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Wednesday Overnight Open Thread - July 2, 2025 [TRex]
Good evening Horde. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans of the overnight variety.
This is the Wednesday night ONT. Pull up a chair and sit a spell. Be nice to your fellow commenters.Top 10 commenters:
1 [757 comments] 'TheJamesMadison, reflecting on change and permanence with Ozu' [107.51 posts/day]
2 [447 comments] 'polynikes'
3 [426 comments] 'Oldcat'
4 [403 comments] '...'
5 [360 comments] 'Boss Moss'
6 [329 comments] 'toby928'
7 [319 comments] 'Warai-otoko'
8 [294 comments] 'Blonde Morticia'
9 [294 comments] 'Hadrian the Seventh '
10 [285 comments] 'Bulg' Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
1 [177 names] 'The Paolo' [25.14 unique names/day]
2 [98 names] 'Spud Webb'
3 [69 names] 'Ciampino - pray for a safe launch'
4 [68 names] 'Quarter Twenty '
5 [57 names] 'Duncanthrax'
6 [55 names] 'Quarter Twenty '
7 [47 names] 'LeenCorp LLC'
8 [44 names] 'Count de Monet'
9 [35 names] 'Moron Analyst'
10 [32 names] 'toby928'
Serve up a winning combination of big crunch and bold flavor with Vlasic Pickle Balls Dill Pickle Flavored Corn Puffs. Crunch into the perfect doubles team of dill and vinegar flavor in every bite and have a pickle-ball with this gluten free pickle flavored snack that rivals all other salty snacks on the court.Pickles and corn puffs are fine on their own. Pickles are among the few vegetables that find favor with TRex. Mixing them diminishes each. We mourn the unfortunate sacrifices made by dill pickles in the pursuit of potential pickleball playing patrons.
An SPF 15 sunscreen blocks 93% of UVB radiation, and SPF 30 blocks 97%. After that, the difference in protection is small. SPF 50 blocks 98%, and SPF 100 stops 99% of UVB rays from reaching your skin.
If you pick SPF 30 and reapply at least every two hours, George says you'll be making a good choice. "A higher SPF might give you a little more wiggle room if you didn't apply enough sunscreen, or you forgot to reapply," says George. "But after a point, going higher doesn't mean you are getting dramatically more protection."TRex has a small brain (and short arms) but this comes as news.
The U.S. Navy had (in)famously outlawed alcohol aboard ships in 1914, six years before Prohibition, but it still needed to fill the gap in morale boosting power a sailors daily drink left behind. As any noncommissioned officer who has overseen junior enlisted Americans will tell you: if you don't give them something to boost their morale, they can get into anything...and you might not like what they find.
Not everyone was thrilled with ice cream's rampant popularity. At the end of the war, then-Col. Lewis "Chesty" Puller allegedly decried ice cream as "sissy food" and lobbied for beer and whiskey instead. The newly formed Department of Defense opted to stick with ice cream instead.
Valerie Allen, professor of literature at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, investigated Roland's story in her 2007 book, On Farting: Language and Laughter in the Middle Ages.Read more about professional flatulence at Atlas Obscura. Among other things, you will learn that "not all performing farters were land owners." Hat tip: inspired by scampydog's ONT last night that referenced Operation Frequent Wind
That collection was built around a central theme, with the McLaren F1 as its "jewel in the crown." This particular F1 is a one-of-one example, finished in a unique colour named Yquem, after the esteemed and rare dessert wine. It was also the last McLaren F1 ever produced. To reflect the significance of this vehicle, McLaren subsequently renamed the colour Mansour Orange, a custom hue used exclusively on his cars. This shade could not be specified by any other customer. Furthermore, Mansour requested the final chassis number for each model, ensuring his cars incorporated all the technical updates made during the production cycle. The result is without equal. With the exception of the F1 (which has just 1,810 km) and the P1 GTR (used occasionally during McLaren track days), every car remains unused, in factory-delivered condition, and maintained under direct instruction by McLaren themselves - a service no other collector has ever received. Tom Hartley Jr.
Egg-cellent news…as of June 2, the egg surcharge is officially off the menu. Thanks for understanding! pic.twitter.com/xXE6giZhRe
— Waffle House (@WaffleHouse) July 1, 2025
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 02, 2025 10:01 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Ann at July 02, 2025 10:01 PM (4neFu)
Posted by: mindful webworker - commenter ordinaire at July 02, 2025 10:02 PM (OZEHh)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at July 02, 2025 10:02 PM (w3u3d)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 02, 2025 10:03 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 02, 2025 10:03 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: mindful webworker - the race is not always to the swift at July 02, 2025 10:03 PM (OZEHh)
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Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 02, 2025 10:05 PM (SEFV4)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 02, 2025 10:07 PM (SEFV4)
Posted by: davidt at July 02, 2025 10:07 PM (i0F8b)
https://is.gd/6Lgpua
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 02, 2025 10:08 PM (WIJBc)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 02, 2025 10:09 PM (SEFV4)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 02, 2025 10:09 PM
***
The mystery click behind the photo tells the story.
Posted by: TRex at July 02, 2025 10:09 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 02, 2025 10:10 PM (SEFV4)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 02, 2025 10:10 PM (lUFok)
Astronomy photo of the week: ISS passing in front of the sun
That made me think of The Black Hole.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 02, 2025 10:12 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Roland_DesChaines at July 02, 2025 10:12 PM (R6uXn)
Posted by: toby928 at July 02, 2025 10:13 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Adriane the Chronological Critic . . . at July 02, 2025 10:13 PM (cfyxU)
Posted by: illiniwek at July 02, 2025 10:14 PM (vbXSk)
Be kind to your web footed friends,
For that duck may be somebody's mother
Posted by: huerfano at July 02, 2025 10:15 PM (n2swS)
Posted by: fourseasons at July 02, 2025 10:15 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Adriane the Chronological Critic . . . at July 02, 2025 10:15 PM (cfyxU)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 02, 2025 10:15 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 02, 2025 10:15 PM (nwGCR)
Posted by: tankdemon at July 02, 2025 10:16 PM (Lxvu0)
Posted by: toby928 at July 02, 2025 10:13 PM (jc0TO)
Well with all the millions dying from (non existent) Republican spending cuts, what did you expect?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 02, 2025 10:17 PM (nwGCR)
Oh and thanks the hint TRex: I got it as soon as the video opened! How appropriate for the upcoming celebration!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 02, 2025 10:17 PM (SEFV4)
The T-Rex vid is 22 minutes long and I have my doubts they're going to cover the factor I want to know about: T-Rex's intelligence. Could you just hide behind a tree?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 02, 2025 10:18 PM (Rrsaq)
Posted by: fourseasons at July 02, 2025 10:18 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: illiniwek at July 02, 2025 10:18 PM (vbXSk)
I loved them.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at July 02, 2025 10:18 PM (Lo97M)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 02, 2025 10:19 PM (SEFV4)
Posted by: AnnaS at July 02, 2025 10:19 PM (FnSbk)
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at July 02, 2025 10:19 PM (IQ6Gq)
Love the Pittsburgh scanner - always items of interest!
Your ONTs are varied and entertaining. Thank you for compiling such interesting topics!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 02, 2025 10:19 PM (kB9dk)
For any Jews or nonJews reading this... if you want to name your kid "Phineas" or maybe "Phinehas", go for it. Biblical names are cool, especially the obscure ones.
But please do not spell it "Pinch Ass". We'll take your kid more seriously if you don't.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 02, 2025 10:19 PM (gKWVE)
I think comment counts have fallen off generally.
Posted by: toby928
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I think so, too, which is why we need to get those lurkers out and posting. I don't want to join the Powerline gang -- which now has a membership fee.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 02, 2025 10:20 PM (Rrsaq)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 02, 2025 10:20 PM (kB9dk)
Not sure I'd eat them. Also watched the T-Rex vs guns vid a few days ago. It was a hot day and the thing was made of gelatin, so can you really trust the late results?
Nice color on that guy's cars.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2025 10:20 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 02, 2025 10:21 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: davidt at July 02, 2025 10:07 PM
How else is the fence going to avoid being shot up?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 02, 2025 10:21 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 02, 2025 10:21 PM (SEFV4)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 02, 2025 10:22 PM (5j2Bo)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 02, 2025 10:22 PM (sAmhv)
http://tiny.cc/ytio001
Posted by: tankdemon at July 02, 2025 10:23 PM (Lxvu0)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 02, 2025 10:18 PM (Rrsaq)
TRexes had red eyes, so they could hide in cherry trees.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 02, 2025 10:24 PM (5j2Bo)
I loved them.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at July 02, 2025 10:18 PM (Lo97M)
I like those too.
I've also had dill pickle flamin' hot cheetos recently, and they were also good.
I'm gonna keep an eye out for those vlassic corn puffs.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 02, 2025 10:24 PM (XCUp7)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 02, 2025 10:24 PM (SEFV4)
Posted by: Florida Peasant at July 02, 2025 10:24 PM (Lo97M)
Posted by: davidt at July 02, 2025 10:07 PM
How else is the fence going to avoid being shot up?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 02, 2025 10:21 PM (HlyYF)
Probably won't help much against gators.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 02, 2025 10:25 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 02, 2025 10:25 PM (nwGCR)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 02, 2025 10:25 PM (SEFV4)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 02, 2025 10:26 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 02, 2025 10:20 PM
***
Many small canon were surrendered and some are on display near the field. All have been marked with the date and lettering that says "Surrendered by the Capitulation of Yorktown." Victory was earned on the battlefield. This was where the formal surrender (i.e., capitulation) took place.
Posted by: TRex at July 02, 2025 10:26 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 02, 2025 10:25 PM (nwGCR)
Annex Canada first.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 02, 2025 10:26 PM (gKWVE)
When I was a kid we ate a lot of pickled cabbage, tomatoes, and peppers.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 02, 2025 10:27 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 02, 2025 10:25 PM (SEFV4)
If TRex doesn't know, we could check with Keith Richard's. I've seen rumors that he had a T. Rex as a pet when he was a kid.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 02, 2025 10:27 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2025 10:20 PM (0eaVi)
Eh, it's OK. I can appreciate a McLaren for what it is, without wanting to own one, and I sure would not want to copy a bespoke color used by a muslim.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 02, 2025 10:27 PM (5j2Bo)
Sporks are the black sheep cousin once again.
I seem to recall Mad Magazine featured a spaghetti fork with scissors attached. Cannot find a reference or pic online, but there are articles about a video that went viral of a Canadian man eating spaghetti with a fork in one hand and a pair of scissors in the other. Close but not.
Posted by: mindful webworker - spooooon at July 02, 2025 10:27 PM (OZEHh)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 02, 2025 10:25 PM
***
Yes, but small arms made it difficult to climb trees.
Posted by: TRex at July 02, 2025 10:28 PM (IQ6Gq)
___________________________
I'm marginally disappointed. Here was a perfect installment to apply the ole':
Fork Around and Find Out
Posted by: Orson at July 02, 2025 10:28 PM (dIske)
https://youtu.be/NPzAds5p_nM
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 02, 2025 10:29 PM (1Gsou)
Posted by: Gref at July 02, 2025 10:29 PM (aBgBM)
Also a spaghetti fork? Where has this been all my life?
I don't give a fork about the others.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 02, 2025 10:29 PM (rvwwT)
Posted by: TRex at July 02, 2025 10:26 PM (IQ6Gq)
* * * *
Thanks so much for the excellent explanation and history lesson, TRex!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 02, 2025 10:29 PM (kB9dk)
Don't get to many parades anymore.
Posted by: From about That Time at July 02, 2025 10:30 PM (n4GiU)
Posted by: Orson at July 02, 2025 10:28 PM (dIske)
There was no tactical spork. I call foul.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 02, 2025 10:30 PM (1Gsou)
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at July 02, 2025 10:19 barbecues.
You specifically waited for me before posting, didn’t you?
Posted by: tankdemon at July 02, 2025 10:30 PM (Lxvu0)
Posted by: mindful webworker - spooooon at July 02, 2025 10:27 PM (OZEHh)
The real pros eat spaghetti with a straw.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 02, 2025 10:30 PM (5j2Bo)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 02, 2025 10:30 PM (nwGCR)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 02, 2025 10:07 PM (SEFV4)
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Flowing like water underground
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 02, 2025 10:31 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 02, 2025 10:27 PM (5j2Bo)
Excerpt says it's a shade of Orange.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2025 10:31 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Florida Peasant at July 02, 2025 10:24 PM (Lo97M)
Back in DH's beer league softball days, one Sunday morning after an evening of winning the beer trophy, one of his teammates mentioned that he was not farting with any confidence.
The things that take up space in my brain.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 02, 2025 10:32 PM (1Gsou)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 02, 2025 10:25 PM (nwGCR)
One of the things I miss about Cody WY: the Stampede. July 2-4. Daily parades, rodeos (of course Cody has, or had, a night rodeo every day of the week in the summer). When I was a teenager my brother and I would walk up and down Sheridan Avenue ogling the cute tourist girls.
Posted by: Pug Mahon Old Ways are Best at July 02, 2025 10:32 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at July 02, 2025 10:33 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 02, 2025 10:33 PM (rvwwT)
A piece of cast iron that uses gunpowder to hurl balls at the enemy: cannon.
"All trolls are Average Joe, and Average Joe sucks cocks by choice": canon.
/pedant
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 02, 2025 10:33 PM (5j2Bo)
Hold on, let me get a yenny to flip to solidify my lead.....
(Note, because Google sucks at finding things: A "yenny" is a 1-yen coin, similar to our penny.)
Posted by: pookysgirl has a bag of yennies at July 02, 2025 10:34 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at July 02, 2025 10:33 PM (KAi1n)
Some fellow named Baxandall invented a tone control circuit for hi-fi amplifiers.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 02, 2025 10:35 PM (5j2Bo)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm
Normalcy, and ease, are both overrated.
At least being normal is one thing I will never have to worry about. Abnormal, maybe paranormal on a good day, but not normal-normal.
Posted by: mindful webworker - normally prenumbral at July 02, 2025 10:36 PM (OZEHh)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 02, 2025 10:36 PM (SEFV4)
Posted by: Florida Peasant at July 02, 2025 10:24 PM (Lo97M)
Imagine his poor wife having to put up with him practicing that for the big day!
Posted by: moki at July 02, 2025 10:37 PM (wLjpr)
However if you're planning on naming your kid "Ferb," please reconsider.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 02, 2025 10:39 PM (/y8xj)
A fork with three tines is actually a "Threek"
Posted by: Kindltot at July 02, 2025 10:39 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Halfhand at July 02, 2025 10:39 PM (24Jf8)
She finally went for the natural braids, and they look great... but she did wood and brass beads, so she kinda looks like a much prettier version of Rick James.
It's a step in the right direction, though.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 02, 2025 10:41 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: lin-duh at July 02, 2025 10:41 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 02, 2025 10:39 PM (D7oie)
But if you used it to jab Hillary in the butt, it would be a bitchfork.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 02, 2025 10:42 PM (5j2Bo)
As I wrote that, I kinda wonder when those drones will act like they're in the Hitchcock thriller, The Birds.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 02, 2025 10:43 PM (S/Y4j)
https://is.gd/Skzd0U
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 02, 2025 10:43 PM (SEFV4)
The kind of person who would buy a Monet or Van Gogh and hide it in a vault.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 02, 2025 10:44 PM (/y8xj)
Posted by: lin-duh at July 02, 2025 10:41 PM
I am pretty sure those are NOT the correct lyrics to Don Henley's "The Boys of Summer"!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 02, 2025 10:45 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 02, 2025 10:36 PM (SEFV4)
Why else do you think they went extinct?
Posted by: Ancient Mammal A-10 Pilots at July 02, 2025 10:46 PM (r6SF4)
Just not Marcus Pincus, ok?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2025 10:46 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 02, 2025 10:46 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at July 02, 2025 10:46 PM (v23vE)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at July 02, 2025 10:47 PM (v23vE)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at July 02, 2025 10:47 PM (v23vE)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 02, 2025 10:47 PM (XeU6L)
I see Jimmy packed it in.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2025 10:47 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
Astounding Internet Trivia
Despite being designed as a tank killing monster with its 30mm cannon, the A-10 has no documented kills of a single tank.
Common off-the-shelf UAVs with barely a 2lb payload can kill an main battle tank within a 5 mile radius just by being there.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 02, 2025 10:47 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at July 02, 2025 10:47 PM
***
Bang. Well done.
Posted by: TRex at July 02, 2025 10:48 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
People in my neighborhood are already setting off fireworks.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 02, 2025 10:49 PM (0Htd1)
John Philip Sousa was more than just his marches. He also wrote 15 operettas and a lovely overture. He was an author. He was also among the finest trapshooters of his day.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 02, 2025 10:49 PM (/HVsR)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 02, 2025 10:47 PM (XeU6L)
You had to be rich to play the Sousaphone. Took a dime each time you used it.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2025 10:49 PM (0eaVi)
Prayers for his family. May the winds follow them, and the sun be on their faces.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 02, 2025 10:49 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at July 02, 2025 10:50 PM (irahp)
Common off-the-shelf UAVs with barely a 2lb payload can kill an main battle tank within a 5 mile radius just by being there.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 02, 2025 10:47 PM (/lPRQ)
But you should keep the A-10 around, just in case you have an infestation of rogue T-Rexes.
Posted by: Ancient Mammal A-10 Pilots at July 02, 2025 10:51 PM (r6SF4)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 02, 2025 10:52 PM (muwun)
Don't get to many parades anymore.
Posted by: From about That Time at July 02, 2025 10:30 PM (n4GiU)
Trump needs to issue an Executive Order that every person in the United States and its Territories is required to listen to Sousa's "The Stars and Stripes Forever" at least once each and every day.
https://youtu.be/a-7XWhyvIpE
Posted by: Gref at July 02, 2025 10:52 PM (aBgBM)
Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2025 10:53 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 02, 2025 10:49 PM (0Htd1)
Festivities start June 28th ish in my area. And usually go into the 5th or even 6th.
We lurve our fireworks.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 02, 2025 10:53 PM (nwGCR)
Posted by: Piper at July 02, 2025 10:53 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 02, 2025 10:53 PM (/HVsR)
Posted by: Ancient Mammal A-10 Pilots at July 02, 2025 10:51 PM
***
What happens if the TRexes have A-10s of their own?
Posted by: TRex at July 02, 2025 10:53 PM (IQ6Gq)
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SPF 30 passes 3% vs SPF 15 7% 2.3x as effective
SPF 50 passes 2% vs SPF 15 7%. 3.5x as effective
SPF 100 passes 1% vs SPF 15 7%. 7x as effective
SPF 100 3x as effective as SPF 30. 3 is a small number.
Posted by: Bombadil at July 02, 2025 10:54 PM (MX0bI)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 02, 2025 10:47 PM (XeU6L)
Paging Mr. J.P. Sousa...
Mr. J.P. Sousa, please pick up the white courtesy sousaphone.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 02, 2025 10:56 PM (muwun)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 02, 2025 10:56 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Bombadil at July 02, 2025 10:54 PM
***
Sounds perilously close to math.
Posted by: TRex at July 02, 2025 10:56 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Piper at July 02, 2025 10:53 PM (p4NUW)
Hoist an ISIS flag. It'll get you a whole new demographic.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 02, 2025 10:56 PM (BI5O2)
I never heard of him, so I looked him up. You're right, he was legendary in the world of autos. And watches as well; he owned TAG-Heuer. Wow. Died surprisingly young.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 02, 2025 10:57 PM (IJqjd)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 02, 2025 10:15 PM (nwGCR)
Yes, the others mostly look like lah-di-dah bullshit, but that one actually looks useful.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 02, 2025 10:57 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 02, 2025 10:07 PM (SEFV4
Oh, glad you reminded me, tomorrow is the Mrs and my 50th anniversary. Always thought the day before Independent Day was a good day
Posted by: Javems at July 02, 2025 10:57 PM (8I4hW)
>>@Super70sSports
>>Barry Manilow wrote “Like a Good Neighbor, State Farm is There,” “I’m Stuck on Band-Aid Brand Because Band-Aid’s Stuck on Me,” and “You Deserve a Break Today at McDonald’s.”
>>I felt you should know this.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 02, 2025 10:58 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: TRex
You're right, I'm overthinking this. SPF factors are based on time-to-sunburn. The numbers mean what they frickin' mean.
Percents are just a way to get confused.
Posted by: Bombadil at July 02, 2025 10:58 PM (MX0bI)
Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2025 10:58 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 02, 2025 10:59 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Javems at July 02, 2025 10:57 PM (8I4hW)/i]
I only hope that you have an extra-powerful HEPA vacuum cleaner to present to her for the sacred occasion.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 02, 2025 10:59 PM (muwun)
Posted by: four seasons at July 02, 2025 10:59 PM (3ek7K)
All is forgiven, for he also left posterity with the tragic tale of Lola. She was a showgirl.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 02, 2025 11:00 PM (muwun)
Woke up the next morning, couldn't remember where he'd left his car. The only thing he could remember is that the last bar had gold-plated toilets.
He started calling every bar in the book. "Nope, no gold-plated toilets here." "Nope." "Nope." "No, sorry."
Last call: the bar guy yells out "Hey Bob, it's the guy who pissed in your tuba."
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 02, 2025 11:00 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Pug Mahon Strangely Bothered By Odd Things at July 02, 2025 11:00 PM (0aYVJ)
No "fondue" fork!
I am disappoint.
Posted by: JQ
Pitch Fork
Manure Fork
Both missing
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 02, 2025 11:00 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Piper at July 02, 2025 10:53 PM (p4NUW)
Yes.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 02, 2025 11:01 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2025 11:01 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 02, 2025 11:01 PM (/lPRQ)
So. is the BBB dead ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 02, 2025 10:59 PM (VE6XX)
Mostly dead. Which means that it's a little bit alive.
Posted by: Rep. M. Max at July 02, 2025 11:01 PM (IJqjd)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at July 02, 2025 11:02 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: lin-duh at July 02, 2025 11:02 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 02, 2025 11:02 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Mr Butterworth at July 02, 2025 11:02 PM (wDYPJ)
I watched it and felt empathetic pain (which is more intense than pathetic pain) for your species, sir.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at July 02, 2025 11:03 PM (v23vE)
Posted by: Piper at July 02, 2025 11:03 PM (pZEOD)
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Feh. The well heeled, freewheeling son of a gun-running Arab potentate.
Good riddance.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 02, 2025 11:03 PM (BI5O2)
The A-10's first use in conflict was during Operation Desert Storm in 1991, though A-10s did claim 900 tanks destroyed, they were actually outperformed by F-111 Aardvarks, which destroyed 1500 with their laser guided bombs.
Posted by: polynikes at July 02, 2025 11:03 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at July 02, 2025 11:02 PM (KAi1n)
Wear long-sleeved shirts and large floppy hats (but not as big as Carol Burnett's hats in Fresno).
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 02, 2025 11:03 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Javems at July 02, 2025 10:57 PM (8I4hW)
Congratulations, Javems!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 02, 2025 11:04 PM (5j2Bo)
A SHITWEASEL.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 02, 2025 11:04 PM (K91ZZ)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 02, 2025 11:05 PM (viF8m)
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Thank you for this guidance. 😂
Posted by: Piper at July 02, 2025 11:03 PM (pZEOD)
Embrace the power of "and"!!!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 02, 2025 11:05 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: Pug Mahon Strangely Bothered By Odd Things at July 02, 2025 11:05 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at July 02, 2025 11:02 PM (KAi1n)
Wear long-sleeved shirts and large floppy hats (but not as big as Carol Burnett's hats in Fresno).
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
Banana hammock and cocoa butter.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 02, 2025 11:05 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at July 02, 2025 11:06 PM (v23vE)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 02, 2025 10:58 PM (viF8m)
Already knew that.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 02, 2025 11:06 PM (0eaVi)
https://youtu.be/a-7XWhyvIpE
Posted by: Gref
Or go see a college football game. I know our band plays it every time, and I doubt they're the only ones.
Posted by: Grudge Harbor at July 02, 2025 11:07 PM (4DY5T)
Posted by: Ancient Mammal A-10 Pilots at July 02, 2025 10:51 PM
I think Grateful - the range bag lady has an A-10 at the top of her "gun wishlist".
At the last TXMoMe I distinctly heard her muttering something about "a T-Rex infestation"!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 02, 2025 11:07 PM (HlyYF)
Americana on Thursday. On Saturday far too many of your students won't want any reminders of the poor decisions they made while under the influence of too many beers and burnt hotdogs.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 02, 2025 11:07 PM (r6SF4)
Posted by: Pug Mahon Strangely Bothered By Odd Things at July 02, 2025 11:07 PM (0aYVJ)
At least being normal is one thing I will never have to worry about. Abnormal, maybe paranormal on a good day, but not normal-normal.
Normal is just a setting on your dryer.
Saw that somewhere years ago. So true.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 02, 2025 11:07 PM (Eo96p)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 02, 2025 11:08 PM (ULPxl)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 02, 2025 11:08 PM (SEFV4)
I enjoyed the Sousa, TRex, thanks.
Congrats, Javems!
Off to visit grandchildren 1, 2, & 5 again tomorrow. Joy!
Next month I begin babysitting grandchildren 3 & 4 full time. More joy!
My morning wake-up time, though, will be a couple hours earlier than it has been. I'm using July as the month to gradually prepare for a different sleep schedule, so that will cut the ONT out of my routine, sadly.
I hope to find some time to read and maybe comment on more of the daytime threads between my babysitting and teaching hours.
Be blessed, horde. See you around.
Posted by: Official Delurker: The Grandparenting Chronicles at July 02, 2025 11:08 PM (F73yU)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at July 02, 2025 11:09 PM (KAi1n)
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Ain't gonna need your teeth, won't need your eyes
You won't find a thing to chew
Nobody's gonna look at you.
Posted by: Zager & Evans at July 02, 2025 11:09 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 02, 2025 11:09 PM (K91ZZ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 02, 2025 11:04 PM (K91ZZ)
Bascom Lamar Lunsford, "Lost John Dean".
Not the same one, but your post reminded me of it.
Old-timey mountain music.
https://tinyurl.com/553shrcx
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 02, 2025 11:09 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 02, 2025 10:25 PM (SEFV4)
I know grass had not developed yet, which is probably for the best, as TRex would have difficulty with a lawn mower.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 02, 2025 11:10 PM (Lxvu0)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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Any suggestions for a soundtrack?
Posted by: Bombadil at July 02, 2025 11:11 PM (MX0bI)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 02, 2025 11:12 PM (K91ZZ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 02, 2025 11:04 PM (K91ZZ)
He wasn’t a Baird Man?
HooAh
Posted by: polynikes at July 02, 2025 11:12 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 02, 2025 11:13 PM (BI5O2)
One caliber (I think the .45-70) was rated for T. Rex.
Sadly, the new owners (Sturm, Ruger) have no sense of humor and got rid of that.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 02, 2025 11:13 PM (qpyNK)
>>I felt you should know this.
Posted by: JackStraw
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If I could only teach the world to sing...
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 02, 2025 11:14 PM (K91ZZ)
Posted by: gKWVE with news you can use at July 02, 2025 11:15 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at July 02, 2025 11:15 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at July 02, 2025 11:15 PM (TgXbf)
Posted by: mindful webworker - seriousishly at July 02, 2025 11:16 PM (OZEHh)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
2,000 - 4,000 IU/day depending on how much salmon or tuna I eat.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at July 02, 2025 11:16 PM (KAi1n)
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In related news, tomorrow's sun will rise from the East.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 02, 2025 11:16 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 02, 2025 11:17 PM (5j2Bo)
Posted by: Piper at July 02, 2025 10:53 PM (p4NUW)
BOTH!
Posted by: tankdemon at July 02, 2025 11:18 PM (Lxvu0)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 02, 2025 10:25 PM
Angiosperms (flowering plants) appeared in the Late Cretaceous, fairly close to the appearance of the T-Rex.
Therefore, deciduous trees and T-Rex co-existed.
(The rise of angiosperms appears to be coeval with the rise of bees. A LOT of evolution worked that way!)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 02, 2025 11:18 PM (HlyYF)
The Stars and Stripes Forever, transcribed and performed by Vladimir Horowitz.
https://youtu.be/rAZ2I08CkP8
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 02, 2025 11:18 PM (/HVsR)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 02, 2025 11:19 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: gKWVE with news you can use at July 02, 2025 11:15 PM (gKWVE)
I reckon the Boise Hawks could take them 3 games out of 5. Maybe sweep.
Posted by: Pug Mahon Strangely Bothered By Odd Things at July 02, 2025 11:19 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 02, 2025 11:19 PM (RIvkX)
Was that the former prostitute ?
Posted by: polynikes at July 02, 2025 11:20 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: gKWVE with news you can use at July 02, 2025 11:15 PM
If you had bet against the Rockies every game this season, I wonder how much money you would be up right now?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 02, 2025 11:20 PM (HlyYF)
Annoying the guard dogs at the hermit-like neighbor's estate
Tripping over the red ball in the aftermath of a cataclysmically wild carom in a game of one cushion billiards
Getting caught with the fifth queen in a high stakes game of chemin de fer
Rotten cellar stairs
Loose cast-iron gates / Norman crenelations
Gypsies
Chance encounter with a red deer while stealing across his lordships deer park
running off with the bag of red herring as a lark during fox season
climbing seamounts to harvest Guillemont eggs
A tragic collapse of a bank of coke in the coal cellar at the malting plant
Being run down by a draft horse in broad daylight
Being imperious and rude to a charcoal burner while hiking cross-country in the greenwood
climbing a disintegrating thatch roof
Deeper experiments with Leyden jars and Galvanic forces
Auntie's henbane tea
Hot air ballooning
Falling into the pit during a particularly exciting bear-baiting
Sailing around Jersey Island single handedly on a bet
Posted by: Kindltot at July 02, 2025 11:20 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: javems at July 02, 2025 11:21 PM (8I4hW)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 02, 2025 11:21 PM (BI5O2)
Little Round Top, the Wheatfield, Devil's Den, the Peach Orchard. Culp's Hill and Cemetery Hill.
On July 3rd in 1863:
Culp's Hill again...Cemetery Ridge, and Pickett's Charge.
Posted by: Orson at July 02, 2025 11:22 PM (dIske)
I'm allergic to dogs and don't want to pick up their poop. Also, I want a cat that doesn't poop.
Do guinea pigs poop?
Posted by: Persnickety at July 02, 2025 11:22 PM (jJdyX)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 02, 2025 11:23 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 02, 2025 11:23 PM (2OKI5)
Posted by: polynikes at July 02, 2025 11:20 PM (VofaG)
______________________________
Former? Heh.
Posted by: G. Gordon Liddy at July 02, 2025 11:24 PM (dIske)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 02, 2025 11:24 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: polynikes at July 02, 2025 11:20 PM (VofaG)
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Maureeeen Dean
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 02, 2025 11:24 PM (RIvkX)
I'm here on the Island of Misfit Toys, where summer is drizzle and fog. @san franpsycho, we might be neighbors!!!!
Posted by: Effie Perrine at July 02, 2025 11:26 PM (1auMZ)
Credit where credit is due.
@realDonaldTrump has successfully resolved several serious conflicts around the world.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 02, 2025 11:26 PM (K91ZZ)
The fact that they've made a 1500% return on that investment is a notable failure of capitalism.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 02, 2025 11:26 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 02, 2025 11:27 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at July 02, 2025 11:15 PM (TgXbf
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I have a client who drives a McClaren 720S. It doesn't seem like crap.
The Lambo Huracan Spyder he had before that was crap.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 02, 2025 11:28 PM (JkO4W)
Still waiting for all those arrests, trials, and sentences that need to be handed out to 1000s of DC regime hooligans and their funders.
l8r.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 02, 2025 11:28 PM (LGZQv)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 02, 2025 11:28 PM (RIvkX)
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BURN THE WITCH!!!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 02, 2025 11:28 PM (JkO4W)
I'm here on the Island of Misfit Toys, where summer is drizzle and fog. @san franpsycho, we might be neighbors!!!!
Posted by: Effie Perrine at July 02, 2025 11:26 PM (1auMZ)
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Hi. Welcome. Over the years I've learned to take comfort in the fact that the vast majority of my dumb posts are ignored. Dive in and have fun.
Posted by: Pug Mahon Strangely Bothered By Odd Things at July 02, 2025 11:28 PM (0aYVJ)
FACT: The Senate OBBB increases deficits and violates the terms of the budget deal in the House.
FACT: The Senate OBBB guts the strong provisions to terminate the “green new scam” subsidies in the House bill.
FACT: The Senate OBBB removes key provisions we put in the bill to stop illegal aliens from getting Medicaid.
FACT: The Senate OBBB removes key provisions we put in the bill to stop taxpayer funding of transgender surgeries.
FACT: We can amend it, send it back, fix it, & pass both the tax cut extensions AND border provisions we all want to pass.
Happy to stay here every day [& collect that easy pay] until we get it right.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 02, 2025 11:29 PM (K91ZZ)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 02, 2025 11:26 PM
"A rising tide lifts all boats."
Even the boats of idiots.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 02, 2025 11:29 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: javems at July 02, 2025 11:29 PM (8I4hW)
Been hanging here since about 2011, but a too scared to post.
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Why? All you have to do is bring donuts. Good ones. Not that jelly-filled crap.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 02, 2025 11:29 PM (/HVsR)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 02, 2025 11:30 PM (WIJBc)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 02, 2025 11:30 PM (qpyNK)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 02, 2025 11:27 PM
I assume she would be a redhead?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 02, 2025 11:31 PM (HlyYF)
Hi. Welcome. Over the years I've learned to take comfort in the fact that the vast majority of my dumb posts are ignored. Dive in and have fun.
Posted by: Pug Mahon Strangely Bothered By Odd Things at July 02, 2025 11:28 PM (0aYVJ)
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My dumb posts are likely archived by the AoSHQ Literary Council to be used for future blackmail.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 02, 2025 11:31 PM (/HVsR)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 02, 2025 11:31 PM (K91ZZ)
I'm allergic to dogs and don't want to pick up their poop. Also, I want a cat that doesn't poop.
Do guinea pigs poop?
Posted by: Persnickety at July 02, 2025 11:22 PM (jJdyX)
http://tiny.cc/6xio001
Posted by: tankdemon at July 02, 2025 11:32 PM (Lxvu0)
For one, it was unique in that the government was extremely concerned they would have to fight Nazi Germany without benefit of bases in England. Meaning they would need long range bombers capable of launching from the east coast.
The USAAF approved the B29 before the prototype had even been built, and ordered 200! This is, of course, completely insane. Consequently all of the ordinary teething problems any plane going into production was borne by pilots and crees in combat, along with modifications and “kits” they would send out worldwide to upgrade. Huge pain in the ass. Crew training on everything was very poor as well.
On the first few test flights they discovered the engines had a habit of catching on fire. One of the best test pilots around and a crew of designers and bigwigs was killed on an early flight, it crashed into a meat packing plant in Seattle. They had to make the plane work, it was already a done deal.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 02, 2025 11:33 PM (2OKI5)
Tight knit? We don't even like each other all that much.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 02, 2025 11:33 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 02, 2025 11:34 PM (/HVsR)
https://is.gd/IbKFoB
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 02, 2025 11:34 PM (WIJBc)
Tight knit? We don't even like each other all that much.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 02, 2025 11:33 PM (viF8m)
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Only a Rhode Island rat bastard would say that.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 02, 2025 11:34 PM (/HVsR)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 02, 2025 11:36 PM (2OKI5)
You know the difference between someone from Texas and someone from Saudi Arabia?
The guys from Saudi were less stupid hats.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 02, 2025 11:37 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 02, 2025 11:33 PM (viF8m)
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Only a Rhode Island rat bastard would say that.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 02, 2025 11:34 PM (/HVsR)
You two suck donkey balls.
Posted by: Methos at July 02, 2025 11:37 PM (zLwRl)
Tight knit? We don't even like each other all that much.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 02, 2025 11:33 PM (viF8m)
The knitting needles aren't good enough anymore for that.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 02, 2025 11:37 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 02, 2025 11:38 PM (JVCkA)
De-lurking as per yesterday's request. Been hanging here since about 2011, but a too scared to post. You guys are such a tight knit community.
I'm here on the Island of Misfit Toys, where summer is drizzle and fog. @san franpsycho, we might be neighbors!!!!
Posted by: Effie Perrine
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Also sfgoth. And there's a few of us down here in Monterey County.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 02, 2025 11:38 PM (Rrsaq)
The year span on the tombstone describe the years he was in charge of the band, of course.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 02, 2025 11:39 PM (JFVnT)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 02, 2025 11:40 PM (2OKI5)
Posted by: Effie Perrine at July 02, 2025 11:40 PM (1auMZ)
___________________________
You just filled in some blanks for me. I recently read a biopic on The Battle of Midway. There was a throw away line in the book in discussion of the Mark 14 Torpedoes that were largely unusable. I don't remember it exactly, but it was something along the lines of:
"The Mark 14's were a prime example of design flaws, inadequate testing, and a lack of real-world experience. Not all that different from the B-29's and someone's over zealous optimism."
Posted by: Orson at July 02, 2025 11:41 PM (dIske)
California Assemblyman David Tangipa exposes Gavin Newsom quietly put in place a program called Social Entrepreneurs for Economic Development
This program gives millions of taxpayer funded grants to ILLEGALS
“What do you have to do and what is one of the requirements to qualify for this $7.5 million? It says on their website, Individuals who are neither U.S. citizens nor lawful permanent residents.”
“Gavin Newsom strikes again to all my Californians.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 02, 2025 11:41 PM (K91ZZ)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 02, 2025 11:37 PM (S/Y4j)
Maybe you should try using the crab fork.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 02, 2025 11:41 PM (Lxvu0)
At this rate, TJM may equal my weekly comment output soon. Though he still has to really work at beating Sven's record.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 02, 2025 11:41 PM (u4KuU)
Posted by: tankdemon at July 02, 2025 11:41 PM (Lxvu0)
Melon baller.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 02, 2025 11:42 PM (qpyNK)
The hazing ritual for new commentators isn't too bad. It takes place in the basement of the HQ, and consists of drinking a few shots of Barrel Bourbon while standing on one leg and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, in Esperanto.
Of course, afterwards comes the branding.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 02, 2025 11:42 PM (r6SF4)
It was in fact a gigantic gamble by Hap Arnold, chief of the Army Air Force - as you said a gigantic commitment to a plane that hadn't even flown yet. But it worked out.
They even set up completely separate factories where the planes would go after they were built, for corrections/modifications, before delivery to the government.
And as you note, the engine problem was never completely solved. Thanks to taking Iwo (emergency landings), and the heroic efforts of submarines and PBYs, many crews of planes downed by mechanical issues were rescued.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 02, 2025 11:43 PM (1m82a)
Beware the Barrel, it never sleeps as it patiently awaits the next unwary commentor who forgets their close tags or copies an entire thread into the comments box.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 02, 2025 11:44 PM (u4KuU)
The picture of rail fence reminded me it's the 3 day anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg.
Pennsylvanians on cable have a channels that shows battlewalks. You can see past videos on YouTube
Posted by: Skip at July 02, 2025 11:44 PM (g0YnD)
I remember driving in to NAVCAMS (Hawaii) in the 80s... pineapple fields on either side of the road.
Sign on one side: Del Monte
Sign on other side: Dole
Heh.
But most of the product came from the Philippines anyway, I suspect.
Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2025 11:44 PM (rdVOm)
If they got Brandon past the post, they can push Gavin "American Psycho" Newsom through even more easily.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 02, 2025 11:44 PM (BI5O2)
The USAAF did not put all its strategic bomber eggs into the B-29.
The B-32 Dominator was also deployed and is credited with the last combat mission with fatalities of World War II.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 02, 2025 11:45 PM (u4KuU)
Democrats: billionaires don't pay any taxes!
Also Democrats: President Trump is giving tax cuts to billionaires!
Why would people who dont pay taxes get a tax cut?
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 02, 2025 11:46 PM (SDGiu)
Also Democrats: President Trump is giving tax cuts to billionaires!
Why would people who dont pay taxes get a tax cut?
No fair using logic.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 02, 2025 11:47 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 02, 2025 11:42 PM (r6SF4)
And cookies.
Posted by: javems at July 02, 2025 11:48 PM (8I4hW)
The torpedo situation was an outrageous scandal involving malfeasance and incompetence that cost many lives and probably lengthened the war. The Bureau of Ordnance didn't have $ to test before the war, they surely did after December 7, but not only did they not test but they fanatically ignored and trashed field reports of malfunction for the fusing system. The submarine force started doing its own tests and modifications in desperation before BurOrd was finally forced to do their job. A very very different situation from the B-29.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 02, 2025 11:49 PM (1m82a)
If they got Brandon past the post, they can push Gavin "American Psycho" Newsom through even more easily.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
There is another
* Yoda nod *
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 02, 2025 11:50 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 02, 2025 11:42 PM (r6SF4)
And cookies.
Posted by: javems
And a double shot of Val-U-Rite booze, if bartender is feeling sympathetic.
Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2025 11:50 PM (rdVOm)
Just be careful of garrett. He's, well he's different.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 02, 2025 11:52 PM (viF8m)
Switching gears, Stars and Stripes Forever is a special favorite of mine. I was a dreaded band student in high school, and one year we flutists (not flautists; that's fruity) were required to memorize and perform the piccolo part, in front of everyone, for our final exam. Talk about nerve wracking.
Posted by: Effie Perrine at July 02, 2025 11:53 PM (1auMZ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 02, 2025 11:41 PM (K91ZZ)
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groooaaannnn
Might be interesting to see Ric Grenell run for governor here. He seems to be happily ensconced in DC for now, though.
YD, "American Psycho," my god that's perfect. I always thought Data, but Data is merely soulless, not proactively evil.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 02, 2025 11:53 PM (Rrsaq)
Posted by: JQ at July 02, 2025 11:54 PM (rdVOm)
too late to buy tonight
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 02, 2025 11:54 PM (K91ZZ)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 02, 2025 11:38 PM (JVCkA)
You get what you pay for
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 02, 2025 11:55 PM (WF/xn)
Posted by: Effie Perrine at July 02, 2025 11:55 PM (1auMZ)
Several people have been shot at Savannah Georgia's Oglethorpe Mall.
I haven't been to a mall in years, it's so risky.
Is it safe to go anywhere these days?
Posted by: four seasons at July 02, 2025 11:56 PM (3ek7K)
I'd put them at "greater than 1:1."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 02, 2025 11:57 PM (BI5O2)
on the Sousaphone!
(btw named for Sousa, an adaptation of the Helicon which was a sort of small wrap around tuba designed for playing on horseback)
Posted by: gourmand du jour at July 02, 2025 11:59 PM (JFVnT)
**backing out of the room**
It's not that bad. Half the time they're so drunk they miss. Which, actually, is quite a low miss rate considering how much alcohol is consumed.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 02, 2025 11:59 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Effie Perrine at July 02, 2025 11:59 PM (1auMZ)
The waterboarding phase of the negotiation to get 10 Republican members to switch their N/NV is currently taking place.
Meanwhile the Dems voted 0 Y - 212 N - 0 NV. 3 other members were not able to vote because they croaked recently.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 03, 2025 12:00 AM (NXz8h)
Posted by: four seasons
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Not anymore (if it ever was).
The sandmaggots are even more agitated than usual, lately.
I recommend avoiding crowds. Like, for instance, fireworks shows. You know how they like to make *statements* with their terr'ism.
Posted by: JQ at July 03, 2025 12:01 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Effie Perrine at July 02, 2025 11:53 PM
Switching gears? In an ONT?
I am pretty sure that calls for at least double-branding, and perhaps triple-branding!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 03, 2025 12:02 AM (HlyYF)
Posted by: JQ at July 03, 2025 12:04 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: AnnaS at July 03, 2025 12:04 AM (ANuwa)
Iran-Linked Hackers Threaten New Email Leak Targeting Trump Circle
A hacker group with alleged ties to Iran has threatened to release additional stolen emails from individuals close to U.S. President Donald Trump, according to online communications reviewed by Reuters.
The group, operating under the alias "Robert," claims to possess approximately 100 gigabytes of emails. The messages were reportedly taken from accounts belonging to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Trump attorney Lindsey Halligan, adviser Roger Stone, and Stormy Daniels.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2025 12:04 AM (K91ZZ)
Unless you're a fair-skinned, freckled redhead.
Of course, then, SPF100 isn't really adequate.
Based on one person's personal recounting to me, you do not ever want to have the thing called Hell's Itch, as a result of being in the sun too long.
Posted by: GWB at July 03, 2025 12:05 AM (PkFyV)
I just saw on FOX News we are being warned of possible terror attacks on Independence Day.
*ucking awesome. Assholes
Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2025 12:06 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Effie Perrine at July 02, 2025 11:59 PM (1auMZ)
Whatever your heart desires.That's a kind of cookies we make down here in New Orleans.
Posted by: javems at July 03, 2025 12:06 AM (8I4hW)
OK, great. Have we stopped giving them weapons, money and food?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2025 12:06 AM (K91ZZ)
Posted by: javems at July 03, 2025 12:07 AM (8I4hW)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 03, 2025 12:07 AM (mWuSL)
"Stolen" emails? C'mon. These are the same asshoes what claim "no damage at all" to their freakin' nukular facilities.
Whatevs.
Posted by: JQ at July 03, 2025 12:08 AM (rdVOm)
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Do you mind if we dance wif yo dates?
Posted by: Bigger Black Dude at July 03, 2025 12:08 AM (JkO4W)
Posted by: scampydog at July 03, 2025 12:08 AM (A7iwo)
Posted by: GWB at July 03, 2025 12:09 AM (PkFyV)
Posted by: JQ
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Places like that it's difficult to tell one sound from another.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2025 12:09 AM (K91ZZ)
Posted by: AnnaS at July 03, 2025 12:09 AM (ANuwa)
I really don't get why some of you are still surprised that those of on the right are cantakerous assholes who argue about everything and rarely agree on anything like leftists while you hang out here. Look to your left and right.
We argue about what time it is. We argue about every fucking thing and then act surprised when the people we elect do the same thing.
We aren't leftists. We think for ourselves. So do the people we elect. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it goes up in a ball of flames. But let's stop wondering why people with brains who think for themselves don't act like leftist drones.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 03, 2025 12:09 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Braenyard
And the Chicoms agreed to what in exchange? Unlimited EV imports? That we would not jail "graduate students?"
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 03, 2025 12:10 AM (NXz8h)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 03, 2025 12:10 AM (1m82a)
Hunh.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 03, 2025 12:11 AM (XQo4F)
It's over. Massie just changed from Yea to Nay. Trump about to go ballistic
207 v 217
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2025 12:12 AM (K91ZZ)
What are the odds that Newsom has dropped a running chainsaw onto a half naked woman fleeing down a stairwell from his opulent apartment, like Patrick Bateman?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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If only JD Vance tweeted that way. Is there any chance we could get "American Psycho" in front of Trump? "Newscum" is just a pun, not a character summary.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2025 12:12 AM (Rrsaq)
**backing out of the room**
Posted by: Effie Perrine at July 02, 2025 11:55 PM (1auMZ)
Don't worry, we just have to sit through a dumb marketing presentation.
Posted by: Nerd Herd at July 03, 2025 12:12 AM (6nQni)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 03, 2025 12:13 AM (mWuSL)
Posted by: Braenyard
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That IS an important consideration!
I just dislike our local show-- parking is a biatch, then everyone's cooped into a school football field-- major traffic jam both ways. Haven't been to one since stepson moved out.
Posted by: JQ at July 03, 2025 12:15 AM (rdVOm)
That's an odd way to sugarcoat the decades of industrial strength cuckotry.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 03, 2025 12:16 AM (BI5O2)
Saw one in town today. How are they crap?
Posted by: JackStraw
I've seen a couple here in DC. They are beautiful cars. I don't know how reliable they are. They may spend most of there lives in the repair shop. I've heard Mercedes is kind of like that.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 03, 2025 12:17 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 03, 2025 12:17 AM (/U5Yz)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 03, 2025 12:18 AM (QSrLX)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 03, 2025 12:19 AM (BI5O2)
Booting the criminal garbage from NJ would knock another seat off the Dem/robot total, so Mike could afford 3 idiots on every vote. Looks like that sort of cushion won't be enough.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 03, 2025 12:19 AM (1m82a)
My granddaddy had this to say, about Mercedes:
"Owning a Mercedes is like having chicken pox. You'll only do it once!"
(He gave me the hood ornament, from his one & only, LOL)
Posted by: JQ at July 03, 2025 12:19 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 03, 2025 12:20 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: scampydog at July 03, 2025 12:20 AM (A7iwo)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 03, 2025 12:17 AM (/U5Yz)
It depends on what you want. If you want really good steaming piles of dog shit, you have to go with the GOP, not the steaming piles of dogshit.
Posted by: RickZ at July 03, 2025 12:20 AM (gKDq2)
More here: "Like QE But Without The QE": What Trump's Upcoming Gold Revaluation Shock Will Look Like
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Gold Revaluation. What? This is news here. Looking for the article.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2025 12:20 AM (K91ZZ)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 03, 2025 12:21 AM (1m82a)
My cuz's Audi pitched a "I am brick" fit over some minor part blowing up. This turned into a $5000.00 repair bill because of all the "one time use parts" that had to be replaced. She ate the cost and immediately sold it.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 03, 2025 12:21 AM (NXz8h)
Posted by: Jen the original at July 03, 2025 12:22 AM (twdxl)
Rep. Charles “Chip” Roy (R‑TX)
Rep. Scott Perry (R‑PA)
Rep. Bob Onder (R-MO)
Rep. Andy Harris (R‑MD)
Rep. Mark Green (R‑TN)
Rep. Josh Brecheen (R‑OK)
Rep. Tim Burchett (R‑TN)
Rep. Eric Burlison (R‑MO)
Rep. Michael Cloud (R‑TX)
Rep. David Valadao (R‑CA)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 03, 2025 12:22 AM (/U5Yz)
Posted by: mindful webworker
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Thanks, mindful. Credit to the Horde - very welcoming to the delurkers.
Posted by: scampydog at July 03, 2025 12:22 AM (A7iwo)
The thing with McLarens is that they're so rare that repair costs often exceed purchase price - but they got so valuable that it's worth it to repair them and sell them at auction.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 03, 2025 12:24 AM (BI5O2)
Now release the names of the top 10 congressional members who caused money to paid out of the congressional sexual harassment slush fund. Then reintroduce the bill.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 03, 2025 12:24 AM (lUFok)
And that's why Jay Leno is the GOAT of car collecting. He understands that the point of cars is driving them.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 03, 2025 12:25 AM (GdK3A)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 03, 2025 12:25 AM (SEFV4)
Just for entertainment.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 03, 2025 12:21 AM (1m82a)
Vance should do the same for the Senate. As soon as the House passes it, the Senate gets 30 minutes to reach the chamber and vote in person.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 03, 2025 12:26 AM (S/Y4j)
Who is a dead set liberal. Rachel Maddow fan.
I love my mum but she's completely dedicated to this stupid shit.
Posted by: eleven at July 03, 2025 12:26 AM (fV+MH)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2025 12:20 AM (K91ZZ)
US Gold reserves are valued at about $29/troy oz. If they get revalued at actual spot, then the US debt stops being leveraged from something like 1:300 to 1:5
Posted by: Kindltot at July 03, 2025 12:26 AM (D7oie)
Posted by: Common Tater
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OTOH:
In December 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge, the Band was placed on the line to defend the Division Headquarters at Wiltz, Luxembourg. In this action, for which the Band was awarded the Meritorious Unit Commendation, all but thirteen of sixty members were killed or captured. Of the thirteen, eleven were wounded.
28th Division, U.S. Army
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 03, 2025 12:27 AM (XeU6L)
My 4th of July plans have been made. I'll be working. Meh.
The bright side is my vacation will begin on Sunday. Heading off to exotic and mysterious Amish Country for a couple of weeks. Visit the parental units, hang out with my sister, go shoot boomsticks with friends, golf, fish, more golf, eat, even more golf. Maybe some more fishing.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 03, 2025 12:28 AM (sAmhv)
He has a summer house out here and does car showS and pocasts all around the area. Really nice guy.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 03, 2025 12:28 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 03, 2025 12:28 AM (SEFV4)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 03, 2025 12:25 AM (SEFV4)
I like how The Manhattan Project started in Chicago.
OpSec.
Posted by: RickZ at July 03, 2025 12:29 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Jen the original at July 03, 2025 12:29 AM (twdxl)
Posted by: Nerd Herd at July 03, 2025 12:12 AM (6nQni)
Crap. I had to do that to get a cheap taxi ride to my resort in Puerto Vallarta once.
Posted by: Effie Perrine at July 03, 2025 12:29 AM (1auMZ)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
I would have gone with double ply toilet paper.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 03, 2025 12:29 AM (NXz8h)
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#MeToo. And the 5th and 6th and through roughly the 15th of August. This time of year sucks ass for me.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 03, 2025 12:30 AM (BI5O2)
Do guinea pigs poop?
Posted by: Persnickety at July 02, 2025 11:22 PM (jJdyX)
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Everything in Nature poops. If it's small enough we eat it with the poop.
Posted by: Ciampino - shrimp anyone? at July 03, 2025 12:30 AM (sPQoU)
...
...[charts and stuff]
As such, BofA places low odds of US asset monetization until Bessent provides more credible detail on how he will “monetize the asset side of the US balance sheet."
We, however, having realized that Trump moves very fast and breaks everything in his path, are confident that the odds of a gold revaluation are surging, and are a big part of why gold is trading just shy of $3000...
_orZeroHedgeMalarkey
https://tinyurl.com/yn6xte2j
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2025 12:31 AM (K91ZZ)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 03, 2025 12:33 AM (sAmhv)
Do guinea pigs poop?
Posted by: Persnickety at July 02, 2025 11:22 PM (jJdyX)
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Everything in Nature poops. If it's small enough we eat it with the poop.
Posted by: Ciampino - shrimp anyone?
Steaming guinea pig poop >>>> GOP
Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 03, 2025 12:35 AM (/U5Yz)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 03, 2025 12:26 AM (D7oie
I did not know this. Interesting
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 03, 2025 12:36 AM (WF/xn)
Even at market price it’s about 3 months government spending. Gold was originally pegged at $20.67 and Roosevelt devalued the dollar by about 40% after making monetary gold illegal for Americans. This was all done by executive order. Also reneged on government bonds, and forbade good clause contracts, which were a routine staple, particularly long term lease contracts. 99 year real estate deals, things like that.
3 countries outlawed gold that I’m aware of. Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, and United States.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 03, 2025 12:37 AM (mWuSL)
However, if stationed at a location of active aggression more practice time would be prudent.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2025 12:37 AM (K91ZZ)
Posted by: Nemo
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Too early to tell.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 03, 2025 12:38 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Kindltot
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Huh, forest/trees. Never thought of it that way. Thanks. Fun /interesting homework assignment.
Posted by: scampydog at July 03, 2025 12:38 AM (A7iwo)
My problem with late summer isn't so much that I have to work 7 days a week for six weeks. It's that I have to do it in pursuit of a less-than-worseless objective that just costs us lots of money for the dubious privilege of pissing off our customers by spending it.
*spits*
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 03, 2025 12:39 AM (BI5O2)
And there were even dentists, like NGU's predecessor at Saipan, who manned machine guns and inflicted great harm on the attacking enemy.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 03, 2025 12:40 AM (1m82a)
However, if stationed at a location of active aggression more practice time would be prudent.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Now do the AF.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 03, 2025 12:40 AM (XeU6L)
28th Division, U.S. Army
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 03, 2025 12:27 AM (XeU6L)
As WW2 wrapped, my father had a shot at a billet in the Army band. He was classically trained in trumpet and could sight read any piece of music put in front of him. CO liked him. Didn't work out, so he wrapped his enlistment and went back stateside. Why it didn't work out is a story for another day..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 03, 2025 12:42 AM (bA75n)
Posted by: Nemo
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Too early to tell.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 03, 2025 12:38 AM (XeU6L)
Perhaps that's what the BBB needs: a really useful research project. The desired result is a new alcoholic drink to be called the Drunken Pelosi. Drinking one makes you sound as smart and as sloshed as she does after drinking for three hours.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 03, 2025 12:42 AM (S/Y4j)
I wonder if Scott Bessent, the guy who helped break the Bank of England, knows this?
Posted by: JackStraw at July 03, 2025 12:42 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Kindltot
That seems to imply that the Federal government would immediately run the national debt into the quadrillions.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 03, 2025 12:43 AM (NXz8h)
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Great grandfather made great grandma a charm bracelet of $10 dollar gold pieces. He thought a lot about Rooosevelt.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2025 12:43 AM (K91ZZ)
My department voted for day shift having the 5th off, instead of the 4th.
Who can sleep with all that noise all night?! (Our 'day shift' was 5 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.) No way to celebrate *adequately* and still be worth a damn, so early the next day LOL!
Posted by: JQ at July 03, 2025 12:43 AM (rdVOm)
However, if stationed at a location of active aggression more practice time would be prudent.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Now do the AF.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 03, 2025 12:40 AM (XeU6L)
The History of The U.S. Air Force: Fighting Sand Traps and Water Holes Around The World
Posted by: RickZ at July 03, 2025 12:44 AM (gKDq2)
When asked, in the 1970s, his view on the impact of the French Revolution on history, he reportedly answered "it's too early to tell."
Even if apocryphal, good.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 03, 2025 12:44 AM (1m82a)
Even the bomber crews didn’t know exactly what they were training for. They knew it was a special bomb, but they were kept in the dark, too. Tibbets knew, and other key personnel at Tinian.
There was no chance a British bomber was going to carry the bomb.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 03, 2025 12:45 AM (DsbT+)
Now do the AF.
Posted by: Mike Hammer,
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Defend the hanger?
They'd ask where are the women.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2025 12:47 AM (K91ZZ)
What are the odds that Newsom has dropped a running chainsaw onto a half naked woman fleeing down a stairwell from his opulent apartment, like Patrick Bateman?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
When a naked man is chasing a woman through a dark alley with a butcher knife and a hard on, I figure he isn't out collecting for the Red Cross.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 03, 2025 12:49 AM (63Dwl)
And there were even dentists, like NGU's predecessor at Saipan, who manned machine guns and inflicted great harm on the attacking enemy.
Posted by: rhomboid
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Doris Miller, the cook aboard the West Virginia at Pearl Harbor. An amazing story, a hero by any measure.
Over the years, men in all of the services have risen to the occasion as the situation demanded. Having said that, I had a Drill Sergeant who observed, 'All of the heros are dead'. And, he was right. We'll just never know who they were or what they did. The 4th is a good time to remember that.
As an aside, I have jokes about each one of the services, and I enjoy sharing them with others who have a sense of humor...but one must be cautious.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 03, 2025 12:49 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 03, 2025 12:49 AM (NXz8h)
I didn't know Van Gogh painted the sun.
Posted by: mikeski at July 03, 2025 12:50 AM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2025 12:51 AM (K91ZZ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2025 12:51 AM (K91ZZ)
The bombs and associated tugs/lifts couldn't fit under the plane to load.
Until pits were dug (as was done on Tinian - they're still there) in the ramp to provide plenty of room under the bomb bay, they would throw lines over the tail section, pull it down, and lift the plane's front end slightly to allow access to the bomb bay. This decidedly low-tech solution was how the world's first atomic bomb operation got started. (according to Sweeney's book)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 03, 2025 12:52 AM (1m82a)
Insurance building in Iowa. 99 year lease. By the 1980s the tenant is paying $400 a month for the whole damn building, something silly like that. Monetary inflation. Sharp attorney for the owner is looking over the lease and notices that it is a gold clause contract. Says “pay us in gold coin”. They protested, eventually it was determined they need to pay off in gold or gold equivalent. Gold clause contracts are legal (again)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 03, 2025 12:52 AM (DsbT+)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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Agree. A lot of anonymous ones that widely shared history missed. A lot of very normal people that did very great things.
Posted by: scampydog at July 03, 2025 12:55 AM (A7iwo)
The US is richest and most economically powerful country on earth. And that, no pun, trumps everything.
Embargo on. Embargo off. Choose wisely.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 03, 2025 12:55 AM (viF8m)
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28th is the Keystone Division. The Pennsylvania Nationsl Guard.
Posted by: Cosda at July 03, 2025 12:57 AM (EO9/2)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 03, 2025 12:49 AM (XeU6L)
When I take the bus to the hospital for a doctor's appointment, I go by The Dorie Miller Cooperative Houses, an apartment complex. Built in 1952.
https://tinyurl.com/mvr3a2rm
"... The co-op’s early residents were a mix of African- American, Jewish, Caucasian and interracial families—many coming from [Adam Clayton] Powell’s home neighborhood of Harlem. The complex was named for Doris “Dorie” Miller, a World War II hero and the first African-American to receive the Navy Cross, for his actions at Pearl Harbor (Miller died in action in 1943)...."
Posted by: RickZ at July 03, 2025 12:58 AM (gKDq2)
"Stolen" emails? C'mon. These are the same asshoes what claim "no damage at all" to their freakin' nukular facilities.
Whatevs.
Posted by: JQ at July 03, 2025 12:08 AM (rdVOm)
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I can see it already:
Iranian on CNN: "We are releasing the first of the hacked emails from your infidel President Trump!"
== == ==
Dearest Mr. Epstein,
Please to be provide the young boys for sexing it is the good thing Every Day.
Sincerely Yours,
Doneld Trump
== == ==
CNN Anchor: "The walls are closing in on Trump with these newest revelations!"
Posted by: Pennsyltucky at July 03, 2025 01:00 AM (F30Bl)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 03, 2025 01:01 AM (/U5Yz)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 03, 2025 01:02 AM (1m82a)
Somehow a hung over soldier escaped detection from the MPs sweeping through all the makeshift barracks on zero day. So he was laying in his bunk at 0530 when it went off, had returned from a pass.
Scared the shit out of him, not surprisingly and he was blinded for a couple days but otherwise unhurt. Swore he would never, ever drink again.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 03, 2025 01:02 AM (hBX1B)
Posted by: RickZ
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I apologize for nothing!!!
ex-USAF
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 03, 2025 01:02 AM (sAmhv)
== == ==
Dearest Mr. Epstein,
Please to be provide the young boys for sexing it is the good thing Every Day.
Sincerely Yours,
Doneld Trump
== == ==
CNN Anchor: "The walls are closing in on Trump with these newest revelations!"
Posted by: Pennsyltucky at July 03, 2025 01:00 AM (F30Bl)
Rainman would be a better bet to write those fake emails. At least they'd be more coherent.
BTW, you missed a joke: Dearest Mr. Epstein's Mother.
Posted by: RickZ at July 03, 2025 01:05 AM (gKDq2)
ex-USAF
Posted by: Puddleglum
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My bil is USAF ret. I keep an updated repertoire of jokes about the AF. He laughs and laughs, and in turn takes cheap shots at the Army. All in good humor, and...he serves a pretty good Scotch.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 03, 2025 01:06 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: JQ at July 03, 2025 01:06 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Bulg at July 03, 2025 01:08 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg at July 03, 2025 01:10 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions
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If they pass safety they can import all they want it won't change the market for EVs. Main thing is that co.s like INTC and NVDA can sell to China.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2025 01:10 AM (K91ZZ)
Posted by: scampydog at July 03, 2025 01:10 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: RickZ
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I apologize for nothing!!!
ex-USAF
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 03, 2025 01:02 AM (sAmhv)
Says the scratch duffer.
Posted by: RickZ at July 03, 2025 01:11 AM (gKDq2)
"Thank you for contacting the US Department of Defense.
If you are a small country being invaded or attacked and require immediate assistance, push one for the Marine Corps.
(it went threw the Army and Navy, can't recall those, but it was increasing levels of snark)
If you are a country with an agreeable climate, good shopping, golf courses and abundant recreational activities, and face no imminent threats to your security, press 4 for the Air Force."
Posted by: rhomboid at July 03, 2025 01:11 AM (1m82a)
== == ==
Dearest Mr. Epstein,
Please to be provide the young boys for sexing it is the good thing Every Day.
Sincerely Yours,
Doneld Trump
== == ==
CNN Anchor: "The walls are closing in on Trump with these newest revelations!"
Posted by: Pennsyltucky
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The one's from Stormy Daniels ought to be a hoot.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2025 01:11 AM (K91ZZ)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 03, 2025 01:12 AM (NXz8h)
Posted by: Bulg at July 03, 2025 01:13 AM (77rzZ)
Step by step the case is being built, one nail at a time, like the scaffolding to the gallows
John Ratcliffe@DCIARatcliffe
.@POTUS has trusted me with helping to end weaponization of US intelligence. Today's report underscores that the 2016 IC Assessment was conducted through an atypical & corrupt process under the politically charged environments of former Dir. Brennan & former FBI Dir. Comey.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2025 01:14 AM (K91ZZ)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 03, 2025 01:14 AM (jTgrB)
>>John Ratcliffe@DCIARatcliffe
>>.@POTUS has trusted me with helping to end weaponization of US intelligence. Today's report underscores that the 2016 IC Assessment was conducted through an atypical & corrupt process under the politically charged environments of former Dir. Brennan & former FBI Dir. Comey.
By the way, it was Obama.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 03, 2025 01:18 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
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Sears catalog?
Posted by: scampydog at July 03, 2025 01:18 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2025 01:20 AM (g0YnD)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 03, 2025 01:02 AM (1m82a)
The first time I took the bus and saw the 'Dorie Miller Housing' sign, I wondered, 'Who the hell is Dorie Miller?' When I got back home, I fired up the dial-up and then I knew.
That's the way it should be, naming things for real heroes.
Posted by: RickZ at July 03, 2025 01:20 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Bulg at July 03, 2025 01:21 AM (77rzZ)
Jessica@RealJessica05 . 6h
Republican leaders in Louisiana are enabling lawsuits that undermine Trump’s America First energy agenda.
Instead of defending U.S. oil & gas, Jeff Landry and Liz Murrill are teaming up with left-wing lawyers to sue patriotic energy producers—costing Louisiana jobs, royalties, and billions in investment.
It’s time they stop siding with Democrat radicals and start protecting our energy independence
Landry’s lawsuits have already led to a $744M verdict against Chevron—and over 40 more suits are in the pipeline.
This lawfare isn’t just a betrayal of Trump’s agenda—it threatens U.S. national security by targeting WWII-era energy production done under federal orders.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2025 01:23 AM (K91ZZ)
Long hours during the week, but the payoff each weekend was great!
Posted by: JQ at July 03, 2025 01:26 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 03, 2025 01:26 AM (viF8m)
This [one dot amongst many] corresponds with an unknown, interstellar object approaching Earth at over 100,000 mph.
This is only the third known interstellar object to enter our solar system.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2025 01:26 AM (K91ZZ)
@POTUS has trusted me with helping to end weaponization of US intelligence. Today's report underscores that the 2016 IC Assessment was conducted through an atypical & corrupt process under the politically charged environments of former Dir. Brennan & former FBI Dir. Comey.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Does ending weaponization just mean cleaning up after those zoo animals? Or does it mean showing what will happen to any animal who tries it again?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2025 01:27 AM (Rrsaq)
It will pay out $117,235 if it hits.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2025 01:27 AM (K91ZZ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 03, 2025 01:28 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 03, 2025 01:29 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Bulg at July 03, 2025 01:29 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Oh, wouldn't it be loverly?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2025 01:29 AM (K91ZZ)
Posted by: Daisy Cutter at July 03, 2025 01:30 AM (AdbLi)
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Legal or illegal?
Posted by: scampydog at July 03, 2025 01:30 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Bulg at July 03, 2025 01:32 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: RickZ at July 03, 2025 01:20 AM (gKDq2)
Another one of those things kids today will never know about. The waiting through the beeps and tones and white noise just to get on-line.
That's in this Century! Just like I imagine for kids today to be without a cell phone is unthinkable.
Information is so easy to get yet people today are dumber for it.
Posted by: RickZ at July 03, 2025 01:32 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: RickZ at July 03, 2025 01:20 AM (gKDq2)
Another one of those things kids today will never know about. The waiting through the beeps and tones and white noise just to get on-line.
That's in this Century! Just like I imagine for kids today to be without a cell phone is unthinkable.
Information is so easy to get yet people today are dumber for it.
Posted by: RickZ
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9600 baud. Heh.
Posted by: scampydog at July 03, 2025 01:34 AM (41CYW)
Information is so easy to get yet people today are dumber for it.
Posted by: RickZ
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The distinction between 'information' and 'knowledge'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 03, 2025 01:35 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 03, 2025 01:35 AM (XeU6L)
Point well said.
Posted by: RickZ at July 03, 2025 01:35 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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This is about me, isn't it.
Posted by: AI at July 03, 2025 01:36 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Bulg at July 03, 2025 01:37 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 03, 2025 01:40 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 03, 2025 01:40 AM (jTgrB)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 03, 2025 01:41 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: scampydog at July 03, 2025 01:42 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: Bulg at July 03, 2025 01:42 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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This is about me, isn't it.
Posted by: AI at July 03, 2025 01:36 AM (XeU6L)
That legal dissent from Justice Jackson doesn't make you . . . {wait for it} . . . look good.
Posted by: RickZ at July 03, 2025 01:42 AM (gKDq2)
Great. All-male throuple has a baby with a surrogate mother and it's funded by their employer... American Express.
"Family building" benefits got them through $70k of their "surrogacy journey" and "adoption journey."
https://x.com/SurrogConcern/status/
1940282151523831993
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2025 01:42 AM (Rrsaq)
Posted by: Bulg at July 03, 2025 01:43 AM (77rzZ)
Had a very popular betting site online. Shut down by Obama, I think. No mention on wiki. I'm sure some remember it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2025 01:44 AM (K91ZZ)
Posted by: Bulg=
Yeah, like the excessive use of quotation marks.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 03, 2025 01:44 AM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Bulg at July 03, 2025 01:45 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg at July 03, 2025 01:45 AM (77rzZ)
Yeah, like they had to cross the country in a Conestoga wagon to get a kid.
Posted by: RickZ at July 03, 2025 01:47 AM (gKDq2)
I am either a certified lunatic or a certified whimp who can't handle the heat. Likely both.
A/C went out around 7:30 PM. Didn't know it until around 9PM when it started getting a bit warm inside. Now guess what I'm doing? Up in the attic at midnight until now, troubleshooting at air handler. I've found the problem. Now, to button it up back up, when I've rested. It's still sort of hot up there, even at 1AM. With this damned arthritis, I just can't move around like I used to.
I'll give the details later, but the problem was a float switch, to catch if the condensate drain clogs. An installer did something stupid. Well, I think that was it is. Drain is not clogged.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 03, 2025 01:47 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Bulg at July 03, 2025 01:52 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 03, 2025 01:53 AM (jTgrB)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2025 01:54 AM (K91ZZ)
Posted by: Bulg at July 03, 2025 01:55 AM (77rzZ)
I'll give the details later, but the problem was a float switch, to catch if the condensate drain clogs. An installer did something stupid. Well, I think that was it is. Drain is not clogged.
Posted by: publius
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I have had the condensate pump clog. Also an attic air handler. Happily the installation has a catch pan that completely underlies the air handler, because that caught the water. There is a float switch in the pan. So, kinda similar situation.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 03, 2025 01:56 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: RickZ at July 03, 2025 01:57 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 03, 2025 01:58 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Bulg at July 03, 2025 02:00 AM (77rzZ)
@ILA_NewsX . 3h
Somewhere between 1/2 and 2/3 of people don't have an inner monologue. WTF? Who do they argue with in the shower? lol
That explains a lot.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2025 02:00 AM (K91ZZ)
Posted by: Bulg at July 03, 2025 02:01 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 03, 2025 01:58 AM (XeU6L)
Please, don't make make count the ways.
For some reason, I didn't think gays felt the need to procreate because . . . gay. It kind of goes with the territory.
Posted by: RickZ at July 03, 2025 02:03 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: RickZ at July 03, 2025 02:04 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Bulg
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Goes back to that Campbell's soup commercial.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2025 02:04 AM (K91ZZ)
Now, time to button everything back up, and hopefully be cool...
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 03, 2025 02:04 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ at July 03, 2025 02:05 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Bulg at July 03, 2025 02:05 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2025 02:07 AM (K91ZZ)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 03, 2025 02:08 AM (jTgrB)
... Baylor University Receives $643K Grant To Study and Foster LGBTQ Inclusion
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2025 02:08 AM (K91ZZ)
Posted by: Bulg
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Goes back to that Campbell's soup commercial.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2025 02:04 AM (K91ZZ)
You just ruined that commercial slogan, 'mm-mm Good!'
Thanks.
Posted by: RickZ at July 03, 2025 02:09 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Old country outhouse with bucket of corn cobs at July 03, 2025 02:10 AM (rdVOm)
She was not bullshitting.
I was dumb founded when it hit me.
Then I tried for weeks to like blank my mind to no avail.
Mind "cool we are thinking about nothing.. no we just thought that.. okay. . . . shit."
I just couldn't conceive it.
How the fuck do you not think about anything.
Posted by: Reforger at July 03, 2025 02:10 AM (SJnNf)
Guess all the reporters are too drunk to write.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2025 02:10 AM (K91ZZ)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Code
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 03, 2025 02:11 AM (jTgrB)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 03, 2025 02:08 AM (jTgrB)
When I've been camping, I've used a broad leaf in extremis.
Whatever gets you to the next shower.
Posted by: RickZ at July 03, 2025 02:11 AM (gKDq2)
Baylor University Receives $643K Grant To Study and Foster LGBTQ Inclusion
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From whom?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2025 02:11 AM (Rrsaq)
Posted by: Bulg at July 03, 2025 02:12 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Braenyard
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'I'm your daddy'
'No, I'm your daddy'
No, I'm your daddy'
At least the kid's psychologist won't blame mother.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 03, 2025 02:12 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Reforger at July 03, 2025 02:10 AM (SJnNf)
Vote Democrat.
Posted by: RickZ at July 03, 2025 02:15 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 03, 2025 02:15 AM (jTgrB)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 03, 2025 02:12 AM (XeU6L)
What, are you kidding me? She abandoned him! To those monsters!
That's gotta be good for at least a coupla years worth of sessions.
Posted by: RickZ at July 03, 2025 02:18 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Bulg at July 03, 2025 02:12 AM (77rzZ)
Even looking at boobs I still have 10 other thoughts going on.
Maybe I'm just frigging weird.
They called it ADD eventually.
Teachers to my parents "He won't concentrate"
No. I concentrate on all kinds of shit. Just not the shit they wanted me to.
Posted by: Reforger at July 03, 2025 02:19 AM (SJnNf)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 03, 2025 02:15 AM (jTgrB)
Eventually, corn cobs will clog up an outhouse, too.
Posted by: RickZ at July 03, 2025 02:20 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: fourseasons at July 03, 2025 02:20 AM (3ek7K)
That's gotta be good for at least a coupla years worth of sessions.
Posted by: RickZ
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Good point.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 03, 2025 02:20 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 03, 2025 02:21 AM (jTgrB)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 02, 2025 11:29 PM (K91ZZ)
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You missed at least one:
FACT:
Southern FFA Family
@FFAFamily
3h
The No Tax on Tips & No Tax on Overtime were taken out of the One Big Beautiful Big aka OBBB.
It is now a deduction at a cap of $25,000.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 03, 2025 02:22 AM (LGZQv)
Posted by: Reforger at July 03, 2025 02:19 AM (SJnNf)
How else do we learn useless shit that won't even get us Jeopardy!?
Posted by: RickZ at July 03, 2025 02:22 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2025 02:22 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: fourseasons at July 03, 2025 02:24 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: fourseasons at July 03, 2025 02:20 AM (3ek7K)
The evil Putin made that a law in Russia.
You're a Putin apologist!
Posted by: RickZ at July 03, 2025 02:24 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2025 02:25 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Bulg at July 03, 2025 02:25 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Reforger at July 03, 2025 02:25 AM (SJnNf)
Lol
Posted by: fourseasons at July 03, 2025 02:25 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2025 02:25 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Skip
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Two in my yard yesterday. Bucks, with velvety antlers.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 03, 2025 02:27 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Bulg at July 03, 2025 02:25 AM (77rzZ)
We noticed.
Posted by: Reforger at July 03, 2025 02:28 AM (SJnNf)
Posted by: Bulg at July 03, 2025 02:29 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2025 02:29 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: Bulg at July 03, 2025 02:30 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2025 02:30 AM (K91ZZ)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 03, 2025 02:31 AM (jTgrB)
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2025 02:31 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 03, 2025 02:21 AM (jTgrB)
Not sure if this is 'better' or not.
In college, I took a philosophy course. It was a lot harder than it sounds. But this was the '70s, so. Anyway, we were on the quarter system and the next quarter I saw a good looking girl from that class while changing classes, pure happenstance. So I started up a line of conversation about something we had in commone, that class. I asked her a question about it. Her reply, 'Oh, that was last quarter, I don't remember'. Couldn't talk about a class from just a few weeks before. It was like she erased her mind every quarter, hit a reset button or something.
I was dumbfounded. And no date.
Posted by: RickZ at July 03, 2025 02:33 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Reforger at July 03, 2025 02:34 AM (SJnNf)
Posted by: JQ at July 03, 2025 02:35 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard
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I keep a trivial technical problem in the back of my mind. I call it my 'Go to sleep problem'. Something that *might* be worked out mentally, with some effort. Usually, I barely catch up with last night's progress before I conk out. It flushes out all of the daily dreck that I would normally be pondering.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 03, 2025 02:37 AM (XeU6L)
Rep. Charles “Chip” Roy (R‑TX)
Rep. Scott Perry (R‑PA)
Rep. Bob Onder (R-MO)
Rep. Andy Harris (R‑MD)
Rep. Mark Green (R‑TN)
Rep. Josh Brecheen (R‑OK)
Rep. Tim Burchett (R‑TN)
Rep. Eric Burlison (R‑MO)
Rep. Michael Cloud (R‑TX)
Rep. David Valadao (R‑CA)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 03, 2025 12:22 AM (/U5Yz)
Bailiff, whack his pee pee.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 03, 2025 02:38 AM (1Gsou)
‘Night, All.
Posted by: Bulg at July 03, 2025 02:38 AM (77rzZ)
"My doctor asked me, 'Do you have trouble falling asleep, Rodney?'"
"I said, 'Doc! I dunno how to fall asleep. I only know how to pass out!'"
Posted by: mnw at July 03, 2025 02:41 AM (kd60y)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 03, 2025 02:21 AM (jTgrB)
I mostly think in snark.
However, my rational side and my creative side do tend to argue with one another.
This form of thinking leads to becoming an architect, a fate worse than death.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 03, 2025 02:42 AM (1Gsou)
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2025 02:42 AM (+qU29)
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It's strange, isn't it?
I (tried to) train a gal like that at work. Every morning, she asked the same questions about what we were doing that day, what was the plan, etc. I told her again and again: check the whiteboard on the wall. Yeah, that HUGE board, over there. With the planned production written on it.
*shrugs*
It's like her brain unplugged at the end of each shift...
12:00
12:00
12:00
12:00
12:00
Every day, fresh and new! Memory EMPTY!
Posted by: JQ at July 03, 2025 02:42 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Bulg at July 03, 2025 02:25 AM (77rzZ)
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We noticed.
Posted by: Reforger at July 03, 2025 02:28 AM (SJnNf)
What gave it away, our thousand-yard stare?
Posted by: RickZ at July 03, 2025 02:42 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: JQ at July 03, 2025 02:42 AM (rdVOm)
Like a goldfish swimming in a fish tank. "Oh, look! A castle!" "Oh, look! A castle!" ad nauseum
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 03, 2025 02:45 AM (1Gsou)
Baylor University in Waco, Texas, has bucked current “anti-DEI” trends and received a $643,000 grant to study and foster LGBTQ+ inclusion.
The private Baptist research university, with a mission “to educate men and women for worldwide leadership and service by integrating academic excellence and Christian commitment within a caring community”, has been given a grant to foster LGBTQ+ inclusion.
On 30 June, the university shared that the Center for Church and Community Impact (C31) has been awarded a grant from the Eula Mae and John Baugh Foundation “to foster inclusion and belonging in the church,” with an emphasis on understanding “the disenfranchisement and exclusion of LGBTQIA+ individuals and women within congregations to nurture institutional courage and foster change.”
As reported by Good Faith Media, the Center for Church and Community Impact is a research centre housed within Baylor’s Diana R. Garland School of Social Work.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2025 02:46 AM (K91ZZ)
Posted by: JQ at July 03, 2025 02:48 AM (rdVOm)
Next time I saw her, she was flagging on a DOT roadcrew. Probably making a lot more $$$ than me!
At least she found a job she could handle.
Posted by: JQ at July 03, 2025 02:51 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2025 02:52 AM (+qU29)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 03, 2025 02:52 AM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2025 02:52 AM (+qU29)
I initially read "placid" as "plaid." I am pretty sure all I am going to be thinking about is a plaid world in bed. Thanks.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 03, 2025 02:53 AM (NXz8h)
Posted by: JQ at July 03, 2025 02:53 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at July 03, 2025 02:56 AM (rdVOm)
https://youtu.be/SVDc0K5Wtvg
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 03, 2025 02:56 AM (NXz8h)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 03, 2025 02:53 AM (NXz8h)
When you've gone to plaid, be aware of that sudden stop.
Posted by: RickZ at July 03, 2025 02:58 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Reforger at July 03, 2025 02:59 AM (SJnNf)
Posted by: RickZ
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Rodney don't get no respect I tell ya no respect at all.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2025 03:02 AM (K91ZZ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2025 03:06 AM (K91ZZ)
Have you seen Diana Ankudinova’s latest YouTube video? At an event commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Great Patriotic War (WWII), she came out in a very sophisticated black evening gown and sang a song from the war about honoring all the men who had chosen to give their lives to save their homeland, their comrades, and their family. The screen behind her filled up with all these images of men from WWII, each with a little flame flickering in the corner like a votive candle. The pictures keep changing being replaced by new images of the dead. There are so many of them! Then while she is still singing the camera pans over the audience: everyone is standing up! Here and there is an old man in uniform. There are many women there almost on the verge of tears. The camera keeps coming back to some faces more than others. (to be cont.)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 03, 2025 03:06 AM (jTgrB)
Then the camera turns back to Diana, still singing, and the screen fills with new images, now in color: there’s a soldier in some sort of camouflage wearing a helmet. He makes the Hawaiian “hang loose” sign with his hand. There are many others. The camera turns to one handsome blonde woman in the front row: she was on the verge of tears before, now she is silently crying, her hand over face. You realize these are images of the new war dead: the men who valued their homeland, their comrades, and their family over their own lives. However unfair you think the comparison to be, this is what the Russians are thinking today: this is the new Patriotic War. We can’t let all these sacrifices be in vain. If you think the Russians are going to back down in the current war, think again! They are steeling themselves for more sacrifice! Diana Ankudinova is a great singer, whatever her other troubles may be she loves her homeland. She says in interviews she doesn’t do politics. This isn’t politics for Diana. Go see the video for yourself: you can get it with English subtitles at her YouTube site.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 03, 2025 03:09 AM (jTgrB)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 03, 2025 03:09 AM (jTgrB)
Russians, past and present, may hate their government, but Russians love Mother Russia. Just ask Napoleon. Borodino much?
Here, we have some Americans who hate our government {raises hand} while the other half hate our Country.
To me, that's the difference today between Russia and America.
Posted by: RickZ at July 03, 2025 03:18 AM (gKDq2)
Well, I'm cooling now, thank God. Dew point got up to 66F inside, temp 78F. It got well over 80F, but with the windows open, it cooled down some, but brought in the outside humidity.
A/C is basically just dehumidifying now, temp has gone down hardly a smidge. It will be interesting to watch how long it takes to start lowering the temp.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 03, 2025 03:19 AM (w6EFb)
Love the fresh air. Hate the heat.
Posted by: JQ at July 03, 2025 03:19 AM (rdVOm)
Humidity... ugh.
Hope it gets comfortable enough for good sleep tonight.
Posted by: JQ at July 03, 2025 03:22 AM (rdVOm)
Johnson on holdouts on OBBB: The group will go down get the votes necessary to pass the rule. We'll proceed to debate. Probably two to three hours for that. There's an hour allotted. But Leader Jeffries gets a Magic Minute. I think he goes about an hour. Mine will be much shorter than that, and we'll proceed a final vote, and we'll be passing this bill.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 03, 2025 03:26 AM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2025 03:28 AM (+qU29)
Humidity is around 30% usually. Sometimes lower. The tray hasn't ever overflowed, and it takes 2-3 days of constant running to even see liquid in it. Lucky, right?
There's another portable unit upstairs, but don't need to run it unless company is staying here. Thankfully, this week's visitors are staying elsewhere, so my electric bill will not be too bad.
Posted by: JQ at July 03, 2025 03:29 AM (rdVOm)
Can't say I'm surprised. Sent three kids through there. Initially thought conservative and Christian only to find a large percentage is neither. Quite a number of PK types first time away from home. I do feel they got a good education though...
Posted by: Miflin at July 03, 2025 03:32 AM (aA6YN)
Now, the temp is coming down pretty good now. It got the dew point down to 60F, and then the temp started dropping. That was a drop of RH about 10% points. Interesting how that all behaves.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 03, 2025 03:38 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ at July 03, 2025 03:42 AM (rdVOm)
Deadbolt on outbuilding would not fully retract. Thought maybe the lock's tailpiece was disconnected or bound-up or ???.
Fiddled and fiddled, finally sprayed *a bunch of* penetrating oil in & around the keyway and door frame, hoping to reach the bolt itself. Fiddled some more....
*snap!*
And the bolt drew back fully.
*crisis averted!*
There were some thick cobwebs in the bolt-hole.
Posted by: JQ at July 03, 2025 03:50 AM (rdVOm)
Once I got the door opened, no trouble at all with bolt movement. Even with door closed, no drag or binding of bolt, once it 'broke free'. Strange.
Can spider webbing really be that strong? Guess so.
Posted by: JQ at July 03, 2025 04:05 AM (rdVOm)
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Signs of Hip-Hop Influence on John Kerry
NYT Headlines Spinning Bush's Jobs Boom
Things People Are More Likely to Say Than "Did You Hear What Al Franken Said Yesterday?"
Signs that Paul Krugman Has Lost His Frickin' Mind
All-Time Best NBA Players, According to Senator Robert Byrd
Other Bad Things About the Jews, According to the Koran
Signs That David Letterman Just Doesn't Care Anymore
Examples of Bob Kerrey's Insufferable Racial Jackassery
Signs Andy Rooney Is Going Senile
Other Judgments Dick Clarke Made About Condi Rice Based on Her Appearance
Collective Names for Groups of People
John Kerry's Other Vietnam Super-Pets
Cool Things About the XM8 Assault Rifle
Media-Approved Facts About the Democrat Spy
Changes to Make Christianity More "Inclusive"
Secret John Kerry Senatorial Accomplishments
John Edwards Campaign Excuses
John Kerry Pick-Up Lines
Changes Liberal Senator George Michell Will Make at Disney
Torments in Dog-Hell
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)