Beaver <font color="red">♥</font> Banana Open Thread

Beaver ♥ Banana Open Thread

Or a vigorous rubbing:

The grace and power of guinea pigs:

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:20 PM

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1 Well okay then.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 03, 2026 04:21 PM (bl07w)

2 No old greek homos?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 03, 2026 04:23 PM (Kt19C)

3 This is what happens when I'm not here. I show up, the thread ends.

Posted by: ... at July 03, 2026 04:23 PM (vE0+H)

4 Beaver - Banana?

What are we? 13 years old!?

(I hear this from the lovely Mrs., multiple times a week)

Posted by: Tonypete at July 03, 2026 04:25 PM (NXz0i)

5 I find it curious that the illegal immigrant who killed the cop in PA got his CDL in Massachusetts, which requires the applicant to have a valid Social Security Number.

Posted by: Orson at July 03, 2026 04:26 PM (dIske)

6
I find it curious that the illegal immigrant who killed the cop in PA got his CDL in Massachusetts, which requires the applicant to have a valid Social Security Number.
Posted by: Orson

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Every requirement creates a new racket.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 04:28 PM (mmrXZ)

7 Willowed:

Somebody from the GOP, Vance or Rubio in all likelihood, will don the red crown of MAGA and immediately seek to coopt the movement on behalf of the Party that's been his nursing sow since he was but a young piglet.

I agree. Trump is sui generis, and despite his flaws and missed opportunities (GITMO ought to be choked full of political traitors), whomever succeeds him will not be nearly as ballsy and bull-in-china-shop as he.

All I have left to live for (on the political front) is the day when the tumbrils roll and the left begs for a gentle, merciful POTUS like Trump.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 03, 2026 04:29 PM (qRla/)

8 which requires the applicant to have a valid Social Security Number.
Posted by: Orson at July 03, 2026 04:26 PM (dIske)

Hey, that was a perfectly valid number he gave.

Not his.

But valid!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 03, 2026 04:29 PM (Ot/FD)

9 i came for the banana beaver but stayed for the fat guinea pig jumping over the rug gap.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 03, 2026 04:30 PM (6ydKt)

10
Nice beaver
- Frank Drebin

Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 03, 2026 04:30 PM (QVmho)

11 Why this strange fascination with rodents?

Ratatouille grossed me out, and I only watched a couple of video clips from the movie.

Posted by: mrp at July 03, 2026 04:31 PM (rj6Yv)

12 Beavers, eh? I'll just leave this here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcdvP8CYPB0

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 03, 2026 04:33 PM (Wnv9h)

13 rug gap.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 03, 2026 04:30 PM (6ydKt)
____________________________

Euphemism?

Posted by: Orson at July 03, 2026 04:33 PM (dIske)

14 At least starting with Beavers, then can move to movies and guns later

Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 04:34 PM (Ia/+0)

15 Whew. 97°. Something, something 'mad dogs and Englismen'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, waxing glyphic at July 03, 2026 04:35 PM (XeU6L)

16 The guinea pigs remind me of buffalo for some reason.

Afternoon, all, for this Independence Day Eve!

That land acknowledgment stuff mentioned by Buck earlier today . . . My former employer jumped on that bandwagon years ago. At our monthly Zoom meeting, I recall at one point my boss discussing who would be the one to deliver the "land acknowledgment" at some on-campus conference. Imagine my relief when he did not ask me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 04:36 PM (wzUl9)

17 Whew. 97°. Something, something 'mad dogs and Englismen'
Posted by: Mike Hammer, waxing glyphic at July 03, 2026

***
Just now, when I brought some trash to the dumpster, I carefully did not look at the temp or the heat index before I went. I'd have a retroactive heat stroke.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 04:37 PM (wzUl9)

18

Needs more boobies!

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at July 03, 2026 04:38 PM (76a83)

19 Why this strange fascination with rodents?
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Only last night a mouse met its end in a trap set in the basement.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, waxing glyphic at July 03, 2026 04:38 PM (XeU6L)

20 I agree. Trump is sui generis, and despite his flaws and missed opportunities (GITMO ought to be choked full of political traitors), whomever succeeds him will not be nearly as ballsy and bull-in-china-shop as he.

All I have left to live for (on the political front) is the day when the tumbrils roll and the left begs for a gentle, merciful POTUS like Trump.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 03, 2026 04:29 PM (qRla/)
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The person who follows DJT won't have to be DJT II to succeed in his/her term. DJT blasted the doors wide open, and then he hired competent door blasters in their own right. If they didn't meet DJT's expectations for Cabinet-level door blasting, he pushed them out the door and hired pros to replace them.

The new guy/gal only needs to keep the doors open and to hire people skilled in anti-Commie mop-up operations.

Posted by: mrp at July 03, 2026 04:38 PM (rj6Yv)

21 Somewhere I read that beavers mate for life. And that, among animals who do that, the female is always the dominant one of the couple. Wonder why . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 04:39 PM (wzUl9)

22 Y’all seem to be having it worse than we are. It’s only 90 out there right now.

Posted by: Piper at July 03, 2026 04:40 PM (p4NUW)

23 Guinea pigs have ridiculously small legs.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 03, 2026 04:41 PM (itsE0)

24
Somewhere I read that beavers mate for life. And that, among animals who do that, the female is always the dominant one of the couple. Wonder why . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 04:39 PM (wzUl9)

___________

Q: Why do husbands die before their wives?

A: They want to.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 03, 2026 04:41 PM (O0L8i)

25 Shootout between Australia and Egypt
Should have had it at beginning. Would have saved a lot of boredom

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 03, 2026 04:41 PM (itsE0)

26
The person who follows DJT won't have to be DJT II to succeed in his/her term.

Posted by: mrp

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I got willowed saying pretty much the same thing. Just because Rubio and Vance don't rant and joke like Trump doesn't mean they aren't MAGA and don't have the fire in their bellies.

In fact, as much as we've enjoyed Trump's way with words, I think it will be nice to have the more decorous, articulate version of MAGA going forward. I do hope we get to keep Stephen Miller, though. I like his creativity.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 04:42 PM (mmrXZ)

27 For a time, I helped coached a HS girls soccer team. The practice field was next to a large pond that was dammed up by some beavers. Someone had run over and killed a beaver and he lay on the side of the road. One of the gals (there is always that one) asked me, "Mr. Tonypete, have you ever seen such a big beaver."

*tugs collar, starts sweating profusely*

Posted by: Tonypete at July 03, 2026 04:42 PM (NXz0i)

28 Tulsi Gabbard just described the actual operating system of Washington and it’s somehow even dumber and more insulting than the conspiracy versions.

She needed one printed document for a 10 a.m. Oval Office meeting with the President. A mid-level staffer ... detailed from another agency ... decided he didn’t like what was on it, printed it anyway, then locked it in his desk and refused to hand it over. Her chief of staff went down. Her general counsel went down. Both got told to pound sand until the guy’s real boss at his home agency finally gave permission.

That’s the “deep state.”

Posted by: SMOD at July 03, 2026 04:42 PM (jPf86)

29 Oh, joy:

The National Weather Service, Accuweather and other meteorologists are warning people across Western North Carolina and the rest of the state that the feels-like temperatures are expected to push into the triple digits thanks to a heat dome settling over the Southeast ahead of July 4 holiday.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, in W.NC at July 03, 2026 04:42 PM (XeU6L)

30 Ward don't you think you were a little rough on the beaver last night? - June

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 03, 2026 04:43 PM (Kt19C)

31 Willowed: the guy who played Lord Humongous has died. Kjell Nillson was a bodybuilder also.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 03, 2026 04:43 PM (itsE0)

32 The Odd Couple, the original 1968 film, is on Movies! Jack Lemmon as Felix, and Walter Matthau, who'd created the role on Broadway, as Oscar. As well as a great comedy, it's a neat picture of 1967 New York City.

Lemmon seems much more restrained as Felix than Tony Randall (who was great) did in the TV series.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 04:43 PM (wzUl9)

33 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 03, 2026 04:29 PM (qRla/)

It’s a real shame Ron DeSantis isn’t charismatic. MAGA could use him in 2028.

Posted by: Ann at July 03, 2026 04:44 PM (SHHm+)

34 No beavers, but there's a couple of groundhogs that have taken up residence around here.

I guess they sort of look like beavers. Sort of.

98° with a "heat index" of 130.5°. I'm dubious about these "index" things. But it is hot as crap out there.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 03, 2026 04:44 PM (jehhT)

35
A mid-level staffer ... locked it in his desk and refused to hand it over.

Posted by: SMOD

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Thanks to Trump vs Slaughter, isn't that person now subject to immediate firing?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 04:44 PM (mmrXZ)

36 Shootouts in sports are stupid way to.end a game to me
Flip a coin why don't they?

Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 04:45 PM (Ia/+0)

37 Just a reminder, coconut water is an excellent source of natural electrolytes. Not the sugar added, all kinds of stuff in it type. All natural, 100% coconut water, nothing added.

Posted by: Piper at July 03, 2026 04:45 PM (p4NUW)

38 My friends dropped off some ice cream and warm peach cobbler. It was SOOO good. I only have a bit left.

My late Mother and I were so blessed when they moved in. Of course, we were and are wonderful too....

I didn't see much on CNN or MS Now.

Maybe they are saving the lamentations and reciting of the sins of America to start at midnight.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 03, 2026 04:45 PM (Sco7b)

39 Ron DeSantis isn’t charismatic. MAGA could use him in 2028.

Posted by: Ann at July 03, 2026 04:44 PM (SHHm+)

Several people are pushing to have him made AG in 2026 ... and looking for him to stay on in that position post 2028.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at July 03, 2026 04:47 PM (AGz65)

40
Beaver ♥ Banana

Phrasing -- are we still doing it?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 03, 2026 04:47 PM (s9VOe)

41
rubbing the beaver?

This will be an interesting thread, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 04:47 PM (/QHx4)

42 IF I were watching soccer, I'd say shoot outs suck.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 03, 2026 04:47 PM (2WIwB)

43 >>Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 04:43 PM (wzUl9)

'Lemmon' and 'restrained' seldom belong in the same sentence - unless 'restrained' is a verb.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 03, 2026 04:47 PM (NcvvS)

44 Darn. I went to both Walmart and Aldi this morning. Didn't buy any ice cream. What was I thinking?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 04:47 PM (wzUl9)

45 For a time, I helped coached a HS girls soccer team. The practice field was next to a large pond that was dammed up by some beavers. Someone had run over and killed a beaver and he lay on the side of the road. One of the gals (there is always that one) asked me, "Mr. Tonypete, have you ever seen such a big beaver."
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We have here a lake named 'Beaver Lake'.A paddle boarder was pursued and bitten by a rabid beaver. Since I am concerned about over-use of the place, I urged that we rename it 'Rabid Bear Lake', to discourage use. No takers.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, in W.NC at July 03, 2026 04:47 PM (XeU6L)

46
Thomas Sowell: Socialism is a great idea, but it's not a great reality.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 04:47 PM (mmrXZ)

47 Hey RMBS, I think you posted a few days ago that you were house hunting. Are you getting out of this rat-infested Kommiewealth? I wish I could but I am 29++ and it would take me another 29 years to clean out all of my crap.

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at July 03, 2026 04:48 PM (/enuJ)

48 Her chief of staff went down. Her general counsel went down. Both got told to pound sand until the guy’s real boss at his home agency finally gave permission.

And then what? Was the guy fired? Disciplined? Even mildly rebuked?

This is why I could never be in a government position. If my CoS told me some anonymous government slug was withholding information I asked for, I would grab a baseball bat, go to that nickelfucker's office and re-enact the banquet scene from The Untouchables.

D-LAMP made the point concerning the MFM, but it applies to all of these bastards: unless and until they feel actual, physical consequences for their actions, they will continue to sabotage.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 03, 2026 04:48 PM (qRla/)

49
Shootouts in sports are stupid way to.end a game to me
Flip a coin why don't they?

Posted by: Skip

What if the shootouts involved pew-pew?

Think of the coaches' dilemmas!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 03, 2026 04:48 PM (s9VOe)

50 >>coconut water is an excellent source of natural electrolytes.

Deathly allergic to coconut. Not exaggerating. Would have been dead in 1 day on Gilligan's Island.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 03, 2026 04:49 PM (NcvvS)

51 Thanks to Trump vs Slaughter, isn't that person now subject to immediate firing?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 04:44 PM (mmrXZ)
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Yes, and his boss goes on the watch list.

Posted by: mrp at July 03, 2026 04:49 PM (rj6Yv)

52 At least paintballs at 20 paces might be interesting

Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 04:50 PM (Ia/+0)

53
Would have been dead in 1 day on Gilligan's Island.

Posted by: Nazdar

Motorboating Ginger had its hazards. This was known.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 03, 2026 04:50 PM (s9VOe)

54 Shootouts in sports are stupid way to.end a game to me
Flip a coin why don't they?
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 04:45 PM (Ia/+0)

Like kissing your sister.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 03, 2026 04:50 PM (2WIwB)

55 >>Motorboating Ginger had its hazards. This was known.

But what a way to go.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 03, 2026 04:51 PM (NcvvS)

56 50 >>coconut water is an excellent source of natural electrolytes.

Deathly allergic to coconut. Not exaggerating. Would have been dead in 1 day on Gilligan's Island.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 03, 2026 04:49 PM (NcvvS

Okay, so for everyone not Nazdar, or those like him and allergic, coconut water is an excellent source of natural electrolytes. 😂. If you are allergic, do not drink. We would miss you.

Posted by: Piper at July 03, 2026 04:51 PM (p4NUW)

57 It’s a real shame Ron DeSantis isn’t charismatic. MAGA could use him in 2028.
Posted by: Ann

He must have an enormous schwanstucker!

Posted by: Elizabeth at July 03, 2026 04:51 PM (76a83)

58 The GOP has clearly, loudly signaled that they have not moved an inch toward Trump in the last decade, and that is not going to change in 2 more years.

Nobody who comes from their ranks will seek to carry his torch.

You're asking for leopards to change their spots.

His successor would have to be someone from outside the Republican Party apparatus to keep any momentum going, and there is nobody like that on the radar.

It's going to be a schism and the Party will mist likely not survive it.

My hope is that his movement can weather that storm and come out intact enough to form a new Party from the wreckage. Standing strong and bluntly refusing to comply with the next stage of the shell game is key. We'll see where it goes soon.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 03, 2026 04:51 PM (BI5O2)

59 I did not expect to see a beaver eating a banana today but I suppose it could be worse.

Posted by: Mo at July 03, 2026 04:52 PM (MWfyi)

60
At least paintballs at 20 paces might be interesting

Posted by: Skip

Having taken a paintball hit in the groin and damn close to my dangling bits, I can attest to the immense discomfort such hits deliver to you.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 03, 2026 04:52 PM (s9VOe)

61 Not dogs and cats, eaten in Vietnam more so than China where it's highly regional, as discussed last thread, but guinea pigs are eaten in the Andean regions of Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Colombia.

Capybaras, mainly in Venezuela, Colombia, and parts of Brazil.

Then there are field mice trapped in fields in Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, then placed on sticks, cooked and sold as a dried market delicacy.

Monitor lizards in Nigeria, where they're prepared by boiling, steaming with spices (pepper, onions, tomatoes), and eaten with eba (cassava).

Insects such as mopane worms are plucked from trees, sometimes prepared with tomatoes and garlic, and sold in Southern Africa. (That's a multimillion dollar industry. Tell Hunter.)

Ostrich is often served at elegant weddings.

And the cute beavers are primarily eaten in North America and Europe. 😞

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 03, 2026 04:54 PM (NFX2v)

62 Didn't know beavers made those noises.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 03, 2026 04:54 PM (Cqx++)

63 My hope is that his movement can weather that storm and come out intact enough to form a new Party from the wreckage. Standing strong and bluntly refusing to comply with the next stage of the shell game is key. We'll see where it goes soon.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 03, 2026 04:51 PM (BI5O2)
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GOP-e took some major primary hits this year. McConnell is a near-wrap. Murky and Collins (maybe?) might share a group hug with Thune, but that's about it.

Posted by: mrp at July 03, 2026 04:55 PM (rj6Yv)

64 With the current heat bomb sitting over NYC today I am issuing an order that all residents of NYC now need to set their A/C to 83 degrees to not over stress the NYC power grid.

My plan to build more windmills to power our city begins immediately.

Thank You and Praise Allah...

Posted by: Mayor Mandami of NYC at July 03, 2026 04:55 PM (8/9S0)

65 Thank you, Piper. Known about the allergy most of my life. Twice had surprise encounters with it - coconut ice cream at a wedding reception which I could not swallow, so spit it out and asked person sitting next to me what it was; decades later, a coffee house barista apparently handled coconut syrup and put a lid on my coffee, and wound up with lips like a Kardashian for about 3 days.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 03, 2026 04:56 PM (NcvvS)

66 another fucking black pill thread. don't you people ever get tired of it?

Posted by: Will Robinson at July 03, 2026 04:56 PM (4a6AT)

67 Still watching the French series The Village, at episode 6.
Problem is goes on longer than the war did, 7 series

Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 04:56 PM (Ia/+0)

68 Like kissing your sister.
Posted by: Diogenes

NTTAWWT

Posted by: Tonypete at July 03, 2026 04:56 PM (NXz0i)

69 Didn't know beavers made those noises.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 03, 2026

***
In the first video, that sound was actually the beaver? It sounded like a child crying.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 04:57 PM (wzUl9)

70 I'm not allergic to coconut, but as I've gotten older I cannot stand the taste of it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 03, 2026 04:57 PM (D+BhG)

71 >>I'm not allergic to coconut, but as I've gotten older I cannot stand the taste of it.

That's what surprised me at the wedding reception: it tasted great.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 03, 2026 04:58 PM (NcvvS)

72 > Tulsi Gabbard just described the actual operating system of Washington and it’s somehow even dumber and more insulting than the conspiracy versions.

She needed one printed document for a 10 a.m. Oval Office meeting with the President. A mid-level staffer ... detailed from another agency ... decided he didn’t like what was on it, printed it anyway, then locked it in his desk and refused to hand it over. Her chief of staff went down. Her general counsel went down. Both got told to pound sand until the guy’s real boss at his home agency finally gave permission.
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The mistake made here was that the DNI's staff didn't have security beat him senseless, search his person for the key or whatever, and then fire his ass from a cannon into the sun.

I have seen Feds go to extreme measures when it suits them.

This apparently didn't suit them. And that's a problem.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 03, 2026 04:58 PM (jehhT)

73 My hope is that his movement can weather that storm and come out intact enough to form a new Party from the wreckage. Standing strong and bluntly refusing to comply with the next stage of the shell game is key. We'll see where it goes soon.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 03, 2026 04:51 PM (BI5O2)

That’s it. Keep fighting history.

You Will Never Get A Third Party.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 03, 2026 04:59 PM (4g5V+)

74
Toasted coconut is okay.

Regular coconut has always tasted oily to me.

Just a personal thing.

Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 04:59 PM (/QHx4)

75
Thanks to Trump vs Slaughter, isn't that person now subject to immediate firing?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 04:44 PM (mmrXZ)
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Yes, and his boss goes on the watch list.
Posted by: mrp

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WELLLL...????

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 04:59 PM (mmrXZ)

76 30 Ward don't you think you were a little rough on the beaver last night? - June
Posted by: Commissar of plenty

😈🤣

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 03, 2026 04:59 PM (NFX2v)

77 I'm not allergic to coconut, but as I've gotten older I cannot stand the taste of it.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 03, 2026

***
Same here, Fen. I can eat it, but it's not something I'd choose.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 04:59 PM (wzUl9)

78 These are not the pictures I thought showing Beaver eating a Banana.

Don't tell Hillary I said this.......

Posted by: Bill Clinton at July 03, 2026 05:00 PM (JQ06R)

79 Real coconut isn't bad, that process shreaded is horrible

Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 05:00 PM (Ia/+0)

80 V-8 is a good source of elytes for people that don't like sweet drinks. commercial pickles and pickle brine too. Gives you some calcium chloride along with the sodium.

But I think I'll make myself some powdered lemonade, with some electrolyte salts added in. Walmart brand lemondade(made with cane sugar, so actually better than the big name brands)

Posted by: PaleRider at July 03, 2026 05:00 PM (PV+Zw)

81
The mistake made here was that the DNI's staff didn't have security beat him senseless, search his person for the key or whatever, and then fire his ass from a cannon into the sun.

Posted by: Martini Farmer

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As I was reading the story, I was literally waiting for the "so they took a hatchet to his desk" part, but alas. Damn maddening that we haven't heard that this little fvck was fired.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 05:00 PM (mmrXZ)

82 WELLLL...????
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 04:59 PM (mmrXZ)
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Wellll, what?

Posted by: mrp at July 03, 2026 05:00 PM (rj6Yv)

83 Aargh, and life calls. Back tonight, hopefully, O grey box friends!

Posted by: Nazdar at July 03, 2026 05:01 PM (NcvvS)

84 Palantir is a major player in military AI. Alex Karp is the co-founder and CEO of the software firm Palantir. He's in the same homeroom as Musk as far as 'brainiacs' go. This is 19 minutes of him July 1, Interesting.
- "...The Palantir chief repeatedly framed the issue as one of national security, saying military customers and operators of critical infrastructure wanted greater control over AI models, computing resources and proprietary data.

“Those war fighters have serious trust issues,” Karp said, adding that private-sector companies were asking,

“‘Why would they get access to my data if they’re gonna build my alpha? Why wouldn’t I control the weights?’

"...when the Department of War goes to you and says, ‘I need this application’ – do they get to control the weights to do it, or do you get to the control the weights?

Are we really going to outsource the battlefield of this country to the consensus view in Silicon Valley? That is effing insane.”"-

https://tinyurl.com/4n7k6twf

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 05:01 PM (ogcfP)

85 Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at July 03, 2026 04:47 PM (AGz65)

I could see that!

Posted by: Ann at July 03, 2026 05:01 PM (SHHm+)

86 But I think I'll make myself some powdered lemonade, with some electrolyte salts added in. Walmart brand lemondade(made with cane sugar, so actually better than the big name brands)
Posted by: PaleRider

So how much liquor is added to that concoction?

Posted by: Tonypete at July 03, 2026 05:01 PM (NXz0i)

87 Still watching the French series The Village, at episode 6.
Problem is goes on longer than the war did, 7 series
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 04:56 PM (Ia/+0)

It goes by each month of the war from 1940 to 1945, I think?

Interesting series though.

Posted by: dantesed at July 03, 2026 05:03 PM (w1twS)

88 @58 YD , I actually think the GOP is in better shape than the Dems. The GOPe is definitely anti Trump but they're dying out or not getting involved anymore. That should put maga in the driver's seat. The Dems will kill each other

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 03, 2026 05:03 PM (itsE0)

89 Shootouts in sports are stupid way to.end a game to me
Flip a coin why don't they?
Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 04:45 PM (Ia/+0)

Like kissing your sister.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 03, 2026 04:50 PM (2WIwB)

Don't knock it till you've tried it!

Posted by: Ahmed Nur Said Elmi at July 03, 2026 05:03 PM (qRla/)

90 Okay, so for everyone not Nazdar, or those like him and allergic, coconut water is an excellent source of natural electrolytes. 😂. If you are allergic, do not drink. We would miss you.
Posted by: Piper at July 03, 2026 04:51 PM (p4NUW)

I imagine coconut milk, having more coconut than coconut water, would have even more electroglodytes, and because I add sugar to my coconut milk, along with pineapple juice, and just enough rum to stuhh-sterilize the blender, even more 'lectrograms...

Posted by: Foster Brooks at July 03, 2026 05:03 PM (nbLIj)

91 I have powdered magnesium and potassium and sea salt from Amazon. But I like Gatorade and have been indulging with sugar as a reward lately.

On a few down days, fistfuls of marshmallows. Again, the official treat of mild frustration and depression.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 03, 2026 05:03 PM (Sco7b)

92 Up to episode 6, jumping a couple weeks at a time it seems

Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 05:04 PM (Ia/+0)

93 >>V-8 is a good source of elytes for people that don't like sweet drinks.

Oh, my, just saw this: you've never lived until you've had to stand for several hours in an un-air-conditioned room 5 feet from a trash bin with several not-entirely-empty containers of V-8. We called it 'sewer juice'.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 03, 2026 05:04 PM (NcvvS)

94 What's with all these social media obsessed young men???

CALIFORNIA NEWS
Masked madman tied to White House UFC terror plot threatened July 4 attack on California city: feds
By Katie Jerkovich
Published July 3, 2026, 1:13 p.m. PT

A masked TikToker with ties to the alleged conspirators accused of planning an attack on the White House‘s UFC event threatened to attack a power grid in Sacramento on the Fourth of July, federal officials said.

Elk Grove resident Trevon McDaniel, 19, aka @the_wild_wolfspider on TikTok, was arrested this week for allegedly making threats “concerning an attempt to damage or destroy buildings or property by means of fire or explosives,” U.S. Attorney Eric Grant for the Eastern District of California announced.

Posted by: beckster at July 03, 2026 05:04 PM (kX27y)

95 I think I'll take a cold shower to cool off.

I'll try to drop in at some point tomorrow.

Hope you all have a lovely day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 03, 2026 05:05 PM (qRla/)

96 That depends Tonypete. Often none; But if its evening and I'm just chilling but catching up on hydration I do add a good slug of vodka.

Posted by: PaleRider at July 03, 2026 05:05 PM (PV+Zw)

97 Speaking of Leave it to Beaver, I never understood why June never had a car. Ward kept her in high heels and pearls, a nice house, but no car. And she could drive, she drove Wards car from time to time. That was kinda strange even for women in 1960.

Posted by: Case at July 03, 2026 05:06 PM (IY9No)

98 The only coconut I like is wrapped in chocolate and called Mounds or Almond Joy, and I rarely partake in that.

Coconut cake is popular here and I never did really like it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 03, 2026 05:06 PM (6ydKt)

99 But if its evening and I'm just chilling but catching up on hydration I do add a good slug of vodka.
Posted by: PaleRider

I knew I liked you for a reason.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 03, 2026 05:07 PM (NXz0i)

100 I saw Beaver Banana open for the Buzzcocks in a punk club in Brixton back in '77.

Just in and out of my place to water my plants.

I'm housesitting for vacationing fam, and I don't usually have much luck getting on here with my phone.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 03, 2026 05:07 PM (IG3/x)

101 My parents never had two vehicles

Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 05:08 PM (Ia/+0)

102 Water with lemon. Drink with a straw if it bothers (erodes enamel on) your teeth.

Cleveland Clinic for benefits

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 03, 2026 05:08 PM (NFX2v)

103 Well my dad did get a small motorcycle, but mostly to go to work and fires

Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 05:09 PM (Ia/+0)

104 As far as coconut goes, German chocolate cake is badass, and I haven't had that in years.

Hmm... maybe something to check the supermarket deli for.

Happy 250th, all, in case I don't get back on here.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 03, 2026 05:09 PM (IG3/x)

105 We have several DVDs to choose from to go with our rising crust pepperoni pizza tonight. Richard III from 1995 and Mr. Holmes, both with Ian McKellen; All Through the Night w/ Bogart from 1942, about Broadway gamblers who uncover a German spy ring.

We have two of Cary Grant's films, but they are probably too lighthearted for Miss Linda tonight.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 05:09 PM (wzUl9)

106

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 05:09 PM (wzUl9)

107 Murky and Collins (maybe?) might share a group hug with Thune

I'll pass on watching that vid.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 03, 2026 05:09 PM (gKWVE)

108
Coconut water is generally safe and potentially beneficial for liver disease, but it can be highly dangerous for anyone with advanced kidney disease.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 03, 2026 05:10 PM (NFX2v)

109 I drank those V-8 Fusion drinks for a few years.
They aren't bad with the various fruit juices in them, so they are sweet, but they all have that underlying tomato taste to them that I got tired of after awhile.

They have a newer brand named V-8 Splash (supposed to be like Fusion but more juice/sweet), and some Energy drinks, but I have never tried those.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 03, 2026 05:11 PM (6ydKt)

110 Speaking of Leave it to Beaver, I never understood why June never had a car. Ward kept her in high heels and pearls, a nice house, but no car. And she could drive, she drove Wards car from time to time. That was kinda strange even for women in 1960.
Posted by: Case at July 03, 2026

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True. Even if they had only a one-car garage, a second car could have been parked in the driveway. What if she had an emergency with one of the kids while Ward was at work?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 05:11 PM (wzUl9)

111 ================

I got willowed saying pretty much the same thing. Just because Rubio and Vance don't rant and joke like Trump doesn't mean they aren't MAGA and don't have the fire in their bellies.

In fact, as much as we've enjoyed Trump's way with words, I think it will be nice to have the more decorous, articulate version of MAGA going forward. I do hope we get to keep Stephen Miller, though. I like his creativity.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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How could a president be more decorous than Trump? Not in my lifetime has there been one. This or the last century. I like Miller's rapier tongue but he rides on the shoulders of a strong man.

Trump's choice has been made and he has two more years to grow up Vance and Rubio; put steel in their spines. This coming election will tell much. God willing, we will be rid of some trash and be replaced by Trump supporters. Paxton will definitely be a thorn in Thune's side.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 05:12 PM (ogcfP)

112 > with several not-entirely-empty containers of V-8. We called it 'sewer juice'.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 03, 2026 05:04 PM (NcvvS)

Putrid Clamato is way worse. Nothing worse than gone-off seafood.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 03, 2026 05:12 PM (IG3/x)

113
Wellll, what?
Posted by: mrp

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When's he getting fired and when is his boss going on the watch list?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 05:12 PM (mmrXZ)

114
My parents never had two vehicles
Posted by: Skip

We had two cars only because Dad had a company car.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 03, 2026 05:12 PM (Cqx++)

115 Good afternoon! Fixin' to fire up the green egg and do some fajitas, followed by macerated strawberries over poundcake topped with whip cream. Followed by scotch and a cigar.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 03, 2026 05:12 PM (3Ope8)

116 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is appropriately set for prime time on Movies! tomorrow night. I haven't seen it in years, and I love Jean Arthur anyway.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 03, 2026 05:13 PM (wzUl9)

117 Could be the budget for Leave it to Beaver only allowed for the one rental in the shots of the car.

Besides, June was in shape, she could walk.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 03, 2026 05:13 PM (6ydKt)

118 Putrid Clamato is way worse. Nothing worse than gone-off seafood.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 03, 2026 05:12 PM (IG3/x)

I had phases where I wouldn't mind it.
Without booze.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 03, 2026 05:13 PM (Sco7b)

119 I am so upset I was not invited to Taylor Swift and Kelce Wedding !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My Holiday Weekend is ruined, and I must now turn to CNN for my Psychiatric Therapy to make through another week...

I also call on Chocolate Jesus (Barry Soetoro) TO ALSO PROVIDE WORDS OF WISDOM TO ALLOW ME TO NAVIGATE THIS MENTAL BREAKDOWN !!!!!!

I mean PRIDE Month just ended also at the same time !!

Posted by: Jackson K. at July 03, 2026 05:14 PM (JDSUL)

120

Decorum?

The people who want us dead don't give a shit about decorum.

I love that Trump calls out the bullshit.

We need more like him.

Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 05:14 PM (/QHx4)

121 My hydration routine and electrolyte replenishment is V-8 and a Pilsner mixed together.

A "Redeye" if you will.

Remarkably satisfying.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 03, 2026 05:14 PM (jehhT)

122 > I'll pass on watching that vid.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 03, 2026 05:09 PM (gKWVE)

That would be on my playlist somewhere below "Two Girls One Cup".

Although to be fair, Murky did have a jammin' body at one point.

Source: have seen her in a one-piece swimsuit.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 03, 2026 05:14 PM (IG3/x)

123 What if she had an emergency with one of the kids while Ward was at work?

She was banging Eddie on the side and called him...

Posted by: Biggus at July 03, 2026 05:14 PM (76a83)

124 Well crap.

Went for a drive up to my little town center to the post office to drop stuff off.

Last weekend it was plastered with fag flags. Everywhere.

Not a single American Flag being displayed.

Not.
One.

At least my beach neighborhood has several.

Oh well. Every now and again I get stepped in the face with how, not just uber progressive, but downright anti-American this place is.

Please, revel me with your pictures of unadulterated patriotism. I will be so very happy for you.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 03, 2026 05:15 PM (yEz+x)

125 John Colter, mountain man, of the Lewis and Clark expedition, was stripped naked and hunted by the blackfeet tribe. He survived by hiding in a beaver lodge near the headwaters of the missouri river.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 03, 2026 05:15 PM (fkjGs)

126 "What if she had an emergency with one of the kids while Ward was at work?"

She could call Andy and Barney.

Posted by: Mo at July 03, 2026 05:15 PM (MWfyi)

127 NYC Police are on alert and protecting the Wedding of the Decade and never mind about protecting people during 4th of July celebration....

What a Mayor and a City !!!!!!!

Posted by: Jackson K. at July 03, 2026 05:16 PM (JDSUL)

128 Nothing worse than gone-off seafood.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 03, 2026 05:12 PM (IG3/x)

Clam shells, a few hours after shucking, glow in the dark. Ask me how I know...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 03, 2026 05:17 PM (nbLIj)

129

Back in the day we had neighbors who would help out in an emergency.

Today, not so much.

Posted by: four seasons at July 03, 2026 05:17 PM (/QHx4)

130 When's he getting fired and when is his boss going on the watch list?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 05:12 PM (mmrXZ)
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Time will tell.

Posted by: mrp at July 03, 2026 05:17 PM (rj6Yv)

131 A mid-level staffer ... detailed from another agency ... decided he didn’t like what was on it, printed it anyway, then locked it in his desk and refused to hand it over.

ODNI under Pulte fires 6 staff, sends 45 back to home agencies

… it all makes sense

Posted by: SMOD at July 03, 2026 05:18 PM (jPf86)

132 I'm pretty sure "beaver lodge" was a euphemism at some point in the 19th century.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 03, 2026 05:18 PM (6ydKt)

133

If Democrats do not win the midterm elections, black Americans will be “back in the cotton fields,” Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) recently claimed.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 03, 2026 05:18 PM (Cqx++)

134
How could a president be more decorous than Trump?

Posted by: Braenyard

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Braenyard! The first president to say "fuck" and "shit" in public and rip ungrammatical, misspelled, overpunctuated Truths and engage in hyperbole to the point that we always have to remind critics not to take him literally. The Chief Hyperbolist. A guy who needlessly provokes allies (the Meloni kerfuffle) and -- what was it, sort of brushed dandruff off Macron's shoulders and said his wife has nice legs? This isn't exactly decorum.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 05:19 PM (mmrXZ)

135 105
\
Wolfus

Richard III:

I much preferred the Olivier version. No quarrel with Ian McKellen's 1930s-costume version of Richard III, though. I just thought R-III was one of Olivier's best film performances-- maybe his best.

Posted by: mnw at July 03, 2026 05:20 PM (RCjYY)

136 Read that ungrateful Marxists speech behind George Washington's desk again

Posted by: Skip at July 03, 2026 05:20 PM (Ia/+0)

137 I don't have any flag pictures, but here's a vid on how to make George Washington's favorite drink, "Cherry Bounce":

https://youtu.be/hJFeC3bhwog

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 03, 2026 05:20 PM (6ydKt)

138 ODNI under Pulte fires 6 staff, sends 45 back to home agencies

… it all makes sense
Posted by: SMOD at July 03, 2026 05:18 PM (jPf86)
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You can bet Vlad doesn't put up with that kind of crap.

Posted by: mrp at July 03, 2026 05:20 PM (rj6Yv)

139 > She was banging Eddie on the side and called him...
Posted by: Biggus at July 03, 2026 05:14 PM (76a83)

I approve this message.

I racked up both Carol AND Marsha, which makes me pretty much the most studly child actor of all time.

Posted by: Barry Williams, TV's Greg Brady at July 03, 2026 05:21 PM (IG3/x)

140 I drank a ton of coconut water during chemo. It was the only fluid I could tolerate.

Now the smell of it makes me ill.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 03, 2026 05:21 PM (yEz+x)

141 Hank needs to calm down and quit lying.

The days of hand-picking are long gone in the US.

Today, farmers use large-scale mechanical spindle pickers or cotton strippers that harvest multiple rows and compress the crop into bales on-the-go.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 03, 2026 05:22 PM (NFX2v)

142
Please, revel me with your pictures of unadulterated patriotism. I will be so very happy for you.
Posted by: nurse ratched

===============

Flags flying on my cul-de-sac!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 05:22 PM (mmrXZ)

143 The first president to say ...
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 05:19 PM (mmrXZ)

glad to see he's keeping up with the times (and almost every youtuber).

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at July 03, 2026 05:22 PM (AGz65)

144 > Clam shells, a few hours after shucking, glow in the dark. Ask me how I know...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 03, 2026 05:17 PM (nbLIj)

If you notice a bearded clam glowing in the dark, it's a bad idea to stick it in there.

At least double-bag it.

Posted by: Hiroshima Sex Tourist at July 03, 2026 05:23 PM (IG3/x)

145 Nice, blonde Morticia!

There are flags in my hood too. But the town center, up the hill where all the businesses are, is totally bereft.

On purpose, I suspect.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 03, 2026 05:25 PM (yEz+x)

146 nood

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at July 03, 2026 05:25 PM (AGz65)

147 Trump has no filter. Sometimes that’s good, sometimes not.
Does DeSantis have a filter? I don’t see much of him.

Posted by: Accomack at July 03, 2026 05:27 PM (8jVAy)

148
I don't mind "YOU'RE A HORRIBLE PERSON!" but I think it's good for only so long. Eventually we'll be happy to get back to "Here'th where you're wrong, Kaitlin. Number one, Iran ithn't our equal..."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 05:27 PM (mmrXZ)

149 Braenyard! The first president to say "fuck" and "shit" in public and rip ungrammatical, misspelled, overpunctuated Truths and engage in hyperbole to the point that we always have to remind critics not to take him literally. The Chief Hyperbolist. A guy who needlessly provokes allies (the Meloni kerfuffle) and -- what was it, sort of brushed dandruff off Macron's shoulders and said his wife has nice legs? This isn't exactly decorum.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 03, 2026 05:19 PM (mmrXZ)
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The most important rule for being a successful leader is to be entertaining. A politician who instinctively commands the attention of the electorate through humor and who has a knack for an effective ad lib is a politician who delivers his/her political message with the accuracy of a heat-seeking missile.

Posted by: mrp at July 03, 2026 05:27 PM (rj6Yv)

150 We need more like him.

Posted by: four seasons
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Hey, good to see you. Hope everything is going along OK.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 05:29 PM (ogcfP)

151
f Democrats do not win the midterm elections, black Americans will be “back in the cotton fields,” Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) recently claimed.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr

At least the suffering of those in the cotton fields of Guam will be brief before that island tips over.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at July 03, 2026 05:31 PM (s9VOe)

152 OT - I am happy to say that dear FenSpouse made dinner. Delicious chicken wings marinated in a pepper sauce, corn on the cob and mashed potatoes.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 03, 2026 05:31 PM (Bw1/o)

153 FenelonSpoke

You two lovebirds!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 03, 2026 05:35 PM (u82oZ)

154 This isn't exactly decorum.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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I said decorous, by ignorance of the language, thinking decorous as related to decoration; bunting, frills and gold lamé.

-The first president to say "fuck" and "shit" in public and rip ungrammatical, misspelled, overpunctuated Truths and engage in hyperbole to the point that we always have to remind critics not to take him literally. The Chief Hyperbolist. A guy who needlessly provokes allies (the Meloni kerfuffle) and -- what was it, sort of brushed dandruff off Macron's shoulders and said his wife has nice legs? This isn't exactly decorum. -

Yeah, he's a shocker - on purpose. I love it.
What you're asking for - hearken back to those first presidential debates and why Trump won. I couldn't stand him before the debates - In the debate he proved to be the man for the job and the others weak sisters.

He knows manners and can be the gentleman amongst gentlemen but he's the leader of the world and everything he does is with designed intent for maximum effect. He has a mission with only so much time to fulfill it. He has no time for foppery.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 05:42 PM (ogcfP)

155 On the kerfuffle with Meloni.
Maybe next time she will allow us to use our bases in Italy for Iranian action?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 03, 2026 05:44 PM (ogcfP)

156 The flag of the greatest country in history, and the brotherhood that defends it are flying on our cul-de-sac. The grill is started. Onions and peppers are sweatin in the cast iron pan and cold beer is on hand to keep things tolerable on the patio while stuff gets goin!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 03, 2026 05:45 PM (3Ope8)

157 If you notice a bearded clam glowing in the dark, it's a bad idea to stick it in there.

At least double-bag it.
Posted by: Hiroshima Sex Tourist at July 03, 2026 05:23 PM (IG3/x)

Might just be the glitter spray, but an important safety tip, nonetheless..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 03, 2026 05:49 PM (nbLIj)

158 94 What's with all these social media obsessed young men???

CALIFORNIA NEWS
Masked madman tied to White House UFC terror plot threatened July 4 attack on California city: feds
By Katie Jerkovich
Published July 3, 2026, 1:13 p.m. PT

A masked TikToker with ties to the alleged conspirators accused of planning an attack on the White House‘s UFC event threatened to attack a power grid in Sacramento on the Fourth of July, federal officials said.

Elk Grove resident Trevon McDaniel, 19, aka @the_wild_wolfspider on TikTok, was arrested this week for allegedly making threats “concerning an attempt to damage or destroy buildings or property by means of fire or explosives,” U.S. Attorney Eric Grant for the Eastern District of California announced.
Posted by: beckster at July 03, 2026 05:04 PM (kX27y)

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sacbee.com article says his age is 25. What gives?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 03, 2026 05:57 PM (cWLG3)

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