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Long-time commenter and long-distance shooter "Blake" sent this along, and I must admit, I feel a bit guilty not having smoked the Mac&Cheese I served yesterday. That looks delicious! It is also another data point in my life-long study confirming my theory that everything is better in a smoker. Or at least as good!
There is a difference between the faintly disgusting unripe tomatoes that BIG Supermarket tries to pawn off on us, and the late summer green tomatoes that are used in the South to make Fried Green Tomatoes. Sadly, the tomatoes around here are uniformly awful, so I can't even wing it. But damn, a well executed fried tomato is delicious, and it is just my luck that I happened across this recipe when it is at least a month before anything palatable is available!
Yup, that looks faintly disgusting, mostly because I am not an accomplished food photographer and it was impromptu anyway!
So what is it? a delicious cheeseburger (American Cheese Food Product, and a plain-Jane bun), with some avocado and...drum roll...a Poblano and Serrano chile hot sauce that a friend sent me. One might assume that it was going to be on the hot side, but it was perfectly balanced, with the sweetness of the Poblanos balancing the sometimes considerable heat of the Serranos. It was simply spicy, with all of the interesting flavors of the chiles on full display.
Plain old American Baked Beans! A bit too sweet for my taste, but I make them at home and can control the amount of sugar. So that pot turned out very, very well! The onions and green peppers that I was browning in the bacon fat took forever, I think because of the amount of liquid they sweated out. Obviously there is variation in each onion or pepper or whatever, and I think I simply got unlucky. But they eventually gave up enough water to brown a bit, and all was right and true and simple in DildoWorld.
They went well with grilled chicken, baby-back ribs, some great Mac&Cheese, a weird but good pasta salad, and some green stuff.
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Yup...that is a nice big octopus tentacle in a bun! Looks great, and I'll bet it tastes great!
Grilled octopus is wonderful, and when I see it on a menu I usually order it...like a few days ago in an Italian restaurant in Philadelphia! They served it on a ceci bean mash, and it worked well. But a large tentacle in a hot dog bun is minimalist and elegant. That might be the way to go!
[Hat Tip: naturalfake]
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I apologize in advance for how f*cking awful the writing is in this article, but the topic is interesting, so try to suffer through it! Young writers need to put down their phones and pick up a few well-written books!
Anyway, I was exposed to NC barbecue courtesy of my father, who would occasionally lecture in that state, and would bring back their various types of barbecue as often as possible. The one I remember best is the simplest...vinegar and red pepper flakes. Who knew something so simple could be so delicious.
Of course this brings up the existential question: Ginger or MaryAnne should barbecue be sauced to begin with?
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The garlic is harvested! And it looks...well...sigh. Send all of your excellent home-grown garlic to: cbd dot aoshq at gmail dot com.
Rumor has it that the Bourbon Bubble is bursting. I have seen no evidence of decreasing prices, but maybe the bursting started somewhere else! I think the sweet spot is $40-$60 for excellent and interesting bottles, and bumping that to $100 gets you an incremental improvement in quality, but nothing mind-blowing. More than that and I think you are paying for hype and rarity, which may look good in your liquor cabinet, but doesn't translate to more quality in the bottle.
The problem...or the solution...is to buy lots of bourbon, take tasting notes, and eventually arrive at your favorites! It should take forty or fifty years, but it is worth it!
Big Feather has conspired with Big Cushion to create the perfect cartel-like business stream. Big Feather sells Big Cushion feathers whose ends have been carefully machined to poke through conventional fabrics with ease. Then Big Cushion does not use fabrics that are resistant to those needle-like feathers.
It's brilliant! The cushions lose fill while simultaneously irritating the sh*t out of the consumer, who replaces the cushions in a vain attempt to avoid getting poked and prodded by Big Feather's products.
One day the people will rise up and end this cruelty.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) died from a “brief and sudden illness” Saturday evening, his office said in a statement.
“On the evening of Saturday, July 11, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham passed away from a brief and sudden illness,” the statement shared on X read. “Senator Graham’s family appreciates prayers at the time and asks for privacy during this incredibly difficult period.”
The 71-year-old was elected to the Senate in 2002. During President Donald Trump’s second term, Graham was a close ally, supporting the president’s military actions against the Iranian regime.
A longtime hawk on Iran, Graham leaves a legacy of backing policies aimed at isolating the country and limiting its missile and nuclear programs, among his many other achievements.
Left unsaid is Graham's unbridled excitement at anything that could possibly lead to military intervention anywhere on the planet! And two failed wars in 20 years, and military involvement almost literally everywhere didn't dampen his enthusiasm for spilling American blood and spending American treasure in foreign lands. His excitement at any expansion of the Ukraine border dispute is legendary, although his 10 trips to Ukraine seem a bit over the top, even for a senator. His savage hatred for Putin seemed personal! His recent change in tone with respect to Islamist Turkey getting F-35s was troubling, and doesn't make logical sense when contrasted to his solid and unwavering support for Israel. Although it might have been as simple as supporting his friends in the defense industry with expanded sales, and geopolitical considerations be damned!
Senator Graham seemed to put on the mantle of "maverick" that sadly didn't disappear with John McCain's death. At times he seemed to be running his personal foreign policy that was sometimes at odds with the President.
But the people of South Carolina kept reelecting him, because whatever his quixotic behavior as a senator, he understood local politics very well and took care of his constituents! The big question is what happens now? The governor will appoint a replacement, and the people of South Carolina elect a replacement Republican nominee in a special election in August to contest the general election in November 2026. The Democrat challenger is Dr. Annie Andrews, who last ran against Nancy Mace...and lost.
Is South Carolina in play for the Democrats? Probably not, but the good people of the Palmetto State have been electing Graham for quite a while, so their judgement when it comes to the proper conduct of a United States Senator is just a bit suspect.
Sunday Morning Book Thread - 7-12-2026 ["Perfessor" Squirrel]
—Open Blogger
Welcome to the prestigious, internationally acclaimed, stately, and illustrious Sunday Morning Book Thread! The place where all readers are welcome, regardless of whatever guilty pleasure we feel like reading (party's over, pal! Zombie moose out front shoulda told ya!). Here is where we can discuss, argue, bicker, quibble, consider, debate, confabulate, converse, and jaw about our latest fancy in reading material. As always, pants are required, unless you are wearing these pants...
So relax, find yourself a warm kitty (or warm puppy--I won't judge) to curl up in your lap, and dive into a new book. What are YOU reading this fine morning?
Gothic literature is widely considered to have originated with Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto (1764), which is subtitled "A Gothic Story" in its second edition. It established the core tropes that are still used to this day: haunted architecture, hidden identities, dark secrets, ancestral curses, and implications of a supernatural world involving itself in human affairs. Like most powerful influencers, it sparked its share of critics who thought many of the elements were absurd. Since it's in the public domain, you can read The Castle of Otranto for yourself on Project Gutenberg.
Due to its popularity The Castle of Otranto spawned a next generation of Gothic literature authors, such as Ann Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794) and The Italian (1787), as well as Matthew Lewis's The Monk (1796). It's notable that Radcliffe tended towards "explained supernatural" elements in her storytelling, where the events have a rational cause, while Lewis included explicitly demonic elements in his own story. This contrast will continue down through the ages, where its not uncommon for a reader to be uncertain if the story has a supernatural component or not. That uncertainty just adds to the sense of unease within the story.
Victorian and lat 19th century authors such as Bram Stoker, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Oscar Wilde embraced the Gothic traditions in their stories, resulting in timeless classics such as Dracula(1897), Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1890), and The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), respectively. (All of these are available on Project Gutenberg, of course!)
So what defines gothic literature? As near as I can tell, there are a few characteristics that when combined will create a gothic story.
Atmosphere - Above all, a gothic story has a very well-defined and distinctive atmosphere or mood that is interlaced all throughout the story. At all times, the reader and the characters in story should feel a sense of unease with the events in the story. Nothing is quite as it seems. Reality itself seems to be twisted in some way, leading to events that could be influenced by supernatural forces, or maybe it's simply the nature of the story to present the ordinary in an extraordinary dark fashion. Shadows are deeper, clouds are gloomier, and whatever light is present is wan, sickly, and fails to illuminate as much as it should. A sense of dread permeates the story, impacting the decisions of the characters, and often leading them to make poor choices. In a way, the atmosphere of a gothic story is itself a character, both influencing the characters and reacting to their choices. There's often a sense of oppression layering their world as they struggle to rise above the challenges they face, which seem to be insurmountable and might very well be beyond their capabilities to face, leading to madness and death for some.
Secrets - At the heart of every gothic story, you will find a secret that's been buried deep. Part of the challenge for the characters (and the reader) is to ferret out those secrets and bring them into the light, though that can often lead to tragic circumstances. For instance, in Robert Bloch's excellent short story "Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper" one of the characters uncovers the truth behind the legend of the dreaded serial killer, but it's too late for him. Many dark secrets may be layered on top of one another, burying multiple shames and betrayals that when uncovered result in unforeseen circumstances, such as madness or suicide. In P.C. Hodgell's gothic fantasy novels Seeker's Mask and To Ride a Rathorn, the protagonist Jame is forced to delve deep into her family's history, which is thousands of years old. Going back just a few decades, she finds out the truth of the origins of one her kinsmen (Seeker's Mask) and she discovers the Shame of Tentir (To Ride a Rathorn), which has dramatic ripples in Jame's destiny in future novels.
Characters - Gothic stories are equally character and plot driven. Characters are often interconnected in suprising and complex ways. Many of the characters will have a tragic backstory that leads them to their current circumstances. Some are devils, others are fallen angels, struggling to do the right thing but weighed down by the burdens of family history. Expect a lot of brooding over past regrets. Some characters might struggle against their destiny, while others will embrace it and go with the flow, eventually leading to their own damnation. This often shows up in H.P. Lovecraft's short stories when a character discovers their origins, such as in "The Shadow over Innsmouth."
Although we often link gothic and horror together, gothic elements can be woven into any other genre. I've already mentioned P.C. Hodgell's gothic fantasies. You can also find gothic elements in science fiction (particularly in the Warhammer 40K Expanded Universe), mysteries, and suspense, as well as romance. "Gothic" is as much a layer added onto a genre as it is a genre by itself.
What are some of YOUR favorite gothic stories? Does "Gothic" hold up in the modern era?
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Although not explicitly Gothic, I can tell from the cover of this book that there does seem to be a hint of Gothicness in this story. The description also lends itself to supporting that idea. CBD himself said this book looks like fun and I agree!
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I know y'all don't do promos in the book thread anymore, but I was wondering if there might be some help for a long time, mostly lurking moron-ette (lurking since 2002!). Sarah Hoyt just promo-d my new book over at her site and I was hoping for some love from the Moron Horde. My daughter says I need to shill myself some more, so here I am.
I read all the time about how conservatives need to contribute to the arts, and there is also the recurring conversation of "modern perspectives" being jammed into period pieces. I set out to write more of what I want to read: Men being men, women being women and both being clever and heroic while still being real-ish people and not cartoons.
If the fine folks at the HQ decide against it, no hard feelings and the lurking will continue.
God Bless, Taleena
A Death In Good Society
+++++ When the body of Maire Beaufort, society's adored "Angel of Waldfeld," is found propped against a canal wall in the city's most fashionable quarter, her death is more than just a tragedy; it threatens to ignite a diplomatic crisis.
Captain John Recht, former intelligence officer, is summoned from retirement to investigate on the heels of burying his wife. What begins as a straightforward murder quickly unravels into a labyrinth of deception, ambition, and betrayal. Powerful families are at odds, the palace whispers of scandal, and the Angel is at the center of it all.
As John and his trusted allies pursue truth through the salons and alleyways of a city built on secrets, they discover that the crime is only the first move in a much larger game—one that could topple governments and destroy the beginnings of John's new life.
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WHAT I'VE ACQUIRED RECENTLY
I was pleasantly surprised by Dune: House Atreides by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson (see below), so I bought the sequels in the prequel trilogy:
Dune: House Harkonnen
Dune: House Corinno
WHAT I'VE BEEN READING RECENTLY
Galactic Empires: Volume 2 edited by Brian Aldiss
I'll probably due a Sunday Morning Book Thread focusing on "imperial" stories. I find it to be a fascinating subject as I read a lot of books that are set within a vast galactic empire. Brian Aldiss collected a number of short stories that all explore ideas of where humanity might go as a species as we advance out among the stars. Is a galactic empire even possible?
Saucer: Savage Planet by Stephen Coonts
This is very much a tongue-in-cheek look at an alien first-contact story. It's not meant to be taken seriously at all, though Coonts does pose some interesting questions about how humanity would react as a species if we believed that someone on Earth had access to an alien anti-aging drug that could potentially lead to immortality. Would the drug companies want to mass market it? Or would the suppress it? Or would they deliberately limit supply so only the wealthy elite would benefit? How far will humans go in pursuit of this miraculous substance?
The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
This the classic adventure story by the author of Sherlock Holmes.
Like all great adventure tales, it starts with a young man who wants to get laid. The woman he's courting insists that she can only be with someone of heroic stature.
Edward Malone, a young reporter for a third-rate London publication, decides that in order to win over her heart he will have to embark on a grand adventure. He finds a scientist who had returned from an expedition to South America with outlandish tales of giant monsters never seen before. The scientific society to which Professor Challenger belongs is highly skeptical. But in order to settle the issue, they agree to send him and a couple of observers to verify his claims. Malone is sent along by his newspaper to document the journey.
This is a classic story for a reason and it has inspired countless pulp fiction tales since it was published in 1912. Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park, for instance, is clearly an homage to Doyle's story.
Philip Jose Farmer's The Dungeon is also heavily, heavily inspired by The Lost World, particularly in how the story is framed as an expedition funded by a newspaper to search for a missing noble heir in an explored region of the world (Africa instead of South America).
I definitely recommend The Lost World if you want to read a gripping adventure story. It seems cliche at times, but that's because this is where the cliches *began*.
Willful Child by Steven Erikson
THE TRANSCREDIBLE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN ZAPP BRANNIGAN! HADRIAN SAWBACK!
This is a satire and parody of Star Trek featuring a captain who is approximately 3 parts Captain James T. Kirk, 1 part Captain Zapp Brannigan from Futurama, and 1 part Captain Chode from Tripping the Rift.
He's not quite as cowardly as Brannigan, but he's also not very bright. Mostly Captain Sawback succeeds through a lot of stupendous luck and a towering sense of his own infinite superiority over the Affiliation of Civilized Planets, which is run like most large bureaucracies everywhere.
Dune: House Atreides by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson
I had heard mixed reviews of the stories written by Brian Herbert (Frank Herbert's son) and Kevin J. Anderson that are set in the Dune universe. However, I got this cheap at a library book sale recently and decided to give it go.
Prequel novels have one fatal weakness: the characters have plot armor that prevents them from dying if they show up in the main storyline later. However, we do get to see the events that lead up to the main storyline, which can be engaging and interesting when done well. I was pleasently surprised in how Brian and Kevin expanded the lore of the Dune universe. It's not perfect, but they do seem to try to adhere to Frank Herbert's original intent as best they could. In the afterword, Brian and Kevin both share how they came to collaborate on this novel. According to Brian, it would not have happened if somone hadn't discovered Frank Herbert's notes on the unwritten seventh Dune novel, which was supposed to wrap the plot threads from Chapterhouse: Dune, but was never finished due to Frank's untimely death in 1986.
I had some misgivings at first about reading this book, but I wanted to give the story a fair shake and I'm glad I did. I enjoyed it enough that I immediately ordered the next two books in the series. I don't know if I'll read them all, but I may go ahead and read Frank Herbert's last three books in the series.
It's a weird, weird universe that Frank Herbert created and Brian/Kevin have added considerably to that weirdness. It's not for everyone, though. One of the more unusual aspects of this world is that there do not appear to be any alien intelligences on the million worlds of the Galactic Empire. Plenty of alien lifeforms, but none of them have sentience. Humanity has dispersed itself to conquer the galaxy, though some branches have mutated to the point where they've become alien to their original species (looking at you Spacing Guild Navigators).
By the Light of the Moon by Dean Koontz
This is one of Dean Koontz's lighter and wackier horror stories. Two random strangers are injected with "stuff" that's promised to enhance them in some unspecified way. Now Dylan and Jilly must join together, along with Dylan's autistic younger brother Shepherd, to unravel the mystery of the "stuff," understand how it's changed them, and also dodge government operatives who presumably want to capture them and the "stuff" that's inside their veins.
It's not all fun and games, though, as Dylan and Jilly are drawn towards truly monstrous people engaged in horrific activities and it's up to the two of them to use their unique gifts to stop these monsters at any cost.
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I panicked and bought half a terabyte of RAM, everything I could find at old prices (and in one case, more than old prices but better than typical new prices).
The company is planning to churn out 140,000 12-inch wafers a month of 28nm DRAM. Given the nuances of DRAM scaling, I'm not sure exactly what that counts for... Hang on.
Looks like it's about 5% of current production by the Big Three, but every drop in the ocean counts.
Earendil - named after the mariner from Tolkien's Silmarillion - is an experimental mirror sixty feet on a side, deployed into orbit to reflect sunlight down to anywhere that needs a little brightening up.
The plan is to launch 50,000 of these. Which used to be a lot.
The reasoning being that if environmental groups can't set them on fire, they're bad and must be illegal.
Research today: The effects of local decompactification of additional spatial dimensions on the formation of exotic ices in the abyssal depths of a water world of around 5 Earth diameters, Irish ferry timetables and fares in Galway Bay in 1911, the arms and armour of the Galatian mercenaries in the service of Nicomedes I of Bithnyia in 278 BC, and the application of scaling laws to the possible size of terrestrial nudibranchs.
No catgirls died in the research of these story elements. Partly because they already went extinct.
Musical Interlude
Yes, I've been rewatching Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon a.k.a Danmachi, prompted by its availability in full on Hidive, which I picked up a subscription to at 75% off during Amazon's Prime Day sale. This song is the closing theme for the first season.
Of course, seasons two and four left the service before I got to them, and season two is not available for streaming on other services in Australia due to the regional rights being a big ball of mud... Not available legitimately.
Oh, and I missed that the new Tenchi Galaxy series is being funded through a Kickstarter project. If you're interested, I regret to inform you that you're too late... It's already reached its goal. You have 57 days to chip in if you'd like, though.
Welcome to Club ONT - a collaboration of The Disco and The Dino. 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 (the moose out front is keeping track and you do NOT want to disappoint the moose).
My wife asked me to see a psychologist about my anger issues.
The doctor asked, “If a train was coming down the hallway toward you, what would you do?”
I replied, “I’d get in my helicopter and fly away.”
The doctor asked, “Where did you get a helicopter?”
I replied, “The same fuckin’ place you got that train from!”
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"Bless me Father, for I have sinned. I have been with a loose girl."
The priest asks, "Is that you, little Joey Pagano?"
"'Yes, Father, it is."
"And who was the girl you were with?"
"I can't tell you, Father. I don't want to ruin her reputation."
"Well, Joey, I'm sure to find out her name sooner or later so you may as well tell me now. Was it Tina Minetti?"
"I cannot say."
"Was it Teresa Mazzarelli?"
"I'll never tell."
"Was it Nina Capelli?"
"I'm sorry, but I cannot name her."
"Was it Cathy Piriano?"
"My lips are sealed."
"Was it Rosa DiAngelo, then?"
"Please, Father, I cannot tell you."
The priest sighs in frustration. "You're very tight lipped, and I admire that. But you've sinned and have to atone. You cannot be an altar boy now for 4 months. Now you go and behave yourself."
Joey walks back to his pew, and his friend Franco slides over and whispers, "What'd you get?"
"Four months vacation and five good leads!"
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Drink of the Night
Today is 7/11, so go grab a Slurpee! Not just ANY Slurpee. One fit for The Club!
Did we just mix a Slurpee drink with booze? You bet we did and it’s delicious.
Grab your favorite Slurpee flavors, add some ice-cold booze and voila! You’ve just reached Hard Slurpee status. Easy, right? It’s like they practically make themselves. So, why are you still reading this? Get that liquor in the freezer, grab a Slurpee drink and start mixing things up. We’ve got our own Hard Slurpee cocktail to make.
7-eleven suggests a few varieties
Party Fuel Hard Slurpee
½ cherrysthebomb.com Slurpee
½ Bloop Razzle Slurpee
2 oz. ice-cold vodka
Poolside Colada Hard Slurpee
½ Pinata Colada Slurpee
½ Peelin’ Out Slurpee
2 oz. ice-cold rum
Sundae Funday Hard Slurpee
½ cherrysthebomb.com Slurpee
½ Peelin’ Out Slurpee Slurpee
2 oz. ice-cold vodka
Freeze vodka / rum before using. Mix after pouring.
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One of the D's is training a bird to work in the Club. We can't say which D did this, but it's not difficult to figure out
A black bear wandered into the shopping mall on Alaska's Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to eat a single peach and defecate on the floor before leaving.
The bear was caught on camera entering the Exchange shopping mall on the base - which is commonly known by the acronym JBER, pronounced "J-bear" - about 9 a.m. Sunday.
The bear entered the Commissary, ate a single peach and pooped on the floor before vacating the building, officials said.
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Can any among the Horde play the drum intro for Van Halen's Hot for Teacher?
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No, Club ONT staff have not been in contact with The Turtle. The only turtle sightings around here are Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael. They are heroes in a half-shell.
Gore Verbinksi is a filmmaker I enjoy. I, like most of the world, became aware of him with his first Pirates of the Caribbean film which he followed up with his pair of sequels. Ever since, from The Weather Man to Rango to his gonzo masterpiece A Cure for Wellness, I've wanted more Gore Verbinski movies. Heck, even The Lone Ranger, as bloated and unwieldy as it is, has some real entertainment to it.
But, the dual financial failures of The Lone Ranger and A Cure for Wellness seems to have sent him to director jail, and he had to spend nine years scrounging for projects and enough money to put something together. And that something came out earlier this year, Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die.
I missed it in theaters. I watched it the second I saw it on HULU. I bought the 4K at full price. I liked it. I enjoyed it. And, I had thoughts about it. Not really about the film itself, but about the nature of influence. Because, you see, I saw an influence, and that influence might not have actually been there.
Only the most naive of filmgoer assumes it's possible to make something completely original. Influence is going to percolate across every aspect of storytelling, and it's a question I'm interested in about when is it good or bad? And, watching Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die, I saw a film that exhibited several different levels of influence from obvious references to structural decisions that I felt were hallmarks of earlier films.
But, first, why? Why use these influences?
The need to use influence comes from a few different places, but many times it's about solving narrative issues. You have a character in a screenplay who is doing things, but you don't buy that he's doing things for a convincing reason, so you reach back into your memory of films that you like, and you say, "My character should be like this character who was in a similar situation." Should the author reject an idea because it came before, or should they use it because it came before and worked well before? What idea hasn't come before? It's a miasma of questions about what should or shouldn't happen when creating something new.
References
The movie makes several overt references to other films. In the opening ten minutes, Sam Rockwell's future traveler character mentions Groundhog Day, the Bill Murray film about a man stuck in a small town, often visiting a diner, as he relives the same day over and over again. In this film, Rockwell is playing a character who is revisiting this diner for the one hundred seventeenth time, so the comparison is obvious for anyone with a modicum of film knowledge. So, the writer, Matthew Robinson, and Verbinski have Rockwell name drop the other film as if to indicate that yes, these are similar, yes, they know, and now it's time to move on.
They also name drop Mars Attacks!, the Tim Burton film when a minor character reveals he's created weapons that attack phones, bricking them and making them inert. Michael Pena's character compares the look of the guns to those from the aliens in Mars Attacks!. Why do that? Well, that could be as simple as Verbinski liked the design of the prop his prop guy came up with, saw the comparison himself, and thought it would be fun to insert as a line of dialogue.
A third movie mentioned is actually a novel, Anna Karenina, and this is the most interesting. Firstly, the movie does get mentioned (it's called ancient and stars Kiera Knightley whom Verbinski directed in the Pirates films, so there's a knowing nod to Verbinski's own film history there). Secondly, Pena's character spends thirty to sixty seconds on the necessity to read the book. It's a weird little detour (emphasis on little, the film is over two hours long) , but it has to serve some purpose, right? Anna herself becomes a character? The book is used as a door stop? Leo Tolstoy comes back from the dead and fights the AI at the end? Something?
Well, the use of it is something more subtle and interesting. Anna Karenina has a parallel character in the film. This would be the Haley Lu Richardson character, Ingrid. She has a love who leaves her for something else (this time, it's an AI existence), and she's despondent and decides that she can throw everything she has away that fateful night. It's not exactly throwing oneself in front of a train, but it is throwing oneself into danger because she feels like she has nothing else.
Do you need knowledge of Tolstoy's film to get Ingrid? To understand what she's going through? Not at all. Could the film have excised the Karenina reference completely? Yes. So, why put it in there? Well, as a signal to the audience of what's to come. It's a writer's convention about foreshadowing, and I thought this was interesting.
The Next Level
The next level of influence never gets mentioned directly in the film. These are the stories that came before that helped pave the path forward for narrative issues as well as narrative goals. The character issue I mentioned earlier? Verbinski felt like there was that exact issue in the script he signed on to direct from Robinson, so during rewrites he zeroed in on a solution.
The solution was Dog Day Afternoon. This isn't a guess. Verbinski mentions it in almost every interview he's done about the film. The character played by Rockwell needed a personal reason to go through this adventure with a group of misfits, much like Pacino in the earlier film, so Verbinski settled on Pacino's character as a model for how to write the story for Rockwell. Rockwell ends up with a personal connection to it all instead of just being Future Man.
The other major influence that the writer Matthew Robinson talks about is Akira, the late 80s, foundational anime film set in a futuristic Tokyo with lots of weird sights and sounds and an expansively epic ending. Robinson wanted the ending of his film to have a similar flavor, so he wrote in the same direction that Akira had gone. The ending is not the same. Our main character doesn't morph and balloon into a skyscraper sized behemoth, but there is an emphasis on scale and activity that mirrors what Akira had done previously.
My Theory
Watching Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die for the first time, I knew of one major influence that had to be there. There was no question in my mind. A group of people who are in a desperate situation, faced with a life or death mission, having to traverse a series of dangerous obstacles that pick them off one by one...AND we have extended flashbacks to give us a portrait of who they were before they showed up in that diner?
That's Sorcerer. To a T (except Friedkin's earlier film front-loads all of the flashbacks to be the first half of the film where Good Luck spaces them out through the first two-thirds of the film). It had to be that.
And neither Robinson nor Verbisnki have ever mentioned it as an influence. Not once. Robinson talks about Pulp Fiction's use of anthology as an influence, which fits with the film as well. But, nope, the obvious influence I KNEW was there...might not be?
What could explain that? Well, first of all, I could have just seen an influence that wasn't there. I could be outright wrong.
Or, it could be one level deeper. Quentin Tarantino considers William Friedkin's Sorcerer to be one of the greatest movies ever (he has a top 12, apparently). Could Sorcerer have influenced Pulp Fiction which then influenced Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die? Easily. That sort of thing happens all the time. Is that the right read of the situation? Maybe. It's just a fun little thought exercise, and no more, though.
Conclusion
Well, firstly, I recommend Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die. It's fun. It wears its influences on its sleeves. It's not the most original thing ever, but it's well directed, well acted, well produced sci-fi fun.
Secondly, I find the influence game an amusing exercise, but I don't think it reflects on the qualities of the films themselves. TS Eliot wrote that bad poets borrow and great poets steal. Pauline Kael remarked at how she could see all the history of American cinema out in the open in a film she loved, Robert Altman's Nashville. Originality ends up being mostly about influences that you are not previously aware of.
Imagine back to 1999 when The Matrix came out. You'd never seen Ghost in the Shell. You'd never read Neuromancer. So, you'd never seen or read anything like it, and it felt like a breath of fresh air in no small part because it felt so original. But...it's actually fairly derivative of works you simply weren't previously aware of. Did the originality make The Matrix good? What if it wasn't actually original? Is it still good? I think so.
Kiss of the Vampire (Rating 2.5/4) Full Review "There's energy, and overall a strong sense of tone and mood to provide a feeling of unease that feels very appropriate for the horror genre. I think the film is a bit of a mess, but it's honestly a fun little mess." [YouTube]
Maniac (Rating 2/4) Full Review "It's just…I'm never quite sure what the story is. It can't commit to any of it all that well, and it's all weirdly deflating." [YouTube]
The Scarlet Blade (or, The Crimson Blade) (Rating 2.5/4) Full Review "I want either a straight drama from this or a pure swashbuckling adventure. The film was ready to present either, so I got this muddled mix. However, it's an interesting muddled mix." [YouTube">YouTube]
The Devil-Ship Pirates (Rating 2.5/4) Full Review "It's a bit disappointing, but I've been more disappointed by Hammer than this. A lot more." [Library]
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (Rating 1.5/4) Full Review "The movie is a largely limp affair as it languidly moves from one minor plot thread to the next until the incoherence of its final act takes over." [Hoopla]
The Brigand of Kandahar (Rating 2/4) Full Review "A lot of very little things that don't really combine into a whole package. I'm not sure I'd go so far as to call it bad, but, it's mostly because everything is just so unremarkable." [Library]
She (Rating 2.5/4) Full Review "Is it good? Not really, but I do think the finale gets us surprisingly close. A better lead up to that ending would have really helped the film, but that's not there." [Library]
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Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread. For this week, the Wheel of Hobbies (TM) is feeling micro. It spun and spun and landed on a small scale theme for this Hobby Thread.
The Erzgebirge mountain range in eastern Germany near the Czech border is known for woodcraft. The silver and tin miners used to whittle lindenwood (basswood) as a hobby but when the mines ran dry, the whittling turned into a way to make a living. The nutcracker was born there. A wide range of wood toys, ornaments and decorations are still made and the skills and traditions passed down through the generations.
This matchbox scene shows a woodshop in a box only 2 inches long and 1.5 inches high. Lots of other scenes and characters are available in matchbox form.
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There is something about scale that piques our imaginations. There are roadside attractions dedicated to large-scale furniture, food and animals. The only novelty is the size (and the random location of an unusually large random item).
On the other end of the spectrum, small scale is interesting for different reasons. In nature, we're fascinated by small worlds that we barely see. We're impressed by details and the dexterity it takes to produce. We also like being able to wrap our hands around a small scale version of something too large to hold. Scale models allow us to collect cars, airplanes and boats. Doll houses and battlefields are arguably different flavors of the same instinct.
Have you heard the phrase "God is in the details?" What about the converse that says "The devil is in the details?" Both can be true.
Miniatures and small-scale is an unspoken part of hobbying and crafting. Anything small is often more accessible than full scale or large scale. For today's theme, let's focus on the details.
Does the world of miniatures speak to you? What hobbies or crafts or interests revel in the small scale or details? What worlds do you build or observe under a microscope? Do you have any hobbies that require a magnifying glass (other than the painful march of time that often makes it more difficult for those over 29 to see anything clearly)? Do you take extreme pride in details that you know are there, but few others will ever know or see?
Let's get small. It is a small world after all.
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What are you hobbying?
The thread is not limited to to the theme. Anything (legal) you are hobbying is welcome. Even if the theme does not speak to you, you might learn something. If not, find something else or offer something else relating to hobbying. If all of that fails, just check in and say hello.
As per usual Hobby Thread etiquette, keep this thread limited to hobbying. Leave politics and religion to threads elsewhere (unless your hobby is building or restoring churches). Pants are optional. As always, puns are welcome and encouraged.
Play nice and do not be rude. Do not be a troll and do not feed the trolls.
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Making a miniature artist studio:
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Making a dollhouse library (the tiny rolltop desk is amazing):
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Making miniature plants:
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Making miniature tiny furniture:
More miniature furniture woodworking:
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Miniature book making - with an actual bookbinding method:
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Warning: this video is long. But if you start watching, prepare to watch the whole thing (maybe later).
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Skip - this one is for you. Making tiny toy soldiers in 1965 England:
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Clever re-purposing of a plastic model kit:
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I don't think I need one, but it makes my heart happy to know that you can buy a micro scale Caterpillar D8T bulldozer as a keychain.
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Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg is high on my list of things to see in Germany someday:
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Before this week's Hobby Thread research, I had never heard of the Japan Hand Plane Championship. After watching, I still don't fully understand what I'm seeing but looks like the goal is to create the thinnest wood shaving.
The number of niches across the spectrum of interests and hobbies is breathtaking. How events or people exist just below the radar screen of awareness?
A silver lining of social media and YouTube is the ability to allow people with niche interests to find each other and for us to stumble onto people and interests we did not know exist.
On a related note, between the Hobby Thread and ONT research, the YouTube algorithm for me is quite something to behold... You should see the weirdness in my recommendations...
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Horde hobbying from lurker LF:
This came from my great-grandfather's attic. He and his across the street neighbor helped build each other's houses. Both were coopers in the Chicago stockyards. My g-gf died in 1917 right after his roof was finished so last used then.
What was he doing with a Sabatier knife? I have his larger one also. Likely making German sausage for home use and the first floor store.
That and two rental apartments sustained his widow and the rest of the family until it sold in 1965. Oh, and the cracked handle repair is a nod to kintsugi!
Before photo with a dirty blade.
After:
I simply used various grades of steel wool, no powdered abrasives or sandpaper. I clamped and epoxied the handle, but didn't get a photo. The tang prevented the complete closure of the split. Next I will sent the initials on the handle. I remembered MH, my great grandfather's, but clearly MM, his neighbor and co-carpenter of their respective homes.
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Genealogy hobbying humor:
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Did you miss the Hobby Thread last week? We did a flreworks theme. The comments may be closed, but you can re-live the content.
Notable comments from last week:
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Words of wisdom:
"Because despite all our troubles, when things are grim out in that wide round world of ours, that's when it's really important to have a good hobby." Posted by: tankascribe at June 22, 2024 07:41 PM (HWxAD).
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Reminder: if you put links in the comments, use a URL shortener and describe what you're linking to. Failing to do either or both makes you barrel-eligible. Don't make people click to find out what you're linking.
Send thoughts, suggestions and photos of your hobbying to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Or just email to say hello. Do mighty things.
When Gentoo penguins start their breeding season at Edinburgh Zoo, kids from Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity paint pebbles for the penguins to present to their mates and can watch the birds choose their favorite via livestream. pic.twitter.com/TpQWStJ3GM
G’day Mate,
My name is Spud, Im a Jack Russel and Im a good boy. This is me when I graduated from puppy school 5 years ago.
Im much biger now. I like fetch the ball, tug the rope, walkies, puppy park and treats
Iam sorry, I’ve got to go and chase a bird that’s just landed in the back yard - dam birds
Woff Woff from Downunder
Thrilled to meet you, Spud! We are so happy that a Jack Russell like you graduated from puppy school! We have heard of Jack Russells who are not always good boys, and we can tell that puppy school was a great thing for you! Hope you get lots of treats today!
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Up top is our dog Winnie. The one below is Bella. Bella is a foster dog waiting for a home. We babysat her over a weekend and the foster mom said that she didn't know how to handle dog beds.
Winnie was resigned to her role as a teacher.
NR Pax
Thanks to you and Winnie for taking such good care of Bella.
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Hi. Sorry, it's been awhile.
The first 2 pictures are of Deuce, who sadly had to be put to sleep when his cancer became too advanced about a month ago. The third is him with my black cat Mr. Sweetie, aka Murderboy - he is a prolific hunter. Then Murderboy outdoors, then Hattie Catty and Heidi.
I'll try to be more frequent as time allows. I love your Pets thread, and AceOfSpadesHQ is the best website that there is. I'm mainly a lurker, when I do comment it is under the name Happy.
Thank you.
So sorry you have lost Deuce. A sweetheart. We are happy to meet your cats, each one with a different personality! Stay in touch
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Thank you for sharing your pets and animal photos and stories with us today.
If you would like to send pet and/or animal stories, links, etc. for the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, the address is:
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Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known when you comment at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.
Mrs. BD went nursery shopping today to fill in the blanks in our northern Israel vacation home's garden. Except for the basil in the lower right corner, don't ask me what everything else is. That's not my department.
For color contrast, a few photos I'm a little late in posting:
My spring plants are pretty much done now (thanks to the heat) and while the summer bloomers have buds they're not quite ready yet. The astilbes in my back yard are still blooming but they'll fade pretty fast in the heat.
I've been planting various types of milkweed for the Monarch caterpillars and the butterfly weed (asclepias tuberosa) is starting to bloom. I have a yellow variety from a nursery (next to a purple yarrow) and several of the standard orange variety. This orange asclepias is next to a catmint and a red hot poker.
I have a bunch of catmints around my yard and will deadhead them soon, to get a summer bloom for the bees and butterflies. My red hot pokers (which aren't really red) are just starting to bloom - this is the first flower. My purple milkweeds (A incarnata & A syriaca) will bloom in mid-summer, and this year I hope they attract some Monarch caterpillars to hatch into the next generation of butterflies.
Now I have to be patient and wait for the coneflowers, hardy hibiscus and daylilies to bloom.
badgerwx
Nice to have such variety in the midseason, with identification and cultural notes! Thanks!
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Edible Gardening/Putting Things By
Cherry canning season from Kindltot
I canned cherries. This looks like a still life of canning.
Looks like work!
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Plus some shots from the yard
Climbing Roses and Oceanspray
Nice view while canning!
Some sort of yellow plum. I thought it was a Shiro plum, but I now suspect it is some sort of yellow gage plum, like an Oullins, since it is a freestone. Doesn't matter much since they are tasty and it looks like I will have lots of them this year.
They look wonderful. There are some freestone Asian plums, as well as freestone European plums. It's just like you to have a mystery variety.
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Time to send in tips for growing strawberries! Plus kitchen tips!
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Landscaping
Australian man got tired of people parking in his driveway, so he decided to install a motion-activated sprinkler.
I have this ground-cover plant, that is everywhere. It’s really aggressive, and hard to keep away from where you want to exclude it. It is the only true deer-proof plant I have here. They eat everything, including geraniums, which are stinky and supposedly deer proof.
I guess it’s colloquially known as St John’s Wort, which I guess is used for mood leveling. I could use this therapy from time-to-time, but have never considered eating it, or making tea with it. Flowers? Dried flowers? Leaves? Roots? Don’t care. It’s like a generic mushroom to me. Do not consume!
The blooms only last a day, 2 maximum, but there are enough to consider not trying to get rid of it all.
Here’s a pic or three…
Anyway, it is blooming now, many more than in past years.
Gary
Comments for Gary?
Don't look like mushrooms to me.
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Hope everyone has a nice weekend.
If you would like to send photos, stories, links, etc. for the Saturday Gardening Thread, the address is:
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The Thinker, Singer Museum, Laren, The Netherlands
Public Education
Yesterday, I ran across a somewhat too-hagiographic piece on social media attributing the beginning of publicly funded education in the USA to Robert Dale Owen, a guy who had been involved in some failed utopian projects:
Robert Dale Owen (born Nov. 9, 1801, Glasgow, Scot.—died June 24, 1877, Lake George, N.Y., U.S.) was an American social reformer and politician. The son of the English reformer Robert Owen, Robert Dale Owen was steeped in his father’s socialist philosophy while growing up at New Lanark in Scotland—the elder Owen’s model industrial community. In 1825, father and son immigrated to the United States to set up another self-sufficient socialist community at New Harmony, Ind.
Robert Dale Owen edited the community’s newspaper, the New Harmony Gazette, until 1827, when he became associated with the controversial reformer Fanny Wright. They traveled together to Wright’s experimental community of Nashoba, Tenn., which was dedicated to the education and gradual emancipation of slaves, and from there went on to Europe.
Upon returning to the United States, Owen and Wright revisited the Nashoba and New Harmony communities, then in a state of decay. They settled in New York, where Owen edited the Free Enquirer. The paper opposed evangelical religion and advocated more liberal divorce laws, more equal distribution of wealth, and widespread industrial education; it was at the centre of radical free thought in New York. For two years, Owen, with Wright and other radicals, sought to turn the New York Workingmen’s Party away from Thomas Skidmore’s belief in an equal division of property. They successfully ousted Skidmore, but later their own program of social reform through public education was also repudiated.
After a brief trip to England in 1832, Owen returned to New Harmony. He served three terms in the Indiana legislature (1836–1838), where he advocated the allocation of government funds for public schools, and two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he introduced the bill creating the Smithsonian Institution. . .
He didn't stop there in his efforts to reform society, but concerning his involvement in how the Smithsonian was set up:
Neither of the the Wright Brothers graduated from high school yet they had enough knowledge of mathematics to build all of the formulas that formed the science of aeronautics. https://t.co/uQkRMSiaZb
The story behind the New York Times' 1903 claim that human flight was between one and ten million years away is even worse than it looks.
Once you understand the backstory, you realize that the New York Times story is not really about flight at all but about how elites and credentialed "experts" mistake their own failures for the boundaries of possibility.
So, how do we help young people in the Day of AI?
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No more take-home tests
I wonder what fraction of these students hail from a culture with an elaborate & institutionalized millennia-long tradition of cheating on standardized tests https://t.co/fFl54YELIw
— Bennett's Phylactery (@extradeadjcb) July 10, 2026
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No more Bolshevik professors, either
Angela Davis bought a shotgun. Two days later her friends took a courtroom hostage and secured that gun to a judge’s head using duct tape
In the hostage standoff, they blew the judge’s head off. She was arrested in connection
The week began with Independence Day, and it featured a lot of World Cup action. If you can call anything that happens in soccer action. Europe sweltered under a non-air conditioned heat wave, and the Iran conflict resumed. But what motivated meme-makers more than anything else was the spectacular implosion of the Graham Platner Senate campaign. I suppose because it was so unexpected: who would have imagined that the campaign of a Nazi-tattooed Communist would come to grief?
The Classical Saturday Morning Coffee Break & Prayer Revival
—Misanthropic Humanitarian
Good morning boys and girls and everything in between. Hopefully everyone here today still has all of their digits, eyes, ears and hair after the Big Birthday Bash Fireworks.
Before we enter the Prayer Revival just a few housekeeping matters to go over. (Rulz for those of you in Spokane)
1) This is an open thread. Feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate.
2) Be kind, be nice.
3) At this point in time, what is the rule about running with sharp objects?
4) Have a great weekend!
Please submit any prayer requests to me, “Annie’s Stew” at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks unless we receive an update.
Prayer Requests:
4/3 – Teresa in Fort Worth posted an update. Her chemo seems to be holding things steady for now. Unfortunately, as she is receiving a steroid, she has gained about 25 pounds. Her blood sugar has also jumped up about 40 points (which only happens when she is on steroids).
6/1 Update – Teresa had a CT scan and has seen the surgeon. Everything looks good/stable. There are no new tumors and the ones that are there have pretty much stayed the same or shrunk. No metastises seen. Additional good news is that she can stay on the current medication, and just alternate it with other meds. She continues to respond extremely well to the protocols. She sends her gratitude for each and every prayer.
6/19 – Teresa in Fort Worth sent an update. Her cancer marker numbers continue to go down; hopefully that means everything is working! In other news, she has started working on another stocking, this time for her grandson, who will be implanted soon via IVF. Prayers for a successful procedure and pregnancy would be greatly appreciated!
5/20 – D gave an update on his wife Susan and her continued battle with cancer. Her cancer markers are still headed in the right direction. She is on a new antibiotic, and it is causing some side effects, but it is keeping her out of another surgery, so that is a win. Thanks again to everyone for their prayers. May 1 marked one year since they found out about the cancer, and Susan is doing so well.
6/24 Update – Everything is going well. The chemo seems to be working, but it’s very hard. The prayers help, so please keep praying for them.
5/23 – I used to have a Different Nic could use some prayers as he waits for the results of a biopsy of a mass on his prostate.
6/2 Update – I used to have a Different Nic sent in an update. He has been diagnosed with risk group 2 prostate cancer. It appears to be localized to the prostate but this will be verified via another scan. He has doctor appointments lined up for the next month or so before he starts treatment.
6/23 Update – The latest update is that he has stage 2, “unfavorable intermediate”, which he notes is an awful name, but what it means is, it is in the middle, but bad enough that they want to treat it. It’s more aggressive than previously thought. He is at the point where he has to decide on treatment options, which means choosing which set of pretty unfortunate side effects he prefers.
7/6 Update – He has gotten a second opinion, and selected the option for treatment, which should begin next week.
6/18 – buzzion asked for prayers for a friend named Christina, who has struggled with drug addiction and is in jail again. Buzzion prays that this really is rock bottom and a true wake-up call for her – even if it requires her to stay in jail.
6/29 Update – Christina’s family bonded her out of jail and she has checked into a rehab facility. Please pray that she gets the help she needs.
6/20 – bluebell gave an update on grammie Winger. Grammie had some major surgery related to her cancer in March and is pretty much housebound. She said she isn’t keeping up on news since her diagnosis; she doesn’t have the energy. She said she thinks of her grey-box friends often with fondness. Please keep praying for her. Your prayers are a source of great comfort to her.
6/27 Update – grammie winger requested bluebell to let the Horde know that she is hospitalized again, with sepsis, and cannot eat or walk. She is very tired and cannot speak for long. She is being fed by tube. They don’t know how long she will be hospitalized or where she will go after (rehab, hospice, etc.). Bluebell has a mailing address for grammie, so please contact bluebell to send a card or note to grammie winger. Please pray for her, that her suffering will be eased, and pray for her family, who are suffering along with her.
7/4 – grammie winger posted her thanks for the sweet, sweet cards and letters. She said she treasured each and every one of the Horde reprobates. She can’t express the love she has as she sits there in the cancer hospital.
6/20 – Polliwog the ‘Ette said that prayers for Inspector would be much appreciated. Inspector is still in the hospital. They are working on getting his strength up so it’s safe for him to go home. He is more alert and focused than when he was admitted, and he has been able to eat multiple full meals, which is an improvement and will help him continue to improve.
6/21 – B posted a request for prayers. He said that, due to his own shortcomings, and a moment of madness 6 years ago, B has been estranged from his two sons (age 41 and 36). He has tried to reach out and apologize to them over the past 6 years, to no avail. B asked the Horde to pray for their hearts to open, to allow him to properly apologize, and try to be the father he should have been. The boys are losing their mother to early-onset Alzheimers, and B needs them to know that he’s a better person today than he was then, and he can be counted on.
6/27 – Tom Servo posted prayers of thanks to God that his 38 year-old daughter, who was released from a psych hospital this week after a particularly bad breakdown. She has 2 children, which she does not have custody of, but she still sees, and they are wonderful. She has received more professional care, and it appears to have helped quite a bit. She has new medication and a new commitment to living in a way that will keep her from making a return trip to the hospital.
6/27 – George V sent his thanks to the Horde for their prayers. We had prayed for his wife in May, when she had a heart valve replacement, and there were indications of problems in her lymph nodes. She received the biopsy results, and both came back negative for cancer! Thank God for his goodness!
6/27 – “A” sent thanks for the prayers for a family friend, who is at home recovering with the family and doing much better. “A” has an additional request for long-time friends (J and S) who are in the midst of intense family problems and requesting healing, peace, repentance, and restoration in the family.
7/2 – Publius asked for prayers for his 96 year old mother, who had emergency surgery when a massive hematoma on her leg ruptured, and they couldn’t stop the bleeding due to her being on blood thinners. Things were not looking good, but Publius posted later she received blood thinner reverser medication, and was fully conscious and alert after surgery.
7/3 – San Franpsycho posted that Mrs. F. was admitted to the hospital from the ER visit, and asks for prayers for a complete and immediate recovery for her. She was conscious enough to phone him late last night, and it was a great relief that she was awake even for a short period. She continues with IV fluids and atb. Further steps and hopefully improvement await the results of lab tests. The caring concern shown by so many morons has been a great relief. Thank you.
7/5 Update – Mrs. F. remains hospitalized while being treated for salmonella poisoning. She has had some improvement, but is on Day 5 of not being able to keep down any nourishment.
7/4 – Duke Lowell humbly asked for prayers for the nurses who will have to put up with him, when he goes in for (hopefully the last) surgery related to the events of last September.
7/4 – AH Lloyd requested prayers for his aunt, who was in a shattering collision on 6/29. She was hit by a semi at full speed through an intersection. She lost a lot of blood, but is out of ICU now.
7/4 – Random Dave posted the good news that the past week of interviews went very well. He also had a prayer request for his grand-niece, who has not been growing properly. She’s about 5 or 6. The growth plates are fine but has not grown in over a year. They have found an intestinal or bowel blockage and may need surgery.
7/4 – Dr. No sent his thanks for the prayer list and the Horde’s prayers that helped his daughter in her recoveries from (a) cancer and (b) knee replacement surgery. She’s doing fine now.
7/7 – Weak Geek asked for prayers for the survivors of RG and KG, a couple in their 90s who were pillars of their church for decades. They were knifed to death on 7/3 by their grandson. The entire congregation is stunned. Please pray for them too, and the pastor, trying to help deal with the tragedy.
7/7- Mis Hum is asking for prayers for Some Rat. He has some serious health issues at this time.
For submission guidelines and other relevant info, please contact Annie's Stew, who is managing the prayer list. You can contact her at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. If you see a prayer request posted in a thread comment, feel free to copy and paste it and e-mail it to Annie's Stew. She tries to keep up with the requests in the threads, but she's not here all of the time, so she may not see it unless you e-mail it to her. Please note: Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks or so unless we receive an update.
2 Corinthians 4:8-9
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair, persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.
That figure is likely uncomfortably
"close to Meta's market capitalization of around $1.5 trillion," Reuters noted. But California Attorney General Rob Bonta seems to agree it's appropriate, alleging in a statement to Reuters that "Meta has prioritized profits over the safety of kids and fueled the mental health crisis we see impacting a generation of American children."
What generation of American children? The ones you didn't manage to murder or mutilate?
As Meta seemingly continues treading water - pointing to screen-time notifications that kids can easily dismiss or default settings that may be changed - the financial pressure to do more to protect kids could threaten its AI ambitions at a crucial time.
Everything not forbidden is forbidden. Everything not compulsory is compulsory.
Until a consortium of Japanese companies joined forces to create Rapidus in 2022, the country's leading chip factories were using a creaky 40nm process - great for high-volume low-cost automotive microcontrollers but paleolithic compared to modern laptop and phone chips.
Rather than merely trying to pick up the pace, they have chosen to leapfrog the past two decades entirely.
The game behind the anime series that launched a thousand nice boat memes, School Days, is receiving a new English language dub.
Among the voice talents are Mint Fantome and Phoebe Chan of idol group Densetsu.EXE, formerly known as Nijisanji's Pomu Rainpuff and Prism Project's little blue forg Ami Amami respectively.
Meanwhile there's yet another new Tenchi Muyo outing, Tenchi Galaxy, on the way, with the dub cast adding the talents of Hololive English Advent's devilish diva, Nerissa Ravencroft.
Last night I posted a photo that was clearly AI but somehow I missed it. Lemme try again:
Black Hole
@konstructivizm
It seems incredible, but this is a real photograph!
It was taken on July 24, 2024, just seconds before Saturn disappeared completely behind the lunar disk. The image creates the illusion that Saturn is hovering right above Glushko Crater--a young, 43-kilometer-wide crater near the Moon's western limb. Of course, the Moon is 400,000 kilometers away, whereas Saturn is 1.4 billion kilometers away.
The photo was taken by amateur astronomer Chengcheng Xu in China.
Poor little herding puppy is disrespected by the goats who chase him off, but then he remembers he is the descendant of wolves and asserts his authoritah.
The Kelpies are a pair of 30-meter (100-foot) tall, 300-ton stainless-steel horse-head sculptures located in Falkirk, Scotland pic.twitter.com/te5YG8FLw2
Not only is there video of Robinson "stalking" the campus the day of the murder, but apparently... there's actually video of him taking the shot.
No Israeli Rabbinical Assassins, French Intelligence Hit-Men, or maroon-shirted Mormon Bee Cultists were seen in the video. Robinson did not form a "Satanic Pentagram" around Charlie Kirk as xhe shot him.
Now this is video, I guess, that the judge refused to play for the public. But those actually present in court saw it.
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
52m
🚨 WOW. Bombshell high quality footage just played in court of Tyler Robinson SHOOTING Charlie Kirk
IT'S OVER FOR ROBINSON.
Jack Posobiec visibly shaken after watching:
"You see him take the shot."
"It's the most damning thing all week I've seen for Tyler Robinson. It's a COMPLETELY different video."
"I'm just gonna say what it was. You see him shooting Charlie. You see him executing Charlie."
"It was like watching Charlie die all over again seeing this video...with the zoom in, it changes everything."
"They have the timestamp [in the footage]. It's 12-21, 12-22 when he gets there. I'm sitting there like: stop the clock. Trying to will time to stop. Don't get to 12-23. He gets to 12-23 -- and you see him take the shot. He gets back up, and he runs across."
Erika Kirk asked for us to be here today. We sat inside the small courthouse in Provo with the family. The Judge told the media to turn off all cameras and allowed the full ENHANCED footage of the murder to play. Every movement of Tyler Robinson that day captured in full quality HD. Zoomed in. Some footage in 4K. Tracking all his movements.
You can see crystal clear Tyler Robinson's face, the license plate number on his vehicle, details on his clothing and his actions on the rooftop -- and you can time every horrifying detail to the minute Charlie Kirk was murdered.
What the public couldn't see was the emotion in the courtroom. Charlie's family sobbing uncontrollably, Erika in Mrs. Kirk's seniors arms. Charlie's father comforting them.
Just feet away sat a pale, lifeless emaciated Tyler Robinson who stared at the floor with no remorse as he listened to the weeping.
Robinson has never once looked at Erika this entire trial. The entire courthouse gasped when the video was over.
Eventually this footage will be released. It was really tough to relive that day in such gruesome detail.
This case is overwhelming. Please pray for a speedy trial. And to all the tormenters of the Kirk family, you can go to Hell where you belong.
HOLY SH*T 🤯
They have zoomed up footage of Tyler Robinson lying prone in a sniper’s position on the UVU rooftop taking the shot at Charlie Kirk‼️
Despite the false reports from Candace Owens cultists Erika Kirk and Charlie’s mother were seen crying and clinging to one another… pic.twitter.com/Tgt3fWXatF
I wonder if Me-Again Kelly will stand behind her claim that it is important to investigate if Israel is actually behind the assassination.
One thing bothers me: I know prosecutors don't want to "put on the case before they put on the case" at actual trial, but given the strong public interest in this case and the ludicrous conspiracy theories of Cavernous Nostrils and her Nazi cultists-- couldn't they have shown this video?
Meanwhile, Trump says he's left word for the next president, in case Iran succeeds in in their announced mission of killing him: "Bomb them at levels" never seen before.
Now a dead president's order isn't binding, but I can see it being influential.
President Trump on Friday told The Post he has "left instructions" should Iran succeed in their plots to assassinate him -- and there'll be hell to pay.
"I've been on their list for a long time. That's what we're dealing with," he said. "... The only thing is, I've left instructions -- if anything happens, to just literally bomb them at levels that they've never seen before."
Asked about recent reports that Israel this week flagged intel of a plot to take out the US president, Trump indicated there was no fresh plan from Iran -- but said Tehran has wanted him dead for years.
"No, no. Israel came up with nothing. No, no," he said. "I've been No. 1 [on Iran's kill list] for a long time, and it's the way life is, you know."
"I hope you'll miss me," he added, sounding resigned to the reality that Tehran will never stop trying to off him.
As the Church Lady wisely observed: "Welllllll, isn't that conVENient."
The Democrat operative and Nepo Baby who foisted Graham Platner on the country speaks with an incredibly strange "vocal fry" and "uptalk," like he's a Valley girl. I saw someone speculate that "men" with high-pitched voices affect the vocal fry to try to make their voices sound deeper and more masculine. It doesn't work.
Anyway, here's this nepo baby communist freak denying that his "minimal vetting" turned up the Nazi tattoo and they only found "some" of his Reddit posts.
Jake Tapper's doing what he does best: Pretending to have Breaking News about what was reported long ago:
Jake Tapper
@jaketapper
As soon as we asked the campaign about what Jenny Racicot told us on the record and on camera Monday, the campaign said that her assertion he had raped her was false.
Remember Kristi Noem's pervert husband and his "bimbofication" fetish? And his huge prosethetic "breasts"?
Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has begun the process of divorcing her husband Bryon following bombshell revelations earlier this year that he engaged in a lurid secret life of cross-dressing and chatting online with fetish models, the former South Dakota governor's mother has claimed.
...
The outlet reported in late March that Bryon Noem chatted up women from the so-called "bimbofication" fetish scene, in which adult performers augment their breasts with massive amounts of saline to achieve a "Barbie doll"-like appearance -- and even indulged in the trend himself."
I still believe that Noem refused to ban trannies from girls' sports because she knew this blackmail material was out there. So, to hell with her.
LOL: Guess which female Democrat politician turns out to be a Karen From Hell, disparaging businesses in her Yelp reviews?
[Regarding a massage joing:] "If you want consistent good service, and want to patronize a place that treats employees with respect, I would never recommend this," she wrote.
"I cannot continue in good conscience to be a patron, even though it is a very convenient location and a nice facility."
She alleged the business had serious management problems, claiming employees who left the spa were treated unfairly and customers were left scrambling when therapists departed.
"Note that almost 1/3 of reviews written are 'not recommended.' Management is hiding a serious problem. I was a member here for over six years, so consider my depth of experience with this place in how you judge this review," she continued.
Two other places she reviewed -- Tony Pepperoni Pizzeria and Irvine Yellow Cab, which has since permanently closed -- also suffered, receiving two-star and one-star ratings.
On the pizza shop she visited in July 2013, Porter posted: "Horrible service on delivery. I ordered at 4:39. I am told 35-40 min. I call to check at 40 min. Driver on way. I call again at 5:31--52 minutes later.
"He says driver will call me. He doesn't. I have 20 angry hungry kids! Pizza was decent when it arrived. But allow ample ample time."
For Adaleia Cross, the Supreme Court's ruling in the West Virginia women's sports case was not just a legal victory.
It was personal.
Cross, a Bridgeport High School student in West Virginia, said the ruling gave her a "sense of peace" after years of speaking out about the transgender athlete at the center of the case.
Cross has alleged the athlete made comments to her in the girls' locker room that amounted to sexual harassment when both were students at Bridgeport Middle School.
Fox News Digital is not naming the trans athlete because the athlete is a minor.
Well why not report his fake name? Everyone knows it. It's " " " Becky " " " Pepper-Johnson.
And the ACLU, representing "Becky," uses "Becky's" name.
"I definitely have a sense of peace about all of it," Cross told Fox News Digital after the ruling. "Although I had to go through all of that, and it doesn't make up for what I had to go through, I know that other girls can be protected, like my sister and my friends who are still on the team."
Cross also sent a message to the athlete in the wake of the ruling.
"Jesus Christ loves [the athlete] and has a place for [the athlete] if they want to be there," she said.
Cross and her parents previously told Fox News Digital the alleged sexual harassment occurred in the girls' locker room during the 2022-23 school year. Cross was in eighth grade, and the trans athlete was in seventh.
"When Adaleia first told us, she told us that [the trans athlete] was telling her and other girls 'suck my d--k,'" Cross's mother, Abby Cross, alleged in December. "[The trans athlete] was saying to her, coming up and saying to her, 'I'm going to stick my d--k in your p--y and also in your ass.' At different times [the trans athlete] was saying these things to her."
But Adaleia said Wednesday that the entire locker room changed after the athlete joined the girls' team.
"A lot of girls, after [the athlete] came into our locker room, started going to the bathroom," Cross said. "They started changing in stalls, which was not really normal."
"You would have kids separated to try to not be around [the athlete], but it was still hard because during track meets, you had to be around [the athlete]," she added. "Girls were just uncomfortable."
"They didn't want to be around [the athlete]," Cross said.
Cross said the discomfort even spread beyond her own team.
"I know other teams started canceling coming to track meets, so their girls didn't have to put up with it," Cross said. "It's just really sad to see all that happening."
"Girls deserve to have that space," she added. "And it's just been taken away."
Adaleia Cross was sexually harassed by BPJ (a boy who says he's a girl). Yet he was positioned as this aw shucks I'm just a girl who wants to play with my friends character by the media. He still is. He's the vulnerable oppressed one according to the mainstream media's telling
Adaleia quit sports because of the harassment.
Her own teacher said she thought of her as less of a person for standing up for herself.
The left is telling girls they don't matter at all.
This gay cruise keeps getting turned away from Muslim countries, and the passengers are shocked and outraged by it.
📣🚨 METROPOLITAN POLICE OFFER UNRESERVED APOLOGY TO GRAHAM LINEHAN AND PAY HIM £25,000
The Metropolitan Police have at long last offered an unreserved apology to Graham Linehan and paid him £25,000.
Last September, the Irish comedian and co-creator of Father Ted was arrested by five armed police officers as he landed at Heathrow Airport.
His crime? Three gender-critical posts on X.
He was arrested, taken to a police station and questioned for several hours. In the early hours of the following morning, he was rushed to hospital after his blood pressure rose to dangerously high levels.
The Free Speech Union is proud to have supported Graham in taking legal action against the Metropolitan Police for wrongful arrest and breaches of his free speech rights.
General Secretary of the Free Speech Union, Lord Young, has said: "I'm beginning to lose count of the number of cases we've fought in which the police have arrested someone for a tweet, decided to take no further action and then had to pay them substantial compensation for wrongful arrest.
"At some point you'd think the penny would drop: police our streets, not our tweets."
📣🚨 METROPOLITAN POLICE OFFER UNRESERVED APOLOGY TO GRAHAM LINEHAN AND PAY HIM £25,000
The Metropolitan Police have at long last offered an unreserved apology to Graham Linehan and paid him £25,000.
Last September, the Irish comedian and co-creator of Father Ted was arrested… pic.twitter.com/ziFCDuqz1h
— The Free Speech Union (@SpeechUnion) July 9, 2026
Socialist Workers Party published a post celebrating the death of British conservative figure and Reform Party spokeswoman Ann Widdecombe.
A man with over 40 PREVIOUS CHARGES cut her electricity, jumped on her bed, strangled her, slit her throat, st*bbed her in the chest, and then se*ually assaulted her.
Unshocking: The Biden Prosecutor who "Resigned" From the Federal Government to Prosecute the Fake "Hush Money" Case Against Trump Had His Fingers In All the Lawfare Pies
Trump hush money prosecutor played larger role in federal cases against prez than known, logs show
WASHINGTON -- The Manhattan prosecutor who led the "hush money" case against President Trump, in which the 45th and 47th president was convicted of 34 counts of falsifying business records, played a larger role in the federal cases against the commander in chief than previously known.
Matthew Colangelo joined Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's team in December 2022 after resigning as principal deputy associate attorney general. Colangelo previously served as acting associate attorney general, the third-ranked post in the Biden Justice Department.
Defenders of Colangelo tried to distance him from Trump-related activities at the DOJ, but calendar records obtained by conservative watchdog America First Legal and shared with The Post show that he sat in on key meetings about the once and future president.
At least three of those meetings related to the dispute over national security records held at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort that led to his indictment by special counsel Jack Smith.
Colangelo also joined a December 2021 meeting concerning the DOJ's position in advice columnist E. Jean Carroll's civil case against Trump for sexual abuse and defamation.
Another 12 items on Colangelo's calendar dealt with meetings regarding a subpoena of former Trump White House Counsel Don McGahn for testimony on obstruction of justice findings in former special counsel Robert Mueller's report on claims Trump's 2016 campaign colluded with Russia.
"These records show that the man who delivered the opening statement prosecuting President Trump while working in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office was more involved in Trump-related litigation preparation at DOJ than the American people were led to believe," AFL's Will Scolinos said in a statement.
Unrelated: Nick Shirley uncovers millions more in blue state benefits fraud, this time in New York. Fraudsters are billing taxpayers for some kind of "elder care." It's another scam.
Marco Rubio Laughs at Tim Walz's Attempt to Shield a Child Rapist from Deportation by Pardoning Him For Raping Children
—Disinformation Expert Ace
Homeland Security
@DHSgov
.@GovTimWalz and Minnesota sanctuary politicians PARDONED an illegal alien who REPEATEDLY SEXUALLY ASSAULTED A 10-YEAR-OLD.
On June 10, the Minnesota Board of Pardons voted to grant Tou Lue Vang, from Laos, a pardon for his 2006 convictions for sexual assault--strongarm sodomy and procuring a child for prostitution. This pardon came just a week before Vang was set to be REMOVED from our nation.
During his interviews with police, Vang tried to justify his actions by saying "it is a cultural thing...to marry and have sex with girls as young as 12."
Governor Walz's pardon shielded this CHILD RAPIST from removal from our nation. This is the type of DISGUSTING criminal sanctuary politicians are shamelessly protecting.
Court files reveal disturbing details of child sex offender pardoned by Walz, Ellison before deportation
Tou Lue Vang sexually assaulted a 10-year-old girl for years and told police it was a "cultural thing." Ron Schutz, the GOP candidate for attorney general, said he was "shocked" that incumbent Keith Ellison voted to pardon Vang.
Oh the Muslim child-marriage-supporting Keith Ellison was involved? What a surprise.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison and Chief Justice Natalie Hudson unanimously voted to pardon a Hmong man from Laos who repeatedly sexually assaulted a 10-year-old girl over a two-and-a-half-year period.
In his clemency application, Tou Lue Vang argued that a pardon could protect him from immigration consequences, writing: "Without the protection a pardon can provide, I face the very real risk of detention and deportation."
So the pardon was granted precisely to keep this child rapist in the country with access to American children.
A review by Alpha News of court files and clemency records reveals disturbing details about Vang's crimes and the statements he made to investigators -- raising a question many Minnesotans are asking: Did the state's top elected officials vote to erase Vang's criminal record so the Trump administration couldn't deport him?
Content warning for the next section, which you might want to skip:
Criminal complaint details repeated abuse
According to the 2005 criminal complaint, the girl told investigators that when she was in fourth grade, Vang -- who later married her sister -- entered her bedroom.
The complaint states: "[Victim] said that Vang sat down beside her, reached his hand into her pants and touched her vagina ... She said that he put his fingers inside of her vagina and then pulled down his own pants and asked her to touch his penis, which she did. He then penetrated her vagina with his penis."
The girl told police the assaults occurred at least "four or five times."
The complaint also notes: "She recalled one incident when he came into her bedroom, put his penis into her mouth and ejaculated."
Read the whole article, if you can bear it.
DHS says "Fuck you, Walz and Ellison, we're deporting all of your foreign invader rapist pals."
Homeland Security
@DHSgov
.@ICEgov has DEPORTED Tou Vang, the illegal alien CHILD RAPIST @GovTimWalz pardoned in an attempt to allow him to remain in our country.
While Walz and his fellow sanctuary politicians fight to protect heinous criminals like this, we will continue putting the safety of the American people FIRST.
Bonus: The woman Nick Shirley identified as a Learing Center fraudster, defended by the media and Democrats as a Stronk Empowered Somali woman beset by #MuhRacism, just pled guilty to stealing $4.6 million American dollars.
BREAKING: Minneapolis daycare owner featured in Nick Shirley’s video Fahima Egeh Mahamud, PLEADS GUILTY to over $4 million fraud scheme pic.twitter.com/vIS6H9YBcD
BREAKING: Minneapolis daycare owner featured in Nick Shirley’s video Fahima Egeh Mahamud, PLEADS GUILTY to over $4 million fraud scheme pic.twitter.com/vIS6H9YBcD
I mean, he might just say on Monday: I didn't get the "reassurances" I wanted so I'm in it to win it.
Graham Platner privately told staff that he is planning to officially file paperwork to end his Senate campaign on Monday -- the drop-dead deadline for him to exit the race.
Halperin said no special "paperwork" is needed -- a simple email to the Secretary of State, announcing a withdrawal, will do it.
So why does he need the weekend to compose an email?
Why it matters: Though Democrats largely appear to think Platner is done with his bid, his last-minute timing is likely to cause a final pang of anxiety within the party.
Driving the news: Platner made the comments to his team Wednesday night shortly before he announced publicly he was suspending his campaign.
"On Monday, I entire -- I intend to file the requisite paperwork with the Secretary of State to remove my name from the ballot," he said, according to a person on the call.
Under state law, Platner has until Monday at 5 p.m. to drop out of the race in time for the party to replace him with a new nominee.
As of about 1 p.m. Thursday, Platner had not officially withdrawn from the race, according to the Maine Secretary of State.
"No official withdrawal notice has yet been received from Mr. Platner," said Jana Spaulding, deputy secretary of state for communications. "A public declaration is not an official withdrawal, and a candidate must formally withdraw to the elections office in writing, including signature."
LOL. If he stays in the race, I might just support him. What a troll that would be.
Stay strong, stay brave, King.
Platner was recruited and promoted by two Democrat operatives: Morris Katz, a bisexual who proposed including a picture of his penis in a book intended for children to explain puberty to them, and Daneil Moraff, a nepo baby heir to the Toys-R-Us fortune who did what most nepo babies do and decided communism was a great idea.
By the way, rich bitch nepo babies admire socialism and communism because they know, first hand, that some very wealthy people did not work a single minute for that money and do not deserve it.
Of course, they universalize from their own narrow experience and construct fantasies that no one else earned their money, either, which is a Comforting Cope for them because it lets them believe that their own experience of doing nothing, creating nothing, contributing nothing yet being massively rich is a common thing.
Now, if they feel guilty about being undeservedly rich, they could give their money away to charity.
But they never do -- they want to continue enjoying the benefits of immense, unearned wealth.
So what they do instead is push for socialism and communism, while continuing to enjoy the fruits of capitalism. They get to "do penance" for their massively-unearned massive wealth by agitating for socialism while actually giving up precisely nothing.
Win-win, huh? Except for everyone else.
Anyway.
Democrats are pissed at this pair of political hustlers for foisting the Humble Oysterrapist on them, and they're opening all their dirt files on the two.
This report suggests a reason for Daniel Moraff not being too distressed about Graham Platner's history of rape and sexual violence.
PA. - Yesterday, Payday Report learned that Congresswoman Summer Lee barred Moraff from her 2022 congressional campaign after receiving at least three complaints of sexual misconduct against Moraff.
Now, Moraff, who recruited Graham Platner to run for Senate in Maine, is at the center of a massive controversy after he admitted that he spent only a few days vetting Platner, who just withdrew from the Senate race after he was accused of rape.
Given the fact that both Congresswoman Lee and Justice Democrats stopped working with Moraff following these accusations, questions have been raised about why so many on the left trusted him to give a thorough vetting and assessment of Platner.
"Birds of a feather, flock together and Moraff and Platner were predators," said one woman, who says she was sexually harassed while working to elect Congresswoman Lee.
Obviously he's trying to save face but it's also kind of hilarious that Platner talks such a big game about being a people-powered movement and giving the middle finger to the establishment but then his ostensible excuse for quitting is that he won't get DSCC money. https://t.co/rabU4vzC3v
In response to someone asking why the video tape doesn't show Tyler Robinson's face (PS, it does, but it's crappy video so it's blurry):
Candace Owens
@RealCandaceO
Because as I demonstrated on my show, there were MANY young men that all woke up and decided to dress in Maroon shirts and light shorts on the day of the Charlie's assassination.
The footage can be any one of these young men and in my opinion is likely multiple of them.
If Tyler Robinson's defense would like to contact me-- I'd be happy to supply them the folder of the maroon boys that I began archiving when I noticed the bizarre fashion trend.
I have thus far ID'd two of them, but will focus on IDing the rest of them when I am back on air.
I have maintained that the Feds had multiple decoy maroon boys on the ground that day. Without a clear image, they certainly cannot declare it is Tyler Robinson which is why all the Zionist influencers are hoping they can simply hypnotize the public into trusting blurry images and videos.
For such an "open and shut case" they have thus far provided ZERO evidence of anything outside of a criminal government conspiracy, the likes of which hasn't been seen since the JFK assassination.
More "fedslop" that Cavernous Nostrils is too smart to be taken in by:
Blake Neff
@BlakeSNeff
BREAKING: Lance Twiggs says that Robinson admitted to him in-person on Sept. 11 that the message he had sent the night before (presumably, messages sent while he was trying to retrieve his rifle the night of Sept 10) was true. He says Robinson told him "He wishes he hadn't done it."
Fenix Ammunition
@FenixAmmunition
Photos of the ammunition recovered from Tyler Robinson.
Remington headstamp on the case and despite the somewhat low resolution on the photo you can see the somewhat blunted nature of the projectile's tip.
This is a Remington Cor-Lokt soft point round. It's SPECIFICALLY designed to deform, slow down, and prevent an exit wound. Available at literally every single gun store and sporting goods store that sells ammunition.
In fact, 16 out of the 17 .30-06 varieties manufactured by Remington use some type of expanding, deforming, or fragmenting bullet. Only ONE of their products uses a full metal jacket projectile that could/would be expected to leave an exit wound.
Here's a clip of them sitting in my desk.
This has been the most easily debunked claim of their entire web of lies and it's really mind blowing considering this is exactly what you would choose for an assassination.
But yeah, definitely keep getting all your information from the DEI hire and the Portland pizza boy. I'm sure they know more about this than I do.
Post here, showing Tyler Robinson's ammunition, matching this guy's own box. And it is an expanding-tip hollow-point round.
Boy these Internet Experts (TM) sure do get a lot of things wrong.
Lost 70s Mystery Click And a song with another song as an intro, too: Be it sight, sound, smell, or touch
There's something
Inside that we need so much
The sight of a touch, or the scent of a sound
Or the strength of an oak with roots deep in the ground
The wonder of flowers to be covered and then to burst up
Thru tarmac, to the sun again
Boy do they look like absolute dorks.
Lost 70s Mystery Click Doing alright
A little jiving on a Saturday night
And come what may
Gonna dance the day away
Jenny was sweet
She always smiled for the people she'd meet
On trouble and strife
She had another way of looking at life
Podcast: Is Kentucky's long nightmare over? Maine's resident Nazi might be out, NATO making progress, or is it a fake, Le Pen in France might have a shot, Democrats are simply pinch-faced scolds who hate America, but is our youth going to revitalize the country...and more!
Forgotten 80s Mystery Click It happened one summer, it happened one time
It happened forever, for a short time
A place for a moment, an end to dream
Forever I loved you, forever it seemed
One summer never ends, one summer never began
It keeps me standing still, it takes all my will
An Update about Grammie Winger: She is doing poorly...she is in the hospital and is having a tough go of it. She would love to hear from you folks, so anyone who would like to contact her is welcome to her address! Please contact Bluebell at moroncookbook@gmail.com for her contact info. (I expect her local post office to be furious with us!) [CBD]
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