Overnight Open Thread 8/23/14 (tmi3rd)

Hi there, Morons and Moronettes. I'm tmi3rd, and I'm your attempted entertainment this evening. Thankfully, we have no tropical weather for me to alert you to... so let the fun begin!

On Today's Date In 1954...

...the mighty C-130 Hercules flew for the first time.

Via xbradtc:

On the 23rd of August, 1954, the first C-130 Hercules took to the air. They’ve been in production ever since. That’s an incredible 60 years. They’re still rolling off the lines.

I’ve ridden in Hercs flown by the active Air Force, the Air Force Reserves, the Air National Guard, and even by the Marines.

The Hercules is best known as a tactical intra-theater airlifter, moving up to 92 troops, or 64 paratroopers. That’s still its primary job.

But such a sound basic design has lent it to adaptation to other roles as well. Famously, the various gunship versions of the AC-130 have been with us for well over 40 years. But it also served as a maritime patrol plane, a search and rescue platform, and electronic reconnaissance bird, an airborne command post, and airborne early warning radar post, an aerial ambulance, a weather reconnaissance plane, a drone launcher and controller, a special operations platform, a bomber, a tanker, a firefighter, an electronic jammer, a psychological operations platform, VIP transport, civilian freighter, and a satellite recovery system.

Also via xbradtc:

WHAT. THE. ACTUAL. HELL?!

It's been annouced that Kari Byron, Grant Imahara, and Tory Belleci will not be returning to MythBusters next season.

A Mythbusters cast change announcement this evening left fans stunned, horrified and heartbroken. As the Season 9 finale closed, Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage made the announcement, alternating portions of the speech.

I watched MythBusters from before Kari, Grant, and Tory came aboard. It was fun then, but their addition gave the show a needed breath of fresh air. As such, I think this is a very questionable move at best. I protest by posting this pic of Kari Byron (thanks to xbradtc for the pic and link):

HE DID WHAT?!

Man who worked in morgue admits to having sex with up to 100 corpses

Kenneth Douglas, of Hamilton Co. , Ohio, admitted in court that he sexually abused three corpses while he was drunk or on drugs, but he had sex with up to 100 bodies, he said in a deposition.

“I would just get on top of them and pull my pants down,” said Douglas, who worked the night shift at the morgue from 1976 to 1992.

That's bad enough. But there's more?!

A Man Known As ‘The Penis Collector’ Was Found With Jars Of Human Penises In His Home

A 52-year-old Croatian man nicknamed “The Penis Collector” was arrested after police found him with “jars and jars” of human penises preserved in formaldehyde in his home. Don’t worry though, because while this story had the potential to be really f*cking horrifying, it’s only just “pretty horrifying,” because thankfully these penises were not actually attached to living people at the time of their removal. So on the plus side, he’s not a murderer, just your garden variety wiener-collecting pervert. Whew!

I'm Reminded It's Caturday, So...

On A Slightly More Serious Note...

As grim as things have been in the world, I'd like to remind everyone of the simple axiom that light repels darkness. Our opposition has fed on anger, fear, and- for lack of a better way of putting it- darkness.

All of us who spend any time at this blog are angry at what's been happening to our nation over the last eight years (since the Pelosi-Reid congressional takeover). I encourage you to distinguish yourselves from the Left in this country by acknowledging that, yeah, things are grim right now, but we can start changing this in November by retaking the Senate (having the RINO discussion later) and by getting a real president in in 2016.

Democrats are disillusioned, and people are looking for something to believe in. That doesn't mean they believe what we do, but they may be willing to believe in how we do it. If you show them a positive approach, work hard, love your friends and family, and take care of your end of things, you can show people a way to believe in something again.

As Andy Breitbart said, politics is downstream of culture. I see it in college kids every day- they're looking for something to inspire them; to make them believe. If you show them something that isn't drama-laden, that looks solid, then you can show them the alternative to what's been beaten into their heads for years... to what they're starting to question.

Sell it to them.

Tonight's Cartoon Selection

Only one of the greatest ever.

That's it for tonight, boys and girls- y'all play nice now, and we'll see you down the road!

posted by Open Blogger at 10:00 PM

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