USA-250 Club ONT - July 4, 2026 [3 D's]

Welcome to Club ONT - a revolutionary collaboration of The Club's "founding fathers", The Disco, The Dino, and The Doggo. That's right - even the prodigal pooch couldn't stay away from our USA-250 celebration!

We built this place for you so you can have some fun. Come in in, grab a drink or 3. Keep it light and friendly. Jerks need not enter the premises. No loyal British subjects of the king are allowed either! Club ONT is for citizens, not subjects.

Please rise for a salute to the ragged old flag.

Thank you.

*****

Saturday Night Jokes and Other Funnies

Why did Paul Revere ride his horse from Boston to Lexington? It was too heavy to carry.

***

So it's July 4th night, and all of the dead presidents are gathered around a campfire for a party. They're drinking, eating, and having a good time when President Washington puts President Lincoln on the spot.

"Hey, Lincoln, do your thing!" asks Washington.

"What thing?" Lincoln asks. "What is it?"

"Lincoln, do the thing!" Washington says. The speech, address or whatever! "You know what I'm talking about!"

"Oh, yeah, the speech," Lincoln says. That thing, yes. I'm afraid I can't. "I can't recall the words."

"What do you mean you can't remember the words?" exclaimed Washington. "You've given the speech a million times! You've got that like burned in your brain, right?!"

Lincoln says, "Well, yeah, normally, sure, I've got it memorized, but that was four s'mores and seven beers ago!"

*****

Drink of the Night

A red, white, and blue layered cocktail for USA-250? Of course!

Here's how to make it

I want to make this drink called the USA Lemonade. Looks pretty simple. All you'll need is:

Here's what you'll need:
1 oz Grenadine
4 oz lemonade
1 oz blue curacao
1.5 oz vodka
Ice

🍋 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/mnaGCavUJm
— DocumentingLibs (@HistorianUSA1) June 28, 2026

*****

Club ONT Department of Bicentennial Artifacts

Who still has their Bicentennial mug, T-shirt, pin, button, commemorative plate... or harmonica?

Is it proudly displayed? Tucked away in the attic? Hidden in a box with the avocado-green Tupperware and other "too sentimental to toss" treasures?

Hit the comments if you've held onto a Bicentennial keepsake or two.

***

Check out this cool poster from our good friend and barkeep, JQ!

Hopefully JQ will take a break from pouring drinks and explain how this came into her possession and where she currently has it displayed.

***

Yes... one of the D's still has a Bicentennial harmonica. It's safely tucked away in a home office desk drawer, just waiting for a Yankee Doodle rendition.

***

And here's one from The Disco's personal collection. A well cared for piece of Bicentennial drinkware!

[Disco says: This belonged to my grandfather, was given to my mom when she and my dad bought a house with a bar in the basement, then I took it several years ago when my mom sold that house. It has become my favorite glass for sipping bourbon.]

Grok says it is a "sour cream" tumbler made by Hazel Atlas Glass Company.

***

So - what do you still have? And what have you acquired as a collectible for USA-250?

*****

Club ONT Department of Flyover Country

4 cents per acre. Jefferson and that land purchase. Very casual reading at the link - plenty of other details to parse in the comment section.

By the time Monroe arrived in Paris on April 12, 1803, the French had made a stunning offer to Livingston. For various reasons, Napoleon had decided to abandon his plans for Louisiana, and he had Prime Minister Talleyrand offer not just New Orleans but the entire territory to the United States for $15 million. Monroe and Livingston agreed to the purchase, and they signed a treaty with France on April 30, 1803.

How is that Greenland thing coming along?

*****

Club ONT Department of Patriotic Paint Jobs and Styling

Patriotic Special Edition Cars and Trucks Hit the link to check out the 1976 Cadillac Eldorado Bicentennial Edition.

Hurst Performance had a thriving business as a specialty car builder for major automakers in the late 1960s, producing special high-performance models for Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Plymouth, and others, but the AMC Hurst SC/Rambler is undoubtedly one of the most visually distinctive vehicles that emerged from these collaborations.

Nice story about a kid tracking down his dad's 1976 Kenworth - Bicentennial edition.

During the nation's bicentennial celebration in 1976, automakers introduced special edition cars and trucks honoring America's 200th anniversary, while Kenworth answered the call with one of the most distinctive heavy-duty trucks it had ever produced.
Known as the VIT 200, the limited-production package transformed the company's flagship W900 conventional into a patriotic showpiece through a red, white, and blue paint scheme, special trim, commemorative badging, and the introduction of Kenworth's groundbreaking Aerodyne raised-roof sleeper.

*****

Club ONT Jukebox

250 years of this great nation deserves a party!

*****

Top 10ish Comments of the Week

Bonus comments of the week:

*****

Club ONT is brought to you by the Weather Report

Florida Man meets Hurricane Matthew (with help from Slayer)

*****

Club ONT Disclaimer: Side effects may include wild flag waving, excessive potato salad consumption, Roman Candle duels, and convincing yourself a second or third hot dog is a good idea. Professional fireworks should be left to professionals. Uncle Billy is not a professional fireworks technician, no matter what he says - and neither are you Morons.

This ONT is fueled by charcoal, confidence, and mosquitoes. No Founding Fathers were consulted in the planning of these festivities, though we're reasonably certain they'd have questions.

Sparklers are not lightsabers. Lawn chairs and coolers are not defensive positions. The bald eagle is watching all of you. America has thrived for 250 years. Don't be the reason it doesn't survive the weekend.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 Wow! 3 Ds?! Youza!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 04, 2026 10:01 PM (uTEOj)

2 Meow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at July 04, 2026 10:03 PM (w3u3d)

3 I have a $10 roll of Bicentennial quarters.

I also have - inherited from my father - a set, untouched by human hands, of Bicentennial coinage - a dollar, half dollar and a quarter.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 04, 2026 10:03 PM (M5CvA)

4 Woot! Club ONT! Thanks, 3Ds!!!

Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 10:03 PM (rdVOm)

5 The American Way

https://tinyurl.com/4uakukck

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 10:04 PM (jU8k8)

6 I still have my Philadelphia 76 Liberty Bell souvenir button.

Posted by: goozer at July 04, 2026 10:06 PM (eTh1u)

7 Who still has their Bicentennial mug, T-shirt, pin, button, commemorative plate... or harmonica?

I still have many quarters...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 04, 2026 10:06 PM (uTEOj)

8 That top picture needs to be a t-shirt.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026 10:08 PM (afJtY)

9 I'm thinking I'm the only Moron here tonight...
Look at meeee!
'Merica baby!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 04, 2026 10:08 PM (uTEOj)

10 Evenin'

Guess the fireworks in DC got rained out. I'm torn on that. Bummer for the visitors but we need the rain and it's been steamy hot around here. Hoping it cools down to a comfortable, humid 90 tomorrow. Over 100 sucks.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 04, 2026 10:09 PM (ntk8v)

11 Howdy, Club patrons! Happy 250!🇺🇸

Posted by: Doof at July 04, 2026 10:10 PM (QMAsf)

12 Sorry I'm late, I was waiting for Paul Revere to ride through town and hand out presents.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 04, 2026 10:10 PM (ZWAWS)

13 A3-D ONT is a rare treat. Thank you to all!

Greetings Horde from So. Cal. Scattered booms going off around me. Fireworks, not t-storms.

I might have a bicentennial proof set or two. I also have an early 1970's Florida license plate which I placed in the back window of my truck which my wife rolled her eyes at. She drew the line at my Nixon/Agnew bumper sticker.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 10:11 PM (GCVzV)

14 Is that tcn's Falcon?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 10:11 PM (jU8k8)

15
*rings doorbell repeatedly*

Helloooh! Anyone home?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2026 10:11 PM (O0L8i)

16 I keep a $2 bill in my wallet.

Posted by: davidt at July 04, 2026 10:11 PM (Q+gd/)

17 It's hard to believe that it has been 50 years since the Highcentennial.

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 04, 2026 10:12 PM (4NO2D)

18 Only three beachgoers hit in the head/face by a fallen Roman Candle this year. As one might imagine, someone else got a couple of throat punches.

Glad we watched from the cottage deck.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 04, 2026 10:12 PM (NXz0i)

19 I might have a bicentennial proof set or two. I also have an early 1970's Florida license plate which I placed in the back window of my truck which my wife rolled her eyes at. She drew the line at my Nixon/Agnew bumper sticker.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 10:11 PM (GCVzV)

Did you call her a nattering nabob of negativity?

Posted by: Doof at July 04, 2026 10:13 PM (QMAsf)

20 Bicentennial poster:

I was the poster-collector in my fam. Seems that this one is the only one what wasn't *appropriated* by younger siblings when I left home! Most of the others were Velvaprint® blacklight style and disappeared over the years...

I found it rolled up and tucked away with other childhood stuff, under the staircase, while cleaning out Dad's house. (The work of Mom, no doubt, as Dad threw away so many keepsakes when he found them. Dad didn't mess with that stuff under the stairs, thankfully)

Couldn't get it professionally matted before the holiday. Now wondering whether to do that, or just fill in the blank top/bottom with colorful fabric and call it good. For now, it's in the living room. Will hang permanently in the den after finishing the framed display.

Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 10:14 PM (rdVOm)

21 10 Guess the fireworks in DC got rained out.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 04, 2026 10:09 PM
***
Not so fast. They're letting people back on the mall. PDJT is giving comments at 11pm and fireworks will follow. (At least that was the last I heard.)

Posted by: TRex - explosive dino at July 04, 2026 10:14 PM (IQ6Gq)

22 A red, white, and blue layered cocktail for USA-250? Of course!

But of course!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPicnUgsJjE

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 04, 2026 10:15 PM (Wnv9h)

23 TxAnn ought to come to the next TX MoMee.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 04, 2026 10:15 PM (R+iUD)

24 One thing people don't realize is now at 250 years the US has one of the oldest governments in the world.

A whole lot of governments only go back to WWI or WWII or even later.

I was asking this as a trivia question to some friends today, "What is the oldest government in the world and I got answers like Germany or Italy and...not even close

Posted by: 18-1 at July 04, 2026 10:16 PM (sKqQm)

25 I keep a $2 bill in my wallet.
Posted by: davidt

I keep a $3 bill in my wallet.

Posted by: Buttigig at July 04, 2026 10:16 PM (NXz0i)

26 Hey Helena!!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 10:17 PM (lfni7)

27 I’m trying to pin down the make and tear of the patriotic car up top, looks familiar but I can’t pin it down.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 04, 2026 10:17 PM (H8EHh)

28 KW looks like it has twin 100 gal tanks. Fill that baby up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 10:18 PM (jU8k8)

29 How are women like fireworks? They look.great from a distance, dangerous up close and can go off with the tiniest spark.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026 10:18 PM (afJtY)

30 The Ruger firearms company stamped "Made in the 200th Year of American Liberty" on the guns they made in 1976. Guns being the durable products that they are, most of them are still around.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 04, 2026 10:19 PM (W5PEE)

31 Truth, Justice and All That Jazz..

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 04, 2026 10:20 PM (XV/Pl)

32 The oldest government would be something like the Knights Hospitallers, or San Marino, wouldn't it? The Vatican?

Posted by: Kindltot at July 04, 2026 10:20 PM (rbvCR)

33 Comparing the US and UK today makes it clear that the right decision was to fight for Independence

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 04, 2026 10:20 PM (QTFkC)

34 Just set of 20 cannisters of pyrotechnic delight. But, the coolest thing was that the sky around here is alive with those lightning bolts that shoot across the entire sky. Some of the fireworks were timed absolutely perfectly with the natural light show.

Very Auspicious. (that's the positive type of Omen)

Posted by: Orson at July 04, 2026 10:21 PM (dIske)

35 I want mammoths. The northern America needs mammoths 🦣
Make it happen Trump

Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 10:21 PM (YeXhF)

36 29 How are women like fireworks? They look.great from a distance, dangerous up close and can go off with the tiniest spark.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026 10:18 PM (afJtY)
_____________________________

Short fuse.

Posted by: Orson at July 04, 2026 10:22 PM (dIske)

37 Amazing likeness to all 3 of you in that top pic!

Posted by: GWB at July 04, 2026 10:22 PM (kU0PQ)

38 I may need to bring the younger cats in early tonight. They were a bit freaked last night.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 04, 2026 10:22 PM (rbvCR)

39 The 250th has got me all choked up. This is one helluva anniversary for our great nation.

Posted by: Splunge at July 04, 2026 10:23 PM (JpUeg)

40 33 Comparing the US and UK today makes it clear that the right decision was to fight for Independence
Posted by: JM in Illinois

Yeah.
George III himself exclaimed that when Washington went home to his farm that this was the greatest statesman of his time

Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 10:23 PM (YeXhF)

41
Happy 4th, everybody.

It was slightly "cooler" today. We got more "mixing" as the GSP boys call it, which lowered dew points for about 80 down to the lower 70s. That made a difference. Tomorrow, the temps will be lower, but dew point back up. Pick your poison.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 10:23 PM (w6EFb)

42 That top picture needs to be a t-shirt.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026 10:08 PM (afJtY)

It's a very good likeness of all three!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 10:23 PM (1z8ji)

43
A woman walks into a library in Paris and asks to see the French Constitution. "Madame," the librarian sniffs, "we do not carry periodicals."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2026 10:24 PM (O0L8i)

44
Billy Ray corrupted Miley when she was too young.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 10:24 PM (jU8k8)

45 I wonder if there are fireworks in heaven. If so, I don't know if my dad, his dad, or I would have the most fun shooting them off for an hour or two.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 04, 2026 10:24 PM (qx7Zg)

46 Yet again my erudite and witty commentary fails to score even an honorable mention in the COTW field.....

Sobs uncontrollably....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 10:24 PM (QGaXH)

47 Evening Horde. We got some fireworks with the nephew and his kiddos before the storm blew up. When the wind goes from calm to blustery in minutes, and it's about to rain? Probably best to pack it in. It's a nice storm, though. Nature is doing fireworks tonight.

Posted by: RandomDave at July 04, 2026 10:24 PM (XQ+xj)

48 °being all humble and shit•
Just saw I made the bonus comments...I never get there!

I love the Ds!🐕🦖🎶!!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 04, 2026 10:25 PM (uTEOj)

49 43
A woman walks into a library in Paris and asks to see the French Constitution. "Madame," the librarian sniffs, "we do not carry periodicals."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2026 10:24 PM (O0L8i)

If the same thing happened in the UK, the librarian would have to say "Well, this is embarrassing, but we never actually wrote it down, so it's whatever Kier Starmer says it is."

Posted by: Splunge at July 04, 2026 10:25 PM (JpUeg)

50 35 I want mammoths. The northern America needs mammoths 🦣
Make it happen Trump
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 10:21 PM (YeXhF)

Always the bridesmaid...

Posted by: Mastodons at July 04, 2026 10:25 PM (ZWAWS)

51 Thanks for the star-spangled USA-250 Club ONT, 3-Ds!

Happy Independence Day!

Love the graphic up top. It's a keeper.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 04, 2026 10:26 PM (D/6p1)

52 I have a dog that provides me with unconditional love but I also have a cat that says I don't deserve it. It's all about balance.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026 10:26 PM (afJtY)

53 I love the Ds!🐕🦖🎶!!
Posted by: COMountainMarie

Who doesn't?

Posted by: Mayor Pete at July 04, 2026 10:26 PM (YeXhF)

54 >> I want mammoths.

We had native camels here as well during the late Pleistocene, too. Bring those back. Saber tooth cats, and even lions that were bigger than the African lions. A cheetah and a jaguar.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 10:27 PM (w6EFb)

55 19 Did you call her a nattering nabob of negativity?
Posted by: Doof at July 04, 2026 10:13 PM (QMAsf)

I get the reference and no - she knows where I sleep and has access to my food supply...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 10:27 PM (QGaXH)

56 I love the Ds!🐕🦖🎶!!
Posted by: COMountainMarie

You know about the cup sizes??

Posted by: Frank Costanza at July 04, 2026 10:27 PM (XQ+xj)

57 Elon says he wants a miniature mammoth as a pet. The thing about Elon is that you never know, he might actually make that happen.

Posted by: Splunge at July 04, 2026 10:28 PM (JpUeg)

58
May consign the house dogs to the laundry room for the evening where the sound of the fireworks won't be as loud.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2026 10:28 PM (O0L8i)

59 Always the bridesmaid...
Posted by: Mastodons at July 04, 2026 10:25 PM (ZWAWS)

Mastodons, mammoths, whatever. Em are all heffalumps. And we do need to get them back.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 10:28 PM (1z8ji)

60 You know what's missing in the top picture? TRex using a gator as a cannon.

https://youtu.be/mjXM6x_0KZk

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 04, 2026 10:28 PM (qx7Zg)

61 publius, Dire Lions?

Posted by: RandomDave at July 04, 2026 10:28 PM (XQ+xj)

62 Great ONT, 3Ds!

Happy Birthday, USA!

Posted by: PT, Piano Teacher, former Official Delurker at July 04, 2026 10:29 PM (wmKCn)

63
And we did have elephants proper roaming here as well. A big different from the African ones, and closer to the Asian species.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 10:29 PM (w6EFb)

64 Best fireworks ever. When my brother died he was cremated so we put his remains in a firecracker and gave him one fantastic send off.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026 10:29 PM (afJtY)

65 24 One thing people don't realize is now at 250 years the US has one of the oldest governments in the world.

A whole lot of governments only go back to WWI or WWII or even later.

I was asking this as a trivia question to some friends today, "What is the oldest government in the world and I got answers like Germany or Italy and...not even close

Posted by: 18-1
---

Rome was a republic for 100 years.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 10:29 PM (jU8k8)

66 Tyler airport had a historic aircraft fly in today. I didn’t make it out there, but at 6 tonight they flew out and made passes over the city as they left. I heard the low rumblings of those engines, and was delighted to see two formations of 4 fighters each pass over the house at about 500’.

There’s nothing like the sound of those engines, I was inside but I heard them coming and ran out to see!

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 04, 2026 10:30 PM (H8EHh)

67 Willowed.
228 We can see monster fireworks displays at 5 locstions from our deck, some as far away as 4 milesand some as close as 200 yards.
Posted by: Eromero at July 04, 2026 10:26 PM (LHPAg)

Posted by: Eromero at July 04, 2026 10:30 PM (LHPAg)

68 Had to bring my outside dog in. Loud fireworks is scaring him.
Put him in the utility room in the house and gave him some dog biscuits. Petted him, seems to have settled him down.
He's not use to those loud noises.

Posted by: Case at July 04, 2026 10:30 PM (IY9No)

69 The brass band is playing the 1960s Star Trek theme.
That is as American as it gets.
Nice that William Shatner has lived long enough

Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 10:30 PM (YeXhF)

70 Sun hasn't set here yet... local show will commence at 10pm PDT. Not going this year, been imbibing LOL!

Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 10:31 PM (rdVOm)

71
We had native camels here as well during the late Pleistocene, too. Bring those back. Saber tooth cats, and even lions that were bigger than the African lions. A cheetah and a jaguar.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 10:27 PM (w6EFb)

Saber-tooth cats. Dire wolves. Giant sloths. Giant beavers. Dodos. Giant killer birds. Uintabeasts.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 10:31 PM (1z8ji)

72 >> publius, Dire Lions?

Panthera atrox, the American lion.

Also, a pretty big and very fast bear species that could catch some of those big cats.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 10:32 PM (w6EFb)

73 Happy Fourth.

Posted by: Don Black at July 04, 2026 10:33 PM (ZxPkt)

74 AoP, I think wolves, horses, camels, and even primates are North American
Mammoths and cats came here from the Bering

Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 10:33 PM (YeXhF)

75 Top 10 Comments of the Week is RIGGED

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 04, 2026 10:33 PM (u/oMr)

76 Also, a pretty big and very fast bear species that could catch some of those big cats.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 10:32 PM (w6EFb)

Giant cave bears?

And the never seen, but totally feared, 12 meter long Ur-marmot.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 10:34 PM (1z8ji)

77 If you're going to start cloning extinct species, maybe start with the passenger pigeon. Apparently they were so tasty that we ate every single one. Let's get them back on the menu.

Posted by: Splunge at July 04, 2026 10:34 PM (JpUeg)

78
70% of these megafauna species were wiped out with the Younger Dryas. That was creative destruction of a sort that produced the world as we know it today. Just 12,000 years ago, it was a very different world.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 10:35 PM (w6EFb)

79 Three major fireworks displays going on simultaneously within a 3 mile radius of my house. It's awesome.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 04, 2026 10:35 PM (ceJ0R)

80 Splunge !!!

Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026 10:35 PM (afJtY)

81 If you're going to start cloning extinct species, maybe start with the passenger pigeon. Apparently they were so tasty that we ate every single one. Let's get them back on the menu.
Posted by: Splunge at July 04, 2026 10:34 PM (JpUeg)

As long as we extinct the damned cargo pigeons first. They shit on everything.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 10:36 PM (1z8ji)

82 Hey Ben Had! I've been quiet, but not absent. How have you been?

Posted by: Splunge at July 04, 2026 10:36 PM (JpUeg)

83 70% of these megafauna species were wiped out with the Younger Dryas. That was creative destruction of a sort that produced the world as we know it today. Just 12,000 years ago, it was a very different world.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 10:35 PM (w6EFb)

Joe Biden is the Older Wetass.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 10:37 PM (1z8ji)

84 Happy Birthday to the USA, the greatest nation on Earth. Murdered by the Democrat Party, but hopefully we can revive her (and not in the Frankenstein way, that never works).

Love the Horde as always.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 04, 2026 10:37 PM (CHHv1)

85 Wow... observation.

My street is only 2 blocks long, 18 houses, and 1 Baptist church.

in 1976, the Bicentennial, every house had a flag... and even the Church had a US flag out front.

Just went out to take down my flag... and I was the ONLY Flag flying on the street.

What the has happened to my country?

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 04, 2026 10:37 PM (mP0Kj)

86 The 🌰 chestnut needs to be brought back nonironically

Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 10:37 PM (YeXhF)

87 Splunge, life couldn't be better. A hug to the both of you.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026 10:37 PM (afJtY)

88 Thanks for the 250th Anniversary 3-D ONT, guys. It's great!

Happy Fourth of July to the entire horde!

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 04, 2026 10:37 PM (Jr+re)

89 >> Giant cave bears?

Arctodus simus was the name. It stood about 12' tall on it's hind legs and weighed about a ton. And it could run 40 mph.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 10:38 PM (w6EFb)

90 Keir Starmer's a w⚓️

Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 10:38 PM (YeXhF)

91 People piling back into the Mall because and fireworks at 11PM EST to tell again .......

"THE DEMOCRAT_COMMIES SUCK" MOOSE DICK ......

Democrats, Hakeen Jefferies, AOC and Bernie Sanders hurt the most and devastated .........

Posted by: Jackson K. at July 04, 2026 10:38 PM (JDSUL)

92 I haven't listened to Trump's speech from Mt. Rushmore yet, but I hear it was a doozy. It probably won't replace Coolidge's speech for the 150th as my favorite Independence Day speech, but I still thank the Creator who endowed us with rights that we didn't have a Kamal word salad to mark the occasion.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 04, 2026 10:38 PM (ZWAWS)

93 Regardless of Mayor Sean Ryan's edict on fireworks in the city of Buffalo, the citizenry is ungovernable and are partying like it's 1976 ...

Be ungovernable !

Posted by: browndog says woof at July 04, 2026 10:38 PM (3sXRv)

94 77 If you're going to start cloning extinct species, maybe start with the passenger pigeon. Apparently they were so tasty that we ate every single one. Let's get them back on the menu.
Posted by: Splunge at July 04, 2026 10:34 PM (JpUeg)

Don't you people even WATCH horror movies?

Clone the Passenger Pigeon? Yeah... ever see the Hitchcock movie, the Birds?

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 04, 2026 10:38 PM (mP0Kj)

95 Sparklers are not lightsabers.

Aren't sparklers essentially Thermite On A Stick?

Posted by: Oddbob at July 04, 2026 10:39 PM (vTZFs)

96 lol AOP

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 10:39 PM (lfni7)

97

Part of the Brooklyn Bridge is on fire due to fireworks.

Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 10:40 PM (/QHx4)

98 when we were kids- quite a while ago- the Dads in our neighborhood would chip in and buy a bunch of fireworks, which they set off in the street. I can still see them, puffing on the cigars they used as punks.
The moms would each make a freezer of ice cream- all different kinds.
The Fourth was one of the best nights of the year.

Posted by: sal at July 04, 2026 10:40 PM (f+FmA)

99 Aren't sparklers essentially Thermite On A Stick?
Posted by: Oddbob at July 04, 2026 10:39 PM (vTZFs)
___

Pretty much.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 10:40 PM (lfni7)

100 Oregon Public Broadcasting published a thumb-sucker article:

Oregon at 250: Indigenous life in the Pacific Northwest in 1776

Guess what they forget to mention?

The rampant slavery practiced by most Northwest tribes.

Gosh, I wonder why that is?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 04, 2026 10:41 PM (aD4fx)

101
Look at the habitat map for that giant bear. All over the west coast and mid-west, but didn't get up to the NE and down the east coast. It looks like it may have gotten right here in upstate SC barely.

But it was all over Florida.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 10:41 PM (w6EFb)

102 “Excuse me, Mr. President. That’s not entirely accurate.”

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 04, 2026 10:41 PM (kYmoU)

103 Part of the Brooklyn Bridge is on fire due to fireworks.

Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 10:40 PM (/QHx4)
___

Hey four seasons!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 10:41 PM (lfni7)

104 I am rested and ready to give a Word Salad Speech on the National Mall.....

ONLY HAD TWO BOTTLES OF WINE IN THE PAST HOUR....

Cackle ......... Cackle ......... Cackle...

Posted by: Kami Harris at July 04, 2026 10:41 PM (G5jnN)

105 SMH ! I thought about have lovely your creek must have been today.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 04, 2026 10:42 PM (afJtY)

106 Evenin' Horde, Happy Independence Day and Happy 250th, 'Merica! Just got back from my small town's fireworks show. I don't normally get into fireworks much, but it was great. Yesterday I went to the next town's celebration, just for the speeches and the reenactors firing muskets and cannon.

Best thing I did today was watch most of the flyovers from DC. So awesome.

I was almost 3 years old for the Bicentennial, so I have no memory of it. I've found some mementos in my mom's things. (She kept everything!)

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 04, 2026 10:42 PM (hPLSE)

107 the Dads in our neighborhood would chip in and buy a bunch of fireworks, which they set off in the street.

Our last neighborhood near OKC, that was the protocol. Lots of families set off their fireworks at the end of their driveways. It was magnificent most of the time. Some teenagers didn't seem to have much "fireworks safety" in them and minor injuries occurred. All in all, a good time!

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 04, 2026 10:43 PM (Jr+re)

108 Thermite, handy stuff.

Posted by: Walter White at July 04, 2026 10:43 PM (Q+gd/)

109 Despite the sorry state of Massachusetts these days when I was growing up Independence Day was a big deal there. One of the best celebrations was the Boston Pops playing at the Hatch Shell on the Esplanade and the big finish. Never changed, just got bigger every year and it always finished with Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture and cannons.

https://tinyurl.com/3aywfnv5

Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2026 10:43 PM (viF8m)

110 Arctodus simus - if alive today some idiot teenager with a cell phone would be trying to take selfie with her cubs

Posted by: Darwin �ber alles at July 04, 2026 10:43 PM (YeXhF)

111 Evening all,

I hope you all have had a great day.

We have a launch in the morning.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 10-50
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: July 5, 2026
Launch Time: 6:46 a.m. EDT (1046 UTC, 12:46 CEST)

https://youtu.be/dgpVSxrAPKc

Posted by: Joyenz at July 04, 2026 10:43 PM (2F0/Y)

112 I wonder sometimes how many democrats you could convince to go into a buffalo herd and pet a calf?

On a related note, my autocorrect tried changing Democrat to demon. Does it know something I don't?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 04, 2026 10:43 PM (qx7Zg)

113 They are working on the chestnut. Because of regulations on edible products they can't just CRISPR Asian chestnuts into the trees to make them resistant to blight, they have to make hybrids by selective crosses and selection.
There are some orchards already, but not a full program yet

Posted by: Kindltot at July 04, 2026 10:43 PM (rbvCR)

114 56 You know about the cup sizes??

Once upon a time....but I had to give up one to cancer.
Now I have one good triple D😜....
It works for the crazy people on GRINDR...
Oh....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 04, 2026 10:44 PM (uTEOj)

115 Hey Ben Had!

Ex-Ex got a bit too much sun at the creek, so he turned in early.

After he set off a rocket, of course.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 10:44 PM (lfni7)

116

Hello SMH!!

I enjoy reading your comments about your wonderful new location.

May you all have many many wonderful years there.

Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 10:45 PM (/QHx4)

117 112 I wonder sometimes how many democrats you could convince to go into a buffalo herd and pet a calf?

On a related note, my autocorrect tried changing Democrat to demon. Does it know something I don't?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 04, 2026 10:43 PM (qx7Zg)

Well, I HAVE been misspelling it to DEMONcrat for awhile now.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 04, 2026 10:45 PM (mP0Kj)

118 Just went out to take down my flag... and I was the ONLY Flag flying on the street.

What the has happened to my country?

Just mine and two others on my street. It's indeed very sad.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 04, 2026 10:45 PM (ceJ0R)

119 >> some idiot teenager with a cell phone

Who would soon be a steaming pile of bear shit.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 10:45 PM (w6EFb)

120 @85 - the Democrat party, the media, the entertainment industry, the Communists and their love of Islam.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 04, 2026 10:46 PM (CHHv1)

121 The 4th. was cool when I was a kid

Posted by: Case at July 04, 2026 10:47 PM (IY9No)

122 Some teenagers didn't seem to have much "fireworks safety" in them and minor injuries occurred. All in all, a good time!
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 04, 2026 10:43 PM (Jr+re)

Word. Our dad would sometimes have to leave to go repair somebody's eye, if he was on call.
Ever put a firecracker in a gourd and throw it up in the air? He took us up to the railroad tracks to do that- it was kind of messy...

Posted by: sal at July 04, 2026 10:47 PM (f+FmA)

123 The Fourth was one of the best nights of the year.
Posted by: sal at July 04, 2026 10:40 PM (f+FmA)

Denver 25 years ago was pretty much a free fire zone.

75 miles to the border to get REAL fireworks. So yeah... taught my kids how to have bottle rocket fights.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 04, 2026 10:48 PM (mP0Kj)

124 Our flag stays up, since there's a solar-powered finial that illuminates the flag during the night.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 10:48 PM (lfni7)

125 Windows on the house are shaking.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 10:48 PM (jU8k8)

126 Put a communist in a helicopter, he flies for a few hours.
Toss a communist out of a helicopter, he flies for the rest of his life.
- Augusto Pinochet

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at July 04, 2026 10:48 PM (MNCvZ)

127

yak, yak, he's not coming back.

Star Yak Ranch in Wyoming lost a yak to a lightning strike.

I didn't know there is a Yak Ranch in Wyoming.

Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 10:48 PM (/QHx4)

128 >>The 4th. was cool when I was a kid

Still cool. We are the most blessed people to have ever walked the earth. Sometimes we forget that.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2026 10:50 PM (viF8m)

129 You know what has changed a lot in the last, I dunno, maybe 10 or so years? The quality of consumer grade fireworks. I'm looking out the window right now and it looks like a small town's professional show from 20 years ago.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 04, 2026 10:50 PM (vTZFs)

130 Funky to think that South America except Brazil is now MAGA

Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 10:50 PM (YeXhF)

131 110 Arctodus simus - if alive today some idiot teenager with a cell phone would be trying to take selfie with her cubs
Posted by: Darwin �ber alles at July 04, 2026 10:43 PM (YeXhF)

You say that like it's a bad idea.

Posted by: Timothy Treadwell at July 04, 2026 10:50 PM (ZWAWS)

132
At the hospital this evening with my mother, one of the nurses (who is about the nicest, sweetest thing I've ever seen) said they're gearing up in the ER tonight for the mostly young and/or drunk idiots who shouldn't be allowed to play with fireworks.

She said they got a few in last night, but not as much as last year. But tonight will the the big night.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 10:50 PM (w6EFb)

133 Arctodus simus - if alive today some idiot teenager with a cell phone would be trying to take selfie with her cubs
Posted by: Darwin �ber alles at July 04, 2026 10:43 PM (YeXhF)

Giant cave bears could be useful. "Where did that annoying antifa fag get to? Dunno, maybe a cave bear got him."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 10:50 PM (1z8ji)

134 Most of my neighbors are out of town this weekend. I stand watch in their absence.

Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 10:50 PM (rdVOm)

135 108 Thermite, handy stuff.
Yes!

When you don't get out to the fireworks, why not🧨??

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 04, 2026 10:51 PM (uTEOj)

136 133 Arctodus simus - if alive today some idiot teenager with a cell phone would be trying to take selfie with her cubs
Posted by: Darwin �ber alles at July 04, 2026 10:43 PM (YeXhF)

Giant cave bears could be useful. "Where did that annoying antifa fag get to? Dunno, maybe a cave bear got him."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 10:50 PM (1z8ji)

Yeah... ya know all those Womenz a few months back that said they would choose a Bear over a Man?

OK then...

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 04, 2026 10:51 PM (mP0Kj)

137 In 1976 my mom bought a little (wooden! today it would be cheap plastic!) flag stand that holds five little historic US flags plus the Bicentennial flag which is white with a red and blue logo in the middle. I remember that logo was everywhere in 1976. (AFAIK there's no official flag or logo for the 250th.)

My other Bicentennial item is a little cloth Benjamin Franklin doll from the Hallmark store that came in packaging that looks like his Philly row house. One of the things most noticeable about it now is, there's no bar code.

I saw the air show over the Hudson River this morning and a few of the tall ships but gave up after a few ships because of the heat. I've always wanted to see a B2 bomber and sure enough one of 'em flew over with two fighter jet escorts. And I got to see some fireworks out my bedroom window tonight, probably the Jersey City one, so my Fourth was complete.

Posted by: JuJuBee at July 04, 2026 10:51 PM (tM5h4)

138 I want the top photo, appropriately clothed for the occasion, to appear on all major holidays.
Even if they don't all three contribute.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Posted by: sal at July 04, 2026 10:51 PM (f+FmA)

139 What part of the Brooklyn Bridge is flammable and why?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 04, 2026 10:53 PM (kd1a0)

140 The 4th is somewhat our anniversary.

It's the day, 38 years ago, when I asked Ex-Ex to take me to the nearest place to buy some beer.
My dad had just dropped me off at the barracks after spending the day with him...and my mom.
By the time I got back to the barracks, the Shoppette was closed, and I needed a drink.

That was kinda our first date.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 10:53 PM (lfni7)

141
Nemo,

I wondered about that also.

Article on Daily Mail. I didn't read the whole article.

Madman has probably fired all the fire people.

Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 10:54 PM (/QHx4)

142 Hurst Performance had a thriving business as a specialty car builder for major automakers in the late 1960s, producing special high-performance models for Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Plymouth, and others, but the AMC Hurst SC/Rambler is undoubtedly one of the most visually distinctive vehicles that emerged from these collaborations

My 64 Plymouth Valiant had the long chrome gearshift with Hurst on it topped with a white cueball etched with 4 speed pattern, 273 engine. Slicker than snot.

Posted by: Eromero at July 04, 2026 10:56 PM (LHPAg)

143 I want mammoths. The northern America needs mammoths 🦣
Make it happen Trump
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 10:21 PM

Some charlatan claimed he cloned mammoths a few years ago but it was really an elephant with some spliced-in shaggy hair genes or something. Whatever it was, it was not a mammoth.

Posted by: JuJuBee at July 04, 2026 10:56 PM (tM5h4)

144 Jujubee, they did a bullshit direwolf too.
I think the mammoth has a better chance

Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 10:57 PM (YeXhF)

145 "The northern America needs mammoths"

I'd settle for magpies. Somebody introduce us some magpies. Spice up our lives a bit.

Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 10:57 PM (Jr5Lq)

146 Well the fireworks seem to have settled down some. Guess the folks must have used them up. I really don't mind them shooting them off, just don't like my pets being freaked out. They don't understand what's going on.

Posted by: Case at July 04, 2026 10:58 PM (IY9No)

147

We have lots of magpies here in SW Wyoming.

They are large and loud.

Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 10:59 PM (/QHx4)

148 I'm back.

I was gone for a few minutes. I noticed the wind blowing toward the purple-haired, nose-ringed Prius- driving Obama voting Vegans next door so I threw some steaks on the grill for dinner.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 10:59 PM (QGaXH)

149 Some charlatan claimed he cloned mammoths a few years ago but it was really an elephant with some spliced-in shaggy hair genes or something. Whatever it was, it was not a mammoth.
Posted by: JuJuBee at July 04, 2026 10:56 PM (tM5h4)

I saw Shaggy Hair Genes open for the Crew Cuts at Maple Leaf Gardens in '62.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 11:00 PM (1z8ji)

150 Can I tell you a little secret? I am not a fan of "The Star Spangled Banner" being our national anthem I would prefer "America the Beautiful."

https://youtu.be/igqy0NxZIfQ

Posted by: tankdemon at July 04, 2026 11:00 PM (ZWAWS)

151 77 If you're going to start cloning extinct species, maybe start with the passenger pigeon. Apparently they were so tasty that we ate every single one. Let's get them back on the menu.
Posted by: Splunge at July 04, 2026 10:34 PM (JpUeg)
__________________

I wonder how many know that cloning of animals is now and everyday occurrence. There is a company called Viagen that will clone a pet for about $50,000 and clone a horse for about $85,000. It's a little scandalous from the perspective of horse racing...and dog shows. People are cloning their winners, and others are calling this cheating.

Posted by: Orson at July 04, 2026 11:00 PM (dIske)

152 "They are large and loud."

That's the ticket! Bring the mischief.

Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 11:00 PM (Jr5Lq)

153 Guess Trump will give his speech. I'll listen to him.

Posted by: Case at July 04, 2026 11:01 PM (IY9No)

154 "Well the fireworks seem to have settled down some."

10PM here. Amateur fireworks are on the upswing until midnight. That's when the celebratory gunfire begins.

Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 11:01 PM (Jr5Lq)

155

gp,

The dogs hate them, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 11:02 PM (/QHx4)

156 Good evening morons and Слава Тройке!

They are trying to have fireworks tonight off the Golden Gate Bridge. The cloud base is 700 feet.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 04, 2026 11:02 PM (RIvkX)

157 Lots of magpies here. I think they ate the corpse of the gopher I shot this morning. Of course it had to sit in the Sun all day to get ripe.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 11:02 PM (1z8ji)

158 Those of us not allowed in may or may not have Bicentennial coins, medals, and first day covers. Could be worth $$ or not.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 04, 2026 11:03 PM (XdwHx)

159

The magpies sometimes divebomb our little dogs, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 11:03 PM (/QHx4)

160 The Jews used to say next year in Jerusalem. Next year on the Moon

Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 11:04 PM (YeXhF)

161 I wonder how many know that cloning of animals is now and everyday occurrence. There is a company called Viagen that will clone a pet for about $50,000 and clone a horse for about $85,000. It's a little scandalous from the perspective of horse racing...and dog shows. People are cloning their winners, and others are calling this cheating.
Posted by: Orson at July 04, 2026 11:00 PM (dIske)

Proposal: for every Sidney Sweeney you clone, you have to unclone one Trigglypuff.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 11:05 PM (1z8ji)

162 Our good girl doggeh was *not* afraid of fireworks or thunder...

She'd run back and forth along the fence, barking and challenging those big noises!

Such a protective girl, she was. Miss that ol' mutt.

Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 11:05 PM (rdVOm)

163 Americans are the indigenous people of the Moon you know

Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 11:05 PM (YeXhF)

164 "The magpies sometimes divebomb our little dogs, lol."

I don't want those. I want the ones that thieve cash and jewelry. Our crows do their best, no doubt, but there's plenty of room for improvement.

Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 11:05 PM (Jr5Lq)

165 Oh my gosh, a 3D ONT and I can't find my glasses.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 04, 2026 11:06 PM (ibDUx)

166 Enjoying a bbq rib eye and cold beer in honor of the USA.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 04, 2026 11:06 PM (QGaXH)

167 Trump's favorite opera is on, therefore, fireworks are up shortly.

https://tinyurl.com/ys6fmyr9

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 11:07 PM (jU8k8)

168 "Americans are the indigenous people of the Moon you know"

That is so true! Plus, we stuck a flag in it, which (according to Eddie Izzard) makes it ours.

Posted by: tankascribe at July 04, 2026 11:07 PM (NtoJk)

169 Can I tell you a little secret? I am not a fan of "The Star Spangled Banner" being our national anthem I would prefer "America the Beautiful."

https://youtu.be/igqy0NxZIfQ
Posted by: tankdemon at July 04, 2026 11:00 PM (ZWAWS)

Because we're America, we have like four or five "national anthems".
I can't choose a favorite, though I love the lyrics to "AtB".

Posted by: sal at July 04, 2026 11:08 PM (f+FmA)

170 165 Oh my gosh, a 3D ONT and I can't find my glasses.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 04, 2026 11:06 PM
***
Well played.
Good evening DDS.

Posted by: TRex - 3D dino at July 04, 2026 11:08 PM (IQ6Gq)

171 Hey DDS!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 11:08 PM (lfni7)

172
Happy Birthday to the USA, the greatest nation on Earth. Murdered by the Democrat Party, but hopefully we can revive her (and not in the Frankenstein way, that never works).

If you use the correct brain ...

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 04, 2026 11:08 PM (Cqx++)

173

It is so foggy at Wrigley Field you can't see the scoreboard.

Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 11:09 PM (/QHx4)

174
Americans are the indigenous people of the Moon you know

Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 11:05 PM (YeXhF)

____________

Like hell!

Posted by: The Selenite Tribe at July 04, 2026 11:09 PM (O0L8i)

175 The neighbors just shot their wad of fireworks. It was nice to watch. I live in a mixed area. Nice to see newcomers appreciate the 4th. Now I will watch PDJT.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at July 04, 2026 11:10 PM (Snklc)

176 I'm on the riverbank near the five sided money pump looking at the monument. Rain has stopped and weather is comfortable. Everyone is in a good mood and patient, waiting for it to start.

Lots and lots and LOTS of people.

'Murrica!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 04, 2026 11:10 PM (kde3w)

177 Cubs fans singing Country Roads on 4th Of July during a fog delay at Wrigley. For those who don’t know that’s become the unofficial song of the US soccer team.

That’s pretty cool.

USA!! USA!! USA!!

Posted by: World Cup Update at July 04, 2026 11:10 PM (Qlrgu)

178 Paul Pelosi got into a hit and run with a parked car today
🔨

Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 11:10 PM (YeXhF)

179 Waiting for Cat to come inside for his evening treat-- then I can go out and light this pack of firecrackers. They need to go, but Cat likes to follow me around like a puppy and sniff everything I touch. Want to avoid hurting him!

Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 11:10 PM (rdVOm)

180 I believe in America because we have great dreams, and because we have the opportunity to make those dreams come true." – Wendell Willkie

The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful and virtuous." – Frederick Douglass

I hope lots of my Horde friends got to get out for the celebration and fireworks. It just got late here, and being 29+, I'm ready for naps🤭💤💤...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 04, 2026 11:11 PM (uTEOj)

181 175
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at July 04, 2026 11:10 PM
***
Nice to see you here! Feels like it has been a minute or two...

Posted by: TRex - diplomatic dino at July 04, 2026 11:11 PM (IQ6Gq)

182
To bed. Hope my being there comforts Diana, who's having a rough evening.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 04, 2026 11:11 PM (O0L8i)

183 Paul Pelosi got into a hit and run with a parked car today
🔨
Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 11:10 PM (YeXhF)

And the parked car won, two falls out of three.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 11:12 PM (1z8ji)

184 "I am not a fan of "The Star Spangled Banner""

I always sing the bass melody to it. People turn around and look at me. I don't care, because it rocks.

Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 11:12 PM (Jr5Lq)

185
Sabre tooth cat: Smilodon fatalis (fatal smile?)

Here, kitty kitty.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 11:12 PM (w6EFb)

186 >>Americans are the indigenous people of the Moon you know

https://tinyurl.com/3f93ru9d

Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2026 11:12 PM (viF8m)

187 Oh, hey. Lee Greenwood is still alive. How about that.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 04, 2026 11:12 PM (ntk8v)

188

Our little dog is terrified. She won't go outside to do her business. We're hoping it's not going to be a long term problem.

Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 11:13 PM (/QHx4)

189 176 I'm on the riverbank near the five sided money pump looking at the monument.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 04, 2026 11:10 PM
***
Great location! Enjoy!

Posted by: TRex - front row dino at July 04, 2026 11:13 PM (IQ6Gq)

190 158 Those of us not allowed in may or may not have Bicentennial coins, medals, and first day covers. Could be worth $$ or not.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 04, 2026 11:03 PM (XdwHx)

Not worth much. I got an album of Bicentennial 1776 First Day covers, a 1976 $2 bill and U.S. Mint Bicentennial Medal.

Posted by: Joemarine at July 04, 2026 11:14 PM (y171U)

191 I hope everyone who wanted to see fireworks did! From our vantage, we saw Fairhope’s, obviously, but we also saw Mobile’s and the show over the USS Alabama. We even saw some of Dauphin Island’s.

Posted by: Piper at July 04, 2026 11:14 PM (Wmg4n)

192 Oh, hey. Lee Greenwood is still alive. How about that.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 04, 2026 11:12 PM (ntk8v)

Friend in Gilbert, AZ plays on-line chess with Lee Greenwood.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 04, 2026 11:15 PM (1z8ji)

193 Hey Piper!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 11:15 PM (lfni7)

194
Just imagine what Marlin Perkins would have poor Jim doing if they could somehow go back to the late Pleistocene.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 11:15 PM (w6EFb)

195 {{{DDS}}}

OH so lovely to see you girl!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 04, 2026 11:15 PM (uTEOj)

196
Trump's up.

always

But right now, too.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 04, 2026 11:16 PM (jU8k8)

197 176 I'm on the riverbank near the five sided money pump looking at the monument.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty

'Waves from office in basement of five sided money pump.'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 04, 2026 11:16 PM (ntk8v)

198 The upside to celebratory gunfire: The sky is an excellent target. Very hard to miss.

Downside: Waste of good ammo.

Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 11:17 PM (Jr5Lq)

199 I think the only thing I have left from the bicentennial is a bunch of quarters and the Marvel Comics 1976 calendar. Filled with very cool images. It only worked this year until February 28, though, because 1976 was a leap year.

I did pick up a bag of bicentennial flag pins. Betsy Ross flag on the left and modern on the right. Just enough to give one to each of my siblings and their spouses, as well as my dad.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 04, 2026 11:18 PM (kYmoU)

200 celebratory gunfire: The sky is an excellent target. Very hard to miss.

If it doesn't make orbit, it missed

Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 11:19 PM (YeXhF)

201 Hi SMH! I had to pop back up and read the content.

Posted by: Piper at July 04, 2026 11:20 PM (Wmg4n)

202 If it doesn't make orbit, it missed

You can’t take the sky from me.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 04, 2026 11:20 PM (kYmoU)

203 The upside to celebratory gunfire: The sky is an excellent target. Very hard to miss.

Downside: Waste of good ammo.
Posted by: gp

Also downside: what goes up, must come down. Somewhere.

Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 11:20 PM (rdVOm)

204 >> If it doesn't make orbit, it missed

*glares*

Posted by: Jeff Bezos at July 04, 2026 11:21 PM (w6EFb)

205 You can’t take the sky from me.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair

Watch me.

Posted by: Constantine Tsiolkovsky at July 04, 2026 11:22 PM (YeXhF)

206 "If it doesn't make orbit, it missed"

I once fired eight rounds from a Garand at the place where I reckoned the moon would be when they got there. I waited 17 days in anticipation, then readied my telescope. But I miscalculated: it was a new moon, and I couldn't see shit. Drat.

Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 11:22 PM (Jr5Lq)

207 Not worth much. I got an album of Bicentennial 1776 First Day covers, a 1976 $2 bill and U.S. Mint Bicentennial Medal.
Posted by: Joemarine at July 04, 2026 11:14 PM (y171U)

I don't expect much from them, but at 300, my kids may make some money from them.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 04, 2026 11:25 PM (aVvqF)

208 "Also downside: what goes up, must come down. Somewhere."

Yes, we had a baby in arms who was injured by a round of 45ACP returning from the zenith at one of our Fourth celebrations years back. But most of the kids shot in Illinois are hit by rounds fired roughly horizontally, throughout the year.

Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 11:26 PM (Jr5Lq)

209 I need to double check this, but someone posted a meme that our museum ships would form the second most powerful navy in the world.

Of the top of my head, it would have 2 Essex class carriers, 5 battleships, probably cruisers and destroyers, and at least 2 submarines (USS Cobia and U-505]

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 04, 2026 11:28 PM (qx7Zg)

210 Uh, I get it. Trump likes to talk but there is another storm cell heading to DC, they may need to get on with it.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 04, 2026 11:29 PM (ntk8v)

211
Still no word on the cause Bezos New Glenn explosion.

The spaceflight press says there's leak that it's a problem with the BE-4 engine itself. And that would be bad, because ULA's new Vulcan rocket uses the same engine.

Posted by: Jeff Bezos at July 04, 2026 11:30 PM (w6EFb)

212 I hate our president is behind glass, but at this point I get why.

Posted by: Piper at July 04, 2026 11:30 PM (Wmg4n)

213 Starliner/Boeing is also not looking great.
I don't actually want Musk to be emperor of the solar system but his competitors need not to be incompetent

Posted by: gKWVE at July 04, 2026 11:32 PM (YeXhF)

214
That explosion destroyed their transporter-erector. Rather than try to build an new, they're going to use a crane to stack the rockets right at the pad, they say.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 11:33 PM (w6EFb)

215 "I hate our president is behind glass, but at this point I get why."

If I were Secret Service, I'd be worrying a lot about drones.

Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 11:33 PM (Jr5Lq)

216 >>>Can I tell you a little secret? I am not a fan of "The Star Spangled Banner" being our national anthem I would prefer "America the Beautiful."

Both have some powerful lines in them that are stunning.

I learned to love the Star Spangled Banner after 9/11. Among all that rubble, the sight of those firefighters raising the flag...the flag was still there. It gave me chills and it still does.

And I learned to love America the Beautiful from reading The Westing Game. No joke.

Grateful we have them both!

Posted by: LizLem at July 04, 2026 11:35 PM (gWBY1)

217 >> but his competitors need not to be incompetent

I'm pulling for all them, now. If we're going to get back to the Moon and establish Moonbase Alpha, we're gonna need all of them.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 11:36 PM (w6EFb)

218 Wishing you all a continued happy and meaningful Independence Day weekend.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 04, 2026 11:37 PM (QNSrI)

219 A B1 is orbiting outside of DC, so looks like an afterburner flyover before the fireworks may be on!

Posted by: TRex - air traffic control dino at July 04, 2026 11:38 PM (IQ6Gq)

220 Here's the museum fleet breakdown, WWII and newer.

5 carriers
8 battleships
1 heavy cruiser
1 light cruiser
8 destroyers
2 destroyer escorts
22 fleet submarines

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 04, 2026 11:39 PM (qx7Zg)

221 Latest NWS observation for our area: smoke. Whoda thunkit?

Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 11:40 PM (Jr5Lq)

222 “I was asking this as a trivia question to some friends today, "What is the oldest government in the world and I got answers like Germany or Italy and...not even close.”

Germany and Italy? Are these people idiots?

Mexico’s government has been in existence longer than either of theirs.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 04, 2026 11:40 PM (H8EHh)

223
Jared Isaacman (NASA administrator) led a flyover earlier in his own F-5 Tiger. He owns several of those.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 11:40 PM (w6EFb)

224 Independence Day has always been my 2nd favorite holiday, right behind Christmas, but this one will forever hold a special place in my heart.

Thank you, America, for showing the world your true nature through your kind and generous treatment of our World Cup guests! Your inherent goodness has opened the eyes of our international critics, and completely destroyed the hateful narratives employed incessantly by the American Left.

It has given me tremendous joy, watching Communists weeping in the comments on YouTube, while desperately declaring that no one here could be having a good time, and that this is all propaganda.

Nope, propaganda is for Commies. America inspires true greatness in all of us. May Almighty God bless and keep the United States of America!

Posted by: Sam Adams at July 04, 2026 11:40 PM (X+xvk)

225 DJT is bringing out WWII vets. They are all so old. God bless them. I miss my Granddad.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at July 04, 2026 11:41 PM (Snklc)

226 Germany and Italy? Are these people idiots?

---------

Both 1871, right?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 04, 2026 11:41 PM (6/7Fs)

227 If Trump will just shut up, we can have fireworks on the actual 4th.
On the plus side, there are some ancient warriors getting some love.

Posted by: buddhaha at July 04, 2026 11:41 PM (iaABv)

228 @SecRollins
Unfortunately, the weather may have disrupted parts of the @Freedom250 celebration, but we were grateful to open the beautiful @USDA building to provide shelter. And then this happened… these incredible patriots spontaneously broke into the National Anthem.🇺🇸
I love my country.

Very cool!

And the fireworks at Epcot looked epic.

Posted by: LizLem at July 04, 2026 11:42 PM (gWBY1)

229 "What is the oldest government in the world?" Sumer?

Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 11:42 PM (Jr5Lq)

230 Before I get into the content and comments, I thought I'd report on our 4th, in case I pass out soon.

Daughter and her husband are moving into the house down near the gate. Still much work to be done on the place, but before the floors get torn up and the wall knocked down, they've stayed a few nights, and tonight had a kind of pre-housewarming Independence Day party.

Family and good friends and dogs, all kinds of delicious food and beverage, a furious thunderstorm with the electricity going off and on off and on again, concluding (after the deluge ended) with a most excellent fireworks show. From their front porch, we could see four different distant big shows, also.

As far as comparisons, God wins, with spectacular lightning and thunder in all directions.

America at its finest.

Posted by: mindful webworker is full and happy and smells of fireworks at July 04, 2026 11:43 PM (tQ0hn)

231
Sitting on the patio.

So many dogs howling. I feel for them.

Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 11:43 PM (/QHx4)

232 "Jared Isaacman" Impressive guy, IMHO.

Posted by: gp at July 04, 2026 11:43 PM (Jr5Lq)

233 Nice seeing the Artemis crew and Schmidt.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 04, 2026 11:43 PM (kpS4V)

234 229 "What is the oldest government in the world?" Sumer?

--------

Pfft

Posted by: Gobekli Tepe at July 04, 2026 11:44 PM (6/7Fs)

235
President Trump knows how to throw great celebrations.

Posted by: four seasons at July 04, 2026 11:45 PM (/QHx4)

236 Lit my lil pack of 'crackers... only two duds. They're fairly old, think maybe a decade?

Got the mess hosed down into the grass & destroyed the duds. All clear! Cat can resume his outdoor travels.

Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 11:45 PM (rdVOm)

237 Ur or Uruk, possibly.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 04, 2026 11:46 PM (6/7Fs)

238 From Japan:

https://tinyurl.com/m3c7zymj

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 11:46 PM (lfni7)

239 The upside to celebratory gunfire: The sky is an excellent target. Very hard to miss.

Downside: Waste of good ammo.
Posted by: gp
-----
12 ga No. 7 1/2
Even in intended use, 80% of it is gonna miss anyway.

Posted by: buddhaha at July 04, 2026 11:47 PM (iaABv)

240 Back from the fireworks show. No, you are not alone TxAnn.

Posted by: fd at July 04, 2026 11:49 PM (MWfyi)

241 Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at July 04, 2026 11:41 PM (Snklc)

And this is when I whip out the Kleenex. I miss my dad and his three brothers. All WWII vets who all made it home. They took a portrait together in uniform on 12/24/45 for my grandmother. It’s on the wall with my Dads flag and the helmet he wore. My house is essentially a museum.

Posted by: TxAnn at July 04, 2026 11:50 PM (SjAWL)

242 17 It's hard to believe that it has been 50 years since the Highcentennial.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 04, 2026 10:12 PM (4NO2D)

********************
*Air horn!

We were on Dauphin Island, Alabama with my family in a beach house. After watching fireworks my brother and I partied alone under gorgeous skies on the beach and listening to the Gulf. I remember looking at those skies and wondering if someday soon I would meet the right guy who might be looking at those same skies that night. We met two months later and are still young at heart.

Good times. Tonight was much quieter with son and his family and we were behaving. Also a good time and the baby girl's first Independence Day in her little red, white and blue outfit. The other two were wearing a soccer jersey (7yr old), and my mini-me girl wore a sparkly pink dress because she likes pink.

I honestly would not trade loving my grands for my fantastic youth as I've had both and am blessed in all ways.

Happy Independence Day, y'all!

At least we don't have Startled Starmer as our "leader." He probably would startle, stutter, and weep if he heard a firecracker and need the ED after his nightly colonoscopy with Macron jolt.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 04, 2026 11:51 PM (hzuYO)

243 I guess I'll go now.
I love to see the Horde interact, and that I can be here. I surely am not a big part of this community; you all are so close. Ive onle been here about 7 years, but I surely love being here!
Good night wonderful people. I'm glad I get to be here💕
Happy birthday America!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 04, 2026 11:51 PM (uTEOj)

244
Artemis II crew threw the first pitch(es) at the Nationals park today. Christina went last, and they didn't show where her ball went, while they showed the other guys.

We'll just not worry too much about that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 04, 2026 11:53 PM (w6EFb)

245 Grilled 2 NY strips and had a great meal, then went to watch the fireworks here. All in all its been a good day.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at July 04, 2026 11:54 PM (Q/FnY)

246 My house is essentially a museum.
Posted by: TxAnn at July 04, 2026 11:50 PM (SjAWL)

Snaps fingers twice.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 04, 2026 11:54 PM (zl9PI)

247 Still light out here...sunset. Lots of popping in the distance!

It'll be dark enough in a half hour or so. Will see if anyone is still around to fire off some "big stuff" then.

Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 11:54 PM (rdVOm)

248 Good night COMountainMarie!

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 04, 2026 11:55 PM (CHHv1)

249 That museum fleet is about 3 times the size (and power) of the current British navy.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 04, 2026 11:56 PM (H8EHh)

250 Mmmm, i could go for a steak. Don't have any.

Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 04, 2026 11:56 PM (DZ9Lv)

251 Just rendered what I have so far on the latest project. Damn, 10 minutes of nonsense.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 04, 2026 11:56 PM (CHHv1)

252

Brooklyn Bridge Set Ablaze During Fireworks Display

https://t.ly/LyRJi

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 04, 2026 11:56 PM (Cqx++)

253 I thawed a hamburger patty for tonight. Don't know if I'll get around to cooking it, LOL.

Won't hurt me to drink my dinner. Been a long while since last time.

Posted by: JQ at July 04, 2026 11:57 PM (rdVOm)

254 250 Mmmm, i could go for a steak. Don't have any.

Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 04, 2026 11:56 PM
***
Congratulations! Someone was going to be post number 250 and it is YOU!

The Club ONT prize drawer is a little thin at the moment, but stop by next week and we'll take care of you.

Posted by: TRex - prize distributor dino at July 04, 2026 11:58 PM (IQ6Gq)

255 Good speech. Happy Birthday America!

Posted by: Case at July 04, 2026 11:58 PM (IY9No)

256 And this is when I whip out the Kleenex. I miss my dad and his three brothers. All WWII vets who all made it home. They took a portrait together in uniform on 12/24/45 for my grandmother. It’s on the wall with my Dads flag and the helmet he wore. My house is essentially a museum.

Posted by: TxAnn at July 04, 2026 11:50 PM (SjAWL)

Bless you. And bless your family for their service.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at July 04, 2026 11:59 PM (Snklc)

257 Just got home with Pookette. Our town doesn't do fireworks, so we have to head elsewhere every 4th of July. The neighboring town puts on quite a good show that was 25 minutes long this year! The haze had reached us by the end and my eyes were stinging, so that's how I know it was a good time!

Posted by: pookysgirl, chugging water at July 04, 2026 11:59 PM (Wt5PA)

258 Reading about our founders, refreshing my memory of what these great men put at stake, made me realize how unbelievably fortunate we have been to have Donald Trump in office.

They stripped him of his 1st amendment rights. They tried to kick him off ballots in 25 states. They rewrote laws to persecute and prosecute him. They sought to bankrupt him, and to imprison him for life. They have now made at least three attempts on his life.

Donald Trump would have been one of those men risking it all for freedom. His signature would have been right there next to John Hancock's, but probably in even larger text.

Posted by: Sam Adams at July 04, 2026 11:59 PM (X+xvk)

259 Brooklyn Bridge Set Ablaze During Fireworks Display

------------

I was hoping they'd start with Gracie Mansion.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 04, 2026 11:59 PM (6/7Fs)

260 And speaking of my dad, he kept everything. So my bicentennial show and tell is the Sunday July 4, 1976 edition of the now defunct Houston Post. The headline on it: “The battle for liberty never ends.” Truer words have never been spoken.

The fire hydrants across the country were painted red, white and blue. It was so huge and I’m grateful 19 yo me was there to see America as it used to be.

Posted by: TxAnn at July 05, 2026 12:00 AM (SjAWL)

261 238 From Japan:

https://tinyurl.com/m3c7zymj
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 04, 2026 11:46 PM (lfni7)
_________________________

Japan is, currently, our best ally. Just watch what they do for us at the end of this month. Trump and Carney are set to meet over the USMCA. Carney is going to be stubborn, and Trump's going to activate the 6 month timeclock to dissolve the USMCA. As part of that Toyota and Honda is going to pull all their manufacturing out of Canada. They've already stated that they would do so.

Posted by: Orson at July 05, 2026 12:01 AM (dIske)

262 25 to 6 or 4 ? Seriously?

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at July 05, 2026 12:01 AM (Snklc)

263 A flyover by a retooled UFO would be awesome.

Whoa, intense fireworks! Wonder if some are Hilary's leftovers?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 12:01 AM (kpS4V)

264 Saving the American Lemonade recipe for when I can finally drink again, which will be in about 7 months.

Posted by: pookysgirl misses the relaxation sometimes at July 05, 2026 12:01 AM (Wt5PA)

265 In D.C. they litterally started fireworks at 11:59. So, officially still July 4th fireworks?

Posted by: Serious Cat at July 05, 2026 12:02 AM (xqQi7)

266 My neighbors about a block away are doing a little homegrown fireworks celebration. Not legal inside city limits, but the cops have better things to do than chase down a thousand fireworks shooters tonight.

Ooh - they just set off one that made the doors rattle! Well that spooked the cat enough that he ran inside and hid.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 05, 2026 12:02 AM (H8EHh)

267 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wFFAVUxnIvU

DC fireworks !

Posted by: Steck at July 05, 2026 12:02 AM (LlRQB)

268 That is a metric shitload of fireworks.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 05, 2026 12:02 AM (6/7Fs)

269 Japan is, currently, our best ally. Just watch what they do for us at the end of this month. Trump and Carney are set to meet over the USMCA. Carney is going to be stubborn, and Trump's going to activate the 6 month timeclock to dissolve the USMCA. As part of that Toyota and Honda is going to pull all their manufacturing out of Canada. They've already stated that they would do so.

Posted by: Orson

************************

God bless Japan. The free world needs them as a significant counterweight to Communist China.

Posted by: Sam Adams at July 05, 2026 12:03 AM (X+xvk)

270 I would have settled for the UN building.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 05, 2026 12:03 AM (6/7Fs)

271 85 Wow... observation.

My street is only 2 blocks long, 18 houses, and 1 Baptist church.

in 1976, the Bicentennial, every house had a flag... and even the Church had a US flag out front.

Just went out to take down my flag... and I was the ONLY Flag flying on the street.

What the has happened to my country?

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 04, 2026 10:37 PM (mP0Kj)

---

Q: what has happened to our country?

A: the Dept of Education

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 05, 2026 12:03 AM (THY4u)

272 I read every thing in the ONT except for the disclaimer. I'm more of a dat claimer.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 05, 2026 12:04 AM (n5tGW)

273 Journey?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 05, 2026 12:05 AM (6/7Fs)

274 WTAF?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 05, 2026 12:06 AM (6/7Fs)

275 The Chicago song 25 or 6 to 4 was a good song to go with all the fireworks.

Posted by: Case at July 05, 2026 12:06 AM (IY9No)

276 Don't stop believin'

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at July 05, 2026 12:06 AM (Snklc)

277 Well, the day is catching up with me, and I am getting sleepy. The scavengers finally carried off the corpus delicti of the gopher I shot this morning. I guess it had to ripen in the Sun all day to get their interest, LOL.

Night, Horde, and enjoy the waning hours of the Glorious Fourth!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 05, 2026 12:07 AM (1z8ji)

278 "More gopher, Everett?"

Posted by: Sam Adams at July 05, 2026 12:08 AM (X+xvk)

279 DM sez Brooklyn Bridge fire extinguished after half hour.

Posted by: gp at July 05, 2026 12:09 AM (Jr5Lq)

280 Well, the good news is that the Ozone depletion has cooled the southern oceans, probably staving off global warming or something.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 05, 2026 12:09 AM (rbvCR)

281 Bless you. And bless your family for their service.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at July 04, 2026 11:59 PM (Snklc)

Thank you. I do what I can to make sure that their sacrifice will not have been in vain. There would have been a 5th brother (like the Sullivans) but he drowned in a boating accident at 22 in 1941.

Posted by: TxAnn at July 05, 2026 12:10 AM (SjAWL)

282 Evenin’, All.

I watched 1776 today, as usual. Excellent!

Posted by: Bulg at July 05, 2026 12:10 AM (77rzZ)

283 Within the first two minutes the fireworks show put the usual 15-minute Capitol Fourth display to shame.

Posted by: Vendette at July 05, 2026 12:11 AM (pJK38)

284 Q: what has happened to our country?

A: the Dept of Education
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 05, 2026 12:03 AM (THY4u)

That’s Edumacation to you, buddy!

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 05, 2026 12:11 AM (H8EHh)

285 I read somewhere that there are 850,000 pyrotechnic charges involved in this fireworks display. Damn, that's a lot.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 05, 2026 12:12 AM (ceJ0R)

286 Trolling Bon Jovi now. Lol. These assholes could have helped out. Now they can eat a bag of ducks God Bless America.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at July 05, 2026 12:12 AM (Snklc)

287 Dang, those songs were probably played at the bicentennial.

#2 son had some easy listening 60-70s channel on his truck today. Simon & Garfunkel, America, CSN, etc. I didn't say anything but sheesh, how many generations are going to still be listening to that stuff?

Posted by: fd at July 05, 2026 12:12 AM (MWfyi)

288 To whichever star canceled for tonight's bash. Thank you, I'm enjoying the Military musicians.

Posted by: PaleRider at July 05, 2026 12:13 AM (PV+Zw)

289 I can only assume the Dems will be on the Sunday morning shows claiming Trump has dangerously depleted our strategic fireworks supply.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at July 05, 2026 12:13 AM (w/O5Q)

290 Sigh. I guess YMCA ain't goin' away anytime soon.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 05, 2026 12:14 AM (ceJ0R)

291 Q: what has happened to our country?

A: the Dept of Education
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 05, 2026 12:03 AM (THY4u)

No parents were there to pass on the importance of patriotism. This is what happens when everything is left to the schools.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 12:14 AM (pKv0r)

292 guess YMCA ain't goin' away anytime soon.

young man, I was once in your shoes

Posted by: gKWVE at July 05, 2026 12:15 AM (gKWVE)

293 Shout out to our medical insurance company that decided to send us an email about our benefits at 11:59pm on Saturday evening, July 4.

Posted by: TRex - very important mail dino at July 05, 2026 12:15 AM (IQ6Gq)

294 They are playing some good music with the fireworks and of course they have to play YMCA. You have to laugh.

Posted by: Case at July 05, 2026 12:15 AM (IY9No)

295 Navy karaoke?

I hate the artist who refused to perform because OrangeManBad.

Fuck all these assholes.

And God Bless our folks who didn’t pussy out.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 05, 2026 12:15 AM (yEz+x)

296 38 years ago, little did I know that 38 years later, I'd be living in the Ozarks with the guy I asked to take me on a beer run.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 05, 2026 12:16 AM (lfni7)

297 C'mon all of you geezer celebrating the holiday and your 50 year class reunions, smile.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXI6CdTVJ-0

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 05, 2026 12:16 AM (fkjGs)

298 287 Dang, those songs were probably played at the bicentennial.

#2 son had some easy listening 60-70s channel on his truck today. Simon & Garfunkel, America, CSN, etc. I didn't say anything but sheesh, how many generations are going to still be listening to that stuff?

Posted by: fd
---

There's some good things by independents on the Tube but distribution is narrow. Corporate owns the radio and it prefers not to pay high BMI & ASCAP vig.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 05, 2026 12:16 AM (jU8k8)

299 "I guess YMCA ain't goin' away anytime soon.
Posted by: Notorious BFD"

Did you hear that one of the Village People died? Now he's In The Gravey.

Posted by: fd at July 05, 2026 12:16 AM (MWfyi)

300 Prince!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 05, 2026 12:16 AM (yEz+x)

301 Dang, those songs were probably played at the bicentennial.

#2 son had some easy listening 60-70s channel on his truck today. Simon & Garfunkel, America, CSN, etc. I didn't say anything but sheesh, how many generations are going to still be listening to that stuff?

Posted by: fd at July 05, 2026 12:12 AM (MWfyi)

I was recently at a ski resort and noticed the music playing on the outdoor deck of people enjoying apres ski were all hits from the 80s. I remarked that'd be like people during the 1980's playing hits from before rock music was invented.

Posted by: Serious Cat at July 05, 2026 12:16 AM (xqQi7)

302 The semi-squishy centennial is over. It was fun while it lasted. I know I won't be around for the 300th and possibly the country won't either, but I feel lucky I celebrated the 200th and the 250th. Tomorrow I'm having a Fourth on the Fifth parTAY with a friend who had to work today. Might as well make a weekend of it.

Posted by: JuJuBee at July 05, 2026 12:17 AM (tM5h4)

303 nurse!!!
Happy Independence Day!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 05, 2026 12:17 AM (lfni7)

304 Shout out to our medical insurance company that decided to send us an email about our benefits at 11:59pm on Saturday evening, July 4.

Posted by: TRex - very important mail dino at July 05, 2026 12:15 AM (IQ6Gq)

They aren't bearing good news, im guessing. Sorry about the timing.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at July 05, 2026 12:18 AM (Snklc)

305 Dang, those songs were probably played at the bicentennial.

#2 son had some easy listening 60-70s channel on his truck today. Simon & Garfunkel, America, CSN, etc. I didn't say anything but sheesh, how many generations are going to still be listening to that stuff?
Posted by: fd
-----
And then there's that damned Mozart!

Posted by: buddhaha at July 05, 2026 12:18 AM (iaABv)

306 Good evening. Caught up on the comments - well done Horde.

Posted by: scampydog at July 05, 2026 12:19 AM (wJrX8)

307 Q: what has happened to our country?

A: the Dept of Education
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 05, 2026 12:03 AM (THY4u)

B: the death knell of them all - the 1965 Immigration Act aka The Hart-Cellar Act. As Sen Jacob Javitz said when it passed “the floodgates are open”. It just took a few decades to feel the disastrous effects.

Posted by: TxAnn at July 05, 2026 12:19 AM (SjAWL)

308 There will never be an event, probably even his funeral, where Trump will the main event and YMCA isn't played.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2026 12:19 AM (viF8m)

309
288 To whichever star canceled for tonight's bash. Thank you, I'm enjoying the Military musicians.
Posted by: PaleRider at July 05, 2026 12:13 AM (PV+Zw)

Absolutely! I’d much rather listen to talented amateurs than some aged out hipsters.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 05, 2026 12:19 AM (H8EHh)

310 I read somewhere that there are 850,000 pyrotechnic charges involved in this fireworks display. Damn, that's a lot.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 05, 2026 12:12 AM (ceJ0R)

Trump-hating locals will have to really hate the guy to say that it wasn't a good show (although the weather delay didn't help with the timing).

As much as people in the media and on the left have groused at America 250 being dwarfed by Freedom 250 (Trump has to have his own show!), I think Trump rightly saw that the former, for its 10 years of existing, was doing a poor job and the final product was amounting to a whole lot of meh, and being the showman he is, stepped in.

Posted by: Vendette at July 05, 2026 12:20 AM (pJK38)

311 S&G are hardly Mozart. Did they ever do a fugue? Hmm?

Posted by: fd at July 05, 2026 12:20 AM (MWfyi)

312 Earth, Wind and Fire.

Posted by: Sam Adams at July 05, 2026 12:20 AM (X+xvk)

313 Serious Cat, yeah, I was feeling the same vibe. The brass band played instrumentals of "Take On Me" (the band is Norwegian) and "Sweet Dreams" (the song is BDSM).
They didn't play any Depeche Mode but maybe they may as well.
youtu.be/RLQGaJ6-aE0

Posted by: gKWVE at July 05, 2026 12:20 AM (gKWVE)

314 288 To whichever star canceled for tonight's bash. Thank you, I'm enjoying the Military musicians.

Posted by: PaleRider
---

Good band & singers, excellent opportunity.
Need a list of boycotters. Time for turn about's.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 05, 2026 12:21 AM (jU8k8)

315 I played with my high school band in Omaha, NE's bicentennial celebration. We had a rebellious attitude. A huge crowd yelled at us for being late and we yelled back at them. I think we were the worst marching band in NE. Once we even misspelled the school name, 'Pred' instead of 'Prep'. And when the sheet music flies off your stand during a march you're not supposed to go running after it. But we had the most fun of any band.

Posted by: Norrin Radd, sojourner of the spaceways at July 05, 2026 12:21 AM (tRYqg)

316 There will never be an event, probably even his funeral, where Trump will the main event and YMCA isn't played.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2026 12:19 AM (viF8m)
---
Complete with holographic Trump dancing to YMCA.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 12:22 AM (kpS4V)

317 12:16 AM (xqQi7)

302 The semi-squishy centennial is over. It was fun while it lasted. I know I won't be around for the 300th and possibly the country won't either, but I feel lucky I celebrated the 200th and the 250th. Tomorrow I'm having a Fourth on the Fifth parTAY with a friend who had to work today. Might as well make a weekend of it.
Posted by: JuJuBee at July 05, 2026 12:17 AM (tM5h4)

Me too! You realize that people like us (and there’s a lot here tonight) have been around for 1/5 of this countries entire existence? In fact for a lot of us it’s more like 1/4. No wonder we remember a lot more than the current crop of young fools.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 05, 2026 12:23 AM (H8EHh)

318 Ha ha ha, heh heh heh. Can you imagine if I posted a thread here? "Men, women and children screaming to escape the pain. It would be glorious."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 05, 2026 12:24 AM (CHHv1)

319 I wandered off for a while, listened to our President. I am feeling all sorts of nostalgia tonight, similar to last night. I am happy that I was born to witness both a bicentennial and a sesquicentennial, my grandkids will likely be as fortunate.

Gosh I sure do love you, Horde, truly fine people.

SMH,I had a vision of your front porch decked out with an American flag today.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 05, 2026 12:24 AM (ibDUx)

320 I read somewhere that there are 850,000 pyrotechnic charges involved in this fireworks display. Damn, that's a lot.
------
Looking at the smoke, there's a good shot that it'll poison a large part of DC.

Hey, a boy can dream, can't he?

Posted by: buddhaha at July 05, 2026 12:24 AM (iaABv)

321 Earth, Wind and Fire.

Forever.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 05, 2026 12:25 AM (ceJ0R)

322 Complete with holographic Trump dancing to YMCA.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 12:22 AM (kpS4V)
___

My dad was a HUGE Village People fan, and he hates Trump.

I'm not brave enough to ask him about that...

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 05, 2026 12:25 AM (lfni7)

323 Cheers, Debby!

We love you back!

Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2026 12:25 AM (rdVOm)

324 I love this fireworks show, never seen one like this. Great!

Posted by: Case at July 05, 2026 12:27 AM (IY9No)

325 >>>I don't actually want Musk to be emperor of the solar system but his competitors need not to be incompetent

Posted by: gKWVE
---

If Bezos would get of his yacht and spend a little time at the shop they might get that problem solved.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 05, 2026 12:27 AM (jU8k8)

326 SMH,I had a vision of your front porch decked out with an American flag today.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 05, 2026 12:24 AM (ibDUx)
___

Have a flagpole a couple of yards away from the porch.

The previous owners were nice enough to leave us the flag.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 05, 2026 12:27 AM (lfni7)

327 >>Complete with holographic Trump dancing to YMCA.

Likely, but I'm not sure it's even necessary. I hear that song now and I do the white guy overbite and my hands start dancing.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2026 12:27 AM (viF8m)

328 Ha ha ha, heh heh heh. Can you imagine if I posted a thread here? "Men, women and children screaming to escape the pain. It would be glorious."
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 05, 2026 12:24 AM (CHHv1)

Go for it! Just keep about 3 or 4 blockquote tags open, so all the comments get a dark gray background.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 05, 2026 12:28 AM (qx7Zg)

329 I do the white guy overbite and my hands start dancing.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2026 12:27 AM (viF8m)
__

This made me giggle for some reason.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 05, 2026 12:28 AM (lfni7)

330 Sure is nice to see a bunch of normies being patriotic and enjoying themselves.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 05, 2026 12:28 AM (ceJ0R)

331 Doof!---

Thank you for posting (and cropping!) my poster pic!

Can't believe it's still in such good condition. Has only a single pin hole at each corner, from where I attached it to my bedroom wall all those years ago. Thanks, Mom!

Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2026 12:29 AM (rdVOm)

332 Thing is, they need turn around. Bezos engines come off the line at 2 a month. If they are failure proof that's not enough to get the job done.

And so far the rockets are not re-usable.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 05, 2026 12:29 AM (jU8k8)

333

I didn't know much of anything about Trump before he ran for President.

When he came down the escalator to announce he was running for President I thought to myself he is the man who is going to get stuff straight. It was strange because I didn't know anything about him.

I realize people have issues with him which is their right.

I feel so blessed we have him and we'll never see another like him.

Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 12:29 AM (/QHx4)

334 I watched 1776 today, as usual. Excellent!
Posted by: Bulg at July 05, 2026 12:10 AM (77rzZ)

Howard DaSilva was an old commie, but by golly he did a great Ben Franklin.

Gonna watch tomorrow, had no time today.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2026 12:30 AM (1Ff7Z)

335 SMH!

I’m loving the amateur karaoke.

Fuck all the assholes who are too afraid to perform because of politics.

It’s America 250

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 05, 2026 12:30 AM (4ThdF)

336 Greatest fireworks display I've ever seen. Lord, how I wish I was there.

Posted by: Sam Adams at July 05, 2026 12:30 AM (X+xvk)

337 Yeah, for a "failure", the day looked like a complete success.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 05, 2026 12:31 AM (kpS4V)

338 This fireworks show is now twice as long as the average DC 4th of July show, and still going (not including all the illegal stuff being shot into the sky all over town).

CNN just had to show a brief clip of Trump and Melania having a discussion, I'm sure to later wonder if they were arguing.

Posted by: Vendette at July 05, 2026 12:31 AM (pJK38)

339 Forever hallow’d is the earth, where sleep the patriot and the brave,
Whose very ashes have a voice—a warning cry to guard and save.

—Lines on the Deaths of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, A Lady of Richmond, E.L.S., July 14 1826.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 05, 2026 12:32 AM (kYmoU)

340 Mexico’s government has been in existence longer than either of theirs.

Posted by: Tom Servo
---

It is to laugh. Mexico is possibly one of the longest.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 05, 2026 12:32 AM (jU8k8)

341 In fact for a lot of us it’s more like 1/4. No wonder we remember a lot more than the current crop of young fools.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 05, 2026 12:23 AM (H8EHh)

Damn, since you put it way I’m in between 1/3 and 1/4. I was already feeling old going through the mental bicentennial archives, but that ratio adds another layer of rust. :-)

Posted by: TxAnn at July 05, 2026 12:32 AM (SjAWL)

342 Gotta wonder if they're gonna do Take Me Home, Country Roads?

Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 05, 2026 12:33 AM (ceJ0R)

343 Worth a repost, because 1976 was awesome, too:

https://youtu.be/gh6BfGdffQw

Doobs!

Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2026 12:33 AM (rdVOm)

344 I hugged my Dad's military flag today, he loved this country.

JQ, I just knew that your poster was held in reserve until tonight, that is wonderful, it would be proudly hanging in my hallway.

My hubs and I used to laugh so hard when my oldest son would see the flag and say fag, fag and all of my gay co-workers would look at each other. I should perhaps specify that he was only two at te time.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 05, 2026 12:33 AM (ibDUx)

345 250!

damn.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 05, 2026 12:34 AM (fkjGs)

346 Can the "patriot front" just fuck off already? they did zero patriotisms today

Posted by: gKWVE at July 05, 2026 12:34 AM (gKWVE)

347 Best President of my lifetime. Hindered by a corrupt and cowardly political party of RINO's, vilified by hate-filled Communists, obstructed by a compromised Supreme Court Justice and the ongoing criminal enterprise that is our law enforcement/intelligence community, and he STILL gets things done.

Posted by: Sam Adams at July 05, 2026 12:34 AM (X+xvk)

348 "1776" added to my list, thanks!
youtube.com/watch?v=X7x9cv1FsyA

Posted by: gp at July 05, 2026 12:35 AM (Jr5Lq)

349 Watching this, it's easy to see how Trump thought to himself, "New York City and other places put on bigger shows than the nation's capital year after year. Not this year!"

Posted by: Vendette at July 05, 2026 12:36 AM (pJK38)

350 That fireworks show is unbelievable. Non-stop.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 05, 2026 12:36 AM (n5tGW)

351 Oh wow, they're playing a song recorded in the last 20 years.

Posted by: Serious Cat at July 05, 2026 12:37 AM (xqQi7)

352 Best President of my lifetime. Hindered by a corrupt and cowardly political party of RINO's, vilified by hate-filled Communists, obstructed by a compromised Supreme Court Justice and the ongoing criminal enterprise that is our law enforcement/intelligence community, and he STILL gets things done.

Posted by: Sam Adams at July 05,

Amen.
And your beer is not bad, sir.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at July 05, 2026 12:37 AM (Snklc)

353 "1776" added to my list, thanks!
youtube.com/watch?v=X7x9cv1FsyA
Posted by: gp at July 05, 2026 12:35 AM (Jr5Lq)

Watch it on a browser with an ad blocker. It's long enough already without a commercial cutting in every five minutes.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2026 12:37 AM (1Ff7Z)

354 Me too! You realize that people like us (and there’s a lot here tonight) have been around for 1/5 of this countries entire existence? In fact for a lot of us it’s more like 1/4. No wonder we remember a lot more than the current crop of young fools.
Posted by: Tom Servo
------
Whippersnappers.
Born before Pearl Harbor. Been alive for slightly less than 1/3 of our country's existence.
Then look at those WWII vets on the stage this evening. More than 45% of the country's existence.
I don't feel that old, and neither does this country. We've come a long way, baby, and there's a long, long way to go.
Greatness behind, and greatness ahead.

Posted by: buddhaha at July 05, 2026 12:38 AM (iaABv)

355 Oooo... it's dark outside now! Gonna see what's out there. bbiab

Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2026 12:38 AM (rdVOm)

356 WOW!!!

Posted by: Sam Adams at July 05, 2026 12:39 AM (X+xvk)

357 Well, that was dope.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 05, 2026 12:39 AM (ceJ0R)

358 40 minutes. Even the CNN people are impressed.

Posted by: Vendette at July 05, 2026 12:39 AM (pJK38)

359 "Watch it on a browser with an ad blocker."

Got that covered! uBlock Origin FTW.

Posted by: gp at July 05, 2026 12:39 AM (Jr5Lq)

360 There were so many stalwart, brave men involved with the Revolution that it is staggering. Most probably lie in unmarked graves.

As an aside, not the case for Molly Pitcher:

https://shorturl.at/JfbPG

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2026 12:40 AM (XeU6L)

361 WOW!!!!!! That was great!

Posted by: Case at July 05, 2026 12:40 AM (IY9No)

362 I didn't realize they were trying to break a world record.

Posted by: Vendette at July 05, 2026 12:41 AM (pJK38)

363 315 I played with my high school band in Omaha, NE's bicentennial celebration. We had a rebellious attitude. A huge crowd yelled at us for being late and we yelled back at them. I think we were the worst marching band in NE. Once we even misspelled the school name, 'Pred' instead of 'Prep'. And when the sheet music flies off your stand during a march you're not supposed to go running after it. But we had the most fun of any band.
Posted by: Norrin Radd, sojourner of the spaceways at July 05, 2026 12:21 AM (tRYqg)

***********
Had 2 sons in Junior High and HS marching band, one was drum major in HS (alto sax casanova). Junior high was a painful time listening to them.

I can't tell you how much I love your band and how fun it sounds!

My husband just brought in his laptop of young bald eagles (Sandy and Luna) at Big Bear California watching fireworks. I am sure Sandy wonders wth is going on as her sibling accidently knocked her out of the nest last week and she fledged. First landing upside down twice on limbs in confusion.

We think this is very patriotic of them to be part of the celebration.

Now we are going to bed. Love you crazy people.

Thanks for the ONT, D's.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 05, 2026 12:43 AM (hzuYO)

364 Niters ChristyB : )

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 05, 2026 12:43 AM (lfni7)

365 Amen.
And your beer is not bad, sir.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

****************

Why, thank you! I like Sam Adams. They have some very tasty offerings. Tonight I'm sampling some Sierra Nevada IPA's. Magnificent.

Posted by: Sam Adams at July 05, 2026 12:44 AM (X+xvk)

366 Most probably lie in unmarked graves.

As an aside, not the case for Molly Pitcher:

https://shorturl.at/JfbPG
Posted by: Mike Hammer
------
Whoa. Was not expecting that.

Posted by: scampydog at July 05, 2026 12:44 AM (wJrX8)

367

I am crying.

We live in the greatest country in the world.

We are so blessed.

Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 12:45 AM (/QHx4)

368 I watched it on TV. It decided to get busy tonight and I've been actually working. We're shorthanded tonight too. It's just me basically. New guy can't do much. Everybody else is on vacation.

(sad violin music)

Anyway, looked damn impressive.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 05, 2026 12:45 AM (ntk8v)

369 Do y'all remember in 2020 when the covid lunatic governments forbade any fireworks on the 4th of July? So the cities and County's governments did not do the official celebrations but ... there was the most glorious and stunning eruption of rebellious Americans setting off fireworks in Every neighborhood from coast to coast, even Los Angeles.

I remember seeing the stunned, po-faced anchor persons who could not wrap their tiny little Minds around the idea that Americans were rebelling against this b******* edict.

It was glorious.

Posted by: Beverly at July 05, 2026 12:46 AM (reMys)

370 Scary, so good to see you here, I have been missing you.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 05, 2026 12:46 AM (ibDUx)

371 I am crying.

We live in the greatest country in the world.

We are so blessed.

Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 12:45 AM (/QHx4)
_

It was an honor to defend this nation.

And it wasn't until I went to Iraq that I realized how truly blessed we are.

These kids just don't know.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 05, 2026 12:47 AM (lfni7)

372 Do y'all remember in 2020 when the covid lunatic governments forbade any fireworks on the 4th of July? So the cities and County's governments did not do the official celebrations but ... there was the most glorious and stunning eruption of rebellious Americans setting off fireworks in Every neighborhood from coast to coast, even Los Angeles.

I remember seeing the stunned, po-faced anchor persons who could not wrap their tiny little Minds around the idea that Americans were rebelling against this b******* edict.

It was glorious.
Posted by: Beverly
___

In southern Illinois, it was amazing.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 05, 2026 12:48 AM (lfni7)

373 369 Do y'all remember in 2020 when the covid lunatic governments forbade any fireworks on the 4th of July? So the cities and County's governments did not do the official celebrations but ... there was the most glorious and stunning eruption of rebellious Americans setting off fireworks in Every neighborhood from coast to coast, even Los Angeles.

I remember seeing the stunned, po-faced anchor persons who could not wrap their tiny little Minds around the idea that Americans were rebelling against this b******* edict.

It was glorious.

Posted by: Beverly

***********************

In the face of abject tyranny, they uniformly told them where to go. God, but I love this country.

Posted by: Sam Adams at July 05, 2026 12:48 AM (X+xvk)

374

SMH,

You are right, they have no clue.

We have to pray they don't muck up things.

Proud to be an American where we are blessed to be free.

Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 12:49 AM (/QHx4)

375 369 Do y'all remember in 2020 when the covid lunatic governments forbade any fireworks on the 4th of July? So the cities and County's governments did not do the official celebrations but ... there was the most glorious and stunning eruption of rebellious Americans setting off fireworks in Every neighborhood from coast to coast, even Los Angeles.

I remember seeing the stunned, po-faced anchor persons who could not wrap their tiny little Minds around the idea that Americans were rebelling against this b******* edict.

It was glorious.
Posted by: Beverly at July 05, 2026 12:46 AM (reMys)

************
LOL! Thanks, I had forgotten about that and it was grand!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 05, 2026 12:49 AM (hzuYO)

376 Then again...it's southern Illinois, where the sheriffs flip Chicago and Springfield the bird on a regular basis.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 05, 2026 12:49 AM (lfni7)

377 They stripped him of his 1st amendment rights. They tried to kick him off ballots in 25 states. They rewrote laws to persecute and prosecute him. They sought to bankrupt him, and to imprison him for life. They have now made at least three attempts on his life.
------------------

And we are now told to believe a story that "they" are concerned that some extremists might be coming to take over their party.

Posted by: ... at July 05, 2026 12:51 AM (vE0+H)

378 And we are now told to believe a story that "they" are concerned that some extremists might be coming to take over their party.
Posted by: ... at July 05, 2026 12:51 AM (vE0+H)
___

God uses the unlikeliest of people for His purpose.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 05, 2026 12:52 AM (lfni7)

379 Hi, SMH

Southern Illinois??? Really?

And you just moved to the Ozarks???

I think you're following me around!

Hope we get to meet one day.

Posted by: mnw at July 05, 2026 12:52 AM (RCjYY)

380 mnw!

Been a month now here in Crawford Co.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 05, 2026 12:53 AM (lfni7)

381

We lived in a suburb of Chicago for several years.

O what a happy day when we moved from there to South Carolina.

Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 12:54 AM (/QHx4)

382 And we are now told to believe a story that "they" are concerned that some extremists might be coming to take over their party.

Posted by: ...

**************

I tell you, if Trump had lived in 1776, his signature would have been on the Declaration. He has literally risked EVERYTHING dear to him for the sake of this nation. How that man can walk upright with a pair of balls that big is beyond me. May God bless and keep him, and cover him in His protective hand.

Posted by: Sam Adams at July 05, 2026 12:54 AM (X+xvk)

383 God uses the unlikeliest of people for His purpose.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 05, 2026 12:52 AM (lfni7)

That is for sure. What has always struck me is that the early backers of the famously degenerate potty-mouthed Trump was "evangelicals". It's like they knew what/who was required for the battle before many even knew what the battle was.

Posted by: ... at July 05, 2026 12:55 AM (vE0+H)

384 I was born in Chicago, just never lived there beyond the first few weeks of life.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 05, 2026 12:55 AM (lfni7)

385

Amen Sam Adams!!!!

Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 12:55 AM (/QHx4)

386 23 TxAnn ought to come to the next TX MoMee.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 04, 2026 10:15 PM (R+iUD)

I’m chewing on it. It’s just about 3 hours north on 45. From what I understand, it’s a BYOA, bring your own arsenal?

Posted by: TxAnn at July 05, 2026 12:56 AM (SjAWL)

387 That is for sure. What has always struck me is that the early backers of the famously degenerate potty-mouthed Trump was "evangelicals". It's like they knew what/who was required for the battle before many even knew what the battle was.
Posted by: ... at July 05, 2026 12:55 AM (vE0+H)
___

Scripture kinda lays out the battle plan.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 05, 2026 12:57 AM (lfni7)

388 SMH

Hope you like Crawford County and prosper there. Truly.

Posted by: mnw at July 05, 2026 12:57 AM (RCjYY)

389 I’m chewing on it. It’s just about 3 hours north on 45. From what I understand, it’s a BYOA, bring your own arsenal?
Posted by: TxAnn at July 05, 2026 12:56 AM (SjAWL)
___

Arsenal, alcohol, etc.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 05, 2026 12:58 AM (lfni7)

390 Good night, all!

Posted by: Vendette at July 05, 2026 12:58 AM (pJK38)

391 mnw, it's gorgeous here... and so many creeks!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 05, 2026 12:59 AM (lfni7)

392 Top ten!!!
I shall sleep well tonight.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 05, 2026 12:59 AM (2WIwB)

393 I tell you, if Trump had lived in 1776, his signature would have been on the Declaration. He has literally risked EVERYTHING dear to him for the sake of this nation. How that man can walk upright with a pair of balls that big is beyond me. May God bless and keep him, and cover him in His protective hand.
Posted by: Sam Adams
------

In Jesus' name we pray.
Amen.

Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2026 01:00 AM (rdVOm)

394 Niters, Vendette!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 05, 2026 01:00 AM (lfni7)

395
Scripture kinda lays out the battle plan.
Posted by: SMH
---------
Joel 3-9

Proclaim this among the nations:
Prepare for war!
Rouse the warriors!
Let all the fighting men draw near and attack. Beat your plowshares into swords
and your pruning hooks into spears.
Let the weakling say,
“I am strong!”

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2026 01:00 AM (XeU6L)

396 What has always struck me is that the early backers of the famously degenerate potty-mouthed Trump was "evangelicals". It's like they knew what/who was required for the battle before many even knew what the battle was.

Posted by: ...
---

He called the heads of all faiths in at the same time. He spoke truth as a man not as a politician. The last thing he said, I won't let you down.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others at July 05, 2026 01:00 AM (jU8k8)

397 I tell you, if Trump had lived in 1776, his signature would have been on the Declaration. He has literally risked EVERYTHING dear to him for the sake of this nation. How that man can walk upright with a pair of balls that big is beyond me. May God bless and keep him, and cover him in His protective hand.

Posted by: Sam Adams at July 05, 2026 12:54 AM (X+xvk)

God spared him for a reason.

Listening to him that day telling that black conference that Kamala's not even black was a thing of beauty. I mean it's only something she said her entire career but he's not allowed. Whites aren't allowed. A black Republican would not be allowed.

The guy has interplanetary balls. It's like "you can't do that"... right up until someone does it.

The discussion here that day was decidedly mixed. The people that want him to be quiet or pull punches do not possess his instinct for battle or understanding for what is required. Or more to the point, the shape of the phony gameboard they have us all prostrate on. He has balls. I like... balls.

Posted by: ... at July 05, 2026 01:00 AM (vE0+H)

398 Scripture kinda lays out the battle plan.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 05, 2026 12:57 AM (lfni7)

Amen

Posted by: ... at July 05, 2026 01:01 AM (vE0+H)

399 This relates to the Louisiana Purchase and the U.S. Land Acquisitions map above:

The American diplomats who negotiated the LP complained, "The boundaries of the French territory in the Purchase lands are not clearly known. So, we don't know exactly what it is we're buying."

Napoleon: "I'm sure you'll make the most of it."

Posted by: mnw at July 05, 2026 01:03 AM (RCjYY)

400 387 That is for sure. What has always struck me is that the early backers of the famously degenerate potty-mouthed Trump was "evangelicals". It's like they knew what/who was required for the battle before many even knew what the battle was.

Posted by: ... at July 05, 2026 12:55 AM (vE0+H)

*****************

We needed a LEADER. A two-dimensional cardboard cutout spouting focus group-approved talking points wasn't going to get it. Trump did absolutely everything I had ever wanted to see a Republican candidate do. He stood up to his own idiot party. He stood up to the corrupt Clinton Crime Family, and he gave absolute hell to our useless media. He's left them howling, confused, licking their wounds and whining on the back porch. God bless him.

Posted by: Sam Adams at July 05, 2026 01:04 AM (X+xvk)

401 The discussion here that day was decidedly mixed. The people that want him to be quiet or pull punches do not possess his instinct for battle or understanding for what is required. Or more to the point, the shape of the phony gameboard they have us all prostrate on. He has balls. I like... balls.

Posted by: ... at July 05, 2026 01:00 AM (vE0+H)

He speaks in a language I understand.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 05, 2026 01:04 AM (S41Gd)

402

President Trump loves us and our country.

I've never seen a person like him who has respect for all classes of people. He knows we are all important to make our country work.

Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 01:04 AM (/QHx4)

403 Whatever is being lit off tonight, I can only hear but not SEE, because trees... It's been loud and fairly constant until just a few minutes ago.

Oh well. I know what it all means! And it's great!

Happy birthday, America!

Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2026 01:05 AM (rdVOm)

404 Well that was one hell of a firework display in DC. The ending was insane. They probably saw that one from space.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 05, 2026 01:07 AM (S41Gd)

405 That was

Oh

Ver

Whelming.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 05, 2026 01:07 AM (pv+nv)

406 Well I'm glad I stayed up to watch the President and the fireworks. It was great. Loved the music. Proud to be an American? You betcha!

Posted by: Case at July 05, 2026 01:07 AM (IY9No)

407 Sweet dreams Horde, I was up at 5:30 yesterday, now I must sleep.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 05, 2026 01:07 AM (ibDUx)

408 Holy carp it is absolute chaos here.

Seems Like Seattle has a little pent up energy.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 05, 2026 01:07 AM (lytXf)

409 'Night, Debby!

Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2026 01:08 AM (rdVOm)

410

Sleep well Debby.

Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 01:08 AM (/QHx4)

411 >>I've never seen a person like him who has respect for all classes of people. He knows we are all important to make our country work.

I have. I was fortunate to grow up with a mom and dad exactly like that.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2026 01:09 AM (viF8m)

412 Whatever is being lit off tonight, I can only hear but not SEE, because trees... It's been loud and fairly constant until just a few minutes ago.

Oh well. I know what it all means! And it's great!

Happy birthday, America!

Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2026 01:05 AM (rdVOm)

It was so crazy here they were shooting shit off from the ancient cemetery up the street.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 05, 2026 01:09 AM (S41Gd)

413

nurse,

good chaos or bad chaos?

Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 01:09 AM (/QHx4)

414 Holy smokes. That was some kind of crazy fireworks display. I bet the Red Chinese were green with envy.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 05, 2026 01:09 AM (BI5O2)

415

JackStraw,

I should have been clearer. I meant a politician.

Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 01:10 AM (/QHx4)

416 It was so crazy here they were shooting shit off from the ancient cemetery up the street.
Posted by: Berserker

That's probably well-watered there & safer than many other possible launch sites, LOL

Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2026 01:10 AM (rdVOm)

417
I watched on t.v. and I really liked the closeups of people in the crowd. Seemed like all of America was there, enjoying the show.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 05, 2026 01:11 AM (mmrXZ)

418 I counted six barges from where I was.
Before the halfway point the smoke on the river was so thick I could see none of them, even the one closest to me.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 05, 2026 01:11 AM (pv+nv)

419 It was so crazy here they were shooting shit off from the ancient cemetery up the street.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 05, 2026 01:09 AM (S41Gd)

Are you sure the fireworks weren't launched by the patriots interred there? Celebrating 250 years, and this President and today's patriots?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 05, 2026 01:14 AM (qx7Zg)

420 Think about how hot it was on the Potomac tonight. Working on one of those firing barges must have sucked ass.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 05, 2026 01:14 AM (BI5O2)

421 Why I think Trump won the first time:

People in the Midwest and South who had never heard a New Yawker multimillionaire with a Queens accent before, and saw him sweating profusely in his fancy dark suit?

They somehow sensed a genuineness in Trump they had never encountered before.

I include myself among the Trump skeptics. I knew he'd contributed to Hillary & other Democrats in the past, so I suspected him of being... a liberal in disguise.

I'm so happy to have been INCREDIBLY wrong!

Posted by: mnw at July 05, 2026 01:15 AM (RCjYY)

422 Time to put in some earplugs and get some shut-eye. See you on the book thread. G'night.

Posted by: PabloD at July 05, 2026 01:16 AM (byoW7)

423 401

Me too.

Posted by: mnw at July 05, 2026 01:17 AM (RCjYY)

424 >>I should have been clearer. I meant a politician.

For a lot of years I've wanted a businessman with some common sense to run this country and not a politician. I admit when Trump first tossed his hat in the ring I didn't think he was serious. I was wrong.

I watched Trump operate in NYC as a kid growing up and I always knew he was smart and capable but he has far exceeded my hopes. He's truly one of a kind. We will never see another like him.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2026 01:17 AM (viF8m)

425 I'm sorry, folks -- I just don't see the fascination with retail fireworks. Here it is after midnight, and somebody in the neighborhood is still setting them off. What is so great about pop-pop-pop?

Posted by: Weak Geek at July 05, 2026 01:18 AM (kdEHI)

426 I keep a $2 bill in my wallet.
Posted by: davidt at July 04, 2026 10:11

I've been getting packs of $2 bills, saving any valuable ones, then spending the rest in my few cash transactions.

It's actually anti-inflationary as most people keep them and they are pulled out of circulation. LOL

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at July 05, 2026 01:18 AM (55Qr6)

427 420 Think about how hot it was on the Potomac tonight. Working on one of those firing barges must have sucked ass.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 05, 2026 01:14 AM
+++
The temp dropped quite a bit and it feels comfortable.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 05, 2026 01:18 AM (pv+nv)

428 Happy Independence Day!

Nytol.

Posted by: mnw at July 05, 2026 01:19 AM (RCjYY)

429 My perspective is simple. Trump is not a politician. Most importantly, he places the well-being of the country before all else. Period.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2026 01:19 AM (XeU6L)

430 I include myself among the Trump skeptics. I knew he'd contributed to Hillary & other Democrats in the past, so I suspected him of being... a liberal in disguise.
I'm so happy to have been INCREDIBLY wrong!
Posted by: mnw
-----------

Me too! I voted for Cruz in the primary... Because I figured The Donald was just another lib dem in disguise. A Diablo, waiting to fk us over. Dad (RIP), a hard-core conservative, talked me off the ledge after Trump won the primary.

Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2026 01:19 AM (rdVOm)

431 "Why I think Trump won"

vs Hillary, Biden, and Kamala, he was the obvious better choice.

Posted by: gp at July 05, 2026 01:19 AM (Jr5Lq)

432 I thought Trump might be a liberal until he spoke the first few times and was saying everything we thought - not just making the right noises but actually upsetting people. The right people.

When he went after the Bushes I knew he was absolutely the real deal. Because no GOPe I know would do that.

I know that pissed people here off that night, bigly, sounding like a leftard blaming Bush for 9/11 but that wasn't what he was doing. He wasn't implicating us. He was implicating the people that had kept betraying us. And he was taking down the rival that was supposed to REALLY get Hillary elected.

Posted by: ... at July 05, 2026 01:19 AM (vE0+H)

433

People are so happy they don't live in a shithole country.

They are celebrating FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 01:20 AM (/QHx4)

434 The temp dropped quite a bit and it feels comfortable.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 05, 2026 01:18 AM (pv+nv

Yeah, I guess you guys got some rain, right? It hit us hard last night, and finally took the edge of the stifling heat in Southern Appalachia.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 05, 2026 01:20 AM (BI5O2)

435 I considered myself the world's staunchest Never-Trumper. I despised him. I didn't trust him. I thought he was an attention whore who would govern as a typical New York liberal.

And I was entirely wrong.

Donald Trump has been consistent in what he was saying for a long, long time. He hates seeing stupidity and corruption in government. He hates inefficiency. He hates seeing ordinary people getting screwed. This man genuinely loves this nation and Her people. God bless and keep him.

Posted by: Sam Adams at July 05, 2026 01:20 AM (X+xvk)

436 Happy Independence Day! No live fireworks viewing for us since we provided a new home for a couple of dogs. Casper is stoic but Sammy hates loud noises, he gets the trembles. We did see the show at Mt. Rushmore last night and Washington DC tonight on the Roku. I missed the beginning so I definitely have to revisit that tomorrow.

Posted by: ChE99 at July 05, 2026 01:22 AM (Jteiy)

437 People are so happy they don't live in a shithole country.

They are celebrating FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 01:20 AM (/QHx4)
__

We won the lottery.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 05, 2026 01:22 AM (lfni7)

438 429 My perspective is simple. Trump is not a politician. Most importantly, he places the well-being of the country before all else. Period.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2026 01:19 AM (XeU6L)

Well, he IS a politician, though he is on the way to being regarded as a statesman, which is something else altogether.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 05, 2026 01:23 AM (An2iq)

439 I keep a $2 bill in my wallet.
Posted by: davidt
-------

I have probably 50 lbs. of copper pennies.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 05, 2026 01:23 AM (XeU6L)

440 What is so great about pop-pop-pop?
Posted by: Weak Geek

Maybe that's all they could afford, and wanted to be part of the big celebration *somehow*!

Or, maybe they're just regular peeps like me, what needed a day to dispose of old fireworks-- and couldn't find them on New Year's Day. LOL!

Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2026 01:23 AM (rdVOm)

441
President Trump deserves his own mountain.

Mt. Rushmore is great but he should not have to share space with them.

Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 01:24 AM (/QHx4)

442 Yeah, I guess you guys got some rain, right? It hit us hard last night, and finally took the edge of the stifling heat in Southern Appalachia.
+++
It did rain a bit. Temps dropped soon afterward.
Gave me a chance to try out my spiffy new Ozark Trail poncho.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 05, 2026 01:24 AM (pv+nv)

443 >>We won the lottery.

Thanks largely due to people like you.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2026 01:25 AM (viF8m)

444 Growing up in CO, I could never have fireworks.

I didn't even think of buying any for three years after moving somewhere they're permitted, because the aversion to them was so ingrained.

Last year, I was hearing them going off all around, and it finally hit me: "oh yeah... this is legal!"

So I bought a bunch of mortars and stuff this year, and lit them off with my brother, and thought "yeah, that was pretty badass," and then saw Donald Trump's thing on TV.

*sad trombone*

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 05, 2026 01:27 AM (BI5O2)

445
What is so great about pop-pop-pop?
Posted by: Weak Geek

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

You're sposta watch them, not just listen to them.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 05, 2026 01:27 AM (mmrXZ)

446 Good night, all, to you, the best folks on the planet.

Things I could have been but weren't: too long to list.
Things I was but shouldn't a been: also too long to list.

Things I am: caretaker of a black cat. Slave.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 05, 2026 01:27 AM (CHHv1)

447 429 My perspective is simple. Trump is not a politician. Most importantly, he places the well-being of the country before all else. Period.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc

****************

Bingo.

Posted by: Sam Adams at July 05, 2026 01:29 AM (X+xvk)

448 BeckoningChasm,

You are a wonderful steward of one of God's creatures.

You're also made in God's image, never forget that.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 05, 2026 01:29 AM (lfni7)

449

Hi to Robert!

He does love you, he just has a different way of letting you know.

Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 01:29 AM (/QHx4)

450 You're sposta watch them, not just listen to them.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Hahaha, I sure tried! Walked all around the property, trying to see between trees... no joy. Oh, well. The sound is good enough for me! I know that the people lighting them off, were CELEBRATING!

I'm celebrating too, just *more quietly* than most.

Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2026 01:30 AM (rdVOm)

451 {{{BeckoningChasm}}}

Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2026 01:31 AM (rdVOm)

452

What a day.

250 years. We have to keep fighting to keep our country great.

Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 01:34 AM (/QHx4)

453 It was so crazy here they were shooting shit off from the ancient cemetery up the street.
Posted by: Berserker

That's probably well-watered there & safer than many other possible launch sites, LOL

Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2026 01:10 AM (rdVOm)

Along with a captive audience that didn't complain.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 05, 2026 01:34 AM (S41Gd)

454 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 05, 2026 01:27 AM (mmrXZ)

Happy Fourth, Blondie. You always make me laugh and I like how you think.

Posted by: ... at July 05, 2026 01:35 AM (vE0+H)

455 President Trump deserves his own mountain.

Mt. Rushmore is great but he should not have to share space with them.

Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 01:24 AM (/QHx4)

He needs his own planet.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 05, 2026 01:35 AM (S41Gd)

456

right on Berserker!!

Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 01:36 AM (/QHx4)

457 right on Berserker!!

Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 01:36 AM (/QHx4)

He'll reshape the face on mars in his own image. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 05, 2026 01:37 AM (S41Gd)

458 I watched Trump operate in NYC as a kid growing up and I always knew he was smart and capable but he has far exceeded my hopes. He's truly one of a kind. We will never see another like him.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 05, 2026 01:17

The funniest prez ever. And agree, he's far exceeded my hopes.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at July 05, 2026 01:37 AM (55Qr6)

459 Took a brief stroll around the courtyard we have here. It was nice, finally. The rain cooled it down a bit. It's been over 100 all week in Babylon DC, so everything is steaming. Add that with the fireworks smoke, it had a cool look about it. Another storm is moving. Saw lightning bolts crisscrossing the sky followed by loud thunder. Needed some mood music.

youtu.be/22Ndi2HUheg

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 05, 2026 01:39 AM (ntk8v)

460

Some people think he is crude.

So what, he speaks the truth, no holds barred.

So many people have been cowed to be PC. Fuck that shit.

Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 01:39 AM (/QHx4)

461 https://tinyurl.com/dzzm2d39

Posted by: Sam Adams at July 05, 2026 01:43 AM (X+xvk)

462 >>So many people have been cowed to be PC. Fuck that shit.

Yeah-- listen to these same people in their private convos, and hear even *worse* than what they (faux) complain about! Hypocrites...

Posted by: JQ at July 05, 2026 01:45 AM (rdVOm)

463 Just got home from the Boise fireworks, after several years of not bothering. It was really neat, and I felt a bit of patriotism in my black heart. the crowd was huge, but very pleasant. The mood certainly felt right for America's 250th. Gives me hope.

America! Gosh Yes!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at July 05, 2026 01:46 AM (0aYVJ)

464

It is so dry here. So many people here have been worried about fires from the fireworks. Hubby and I have been concerned.

We haven't heard any sirens so things must be good.

Posted by: four seasons at July 05, 2026 01:48 AM (/QHx4)

Processing 0.07, elapsed 0.081 seconds.
15 queries taking 0.0215 seconds, 473 records returned.
Page size 222 kb.
Powered by Minx 0.8 beta.