Overnight Open Thread - The At Last Edition

Finally the ONT is here - your last chance to make the weekend count for something.

RUN-DMC Wishing You a Merry "Christmas in Hollis"

I remember seeing this on MTV back when it first came out. Back in a kinder, gentler time when MTV actually showed music videos, rap wasn't all angry and gangsta, and Ronnie was in the White House.

Tinderbox in Korea
So South Korea is going to start live-fire exercises on Yeonpyeong Island within a few hours. North Korea has vowed to respond and bring "catastrophe" to South Korea. Efforts to defuse the situation through diplomacy have failed and neither side is going to back down. So uh, good times, good times.

Frankly I've had enough of Nork provocations and if the crisis has to come, better it happen when we've had a few weeks to prepare and US forces have surged toward the Korean peninsula.

Well I Feel Safe

Levi Johnston Has A New Girlfriend
Alaskan Sunny Oglesby is 20-years-old and works at a Wasilla elementary school. Supposedly Bristol is okay with his new relationship. Meanwhile fellow DWTS contestant Marlee Matlin has nice things to say about Sarah and Bristol.

Julian Assange Decries Leaks of His Personal Information
Chutzpah:

Bjorn Hurtig, Mr Assange's Swedish lawyer, said he would lodge a formal complaint to the authorities and ask them to investigate how such sensitive police material leaked into the public domain. "It is with great concern that I hear about this because it puts Julian and his defence in a bad position," he told a colleague.

Rumor: Iraq Has Banned The Use of 7.62 NATO Rifles By Contractors

America in Color from 1939-1943
Some nice color photographs from the B&W era from the Library of Congress.

10 Playboy Playmates Who Went Bad
Angela Dorian and Pamela Bryant weren't the only ones to have run-ins with Johnny Law.

How to Hack an Electronic Road Sign
Should you a gullible friend come across one and feel like having a little fun.

April 14, 1865 - What Really Happened
A little NSFW since apparently Abe had a bit of a potty mouth.

Weekly AoSHQ Commenter Standings
Top 10 commenters:
1 [518 comments] 'Vic' [72.71 posts/day]
2 [443 comments] 'Kratos (Ghost of Sparta)'
3 [389 comments] 'CoolCzech'
4 [293 comments] 'Bomber'
5 [273 comments] '18-1'
6 [272 comments] 'iknowtheleft'
7 [260 comments] 'Soothsayer for RNC Chair'
8 [247 comments] 'thisheavenlyhell'
9 [243 comments] 'garrett'
10 [230 comments] 'buzzion'

Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
1 [106 names] '18-1' [15.14 unique names/day]
2 [94 names] 'Chris in Va'
3 [69 names] 'fluffy'
4 [48 names] 'kbdabear'
5 [44 names] 'Mallamutt'
6 [40 names] 'billygoat'
7 [36 names] 'andycanuck'
8 [30 names] 'toby928▒'
9 [29 names] 'Samuel Adams'
10 [27 names] 'logprof'

The group. Yeah.

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posted by Maetenloch at 09:15 PM

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