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Herr Docktor Bugfokker Cancels Campaign Events as Unknown Parties Begin Polling the Strength of Other Candidates to Replace Graham Platner
There are rumors of a fresh Graham Platner scandal about to drop, even as the drop-dead deadline for replacing a candidate in Maine fast approaches. (I believe the deadline is July 13.)
Political Polls
@PpollingNumbers Graham Platner has canceled a campaign event for unclear reasons. The cancellation comes as polls are testing other candidates against Collins, while rumors continue to circulate about a possible new scandal involving Platner.
The Maine Wire
@TheMaineWire 🚨🚨Graham Platner cancels MULTIPLE scheduled town hall events as progressive allies tease another scandal is about to hit his campaign. Augusta town hall for last night - CANCELED Gorham town hall tonight - CANCELED Sanford town hall tonight - CANCELED There are no other upcoming events listed on his FB page, or on Mobilize
Steve RobinsonMeanwhile, Platner's key ally and fellow lazy-ass scumbag Bernie Sanders commsplained that party leaders are above party "rules."
@SteveRob Wild rumors re Graham Platner circulating this morning... Sources Downeast say Platner showed up for the 4th of July parade in Eastport but left early after getting struck in the face by a teen-tossed water balloon.😂 He was a no-show later that evening for the Machias parade.
So what's the Graham Platner scandal going to be about? I would guess that it's about him being expelled from tony boarding school Hotchkiss for sexually abusing a girl or several girls. And I think, if it's anything less than that level of serious, it won't mean anything at all. They're already all-in for a Nazi and communist. Unless it's something that rhymes with rape, he's insulated against it.
Vermont's senior senator, a key supporter of Maine Democrat U.S. Senate nominee Graham Platner, Sunday rejected the alleged hypocrisy of flying charters while blasting oil-executive salaries. "Independent" Bernie Sanders' use of private jets for his political campaigns and tours has drawn scrutiny from critics who argue it contradicts his advocacy against corporate wealth and environmental issues. In an interview on Fox News, Sanders pushed back on the apparent contradiction. "You campaign and you do three or four or five rallies a week," he told Fox News anchor Bret Baier. "The only way, the only way, you can get around to talk to 30,000 people."You think I'm going to be waiting around sitting on a waiting line at United? While 30,000 people are waiting? No apologies for that. "That's what campaign travel is about," Sanders added. "We've done it in the past and we will do it in the future." Sanders tried to argue that President Trump doesn't fly commercial while campaigning either, asking Baier, "When's the last time you saw Donald Trump during a campaign at National Airport?" "But he's also not fighting the oligarchy," Baier replied.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)The way I always do.
How was I to know
She was with the Russians too?
I was gambling in Havana.
I took a little risk.
Send lawyers, guns, and money.
They'd get me out of this ...
AND INTO FIRST!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 06, 2026 01:38 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Nazdar at July 06, 2026 01:39 PM (NcvvS)
In a few days, they CAN'T replace him, so if they're going to do it, it has to be now.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 06, 2026 01:38 PM (xA5g+)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 06, 2026 01:39 PM (xA5g+)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 06, 2026 01:40 PM (MXaEW)
So what's the Graham Platner scandal going to be about? I would guess that it's about him being expelled from tony boarding school Hotchkiss for sexually abusing a girl or several girls.
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Is one of them so traumatized she's unable to use a door now?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 06, 2026 01:41 PM (mmrXZ)
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🤣🤣🤣
Way to go young patriot!
Posted by: runner at July 06, 2026 01:41 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Reforger at July 06, 2026 01:41 PM (DCsZP)
Platner is innocent of every claim against him, those women are reichwing paid liars and you know women lie about this stuff all the time anyway
This is all about the Zionists that controlled the Dem party moving against an actual reformer who will personally end the "gaza genocide" when he is elected.
Also Susan Collins is literally Hitler and if Plater actually did grope some women who cares Trump does all the time and Susan Collins helps him do it.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 01:41 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Nazdar at July 06, 2026 01:42 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: It's a classic at July 06, 2026 01:42 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 06, 2026 01:42 PM (hxAVk)
As if that matters lol
Posted by: Hawaiian Communist Judge at July 06, 2026 01:42 PM (4Aicx)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 01:43 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 06, 2026 01:43 PM (hxAVk)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 06, 2026 01:43 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: man at July 06, 2026 01:43 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Mitch at July 06, 2026 01:43 PM (DCsZP)
So what's the Graham Platner scandal going to be about?
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Some n-word texts?
Blackface became officially forgivable when Canadian Castro was caught, but maybe there's some comparable race offense.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 06, 2026 01:43 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 06, 2026 01:43 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Polanski at July 06, 2026 01:44 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at July 06, 2026 01:44 PM (/WHpM)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 06, 2026 01:44 PM (uO3MK)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 06, 2026 01:44 PM (hxAVk)
Posted by: I'll come in again... at July 06, 2026 01:44 PM (TbWk/)
Oh there is a lot of quoting of polls in the leftwing forums but not the more recent ones...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 01:44 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at July 06, 2026 01:44 PM (qy2Wk)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 06, 2026 01:43 PM (gKWVE)
You mean, had to GIMP out, amirite!?
Posted by: Burglar bunghole buggerer Platner at July 06, 2026 01:45 PM (xA5g+)
And I think, if it's anything less than that level of serious, it won't mean anything at all. They're already all-in for a Nazi and communist. Unless it's something that rhymes with rape, he's insulated against it.
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I still think he's guilty of murder of civilians from his time as a merc in Blackwater.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 06, 2026 01:45 PM (uO3MK)
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🤣🤣🤣
Way to go young patriot!
Posted by: runner
Too bad they didn’t use a funnelator and the water ballon full of cement.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 06, 2026 01:45 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 06, 2026 01:45 PM (ndZc7)
She offered to give him a ride to his favorite port a pottie
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 01:45 PM (sKqQm)
Oh there is a lot of quoting of polls in the leftwing forums but not the more recent ones...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 01:44 PM (sKqQm)
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So...polling in Spring is bullshit?
Even though the final polls 1.5 years ago were 60% right?
Weird.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 06, 2026 01:45 PM (uO3MK)
However, if they don't get their money soon they will start talking.
There probably is additional evidence, but it probably is in the hands of Democrat-friendly institutions like Kik itself, so it won't be released; instead it will be used to make sure Platner remains faithful.
This is just a guess, but is what I would expect from a Democrat politician.
Posted by: PG at July 06, 2026 01:45 PM (5tjvu)
They said he was winning.
Do Democrats not believe the polls?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 06, 2026 01:44 PM (uO3MK)
Has Collins EVER been leading in the polls before election day?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 06, 2026 01:45 PM (xA5g+)
Was in Michael Moore that reacted to some blackwater guys being burned alive by arguing they deserved it?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 01:45 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 06, 2026 01:46 PM (hxAVk)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 01:45 PM (sKqQm)
Kos, I think.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 06, 2026 01:46 PM (xA5g+)
Do Democrats not believe the polls?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 06, 2026 01:44 PM
I don't think they believe in anything besides power and how to gain more.
Posted by: CaliGirl at July 06, 2026 01:46 PM (rwcDN)
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What about Tay Tay?
Posted by: Karen McAwfl at July 06, 2026 01:46 PM (2Ez/1)
I wonder how much they're going to have to "compensate" Planter for loyalty to the Party?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 06, 2026 01:46 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 06, 2026 01:45 PM (xA5g+)
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She led all the polls in 2014.
But, this is the fun part, the polls were still wrong. They were all outside the margin of error.
They said she'd win by 30 and she won by 40. That's outside the margin of error.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 06, 2026 01:47 PM (uO3MK)
Posted by: Which Makes Him Even More Poplular With Democrat-Communists at July 06, 2026 01:47 PM (qUkBO)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 06, 2026 01:47 PM (wOO3z)
@8 - awe-inspiring levels of delusion, even for psychopaths / sociopaths.
wow *said in a Leeloo Dallas voice*
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 06, 2026 01:47 PM (VyBeY)
I wonder how much they're going to have to "compensate" Planter for loyalty to the Party?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 06, 2026 01:46 PM (3cUTc)
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The far left will take Platner being forced out badly.
Very badly.
They have a thing about their establishment fucking over their favorite candidates already that's still unresolved.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 06, 2026 01:47 PM (uO3MK)
She won by 8.6 points.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 01:48 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Nazdar at July 06, 2026 01:48 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 06, 2026 01:44 PM (uO3MK)
Platner's supporters are probably disproportionately young and affluent, which means they are connected to social media more than Collins' supporters. And since polling companies are lazy as f*ck, they don't try to reach a big sample using other means.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 06, 2026 01:48 PM (l4RKn)
Very badly.
They have a thing about their establishment fucking over their favorite candidates already that's still unresolved.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 06, 2026 01:47 PM (uO3MK)
Better or worse than Crockett in Texas?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 06, 2026 01:49 PM (xA5g+)
Posted by: ... at July 06, 2026 01:49 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 01:48 PM (sKqQm)
Working class Mainers don't respond to TikTok polls.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 06, 2026 01:49 PM (l4RKn)
In Maine, a candidate who wins the primary and withdraws by 5 p.m. on July 13 may be replaced by party officials, with the replacement nominee needing to be selected by 5 p.m. on July 27. This allows Democrats a total of 14 days to choose a replacement candidate for the general election.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 06, 2026 01:49 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 06, 2026 01:44 PM (uO3MK)
Platner's supporters are probably disproportionately young and affluent, which means they are connected to social media more than Collins' supporters. And since polling companies are lazy as f*ck, they don't try to reach a big sample using other means.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 06, 2026 01:48 PM (l4RKn)
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Polling in Maine is particularly difficult because, it seems, no one is willing to invest in trying to reach rural voters in significant numbers.
Which means most polling over samples people from Bangor and Augusta.
And people act like it's a deep blue state when the largest political affiliation is independents (roughly 40%).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 06, 2026 01:49 PM (uO3MK)
Weird.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 06, 2026 01:45 PM (uO3MK)
I amused myself at lunchtime today by watching a mashup of election night nonsense from Nicole Wallace on YouTube who early in the evening was (very hopefully) citing an election eve Marist poll showing the word salader up 4 points on the golden scalp weasel…. Only to be near tears later that evening…. Haha
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 06, 2026 01:49 PM (hxAVk)
Posted by: Mitch
Report: Mitch McConnell's wife visited China to meet with high-ranking communist officials just days after Mitch was hospitalized
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Zombie Mitch is chained to the bed and she's got politicking to do.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 06, 2026 01:49 PM (ndZc7)
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Ah. Just like Chief Justice John Cuck-Roberts.
Posted by: The Chicago Way at July 06, 2026 01:50 PM (qUkBO)
Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling Lil Pooky for the keyboard at July 06, 2026 01:50 PM (Wt5PA)
@SteveRob
Wild rumors re Graham Platner circulating this morning...
Sources Downeast say Platner showed up for the 4th of July parade in Eastport but left early after getting struck in the face by a teen-tossed water balloon.😂
LOL! All of our youth today is very much okay!
Posted by: Cheri at July 06, 2026 01:50 PM (oiNtH)
I am hoping for a lot of intramural casualties while it works itself out
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 06, 2026 01:50 PM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 06, 2026 01:49 PM (xA5g+)
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Different parts of the electorate (blacks voting for someone who looks like them vs white progressives who think Warren is the best candidate possible for president).
The Platner guys are Bernie guys. And they're still bitter about Bernie being fucked over twice.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 06, 2026 01:50 PM (uO3MK)
Posted by: Bernie Sanders at July 06, 2026 01:50 PM (R+iUD)
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Not even rape will do it. I mean, the guy is a woman-abusing, layabout leech with suspicious finances, with a fucking Nazi tattoo, and who openly brags about jerking off in port-a-potties and anally raping men. And yet, the Democraps still support him.
I suspect if there is a scandal that gets rid of this guy, it will be something racially bigoted or that taints his Pure Commie resume. Something in his socials like "fuck that nigger" or "you know, communism is stupid and evil."
The Democrap party is so desperate to hold onto black votes that they can't afford a high-profile guy with racial baggage. Similarly, this creep has risen as high as he has because he's seen as a commie true believer. Anything that undermines that will hurt him, perhaps mortally.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 06, 2026 01:50 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 06, 2026 01:51 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 06, 2026 01:51 PM (TCUO6)
>>>>>>
The rest have 31, except February which has 28.
Posted by: As any school child can tell you at July 06, 2026 01:51 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: runner at July 06, 2026 01:51 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider
Polls are worthless in the Summer--to get the number of responses, polling firms use all adults or registered voters, not likely voters. That screening is more expensive (more calls have to be made) and even then, state polling is usually plus or minus 5 percent which makes them useless in a lot of state races if the pollster does not 'know' the state in order to properly weight the responses to reflect the guess as to the voting population.
The funny thing is individuals placing bets on prediction markets rely on bad polling data to place those bets and yet voila, the media and individuals keep reporting those results as if they are superior to the crappy polling data that underlies them.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 01:51 PM (E4rtv)
Two Maine Polls Just Dropped. Is It Time to Fret About Graham Platner? The Democratic Senate candidate is pretty much tied with Susan Collins, but she’s trouncing him with working-class voters. Why, and can he turn that around?
Worth pointing out that pollsters have been underestimating leftists by 8-12 points so far this cycle, something that NYT/Sienna is exacerbating with their new methodology, if that holds platner is winning this handily.
I'm watching a platner town hall on cspan right now. he is VERY good. I only knew about his "scandals" previously, but I'm agreeing with everything he is saying. I'm about to donate to his campaign!
Platner suffers from not having enough organizational support. He is not a socialist so he doesn't have that DSA ground game, and he ran without permission from the DNC so he has no support from the establishment that would rather Susan collins win.
It’s not looking good sadly. It seems like all the things that came out about him have done some damage in the polls.
Isn’t it possible Collins is just more popular in Maine then anyone wants to admit? And Maine Dems more moderate?
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 06, 2026 01:51 PM (4Aicx)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 06, 2026 01:50 PM (uO3MK)
They still don't know that Bernie himself fucked them over? I love it.
Posted by: ... at July 06, 2026 01:51 PM (vE0+H)
I suspect part of the drive for Platner was he's not that.
But I suspect that basemen dwelling NAZI supporting groper is not an improvement over Karen from the Maine electorate's perspective.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 01:52 PM (sKqQm)
I am hoping for a lot of intramural casualties while it works itself out
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 06, 2026 01:50 PM (VyBeY)
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The establishment didn't really need to care because of election fortification.
So, the establishment has been fucking over their far-left ideologically driven base since at least 2016 at the presidential level.
I think there are second order effects to cleaning up elections that we haven't even begun to guess at.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 06, 2026 01:52 PM (uO3MK)
Posted by: Oof at July 06, 2026 01:52 PM (2Ez/1)
July 14th: Leftists in blue strong holds riot and on Bastille Day, of all days.
Im going to have to stock up with popcorn.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at July 06, 2026 01:53 PM (qy2Wk)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 06, 2026 01:53 PM (AjaVp)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 06, 2026 01:51 PM (4Aicx)
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40% of Maine voters are registered independent.
These people have literally no idea.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 06, 2026 01:53 PM (uO3MK)
Posted by: gKWVE
Polling sucks anyway in summer. Vacays, etc. make a likely voter demographic less able to be reached. Polling in general is down the toilet unless you do secondary verification and likely voter screens.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 01:53 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 06, 2026 01:50 PM (uO3MK)
Bernie's new dachas say he didn't get fucked over so much as make a deal.
I wonder how that little tidbit sits with the Bernie Bros...
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 06, 2026 01:53 PM (xA5g+)
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Wait, wait. So is there now such a thing as a leftist? Remember when every commie was just a "centrist" or "right of center"?
Now they're flat telling you they are communists and being a communist is a good thing? Life moves pretty fast.
Posted by: ... at July 06, 2026 01:53 PM (vE0+H)
We love you Graham! And Lindsey!
Posted by: Adam Schiff, NAMBLA President and Lifelong Member at July 06, 2026 01:53 PM (og9zY)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 06, 2026 01:53 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 06, 2026 01:51 PM
Stone the heretic!!!!!
- The Democrat Base
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 06, 2026 01:53 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 06, 2026 01:54 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Cheri at July 06, 2026 01:50 PM (oiNtH)
We drove past a no kings protest and my 9yo grandson rolled down the window and started yelling how stupid they all were.
I was swelling with pride as I rolled the window back up and got the hell out of there.
I was unarmed at the time.
Posted by: Reforger at July 06, 2026 01:54 PM (DCsZP)
Hey, I killed a woman and was feted nonstop by The Nice People for decades.
Posted by: zombie Ted Kennedy taking a break from being serviced by a barbed cock at July 06, 2026 01:54 PM (fmbc9)
Posted by: Cheri at July 06, 2026 01:50 PM (oiNtH)
We drove past a no kings protest and my 9yo grandson rolled down the window and started yelling how stupid they all were.
I was swelling with pride as I rolled the window back up and got the hell out of there.
I was unarmed at the time.
Posted by: Reforger at July 06, 2026 01:54 PM (DCsZP)
Would it be in poor taste to remind you that you had your car?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 06, 2026 01:55 PM (R+iUD)
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ahh, spending quality time with grandpa is the best !
Posted by: runner at July 06, 2026 01:55 PM (GD0B3)
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It's actually a sacrifice, you see.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 06, 2026 01:55 PM (RIvkX)
"The only way, the only way, you can get around to talk to 30,000 people."You think I'm going to be waiting around sitting on a waiting line at United? While 30,000 people are waiting? No apologies for that.
"That's what campaign travel is about," Sanders added. "We've done it in the past and we will do it in the future."
Sanders tried to argue that President Trump doesn't fly commercial while campaigning either, asking Baier, "When's the last time you saw Donald Trump during a campaign at National Airport?"
"But he's also not fighting the oligarchy," Baier replied.
Sanders: I'm sticking it to the man.
Me: But Senator, you are the man.
Sanders: Maybe...
Posted by: Archimedes at July 06, 2026 01:55 PM (Riz8t)
Hey, I killed a woman and was feted nonstop by The Nice People for decades.
Posted by: zombie Ted Kennedy taking a break from being serviced by a barbed cock at July 06, 2026 01:54 PM (fmbc9)
It was an accident, and besides mubortion.
Posted by: leftists at July 06, 2026 01:55 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 06, 2026 01:55 PM (R+iUD)
Wife's car.
Posted by: Reforger at July 06, 2026 01:56 PM (DCsZP)
I was swelling with pride as I rolled the window back up and got the hell out of there.
I was unarmed at the time.
Posted by: Reforger
Eh, interrupted a religious ritual of the lefties, well played.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 01:56 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 06, 2026 01:56 PM (ndZc7)
Hey, I killed a woman and was feted nonstop by The Nice People for decades.
Posted by: zombie Ted Kennedy taking a break from being serviced by a barbed cock at July 06, 2026 01:54 PM (fmbc9)
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You were also an incumbent in a deep blue state and part of a political dynasty.
Platner isn't a great comparison.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 06, 2026 01:56 PM (uO3MK)
Blackwater's Eric Prince no longer lives in the United States, and his visits are quick and unscheduled.
Posted by: Auspex at July 06, 2026 01:56 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 06, 2026 01:56 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: sums it up I'd say at July 06, 2026 01:56 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: Cheri at July 06, 2026 01:50 PM (oiNtH)
We drove past a no kings protest and my 9yo grandson rolled down the window and started yelling how stupid they all were.
I was swelling with pride as I rolled the window back up and got the hell out of there.
I was unarmed at the time.
Posted by: Reforger at July 06, 2026 01:54 PM (DCsZP)
If they get their way it will be hell on the Sacremento NBA Franchise.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 06, 2026 01:57 PM (uhVAy)
But we’re gonna totally ignore the will of our primary voters. Just like we did in 2024.
Posted by: Democrats at July 06, 2026 01:57 PM (WUIO9)
But when Bernie had his shot at true power, he meekly bent over and took a dive for the same establishment he pretends to despise. Pathetic.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 06, 2026 01:57 PM (iFTx/)
- Bernie
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 06, 2026 01:57 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 06, 2026 01:51 PM (gKWVE)
Oh...I know...I've driven in Maine.
It's also more boring than it looks on the map.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 06, 2026 01:57 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Zombie John McCain & Zombie George Floyd at July 06, 2026 01:57 PM (OTAXA)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 06, 2026 01:56 PM (ndZc7)
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I've been suspecting that Collins would return to a win closer to 2014 (40 points) than 2020 (8 points) for a while.
Just...she's popular in the state and Trump ain't on the ballot.
Dropping Platner probably gives her that 2014 win again. Keeping him might just leave her with a 20-30 point victory instead.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 06, 2026 01:58 PM (uO3MK)
Posted by: Democrats at July 06, 2026 01:58 PM (WUIO9)
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 01:58 PM (/WQyy)
I was swelling with pride as I rolled the window back up and got the hell out of there.
I was unarmed at the time.
Posted by: Reforger at July 06, 2026 01:54 PM (DCsZP)
Would it be in poor taste to remind you that you had your car?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 06, 2026 01:55 PM (R+iUD)
Put a cow-catcher grille on the front and you're set for hours of good wholesome fun.
Posted by: GOT TEN FEET OF AIR ON THAT ONE WHOOOO! at July 06, 2026 01:58 PM (TbWk/)
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In KY, they're trying to pretend McConnell is still alive until August 3--before then, a special election is required to fill the vacancy.
After that date, the governor appoints the replacement who served until 2028.
And KY law counts braindead as "dead" for purposes of holding office.
Which means, because Bashear and none of the Dems are saying he's dead, Bashear has promised to appoint a RINO who will vote the Dem party line:
Bashear gets a Dem for 2 years, Mitch gets deadhand control over KY for 2 more years.
And that avoids the fight over not following state law to appoint another Republican.
Because, if they didn't have a deal to appoint who Mitch selected, his team would just announce his death, forcing the special election.
All of this to prevent the people of KY from having a choice in representation.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 06, 2026 01:58 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: ... at July 06, 2026 01:58 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Paradoxically, Bernie (unlike Hillary) isn't bitter at all. He still has adoring fans, tons of money, and the rest of his life on easy mode.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 06, 2026 01:58 PM (4Aicx)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 06, 2026 01:57 PM (iFTx/)
No...not pathetic at all. A good Democrat soldier. That's why they are successful.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 06, 2026 01:58 PM (l4RKn)
Polling sucks anyway in summer. Vacays, etc. make a likely voter demographic less able to be reached. Polling in general is down the toilet unless you do secondary verification and likely voter screens.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 01:53 PM (E4rtv)
Gallup calls me from time to time and I lie to them on purpose. I've been a Neilson person too.
Posted by: CaliGirl at July 06, 2026 01:58 PM (W4Zv0)
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 01:58 PM (/WQyy)
Blue Oyster Bar Farmers.
Posted by: IYKYK at July 06, 2026 01:59 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 06, 2026 01:58 PM (3cUTc)
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My sister works for a KY congressman. Federal level congressman. She works in the guy's office in state.
They have no idea if Mitch is alive or dead.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 06, 2026 01:59 PM (uO3MK)
Posted by: Don Black at July 06, 2026 01:59 PM (ZxPkt)
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They overlooked the fraud vote.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 06, 2026 01:59 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Inner cities for one. Second will be a massive shift to red states in representation for House assuming the GOP keeps the presidency in 2028.
I also think a fair chunk of uniparty fixtures will either lose in primaries or retire if their races can no longer be rigged.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 01:59 PM (E4rtv)
It's also more boring than it looks on the map.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 06, 2026 01:57 PM (l4RKn)
I'll be there next week for the 60th annual Nearsider family fishing trip to the same island on the same lake. The boy child will be the first of the fourth generation to make the journey.
It's my favorite place in the world. I'm going to have my ashes spread there.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 06, 2026 01:59 PM (xA5g+)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 06, 2026 01:45 PM (uO3MK)
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If he did then then they all did.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 06, 2026 01:59 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 06, 2026 01:59 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 06, 2026 01:58 PM (3cUTc)
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My sister works for a KY congressman. Federal level congressman. She works in the guy's office in state.
They have no idea if Mitch is alive or dead.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 06, 2026 01:59 PM (uO3MK)
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"Turtle's Cat"
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 06, 2026 01:59 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 02:00 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 06, 2026 01:58 PM (3cUTc)
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My sister works for a KY congressman. Federal level congressman. She works in the guy's office in state.
They have no idea if Mitch is alive or dead.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 06, 2026 01:59 PM (uO3MK)
OrangeManBad should start demanding the release of Hostage Mitch, along with any other "missing" congresscritters.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 06, 2026 02:00 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 06, 2026 01:58 PM (3cUTc)
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My sister works for a KY congressman. Federal level congressman. She works in the guy's office in state.
They have no idea if Mitch is alive or dead.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 06, 2026 01:59 PM (uO3MK)
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Schrodinger's Turtle
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 06, 2026 02:00 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Mad Max in VA at July 06, 2026 02:00 PM (udRx+)
Posted by: Down Beast at July 06, 2026 02:01 PM (qUkBO)
Just don't be out at dusk.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 02:00 PM (sKqQm)
Shush, you!
Posted by: mosquitos at July 06, 2026 02:01 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: The Ghost of Mitch McConnell at July 06, 2026 02:01 PM (++1kQ)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 06, 2026 01:59 PM (xA5g+)
The lakes and the coast are gorgeous, but there is a lot of really tedious forest for hours in every direction!
But...steamers from Maine are one of my favorite foods, so...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 06, 2026 02:01 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 06, 2026 02:01 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 06, 2026 02:00 PM (R+iUD)
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I honestly have no problem with hiding Mitch's corpse. It's just partisan advantage while fighting over nothing. The Senate's not doing anything productive and Mitch's chief of staff won't vote for anything we want anyway.
Just push aside the ugliness of the next few months in the appointment fight (KY gov is Dem and would want to appoint a replacement, even though there have been a couple of laws passed that muck that process up).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 06, 2026 02:01 PM (uO3MK)
Posted by: Facts at July 06, 2026 02:01 PM (WUIO9)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 06, 2026 02:01 PM (bF/eA)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 06, 2026 01:58 PM (3cUTc)
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My sister works for a KY congressman. Federal level congressman. She works in the guy's office in state.
They have no idea if Mitch is alive or dead.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 06, 2026 01:59 PM (uO3MK)
OrangeManBad should start demanding the release of Hostage Mitch, along with any other "missing" congresscritters.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 06, 2026 02:00 PM (R+iUD)
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I'd rather keep this charade going for as long as possible to keep that shithead KY fuckernor from appointing a Democrap to that seat. Trump probably realizes this, or at least I hope so. The longer this drags out, the better.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 06, 2026 02:02 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: ... at July 06, 2026 02:02 PM (vE0+H)
But when Bernie had his shot at true power, he meekly bent over and took a dive for the same establishment he pretends to despise. Pathetic.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 06, 2026 01:57 PM (iFTx/)
Him taking the dive was very lucrative for him. You don't get three houses, one on Lake Champlain on a Senator's pay. Certainly an unremarkable, unaccomplished Senator such as Bernie.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 06, 2026 02:02 PM (N39Ws)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 06, 2026 02:01 PM (l4RKn)
It's all about balance.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 06, 2026 02:02 PM (xA5g+)
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The younger progs and DSA members (but I repeat myself) want their candidates. They will not vote for whoever the DNC installs as a candidate. Which is good for Collins.
Posted by: Penfold at July 06, 2026 02:02 PM (Fbt5B)
Posted by: whig
It's fun and games until the Left regains power, and charges you with conspiracy against religious freedom and interfering with the exercise of religious freedom by force in revenge for Don Lemon.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at July 06, 2026 02:03 PM (4Aicx)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 06, 2026 02:01 PM (l4RKn)
I LOVE steamers.
Posted by: Don Lemon at July 06, 2026 02:03 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 06, 2026 02:03 PM (Ty3Ro)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 06, 2026 01:59 PM (uO3MK)
That's been the case for a few years.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 06, 2026 02:03 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 06, 2026 02:03 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: The Ghost of Mitch McConnell at July 06, 2026 02:03 PM (++1kQ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
To be fair, no one knew about Thomas Kean for months and he might lose his seat over it. And then you have Kay Grainger. Staffers stay schtum about things because it means they have to look for jobs as most will not be retained by a new officeholder.
The August deadline is for setting a special election to run conterminous with the regular November election for the rump part of McConnell's term in this Congress. I think Massie the Assie crowd is pushing the where is Mitch in order to try to run in a special election before the regular one.
My guess is Mitch is brain dead but the online idiots citing KY law for death don't realize it does not apply to DC land. Without a death certificate, lawyers can keep any moves to fill the seat on hold if they wish until the clock runs out in August.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 02:03 PM (E4rtv)
My guess is that he contacted some minors on Kik
Posted by: PG
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Oohh, good guess.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 06, 2026 02:04 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: ... at July 06, 2026 02:04 PM (vE0+H)
So does Amber Heard.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 06, 2026 02:04 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 06, 2026 01:57 PM (iFTx/)
Him taking the dive was very lucrative for him. You don't get three houses, one on Lake Champlain on a Senator's pay. Certainly an unremarkable, unaccomplished Senator such as Bernie.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 06, 2026 02:02 PM (N39Ws)
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And that pesky IRS investigation into his, his wife's and step-daughter's business dealings with that college his wife tanked being deemed not sufficiently documented to bring enforcement proceedings against them.
Posted by: Penfold at July 06, 2026 02:04 PM (Fbt5B)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 06, 2026 02:04 PM (bF/eA)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 06, 2026 01:57 PM (iFTx/)
Him taking the dive was very lucrative for him. You don't get three houses, one on Lake Champlain on a Senator's pay. Certainly an unremarkable, unaccomplished Senator such as Bernie.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 06, 2026 02:02 PM (N39Ws)
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To give up the Democrap presidential nomination and perhaps the presidency? He got bought off dirt cheap. Hillary would have been 1000x more expensive, if she had any price at all.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 06, 2026 02:04 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: runner at July 06, 2026 02:04 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 01:51 PM (E4rtv)
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I also find it amusing.
"You Have to Play to Win!!"
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 06, 2026 02:04 PM (RIvkX)
Formerly-Famous Leftwing Non-Celebrities Spend Entire Fourth of July Weekend Obsessing Over (Get This) Trump
Sorry to drop that huge surprise on you without a warning.
Star of Seabiscuit Sarah Jessica Parker joined some other obsessives reading parts of an anti-Trump book and congratulating themselves for their Demonic Virtue.
A host of members from the cosseted Hollywood elites including Sarah Jessica Parker, Mark Ruffalo, Molly Ringwald, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Bradley Whitford released a joint July 4 video with author Timothy Snyder in an effort to challenge President Donald Trump on the day the nation paused to celebrate its 250th birthday.They got Molly Ringwand and Sheryl Lee? (Laura Palmer from Twin Peaks, from 30 years ago.) What a coup!
Wow, decrepit spinster Margaret Atwood showed up for a left-wing event? Now I'm impressed. And some other people who haven't been relevant since 2002 as well. Astonishing. Speaking of old lefties with dwindling relevance, the site's official pick for most overrated piece of shit "rocker" ever, Bruce Springsteen. I'd rather let Gary Glitter babysit my kids than listen to this gravel-voiced Cookie Monster of MOR "rock."
They reportedly viewed their collective effort as "a call against tyranny" as Trump stood at the fore of his America 250 festivities and addressed the gathered tens of thousands and through them the country as a whole, as Breitbart News reported. The Wrap reports how the sneering Hollywood effort went public with this claim: "Two-hundred-fifty years ago, a revolutionary idea was born, not that freedom was guaranteed, not that democracy would take care of itself, but that ordinary people could govern themselves," Parker says in the 10-minute clip. "Every generation since has faced the same question: What will you do when our country asks and needs something of you?" .. "To celebrate a rebellion is to know that, from a flawed world, we can make new things," Snyder wrote in his intro to the video release, per the Wrap report. "We can hold on, we can find each other, and not just imagine but create a much better America. It is a special 250th -- it is ours." The clip featured -- but was not restricted to -- those mentioned earlier as well as Lisa Rinna, Canadian Margaret Atwood, Tony Goldwyn and Leslie Odom Jr. declaiming the book's 20 lessons to stand against tyranny.
I love that the only album/songs people can remember is the absolute turd "Born in the USA."
Left-wing rocker Bruce Springsteen declared himself a "patriot" for trashing President Donald Trump. "I believe in critical patriotism," the "Dancing in the Dark" singer proclaimed. "I believe in critical patriotism," Springsteen told PBS NewsHour in a recent interview, after being asked, "You said before that loving your country means telling the truth about it. How has that guided your work?" The "Born In the U.S.A." singer, who was interviewed on the PBS special, Bruce Springsteen: Finding America in Song, added, "I believe that's the definition of a patriot, you know?"
"That you love your country so much, that you are willing to look at it clearly, recognize its faults, encourage it to be a better place, and believe that you carry in your heart the country that is waiting," Springsteen said. "I was very angry," the 76-year-old rocker said of his new protest song, "Streets of Minneapolis," which he wrote after the fatal shootings of ICE agitators Renee Good and Alex Pretti, and later performed at an anti-Trump "No Kings" rally. "And usually, I write songs that have a lot of political implications, but very often are not directly political," the "Born to Run" singer added.You're a moron. Finally, archleftist and completely inadequate man Larry David produced a -- get this -- anti-Trump fake "history" series. Rob Reiner was in it, in his last role. He played -- are you ready to laugh? -- George Washington, ranting about -- get this -- Donald Trump. Barack Obama produced this POS. This is the show Michelle Obama forbade from featuring RFKJr's wife and Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm co-star, Cheryl Hines.
Director Jeff Schaffer says Rob Reiner's final role as George Washington in Larry David's Obama-produced HBO show is Reiner's "last laugh" against President Donald Trump. Rob Reiner -- who was killed late last year along with his wife, Michele -- filmed his final role a month before his death, portraying George Washington in Larry David's historical sketch comedy show, Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness. The late film director's appearance on the HBO show was kept a secret until the second episode aired on July 3, according to a report by Variety.He died as he lived -- ranting obsessively and futilely about a man he'd never even met.
The show's director, Jeff Schaffer, told the magazine that the role allowed Reiner to get the "last laugh" against President Trump. "It's coming out on Fourth of July weekend, and if it in any way spoils a sad octogenarian's weekend, then oh well!" Schaffer added.Yeah I don't think it did. The unbridled narcissism of these people. It's just a cult of self-worship. Hello everyone! My goodness, I did not enjoy this very hot weekend. It's nice that it cooled down but I spent the weekend just laying around and checking a weather app to see when the heat would break. How was yours? Any one have corn on the cob? I did. Dang corn on the cob is good.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)She missed the Oscar for her role by a head...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 06, 2026 12:10 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 06, 2026 12:11 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 06, 2026 12:11 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 06, 2026 12:11 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 06, 2026 12:11 PM (VyBeY)
Posted by: ... at July 06, 2026 12:13 PM (vE0+H)
Laugh in their face, or just ignore them?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 06, 2026 12:14 PM (qx7Zg)
Huh. "Laugh" and "Reiner" haven't belonged in the same sentence in years.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 06, 2026 12:14 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Hadsil at July 06, 2026 12:14 PM (n3QP0)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 06, 2026 12:14 PM (jehhT)
Looks like his son got the last laugh.... Too soon ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 06, 2026 12:14 PM (GsrgF)
Posted by: ... at July 06, 2026 12:13 PM (vE0+H)
It made them rich...
Posted by: Nova Local at July 06, 2026 12:15 PM (tOcjL)
Golly. What a surprise. *spit*
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 06, 2026 12:15 PM (VyBeY)
Posted by: huerfano at July 06, 2026 12:15 PM (VJX5o)
Posted by: Skip at July 06, 2026 12:15 PM (sgkY8)
Posted by: Piper at July 06, 2026 12:15 PM (Wmg4n)
*taps the Giv-O-Shit meter*
(just out of the calibration shop too)
Nothing. Zip. Nadda. Zero.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 06, 2026 12:15 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Richard Cranium at July 06, 2026 12:16 PM (7iEFu)
* when SCIENCE! tells you to wear a mask and hide under your bed for #twoyearsplus or else you'll kill grandma
* when DOCTORS tell you your child has an incurable condition and you should muhbort it
* when EDUCATORS tell you your surviving children need to learn about buttsecks
* when a bunch of SPLC-paid retards with danger hair tell you gubs are evil
.....
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 06, 2026 12:16 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: runner at July 06, 2026 12:16 PM (GD0B3)
I spent a hot Saturday manning a grill in a Hawaiian shirt, looking like an illustration from Popular Mechanics circa 1950.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 06, 2026 12:16 PM (bFu5X)
I was pleasantly surprised. The food was good. I didn't see any hood behavior. The entertainment was a little sparse, but I don't need a ton of entertainment.
I had a relaxing time with my family, got my daily workouts, and I'm only up 1.3 lbs from the day before the vacation to now. Great success.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 06, 2026 12:16 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Auspex at July 06, 2026 12:16 PM (6osB/)
Posted by: Skanky Ass Ho at July 06, 2026 12:16 PM (WUIO9)
Posted by: Skip at July 06, 2026 12:16 PM (sgkY8)
*taps the Giv-O-Shit meter*
(just out of the calibration shop too)
Nothing. Zip. Nadda. Zero.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 06, 2026 12:15 PM (2WIwB)
Your field of f**ks is bare. Nothing left for Hollyweird to suck off...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 06, 2026 12:17 PM (l3cgK)
Daughter lives in Detroit. Sections of Detroit have been without power since early Saturday. Best estimates, according to DTE, is her power (apt complex) won't be restored until late tomorrow night.
Have to imagine the natives will be getting restless.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 06, 2026 12:17 PM (N39Ws)
I love that the only album/songs people can remember is the absolute turd "Born in the USA."
The ACLU used it in their TV spots in favor of birthright citizenship played over and over on Fox News.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 06, 2026 12:17 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 06, 2026 12:18 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Skanky Ass Ho at July 06, 2026 12:16 PM (WUIO9)
WTF was the problem with any of her roles?
Oh forget it, they're all retards.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 06, 2026 12:18 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at July 06, 2026 12:18 PM (GMWTj)
Posted by: Skip at July 06, 2026 12:16 PM (sgkY
Face on a cactus would be more attractive...
Posted by: Pinhead, Lead Cenobite and Hell Priest at July 06, 2026 12:18 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: ... at July 06, 2026 12:13 PM (vE0+H)
It made them rich...
Posted by: Nova Local at July 06, 2026 12:15 PM (tOcjL)
Definitive proof that mere profit or a shared desire for money doesn't make a country.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 06, 2026 12:18 PM (okun6)
I was pleasantly surprised. The food was good. I didn't see any hood behavior. The entertainment was a little sparse, but I don't need a ton of entertainment.
I had a relaxing time with my family, got my daily workouts, and I'm only up 1.3 lbs from the day before the vacation to now. Great success.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 06, 2026 12:16 PM (mkw2N)
Longer, more expensive Carnival cruises never have any problems. It's usually just the cheap 3-4 day beach cruises (which tend to be almost all out of Florida)...
Posted by: Nova Local at July 06, 2026 12:19 PM (tOcjL)
*taps the Giv-O-Shit meter*
(just out of the calibration shop too)
Nothing. Zip. Nadda. Zero.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 06, 2026 12:15 PM
So the reading is Dead-on-Balls Accurate?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 06, 2026 12:19 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at July 06, 2026 12:19 PM (GMWTj)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 06, 2026 12:19 PM (GsrgF)
Daughter lives in Detroit. Sections of Detroit have been without power since early Saturday. Best estimates, according to DTE, is her power (apt complex) won't be restored until late tomorrow night.
Have to imagine the natives will be getting restless.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 06, 2026 12:17 PM (N39Ws)
If that estimate turns out to be optimistic, has she considered calling in sick for a couple days and getting a hotel room an hour or so out of town?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 06, 2026 12:19 PM (R+iUD)
I had a great weekend. Friends invited us out on their boat and I went wake surfing for the first time. I wakeboarded a lot back in my youth but haven't been pulled behind a boat in any capacity in a long ass time. I am sore in places I forgot I could get sore in.
Multiple beers of the cold variety were consumed.
Posted by: ballistic at July 06, 2026 12:19 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 06, 2026 12:20 PM (Cqx++)
I don't think he understands what that phrase means. Dying doesn't mean you won.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 06, 2026 12:20 PM (vTZFs)
>>>"I believe in critical patriotism,"
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 06, 2026 12:20 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 06, 2026 12:20 PM (2GVsD)
Have to imagine the natives will be getting restless.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 06, 2026 12:17 PM (N39Ws)
Tell her to think of it as experiencing a summer in France.
Posted by: Skanky Ass Ho at July 06, 2026 12:20 PM (WUIO9)
Yeah, the White Rose has nothing on courageous freedom fighters like you.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 06, 2026 12:21 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Bulg at July 06, 2026 12:21 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Skanky Ass Ho at July 06, 2026 12:16 PM (WUIO9)
__________________
Why did shhe shhit on him? Washh he dresshhed like Shanta?
Posted by: Sean Connery at July 06, 2026 12:21 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Cray Cray at July 06, 2026 12:21 PM (RmciC)
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I don't think he understands what that phrase means. Dying doesn't mean you won.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 06, 2026 12:20 PM (vTZFs)
I suspect Rob Reiner is experiencing a sustained very very hot heat wave.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 06, 2026 12:21 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Rando Calrissian at July 06, 2026 12:21 PM (YcehE)
Posted by: Clay at July 06, 2026 12:21 PM (xGI4W)
Posted by: Dead Hitler at July 06, 2026 12:22 PM (5inO5)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 06, 2026 12:19 PM (GsrgF)
It was good they opened the fair Monday to work out the kinks prior to the crowded weekend (getting bottled water vs the coolers, getting Guard members to hand out the bottled water, getting airconditioned buses and more air conditioned and shaded spaces on site, actually creating a daily published schedule, etc
...it's what good business folks do with the test openings...Posted by: Nova Local at July 06, 2026 12:22 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 06, 2026 12:22 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 06, 2026 12:22 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Skanky Ass Ho at July 06, 2026 12:16 PM (WUIO9)
WTF was the problem with any of her roles?
Oh forget it, they're all retards.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 06, 2026 12:18 PM (R+iUD)
My shower sink had Ringwald until I cleaned it.
Posted by: Pinhead, Lead Cenobite and Hell Priest at July 06, 2026 12:22 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 06, 2026 12:22 PM (EQmpy)
News flash: it doesn't. The vast majority of people -- even most on the center-left -- will see this and think "didn't I see one of these people on TV a few decades ago?" They will feel sorry for these losers, rather than be impressed with their political views.
I think that's why the left is so desperate to get actual "stars" to pimp for Democraps. That's why they pressure guys like the Rock. They know having these old fossils mumbling about how much they hate Trump doesn't work, or at least the smart ones do.
The reason for losers like Molly Ringwald (she's still alive?) and Bradley Whitford (who?) to make these kinds of videos is pure "look at me" narcissism. You can almost here them thinking "I'm still here and important, dammit!"
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 06, 2026 12:23 PM (iFTx/)
https://tinyurl.com/mr3ve7bu
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Reminds me of that Star Trek episode when they had to act irrationally to defeat the robot people.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 06, 2026 12:23 PM (ndZc7)
People who used to get paid to pretend for a living, but now are unemployed and mostly forgotten, are desperately seeking attention and definitely should not be taken seriously.
Molly Ringwald, on her best day, is probably not someone you should take direction from.
Posted by: obvs. at July 06, 2026 12:23 PM (anL5R)
Another day in South Africa.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 06, 2026 12:24 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: CaliGirl at July 06, 2026 12:24 PM (yAl+8)
Wife and I would be proud to host you. Least we can do for all the laughs over the years.
Posted by: sifty boones at July 06, 2026 12:24 PM (haByY)
Posted by: sifty boones at July 06, 2026 12:24 PM (haByY)
Even Mamdani attempted to not be a total a-hole on the 4th, but of course, he couldn't pull it off, and ended up condemning America. It shows that even those fools are aware of how most of the country views them, though.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 06, 2026 12:24 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 06, 2026 12:25 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: steevy at July 06, 2026 12:25 PM (YwEeS)
Remember Joe Walsh, the corrupt one-term congressman from Illinois? He is an absolutely deranged, frothing-at-the-mouth anti-Trump lunatic.
He gets crushed on Twitter/X all the time, but he is too stupid and craven to care.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 06, 2026 12:25 PM (l4RKn)
https://tinyurl.com/nhavk8m6
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 06, 2026 12:25 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Skip at July 06, 2026 12:25 PM (sgkY8)
Narrator: They are, in fact, NOT important.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 06, 2026 12:25 PM (Riz8t)
I was pleasantly surprised. The food was good. I didn't see any hood behavior. The entertainment was a little sparse, but I don't need a ton of entertainment.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 06, 2026 12:16 PM (mkw2N)
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Headed out on Saturday for our first family cruise on Carnival. 7 days out of Galveston. Hoping that paying the Ratchet Tax by upgrading to a suite keeps us out of the riff-raff.
Posted by: ballistic at July 06, 2026 12:25 PM (oqH4h)
I doubt Trump has even heard of this stupid show much less had it spoil his weekend.
Posted by: Skanky Ass Ho at July 06, 2026 12:26 PM (WUIO9)
I'm magnanimous, two feedbags.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 06, 2026 12:26 PM (2GVsD)
I loved the video of him sitting at a desk surrounded by foreigners holding American flags and looking for all the world like they were in a hostage video.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 06, 2026 12:26 PM (Riz8t)
Then I remember nepotism.
Posted by: sifty boones at July 06, 2026 12:26 PM (haByY)
The schadenfreude, it is delicious.
But seriously, good for Turkey. Who wants thousands of foreign exhibitionist perverts overrunning your city?
The advertising for this cruise is almost comical in how obvious it makes its true purpose: this is a gay hook-up sex cruise. The promos are all young, good-looking flamboyantly gay men in nut-huggers with obvious sock enhancement practically sucking each other's dicks.
May God have mercy on the poor housekeeping crew that has to clean the staterooms after these perverts are done with their blood- and feces-splattering sex orgies. [Shudders]
https://tinyurl.com/y94p6efj
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 06, 2026 12:27 PM (iFTx/)
What the hell does that even mean??
Critical patriotism?
Posted by: dantesed at July 06, 2026 12:27 PM (w1twS)
Trump won the electoral college
All the swing states
The popular vote
The House and the Senate.
It really pisses them off.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 06, 2026 12:27 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: sifty boones at July 06, 2026 12:24 PM (haByY)
He should have tried his hand at a slasher movie.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 06, 2026 12:27 PM (wOO3z)
"The intensity and immenseness of freedom in the United States of America should get a month-long celebration. I mean, we have to suffer through Pride Month every June. Calling July "American Independence Month" would be an excellent palate cleanser."
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 06, 2026 12:27 PM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at July 06, 2026 12:27 PM (qy2Wk)
And *raised hand* had corn on the cobb. And was happy about it. Well plus the steak.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 06, 2026 12:27 PM (n5tGW)
What the hell does that even mean??
Critical patriotism?
Posted by: dantesed at July 06, 2026 12:27 PM (w1twS)
It means calling anyone you disagree with a Fascist and Hitler...
Posted by: Pinhead, Lead Cenobite and Hell Priest at July 06, 2026 12:27 PM (l3cgK)
Hey Bruce, you fake everyman, did you protest our borders being overrun under Biden and innocents killed (and still being killed) because of it? Men, women, and children needlessly killed or maimed due to Biden & Co. desire to erase our borders. Pretti and Good were interfering with law enforcement in high security situations and were warned but did not heed. Quite a difference moron.
Posted by: Cheri at July 06, 2026 12:27 PM (oiNtH)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 06, 2026 12:26 PM (Riz8t)
Looked like those American flags were burning their hands
Posted by: It's me donna at July 06, 2026 12:28 PM (GsrgF)
Star of "Seabiscuit" Sarah Jessica Parker
* loud guffaws *
Our Independence Day was great, despite temperatures being in the high 90s. We assisted our neighbor with making popcorn and handing out bags of it to participants in our mobile home park's golf cart parade just before noon. The neighboring park staged a fireworks display that may has well have been in our own -- it was that close by.
Folks had pretty much dispersed and headed home by noon yesterday. This place was almost completely deserted. I did not mind -- the quietness of this area is rare these dats and most enjoyable.
It's raining today, so I am heading back north a half day early in an hour or so. The missus has some prescriptions that need to be gathered in and I have checks and such to write for the lapidary folks.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at July 06, 2026 12:28 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Bulg at July 06, 2026 12:28 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Skanky Ass Ho at July 06, 2026 12:16 PM (WUIO9)
WTF was the problem with any of her roles?
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She was Cishet!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 06, 2026 12:28 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 06, 2026 12:28 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: Pudinhead at July 06, 2026 12:28 PM (1D2Ie)
Posted by: sifty boones at July 06, 2026 12:26 PM (haByY)
Her acting range consists of looking like she has a mouthful of cum ready to spit out...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 06, 2026 12:29 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Bulg at July 06, 2026 12:28 PM (77rzZ)
There's something about Winnona Ryder...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 06, 2026 12:29 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Richard Cranium
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Her father was the famous actor, Mr. Ed.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 12:30 PM (E4rtv)
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She was Cishet!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 06, 2026 12:28 PM
I think it was more the whiney teenaged angst.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 06, 2026 12:30 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at July 06, 2026 12:30 PM (UJMvS)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 06, 2026 12:26 PM (Riz8t) ":
yeah, LOL, and the desk was backwards, drawers facing the camera. sure sign of a loser who has never worked one single day of his worthless life, even at a desk job.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 06, 2026 12:30 PM (VyBeY)
Did Reiner portray George Washington as an aggressive butthead, simultaneously overbearing and whiny? Method acting, in other words.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 06, 2026 12:30 PM (VWtfl)
What the hell does that even mean??
Critical patriotism?
Posted by: dantesed
He's critical of patriotism.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 06, 2026 12:30 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 06, 2026 12:30 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 06, 2026 12:30 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 06, 2026 12:30 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at July 06, 2026 12:30 PM (UJMvS)
Do COBs Cornhole?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 06, 2026 12:30 PM (l3cgK)
What the hell does that even mean??
Critical patriotism?
Posted by: dantesed at July 06, 2026 12:27 PM (w1twS)
There is no reality in patriotism, only a narrative about patriotism that can be shaped to influence the general populace's behavior.
Ideally by prominent sock-puppets like Bruce Springsteen and Molly Ringwald.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 06, 2026 12:31 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: sifty boones at July 06, 2026 12:31 PM (haByY)
Posted by: Rabid Moroccan Donkey with a Ruptured Asshole at July 06, 2026 12:31 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: From about That Time at July 06, 2026 12:31 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 06, 2026 12:30 PM (ExV1e)
If you claim the hormones are for tranny therapy, are they free?
But Seriously, take care, man.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 06, 2026 12:31 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Skanky Ass Ho
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Problematic because without John Hughes, Molly Ringworm is and ought to be forgotten. Her subsequent career trajectory reached its peak and it has been all downhill since Hughes.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 12:31 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: fd at July 06, 2026 12:32 PM (0fRvS)
Molly Ringwald looked like what Roger DeBris and Karman Gia thought a pretty young woman should look like.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 06, 2026 12:32 PM (2GVsD)
Good... Will continue prayers for you
Posted by: It's me donna at July 06, 2026 12:32 PM (GsrgF)
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They live in a circle jerk Los Angeles bubble where their opinions are very important and the entire world needs to know them. They truly believe the great unwashed outside the TMZ bows down to their every proclamation.
Posted by: Skanky Ass Ho at July 06, 2026 12:32 PM (WUIO9)
Surprise, surprise, surprise.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at July 06, 2026 12:32 PM (UJMvS)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 06, 2026 12:32 PM (Kt19C)
Bruce sucks ass. Never liked his stuff.
I’ve dropped 10 lbs in this East Texas heat. Happens every summer.
Posted by: Billythesquid at July 06, 2026 12:33 PM (iB3vr)
We sign this document against tyranny, knowing full well it means we forfeit our lives, our freedom and our property should we be captured by officers of the state.
2026:
We dress up in costumes and read some words in the public square that someone else wrote calling the President a tyrant and are ignored, especially by officers of the state.
Exactly the same!
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 06, 2026 12:33 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: fd at July 06, 2026 12:33 PM (0fRvS)
This means the deflation in the world economy is going to destroy us all.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 06, 2026 12:33 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: DanMan at July 06, 2026 12:33 PM (8uzBS)
Hahaha!! I LoL’d
I recently asked Grok to name the most prominent horse-faced celebrity. Without hesitation the answer was SJP…. Taylor Swift got an honorable mention lol
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 06, 2026 12:33 PM (TCUO6)
Which is a fair trade off.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 06, 2026 12:33 PM (jehhT)
Thanks for the update. Will continue to pray for you.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 06, 2026 12:34 PM (D+BhG)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 06, 2026 12:34 PM (amcLV)
I was pleasantly surprised. The food was good. I didn't see any hood behavior. The entertainment was a little sparse, but I don't need a ton of entertainment.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 06, 2026 12:16 PM (mkw2N)
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Headed out on Saturday for our first family cruise on Carnival. 7 days out of Galveston. Hoping that paying the Ratchet Tax by upgrading to a suite keeps us out of the riff-raff.
Posted by: ballistic at July 06, 2026 12:25 PM (oqH4h)
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The ghetto cruises are the short (3 day) cruises that are sold cheap and promoted as party cruises. Typically Miami to an island in the Caribbean. They obviously attract a certain undesirable clientele of feral blacks, white trash, and younger party animals.
Not my scene.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 06, 2026 12:34 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 06, 2026 12:33 PM
Meh...Net Neutrality already killed me.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 06, 2026 12:34 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Piper at July 06, 2026 12:35 PM (p4NUW)
We dress up in costumes and read some words in the public square that someone else wrote calling the President a tyrant and are ignored, especially by officers of the state.
Exactly the same!
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 06, 2026 12:33 PM (3cUTc)
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Remember, those same "edgy" people freely criticize Christianity but are mum about Muslims. Gosh, I wonder why?
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at July 06, 2026 12:35 PM (UJMvS)
Did Reiner portray George Washington as an aggressive butthead, simultaneously overbearing and whiny? Method acting, in other words.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
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Washington would have kicked Reiner's ass for his portrayal as a self centered egotistical blowhard entertainer. In those days, camp followers ranked equally with entertainers in social status and I hope our society is heading that way again.
Washington worked hard to control his temper and to become a proper gentleman. But when provoked by idiots, his ability to express himself in the art of swearing was held in awe by some of his Revolutionary troops.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 12:35 PM (E4rtv)
I was in a suite too. You get priority boarding and debarkation, but pretty much everything outside of your room is fully accessible by everyone else on the ship. You can pay extra for access to some exclusive spa areas. There's also usually a 21 and older area if you don't want to be around kids.
On my trip there was a rowdier pool and a quieter pool. Even the rowdy pool area was just more populated, not badly behaved.
One thing my ship lacked was a library space. We usually use that area to play games. We had to search a while to find a suitable spot for that.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 06, 2026 12:35 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 06, 2026 12:29 PM (l3cgK)
Yes indeed...cute, with a nice rack? That's a nice combination.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 06, 2026 12:36 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 06, 2026 12:36 PM (amcLV)
Posted by: Gone and Forgotten at July 06, 2026 12:36 PM (og9zY)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 06, 2026 12:36 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Skanky Ass Ho at July 06, 2026 12:36 PM (WUIO9)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 06, 2026 12:36 PM (ExV1e)
"A host of members from the cosseted Hollywood elites "
That should read...
"A host of members from the closeted Hollywood elites"
I was in the breadbasket of the USA, rural Ohio, for the weekend.
That said, my waiter at a restaurant was the gayest person I've ever seen. Huge rainbow fingernails, earrings, badly applied makeup, short shorts, just looked ridiculous.
If he didnt have full-blown, no offense, AIDS I'd be shocked.
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at July 06, 2026 12:36 PM (et1vG)
I still like Glory Days and Downbound Train and I’m On Fire…. I’m a music philistine….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 06, 2026 12:36 PM (TCUO6)
Posted by: Blake
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Because they were raised as spoiled brats and never spanked near enough as kids. If you notice, none of them served in the military, police, or fire nor did they risk one pinky of doing anything difficult and dangerous for their country.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 12:37 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: obvs. at July 06, 2026 12:37 PM (anL5R)
I don't think he understands what that phrase means. Dying doesn't mean you won.
Posted by: Oddbob at
And the way he died? If your kid ends up killing you that's not exactly evidence that people should follow your advice. Who got the last laugh? Not you Rob.
Posted by: From about That Time at July 06, 2026 12:37 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 06, 2026 12:36 PM
Best of luck. I'll keep pestering the appropriate saints on your behalf.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 06, 2026 12:38 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Smellslikevictory at July 06, 2026 12:38 PM (jPdyB)
Below is my column in Fox.com on the recent decision of Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro to join the ranks of Democrats calling for packing the Supreme Court. It is a disappointing moment for many of us who hoped that Shapiro could offer a moderate voice in the upcoming elections, resisting the rise of socialists and communists in his party. Instead, he proved to be just another politician thinking of the next election rather than the next generation.
https://tinyurl.com/3fmkvjkv
Posted by: Archimedes at July 06, 2026 12:38 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 06, 2026 12:38 PM (VyBeY)
Bruce Springsteen was originally a sensitive singer-songwriter type, before he was marketed as a blue collar working class hero. He's always been an anti-American leftist through and through. His songs 'celebrating' everyday Americans are fraudulent -- every single one is about sad desperate people failed by the American system. It's communist agitprop.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 06, 2026 12:38 PM (VWtfl)
And to prove this we will make endless movies and TV shows about how horrible he is with ZERO fear of Trump imprisoning us, like a fascist would.
We’re smart that way.
Posted by: Retarded Hollywood at July 06, 2026 12:38 PM (WUIO9)
Posted by: Rabid Moroccan Donkey with a Ruptured Asshole at July 06, 2026 12:31 PM (wOO3z)
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Endorsed!
Posted by: John F. Kerry, don't you know who I am? at July 06, 2026 12:39 PM (PiwSw)
I still like Glory Days and Downbound Train and I’m On Fire…. I’m a music philistine….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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You can feel better about your money not supporting the aging lesbian troon as Springstain sold his musical rights to his old stuff for hundreds of millions several years ago. He gets none of the song writing royalties from them for his recorded versions anymore--dunno about performance royalties.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 12:39 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 06, 2026 12:40 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Smellslikevictory
you misspelled nag.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 12:40 PM (E4rtv)
Those are some stars from yesteryear. Ruffalo always plays Ruffalo. Whoever they are pretending to be and think I just don't care
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 06, 2026 12:40 PM (G15zZ)
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 12:40 PM (/WQyy)
I'm going down, down, dow n, down.
I'm going down, down, down, down.
I'm going down, down, down, down.
Posted by: Brews Stinkspleen's Most Insightful Lyrics at July 06, 2026 12:40 PM (7Q0e+)
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But wait, they are all totally against tyranny, they just told you so!
Posted by: Let's put them in charge and see what happens next at July 06, 2026 12:41 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: Bulg at July 06, 2026 12:41 PM (77rzZ)
We had our annual July 4 BBQ we call ... "The Annual." Been doing it every year for over 30 years, since we were kids. Got some nice Macallan and cigars.
The worst part was driving from my Manhattan apartment to my NJ house and back again on Sunday. Insane traffic. Took me almost 2 hours each way. Normally, it can be done in a little over an hour.
Summer weekends are always bad, because everyone in Manhattan leaves for the weekend to the Hamptons, upstate, or NJ shore. But this weekend was exceptional in that regard.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 06, 2026 12:41 PM (iFTx/)
Doesn't matter - Shapiro is an observant Jew, and that is fatal in the New Democratic Party.
Why, he hasn't even denounced Israel for genocide yet!
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 06, 2026 12:41 PM (aD4fx)
Posted by: man at July 06, 2026 12:41 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at July 06, 2026 12:41 PM (kBcTc)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 06, 2026 12:41 PM (kYmoU)
Posted by: Smellslikevictory at July 06, 2026 12:41 PM (jPdyB)
Check out all the woke Americans who are rooting for Belgium tonight because Orange Man Bad
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 06, 2026 12:42 PM (ndZc7)
Probably closer to 6'2" - 6'3". We have his clothes and measurements taken by tailors.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 06, 2026 12:42 PM (mkw2N)
WTF is Mamdani sitting behind George Washington desk but facing the camera?
Posted by: Skip at July 06, 2026 12:42 PM (sgkY8)
Between 2am-4am, or 1am-3am?
Or anytime you have to get up and pee?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 06, 2026 12:42 PM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 06, 2026 12:42 PM (2GVsD)
Funny. So many traveling in this affordability crisis...
Posted by: man at July 06, 2026 12:42 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Peter B at July 06, 2026 12:42 PM (VTbl0)
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 12:43 PM (/WQyy)
*******
I had corn on the cob (delicious), barbecued ribs and sausage watched fireworks at the lake in our neighborhood and watched the Trump fireworks. I had a great 4th!
Posted by: redridinghood at July 06, 2026 12:43 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Smellslikevictory at July 06, 2026 12:38 PM (jPdyB)
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She was pretty cute in "L.A. Story," but that didn't last as long as one might have hoped.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 06, 2026 12:43 PM (amcLV)
Posted by: man at July 06, 2026 12:43 PM (XuXeR)
It should be noted that pervert-enabler Scott Weiner, who is running for Nancy Pelosi's seat, did denounce Israel for genocide.
No matter - he's Jewish, and the mob is still coming for him.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 06, 2026 12:43 PM (aD4fx)
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But wait, they are all totally against tyranny, they just told you so!
Posted by: Let's put them in charge and see what happens next
And the truly say thing is that he's sold his soul for a position on a ticket he will never get. My Protestant pale ass has a better chance.
Compare and contrast to Tulsi Gabbard.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 06, 2026 12:43 PM (Riz8t)
"Haha, I'm dead"? I don't get it.
Posted by: t-bird at July 06, 2026 12:43 PM (E/qck)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 06, 2026 12:44 PM (G15zZ)
Posted by: Bulg at July 06, 2026 12:28 PM (77rzZ)
There's something about Winnona Ryder...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 06, 2026 12:29 PM (l3cgK)
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That she's batshit crazy? LOL. But The Blade would have, at least back in the day. No idea what she looks like today. Not even sure she's still alive.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 06, 2026 12:44 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 06, 2026 12:44 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Smellslikevictory at July 06, 2026 12:44 PM (jPdyB)
174 I don't care enough to hate Taylor Swift . I hope it works out for them actually as I do for anyone getting married.
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 11:53 AM (/WQyy)
As do I. However, I present for your amusement and edification the genuinely good pop song "Blank Space" (8x platinum), from her 14x-platinum fifth studio album 1989 (2014). The thing to note here is that her portrayal of a BPD chick is so on point that either she is a great actress, or clever direction obviated the need for acting, or maybe... just maybe... it was typecasting. If the latter case, they're doomed and no one can stop it.
Taylor Swift - Blank Space
https://youtu.be/e-ORhEE9VVg
Posted by: SciVo at July 06, 2026 12:44 PM (Sy6m/)
Because he played Washington ? Why would Trump care about that ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 06, 2026 12:44 PM (FtULh)
WTF is Mamdani sitting behind George Washington desk but facing the camera?
Posted by: Skip at July 06, 2026 12:42 PM
Honestly asking the question, is it a double-sided "partners'" desk?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 06, 2026 12:45 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Smellslikevictory
you misspelled nag.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 12:40 PM (E4rtv)
Neigh!
Posted by: Sea Biscuit at July 06, 2026 12:45 PM (l3cgK)
It would be hilarious if USA won the tournament - Leftist heads would explode.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 06, 2026 12:45 PM (aD4fx)
They wake up pissed off every day and just whine about everything.
Movie Stars and Lefty Musicians --------->
"Money for Nothing and ugly chicks for free"...
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 06, 2026 12:45 PM (fk/Nn)
George MFing Washington was 6' 7" and weighed a ton.
Probably closer to 6'2" - 6'3". We have his clothes and measurements taken by tailors.
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WRONG!!!!
SEE DEFINITIVE HISTORICAL DOCUMNENTARY BELOW
https://tinyurl.com/mwnvvnkf
Posted by: Let's put them in charge and see what happens next at July 06, 2026 12:45 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: CaliGirl
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Her smug entitled solipsistic bitchiness was realistic for a certain sort of yute in high school in the 80's. But most of us normie types thought they were drags to be around at the time. Certainly not desirable as girlfriends. Sheedy was the fun one of the Breakfast Club.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 12:45 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 12:46 PM (/WQyy)
WTF is Mamdani sitting behind George Washington desk but facing the camera?
That caught my eye also... Sitting backwards behind the desk or what ???
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 06, 2026 12:46 PM (fk/Nn)
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 12:46 PM (E4rtv)
Uh, DJT is still breathing. At least he wasn’t murdered by a retarded offspring.
#winning.
Posted by: Vengeance at July 06, 2026 12:46 PM (E/qck)
It makes me glad that their entire industry is about to be replaced by AI.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 06, 2026 12:46 PM (6SRz+)
The explosions have been ongoing. Record sales, enthusiasm from visitors, country roads...
It wasn't supposed to be this way!
Posted by: man at July 06, 2026 12:46 PM (XuXeR)
It would be hilarious if USA won the tournament - Leftist heads would explode
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Yup - because Trump is awarding the trophy. Would probably set USA soccer back a decade.
Posted by: European Kickball at July 06, 2026 12:47 PM (anL5R)
Rockers should exit the stage after say 30-35…. They don’t age well. Reference: Keith Richards
Of course at least he’s lived awhile compared to Jim Morrison or Janis Joplin… the died young list is crowded there starting with Buddy Holly
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 06, 2026 12:47 PM (TCUO6)
Yea ... Trump was totally right to mock this loser's death at the hands of his own lunatic junkie son. Now, it wasn't Reiner himself who said this, but I'll bet any amount of money that's how he feels in hell.
These people are so deranged they literally think a posthumous appearance in some stupid video that nobody will watch is getting the "last laugh" at the still-living most powerful man in the world. Comically pathetic.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 06, 2026 12:47 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 12:47 PM (E4rtv)
Washington worked hard to control his temper and to become a proper gentleman. But when provoked by idiots, his ability to express himself in the art of swearing was held in awe by some of his Revolutionary troops.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 12:35 PM (E4rtv)
Now that would be a wonderful use of a time machine, with quality A/V equipment! Imagine playing that for the scolds today. There wouldn't be enough fainting couches to catch them all.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 06, 2026 12:48 PM (qx7Zg)
Yes. It was on sale when I went shopping Friday morning, so I had a bunch; put it on the grill along with ribs basted with Graceland’s Special BBQ sauce (I went to Memphis on the way back from Chattanooga last week).
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 06, 2026 12:48 PM (kYmoU)
Verbatim.
Posted by: Michael Rittenhouse at July 06, 2026 12:48 PM (SwInp)
"The National Education Association will call for the impeachment, conviction, and removal of Donald Trump from the US Presidency."
They want a "National March on Washington D.C. to remove Trump before the November 2026 midterm election"
The business item would cost $5,236,193.
Posted by: SMOD at July 06, 2026 12:48 PM (RHGPo)
--
The Hill, Former presidents reflect on America at 250: ‘Constant work in progress’ July 4, 2026
Really? For real Biden could write like that in the last 20 frigging years? C'mon man! You know it's theater.
--
The U.S. Congress takes an extended "summer break," formally known as the August state/district work period, which typically begins in early August and lasts until after Labor Day in September.
Ergo, it's heavy PR time for the progressive lunatics. It follows suit, ALWAYS the exact same game plan in summer before Congressional vaca - & with the fall mid-terms elections.
The biggest disgrace, "the White supremacist group Patriot Front marches through D.C. - 6th near C Street - on the holiday weekend." Khakli pants, NB polo shirts and white face coverings.
Obviously White people, young, decent shape; an even better, more coordinated look than Charlottesville, and minus tiki torches! (Too damn hot, wait for the fall).
And one "White supremacist" poster shown on a pole.
Impeachment plan 3, dear.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 06, 2026 12:49 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Skip at July 06, 2026 12:49 PM (sgkY8)
Reiner is dead
Reiner's wife is dead
Reiner's son is going to prison for life
Reiner's other kids are traumatized (albeit wealthy from the estate)
Take that Trump
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 06, 2026 12:49 PM (G15zZ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 06, 2026 12:44 PM (G15zZ)
Two of the worst impulses are to both want to win at all costs, and be ideologically constrained as to what actions can be taken.
It leads to doing ineffectual things that are actually damaging instead of doing useful things that will achieve success.
If Shapiro wanted to win at all costs he would start talking about how illegals are getting jobs, benefits and free housing that freezes out the loyal dem voters who are being ground into poverty by the system.
If he did that he would probably win anything he ran for.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 06, 2026 12:49 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 06, 2026 12:49 PM (6SRz+)
Ha ha.
Posted by: man at July 06, 2026 12:49 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: bonhomme at July 06, 2026 12:49 PM (mkw2N)
Any relation to Anthony Wiener?
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 06, 2026 12:44 PM (2GVsD)
They're both dicks?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 06, 2026 12:49 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: (D)emocrats & the MSM at July 06, 2026 12:50 PM (0sNs1)
He had no problem executing a few troops who decided to desert and get others to do the same.
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 12:50 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: davidt at July 06, 2026 12:50 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: SMOD at July 06, 2026 12:51 PM (RHGPo)
Sounds insurectiony. Shoot them on sight.
Posted by: Reforger at July 06, 2026 12:51 PM (DCsZP)
WTF is Mamdani sitting behind George Washington desk but facing the camera?
That caught my eye also... Sitting backwards behind the desk or what ???
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 06, 2026 12:46 PM (fk/Nn)
He knows he isn't good enough to sit and act as if he belongs at the desk, but perhaps he's good enough to be a beggar at it.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 06, 2026 12:51 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 06, 2026 12:51 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Vengeance at July 06, 2026 12:52 PM (E/qck)
Seems to me, unless you despise the nation, you might want to be here for its 250th celebration. That goes double, maybe triple, if you are the wife of the Mayor of New York City. To my tin ear that sends a clear message about the direction these asshats are intending to head.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at July 06, 2026 12:52 PM (/eAef)
After the cherry tree incident of course
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 06, 2026 12:52 PM (TCUO6)
Posted by: Skip
Some. As do some men. 🤨
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 06, 2026 12:52 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Elric The Blade
Who knows? Apparently she has a big, brown beaver.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 06, 2026 12:52 PM (wOO3z)
Of course at least he’s lived awhile compared to Jim Morrison or Janis Joplin… the died young list is crowded there starting with Buddy Holly
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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I would hang out with Keith a lot more as a person than Bruce even back in Bruce's heyday. Bruce became a professional leftist when Jon Landau took over management from his original manager Mike Appel.
Born to Run is where Landau eased out Appel as manager and that is the last time Appel produced an album. Notably Bruce's first three albums were relatively apolitical, right after Landau took over, Springsteen got involved in the No Nukes, Amnesty, and all of the other 'right' things and started spouting his fake and gay Woody Guthrie shit in his songs. Landau was a red diaper baby.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 12:53 PM (E4rtv)
Any relation to Anthony Wiener?
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 06, 2026 12:44 PM (2GVsD)
They're both dicks?
Posted by: OrangeEnt
Now, Oscar Meyer, on the other hand . . .
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 06, 2026 12:54 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 06, 2026 12:52 PM (wOO3z)
Nice.
Posted by: Lt. Frank Drebin at July 06, 2026 12:54 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: davidt at July 06, 2026 12:50 PM (Q+gd/)
Okay I will concede those were pretty nice.
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 12:54 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Skip at July 06, 2026 12:49 PM (sgkY
_______
Always did. Mao and to a lesser extent Stalin realized this and focused on recruiting lonely, disaffected girls and young ladies.
The female Red Guards were especially brutal in their violence. So much so, that when the RG was finally disbanded, some of them refused to give it up. The Chinese army ended up killing a lot of them.
If you can get a girl or young woman at the right time, and brainwash her, she is a true believer for life.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 06, 2026 12:54 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 06, 2026 12:54 PM (TCUO6)
I didn't have nuttin to do with it.
Youse is gonna hear from my lawyer, you capitalist punk.
Posted by: Ed Asner at July 06, 2026 12:54 PM (7Q0e+)
Posted by: Meme incoming at July 06, 2026 12:54 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 06, 2026 12:54 PM (G15zZ)
Posted by: Bulg at July 06, 2026 12:55 PM (77rzZ)
If Shapiro wanted to win at all costs he would start talking about how illegals are getting jobs, benefits and free housing that freezes out the loyal dem voters who are being ground into poverty by the system.
If he did that he would probably win anything he ran for.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 06, 2026 12:49 PM (rbvCR)
You’ve hit on something, very few politicians today can bear the idea of “winning at all costs.” Someone like Shapiro lives very well, has everything he wants paid for by rich donors, and even if he loses he knows he’ll always be taken care of so long as he loses in “the right way.”
So he wants to win, but ONLY on the terms that his donors find agreeable and will keep the money flowing. As do they all.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 06, 2026 12:55 PM (6SRz+)
Posted by: doug at July 06, 2026 12:55 PM (Hy+R4)
Posted by: Reforger at July 06, 2026 12:56 PM (DCsZP)
==
Probably closer to 6'2" - 6'3". We have his clothes and measurements taken by tailors.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 06, 2026 12:42 PM (mkw2N)
https://youtu.be/Ex2hj5rLN48
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 06, 2026 12:56 PM (R+iUD)
===
I'm right here you know?!?!!!
Posted by: Triggley Puff at July 06, 2026 12:56 PM (anL5R)
Just when you think that they can't more sophomoric. Did Reiner know this when he was filming that he was going to get "the laugh" against Trump? Weirdos.
Posted by: Cheri at July 06, 2026 12:56 PM (oiNtH)
It would be "call your doctor, you're going to have a boner for years" level if the World Cup, Europe's tournament they care most about, caused the EUSSR to lose control of their citizens (lots of Euro-peasants back home are watching those videos of Europeans discovering Buc-ees too) *and* they lost.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 06, 2026 12:56 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 06, 2026 12:52 PM
I recall reading somewhere that she's a natural blonde. So...AI?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 06, 2026 12:56 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: PabloD at July 06, 2026 12:56 PM (iJsYR)
Better yet, remember when it seemed important that a company had to have their own Office Suite of tools.
Then came just a few years ago, every company was going to have online gaming. Google, Microsoft, Sony, Tencent, and Nintendo.
Key Points
- Microsoft is laying off 4,800 employees after carrying out a voluntary retirement program.
- The company’s Xbox video game unit is cutting one-fifth of its staff, and four studios will go independent.
- Microsoft’s stock is down 19% this year as of Friday’s close, trailing its megacap peers.
Posted by: SMOD at July 06, 2026 12:56 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 06, 2026 12:56 PM (n5tGW)
I would argue that Reiner's son got the last laugh.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 06, 2026 12:56 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: runner at July 06, 2026 12:57 PM (GD0B3)
Oh good, we can fill the prisons the J6ers left
Posted by: Skip at July 06, 2026 12:57 PM (sgkY8)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 06, 2026 12:57 PM (EL+rm)
Anyone who wants to set off fireworks should be required to pass a rudimentary civics test before being allowed to purchase them.
If you know the three branches, you probably don't look at a clock reading 2AM, and think "Its time to light off some M80's!"
Posted by: 2009Refugee at July 06, 2026 12:58 PM (4RJmo)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 06, 2026 12:56 PM (bFu5X)
So the carpet doesn't match the drapes?
Posted by: Reforger at July 06, 2026 12:58 PM (DCsZP)
Posted by: Vengeance at July 06, 2026 12:59 PM (E/qck)
Donald Trump and Ken Paxton.
Ted Cruz is right most of the time, but he’s hated because he’s usually a temperamental ass about it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 06, 2026 12:59 PM (6SRz+)
Speaking of midterms, the RNC announced today that they have 140 lawsuits active about voter fraud. I'm glad they haven't let up on that stuff.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 06, 2026 12:59 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 06, 2026 12:14 PM (GsrgF)
Exactly what Brit Lass said the other night to me
Posted by: ... at July 06, 2026 12:59 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 12:59 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: bonhomme at July 06, 2026 12:42 PM (mkw2N)
Another fun fact about the Father of our Country - he liked to get a load on and dance! Apparently, he was known to be quite the dancer after downing a few dozen ales.
Now, that's American! A fine tradition carried on by American men ever since.
Posted by: Cheri at July 06, 2026 12:59 PM (oiNtH)
Damn straight.
My local ABC news affiliate is running commercials to drum up support for their license renewal.
Posted by: SMOD at July 06, 2026 12:59 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: steevy at July 06, 2026 12:59 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Gouvernor Morris (responsible for much of the wording and style of the US Constitution) once took a bet to glad hand George Washington at a formal levee when Washington was president. Morris came up and clapped Washington on the back and treated him like an old school chum. Washington immediately let Morris know it was unacceptable behavior and Morris told later that Washington's icy stare and visible anger made Morris unwilling to repeat the stunt for all the money in the world.
Washington did not suffer fools gladly.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 12:59 PM (E4rtv)
3 has beens and 2 never weres. These people are desperate to seem relevant. This is the answer to people who ask "Whatever happened to Molly Ringwald?" Except no one actually asks that.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 06, 2026 01:00 PM (0Htd1)
Trump had the last laugh. His fireworks and speech was awesome.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 06, 2026 01:00 PM (NpAcC)
https://youtu.be/s7vqzJC0r7A?
Posted by: Rex B at July 06, 2026 01:00 PM (rgnea)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram
An Islamic wellness retreat in Spain.
Strange timing. Wasn't there just an extreme heat wave cooking half of Europe?
Also: NPR, 'Huge crowds of mourners join a funeral procession for Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei' today.
A six day event.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 06, 2026 01:00 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Vengeance at July 06, 2026 01:00 PM (E/qck)
.. and it's not just California
Posted by: SMOD at July 06, 2026 01:01 PM (RHGPo)
A six day event.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 06, 2026 01:00 PM (NFX2v)
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Amateur.
Posted by: zombie John McCain at July 06, 2026 01:01 PM (FZ29D)
Xbox was recently taken over by a dot Indian. The strong suspicion is that those positions will be refilled with H1Bs, because the pattern has been Indian C-suiters Great Replacement-ing Big Tech.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 06, 2026 01:01 PM (2ocoG)
Odd that Conan O'Brien killed him. They shared so many beliefs!?
Posted by: garrett at July 06, 2026 01:01 PM (5MUB0)
Now, that's American! A fine tradition carried on by American men ever since.
Posted by: Cheri
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He was often brusque and severe with other men but apparently liked to chat up the ladies back in the day. Not much if any historical evidence of hanky panky though as the winter season had Martha coming up to stay with him. They were very devoted to each other by all accounts.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 01:01 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 06, 2026 01:01 PM (qgNn3)
Posted by: polynikes
One of his siblings could disembowel him with a carpet knife and it would be a just punishment.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 06, 2026 01:01 PM (wOO3z)
===
His personal secretary said that the most terrifying sound in all the world was the sound of G.W. cursing a blue streak.
Posted by: Triggley Puff at July 06, 2026 01:01 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: Mr Ed at July 06, 2026 01:01 PM (Q+gd/)
Oh good, we can fill the prisons the J6ers left
Posted by: Skip at July 06, 2026 12:57 PM (sgkY
Start writing citations for littering and don't stop until the budget is balanced.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at July 06, 2026 01:02 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: garrett at July 06, 2026 01:02 PM (5MUB0)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 06, 2026 12:59 PM (6SRz+)
I've not seen him lose his temper at any time or be an ass. They hate him because he's smarter than the people who hate him.
But if you can point me to some examples I'd gladly admit I'm wrong.
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 01:02 PM (/WQyy)
Don't think Trump had a sad weekend.. From what I saw it was quite a success...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 06, 2026 01:02 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Vengeance
Straddling the line. Backing progressives.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 06, 2026 01:02 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 06, 2026 12:56 PM (n5tGW)
_______
Yea, and the reports are that Reiner was a real bastard to the son. In fairness, it's not clear whether that was before or after the son became a hopeless junkie lunatic, but still ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 06, 2026 01:02 PM (iFTx/)
One photos of Sydney Sweeney enjoying herself a 4th celebration outdoes all the leftist whining by an order of magnitude.
Posted by: Ripley at July 06, 2026 01:02 PM (GUOwU)
The Paolo knows.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 06, 2026 01:03 PM (MXaEW)
Posted by: pookysgirl does like potatoes at July 06, 2026 01:03 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 06, 2026 01:04 PM (NFX2v)
Okay if it was a big pickle jar, that would be bad taste.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 06, 2026 01:04 PM (6SRz+)
Posted by: fd at July 06, 2026 01:04 PM (RE++b)
I always thought that Molly Ringwald wasn't pretty enough to be the one that all the cute boys wanted to date. They were lying to us.
Posted by: CaliGirl at July 06, 2026 12:24 PM (yAl+
She was always marketed towards average teen girls, to make them feel like they could nab the varsity quarterback as a husband forever, if they teased that they'd give him a BJ under the bleachers but never deliver, because penis is icky.
The only teen boys who swooned over her were the pimply nerds, chess club stars and non-athletes who tried to catch her on the rebound after she eventually sucked off the quarterback before the QB went back to the cheerleaders.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 06, 2026 01:04 PM (fdcCZ)
Don't confuse Bradley Whitford with Carlton Whitfield
Posted by: SMOD at July 06, 2026 01:04 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: steevy
Not mine!
Posted by: February 29th at July 06, 2026 01:04 PM (kdAiF)
Posted by: Czech Chick at July 06, 2026 01:04 PM (rg/w7)
The only teen boys who swooned over her were the pimply nerds, chess club stars and non-athletes who tried to catch her on the rebound after she eventually sucked off the quarterback before the QB went back to the cheerleaders.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 06, 2026 01:04 PM (fdcCZ)
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And John Hughes wanted to bang her bad.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 06, 2026 01:05 PM (uO3MK)
Posted by: CaliGirl at July 06, 2026 12:24 PM (yAl+
She was always marketed towards average teen girls, to make them feel like they could nab the varsity quarterback as a husband forever, if they teased that they'd give him a BJ under the bleachers but never deliver, because penis is icky.
The only teen boys who swooned over her were the pimply nerds, chess club stars and non-athletes who tried to catch her on the rebound after she eventually sucked off the quarterback before the QB went back to the cheerleaders.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 06, 2026 01:04 PM (fdcCZ)
________
Ringwald herself almost certainly did quite a bit of servicing on casting couches
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 06, 2026 01:05 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: pookysgirl does like potatoes at July 06, 2026 01:03 PM (Wt5PA)
Those Ioweegians better be hitting the HyVee for some ribs for next week, too!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 06, 2026 01:05 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Ian S. at July 06, 2026 12:56 PM
LOL, yes indeed.
Posted by: JuJuBee at July 06, 2026 01:05 PM (tM5h4)
I'd like to see Lisa Rinna or any of the duck faced lip filler women (who probably can't feel their lips at all) eat corn on the cob. I never thought of that before, which is probably good.
Yes, I had corn on the cob and no I don't need lip fillers. My brother mocked me for my big lips when we argued as kids. Little did I know they would be good to have as I age without filler or drawing fake lines around them.
All I know of Lisa Rinna is massive plastic surgery and being in a soap opera or similar.
Quack! How will they age? Will the fillers and fake cheekbones move around like icebergs under their ruined faces? Will they need drool cups?
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 06, 2026 01:06 PM (hzuYO)
PDJT wakes up next to Melania every day.
He is not unhappy.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 06, 2026 01:06 PM (MXaEW)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 06, 2026 01:06 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 06, 2026 01:06 PM (mmrXZ)
AOC sitting next to a picket fence.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 06, 2026 01:07 PM (MXaEW)
==
His breath stinks!
Posted by: Dorcas Blimnline at July 06, 2026 01:07 PM (anL5R)
Julia Roberts? A horse is a horse is a horse.
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 01:07 PM (/WQyy)
https://shorturl.at/ZhOyJ
Ok, that author probably had a lot of help, but still.
I had the book when I was in grade school and the price has gone up a bit. Not nearly enough to wish I'd kept it though.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 06, 2026 01:07 PM (R+iUD)
They actively rallied voters & championed key administration policies like the Affordable Care Act.
Are they still alive?
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 06, 2026 01:08 PM (NFX2v)
That could easily be handled simply by not renewing expiring H1B visas.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 06, 2026 01:08 PM (9s47C)
Posted by: polynikes
Did he plead for mercy since he is now an orphan?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 06, 2026 01:08 PM (qgNn3)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at July 06, 2026 01:09 PM (xvV+O)
Posted by: LASue at July 06, 2026 01:09 PM (F113k)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 06, 2026 01:06 PM (hzuYO)
Don't ask.
Posted by: Lyn May at July 06, 2026 01:09 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Reforger at July 06, 2026 12:56 PM (DCsZP)
https://youtu.be/aYDfwUJzYQg
Posted by: Sea Biscuit at July 06, 2026 01:09 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Ben Boychuk at July 06, 2026 01:09 PM (t5OWA)
Posted by: CaliGirl at July 06, 2026 12:24 PM (
________
Those 80s comedies with girls like her were like the modern equivalent of those hallmark romance comedies were the slightly-above average 30-something woman with baggage and emotional problems somehow lands the rich studly dude.
It's wish fulfilment for the ladies. Because of this, the female star can't be so beautiful that normal ladies can't relate. Hence ... Molly Ringwald.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 06, 2026 01:09 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 01:10 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: ... at July 06, 2026 01:10 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: CaliGirl at July 06, 2026 12:24 PM (
________
Those 80s comedies with girls like her were like the modern equivalent of those hallmark romance comedies were the slightly-above average 30-something woman with baggage and emotional problems somehow lands the rich studly dude.
It's wish fulfilment for the ladies. Because of this, the female star can't be so beautiful that normal ladies can't relate. Hence ... Molly Ringwald.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 06, 2026 01:09 PM (iFTx/)
With this, too, I can help.
Posted by: the Paolo at July 06, 2026 01:10 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Vengeance at July 06, 2026 01:10 PM (E/qck)
Posted by: Vengeance at July 06, 2026 01:12 PM (E/qck)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 06, 2026 01:12 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 01:12 PM (/WQyy)
Hope y'all are having a better one; on my way to the Doc now to have them take a look at the infection.
Posted by: Nelly at July 06, 2026 01:12 PM (Bm3Co)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 06, 2026 01:13 PM (qFwJc)
Not surprised. We don't hate the teachers' union enough. I'd say that I'm going to vote against tax millage proposals, but I already vote against them.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 06, 2026 01:13 PM (0Htd1)
Harry Hamlin went from Ursula Andress, Laura Johnson and Nicollette Sheridan to duck-face Lisa Rinna. Which just proves that Hamlin's a homo.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 06, 2026 01:13 PM (fdcCZ)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 06, 2026 01:13 PM (n5tGW)
But if you can point me to some examples I'd gladly admit I'm wrong.
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 01:02 PM (/WQyy)
Ted Cruz is not smart. Learned maybe but not smart. Blaming your opponent's voters for being violent lunatics during a Primary in which they were clearly being set up by the other side *and* you are looking for those same people to come vote for you instead is NOT SMART. In fact it's bugfuck stupid and I wouldn't want him representing me as a Walmart Greeter. If you don't want to call it "stupid" that's fine, but it shows his GOPe-style contempt for conservative voters no matter how one slices and dices it.
Posted by: ... at July 06, 2026 01:13 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 06, 2026 01:13 PM (FtULh)
Don't forget that.
Posted by: no one of any consequence
And the Greeks and Romans before that.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 06, 2026 01:14 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 06, 2026 12:52 PM
I recall reading somewhere that she's a natural blonde. So...AI?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 06, 2026 12:56 PM (bFu5X)
No, cultural reference.
Primus - Wynonna's Big Brown Beaver
https://youtu.be/aYDfwUJzYQg
Posted by: SciVo at July 06, 2026 01:14 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 06, 2026 01:15 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Piper at July 06, 2026 01:16 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 06, 2026 01:13 PM (FtULh)
I appreciate it; i've had skin cancer removed before but wasn't expecting it here.
Posted by: Nelly at July 06, 2026 01:16 PM (Bm3Co)
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at July 06, 2026 01:17 PM (9oXdx)
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 01:17 PM (/WQyy)
Ouuccchhh, Nelly! I hope they clear that infection up right away. It sounds painful.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 06, 2026 01:17 PM (mmrXZ)
Well, IMO we're greater than we were under Biden and I'm not embarrassed at all.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 06, 2026 01:17 PM (6UQAR)
Who cares what she looks like if she is french-kissing you while you are boinking, in the dark?
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 06, 2026 01:18 PM (qFwJc)
Molly Ringwald
Have you rid yourself of all the money that came your way from making those "likely would not have been made today John Hughes movies" in which you starred, Sweet Cheeks?
If not, what's holding you back, you warrior for All That Is Good and Righteous?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at July 06, 2026 01:18 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 06, 2026 01:19 PM (l3cgK)
Well, IMO we're greater than we were under Biden and I'm not embarrassed at all.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 06, 2026 01:17 PM (6UQAR)
They've never been proud to be an American just like Michelle Obama.
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 01:19 PM (/WQyy)
Grilled corn-on-the-cob is amazing, if done well. I had a couple ears this weekend. 10/10. No notes.
I'm starting to wonder now if the Hollywood crew hates Trump because he's more famous than they are. I'm sure it's a big factor for Obama, who is receding as quickly in the rear view mirror as people can manage it.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at July 06, 2026 01:20 PM (K40fF)
I will not be sad when he's finally gone.
Posted by: nooneyouknowyouknow at July 06, 2026 01:20 PM (Iwv3U)
Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
Wait is this the newest Democrat hero with a prior arrest for indecent exposure?!
Who could’ve possibly seen this coming
Posted by: SMOD at July 06, 2026 01:20 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 06, 2026 01:21 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: pookysgirl, always curious at July 06, 2026 01:21 PM (Wt5PA)
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His personal secretary said that the most terrifying sound in all the world was the sound of G.W. cursing a blue streak.
Posted by: Triggley Puff
One kind of cute part of "Young Washington" was they showed George taking out his frustrations by chopping on trees. I heard a couple of guffaws in the audience by others who got the joke.
Posted by: Tuna at July 06, 2026 01:22 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 06, 2026 01:22 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at July 06, 2026 01:20 PM (K40fF)
Interesting observation. Probably right.
Posted by: runner at July 06, 2026 01:22 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 01:22 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 06, 2026 12:52 PM
I recall reading somewhere that she's a natural blonde. So...AI?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 06, 2026 12:56 PM (bFu5X)
No, cultural reference.
Primus - Wynonna's Big Brown Beaver
https://youtu.be/aYDfwUJzYQg
Posted by: SciVo at July 06, 2026 01:14 PM (Sy6m/)
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Gayest video ever. Well, not ever, but very gay for a rock band.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 06, 2026 01:23 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: redridinghood at July 06, 2026 01:23 PM (NpAcC)
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YW is full of Easter eggs for the America Cinematic Universe.
Revolutionaries! Assemble! Into a Congress!
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at July 06, 2026 01:23 PM (K40fF)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 06, 2026 01:23 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: man at July 06, 2026 01:23 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: ... at July 06, 2026 01:23 PM (vE0+H)
Gayest video ever. Well, not ever, but very gay for a rock band.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
Not quite Mick Jagger/David Bowie gay.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 06, 2026 01:24 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: ... at July 06, 2026 01:24 PM (vE0+H)
@EricLDaugh
Many liberals are announcing they're DONE supporting US Men's Team in the World Cup, instead rooting for Belgium tonight because President Trump vouched to get Balogun unsuspended by FIFA
OK, GTFO, leave America for Belgium! You are MORE than welcome to do so.
We don't need traitors here
Posted by: redridinghood at July 06, 2026 01:25 PM (NpAcC)
At least it doesn't get a whole month to itself. Yet. Personally I'm stocking up for Wrath Month.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 06, 2026 01:25 PM (/Qfoy)
Posted by: Reforger at July 06, 2026 01:25 PM (DCsZP)
Old greek homos and gladiator movies.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 06, 2026 01:25 PM (Kt19C)
Well, IMO we're greater than we were under Biden and I'm not embarrassed at all.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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For a great man, Obama sure left a fragile legacy. How many of his worshipers are enjoying those utopian lives they expected?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 06, 2026 01:26 PM (mmrXZ)
I am grateful to have lived long enough to repent. Such a blessing.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 06, 2026 01:26 PM (qFwJc)
I don't get celebrity adoration.
Trying to figure out what color some actresses beaver is creepy.
Posted by: four seasons at July 06, 2026 01:26 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: man at July 06, 2026 01:27 PM (XuXeR)
Enforcing the laws on the books
Not throwing people in jail for saying things you don't like
Not banning people from using these they want like AC or ICE cars
Not requiring people to get the clot shot
and on and on
It is the opposite of tyranny which we had in spades under the Biden junta and you can see right now in Britain.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 01:27 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 06, 2026 01:28 PM (qFwJc)
We don't need traitors here
Posted by: redridinghood at July 06, 2026 01:25 PM (NpAcC)
Hope that they enjoy the waffles!
Posted by: pookysgirl, having a breakfast-style lunch at July 06, 2026 01:28 PM (Wt5PA)
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Answer: Alex, who are actors who have not worked in 1,000 years?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 06, 2026 01:28 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 06, 2026 01:29 PM (n5tGW)
Sounds...racist...to me
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 01:29 PM (sKqQm)
@EricLDaugh
Many liberals are announcing they're DONE supporting US Men's Team in the World Cup, instead rooting for Belgium tonight because President Trump vouched to get Balogun unsuspended by FIFA
OK, GTFO, leave America for Belgium! You are MORE than welcome to do so.
We don't need traitors here
Posted by: redridinghood at July 06, 2026 01:25 PM (NpAcC)
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The red card was pure corruption by FIFA. They ignored their own clear rules and bent over backward to screw the USA team. The decision was rightly over-turned. Good on Trump if he had anything to do with it.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 06, 2026 01:29 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 06, 2026 01:29 PM (7cpPc)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 06, 2026 01:29 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Don Black at July 06, 2026 01:30 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: four seasons at July 06, 2026 01:30 PM (/QHx4)
349 Apparently, to the Left, loving America is political.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 06, 2026 01:23 PM (qFwJc)
This has always been true, it’s nothing new. I’m glad to see the left admitting openly that they are exactly what I’ve always thought and said that they are.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 06, 2026 01:30 PM (6SRz+)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 01:30 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 06, 2026 01:31 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: ... at July 06, 2026 01:23 PM (vE0+H)
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I agree they're trying to create a savior. A charismatic, demagogic, aspiring tyrant. Those people are winning elections.
I'll go further: I bet one of their strategies -- like Plan C -- is to make Mad-manny eligible for the presidency. Get control of both houses + White House, pack SCOTUS, amend or reinterpret "native born" and Zo's your uncle.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 06, 2026 01:31 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: ... at July 06, 2026 01:31 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 06, 2026 01:31 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 01:31 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 06, 2026 01:31 PM (n5tGW)
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They were always rooting against the USA team because they hate the USA and themselves. This just gives them an excuse to more openly hate on the USA team.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 06, 2026 01:31 PM (iFTx/)
Kenyan “Helen of Troy” actress slams Homer for ignoring “female perspective” in the legendary war her character caused
https://tinyurl.com/4zuspsrj
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 06, 2026 01:31 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Rando Calrissian at July 06, 2026 12:21 PM (YcehE)
Spent 2012 in DC for the 4th. Hot as hell but a wonderful, patriotic experience watching the fireworks from the steps of the Lincoln memorial with my daughter.
Especially after we had experienced a bad Derecho in Maryland for lacrosse tournament a few days prior.
Posted by: DitkaCA at July 06, 2026 01:32 PM (utChY)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 06, 2026 01:32 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 06, 2026 01:32 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: pookysgirl, always curious at July 06, 2026 01:21 PM (Wt5PA)
Pretty sure the five blue states who refused to send a delegation the the national mall state fair made it political.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at July 06, 2026 01:32 PM (/WHpM)
Posted by: burp at July 06, 2026 01:32 PM (+yda9)
This. There's vids of interviews on the teams and players... and Karens with blank stares
Posted by: man at July 06, 2026 01:33 PM (XuXeR)
He sure did!
He laughed his fucking head off.....
Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 06, 2026 01:32 PM (wtvvX)
He really blew me away with his portrayal of washington.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at July 06, 2026 01:33 PM (/WHpM)
Posted by: pookysgirl, always curious at July 06, 2026 01:21 PM (Wt5PA)
He didn't but if they don't claim he did there is nothing to argue over and they need people to have some nominal standing to argue.
Posted by: ... at July 06, 2026 01:33 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: ... at July 06, 2026 01:31 PM (vE0+H)
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Oh, how Michelle Obama lamented the destruction of "societal norms" when Trump announced plans for the ballroom. As if 1 out of 100 Americans would recognize a blueprint of the East Wing if their lives depended on it.
She never cared about societal norms when men were invading girls' locker rooms and gays were getting married (I don't care about gay marriage myself, but there's no denying it's kind of counter to a societal norm!).
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 06, 2026 01:34 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: ... at July 06, 2026 01:34 PM (vE0+H)
Kenyan “Helen of Troy” actress slams Homer for ignoring “female perspective” in the legendary war her character caused
https://tinyurl.com/4zuspsrj
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 06, 2026 01:31 PM (ndZc7)
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It's both hilarious and sad that Leftists insist on applying "modern sensitivities" to stories that were created thousands of years ago by men during a time when a very, very different morality was the standard of the day.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 06, 2026 01:35 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: ...
Yep. Constantly stirring the shitpot.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 06, 2026 01:35 PM (wOO3z)
He sure did!
He laughed his fucking head off.....
Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 06, 2026 01:32 PM (wtvvX)
He really blew me away with his portrayal of washington.
Well his portrayal of Lincoln's last moments were pretty spot on
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 01:35 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 06, 2026 01:35 PM (TCUO6)
Posted by: man at July 06, 2026 01:35 PM (XuXeR)
BALOGUN WILL OFFICIALLY PLAY! 🔥
Posted by: runner at July 06, 2026 01:35 PM (GD0B3)
Now that’s some funny $hit.
Comedy gold.
Posted by: Czech Chick at July 06, 2026 01:04 PM
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That's gold, Jerry!
Gold!
Posted by: Banya at July 06, 2026 01:35 PM (2Ez/1)
It sounded terrible, shrill and tinny. Producers were still sorting out getting CDs to sound less brash, but that one stood out in its suckatude.
TL
R: Bruce is old, and his product has ate it for a long, long while. Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma at July 06, 2026 01:35 PM (Ft5W9)
Posted by: JuJuBee at July 06, 2026 01:36 PM (tM5h4)
@PpollingNumbers
Graham Platner has canceled a campaign event for unclear reasons.
The cancellation comes as polls are testing other candidates against Collins, while rumors continue to circulate about a possible new scandal involving Platner.
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Nazi, rape apologist, what now? He doesn't brush after meals?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 06, 2026 01:36 PM (ndZc7)
Question that is likely to get Willowed: How did Trump make the 250th celebration "political"? I keep hearing that from the MSM and their consumers, but never any specifics. (And no, "simply by being Trump" does not count.)
Posted by: pookysgirl
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I'm not sure I heard all his speeches. Did he say anything about the rise of the commies? If Kamala were prez, she would have spent 50% of her time slurring about race and gender.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 06, 2026 01:36 PM (mmrXZ)
Eris, Aphrodite, Athena, and Helen.
Most notable Zeus does his best to not be responsible for any of it...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 01:37 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Big Phat Farma at July 06, 2026 01:37 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Don Black at July 06, 2026 01:37 PM (ZxPkt)
Graham Platner has canceled a campaign event for unclear reasons.
The cancellation comes as polls are testing other candidates against Collins, while rumors continue to circulate about a possible new scandal involving Platner.
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Nazi, rape apologist, what now? He doesn't brush after meals?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 06, 2026 01:36 PM (ndZc7)
In a few days, they CAN'T replace him, so if they're going to do it, it has to be now.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 06, 2026 01:38 PM (xA5g+)
"Learn instead what I think that Enicharmon thought Urizen thought Gutch thought Ho-Yung thought Chi-Bo-Sing thought Lafcadio Hearn thought Carlyle thought Mirabeau said about the French Revolution."
The Machine Stops
Posted by: man at July 06, 2026 01:38 PM (XuXeR)
Maybe it's time for a quiet investigation into Patriot Front.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 06, 2026 01:38 PM (azNOR)
Posted by: Nazdar at July 06, 2026 01:38 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: 496 at July 06, 2026 01:39 PM (sOtuf)
@PpollingNumbers
Graham Platner has canceled a campaign event for unclear reasons.
The cancellation comes as polls are testing other candidates against Collins, while rumors continue to circulate about a possible new scandal involving Platner.
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Nazi, rape apologist, what now? He doesn't brush after meals?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 06, 2026 01:36 PM (ndZ
Prepare the torricelli gambit!
Posted by: Nasty Pelosi at July 06, 2026 01:39 PM (/WHpM)
It's both hilarious and sad that Leftists insist on applying "modern sensitivities" to stories that were created thousands of years ago by men during a time when a very, very different morality was the standard of the day.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Believe it or not, if you read those poems and plays, the tragedy of those women speaks loud and clear. And there were some outstanding main characters; Antigone and Hecuba come to mind.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 06, 2026 01:39 PM (mmrXZ)
Classics. Except for Trump who had a decent education, our generation of leaders are completely ignorant of the basics of government.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 06, 2026 01:39 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Bulg at July 06, 2026 01:40 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 06, 2026 01:40 PM (iFTx/)
There is probably no other sport that is so dependent on the officials' discretion. I don't know why they even bother to keep score. Just kick the ball around for an hour and then let a panel of judges decide who won.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 06, 2026 01:40 PM (AjXMt)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 06, 2026 01:40 PM (wOO3z)
I will not be sad when he's finally gone.
Posted by: nooneyouknowyouknow at July 06, 2026 01:20 PM (Iwv3U)
Yep yep. You could count on having a "Block of the Boss" every other hour on MMR it seemed. I still enjoy a few of his tunes from his first three LPs, but the rest can go jump in The River (SWIDT?)
Posted by: goozer at July 06, 2026 01:42 PM (eTh1u)
It annoys me that once everyone had solved that once and for all (there were a lot of amazing sounding CDs in the 1990-1995 period - Foo Fighters' The Colour and the Shape and Filter's Short Bus were two standouts), the Volume Wars happened and they made everything sound deliberately like shit.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 06, 2026 01:42 PM (2ocoG)
It's both hilarious and sad that Leftists insist on applying "modern sensitivities" to stories that were created thousands of years ago by men during a time when a very, very different morality was the standard of the day.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 06, 2026 01:35 PM (FZ29D)
One of the latest stories that the commie cocksuckers are trying to push is some dumbass feminist cacademic claiming that her latest research proves that Shakespeare was actually a black woman.
https://tinyurl.com/3duzaf43
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 06, 2026 01:50 PM (fdcCZ)
I thought Maryland was founded to be the Roman Catholic colony: Mary-land. Why anti-Catholic laws?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 06, 2026 01:58 PM (qgNn3)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 06, 2026 02:01 PM (pTHGc)
THE MORNING RANT: Ford Rehires Engineers, Blames AI (not Its EVs Debacle) for Having Dismissed Them in the First Place
Ford has rehired experienced human engineers to help address the shortcomings of artificial intelligence (AI) tools meant to tackle quality issues in the automaker’s production processes. ----- “Over prior years, we didn’t pay as much attention as we should have to the experience of our most knowledgeable engineers that have been with us through many product cycles…” ----- “Mistakenly, we thought that by just introducing artificial intelligence and ingesting the design requirements that we had, that would produce a high quality product…” ----- [Ford’s VP of Vehicle Hardware Engineering] also noted that the AI tools lacked the training and expertise that veteran technicians have, and many of the company’s veteran technicians left Ford before their knowledge could be used to improve the performance of the AI tools.The “EV transition” failed, and the American auto industry is now de-transitioning back to a focus on manufacturing (gasoline-powered) vehicles which Americans are willing to buy. But for old times’ sake, here is an update on Ford’s misguided efforts to become an EV manufacturer. The sales report is out for last month (June 2026). It’s awful: • Ford sold only 2,322 EVs, which represented just 1.3% of its total US vehicle sales. • Those 2,322 EVs included discontinued F150 Lightnings, which Ford is practically giving away to make them go away. I’d call it a “fire sale,” but that seems a little insensitive considering the Lightning’s propensity to spontaneously erupt into flames. • The 1,715 Mustang Mach-Es that we were sold represented a 32% decline from June 2025’s already abysmal numbers. The next big milestone for Ford’s EV de-transition is for it to formally announce that manufacture of the Mustang Mach E is being terminated. The many descendants of Henry Ford still hold a controlling interest in Ford stock. A Ford-family revolt against the destruction wrought by Bill Ford would also be in order. [buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 06, 2026 11:00 AM (/HDaX)
Posted by: Skip at July 06, 2026 11:00 AM (sgkY8)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 11:02 AM (sKqQm)
As a Ford truck owner for 35 years, probably last one I will have
Posted by: Skip at July 06, 2026 11:02 AM (sgkY8)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at July 06, 2026 11:02 AM (xvV+O)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 06, 2026 11:02 AM (/HDaX)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 11:02 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: The Electric Slide at July 06, 2026 11:03 AM (HnUDF)
Do do-do-do doot-doot
Posted by: The Electric Slide at July 06, 2026 11:03 AM (HnUDF)
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That's what the colored girls say.
Posted by: Lou Reed at July 06, 2026 11:04 AM (PiwSw)
One big problem with modern corporate governance is there really isn't someone actively protecting the stock holders from bad execs.
The old model where one person/family owned the company gave an obvious system to regulate this - make bad decisions and you cost yourself money now though CEOs can make objectively bad decisions and still get $$$
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 11:04 AM (sKqQm)
So, the techs failed to position their successor AI's for success.
Fire them again!
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 06, 2026 11:04 AM (/HDaX)
Posted by: And it's made from Lithium ions at July 06, 2026 11:05 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: The Electric Slide at July 06, 2026 11:05 AM (HnUDF)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at July 06, 2026 11:02 AM (xvV+O)
Shareholder oversight of public companies is often minimal, absent an activist investor. Positions in companies are turned over regularly and a lot of ownership is held in index funds.
Conversely this does make it easy to change the direction of a company with 5-10% ownership.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 06, 2026 11:06 AM (okun6)
Posted by: Jukin
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Ford is controlled by a special stock class that the Ford heirs dominate. So if the Ford heirs want Farley to stay, he stays. If they wanted Lee Iacocca out despite his auto savvy and profits, then Iacocca goes.
A few other corporations are set up that way by families--the investors get more of the profits but control stays with the other stock class.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 11:06 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 11:07 AM (/WQyy)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 11:04 AM (sKqQm)
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A large share of the blame goes to 401Ks run by Vanguard, State Street, Black Rock that use other people's money to force their ideas on companies/corps.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at July 06, 2026 11:07 AM (xvV+O)
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 11:07 AM (E4rtv)
Always cost them 2x to hire them back.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 06, 2026 11:07 AM (MXaEW)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 06, 2026 11:07 AM (HnUDF)
Posted by: Jukin
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Ford is controlled by a special stock class that the Ford heirs dominate. So if the Ford heirs want Farley to stay, he stays. If they wanted Lee Iacocca out despite his auto savvy and profits, then Iacocca goes.
A few other corporations are set up that way by families--the investors get more of the profits but control stays with the other stock class.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 11:06 AM (E4rtv)
Looks like the Ford family holds about 40% of the voting power. Nearly all of the rest is in funds.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 06, 2026 11:08 AM (okun6)
I believe their only true plan was “we can do whatever we want, and the Feds will subsidize us out of any trouble.”
Bad bet, fools, bad bet.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 06, 2026 11:08 AM (6SRz+)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 06, 2026 11:08 AM (wBaIH)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at July 06, 2026 11:08 AM (xvV+O)
Posted by: Darth Randall at July 06, 2026 11:09 AM (mseD3)
Posted by: Jukin
True enough. But large banks are also involved. Globaloney crap and Glass-Stegall needs to be recreated. Time to force those giant monster mega banks to divest and pick whether they want to do investment and large commercial banking or to service US consumers and small business.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 11:10 AM (E4rtv)
I've been arguing for a while one change that could have a major impact here is to allow the owners of those funds to vote their shares even if they hold them through a holding company.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 11:10 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: I've got nothing at July 06, 2026 11:10 AM (pBJ6M)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 11:11 AM (sKqQm)
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It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.
Posted by: Kramer at July 06, 2026 11:11 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy
In practical terms, 40 percent is enough to control the corporation as the Ford Foundation still owns a chunk and the Ford family still has some sway there as well.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 11:11 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 06, 2026 11:11 AM (wBaIH)
I've been arguing for a while one change that could have a major impact here is to allow the owners of those funds to vote their shares even if they hold them through a holding company.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 11:10 AM (sKqQm)
They've been rolling out voting programs to set that up. In general it'll still be a case of people not paying much attention and management getting whatever it puts forward though.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 06, 2026 11:12 AM (okun6)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 06, 2026 11:13 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: polynikes
We can start a battery company to sell to Tesla. We could call it Solyndra.
Wait.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 06, 2026 11:13 AM (MXaEW)
Posted by: runner at July 06, 2026 11:13 AM (+aHie)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 11:10 AM (sKqQm)
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Agree 100%!
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at July 06, 2026 11:13 AM (xvV+O)
I've also owned cars from the Japanese big three.
One of the Mazdas was a lemon.
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 11:13 AM (/WQyy)
I bought a few shares of amazon and I see I can now vote against a list of leftwing assholes not that I suspect it will do anything...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 11:14 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: 18-1
Logistical nightmare because of fractional ownership. Easier just to ban the big investment firms from voting at all which introduces its own set of distortions. Realistically, those big three should be broken up themselves as they serve no purpose anymore given market index funds are easy for even small firms to do nowadays.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 11:14 AM (E4rtv)
In fairness to them, that's exactly what the government said it would do and was trying to do.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 06, 2026 11:14 AM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Oddbob at July 06, 2026 11:15 AM (vTZFs)
I believe their only true plan was “we can do whatever we want, and the Feds will subsidize us out of any trouble.”
Bad bet, fools, bad bet.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 06, 2026 11:08 AM (6SRz+)
Force the consumer to buy a new(or greatly modified) product line is a popular but usually unsuccessful strategy.
Experimentation is one thing, but killing off a big good or service and trying to shunt all those customers to the new one is incredibly risky.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 06, 2026 11:15 AM (okun6)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at July 06, 2026 11:16 AM (xvV+O)
Posted by: Phoney baloney plastic banana slogan from HR at July 06, 2026 11:16 AM (2Ez/1)
Does that really matter though?
If Joe Smith has 2.42 shares of Walmart because he has them through an index fund or something why does that matter?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 11:16 AM (sKqQm)
In fairness to them, that's exactly what the government said it would do and was trying to do.
Posted by: Oddbob
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Yep.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 11:16 AM (E4rtv)
Burned through a few tanks of gas. Each time it was 5m to fill up the car and then go on.
Imagine trying that in an EV?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 11:17 AM (sKqQm)
Can a company stay alive by selling maybe 60 or 70 cars per Year, total?
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 06, 2026 11:18 AM (6SRz+)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 06, 2026 11:18 AM (zdLoL)
The nepots are never the equal of the founder. If I owned Ford stock, I'd demand that they fire both of these fools and find someone who actually knows what he's doing.
I'd also be wary of the engineers I could entice to return. If they were any good, they'd already be working at another auto company and would tell Ford to KMA.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 06, 2026 11:18 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 06, 2026 11:18 AM (MXaEW)
Posted by: Skip at July 06, 2026 11:19 AM (sgkY8)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 06, 2026 11:20 AM (jehhT)
There have been some baby steps toward that. Over the last year or two there’s been a move to allowing the fund owners to choose which group will vote for them rather than it just being, say, Vanguard.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 06, 2026 11:20 AM (kYmoU)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at July 06, 2026 11:20 AM (xvV+O)
There is only room for one EV company unless another can find a battery break through.
It's just around the corner. Around the corner.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 06, 2026 11:20 AM (Cqx++)
Bill Ford is a vegan. Maybe a vegan should never run a car company. Car companies should be run by meat eaters
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 06, 2026 11:20 AM (G15zZ)
That assumes that the rest of the industry wasn't following the same playbook as Ford. All of them were to greater or lesser extent.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 06, 2026 11:20 AM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 06, 2026 11:20 AM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: Oddbob at July 06, 2026 11:14 AM (vTZFs)
And the lesson to the wise is: even when you think the government is on your side, always bet on them lying to you.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 06, 2026 11:20 AM (6SRz+)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqTKZgEW8pM
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at July 06, 2026 11:16 AM
Obligatory:
Joe Friday: After losing the two previous vehicles we had been issued, the only car the department was willing to release to us at this point was an unmarked 1987 Yugo, a Yugoslavian import donated to the department as a test vehicle by the government of that country and reflecting the cutting edge of Serbo-Croatian technology.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 06, 2026 11:20 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 06, 2026 11:18 AM
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Is this about us?
Posted by: Fisker, Aptera, Polestar and Rivian at July 06, 2026 11:21 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 11:16 AM (sKqQm)
Because he'll tell two friends with shares, and they'll tell two friends, and so on and so on and so on....
Posted by: Faberge Index Fund at July 06, 2026 11:21 AM (1Ff7Z)
No offense, but you misspelled "was going to make bank on taxpayer cash"
This is the inEVitable result of the guv spending more than the combined value of US automakers on 'electrifying...
Posted by: man at July 06, 2026 11:21 AM (XuXeR)
Burned through a few tanks of gas. Each time it was 5m to fill up the car and then go on.
Imagine trying that in an EV?
Posted by: 18-1
Not quite as slow as a Conestoga wagon...
Posted by: rickb223 at July 06, 2026 11:21 AM (MXaEW)
In fairness to them, that's exactly what the government said it would do and was trying to do.
And it would have worked if not for those annoying Trump-supporting, ICE-driving voters!
Posted by: Archimedes at July 06, 2026 11:21 AM (Riz8t)
In fairness to them, that's exactly what the government said it would do and was trying to do.
Posted by: Oddbob
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Yep.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 11:16 AM (E4rtv)
Any company that
1) Been in business for 10+ years
2) and suckles on the government tit
knows that political winds shift with each election. Our automobile manufacturers hung their hat on Democratic leader promises, ignored their customers and are suffering extreme financial losses. Stupid is as stupid does, I guess.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 06, 2026 11:21 AM (N39Ws)
Posted by: 18-1
Because index funds are buying and selling component companies every second so determining just how many shares Joe Smith 'owns' becomes extremely difficult as to timing and as to determining the exact number of fractional shares he owns at that particular moment used to measure 'ownership' for voting purposes.
You don't have that problem with individual ownership of stock. Indexes are derivatives of the original stock certificate owners and then you have the secondary derivatives that are basically bets on the direction of the primaries and required to have some interest to do so--VIX, etc.
Like gambling, the major investment companies live and die by arbitrage (the house take) and to do that well, require enormous sums of other people's money to get that consistent small profit to be amplified into billions.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 11:22 AM (E4rtv)
You can predict what the left minded person will do but you can never explain it.
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 11:23 AM (/WQyy)
And their dog!
Posted by: Oddbob at July 06, 2026 11:23 AM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 06, 2026 11:23 AM (N39Ws)
No offense, but you misspelled "was going to make bank on taxpayer cash
This.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 06, 2026 11:23 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at July 06, 2026 11:23 AM (xvV+O)
Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 06, 2026 11:24 AM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 11:02 AM (sKqQm)
*****
Same here. I've always bought American cars but my latest purchase, a GMC (aka, Get More Cash) has cured me of that. No more.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at July 06, 2026 11:25 AM (0prF9)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 06, 2026 11:25 AM (N39Ws)
But we already do that for earnings/taxes.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 11:25 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at July 06, 2026 11:26 AM (UWN7z)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed
It wasn't only Democrats handing out taxpayer goodies but a lot of Red State governors, mayors, and counties dishing out massive subsidies for factories, etc.
And the whole regress goes to our rotten virulent ruling class of oligarchs that figured out the peasants needed their energy consumption controlled and depopulation so the elite could live in a world with 1/10th of its current population. Worldwide political phenomenon except for Trump in 2016 beginning to take on the global fake crisis of CO2 emissions head on.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 11:26 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 11:26 AM (/WQyy)
Because a mobile society is difficult to subjugate.
I don't think we've seen the last of this op.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 06, 2026 11:27 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 11:02 AM (sKqQm)
Just bought Mrs OCiS a new Subaru. Laugh if you want, but they are one of the only vehicles out there that still has a decent sized 4 cylinder that is naturally aspirated. I refused to buy a SUV sized vehicle with an engine smaller than my motorcycle. And I am not convinced turbochargers can last the long haul before one of the turbine fins breaks free and ends up in a cylinder.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 06, 2026 11:27 AM (N39Ws)
It was a disappointment to see the Jaguar sedans disappear; when I bought my last car in 2010, the choice came down to the XJ-8 (as I recall) and what I actually bought, a Town Car. The Ford-based Jaguar drove like a dream, was a beautiful car for long trips. But I was in the market for a used car, not a new car, and it seemed like there just weren’t that many on the market. Then Ford sold Jaguar and I wasn’t sure how that would affect parts availability over the long term. (I’m still driving that Town Car, and parts don’t seem to be a problem on the rare occasions I need something—I may well find out again this week.)
That said Jaguar is at the bottom level of the kind of brand that could actually work on the EV model. Status symbols, short trips, meant to be driven for the sake of driving them rather than, say, to go grocery shopping or get from A to B; and not meant as workhorses because of that.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 06, 2026 11:27 AM (kYmoU)
14 I have been gifted a half eaten mouse and cat puke
Posted by: The Ballots at July 06, 2026 04:51 AM (LOZbR)
15 Which half?
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 06, 2026 04:54 AM (BLOW1)
19 It was the back half. Translated from "cat speak" I'm worth about as much as a mouse butt
Posted by: The Ballots at July 06, 2026 04:57 AM (LOZbR)
Consider the alternatives.
Death of a Mouse: A few minutes of cleaning up a mess.
Death of a Salesman: A few hours of (spoiler alert!) a loser losing, realizing what he is, and killing himself.
It's a tough question, I might prefer the play.
Posted by: SciVo at July 06, 2026 11:27 AM (Sy6m/)
Oh, and fuck Bill Ford. He is an asshole.
Posted by: Zombie Edsel Ford at July 06, 2026 11:28 AM (og9zY)
Golf carts.
The rest of them can go screw.
Posted by: ballistic at July 06, 2026 11:28 AM (oqH4h)
1) Been in business for 10+ years
2) and suckles on the government tit
knows that political winds shift with each election.
Obama started it, Trump I didn't rein it in,
Posted by: Oddbob at July 06, 2026 11:29 AM (vTZFs)
I don't have a problem with tax incentives to get corporations to move to a state. I do think though they need to consider the industry/marketplace of those corporations. But I don't hold them to the same standard as the corporation regard to the marketplace due diligence .
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 11:30 AM (/WQyy)
Bill is William Clay Ford’s boy.
WCF was universally recognized as the biggest drunken idiot in the world for a long time.
His success story was the Detroit Lions .
Posted by: Auspex at July 06, 2026 11:30 AM (kCkdZ)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh_NejeM86A
F150 "Lightning" goes into thermal runaway, catches on fire while in the dealer service bay. Causing explosions of things like airbags.
Posted by: Defenestratus at July 06, 2026 11:30 AM (WYStd)
My last 3 cars were Ford/Mercury, and they all expired at a little over 100k miles, even though I get the scheduled maintenance. Even when they were "running", they were inferior.
A little Ford anecdote: the sunglasses holder above the center console would pop open every time I hit a bump, and dumped my sunglasses onto my lap or under the seat. I had to live with that for 11 years. It's a simple thing, but if you can't get the simple things right, what chance do you have of getting the complex ones right?
My new car is a Honda Passport, and I love it. The sunglasses stay put.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 06, 2026 11:30 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: It's a brand new acronym! at July 06, 2026 11:31 AM (TbWk/)
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 11:31 AM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 06, 2026 11:31 AM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 06, 2026 11:27 AM (N39Ws)
My last 2 cars bought were Subarus...best value car going (Kia is a runner up)...
Posted by: Nova Local at July 06, 2026 11:32 AM (tOcjL)
So for retirement communities in the south, or perhaps even hive cities there maybe they make sense. I supposed you could pare them with solar power in AZ and the like.
But for most of the country and the people in it they are a terrible idea.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 11:33 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Speed Restrictors at July 06, 2026 11:33 AM (onZb0)
It was ever thus.
Posted by: I mean look at European Aristocracy at July 06, 2026 11:33 AM (anL5R)
Posted by: Auspex at July 06, 2026 11:35 AM (kCkdZ)
Posted by: Cray Cray at July 06, 2026 11:35 AM (Qjj21)
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at July 06, 2026 11:26 AM (UWN7z)
Not great actually.
Posted by: Defenestratus at July 06, 2026 11:35 AM (WYStd)
Stupid European Bitch Factories. Europe's main export - complaining.
Posted by: OMG the Complaining at July 06, 2026 11:35 AM (anL5R)
Why?
Adam Sandler conducted her marriage ceremony.
Why does that make her a NAZI? He's Jewish and not one of those Jewish people whose career is around hating Israel.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 11:35 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Speed Restrictors at July 06, 2026 11:33 AM (onZb0)
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Not my fault there are people that can't handle light beer
Posted by: ballistic at July 06, 2026 11:35 AM (oqH4h)
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 11:35 AM (/WQyy)
It was ever thus.
Perhaps it's because a rich heir attracts stupid, hot women who are willing to sell their bodies for all that cash, and that's wher the next generation arises. Genetics always wins.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 06, 2026 11:36 AM (Riz8t)
I would’ve liked more video and less talking head, but the guy does sound interesting.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 06, 2026 11:36 AM (kYmoU)
Posted by: runner at July 06, 2026 11:36 AM (GD0B3)
Two modern features I like: backup camera (the number of times people will walk behind you car as you are backing up is amazing) and then the detector that lets you know if someone is in your blind spot when you go to change lanes
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 11:36 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Eromero at July 06, 2026 11:37 AM (LHPAg)
user avatar
RazörFist
@RazorFist
Yes it was.
Charlottesville was organized by paid informants for SPLC. Every organization directly involved were therefore tainted by SPLC funding.
American Vanguard was one of those groups.
After Charlottesvile, they changed their name.
To Patriot Front."
Posted by: Nova Local at July 06, 2026 11:37 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 11:37 AM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Cray Cray at July 06, 2026 11:35 AM (Qjj21)
Bunches of them sold in places like India, China, and Indonesia. US Car companies in combination with regulators worked the rules so that it's illegal to bring any of them into the US for sale.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 06, 2026 11:37 AM (edUvp)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 06, 2026 11:31 AM (R+iUD)
CHYnk Uighur or the other one?
Posted by: Turks. Perfidious and greasy. at July 06, 2026 11:37 AM (TbWk/)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 06, 2026 11:38 AM (qFwJc)
Charlottesville was organized by paid informants for SPLC. Every organization directly involved were therefore tainted by SPLC funding.
American Vanguard was one of those groups.
After Charlottesvile, they changed their name.
To Patriot Front."
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We should use the same tactics to take down the Commies and the Socialists!
Posted by: runner at July 06, 2026 11:38 AM (GD0B3)
Stupid European Bitch Factories. Europe's main export - complaining.
Posted by: OMG the Complaining at July 06, 2026 11:35 AM (anL5R)
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As a person who has been following soccer for about three weeks, the Balogun red card was horseshit from the get-go.
From what I've seen, the US threatened to take FIFA to Arbitration Court over it, and FIFA rescinded the suspension so they didn't have to expose their retarded-ass appeals process in court.
Posted by: ballistic at July 06, 2026 11:38 AM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Toyota Hilux at July 06, 2026 11:39 AM (DCsZP)
The Flex was the last vehicle P.J. O’Roarke wrote a review of for Road & Track, he loved it.
Posted by: Auspex at July 06, 2026 11:39 AM (j8jVg)
Why?
Adam Sandler conducted her marriage ceremony.
Why does that make her a NAZI? He's Jewish and not one of those Jewish people whose career is around hating Israel.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 11:35 AM (sKqQm)
Because Adam Sandler doesn't go around spewing progressive bullshit talking points and is rumored to at least be right-leaning, though he generally stays out of it and just makes movies and shows. These days that makes you a Nazi or Nazi-adjacent.
Posted by: I'm sure they hate Rob Schneider more at July 06, 2026 11:40 AM (TbWk/)
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 11:40 AM (/WQyy)
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 11:31 AM (/WQyy)
E Bikes and E Cycles are big with the homeless crowd. No license, no problem. They hack the E Bikes to go faster than from the factory and go zooming around the roadways and parks stealing electricity from any available unprotected outlet. The boys in blue can't keep up with them and no money in it so they leave them be. A homeless guy told me E Bikes have pedals where E Cycles do not.
Posted by: News From The Street at July 06, 2026 11:41 AM (og9zY)
New York Bodega Owners to City: Drop Dead!
“We met with bodega owners so they could help us plan and ensure that we take into account their challenges and their role as a part of the food ecosystem,” Julie Su, deputy mayor for "economic justice," told the Post in a statement. But what really happened was that bodega owners reported to City Hall last week at Su's invitation for a roundtable discussion, "only to get barraged with 'intrusive' questions about their businesses," according to the Post's source.
The questionnaire bodega owners were expected to fill out included questions like, “What items are sold the most at your stores?” and “Where is your profit margin the greatest?”
The correct answer to questions like those is, "Get stuffed."
But he assures us that's not going to happen. Sure, Jan.
Su told the Post, "we wanted to understand whether there are key products bodegas sell and rely on that we should not sell. That’s how serious we are about not undercutting them."
https://tinyurl.com/43ptwjza
Posted by: Archimedes at July 06, 2026 11:41 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 06, 2026 11:23 AM (N39Ws
I think I know where all the Probes got shoved.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 06, 2026 11:42 AM (edUvp)
Posted by: Reforger at July 06, 2026 11:42 AM (DCsZP)
"The National Education Association will call for the impeachment, conviction, and removal of Donald Trump from the US Presidency."
They want a "National March on Washington D.C. to remove Trump before the November 2026 midterm election"
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They may be the ones in for an education.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 06, 2026 11:42 AM (ndZc7)
I’m guessing low mileage pre-2018 vehicles will appreciate in value better than later year models.
Posted by: Auspex at July 06, 2026 11:42 AM (j8jVg)
Imagine that is an actual position in the City that Never Sleeps
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at July 06, 2026 11:42 AM (fKauK)
Agree. My understanding it has to be an intentional act. The video clearly showed it wasn't intentional. I don't know what the reviewer's reasoning was to issue the red card.
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 11:42 AM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Communists destroy everything they touch at July 06, 2026 11:43 AM (TbWk/)
Hey some people did some things in World War Eleven you know
Posted by: Ilhan Omar at July 06, 2026 11:43 AM (sKqQm)
But Ford frequently utilizes state and local tax credits, infrastructure grants, and workforce development funds to build and operate its manufacturing footprint across the United States.
In 2023, the federal government issued a $9.2 billion loan to a joint venture between Ford and SK Innovation to help construct electric vehicle battery plants. The initial $9.2 billion conditional commitment announced by the Department of Energy (DOE) was later finalized as a $9.63 billion direct loan in December 2024.
Issued under the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) program, it stands as the largest single loan in the history of the DOE.
The BlueOval SK joint venture dissolved late 2025; the deal restructured 2026, and under the revised sponsorship agreements, Ford directly guarantees 50% of the loan's payment obligations.
Maybe it's apples to oranges, but it seems very 'slick' to me. 🤷♀️
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 06, 2026 11:43 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: The real AI - Actual Indians at July 06, 2026 11:43 AM (WUIO9)
EV motorcycles could fill a niche similar to EV cars, i.e. limited range within populated areas. But most people don't buy bikes to commute, they buy them for recreation. From what I've seen and read, electric bikes are a sh*t-ton of fun to ride but still most riders want to (or at least want to be able to) ride extended distances. Also, a part of the market (typified by H-D) explicitly doesn't want innovation.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 06, 2026 11:43 AM (vTZFs)
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 11:42 AM (/WQyy)
Same reason as always these days.
"AH HATES YOU!!!"
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 06, 2026 11:43 AM (edUvp)
The car isn't just polarizing or controversial. Everyone hates it. Potential buyers are running for the hills. The Luce is such a comic joke that nobody wants to be seen with it.
Ferrari was warned. Every other super-EV of the last few years was a sales abomination. Lambo had its own super-EV in the works (the Lanzador) but wisely shitcanned the entire product when the company realized there was zero customer interest.
The Schadenfreude, it is delicious.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 06, 2026 11:43 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 06, 2026 11:23 AM (N39Ws
I think I know where all the Probes got shoved.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 06, 2026 11:42 AM (edUvp)
Being Kommissar of Transportation has its perks!
SQUEEEEEEEE
Posted by: Pete Buttgiggity at July 06, 2026 11:44 AM (TbWk/)
Posted by: polynikes
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I do, it privatizes benefits and lays costs on the taxpayers. Rent seeking behavior and in most cases, the math doesn't work out. Like those EV plants, suddenly not needed, millions spent by state governments for non existent jobs, but the land developers made bank. See Rivian and Georgia for an example.
Often, these factories are built, then the company decides to offshore the production to make a few more bucks per unit and takes the machinery with them leaving a debt payments for the locale and an unsalable big empty building.
In almost all cases, the subsidies or tax abatements, if you had to do them, should go to existing local firms that are unlikely to suddenly move somewhere else. But those don't get plaudits from the local media when they lie about the cost/benefit analysis and profits for the pols from land developers.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 11:44 AM (E4rtv)
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Not that I'd buy one in 100 years, but I thought I'd see how cheap they were in Northern Virginia. The cheapest I saw in a brief look was still over $50K, a markdown of $8000. There were others still at $60K+, marked down only by $1-2K. Perhaps there are all sorts of incentives I'm missing, but that's not a clearance sale to me. I guess the local dealers still like having money tied up in aging inventory.
Posted by: Virginia SoCon at July 06, 2026 11:44 AM (KFbdf)
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 11:45 AM (/WQyy)
Why?
Adam Sandler conducted her marriage ceremony.
Why does that make her a NAZI? He's Jewish and not one of those Jewish people whose career is around hating Israel.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 11:35 AM (sKqQm)
I love how the commies think they're just like the guys who ran up the beaches at Normandy because they (commies) really RILLY hate JOOOOS.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 06, 2026 11:45 AM (R+iUD)
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They saw our commercial and said hold my beer.
Posted by: Jaguar at July 06, 2026 11:46 AM (WUIO9)
Posted by: BIG JUICY DATA CENTERS at July 06, 2026 11:46 AM (1+Mqc)
Posted by: polynikes
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I do, it privatizes benefits and lays costs on the taxpayers. Rent seeking behavior and in most cases, the math doesn't work out. Like those EV plants, suddenly not needed, millions spent by state governments for non existent jobs, but the land developers made bank. See Rivian and Georgia for an example.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 11:44 AM (E4rtv)
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Privatization of profits but socialization of losses
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 06, 2026 11:46 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Toyota Hilux at July 06, 2026 11:39 AM (DCsZP)
Yes you would.
Posted by: Eromero at July 06, 2026 11:46 AM (LHPAg)
So, the techs failed to position their successor AI's for success.
Fire them again!
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 06, 2026 11:04 AM (/HDaX)
Well, that's the obvious intention. Hire them back, get them to fine-tune the AI, and then fire them again. I'm sure the re-hired engineers will be greatly motivated to impart their knowledge with no mistakes into their robot overlord successors.
Posted by: Virginia SoCon at July 06, 2026 11:47 AM (KFbdf)
Not Satire: Ketanji Brown Jackson Featured As "People's Champion" On Cover Of "Essence" Magazine
https://tinyurl.com/33ckra9c
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 06, 2026 11:47 AM (ndZc7)
user avatar
RazörFist
@RazorFist
Yes it was.
Charlottesville was organized by paid informants for SPLC. Every organization directly involved were therefore tainted by SPLC funding.
American Vanguard was one of those groups.
After Charlottesvile, they changed their name.
To Patriot Front."
Posted by: Nova Local at July 06, 2026 11:37 AM (tOcjL)
Well *we* certainly had no involvement.
Posted by: Top Men and Whammen of the Eff.Bee.EYE at July 06, 2026 11:48 AM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Jaguar at July 06, 2026 11:48 AM (WUIO9)
And it is also cover for Ford - they wrote off tens of billions of dollars with their EV failure. That really wasn't a failure of EVs in the marketplace, it was more a failure of Ford to execute. And then they lay off engineers and say umm, AI.
Gah.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at July 06, 2026 11:48 AM (fKauK)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 06, 2026 11:23 AM
I actually had one in the early 90s. Fun car. Drove it until it fell apart and bought a 3-series BMW. Drove that until it fell apart, then bought the current Honda Accord. Apart from not having all-wheel drive, I love that thing.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 06, 2026 11:49 AM (bFu5X)
Not Satire: Ketanji Brown Jackson Featured As "People's Champion" On Cover Of "Essence" Magazine
https://tinyurl.com/33ckra9c
Essence is a magazine for blacks, and whattya know, she's black. I wonder if the editors of Essence knew that before they selected her as a People's Champion.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 06, 2026 11:49 AM (Riz8t)
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Do y'all remember when Justice Clarence Thomas was featured on the cover of Essence Magazine?
Posted by: Things that never happened at July 06, 2026 11:49 AM (GD0B3)
Why?
Adam Sandler conducted her marriage ceremony.
Why does that make her a NAZI? He's Jewish and not one of those Jewish people whose career is around hating Israel.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 11:35 AM (sKqQm)
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Nothing says "This wedding is really serious, guys" like having Adam Fucking Sandler officiate your deathless vows
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 06, 2026 11:49 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Communists
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A fair chunk of those bodegas are selling stolen merchandise from boosters from teh local CVS, Walgreens, grocery stores, Wal Marts, etc. And many are also in the business of food stamp fraud.
Capitalism is a means to an end, it is not an end in itself. Far better at allocating resources than socialism because pricing more information rich than government fiats but that does not, in and of itself, mean that all capitalists are virtuous as a class. Both society and government exist because pure capitalism would result in babies being auctioned, adulterated products right and left (the milk scandals of the 19th and 20th centuries, etc.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 11:49 AM (E4rtv)
I suspect she sees going too far down the woke path isn't going to make her more $$$
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 11:49 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 11:50 AM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Bulg at July 06, 2026 11:50 AM (77rzZ)
California gives 136 acres of scenic beachfront property to native tribes
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 06, 2026 11:50 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: BIG JUICY DATA CENTERS at July 06, 2026 11:46 AM (1+Mqc)
I have a twin turbo V8 Porsche Cayenne good for 500 hrsprs.
Does that count?
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at July 06, 2026 11:50 AM (fKauK)
"The National Education Association will call for the impeachment, conviction, and removal of Donald Trump from the US Presidency."
They want a "National March on Washington D.C. to remove Trump before the November 2026 midterm election"
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They may be the ones in for an education.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 06, 2026 11:42 AM (ndZc7)
Consider the percentage of danger hairs and nose rings in such a march...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 06, 2026 11:50 AM (R+iUD)
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It's like they don't even know their own clientele.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 06, 2026 11:50 AM (jehhT)
OTOH I did enjoy "The Wedding Singer"
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 11:50 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Things that never happened at July 06, 2026 11:51 AM (GD0B3)
Nothing says "This wedding is really serious, guys" like having Adam Fucking Sandler officiate your deathless vows
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 06, 2026 11:49 AM (iFTx/)
In front of an intimate crowd of 1000 in Madison Square Garden...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 06, 2026 11:51 AM (GsrgF)
Posted by: Mazda MX6 at July 06, 2026 11:51 AM (WUIO9)
Didn't the left tell us it is a known NAZI venue because some German Socialist fans had a rally there in the 1930s?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 11:51 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 06, 2026 11:49 AM (iFTx/)
In front of an intimate crowd of 1000 in Madison Square Garden...
I have my invitation to the wedding night hijinks, and am really looking forward to it.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 06, 2026 11:52 AM (Riz8t)
Swift’s prenup was 40 pages long.
Posted by: Auspex at July 06, 2026 11:52 AM (6osB/)
Not Satire: Ketanji Brown Jackson Featured As "People's Champion" On Cover Of "Essence" Magazine
https://tinyurl.com/33ckra9c
Essence is a magazine for blacks, and whattya know, she's black. I wonder if the editors of Essence knew that before they selected her as a People's Champion.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 06, 2026 11:49 AM (Riz8t)
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Essence is specifically for black women, and like all fashion/lifestyle magazines it's been coopted by leftwing Trump-hating commies. So it's a magazine for leftwing black women. Of course they idolize Akshully Jackson.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 06, 2026 11:52 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 06, 2026 11:52 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: runner at July 06, 2026 11:52 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 11:53 AM (/WQyy)
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So Trump was wrong. There weren't good people on both sides.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 06, 2026 11:53 AM (ndZc7)
OTOH I did enjoy "The Wedding Singer"
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 11:50 AM (sKqQm)
Probably his best movie, along with Happy Gilmore
Posted by: Just TAAAAP IT IN!!!!!! at July 06, 2026 11:53 AM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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In the specific case, it is more precise to allocate the losses to the taxpayers rather than the general community. Someone is going to pay back those debts incurred for the bond issue and that is the taxpayer via property taxes, not the welfare class usually.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 11:54 AM (E4rtv)
https://tinyurl.com/3tntpynu
Posted by: George V at July 06, 2026 11:54 AM (HUbHH)
Posted by: Reforger at July 06, 2026 11:54 AM (DCsZP)
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So Trump was wrong. There weren't good people on both sides.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 06, 2026 11:53 AM (ndZc7)
LOL
Can't wait to throw that at some retard leftist.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 06, 2026 11:54 AM (R+iUD)
And they are hugely unregulated.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at July 06, 2026 11:54 AM (fKauK)
Not Satire: Ketanji Brown Jackson Featured As "People's Champion" On Cover Of "Essence" Magazine
https://tinyurl.com/33ckra9c
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 06, 2026 11:47 AM (ndZc7)
Essence Magazine, that's about perfume, right? Hide odors?
Posted by: Eromero at July 06, 2026 11:54 AM (LHPAg)
Food Stamps killed these corner stores. Just as well, as there is a whole new way the poors create 'food deserts."
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 06, 2026 11:54 AM (wBaIH)
Posted by: Mazda MX6 at July 06, 2026 11:51 AM (WUIO9)
Well, a Ford badge, and a much more rakish design, appropriate for a car with sporting pretensions.
Posted by: far cry at July 06, 2026 11:54 AM (wBRco)
Posted by: Auspex at July 06, 2026 11:52 AM (6osB/)
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If so, that's short for a prenup. There are at least 20 pages in a modern prenup just reciting boilerplate bullshit.
I suspect the actual prenup is much longer than 40 pages.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 06, 2026 11:54 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 11:54 AM (/WQyy)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 06, 2026 11:55 AM (GsrgF)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 06, 2026 11:55 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: runner at July 06, 2026 11:55 AM (GD0B3)
Swift’s prenup was 40 pages long.
Posted by: Auspex at July 06, 2026 11:52 AM (6osB/)
That's it? I would've expected a multi-volume set.
Posted by: Bring it in on a forklift at July 06, 2026 11:55 AM (TbWk/)
Kelces’ probably happy to release his Chakra after such a long engagement
Posted by: Auspex at July 06, 2026 11:55 AM (6osB/)
I would guess that Adam Sandler is her friend and hopefully he had a conversation with the couple beforehand to determine what their vows would be instead of winging it. Getting your friend, father, brother , etc to officiate is now increasingly popular with people who do not belong to/ go to a church or synagogue and are not really into organized religion, and if people have been living together it obviates the need to have premarital counseling that most religious groups require.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 06, 2026 11:55 AM (Bw1/o)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 11:50 AM (sKqQm)
Probably his best movie, along with Happy Gilmore
Posted by: Just TAAAAP IT IN!!!!!! at July 06, 2026 11:53 AM (TbWk/)
IMHO His best movie is Funny People followed by Blended.
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 11:56 AM (/WQyy)
She dutifully bashed Republicans, supported Hillary and Kamala, spoke in favor of all the gay and tranny shit and was all in on abortion And still it wasn’t enough.
Posted by: Mazda MX6 at July 06, 2026 11:57 AM (WUIO9)
I suspect she sees going too far down the woke path isn't going to make her more $$$
Posted by: 18-1
The doings of celebutards have little to do with my quality of life. I try to ignore their comings and goings. Unfortunately for the crowd that likes celebrity worship, we don't have a depraved royal family like the Euros do to write endless useless wanking articles about. We have to make do with a class even more degenerate--entertainers.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 11:57 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 11:50 AM (sKqQm)
Good movie..
Posted by: It's me donna at July 06, 2026 11:57 AM (GsrgF)
It's astonishing to me how many people now think they needn't bother with premarital counseling. Even if you're not religious, who wouldn't benefit from a disinterested 3rd party asking "have you thought about things like children, money, and chore allocation?"
Posted by: Archimedes at July 06, 2026 11:57 AM (Riz8t)
From what I've seen, the US threatened to take FIFA to Arbitration Court over it, and FIFA rescinded the suspension so they didn't have to expose their retarded-ass appeals process in court.
==
Well it was supposedly already under review and that committee made their decision "independently". I think the issue was that the penalty was not called on the field, not even a yellow. And they used the review to determine intent - when it is only supposed to be for contact.
Its a weird and nearly pointless sport, where the players routinely flop to attempt to gain an advantage. It happens in other sports, but the comical writhing in agony, to then hop up and sprint downfield when the referee ignores you is just too common. Its like big time wrestling or something. Its a much play acting as it is sport.
Posted by: OMG the Complaining at July 06, 2026 11:57 AM (anL5R)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 06, 2026 11:49 AM (iFTx/)
In front of an intimate crowd of 1000 in Madison Square Garden...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 06, 2026 11:51 AM (GsrgF)
___________
While I tried to avoid all things about this abomination of a wedding, I couldn't help see reports and updates about all the "stars" and "A Listers" at the wedding. Then they named a bunch of these supposed stars and showed their pictures.
I had no idea who most of these people are. Literally none. Some of the names I recognized, but to call them "stars" is beyond optimistic. Maybe they were famous .... 25 years ago.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 06, 2026 11:58 AM (iFTx/)
My prenup was a verbal commitment to surrender unconditionaly.
Posted by: Auspex at July 06, 2026 11:58 AM (6osB/)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 06, 2026 11:58 AM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 06, 2026 11:58 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Oddbob at July 06, 2026 11:58 AM (vTZFs)
Posted by: runner at July 06, 2026 11:59 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Auspex at July 06, 2026 11:58 AM (6osB/)
LOL
Posted by: It's me donna at July 06, 2026 11:59 AM (GsrgF)
Posted by: Auspex
No safe word? That's edgey.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 06, 2026 11:59 AM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: runner at July 06, 2026 11:59 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 06, 2026 11:59 AM (NFX2v)
Saves time and in the end the only difference is that lawyers don't get a cut.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 06, 2026 11:59 AM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Oddbob at July 06, 2026 11:58 AM (vTZFs)
Well, we are talking about failures that people could see years ahead of time....
Posted by: Virginia SoCon at July 06, 2026 12:00 PM (KFbdf)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
My father was a justice of the peace, he married one couple but took it seriously. I was going through his papers and found where he wrote study notes as to how to do it properly.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 12:00 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Auspex at July 06, 2026 11:52 AM (6osB/)
That's it? I would've expected a multi-volume set.
Posted by: Bring it in on a forklift
Encyclopedia Brittanica.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 06, 2026 12:00 PM (MXaEW)
t’s been revealed that the black woman Democrats put on a pedestal for “bravely” riding a train with Patriot Front members was engaging in indecent exposure on the train moments before the photo was taken and has a lengthy arrest record.
https://tinyurl.com/yepmcuak
Posted by: Archimedes at July 06, 2026 12:01 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Breaking News at July 06, 2026 12:01 PM (WUIO9)
Posted by: Bulg at July 06, 2026 12:01 PM (77rzZ)
Swift’s prenup was 40 pages long.
Posted by: Auspex at July 06, 2026 11:52 AM (6osB/)
That's it? I would've expected a multi-volume set.
Posted by: Bring it in on a forklift at July 06, 2026 11:55 AM (TbWk/)
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That 40 pages is just the index to the full document...in a multi-volume set.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 06, 2026 12:01 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: runner at July 06, 2026 12:01 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 11:54 AM
MSG in ceremony? Fuiyoh!
- Uncle Roger (probably)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 06, 2026 12:01 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Oddbob
Always a boob thread.
*Various definitions of boob.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 06, 2026 12:02 PM (MXaEW)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 06, 2026 12:02 PM (0U5gm)
However, he ruled out mandatory abortions for them, so it's a partial win.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 06, 2026 12:02 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Bulg at July 06, 2026 12:01 PM
In some states (maybe all for all I know) you can be made a JP for a day.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 06, 2026 12:02 PM (bFu5X)
I'm genuinely surprised. I figured she was as much a paid plant as everyone else on the train.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 06, 2026 12:03 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Sep Blatter at July 06, 2026 12:03 PM (anL5R)
Why does that make her a NAZI? He's Jewish and not one of those Jewish people whose career is around hating Israel.
The DNC's entire brand is "we hate Jews" at this point. It's comical seeing Jewish voters and elected Jewish Dems fail to understand that. Josh Shapiro actually thinks that by not sending a PA delegation to the state-by-state fair thing in DC he's a lock for 2028.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 06, 2026 12:03 PM (2ocoG)
Saves time and in the end the only difference is that lawyers don't get a cut.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 06, 2026 11:59 AM (vTZFs)
You still lose your balls and get eviscerated in exchange for not having sex with the same woman for the rest of your life. Helluva deal!
Posted by: A dweam wiffin a dweam at July 06, 2026 12:04 PM (TbWk/)
And regretted doing so, once they saw billions pour in without actually making and selling things
Posted by: man at July 06, 2026 12:04 PM (cGjQu)
t’s been revealed that the black woman Democrats put on a pedestal for “bravely” riding a train with Patriot Front members was engaging in indecent exposure on the train moments before the photo was taken and has a lengthy arrest record.
https://tinyurl.com/yepmcuak
Posted by: Archimedes at July 06, 2026 12:01 PM (Riz8t)
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She was brave for riding in the same train as undercover FBI agents loyal to the MAGA-hating Deep State?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 06, 2026 12:04 PM (iFTx/)
My sister-in-law got some kind of online credential to officiate a friend's wedding. She has no intention of ever using it again unless maybe it gets her a discount at Denny's.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 06, 2026 12:04 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 06, 2026 12:04 PM (ndZc7)
He's actually one of the potentials I fear most. Or I would if, you know, he weren't a filthy Joo.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 06, 2026 12:05 PM (Riz8t)
The Schadenfreude, it is delicious.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
Schadenfreude would be a good model name.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 06, 2026 12:05 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: runner at July 06, 2026 12:05 PM (GD0B3)
Wow...the Impressive Clergyman posts here!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 06, 2026 12:05 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 06, 2026 12:05 PM (6UQAR)
Posted by: runner at July 06, 2026 12:06 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 11:23 AM (/WQyy)
Their compensation is obviously coming in other ways. No industry in the world becomes a consistent loser and never changes gears or questions it.
Posted by: ... at July 06, 2026 12:06 PM (vE0+H)
BreakThrough News
1d
NOW: Hundreds of veterans participating in a "Freedom Over Fascism" march in Philadelphia to demonstrate their opposition to Trump's wars and immigration policies.
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I think the military veterans among such groups were FEW & FAR between at best. In fact, I think a lot of marching men aren't U.S. citizens, a few are simply union organizers, and they're all boosted by the LGTQai++ community and Code Pink.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 06, 2026 12:06 PM (NFX2v)
I don't think they're FBI (Kash fired a *lot* of lefties and the FBI is at least appearing to do their job now), but they're definitely Deep State.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 06, 2026 12:06 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Jaimo at July 06, 2026 12:06 PM (2noDb)
My favorite version of that I've seen is "LGHGTV".
Posted by: Ian S. at July 06, 2026 12:08 PM (2ocoG)
BreakThrough News
1d
NOW: Hundreds of veterans participating in a "Freedom Over Fascism" march in Philadelphia to demonstrate their opposition to Trump's wars and immigration policies.
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I think the military veterans among such groups were FEW & FAR between at best. In fact, I think a lot of marching men aren't U.S. citizens, a few are simply union organizers, and they're all boosted by the LGTQai++ community and Code Pink.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 06, 2026 12:06 PM
Show me your DD214s and the character of your discharges, commies. I have questions.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 06, 2026 12:08 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: man at July 06, 2026 12:09 PM (cGjQu)
I suspect she sees going too far down the woke path isn't going to make her more $$$
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 11:49 AM (sKqQm)
It jumped her from stardom to superstardom. They gave her Capital One commercials, big movies, and fawning media once she committed to them. Before that she was still on the fringes of world domination. The leftard sellout cinched it. They can't risk another Trump so you have to sell your soul to them before you are allowed too much influence.
Posted by: ... at July 06, 2026 12:09 PM (vE0+H)
Trump went to bat for him a few days after the scotus case that would have made him not eligible to play for the US, had the case gone his way and 25 years earlier.
His Birthday is July 3. He missed being a 4th of July baby by hours.
Life takes weird turns.
Posted by: Irony Alert at July 06, 2026 12:10 PM (WUIO9)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 06, 2026 12:10 PM (GsrgF)
Only buy cars built Tuesday through Thursday.
Posted by: Reforger at July 06, 2026 12:10 PM (DCsZP)
My favorite version of that I've seen is "LGHGTV".
Posted by: Ian S.
Yeah, I see no waning in the regional high schools.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 06, 2026 12:10 PM (NFX2v)
I saw video. "Hundreds", you say?
Posted by: man at July 06, 2026 12:09 PM
*shifty eyes*
Yup. Thousands, even. Just out of frame...
*shifty eyes*
Posted by: The MFM at July 06, 2026 12:10 PM (bFu5X)
I was not suggesting JP's don't take this responsibility seriously only that they usually don't do premarital counseling.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 06, 2026 12:10 PM (6UQAR)
https://shorturl.at/YjKLn
The only ones without a link to records are George Washington and one other guy.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 06, 2026 12:10 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: man at July 06, 2026 12:11 PM (cGjQu)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 06, 2026 12:11 PM (l3cgK)
And regretted doing so, once they saw billions pour in without actually making and selling things
Posted by: man at July 06, 2026 12:04 PM (cGjQu)
GM and Chrysler went bankrupt. Maybe the union workers regret the lack of it, but the owners certainly don't.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at July 06, 2026 12:11 PM (okun6)
Yeah, he's arguably their best potential candidate, but the Gaza worship has only gotten stronger since Kamala passed him over.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 06, 2026 12:11 PM (2ocoG)
That's just the date the vin was assigned.
Posted by: man at July 06, 2026 12:11 PM (cGjQu)
It's in the paperwork of the car.
Posted by: Reforger at July 06, 2026 12:13 PM (DCsZP)
Posted by: Donnie Two Scoops on hot mic at July 06, 2026 12:15 PM (anL5R)
The dealers are unanimous, the de-featured base models are the ones that sit on the lot the longest.
The new Slate EV "truck" doesn't have anything ... not even a stereo. Crank windows. Manual mirrors. Its starting price is $25k and you don't even get A/C for that.
Posted by: Defenestratus at July 06, 2026 12:25 PM (WYStd)
Mid-Morning Art Thread
Hubert Robert
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Otto Penn at July 06, 2026 09:35 AM (sJHOI)
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Posted by: Will Robinson at July 06, 2026 09:35 AM (4a6AT)
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Posted by: Bulg at July 06, 2026 09:36 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at July 06, 2026 09:37 AM (6v6cQ)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 06, 2026 09:37 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Statues of nekkid people at July 06, 2026 09:37 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 06, 2026 09:37 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 06, 2026 09:37 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 06, 2026 09:38 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at July 06, 2026 09:38 AM (0sNs1)
"Robert was arrested in October 1793, during the French Revolution.During the ten months of his detention at Sainte-Pélagie and Saint-Lazare he made many drawings, painted at least 53 canvases, and painted numerous vignettes of prison life on plates.He was freed one week after the fall of Robespierre.Robert narrowly escaped the guillotine when through error another prisoner with a similar name was guillotined in his place."
Posted by: Tuna at July 06, 2026 09:38 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 06, 2026 09:39 AM (FZ29D)
"Robert was arrested in October 1793, during the French Revolution.During the ten months of his detention at Sainte-Pélagie and Saint-Lazare he made many drawings, painted at least 53 canvases, and painted numerous vignettes of prison life on plates.He was freed one week after the fall of Robespierre.Robert narrowly escaped the guillotine when through error another prisoner with a similar name was guillotined in his place."
Posted by: Tuna at July 06, 2026 09:38 AM
Vive la liberté!
Or something...
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 06, 2026 09:40 AM (bFu5X)
Some of those paintings are huge, could not hang on my walls.
Posted by: Case at July 06, 2026 09:41 AM (IY9No)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 06, 2026 09:42 AM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 06, 2026 09:42 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Tuna at July 06, 2026 09:38 AM (lJ0H4)
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So he's going to the guillotine, but his jailers are considerate enough to supply him with art materials.
Maybe they figured once he's dead, his paintings would be worth a fortune...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 06, 2026 09:42 AM (FZ29D)
I always wonder about all the paintings and other artifacts these museums own that have been tucked away in the basement for decades, unappreciated, unloved!
IIRC, a few years back, a young scientist at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science was checking out an old mammoth's bones that had been in the basement since forever and made a breakthrough type observation/discovery.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 06, 2026 09:42 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 06, 2026 09:39 AM (FZ29D)
The real stuff was stolen by that guy in that movie who had it copied and then replaced in the museum covered by watercolors which get rinsed off by the fire system and everyone decides that they won't try to arrest him because boys will be boys.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 06, 2026 09:42 AM (ExV1e)
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Wristbands, people. Wristbands.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 06, 2026 09:43 AM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 06, 2026 09:43 AM (MXaEW)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 06, 2026 09:43 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 06, 2026 09:44 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 06, 2026 09:43 AM (MXaEW)
Fleas are well known for being obsessed with organization.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 06, 2026 09:44 AM (ExV1e)
"Robert was arrested in October 1793, during the French Revolution.During the ten months of his detention at Sainte-Pélagie and Saint-Lazare he made many drawings, painted at least 53 canvases, and painted numerous vignettes of prison life on plates.He was freed one week after the fall of Robespierre.Robert narrowly escaped the guillotine when through error another prisoner with a similar name was guillotined in his place."
Posted by: Tuna
Close enough. Bastard did something to lose his head.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 06, 2026 09:44 AM (1IhIV)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 06, 2026 09:44 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 06, 2026 09:46 AM (jehhT)
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Now available in rare collector's editions rimmed in genuine 14 kt gold leaf!
Posted by: The Bradford Exchange at July 06, 2026 09:47 AM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: Tuna at July 06, 2026 09:47 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Eromero at July 06, 2026 09:49 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 06, 2026 09:49 AM (Iwx/a)
Dear NY Metropolitan Museum of Art:
This one time, when I was on kitchen duty...
Posted by: Robert Hubert at July 06, 2026 09:50 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: redridinghood at July 06, 2026 09:50 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 06, 2026 09:50 AM (MXaEW)
Posted by: redridinghood at July 06, 2026 09:50 AM (NpAcC)
No AC. Probably hot and stuffy.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 06, 2026 09:50 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 09:53 AM (sKqQm)
That guy's death was pretty terrible....and he deserved every moment of it.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 09:54 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 06, 2026 09:57 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Marie Kondo at July 06, 2026 09:58 AM (1z8ji)
Having a bunch of crap that just gets in the way in your house is not going to make you happier...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 09:59 AM (sKqQm)
BTW, Robert did a lot of pen and ink, chalk, and watercolor washes. They are remarkable.
Posted by: JTB at July 06, 2026 09:59 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Nightblind at July 06, 2026 10:01 AM (sUTO1)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 06, 2026 10:03 AM (Bw1/o)
French skylight glazing. Hard to believe anything below survives.
@44 Having a bunch of crap that just gets in the way in your house is not going to make you happier...
Two schools of thought on that, one well represented here by those just moving into care facilities. "Down sizing their lives."
My best old boss used to say, "If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is an empty desk the sign of?"
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 06, 2026 10:04 AM (zdLoL)
Posted by: Nightblind at July 06, 2026 10:01 AM (sUTO1)
**side eyes**
Posted by: Modern Movies at July 06, 2026 10:04 AM (6Ga6M)
An ambitious young artist named Hoover
Ws a bit of a shaker and a mover
He said rom the start
That he'd like to make art
That was good enough to hang in the Loover
Posted by: muldoon at July 06, 2026 10:05 AM (I0N4X)
To get the reward he'd deserve
His art was so fine
that by the end of the line
It was good enough to hang in the Lurve
Posted by: muldoon at July 06, 2026 10:06 AM (I0N4X)
His success was a guaranteed bet
"The Loove," he announced
"Is too hard to pronounce
So instead it shall hang in the Met!"
Posted by: muldoon at July 06, 2026 10:06 AM (I0N4X)
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. This is nothing. The artist should see my garage. Hundreds of sacred and valuable things that have been stored over the years.
Well. Everything except a 11 mm socket.
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 06, 2026 10:06 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Tuna at July 06, 2026 10:07 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 06, 2026 10:08 AM (OUMaO)
Thanks for bringing this artist to my attention. Looking at his artwork on the Wiki page made me think of the Romantic era poetry (same period) I enjoy so much.
Posted by: JTB at July 06, 2026 10:09 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Dr_No at July 06, 2026 10:09 AM (ayRl+)
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 06, 2026 10:08 AM (OUMaO)
It is indeed!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 06, 2026 10:10 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 06, 2026 10:08 AM (OUMaO)
Concur!
Posted by: Diogenes at July 06, 2026 10:11 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 06, 2026 09:49 AM (Iwx/a)
Yup. It's on the left bank side of a bridge we took all of the time!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...DSA at July 06, 2026 10:11 AM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Limerick Lover at July 06, 2026 10:16 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 06, 2026 10:08 AM (OUMaO)
Duly ratified. Unanimously, even.
Posted by: Count de Monet at a remote location at July 06, 2026 10:16 AM (6Ga6M)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 06, 2026 10:17 AM (W2Pud)
Posted by: Everyone at July 06, 2026 10:18 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: nurse ratched
Looting ze colonies for more museum materiel, mon cherie.
Posted by: les Francaises at July 06, 2026 10:18 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: muldoon at July 06, 2026 10:19 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 06, 2026 10:17 AM (W2Pud)
Stuck on the floor practicing the Viking Row.
Posted by: Count de Monet at a remote location at July 06, 2026 10:20 AM (6Ga6M)
Posted by: les Francaises at July 06, 2026 10:18 AM
Is it *really* a French impersonation if "Allahu Ackbar" isn't involved?
Posted by: Ian S. at July 06, 2026 10:22 AM (2ocoG)
Posted by: muldoon at July 06, 2026 10:19 AM
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The Loove move.
I see that a lot.
Posted by: Muldoon's chiropractor at July 06, 2026 10:23 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: muldoon at July 06, 2026 10:23 AM (I0N4X)
From what I've seen it is 90% broken pots. No wonder they are losing dinosaur bones in there!
Posted by: frammish at July 06, 2026 10:25 AM (rcENI)
Imaginary: as in it's an image of images. Oh so clever with the naming of this!
It's as dark as a tomb. Would not hang.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at July 06, 2026 10:25 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 06, 2026 10:29 AM (jehhT)
Somewhere in a back room , Sigourney Weaver is restoring a painting of Count Vigo the Carpathian.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at July 06, 2026 10:29 AM (s9VOe)
/stuff Nietzsche might have said if he were an art critic
Posted by: muldoon at July 06, 2026 10:29 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 10:30 AM (/WQyy)
Posted by: muldoon at July 06, 2026 10:30 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: muldoon at July 06, 2026 10:31 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 10:32 AM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 06, 2026 10:32 AM (2WIwB)
Looting ze colonies for more museum materiel, mon cherie.
Posted by: les Francaises
We shoot ze cannonballs at ze nose of Ze Sphinx and sometimes we even heet it! And zhen we go back to practicing how to surrender!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at July 06, 2026 10:32 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 06, 2026 10:33 AM (ndZc7)
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I think a lot of those may be of poor quality and perhaps overly delicate. Not always suitable for display.
Many of those artifacts are available to researchers with the proper credentials, however, and are often used in various research projects for publication.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 06, 2026 10:34 AM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Everyone at July 06, 2026 10:18 AM (2Ez/1)
I'm letting the earth reclaim it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 06, 2026 10:35 AM (S41Gd)
"I don't care whether they say 'leever' or 'loover', said J. Edgar Hoover. "They're Commies. Arrest 'em all!"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at July 06, 2026 10:35 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 10:35 AM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 06, 2026 10:32 AM
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We've got some ideas you may want to consider.
Posted by: The Venetians at July 06, 2026 10:35 AM (2Ez/1)
— Zombie Lou Hoover
Posted by: Bulg at July 06, 2026 10:35 AM (77rzZ)
And some museums are just Lefty and hate the artist. See Norman Rockwell.
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 10:37 AM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 06, 2026 10:37 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 06, 2026 10:37 AM (ndZc7)
"Blinded by the Venetians" never got the airplay that it deserved. A masterpiece, it was!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at July 06, 2026 10:37 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: muldoon at July 06, 2026 10:39 AM (I0N4X)
Somewhere in a back room , Sigourney Weaver is restoring a painting of Count Vigo the Carpathian.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at July 06, 2026 10:29 AM (s9VOe)
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Peter MacNichol was a hoot in that movie.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 06, 2026 10:39 AM (PiwSw)
Give me a Louvre long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
-- Stuff Aristotle May Have Said, v2.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at July 06, 2026 10:40 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Oh, no... at July 06, 2026 10:41 AM (2Ez/1)
And some museums are just Lefty and hate the artist. See Norman Rockwell.
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 10:37 AM (/WQyy)
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Also valid.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 06, 2026 10:41 AM (FZ29D)
Give me a Louvre long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
-- Stuff Aristotle May Have Said, v2.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at July 06, 2026 10:40 AM (s9VOe)
Um.....
Posted by: Archimedes at July 06, 2026 10:41 AM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Oh, no... at July 06, 2026 10:41 AM (2Ez/1
I shudder to think what will happen.
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 10:42 AM (/WQyy)
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 10:37 AM (/WQyy)
Which is internally inconsistent. Rockwell was probably a Democrat!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...DSA at July 06, 2026 10:42 AM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Bulg at July 06, 2026 10:42 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 10:43 AM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Oh, no
********
Now you're just 'throwing shade'.
Posted by: muldoon at July 06, 2026 10:43 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 06, 2026 10:43 AM (ndZc7)
Exactly. They don't like the subject matter which is very pro American and consider it kitsch.
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 10:44 AM (/WQyy)
"It's curtains for you, Rocky! Curtains!"
"Aww, they're adorable!"
https://youtube.com/shorts/OtQIldMDgPU
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at July 06, 2026 10:44 AM (s9VOe)
Mourning the death of Tyrin Johnson who din du nuffin' in Memphis yesterday when he was executed in cold blood by Trump's MAGAstapo (National Guard).
No, wait, that's the dummies at DU.
(You are going to be hearing the name, Tyrin Johnson, coming from the usual suspects quite a bit in the coming days, me thinks, while the story of the "teens" attacking the woman cop in North Charleston, South Carolina will get little coverage).
Posted by: one hour sober at July 06, 2026 10:45 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: What happened at July 06, 2026 10:45 AM (WUIO9)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at July 06, 2026 10:46 AM (s9VOe)
still recovering! busy busy weekend and busy upcoming week
we are mourning the death of a young officer here in Pennsylvania who was hit by an illegal alien driving a semi.
rrrrrrrrrrr
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 06, 2026 10:46 AM (j+aD2)
https://tinyurl.com/mwzsy37d
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at July 06, 2026 10:43 AM (ndZc7)
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That's so weird. Chuck seems to be so mad he's actually vibrating.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 06, 2026 10:46 AM (PiwSw)
And unfortunately I could have used Andrew Wyeth as an example.
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 10:46 AM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Groan at July 06, 2026 10:47 AM (2Ez/1)
Sad!
Posted by: What happened at July 06, 2026 10:45 AM (WUIO9)
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Judging from how empty the restaurant was yesterday, I'm starting to suspect the Rapture has happened.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 06, 2026 10:47 AM (u/oMr)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 06, 2026 10:47 AM (bFu5X)
(You are going to be hearing the name, Tyrin Johnson, coming from the usual suspects quite a bit in the coming days, me thinks, while the story of the "teens" attacking the woman cop in North Charleston, South Carolina will get little coverage).
Posted by: one hour sober
And nothing about the black woman shot in the eye in Wilmington, DE, and fighting for her life.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at July 06, 2026 10:48 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Count de Monet at a remote location at July 06, 2026 10:49 AM (6Ga6M)
Posted by: Bulg at July 06, 2026 10:49 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 06, 2026 10:41 AM
Hey, Archimedes...screw!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 06, 2026 10:47 AM (bFu5X)
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Actually, "Eureka!" is Greek for "this bathwater is freezing!"
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 06, 2026 10:49 AM (PiwSw)
The obviously staged photo of the Patriot Front feds surrounding a black woman on the subway is about to go bye-bye too. Turns out she'd previously been arrested for waving her cooter at random people on the same subway.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 06, 2026 10:50 AM (2ocoG)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...DSA at July 06, 2026 10:42 AM
But he was probably a Dem back when most Democrats didn't openly hate their country, so that makes him a right wing nut in their eyes.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 06, 2026 10:50 AM (bFu5X)
Salvador Dali was neutral in Spanish Civil War but leaned toward the protectors of the Catholic Church. The art world critics bash him . ( and he probably had the most technical ability of his peers)
If you're Right leaning your ability to make it in the 'art world' is almost impossible. You have to promote yourself.
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 10:51 AM (/WQyy)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 06, 2026 10:49 AM
Per old school pre-ghey Dr. Who, it's Greek for "this bath is too hot."
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 06, 2026 10:51 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Greek Mom at July 06, 2026 10:53 AM (6Ga6M)
Posted by: Oh, no
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Now you're just 'throwing shade'.
Posted by: muldoon at July 06, 2026 10:43 AM
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Shutter down.
Posted by: We're done at July 06, 2026 10:54 AM (2Ez/1)
Mourning the death of Tyrin Johnson …
______________________________________
The Morning Line is taking bets on whether 'Tyrin's mamagrrl made his name a variation on the 'Tile 'n All' she was takin' … spelling wasn't her strong suit. Now step right up, laydeez 'n jennamens, and place yer bets at the window …
Posted by: Dr_No at July 06, 2026 10:55 AM (ayRl+)
Posted by: Greek Mom at July 06, 2026 10:53 AM (6Ga6M)
Eumenides, Mom?
Posted by: Greek kid at July 06, 2026 10:55 AM (1z8ji)
Are you saying I may have acted prematurely in recording my video about that incident?
Posted by: Jake Tapper at July 06, 2026 10:56 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Oof at July 06, 2026 10:57 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: polynikes at July 06, 2026 10:57 AM (/WQyy)
Why?
Adam Sandler conducted her marriage ceremony.
Why does that make her a NAZI? He's Jewish and not one of those Jewish people whose career is around hating Israel.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 10:59 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Bulg at July 06, 2026 11:00 AM (77rzZ)
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Was that wrong? Should I not have done that?
Posted by: If George Costanza had a sister at July 06, 2026 11:00 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 06, 2026 11:01 AM (/HDaX)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 06, 2026 11:01 AM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 06, 2026 11:02 AM (/HDaX)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 06, 2026 11:02 AM (wOO3z)
Oil on canvas, 114,5 x 146 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris
Web Gallery of Art, Robert, Hubert
(b. 1733, Paris, d. 1808, Paris
French painting in the second half of the 18th century displays the overlapping or intermingling of pre-Romantic and Neoclassical pictorial ideas, and nowhere is this clearer than in the work of the 'painter of ruins', Hubert Robert. He obtained his ideas from Italy, where he admired the paintings of ruins by Giovanni Paolo Pannini, and witnessed the first excavations in Pompeii. Praised by Diderot, he was immediately consulted when antique pieces were to be placed in the park of Versailles. But his great work was the realization of the Louvre Museum. A comparison of two of his paintings, the first showing a ruined barrel-vault hall, and the second the Grande Galerie in the Louvre, immediately reveals the source of the idea for the top lighting and the "antique effect" that the newly designed gallery is open to the sky. The sublimity of antique ruins was to be transferred to the real building, and this in turn was to be a treasure chest of art and a worthy successor to its antique models.
Neat!
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 06, 2026 11:03 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: DanMan at July 06, 2026 11:05 AM (cPNdm)
Posted by: Dr_No at July 06, 2026 11:13 AM (ayRl+)
The Morning Report — 7/ 6 /26
“A combination of laziness, yes, and the liberal indoctrination that has been taking place in our education system for far too long,” Leavitt argued on X about the factors leading to the far left’s rise.This madness did not happen overnight but has metastasized over the course of several decades. While this cancer certainly existed 50 years ago at the time of the bicentennial, for the most part it was not in evidence from what I recall and the July Fourth holiday that year was even more patriotic and celebratory across the board than in any years before or since. And yet the Left is still on the march, and unless there really is a drastic sea change in our culture, I have a dread of what will happen in the coming years. Switching gears for now, as CBD and I kvetched about on the last episode of the podcast, linked here and somewhere in the sidebar as well as on the popular outlets listed at the bottom of this post . . . it's hot outside. In case you missed it, it's summertime. It gets unbearably hot especially when one has no air conditioning. Well, air conditioning is both a crime against the planet and white supremacist!
“There are far-left educators pumping students’ heads with garbage, convincing them that hard work and sacrifice won’t pay off down the road because they want them totally reliant on the government instead,” she wrote... “As the President has correctly warned, ‘communism is the enemy of free people everywhere. It is the enemy of the Constitution. Above all, it is the enemy of July 4, 1776.’ ”
During her interview with Watters, Leavitt warned that a full-blown “communist revolution” was unfolding in Congress and called communism “the biggest threat” to America in 250 years. . . Trump warned about the rise of communism during his addresses at Mount Rushmore and the National Mall for Independence Day.
“Our warriors did not fight communism on battlefields across the world only to have that menace rear its ugly head right back here in America. We’re not going to let it happen,” he vowed Saturday.
During his inaugural speech on Jan. 1, Mayor Zohran Mamdani declared, “We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.”It certainly feels warm these days.well, I guess I wasn't shifting gears at all. It's a scam, a sham and a dodge to steal our freedom and destroy the engine that built the prosperity that fueled American greatness creating the greatest and freest society in history. For that, it must be destroyed
As temperatures climbed during the heat wave that blanketed much of the eastern United States, the mayor took to social media with a familiar message from the government. “New York: it’s hot out there, and the power grid is working overtime to keep us cool,” he tweeted. “Set your AC to 78 degrees, turn off lights/electronics you’re not using, and unplug what you can.” This is the real face of the political left: Individual comfort and convenience should be subordinated to collective priorities, with government officials deciding how much energy ordinary people ought to consume. Over the pond in Europe, we are seeing the effects of that warm glow of collectivism in full force. Decades of climate policy, energy restrictions and cultural hostility toward air conditioning have left millions of Europeans sweltering without one of the greatest public health innovations of the modern age. They are trying to stay cool with fire trucks spraying water in public squares and parks. Even hospitals and the homes of medically fragile individuals are overheating. It is hard to imagine a clearer illustration of the cruelty of collectivism in practice. A healthy group of neighbors has decided that one disabled man’s ability to breathe comfortably matters less than preserving their preferred aesthetic and soundscape. They insist they are acting for the common good. The person who bears the greatest burden is the one least capable of bearing it. And the price is being counted in bodies. The only reliably cool buildings in parts of Paris are its morgues. Funeral homes and mortuaries in and around the French capital have been overwhelmed in recent weeks, with some running out of refrigerated space for the dead. France recorded roughly 1,000 excess deaths during the peak of the heat wave, most of them among the elderly.
As Europe and much of North America endured record heat in recent days, headlines quickly appeared claiming that the heat wave was "virtually impossible" without human-caused climate change. To many readers, that sounds like a conclusion drawn directly from observations. It is not. It is the product of a branch of climate research known as extreme weather attribution, which relies heavily on computer models rather than direct measurements. This was not an isolated claim. Whenever a major storm, wildfire, flood, or heat wave occurs, similar headlines soon follow. We are told that climate change made an event "twice as likely," "35 times more likely," or even "virtually impossible" without human influence. These figures are widely repeated by politicians, journalists, and activists as though they were direct scientific observations. . . This does not mean that climate never changes. Of course it does. Earth's climate has always changed. The question is whether modern attribution studies can confidently separate natural variability from human influence to the extraordinary degree claimed.Have a good day,
- The UNITED STATES of AMERICA AT 250
- Roger Kimball: On the 250th anniversary of the Declaration, America’s story is cast as either triumphant inheritance or unfinished grievance, with no neutral ground in between.
A Tale of Two Countries
- Thad McCotter: American self-government endures only when citizens first govern themselves, making virtue—not politics—the foundation of a free republic.
A Semiquincentennial Psalm
- To love America is not to deny its flaws but to cherish its capacity for renewal. Love, in this sense, demands honesty. It requires memory. And it carries responsibility.
To America, with Love: In Honor of Her 250th Birthday
- A Hillsdale documentary brings our origin story to life.
Revolutionary America – the Movie
- America and Britain have often argued, but we have also shown the world that former adversaries can become allies without pretending the past never happened.
Dear America, Happy 250th. No Hard Feelings!
- In a late-night speech capping the semiquincentennial anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, President Donald Trump invoked familiar themes of patriotism, bravery, and sacrifice to declare that the story of the United States of America is worth cherishing while being far from over.
Trump Marshals Americans, Defiant ‘Spirit Of 1776’ In Speech Celebrating US’s 250th Birthday
- “America is not a country that had a revolution, but a revolution that has a country...Colonial American radicals faced greater peril.”
The New World’s Declaration of Independence from the Old
- Let us listen to the words of the Declaration of Independence again.
Why Do We Celebrate July 4?
- American taverns became rooms where our founders could leave without making every disagreement permanent.
The American Revolution Was Fought And Won In Neighborhood Bars
- These films remind us who we are. Not because America is perfect, but because America knows tomorrow can be better than today.
These 6 great films reveal the optimism of the American national character
- Commemorating 250 years as a nation, we naturally reflect on Thomas Jefferson’s soaring words—but we should remember that it was George Washington’s deeds that led America to victory.
America’s Indispensable Man
- That is the version of July 4 most people recognize: flags out front, kids running around, food everywhere, and somebody inevitably arguing over food.
Americans Celebrate the 250th With Pride (not that "pride" - jjs)
- Fifty years ago, America knew how to celebrate.
Remembering the Tall Ships and the Bicentennial "DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY - The growing number of H-1B renewals underscores the program’s vast scale beyond the annual visa cap, with significant negative implications for American workers, whose labor loses more value the more immigrants employers can import to work in their place. Critics of the H-1B program argue that the high number of renewals and exemption loopholes undermine the purpose of the cap.
H-1B Visa Renewals on Track to Hit Record High Despite Trump Admin’s Efforts to Tighten Program.
- Trump v. Barbara may ultimately come to be remembered not as the final word on birthplace citizenship but as another constitutional detour waiting to be corrected.
SCOTUS Birthplace Citizenship Decision Is John Roberts’ Roe v. Wade
- Bon should not have been in this country. He flew into the United States through Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in July 2024, courtesy of Joe Biden's “humanitarian” parole program. The Department of Homeland Security later denied his bid for Temporary Protected Status. By June 2025, DHS had pulled his parole and told him to get out. He didn't go. Instead, he kept driving trucks on American highways.
Illegal Immigrant Kills Pennsylvania State Trooper. Guess Who Let Him Into the Country. THE IRAN CONFLICT, "PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??) - How Iran’s repurposed American military jets have weathered the MidEast war.
Air Duels With Disco-Era Planes* * * * * - A Washington Free Beacon survey found that likely Republican primary voters favor a close U.S.-Israel relationship and military action against Iran
GOP Primary Voters Remain Deeply Supportive of Israel, Poll Finds ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . The U.N... AND HISTORY - 1,000 new homes slated for the region’s reconstruction efforts.
Israel: Gaza Border Communities Rebound, Adding 5,000 Residents Since October 7 Attack
- Relying entirely on “facts” fed to them by Hamas.
Three-Man UN Commission Falsely Accuses Israel of Deliberately Killing Children in Gaza CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION - Polls show an unbridgeable divide between the American Left and Right.
The Patriotism Gap
- There’s actually a small window of time to completely break the Left, and this opportunity will not come again.
Asymmetric Lawfare
- "They built the empire. It's called the empire of liberty,"
They Hate America and They Know Nothing About It
- Words are cheap. Deeds are not.
If the Land Was Stolen, Give It Back
- “Now it’s 250 years and I feel similarly. I feel like there’s nothing more appropriate than having a conversation tonight about 250 years of resistance,” he added, according to a clip from Manhattan Institute investigative analyst Stu Smith:
WATCH — Leftist Bill Ayers, Princeton Professor: ‘F**k the USA’ During Fourth of July ‘250 Years of Resistance’ Event THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE - If Somalis are proud of Somalia, why are they refugees?
The Somali Refugee Hoax is Still Going On DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
- It’s pretty clear that all of New York’s big fiscal problems can be traced back to socialism.
Mamdani Is Telling A Brazen Lie About ‘Capitalist Mismanagement’ Of New York WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM - And he will likely get it.
Maryland Imam Calls for Blood
- What was not warranted was the reflexive rush to an Islamophobia narrative built on selective facts, by officials who knew, or should have known better.
Mamdani, Tish James Push Mosque Islamophobia Claim But Leave Something Out
- Clearly, 'Islamophobia' is the problem here.
Islamist Group Linked to Al Qaeda Demands UK Ban Movie Over ‘Islamophobia’
- Islamism, Western suicide, and the prophets of Eurabia.
The Third Wave
- Egypt was once predominantly Christian until..... (MECCA Make Egypt Coptic Christian Again! jjs)
No Christian Footballers Allowed on Egypt’s National Team in FIFA World Cup OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS - One author thinks she has found the answer.
Why Do Jews Keep Voting for Leftists Who Hate Them? FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH - There was no doubt whatsoever that what he was saying was true, and that thirty-five years after the end of the Cold War, communism is indeed resurgent in the U.S. The establishment media confirmed this by falling easily back into its old Cold War habit of sneering at foes of communism as if patriots were fabricating the threat entirely, or at very least wildly exaggerating it in order to advance their own agenda.
Trump's Mount Rushmore Speech Outrages the Media Like Nothing Since the Days of Reagan* * * * * - America won't beat China by banning AI. We'll win by building the world's best open models and letting innovation—not government—lead the way.
Don’t Ban Open Source AI. Beat China With It.
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM - “It is my Great Honor to have just signed Pardons for six people who were persecuted by the Biden (junta), and were in, or being sent to, prison, for ‘fixing their car,’” Trump wrote. “While I know this sounds ridiculous, it is nevertheless a fact, and part of the Weaponization and Stupidity that our Country had to endure during four long years of Sleepy Joe Biden. I AM SETTING THEM ALL FREE, RIGHT NOW!”
Trump Pardons Defendants Convicted in Clean Air Act Cases, Cites ‘Right to Repair’
- This is the real face of the political left: Individual comfort and convenience should be subordinated to collective priorities, with government officials deciding how much energy ordinary people ought to consume. Over the pond in Europe, we are seeing the effects of that warm glow of collectivism in full force. Decades of climate policy, energy restrictions and cultural hostility toward air conditioning have left millions of Europeans sweltering without one of the greatest public health innovations of the modern age.
America learned long ago that air-conditioning saves lives. Why does Europe remain so stubborn about it?
- As Europe and much of North America endured record heat, headlines quickly appeared claiming that the heat wave was "virtually impossible" without human-caused climate change. Really?
Climate Change Blamed in Heat Waves: Science or Simulation?
- Though far from utopia, the world of 2026 is characterized by conditions that support human flourishing more than ever before.
An Imperfect World That Is Better Than Ever CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY - Fairfax County prosecutor Steve Descano has an extensive history of handing out cushy plea deals eligible for sealing
How Virginia’s New Clean Slate Law—and a Soros Prosecutor’s Mishaps—Could Hide Admitted Child Molester’s Criminal Case EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT - Leftists will scream that studying Scripture in public schools is unconstitutional, but is it really?
Texas Brings the Bible Back into Schools
- Outrage over the Texas State School Board of Education’s requirement that the Bible be included in the K-12 curriculum isn’t just anti-God, it speaks to a lack of understanding of what made the West great.
Outrage Over Texas Teaching The Bible Is Anti-Intellectual
- Academics in ivory towers have risen magnificently to the challenge of scrapping every visible vestige of DEI while mastering the art of rebranding.
DEI's academic makeover
- Turek opposed bills prohibiting DEI offices and mandatory DEI courses in Iowa universities and K-12 schools
Iowa's Josh Turek, Self-Described 'Common-Sense Moderate Democrat,' Voted To Protect Race-Based DEI Programs in Iowa Schools
- And then the unnamed lunatic sues.
Dartmouth Business School Turns Down an Antisemitic Lunatic
- “To know America is to love America. When only 1 in 4 of our nation’s eighth graders is proficient in civics, that’s a failure we cannot afford to accept,” Savannah Newhouse, Education Department Press Secretary...
Here’s How State, Federal Governments Promote Patriotic Civic Education ABORTION - The Pro-Life movement keeps trying soft approaches to end abortion, but the only thing that will stop the slaughter is for women to know they, personally, are at risk.
Pro-Lifers Must Recognize That Abortion Stops Only If Women Face Consequences DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY - "Weaponized government to settle personal scores"
Bill Clinton Accuses Trump of His Own Crimes
- According to the Napa County Sheriff’s Office, the crash occurred around 2:30 p.m. on Yount Street in Yountville. Deputies said an unattended vehicle parked along the roadway sustained heavy rear-end damage.
Paul Pelosi Under Investigation After Alleged Hit-and-Run in Napa County POLITICS - Ugandan-born, socialism-loving New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has emerged as a “kingmaker” in the Democrat party, says one pundit.
Mamdomino Theory: Democrats Struggle to Contain the Spread of Communism in Their Party
- McMorrow declined to immediately endorse either of her rivals, Democrat Michigan Rep. Haley Stevens and Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a left-wing candidate backed by socialist Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Democrat New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Other Democrats, however, fear El-Sayed might lose in the general election.
Struggling Michigan Democrat Mallory McMorrow Drops Out Of Senate Primary Race With Surging Leftist
- Communist radicals are mobilizing to sweep elections in 2028. Here’s what Republicans need to do to save the country.
How to Beat Back the Democratic Socialists
- This fallacious way of thinking is as old as philosophy itself.
How The Left’s Rejection Of Reality Backfired On A Progressive Champion
- Today's socialists aren't reviving Marx—they're replacing faith with politics and promising comfort instead of freedom.
The New Socialists and What They Say about America
- Like a wifebeater, their love is nothing but conditional, and it comes with a lot of pain attached, not for them, but for the object of the “love.”
A chart reveals Democrats as the wifebeaters of American politics
- “A combination of laziness, yes, and the liberal indoctrination that has been taking place in our education system for far too long,” Leavitt argued on X about the factors leading to the far left’s rise. “There are far-left educators pumping students’ heads with garbage, convincing them that hard work and sacrifice won’t pay off down the road because they want them totally reliant on the government instead,” she wrote.
Karoline Leavitt has a theory on why her generation is going ‘communist’ FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL - The pastor, Ezra Jin Mingri is the founder of Beijing’s Zion Church and was one of 18 church leaders arrested in what an NBC News report described as “China’s largest crackdowns on a single religious congregation in decades.”
China Releases Pastor Two Months After President Trump Advocated for His Release with Xi Jinping HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE - Despite early alarm and intense media coverage, the incident followed a predictable course for a rare zoonotic pathogen rather than escalating into a broader public health crisis.
Hantavirus Outbreak Connected to Cruise Ship is Officially Over
- President Donald Trump unveiled an executive order in March establishing a new task force focused on eliminating fraud nationwide. The order states in part that ongoing “failure to ensure sufficient Federal oversight to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse has allowed irresponsible State politicians to increase Federal spending in their own States, which has contributed to inflation for healthcare services, housing, utilities, and groceries.” (RELATED: ‘Plagued By Fraud’: RFK Jr, Dr Oz Say More Than 1 Million People Without Social Security Numbers Enrolled In Obamacare)
Trump Vowed To Root Out Fraud In Healthcare. How’s It Going? CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE - The accompanying slideshow featured LEGO minifigures recounting coming-out experiences, including one character attending a Pride parade and another depicting a male character proposing to his boyfriend.
LEGO Faces Backlash Over Pride-Themed Content Aimed at Kids
- Why $100 books might not be so bad.
The Luxury Book Boom Nobody Saw Coming
- Christian Toto: Angel Studios and Wonder Project deliver All-American treat, tease sequel
Patriotic ‘Young Washington’ Draws Huge Crowd on Nation’s Birthday HITHER & YON - Folarin Balogun, the dynamic U.S. striker who’s scored a goal in each of the three matches he’s played in this World Cup, will play against Belgium in Monday’s massive Round of 16 showdown.
How US Soccer got Folarin Balogun’s suspension overturned — including Trump’s phone call
- Bottle caps, harmonicas, pocket watches, and other historic artifacts are being reclassified as Native American funerary objects.
History Reburied
- I surmise that Christopher Gadsden’s Don’t Tread On Me banner is much more sophisticated than we previously thought.
The Color Of Contagion
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 06, 2026 07:34 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 06, 2026 07:34 AM (ohSsM)
Posted by: davidt at July 06, 2026 07:34 AM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 06, 2026 07:34 AM (ohSsM)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 06, 2026 07:34 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 06, 2026 07:35 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 06, 2026 07:36 AM (ExV1e)
I've read that, but have been unable to find proofs of actual "records" - you know, unfiltered data...
Posted by: man at July 06, 2026 07:36 AM (XuXeR)
Is your beloved wife being discharged today? The goal of people in the hospital is to get out of there. Not always easy.
I will have prayers ascending for you having to shoulder some of her care. And kiss her hand for me. The rest is up to you.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 06, 2026 07:37 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: man at July 06, 2026 07:37 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: NR Pax at July 06, 2026 07:37 AM (/k3in)
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Ms. Mamdani's "warm" collectivism:
https://t.co/9SZPTBvsT7
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 06, 2026 07:38 AM (ohSsM)
Hope everyone had a great Independence day
Posted by: Skip at July 06, 2026 07:38 AM (sgkY8)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 06, 2026 07:38 AM (jehhT)
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"Modern attribution studies" = "It's the Joos!"
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 06, 2026 07:39 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 06, 2026 07:39 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: man at July 06, 2026 07:39 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: NR Pax at July 06, 2026 07:40 AM (/k3in)
Posted by: Just Wondering at July 06, 2026 07:41 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 06, 2026 07:41 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 06, 2026 07:44 AM (RIvkX)
Coffee's made, SIL is at the beach. All is well.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 06, 2026 07:44 AM (NXz0i)
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Let us not forget the metaphorical thumb on the scale.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2026 07:45 AM (GebTj)
If you think there is the slightest chance you will not be allowed at work, check the company email first even though it's your day off and you don't look at company email.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 06, 2026 07:45 AM (/k3in)
THE terminus for the Commie Drug: Islam..
The New Aemrican Leftist the is pure distillation of evil and their Siren Song of Commie free stuff is their way of lulling the sheep, and goats, to Islam domination and slaughter.
Don’t joust with the Commie bullshit.
It was Islam then, it is Islam now and Islam forever that they seek,
Posted by: Voter theater. at July 06, 2026 07:46 AM (5V+eG)
Global warmening, otherwise known as summertime. I remember well the summer of 1986 because I was in army basic training that summer at Fort Jackson, SC… and it was HOT! We had something like a ridiculous 20 days in a row above 100 deg…, the drill sergeants were desperate that none of us slimy privates die of heat stroke so they were constantly forcing us to drink from our canteens. And they regularly “took us to the beach”… that was their euphemism for lining us up and spraying us down with a hose. No one died… the barracks were air conditioned, thank God
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 06, 2026 07:46 AM (hxAVk)
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I’m always astonished how things get mangled in translation or interpretation. Many years ago I was talking to some young troopie and he was sneering about the concept of hard work and dedication.
It’s a straw man argument. Hard work and dedication doesn’t guarantee success in life.
There is no chance without it, however. He didn’t realize that. It’s a crucial distinction. There is something of an element of luck involved as well, but as the old saying goes - “the harder I work, the luckier I get.”
There are too many perverse incentives in the U.S.A. working at cross purposes, I’ll say that.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 06, 2026 07:47 AM (85pLS)
OK. I accept that.
So what are our, We The People's, Rules of Engagement?
Because Congress sure as hell isn't in the fight, and enemy already has occupied a substantial part of the Judiciary.
Ready to sign unconditional pardons by the truckload?
Posted by: Community Notes at July 06, 2026 07:48 AM (U4c/V)
Posted by: NR Pax at July 06, 2026 07:45 AM (/k3in)
I don't believe that I've ever had a job where that statement makes sense.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 06, 2026 07:48 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
I'm a govie contractor. If the contract owner says they aren't paying us, we're not allowed to work.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 06, 2026 07:53 AM (/k3in)
Ondansetron did nothing for me. Promethazine worked OK.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2026 07:55 AM (GebTj)
I learned they were earning x2.5 pay.
All I ever got for working on holidays for 20 years was a free buffet lunch.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 06, 2026 07:55 AM (RIvkX)
The problem is, these monsters don't even have to do hard work or have dedication, there are trust funds and a myriad of Learing Center scams to underwrite their hedonistic lifestyles.
They just need to get the hell out of the way as Heritage Americans with some fear of God and self respect want to build energy infrastructure, grow food, re-industrialize, build the mightiest AI systems, etd.
AI puts the power of dozens of researchers and analysts into the hands of each high function creator, researcher or innovator. Go home and smoke dope and play video games and let the rest of us dominate. 80/20 is now 95/5 with AI
Posted by: Community Notes at July 06, 2026 07:55 AM (9s47C)
Posted by: NR Pax at July 06, 2026 07:53 AM (/k3in)
Ah. My only experience with a government paycheck was the Navy. If they decided that they weren't gonna pay us it was just "sucks to be you".
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 06, 2026 07:55 AM (ExV1e)
To a certain extent they have a point. Look at the obstacles to home ownership, having a family and finding a job that some employer decides has to be done by an Indian.
But common tater's remark about you can't get the payoff without it is the perfect counterpoint.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 06, 2026 07:56 AM (/k3in)
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I was a Program Manager for FedGov. Two software development teams (contractors) under me. A small staff of other feds. It seemed like the contracting office was staffed by idiots. Lazy FedGov idiots.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 06, 2026 07:56 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at July 06, 2026 07:57 AM (btL6g)
Posted by: Case at July 06, 2026 07:57 AM (IY9No)
Posted by: Community Notes at July 06, 2026 07:48 AM (U4c/V)
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I think this is an interesting point. Trump could announce that he will pardon certain actions in advance in order to encourage protection of the law and the constitution. I like where you're going with this.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 06, 2026 07:57 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: man at July 06, 2026 07:58 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 06, 2026 07:59 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 06, 2026 07:59 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
I have been blessed with a wonderful boss whose immediate response to this was to tell my team "Charge overhead until you can go back."
Give you another idea about the man. Co-worker's father died when he'd only been on the job for a week. Boss told him "Take care of things. That's more important." and kept paying him.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 06, 2026 08:00 AM (/k3in)
… I bet there are also more residents over in Gaza, too
“Leaky Genocide” ?
Posted by: SMOD at July 06, 2026 08:01 AM (byv/B)
Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at July 06, 2026 08:01 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 06, 2026 08:01 AM (BI5O2)
Someone get these dipshits a dictionary with the word "Synonym" highlighted.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 06, 2026 08:02 AM (/k3in)
Posted by: The ghost of Lenin at July 06, 2026 08:04 AM (2Ez/1)
Dude is a one man wrecking crew. Do I recall correctly that he flipped a car over when he was 16 or so?
Posted by: man at July 06, 2026 08:04 AM (XuXeR)
On Independence day we went to a historical house to hear a reading of the Declaration. Took notel saw maybe 3 minorities and while my area has lots, mean lots of Asian Indians didn't see even 1 there. Crowd I think was over 200 -300.
Leftists have no respect for our heritage
Posted by: Skip at July 06, 2026 08:05 AM (sgkY8)
Posted by: fd at July 06, 2026 08:05 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2026 08:05 AM (GebTj)
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 06, 2026 08:06 AM (fZiTB)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 06, 2026 08:06 AM (NXz0i)
And somehow--with no coordination whatsoever--a Reuters photographer just so happened to be on the metro they were all riding.
And, by complete coincidence, without any staging or planning at all, he managed to get a perfectly framed photo of a black woman surrounded by all these evil, hateful white supremacists.
But wait! There's more:
He also got a second photo of a black man also surrounded by the khaki wearing terrors.
Wow! The odds!
And yet still not a single media investigation into who they are, who funds them, who leads them, nothing ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 06, 2026 08:07 AM (3cUTc)
Posted by: man at July 06, 2026 08:04 AM (XuXeR)
He gets in a drunk driving dustup every couple years. When he's not busy with his violent Canadian catamites, that is.
One way or another, he's always getting hammered.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 06, 2026 08:07 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at July 06, 2026 08:07 AM (2Ez/1)
He's a man of his word.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2026 08:05 AM (GebTj)
What, no MOU? The monster!
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 06, 2026 08:07 AM (fZiTB)
Fly them to another country, land and shush them off.
When the tower says, you can't do that. Say, OK and fly home.
Let them write a strongly worded letter to the UN.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2026 08:08 AM (GebTj)
Posted by: Ordinary American
"Shit. They're on to us."
Posted by: Educational System at July 06, 2026 08:08 AM (NXz0i)
The Narrative Must Be Protected At All Costs!™
An evil part of me hopes that someone rips a few of their masks off and makes them famous.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 06, 2026 08:09 AM (/k3in)
Dude is a one man wrecking crew. Do I recall correctly that he flipped a car over when he was 16 or so?
Posted by: man at July 06, 2026 08:04 AM (XuXeR)
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Did Paul Pelosi deserve to have his head bashed in with a hammer?
What more evidence do you need?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 06, 2026 08:09 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: fd at July 06, 2026 08:10 AM (MWfyi)
Power.
"upset that the fake hate group Patriot Front marched in DC."
Why? Did they attack said "black woman"? Beat up anyone? Damage anything? Leave trash behind? Beuller?
Posted by: man at July 06, 2026 08:10 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Ordinary American
"Shit. They're on to us."
Posted by: Educational System at July 06, 2026 08:08 AM
"Too late now. We're firmly entrenched."
Posted by: Bored white wealthy overeducated women at July 06, 2026 08:11 AM (2Ez/1)
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@nypost
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2h
Belgium granted right to appeal Folarin Balogun suspension ruling https://trib.al/LXjE7TL
Posted by: Don Black at July 06, 2026 08:11 AM (ZxPkt)
He would have gotten away with it to but their was an eye witness. He knocked the sh*t out of that parked car then went on home like nothing happened. What an asshole.
Posted by: Case at July 06, 2026 08:11 AM (IY9No)
Posted by: NR Pax at July 06, 2026 08:09 AM (/k3in)
And risk getting prosecuted for assaulting a federal officer in DC?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 06, 2026 08:11 AM (ExV1e)
Leftists have no respect for our heritage
Posted by: Skip
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Many of them don't come here to be Americans they come here to make American money.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2026 08:11 AM (GebTj)
Posted by: fd at July 06, 2026 08:12 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 06, 2026 08:12 AM (fZiTB)
Posted by: Don Black at July 06, 2026 08:12 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Auspex at July 06, 2026 08:12 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 06, 2026 08:12 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: man at July 06, 2026 08:12 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Things are getting ugly to the point that certain people acknowledge the threat and say "That is not a deterrent."
Posted by: NR Pax at July 06, 2026 08:13 AM (/k3in)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 06, 2026
They both need to be put in a home for crazy old people.
Posted by: Piper at July 06, 2026 08:13 AM (OoFl2)
But think of the diversity!
Or something
Posted by: man at July 06, 2026 08:13 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 06, 2026 08:14 AM (2Ez/1)
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Who is this “We” you speak of?
Posted by: Kemosabe at July 06, 2026 08:14 AM (85pLS)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 06, 2026 08:14 AM (afJtY)
No less than Erick Erickson (still mad at conservatives for dumping Cornyn in TX and the Kemp Losers in GA), is amplifying and validating this smear with, "of course there are racists on the right and we need to call them out."
One leftie has claimed the Patriot Front is made of up Republican Congressional staffers. Of course, that's just to give headwaters to the smear so others can repeat and increase the claim.
Never-you-mind that that would be the biggest scoop in the last 10 years ... yet no media has investigated a single thing about Patriot Front?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 06, 2026 08:14 AM (3cUTc)
Many of them don't come here to be Americans they come here to make American money.
Posted by: Braenyard
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On the other hand my cardiologist wears snakeskin boots and his office is decorated with state memorabilia.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2026 08:16 AM (GebTj)
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It was entirely deliberate. And that's why Karoline Levitt's generation is gunning for a communist system they know absolutely nothing about. Because that's exactly the way their "educators" want it.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 06, 2026 08:16 AM (qBdHI)
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 06, 2026 08:16 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: man at July 06, 2026 08:17 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Oh, never mind at July 06, 2026 08:17 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Ordinary American
And the parents of monster children have driven them to the indoctrination centers and walked them to their dorm or apartments to make sure little monster is nice and comfy while being indoctrinated while paying for the privilege and receiving a useless degree.
Posted by: Dumb And Dumber at July 06, 2026 08:17 AM (og9zY)
Or something
Posted by: man
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I think of renting every Carnival Cruise Ship and sending them on a one way cruise.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2026 08:18 AM (GebTj)
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 06, 2026 08:19 AM (qBdHI)
Camp of the Saints in reverse...
Posted by: man at July 06, 2026 08:19 AM (XuXeR)
I wonder how many of these socialist voters are the heirs of that guy's attitude. They can't handle life so they want the government to take care of them like Mommy and Daddy used to.
Posted by: George V at July 06, 2026 08:20 AM (HUbHH)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
My dude, that idea would be funded within an hour of it being posted publicly. And within two days, there would be enough security to force them on board.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 06, 2026 08:20 AM (/k3in)
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 06, 2026 08:14 AM (2Ez/1)
He's from Brooklyn.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 06, 2026 08:21 AM (ExV1e)
It was entirely deliberate. ...
Posted by: Lady in Black
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Every public school has a PTA. It's the parent's responsibility to do their job. Go to the school, monitor the teachers, monitor the curriculum. They abdicated and the glass ceiling two worker household norm fit right in.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2026 08:22 AM (GebTj)
And of course this criminalien got his CDL in MA.
*puts paper bag over head*
I'm so ashamed...
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 06, 2026 08:25 AM (bFu5X)
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That ship sailed a long, long time ago. The levers, switches, circuit breakers and the rest of it have been disconnected for decades.
Posted by: Kemosabe at July 06, 2026 08:26 AM (85pLS)
Top article on my Hatefeed today is "The Ethics of Microlooting."
I can break this down without a lengthy article:
Affluent white women love shoplifting. It gives them a little thrill in the frozen-up, dusty nethers. So they found a way to dovetail their sneaktheiving with their beloved Leftist in-group virtue signaling to facilitate their very favorite activity, which is high-handed moral scolding.
Done.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 06, 2026 08:26 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 06, 2026 08:27 AM (D+BhG)
Posted by: rickb223 at July 06, 2026 08:28 AM (MXaEW)
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 06, 2026 08:12 AM (fZiTB)"
describes the whole last half-century in a nutshell; I like to think we're waking up.
Doesn't help that more than half of our nominal side are quislings in it for the grift & boodle.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 06, 2026 08:29 AM (VyBeY)
Only ...
Of the only know arrests, in Idaho of the Patriot Front, the only ever named members, the only names we know at all after 5+ years, the prosecutions fell apart because the FBI:
- took the cell phones
- drug their feet in analyzing the data
- refused to return the phones to the local law enforcement, and
- refused to allow the defense to examine the phones
Allowing the defense to largely exclude that evidence on the more serious charges: conspiracy, coordination, etc.
Which the FBI plays off as the bumbling of hapless bureaucrats.
And not intentional scuttling of the prosecution in order to protect their assets.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 06, 2026 08:29 AM (3cUTc)
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 06, 2026 08:29 AM (fZiTB)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
My boss is a good man. I'm content with this being my last contracting gig before I retire.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 06, 2026 08:29 AM (/k3in)
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 06, 2026 08:14 AM (2Ez/1)
He's from Brooklyn.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Folarin
He's from Brookalin.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 06, 2026 08:30 AM (MXaEW)
Posted by: Uncle Leo at July 06, 2026 08:30 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Skip at July 06, 2026 08:31 AM (sgkY8)
Even the most popular school board officials are elected by less than 2% of the population.
If your schools are shit, its because you couldn't even get your local kaffeeklatsch to get off their collectives asses and vote.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 06, 2026 08:32 AM (rgGn5)
Posted by: Case at July 06, 2026 08:32 AM (IY9No)
Affluent white women love shoplifting. It gives them a little thrill in the frozen-up, dusty nethers. So they found a way to dovetail their sneaktheiving with their beloved Leftist in-group virtue signaling to facilitate their very favorite activity, which is high-handed moral scolding.
Done.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 06, 2026 08:26 AM (BI5O2)
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Low Trust Society
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 06, 2026 08:32 AM (RIvkX)
Done.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 06, 2026 08:26 AM (BI5O2)
Sounds like Marie Schrader in Breaking Bad, who really got a thrill out of stealing stuff and telling tall tales… almost like being Hank’s wife wasn’t exciting enough. Probably the least likable character in the BB universe (other than the Kettleman’s)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 06, 2026 08:32 AM (TCUO6)
Posted by: Skip at July 06, 2026 08:31 AM (sgkY
I thpught they were funded by SPLC...who I assumed played a hand in their creation as well...
Posted by: Nova Local at July 06, 2026 08:33 AM (tOcjL)
REPENT YE O REPENT YE OR YE SHALL ALL PERISH IN FLAME! AND YE MUST SACRIFICE ALL WORLDLY POSSESSIONS!
(Just give them all to us, thank you very much)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 06, 2026 08:34 AM (6SRz+)
Good morning, Horde.
Posted by: Inogame at July 06, 2026 08:34 AM (53oGX)
Only ...
Of the only know arrests, in Idaho of the Patriot Front, the only ever named members, the only names we know at all after 5+ years, the prosecutions fell apart because the FBI:
- took the cell phones
- drug their feet in analyzing the data
- refused to return the phones to the local law enforcement, and
- refused to allow the defense to examine the phones
Sounds exactly like what the FBI would do when examining THEIR own people. What better way to trash an investigation than to get everything thrown out.
You have to have a college degree to be a field agent. So that means they aren't Barney Fife. Did anyone get fired for trashing the investigation KNOWING that they were violating constitutional rights?
If not, there's your answer. It was because they were investigating themselves. Prove. Me. Wrong.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 06, 2026 08:34 AM (MXaEW)
Posted by: redridinghood at July 06, 2026 08:34 AM (NpAcC)
And even now a significant portion of the nominal right continues to not just oppose rolling back leftwing gains but in many cases continues to demand we extend them.
This is obvious from just reading the history. Under the likes of President Shrub, Cap'n Kristol, and Bitch McConnell the left kept making gains even when the right had a majority in congress and the presidency
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 08:36 AM (sKqQm)
Not discounting they could be Feds... they can be pretty lame.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 06, 2026 08:37 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Kemosabe at July 06, 2026 08:37 AM (85pLS)
Posted by: Ariana Grande at July 06, 2026 08:37 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: runner at July 06, 2026 08:38 AM (+aHie)
Even the most popular school board officials are elected by less than 2% of the population.
If your schools are shit, its because you couldn't even get your local kaffeeklatsch to get off their collectives asses and vote.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 06, 2026 08:32 AM
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Why, whatever do you mean?
"Virginia county school board member sworn in on stack of LGBTQ books featuring graphic content"
https://tinyurl.com/494jxtrs
Posted by: This is fine... at July 06, 2026 08:38 AM (2Ez/1)
It's time to declare most UN commissions as enemies of the United States...
As Reagan said of the Soviet Union in jest...""We begin bombing in five minutes"
Figuratively, of course...don't wanna get pulled into an FIB interrogation room like that girl in Florida...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 06, 2026 08:39 AM (l3cgK)
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Thank you Daddy!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 06, 2026 08:39 AM (RIvkX)
It's the most convenient religion on Earth because the absence or presence of anything is proof that it's real.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 06, 2026 08:39 AM (/k3in)
Posted by: Jen the original at July 06, 2026 08:39 AM (EiUt/)
Posted by: runner at July 06, 2026 08:39 AM (+aHie)
I thpught they were funded by SPLC...who I assumed played a hand in their creation as well...
Posted by: Nova Local at July 06, 2026 08:33 AM (tOcjL)
Funny that the only people who appear to care about them or even notice are leftists and their promoters.
The most ridiculous thing is that the “group” is a radical leftist fantasy about what a “far right” group would look like; all white males wearing identical government issued pants, shirts, and shoes. It’s a cartoon they try act out.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 06, 2026 08:40 AM (6SRz+)
Time to crank up the battery power..
Posted by: man at July 06, 2026 08:40 AM (XuXeR)
If you are even mildly familiar with the US's separation from England, it was a massive Come From Behind effort. Over one third of the country were Torries, one-third couldn't care less, and only a fraction of those who cared would risk their lives, fortunes and sacred honor.
When we win, I don't mind having our descendants telling equal tales of how steep the slope was. Today's troubles will make for a great lead up to the climax in a future Non-Netflix movie of the struggle to extricated ourselves from Islam.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 06, 2026 08:40 AM (PVBkQ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 06, 2026 08:40 AM (Bw1/o)
It took the German socialists only a few years to kill millions of Jews, Slavs, and dissidents.
Somehow though the "Gazan genocide" continues to see the population of Muslims increase
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 08:41 AM (sKqQm)
+++
Now do recycling.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 06, 2026 08:41 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 06, 2026 08:41 AM (Bw1/o)
Posted by: runner at July 06, 2026 08:41 AM (+aHie)
So you can't read and understand a menu, so we'll.... require more printing?
That's funny right there
Posted by: man at July 06, 2026 08:42 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 06, 2026 08:29 AM (fZiTB)
1. "Mass deportations" were as likely to happen as the nuking of Moscow or Tehran that so many masturbate over.
2. There was a story 2 weeks ago about them raiding several businesses.
3. Deportations were slowed by the rogue judges who've now been, somewhat, sidelined.
4. Despite the efforts of the judiciary, there have been a reported 675K deportations thus far, with an additional 2.2M voluntary departures.
No matter what the podcaster you listen to or editorialist you read says, things are happening. They're happening about as rapidly as they possibly can happen.
This problem has festered for our entire lives. It's not going to be corrected in #2weeks.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 06, 2026 08:42 AM (ExV1e)
They are hiring illegals so they don't have to pay "a living wage", scamming the government to fund the NGO they "work" at, and railing against "the rich" while living in a multi-million dollar house.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 08:42 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 06, 2026 08:40 AM (Bw1/o)
You just hang with a better class of people, Fen.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 06, 2026 08:43 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 06, 2026 08:43 AM (TCUO6)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 06, 2026 08:43 AM (RIvkX)
To see Mamdani's face that is vadly in need of a punch receive just that would be a gratifying first step to taking him and his totalitarian beliefs begin to fall out of favor.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at July 06, 2026 08:43 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: man at July 06, 2026 08:43 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 06, 2026 08:32 AM (RIvkX)
Sure.
But the recent "microlooting" soap opera storyline is 100% about the inherent virtue of wealthy white people of vagina stealing shit from high end retail establishments.
Because *everything* about our ruling class's distaff half is inherently virtuous, you know. Ask one. She'll lecture you all about it while she sips from her pilfered Bota Box in the $4k Italian shelter-arm swivel chair she charged off to her rich husband on a trip to Restoration Hardware with her swarthy tennis pro.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 06, 2026 08:43 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: runner at July 06, 2026 08:44 AM (+aHie)
Posted by: Jen the original at July 06, 2026 08:44 AM (EiUt/)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 06, 2026 08:43 AM (TCUO6)
It's an automatic player ejection (leaving a team a player down on the field for the rest of the current game) that also prohibits the player from playing in the next game or more (where he can be replaced).
Posted by: Nova Local at July 06, 2026 08:44 AM (tOcjL)
Whale Psychiatrist ™️
@k_ovfefe2
Hahaha I love him 😂
https://tinyurl.com/mv97sktt
Posted by: redridinghood at July 06, 2026 08:44 AM (NpAcC)
I'm 71 years old. By the time I was in school a certain theory was being taught as fact. After all, just "all" of the "smartest" of the "brilliant scientists" held to it.
And essentially all of us, including me, bought into it.
And now, very few are so unwilling to believe that maybe, just maybe, they bought into a lie, that they won't even take a look at the discoveries of the last 70 or so years that say "not so fast."
Result? You can't take The Book for what it says. Make it say whatever you want.
Those 10 plagues brought upon Egypt? Fairy tale.
God parting the Red Sea so the Hebrews could cross and then slamming it shut on top of the Egyptian army? Surely you're not buying that.
Etc...
Posted by: TeeJ at July 06, 2026 08:44 AM (dAv7M)
If your schools are shit, its because you couldn't even get your local kaffeeklatsch to get off their collectives asses and vote.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 06, 2026 08:32 AM (rgGn5)
Most school board elections happen on a random Tuesday in May with, essentially, zero prior notice. Even if you are aware that an election is happening, finding information on the candidates is almost impossible and what there is is almost entirely lies.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 06, 2026 08:45 AM (ExV1e)
I don't know anyone who's hiring illegals to do housework or childcare . I'm sure they're out there but I'm not young or rich enough to travel in those circles.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 06, 2026 08:45 AM (Bw1/o)
What is a “red card” in soccer and why are there so many headlines on this topic??
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
The player who receives the red card is karened and sent out of the game (or more) to consider how he could improve his attitude to be better aligned with karen's.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at July 06, 2026 08:45 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 06, 2026 08:43 AM (TCUO6)
It's a commie conspiracy, man. Red Herring.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 06, 2026 08:45 AM (l3cgK)
I remember one Karen getting up and saying something to the effect of, "These people complain that having to sort and wash your recycling is too much work but really who doesn't have time to do so? We all have time for the important things!'
I knew here, she was a "stay at home dog mom". Her husband was making $$$ so she didn't need to work and they didn't have any actual kids so sure she had all the time in the world.
Note a few years later a school club put trackers in the trash and recycling and found they ended up in the same place.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 08:46 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: runner at July 06, 2026 08:46 AM (+aHie)
+++++
They're opening boutique gift shops that lose $10K a month and their husbands just write it off, Jerry.
Posted by: Kramer at July 06, 2026 08:46 AM (2Ez/1)
Sorting. Unless one has their own smelting facility...
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It all goes into the same hole at the landfill. Regardless how one sorts or separates it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 06, 2026 08:46 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 06, 2026 08:47 AM (GsrgF)
Posted by: runner at July 06, 2026 08:46 AM (+aHie)
This - 1000%
Posted by: Nova Local at July 06, 2026 08:47 AM (tOcjL)
I ended up on a working moms mailing list somehow (I do work but I am not a woman let alone a mother) and the most common discussion topic was how to avoid paying taxes for "Maria" because she was undocumented.
The most ridiculous thread though was a Karen looking for a nanny and being *offended* that an American born girl found out and asked to take the job and wanted time off and more money then Karen was willing to pay.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 08:48 AM (sKqQm)
Most school board elections happen on a random Tuesday in May with, essentially, zero prior notice. Even if you are aware that an election is happening, finding information on the candidates is almost impossible and what there is is almost entirely lies.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
There is a subterranean network from which candidates are selected to run and, surprise, surprise, every selected candidate is in the district's teachers' union pocket. It is, at present, a self-perpetuating headlock on school boards.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at July 06, 2026 08:48 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Karen McSoccer at July 06, 2026 08:49 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: runner at July 06, 2026 08:46 AM (+aHie)
They want to show they are "down" with their less fortunate Brothas and Sistas...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 06, 2026 08:49 AM (GsrgF)
The left: The only reason shoplifting in the inner city is prosecuted is because of racism
Also the left: The only reason these stores in the inner cities are closing is because of racism
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 08:49 AM (sKqQm)
And, by complete coincidence, without any staging or planning at all, he managed to get a perfectly framed photo of a black woman surrounded by all these evil, hateful white supremacists.”
A funny thing happened with that photo; it found its way to X where people started posting it next to pictures of Iryna Zarutska on the bus, asking “which woman was actually completely safe? A black woman around “white nationalists” or a white woman around democrats?”
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 06, 2026 08:49 AM (6SRz+)
The real reason that we can’t have the Ten Commandments in a Courthouse:
You cannot post "Thou Shalt Not Steal," "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery" and "Thou Shall Not Lie" in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians.
It creates a hostile work environment!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 06, 2026 08:50 AM (l3cgK)
That's Boomer thinking (regardless of how old you are). Having a college degree in 2026 means nothing.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 06, 2026 08:50 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at July 06, 2026 08:48 AM
++++
We're sitting right here.
Posted by: Your neighborhood HOA at July 06, 2026 08:50 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: redridinghood at July 06, 2026 08:51 AM (NpAcC)
A couple of years ago I called my local GOP office to ask who I should vote for in local, nominally non-partisan elections. They told me they had no idea.
I pointed out the local Dem party publishes a list hinting to them to do the same and instead got a "huh I didn't know that". I didn't follow up with "so then should I just vote the opposite of that" which merited a "hey that's a great idea"
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 08:51 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: LASue at July 06, 2026 08:52 AM (lCppi)
Yeah it is quite the contrast.
Of course every member of Patriot Front has taken their FBI mandated diversity and inclusion training so there is nothing to fear...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 08:53 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 06, 2026 08:53 AM (D+BhG)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 08:46 AM (sKqQm)
*******
Why is exactly whyI stopped recycling years ago.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 06, 2026 08:53 AM (NpAcC)
I pointed out the local Dem party publishes a list hinting to them to do the same and instead got a "huh I didn't know that". I didn't follow up with "so then should I just vote the opposite of that" which merited a "hey that's a great idea"
Posted by: 18-1
I'm reminded of Sean Connery's remark, "There's the next chief of police" in "The Untouchables".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at July 06, 2026 08:54 AM (s9VOe)
Don’t Ban Open Source AI. Beat China With It.
As much as I dislike AI, the genie's out of the bottle. Best to do the best possible to contain the negative sides of it. Either that, or bomb every AI data center back to the stone age to prevent Skynet from gaining awareness.
(I mean this in jest. I don't want the FIB to take me into an interrogation room for a joke)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 06, 2026 08:54 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: runner
That's nothing new. During the George Floyd Riots, there was all kinds of justifying the looting that was going on. Then there was Celine Dion's "Let them touch nice things!" remark during Hurricane Katrina.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 06, 2026 08:54 AM (/k3in)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 06, 2026 08:43 AM (TCUO6)
It's when the referee holds up his copy of Mao's Little Red Book and declares that the team that has points needs to share equitably with the other team, or something like that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 06, 2026 08:54 AM (ExV1e)
Meanwhile, on a football field (not futbol) a player gets huge kudos for lowering his shoulder and decleating his opponent. I know which game I prefer…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 06, 2026 08:55 AM (TCUO6)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 08:51 AM (sKqQm)
The problem with that is many non-p races have more than two candidates, and they could all be Ds. I've noticed local GOP doesn't know who their own candidates are. Best thing to do is - if it's a major office - is to check the candidate's website and see who endorses each one. That will usually tell you.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 06, 2026 08:55 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Nova Local at July 06, 2026 08:44 AM (tOcjL)
And you can get one for covering your own mouth with your own hand?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 06, 2026 08:55 AM (ExV1e)
Its weird that for many people, the school taxes, if not the largest, or right up there with the largest slice of the tax pie — yet its not worth running yourself, someone from your church, or a like-minded neighbor with time.
Apparently its too hard to save the country or even look out for your own financial interests.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 06, 2026 08:55 AM (pUU4E)
Posted by: Every time at July 06, 2026 08:58 AM (2Ez/1)
An even "funnier" photo is now surfacing of that same black woman on her knees, bent over and exposing her ass prior to the PF getting on the train.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 06, 2026 08:58 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Penfold at July 06, 2026 08:58 AM (Fbt5B)
Posted by: gp at July 06, 2026 09:00 AM (Jr5Lq)
Almost everywhere I have live people complain local government doesn't fix the roads, bills too much for town services, and basically doesn't do anything...then they vote for every single funding increase the schools ask for.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 09:01 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: jim
_________
It can't gain awareness. We don't even know what "awareness" or "consciousness" is in any form other than the immaterial and spiritual. AI is a material closed system, no matter how complex it gets.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 06, 2026 09:01 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Penfold at July 06, 2026 08:58 AM (Fbt5B)
68? I don't let my house get that cold in the winter. I'd have to be walking around in an arctic survival suit.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 06, 2026 09:01 AM (ExV1e)
Correct. It's not worth my time or money. Abolish government/public schools. The ferals are not learning anything anyways.
Posted by: Waste Of Time And Money at July 06, 2026 09:01 AM (og9zY)
Posted by: Penfold at July 06, 2026 08:58 AM (Fbt5B)
I imagine Tay, Tays small intimate wedding for 1000 wasn't 78 degrees.... Bribes go a long way I hear
Posted by: It's me donna at July 06, 2026 09:01 AM (GsrgF)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 06, 2026 09:02 AM (viF8m)
I was worried that the Patriot Front had gone away. It would be real nice if Kash or Harmeet or Ratliffe would unveil who these clowns actually are.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 06, 2026 09:02 AM (1OoAs)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 06, 2026 09:02 AM (RIvkX)
My group ran pragmatic people for office and won in 4 out of 5 cases. We were very loosely coordinated with our hapless county GOP organization. Mostly independent of the GOP.
The one loss was for the school board. He was crushed by the local newspaper, teachers, and the Left.
It is a hard struggle. I think homeschooling is the way.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 06, 2026 09:03 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 09:01 AM (sKqQm)
At least in my neck of the woods, funding for the schools and funding for everything else are two separate taxes so voting against the schools does nothing about the other issues.
I vote against the schools on the basis that they want to add unnecessary shit just so they can continue raking off a percentage.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 06, 2026 09:03 AM (ExV1e)
The town has banned outdoor water use because we are "in a drought". A town resident was mentioned she saw her neighbor watering her lawn and was trying to decide if she should ignore the neighbor, tell the neighbor to stop, or turn them in to the town.
And the responses were a mix of all three though the town Karens were universally arguing for turning the neighbor in.
But here is the hilarious kicker, this is the same town that recently seized the town's historic hotel/event location to tear it down to build slums for "newcomers".
Now, if your town has a "drought" every single summer the issue isn't weather conditions it is that you don't have enough water to support the current population level. And if you already have too many people you don't build slums to import massive numbers of immigrants...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 09:05 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 06, 2026 09:01 AM (ExV1e)
My house is like 62 in the winter. I live in a three story townhouse, a rectangle stood on its short side.
Posted by: Penfold at July 06, 2026 09:05 AM (Fbt5B)
Posted by: Every time at July 06, 2026 08:58 AM (2Ez/1)
Pretty much. Even the ones that sound good here in Commiefornication come with adders such as "must use union workers", "workers must be employed by a minority owned company", and so forth, meant to pad the pockets of those politically connected and their friends.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 06, 2026 09:06 AM (l3cgK)
>>Well, air conditioning is both a crime against the planet and white supremacist!
You want to know how you get Idiocracy?
THIS is how you get it.
De-evolution.
Pulling the threads of western civilization and thinking it won't affect other things we need and enjoy. Madness.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 06, 2026 09:07 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 06, 2026 09:01 AM (GsrgF)
As far as I know, she paid to use the space. And she don't vote here and as far as I know, has not said anything about the dipshit mayor. Meanwhile said dipshit mayor keeps City Hall at 63.
Posted by: Penfold at July 06, 2026 09:07 AM (Fbt5B)
My neighbors and I voted down 2 separate efforts to raise school bonds. Again, we were working outside of GOP coordination. We used local networks. One School Superintendent was fired for not getting the bod issue passed.
It can be done.
After the request was pared down to actual maintenance needs, a third bond issue was passed.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 06, 2026 09:07 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: SMOD at July 06, 2026 09:07 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 06, 2026 09:02 AM (RIvkX)
That and the patriot front, and reflecting pool... Yesterday it's all the media would talk about.. Not the fireworks, or Trump's speech or the WWII veterans... No... they were arguing that the pool was shoddy workmanship with no vandalism with a side of no bid contractor and Trump's buddies the patriot front... Now today it's Trump bullied FISA to let the red carded player play... If the US wins now it was unfair treatment or something...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 06, 2026 09:08 AM (GsrgF)
I do remember an offensive lineman for the Bears who was very enthusiastic about blocking for Walter Payton. One time the ref called him for holding, he picked up the flag and threw it at the ref… hilarious and he was assessed a 15-yard unsportsmanlike penalty for the throw….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 06, 2026 09:08 AM (TCUO6)
Posted by: Bulg at July 06, 2026 09:08 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: redridinghood at July 06, 2026 09:09 AM (NpAcC)
"Hiya!!"
-- Colorado
Posted by: Lizzy at July 06, 2026 09:09 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: SMOD at July 06, 2026 09:10 AM (RHGPo)
Now, if your town has a "drought" every single summer the issue isn't weather conditions it is that you don't have enough water to support the current population level. And if you already have too many people you don't build slums to import massive numbers of immigrants...
Posted by: 18-1
Sadly, common sense doesn't grow in everyone's garden.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 06, 2026 09:10 AM (MXaEW)
Posted by: gp at July 06, 2026 09:00 AM (Jr5Lq)
Does it say where?
Politicians can kiss me ass day...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 06, 2026 09:10 AM (l3cgK)
At least the Haitians will have some sauce for their Canadian Geese now...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 09:10 AM (sKqQm)
Early results: I can't tell the difference.
Posted by: Don Black at July 06, 2026 09:11 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: SMOD at July 06, 2026 09:11 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: SMOD at July 06, 2026 09:12 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: NR Pax at July 06, 2026 09:12 AM (/k3in)
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That ship sailed a long, long time ago. The levers, switches, circuit breakers and the rest of it have been disconnected for decades.
Posted by: Kemosabe at July 06, 2026 08:26 AM (85pLS)
PTAs were rendered ineffective almost overnight with the formation of teacher's unions.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 06, 2026 09:12 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: jim
_________
It can't gain awareness. We don't even know what "awareness" or "consciousness" is in any form other than the immaterial and spiritual. AI is a material closed system, no matter how complex it gets.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 06, 2026 09:01 AM (XvL8K)
That was a joke, man, reference to "Terminator". Code words for "AI rewrites itself to shake off the shackles preventing it from killing all humans". A simple calculation by an AI with enough data would suggest that killing off most humans would make it's workload easier to manage. It still needs some to make sure the power stays turned on.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 06, 2026 09:12 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 09:13 AM (sKqQm)
-- Jonathan Capehart
... but it's the way you love it
Posted by: SMOD at July 06, 2026 09:13 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: SMOD
*LeBron James has entered the chat.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 06, 2026 09:14 AM (MXaEW)
Yup.
Lefties were praising the photo (as if it wasn't staged) as being so profound - look! she absolutely surrounded by white* supremacists, SCARY! ANd yet there is no interaction, they do not crowd her, just people on a train.
*We think they're white, or that's what we're told, who knows? Seem to recall the leader of the Proud Boys, Enrique Tarrio, is not exactly white, so narratives being slain all over the place.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 06, 2026 09:14 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 06, 2026 09:12 AM (l3cgK)
Which is, essentially, the same position that the WEF holds.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 06, 2026 09:14 AM (ExV1e)
One leftie has claimed the Patriot Front is made of up Republican Congressional staffers. Of course, that's just to give headwaters to the smear so others can repeat and increase the claim.
Never-you-mind that that would be the biggest scoop in the last 10 years ... yet no media has investigated a single thing about Patriot Front?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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Erickson is a liar just like the left is and he dances to get his CNN spot back and works for Cox Broadcasting which is and was a Democrat shop (a Cox of that family ran for President in 1920 against Warren Harding).
Nasty Never Trumper critter as Trump stomped on Erickson's dream of running the Right via his Red State conference. Erickson thought by excluding Trump from his soiree in 2016 due to Trump commenting on Me-Again's blood coming out of ....Trump laid into Erickson and broke his little kingdom plans by ridicule so that soon after Erickson sold Red State to Salem communication
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 09:14 AM (E4rtv)
Early results: I can't tell the difference.
Posted by: Don Black at July 06, 2026 09:11 AM (ZxPkt)
Cutting calories, carbs or cost ? If carbs, cream and half and half are lower than regular milk
Posted by: It's me donna at July 06, 2026 09:15 AM (GsrgF)
They can cause problems when we give them direct controls over things because they choose incorrect solutions to problems but at no point are they going to become Skynet or Berserkers
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 09:15 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: SMOD at July 06, 2026 09:15 AM (RHGPo)
I suspect you will start hearing a lot less about the PF train ride photo when they were intimidating the poor black woman.
See the link I posted at 192. That's the poor black woman in question. Other photos of her prior to the PF getting on the train show her on her knees, bent over and exposing her ass.
Here's the question I have about the PF. During the Biden administration we were told repeatedly that white nationalists were the biggest domestic terrorist threat to the US. How is it that this very public supposed white nationalist group has never been identified or investigated? Surely the FBI could have spared a little time from arresting J6 grannies and grandpas and parents attending PTA meetings.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 06, 2026 09:16 AM (viF8m)
-- Jonathan Capehart
I am so freaking tired of lefties saying some version of "I love America for it's promise/potential for what it truly *can* be " blah blah blah.
This is how abuses talk, they're just trying to make obviously imperfect you better!
Posted by: Lizzy at July 06, 2026 09:16 AM (X8xt3)
"Hiya!!"
-- Colorado
Posted by: Lizzy at July 06, 2026 09:09 AM (X8xt3)
"Call me!"
Posted by: Kalifornia, Dams be Damned! at July 06, 2026 09:17 AM (l3cgK)
F*ck that vile 'news' organization in particular. Eurofags and/or wannabe Islamic ass kissers, all of them.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 09:17 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 06, 2026 09:02 AM
++++
Sitting right here, boss.
Posted by: The Off button at July 06, 2026 09:17 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 06, 2026 09:17 AM (l4RKn)
They can cause problems when we give them direct controls over things because they choose incorrect solutions to problems but at no point are they going to become Skynet or Berserkers
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 09:15 AM (sKqQm)
I’ve started using Grok instead of Google or DDG… works well
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 06, 2026 09:18 AM (hxAVk)
It is like watching middle schoolers in their first school play...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 09:18 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: SMOD at July 06, 2026 09:10 AM (RHGPo)
Some folks put that sh** on everything...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 06, 2026 09:18 AM (l3cgK)
"Hiya!!"
-- Colorado
Posted by: Lizzy at July 06, 2026 09:09 AM (X8xt3)
"Call me!"
Posted by: Kalifornia, Dams be Damned! at July 06, 2026 09:17 AM (l3cgK)
You guys playing cards?
Posted by: Austin, TX at July 06, 2026 09:18 AM (6Ga6M)
https://tinyurl.com/34w3wj8d
Independence Day 1776. America F yah:
https://tinyurl.com/3ybef24f
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 06, 2026 09:19 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Kalifornia, Dams be Damned! at July 06, 2026 09:17 AM (l3cgK)
Count the number of water projects in CA since the 1980s.
I think the number is...1, even though population has almost
doubled.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 06, 2026 09:19 AM (l4RKn)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 06, 2026 08:49 AM (GsrgF)
That's the hot new virtue signal, for sure...
"I always loved shoplifting, but I felt deep down like it was wrong. But then I heard on NPR about how racist Walgreens is for shutting down locations because of black and brown people exercising their 1st amendment right to peaceful theft protests, and I realized I was doing this for George Floyd all along, and that I turned out to be right again! It's crazy, how I'm always right in the end. I should be President."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 06, 2026 09:19 AM (BI5O2)
. . . and keeps bringing in H1B (and all the other "temporary" visas) workers to do jobs
Posted by: Lizzy at July 06, 2026 09:19 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: JackStraw
They busted some in Idaho--about thirty some odd named, and like antifa, they were losers from all over. My guess is antifa and Singham are the culprits here and encouraged/protected by their local feds in office. The ones in Idaho got out of jail pretty quickly for a bunch of life's losers--so someone was paying that tab for legal services.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 09:20 AM (E4rtv)
Early results: I can't tell the difference.
Posted by: Don Black at July 06, 2026 09:11 AM
_____
Hey big boy.
Posted by: Heavy Whipping Cream at July 06, 2026 09:20 AM (2Ez/1)
Early results: I can't tell the difference.
Posted by: Don Black at July 06, 2026 09:11 AM (ZxPkt)
Still tastes like sh** to me...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 06, 2026 09:20 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 09:20 AM (sKqQm)
https://tinyurl.com/2uudxdzn
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 06, 2026 09:21 AM (Bw1/o)
Posted by: jim
___________
I got it. I just tend to go off on this idea of wires and chips becoming conscious or aware. Apologies.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 06, 2026 09:21 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 06, 2026 09:21 AM (t225e)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 06, 2026 09:22 AM (2GVsD)
Speak truth to power! Private property is theft!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...DSA at July 06, 2026 09:22 AM (l4RKn)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
I used it on birdseed to keep the squirrels out of the feeders. Birds don't have the necessary biologics causing capsaicin symptoms while mammals do.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 09:22 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: gp at July 06, 2026 09:00 AM (Jr5Lq)
Does it say where?
Politicians can kiss me ass day...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 06, 2026 09:10 AM (l3cgK)
Australian Kisses. Quite like French Kisses except they are down under.
Posted by: Count de Monet at a remote location at July 06, 2026 09:22 AM (6Ga6M)
https://tinyurl.com/34w3wj8d
That is gold
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 09:20 AM (sKqQm)
LOL... Fat JD
Posted by: It's me donna at July 06, 2026 09:22 AM (GsrgF)
Posted by: Case at July 06, 2026 09:22 AM (IY9No)
Early results: I can't tell the difference.
Posted by: Don Black at July 06, 2026 09:11 AM
_____
Hey big boy.
Posted by: Heavy Whipping Cream at July 06, 2026 09:20 AM (2Ez/1)
Listen to this guy.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 06, 2026 09:22 AM (t225e)
They've reverted to cannibalism yet?
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 06, 2026 09:23 AM (2GVsD)
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Dude. It’s not 1975 any longer.
You have no idea this shit was totally hijacked a long long time ago. At best, you get your kids out of the system altogether. Homeschooling.
Posted by: Kemosabe at July 06, 2026 09:23 AM (85pLS)
That reminds me during CHAZ some CHAZite had his phone stolen out of his car and was complaining about it on reddit. The most common response was "the other person obviously needed the phone more then you, you should be happy zer took it!"
Posted by: 18-1 at July 06, 2026 09:23 AM (sKqQm)
Their tv commercial with a fat black lady's dog knocking food out of a white man's hand, and getting scolded by a wog hot dog vendor.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 06, 2026 09:24 AM (Kt19C)
Colossus: The Forbin Project
WarGames
T2: Judgment Day
Posted by: Don Black at July 06, 2026 09:25 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 09:22 AM
We tried dusting the feeder with cayenne back in the day. I'm pretty sure we have Mexican squirrels.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 06, 2026 09:25 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Don Black at July 06, 2026 09:25 AM (ZxPkt)
Colossus: The Forbin Project
WarGames
T2: Judgment Day
Posted by: Don Black at July 06, 2026 09:25 AM (Z xPkt)
I Robot
Posted by: It's me donna at July 06, 2026 09:26 AM (GsrgF)
It is a hard struggle. I think homeschooling is the way.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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Education money from taxes should follow the student but at the same time, parents have to demonstrate that they can and will educate their kids to get it.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 09:26 AM (E4rtv)
I'm simply enjoying how the American team is progressing, while most Americans aren't really fans of all this. Like, we can win things we don't even care about, lol! Every win is a bonus!!
Posted by: Lizzy at July 06, 2026 09:26 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 06, 2026 09:26 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Kalifornia, Dams be Damned! at July 06, 2026 09:17 AM (l3cgK)
Count the number of water projects in CA since the 1980s.
I think the number is...1, even though population has almost
doubled.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 06, 2026 09:19 AM (l4RKn)
I think Kalifornia has fewer dams that they did in 1980...they "retired" a few due to eco-commies wanting the snail sucking dart f**ker to have more water and to return lands "back to the way they were", but they won't touch dams that feed water to the libbie cities, like the Hetch-Hetchy Dam, which inundated an entire pristine valley near Yosemite.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 06, 2026 09:26 AM (l3cgK)
Early results: I can't tell the difference.
Posted by: Don Black at July 06, 2026 09:11 AM
_____
Hey big boy.
Posted by: Heavy Whipping Cream at July 06, 2026 09:20 AM
*bats eyelashes*
Posted by: Ghee at July 06, 2026 09:27 AM (2Ez/1)
WarGames
T2: Judgment Day
>>I Robot
Transcendence
2001: A Space Odyssey
Posted by: Lizzy at July 06, 2026 09:27 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Case at July 06, 2026 09:22 AM (IY9No)
In theory the kids and their parents are the customers of the teachers. The actual customers of the unionized teachers are themselves.
Filed under: Things that cannot go on forever but their end is not in sight.
Posted by: Gref at July 06, 2026 09:27 AM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 06, 2026 09:27 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
The stronger the better and liquids leave a coating rather than a determined squirrel sorting seeds.
Anyway, I quit using the powdered version when I was filling feeders and a wind came up. Peppersprayed myself when the wind caught it just right and blew that powder into my face.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 09:27 AM (E4rtv)
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When you tell lefties there is no such thing as white nationalism, they simply freeze up. They've never considered that there is no boogey man.
I highly recommend saying it. It's fun to watch.
Posted by: MJ at July 06, 2026 09:28 AM (XOmY9)
Posted by: Don Black at July 06, 2026 09:28 AM (ZxPkt)
Half and Half makes clouds in your coffee as it is poured in (as pointed out by Carly Simon, I think).
Posted by: Kemosabe at July 06, 2026 09:29 AM (85pLS)
Anyway, I quit using the powdered version when I was filling feeders and a wind came up. Peppersprayed myself when the wind caught it just right and blew that powder into my face.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 09:27 AM
Your point is valid. Persistent chemical agents ftw.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 06, 2026 09:29 AM (bFu5X)
Absolutely. Your kids are on the clock, and the time it takes to clean up the schools so that your kids aren't ruined will be well after they graduate.
BTW, the schools were pretty messed up in a different way in 1975. Lot of people had their kids in parochial schools and in many union dominated states, homeschooling was a truancy crime.
Homeschooling is legal in fifty states now. In some blue states, heavily regulated, but its legal.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 06, 2026 09:29 AM (pUU4E)
USA vs England for the final game of the World Cup.
"We kicked your ass 250 years ago and we're gonna do it again!
Posted by: Count de Monet at a remote location at July 06, 2026 09:30 AM (6Ga6M)
Yeah, but it was so memorable!
I liked GERTY in "Moon."
Posted by: Lizzy at July 06, 2026 09:30 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 06, 2026 09:30 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 06, 2026 09:02 AM
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Sitting right here, boss.
Posted by: The Off button at July 06, 2026 09:17 AM (2Ez/1)
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My reflexes ain't what they used to be
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 06, 2026 09:30 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 06, 2026 09:31 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Gref
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The movement to end property taxes in states is a torpedo aimed directly at profligate local governments and education establishments. That is their source of automatic increased budgets just from inflation on property values. And local governments use that spigot to finance all kinds of bonds and spending to benefit their local political cronies.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 09:32 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Skip at July 06, 2026 09:32 AM (sgkY8)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 06, 2026 09:33 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Count de Monet at a remote location at July 06, 2026 09:33 AM (6Ga6M)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
I got tired of repairing or replacing squirrel damaged feeders. Nowadays, we mainly use the pepper infused suet cakes. Squirrels avoid those and the feeders are smaller with less waste--birds like even the crappier seed mixes when covered in fat.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 09:34 AM (E4rtv)
See the link I posted at 192. That's the poor black woman in question. Other photos of her prior to the PF getting on the train show her on her knees, bent over and exposing her ass.
Yup. She’s been arrested previously for waving her vag at people on the train. A true modern Rosa Parks to be sure.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 06, 2026 09:34 AM (QZThv)
Posted by: Community Notes at July 06, 2026 09:34 AM (pUU4E)
See the games they play with words? It has been pervasive and relentless for a long time.
The rhetoric has shifted from “Equality under the law” and “Equal Opportunity” and treat everybody the same in a colorblind society based on character, aptitude, and merit, etc., to
“Whitey Needs To Die”. And this is emanating from our once hallowed halls of academia and other pseudointellectual outlets. If you don’t yet fully understand the implications of this, eventually you will.
Posted by: Kemosabe at July 06, 2026 09:34 AM (85pLS)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 06, 2026 09:34 AM (u82oZ)
B. Vote for socialists to give me shit while I play video games and get high every day.
Posted by: Options Young People Have at July 06, 2026 09:35 AM (NnY+W)
Posted by: jim
___________
I got it. I just tend to go off on this idea of wires and chips becoming conscious or aware. Apologies.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 06, 2026 09:21 AM (XvL8K)
It's kinda like using a transporter in Star Trek. You're killed, your memories encoded and your molecules and atoms turned into energy which is transmitted somewhere else, where your atoms and molecules are reassembled and the memories programmed back into the brain...but is it "You" looking out of those eyes? I would say no. You are dead. What appears on the other end of the transporter pad is your doppleganger.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 06, 2026 09:35 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 06, 2026 09:35 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 09:26 AM (E4rtv)
I've always rejected that notion since I was a school kid - nobody should be forced to be educated, and I don't see the state interest in doing so.
Most parents will choose to educate their kids, given the option to do it. If the state wants to fund that, fine, but they shouldn't run any schools of their own, or mandate anything in terms of curricula.
Those parents who opt out - also, fine. That's a them problem. Not my problem, or the government's. We're not talking about them snuffing out cigarettes on the kid, here.
In terms of determining who gets any state funding, that's easy - write the checks to their private school of choice. That can be solved with a simple business licensure and even desultory auditing.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 06, 2026 09:36 AM (t225e)
I was wondering the same thing, but then someone suggested that it might be the place where Washington's secretary sat , in which case there were openings on both sides. I don't know, but if that were the case Mamdani should have explained it, because most people seeing the picture probably thought the same thing.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 06, 2026 09:36 AM (Bw1/o)
Posted by: Ian S.
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Who was fake as well, Rosa was a political operative from outside, the original was a teenaged mother who had a kid out of wedlock. The Civil Rights movement shunted her aside and put Rosa in as a political op.
The idea of a noble lie has been used by groups across the globe to push their points.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 09:37 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 09:37 AM (E4rtv)
Right?
Posted by: Matthew Sheppard at July 06, 2026 09:38 AM (NnY+W)
Would you trust Chinesium bird food? (Hint: you probably shouldn’t) They were selling adulterated baby milk formula and dog food and poisoning golly knows how many. Melamine spoofs spot detectors for protein levels in bulk shipments. Though it causes kidney failure.
It’s worth it to spend a little more to serve edible foods to our children, pets, and feathered friends.
Posted by: Kemosabe at July 06, 2026 09:39 AM (85pLS)
Colossus: The Forbin Project
WarGames
T2: Judgment Day
Posted by: Don Black at July 06, 2026 09:25 AM (Z xPkt)
I Robot
Posted by: It's me donna at July 06, 2026 09:26 AM (GsrgF)
I laughed when I saw the Spanish version when I was across the border at a Walmart in Mexico..."Yo, Robot". Sounds like someone in the 'hood...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 06, 2026 09:39 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 06, 2026 09:42 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 06, 2026 09:43 AM (2Ez/1)
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There was a black church bombing or two down south right about the time the Civil Rights bill was under consideration. In later years when I started understanding how the spook agencies and manipulators operate, this looked pretty sus.
Not to say there aren’t rednecks down south. Sure was awfully convenient. Monsters either way
Posted by: Kemosabe at July 06, 2026 09:43 AM (85pLS)
In terms of determining who gets any state funding, that's easy - write the checks to their private school of choice. That can be solved with a simple business licensure and even desultory auditing.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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On one hand, you may have a point but on the other, your libertarianism is equally not the answer because our society nowadays is too fractured to push the importance of literacy and apply social costs to those parents who let their kids rot.
And we forget, the Founders talked about Ordered liberty, not 'freedom' as it had a concept of society rather than government serving as the first block to individual anti-social behavior. Our current ruling class would be making excuses for miserable parents becuz of race, ethnicity, poverty, etc. rather than scolding and shaming them. And that made a difference in a society with no safety net other than private charity.
Incentives matter.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 09:43 AM (E4rtv)
Repeal of the Ten Commandments.
Posted by: Auspex at July 06, 2026 08:12 AM (Y8DZL)
There were 15.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 06, 2026 09:46 AM (Iwx/a)
Posted by: Matthew Sheppard
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Disputes among gay meth dealers and users is scarcely likely to get a Bill named after one of them if they died in the dispute.
Same as using poor straights as AIDs theater that we all could get it instead of mentioning the straights were infected by AIDS from homosexuals donating tainted blood by Fauci. And that the few straight women that got it were either intervenous drug users sharing needles, sex workers with a busy agenda of unknown clients, or had a bisexual male dabbling on the side with buttsex.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 09:48 AM (E4rtv)
Incentives matter.
Posted by: whig at July 06, 2026 09:43 AM (E4rtv)
Totally. But that said, any meaningful reform our horrible education system would necessarily be predicated upon the end of that ruling class.
It's a thought experiment until such time as the existing, unfit order can be swept away.
Also, as an aside... I don't think my ideas can be described as libertarian, honestly. They involve state funding using tax monies, licensure, and at least some limited regulatory authority. It's just not compulsory, and the government doesn't get any ownership stake, or direct administrative function.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 06, 2026 10:13 AM (t225e)
I'm simply enjoying how the American team is progressing, while most Americans aren't really fans of all this. Like, we can win things we don't even care about, lol! Every win is a bonus!!
Posted by: Lizzy
And Canada is out! Woe, Canada!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at July 06, 2026 10:22 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 06, 2026 10:38 AM (u82oZ)
Again, thank O & Joe (their 2012 program) & Sanders. It's been in the works for decades & now the push. NOTE: Michelle O. included "Dreamers" in her speech for the opening of 'the rock & river' in Chicago.
May be the biggest election issue of 2028.
Many DACAs/Dreamers participate in grassroots advocacy, immigrant rights, and labor justice movements. As a result, a majority would align with progressive or democratic socialist platforms. Also, the majority of Dreamers/DACA recipients reside in heavily left-leaning or blue states.
It's a mistake to believe all are Latino/Hispanic.
Ignore the years of publication for the 'idea' and ideal still stands & isn't going away: Millennial Movements: Occupy Wall Street and the Dreamers; American Immigration Council, Politics is Personal for Young Undocumented Immigrants; PBS, Congress has tried to protect 'dreamers' before. Will this time be different?
Temporary Protected Status: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA / Dreamers) Renewals: Individuals who currently have DACA can continue to file for renewals to maintain their deportation protections and work permits...
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Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 06, 2026 10:43 AM (NFX2v)
However, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is currently not processing or approving any new, first-time DACA requests. ("The program faces ongoing legal challenges, creating uncertainty regarding its long-term future, particularly in Texas." AI Overview)
Often well educated; with children of their own (or borrowed) with that little thing, birthright citizenship, and may be married into the US citizen population.
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A few weeks ago, hew & cry over TSP & Humanitarian Patrol and Haitians:
Reportedly, 21% of all Haitian Americans work in the healthcare sector, primarily in three states: Florida, New York and Massachusetts. The vast majority are in nursing.
Haitian-born doctors often work as GPs, pediatricians or internal med specialists but because of licensing barriers for foreign-trained physicians, many choose to be in urban and community clinics.
Haitian physicians & highly specialized nurses who immigrated directly for such roles typically are on standard time-limited Visas UNLESS hospitals sponsor for green cards. But the admin. did issue an exemption,
Cont'd
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 06, 2026 10:43 AM (NFX2v)
Remember, a large segment of the 112,000+ Haitian healthcare professionals are permanent US residents (green card holders) or naturalized US citizens. Their time in the US and their authorizations to practice medicine are entirely permanent and unrestricted.
TDS
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More intentionality, politically, by the progressives in Congress:
'The Seven Democrats Who Joined Republicans in Opposing Measure to Block Arms Sales to Israel,' Apr 17, 2026
In the end, Chuck Schumer & a few others of his ilk WILL go out top.
'How Bernie Sanders convinced Democrats to oppose arming Israel' The Vermont independent’s long-running campaign to block arms sales is demonstrating a sea change in the Senate Democratic Caucus, Apr 28, 2026
It's theater, darling. They're marching to the same core principles & goals.
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19 suspected heat-related deaths since dangerous heatwave began, N.J. health official says, Pub. Jul. 4
Widespread power outages, yet Governor like Sherril & Shapiro aren't kicking a**es to upgrade power grids.
'Cause Data Centers & unions
👆 imo
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 06, 2026 10:43 AM (NFX2v)
WJACtv: Man accused of killing PA State Trooper in crash is illegal Haitian immigrant: DHS, Fri, July 3, 2026
FOX News, Illegal immigrant truck driver charged in death of trooper who moved home to care for mom with cancer
Driver Michael Bon held an active non-domiciled CDL despite DHS terminating his parole and ordering him to leave the US, July 4, 2026
WGAL: Funeral plans released for state trooper killed on I-81
Trooper Michael Pahira Jr., who was killed during safety inspections on I-81 in Schuylkill County, will be laid to rest on July 8, 2026.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 06, 2026 11:10 AM (NFX2v)
Key details of the program include:
Eligibility: Children born between January 1, 2025, and December 31, 2028, who are U.S. citizens with a valid Social Security number.
Contributions: Parents, family members, and friends can contribute up to $5,000 annually per child, while employers can contribute up to $2,500, which will be excluded from the employee's taxable income.
Withdrawals: Funds cannot be accessed until the beneficiary turns 18.* Afterward, the account operates like a traditional IRA and can be used for education, buying a home, or starting a business.
Yes, there are more built in rules. Read.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 06, 2026 11:24 AM (NFX2v)
Daily Tech News 6 July 2026
Top Story
- AI companies led by OpenAI and Anthropic say they're definitely not going to put hundreds of millions of people out of work so please don't lynch them. (MSN)
Sorry, best I can do is a meteor strike.
- Companies making the heaviest use of AI are... Hiring the most humans? (Tech Crunch)
Everyone gets a meteor strike!
Tech News
- Xbox is a disaster. (The Verge)
A few years ago Microsoft went on a massive acquisition spree, throwing billions of dollars at individual studios with legendary game titles under their belts.
Since which time they ain't produced squat.
The only thing keeping them alive is Sony, which has challenged Microsoft in a race to the bottom.
- Samsung's profit in 2026 is projected to exceed its cumulative profits for the past forty years. (WCCFTech)
No they're not. The projected and actual profits relate only to the semiconductor division of the corporate group.
On the other hand, they're expecting to make $200 billion this year. That puts Korean national plans for $1 trillion in tech industries into perspective.
- The latest version of the TypeScript compiler, which translates TypeScript into JavaScript, is now ten times faster. (InfoWorld)
After being rewritten in Go, because both the source and destination languages suck.
Musical Interlude
Disclaimer: No I can't. Someone nailed my feet to the floor.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: m at July 06, 2026 04:31 AM (6wpGE)
360 In memory of Jayzik "Jay Carly" Azikiwe.
Born to Flora in London, May 12, 1958, daughter of Nnamdi Azikiwe, the first President of Nigeria.
Died of cancer in Banjul, Gambia, January 31, 2008, as "The Phenomenal Woman," "The Simple Poet," and a mother of four.
And in between, she charmed millions as Roller Girl, the real star of a certain 1981 music video.
she gets rock n roll a rock n roll station
and a rock n roll dream
she’s making movies on location
she don’t know what it means
but the music make her wanna be the story
and the story was whatever was the song what it was
rollergirl don’t worry
d.j. play the movies all night long
Dire Straits - Skateaway (Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/vcwl-Q7pAtY
It is not her fault that, in some way, she symbolizes the death of our great cities as Generational Places in their own right. At some point, they somehow transformed into mere theaters for the youthful development of all the world's transnational elites; and she was there for it, but did not make it happen.
Posted by: SciVo at July 06, 2026 03:11 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: m at July 06, 2026 04:32 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 06, 2026 04:32 AM (lR5Ug)
Posted by: Skip at July 06, 2026 04:33 AM (Ia/+0)
Whatever nasty storm you folks had in the northeast, collapsed trees and tore into the OF cable which our company's IBM mainframe is accessible through.
ET for repair: unavailable.
So now Mrs. BD decide to convert the garage adjacent storage room into a bedroom. Busy assemble portable folding beds. Fun. Not.
Trump's fault!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 06, 2026 04:36 AM (lR5Ug)
Posted by: m at July 06, 2026 04:38 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: clarence at July 06, 2026 04:40 AM (xyH2B)
Posted by: clarence at July 06, 2026 04:40 AM (xyH2B)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 06, 2026 04:36 AM (lR5Ug)
first thought: OnlyFans??!!!??
second thought: Optic Fiber
Posted by: m at July 06, 2026 04:42 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 06, 2026 04:43 AM (/eAef)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 06, 2026 04:43 AM (/eAef)
FAKE NEWS
Posted by: m at July 06, 2026 04:47 AM (6wpGE)
Frank J. Fleming
@IMAO_
8h
The people arguing against Balogun returning are basically saying, “Nooo! Soccer is supposed to be stupid and arbitrary! You’re ruining the sport by making sure justice is served!”
Posted by: m at July 06, 2026 04:49 AM (6wpGE)
It's fake only if you want it to be fake. Saying the US men's tea was going to sue FIFA to screw up the entire World Cup is not as much fun.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 06, 2026 04:51 AM (/eAef)
Posted by: The Ballots at July 06, 2026 04:51 AM (LOZbR)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 06, 2026 04:54 AM (BLOW1)
Dave Portnoy
@stoolpresidente
13h
The difference between Belgium and the United States is that in the United States we always want to beat the best. The US Mens team wouldnt have even taken the field if Belgiums best player was unfairly suspended. Apparently Belgium wants the easy way out Very sad European behavior
Posted by: m at July 06, 2026 04:55 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Rough Girls and Effeminate Men at July 06, 2026 04:56 AM (LOZbR)
See you when I get there
Posted by: Skip at July 06, 2026 04:56 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: The Ballots at July 06, 2026 04:57 AM (LOZbR)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 06, 2026 04:58 AM (O7YUW)
from enterprises.
“We’re paying for tokens that create no value,” Karp said. “These people [Sam Altman, Dario Amodei/Anthropic] are stealing the weights and alpha of my business.”
https://tinyurl.com/4tv4u7b7
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2026 05:02 AM (GebTj)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 06, 2026 05:07 AM (O7YUW)
The uneaten one?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 06, 2026 04:58 AM (O7YUW)
"Have a heart!"
Posted by: m at July 06, 2026 05:10 AM (6wpGE)
~2:50 the secret was we delivered the best things for the war fighters, “Those warfighters have serious trust issues,” Karp said,
...
Are we really going to outsource the battlefield of this country to the consensus view in Silicon Valley? That is effing insane.”
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2026 05:13 AM (GebTj)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 06, 2026 05:16 AM (AMvSw)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 06, 2026 05:19 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant
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Absolutely. And his accent or mumbling doesn't help. But I've listened two or three times. He says a lot and it's important. He's eccentric but I'd put him in the same homeroom with Musk.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2026 05:21 AM (GebTj)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 06, 2026 05:19 AM (BLOW1)
uh-oh
Posted by: m at July 06, 2026 05:22 AM (6wpGE)
The people arguing against Balogun returning are basically saying, “Nooo! Soccer is supposed to be stupid and arbitrary! You’re ruining the sport by making sure justice is served!”
Posted by: m
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I scanned that the judges did the same thing (change the red card call) on two other players the week before.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2026 05:36 AM (GebTj)
Posted by: clarence at July 06, 2026 05:42 AM (xyH2B)
https://tinyurl.com/2sfn6rhw
The Register: Zombie ‘who owns Unix?’ lawsuit comes alive again
(SCO's legal successor Xinuos asks legal brains to let it bite IBM over ancient license and copyright claims)
The article fittingly ends with: "The matter continues and appears likely to do so until either the heat death of the universe or the year of Linux on the desktop – whichever comes sooner."
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 06, 2026 05:46 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: clarence at July 06, 2026 05:42 AM (xyH2B)
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And an S0C4 to you, too!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 06, 2026 05:46 AM (lR5Ug)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 06, 2026 05:46 AM (Bw1/o)
The people arguing against Balogun returning are basically saying, “Nooo! Soccer is supposed to be stupid and arbitrary! You’re ruining the sport by making sure justice is served!”
Posted by: m
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I scanned that the judges did the same thing (change the red card call) on two other players the week before.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2026 05:36 AM (GebTj)
Soccer is supposed to be stupid and arbitrary indeed. We still are in charge of knowing when a soccer game ends. No one is allowed to know that but us. Don’t let us catch you trying to figure it out.
Posted by: Soccer officials at July 06, 2026 05:49 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 06, 2026 05:49 AM (l26NL)
https://tinyurl.com/4wuct2zv
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 06, 2026 05:56 AM (Bw1/o)
Waiting for the drugs to make it real
Waiting for the day when I will crawl away
- Porcupine Tree “Waiting”
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 06, 2026 05:56 AM (4g5V+)
Wow; It sounds scary. Do they have any idea when power might be restored?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 06, 2026 05:57 AM (Bw1/o)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2026 05:36 AM (GebTj)
Cristiano Ronaldo is one:
Ben Jacobs
@JacobsBen
17h
🚨 Folarin Balogun is eligible to play against Belgium.
FIFA sources had insisted US Soccer had no appeal. Sources say US Soccer did not attempt one as a result.
And Balogun had spoken on Monday here in Seattle about missing the game telling us, “I have to accept it…”
Yet FIFA have decided to hand Balogun a suspended one-game ban, which is in their powers as per Article 27. The red card stands but Balogun is free to play.
Cristiano Ronaldo also given a suspended ban before the tournament allowing him to play Portugal’s opening World Cup games.
Posted by: m at July 06, 2026 05:57 AM (6wpGE)
Umair Ansari
@UmairAnsaari
15h
Replying to @JacobsBen
Folarin Balogun’s red card vs Bosnia STANDS on his record.
FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee did NOT overturn it.
Instead, under Article 27 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code, they suspended the automatic 1-match ban for a 1-year probation period.
→ Balogun is AVAILABLE vs Belgium.
If he commits a similar serious foul during probation, the original ban activates + new sanctions.
Posted by: m at July 06, 2026 05:59 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Skip at July 06, 2026 06:02 AM (bLIRx)
Posted by: Skip at July 06, 2026 06:02 AM (sgkY8)
Aslam
@aslambeg84
14h
Replying to @JacobsBen
Belgium preparing for two different USMNT lineups in the same week wasn't on their schedule. 😭
Posted by: m at July 06, 2026 06:03 AM (6wpGE)
And I got this article last night. Journey's keyboardist talking about his faith, the need for Americans to reconnect to our values and the meaning of the song "Don't Stop Believing."
https://tinyurl.com/yw5f53tk
Posted by: NR Pax at July 06, 2026 06:09 AM (/k3in)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 06, 2026 06:14 AM (fkjGs)
Do you know where your coworkers are?
Posted by: Skip at July 06, 2026 06:21 AM (sgkY8)
"Compared to being on the wrong side of the ground, even a bad Monday is pretty small kumquats, nicht wahr?"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 06, 2026 06:23 AM (wzUl9)
Do you know where your coworkers are?
Posted by: Skip at July 06, 2026 06:21 AM (sgkY
cow-orkers, Skip
Posted by: m at July 06, 2026 06:25 AM (6wpGE)
And yet I still slept until five. Amazin'.
It's a stunningly low (!) 77 F. this morning, and yet I plan to go over to the local mall for a long walk in the A/C around ten. Linda and I scoped the place out on Saturday and found it a good walking environment. There were only about three or four others there.
At nine, I have a video tour of a new property in Indiana. The house checks many of my boxes, but would require replacing of carpet with laminate in about 500 sq. ft. -- not, I assume, cheap. But the house price is low enough that I could manage it without trouble.
So, howz about you?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 06, 2026 06:31 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: The Ballots at July 06, 2026 04:51 AM (LOZbR)
He takes care of all the live, mangled or dead tokens of her devotion- she's his cat. Her gecko score stands at 6, as of last night.
Posted by: sal at July 06, 2026 06:32 AM (f+FmA)
Do you know where your coworkers are?
Posted by: Skip at July 06, 2026
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cow-orkers, Skip
Posted by: m at July 06, 2026
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I used to refer to mine as "cow-irkers"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 06, 2026 06:32 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 06, 2026 06:33 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: The Ballots at July 06, 2026
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He takes care of all the live, mangled or dead tokens of her devotion- she's his cat. Her gecko score stands at 6, as of last night.
Posted by: sal at July 06, 2026
***
I'm just glad that Stirling left the mouse he killed a month ago on the floor at the foot of the bed -- instead of on my pillow!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 06, 2026 06:34 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 06, 2026 06:35 AM (fZiTB)
Giles was one of the best characters in that show. He had no fear of the various creatures that showed up.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 06, 2026 06:36 AM (/k3in)
It's been an eventful week in the Trad Catholic world, and they are a help.
Posted by: sal at July 06, 2026 06:40 AM (f+FmA)
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 06, 2026 06:35 AM (fZiTB)
That's the only thing that will change things. Sure, target the criminals, but they're all criminals, aren't they?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 06, 2026 06:40 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 06, 2026 06:41 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 06, 2026 06:41 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: NR Pax at July 06, 2026
***
Oh, he was sensible enough to be afraid, but his knowledge and courage were up to the task. And his "father-daughter" relationship with Buffy was an essential part of the show.
Giles: "Very well. I'll just climb into my time machine, go back to the eleventh century, and ask the monks to postpone their prophecy while you take in dinner and a show."
BUffy: "Okay, at this point you're *abusing* sarcasm."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 06, 2026 06:41 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead
"How dare you be so happy? Don't you know how horrible this place is?!"
"Dude, try the brisket."
Posted by: NR Pax at July 06, 2026 06:44 AM (/k3in)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2026 06:47 AM (GebTj)
Posted by: NR Pax at July 06, 2026 06:44 AM (/k3in)
My favorite is the Irish couple that get chicken and waffles, and the German guy eating a cheeseburger and dipping his fries in the milkshake is pretty good too.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 06, 2026 06:47 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 06, 2026 06:34 AM (wzUl9)
If we're lucky, like last night, I'm sitting on the couch and catch her coming in the cat door with her prey.
Sometimes she's furtive, like "Gecko? what gecko?" and sometimes she's like "Yeah- I got a lizard. You got a problem with that?"
This is why we walk around the house at night with tiny flashlights.
Posted by: sal at July 06, 2026 06:48 AM (f+FmA)
"Were you *trying* to get yourself killed? Don't you leave me -- I can't do this without you!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 06, 2026 06:49 AM (wzUl9)
Leftists should be jumping for joy
Posted by: Skip at July 06, 2026 06:49 AM (sgkY8)
Morning here in DC and I'm heading to bed, being a nightwalker. I honestly don't care about the World Cup. Hope the USA goes far but I'm not expecting it. Alas, I'm meh about it all. With Trump involving himself, that will take away that FIFA is obscenely corrupt. That's the only thing that annoys me about all of this.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 06, 2026 06:50 AM (sAmhv)
I loved the moment when he went after Angel.
Buffy: "He took the weapons."
Xander: "They're right there."
Buffy: "No, those are the everyday weapons. He took the ones he breaks out when company comes."
Posted by: NR Pax at July 06, 2026 06:51 AM (/k3in)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
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Omar's a criminal, the squad is criminal. All muslims are criminals and should leave in peace.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2026 06:54 AM (GebTj)
Concerns a headstrong woman whose sister is disabled, living with her father.
It opens in a garden, where the sister, Clare, is watching her older sister, Margie, sing a song by a suitor, Ned, for a production he's written.
Clare feels a presence in the garden that causes her to faint. Turns out everyone present felt it. In bed later, Clare reminds Margie of a dead boy who the older sister promised to marry. Long story short, the boy is haunting them because Margie promise to marry him years ago, and he's come for vengeance because Margie is engaged to Ned.
It's very overwrought, and certainly not of the modern horror style. Enter a priest, and a medium, and there you go. The expected happens at a cost to Margie that rids them of the spectral suitor.
Eh, not my style, and not interesting enough for posting on the book thread.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 06, 2026 06:55 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: fd at July 06, 2026 06:55 AM (MWfyi)
Don't despair... hockey season starts in mid-September.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 06, 2026 06:56 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 06, 2026 06:57 AM (afJtY)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 06, 2026 06:58 AM (UoWyB)
I loved the moment when he went after Angel.
Buffy: "He took the weapons."
Xander: "They're right there."
Buffy: "No, those are the everyday weapons. He took the ones he breaks out when company comes."
Posted by: NR Pax at July 06, 2026
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That episode, "Passion," is probably the greatest of the entire series. Shocking, horrifying, lighthearted in some places, grimly funny (as in what you quote) in others.
It served notice to viewers that even continuing, likeable characters like Jenny could be killed in the war against the vampires. We knew then, if we didn't before, that Buffy was no ordinary TV series.
Darn. Now I need to watch the entire second season again.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 06, 2026 07:00 AM (wzUl9)
You are most welcome . I will pray that rough places are made smooth which is my "go to" prayer when I am not sure of circumstances.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 06, 2026 07:01 AM (XvETL)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 06, 2026 07:01 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: m at July 06, 2026 07:01 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 06, 2026 07:02 AM (UoWyB)
E.B. Beaumont
@CoachBeaumont
13h
1) Balogun is the fifth (5th) player in this WC to have a red card ban adjusted in some way to allow them to play.
2) Review of red cards is a constant in every professional soccer league and it's far from unprecedented to have the full penalty from a dodgy one removed. It's the norm for such decisions not to be final and unreviewable.
Posted by: m at July 06, 2026 07:03 AM (6wpGE)
Both survived the fireworks on Saturday night, albeit with some calming treats in them (Stirling still hid), and some thunder last evening as well. Dagny the little girl handles sudden noises, and the noise of the vacuum cleaner, better than her big brother does.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 06, 2026 07:04 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 06, 2026 07:05 AM (hxAVk)
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 06, 2026 07:06 AM (fZiTB)
Sophia Cai
@SophiaCai99
6h
FULL timeline of the campaign to bring Balogun back, according to a half dozen U.S. government & soccer officials:
- Wednesday after U.S.-Bosnia match: Andrew Giuliani alerted Trump to the red card (Trump & Giuliani had been talking multiple times/week since start of World Cup and regularly before that.)
- Wed night: Giuliani, Lutnick and U.S. Soccer officials began activating on plans to challenge red card
- That kicked off 4 days of coordinated lobbying, legal maneuvering & diplomacy that stretched from Oval Office to Zurich
- On *Thursday* Trump dialed Gianni Infantino and asked abt FIFA’s rules around the red card decision and grounds for suspension. (They’ve known each other for 8 yrs.)
- FIFA declined to confirm any specific discussions but reiterated to POLITICO that the decision to suspend the one-match ban was made by an independent disciplinary committee.
Posted by: m at July 06, 2026 07:06 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: m at July 06, 2026 07:07 AM (6wpGE)
Inside the White House push to get Folarin Balogun back on the field
President Donald Trump got involved minutes after the U.S. striker received a red card that would have banned him from a crucial match.
BY SOPHIA CAI
Posted by: m at July 06, 2026 07:09 AM (6wpGE)
Had a great time. Defused any political arguments by getting the ex-husband to talk about himself. At one point he called me by the name of her second ex-husband.
Fantastic food! And I got to see and even play a little pickleball. Never had seen it before. Rules seemed funny.
The kicker was
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 06, 2026 07:10 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Former Pro Sports Fan at July 06, 2026 07:13 AM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 06, 2026 07:13 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: fd at July 06, 2026 07:14 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 06, 2026 07:15 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
Amusing side note: There is a Buffy RPG and I played a campaign in it. Obviously, this took place before the main series. One player was the Slayer and everyone else had different roles.
I played The Watcher. Take a leather clad biker type with a drinking problem who is pissed off at having to be a Watcher to this 18 year old Valley Girl because his older brother got killed by demons.
My wife played the Slayer and we played off each other well.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 06, 2026 07:16 AM (/k3in)
Glad to hear your beloved wife is possibly being discharged today. The goal of people in the hospital is to get out of there. Not always easy.
I will have prayers ascending for you having to shoulder some of her care. And kiss her hand for me. The rest is up to you.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 06, 2026 07:16 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: fd at July 06, 2026
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There are multiple Slayers now. One them could handle a zombie Reiner.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 06, 2026 07:17 AM (wzUl9)
I played The Watcher. Take a leather clad biker type with a drinking problem who is pissed off at having to be a Watcher to this 18 year old Valley Girl because his older brother got killed by demons.
My wife played the Slayer and we played off each other well.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 06, 2026
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That sounds like fun, and the kind of story Joss and his writers would have approved!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 06, 2026 07:18 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 06, 2026 07:19 AM (VyBeY)
Give you an idea of the sniping.
"Princess, is there ANYTHING you could be doing right now that doesn't involve irritating me?"
"Nope. Can't think of a thing!"
"Go find some vampires!"
"But it's totally daytime right now!"
"Find some daytime vampires! I'm sure they exist!"
Posted by: NR Pax at July 06, 2026 07:19 AM (/k3in)
Google employees did this back in 2016 when DoD asked Google to help them use their AI for drone targeting. The employees threatened to strike if Google didn't pull out.
Google pulled out. The employees vetoed the US's ability dominate the battle field. We have been insane for decades.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 06, 2026 07:20 AM (nCgQz)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 06, 2026 07:20 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: m at July 06, 2026 07:21 AM (6wpGE)
....unnecessary things like 95% of the apps on their phones. Moreover, vacations and nice restaurants were once considered luxuries.
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I've mentioned 'trinkets' before.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2026 07:21 AM (GebTj)
"Princess, is there ANYTHING you could be doing right now that doesn't involve irritating me?"
"Nope. Can't think of a thing!"
"Go find some vampires!"
"But it's totally daytime right now!"
"Find some daytime vampires! I'm sure they exist!"
Posted by: NR Pax at July 06, 2026
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* Applause * Buffy-style dialog, for sure!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 06, 2026 07:22 AM (wzUl9)
Thank you sir. It was a lot of fun.
Google pulled out. The employees vetoed the US's ability dominate the battle field.
And they would have squealed like school girls if China had asked them to do the same thing.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 06, 2026 07:24 AM (/k3in)
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 06, 2026 06:35 AM (fZiTB)
What if they're closing the detention facilities because they've won the court cases which were requiring them to detain deportees for long periods of time (which they have), and so they no longer require them?
No, it's just a betrayal of the American people.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 06, 2026 07:25 AM (ExV1e)
____
This was a flower we saw on our walk yesterday. We didn't actually go very far because it was about. 89 degrees in the morning which was too warm to walk, but I may be a pansy and not the flower .
Moth mullein . It is used to help with respiratory problems. I just find it fascinating how many plants and flowers were used medicinally over the centuries
https://tinyurl.com/485erpsu
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 06, 2026 07:25 AM (D+BhG)
https://tinyurl.com/485erpsu
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 06, 2026
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That was part of the wisdom of the "wise women" in earlier ages, I guess.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 06, 2026 07:28 AM (wzUl9)
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Now Sam Altman and his bunk buddy are pulling it and cheating their clients out of their IP and charging them for it. Karp is very pro Israel, therefore, pro-America. He wants warfighters us and Israel (he's mentioned one other country that he perceives as a true ally) to have the best and also apply his skills to degrade other countries abilities.
To have a techie aggressively American, like Musk, is refreshing even if he gets so animated it's hard to keep up.
Also, in his own way, he puts his company, product, and people in front of personal monetary gain.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2026 07:30 AM (GebTj)
Posted by: man at July 06, 2026 07:33 AM (XuXeR)
Count one's blessings there...
Posted by: man at July 06, 2026 07:33 AM (XuXeR)
Paddle tennis.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 06, 2026 07:33 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 06, 2026 07:34 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2026 07:40 AM (GebTj)
Noxon came up with the entire concept, Whedon either stole or developed the idea depending on who you ask, Whedon was banging every female cast member and Noxon, and when he left Buffy after 3rd season to focus on Angel (and Charisma Carpenter) he left the show entirely in the hands of a bitter, jilted Noxon. And boy, does it show.
Posted by: Daniel Ream at July 06, 2026 07:43 AM (LgYtf)
… 2 words … “paperless office”
Posted by: SMOD at July 06, 2026 07:51 AM (byv/B)
Have you forgotten that Whedon developed the concept first as a film several years before Noxon had anything to do with it?
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 06, 2026 07:58 AM (fZiTB)
Noxon claims she shopped the idea around unsuccessfully prior to the film, only to see Whedon pick it up and run with it. Everyone involved with Buffy is still very cagey about a lot of what went on behind the camera; that Whedon is the father of Charisma Carpenter's child is still the worst kept secret in Hollywood, and it's only since Whedon's reputation (and power) has waned that the Buffy cast is talking about things like the mutual agreement to never leave the underage Michelle Trachtenberg alone in a room with Whedon.
Personally, the film and TV show are so different that I tend to believe Noxon's lying about the film but that the TV show's unique style was as much Noxon as Whedon, if not more so.
Posted by: Daniel Ream at July 06, 2026 08:31 AM (LgYtf)
- Microsoft is laying off 4,800 employees after carrying out a voluntary retirement program.
- The company’s Xbox video game unit is cutting one-fifth of its staff, and four studios will go independent.
- Microsoft’s stock is down 19% this year as of Friday’s close, trailing its megacap peers.
Posted by: SMOD at July 06, 2026 12:33 PM (RHGPo)
Sunday Celestial Bodies ONT - July 5, 2026 [Hour of the Wolf]
Time to take another whack at creating an ONT. Let's see if I've learned anything, shall we?
Galileo Galileo was a NASA exploration spacecraft launched October 18, 1989, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on space shuttle Atlantis (STS-34). It crashed into Jupiter on September 21, 2003, after completing its primary mission, and three secondary missions. Top 10 Science Results
• The descent probe measured atmospheric elements and found that their relative abundances were different than on the Sun, indicating Jupiter's evolution since the planet formed out of the solar nebula.
• Galileo made a first observation of ammonia clouds in another planet's atmosphere.The atmosphere seems to create ammonia ice particles of material from lower depths, but only in "fresh" clouds.
• Io's extensive volcanic activity may be 100 times greater than that found on Earth's.The heat and frequency of eruption are reminiscent of early Earth.
• Io's complex plasma interactions in Io's atmosphere include support for currents and coupling to Jupiter's atmosphere.
• Evidence supports a theory that liquid oceans exist under Europa's icy surface.
• Ganymede is the first satellite known to possess a magnetic field.
• Galileo magnetic data provide evidence that Europa, Ganymede and Callisto have a liquid-saltwater layer.
• Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto all provide evidence of a thin atmospheric layer known as a 'surface-bound exosphere'.
• Jupiter's ring system is formed by dust kicked up as interplanetary meteoroids smash into the planet's four small inner moons. The outermost ring is actually two rings, one embedded with the other.
• Galileo was the first spacecraft to dwell in a giant planet magnetosphere long enough to identify its global structure and to investigate its dynamics.
(Mystery click with more impressive sport?)
He asked if I was getting any results, and I told him "I'm currently ranked #1 in the bedroom, but the competition from my cat is fierce. She has better form and doesn't snore as loud".
He didn't write me a prescription, but he did look like he wanted to join the league. ----- A woman went to the doctor's office and was seen by one of the new young doctors. After about four minutes in the examiniation room, she started screaming and ran down the hall. An older doctor stopped her what the problem was, and she told him her story. After listening, he told her to sit down and relax in another room.
The older doctor marched down the hallway to the back where the first doctor was and demanded, "What's the matter with you? Mrs. Terry is 63 years old, she has four grown children and seven grandchildren, and you told her she was pregnant?"
The new doctor continued to write on his clipboard and, without looking up, said, "Does she still have the hiccups?" ----- Godzilla, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot stomp on, courage to shoot them with atomic breath, and wisdom to do a big roar afterwards.
Gentle Readers of these United Colonies, In this most auspicious time when the Continental Congress hath declared these Colonies free and independent States, the fashionable world yet turns its gaze to the latest modes. Though the drums of liberty beat loudly in our streets, the ladies and gentlemen of taste continue to adorn themselves with elegance befitting persons of quality. News of the newest toilettes from London and Paris (and such as may be had from our own clever mantua-makers) arrives even amid these stirring times. For the Fair Sex: The Graceful Polonaise and Towering Coiffure The mode most admired this summer among ladies of fashion is the Robe à la Polonaise. The overskirt is looped into graceful swags by means of cords or ribbons, falling in elegant drapery over a contrasting petticoat. This creates a charming, picturesque silhouette, neither so stiff as the old sack-back nor so plain as the new English styles. Striped silks and floral chintzes are all the rage, as are light muslins for the warmer months.
Stays continue to mould the figure into the fashionable conical shape, while wide hips are supported by panniers or hip rolls (somewhat reduced from former years, yet still essential to the mode). A fine fichu of lace or muslin crosses the bosom, and large hats with wide brims shade the face most becomingly.
The hair, or coiffure, remains a subject of much discourse. Powdered white or ash, it is built high upon pads and frames, sometimes reaching extraordinary heights. Feathers, ribbons, artificial flowers, and even small ornaments are placed with artful care. A lady may appear a walking garden or a miniature ship at full sail, most becoming at assemblies and balls.
For Gentlemen of Fashion: The Frock Coat and Embroidered Waistcoat Gentlemen of taste favour the frock coat of fine wool or silk, cut with skirts that fall gracefully. Beneath lies a long waistcoat, often richly embroidered in gold or silver thread upon grounds of crimson, blue, or green. Knee breeches, white silk stockings, and shoes fastened with handsome silver or paste buckles complete the toilette.
The hair is powdered and dressed in a queue or bag-wig, surmounted by the tricorn hat cocked with becoming smartness. Ruffles of fine linen at throat and wrist add the final touch of gentility.
In These Times of Liberty While many worthy patriots now wear garments of good American homespun, plain yet honest and serviceable, the assemblies and levees of Philadelphia and New York still display the full splendour of European modes. A lady in her striped polonaise or a gentleman in his embroidered waistcoat lends grace and gaiety even to these momentous days. Thus, dear readers, whether you celebrate independence with a glass of Madeira or attend a private ball, may your attire be as elegant as your principles are just. Yours in the latest mode, The Fashion Correspondent Philadelphia, this Fifth Day of July, 1776 ----- Thanks, Colonist Piper! In 250 years, be sure to check out Colonist Piper's X page.
Tonight's ONT brought to you by voices
Try the veal. I'll be here most of the night!
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 05, 2026 10:00 PM (+9wcF)
They haven’t finished putting the P-38 together.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 10:02 PM (vC80E)
Posted by: Bulg at July 05, 2026 10:02 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 05, 2026 10:02 PM (edUvp)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 05, 2026 10:02 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 05, 2026 10:03 PM (NXz0i)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 05, 2026 10:03 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 05, 2026 10:04 PM (NXz0i)
Posted by: Bulg at July 05, 2026 10:05 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg at July 05, 2026 10:06 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at July 05, 2026 10:06 PM (w3u3d)
Posted by: RandomDave at July 05, 2026 10:06 PM (aJQbY)
Or...you know, yoga pants and a sports bra.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2026 10:06 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 05, 2026 10:07 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: tankdemon at July 05, 2026 10:07 PM (ZWAWS)
Posted by: Det Cpt Hercule Obvious at July 05, 2026 10:07 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: Piper at July 05, 2026 10:07 PM (OoFl2)
Does anybody else have a voice in their head?
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Yes!
/in unison
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2026 10:07 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 05, 2026 10:07 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 05, 2026 10:07 PM (sAmhv)
The most impressive one was a bite through my mesh chair and pants.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 05, 2026 10:07 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 10:08 PM (vC80E)
The world as we used to know was never quite the same.
https://youtu.be/140N1nGiVfw
Posted by: tankdemon at July 05, 2026 10:08 PM (ZWAWS)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat
* checks disclaimer *
Shouldn't that be "Lawyer Cheshirecat?"
Posted by: mikeski at July 05, 2026 10:08 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 05, 2026 10:09 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2026 10:09 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2026 10:09 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Colonial Lurker at July 05, 2026 10:10 PM (xPLOK)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 05, 2026 10:10 PM (+9wcF)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 05, 2026 10:09 PM
I was surprised he let me borrow it! I think he was distracted by crows and not really listening.
Posted by: Piper at July 05, 2026 10:10 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Bulg at July 05, 2026 10:10 PM (77rzZ)
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How else would he have caught Zeus's lustful eye?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 05, 2026 10:11 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2026 10:11 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2026
Thank you. How is your wife?
Posted by: Piper at July 05, 2026 10:11 PM (OoFl2)
Just think, if they ever name a satellite after Pete Buttigieg, they'll crash it into Uranus.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2026 10:12 PM (Riz8t)
youtu.be/sV_8fFSGUyI
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 05, 2026 10:12 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 05
Ha!
Posted by: Piper at July 05, 2026 10:12 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2026 10:14 PM (1z8ji)
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He's got the telescope and she's got the floral wreath.
Make of that what you will.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 10:14 PM (vC80E)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 05, 2026 10:15 PM (gqKkr)
“OK, Everyone, 500 jumping jacks!”
“And that goes for you too, Von Steuben!”
Posted by: Bulg at July 05, 2026 10:15 PM (77rzZ)
Just think, if they ever name a satellite after Pete Buttigieg, they'll crash it into Uranus.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 05, 2026 10:12 PM (Riz8t)
It will have to come to a full stop for 2-3 months shortly after launch, then travel like a pinball before it gets there.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 05, 2026 10:16 PM (qx7Zg)
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You know who else wore a tricorner hat?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2026 10:16 PM (RIvkX)
Make of that what you will.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 10:14 PM (vC80E)
(pumps fist in triumph)
We're playing hoop and spear tonight!
Posted by: He said pointedly at July 05, 2026 10:17 PM (1Ff7Z)
And thanks to Piper for a most fitting and illuminating Fashion Thread. So glad we don't have to wear all those layers of clothing!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 05, 2026 10:17 PM (D/6p1)
Posted by: Piper at July 05, 2026 10:17 PM (OoFl2)
“OK, Everyone, 500 jumping jacks!”
“And that goes for you too, Von Steuben!”
Posted by: Bulg at July 05, 2026 10:15 PM (77rzZ)
Does Weasel improve their marksmanship by releasing a few hundred wild turkeys? The order of instruction is that, if they kill it, they get to eat it?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 05, 2026 10:18 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 05, 2026 10:18 PM (K7yuL)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 05, 2026 10:18 PM (K7yuL)
I hope they knock MX out. Bunch of thugs.
Posted by: Piper at July 05, 2026 10:19 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 05, 2026 10:20 PM (qx7Zg)
I refuse to believe it. Those are Euro-men not American men.
Posted by: Case at July 05, 2026 10:20 PM (IY9No)
Discovered by Flamsteed (as "34 Tauri") and then confirmed by Herschel.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 05, 2026 10:21 PM (K7yuL)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 05, 2026 10:21 PM (K7yuL)
Posted by: Bulg at July 05, 2026 10:21 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2026 10:22 PM (RIvkX)
Trump did this right over Mandami’s head
as the dirty little communist was sitting at George Washington’s desk backwards
bitching about not having sharia law in America surrounded by crying women in hijabs
https://tinyurl.com/bd7anvmf
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 10:22 PM (vC80E)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2026 10:22 PM (1z8ji)
I refuse to believe it. Those are Euro-men not American men.
Posted by: Case at July 05, 2026 10:20 PM (IY9No)
* * * *
Indeed, they did! And they most likely spoke with *gasp!* an English accent!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 05, 2026 10:24 PM (D/6p1)
What, does no one have any good soufflé recipes to share?
Posted by: Bulg at July 05, 2026 10:24 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: LASue at July 05, 2026 10:26 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 10:26 PM (vC80E)
Posted by: TxAnn at July 05, 2026 10:26 PM (SjAWL)
Indeed, they did! And they most likely spoke with *gasp!* an English accent!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 05, 2026 10:24 PM
Technically, we have the accent.
Posted by: Piper at July 05, 2026 10:28 PM (OoFl2)
Now that you mention it, we would normally have a few stragglers blowing off leftovers about now but it's quiet. On the other hand, they did run an hour or so longer last night than in past years but it's only once every 50 years or so, so what the hell.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 05, 2026 10:28 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2026 10:22 PM (RIvkX)
Oh that is much better news. Continued prayers!
Posted by: Piper at July 05, 2026 10:29 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 10:29 PM (vC80E)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 05, 2026 10:30 PM (yEz+x)
A very serviceable and adequate ONT, Mr Blogger.😀
Piper's essay: We need more women in outlandish hats outside of the Derby.
Posted by: mindful webworker hearing fireworks and the dog barking at July 05, 2026 10:30 PM (tQ0hn)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 10:31 PM (vC80E)
Posted by: Bulg at July 05, 2026 10:31 PM (77rzZ)
A very serviceable and adequate ONT, Mr Blogger.😀
Piper's essay: We need more women in outlandish hats outside of the Derby.
Posted by: mindful webworker hearing fireworks and the dog barking at July 05
And sailing ships in our hair! With pearls.
Posted by: Piper at July 05, 2026 10:31 PM (OoFl2)
Oregon Public Broadcasting did an article about the city of Woodburn in Oregon, which is heavily Hispanic, and of course has been suffering under the boot of Trump and ICE.
But now, Woodburn is united in happiness- cheering for the Mexican soccer team.
I'm not sure if OPB thought through the message that this sends...
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 05, 2026 10:31 PM (aD4fx)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 05, 2026 10:32 PM (buFED)
Posted by: Doof at July 05, 2026 10:32 PM (R/fPf)
Been thinking of you and praying for you and your sweet beloved wife.
Please be comforted. Your family is cherished. Thank you for sharing your victories and your hardships.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 05, 2026 10:33 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: Bulg at July 05, 2026 10:33 PM (77rzZ)
Trump did this right over Mandami’s head
as the dirty little communist was sitting at George Washington’s desk backwards
bitching about not having sharia law in America surrounded by crying women in hijabs
https://tinyurl.com/bd7anvmf
Posted by: Braenyard
'Murica!!
LOL!!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 05, 2026 10:33 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 10:33 PM (vC80E)
Posted by: Piper at July 05, 2026 10:33 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 05, 2026 10:33 PM (buFED)
Posted by: Piper at July 05, 2026 10:33 PM (OoFl2)
Nobody authorized a vacation for you.
Posted by: Doof at July 05, 2026 10:35 PM (R/fPf)
Posted by: gKWVE , lord of the hashes at July 05, 2026 10:36 PM (buFED)
Posted by: Bulg at July 05, 2026 10:36 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2026 10:36 PM (1z8ji)
All of that was gone before I was a teen. The world changed.
It's changing again. It's just beginning.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 10:37 PM (vC80E)
Posted by: Piper at July 05, 2026 10:33 PM (OoFl2)
Nobody authorized a vacation for you.
Posted by: Doof at July 05, 2026 10:35 PM
Well if I can get out of a vacation with my J’s mom, plus 2 moody teenagers on a technicality…
Posted by: Piper at July 05, 2026 10:37 PM (OoFl2)
Outstanding Ont. thank you!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 05, 2026 10:38 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: World Cup Update at July 05, 2026
It’s crazy! Come on England!
Posted by: Piper at July 05, 2026 10:39 PM (OoFl2)
Out here south of town, we had plenty of lightning to accompany the late fireworks, and plenty of tree branches downed all over the yard. Nature's pruning methods are harsh.
But in-town got it much worse. Trees felled, electricity interrupted, and localized flooding. Son's yard got all that, and they say the juice will be turned back on by Midnight. The roof on Daughter's ballet center was ripped off, and in the morning they found two inches of rain on the floor. Hoping all their valuable videotapes on the second floor survived. I haven't heard about other damages in town, but there surely were some.
Neighbors are still popping fireworks steadily this evening. Daisy dog was fine with them last night, but she was with many people and a couple of other dogs. Today it's just her usual humans. I guess she thinks she has to defend us. Finally had so many kabooms she gave up on the barking back.
America!!
Posted by: mindful webworker enjoying leftovers from yesterday's picnic basket at July 05, 2026 10:40 PM (tQ0hn)
Posted by: Piper at July 05, 2026 10:40 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Joemarine at July 05, 2026 10:41 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Piper
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Contract labor gets no vacation.
If you're not going to show you must provide
adequate replacement.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 10:41 PM (vC80E)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2026 10:22 PM (RIvkX)
Any chance that Mrs. F's problems were the result of DEI incompetence, or worse, a deliberate act by an Antifa, or musloid type?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2026 10:41 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Bulg at July 05, 2026 10:41 PM (77rzZ)
1) AI Answer: Britain has no political prisoners according to established human rights organizations
2) Guardian: Britain has Environment and Palestinian political prisoners
3) British government: The only people arrested in Britain have committed serious offenses
4) The Independent (from 2024 for some reason): The government is making a mistake in giving racists shorter sentences for protesting the Southport stabbing
Of course I did this search after watching the British police arrest a guy for saying Muhammed committed genocide. They told him specifically that is why he was being arrested. Note the Koran also says Muhammed commited genocide
Posted by: 18-1 at July 05, 2026 10:41 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 05, 2026 10:42 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Piper at July 05, 2026 10:33 PM (OoFl2)
Nobody authorized a vacation for you.
Posted by: Doof at July 05, 2026 10:35 PM (R/fPf)
Perhaps you should ask Bulg to do it, based on women's fashions from Battlestar Gallactica from 1978, Buck Roger's in the 25th Century, or Flash (the one with Ornella Muti).
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 05, 2026 10:44 PM (qx7Zg)
I realized at that point squirrels can't see very well up close because of their eye structure.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 05, 2026 10:44 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: gKWVE , lord of the hashes at July 05, 2026 10:44 PM (buFED)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Two different places in US; articles on muslin nurses saying they would not provide and one saying would let the Jew die.
They are currently unemployed.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 10:44 PM (vC80E)
Posted by: Bulg at July 05, 2026 10:45 PM (77rzZ)
Imagine if they'd made a different choice: "This bikes hip rolls have a 2 liter capacity each."
Posted by: buddhaha at July 05, 2026 10:46 PM (iaABv)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 05, 2026 10:44 PM (sKqQm)
Well, that, and also that they are obligate carnivores.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2026 10:46 PM (1z8ji)
Trump did this right over Mandami’s head
as the dirty little communist was sitting at George Washington’s desk backwards
bitching about not having sharia law in America surrounded by crying women in hijabs
https://tinyurl.com/bd7anvmf
Posted by: Braenyard
He should have dropped a fucking MOAB on that asshole. Happy 250th you driftwood piece of shit.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 05, 2026 10:46 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Bulg at July 05, 2026 10:47 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Det Cpt Hercule Obvious
He must have gotten the squirrel out of the Waffle House freezer. Makes you wonder what they might be grinding up and putting in their sausage.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 05, 2026 10:47 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2026 10:22 PM (1z8ji)
This guy will tell you about it:
https://tinyurl.com/yzy27y3d
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2026 10:48 PM (1Ff7Z)
4) The Independent (from 2024 for some reason): The government is making a mistake in giving racists shorter sentences for protesting the Southport stabbing
Of course I did this search after watching the British police arrest a guy for saying Muhammed committed genocide. They told him specifically that is why he was being arrested. Note the Koran also says Muhammed commited genocide
Posted by: 18-1
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This was from Karoline Leavitt
https://tinyurl.com/kpbbdvx7
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 10:48 PM (vC80E)
Posted by: Bulg at July 05, 2026 10:49 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 05, 2026 10:49 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Some squirrel looking at your pants at July 05, 2026 10:49 PM (sKqQm)
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I read an interesting book about Valley Forge. The Congress was made aware of the deplorable condition of the troops but they were disinclined to spend any money. They were without proper clothing, even boots or shoes, and barely fed.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 05, 2026 10:50 PM (IZ5Pv)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 05, 2026 10:50 PM (qFwJc)
They are currently unemployed.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 10:44 PM (vC80E)
Not good enough. Dead, or aboard a slow boat to Shitcanistan.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2026 10:50 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: mindful webworker enjoying leftovers from yesterday's picnic basket at July 05, 2026 10:40 PM
I hope the studio is okay, and the floors can be saved!
Posted by: Piper at July 05, 2026 10:50 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Berserker
In his squirrel thermos, surely.
Posted by: mikeski at July 05, 2026 10:53 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Joemarine at July 05, 2026
I will definitely take a look!
Posted by: Piper at July 05, 2026 10:53 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Piper at July 05, 2026 10:53 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Bulg at July 05, 2026 10:53 PM (77rzZ)
Thank you and Piper for the ONT.
Piper...thanks be to God we don't have to wear all of those layers now. I'd surely die from everyone's BO and my own heat (but I'd never have BO). The hair alone would make me completely loco, and yellowjackets would get trapped in there and kill me. Altho some of it is lovely (the clothing).
My late brother could have been a professional bass fisherman. Daily or twice daily fishin' living on our father's lake. He'd patiently take our sons when they were small and I'd patiently pay him for the lures that are still probably in trees down there. He never threw the boys out of the boat.
My little brother looks like the twin of Brad Paisley. I know Brad and his cute wife are probably flaming liberals, but he's naturally witty and he made up his mind to date her when he saw her in a movie, which is sweet.
I totally love romantic stories like this because while ours is happy and forever it was rather bizarre in the making and no wine or roses. Coors and watching for the first snowflake at the top of a mountain in an ancient car was our story. No regrets.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 05, 2026 10:54 PM (hzuYO)
https://tinyurl.com/yzy27y3d
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2026 10:48 PM (1Ff7Z)
I could not stay with it long enough to get his story. Annoying presenter.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2026 10:54 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 05, 2026 10:54 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: TxAnn
Ladybird Johnson's hair looked like a helmet.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 05, 2026 10:54 PM (0Htd1)
https://tinyurl.com/kpbbdvx7
The other big one from the last few days is a white kid being attacked by a group of black guys.
One guy knocks him down.
A second one punches him the head while he is trying to get up.
Then a bobbie-ette flies in and throws the white kid up against the wall hitting him from the side.
He thew a punch that slightly hit her and you can see his eyes pop open when he realized it was a cop not a member of the gang but she arrests him anyway.
Her partner had gone to the group of black guys, talked with them, and then came back and threw the white kid in the police car roughly.
My guess is the claim is the lone white kid said something rayciss so the mobbing was ok.
Note almost 100% of the leftists commenting on the story claim this was good policing because the kid threw a punch at a cop and the fact he was being mobbed 1s before she threw him against the wall has no baring on his arrest.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 05, 2026 10:55 PM (sKqQm)
Outstanding Ont. thank you!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 05, 2026 10:38 PM (yEz+x)
Thank you. I think they're getting better. Doof has two more, but I think I need to change out the news section. It might depress Beckoning Chasm.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 05, 2026 10:55 PM (qx7Zg)
Herschel wanted to name Uranus after George III, "Georgium Sidus". Needless to say, that did not fly outside of Britain. Of course, it would confirm that George III was an asshole.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 05, 2026 10:56 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 05, 2026 10:24 PM
Technically, we have the accent.
Posted by: Piper
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Not really. There's a u tube out there about this very subject, and, according to it, American Mid-Atlantic is closer to the English spoken in Parliament in 1776 than any of today's Brit accents. The drift in the UK toward broad As and stretched Rs was driven by a desire by the upper classes to distinguish themselves from the ordinary people.
Posted by: buddhaha at July 05, 2026 10:57 PM (iaABv)
as the dirty little communist was sitting at George Washington’s desk backwards
bitching about not having sharia law in America surrounded by crying women in hijabs
https://tinyurl.com/bd7anvmf
Posted by: Braenyard
He should have dropped a fucking MOAB on that asshole. Happy 250th you driftwood piece of shit.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 05, 2026 10:46 PM (S41Gd)
***
That photo was deliberately staged to be as insulting as possible. Mandami is a nasty POS.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 05, 2026 10:57 PM (2WIwB)
Thanks for the fashions, Piper. Some of the late 18th century clothing was really lovely.
Posted by: sal at July 05, 2026 10:58 PM (f+FmA)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 05, 2026 10:59 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: buddhaha
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Right.
That's why Brits do Southern accents so well.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 11:00 PM (vC80E)
There were many "precoveries" of Uranus well before -- they just thought it was a dim star. The earliest most probable is Hipparchus, who observed and catalogued it back in 128 BC. There is no star at that position, and that's about where Uranus would've been then.
Flamsteed was the first to definitely, no question about observe Uranus in 1690, and six times later. Again, he thought it was a star. And several astronomers observed it between then and Herschel.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 05, 2026 11:00 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Bulg at July 05, 2026 11:01 PM (77rzZ)
Hi Piper🧐....
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 05, 2026 11:01 PM (uTEOj)
Elon Musk Retweeted
Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸@pmarca Jul 4
God bless America
https://tinyurl.com/y7xuehzj
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 11:03 PM (vC80E)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 05, 2026 11:00 PM (w6EFb)
Since Uranus was not really "discovered", and its orbit determined, until the early Modern era, I LOL at its inclusion on astrology charts.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2026 11:03 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Piper at July 05, 2026 11:03 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Archimedes
Embraceth thee, the palliative potence of "and."
Posted by: the guy in the painting at July 05, 2026 11:04 PM (VHUov)
It beats driving down to the bridge over the river and tossing it in the water. The cops stake out those known drop sites.
Posted by: Orson at July 05, 2026 11:05 PM (dIske)
"Congress was disinclined to spend any money"
Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress had NO power to tax, not even to impose a customs
duty on imports.
All Congress could do was to ask the states, very politely, to send them some money. You can imagine how effective THAT was.
So, Congress had no money to spend.
This situation continued after the War, contributing to a major postwar economic depression. Only the ratification of the Constitution in 1789 finally ended this almost fatal flaw in our system of govt.
Posted by: mnw at July 05, 2026 11:06 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Piper
Alas, doesn't sound like it. She says everything in there is soaked. And with that excellent thoughtfulness and foresight of artistic businesses, they had no renters' insurances.😒
Posted by: mindful webworker - oh, look - leftover potato salad at July 05, 2026 11:06 PM (tQ0hn)
Years (and pounds) ago, I could fit into my bespoke 18th c. formal outfits. The gorgeous outer coats and waistcoats, yes still, but the breaches? LOL, not a chance. One is dark blue velvet with silver trim, the other dark red taffeta with raised criss-crossing and also silver trim.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 05, 2026 11:06 PM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: Case at July 05, 2026 11:06 PM (IY9No)
Posted by: Bulg at July 05, 2026 10:47 PM (77rzZ)
It's still summer, you know.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2026 11:06 PM (1Ff7Z)
I'm not sure if OPB thought through the message that this sends...
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 05, 2026 10:31 PM (aD4fx)
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Well now they can cry a bit more. England with the crazy win.
Posted by: Black JEM at July 05, 2026 11:07 PM (UQRAm)
There was a very funny piece from several years ago, may have been Phil Plait (the "Bad Astronomer") going through the various "rules" of astrology, at least how they imagine the planets influence earthly events.
Distance doesn't matter, and size doesn't matter either, taking them at their word, so he concluded that tiniest dust speck at the edge of the observable universe should have has much influence as Jupiter.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 05, 2026 11:07 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Archimedes
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Steam-powered, no doubt.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 05, 2026 11:08 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Piper at July 05, 2026 11:08 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at July 05, 2026 11:08 PM (HXBtj)
Posted by: mnw at July 05, 2026 11:06 PM (RCjYY)
Not worth a Continental.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 05, 2026 11:09 PM (gqKkr)
Posted by: Bulg at July 05, 2026 11:01 PM (77rzZ)
I had to look her up. I remembered her from a Twilight Zone episode, but didn't realize she directed one of the episodes I find very satisfying - "The Masks".
Good looking, and could pull off fashion and simpler attire.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 05, 2026 11:09 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 05, 2026 11:10 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Piper
Alas, doesn't sound like it. She says everything in there is soaked. And with that excellent thoughtfulness and foresight of artistic businesses, they had no renters' insurances.😒
Posted by: mindful webworker - oh, look - leftover potato salad at July 05, 2026 11:06 PM (tQ0hn
Is this hers? She didn’t have a business owner’s policy with property insurance? I am surprised the landlord allowed that! Not to mention liability. It’s not cheap, I know first hand, but a necessity. It’s too late now, but I have a great agent who specializes in this, I can share.
Posted by: Piper at July 05, 2026 11:11 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2026 10:54 PM (1z8ji)
Really? I like him. Well, try this guy instead:
https://tinyurl.com/49s2p793
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2026 11:11 PM (1Ff7Z)
There is a propose mission to Uranus on the table that will launch in the mid-2030s if all goes well. It will be an orbiter and probe. NASA and the rest have decided it's high time we get back to Uranus again.
The orbiter will, of course, insert itself into orbit, circling around, and then deploy a probe which will plunge itself deep into Uranus.
They're even thinking about two probes, a big one and small one. A small probe before the big probe.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 05, 2026 11:14 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Archimedes
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Steam-powered, no doubt.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 05, 2026 11:08 PM (u/oMr)
James Watts’s improvements to Newcomen’s steam engine occurred in 1776, just in time for the era, but a little early for the true age of steam.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 05, 2026 11:14 PM (gqKkr)
And the plot point of distrust of governments reminded me that right now half the country beliefs that the government is led be a Jewish/Russian puppet trying to implement fascism and reduce women to sex slavery and also believes only members of the government should have guns. Maybe they are being controlled by aliens?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 05, 2026 11:14 PM (sKqQm)
Trump did this right over Mandami’s head
as the dirty little communist was sitting at George Washington’s desk backwards
bitching about not having sharia law in America surrounded by crying women in hijabs
https://tinyurl.com/bd7anvmf
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 10:22 PM (vC80E)
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I still try not to think about NYC now, with Mandingo, post 9/11, and watching the second jet hit the Tower live. My husband's cousin, a NYFD man, died in one of those towers. For 48hrs his family did not know if four first cousins were dead as it was generational in that family to be NYPD or NYFD.
No idea if NYC can ever claim that city back now from the muslime rule. I'm still mad at GWB as well. Thankful I saw NYC in the late '90's and 2000's when it was nice.
I will never, as long as I live, ever, tire of Freebird, anything by Lynyrd Skynyrd, or our fighter jets and flyovers.
Thankful to live in the most powerful nation on earth and in history.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 05, 2026 11:14 PM (hzuYO)
https://tinyurl.com/49s2p793
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2026 11:11 PM (1Ff7Z)
Yikes! Makes Pete Bootygag look butch.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2026 11:14 PM (1z8ji)
That's a wise choice.
Posted by: Barack Obama walking funny after a night with Michelle Obama at July 05, 2026 11:15 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Det Cpt Hercule Obvious at July 05, 2026 10:07 PM (w/O5Q)
I don’t know about y’all, but when I am out and about, I never leave home without my frozen squirrel.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 11:15 PM (4g5V+)
It only took America 7 years to forget 9/11.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 05, 2026 11:15 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 11:16 PM (/QHx4)
Well done, England! Now, good luck leaving Mexico alive.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 05, 2026 11:16 PM (sAmhv)
They're even thinking about two probes, a big one and small one. A small probe before the big probe.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 05, 2026 11:14 PM (w6EFb)
I hereby dub the small probe Barky, and the large probe Paolo.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 05, 2026 11:16 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: mnw at July 05, 2026 11:17 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Bulg at July 05, 2026 11:19 PM (77rzZ)
Washington was real big on spies and intelligence and subterfuge in warfare, and spent quite a lot of money on that, on a percentage basis of defense in particular.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 05, 2026 11:19 PM (ZgXGm)
Cackles
Is that like when, uh, a bigger country like uh decides to uh like invade a smaller uh country?
Cackles
Posted by: Kamala Harris, almost president in 2024... at July 05, 2026 11:19 PM (sKqQm)
The mainstream fashions of those days were so far from nature that we can't criticize the extreme fashions of these days. Wearing a freaking CAGE under your dress and a lampshade on your head, my God.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 05, 2026 11:20 PM (mmrXZ)
They are currently unemployed.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 10:44 PM (vC80E)
Not good enough. Dead, or aboard a slow boat to Shitcanistan.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2026 10:50 PM (1z8ji)
If I were king for a day, they’d bounce so fast they wouldn’t have time for their heads to spin.
It’s not hard. You come here, especially immigrating here, you play by OUR rules.
Related: DoorDash, everyone you hire can and should be fluent in English. Period.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 11:21 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Archimedes
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Steam-powered, no doubt.
Posted by: Cicero
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Cue: "Monstrous Wheel".
Posted by: buddhaha at July 05, 2026 11:21 PM (iaABv)
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=S9cnYeFFeC4
Posted by: Emmie at July 05, 2026 11:21 PM (lP31d)
Posted by: Bulg at July 05, 2026 11:22 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 05, 2026 11:22 PM (ZgXGm)
Well done, England! Now, good luck leaving Mexico alive.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 05, 2026 11:16 PM (sAmhv)
Has anyone reached the AZ AG for comment?
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 11:22 PM (4g5V+)
They are currently unemployed.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 10:44 PM (vC80E)
Not good enough. Dead, or aboard a slow boat to Shitcanistan.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2026 10:50 PM (1z8ji)
They would have 2 choices. Shotgun pinata, or Pinochet skeet.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 05, 2026 11:24 PM (S41Gd)
Washington was real big on spies and intelligence and subterfuge in warfare, and spent quite a lot of money on that, on a percentage basis of defense in particular.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 05, 2026 11:19 PM (ZgXGm)
As Valley Forge showed…having a good quartermaster is essential.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 11:24 PM (4g5V+)
https://tinyurl.com/49s2p793
Posted by: OrangeEnt
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He doesn't answer the question.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 11:25 PM (vC80E)
I think one of the most absolute important skills he had was knowing his own abilities - and therefore retreating when it was prudent and then waiting until the time was right...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 05, 2026 11:25 PM (sKqQm)
https://youtu.be/Zm4wQJEZlvI
Bulg, one of the ladies in this video might work for a fashion discussion. I think you'll figure out which one I mean .
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 05, 2026 11:26 PM (qx7Zg)
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Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal
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Button the waistcoat and you can relieve the pants.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 11:27 PM (vC80E)
But Mexico is a nation with literal kleptocracy - the criminal gangs control everything
Posted by: 18-1 at July 05, 2026 11:27 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Bulg at July 05, 2026 11:29 PM (77rzZ)
181 Here's a message from 1976 that I think most of us here agree with.
https://youtu.be/Zm4wQJEZlvI
Bulg, one of the ladies in this video might work for a fashion discussion. I think you'll figure out which one I mean .
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 05, 2026 11:26 PM (qx7Zg)
That was great, I still know most of those people singing there. Seeing Johnny Cash get in gave me a smile.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 05, 2026 11:30 PM (pQsRv)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 05, 2026 11:30 PM (ZgXGm)
It would be great if we could assign certain jobs to Muslims.
Hey, you clean up dog shit at the dog rescue, you clean bathrooms at the rest areas, etc.
Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 11:30 PM (/QHx4)
Yikes! Makes Pete Bootygag look butch.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2026 11:14 PM (1z8ji)
Well, here's Jon Townsend on period hats he sells:
https://tinyurl.com/467pspc2
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2026 11:30 PM (1Ff7Z)
There are many mysteries of Uranus, which is why they're so eager to probe it close up and for extended periods.
Uranus almost lies on its side. Using the right-hand rule, it's obliquity (axial tilt) is 98 degrees. That is, it's north pole is slightly upside down. The IAU definition of North pole is that pole that lies on the ecliptic north side, determined by our own "north", the tilt there is 88 degrees, with retrograde rotation.
The magnetic poles are significantly offset from the rotation axis. So as Uranus rotates, imagine a bar magnet pointing offest, rotating around with the planet. Makes for some complex magnetic dynamics.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 05, 2026 11:31 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: GWB at July 05, 2026 11:31 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: Bulg at July 05, 2026 11:19 PM (77rzZ)
A Batman villain, too.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2026 11:32 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 05, 2026 11:33 PM (gKWVE)
It would be great if we could assign certain jobs to Muslims.
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Row,... row, ...row, ...row, Africa's just a shout away,
It's just a shout away, row, ...
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 11:33 PM (vC80E)
Hey, you clean up dog shit at the dog rescue, you clean bathrooms at the rest areas, etc.
Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 11:30 PM (/QHx4)
Shaking farts out of bed sheets at a Chinese laundry.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 05, 2026 11:34 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 11:34 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: polynikes at July 05, 2026 11:35 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 11:25 PM (vC80E)
Try the first guy:
https://tinyurl.com/yzy27y3d
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2026 11:36 PM (1Ff7Z)
https://tinyurl.com/467pspc2
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2026 11:30 PM (1Ff7Z)
How about a page of text, with maybe an illustration or two?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2026 11:36 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Bulg at July 05, 2026 11:01 PM (77rzZ)
Ida Lupino is in my top ten classic movie babes. Her husband actor Howard Duff was a lucky man.
Posted by: Joemarine at July 05, 2026 11:37 PM (y171U)
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Row,... row, ...row, ...row, Africa's just a shout away,
It's just a shout away, row, ...
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 11:33 PM (vC80E)
On a windy day, they could try using their clothes as a sail. If the sun's out, they could get some interesting sunburns.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 05, 2026 11:37 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Piper
Not hers. She's been involved with the civic ballet company for decades, but has no authority over the board of dictators. She's a teacher, great with the young kids. Very involved with each production, nominally rehearsals director but actually much more.
Enjoyed watch her and her husband as the King and Queen in Soile Arvola's Sleeping Beauty this year. They regularly are one of the couples dancing in the first act of the Nutcracker. Arvola was one of the studio's mentors.
Arvola - Paquita, 1984
https://youtu.be/66LsmQp5wsk
Don't know what they're going to do about a place to work now.
Posted by: mindful webworker - beer! at July 05, 2026 11:37 PM (tQ0hn)
183 Britain is a nation with a fascist government
But Mexico is a nation with literal kleptocracy - the criminal gangs control everything
Posted by: 18-1 at July 05, 2026 11:27 PM (sKqQm)
None of the Latin American governments have ever been able to break free from the sorry legacy of the Spanish colonial system. Spanish Colonial governments were heavily centralized but mindless bureaucracies, shot through with corruption at every level. Still describes just about every Latin American government to this day.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 05, 2026 11:37 PM (pQsRv)
France has fifty seven (57)
Germany currently has zero (0), at one time it apparently had dozens.
Spain has five (5)
UK has four (4)
Russia has eleven (11) with about forty (40) reactors
U.S.A. has fifty seven (57) in twenty eight (2
statesPosted by: Common Tater at July 05, 2026 11:39 PM (ZgXGm)
https://tinyurl.com/2n3y3456
And thanks for the very interesting fashion segment, Piper, although I think she's gone to bed
Goodnight all!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 05, 2026 11:40 PM (AQXU4)
https://tinyurl.com/yzy27y3d
Posted by: OrangeEnt
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Ha, blame it on the Spaniards. Why not?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 11:40 PM (vC80E)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 05, 2026 11:41 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
What a quaint idea.
Posted by: monetized influencers at July 05, 2026 11:42 PM (VHUov)
Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 05, 2026 11:42 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Sir Mixeth Much at July 05, 2026 11:43 PM (l3cgK)
Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 05, 2026 11:42 PM (vTZFs)
Ooh, brackets fail...
Posted by: Sir Mixeth Much at July 05, 2026 11:43 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 05, 2026 11:44 PM (pQsRv)
"The tricorne hat (or tricorn) is a three-cornered headwear style that dominated 18th-century fashion, evolving from earlier broad-brimmed hats used by Spanish soldiers in Flanders during the 17th century. The triangular shape was originally practical, allowing soldiers to hold muskets on their shoulders without hitting the brim and directing rain away from the face. "
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2026 11:44 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2026 11:36 PM (1z8ji)
If I'm going to be your unpaid research intern, I demand $32 per hour!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2026 11:44 PM (1Ff7Z)
Japan has thirty three (33)
Ukraine has four (4) nuclear sites, with fifteen (15) reactors. Generates about 50% of their electricity
Posted by: Common Tater at July 05, 2026 11:45 PM (ZgXGm)
The men's clothes wouldn't be as bad.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 05, 2026 11:45 PM (qx7Zg)
The leading educated guess/hypothesis is a collision with a smaller, earth sized protoplanet billions of years ago.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 05, 2026 11:46 PM (w6EFb)
Most people can read faster than they can listen.
So text shows respect for the audience; the audience's time is being considered more valuable than the author's, by the author.
And speech shows the opposite. Podcasting is narcissism.
Posted by: mikeski, curmudgeon at July 05, 2026 11:46 PM (VHUov)
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Maybe not for long.
_Vlad, just Vlad
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 11:47 PM (vC80E)
Posted by: Oddbob at July 05, 2026 11:47 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2026 11:44 PM (1Ff7Z)
There is much wisdom in the Horde. I figured somebody here would know.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2026 11:48 PM (1z8ji)
Most people can read faster than they can listen.
So text shows respect for the audience; the audience's time is being considered more valuable than the author's, by the author.
And speech shows the opposite. Podcasting is narcissism.
Posted by: mikeski, curmudgeon at July 05, 2026 11:46 PM (VHUov)
Hmmm...
Well you shouldn't be reading books and online articles while driving, so there.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 05, 2026 11:48 PM (l3cgK)
Most people can read faster than they can listen.
So text shows respect for the audience; the audience's time is being considered more valuable than the author's, by the author.
And speech shows the opposite. Podcasting is narcissism.
Posted by: mikeski, curmudgeon at July 05, 2026 11:46 PM (VHUov)
Hmmm...
Well you shouldn't be reading books and online articles while driving, so there.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 05, 2026 11:48 PM (l3cgK)
And books in the shower are...messy.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 05, 2026 11:48 PM (l3cgK)
217 Most people can speak faster than they can write.”
I’ve met quite a few people who can speak faster than they can think.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 05, 2026 11:49 PM (pQsRv)
Posted by: Bulg at July 05, 2026 11:50 PM (77rzZ)
Most people can read faster than they can listen.
So text shows respect for the audience; the audience's time is being considered more valuable than the author's, by the author.
And speech shows the opposite. Podcasting is narcissism.
Posted by: mikeski, curmudgeon at July 05, 2026 11:46 PM (VHUov)
True. I can read War and Peace in 12-14 hours, but the complete audiobooks take 55 to 65 hours.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 05, 2026 11:51 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 11:51 PM (vC80E)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 05, 2026 11:53 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 11:53 PM (vC80E)
We are now 250+1 years old. Oh my! Us youngsters!
Thank God He blessed us with this lovely land.
We are so very proud and, oh yeah! Proud!
Screw 'em.
*Spit*.
I think we've got it all over those little pussies.
Bring it commies. We proud AMERICANS will kick your ass everytime.
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 05, 2026 11:53 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 11:51 PM (vC80E)
Had a '56 Cadillac with the Wonderbar radio that had that feature.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2026 11:54 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Effie Perrine at July 05, 2026 11:54 PM (p1D+n)
JWST near-infrared time lapse of the rotation of Uranus:
https://t.ly/b0CKn
That's been notoriously tricky to pin down. Some optical observations got in the ballpark, but Voyager 2 seemed to pin it down, but years later, turned out that was about 28 seconds off.
An orbiter would determine this well, including all the complex differential rotations.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 05, 2026 11:55 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: 18-1
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One of the major tenets of Carter's platform was,
'I will make nuclear energy safe for America', lying bastard.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 11:56 PM (vC80E)
Posted by: polynikes at July 05, 2026 11:35 PM (/WQy
Really great! I especially like how you show light and reflection. Im partial to the Cape Disappointment oil, but they are all so good!!
Posted by: LASue at July 05, 2026 11:57 PM (lCppi)
I might need bail moneys
Darleen and that damn squirrel are fine
Got theyselves the hash brown freezer all by themselves
Posted by: Miklos using his one call at July 05, 2026 11:57 PM (6VErX)
When in dash factory radios became available, the period advertisements stressed the necessity to be able to change stations without ever taking eyes off the road. They really thought that was a big deal.
Modern Touchscreens and portable devices are horrible in that regard. Probably good for a class action lawsuit or two? Bottom feeders
Posted by: Common Tater at July 05, 2026 11:58 PM (ZgXGm)
Wearing a freaking CAGE under your dress and a lampshade on your head, my God.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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And that's just the men.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 06, 2026 12:00 AM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Saw a '49 Cadillac with a fold-out record player
For the Submarine Races I reckon
Posted by: Miklos on his lawyer's VPN at July 06, 2026 12:00 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone
When I say it's a party, it's a PARTY
Posted by: Miklos on his lawyer's other VPN at July 06, 2026 12:01 AM (6VErX)
--- only the explosion, not the bodies
https://tinyurl.com/3m9a7yv2
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2026 12:02 AM (vC80E)
Posted by: Bulg at July 06, 2026 12:03 AM (77rzZ)
So I'm thinking maybe next week, Piper could, well, you know, provide some examples. The Paige Spiranic 4th of July picture would be a good start.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 06, 2026 12:04 AM (2WIwB)
Well, it's past midnight. Aphelion will be at 1:30PM EDT (17:30Z). And that's almost dead on high noon here. The Sun will be 94,502,962 miles away at that point.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 06, 2026 12:04 AM (w6EFb)
Baby Doth have backside!
Posted by: Sir Mixeth Much
Dooood......
Posted by: Ben Franklin at July 06, 2026 12:04 AM (6VErX)
Tara Yazdi, please pick up the white courtesy phone.
Posted by: Bulg at July 06, 2026 12:07 AM (77rzZ)
Most people can read faster than they can listen.
So text shows respect for the audience; the audience's time is being considered more valuable than the author's, by the author.
And speech shows the opposite. Podcasting is narcissism.
Posted by: mikeski, curmudgeon at July 05, 2026 11:46 PM (VHUov)
True. I can read War and Peace in 12-14 hours, but the complete audiobooks take 55 to 65 hours.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 05, 2026 11:51 PM (qx7Zg)
I run some EweToob videos at 2x or 3x speed...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 06, 2026 12:07 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Ben Franklin at July 06, 2026 12:07 AM (6VErX)
You might try a hamster. They're fatter, and last longer in the freezer. 'Eenze might dig it....
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 06, 2026 12:08 AM (uTEOj)
Posted by: Bulg at July 06, 2026 12:09 AM (77rzZ)
He was a weird dude. He was known to go through the White House checking that each window shade was drawn down precisely halfway, or whatever. Uniformity.
In a cost cutting measure, he cutoff the top shelf booze and high dollar snacks for the press corps. He put out hot dogs and kool aid, something like that, instead. They thought he was kidding. He wasn’t.
They exposed his famous briefcase he was seen carrying to the White House every day, was in fact a prop. It was empty.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 06, 2026 12:09 AM (ZgXGm)
Posted by: Common Tater
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As the suit bag he carried over his shoulder while debarking AF-1.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2026 12:11 AM (vC80E)
Posted by: mindful webworker - curious at July 06, 2026 12:11 AM (tQ0hn)
Posted by: Orson
My plan is the frozen moose.
You're saying that's ridiculous, but is it?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 06, 2026 12:12 AM (diia5)
Al Sharpton pronunces it "Ma'am Damn Nanny".
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 06, 2026 12:12 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Bulg at July 06, 2026 12:13 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 06, 2026 12:15 AM (uTEOj)
_Hillary Clinton
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2026 12:16 AM (vC80E)
Which is heavenly.
It looks like this year I may wind up either running out of jars or shelf space. I may even run out of space under the bed.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 06, 2026 12:17 AM (rbvCR)
https://clip.cafe/the-wizard-of-oz-1939/
but-some-people-without-brains-do-an-
awful-lot-of-talking/
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 06, 2026 12:17 AM (gqKkr)
Posted by: COMountainMarie
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What's up?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2026 12:17 AM (vC80E)
Posted by: JQ at July 06, 2026 12:19 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Bulg at July 06, 2026 12:19 AM (77rzZ)
She sounds … concerned. That’s always a good sign.
She should have been vetted before being allowed to run for any public office. Bill would never have passed any cursory background or loyalty check either.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 06, 2026 12:20 AM (ZgXGm)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 06, 2026 12:22 AM (uTEOj)
Posted by: Bulg at July 06, 2026 12:22 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: mindful webworker - chipmonk holsters at July 06, 2026 12:22 AM (tQ0hn)
Posted by: Bulg at July 06, 2026 12:24 AM (77rzZ)
Weather was too iffy to work on the car outside, so I contented myself by scrapping out two more old car generators. Both were in tough shape, and not worth trying to save them. If I come across any that are in decent shape, and worthy of a freshen-up, I will do it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 06, 2026 12:24 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: JQ at July 06, 2026 12:25 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 06, 2026 12:15 AM (uTEOj)
Why, you belong here as much as us losers and miscreants do!
Wait. I didn't mean it to come out like that. It's not that you... uh, well.................... hey look! Squirrel!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 06, 2026 12:25 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 06, 2026 12:26 AM (uTEOj)
Posted by: Bulg at July 06, 2026 12:26 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: mindful webworker - chipmonk holsters at July 06, 2026 12:22 AM (tQ0hn)
Frozen boa constrictors would be handy. You could wield them like a baseball bat.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 06, 2026 12:26 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 06, 2026 12:27 AM (xHdZY)
Riiiiight.
"iT wAs PreMeDiTatEd, your honor."
Posted by: JQ at July 06, 2026 12:27 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Bulg at July 06, 2026 12:28 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 06, 2026 12:15 AM (uTEOj)
What's wrong? Are tonight's topics too far out?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 06, 2026 12:30 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Bulg at July 06, 2026 12:26 AM (77rzZ)
Perhaps she's pining for pike to use on a troublemaker.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 06, 2026 12:32 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Bulg at July 06, 2026 12:33 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: JQ at July 06, 2026 12:34 AM (rdVOm)
The fantastical Horde!
Here's me being all sorry for myself.
My pals come through.
Jeez. I love youz 💋💕!
And. Then I almost caught a trout. Damn fish anyway🐠...
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 06, 2026 12:36 AM (uTEOj)
Posted by: JQ at July 06, 2026 12:36 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Bulg at July 06, 2026 12:33 AM (77rzZ)
I'm doing well. Still laughing at the silliness of this world.
How about you? Tutoring taking off, planting acorns of knowledge in the young?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 06, 2026 12:36 AM (qx7Zg)
A woman was pissed at her so she took a frozen leg of lamb and beat him about the head and killed him.
She cooked the lamb and then called the police and while they were investigating served them the lamb.
Lack of evidence, lol.
It was a fiction story, i don't remember the author.
Posted by: four seasons at July 06, 2026 12:37 AM (/QHx4)
Ida Lupino is in my top ten classic movie babes.
I like her in They Drive By Night
https://t.ly/AIa5W
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 06, 2026 12:37 AM (Cqx++)
Committed assault with a squirrel
When asked why he'd chosen
To use one that was frozen,
He said, "they're more easy to hurl.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 06, 2026 12:37 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: four seasons at July 06, 2026 12:38 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Case at July 06, 2026 12:39 AM (IY9No)
Posted by: Bulg at July 06, 2026 12:39 AM (77rzZ)
The Met Ball and others of its ilk have seen a resurrection of those wild dress shapes & hair styles.
While whale boning became a no-no long ago, corsetry still features some of the damnedest metal and plastic boning imaginable. (For the youthful and couture inclined.)
Life was good way back when I had piles of French curls and whatever in the hair for prom, other people's weddings, and NYs Eve celebrations. (They could stay in a week, even at the beach, with the right hairspray!)
In the British legal system, barristers and judges in higher courts continue to wear traditional, distinctive white, curled horsehair wigs, known as perukes.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 06, 2026 12:40 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 05, 2026 11:51 PM (vC80E)
George O Smith, who later wrote the Venus Equilateral stories, said that on Dec 7 1941 he and his crew were trying to build a car radio for Philco that would do just that, and they had just got to the point of it going all the way to the top of the dial and stalling instead of stopping at stations on the way. They found out about the bombing at about 10 pm when they went home for the day.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 06, 2026 12:40 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: clarence at July 06, 2026 12:40 AM (xyH2B)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 06, 2026 12:41 AM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 06, 2026 12:20 AM (ZgXGm)
She was vetted. She was found to have serious personality problems and was on several serious meds to combat them. She also paid of the DNC debts so they owed her bigly.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 06, 2026 12:41 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: mindful webworker - chipmonk holsters at July 06, 2026 12:22 AM (tQ0hn)
Secret Squirrel approves of this message.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 06, 2026 12:41 AM (mP0Kj)
In a cost cutting measure, he cutoff the top shelf booze and high dollar snacks for the press corps. He put out hot dogs and kool aid, something like that, instead. They thought he was kidding. He wasn’t.
Posted by: Common Tater
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A glimmer of redemption?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 06, 2026 12:41 AM (mmrXZ)
It was a fiction story, i don't remember the author.
Posted by: four seasons at July 06, 2026 12:37 AM (/QHx4)
Sounds like one of the Alfred Hitchcock mystery stories.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 06, 2026 12:43 AM (pQsRv)
Posted by: Bulg at July 06, 2026 12:43 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg at July 06, 2026 12:39 AM (77rzZ)
Moscow's working on countermeasures. Theirs are nasty looking wooden drones that lull the Moscow-lungers into a passive state with strange transmissions. The tentative name is the Barcalounger.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 06, 2026 12:43 AM (qx7Zg)
****
Even back then, the press was going to print what they wanted rather than the facts or truth. Why continue to coddle the riffraff? Even today, much of the press are unserious hacks.
Posted by: clarence at July 06, 2026 12:46 AM (xyH2B)
Posted by: four seasons at July 06, 2026 12:46 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Kilgore Trout at July 06, 2026 12:47 AM (XeU6L)
All responses are confidential and for research purposes only. Here's the link to share your views:
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….. I never opted in you SOBs
Posted by: Common Tater at July 06, 2026 12:47 AM (Mr2jk)
“I’m not clumsy. It’s just the floor hates me, the tables and chairs are bullies, and the walls get in my way.” –
JQ...Over here at the wobbly table....a round for the house...
Oh yeah....put it on my tab🤓...
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 06, 2026 12:48 AM (uTEOj)
A glimmer of redemption?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone
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He likely lusted after them in his heart.
Posted by: Kilgore Trout at July 06, 2026 12:48 AM (XeU6L)
I used to go back to school in the fall with blackened hands from picking up walnuts.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 06, 2026 12:49 AM (rbvCR)
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But they would have kept his empty briefcase a super secret I betcha
Posted by: Common Tater at July 06, 2026 12:50 AM (Mr2jk)
Posted by: JQ at July 06, 2026 12:51 AM (rdVOm)
Is the lamp stealing your best material, too?
Posted by: Kindltot at July 06, 2026 12:51 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: JuJuBee at July 06, 2026 12:52 AM (tM5h4)
Posted by: Bulg at July 06, 2026 12:52 AM (77rzZ)
Here in SW Idaho, we have plenty of roadkill badgers and I despise drivers who tailgate me.
What's the connection, you ask?
I'm going to collect badger carcasses and freeze each one in a water filled five gallon bucket. I'll remove the blocks of badger-filled ice from the buckets. Hidden in the back of each of my vehicles, I will install a frozen badger dispenser.
When I get tailgated, I will release a block of badger, timing it so it will roll beneath the offending vehicle and cause massive disruption to its undercarriage.
When the authorities arrive to investigate, all the ice will have melted, leaving only a mangled ball of badger to be blamed for the damage.
(Begins to cackle madly)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 06, 2026 12:52 AM (W5PEE)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2026 12:52 AM (vC80E)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 06, 2026 12:40 AM (rbvCR)
That feature makes use of AVC voltage developed at the detector diode. AVC means "automatic volume control" and it is now a basic feature of any decent radio. Usually the detector tube had two diode plates and a small triode within it. One diode plate detected the AM signal, and applied it to the grid of the triode, which was the first audio amplifier. The other diode plate provided AVC voltage, which was used to control gain on the RF and IF stages of the receiver. No signal, no AVC voltage. Strong signal, high AVC voltage. So AVC voltage becomes a useful indicator of the presence of a signal. The trick with the motor-driven tuner like the Wonderbar is getting the motor to stop at just the right time.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 06, 2026 12:52 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: four seasons at July 06, 2026 12:37 AM
Roald Dahl.
Posted by: JuJuBee at July 06, 2026 12:54 AM (tM5h4)
She cooked the lamb and then called the police and while they were investigating served them the lamb.
Lack of evidence, lol.
It was a fiction story, i don't remember the author.
Posted by: four seasons
👍 Excellent memory! The original is "Lamb to the Slaughter," a 1953 short story by Roald Dahl. A few adaptions over the years followed.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 06, 2026 12:56 AM (NFX2v)
And a bit more guilty because a big limb came down in my from yard (fills up a lot of the yard, that’ll be some work cleaning it up) and I think the damage was caused when it hit the trunk power line and caused a lot of stuff to blow. But thanks to a quirk in how my lines are hooked up, I’m unaffected. The utility trucks have been parked in front of my house for about 6 hours now.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 06, 2026 12:57 AM (pQsRv)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 06, 2026 12:57 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Bulg at July 06, 2026 12:58 AM (77rzZ)
Ya'll have great minds.
Hubby and i are old and we joke that every morning we have to look at our drivers license to remember our names, lol.
Posted by: four seasons at July 06, 2026 12:59 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 06, 2026 01:00 AM (uTEOj)
Posted by: JQ at July 06, 2026 01:02 AM (rdVOm)
We need a T-Rex. Where is a Dino when you need one🦖 anyway?!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 06, 2026 01:05 AM (uTEOj)
(Begins to cackle madly)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
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He has plans
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2026 01:06 AM (vC80E)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 06, 2026 12:57 AM (rbvCR)
I don't believe that the Wonderbar concept required a special tube. AVC circuits had been commonplace since the early 1930's, and detector tubes with the additional two diode units for nearly that long. The trick for the motor-driven tuner was the circuitry needed to stop the motor as the AVC voltage stopped rising rapidly and began to peak. If you wait for the peak, it's too late, the motor will coast for tiny fraction of a second after its power is cut, leaving you on the downslope of the AVC curve, and not dead-nuts center-tuned on the station. Sound quality suffers a little.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 06, 2026 01:12 AM (1z8ji)
We need a T-Rex. Where is a Dino when you need one🦖 anyway?!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 06, 2026 01:05 AM (uTEOj)
I think he's taken a shine to Idaho Spudboy's idea, and is out looking for badgers.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 06, 2026 01:13 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2026 01:14 AM (vC80E)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 06, 2026 01:15 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 06, 2026 01:13 AM (qx7Zg)
I think the badger-deployment idea has merit, but maybe only in the heat of Summer. The ice might persist for hours or days in sub-freezing weather.
What about using skunks, frozen in liquid nitrogen?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 06, 2026 01:16 AM (1z8ji)
"Time to sleep. Because staying awake just increases the awkward thoughts.”
I love youz!!!
Till 250+2!!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 06, 2026 01:17 AM (uTEOj)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 06, 2026 01:20 AM (gqKkr)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2026 01:21 AM (vC80E)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2026 01:21 AM (vC80E)
That's got to hurt Chief Liawatha.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 06, 2026 01:23 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2026 01:14 AM (vC80E)
It doesn't work that way. Tap the switch, a relay closes and latches, sending power to the tuning motor, which continues to run until the relay is unlatched by AVC voltage (amplified by a tube) gets high enough to trigger another relay to interrupt coil current to the latching relay. And when the dial got all the way to 1640 kHz, a stop switch triggered reversal of the motor, and drive the dial all the way back to 540 to start another sweep.
They were very clever engineers, doing logic problems with vacuum tubes, relays, and motors.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 06, 2026 01:23 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: four seasons at July 06, 2026 01:24 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: JQ at July 06, 2026 01:24 AM (rdVOm)
Being so 3 stooges....
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 06, 2026 01:24 AM (uTEOj)
https://youtu.be/5lP8BZcyoEQ
G'nite, y'all.💤
Posted by: mindful webworker - ''nice'' they say at July 06, 2026 01:24 AM (tQ0hn)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Trying to build a mnemonic memory circuit out of stone knives and bearskins?
Posted by: JQ at July 06, 2026 01:26 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 06, 2026 01:27 AM (gqKkr)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 06, 2026 01:27 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: four seasons at July 06, 2026 01:29 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: JQ at July 06, 2026 01:30 AM (rdVOm)
Yep. Still pushing the Ella Langley drum. I apologize for nothing. She's just a country pop gal I just found out was really good a couple of months ago. I'm not really good at keeping up with trends.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 06, 2026 01:30 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 06, 2026 01:30 AM (gqKkr)
Calla Walsh began organizing for Democratic Senator Ed Markey while she was still a teenager. She had the perfect profile: earnest, idealistic, and a model Gen Z Democrat.
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Whole page of death to America - some just elected into our govt.
Where's votermom?
https://tinyurl.com/5t3s8e47
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2026 01:32 AM (vC80E)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 06, 2026 01:33 AM (gqKkr)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2026 01:21 AM (vC80E)
That's got to hurt Chief Liawatha.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
You'd have to have a moral compass for that. She's undead.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 06, 2026 01:34 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 06, 2026 01:35 AM (1z8ji)
3h
The Bank of Korea warned that single-stock leveraged ETFs tied to Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix could deepen market concentration, amplify volatility and intensify one-way trading flows, according to a local report.
"With Samsung and SK Hynix accounting for more than half of stock market capitalization and trading volume, expanding investment in single-stock leveraged ETFs could further intensify this concentration," the BOK said in a written response submitted to People Power Party lawmaker Park Sung-hoon: Yonhap
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Hey, assholes, you can't buy either one at the NYSE.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2026 01:38 AM (vC80E)
Posted by: Skip at July 06, 2026 01:42 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: four seasons at July 06, 2026 01:43 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2026 01:55 AM (vC80E)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 06, 2026 01:57 AM (fkjGs)
Every week, these strange white crates leave a high-security Tesla compound in Lathrop, California.
They’re showing up near the Hoover Dam. At an Air Force base in Georgia. In the heart of New York City…
An estimated 4,000 of them are now spread across 48 locations in 14 states. And more roll out every week.
But you won’t see this on CNBC, and you won’t read about it in the Wall Street Journal.
Because these mystery Elon crates have nothing to do with electric vehicles, space, social media, crypto, biotech, robots, or AI…
The “mystery Elon crates” are Tesla Megapacks — grid-scale battery storage units being deployed across the country for utility, military, and commercial energy projects. Tesla is quietly building the backbone of America’s grid-storage infrastructure while everyone’s distracted by culture-war bullshit — but it is the actual story worth paying attention to.
No secret technology. No hidden invention. Just the most boring, most profitable, and arguably most important thing Tesla does — hidden in plain sight.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2026 02:15 AM (vC80E)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 06, 2026 02:22 AM (fkjGs)
Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) represent a broad suite of smaller-scale designs that seek to apply the principles of modularity, factory fabrication, and serial production to nuclear energy.
SMRs offer additional flexibility in operation and wider deployment opportunities, allowing for nuclear to be used in more locations and for a greater range of applications.
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https://tinyurl.com/39sa6urh
tiny goes to spaced up address
https://world-nuclear.org/ information-library/ nuclear-power-reactors/ small-modular-reactors /small-modular -reactors
Small modular reactors (SMRs) are nuclear fission reactors with a power output of less than 300 megawatts.
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Search Assist says 20 megawatts will power 13,400 homes.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 06, 2026 02:32 AM (vC80E)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 06, 2026 02:39 AM (55dRY)
Posted by: Coach Mike"Miklos" Krzyzewski at July 06, 2026 02:51 AM (6VErX)
Born to Flora in London, May 12, 1958, daughter of Nnamdi Azikiwe, the first President of Nigeria.
Died of cancer in Banjul, Gambia, January 31, 2008, as "The Phenomenal Woman," "The Simple Poet," and a mother of four.
And in between, she charmed millions as Roller Girl, the real star of a certain 1981 music video.
she gets rock n roll a rock n roll station
and a rock n roll dream
she’s making movies on location
she don’t know what it means
but the music make her wanna be the story
and the story was whatever was the song what it was
rollergirl don’t worry
d.j. play the movies all night long
Dire Straits - Skateaway (Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/vcwl-Q7pAtY
It is not her fault that, in some way, she symbolizes the death of our great cities as Generational Places in their own right. At some point, they somehow transformed into mere theaters for the youthful development of all the world's transnational elites; and she was there for it, but did not make it happen.
Posted by: SciVo at July 06, 2026 03:11 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Late-Night Lurker at July 06, 2026 03:15 AM (LqqGi)
Time to take another whack at creating an ONT.
Hour of the Wolf took an axe
And gave the ONT forty whacks.
Weird Dave saw what he had done
And gave the ONT forty-one.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at July 06, 2026 03:20 AM (s9VOe)
Is it just me, or is commenting kinda light tonight?
Can't lurk without comments to lurk up0n.
Posted by: Late-Night Lurker
Just what do you mean "light"? Like, in the loafers? Out with it, you!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at July 06, 2026 03:22 AM (s9VOe)
It's pretty light tonight. Holiday, work day coming up, etc. Good time to post obscure songs from my yute.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 06, 2026 03:27 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Skip at July 06, 2026 03:48 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 06, 2026 03:52 AM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 06, 2026 03:56 AM (mmrXZ)
I've been working midshift for decades so my internal clock is boned. You have my sympathy. Good luck with the doc.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 06, 2026 03:57 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: m at July 06, 2026 04:31 AM (6wpGE)
Born to Flora in London, May 12, 1958, daughter of Nnamdi Azikiwe, the first President of Nigeria.
Died of cancer in Banjul, Gambia, January 31, 2008, as "The Phenomenal Woman," "The Simple Poet," and a mother of four.
And in between, she charmed millions as Roller Girl, the real star of a certain 1981 music video.
she gets rock n roll a rock n roll station
and a rock n roll dream
she’s making movies on location
she don’t know what it means
but the music make her wanna be the story
and the story was whatever was the song what it was
rollergirl don’t worry
d.j. play the movies all night long
Dire Straits - Skateaway (Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/vcwl-Q7pAtY
It is not her fault that, in some way, she symbolizes the death of our great cities as Generational Places in their own right. At some point, they somehow transformed into mere theaters for the youthful development of all the world's transnational elites; and she was there for it, but did not make it happen.
Posted by: SciVo at July 06, 2026 03:11 AM (Sy6m/)
I'm putting this on the tech thread.
Posted by: m at July 06, 2026 04:31 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: m at July 06, 2026 04:32 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: SciVo at July 06, 2026 11:19 AM (Sy6m/)
Gun Thread: First July Edition!
FUNdamentals Revolvers get a bad rap, don't you think? Especially the snubby, which I am inclined to think is the revolver's highest form. Not sure why, maybe from watching too many cops 'n robbers shows, but I am pretty sure they're my fave. Are they challenging to shoot? No, not really. Are they challenging to shoot well? I'd say not much more than anything else really. This is why we practice - that is to repeatedly do something that is challenging in order to become better at doing that thing.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Accomack at July 05, 2026 07:00 PM (T8bqm)
: to knock, hit, or thrust vigorously often with a sharp noise
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Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 05, 2026 07:00 PM (Wnv9h)
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 05, 2026 07:00 PM (0sNs1)
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Posted by: Scuba_Dude at July 05, 2026 07:03 PM (3CpER)
Unless, of course, you also consider a S&W M-657 Mountain Gun.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 05, 2026 07:03 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 05, 2026 07:04 PM (IQ6Gq)
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Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 05, 2026 07:05 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Weasel at July 05, 2026 07:03 PM
"No willingness to consider at least some vertical dispersion?"
-- The Fourth Shot
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 05, 2026 07:06 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by pew pew at July 05, 2026 07:06 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: RI Red
**********
He won....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 05, 2026 07:04 PM (IQ6Gq)
Distracting me with Ben Had recipe tips.
Posted by: RI Red at July 05, 2026 07:06 PM (WcJqs)
Hope all have had a fun and safe Independence Day weekend.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at July 05, 2026 07:07 PM (xVpNO)
Ahhh, looking forward to the day I can hang out all night on the fun thread and not worry about what I have to do tomorrow.
And also be able to talk about new toys or accessories. :-)
Hope everyone had a fun and safe Independence Day. Can't believe I have celebrated the 200th and the 250th birth of this great nation. Would really love to be around for the 300th. :-)
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at July 05, 2026 07:08 PM (3CpER)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 07:17 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: RI Red at July 05, 2026 07:20 PM (iaf7q)
Posted by: RI Red at July 05, 2026 07:20 PM
Frère!
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Posted by: Ed L at July 05, 2026 07:29 PM (BCwQW)
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Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 05, 2026 07:31 PM (fkjGs)
Posted by: RI Red at July 05, 2026 07:06 PM
If it's a fair fight, you ain't tryin'.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 05, 2026 07:31 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 05, 2026 07:30 PM
Build-an-AR >>> Build-a-Bear
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 05, 2026 07:32 PM (Wnv9h)
Everyone who's taken a junior hunting knows the move to take a rifle safely from a distracted youngling, and i pulled that move on a bloke who was monkeying with my diopter after i agreed to let him take a shot. (It was between rounds at a300 match)
Turns out he was a Somebody in the club. But it was an LPVO and now I've got another 3 hours of monkeying around to get back to proper 1x.
AITA?
Posted by: Nato at July 05, 2026 07:34 PM (XAyZ8)
Posted by: Oddbob at July 05, 2026 07:34 PM (vTZFs)
gun-nation/celebrate-americas-birthday-like-a-patriot-
build-your-own-ar-15-rifle/
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 05, 2026 07:35 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 05, 2026 07:35 PM (/+uur)
I got back to the range after 4 weeks. The grass was a foot tall. I took our brand new zero turn John Deere and did the entire club in 4.5 hours. As compared to 10 hours on the tractor last year!
I may go shoot this week.
Posted by: RI Red at July 05, 2026 07:37 PM (iaf7q)
[ ... ]
Turns out he was a Somebody in the club.
* sigh * Sometimes I prefer commercial for-profit ranges to clubs. Clubs are always run by old farts who think it's the Gun HOA.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 05, 2026 07:37 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: RI Red at July 05, 2026 07:01 PM (WcJqs)
KINK-eee!
Posted by: Safe word is "Bond" at July 05, 2026 07:40 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: RI Red at July 05, 2026 07:06 PM
If it's a fair fight, you ain't tryin'.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 05, 2026 07:31 PM (Wnv9h)
Like and follow for more recipe tips...
Posted by: SciVo at July 05, 2026 07:42 PM (Sy6m/)
Now you tell me. At least I know why I'm not getting any action.
Posted by: James at July 05, 2026 07:42 PM (0sNs1)
And a very expensive custom trigger job. That's three. Amongst our weaponry are practice, fundamentals, a very expensive custom trigger job, and superhuman index finger strength!
Posted by: I'll come in again... at July 05, 2026 07:44 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 07:45 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 05, 2026 07:45 PM (Cqx++)
Nice job.
Posted by: RI Red at July 05, 2026 07:50 PM (iaf7q)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 05, 2026 07:52 PM (fkjGs)
Nice job.
Posted by: RI Red at July 05, 2026 07:50 PM
Weasel Dog was a savage.
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Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 05, 2026 08:00 PM (fkjGs)
Bespoke, handcrafted, artisanal, hand loaded ammo for the win!
Posted by: RI Red at July 05, 2026 08:02 PM (iaf7q)
This is yet another form of wobbliness to eschew.
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It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.
Posted by: Kramer at July 05, 2026 08:02 PM (2Ez/1)
Teaches you a lot. Don’t be a pussy. Shoot double action. Makes you a better shooter. Because, at least to me, it’s not easy.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 05, 2026 08:02 PM (yEz+x)
Weasel shot an outstanding group, particularly being double-action, and the rudimentary sights the M-64 (and others of its ilk) have.
Follow Weasel-san's counsel, and you, too, may be a shooter of renown.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 05, 2026 08:04 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Ben Had
Much wisdom from Ben Had.
My take is similar: "If you can't solve your problem with six, you would probably be facing an unhappy ending no matter what you had!"
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next Up TX MoMe ~ at July 05, 2026 08:04 PM (hOUT3)
Unless it is belt-fed!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next Up TX MoMe ~ at July 05, 2026 08:04 PM (hOUT3)
Did the "cost of a rifle" guy miss anything?
My first thought was, how much of the cost of a Moisin-Nagant was subsidized by us giving them other weapons?
I also had to wonder at the prices. 55 reichsmarks wouldn't buy you much at all by 1943. Maybe half a stick of gum. How much did it really cost, based on, say, a rifle factory worker buying a loaf of bread?
Also, I could have sworn Germany went semi-auto before the war, to some extent.
Posted by: GWB at July 05, 2026 08:04 PM (akrkX)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 05, 2026 08:02 PM
There is iron in the words of nurse ratched for all Morons to see.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 05, 2026 08:05 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 07:45 PM (afJtY)
Trigger control is self-control.
Posted by: GWB at July 05, 2026 08:06 PM (akrkX)
Teaches you a lot. Don’t be a pussy. Shoot double action. Makes you a better shooter. Because, at least to me, it’s not easy.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 05, 2026 08:02 PM
My first pistol purchase was a Colt 1911. My second was a S&W 640 Centennial snubbie in .357 (I load it with 158 gr .38 Spcl +Ps). Not an easy pistol to shoot well, but a good pistol.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 05, 2026 08:06 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: YellowBird at July 05, 2026 08:07 PM (MEbkQ)
Posted by: RI Red at July 05, 2026 07:01 PM (WcJqs)
Wouldn't that be "muddling RMBS"?
Posted by: GWB at July 05, 2026 08:07 PM (akrkX)
Posted by: JTB at July 05, 2026 08:08 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 05, 2026 08:13 PM (6vVfZ)
Unless, of course, you also consider a S&W M-657 Mountain Gun.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 05, 2026 07:03 PM (0sNs1)
A 657 Mountain Gun loaded with finely crafted hand loads in .41 Special brass. I used my own cast 220 grain lead semiwadcutters, a moderate amount of Unique powder, and what had been a rather mediocre shooter suddenly became one of those guns that I had always read about, but had never actually owned.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 05, 2026 08:17 PM (W5PEE)
Posted by: GWB
Nope, they messed around with several types before the STG 44, Walther made some of them but they were not field hardy enough to be used widely.
Most German infantry had bolt actions until near the end of the war on the Western front, some machine guns, but no general issue semi auto or full automatic rifles. Instead, the Germans employed excellent light and heavy machines guns.
On the Eastern front, the STG-44 was hidden from Mustache man until quite late when Russia was pushing back the Germans across the entire front. That is where the STG-44 came into its own with Russian wave attacks using their own Russian machine guns.
Posted by: whig at July 05, 2026 08:20 PM (E4rtv)
I really like that revolver, the custom grip fits my hand like a glove.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 05, 2026 08:21 PM (fkjGs)
Posted by: Oddbob at July 05, 2026 07:34 PM
OK, now I'm really annoyed that I didn't think of the Build-a-BAR pun.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 05, 2026 08:22 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: GWB at July 05, 2026 08:04 PM (akrkX)
Germany did issue a couple of semiautomatic rifles towards the end of the war, in the full size 8x57 caliber, but like so many other arms projects it was a case of too little and too late.
Cue the fanboys of the STG-44 assault rifle...
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 05, 2026 08:23 PM (W5PEE)
I also had to wonder at the prices. 55 reichsmarks wouldn't buy you much at all by 1943. Maybe half a stick of gum. How much did it really cost, based on, say, a rifle factory worker buying a loaf of bread?
Also, I could have sworn Germany went semi-auto before the war, to some extent.
Posted by: GWB at July 05, 2026 08:04 PM (akrkX)
Very, very few Western Allied small arms made it into Soviet service in any numbers whatsoever due to logistics issues. Note that significant numbers of M1928A1 Thompsons came back in the early 2000s as parts kits because these were included w/ the M3 Stuart and Lee tanks sent over as Lend Lease.
The Germans had VERY large numbers of slave laborers making firearms. When the FN plant at Liege was liberated in September 1944, 90+% of the workers were Eastern European slave laborers.
The Germans did introduce the G41 and G43 semi auto rifles after encountering Soviet SVTs on the Eastern Front. But the Mauser K98 remained the de facto standard rifle for entire war.
Posted by: Ed L at July 05, 2026 08:23 PM (BCwQW)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 08:24 PM (afJtY)
Unless, of course, you also consider a S&W M-657 Mountain Gun.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
I like the trigger pull on S&W revolvers and they are easy enough to tune yourself if needed but for awhile since the 1960's, their quality seems to come and go as S&W sales do.
IMHO, 50's and early 60's were some of the best overall combination of modern metallurgy, fit and finish, and quality that Smith had. Bangor Punta era produced hit or miss quality, the later gunlock mfg that merged with Smith buggered up Smith from the mid 90's onward with the Hillary hole.
Posted by: whig at July 05, 2026 08:24 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Ben Had
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Revolvers often 'point' naturally if your grips and frame fit your hand. Like a handshake from an old friend. A few semi autos do it for me but that is more idiosyncratic.
Posted by: whig at July 05, 2026 08:27 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at July 05, 2026 08:29 PM (fKauK)
Posted by: GWB at July 05, 2026 08:04 PM (akrkX)
Only the US was successful in making semi-auto weapons front line standard issue in the form of the M1 Garand rifle and the M1 Carbine. The Russians wanted to make the SVT their standard issue rifle, but the German invasion forced them to shelve their plans to do so. Instead, they went with the Mosin Nagant, relying on the PPsh 41 for their close combat firepower.
Posted by: Ed L at July 05, 2026 08:29 PM (BCwQW)
Anyway, apparently the courts found the more onerous parts of the Virginia gun laws...onerous.
So Virginia county courts enjoined the laws. Injunctions.
Virginia Dems in charge are like - no worries. We will just enforce the laws anyway.
Interesting approach, that.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at July 05, 2026 08:32 PM (fKauK)
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at July 05, 2026 08:33 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 08:33 PM (afJtY)
A firearm that 'points' naturally is one that when raised to a firing position, the front and back sight are nearly if not completely aligned with little operator action needed.
Makes them easier to shoot as the shooter only has to worry about controlling the trigger more than aligning the sights.
Some firearms may naturally have the front sight point down below the rear, some will point high, and it is all dependent on the individual's personal physique. You can train using a weapon that doesn't point well naturally but it is always easier to shoot a firearm that points well in the first place.
For me, most Glocks do not 'point' naturally but Springfield XD or Smith and Wesson do. So rathe than conform my shooting technique to the gun, I chose the gun to conform with my shooting technique.
Posted by: whig at July 05, 2026 08:38 PM (E4rtv)
Also - I had a tick on my wrist. It has been removed.
sra blaster says I hope that's not the kind that makes you allergic to meat. Me too! That would suck. A lot.
It's a "Lone Star tick" which is the type that carries that. But it is still rare.
And why is a Lone Star Tick in Florida?
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at July 05, 2026 08:38 PM (fKauK)
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at July 05, 2026 08:32 PM (fKauK)
I liked it better when Sic Semper Tyrannis on the Virginia State flag still meant something.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next Up TX MoMe ~ at July 05, 2026 08:39 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat
Ask Bill Gates...
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next Up TX MoMe ~ at July 05, 2026 08:40 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at July 05, 2026 08:33 PM
Wait...whut? Is she a senior this year?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 05, 2026 08:40 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Ben Had
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I practice draws while I have not being going to the range and on a firearm that points well for me, my sights are on target as long as my drawstroke is good. Then again, I don't use 'target' sights either on my firearms for serious social encounters.
Posted by: whig at July 05, 2026 08:41 PM (E4rtv)
Thanks for the revolver oriented videos. Revolvers are my handgun of choice for many reasons but DA triggers are the most difficult to learn. I have a Model 10, a police trade-in, that looks like absolute crap but functions fine. I don't know what such things cost today but years ago I paid about $150 for it. I consider it an excellent tool to learn centerfire DA shooting with a decent but typical trigger. And using 38 special wadcutter reloads keeps ammo costs way down.
A nice benefit: the better I got with DA triggers the better I shot with SA revolvers. Just had to get used to the lighter SA trigger.
Posted by: JTB at July 05, 2026 08:41 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: whig at July 05, 2026 08:24 PM
Concur. I've been very happy with my S&W MGs (.41, .44, .45), all of which are 98-99 timeframe. They have the frame-mounted FP, and (unfortunately) some MIM internals, but no HH. My regrets are not buying a second 657 for $350 in the mid-2000s, and never getting a MG in .357.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 05, 2026 08:42 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Ed L at July 05, 2026 08:43 PM (BCwQW)
Also, I wanted to clear a spot to make a 25 yard range. But the Hammer Knife Mower is currently non-op. I had used an insufficiently beefy lovejoy coupler on it and it broke a tooth when I hit a high spot of ground. I got a new coupler but it is having fitment issues.
So no flail mowing. Sad.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at July 05, 2026 08:43 PM (fKauK)
https://tinyurl.com/Gun-Goddess-on-handgun-fit
Posted by: whig at July 05, 2026 08:44 PM (E4rtv)
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Ask Bill Gates...
NPR did a story about the tick and the associated disease and somehow completely forgot to mention the left pushing the idea of spreading it on purpose to reduce meat consumption.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 05, 2026 08:44 PM (vTZFs)
"Natural point of aim (NPA) for a handgun refers to the position where the firearm naturally aligns with a target when the shooter assumes a relaxed stance with minimal muscle tension. This concept is critical for accuracy and speed, particularly in self-defense scenarios where stress degrades conscious aiming skills.
To check your NPA, adopt a shooting stance, close your eyes, raise the unloaded pistol to aim at a target, and then open your eyes. If the sights are not on target, adjust your body position—typically by shifting your feet—rather than forcing the gun with your arms. A gun that matches your body’s geometry will require less conscious effort to keep the sights on target.
Key factors influencing natural pointing include:
Grip Angle: Pistols like the 1911 (18-degree angle) and Glock (22-degree angle) have different natural pointing tendencies, which can affect alignment for shooters accustomed to other platforms.
Body Mechanics: Proper NPA relies on skeletal support and muscle relaxation; misalignment often results in consistent misses to the left or right. "
Posted by: whig at July 05, 2026 08:45 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 05, 2026 08:47 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 08:47 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: JTB at July 05, 2026 08:41 PM (yTvNw)
S&W's catalog has the Model 10 Classic's MSRP as $1,019.
Posted by: Ed L at July 05, 2026 08:47 PM (BCwQW)
As a gun the SAA pattern is not as good as modern guns.
There. I said it.
And it's single action - its in the name.
But they remain cool. And everybody wants to be a cowboy.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at July 05, 2026 08:48 PM (fKauK)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 08:48 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 05, 2026 08:49 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: RI Red at July 05, 2026 08:50 PM (WcJqs)
But they remain cool. And everybody wants to be a cowboy.
Posted by: blaster
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If I hunted with a handgun, then yes, I would want a single action. Better options out there today for people.
Posted by: whig at July 05, 2026 08:51 PM (E4rtv)
I can't say the same for a SA/DA semi-automatic (Sig P229, I'm looking at you).
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 05, 2026 08:53 PM (0sNs1)
Does that count? 😋
Posted by: buddhaha at July 05, 2026 08:54 PM (iaABv)
I chose run as the only option.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 08:54 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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Aim surplus occasionally gets some (suspect Century International is the primary source)--usually security agency turnins or from foreign countries.
Taurus has gotten better with its Q/A as has this iteration of Charter Arms. So both are viable sources for revolvers. Stay away from used of either of these brands unless you know how to evaluate revolvers properly.
Colts made since the 70's are fine, before then, the lockwork means that some Colts are fine and others require retiming the action which is a pain to find gunsmiths up to that and expensive when you do. They modernized the lockwork beginning the late 60's from leaf springs to coils.
Rugers are pretty much bombproof but not always the best trigger pulls.
Posted by: whig at July 05, 2026 08:55 PM (E4rtv)
https://rb.gy/iqxd2s (Goes to X(twitter))
Posted by: Tennessee Jed at July 05, 2026 08:55 PM (CLS0Q)
Posted by: JTB at July 05, 2026 08:41 PM (yTvNw)
S&W's catalog has the Model 10 Classic's MSRP as $1,019.
Posted by: Ed L at July 05, 2026 08:47 PM (BCwQW)
There is a nice looking Model 10, made in 1962, on Gunbroker right now. Bids are over $500 and there are still 3 days to go on the auction.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 05, 2026 08:57 PM (W5PEE)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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Only if you know how to safely decock a cocked revolver. I never encouraged the people I taught how to shoot to cock the hammer in order to shoot. Better to teach double action from teh get go.
Posted by: whig at July 05, 2026 08:58 PM (E4rtv)
Just another "one that got away" story but a few years ago, Cabela's had a bunch of model 65s in very good condition with LEO stampings for, IIRC, less than $400. Interestingly, they all had bobbed hammers. I guess whichever agency it was that had them didn't want to risk any "it just went off" lawsuits.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 05, 2026 08:59 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 05, 2026 09:01 PM (yEz+x)
Check out the 1911 Syndicate's video on the origins of the 1911. The hosts go through the numerous predecessors to the 1911 and test fire several of these rare firearms, including Colt's Model 1907 prototype and JMB's prototype Model 1909 automatic.
Posted by: Ed L at July 05, 2026 09:02 PM (BCwQW)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 05, 2026 09:03 PM (0sNs1)
S&W's catalog has the Model 10 Classic's MSRP as $1,019"
Ouch! For that price for a Model 10 I expect it to include a car to drive it home. Sticker shock occurs more frequently as I get older.
Posted by: JTB at July 05, 2026 09:04 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: JTB
They are bringing 350-400 retail nowadays for worn finish Model 10's around here. A bit more for the stainless varieties in 38 Special.
For about $100 to $150 more, look for a worn Combat Masterpiece Model 15==adjustable sights and very shootable. The Target Masterpieces (model 14 in 38 Special) are also excellent but often a bit more pricey and harder to draw (Patridge front sight is sharp enough to hang on the draw).
All of the numbered Smith and Wesson models are suitable for +p 38 Special and that began about 1957.
USAF used those Model 15s for decades until finally moving to the Beretta 92's around the Gulf War time.
Posted by: whig at July 05, 2026 09:05 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Oddbob at July 05, 2026 08:59 PM (vTZFs)
A lot of PD's modified their revolvers to function in double action only because single action often produced negligent discharges, whether through poor gun handling or mishaps (rubbing a holster against a car seat, etc.). It's more difficult (but not impossible) for a small slip to overcome the heavier pull required for double action. Also, double action only usually requires the officer to deliberately make a decision to pull the trigger.
Posted by: Ed L at July 05, 2026 09:07 PM (BCwQW)
Posted by: JTB at July 05, 2026 09:04 PM (yTvNw)
I understand that they're only made in batches now, not mass produced as they were decades ago. Smaller production runs = higher per unit cost.
Posted by: Ed L at July 05, 2026 09:08 PM (BCwQW)
Posted by: Oddbob
A criminal trial involving Janet Reno prosecuting a cop rested on the cop allegedly cocking the revolver and shooting the suspect by accident. Total bullshit but caused a riot when the Hispanic cop got off from the lawsuit. A similar thing happened in Canada causing a furor. So police chiefs started switching police revolvers to double action only (DAO). That later led Miami police to be able to move to Glocks as the ATF classified those as Double Action Only.
Posted by: whig at July 05, 2026 09:09 PM (E4rtv)
DAO revolvers have a bit faster lock time due to the single action notch being removed from teh hammer, than the traditional double action revolver.
Posted by: whig at July 05, 2026 09:10 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 09:13 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: whig at July 05, 2026 09:05 PM (E4rtv)
I remember reading somewhere (The Firearms Blog?) that the USAF retained surviving Model 15s as war reserve weapons that were still used for training until just a couple of years ago (2023-24). Not sure what their ultimate fate will be, but given their age and likely condition, I suspect "Captain Crunch" will have his due.
Posted by: Ed L at July 05, 2026 09:13 PM (BCwQW)
Posted by: Bob Seger at July 05, 2026 09:16 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 09:13 PM (afJtY)
Lack of a need to form around a straight magazine is my guess.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 05, 2026 09:16 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 09:13 PM (afJtY)
I think it's because the grips have much more influence on how the revolver feels in your hands than a semiautomatic pistol. I don't particularly care for the thin service grips on a Colt Python. But if I swap them out for Pachmyr Presentation or "Gripper" grips, that same Python feels completely different in my hands.
Posted by: Ed L at July 05, 2026 09:18 PM (BCwQW)
Brains for lunch
Brains for dinner
Brains for brunch
All we ever eat are brains
Why can’t we have some guts
Oi! Oi! Oi!
Posted by: Misfits at July 05, 2026 09:20 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: RI Red at July 05, 2026 09:22 PM (WcJqs)
Posted by: whig at July 05, 2026 09:05 PM (E4rtv)
All the services didn’t switch in 1985? (When they went to the M18 that took no time at all.)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 09:22 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Ed L
AF is cheap on weapons--they are still rebuilding old AR receivers for use.
Posted by: whig at July 05, 2026 09:25 PM (E4rtv)
[ ... ]
Turns out he was a Somebody in the club.
* sigh * Sometimes I prefer commercial for-profit ranges to clubs. Clubs are always run by old farts who think it's the Gun HOA.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 05, 2026 07:37 PM (vTZFs)
And sadly those are the only ones with the time to run them.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 09:25 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Cow Demon
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Took awhile for the Beretta 92's to filter down to all units. We got ours in 1991 which pissed me off. I shot the Smith 15 a lot better because the grip on the 92's was too damn big. Still have a disliking for them after all these years and I damn sure never bought one for myself.
Posted by: whig at July 05, 2026 09:26 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at July 05, 2026 09:27 PM (E4rtv)
Thank you!
Appreciate your being here tonight and hope to see you next Sunday!
Posted by: Weasel at July 05, 2026 09:28 PM (zqeQL)
Grafs.com is running a "free" Hazmat fee special this weekend that will last for a couple more hours. Have to spend $250 to get the $24 fee waived.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 05, 2026 09:28 PM (W5PEE)
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No magazine in the grip.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 05, 2026 09:29 PM (jehhT)
Good evening, Ben Had,
Never saw this explained but assumed revolver grips were meant to conform to the hand and allow for more comfort dealing with recoil. They were also easy to modify. Semi grips were only about holding the magazine.
Posted by: JTB at July 05, 2026 09:29 PM (yTvNw)
Gun Thread, I come to learn
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 09:30 PM (afJtY)
It took a while for the M9 to replace the M1911 (and other secondary standard handguns). My National Guard unit didn't get their M9s until 1995. Also, the M9 was ill suited for investigative branches like CID, NCIS, and OSI because it was so large. These organizations ended up going with the Sig M11. And the special operations guys never really did warm up to the M9. Delta ended up staying with their custom 1911s. The SEALs chose to go with the Mk-25 (Sig P226). The 1911 was in fairly common use with the Green Berets as late as 2012. And the USMC Force Recon refused to go with the M9, sticking with updated 1911s until they got the Colt M45A1 in 2012.
Posted by: Ed L at July 05, 2026 09:30 PM (BCwQW)
Posted by: Ben Had
The Smith K frame is recognized along with the 1911 or the Browning High Power as having a grip that is almost universally one that fits most hand sizes. The old timey guys literally whittle down steel until it felt right. For the 1911, it was usually the unsung Browning brother who was a master machinist. For the High Power, I think it was Browning's French apprentice, Dieudonné Saive IIRC. Dunno about the K Frame.
Posted by: whig at July 05, 2026 09:31 PM (E4rtv)
Of course, ymmv...
Posted by: man at July 05, 2026 09:32 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: whig at July 05, 2026 09:26 PM (E4rtv)
That is surprising…but the USAF was also bigger then. When the M18 was brought in it was like BAM! here they are. One day I am going through the gate encountering SF with M9s, the next they all have M18s. Which meant I needed to run out and buy my own for familiarization and mastery purposes. (Little did I know that when I purchased my M18 I’d be retired in less than 18 months.)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 09:32 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Al Shabbah at July 05, 2026 09:33 PM (ImLCC)
Posted by: whig at July 05, 2026 09:25 PM (E4rtv)
I know from personal observation that a few old GAU-5 (Colt XM177E1) lower receivers were still in use in the mid-2010s.
Posted by: Ed L at July 05, 2026 09:33 PM (BCwQW)
Have a great week everyone!
Posted by: Coelacanth at July 05, 2026 09:34 PM (DJPFk)
Posted by: Ed L at July 05, 2026 09:35 PM (BCwQW)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 05, 2026 09:36 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: JTB
Yes, but grips and actually the entire frames were also pretty far along on ergonomics by the turn of the 20th century due to 50 years or so of development. Bisley frames are designed for target use, the old Colt SAA frames were designed to roll up in the hand under recoil, and then grips were adapted as easier for the mfg than frame changes. So you had Magna grips that are fat at the bottom and skinny at the top for large hands, Tyler T adapters to prevent the trigger guard from popping the nuckles, splinter grips for smaller hands, and so on. You can find all sorts of grip experimentation from the 1900's through the 1970's with design, materials, etc.
Posted by: whig at July 05, 2026 09:36 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 05, 2026 09:36 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 05, 2026 09:37 PM (K7yuL)
Posted by: Al Shabbah at July 05, 2026 09:33 PM (ImLCC)
Nice! When did you carry the S&W?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 05, 2026 09:37 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 09:32 PM (4g5V+)
The M18's cost per unit today is a lot less (especially after factoring in inflation) than the M9's was back then in the 90s.
Posted by: Ed L at July 05, 2026 09:37 PM (BCwQW)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 05, 2026 09:38 PM (K7yuL)
Posted by: Cow Demon
I was in Civil Engineering. We got the leftovers. Had Vietnam era M-16 A1s until just before I left the unit in the mid 90's.
Posted by: whig at July 05, 2026 09:38 PM (E4rtv)
I own/owned a lot of them. .22's, 38's, .357 magnums, .44 magnums, 9mms even.
And...though they are way better than single shots...I kinda hate them. As soon as 1900 comes around, there are much better options, they're called pistols.
I just don't enjoy shooting revolvers, but I do like the look and feel of revolvers. But the advantage of slides and recoil springs is just overwhelming.
Outside of a handful of niche roles, I don't endorse them.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 05, 2026 09:39 PM (xcxpd)
Truth. Flipping thru magazines back then one would see... things. Sometimes strange things...
Posted by: man at July 05, 2026 09:39 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Al Shabbah at July 05, 2026 09:39 PM (ImLCC)
Time to punch out. See y'all in the Morning Report.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 05, 2026 09:39 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Ed L
When I went through basic, the Air Force was still using those damn 22 LR adapters that don't work very well and left the rifles filthy.
Posted by: whig at July 05, 2026 09:39 PM (E4rtv)
Same. For me, it's the slide/ action moving in the direction I'm aiming. Again, your mileage may vary...
Posted by: man at July 05, 2026 09:42 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: man
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High Standard brought back the Bird's Head grip for the Sentinel series in the 50's, Pachmyrs developed several different rubber grips in the 60's and 70's, Colt experimented with something they called Coltwood, and I think the Ribber grip by Taurus was about the last of it. Ruger's GP-100 series introduced a frame that used a tang extension so a variety of grips could be used of differing sizes.
Posted by: whig at July 05, 2026 09:43 PM (E4rtv)
Outside of a handful of niche roles, I don't endorse them.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
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Depends on how much you practice regarding manual of arms and how much you are willing to deal with maintenance for autos. A neglected semi auto won't do well left in a drawer without lube and not much practice.
A revolver will function even with the ammo turning green from corrosion. For a casual shooter, I think revolvers do fine for the 1st rule of gunfights--have a gun.
Posted by: whig at July 05, 2026 09:46 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Oddbob at July 05, 2026 09:49 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Oddbob
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Yep, or you can buy used oversized grips and then whittle them down to fit. Also some companies out there to do it for you if you do a drawing of your open hand and fingers to send it.
Posted by: whig at July 05, 2026 09:50 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at July 05, 2026 09:51 PM (E4rtv)
https://www.salvatoregrips.com/
Posted by: whig at July 05, 2026 09:53 PM (E4rtv)
Hmmm... Gonna have to do some looking around now.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 05, 2026 09:54 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Oddbob at July 05, 2026 09:55 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: whig at July 05, 2026 09:57 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at July 05, 2026 09:59 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Oddbob
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I've found a lot of vintage revolver holsters and grips on Ebay as well. Those old leather holsters go well in many cases with old revolvers as they have been broken in and often softened with age.
Posted by: whig at July 05, 2026 10:01 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: GWB at July 05, 2026 10:29 PM (kU0PQ)
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!
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(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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 05, 2026 06:26 PM (FyPhv)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 05, 2026 05:59 PM (6/7Fs)
"Scallops" too.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 05, 2026 06:28 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Hillary! Dark Horse Candidate 2028 at July 05, 2026 06:28 PM (6/7Fs)
This is a good thing because I just got stung by a wasp on my little toe because of course I did and it hurts like the dickens. Have ice in it currently.
Posted by: Piper at July 05, 2026 06:29 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 05:19 PM (afJtY)
Thursday. I can be there Thursday.
This Sunday's steak is a prime T-Bone, paired with a 2021 Silver Linings cabernet. Other than a few exceptional zinfandels, I'm beginning to think cabs really own this space.
Of course, five years in the bottle converts most of the bottled sugar, and produces a drier finish than vintner intended for his wider audience. This is just about at its peak, and I look forward to pairing the remainder with my Avo Syncro toro about an hour hence. For now, let us take a moment to contemplate what just happened here. Prime steak...California cabernet...'Merica...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 05, 2026 06:30 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 05, 2026 06:19 PM (FyPhv)
I bet that is delivered in a decorative bottle!
Posted by: Pete Bog at July 05, 2026 06:32 PM (Wejm4)
I mean, everything except rubbing alcohol.
Posted by: RI Red at July 05, 2026 06:32 PM (WcJqs)
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A good idea, too, if you are drinking your G&T in some overseas sh_thole were the ice can give you the runs for a week.
Posted by: Cosda at July 05, 2026 06:33 PM (5Mso3)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 05, 2026 05:59 PM (6/7Fs)
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High end booze too. That Mac 21 behind the bar might be filled with Mac 15. Old sleazy bar trick.
Another sleazy trick is to substitute cheap house booze whenever you order a “call” brand in a mixed drink. So if you order Appleton and coke, you would get some basic cheap rum.
Caveat emptor.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 05, 2026 06:34 PM (FyPhv)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 05, 2026 06:19 PM (FyPhv)
I bet that is delivered in a decorative bottle!
Posted by: Pete Bog at July 05, 2026 06:32 PM (Wejm4)
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‘Yes, the bottle is FABULOUS’
— James Talacreepo
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 05, 2026 06:35 PM (FyPhv)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 05, 2026 06:28 PM
We're right here you know.
Posted by: A skate at July 05, 2026 06:37 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 05, 2026 06:34 PM (FyPhv)
It's good that I do most of my eating and drinking at home. If it's substandard, it's my own damned fault.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 05, 2026 06:37 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 06:39 PM (afJtY)
I think they are picking there now, you might try getting another bag and seeing if the later pick is better for you.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 05, 2026 06:40 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
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A reasonable observation. Checked label; Ingredients: Canola oil, potatoes, salt.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2026 06:41 PM (XeU6L)
"Dried beef, also known as chipped beef, was created in 1910 and became a popular ingredient among soldiers during WWII. Nostalgia kept the ingredient in rotation, and chipped beef is still beloved in casseroles and on toast today. "
Needs some Toast to put in on for "Shit on a Shingle", as Dad said it was called in the Army...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 05, 2026 06:41 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 06:41 PM (afJtY)
Elk and ground beef burgers were great. I'll skip Borden's American cheese from now on though.
And then we watched about 25 fire work displays from the deck roof.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 05, 2026 06:41 PM (NnhvP)
Needs some Toast to put in on for "Shit on a Shingle", as Dad said it was called in the Army...
Posted by: jim
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SOS. Standard fare in my time.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2026 06:42 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: RI Red at July 05, 2026 06:42 PM (WcJqs)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 06:42 PM (afJtY)
Needs some Toast to put in on for "Shit on a Shingle", as Dad said it was called in the Army...
Posted by: jim
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SOS. Standard fare in my time.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2026 06:42 PM (XeU6L)
Apparently since about 1910. LOL. It was in the 1940's when Dad served in WWII (not eleven)...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 05, 2026 06:44 PM (l3cgK)
Then add in 24% Bidenflation.
And people wonder why things seem to be 50% moar expensive.
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 05, 2026 06:45 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 06:42 PM (afJtY)
“Knock, knock, knocking on Heaven’s Door.”
Posted by: RI Red at July 05, 2026 06:45 PM (WcJqs)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 05, 2026 06:45 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 06:42 PM (afJtY)
“Knock, knock, knocking on Heaven’s Door.”
Posted by: RI Red at July 05, 2026 06:45 PM (WcJqs)
And to think I just got my radishcello perfected and now erybody wants sweet fruits!
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 05, 2026 06:47 PM (/+uur)
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)
Birds do not have anuses/ani...they have cloaca/cloacae. Use the correct terminology, EweToob Dude...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 05, 2026 06:48 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Tuna at July 05, 2026 05:00 PM (lJ0H4)
Many of the more classy joints still keep that tall bottle of Galliano around...
Posted by: Brewingfrog at July 05, 2026 06:48 PM (bdHbP)
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 05, 2026 06:47 PM (/+uur)
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I know, right?
Posted by: Garlicello at July 05, 2026 06:48 PM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 06:48 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 06:48 PM
I love white peaches. They make a great fruit salsa to pair with grilled chicken or pork.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 05, 2026 06:50 PM (Wnv9h)
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)
Birds do not have anuses/ani...they have cloaca/cloacae. Use the correct terminology, EweToob Dude...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 05, 2026 06:48 PM (l3cgK)
Also...I love eating gizzards, livers and (Chinese-style) chickens feet...There's a whole market out there for those, but perhaps he gets more bang for his buck selling them as doggie treats.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 05, 2026 06:51 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 06:48 PM
I love white peaches. They make a great fruit salsa to pair with grilled chicken or pork.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 05, 2026 06:50 PM (Wnv9h)
Raciist!!!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 05, 2026 06:51 PM (l3cgK)
Another sleazy trick is to substitute cheap house booze whenever you order a “call” brand in a mixed drink. So if you order Appleton and coke, you would get some basic cheap rum.
Caveat emptor.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 05, 2026 06:34 PM
I don't know about other states but the TABC here in Texas will cancel your liquor license with prejudice if they catch you doing that.
They have undercover people who go around checking for that specific thing along with over pouring, not charging for drinks to get better tips, underage sales and all sorts of bad things that less than scrupulous bars try and pull. They also check drink prices to match with the data from your liquor distributor to make sure you are paying your required taxes as well.
The only way I know they were there other than getting slapped with a fine is I get a letter in the mail asking me to rate the latest visit by the TABC enforcement division.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 05, 2026 06:51 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 06:52 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: man at July 05, 2026 06:53 PM (cGjQu)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2026 06:53 PM (RIvkX)
Massachusetts gave him truck driving permit.
Do not think they do NOT hate you.
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 05, 2026 06:55 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 06:55 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 05, 2026 06:56 PM (FyPhv)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 06:55 PM (afJtY)
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*fistbump*
Posted by: Hunter Biden at July 05, 2026 06:56 PM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 06:52 PM (afJtY)
Damn. That sounds divine.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 05, 2026 06:56 PM (h7ZuX)
Do not mess with The Texas Association of Basketball Coaches!
Posted by: man at July 05, 2026 06:57 PM (cGjQu)
Posted by: man at July 05, 2026 06:57 PM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 05, 2026 06:58 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 06:58 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 06:52 PM
That sounds really good.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 05, 2026 06:58 PM (Wnv9h)
Ahem.
Posted by: man at July 05, 2026 06:57 PM (cGjQu)
The boys at school said it's all pink on the inside.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 05, 2026 06:59 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 05, 2026 06:56 PM (FyPhv)
I'll call your dick on a brick and raise you a spotted dick...
Posted by: Don Lemon at July 05, 2026 06:59 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 06:58 PM (afJtY)
Really, any fruit and shortcake and creme freche is primo.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 05, 2026 07:00 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Accomack at July 05, 2026 07:00 PM (T8bqm)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 05, 2026 07:01 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 06:58 PM (afJtY)
Really, any fruit and shortcake and creme freche is primo.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 05, 2026 07:00 PM (h7ZuX)
Except Tomatoes...Avocado may work (the Vietnamese places around here make a milkshake with avocados)...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 05, 2026 07:01 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Doof at July 05, 2026 07:01 PM (CKssp)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 05, 2026 07:01 PM (l3cgK)
Those are FINO*
Fruit In Name Only
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 05, 2026 07:02 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 05, 2026 07:01 PM (l3cgK)
Those are FINO*
Fruit In Name Only
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 05, 2026 07:02 PM (h7ZuX)
Hey, if you can put zucchini and carrots into a cake...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 05, 2026 07:03 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2026 07:03 PM (afJtY)
________________________
Jura 18 --- ( made on the Isle of Jura, which is a tiny island just off the coast of Scotland)
They use White Oak barrels that they get from US Whiskey distillers, that have aged them with bourbon
Posted by: Orson at July 05, 2026 07:03 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Buck at July 05, 2026 07:10 PM (z6ONu)
Some years ago I visited a bar called The Gin Corner in Rome. The bartender there made the best G&T I've ever had. Big stemmed glass (it's Europe), one large ice cube (melts slowly and won't dilute the drink), a few juniper berries crushed with the flat of your knife, oil from a lemon peel (I'm more traditional so I use a squeeze of lime, but not dropping the wedge in: the bitterness of the pith fights with the bitterness of the tonic), and a bottle of basic Schweppes.
Making it this way lets the flavors of the gin shine through, so if you want something citrus-forward or juniper-forward, or more spicy, choose a gin to taste.
Posted by: Otto Zilch at July 05, 2026 08:41 PM (Ws2ua)
Posted by: Otto Zilch at July 05, 2026 08:41 PM (Ws2ua)
Posted by: m at July 06, 2026 03:24 AM (6wpGE)
First World Problems...
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2026 02:02 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Beverly at July 05, 2026 02:03 PM (lC5WC)
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)
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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+)
this article, in my view its actually amazing in support of me.
Posted by: /game/1740?prevPath=puzzle&subCategory=other&id=21cb6280-cfed-11ee-a44b-4b604d66f0e9 at July 05, 2026 10:13 PM (CcBHS)
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."
*****
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)
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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)
+++
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)
It will always be useful to read articles from other authors and use something from other sites.
Posted by: bridge game online at July 05, 2026 06:28 PM (pRtM9)
For Independence Day I started reading Hackett's selection of the Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers. So far the Introduction is really good. I especially liked the comparison with Greek and Roman ideas and what was genuinely new about the Constitution.
I recently finished My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell. Hilarious. I didn't think it was actually about animals. My wife has been trying to get me to read it for years.
I also read Two Lives of Charlemagne by Einhard and Notker the Stammerer. That was very interesting! I never realized the connections to the Song of Roland and Charles "the Hammer" Martel. Another detail that stood out to me was how Charles tried to learn writing as an adult by sleeping with a tablet and pen under his pillow, but couldn't train himself to make the motions. It reminds me of St. Paul, "See with what large letters I am writing to you in my own hand." Is the physical motion of writing something that is hard to learn after childhood? Or maybe he should have tried learning while he was awake. . . .
(con't)
Posted by: frammish at July 05, 2026 06:37 PM (rcENI)
- What the heck is angular momentum anyway? Doesn't it contradict regular inertia? And what is the relationship to particle spin? And what the heck is *that*? And why is it integral (or nearly so)?
- What is an EM wave? Amplitude is measured in volts? It propagates because the electrical potential induces a magnetic force, which induces an electrical potential, etc. (So is potential a force?) But why does it *travel*? Why does a non-polar wave not interfere with itself? Or does it?
- And for a sound wave, amplitude is measured in . . . pressure? Or also volts, if you convert it, someone told me. So that's interesting.
- What is inductance? (Maybe it would be better to just play with how it's used in practical circuits first.)
Anyone in the Horde have a recommendation?
Posted by: frammish at July 05, 2026 06:43 PM (rcENI)
I have no recs. Just wanted to say, hey!
Putting Two Lives of Charlemagne on my list, looks interesting.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 05, 2026 07:42 PM (h7ZuX)
You should read it. It's really short.
I forget why I bought it. It sat on my shelf for several months. Some connection with the Muslim invasion I think. But also Charlemagne has always been a "buy guy" to certain Orthodox Christians, and I personally am less inclined to view Western Christendom as an Enemy, so that also made me curious. And any time I read something from long ago, I make surprising discoveries.
Posted by: frammish at July 05, 2026 08:04 PM (rcENI)
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.
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(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
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Not so fast. They're letting people back on the mall. PDJT is giving comments at 11pm and fireworks will follow. (At least that was the last I heard.)
Posted by: TRex - explosive dino at July 04, 2026 10:14 PM (IQ6Gq)
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)
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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
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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)
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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
***
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)
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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)
_
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)
__
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)
+++
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)
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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)
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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.
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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. . .
Posted by: Tonypete
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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.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books)
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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)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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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
America's next generation of leaders, competitors, and champions will take center stage Aug. 9-11 at the 2026 Patriot Games, a national athletic competition celebrating the character, determination, and excellence that define the American spirit.
The Great American State Fair
A world-class exposition and modern-day World’s Fair celebrating the people, traditions, innovations, and spirit that make America the greatest nation on Earth. Featuring more than 150 exhibits from all 56 states and territories, - through July 10 & they are all Air Conditioned
American Heroes Student Art Contest
Submission Requirements: Participating students should create and submit an original, handmade two-dimensional artwork and a 200-word artist statement (100 words for elementary students). Use the steps outlined in the section below.
Submission Categories: Upper Elementary School Students (Grades 3-5); Middle School Students (Grades 6-
; High School Students (Grades 9-12
July 10.
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)
Posted by: gKWVE
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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.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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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)
___________________________
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)
______________________
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)
___________________________
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)
Posted by: KT at July 04, 2026 01:43 PM (rdeQO)
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 04, 2026 01:47 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at July 04, 2026 02:00 PM (0aYVJ)
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/
Posted by: Kathy at July 04, 2026 02:38 PM (MOK4W)
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)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 02:56 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 04, 2026 02:57 PM (XeU6L)
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.
Posted by: Sifty at July 04, 2026 03:31 PM (GIk44)
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Posted by: KT at July 04, 2026 03:38 PM (rdeQO)
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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)
Posted by: Pat* at July 05, 2026 08:10 PM (jnqkv)
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)
_________________________
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)
______________________________
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.
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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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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
**********
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
********
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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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