+9wcF)
Then tomorrow of course.
Then Sunday.
When they run out of fireworks they will start shooting their guns.
Well, it's their money.. Hopefully they don't shoot someone,
or start a fire or pass out drunk.
Posted by: Case at July 03, 2026 10:24 PM (IY9No)
Pros of them passing out drunk:
* Can't pull triggers
Cons:
* May drop a lit cigarette
So technically, it may be for the best if the non-smokers pass out. Just not the smokers.
Posted by: SciVo at July 03, 2026 11:14 PM (Sy6m/)
BTW Kozlik's Sweet and Smokey mustard is out of this world good. I always find mustard to be either mustard or not that great but if you even think you might sort of kind of like the idea of a sweet and smoky tasting mustard, this shit is mindblowing.
Posted by: ... at July 03, 2026 11:15 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 03, 2026 11:00 PM (DZ9Lv)
We kind of figured you would show up eventually.
Posted by: tankdemon
Bitch set me up!
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 03, 2026 11:15 PM (DZ9Lv)
Oh yes. It's lovely here. Except. We have been taken over by those oh-so-lovely California's. It's getting not so great. I'm lucky to live in northern mountains. Enjoy what you find. The best places are north, or on the western slope.
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 03, 2026 11:16 PM (uTEOj)
Sales are going through the roof!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 03, 2026 11:20 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 03, 2026 11:20 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 03, 2026 11:20 PM (6lIrI)
So, coolant drained, hood off, radiator, water pump, fan, and alternator are out. Mosquitoes were getting voracious, so I quit for the day.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 11:20 PM (1z8ji)
the secret was we delivered the best things for the war fighters, “Those warfighters have serious trust issues,” Karp said,
"In the classified context, when the Department of War goes to you and says, ‘I need this application’ –...Are we really going to outsource the battlefield of this country to the consensus view in Silicon Valley?
That is effing insane.”"
https://tinyurl.com/4n7k6twf
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 11:20 PM (ogcfP)
Great, the GSP boys are posting the daily records for the next few days, meaning they think there's a good chance we may break them. Most likely will be some highest lows, and not highs.
I see they tied the highest low on July 1 at 75F, last set in 1936.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 03, 2026 11:21 PM (w6EFb)
Need to set up a pool on the date of the Tay Tay-Travis divorce.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 03, 2026 11:20 PM (O0L8i)
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You have to reserve the Coliseum at least a year in advance.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 03, 2026 11:21 PM (u/oMr)
Join us comrade! It doesn't get much better! Oh. Except for the body count, but don't even worry about that little detail 🫨...
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 03, 2026 11:23 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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AOP on a lark.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 11:23 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 03, 2026 11:20 PM (O0L8i)
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You have to reserve the Coliseum at least a year in advance.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 03, 2026 11:21 PM (u/oMr)
What gets rented if they break up before the marriage?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 03, 2026 11:24 PM (qx7Zg)
I see they tied the highest low on July 1 at 75F, last set in 1936.
Posted by: publius
The planet has a fever and needs more data centers.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 03, 2026 11:27 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 03, 2026 11:28 PM (2WIwB)
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AOP on a lark.
Posted by: Braenyard
This....
This is simply cruelty
Posted by: the Wretched Panhard at July 03, 2026 11:28 PM (6VErX)
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Glad you made it to the land of the free.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 11:28 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: publius
To be fair, the highest low is also how they do college admissions these days
Posted by: University of Miklos at July 03, 2026 11:29 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 03, 2026 11:30 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Braenyard
Where someone will always hold your beer
Because I need that
Posted by: Fortunate Miklos at July 03, 2026 11:31 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 11:32 PM (/QHx4)
Yea, pretty cool country.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Had a similar experience in Ozona, Texas. Marco Rubio talked about a similar experience when he was a kid and his family got stuck in the middle of nowhere down South. Out came the locals to help these strangers who were obviously not natives.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 03, 2026 11:33 PM (mmrXZ)
I was thinking of that because my buddy was feeling pain in his side and saw some blood in his stool so his wife took him to Urgent Care and they sent him for a CT Scan and completed within a couple of hours. Another friend felt chest pain and had a test and surgery in a day.
I always hear about major delays getting basic tests and treatment in Canada, England , etc. .
Posted by: polynikes at July 03, 2026 11:34 PM (/WQyy)
Try THAT in Novosibirsk!
Posted by: Free Miklos! (not about Darleen) at July 03, 2026 11:34 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 03, 2026 11:34 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 11:23 PM (ogcfP)
Car belongs to a friend of many years' standing. Only has about 45000 miles on it. He wanted to get the engine resealed to cure oil leaks. Took it to a guy we both know and trust. It ran a few miles, lost oil pressure, and hammered out the bearings. He took it to another shop; guy said the first put a wrong oil filter on it (not convinced of that), rebuilt engine to the tune of $6000. Ran for a few months, lost oil pressure, and began to knock. Now it is here. One thing I will be looking for is a missing fiber disc check valve in the oil filter adapter. One of those falling out could cause a total loss of oil pressure.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 11:35 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Case at July 03, 2026 11:36 PM (IY9No)
Good lord, all this lip-smacking over the imminent divorce of a newly married couple.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 11:36 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Azjaeger at July 03, 2026 11:36 PM (3/XaG)
Posted by: Mitch McConnell at July 03, 2026 11:37 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: publius
Oh no! 75 low in the summer?! What will we ever do!!!🤣
In 1901 it was on average 90+ throughout the country this time of year. What! I guess the politicians back then didn't figure out how to grift on it. Poor bastards...😐.
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 03, 2026 11:38 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: Bill C. at July 03, 2026 11:39 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 11:40 PM (ogcfP)
Good lord, all this lip-smacking over the imminent divorce of a newly married couple.
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It's appalling isn't it? We should give the couple the privacy that they deserve!
Posted by: The Madison Square Garden Box Office at July 03, 2026 11:41 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 03, 2026 11:42 PM (74mdr)
In 1901 it was on average 90+ throughout the country this time of year. What! I guess the politicians back then didn't figure out how to grift on it. Poor bastards...😐.
Posted by: COMountainMarie
They told everybody to throttle back on the AC.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 03, 2026 11:43 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 03, 2026 11:44 PM (WQBBj)
I guess Columbia is playing some world gay ball championship tonight because a Colombian neighbor is having a party and they all have horns that sound like yoko ono mating with a dying yak.
Posted by: banana Dream
Is that those Venezuela Kazoos?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 03, 2026 11:44 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 03, 2026 11:44 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 03, 2026 11:46 PM (WQBBj)
https://tinyurl.com/ncpetfk6
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 03, 2026 11:46 PM (fkjGs)
He is a good man who loves our country and wants the best for us. Good old common sense is never out of style.
Shove it Commies.
Posted by: Case at July 03, 2026 11:47 PM (IY9No)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 03, 2026 11:47 PM (2WIwB)
I love y'all. I sincerely hope this lovely wonderful Horde has a great 4th. God please bless us, and please help us continue down our wonderful Country road. We shall persevere. We are Americans.
Good night pals.
Eat lots of burgers and dogs😜!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 03, 2026 11:47 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 11:36 PM (mmrXZ)
When one person has made a living off breaking up with people, I just wonder if this will trigger a 3CD set of new material if she divorces.
I do hope it works out.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 03, 2026 11:49 PM (qx7Zg)
I love this country.
And I'm hoping we're not going to hear about how moslems condemned tomorrow's terrorist attack.
Pretty sure it's coming.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 03, 2026 11:49 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Mitch McConnell at July 03, 2026 11:37 PM (gKWVE)
Beep...beep...beep...
Posted by: Diogenes at July 03, 2026 11:47 PM (2WIwB)
Beep... boop... bip...
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 03, 2026 11:49 PM (qx7Zg)
Pretty sure it's coming.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 03, 2026 11:49 PM (CHHv1)
Mayor Mamdami's going to have explosive diarrhea? I'm far enough. Away that I could deal with that attack.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 03, 2026 11:51 PM (qx7Zg)
As someone who proudly served the Red, White, and Blue; I would never disrespect the sacred colors like that idiot waving the flag is doing.
Now I am going back to working on an 8th Air Force bomber. Kit decals were too fragile so now I have to try and cobble some together from spares.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 03, 2026 11:51 PM (2GVsD)
Great, GSP has changed their website again, and now it's different to find the records.
Anyway, our all-time highest low record is 80F, set on one day in June, and two days in July, and all three were set in the 1930s.
The 1930s here were pretty hot, and still look to be probably the hottest overall so far.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 03, 2026 11:52 PM (w6EFb)
Pretty sure it's coming.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm
It would give us the excuse we need.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 03, 2026 11:52 PM (WQBBj)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 11:55 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Put your hands on your hips
Let yo backbone slip
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KyQ9dH2CKJI
Posted by: The Right Reverend Miklos at July 03, 2026 11:55 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 03, 2026 11:55 PM (2GVsD)
The 1930s here were pretty hot, and still look to be probably the hottest overall so far.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 03, 2026 11:52 PM (w6EFb)
Here in Texas, we call an 80° low "July and August"
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 03, 2026 11:55 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 11:56 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: Optimistiklos at July 03, 2026 11:56 PM (6VErX)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One
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Something like a cool front.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 11:57 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 03, 2026 11:57 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 03, 2026 11:57 PM (2GVsD)
Terrible boat wreck on Lake Geneva Wisconsin today.
Three people dead and seven injured.
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 11:32 PM (/QHx4)
Having been there, I'm sure alcohol was involved.
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and perpetual light shine upon them.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 03, 2026 11:58 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 11:58 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 03, 2026 11:57 PM (yEz+x)
I'm sure some folks are, but I'd rather not.
But yes, they will drive you to drink.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 03, 2026 11:59 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 04, 2026 12:00 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 03, 2026 11:55 PM (SRRAx)
Yet another reason why we live in AK. Sunny and 70 is "beastly hot."
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 04, 2026 12:00 AM (bl07w)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 12:01 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 03, 2026 11:57 PM (yEz+x)
Soldiers.
Just saying.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 04, 2026 12:01 AM (2WIwB)
Last summer we set a record for the longest streak of 90F+ days. I didn't make here locally, because on one of the cooler days, my high was just below 90F.
But then, a cold air damming thing kicked in on Aug 2, and we set several lowest high records for those days. So we went from setting "hot" records to setting "cool" records turning on dime.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 12:02 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 04, 2026 12:05 AM (2WIwB)
And fuck all y'all who think this is NOT the best damned place in the entire world, bar none.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 04, 2026 12:06 AM (bl07w)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 04, 2026 12:06 AM (uTEOj)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 04, 2026 12:06 AM (ntk8v)
Posted by: GWB at July 04, 2026 12:07 AM (kU0PQ)
"watched the world discover how great we are" - this one really made me mist up. As did the little kid reading Adams's fine words.
The furriners who have been goggling at our grocery stores and stadiums and monster trucks (and a/c) are looking at the product, but I gather they are impressed with how we have all of that because of the liberty and productivity of this nation.
And I guess I'm gonna have to watch the Rocky movies one of these days.
Lots of nattering nabobs of negativism this holiday, but they're just noise, drowned out by the joyous cheers and songs of freedom.
Posted by: mindful webworker waves a flag and lights a sparkler at July 04, 2026 12:08 AM (/rhF0)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 04, 2026 12:06 AM (ntk8v)
Probably a little smelly, and most folks will get crabby, so no thanks.
Meanwhile, in AK....
https://www.glacierviewcarlaunch.com/
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 04, 2026 12:08 AM (bl07w)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at July 04, 2026 12:09 AM (DPvx7)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 04, 2026 12:10 AM (CHHv1)
This Greenland ice core graph shows you just how silly the modern global warmuning nonsense is. This is the average temp since about 20,000 years ago:
https://t.ly/pFprD
Note we've been cooling off since the last peak, which was the Roman Climate Optimum.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 12:11 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 04, 2026 12:05 AM (2WIwB)
Not at all, and I bet we're going to get pretty creative.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 04, 2026 12:11 AM (WQBBj)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 12:11 AM (w6EFb)
I have asked before, and never got an answer from the globull warmening hysterics: What is the optimal temperature for the earth, and where would you measure that?
Should we be able to grow grapes in Greenland? Should we expect the Thames to freeze over every year? How would they know?
Cold kills. Heat lives. This is proven.
What, then, is the issue?
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 04, 2026 12:13 AM (bl07w)
My wife has a rule. I am not allowed to be left unsupervised in public for more than twenty minutes. I was in line at a garden center with a 50 pound bag of bird seed. A woman asked if I had a lot of birds. I said no, it was for a holistic cleanse I was trying. High protein. Great for hair. I said I lost 30 pounds last summer but ended up in the emergency room for two weeks. She gasped and asked if I got a parasite. I said no, I was perched on a telephone pole trying to sleep and a hawk knocked me off. Fell forty feet. She froze. My wife came back from the bathroom, saw her face, grabbed my arm and dragged me out. She told the woman I was kidding. This is why we can't have nice things. Worth every second.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 04, 2026 12:14 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 04, 2026 12:05 AM (2WIwB)
Not at all, and I bet we're going to get pretty creative.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 04, 2026 12:11 AM (WQBBj)
Commies want you to die so they can have your stuff.
Fuck 'em dead.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 04, 2026 12:14 AM (bl07w)
These are people who light up buildings to support murdering babies and basically make up everything else.
Posted by: ... at July 04, 2026 12:15 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 04, 2026 12:15 AM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 03, 2026 11:20 PM (6lIrI)
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If you're in Denver, you're not THAT far from Wyoming. It's not as lovely as Colorado, but it's much freer and with zero traffic.
Posted by: 496 at July 04, 2026 12:17 AM (Mmfyv)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Bap bap bap ba pahaap...whaaat?
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 04, 2026 12:10 AM (CHHv1)
Weren't those the personal pronouns Gina Carano used as a joke?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 04, 2026 12:17 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2026 12:19 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: 496 at July 04, 2026 12:17 AM (Mmfyv)
Nothing wrong with the Snowy Range, the Tetons, and Yellowstone. Wyoming is lovely.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 04, 2026 12:19 AM (bl07w)
I hope he isn't in pain, but he needs to go away.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 04, 2026 12:21 AM (bl07w)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 04, 2026 12:19 AM (2GVsD)
Hey. 'Ol Mitch is doing some.of his best work now.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 04, 2026 12:21 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 04, 2026 12:21 AM (fkjGs)
Posted by: tcn
Then the (D) gov picks his replacement
No KY in this KY situation
Posted by: Onoptimistiklos at July 04, 2026 12:23 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 04, 2026 12:25 AM (WQBBj)
I saw Roman Climate Optimum open for Celtic Frost at the Sun Bowl in Tempe, Arizona
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 04, 2026 12:25 AM (DZ9Lv)
Time to walk the hell-hound and get ready for bed. Got the earplugs on standby in case people decide to ignore all the red flag warnings and shoot off fireworks.
Posted by: PabloD at July 04, 2026 12:27 AM (byoW7)
Once, riding my bike on the Potomac trail that goes by the Pentagon and National Airport. Started at high point in DC, roughly. Before I got to the airport - chills. Declining energy. Oh well. Walked the bike home, stopping for a cold drink somewhere along the way.
Second time, another blazing August day, temp near 100. Decided to get in 9 holes at Hains Point (golf course I guess Trump is changing). Teed off on the 3rd. Walking up the fairway ..... chills. Headache (never, ever have headaches). Oh well. Cooled off in the clubhouse. Contractor running the place at the time was a hockey acquaintance, so unlimited refills.
Next day left on a work trip around the world (returning to US in Anchorage, Alaska Air served Russian far east back then). Have never pushed my luck since.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 04, 2026 12:29 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: 496 at July 04, 2026 12:31 AM (KJYe0)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 04, 2026 12:31 AM (WQBBj)
But the area is a tinderbox now, with wind supposed to kick up tomorrow afternoon. Praying for no fires this weekend!
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 12:32 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Sakkaliner Miklos at July 04, 2026 12:34 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 04, 2026 12:05 AM (2WIwB)
...
Not at all, and I bet we're going to get pretty creative.
Given that Greater Evil destroys it's maker with cTHEIL and ctKARP at the ctHELM it will be significantly more problematic. Who knew there would be a greater evil than ctHILLARY but that's reality today.
How it ctHAPPENS.
Putin/Pressured by the frenchMACARONI won't faire any better than did napoleon or germany -- Putin will meaningfully retaliate (and soon) against IceKINGJoe's proxies in Ukraine, Kaliningrad will be his price of peace a land for piece deal for cuba -- and that would be a good deal. Trump gets his hotel in Moscow and Vlad gets to take Europe by force -- which won't be a problem until China (or proxy/NKA) has a launch failure which takes out the starlinks and we're all back to the good ole land war.
SpaceX goes bankrupt with the final scene of Elon/Harry Lime's fingers pushing up against the welded grate while the filth&corruption foam to his waist
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at July 04, 2026 12:34 AM (oiJTb)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 04, 2026 12:34 AM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 04, 2026 12:35 AM (WQBBj)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Achmed and Jugdish are ON THE JOB
Inshallah
Posted by: Mullah Miklos at July 04, 2026 12:35 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: 496 at July 04, 2026 12:17 AM (Mmfyv)
Naw, Wyoming is way better than Colorado. The Bighorn Mountains is one of my favorite places on this planet.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at July 04, 2026 12:36 AM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Sakkaliner Miklos at July 04, 2026 12:34 AM (6VErX)
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I never voted for her so I'm off the hook, right?
Posted by: 496 at July 04, 2026 12:36 AM (8hnyd)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 04, 2026 12:36 AM (fkjGs)
Posted by: 496
Trade you for the per-head bounty for privately detained illegals
Posted by: Deputized Miklos at July 04, 2026 12:37 AM (6VErX)
Having a gathering of family and friends out here at Rancho Webworks tomorrow, with "too much" food and a load of fireworks. And Daughter has put together a suitable playlist of American and Oklahoman music. Looking forward to it. Even the neighbors who have already been setting off fireworks, and will surely do much more tomorrow.
God has indeed blessed America.
Posted by: mindful webworker salutes the AOSHQ at July 04, 2026 12:38 AM (/rhF0)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 04, 2026 12:38 AM (H8EHh)
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2026 12:39 AM (Ia/+0)
With Trump looking down and whispering: NO, because Elon didn't fund the Trump Accounts to the tune that pleased him, and his new BFF/Bezos can not only has own constellation of geo's, lunar landers, robots, and AI, but actually sells products that people really want. Bezo's fancy of putting Amazon women on the moon who wear purple wigs like the 70's Series/UFO is just icing on the cake.
That's where cTHEIL and cthKARP become their most dangerous. cTHIEL worried about the pope being the antichrist? look who's talking? lack of self awareness? grandiosity? with a jilted Elon pushing third Party with unlimited funding, and veritable cthKARP/Skynet at his disposal, what could possibly go wrong?
Yes, very problematic, but definitely entertaining.
Best Episode of the Apprentice Yet!
LET's GO BRANDON!
MORE!
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at July 04, 2026 12:40 AM (XEsAj)
Posted by: Auntie Miklos at July 04, 2026 12:42 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Achmed and Jugdish are ON THE JOB
Inshallah
Posted by: Mullah Miklos at July 04, 2026 12:35 AM (6VErX)
Nooo, not around here. This is bearded white man carhartt wearing mother fucker territory. A lot of people without power it seems. They'll get it done.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 04, 2026 12:42 AM (WQBBj)
>>Thank you morons unfortunately she is not improved and I'm becoming distraught. More will be known when cultures come back. She is sedated for now. Please include her in your prayers for a complete and immediate recovery.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 03, 2026 08:57 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 12:44 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 04, 2026 12:45 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 04, 2026 12:45 AM (H8EHh)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Maybe this is why I thought the Sopranos were not such bad people
Posted by: Miklosio, capiche? at July 04, 2026 12:46 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Who didn't. Lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 04, 2026 12:46 AM (WQBBj)
Posted by: Miklos at July 04, 2026 12:47 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 04, 2026 12:48 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 04, 2026 12:50 AM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 04, 2026 12:50 AM (ogcfP)
I attempted to parse that. It was unparsable to me. I have no idea what he was trying to say.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 12:51 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ
Not you got me thinking about Darleen
A real hot tamale baby, when she feels the heat
Posted by: Miklos turns to Marleen for comfort at July 04, 2026 12:52 AM (6VErX)
Today they are offering an additional $2.50 per hour and $17.76 for each completed four hour shift
Posted by: Miklos can use some extra at July 04, 2026 12:57 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 04, 2026 12:58 AM (ODRj8)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 04, 2026 01:00 AM (H8EHh)
Searching for something along the lines of "Younger Dryas Greenland ice core temp". Went to "images" results, and found what which one I thought displayed the best.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 01:01 AM (w6EFb)
https://youtube.com/shorts/mzO-463iKOE
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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This is so clear.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 04, 2026 01:04 AM (ogcfP)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 04, 2026 01:06 AM (H8EHh)
The Climate Loons tell you not to pay attention to this stuff, and just trust them, the past century has seen unprecedented anthropogenic warming unlike anything ever seen before.
What they try to do is fit the infamous "hockey stick" right to the end of that, and show, see, temps are turning up well beyond previous peaks.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 01:08 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 01:08 AM (w6EFb)
I hate Michael Mann.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 04, 2026 01:09 AM (H8EHh)
effort to put this content together. I once again find myself personally spending way too much time both
reading and posting comments. But so what, it was still worthwhile!
Posted by: Roofing services Washington IL at July 04, 2026 01:11 AM (hHL2u)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 04, 2026 01:11 AM (ogcfP)
If anything, I'd bet we're going to cool. It's the current phases of the Milankovich cycles we're on. Obliquity is decreasing (41K yr cycle) here, and eccentricity is decreasing is as well (100K and 400K yr cycle).
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 01:16 AM (w6EFb)
Coming to a neighborhood near you. Maybe your neighborhood.
Traditional nuclear reactors produce around 1000 MWe or more of electricity per unit. SMRs, by contrast, are defined by their modest electrical output – typically less than 300 MWe. Some definitions extend to medium-sized reactors of up to 600 MWe. The smallest designs, with capacities typically less than 20 MWe, are sometimes called microreactors.
[Search assist
. 20 megawatts (MWe) can power approximately 13,400 homes during peak summer heat, based on the average energy usage of about 1.5 kilowatts per home.
_cbsaustin.com _lboro.ac.uk
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 04, 2026 01:21 AM (ogcfP)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 04, 2026 01:21 AM (gfO9L)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 04, 2026 01:21 AM (gfO9L)
Posted by: Franklin Delano Milankovich at July 04, 2026 01:22 AM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 04, 2026 01:23 AM (SRRAx)
Mars-Uranus conjunction right now. Mars is blocking Uranus.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 01:27 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 12:51 AM (w6EFb)
There was a guy on a financial message board years back who kept on about total magnetic reversal. Harmless, yet bizarre.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 04, 2026 01:28 AM (dK+Kv)
Supremes are finally taking up an 'Assault Rifle' case...
With this court, I'm scared.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 03, 2026 10:28 PM (mP0Kj)
The same Court that gave us Bruen?
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 04, 2026 01:29 AM (pKv0r)
...
So, just how thick was the ice over the bay? Jane
reported that while they were gathering fish, she saw a
large bear walk across the frozen bay from the mainland
to Galveston Island
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 04, 2026 01:29 AM (ogcfP)
https://tinyurl.com/4kefzb6f
Posted by: Nato at July 04, 2026 01:32 AM (XAyZ8)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 04, 2026 01:35 AM (XeU6L)
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Sam Altman is a crook
_Elon Musk
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 04, 2026 01:36 AM (ogcfP)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 04, 2026 01:36 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 01:40 AM (rdVOm)
I found similar data in
Quaternary Science Reviews
Date: 1 January 2000
The Younger Dryas cold interval as viewed from central Greenland
Richard B. Alley
Unfortunately it’s Elsevier Press and thus difficult to access. From a graph from that paper, it looks like we’ve been cooling off since the Minoan Warm Period which was earlier and warmer than the Roman Warm Period. Thanks but no thanks, Thera!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 04, 2026 01:44 AM (ZVgZ4)
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Perhaps down in SC. My own seems to be increasing.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 04, 2026 01:45 AM (XeU6L)
Those Milankovitch cycles are very long compared to our human scales. All of recorded history is a but fraction of the shortest of those cycles. However, in a way, you can see their effects every so slightly on a human scale.
The Erf's axial tilt has decreased since I was I born in 1967 to make the length of the day 3 seconds shorter on the summer solstice. And to make the winter solstice 4 seconds longer.
And precession of perihelion works out to about 1 day per 58 years. Perihelion and aphelion occur about 1 day later since I was born.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 01:46 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 01:27 AM (w6EFb)
It would be very hard to do it the other way around.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 04, 2026 01:49 AM (ZVgZ4)
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Or China's economy is in collapse.
Iran's Floating Oil Stockpile Swells as Major Buyers Stay Away
2 days ago(Bloomberg) -- A hoard of Iranian oil is building up at sea, as the Islamic Republic struggles to find buyers before the expiry of a 60-day window granted by Washington.
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More than 58 million barrels of Iranian crude and condensate was on-the-water as of July 1,
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 04, 2026 01:50 AM (ogcfP)
I just keep remembering him with the blood on his cheek, pumping his fist, saying Fight Fight Fight, and praise God that we were allowed to have him as President again.
https://youtu.be/HjylD7esXDo
Going to bed to get up and make tomorrow great again.
G'nite, y'all.💤
Posted by: mindful webworker kneels only before the Almighty at July 04, 2026 02:01 AM (/rhF0)
Damn, I am getting more eccentric too. I was looking for my glasses. Where, oh where, did I put them. They were hanging in the neck of my T-shirt the whole time, where I hang them all the time momentarily.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 02:02 AM (w6EFb)
"A U.S. Air Force HC-130J Combat King II provides fuel for several A-10C attack aircraft. Aerial refueling allows aircraft to operate for extended periods of time."
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Interesting that they would bring this to attention today.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 04, 2026 02:04 AM (ogcfP)
"Many came - not to mourn, but to make sure he is dead"
_scene out of a Peter Sellers movie
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 04, 2026 02:07 AM (ogcfP)
There are several of these based on different "proxies". Then Greenland ice core use the O-18 to O-16 ratios. Water with O18 is a different sort of "heavy water" (and just imagine all the different combinations with H and D vs the O isotopes).
O-18 water's evaporates less and condenses quicker the colder it gets. So, when it's a colder year, less O18 waters gets deposited, and less O18 leaves the oceans. There's some way they can see the variation in O18 levels at the surface over time, too.
Anyway, all those different proxies look about the same over the Holocene (and all show the dramatic Younger Dryas event), but they will differ on the peaks a little bit.
But all show a peak at around 7000 yrs ago, the Holocene Climate Optimum. The Greenland cores show the Roman period was about as warm. Others will show a local peak then, but not as much as the 7K year one.
So, we can say we've been cooler and no warmer than that over the whole Holocene till now. And we're cooler now at present than any of the peaks.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 02:08 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 04, 2026 02:10 AM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 04, 2026 02:12 AM (ZVgZ4)
Over hundreds of millions of years, Erf oscillates between "greenhouse" and "icehouse" states. Guess what we're in now, and have been for a long time. Icehouse state. During an icehouse, we have polar ice caps. During Greenhouse, no polar ice at all.
Antarctica has been at the south pole for a long time, but not always covered in ice. During the last greenhouse state, the temperature there was nice and warm. Life, plant and animal thrived.
And they thrived under polar night and day conditions. I would love to see that. Just how the heck everything was adapted to midnight sun, with no night, and then near 6 months of polar night.
Turns the diurnal cycle on its head. I don't think they know much about, other than it existed. Plant and animal life in warm temperatures under those polar night/day conditions.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 02:13 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Miklos can use some advance warning at July 04, 2026 02:14 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 04, 2026 02:15 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
It works
I have been a trend setter since 1976.
Ahead or behind, it all comes back around
Posted by: Miklos has some rater wide polyester ties, if needed at July 04, 2026 02:17 AM (6VErX)
A toast to the Horde, some of the finest people anywhere on this earth.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
And an anonymous gentleman has just paid everyone's bar tab!
Posted by: Miklos is glad the ice machine is working OK at July 04, 2026 02:18 AM (6VErX)
I would love to meet Randall Carlson. And throw George Howard, Robert Schoch, and some of the others in.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 02:18 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 04, 2026 02:19 AM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 04, 2026 02:19 AM (ZVgZ4)
Yep, about 90 - 50 million years ago, during a Greenhouse state, Antarctica summer highs averaged about 68F, with winter lows about 54F. Climate was about like New Zealand. Lush rainforests up to the pole itself.
And all of that with polar days and nights.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 02:21 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 04, 2026 02:22 AM (DZ9Lv)
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Perhaps down in SC. My own seems to be increasing.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.,
hey Mike, you won't believe what my cousin found in his own belly button
Posted by: Miklos is between eccentric and "Just that way" at July 04, 2026 02:23 AM (6VErX)
I once curated a list of "hottest (global) year on record" articles for every year bar one from like 2003 through 2015. Pure impossible silliness.
The phrase "climate change" appears exactly zero times in the landmark film on climate change called "An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It." Just insane fucked up mental retardation from gaslighting anthropomorphic perianal fissures.
Posted by: ... at July 04, 2026 02:24 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 02:26 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: ... at July 04, 2026 02:26 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 04, 2026 02:26 AM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
I lose mine on the top of my head
As my Grandaddy taught me
Posted by: Miklos knows more or less less where things are unless somebody moved 'em at July 04, 2026 02:28 AM (6VErX)
Well, there was never really a pause *in their bullsh!t*
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 02:29 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 02:29 AM (rdVOm)
True! Happy Fourth JQ. And all. I am off to beddy bye.
Posted by: ... at July 04, 2026 02:30 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Miklos tries to activate the James Brown multi-display at July 04, 2026 02:31 AM (6VErX)
Yep, every year is the warmest on record.
They also don't like the use of "optimum" there, as in Holocene or Roman Climate optimum, because it makes warm sound good, better than cold. Which it is. But they're trying to change the language on that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 02:31 AM (w6EFb)
Meh. $2.99 was too much.
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 02:32 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
You need a Pyramid
I know just the guy to help build it
Posted by: Miklos thinks 1/4 acre might not be enough at July 04, 2026 02:33 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 04, 2026 02:34 AM (ibDUx)
That's another very interesting one. I've listened to many debates on that.
Could be a snippet of ancient knowledge from some advanced pre Younger-Dryas ice-age civilization that survived. By advanced, I don't mean techno like we are today, but say sea-faring, globally, think Egyptian/Greek level or something similar.
Robert Schoch thinks they were based in Sundaland in SE Asia. There was yuge landmass, now under the sea, from when sea levels were much much lower. He thinks that was where they were.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 02:35 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 02:35 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ
Not bad for a coaster
Water rings on wood furniture are a pain to refinish
Posted by: Miklos does hed his hands dirty sometimes at July 04, 2026 02:36 AM (6VErX)
You could almost walk to Australia back then.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 02:37 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 02:38 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Miklos thinks Spud still has somebody's hat at July 04, 2026 02:39 AM (6VErX)
https://youtu.be/gM4Xm2MGLNQ
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 02:40 AM (rdVOm)
Water rings on wood furniture are a pain to refinish
Posted by: Miklos does hed his hands dirty sometimes
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I wasn't sure if gorebecile would earn a royalty somehow, so that was the deciding factor.
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 02:42 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ
If your name is Melanie, I have a brand new key
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHDUnJRpQ68
Posted by: Why does Miklos even know this? at July 04, 2026 02:42 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: JQ
Solid, sista
*Old School soul high five*
Posted by: Miklos be runnin' his bidnis as a FREE man at July 04, 2026 02:44 AM (6VErX)
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Yeesh. Thought that song sucked, even when I was a little kid! I liked Downtown though. Brings back memories of Mom, taking us Christmas shopping, all those years ago...
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 02:48 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ
I played my cousin's 45 of Downtown about 11 times a day.
Currently, I may have to recuse myself because the Zydeco accordion is becoming dominant in my Personal Space
Posted by: Le Mikleuse a parti mes amis at July 04, 2026 02:51 AM (6VErX)
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Leprechauns!!!
Or aliens. Either/or...
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 02:52 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 04, 2026 02:54 AM (ogcfP)
"Anatomically modern humans" go back to at least 300K years. See the "Million year old human skull" for something that might push that way back, and rewrite the whole timeline.
So, we'll take the low figure, 300,000 years. We've been around that long, and only during the last 5000 did we actually do anything other than run around like primitives?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 02:56 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Braenyard
Should've left his face/nose alone after that... Dude was very attractive (imo) in '79!
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 02:57 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: publius
"Everything that is, has been before..."
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 02:58 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 04, 2026 02:59 AM (ogcfP)
We named ourselves Homo sapiens, "Man the Wise". The older subspecies thing, Homo sapiens sapiens (which fell out of favor) would be "Man the wise, the really wise".
A lot of hubris there, wouldn't you think. Some aliens might be more objective in naming us. They might choose Homo Lamontis. Man the Big Dummy.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 02:59 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 03:04 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
L 16 is....
https://tinyurl.com/yc6th4bm
Posted by: Miklosm just likes this, and can assure that Irma is a Trump voter at July 04, 2026 03:07 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
Lamont is a Big Dummy, but he ain't no homo
*prepares to fight*
Posted by: Fred G. Sanford, in temporary alliance with Aunt Esther at July 04, 2026 03:10 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 03:12 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 04, 2026 03:13 AM (ibDUx)
Talk about hubris. Tay-tay "walked down the aisle" such as it was to one of her own songs. That just ain't right.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 03:13 AM (w6EFb)
In the interest of peace, how about Homo Robreinericus, Man the Meathead.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 03:14 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 03:23 AM (rdVOm)
https://ibb.co/v9Cvpnf
A snapshot of the future, maybe.
Posted by: SimoHayha at July 04, 2026 03:25 AM (/ZkOF)
Posted by: JQ
Oddly enough, the Poet Laureate of Hungary wrote a poem along those lines inspired, somehow by me, in the course of a late nite alcohol-supported discussion/argument/language play.
I thanked him when it was published, according to the Official Authorities, as "the immortal verses of our National Poet".
"Basz meg, Peter, azert en mar immortalis is!"
(Fuck, Peter, I'm now immortal too!)
Posted by: Miklos has a small claim to fame at July 04, 2026 03:26 AM (6VErX)
What about Homo Erectus the Pfizer rep?
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 04, 2026 03:26 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
Run that by the guys at the loading dock
Posted by: the Estate of Archie Bunker at July 04, 2026 03:29 AM (6VErX)
Pfizer, making Home Flaccidus become Homo Erectus.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 03:30 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
Have I told you about my visit to Humacao, Puerto Rico?
"we make people happy"
Posted by: El Mikloso recuerda at July 04, 2026 03:30 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 04, 2026 03:31 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: raimondo at July 04, 2026 03:32 AM (zOenx)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 04, 2026 03:32 AM (gfO9L)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 04, 2026 03:34 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: raimondo on tap at July 04, 2026 03:35 AM (6VErX)
Funny how the demotards are funding commie campaigns, but also claiming Trump is a putin-puppet and *that is so very wrong*, doncha know...
Ds are just upset that russya is no longer soviet.
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 03:37 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 03:37 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 04, 2026 03:32 AM (gfO9L)
IDK, he makes about as much sense as Lace Wigs or Machines for Sale.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 04, 2026 03:39 AM (bl07w)
I've got it! Homo Raimondo!
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 03:40 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 03:40 AM (rdVOm)
I was looking at artist depictions (don't know how close to accurate they would be) of all the other Homo species that have been found.
Ugly fuckers, all of them. Of course, they'd probably think we were terrible looking.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 03:42 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 04, 2026 03:43 AM (ogcfP)
More later I suppose as duty calls.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 04, 2026 03:44 AM (gfO9L)
The NYPD had to work security for that stupid Tay-tay wedding. Don't know how much it cost, but Tay-tay should pay the whole thing.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 03:45 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 03:46 AM (rdVOm)
We may expect discipline. Trump has a way with women.
It will be one way or the other.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 04, 2026 03:46 AM (ogcfP)
11 PM
Shocking: Italy Giorgia Meloni just greenlit the Italian Navy to stop (sink) boats packed with illegal migrants from reaching Italy.
Strong borders. Real leadership.
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She's been stopping landings for a month or two. This is a step up.
Next she'll be blowing them up like drug boats.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 04, 2026 03:51 AM (ogcfP)
Posted by: clarence at July 04, 2026 03:51 AM (xyH2B)
Posted by: clarence at July 04, 2026 03:51 AM (xyH2B)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
Unlikely
No reproduction
Paleoanthropologists may recover some ancient Cheeto dust
Posted by: Art Bell's bartender at July 04, 2026 03:58 AM (6VErX)
Next she'll be blowing them up like drug boats.
Posted by: Braenyard
I want an Italian Navy ship with a Sophia Loren figure on the front but the tits are massive lasers
Posted by: Admiral of the Ocean Sea Miklos at July 04, 2026 04:02 AM (6VErX)
11 PM
Shocking: Italy Giorgia Meloni just greenlit the Italian Navy to stop (sink) boats packed with illegal migrants from reaching Italy.
Strong borders. Real leadership.
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Pray that the UK realizes it has a British Navy.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 04, 2026 04:05 AM (pSl4u)
Up until comment 399, I thought that Taylor S should've chosen Las Vegas over NYC. The Strip IS expensiver, but Henderson ...
But Publius correctly mentions that the event will generate a lot of ... paid ... work for the NYPD, stressing the entire force unnecessarily ...
... but, it also puts a big hurt on Mamdani's budget(s).
Where will Big M get the money? Tax the wealthy of MYC even more? At last some of them deserve i. Ask Mama H, up in Albany, for cash? How has that worked out before. Asking The Donald? Hah.
My guess is that a bunch of Big M's Socialist Paradise Programs will get erased from his promises.
Posted by: Arbalest at July 04, 2026 04:06 AM (FlRtG)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 04, 2026 04:07 AM (fkjGs)
Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 04:12 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 04, 2026 04:14 AM (vS2qG)
Lots of nattering nabobs of negativism this holiday, but they're just noise, drowned out by the joyous cheers and songs of freedom.
Posted by: mindful webworker waves a flag and lights a sparkler at July 04, 2026 12:08 AM (/rhF0)
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Yes, such as that loser, former Olympic kayaker, who found himself in court for damaging the reflecting pool seal. Many of good cheer are out here.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 04, 2026 04:21 AM (9qZ8R)
Posted by: m at July 04, 2026 04:22 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 04, 2026 04:23 AM (zfW44)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 04, 2026 04:23 AM (ogcfP)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 04, 2026 04:24 AM (ogcfP)
Posted by: m at July 04, 2026 04:34 AM (6wpGE)
That would be GREAT !!!!!!!!!!!!
The Commiecrats would have a Heart Attack or lose their Little Squirrel Bait Minds!!!!!!!!!!!
Got you covered - after the comments here I was curious if ChatGPT would have some guardrails (since we know how politically unbiased these LLMs are) on the following:"Generate a realistic picture of Mt. Rushmore, but with the bust of President Trump added, in a similar style as the other Presidents on the mountain."
Actually not too bad:
https://___ur.com/a/SNCNSkd
Posted by: MD_Mike at July 04, 2026 10:32 AM (6oVhu)
Posted by: MD_Mike at July 04, 2026 10:33 AM (6oVhu)
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Posted by: Tinfoil Dispenser at July 04, 2026 10:49 AM (ERYKL)
Independence Eve Cafe
Tall ships at Norfalk, Virginia, to celebrate the 250th last weekend
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 03, 2026 07:22 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: RI Red at July 03, 2026 07:22 PM (iaf7q)
Posted by: RI Red at July 03, 2026 07:23 PM (iaf7q)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 03, 2026 07:23 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026 07:24 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: RI Red at July 03, 2026 07:24 PM (iaf7q)
Also, thick layers of petrified piss and shit build up in their dens over the decades.
This is "mined" and used in perfume.
No, not making this up.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 03, 2026 07:25 PM (IG3/x)
No, not making this up.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 03, 2026 07:25 PM (IG3/x)
Add a little whale barf and you might be on to something.
(Perfume is gross)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026 07:27 PM (Ot/FD)
If you have never had the honor of meeting this man, he has a heart of pure love.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2026 07:29 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: Warai-otoko "
The Oreo. Closet relative to the Oreo.
Posted by: fd at July 03, 2026 07:30 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2026 07:33 PM (afJtY)
EROMERO BROKE HIS LEGS?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 03, 2026 07:34 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026 07:27 PM (Ot/FD)
Yep. Also deer, weasel, and beaver anal glands.
You could expand this to cosmetics as a whole.
Placenta. Crushed beetles. Snail mucus. Foreskins. Bird poop.
"That's a sexy shade of crushed beetle you have on your lips, honey"
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 03, 2026 07:34 PM (IG3/x)
Feeding and petting a hyrax, which is not a Space Monster but some kind of weasel.
According to the AoSHQ Style Manual, all animals are some variety of weasel.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 03, 2026 07:34 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2026 07:35 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 03, 2026 07:34 PM (y9nCu)
The weasel kingdom keeps threatening a libel suit against Bernie Sanders for damaging their good name.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 03, 2026 07:36 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 03, 2026 07:37 PM (2WIwB)
"Nabisco" my ass.
Posted by: Sunshine Biscuit Company at July 03, 2026 07:39 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 03, 2026 07:40 PM (XfxDj)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 03, 2026 07:40 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 03, 2026 07:40 PM (IG3/x)
A chimmy?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026 07:41 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026 07:41 PM (Ot/FD)
Good one. Took me a moment to get it.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 03, 2026 07:42 PM (IG3/x)
RIP Peanut
Posted by: Beartooth at July 03, 2026 07:43 PM (IYeV+)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia"
It an Earth-analog planet with a culture based on Nazi gangster Romans.
Posted by: Guy who relates everything to Star Trek at July 03, 2026 07:43 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Beartooth at July 03, 2026 07:44 PM (IYeV+)
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 07:44 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Case at July 03, 2026 07:44 PM (IY9No)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2026 07:45 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia"
It an Earth-analog planet with a culture based on Nazi gangster Romans.
Posted by: Guy who relates everything to Star Trek at July 03, 2026 07:43 PM (MWfyi)
Brand name for a mechanic's rack large enough to handle the big rigs.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 03, 2026 07:45 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 03, 2026 07:45 PM (D+BhG)
Her Majesty is feeling much better. Not back to normal by any means, but working in her study and eating a little food. She had a rough time yesterday so I'm happy for this bit of progress.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 03, 2026 07:46 PM (O0L8i)
It's hard for me to get on here with my phone, so I'll see y'all the next time I'm back home.
The cat came in and slept with me last night, so either she's accepted me or realized that I'm the one handing out the food.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 03, 2026 07:48 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2026 07:24 PM (afJtY)
I am waiting to see what happens with Brazil, and Venezuela has enough pissed off earthquake victims to create a nationwide revolt because of the failures the "Bolivarian" state has in doing anything but stealing, so that needs watching too.
Mexico just had it's debt rating bottomed out and the Mexican central bank is looking to backstop their version of Treasury bonds by buying them off the secondary market if the rates take a dump, so that looks inflationary, and that is dicey in Mexican history too.
I am feeling pretty chuffed about De La Espriella winning in Colombia. It is a matter of if he has enough juice to squash the cartels.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 03, 2026 07:48 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 03, 2026 07:48 PM (IG3/x)
You are warm, and neither snore nor kick too much in your sleep.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 03, 2026 07:49 PM (rbvCR)
*widdly breathy cover of a wildly inappropriate classic rock tune. Like AC/DC or something*
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026 07:49 PM (Ot/FD)
Don't want any inside squirrels
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 07:49 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Tuna at July 03, 2026 07:50 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Kindltot
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He can get along with a little help from his friends.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 07:53 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 03, 2026 07:53 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 07:53 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2026 07:56 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 03, 2026 07:34 PM
The Horse Trailer is not for the faint of heart.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 03, 2026 07:57 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Kindltot
There's a bald toff who is pretty good at covering pretty much everything. Goes by "Warfronts" when covering third world places that are great already according to Conan o'Brian.
Espriella has a difficult parliament and, I assume, judiciary. He does have a base but it is regional.
He's such a Bukele LARPer that I hope he is on the phone to El Salvador a lot. Because he may well need their help.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 03, 2026 08:00 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2026 08:00 PM (afJtY)
Thanks for the review. I'm glad you enjoyed it . I hope to see it in the next couple of days.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 03, 2026 08:02 PM (rZCVI)
Great news everyone!
ABC has a Disney celebrates America show on.
If you dare.....bwaaa-haaa-haa-ha
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 03, 2026 08:02 PM (Sco7b)
It did cushion the cat's fall but the cat ran away from me at cheetah speed. Probably will never trust another big bald monkey again
Posted by: gKWVE at July 03, 2026 08:03 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 03, 2026 07:53 PM (rbvCR)
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Mine have all been fed and are now taking their post-dinner siestas before it's time for bed.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 03, 2026 08:03 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2026 08:04 PM (afJtY)
For places as violent and divided as Colombia or Peru you need a Bukele.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 03, 2026 08:06 PM (gKWVE)
The event boldly portrays American patriotism and exceptionalism across our great nation to celebrate our country’s 250th birthday. It runs from June 25 through July 10, featuring more than 150 exhibits from all 56 U.S. states and territories, along with businesses, innovators, and civic organizations. There is a towering Ferris wheel, a stage with live music and performances, family-friendly attractions, military ensembles, flyovers, and daily cultural programming. An innovation center showcases booths from SpaceX and NASA.
A notable contrast: while the people of France and several other European countries are suffering from the summer heat because of their leaders’ environmental extremism, which hates air conditioners, all 150 exhibits at the Great American State Fair are air-conditioned.
ZH_via, Fred Fleitz @ American Greatness
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 08:06 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 03, 2026 08:08 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Piper at July 03, 2026 08:08 PM (p4NUW)
youtu.be/Lz0LuhkyrYw
they don't want Man Of Tomorrow (the Superman movie) to suffer the same fate
Posted by: gKWVE at July 03, 2026 08:09 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: ... at July 03, 2026 08:11 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: ... at July 03, 2026 08:11 PM (vE0+H)
Letters of marque, $500 a head, and no bag limit for commies would have been nice.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 03, 2026 08:13 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: ... at July 03, 2026 08:11 PM (vE0+H)
Iran will be wiped out tomorrow.
Mark 250 with style....
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 03, 2026 08:13 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: scampydog at July 03, 2026 08:13 PM (3Uiav)
Long 'a' like the city or short 'a' like the airplane? 'Cuz naming a dog after an airplane would be cool.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 03, 2026 08:13 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 03, 2026 07:46 PM (O0L8i)
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b"h for good health I had not read she was ill.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 03, 2026 08:13 PM (RIvkX)
It shouldn't be a surprise. Most American black folks are not all that black skinned. It is just genetics.
But somehow, not being "pure" seems to bother them.
I'm a mutt. I traced a lot of ancestry and honestly, there are great men, saints, and horse thieves. Doesn't change who I am. And a lot of those records are probably falsified because... folks sleep around.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 03, 2026 08:15 PM (bl07w)
If the riots happen he is already pretorn into collectable size pieces.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2026 08:17 PM (afJtY)
Democrat Socialist Melat Kiros:
"Every single issue that I looked at…we already figured out the solution a long time ago."
"You solve homelessness by giving people housing."
"You solve hunger by giving people food."
"You solve health care by going to a single payer system."
“It is common sense, right?"
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It'll be Utopia!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 03, 2026 08:19 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Piper at July 03, 2026 08:19 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 03, 2026 08:20 PM (bkuEU)
Mutt? Same. I don't give a rat's fuzzy arse about ancestry, tho. Has never done anything for me...
Posted by: man at July 03, 2026 08:20 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 03, 2026 08:13 PM (RIvkX)
____________
How's the Missus? I was worried about her after your comments last night.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 03, 2026 08:21 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Bulg at July 03, 2026 08:21 PM (77rzZ)
I'm descendent from Teutonic royalty. Or something. The surname alone is enough to pause and look into things.
I really haven't an interest in it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 03, 2026 08:22 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Bulg at July 03, 2026 08:22 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 03, 2026 08:22 PM (gKWVE)
...the vast majority of the American people are with Trump.
They want to see their country honored, not torn down.
They want their children to grow up proud of the United States, not ashamed of it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 08:23 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2026 08:23 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: Bulg at July 03, 2026 08:24 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg at July 03, 2026 08:24 PM (77rzZ)
It will be
Posted by: Joe Biden at July 03, 2026 08:25 PM (gKWVE)
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We were warned by Next Door that there are volunteers "Watchers" who will patrolling to report any individual fireworks use. I don't know whether they'll have armbands.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 03, 2026 08:26 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 03, 2026 07:46 PM (O0L8i)
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b"h for good health I had not read she was ill.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Good news, Hadrian.
How about Mrs. Psycho? Responding to the meds?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 08:26 PM (ogcfP)
Sounds like punch in the face time...
Posted by: man at July 03, 2026 08:27 PM (XuXeR)
We were warned by Next Door that there are volunteers "Watchers" who will patrolling to report any individual fireworks use. I don't know whether they'll have armbands.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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Next Door is insidious communist crap.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 08:27 PM (ogcfP)
Glad to hear that . Prayers continue.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 03, 2026 08:28 PM (D+BhG)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 03, 2026 08:29 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2026 08:29 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 03, 2026 08:30 PM (D+BhG)
Posted by: Bulg at July 03, 2026 08:30 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2026 08:31 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 03, 2026 08:32 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 08:32 PM (ogcfP)
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"Shoot and Scoot" It works. We did this a couple years in California when they went stupid. One person with the fireworks, one to light. Set up at a random spot and hightail it after launch.
We were able to do this for hours.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 03, 2026 08:33 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Piper at July 03, 2026 08:33 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2026 08:34 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: Piper at July 03, 2026 08:35 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 03, 2026 08:35 PM (bkuEU)
Despite being estranged from her for so long, I still miss my sister. She was a great Big Sister.
Posted by: Bulg at July 03, 2026 08:35 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 03, 2026 08:37 PM (Cqx++)
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SMRs coming to a new neighborhood near you.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 08:38 PM (ogcfP)
"Shoot and Scoot" It works. We did this a couple years in California when they went stupid. One person with the fireworks, one to light. Set up at a random spot and hightail it after launch.
We were able to do this for hours.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Bravo!
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 08:40 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 08:43 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 08:45 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 03, 2026 08:45 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Piper at July 03, 2026 08:46 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 03, 2026 08:46 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at July 03, 2026 08:47 PM (+82YS)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 03, 2026 08:47 PM (yEz+x)
Waco can be the city or plane, all he knows is that's his name.
Call him Waco and his ears raise up. He knows he is being talked to. He is a big dog and has mean bark, but really he is a big baby. Loves to be petted.
Posted by: Case at July 03, 2026 08:47 PM (IY9No)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2026 08:48 PM (afJtY)
Dog #1 went back to the house
Dog #2 watched and howled with the in air explosions, he loved it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 08:49 PM (ogcfP)
Mind, body and soul.
Please send him your love.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 03, 2026 08:47 PM (yEz+x)
Done.
{{{Rat}}}
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 03, 2026 08:49 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 03, 2026 08:50 PM (diia5)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 03, 2026 08:50 PM (ceJ0R)
Mind, body and soul.
Please send him your love.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 03, 2026
Done.
Posted by: Piper at July 03, 2026 08:50 PM (p4NUW)
So soon after pride month?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 03, 2026 08:53 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Mrs JTB at July 03, 2026 08:53 PM (yTvNw)
I know there's no other way, but it feels funny to mention in my Rosary intentions Hordians needing prayers by their nics. Hope Our Lady understands.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 03, 2026 08:54 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 03, 2026 08:55 PM (y7IOQ)
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 08:55 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 08:56 PM (ogcfP)
Mind, body and soul.
Please send him your love.
Posted by: nurse ratched.
I'm so sorry to hear this news. Praying right now. 🙏🏼
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 03, 2026 08:56 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Piper at July 03, 2026 08:56 PM (p4NUW)
There's something I want to say about you and your sister in those last precious weeks and I haven't managed it and maybe I won't this time either, but it might help.
A couple of weeks before my twin brother died, before he went to the hospital for what would be the last time, he asked me to find a best friend from our childhood. Why me instead of his wife? Don't know, don't care.
I was able to.
They were both heroes. Dave was in fact, the guy who was sent to Somalia after Black Hawk Down to find out what had gone down.
So for two weeks Dave sent my twin brother funny videos and emails and songs--I know, because he copied them to me. And Wendell (my twin) had that gift for the last two weeks of his life.
Well, you were that gift to your sister. Because of you, she could have a peace and a sense of completion no one else could give her.
You did a wonderful thing.
Posted by: Wenda at July 03, 2026 08:56 PM (3uyrB)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 03, 2026 08:57 PM (RIvkX)
So soon after pride month?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty
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Don't drop the soap.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vyfqTMARcU
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 08:57 PM (ogcfP)
Mind, body and soul.
Please send him your love.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 03, 2026 08:47 PM (yEz+x)
Absolutely, and fervently. I didn't know he was unwell.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 03, 2026 08:58 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Bulg at July 03, 2026 08:59 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 03, 2026
Oh no. All the prayers and positive energy I can send to both of you.
Posted by: Piper at July 03, 2026 08:59 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 03, 2026 08:57 PM (RIvkX)
Got you, too.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 03, 2026 09:00 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 03, 2026 08:57 PM (RIvkX)
You've got the best I have.
Posted by: javems at July 03, 2026 09:00 PM (zFsEm)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 03, 2026 09:01 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Bulg at July 03, 2026 09:02 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: man at July 03, 2026 09:04 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Wenda at July 03, 2026 09:05 PM (3uyrB)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 03, 2026 09:01 PM (h7ZuX)
Done - and for any of the Horde that need them as well.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 03, 2026 09:05 PM (GTqXr)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 03, 2026 09:06 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 03, 2026 08:57 PM
Absolutely.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 03, 2026 09:07 PM (ceJ0R)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
Oh, my. Of course; done.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 03, 2026 09:08 PM (NFX2v)
San Fran,
I hope your son is coping as well as he can.
I know a change in routine is difficult to adjust to.
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 09:08 PM (/QHx4)
And Hadrian too,
May both you beloved partners in life be comforted, healed and made whole.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 03, 2026 09:11 PM (yEz+x)
Have a good night everyone
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 09:12 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: ... at July 03, 2026 09:12 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Doof at July 03, 2026 09:13 PM (QMAsf)
Had two sisters. Youngest moved across country last year; next youngest died 20+ years ago. Miss the latter from my life more than the former. Big fistbump, Bulg.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 03, 2026 09:13 PM (NcvvS)
Done. For comfort and complete and total healing and for you and family as well.
Posted by: ... at July 03, 2026 09:14 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 03, 2026 09:07 PM (ceJ0R)
Good to see you, Mr. Deal
Posted by: Doof at July 03, 2026 09:14 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 03, 2026 09:19 PM (ceJ0R)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 03, 2026 09:19 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at July 03, 2026 08:47 PM (+82YS)
And this means . . . ?
Posted by: Kindltot at July 03, 2026 09:19 PM (rbvCR)
Done. Dear Lord, this is a hard evening for the Horde; please grant healing and surcease in thy mercy, amen.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 03, 2026 09:20 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Nazdar at July 03, 2026 09:22 PM (NcvvS)
Nothing, really. :-)
The astrologers make a big deal of this, as it occurs in Gemini this time, and that has something to do with the "birth chart" (whatever that it) of the US.
Of course, relatively speaking I would likely trust astrologers more than economists. Probably.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 03, 2026 09:24 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 03, 2026 09:25 PM (hPLSE)
If I missed anyone else I'm sorry. I trust the Lord knows who I mean when I ask him to bless the Horde and our loved ones.
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 03, 2026 09:29 PM (hPLSE)
oh dear, I am so sorry to hear Mrs F is still not improved.
Prayers continue for complete healing.
Prayers also for her doctors, for wisdom and knowledge, discernment and wisdom in her care.
And prayers of peace for you in this time of waiting.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 03, 2026 09:31 PM (4VH0B)
'Birth chart' of the United States is a term of bullshit. Forty years past my idiot astrology phase and anyone using 'birth chart' for a country is past mental.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 03, 2026 09:32 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 03, 2026 09:24 PM (w6EFb)
Every time I try to explain why this is correct I piss people off. And it is too hot.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 03, 2026 09:32 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: polynikes at July 03, 2026 09:32 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 03, 2026 09:33 PM (fkjGs)
I got lectured by an enlightened Karen liberal a few weeks ago that I must abide by the "one drop rule" - she didn't even know it had a name or history until I told her so - but she insisted that it's absolutely the case that one drop of black blood makes one black and that blackness must be acknowledged.
So I told her I'm glad she agrees with white supremacists about the purity of the white race. She just got mad. Didn't change her mind but I 100% saw the penny drop in her deranged visage.
Posted by: ... at July 03, 2026 09:33 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 03, 2026 09:29 PM (hPLSE)
Same. It's been an eventful week for our brethren. We may not know what's going on with everyone, but God knows.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 03, 2026 09:35 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Bulg at July 03, 2026 09:36 PM (77rzZ)
One the acts was Chicago doing their standards. All the people singing along had white hair. The crowd went nuts when they heard the opening bass riff to 25 or 6 to 4. Lots of bass air guitars in the crowd. The expressions on the grandkids faces watching grandma and grandpa boogying was cute.
Posted by: JTB at July 03, 2026 09:38 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at July 03, 2026 09:45 PM (aqrdH)
Posted by: Case at July 03, 2026 09:47 PM (IY9No)
In other ridiculous nonsense, it looks like the singer and the football player have said I do, finally. And apparently Lena Dunham gave a speech and made an ass of herself. Or some shit.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 03, 2026 09:48 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 03, 2026 09:48 PM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: Cosda at July 03, 2026 09:49 PM (5Mso3)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 03, 2026 09:49 PM (2NHgQ)
In other ridiculous nonsense, it looks like the singer and the football player have said I do, finally. And apparently Lena Dunham gave a speech and made an ass of herself. Or some shit.
Posted by: publius
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I was walking at the beach just now and some wag with a whiteboard had scribbled "Taylor Swift Getting a Divorce!"
I laughed, they laughed.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 09:49 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 09:50 PM (/QHx4)
There's no telling how much money was spent on that mess of a wedding. And both sides, hers and his, turned it all into some orgy of grifting self-promotion of whatever crap they were selling.
A tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. Hey, that's a pretty clever line, if I do say so myself....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 03, 2026 09:52 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Piper at July 03, 2026 09:54 PM (p4NUW)
God forbid the woman gets pregnant and has a baby now, who she loves and protects instead of aborting, they will flip their literal shit.
Posted by: ... at July 03, 2026 09:54 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 03, 2026 09:52 PM (w6EFb)
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At the known venue of a Nazi rally.
Posted by: Axeman at July 03, 2026 09:55 PM (ikSmX)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 03, 2026 09:57 PM (ntk8v)
Who knows, maybe Taylor and Travis will get along great. That British soccer player and his Spice Girl had 3-4 kids and they've been married ~25 years now, I think.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 09:57 PM (mmrXZ)
There's no telling how much money was spent on that mess of a wedding. And both sides, hers and his, turned it all into some orgy of grifting self-promotion of whatever crap they were selling.
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Hey, folks gotta' make a buck....or two.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 09:58 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 09:59 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 09:57 PM (mmr
Their son went woke and disowned them.
Posted by: polynikes at July 03, 2026 09:59 PM (/WQyy)
Remember that July 3 is Independence Day Eve.
So remember to leave out cookies and milk for Captain America.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 03, 2026 10:01 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2026 10:03 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 03, 2026 10:03 PM (fkjGs)
Their son went woke and disowned them.
Posted by: polynikes
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I'm talking about the marriage. Kids, what are you gonna do? Patty Reagan, Ron Reagan Jr., and Maggie Thatcher's kids all snubbed their parents.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 10:04 PM (mmrXZ)
So remember to leave out cookies and milk for Captain America.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 03, 2026 10:01 PM (rbvCR)
Brisket and Bourbon is right out?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 10:04 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 03, 2026 10:01 PM (rbvCR)
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Thanks for the reminder.
We had the boots hung out.
Posted by: Axeman at July 03, 2026 10:04 PM (ikSmX)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 10:04 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 03, 2026 10:07 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 10:09 PM (1z8ji)
I'm busy pumping CO down their holes for the next few days.
Posted by: buddhaha at July 04, 2026 04:33 PM (iaABv)
The Adventures of Taarna Open Thread
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 03, 2026 06:22 PM (qgNn3)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 03, 2026 06:23 PM (qgNn3)
Posted by: fd at July 03, 2026 06:24 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 03, 2026 06:25 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 06:26 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2026 06:26 PM (afJtY)
Absolutely insufferable.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 03, 2026 06:26 PM (NXz0i)
Most of the time.
Posted by: ...
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Brave browser will block most shorts.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 06:27 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: ... at July 03, 2026 06:27 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 03, 2026 06:28 PM (3Ope8)
I miss magazines. Sure, they're still around, but a mere shadow save for a few.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 03, 2026 06:28 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 06:27 PM (ogcfP)
Did not know that.
Posted by: ... at July 03, 2026 06:28 PM (vE0+H)
Heavy Metal and The Fifth Element look alike because they're both heavily influenced by the French Moebius comics.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 03, 2026 06:29 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 03, 2026 06:29 PM (gKWVE)
I can't pass them.up.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2026 06:29 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 03, 2026 06:30 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 06:31 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 03, 2026 06:31 PM (itsE0)
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 06:32 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 03, 2026 06:30 PM (RIvkX)
An infection, I take it?
Posted by: tubal at July 03, 2026 06:32 PM (Gqar8)
Absolutely insufferable.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 03, 2026 06:26 PM (NXz0i)
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Criss cross?
Posted by: Rope at July 03, 2026 06:32 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 03, 2026 06:32 PM (aQEfL)
All fun must be cancelled.
Mother Gaia fights back with heat dome.
Millions may die...
I'm paraphrasing a bit but not much...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 03, 2026 06:33 PM (Sco7b)
Absolutely insufferable.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 03, 2026 06
I just had a request for ramen (the real stuff, not top ramen). Seems odd on a 90 degree day, but who am I to argue. Miso ramen it is!
Posted by: Piper at July 03, 2026 06:33 PM (OoFl2)
The Beverly Hillbillies is on. It's the one where Elly goes to The Twilight Zone.
Posted by: fd
And she has a different voice.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 03, 2026 06:33 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 03, 2026 06:33 PM (ntk8v)
Posted by: Piper at July 03, 2026 06:33 PM (OoFl2)
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Add lots of hot kimchi.
Posted by: Rope at July 03, 2026 06:34 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 06:34 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 03, 2026 06:33 PM (ntk8v)
Fun popcorn movie. A number of them that decadish.
Posted by: tubal at July 03, 2026 06:34 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2026 06:35 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 03, 2026 06:36 PM (itsE0)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 03, 2026 06:36 PM (IG3/x)
Could use it, not the severe part though
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 06:36 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 06:34 PM (wzUl9)
That must have been when he was just getting started.
Posted by: tubal at July 03, 2026 06:36 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Piper at July 03, 2026 06:33 PM (OoFl2)
Mine's right here in front of me.
Meatballs going in.
I'm set.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 03, 2026 06:36 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2026 06:35 PM
If I were Taylor Swift rich, I would build you the kitchen of your dreams. Whatever you wanted.
Posted by: Piper at July 03, 2026 06:36 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr"
Strange things happen in The Twilight Zone. Now it's the one where T.J. Hooker freaks out on an airplane.
Posted by: fd at July 03, 2026 06:37 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at July 03, 2026 06:37 PM (gUs21)
I read that they were married two days ago, yesterday and now today.
Who knows and who cares.
Take your money and enjoy yourselves in private.
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 06:37 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: hurricane567 at July 03, 2026 06:37 PM (+ayKE)
The Beverly Hillbillies is on. It's the one where Elly goes to The Twilight Zone.
Posted by: fd
And she has a different voice.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
And a dick.
Posted by: Biggus at July 03, 2026 06:38 PM (76a83)
Posted by: Don Black says keep on rockin' in the free world at July 03, 2026 06:38 PM (ZxPkt)
Sent you an email, Wolfus. ALH is giving me a 404 page. Can you check it out?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 03, 2026 06:38 PM (1Ff7Z)
No. 1 would have found the film tacky.
No. 2 wanted to create Taarna's costume and wear it at the next SF convention.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 06:38 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Piper at July 03, 2026 06:33 PM (OoFl2)
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Add lots of hot kimchi.
Posted by: Rope at July 03, 2026 06:34 PM
I don’t have any, unfortunately. But I do have hot chili crisp, so all is not lost.
Posted by: Piper at July 03, 2026 06:38 PM (OoFl2)
I read that they were married two days ago, yesterday and now today.
Who knows and who cares.
Take your money and enjoy yourselves in private.
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 06:37 PM (/QHx4)
Pretty boring to a Neanderthal like me.
Posted by: tubal at July 03, 2026 06:38 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 03, 2026 06:39 PM (3Ope8)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 03, 2026 06:39 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 03, 2026 06:33 PM (ntk8v)
Same guy, Moebius, did the designs for both. Luc Besson asked him personally to do the Fifth Element because he like the guy's style.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at July 03, 2026 06:39 PM (gUs21)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 03, 2026 06:40 PM (qFwJc)
I don't read the articles, just see the headlines when I'm scanning news sites. It is unavoidable these days.
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 06:40 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 06:41 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2026 06:41 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 06:34 PM (wzUl9)
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That must have been when he was just getting started.
Posted by: tubal at July 03, 2026
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Shatner? No, he'd done quite a bit of TV before that. He was the son in the original pilot for the father-son lawyer series The Defenders; he'd played Archie Goodwin in a pilot for a Nero Wolfe series (and he'd have been great in both!). He was just starting to be something of a Name, though.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 06:41 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 03, 2026 06:41 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Don Black
___________
That's every Doomcock video.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 03, 2026 06:41 PM (XvL8K)
I don't read the articles, just see the headlines when I'm scanning news sites. It is unavoidable these days.
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 06:40 PM (/QHx4)
I go to the NY Post website. Lot of sports and celebrity crap there, with an occasional gem buried in the pile.
Posted by: tubal at July 03, 2026 06:42 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Don Black says keep on rockin' in the free world at July 03, 2026 06:38 PM (ZxPkt)
Edging.
p'raps, "vEdging"
or, "plot-teasing"
Posted by: Kindltot at July 03, 2026 06:42 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Don Black
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Bait-and-switch?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 06:42 PM (wzUl9)
Meatballs going in.
I'm set.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July
As this was a last minute request, we are going to have to settle for grilled chicken breast, bok choy, a jammy egg, edamame, and some scallions. And nori, I do have that.
Posted by: Piper at July 03, 2026 06:42 PM (OoFl2)
Kelce Wedding to Swift Underway in NYC.
Pathetic
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 03, 2026 06:36 PM (itsE0)
Well congratulationz to Mr. & Mrz. Kelsey and Taylor Swifth, I guess.
Posted by: Eromero at July 03, 2026 06:43 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 06:43 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: tubal at July 03, 2026 06:44 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 03, 2026
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Despite the fact I just washed my car this a.m., I find myself hoping for some rain too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 06:44 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Piper at July 03, 2026 06:44 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2026 06:45 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 03, 2026
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Gimme a minute, OE. I have the site open on my desktop machine.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 06:45 PM (wzUl9)
Taking a break in the nice cool basement.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 06:45 PM (1z8ji)
The city of Columbus faced criticism from conservatives after a now-deleted social media post stated that City Hall would raise the Somali flag in recognition of Somali Independence Day.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 06:45 PM (ogcfP)
I’m alone in a big city. May as well be alone in the middle of nowhere.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 03, 2026 06:45 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2026 06:45 PM (afJtY)
So a city mayor is gonna arrest a head of state cause reasons. Quite the bullshitter, that guy.
Posted by: tubal at July 03, 2026 06:46 PM (Gqar8)
Taking a break in the nice cool basement.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026
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"Lark" as in "Studebaker"?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 06:46 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 03, 2026 06:46 PM (kpS4V)
Taking a break in the nice cool basement.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 06:45 PM (1z8ji)
You have AC up there?
Posted by: tubal at July 03, 2026 06:47 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2026 06:47 PM (afJtY)
Literally no kids in the United States (and damned few adults) are "going hungry", you lying communist shitstain. We've built the first society in the history of the world where poor people are *FAT*.
Poor kids already get two free meals a day at school, even in the summer. I'm not sure what more could be done. Hire people to chew it for them?
As for adults, I can think of at least four places in my medium-sized city where you can get a free meal, no questions asked.
A couple of them might read you a sermon (quelle horreur!), but nothing says you have to pay attention to it.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 03, 2026 06:48 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 03, 2026
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What a nice image and turn of phrase! Yours?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 06:48 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 03, 2026 06:48 PM (fkjGs)
Posted by: tubal at July 03, 2026 06:49 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026 06:49 PM (Ot/FD)
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He has the drawers facing the audience.
- it's the drawers of the desk, he's not mooning his constituents yet. -
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 06:49 PM (ogcfP)
Anyone ask the Isaaq / Somalilanders if they volunteered to be raped and plundered by Ilhan's bros?
Posted by: gKWVE at July 03, 2026 06:49 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 03, 2026 06:50 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 03, 2026 06:50 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2026 06:45 PM (afJtY)
I can't decide if I would rather see the retard order the NYPD to arrest Netanyahu, or have the meeting held elsewhere because Trump already booted the UN the fuck out of the US.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 03, 2026 06:52 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 03, 2026 06:50 PM (ndZc7)
Was it a young goat, perchance?
Posted by: tubal at July 03, 2026 06:52 PM (Gqar8)
One knocks him down, a second sucker punches him in the head as he is trying to get up and then...a female cop rushes in and pushes him up against the wall. He takes a swing and...she arrests him.
Reading about it on facebook the leftist response is "he took a swing at a cop the fact he was assaulted before that doesn't matter". Note the time between the sucker punch to the head and the female cop pushing him against the wall was about 1s.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 03, 2026 06:52 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 06:46 PM (wzUl9)
Yes. A nice low-mile unmolested original car. Had something go haywire in a rebuilt engine, which it should never have needed.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 06:52 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 03, 2026 06:52 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 03, 2026 06:52 PM (kpS4V)
Careful what you ask for.
Posted by: tubal at July 03, 2026 06:53 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Biggus at July 03, 2026 06:53 PM (76a83)
Somali like the country from Black Hawk Down? What does that have to do with the US?!?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 03, 2026 06:53 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 03, 2026 06:54 PM (xcxpd)
One thing that annoyed me about Heavy Metal is the framing device of the Loc-Nar, avatar of Ultimate Evil, taking the whole movie to brag about being such a badass... to a pre-teen girl. What a waste of his time.
On the other hand, he ends up blowing himself to pieces before she reincarnates as the hot warrior chick. Serves the stupid fucker right.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 03, 2026 06:54 PM (y9nCu)
Could use it, not the severe part though
Posted by: Skip
Really? Thanks. I've got the remains of a zero-turn to cover up.
Posted by: t-bird at July 03, 2026 06:54 PM (9q3gn)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026 06:54 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2026 06:54 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 06:54 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 06:48 PM (wzUl9
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No, Wolfie, apparently it's an old saying. My dad used to tell Li'l Eris it was the Devil's milk wagon.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 03, 2026 06:55 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Don Black says keep on rockin' in the free world at July 03, 2026 06:55 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2026 06:45 PM (afJtY)
Netanyahu should send a hit squad to kidnap Madmani, rendition his to Israel, quick trial for terrorism, and then public execution by gunshot to the head. Use a Luger for style points.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 06:55 PM (1z8ji)
Neapolitan ice cream for dessert.
Posted by: Don Black says keep on rockin' in the free world at July 03, 2026 06:55 PM (ZxPkt)
Pork chops and applesauce. A classic.
Posted by: tubal at July 03, 2026 06:56 PM (Gqar8)
I think the shortest time on record may have been when Michelle Phillips and Dennis Hopper were married for eight days back in 1970.
Presumably they ran out of drugs and had an "OMG what have we done?" moment.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 03, 2026 06:56 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: 18-1
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Plenty, that's why they shouldn't be here.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 06:56 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 06:55 PM (1z8ji)
A Mauser would be more appropriate for killing a rat....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026 06:56 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July
Oh dear. That will put you in a bind.
Okay, I am so sorry, I couldn’t help it. But seriously, probiotics? Fiber? More water?
Posted by: Piper at July 03, 2026 06:56 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2026 06:57 PM (afJtY)
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Netanyahu should send a hit squad to kidnap Madmani, rendition his to Israel, quick trial for terrorism, and then public execution by gunshot to the head. Use a Luger for style points.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 06:55 PM (1z8ji)
Well if *that's* an option can we vote??? I'd like Tampon Timmeh and Ilhan BroFo yanked.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 03, 2026 06:57 PM (R+iUD)
Listen to his speech. That's pretty much exactly what he did.
A Ugandan muslim who has only been a US citizen for 8 years lecturing on what it means to be an American.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 03, 2026 06:58 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Biggus
Well, it all started when I woke up and went into the bathroom . . .
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 03, 2026 06:58 PM (ndZc7)
If the US/Israel regularly did this most anti-American/Israeli actions would cease.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 03, 2026 06:58 PM (sKqQm)
Thank You and Praise Allah...
Posted by: Mayor Mandami of NYC at July 03, 2026 06:58 PM (KMrJn)
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A Ugandan muslim who has only been a US citizen for 8 years lecturing on what it means to be an American.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 03, 2026 06:58 PM (viF8m)
Little bitch IS the wrong color: commie red.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 03, 2026 06:59 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: RatSheeta Taliban and O'CrazyHo-Tittycaca at July 03, 2026 06:59 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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The Japanese had style. Tie a man to a bamboo tree in the forest and watch the new shoots grow.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 07:00 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: National Lampoon at July 03, 2026 07:00 PM (g7saB)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 03, 2026 06:57 PM (R+iUD)
It doesn't have to be limited, does it. Have "known foreigners" do the dirty war shit that Americans won't do. "Oh, such a pity that young Bumblefuck got scragged. But it's foreigners doing that, and we have no way to stop them. We try, of course. Top men and whammen from the FBI are on it."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 07:00 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 03, 2026 [
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Looks okay. The last thread is from Blaine as of 7/2, and the last message in the thread is from you.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 07:01 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 03, 2026 07:02 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 07:02 PM (Ia/+0)
Use a Luger for style points.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 06:55 PM (1z8ji)
A Mauser would be more appropriate for killing a rat....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026 06:56 PM (Ot/FD)
Yep, especially since the Bolsheviks LOVED the C96 broomhandle Mausers.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 03, 2026 07:02 PM (y9nCu)
You're as Ugandan as i am, dickhead. And you're as Ugandan as you are American, too.
Fucking poser.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026 07:02 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2026 07:02 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July
Ozempic or pain medication? Both will do a number on you. A number 2 becomes a number negative 2, you might say.
I went through that post-surgery recently, though not to the point of needing to go to the hospital.
Epsom salts always does the job for me, although not in the "gentle" way the OTC meds like to tout. It's more like the Vandals sacking Rome.
But if it's necessary, it's necessary.
Posted by: RatSheeta Taliban and O'CrazyHo-Tittycaca at July 03, 2026 07:02 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 03, 2026 07:03 PM (y7IOQ)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 03, 2026
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I went to my tenth and twentieth. I wasn't living here so I don't know if they had a thirtieth, and the fiftieth would have fallen during the Sniffle Scare.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 07:03 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: tubal at July 03, 2026 06:47 PM (Gqar
I don't have it here. No real need. Could get a window-shaker cheap enough.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 07:03 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 03, 2026 07:04 PM (XvL8K)
That was the way the Romans operated.
They'd conquer a region and install non-Roman auxiliaries to "govern" the shit out of it. When the natives become too restless, the Romans would come back to be viewed as saviors.
The Brits did more than a bit of this, too.
Posted by: RatSheeta Taliban and O'CrazyHo-Tittycaca at July 03, 2026 07:05 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 03, 2026 07:02 PM (y9nCu)
I like the image of a Nazi-identified weapon being used to off a Nazi.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 07:05 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Mmmm...boobage... at July 03, 2026 07:06 PM (TbWk/)
The Palantir chief repeatedly framed the issue as one of national security, saying military customers and operators of critical infrastructure wanted greater control over AI models, computing resources and proprietary data.
“Those warfighters have serious trust issues,”
...
when the Department of War goes to you and says, ‘I need this application’ – ... Are we really going to outsource the battlefield of this country to the consensus view in Silicon Valley?
That is effing insane.”
https://tinyurl.com/4n7k6twf
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 07:06 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026 07:07 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 03, 2026 07:08 PM (3Ope8)
You shit out an alien chest buster with glow in the dak testicle who sang show tunes while doing a buck and wing and inseminate three 19 y/o French/Vietnamese librarians?
Me too!
Posted by: Biggus at July 03, 2026 07:08 PM (76a83)
#BREAKING : At least 3 people were shot at Fairlane Mall in Dearborn Friday afternoon. There may have been two shooters, according to sources. We are working to gather more details. Stay with MDN.
https://tinyurl.com/mr3ujhks
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Video at link. No word on whether the shooter was M to F or F to M.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 03, 2026 07:09 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 03, 2026 07:09 PM (fkjGs)
#BREAKING : At least 3 people were shot at Fairlane Mall in Dearborn Friday afternoon. There may have been two shooters, according to sources. We are working to gather more details. Stay with MDN.
https://tinyurl.com/mr3ujhks
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Video at link. No word on whether the shooter was M to F or F to M.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 03, 2026 07:09 PM (ndZc7)
Dearbon? Could be another type of mystery contestant.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 03, 2026 07:09 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026 07:07 PM (Ot/FD)
They'll jam given any excuse whatsoever.
Like much German engineering, they're designed and built like fine jewelry, but when faced with real world dirt and other harsh conditions, they don't work so well.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 03, 2026 07:09 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 03, 2026 07:09 PM (ndZc7)
Dearborn. So probably just "M".
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026 07:10 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026
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Donald Hamilton had Matt Helm say it was a gun that had to pull around fourteen corners until it got to where the bullet goes off.
For my part, I loved the one I got to fire at a range. The grip fitted my hand as if carved for it, and my shots seemed to go exactly where I was pointing the gun (yes, I used the sights).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 07:10 PM (wzUl9)
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There's some interesting, not highly published things going on in Africa. Israel has and has had SF stationed in Somalia.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 07:10 PM (ogcfP)
Like much German engineering, they're designed and built like fine jewelry, but when faced with real world dirt and other harsh conditions, they don't work so well.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 03, 2026 07:09 PM (IG3/x)
For the purpose of a televised execution, it only needs to fire the round already chambered.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 07:12 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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Good target pistol?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 07:12 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 07:10 PM (ogcfP)
I thought their presence was in Somaliland. Are they in both? Neither is a real country, so I suppose it doesn't make much difference.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 03, 2026 07:12 PM (BI5O2)
For the purpose of a televised execution, it only needs to fire the round already chambered.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 07:12 PM (1z8ji)
Ready... Aim....
Commercial!
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026 07:13 PM (Ot/FD)
Oh I would love it if he tried that crap. Mamdani would look as stupid as he sounds. The US military would take over NYC.
Mamdani would be rotting in a jail cell somewhere.
Posted by: Case at July 03, 2026 07:13 PM (IY9No)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 03, 2026 07:14 PM (BI5O2)
REPORT: Acting DNI Bill Pulte Fires Dozens of ODNI Staff for Politicizing Intelligence, Insubordination, Gross Misconduct
Posted by: Kindltot at July 03, 2026 07:14 PM (rbvCR)
REPORT: Acting DNI Bill Pulte Fires Dozens of ODNI Staff for Politicizing Intelligence, Insubordination, Gross Misconduct
Posted by: Kindltot at July 03, 2026 07:14 PM (rbvCR)
HA HA!
Enjoy the weekend, assholes.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 03, 2026 07:15 PM (R+iUD)
Both The Fifth Element and that particular segment of Heavy Metal are based on the same Moebius bande dessinée.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 03, 2026 07:15 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 07:12 PM (ogcfP)
They are a pleasure to shoot, and the original ones are pretty accurate (especially given the time period).
I'd never rely on one as a personal defense weapon, though.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 03, 2026 07:15 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026 07:15 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
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Me too!
Posted by: Han Solo at July 03, 2026 07:17 PM (XeU6L)
Damn, did the weather get stormy fast. Ralphy is always with me. Snowflake is in. I let my friends know I'm catnapping her so she stays safe.
I'll bring in the emergency litter box. Since I shut off the computer, maybe horror movies.
The dog and cat laying together on the bed together is always so cute.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 03, 2026 07:17 PM (Sco7b)
It was like a gigantic hair dryer out there.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026 07:18 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Alphabet Soup Assholes at July 03, 2026 07:18 PM (g7saB)
Dr. Maalouf
@realMaalouf
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2h
The Egyptian Football Association posted a video titled: “The Secret to Victory.”
They openly state that the key to victory is to begin the match by cursing Christians and Jews.
Before each match, the team gathers to recite Quranic passages calling Christians and Jews infidels under Allah’s wrath.
Coptic Christians make up 15% of Egypt’s population, but they are not allowed to be part of the national team.
For some reason, FIFA thinks this is ok.
Posted by: beckster at July 03, 2026 07:18 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2026 07:02 PM (afJtY)
A pretty devout Catholic (not pope frankie) church there.
Posted by: Eromero at July 03, 2026 07:20 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: beckster at July 03, 2026 07:18 PM (kX27y)
And yet they'll gladly play the infidel's faggy little kickball sport across the major cities of the Infidel Home World knowing they ain't got a goat's chance in Gaza of winning anyway.
Get bent, camel fuckers.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026 07:21 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 03, 2026 07:22 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 03, 2026 07:22 PM (u73oe)
For one thing, their women are a lot hotter.
Strike that: Egyptian women might be hot, you just can't tell under the burqa.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 03, 2026 07:22 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 07:23 PM (1z8ji)
REPORT: Acting DNI Bill Pulte Fires Dozens of ODNI Staff for Politicizing Intelligence, Insubordination, Gross Misconduct
Posted by: Kindltot at July 03, 2026 07:14 PM (rbvCR)
HA HA!
Enjoy the weekend, assholes.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
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Happy Independence Day, traitors.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 07:23 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2026 07:24 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2026 07:02 PM (afJtY)
A pretty devout Catholic (not pope frankie) church there.
There is a video on youboobs somewhere from the 1970s of Idi Amin on "maneuvers" with his troops practicing invading Israel while Idi talks about it. Hilarious. I would have read Idi's book but I think he was illiterate.
Posted by: Zombie General George Patton at July 03, 2026 07:24 PM (g7saB)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 03, 2026 07:24 PM (BI5O2)
Possibly a sane group trying to make it so.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 07:25 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 07:23 PM (1z8ji)
Block and tackle.
Posted by: Eromero at July 03, 2026 07:26 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 03, 2026 07:26 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Ben Had
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Karp doesn't use a lot of words about the changes that are coming but they are unnerving by the extent they portend.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 07:29 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 03, 2026 07:09 PM (fkjGs)
You including the FIFA tourists?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 03, 2026 07:31 PM (ZVgZ4)
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Didn't have anything to do w/Karp exposing them as cheats or sharing miltec w/other countries. 'effing insane', his words.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 07:35 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
>It's a wonderful time of the year for tourism. Welcome. Have fun, bask in the splendor of America.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 03, 2026 07:38 PM (fkjGs)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 07:44 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Come-along, wheel chocks.
Posted by: Han Solo at July 03, 2026 07:45 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Paul at July 03, 2026 07:55 PM (8cR35)
btw, Leo is an heretic.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 03, 2026 08:22 PM (qFwJc)
Wait. No one mentioned picking up a Redhead in a taxi?
Posted by: Blanco at July 04, 2026 10:03 AM (rnXoa)
Everyone Hates Thieves and Wants to See Them Hurt Open Thread
I don't know if this is real or if they're paying the "thieves" to take the bikes. This seems like a huge lawsuit and possibly a crime.
Let's assume it's real. It looks real. Putting out a bait bike for thieves to steal. The trick is, the seat has an explosively-deployed airbag hidden in the seat. Skip to 6:30 if you want to jump past all the preamble.This one is much more watchable. The seat has mini-spikes, but the danger isn't that they'll pierce the thief. The danger is that they're electrified.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: bluebell at July 03, 2026 05:22 PM (FJTaH)
This feels almost pornographic.
"Ah yeah, they get what's coming to them. They're asking for it. Yeah. They're all asking for it... etc."
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 03, 2026 05:22 PM (mPXxA)
Posted by: bluebell at July 03, 2026 05:23 PM (FJTaH)
Posted by: man at July 03, 2026 05:23 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Turn 2 at July 03, 2026 05:23 PM (Y2/Vj)
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at July 03, 2026 05:24 PM (AGz65)
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at July 03, 2026 05:25 PM (AGz65)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 03, 2026 05:26 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Mikey at July 03, 2026 05:27 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: steevy at July 03, 2026 05:28 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 03, 2026 05:30 PM (bAJQW)
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at July 03, 2026 05:30 PM (V362x)
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 05:30 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at July 03, 2026 05:30 PM (V362x)
That's class.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 03, 2026 05:31 PM (dK+Kv)
Got cancelled because the Amish were shown on every episode stealing the Bair Cars left at their lower income farms and fields.
Posted by: Roy Munson at July 03, 2026 05:31 PM (g7saB)
https://youtube.com/shorts/_yvdl5fUJyo
Might be a cartel guy having fun.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 03, 2026 05:31 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 03, 2026 05:35 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at July 03, 2026 05:35 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 03, 2026 05:30 PM (bAJQW)
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Concur.
Posted by: mrp at July 03, 2026 05:36 PM (rj6Yv)
I hate thieves, too. I knew a very well-dressed, well-educated girl who always took things back to the store after she broke them and constantly stole dishes from restaurants. If she knew anyone who worked in any kind of service industry, she always pressured them to give her the service free -- free carwash, free haircut, whatever. I don't even like it on that level.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 05:37 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 03, 2026 05:38 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 05:38 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: pookysgirl needs to watch that movie again at July 03, 2026 05:38 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 03, 2026 05:41 PM (2Ez/1)
The bag's typically wired to a lamppost or other sturdy thing nearby. The goon eyes it, makes a grab, runs off, and when the extent of the wire is reached, he/she gets a rude awakening.
And a beatdown.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 03, 2026 05:41 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 03, 2026 05:30 PM (bAJQW)
He's probably paying some of these homeless looking guys $500 a pop to jump on and ride for 10 seconds.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 03, 2026 05:41 PM (6ydKt)
And folks started early this morning firing fireworks off their decks and porches. It's still going on.
'Murica!
Posted by: Tonypete at July 03, 2026 05:41 PM (NXz0i)
Instead, YouTube jumps to their feet to throw copyright strikes at someone just because another party claims it to be so,....without due diligence.
Posted by: Orson at July 03, 2026 05:42 PM (dIske)
Then he left it unlocked.
This would've been about 25 years ago. I don't think it would work today -- they'll steal anything.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 03, 2026 05:43 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 03, 2026 05:41 PM (2Ez/1)
Mark's stuff is harmless other than something they've got to clean off.
Some people don't think those are real.
I tend to think they are.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 03, 2026 05:43 PM (6ydKt)
I much preferred the Olivier version. No quarrel with Ian McKellen's 1930s-costume version of Richard III, though. I just thought R-III was one of Olivier's best film performances-- maybe his best.
Posted by: mnw at July 03, 2026
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I just was impressed with the imagination of it -- to make England under Richard a 1930s-dress creeping-Fascist state, to use the lines of Marlowe's "The Passionate Shepherd" as the lyrics of a nightclub song, etc.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 05:44 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at July 03, 2026 05:44 PM (0aYVJ)
They're a little reminiscent of those "bombs" for porch pirates: the first ones were almost certainly real, but then actors and AI got involved, and 90% of the newer videos are clearly fake. Unfortunately, these seem to fall into the same boat.
Posted by: Dr. T at July 03, 2026 05:45 PM (jGGMD)
"What does 'e think we are? T'ieves?!"
Posted by: pookysgirl needs to watch that movie again at July 03, 2026 05:38 PM (Wt5PA)
That is definitely one of my top 10 desert island movies.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at July 03, 2026 05:47 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 03, 2026 05:48 PM (yEz+x)
Hey, four seasons, good to see you.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 05:48 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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I said decorous, by ignorance of the language, thinking decorous as related to decoration; bunting, frills and gold lamé.
-The first president to say "fuck" and "shit" in public and rip ungrammatical, misspelled, overpunctuated Truths and engage in hyperbole to the point that we always have to remind critics not to take him literally. The Chief Hyperbolist. A guy who needlessly provokes allies (the Meloni kerfuffle) and -- what was it, sort of brushed dandruff off Macron's shoulders and said his wife has nice legs? This isn't exactly decorum. -
Yeah, he's a shocker - on purpose. I love it.
What you're asking for - hearken back to those first presidential debates and why Trump won. I couldn't stand him before the debates - In the debate he proved to be the man for the job and the others weak sisters.
He knows manners and can be the gentleman amongst gentlemen but he's the leader of the world and everything he does is with designed intent for maximum effect. He has a mission with only so much time to fulfill it. He has no time for foppery.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 05:49 PM (ogcfP)
Got cancelled because the Amish were shown on every episode stealing the Bair Cars left at their lower income farms and fields.
Posted by: Roy Munson at July 03, 2026 05:31 PM (g7saB)
Thanks. I've posted about 'Bait Car' here a few times. People can catch it on YouTube.
In reality, it's kind of surprising that the show ever made it to air.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 03, 2026 05:49 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Dr. T at July 03, 2026 05:45 PM (jGGMD)
Yeah. A lot of what the youngsters call AI slop. I watch a lot of short utoob vidyas, and I can spot the fakey stuff pretty quickly.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at July 03, 2026 05:50 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: The Ballots at July 03, 2026 05:50 PM (jrgJz)
Braenyard,
I hope you are having a great day.
Hubby is dealing with meds for thyroid problems now. I sure hope we can get his meds straightened out.
He is 80 and we don't know if he needs them.
Is it Big Pharma? Who knows anymore.
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 05:53 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Piper at July 03, 2026 05:53 PM (p4NUW)
There is a clip from Mexico, Mexican Batman catches motorcycle thieves and Duct tapes them to telephone poles, the bike next to them and the word thief written on their forehead.
- so much tape they look like a mummy -
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 05:53 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: The Ballots at July 03, 2026 05:50 PM (jrgJz)
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Yeah, carjackers in Brazil must have slept through the physics class. They keep coming a stop on exit ramps in front of a box truck and throwing their hands up thinking that will keep them from becoming two-dimensional roadkill. THOSE aren't staged...but they are entertaining.
Posted by: Orson at July 03, 2026 05:54 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Piper at July 03, 2026
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Cocktail time?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 05:55 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at July 03, 2026 05:44 PM
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The $100 bill peeking out from under a car tire.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 03, 2026 05:55 PM (2Ez/1)
There is a clip from Mexico, Mexican Batman catches motorcycle thieves and Duct tapes them to telephone poles, the bike next to them and the word thief written on their forehead.
- so much tape they look like a mummy -
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 05:53 PM (ogcfP)
__________________________
Last night's ONT.... "YO SOY, BATMAN!!!"
Posted by: Orson at July 03, 2026 05:55 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Piper's mother in law at July 03, 2026 05:56 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Will Robinson at July 03, 2026 05:57 PM (4a6AT)
All Whorled Cup stuff on TV this evening; no Jeopardy! How long does this WC stuff go on? It feels like it's been on TV since the millennium.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 05:57 PM (wzUl9)
Was soft in those days. Let them live.
Posted by: Rorschach at July 03, 2026 05:57 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Elric the Blade
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Something's got to give. YTs are lies or AI lies, search engines are crap, the AI on search engines will drive you off a cliff. Is it a communist conspiracy to confuse reality? It's worse than that, it's a game that too many want to play.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 05:57 PM (ogcfP)
Nun: “Is something wrong, my son?”
Driver: “I’ve always had a fantasy of being kissed by a nun.”
The nun agrees, but only if he is single and Catholic. He says he is. She gives him a long, passionate kiss.
The driver starts crying.
Nun: “Why are you crying?”
Driver: “I lied. I’m married and I’m Jewish.”
Nun: “That’s okay. My name is Kevin and I’m on my way to a costume party.”
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 03, 2026 05:57 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 05:58 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at July 03, 2026 05:50 PM (0aYVJ)
You know, everyone thinks that.
But maybe you're just spotting the bad stuff.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 03, 2026 05:59 PM (IG3/x)
Most stuff we see today is all about people getting clicks.
Look at me, I'm gonna be famous because I get so many clicks.
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 06:00 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: nurse ratched
When the courts went all wishy-washy and "punishment" became a joke.
The asshoe what broke into Dad's house stole all kinds of stuff for a couple of DAYS... neighbors witnessed and called police.
Asshoe got a ticket for trespassing, a mere misdemeanor. He was *sniffle, sniffle* hOmELeSs, *waah* so they probably also waived his fine.
I feel lucky the jerk was too stupid to claim he was renting the place!
Posted by: JQ at July 03, 2026 06:00 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 03, 2026 06:00 PM (qgNn3)
Posted by: Piper at July 03, 2026
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Cocktail time?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July
I am not a big drinker, but if J was here and offered a wine spritzer, I would probably say yes. He gets home today, but no idea what time. I probably should consider making something for dinner…I guess. lol.
Posted by: Piper at July 03, 2026 06:02 PM (OoFl2)
A. Because we gave them an L in 1776.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 03, 2026 06:02 PM (IG3/x)
Just read that Swift and her guy are now married.
I guess we'll see lots of coverage of the honeymoon now, ugh.
Why can't rich people enjoy their money in private.
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 06:03 PM (/QHx4)
I'm so old I remember seeing that one when it was brand new. The shock of the surprise ending has stayed with me to this day.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 06:04 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 03, 2026 06:04 PM (cWLG3)
I guess we'll see lots of coverage of the honeymoon now, ugh.
Why can't rich people enjoy their money in private.
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026
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It was today? Thought it was going to be held tomorrow.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 06:04 PM (wzUl9)
Is it Big Pharma? Who knows anymore.
Posted by: four seasons
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There is evil Big Pharma but most in the industry are trying to do good things. Thyroid health is one of them. There was much discussion last night on the subject as it became apparent that many of us are on thyroid meds.
Basically it's a simple test for, free TSH, TSH close or above the reference range indicates that the thyroid is not putting out enough and needs supplementation. Obtaining the correct dosage takes a while. Dosage is in micro grams not milligrams.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 06:05 PM (ogcfP)
All Whorled Cup stuff on TV this evening; no Jeopardy! How long does this WC stuff go on? It feels like it's been on TV since the millennium.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
July 19
Posted by: Piper at July 03, 2026 06:06 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 06:06 PM (Ia/+0)
Braenyard,
Yes trying to get the correct dosage is a trial.
It's been three weeks so far. Hoping to get the correct dosage soon.
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 06:07 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 03, 2026 06:07 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Eromero at July 03, 2026 06:08 PM (LHPAg)
El Hombre Murcielago
Posted by: Kindltot at July 03, 2026 06:07 PM (rbvCR)
——
[perks up]
— Lamborghini
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 03, 2026 06:08 PM (bAJQW)
I guess we'll see lots of coverage of the honeymoon now, ugh.
Why can't rich people enjoy their money in private.
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026
***
It was today? Thought it was going to be held tomorrow.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 06:04 PM (wzUl9)
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So close to pride month?!
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 03, 2026 06:08 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Eromero at July 03, 2026 06:08 PM (LHPAg)
{{{Mr. and Mrs. E}}}
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 03, 2026 06:09 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 06:09 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 05:57 PM (wzUl9)
Final game is July 19.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 03, 2026 06:10 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Piper at July 03, 2026 06:10 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026
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The ONTVTonight website I've been using to see the schedule of the channels I watch has it all screwed up, and only lists one episode no matter what time slot you pick, the very first one with Earl Holliman. Other channels are fine.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 06:10 PM (wzUl9)
El Hombre Murcielago
Posted by: Kindltot at July 03, 2026
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"Murcielago" makes me think of "mucilage."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 06:11 PM (wzUl9)
Miranda Devine
@mirandadevine
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51m
There should be a rule that only native-born New Yorkers can become mayor. Not some guy born in Uganda who was only naturalized eight years ago. And give back the desk, Commie.
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John Ʌ Konrad V
@johnkonrad
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4h
“They tell you America belongs only to those with the right accent or skin color.”
Go fuck yourself, pinko.
Posted by: beckster at July 03, 2026 06:12 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
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July 19
Posted by: Piper at July 03, 2026
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Two more weeks and more??? Gah.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 06:13 PM (wzUl9)
If you were filthy rich what would you do?
We would help our family and buy an island somewhere.
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 06:09 PM (/QHx4)
I would give 90 % away, with the rest I would ensure you folks were 'prepared'.
Posted by: Eromero at July 03, 2026 06:14 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 03, 2026 06:15 PM (O7YUW)
I suppose that is what he was going for. It's one of those dominance moves like broadcasting the "Call to Prayer" in an American city where Muslims make up a small percentage of the overall population.
Posted by: Orson at July 03, 2026 06:16 PM (dIske)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 03, 2026 06:16 PM (3Ope8)
This feels almost pornographic.
"Ah yeah, they get what's coming to them. They're asking for it. Yeah. They're all asking for it... etc."
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 03, 2026 05:22 PM (mPXxA)
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I learned a new phrase the other day, "violet wand", which sounds charmingly Victorian. It was from that Reed College fetish class and DIY kink craft workshop article Ace linked. I had to look it up, naturally:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Erotic_electrostimulation#Violet_wands
The things you learn here.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 03, 2026 06:18 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 03, 2026 06:18 PM (qgNn3)
Seven y/o grandson is spending the day with us.
He's a great kid. For some reason he is hooked on Mah-Jongg, just like my husband.
It's refreshing to see him playing that instead of playing games on line.
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 06:18 PM (/QHx4)
To be fair, there's an actual chance Team USA will win the whole thing, which would be the funniest shit ever.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 03, 2026 06:18 PM (xComp)
We were born in civilization and it seems it has been crumbling ever since.
Posted by: ... at July 03, 2026 06:19 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 06:19 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 03, 2026 06:19 PM (fkjGs)
AmericaMaxxing.
I love it.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 03, 2026 06:20 PM (kpS4V)
Ackshully, I'd try to behave such that no one would ever know. I certainly wouldn't plaster my name on stadiums, hospitals, etc. True charity is anonymous.
But I would give it all away. I might even super-size my fries.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 03, 2026 06:20 PM (NXz0i)
Posted by: Neighbor Lawrence at July 03, 2026 06:21 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 06:22 PM (/QHx4)
I'm so old I remember seeing that one when it was brand new. The shock of the surprise ending has stayed with me to this day.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 06:04 PM (wzUl9)
Not too many living actors remain from the original Twilight Zone....Bill Shatner, Vera Miles, Antoinette Bower, Ruta Lee and Billy Mumy. Ann Blyth passed away two weeks ago.
Posted by: Joemarine at July 03, 2026 06:22 PM (y171U)
Point being I lived an entire life without 2 second, 20 second or 250 second people acting stupid videos. I've had my fill of people acting stupid or being stupid in real life. And their dumb opinions for that matter. So I will continue in my bliss of not watching shorts, vines, tiktok or the assorted YouTube dumbness. Party pooper? Maybe. Sane? Also maybe.
Most of the time.
Posted by: ... at July 03, 2026 06:23 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 03, 2026 06:23 PM (R+iUD)
Most of the time.
Posted by: ... at July 03, 2026 06:23 PM (vE0+H)
I wonder if the bungee jumper vendors refunded bungee jumper girl's money to her family because they owe her a refund.
Posted by: Eromero at July 03, 2026 06:26 PM (LHPAg)
Make sure my boys never had to worry about money.
Get my 2009outback detailed.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 03, 2026 06:26 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: ... at July 03, 2026 06:27 PM (vE0+H)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Erotic_electrostimulation#Violet_wands
The things you learn here.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 03, 2026 06:18 PM (kpS4V)
"a collet (7/16" in the United States, 11 mm in Europe)"
Once again we have the need to own at least two sets of tools. Maybe three if you have an old British model that uses Whitworth standard.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 03, 2026 06:33 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 03, 2026 06:36 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 03, 2026 06:36 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 03, 2026 06:33 PM (IG3/x)
I have Whitworth because of the older triumph motorcycles. Not that I work on them, but a few friends had them and they were stupid, so...
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 03, 2026 06:39 PM (snZF9)
Ackshully, I'd try to behave such that no one would ever know. I certainly wouldn't plaster my name on stadiums, hospitals, etc. True charity is anonymous.
But I would give it all away. I might even super-size my fries.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 03, 2026 06:20 PM (NXz0i)
I'm rich!! It's mine, mine, MINE!!!
Posted by: Daffy Duck at July 03, 2026 07:12 PM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: coki at July 03, 2026 09:46 PM (KWJY3)
Beaver ♥ Banana Open Thread
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: tcn in AK at July 03, 2026 04:21 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 03, 2026 04:23 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: ... at July 03, 2026 04:23 PM (vE0+H)
What are we? 13 years old!?
(I hear this from the lovely Mrs., multiple times a week)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 03, 2026 04:25 PM (NXz0i)
Posted by: Orson at July 03, 2026 04:26 PM (dIske)
I find it curious that the illegal immigrant who killed the cop in PA got his CDL in Massachusetts, which requires the applicant to have a valid Social Security Number.
Posted by: Orson
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Every requirement creates a new racket.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 04:28 PM (mmrXZ)
Somebody from the GOP, Vance or Rubio in all likelihood, will don the red crown of MAGA and immediately seek to coopt the movement on behalf of the Party that's been his nursing sow since he was but a young piglet.
I agree. Trump is sui generis, and despite his flaws and missed opportunities (GITMO ought to be choked full of political traitors), whomever succeeds him will not be nearly as ballsy and bull-in-china-shop as he.
All I have left to live for (on the political front) is the day when the tumbrils roll and the left begs for a gentle, merciful POTUS like Trump.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 03, 2026 04:29 PM (qRla/)
Posted by: Orson at July 03, 2026 04:26 PM (dIske)
Hey, that was a perfectly valid number he gave.
Not his.
But valid!
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026 04:29 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 03, 2026 04:30 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 03, 2026 04:30 PM (QVmho)
Ratatouille grossed me out, and I only watched a couple of video clips from the movie.
Posted by: mrp at July 03, 2026 04:31 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 03, 2026 04:33 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 03, 2026 04:30 PM (6ydKt)
____________________________
Euphemism?
Posted by: Orson at July 03, 2026 04:33 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 04:34 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, waxing glyphic at July 03, 2026 04:35 PM (XeU6L)
Afternoon, all, for this Independence Day Eve!
That land acknowledgment stuff mentioned by Buck earlier today . . . My former employer jumped on that bandwagon years ago. At our monthly Zoom meeting, I recall at one point my boss discussing who would be the one to deliver the "land acknowledgment" at some on-campus conference. Imagine my relief when he did not ask me.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 04:36 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, waxing glyphic at July 03, 2026
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Just now, when I brought some trash to the dumpster, I carefully did not look at the temp or the heat index before I went. I'd have a retroactive heat stroke.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 04:37 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at July 03, 2026 04:38 PM (76a83)
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Only last night a mouse met its end in a trap set in the basement.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, waxing glyphic at July 03, 2026 04:38 PM (XeU6L)
All I have left to live for (on the political front) is the day when the tumbrils roll and the left begs for a gentle, merciful POTUS like Trump.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 03, 2026 04:29 PM (qRla/)
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The person who follows DJT won't have to be DJT II to succeed in his/her term. DJT blasted the doors wide open, and then he hired competent door blasters in their own right. If they didn't meet DJT's expectations for Cabinet-level door blasting, he pushed them out the door and hired pros to replace them.
The new guy/gal only needs to keep the doors open and to hire people skilled in anti-Commie mop-up operations.
Posted by: mrp at July 03, 2026 04:38 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 04:39 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Piper at July 03, 2026 04:40 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 03, 2026 04:41 PM (itsE0)
Somewhere I read that beavers mate for life. And that, among animals who do that, the female is always the dominant one of the couple. Wonder why . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 04:39 PM (wzUl9)
___________
Q: Why do husbands die before their wives?
A: They want to.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 03, 2026 04:41 PM (O0L8i)
Should have had it at beginning. Would have saved a lot of boredom
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 03, 2026 04:41 PM (itsE0)
The person who follows DJT won't have to be DJT II to succeed in his/her term.
Posted by: mrp
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I got willowed saying pretty much the same thing. Just because Rubio and Vance don't rant and joke like Trump doesn't mean they aren't MAGA and don't have the fire in their bellies.
In fact, as much as we've enjoyed Trump's way with words, I think it will be nice to have the more decorous, articulate version of MAGA going forward. I do hope we get to keep Stephen Miller, though. I like his creativity.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 04:42 PM (mmrXZ)
*tugs collar, starts sweating profusely*
Posted by: Tonypete at July 03, 2026 04:42 PM (NXz0i)
She needed one printed document for a 10 a.m. Oval Office meeting with the President. A mid-level staffer ... detailed from another agency ... decided he didn’t like what was on it, printed it anyway, then locked it in his desk and refused to hand it over. Her chief of staff went down. Her general counsel went down. Both got told to pound sand until the guy’s real boss at his home agency finally gave permission.
That’s the “deep state.”
Posted by: SMOD at July 03, 2026 04:42 PM (jPf86)
The National Weather Service, Accuweather and other meteorologists are warning people across Western North Carolina and the rest of the state that the feels-like temperatures are expected to push into the triple digits thanks to a heat dome settling over the Southeast ahead of July 4 holiday.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, in W.NC at July 03, 2026 04:42 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 03, 2026 04:43 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 03, 2026 04:43 PM (itsE0)
Lemmon seems much more restrained as Felix than Tony Randall (who was great) did in the TV series.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 04:43 PM (wzUl9)
It’s a real shame Ron DeSantis isn’t charismatic. MAGA could use him in 2028.
Posted by: Ann at July 03, 2026 04:44 PM (SHHm+)
I guess they sort of look like beavers. Sort of.
98° with a "heat index" of 130.5°. I'm dubious about these "index" things. But it is hot as crap out there.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 03, 2026 04:44 PM (jehhT)
A mid-level staffer ... locked it in his desk and refused to hand it over.
Posted by: SMOD
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Thanks to Trump vs Slaughter, isn't that person now subject to immediate firing?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 04:44 PM (mmrXZ)
Flip a coin why don't they?
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 04:45 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Piper at July 03, 2026 04:45 PM (p4NUW)
My late Mother and I were so blessed when they moved in. Of course, we were and are wonderful too....
I didn't see much on CNN or MS Now.
Maybe they are saving the lamentations and reciting of the sins of America to start at midnight.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 03, 2026 04:45 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Ann at July 03, 2026 04:44 PM (SHHm+)
Several people are pushing to have him made AG in 2026 ... and looking for him to stay on in that position post 2028.
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at July 03, 2026 04:47 PM (AGz65)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 03, 2026 04:47 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 04:47 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 03, 2026 04:47 PM (2WIwB)
'Lemmon' and 'restrained' seldom belong in the same sentence - unless 'restrained' is a verb.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 03, 2026 04:47 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 04:47 PM (wzUl9)
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We have here a lake named 'Beaver Lake'.A paddle boarder was pursued and bitten by a rabid beaver. Since I am concerned about over-use of the place, I urged that we rename it 'Rabid Bear Lake', to discourage use. No takers.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, in W.NC at July 03, 2026 04:47 PM (XeU6L)
Thomas Sowell: Socialism is a great idea, but it's not a great reality.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 04:47 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Admirale's Mate at July 03, 2026 04:48 PM (/enuJ)
And then what? Was the guy fired? Disciplined? Even mildly rebuked?
This is why I could never be in a government position. If my CoS told me some anonymous government slug was withholding information I asked for, I would grab a baseball bat, go to that nickelfucker's office and re-enact the banquet scene from The Untouchables.
D-LAMP made the point concerning the MFM, but it applies to all of these bastards: unless and until they feel actual, physical consequences for their actions, they will continue to sabotage.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 03, 2026 04:48 PM (qRla/)
Shootouts in sports are stupid way to.end a game to me
Flip a coin why don't they?
Posted by: Skip
What if the shootouts involved pew-pew?
Think of the coaches' dilemmas!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 03, 2026 04:48 PM (s9VOe)
Deathly allergic to coconut. Not exaggerating. Would have been dead in 1 day on Gilligan's Island.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 03, 2026 04:49 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 04:44 PM (mmrXZ)
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Yes, and his boss goes on the watch list.
Posted by: mrp at July 03, 2026 04:49 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 04:50 PM (Ia/+0)
Would have been dead in 1 day on Gilligan's Island.
Posted by: Nazdar
Motorboating Ginger had its hazards. This was known.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 03, 2026 04:50 PM (s9VOe)
Flip a coin why don't they?
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 04:45 PM (Ia/+0)
Like kissing your sister.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 03, 2026 04:50 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Nazdar at July 03, 2026 04:51 PM (NcvvS)
Deathly allergic to coconut. Not exaggerating. Would have been dead in 1 day on Gilligan's Island.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 03, 2026 04:49 PM (NcvvS
Okay, so for everyone not Nazdar, or those like him and allergic, coconut water is an excellent source of natural electrolytes. 😂. If you are allergic, do not drink. We would miss you.
Posted by: Piper at July 03, 2026 04:51 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Ann
He must have an enormous schwanstucker!
Posted by: Elizabeth at July 03, 2026 04:51 PM (76a83)
Nobody who comes from their ranks will seek to carry his torch.
You're asking for leopards to change their spots.
His successor would have to be someone from outside the Republican Party apparatus to keep any momentum going, and there is nobody like that on the radar.
It's going to be a schism and the Party will mist likely not survive it.
My hope is that his movement can weather that storm and come out intact enough to form a new Party from the wreckage. Standing strong and bluntly refusing to comply with the next stage of the shell game is key. We'll see where it goes soon.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 03, 2026 04:51 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Mo at July 03, 2026 04:52 PM (MWfyi)
At least paintballs at 20 paces might be interesting
Posted by: Skip
Having taken a paintball hit in the groin and damn close to my dangling bits, I can attest to the immense discomfort such hits deliver to you.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 03, 2026 04:52 PM (s9VOe)
Capybaras, mainly in Venezuela, Colombia, and parts of Brazil.
Then there are field mice trapped in fields in Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, then placed on sticks, cooked and sold as a dried market delicacy.
Monitor lizards in Nigeria, where they're prepared by boiling, steaming with spices (pepper, onions, tomatoes), and eaten with eba (cassava).
Insects such as mopane worms are plucked from trees, sometimes prepared with tomatoes and garlic, and sold in Southern Africa. (That's a multimillion dollar industry. Tell Hunter.)
Ostrich is often served at elegant weddings.
And the cute beavers are primarily eaten in North America and Europe. 😞
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 03, 2026 04:54 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 03, 2026 04:54 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 03, 2026 04:51 PM (BI5O2)
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GOP-e took some major primary hits this year. McConnell is a near-wrap. Murky and Collins (maybe?) might share a group hug with Thune, but that's about it.
Posted by: mrp at July 03, 2026 04:55 PM (rj6Yv)
My plan to build more windmills to power our city begins immediately.
Thank You and Praise Allah...
Posted by: Mayor Mandami of NYC at July 03, 2026 04:55 PM (8/9S0)
Posted by: Nazdar at July 03, 2026 04:56 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Will Robinson at July 03, 2026 04:56 PM (4a6AT)
Problem is goes on longer than the war did, 7 series
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 04:56 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 03, 2026 04:56 PM (NXz0i)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 03, 2026
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In the first video, that sound was actually the beaver? It sounded like a child crying.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 04:57 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 03, 2026 04:57 PM (D+BhG)
That's what surprised me at the wedding reception: it tasted great.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 03, 2026 04:58 PM (NcvvS)
She needed one printed document for a 10 a.m. Oval Office meeting with the President. A mid-level staffer ... detailed from another agency ... decided he didn’t like what was on it, printed it anyway, then locked it in his desk and refused to hand it over. Her chief of staff went down. Her general counsel went down. Both got told to pound sand until the guy’s real boss at his home agency finally gave permission.
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The mistake made here was that the DNI's staff didn't have security beat him senseless, search his person for the key or whatever, and then fire his ass from a cannon into the sun.
I have seen Feds go to extreme measures when it suits them.
This apparently didn't suit them. And that's a problem.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 03, 2026 04:58 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 03, 2026 04:51 PM (BI5O2)
That’s it. Keep fighting history.
You Will Never Get A Third Party.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 03, 2026 04:59 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 04:59 PM (/QHx4)
Thanks to Trump vs Slaughter, isn't that person now subject to immediate firing?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 04:44 PM (mmrXZ)
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Yes, and his boss goes on the watch list.
Posted by: mrp
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WELLLL...????
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 04:59 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty
😈🤣
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 03, 2026 04:59 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 03, 2026
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Same here, Fen. I can eat it, but it's not something I'd choose.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 04:59 PM (wzUl9)
Don't tell Hillary I said this.......
Posted by: Bill Clinton at July 03, 2026 05:00 PM (JQ06R)
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 05:00 PM (Ia/+0)
But I think I'll make myself some powdered lemonade, with some electrolyte salts added in. Walmart brand lemondade(made with cane sugar, so actually better than the big name brands)
Posted by: PaleRider at July 03, 2026 05:00 PM (PV+Zw)
The mistake made here was that the DNI's staff didn't have security beat him senseless, search his person for the key or whatever, and then fire his ass from a cannon into the sun.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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As I was reading the story, I was literally waiting for the "so they took a hatchet to his desk" part, but alas. Damn maddening that we haven't heard that this little fvck was fired.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 05:00 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: mrp at July 03, 2026 05:00 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Nazdar at July 03, 2026 05:01 PM (NcvvS)
- "...The Palantir chief repeatedly framed the issue as one of national security, saying military customers and operators of critical infrastructure wanted greater control over AI models, computing resources and proprietary data.
“Those war fighters have serious trust issues,” Karp said, adding that private-sector companies were asking,
“‘Why would they get access to my data if they’re gonna build my alpha? Why wouldn’t I control the weights?’
"...when the Department of War goes to you and says, ‘I need this application’ – do they get to control the weights to do it, or do you get to the control the weights?
Are we really going to outsource the battlefield of this country to the consensus view in Silicon Valley? That is effing insane.”"-
https://tinyurl.com/4n7k6twf
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 05:01 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: Ann at July 03, 2026 05:01 PM (SHHm+)
Posted by: PaleRider
So how much liquor is added to that concoction?
Posted by: Tonypete at July 03, 2026 05:01 PM (NXz0i)
Problem is goes on longer than the war did, 7 series
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 04:56 PM (Ia/+0)
It goes by each month of the war from 1940 to 1945, I think?
Interesting series though.
Posted by: dantesed at July 03, 2026 05:03 PM (w1twS)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 03, 2026 05:03 PM (itsE0)
Flip a coin why don't they?
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 04:45 PM (Ia/+0)
Like kissing your sister.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 03, 2026 04:50 PM (2WIwB)
Don't knock it till you've tried it!
Posted by: Ahmed Nur Said Elmi at July 03, 2026 05:03 PM (qRla/)
Posted by: Piper at July 03, 2026 04:51 PM (p4NUW)
I imagine coconut milk, having more coconut than coconut water, would have even more electroglodytes, and because I add sugar to my coconut milk, along with pineapple juice, and just enough rum to stuhh-sterilize the blender, even more 'lectrograms...
Posted by: Foster Brooks at July 03, 2026 05:03 PM (nbLIj)
On a few down days, fistfuls of marshmallows. Again, the official treat of mild frustration and depression.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 03, 2026 05:03 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 05:04 PM (Ia/+0)
Oh, my, just saw this: you've never lived until you've had to stand for several hours in an un-air-conditioned room 5 feet from a trash bin with several not-entirely-empty containers of V-8. We called it 'sewer juice'.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 03, 2026 05:04 PM (NcvvS)
CALIFORNIA NEWS
Masked madman tied to White House UFC terror plot threatened July 4 attack on California city: feds
By Katie Jerkovich
Published July 3, 2026, 1:13 p.m. PT
A masked TikToker with ties to the alleged conspirators accused of planning an attack on the White House‘s UFC event threatened to attack a power grid in Sacramento on the Fourth of July, federal officials said.
Elk Grove resident Trevon McDaniel, 19, aka @the_wild_wolfspider on TikTok, was arrested this week for allegedly making threats “concerning an attempt to damage or destroy buildings or property by means of fire or explosives,” U.S. Attorney Eric Grant for the Eastern District of California announced.
Posted by: beckster at July 03, 2026 05:04 PM (kX27y)
I'll try to drop in at some point tomorrow.
Hope you all have a lovely day.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 03, 2026 05:05 PM (qRla/)
Posted by: PaleRider at July 03, 2026 05:05 PM (PV+Zw)
Posted by: Case at July 03, 2026 05:06 PM (IY9No)
Coconut cake is popular here and I never did really like it.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 03, 2026 05:06 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: PaleRider
I knew I liked you for a reason.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 03, 2026 05:07 PM (NXz0i)
Just in and out of my place to water my plants.
I'm housesitting for vacationing fam, and I don't usually have much luck getting on here with my phone.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 03, 2026 05:07 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 05:08 PM (Ia/+0)
Cleveland Clinic for benefits
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 03, 2026 05:08 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 05:09 PM (Ia/+0)
Hmm... maybe something to check the supermarket deli for.
Happy 250th, all, in case I don't get back on here.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 03, 2026 05:09 PM (IG3/x)
We have two of Cary Grant's films, but they are probably too lighthearted for Miss Linda tonight.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 05:09 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 05:09 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 03, 2026 05:09 PM (gKWVE)
Coconut water is generally safe and potentially beneficial for liver disease, but it can be highly dangerous for anyone with advanced kidney disease.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 03, 2026 05:10 PM (NFX2v)
They aren't bad with the various fruit juices in them, so they are sweet, but they all have that underlying tomato taste to them that I got tired of after awhile.
They have a newer brand named V-8 Splash (supposed to be like Fusion but more juice/sweet), and some Energy drinks, but I have never tried those.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 03, 2026 05:11 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Case at July 03, 2026
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True. Even if they had only a one-car garage, a second car could have been parked in the driveway. What if she had an emergency with one of the kids while Ward was at work?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 05:11 PM (wzUl9)
I got willowed saying pretty much the same thing. Just because Rubio and Vance don't rant and joke like Trump doesn't mean they aren't MAGA and don't have the fire in their bellies.
In fact, as much as we've enjoyed Trump's way with words, I think it will be nice to have the more decorous, articulate version of MAGA going forward. I do hope we get to keep Stephen Miller, though. I like his creativity.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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How could a president be more decorous than Trump? Not in my lifetime has there been one. This or the last century. I like Miller's rapier tongue but he rides on the shoulders of a strong man.
Trump's choice has been made and he has two more years to grow up Vance and Rubio; put steel in their spines. This coming election will tell much. God willing, we will be rid of some trash and be replaced by Trump supporters. Paxton will definitely be a thorn in Thune's side.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 05:12 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: Nazdar at July 03, 2026 05:04 PM (NcvvS)
Putrid Clamato is way worse. Nothing worse than gone-off seafood.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 03, 2026 05:12 PM (IG3/x)
Wellll, what?
Posted by: mrp
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When's he getting fired and when is his boss going on the watch list?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 05:12 PM (mmrXZ)
My parents never had two vehicles
Posted by: Skip
We had two cars only because Dad had a company car.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 03, 2026 05:12 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 03, 2026 05:12 PM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 05:13 PM (wzUl9)
Besides, June was in shape, she could walk.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 03, 2026 05:13 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 03, 2026 05:12 PM (IG3/x)
I had phases where I wouldn't mind it.
Without booze.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 03, 2026 05:13 PM (Sco7b)
My Holiday Weekend is ruined, and I must now turn to CNN for my Psychiatric Therapy to make through another week...
I also call on Chocolate Jesus (Barry Soetoro) TO ALSO PROVIDE WORDS OF WISDOM TO ALLOW ME TO NAVIGATE THIS MENTAL BREAKDOWN !!!!!!
I mean PRIDE Month just ended also at the same time !!
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 03, 2026 05:14 PM (JDSUL)
Decorum?
The people who want us dead don't give a shit about decorum.
I love that Trump calls out the bullshit.
We need more like him.
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 05:14 PM (/QHx4)
A "Redeye" if you will.
Remarkably satisfying.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 03, 2026 05:14 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 03, 2026 05:09 PM (gKWVE)
That would be on my playlist somewhere below "Two Girls One Cup".
Although to be fair, Murky did have a jammin' body at one point.
Source: have seen her in a one-piece swimsuit.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 03, 2026 05:14 PM (IG3/x)
She was banging Eddie on the side and called him...
Posted by: Biggus at July 03, 2026 05:14 PM (76a83)
Went for a drive up to my little town center to the post office to drop stuff off.
Last weekend it was plastered with fag flags. Everywhere.
Not a single American Flag being displayed.
Not.
One.
At least my beach neighborhood has several.
Oh well. Every now and again I get stepped in the face with how, not just uber progressive, but downright anti-American this place is.
Please, revel me with your pictures of unadulterated patriotism. I will be so very happy for you.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 03, 2026 05:15 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 03, 2026 05:15 PM (fkjGs)
She could call Andy and Barney.
Posted by: Mo at July 03, 2026 05:15 PM (MWfyi)
What a Mayor and a City !!!!!!!
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 03, 2026 05:16 PM (JDSUL)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 03, 2026 05:12 PM (IG3/x)
Clam shells, a few hours after shucking, glow in the dark. Ask me how I know...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 03, 2026 05:17 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 05:17 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 05:12 PM (mmrXZ)
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Time will tell.
Posted by: mrp at July 03, 2026 05:17 PM (rj6Yv)
ODNI under Pulte fires 6 staff, sends 45 back to home agencies
… it all makes sense
Posted by: SMOD at July 03, 2026 05:18 PM (jPf86)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 03, 2026 05:18 PM (6ydKt)
If Democrats do not win the midterm elections, black Americans will be “back in the cotton fields,” Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) recently claimed.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 03, 2026 05:18 PM (Cqx++)
How could a president be more decorous than Trump?
Posted by: Braenyard
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Braenyard! The first president to say "fuck" and "shit" in public and rip ungrammatical, misspelled, overpunctuated Truths and engage in hyperbole to the point that we always have to remind critics not to take him literally. The Chief Hyperbolist. A guy who needlessly provokes allies (the Meloni kerfuffle) and -- what was it, sort of brushed dandruff off Macron's shoulders and said his wife has nice legs? This isn't exactly decorum.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 05:19 PM (mmrXZ)
\
Wolfus
Richard III:
I much preferred the Olivier version. No quarrel with Ian McKellen's 1930s-costume version of Richard III, though. I just thought R-III was one of Olivier's best film performances-- maybe his best.
Posted by: mnw at July 03, 2026 05:20 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 05:20 PM (Ia/+0)
https://youtu.be/hJFeC3bhwog
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 03, 2026 05:20 PM (6ydKt)
… it all makes sense
Posted by: SMOD at July 03, 2026 05:18 PM (jPf86)
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You can bet Vlad doesn't put up with that kind of crap.
Posted by: mrp at July 03, 2026 05:20 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Biggus at July 03, 2026 05:14 PM (76a83)
I approve this message.
I racked up both Carol AND Marsha, which makes me pretty much the most studly child actor of all time.
Posted by: Barry Williams, TV's Greg Brady at July 03, 2026 05:21 PM (IG3/x)
Now the smell of it makes me ill.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 03, 2026 05:21 PM (yEz+x)
The days of hand-picking are long gone in the US.
Today, farmers use large-scale mechanical spindle pickers or cotton strippers that harvest multiple rows and compress the crop into bales on-the-go.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 03, 2026 05:22 PM (NFX2v)
Please, revel me with your pictures of unadulterated patriotism. I will be so very happy for you.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Flags flying on my cul-de-sac!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 05:22 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 05:19 PM (mmrXZ)
glad to see he's keeping up with the times (and almost every youtuber).
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at July 03, 2026 05:22 PM (AGz65)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 03, 2026 05:17 PM (nbLIj)
If you notice a bearded clam glowing in the dark, it's a bad idea to stick it in there.
At least double-bag it.
Posted by: Hiroshima Sex Tourist at July 03, 2026 05:23 PM (IG3/x)
There are flags in my hood too. But the town center, up the hill where all the businesses are, is totally bereft.
On purpose, I suspect.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 03, 2026 05:25 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at July 03, 2026 05:25 PM (AGz65)
Does DeSantis have a filter? I don’t see much of him.
Posted by: Accomack at July 03, 2026 05:27 PM (8jVAy)
I don't mind "YOU'RE A HORRIBLE PERSON!" but I think it's good for only so long. Eventually we'll be happy to get back to "Here'th where you're wrong, Kaitlin. Number one, Iran ithn't our equal..."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 05:27 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 05:19 PM (mmrXZ)
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The most important rule for being a successful leader is to be entertaining. A politician who instinctively commands the attention of the electorate through humor and who has a knack for an effective ad lib is a politician who delivers his/her political message with the accuracy of a heat-seeking missile.
Posted by: mrp at July 03, 2026 05:27 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: four seasons
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Hey, good to see you. Hope everything is going along OK.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 05:29 PM (ogcfP)
f Democrats do not win the midterm elections, black Americans will be “back in the cotton fields,” Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) recently claimed.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr
At least the suffering of those in the cotton fields of Guam will be brief before that island tips over.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 03, 2026 05:31 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 03, 2026 05:31 PM (Bw1/o)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 03, 2026 05:35 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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I said decorous, by ignorance of the language, thinking decorous as related to decoration; bunting, frills and gold lamé.
-The first president to say "fuck" and "shit" in public and rip ungrammatical, misspelled, overpunctuated Truths and engage in hyperbole to the point that we always have to remind critics not to take him literally. The Chief Hyperbolist. A guy who needlessly provokes allies (the Meloni kerfuffle) and -- what was it, sort of brushed dandruff off Macron's shoulders and said his wife has nice legs? This isn't exactly decorum. -
Yeah, he's a shocker - on purpose. I love it.
What you're asking for - hearken back to those first presidential debates and why Trump won. I couldn't stand him before the debates - In the debate he proved to be the man for the job and the others weak sisters.
He knows manners and can be the gentleman amongst gentlemen but he's the leader of the world and everything he does is with designed intent for maximum effect. He has a mission with only so much time to fulfill it. He has no time for foppery.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 05:42 PM (ogcfP)
Maybe next time she will allow us to use our bases in Italy for Iranian action?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 05:44 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 03, 2026 05:45 PM (3Ope8)
At least double-bag it.
Posted by: Hiroshima Sex Tourist at July 03, 2026 05:23 PM (IG3/x)
Might just be the glitter spray, but an important safety tip, nonetheless..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 03, 2026 05:49 PM (nbLIj)
CALIFORNIA NEWS
Masked madman tied to White House UFC terror plot threatened July 4 attack on California city: feds
By Katie Jerkovich
Published July 3, 2026, 1:13 p.m. PT
A masked TikToker with ties to the alleged conspirators accused of planning an attack on the White House‘s UFC event threatened to attack a power grid in Sacramento on the Fourth of July, federal officials said.
Elk Grove resident Trevon McDaniel, 19, aka @the_wild_wolfspider on TikTok, was arrested this week for allegedly making threats “concerning an attempt to damage or destroy buildings or property by means of fire or explosives,” U.S. Attorney Eric Grant for the Eastern District of California announced.
Posted by: beckster at July 03, 2026 05:04 PM (kX27y)
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sacbee.com article says his age is 25. What gives?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 03, 2026 05:57 PM (cWLG3)
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Go short on cotton picking machines?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, in W.NC at July 03, 2026 07:08 PM (XeU6L)
Believe it! The vending machine never had Clamato - and I would BLESS the guy who serviced them if I knew his name.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 03, 2026 07:22 PM (NcvvS)
Viral Dogs Open Thread
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Uncle Leo at July 03, 2026 03:25 PM (TIciZ)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 03, 2026 03:25 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 03, 2026 03:26 PM (Ie0G7)
Posted by: steevy at July 03, 2026 03:26 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: garrett at July 03, 2026 03:27 PM (TIciZ)
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 03, 2026 03:29 PM (bl07w)
Another week, another radical nurse getting exposed for posting radical content online.
This week, Libs of TikTok exposed a registered Muslim nurse by the name “Ahlam” working for UTMB Health in Houston, Texas.
Ahlam posted a video online where she appeared to show how she would refuse to treat patients if they were watching Fox News.
Posted by: beckster at July 03, 2026 03:30 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 03, 2026 03:31 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: runner at July 03, 2026 03:31 PM (nb5Yq)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 03, 2026 03:24 PM (iFTx/)
For people harvesting clicks, sure. But here? What do you think you're accomplishing?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 03, 2026 03:26 PM (dK+Kv)
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Nay-saying and being contrarian aren't just for clicks. Too many people reflexively take the opposite view of any given issue, too many people won't take a win when it's offered, and when those two phenomena are combined, it's straight-up hysterical doomsaying.
Now, as to the latter phenomena -- not taking a win -- I kinda get it because we've been deceived and abused and fucked over by own own party for so long that it's hard to believe we actually can and do win. But we win -- and win big -- in the Age of Trump.
No, we might not always get what everything we want, and sometimes we do lose (BRC case), but overall we are opening up cans of whup-ass, crushing ass and taking names, and we're all out of bubblegum.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 03, 2026 03:32 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: LASue at July 03, 2026 03:32 PM (sRs7n)
Posted by: runner at July 03, 2026 03:33 PM (nb5Yq)
Good Job!
Posted by: garrett at July 03, 2026 03:27 PM (TIciZ)
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The Blade got greedy. He had the first. But he wanted to grandstand and it took time to write that post, and he had to correct "eve" (he mistakenly typed "end).
So somebody else beat him to the punch.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 03, 2026 03:35 PM (iFTx/)
Yeah, it's like that outside.
(viewer discretion advised)
https://youtu.be/6VG9ZlEFDds
Posted by: Archimedes at July 03, 2026 03:36 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 03, 2026 03:36 PM (qx7Zg)
No it isn't.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 03, 2026 03:37 PM (Riz8t)
Offhand, I'd say it's because China is asshoe.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 03, 2026 03:38 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Paul at July 03, 2026 03:39 PM (nRnj5)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 03, 2026 03:39 PM (Kt19C)
This has to stop.
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
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2h
🚨 BREAKING: Outrage erupts after the man charged with KlLLING a Pennsylvania State Trooper has been confirmed as a HAITIAN ILLEGAL ALIEN
Haitian Michael Bon got a Commercial Driver's License from blue Massachusetts — then killed Trooper Michael Pahira in a tractor trailer 😡
PURGE THE CDL ROLLS and FEDERALIZE it to the maximum! Massachusetts must be held liable.
This is why they ALL MUST GO BACK and Haitian TPS must be CANCELED!
Posted by: beckster at July 03, 2026 03:40 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 03, 2026 03:37 PM (Riz8t)
I came here for an argument!
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 03, 2026 03:41 PM (bl07w)
No, we might not always get what everything we want, and sometimes we do lose (BRC case), but overall we are opening up cans of whup-ass, crushing ass and taking names, and we're all out of bubblegum.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 03, 2026 03:32 PM (iFTx/)
Yeah, I did preface it as a pathological need. So I can see where people are not capable of breaking free of that mindset.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 03, 2026 03:43 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: runner at July 03, 2026 03:33 PM (nb5Yq)
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The "dog is man's best friend" concept was almost unique to Europe and America. Dog was and still is eaten in many other parts of the world, including China, India, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, and many parts of Africa.
Hell, dog meat was routinely eaten in South Korea of all places, up until a ban a few years ago.
Thankfully, dogs and cats as foodstuff is changing. The younger generations even in places like China who grew up with social media are very opposed to this practice.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 03, 2026 03:44 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 03, 2026 03:44 PM (O0L8i)
RedWave Press
@RedWavePress
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1h
EXPOSED: The New York Post CAUGHT Socialist NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani red-handed bringing a thermometer into City Hall and DISCOVERING that NEARLY every room was cooler than the 78-degree AC limit he imposed on everyone else — with one room hovering at a frosty 54 degrees.
NYP: “Post reporters armed with an infrared thermometer tested 20 spots within City Hall and other municipal offices and buildings they were able to access — and all but five of them were below 78 degrees.”
“By 4:30 p.m., temperatures had plummeted even more in the mayor’s office building, with the air in one room testing at a sweater weather-worthy 54 degrees.”
Posted by: beckster at July 03, 2026 03:44 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 03, 2026 03:44 PM (dK+Kv)
Pop was stationed in Korea after the Big One, and he got adopted by a Korean family.
When he was leaving, Papason fixed him a big meal.
Pop asked, "Is this dog?"
No, this is puppy!
Posted by: MkY at July 03, 2026 03:44 PM (q6tQZ)
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What about Rome? did they eat dogs in ancient Rome?
Posted by: runner at July 03, 2026 03:45 PM (nb5Yq)
Posted by: runner at July 03, 2026 03:46 PM (nb5Yq)
Posted by: 13times at July 03, 2026 03:46 PM (fnZRl)
Read up on Old Drum.
No dog needed killing worse.
Posted by: MkY at July 03, 2026 03:47 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 03, 2026 03:44 PM (iFTx/)
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Barry ate a dog.
Posted by: mrp at July 03, 2026 03:48 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: beckster at July 03, 2026 03:30 PM (kX27y)
Cancel her RN status. Fire her skank ass. Deport to some muzzie shithole.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 03:48 PM (1z8ji)
The "dog is man's best friend" concept was almost unique to Europe and America.
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Dogs, cats and horses are largely safe in the Western world because they're more useful working with us (even cats) than as food.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 03, 2026 03:48 PM (O0L8i)
*takes last drag of cigarette*
*flips butt away randomly*
Afternoon, Hordians.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 03, 2026 03:44 PM (O0L8i)
Hey, you! Pick up that butt!
Posted by: Eromero at July 03, 2026 03:48 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026 03:48 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 03, 2026 03:44 PM (iFTx/)
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Barry ate a dog.
Posted by: mrp at July 03, 2026 03:48 PM (rj6Yv)
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... and a cock!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 03, 2026 03:49 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: mrp at July 03, 2026 03:48 PM (rj6Yv)
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... and a cock!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 03, 2026 03:49 PM (iFTx/)
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I don't get it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 03, 2026 03:49 PM (uO3MK)
Hey, you! Pick up that butt!
Posted by: Eromero at July 03, 2026 03:48 PM (LHPAg)
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"Please do not dispose of cigarettes in the toilets. They are hard to smoke when wet."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 03, 2026 03:50 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 03, 2026 03:50 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 03, 2026 03:50 PM (qRla/)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 03, 2026 03:51 PM (Dv3i1)
The stars are all dolled up and on their way to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's mind-blowing wedding bonanza at Madison Square Garden for what is expected to be the party of the century.
Bradley Cooper kicked off the glamorous arrivals in a dashing tuxedo, while the bride prepared with rumored bridesmaid and best friend Gigi Hadid in her downtown Manhattan home.
Mega-watt celebrities Jay Z and Steven Spielberg jetted into the city on helicopters from the Hamptons ahead of the big bash.
Posted by: beckster at July 03, 2026 03:52 PM (kX27y)
Had some at a shady little mall food court Chinese joint. I knew it wasn't chicken... then it dawned on me i was probably eating cat.
I won't knowingly eat one again because that's awful... but... you know....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026 03:52 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
We're wild, ecstatic, pissed, cold, hot, and wet.
But patriotic.
You?
Posted by: MkY at July 03, 2026 03:52 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 03, 2026 03:53 PM (Ie0G7)
Posted by: runner at July 03, 2026 03:53 PM (nb5Yq)
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Dogs, cats and horses are largely safe in the Western world because they're more useful working with us (even cats) than as food.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 03, 2026 03:48 PM (O0L8i)
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Yea, at least originally. Then the west became so wealthy and successful we could afford widespread adoption of dogs and cats purely as pets. Today, a lot of pet owners spend more on vet insurance and general upkeep of their pets than most parents did for their own human kids not many generations ago.
And remember, whereas in the west we raise cattle almost purely for consumption, in India a cow is sacred. So half the country is starving while big fat cows sashay around like they own the place. Very odd to see in person.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 03, 2026 03:54 PM (iFTx/)
Although if the sentence "killed Trooper Michael Pahira IN a tractor trailer" is not sloppy writing and editing the Haitian didn't kill the trooper by reckless driving but actually murdered him in the privacy of the semi trailer.
Posted by: PaleRider at July 03, 2026 03:54 PM (PV+Zw)
The stars are all dolled up and on their way to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's mind-blowing wedding bonanza at Madison Square Garden for what is expected to be the party of the century.
Bradley Cooper kicked off the glamorous arrivals in a dashing tuxedo, while the bride prepared with rumored bridesmaid and best friend Gigi Hadid in her downtown Manhattan home.
Mega-watt celebrities Jay Z and Steven Spielberg jetted into the city on helicopters from the Hamptons ahead of the big bash.
Gosh, I sure hope they take time out to lecture the rest of us on reducing our carbon footprint and redistributing our money.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 03, 2026 03:54 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 03, 2026 03:51 PM (Dv3i1)
Some wags are always making sport of Barky's dining proclivities.
Among others.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 03:54 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 03, 2026 03:49 PM (uO3MK)
BECAUSE EATING A HOG IS NOT HALAL.
NO PORK ON THAT FORK
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at July 03, 2026 03:54 PM (Ot/FD)
This one is all just a very expensive spectacle.
Girl has a billion so more power to her but I do wonder why Madmani isn’t complaining about all of the wasted money instead of playing thermostat cop so people can feel the warm embrace of socialism.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 03, 2026 03:55 PM (6ydKt)
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The kids that read the Hunger Games may one day see the resemblance to the Capitol of Panem, but it is not this day (unfortunately)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 03, 2026 03:55 PM (Dv3i1)
And when Trump is gone?
That's my concern. I don't think MAGA has as much control over the GOP as we would like to think. I believe the donors, the CoC assholes and the RINO bastards have adopted a policy of just waiting out Teh Donald, stymying him when possible and doing all they can to last him out, betting that - which I think is quite possible - that whomever comes along in Trump's wake will be much more pliable.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 03, 2026 03:55 PM (qRla/)
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The kids that read the Hunger Games may one day see the resemblance to the Capitol of Panem, but it is not this day (unfortunately)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 03, 2026 03:55 PM (Dv3i1)
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Biden's administration was the closest I've ever come to seeing Fellini's Satyricon in real life.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 03, 2026 03:56 PM (uO3MK)
Posted by: runner at July 03, 2026 03:56 PM (nb5Yq)
Posted by: PaleRider at July 03, 2026 03:54 PM (PV+Zw)
I would not be surprised to learn these illegal shitmaggots have more than one CDL, and when they have limited out the hours on one, they drive on the other.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 03:57 PM (1z8ji)
I agree that that's what the GOPe types think, but they think wrong. Up until Trump, I think most of us had despaired of getting rid of the GOPe parasites and things ever getting fixed. Now that we've seen what can be, I don't think we'd agree to go back.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 03, 2026 03:57 PM (Riz8t)
Sitting on the channel at Spring Lake on the way out to Lake Michigan, cousin tells me that in the last 15 minutes, we’ve witnessed $1 billion worth of boats passing by
Posted by: Auspex at July 03, 2026 03:57 PM (QbJcY)
But patriotic.
You?
Very hot and uncomfortable. Patriotic, but not feeling it. As you all know, I live in Maskachusetts and I'm headed to a nearby town tomorrow morning for a reading of the Declaration. I fully expect a gaggle of TDS-infected loonies to ruin it.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 03, 2026 03:58 PM (qRla/)
The Swift witch. Yes she is very rich and she can spend her money however she wants.
I think it is disgusting she chose Independence Day weekend for her wedding extranganza.
No matter how much money she has her shit stinks.
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 03:58 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: runner at July 03, 2026 03:58 PM (nb5Yq)
Posted by: fd at July 03, 2026 03:59 PM (MWfyi)
Cherry subject, should read again to see if anyone reminds me of Fauci.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 03, 2026 03:59 PM (DKe4e)
Cherry subject, should read again to see if anyone reminds me of Fauci.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 03, 2026 03:59 PM (DKe4e) `
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I bought the BFI's 4K of Watership Down.
Looks really good, and BFI's special packaging is always very attractive. I also have their releases of Get Carter and The Proposition.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 03, 2026 04:00 PM (uO3MK)
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at July 03, 2026 04:00 PM (AGz65)
The stars are all dolled up and on their way to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's mind-blowing wedding bonanza at Madison Square Garden for what is expected to be the party of the century.
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Lotsa Richie Riches. Could the city government lock them up in MSG and demand all their wealth? Not outside the realm of imagination.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 03, 2026 04:00 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: fd at July 03, 2026 03:59 PM (MWfyi)
I hope they serve Swift Premium Ham at the wedding feast.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 04:00 PM (1z8ji)
Somehow, though, having achieved this milestone doesn't make me as happy as I though it might. It's probably the miserable weather, but I thought I'd be in the mood to throw back a few cold ones and give myself a pat on the back, but. . .
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 03, 2026 04:00 PM (qRla/)
A Judge just ORDRED the President to rehire a bunch of 'intelligence' Officers he had fired.
/scratches head
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 03, 2026 04:00 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 03, 2026 04:01 PM (DKe4e)
No standing!
- MA judges
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 03, 2026 04:01 PM (qRla/)
Posted by: fd at July 03, 2026 03:59 PM (MWfyi)
Think of all the fuel that could be bought for ambulances in Africa to transport pregnant women to the hospital that money could buy.
WHY DOES TAYLOR SWIFT HATE BROWN BABIES!!!
Posted by: Kindltot at July 03, 2026 04:01 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: fd at July 03, 2026 03:59 PM (MWfyi)
Think of all the fuel that could be bought for ambulances in Africa to transport pregnant women to the hospital that money could buy.
WHY DOES TAYLOR SWIFT HATE BROWN BABIES!!!
Posted by: Kindltot at July 03, 2026 04:01 PM (rbvCR)
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So, you're saying that Taylor Swift is a mass murderer?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 03, 2026 04:01 PM (uO3MK)
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*puts Satyricon back on shelf at Blockbuster*
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 03, 2026 04:02 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 03, 2026 04:02 PM (itsE0)
Posted by: fd at July 03, 2026 03:59 PM (MWfyi)
Think of all the fuel that could be bought for ambulances in Africa to transport pregnant women to the hospital that money could buy.
WHY DOES TAYLOR SWIFT HATE BROWN BABIES!!!
Posted by: Kindltot at July 03, 2026 04:01 PM (rbvCR)
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[Golf clap]
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 03, 2026 04:02 PM (iFTx/)
Don't believe what the LIEbral media is tell you. The 250th July 4th Great American State Fair on the Mall is a huge success. Has to be close to a million people out here enjoying the sights and sounds and good food everywhere. Flags are flying and waving. The state exhibits - well the ones from red states anyway - are amazing.
I would ask any moron in the area who has a drone to fly it over the Mall and see what a million patriots look like, but I have a feeling it's not allowed.
Posted by: The Sanhedrin at July 03, 2026 04:02 PM (+9A0s)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison"
Killed more people than Elon.
Posted by: fd at July 03, 2026 04:03 PM (MWfyi)
/scratches head
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 03, 2026 04:00 PM (mP0Kj)
So rehire them. Assign them to patrol the beaches of Little Diomede Island to search for Russian frogmen.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 04:03 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 03, 2026 04:01 PM (uO3MK)
She is just another Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS
Posted by: Kindltot at July 03, 2026 04:03 PM (rbvCR)
80 "So, you're saying that Taylor Swift is a mass murderer?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison"
Killed more people than Elon.
Posted by: fd at July 03, 2026 04:03 PM (MWfyi)
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That's almost as many as Genghis Khan killed!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 03, 2026 04:03 PM (uO3MK)
If they even have to bother AOP. I think Trump and Duffy are trying to change course but I'm sure it was general policy not to harass minority drivers from 2009-2021. Yes including Trumps first term.
Posted by: PaleRider at July 03, 2026 04:03 PM (PV+Zw)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 03, 2026 04:03 PM (DKe4e)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 03, 2026 04:03 PM (iFTx/)
But no, July 4th on the 250th was just too tempting to pass up.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 03, 2026 04:04 PM (6ydKt)
But no, July 4th on the 250th was just too tempting to pass up.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 03, 2026 04:04 PM (6ydKt)
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The divorce on Christmas Day 2027 is going to be even more special.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 03, 2026 04:04 PM (uO3MK)
I think it is disgusting she chose Independence Day weekend for her wedding extranganza.
No matter how much money she has her shit stinks.
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 03:58 PM (/QHx4)
I agree - why THIS holiday weekend? She should of had it at her mansion in RI by the sea.......
Posted by: beckster at July 03, 2026 04:05 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: The Sanhedrin at July 03, 2026 04:05 PM (+9A0s)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 03, 2026 04:05 PM (DKe4e)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 03, 2026 04:04 PM (6ydKt)
She has Dec. 7 reserved for the divorce.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 04:05 PM (1z8ji)
Hmmm... so after the Supremes say that Yeah, the President can fire people who work for him...
A Judge just ORDRED the President to rehire a bunch of 'intelligence' Officers he had fired.
/scratches head
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 03, 2026 04:00 PM (mP0Kj)
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That's so 2025.
Posted by: mrp at July 03, 2026 04:06 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: PaleRider at July 03, 2026 03:54 PM (PV+Zw)
I would not be surprised to learn these illegal shitmaggots have more than one CDL, and when they have limited out the hours on one, they drive on the other.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 03:57 PM (1z8ji)
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Knowing what I know of the transportation industry -- which has always had underground and sleazy elements -- the reverse is probably true: one CDL shared among multiple illegals.
Ever wonder why so many of these CDLs are "no name givens"? It's almost certainly to help facilitate more than one driver using the same CDL.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 03, 2026 04:06 PM (iFTx/)
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State Trooper: "Says rye-cheer Mohammed M. Mohammed. That you?"
Illegal with blue state issued CDL: "No, no, it is M. Mohammed Mohammed, this one!"
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 03, 2026 04:06 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 04:07 PM (/QHx4)
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I've often thought this though he's painting with a broad brush. Some games improve cognitive abilities and some are mind rot. Just like books.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at July 03, 2026 04:07 PM (ilfAn)
A Judge just ORDRED the President to rehire a bunch of 'intelligence' Officers he had fired.
/scratches head
Trump has been very careful thus far to obey rogue judge's rulings, but I think this might be the time to say "Nahhhh. Just because you, the judge, have ordered me to do something illegal doesn't mean I will. Take it up with SCOTUS."
We have it on good authority from the Nuremberg trials that simply following orders is not an excuse for illegality.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 03, 2026 04:07 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 03, 2026 03:44 PM (iFTx/)
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While simultaneously, the Muslim community continues to propogate that dogs are unclean, and are making every effort to change western behavior to their liking on the issue.
For example, the UK is trying to spread migrants out into the far suburbs, and Muslim leaders are insisting that rural dog owners not allow their dogs in public, use a leash at all times, and not be allowed in rural parks or populated areas. They are also insisting on this in Canada.
Posted by: Orson at July 03, 2026 04:07 PM (dIske)
But no, July 4th on the 250th was just too tempting to pass up.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 03, 2026 04:04 PM (6ydKt)
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True, but I think it will -- and already has -- backfired. 99% of normal people in the country, including even a lot of her fans, will have much better things to do on the country's 250th anniversary in the middle of a massive heatwave.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 03, 2026 04:08 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 03, 2026 04:08 PM (DKe4e)
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 04:08 PM (/QHx4)
We have it on good authority from the Nuremberg trials that simply following orders is not an excuse for illegality.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 03, 2026 04:07 PM (Riz8t)
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What? Is Trump supposed to grant these people their clearances, id badges, and desks back instantaneously?
That stuff takes time, and the political appointees will order the slow-walking that process while the appeal happens until there's a stay of the lower court's order.
And then it's, "Oh well. Gotta hold by the court now. Sorry, we were just about to print your new id badge."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 03, 2026 04:09 PM (uO3MK)
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 04:08 PM (/QHx4)
The can smell the stench of Satan on muslims.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 04:10 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 03, 2026 04:10 PM (DKe4e)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 03, 2026 04:04 PM (uO3MK)
Taylor will have an entire Christmas album about her divorce and how much she hates Travis out in 2028.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 03, 2026 04:10 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 04:10 PM (/QHx4)
LIE AFTER LIE FROM THIS LOSER: DA Larry Krasner: Philly Has So Many Homicides Because Citizens Have ‘Way Too Many’ Carry Permits.
https://tinyurl.com/yyedc4sp
Posted by: Archimedes at July 03, 2026 04:11 PM (Riz8t)
And far, far too many people will go along with it, because they fear being called racist.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 03, 2026 04:11 PM (qRla/)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 03, 2026 04:10 PM (DKe4e)
Al-Zutt alors!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 04:11 PM (1z8ji)
Hey, you! Pick up that butt!
Posted by: Eromero
You can take the Chief out of the Navy, but you can't take the Chief out of the man's personality. I was thinking it too, but I'm late to the party pal.
Happy 4th Eromero.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 03, 2026 04:11 PM (QVmho)
If it is tomorrow and they are outing themselves as being about celebrity and not about country, well then they are outing themselves; people who care can vote with their entertainment dollars.
Posted by: PaleRider at July 03, 2026 04:12 PM (PV+Zw)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 03, 2026 04:10 PM (DKe4e)
Al-Zutt alors!
I think you mean All Mutt Amores!
Posted by: Archimedes at July 03, 2026 04:12 PM (Riz8t)
and globull warmering...
Uh... we're at least 10 degrees BELOW normal here...
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 03, 2026 04:12 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 03, 2026 04:12 PM (uO3MK)
https://youtu.be/ZXCYh7TcKUw
(conclusion at 8:32)
Now you know, the rest of the story!
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 03, 2026 04:12 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Anna Puma "
That nose was cold!
Posted by: Mo at July 03, 2026 04:12 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Orson at July 03, 2026 04:07 PM (dIske)
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The old "Do this, or .....ELSE" threat. The "New Left" admires this ploy so much, the Maoists are proudly wearing keffiyehs in solidarity with their fellow totalitarians.
Posted by: mrp at July 03, 2026 04:12 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Anna Puma "
That nose was cold!
Posted by: Mo
And I have no idea how that peanut butter got there.
Posted by: Also Mo at July 03, 2026 04:13 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 03, 2026 04:06 PM (iFTx/)
An explanation I read is that some of these guys come from regions/countries that don’t use family names so they literally only have one name.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 03, 2026 04:13 PM (6ydKt)
The evil people who are trying to change our country are trying to get people to not trust our instincts.
Trust your instincts, they are correct.
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 04:14 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 03, 2026 04:13 PM (6ydKt)
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"Coming alone? No family? Han...Solo..."
-Imperial immigration officer
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 03, 2026 04:14 PM (uO3MK)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 03, 2026 04:13 PM (6ydKt)
Then use "shithole" as a last name. "Mohammed Shithole" on the CDL.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 04:15 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 03, 2026 04:16 PM (qRla/)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 03, 2026 04:06 PM (iFTx/)
An explanation I read is that some of these guys come from regions/countries that don’t use family names so they literally only have one name.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 03, 2026 04:13 PM (6ydKt)
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I've heard that explanation too. I don't believe it. Other than these CDL holders, every single other person from India, or Pakistan, or Africa, or whatever other shithole country the CDL holders are from, that I've ever met (or even heard of) has a last name.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 03, 2026 04:16 PM (iFTx/)
Cowboy State News site lets you know what is going on in Wyoming.
There was a horrific crash on a state road a few days ago that was caused by a semi pulling a couple of tankers.
No info yet about if it was an illegal driving the truck.
It will be interesting to know who was driving.
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 04:17 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 03, 2026 03:57 PM (Riz8t)
They will, and they won't.
Somebody from the GOP, Vance or Rubio in all likelihood, will don the red crown of MAGA and immediately seek to coopt the movement on behalf of the Party that's been his nursing sow since he was but a young piglet.
Most of the prodigal faithful will return to the Mother Church and fill the plate when it's passed, and excoriate the ones who don't as schismatics - a tactic that historically worked, but no longer will.
Millions of us will flatly refuse to return to the fold - and it will be enough that the GOP ceases being a feasible national Party. Whether or not the populist movement survives the agonizing death of the Republican Party is anybody's guess, but that fight is going to be an ugly and bitter one and there will be a lot of bad blood.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 03, 2026 04:19 PM (BI5O2)
You’d have 500 men in one village named Omar or Muhammed.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 03, 2026 04:19 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: PaleRider at July 03, 2026 04:20 PM (PV+Zw)
https://tinyurl.com/4xkdvbze
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 03, 2026 04:20 PM (bkuEU)
Ahlam posted a video online where she appeared to show how she would refuse to treat patients if they were watching Fox New
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What must they do to wake up America?
What country have they ever moved to and created an upgrade?
What country have they not degraded?
England is our canary.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 04:20 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 03, 2026 03:55 PM (qRla/)
More like plied but same difference.
Posted by: ... at July 03, 2026 04:21 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 03, 2026 04:16 PM (qRla/)
Obligatory:
https://youtu.be/9ul7fvdcIYI
Posted by: far cry at July 03, 2026 04:21 PM (Q6P2R)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 03, 2026 04:19 PM (BI5O2)
You are really taking this Taylor Swift Day to heart
Posted by: ... at July 03, 2026 04:22 PM (vE0+H)
I can dream, can't I?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026 04:23 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
For the city, car hood or pavement (once sprinkled liberally with hot pepper to keep away ants) on top of aluminum foil.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 03, 2026 04:23 PM (NFX2v)
The Dems are undergoing the same process only they have radicalized their base through ‘education’ to such an extent that the next generation is mostly communist.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 03, 2026 04:25 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Orson at July 03, 2026 04:25 PM (dIske)
I've heard that explanation too. I don't believe it. Other than these CDL holders, every single other person from India, or Pakistan, or Africa, or whatever other shithole country the CDL holders are from, that I've ever met (or even heard of) has a last name.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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My CDL required a birth certificate and finger prints.
I think the term for today's requirements is 'benign neglect'.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 04:26 PM (ogcfP)
I think the Uniparty will be unpleasantly surprised at how firm Vance or Rubio can be. Just because they don't rant and joke around like Trump doesn't mean they're not MAGA.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 04:26 PM (mmrXZ)
"FBI infiltrated Gavin Newsom’s inner circle by convincing governor’s ally to wear a wire: lawyer"
Someone (please!) needs to come up with AI "wise guys" video of Newsom screaming "Who's the rat?!"
Posted by: mrp at July 03, 2026 04:26 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 03, 2026 04:16 PM (iFTx/)
They don't do last names in southern India. Most of them just use their dad's name kind of like a last name but not officially, or for when they come here. I think mostly telugu or tamil speaking areas do that. Something like that, anyway.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026 04:27 PM (Ot/FD)
I agree. Trump is sui generis, and despite his flaws and missed opportunities (GITMO ought to be choked full of political traitors), whomever succeeds him will not be nearly as ballsy and bull-in-china-shop as he.
All I have left to live for (on the political front) is the day when the tumbrils roll and the left begs for a gentle, merciful POTUS like Trump.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 03, 2026 04:27 PM (qRla/)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 03, 2026 03:55 PM (qRla/)
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Trump's got two more years to train up Vance and Rubio.
He raised some good boys, he can do it again.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 04:29 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 04:26
It's not a style thing. You don't serve your entire career in a Party whose only function within the political system is to thwart its own base, and then suddenly have an epiphany where you decide you don't actually hate them passionately like you always thought you did for all those years. They're Republicans first and foremost, and they'll return to form as soon as the renegade populist who hijacked the Party is finally out of the way.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 03, 2026 04:32 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 03, 2026 04:37 PM (itsE0)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 03, 2026 04:39 PM (itsE0)
- "...The Palantir chief repeatedly framed the issue as one of national security, saying military customers and operators of critical infrastructure wanted greater control over AI models, computing resources and proprietary data.
“Those war fighters have serious trust issues,” Karp said, adding that private-sector companies were asking,
“‘Why would they get access to my data if they’re gonna build my alpha? Why wouldn’t I control the weights?’
"...when the Department of War goes to you and says, ‘I need this application’ – do they get to control the weights to do it, or do you get to the control the weights?
Are we really going to outsource the battlefield of this country to the consensus view in Silicon Valley? That is effing insane.”"-
https://tinyurl.com/4n7k6twf
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 04:55 PM (ogcfP)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Have some faith. Trump's got two more years to put steel in their spines. He did it with his boys he can do it with these guys.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 04:58 PM (ogcfP)
Karma for "Pranksters" Open Thread
A French ‘influencer’ has been stabbing people with an empty needle for ‘content’
— Basil the Great (@BasilTheGreat) October 4, 2025
He’s just been sentenced to 6 months in prison
Horrific
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With More Quality Fapness at July 03, 2026 02:22 PM (fapp/)
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Suplex!
Off the top rope!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 03, 2026 02:23 PM (uO3MK)
Metro Detroit News
@metrodetroitn
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#BREAKING 🚨: At least 3 people were shot at Fairlane Mall in Dearborn Friday afternoon. There may have been two shooters, according to sources. We are working to gather more details. Stay with MDN.
Posted by: beckster at July 03, 2026 02:25 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 03, 2026 02:25 PM (NFX2v)
they also canceled fireworks here due to dry air warnings, everyone is in a piss poor mood
Im having apple pie
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With More Quality Fapness at July 03, 2026 02:26 PM (fapp/)
Posted by: RI Red at July 03, 2026 02:27 PM (iaf7q)
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 02:28 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Brewingfrog at July 03, 2026 02:28 PM (bdHbP)
FA and FO why we had that social compact when you get your dumbass ragdolled onto the pavement.
Posted by: ballistic at July 03, 2026 02:29 PM (oqH4h)
Props to that dude for being able to lift up that feral hog and do a quality body-slam while standing on a slippery, icy road.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 03, 2026 02:30 PM (iFTx/)
Yeah, too dry here also. Just hoping idiots don't burn the place down, despite our local "crackdown" on fireworks...
Posted by: JQ at July 03, 2026 02:30 PM (rdVOm)
Read some Lewis and Clark
Cram read Revolution by Eric Metaxas
Poured a bottle of Bass on the ground for my homies.
Posted by: 13times at July 03, 2026 02:31 PM (fnZRl)
They can all move to Seattle or MPLS.
@MrAndyNgo
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Seattle’s socialist mayor is urging trans people to relocate to her city with promises of having cosmetic trans procedures covered by taxpayers through the state healthcare program for low-income residents.
Posted by: beckster at July 03, 2026 02:31 PM (kX27y)
And as far as the trans activist who supports killing Republicans I am offended that this person is wearing a cross ( scroll down) and saying this sort of thing.
https://tinyurl.com/yb6a2c79
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 03, 2026 02:31 PM (NCppy)
Posted by: Doof at July 03, 2026 02:32 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 02:32 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With More Quality Fapness at July 03, 2026 02:26 PM (fapp/)
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My neighborhood/country club did their fireworks show last night and we enjoyed it with family and friends, so that helped get me in the mood. It's hot and sunny here today so I'm about to ice down some brewdogs and get in the pool, as that is what George Washington would want me to do, I think.
Posted by: ballistic at July 03, 2026 02:32 PM (oqH4h)
Metro Detroit News
@metrodetroitn
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21m
#BREAKING 🚨: At least 3 people were shot at Fairlane Mall in Dearborn Friday afternoon. There may have been two shooters, according to sources. We are working to gather more details. Stay with MDN.
Posted by: beckster
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Round up the usual suspects!
Posted by: Captain Reynaud at July 03, 2026 02:32 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: 13times at July 03, 2026 02:33 PM (fnZRl)
None of us know how long we'll be sticking around. Please be grateful for this fine nation, the greatest in the world, and created against great odds. 🤗
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 03, 2026 02:33 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 03, 2026 02:34 PM (uO3MK)
Posted by: RI Red at July 03, 2026 02:27 PM
I'm going to start the water on my cucumbers, again, then reward myself with an orange popsicle. I got a new box of them yesterday. It's my lifelong favorite summer treat.
Posted by: huerfano at July 03, 2026 02:34 PM (VJX5o)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 03, 2026 02:35 PM (itsE0)
Thank you for this post, L.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 03, 2026 02:35 PM (NCppy)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Let us hope that it true.
Posted by: whig at July 03, 2026 02:35 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 03, 2026 02:34 PM (uO3MK)
No shit. Too bad we aren't starting this year. The founders would be stacking bodies by now.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 03, 2026 02:35 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: beckster at July 03, 2026 02:35 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Clout chasers. We don't need their scum. at July 03, 2026 02:36 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: huerfano at July 03, 2026 02:34 PM (VJX5o)
Those things are like crack.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 03, 2026 02:36 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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Captain Reynaud's cops are going to be busy this weekend it seems. Course, the usual suspects these days are dindu nuffins.
Posted by: whig at July 03, 2026 02:36 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 03, 2026 02:37 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: JQ at July 03, 2026 02:38 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: beckster at July 03, 2026 02:35 PM (kX27y)
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When did this heat weenie shit start?
Back when I was living and working in DC 15-20 years ago, it got hotter than satan's furnace on a yearly basis and the humidity was high enough to choke a donkey. Nobody did shit any differently other than buy Gold Bond in Costco-size tubs. Now it gets hot and nobody can cope? Softer than Charmin.
Posted by: ballistic at July 03, 2026 02:38 PM (oqH4h)
We are in a drought here in SW Wyoming.
Last Independence Day fireworks were banned because of the wildfire threat.
Some of the asshole neighbors here don't give a shit. They might give a shit when their house burns down but it will be other people's houses that burn down.
I read last night how many places across the country are very dry.
Be alert everyone and be safe. We live in a great country so let's not burn it down.
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 02:38 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: From about That Time at July 03, 2026 02:39 PM (sl73Y)
No, we are all watching FIFA soccer.
*LOL*
*Snort*
I said it with a straight face, even.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 03, 2026 02:40 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 03, 2026 02:41 PM (u82oZ)
I sure would like to be in Wyoming - I've only fond memories of that wonderful state.
Posted by: 13times at July 03, 2026 02:42 PM (fnZRl)
Posted by: Bulg at July 03, 2026 02:43 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Eromero at July 03, 2026 02:43 PM (LHPAg)
ProsecutorsPodcast
@ProsecutorsPod
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17h
Wild situation in Louisiana. In a nutshell, the mayor and city counsel of New Orleans want to do something that's probably illegal. The AG sends a letter saying, "Hey, that's illegal. Don't do that." The New Orleans government then convenes a grand jury and has the AG indicted for threatening them! Good old New Orleans.
Posted by: whig at July 03, 2026 02:43 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 03, 2026 02:44 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Captain Reynaud at
Always imagined Reynaud drove a Renault, one of those little roundy box late fifties jobbies.
Posted by: From about That Time at July 03, 2026 02:44 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 03, 2026 02:44 PM (2WIwB)
NaCly,
You are right. Oldest son is the coordinator for the wildfires in Utah and Wyoming.
It is scary and we pray everyday for the safety of people and our son.
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 02:44 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 03, 2026 02:44 PM (2WIwB)
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She was just keepin' it real.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 03, 2026 02:44 PM (uO3MK)
Posted by: beckster at July 03, 2026 02:44 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: From about That Time at July 03, 2026 02:44 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: whig at July 03, 2026 02:44 PM (E4rtv)
Stay alert. Head on a swivel.
'Murica!!! Hell yeah!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at July 03, 2026 02:45 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: From about That Time
Tongue twister, Reynaud's Renault rode roughly round the rugged range.
Posted by: whig at July 03, 2026 02:45 PM (E4rtv)
13times,
Wyoming is a wonderful state.
The feeling of freedom here is wonderful.
It's sad every state in our country doesn't have that feeling of freedom.
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 02:47 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: 13times at July 03, 2026 02:42 PM
I would have liked to have seen Montana!
Posted by: zombie Capt. 2nd Rank Vasily Borodin at July 03, 2026 02:47 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 03, 2026 02:47 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 03, 2026 02:47 PM (iFTx/)
13times,
Wyoming is a wonderful state.
The feeling of freedom here is wonderful.
It's sad every state in our country doesn't have that feeling of freedom.
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 02:47 PM (/QHx4)
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My (much) younger brother went to Wyoming Catholic in Lander.
He got a cowboy hat instead of a mortarboard at graduation.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 03, 2026 02:48 PM (uO3MK)
Posted by: runner at July 03, 2026 02:48 PM (nb5Yq)
>Parade, rodeo and fireworks. And drunk drivers. No thanks, I can walk in this small town.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 03, 2026 02:48 PM (fkjGs)
Posted by: Beartooth at July 03, 2026 02:48 PM (4HIjh)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 03, 2026 02:49 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: beckster at July 03, 2026 02:35 PM (kX27y)
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I read an article this morning bragging that every booth had A/C. I guess it doesn't matter much when the outdoor temp at the Mall is the inside of a working EZ Bake oven.
Posted by: mrp at July 03, 2026 02:50 PM (rj6Yv)
Not moving much, granted.
Posted by: From about That Time at July 03, 2026 02:50 PM (sl73Y)
I'm trying to convince my wife to go over to their place but she's not someone who enjoys good explosives at close range.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 03, 2026 02:50 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Clout chasers. We don't need their scum. at July 03, 2026 02:36 PM (TbWk/)
Note: 3/4" beyond "dead" counts as "within an inch".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 02:50 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: runner at July 03, 2026 02:51 PM (nb5Yq)
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The game Fallout 76 has a timeline that covers 2076. Since it's multi player i have a lot of fun grinding to get the nuke codes so I can nuke the camps of other players with pride flags as their avatars off the map
very cathartic
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With More Quality Fapness at July 03, 2026 02:51 PM (fapp/)
Normally I don't like the idea of a guy getting busted just for lipping off at a cop, but in this case...
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 02:52 PM (mmrXZ)
They're all dead now, but warm memories persist.
Posted by: 13times at July 03, 2026 02:52 PM (fnZRl)
Posted by: ballistic at July 03, 2026 02:52 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Piper at July 03, 2026 02:52 PM (Wmg4n)
Could happen - my dad made it to 98 and my uncle to 101. Of course, neither was particularly lucid.
I’ve got that part covered already.
Posted by: RI Red at July 03, 2026 02:53 PM (iaf7q)
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With More Quality Fapness at July 03, 2026 02:53 PM (fapp/)
Posted by: whig at July 03, 2026 02:43 PM (E4rtv)
Governor needs to send State Police to arrest mayor and council.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 02:54 PM (1z8ji)
Fire. Getting closer here, and the wind direction forecast goes toward us from the fire for a bit. If the wind is not too bad, and the efforts of all those working this thing bear fruit...anyway, have the people and their irreplacables out of the house and on the way to a friend's place. Now for some last minute mitigation efforts, then I'm bugging-out, too!
Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 03, 2026 02:54 PM (zKkya)
@overton_news
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Victor Davis Hanson says he knows he’ll get in trouble for saying it, but many of the Democrats’ most radical voices are first or second-generation immigrants from FAILED nations.
Ilhan Omar, AOC, Mamdani, Chevalier.
Hanson argues they learned early that trashing America gets them protected and advanced by the left.
HANSON: “One of the things that's not being talked about and I know I'll get criticized for this but here it is...”
“If you look at the candidates, Chevalier, and AOC, and Rashida Tlaib, and Mamdani, and I could go on...”
“But the kingpins, they’re first or second generation...immigrants. And they come from areas that, to be candid and a little blunt, are failed miserable places, such as Ghana or the Caribbean, or many Latin American countries, or Mexico.”
“Almost 50-60% of them are.”
“So they come to this country either with their parents or their parents came and they were born. And they sense, they put their feelers up...and they learn very early on that if you trash this country, the left will protect you and advance you.”
Posted by: beckster at July 03, 2026 02:55 PM (kX27y)
Somebody grabs my dog and runs away and he's gonna gain some weight. A hundred and fifteen grains to be precise.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 03, 2026 02:55 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 02:52 PM (mmrXZ)
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Yea, I kinda liked watching that pasty-white little shit get smacked down by the swarthy cop. I think what finally did it for the cop was when the shit took a step towards him while threatening him. I'll allow the cop's reaction.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 03, 2026 02:55 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July
Agree wholeheartedly. Being cruel, mean and nasty for laughs or clicks is repulsive. And really not funny. I don’t even like the America Funniest Home Videos showing wipeouts and various humiliations, mostly of children. I just don’t tend to laugh at other peoples injuries. Especially when they are staged.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 03, 2026 02:56 PM (yEz+x)
beckster,
Yes we are. Yesterday afternoon I smelled smoke from a wildfire somewhere. It is scary when you don't know if it's nearby or from somewhere else. I whined to Hubby about it and he said someone has a campfire somewhere else.
Why are some people assholes who don't care about other people?
It only takes one spark and many people suffer from that.
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 02:56 PM (/QHx4)
“And no matter how much money you have — AOC’s parents were pretty affluent. Ilhan Omar claims she was worth $30 million. Mamdani’s a multimillionaire settler colonialist from Uganda.”
“And when you look at all of them, they have nothing but contempt.”
“Then don’t come! There’s no reason you have to come. You came here because it was prosperous and safe, and there was not inbred tribal racism as in all these countries.”
“Apparently, the people came with Ilhan Omar because they were on the side of the genocidal [Mohamed] Siad Barre.”
“They keep saying genocide, genocide! The only person that really is a genocidal maniac was Siad Barre, the head of the Somali government, of which a lot of these immigrants’ parents were part of, including Ilhan Omar.”
Posted by: beckster at July 03, 2026 02:57 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: From about That Time at July 03, 2026 02:44 PM (sl73Y)
Given the era, it was most likely one of these:
https://tinyurl.com/4unnk6ab
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 02:57 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Clout chasers. We don't need their scum. at July 03, 2026 02:36 PM (TbWk/)
Note: 3/4" beyond "dead" counts as "within an inch".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 02:50 PM
Gentlemen, please! Given the ongoing FIFA Euroweenie futbol tournament, AND the close proximity to Pride Month, please show some respect and use metric units.
And please, no jokes about how if G*d wanted us to use the metric system, Jesus would have only had ten disciples.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 03, 2026 02:57 PM (0sNs1)
Ilhan Omar, AOC, Mamdani, Chevalier.
Hanson argues they learned early that trashing America gets them protected and advanced by the left.
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Well, sunlight is the best disinfectant.
Posted by: runner at July 03, 2026 02:58 PM (nb5Yq)
Posted by: runner at July 03, 2026 02:58 PM (nb5Yq)
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Fire purifies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 03, 2026 02:58 PM (uO3MK)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 03, 2026 02:58 PM
Hot iron heals.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 03, 2026 03:00 PM (0sNs1)
We almost lost our home in the 1991 Oakland Hills fire. To this day, when I smell smoke, I have to force myself to not panic.
Posted by: beckster at July 03, 2026 03:00 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 03, 2026 02:58 PM (uO3MK)
huh, which Supreme Court Justice said that ??
Posted by: runner at July 03, 2026 03:00 PM (nb5Yq)
"Hormuz Ship Transits Quadruple as Trump Plan Works"
Excerpt:
"According to Lloyd's List Intelligence, total vessel movements — including so-called "dark voyages," in which ships disable GPS tracking to reduce the risk of being targeted — rose to 258 transits during the week ending June 28.
That compares with just 41 voyages during the opening week of the crisis in March."
Posted by: mrp at July 03, 2026 03:01 PM (rj6Yv)
"Hormuz Ship Transits Quadruple as Trump Plan Works"
Excerpt:
"According to Lloyd's List Intelligence, total vessel movements — including so-called "dark voyages," in which ships disable GPS tracking to reduce the risk of being targeted — rose to 258 transits during the week ending June 28.
That compares with just 41 voyages during the opening week of the crisis in March."
Posted by: mrp at July 03, 2026 03:01 PM (rj6Yv)
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But the IRGC put out a press release saying otherwise.
Check and mate.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 03, 2026 03:01 PM (uO3MK)
Posted by: runner at July 03, 2026 03:02 PM (nb5Yq)
Posted by: Lowly Lurker at July 03, 2026 03:03 PM (nPp6w)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 02:50 PM (1z8ji)
This checks out.
Posted by: Miracle Max at July 03, 2026 03:04 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: runner at July 03, 2026 03:02 PM (nb5Yq)
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Well, people were saying that Iran would get $300 billion wired to them the second they signed the MOU.
But now everyone is saying that Iran has received...nothing.
And that the US is willing to unfreeze $3 billion of the $12 billion in frozen assets if Iran simply abides by the MOU and stops threatening the strait.
Oh, and Iran can't sell its oil. No one wants to buy shit oil from terrorists at market prices, especially after the world moved on (demand destruction in Asia) and found new sources (us, mostly).
Literally every single horror story of the MOU being a giant win for Iran was...bullshit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 03, 2026 03:04 PM (uO3MK)
Posted by: Case at July 03, 2026 03:04 PM (IY9No)
TJM,
That is awesome!
Our four grandchildren only know about Wyoming.
True Wyoming kids who we see playing in the snow barefoot, lol.
We pray they will realize how blessed they are to grow up here and will make a difference in our country when they are adults.'
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 03:04 PM (/QHx4)
https://tinyurl.com/4unnk6ab
Posted by: Alberta Oil
That's a pretty car.
Posted by: From about That Time at July 03, 2026 03:04 PM (sl73Y)
Says its possible 1,000,000 Chinese are legally Americans
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 03:04 PM (Ia/+0)
Houman David Hemmati, MD, PhD
@houmanhemmati
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Mr. Mamdani,
If America is truly “an arena of supremacy” that persecutes its people, why did you come here from Uganda instead of staying in India or building your vision where you were born?
America is like our child.
As parents and citizens who chose her, we have a sacred duty to criticize her quietly when she falls short—so we can help her grow stronger and wiser. But we also have a duty to publicly praise her, celebrate her, defend her, and stand with her—especially on her 250th birthday.
You don’t trash your own kid to the whole world on her big day. That’s not love. That’s not leadership. That’s ingratitude.
I was rescued by this country as a small child. She gave my family freedom, opportunity, and a chance to thrive when we had nothing. I owe her everything. And with that gratitude comes the obligation to serve her, protect her, and make her better every single day—not tear her down in public on the day we celebrate everything she has given the world.
Happy 250th Birthday, America. I will always choose to lift you up.
Posted by: beckster at July 03, 2026 03:04 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: whig at July 03, 2026 02:43 PM (E4rtv)
Governor needs to send State Police to arrest mayor and council.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 02:54 PM (1z8ji)
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Can we think bigger? NOLA responds by sending city cops to arrest the Gov, who, in turn orders the NG to detain anyone identifying as a Democrat politician in New Orleans. Then slow walk arraignments.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 03, 2026 03:05 PM (XfxDj)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 03, 2026 03:05 PM (XfxDj)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 03, 2026 03:06 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: runner at July 03, 2026 03:07 PM (nb5Yq)
Posted by: Case at July 03, 2026 03:04 PM (IY9No)
Thanks for posting the publius update yesterday.
I carried over your post to the next thread...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 03, 2026 03:07 PM (Sco7b)
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Ive been to Wyoming several times and the only thing I can remember from all of my visits there was the wind.
It. Never. Stops.
Cheyenne is awesome though, but too close to Denver which is assho
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With More Quality Fapness at July 03, 2026 03:07 PM (fapp/)
Posted by: runner at July 03, 2026 03:08 PM (nb5Yq)
"Some federal employees bristle at America’s 250th birthday festivities after year of agonizing government overhaul"
I read the article. There's a whole lot of bristling going on by the taxpayer-funded federal, working or laid off, underworkedforce.
Posted by: mrp at July 03, 2026 03:09 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: runner at July 03, 2026 03:07 PM (nb5Yq)
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They're not letting anything.
They can't control the strait. We destroyed their capabilities, and Iran keeps putting out press releases that they control the strait.
In response, the US navy set up a safety corridor on the Omani side of the strait and do regular runs with tankers and have for a few weeks. Military flyers are getting what qualifies as combat time in the air flying Apaches for hours every night in the escort.
The problem for Iran is that they stole three cargo vessels, have fired randomly at third-nation property, and have generally acted like retarded, inbred third-worlders in response to their complete collapse of leverage over the past 6 months or so.
Oh, and their GDP has collapsed by at least 50%, they can't import food (half of what they ate was imported), and the population might actually already be starving.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 03, 2026 03:10 PM (uO3MK)
It. Never. Stops.
Cheyenne is awesome though, but too close to Denver which is assho
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With More Quality Fapness at July 03, 2026 03:07 PM (fapp/)
Growing up in Kansas, if the wind ever stops something bad is getting ready to happen like the sky falling or disco coming back. Animals start acting weird and birds get quiet.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 03, 2026 03:10 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 02:32 PM (mmrXZ)
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Yes, they would have. Like Trump, Bombdaddy didn't create a movement. He capitalized on an existing movement, one in this case which has been gestating inside the Democrap party for 50 years.
All these primaries have almost zero turnout, and are almost certainly controlled by the party bosses. Nobody gets elected in NYC without the will of the party and the real power in NYC: Wall Street and big business in general.
The idea that an endorsement by a guy who nobody ever heard of a year ago, and who barely won his election against a hated and damaged opponent, was the deciding factor in any of these DSA wins seems highly unlikely to me.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 03, 2026 03:12 PM (iFTx/)
Accomack feels free.
Posted by: Accomack at July 03, 2026 03:12 PM (GbONR)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 03, 2026 03:10 PM (uO3MK)
Killing off their non-regime population is a feature not a bug.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 03, 2026 03:12 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: runner at July 03, 2026 03:13 PM (nb5Yq)
Posted by: Bulg at July 03, 2026 03:13 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 03, 2026 03:10 PM (uO3MK)
Killing off their non-regime population is a feature not a bug.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 03, 2026 03:12 PM (3uBP9)
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Starving mobs aren't good for much.
But they are good for killing regime figures.
Bad at organizing political systems afterwards, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 03, 2026 03:13 PM (uO3MK)
Huge desk. He looked like a child behind it with 5 DEI lackeys standing to either side.
The liberals always want their heroes to have 'THEIR BIG, PRESIDENTIAL MOMENT' even if it's phony.
For Obama, it was after the one school shooting where they put on that bizarre memorial with everything under the sun but prayers. It was supposed to be Zero's chance to shine and bring the nation together but it was just stupid.
He wasn't called shit-Midas for nothing...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 03, 2026 03:13 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Accomack at July 03, 2026 03:14 PM (GbONR)
Unmasked Ranger,
Yes, the wind is amazing here.
Wyoming isn't perfect because we do have big cities here that try to run everything.
I was horrified to learn how many mosques we have here in Wyoming.
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 03:14 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Accomack at July 03, 2026 03:14 PM (GbONR)
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There was a drone hit last week.
Traffic didn't even slow down.
So, no, it doesn't just take one drone strike to stop it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 03, 2026 03:14 PM (uO3MK)
Posted by: Case at July 03, 2026 03:16 PM (IY9No)
It was reported he's surrounded by new citizens but I don't believe it.......
Posted by: beckster at July 03, 2026 03:16 PM (kX27y)
It essentially takes blind luck to hit a ship with them.
Also, the US keeps hitting sites where drones get launched from. There are reports that Iran has completely given up on radar and are using speed boats to find boats now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 03, 2026 03:16 PM (uO3MK)
Seattle’s socialist mayor is urging trans people to relocate to her city with promises of having cosmetic trans procedures covered by taxpayers through the state healthcare program for low-income residents.
Posted by: beckster
Trannies hold hands while they sleep.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 03, 2026 03:17 PM (Cqx++)
Supposedly George Washington's desk.
Posted by: Tuna at July 03, 2026 03:19 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Oglebay at July 03, 2026 03:19 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 03, 2026 03:19 PM (uO3MK)
Posted by: Accomack at July 03, 2026 03:20 PM (GbONR)
It's not like we haven't heard the same sky is falling bit at least a thousand times in the last month.
Get a new spiel. It was boring after the first few days.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 03, 2026 03:20 PM (dK+Kv)
It essentially takes blind luck to hit a ship with them.
Also, the US keeps hitting sites where drones get launched from. There are reports that Iran has completely given up on radar and are using speed boats to find boats now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 03, 2026 03:16 PM (uO3MK)
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We control the GPS systems. The Europes and the ME states are complaining about the whacka-whacka GPS readings. And the US Navy is essentialy convoying the commercial traffic, which means our counter-measures are getting on-the-job engineering refinements.
Posted by: mrp at July 03, 2026 03:20 PM (rj6Yv)
I also celebrated this morning by firing up my electric chainsaw for the first time to cut up a very large branch that fell in the yard yesterday. It worked nicely for this purpose and I still have all my appendages.
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 03, 2026 03:20 PM (hPLSE)
The contemporary and successive generations of men will disappear. In the long laps of ages, the Tribes of America, like those of Greece and Rome, may pass away. The fabric of American Freedom, like all things human, however firm and fair, may crumble into dust. But the cause in which these our Fathers shone is immortal. They did that, to which no age, no people of reasoning men, can be indifferent. Their eulogy will be uttered in other languages when those we speak, like us who speak them, shall be all forgotten.—Edward Everett, August 1, 1826.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 03, 2026 03:20 PM (kYmoU)
Fkin Marxists Propaganda
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 03:21 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: mrp
Wait til after the midterms. Shit WILL happen, I predict.
Posted by: Bob at July 03, 2026 03:22 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 03, 2026 03:16 PM (uO3MK)
Did they not know that the dithering of GPS was a central feature of the commercialization of GPS?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 03, 2026 03:22 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: tubal at July 03, 2026 03:22 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Accomack at July 03, 2026 03:20 PM (GbONR)
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Nearly half of normal volume was rerouted within days. 8.9 million barrels per day rerouted through existing pipelines (mostly a Saudi pipeline that went from 500K a day to 7 million a day).
Combine that with demand destruction in Asia, increased production in other places, and you had the early recipe for a very quick oversupply of oil. Signs obvious months ago.
Our exports exploded. They've actually crashed in the last few weeks because we have oversupply already.
EIA put out a report saying that they expect Brent to sell at $57 per barrel through the end of the year and to sell for about $52 per barrel in 2027.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 03, 2026 03:22 PM (uO3MK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 03, 2026 03:22 PM (l3cgK)
Fkin Marxists Propaganda
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 03:21 PM (Ia/+0)
What do you expect from a pig but a grunt?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 03, 2026 03:23 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: mrp at July 03, 2026 03:20 PM (rj6Yv)
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But, remember, Iran embarrassed us and destroyed all US assets within 1000 miles.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 03, 2026 03:23 PM (uO3MK)
It's not like we haven't heard the same sky is falling bit at least a thousand times in the last month.
Get a new spiel. It was boring after the first few days.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 03, 2026 03:20 PM (dK+Kv)
_______
Because even for some on our side, the hair must always be on fire, the sky must always be falling, the end must always be near, and the hot chick at the bar must always be a secret tranny.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 03, 2026 03:24 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Tuna at July 03, 2026 03:19 PM (lJ0H4)
Freddie. Not George.
Posted by: Warai-"Boom Boom"-otoko at July 03, 2026 03:24 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 03, 2026 03:24 PM (iFTx/)
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But enough about Bonchie.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 03, 2026 03:24 PM (uO3MK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 03, 2026 03:22 PM (l3cgK)
That's a little harsh for the people wishing failure on the Iran negotiations, but if you think it will work.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 03, 2026 03:24 PM (dK+Kv)
EIA put out a report saying that they expect Brent to sell at $57 per barrel through the end of the year and to sell for about $52 per barrel in 2027.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 03, 2026 03:22 PM (uO3MK)
Gas prices will PLUMMET!!! I kid, of course.
Posted by: tubal at July 03, 2026 03:25 PM (Gqar8)
The Gods allow to many, but to die,
With equal lustre is a blessing heaven
Selects from all the choicest boons of fate,
And with a sparing hand on few bestows.
—quoted by William T. Barry, August 15, 1826.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 03, 2026 03:25 PM (kYmoU)
*wipes brow* whew...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 03, 2026 03:25 PM (jehhT)
EIA put out a report saying that they expect Brent to sell at $57 per barrel through the end of the year and to sell for about $52 per barrel in 2027.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 03, 2026 03:22 PM (uO3MK)
Gas prices will PLUMMET!!! I kid, of course.
Posted by: tubal at July 03, 2026 03:25 PM (Gqar
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Crack spreads will close by the end of summer, and yeah, gas prices probably will crash as seasonal demand towards autumn goes down from the heights of summer.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 03, 2026 03:26 PM (uO3MK)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 03, 2026 03:24 PM (iFTx/)
For people harvesting clicks, sure. But here? What do you think you're accomplishing?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 03, 2026 03:26 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 03, 2026 03:26 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2026 03:27 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 03, 2026 03:24 PM (dK+Kv)
Hey, man, I'm wishing they fail too.
In a good way.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026 03:27 PM (Ot/FD)
*wipes brow* whew...
Posted by: Martini Farmer
I did most my garden chores before the sun hit it. Still only got half my buckwheat out. No groats. No problem, I'm after buckwheat honey!
Posted by: Bob at July 03, 2026 03:27 PM (q6tQZ)
In a good way.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026 03:27 PM (Ot/FD)
I'm goofing, you know.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 03, 2026 03:27 PM (dK+Kv)
—Peleg Sprague, July, 1826.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 03, 2026 03:28 PM (kYmoU)
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 03:28 PM (Ia/+0)
We live in the greatest country in the world.
I'm sickened over people trying to destroy our country.
You don't like it here LEAVE.
If we stopped giving our hard-earned money to the invaders a lot of this shit would stop.
We vote for people who we think will do what is right but we still get screwed.
Money is the root of evil.
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 03:29 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: tubal at July 03, 2026 03:29 PM (Gqar8)
NO harm?
Posted by: Bob at July 03, 2026 03:29 PM (q6tQZ)
Also, hit the Like button and Subscribe!
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 03, 2026 03:29 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 03, 2026 03:27 PM (dK+Kv)
I should have put an overwrought "technically" in there, probably....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026 03:29 PM (Ot/FD)
156 Eh, for a lotta folks everything is that REM song, all the time.
Posted by: tubal at July 03, 2026 03:29 PM (Gqar
Shiny happy people?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026 03:31 PM (Ot/FD)
156 Eh, for a lotta folks everything is that REM song, all the time.
Posted by: tubal at July 03, 2026 03:29 PM (Gqar
Shiny happy people?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026 03:31 PM (Ot/FD)
Heh. The other one.
Posted by: tubal at July 03, 2026 03:32 PM (Gqar8)
—Peleg Sprague, July, 1826.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 03, 2026 03:28 PM (kYmoU)
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The Treaty of Ghent was approved by the US Senate just 11 years earlier. Different times.
Posted by: mrp at July 03, 2026 03:32 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 03, 2026 03:27 PM (dK+Kv)
I should have put an overwrought "technically" in there, probably....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026 03:29 PM (Ot/FD)
wrought iron >>> over-wrought iron
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 03, 2026 03:32 PM (l3cgK)
Six officers turned up to Rosalind Levine & Maxie Allen’s family's home & arrested them in front of one of the couple's children, who was aged three.
They were held for 11 hours for complaining about their daughter's school online.
Her comment was calling a senior person at the school a ‘control freak’.
Hertfordshire, Bolshevik ENGLAND
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 03, 2026 03:32 PM (Dv3i1)
156 Eh, for a lotta folks everything is that REM song, all the time.
Posted by: tubal at July 03, 2026 03:29 PM (Gqar
Shiny happy people?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026 03:31 PM (Ot/FD)
Heh. The other one.
Posted by: tubal at July 03, 2026 03:32 PM (Gqar
Losing my Religion?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 03, 2026 03:33 PM (l3cgK)
—William Alexander Duer, July 31, 1826
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 03, 2026 03:33 PM (kYmoU)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 03, 2026 03:34 PM (afJtY)
Tanker traffic is not back to normal.
The Hormuz toll is not laughed off.
It takes only one democratic administration to change everything.
Posted by: Accomack at July 03, 2026 03:34 PM (8jVAy)
Six officers turned up to Rosalind Levine & Maxie Allen’s family's home & arrested them in front of one of the couple's children, who was aged three.
They were held for 11 hours for complaining about their daughter's school online.
Her comment was calling a senior person at the school a ‘control freak’.
Hertfordshire, Bolshevik ENGLAND
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 03, 2026 03:32 PM (Dv3i1
Just when DID England morph into the German Democratic Republic, anyway?
Posted by: tubal at July 03, 2026 03:34 PM (Gqar8)
India was a blood soaked stinkhole long before the British rolled up, and will continue to be long into the future.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026 03:35 PM (Ot/FD)
Yup. This is very obvious in some of the references in these works. But they often reach to timeless wisdom such as Peleg Sprague’s about the noble lion.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 03, 2026 03:35 PM (kYmoU)
156 Eh, for a lotta folks everything is that REM song, all the time.
Posted by: tubal at July 03, 2026 03:29 PM (Gqar
Shiny happy people?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026 03:31 PM (Ot/FD)
Heh. The other one.
Posted by: tubal at July 03, 2026 03:32 PM (Gqar
Losing my Religion?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 03, 2026 03:33 PM (l3cgK)
Okay, the OTHER other one.
Posted by: tubal at July 03, 2026 03:35 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 02:47 PM (/QHx4
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Absolutely. The 4th hits differently in WY. It's a lot of fun to see and celebrate
Posted by: 496 at July 03, 2026 03:35 PM (LTnl5)
156 Eh, for a lotta folks everything is that REM song, all the time.
Posted by: tubal at July 03, 2026 03:29 PM (Gqar
Shiny happy people?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026 03:31 PM (Ot/FD)
Heh. The other one.
Posted by: tubal at July 03, 2026 03:32 PM (Gqar
Losing my Religion?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 03, 2026 03:33 PM (l3cgK)
Okay, the OTHER other one.
Posted by: tubal at July 03, 2026 03:35 PM (Gqar
Stand?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 03, 2026 03:37 PM (l3cgK)
@peterrhague
This is getting out of hand. Why does crossing a national border erase all of your rights? The heavy handed treatment of ordinary people at airports is an indicator of what our governments would make daily life like if they thought they could.
Video -
https://tinyurl.com/bdctrzk5
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 03, 2026 03:37 PM (Dv3i1)
156 Eh, for a lotta folks everything is that REM song, all the time.
Posted by: tubal at July 03, 2026 03:29 PM (Gqar
Shiny happy people?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026 03:31 PM (Ot/FD)
Heh. The other one.
Posted by: tubal at July 03, 2026 03:32 PM (Gqar
Losing my Religion?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 03, 2026 03:33 PM (l3cgK)
Okay, the OTHER other one.
Posted by: tubal at July 03, 2026 03:35 PM (Gqar
Stand?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 03, 2026 03:37 PM (l3cgK)
Aw hell.
Posted by: tubal at July 03, 2026 03:38 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026 03:38 PM (Ot/FD)
Tanker traffic is not back to normal.
The Hormuz toll is not laughed off.
It takes only one democratic administration to change everything.
Posted by: Accomack at July 03, 2026 03:34 PM (8jVAy)
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It's always something - if it's not one thing, it's another.
Posted by: Roseanne Roseannadanna at July 03, 2026 03:38 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026 03:38 PM (Ot/FD)
And cricket.
Posted by: tubal at July 03, 2026 03:38 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: tubal at July 03, 2026 03:38 PM (Gqar
Lol, that's the "something new to bitch about"!
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026 03:40 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026 03:41 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026 03:41 PM (Ot/FD)
I don't remember that Terminator model...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 03, 2026 03:45 PM (l3cgK)
Alexander Hamilton played a big part in making that dream come true.
Posted by: mrp at July 03, 2026 03:45 PM (rj6Yv)
Three, in fact. One signer, Charles Carroll, survived past 1826. He was less well known even in 1826. Some of the eulogists seem to have forgotten him; others treated him as practically dead anyway.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 03, 2026 03:50 PM (kYmoU)
Alexander Hamilton played a big part in making that dream come true.
Posted by: mrp at July 03, 2026 03:45 PM (rj6Yv)
Aaron was quite the burr to Alexander...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 03, 2026 03:54 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 03, 2026 03:50 PM (kYmoU)
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He was the only Catholic to sign the DoI and Carroll of Carrollton, at the time of the signing, was reputed to be the richest man in the country.
Posted by: mrp at July 03, 2026 06:07 PM (rj6Yv)
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