Overnight Open Thread (7-25-2016)

Quote of the Day

Every discussion about bodies - whether in the media or amongst friends - is about how to avoid the horrible fate of looking like me. When you say that you shouldn't have eaten that lunch or dessert, or when you announce your new year's resolution to lose 5, 10, 25 pounds, you are saying that you don't want your body to end up like mine.

-- someone writing under the nomme de gras 'Your Fat Friend'

Status: True.

Valerie Jarrett Scolds Americans For Drinking Beer During A Heat Wave

And instead recommends staying inside with the air conditioning cranked up. Except....

John Kerry: Air Conditioners Are As Big A Threat As ISIS

So then dress lightly and try to catch a little breeze beneath your local wind farm I guess.

Clinton Campaign Manager: Russia Hacked The DNC And Is Releasing The Emails Now to Help Trump

Status:Very likely true.

So It Turns Out That The MH370 Pilot Flew a Suicide Route on His Home Simulator Closely Matching Its Final Flight A Month Beforehand

And the Malaysian authorities kept this fact from the public. Black holes and secret landing strips in Pakistan hardest hit.

Facebook Admits Blocking WikiLeaks' DNC Email Links, Won't Say Why

Which pretty much narrows the why down to one of two reasons.

Mother Jones: Bernie Sanders Can't Figure Out Why His Supporters Don't Like Hillary Clinton

Such sweet, sweet cluelessness on all sides.

Bookworm: No Trump is Not a Fascist, But Hillary Probably Is

This is the article that Facebook won't let her promote.

Rolling Stone Fired Sabrina Rubin Erdely

But won't say exactly when or why.

Rio Seems Ready, Part Eleven

As the world turns its eyes to Rio for the grand unveiling of the Third World Olympics, there are continued signs that the lawless post-colonial slum town isn't quite prepared. Decapitated bodies and robberies are one thing. Crime stats are easily fudged. Zika babies linger, but you put a nice crocheted hat on their diminutive domes and nobody even screams in fear until kindergarten. Non-working toilets, that people are going to notice. The Australian Olympic team has announced they can't stay in the Olympic village because the plumbing and wiring in their housing is best described as 'So Rio".

New Zealand Olympian Robbed in Rio by Men - Possibly Policemen - Dressed in Police Suits

So McDonald's Asked the Internet to Create a New Burger, and the Results Were Disastrous

Burger McBurgerface and Your Contest McSucks.

Pokemon Go Watch:

Gunman Gets Shot by Pokemon Go Player He Tried to Rob

Note the time and location of the incident.

New Hampshire City Police Use Pokemon Go to Lure Fugitives

State Dept. Spokesman Catches Reporter Playing Pokemon Go During Briefing

Cleaning Up a Beatnik Girl (1963)

I think I prefer the before...but maybe dressed in a lighter shade of black.

My Plan: Mate Dutch Men with Latvian Women to Create an Army of Giraffe People

Note to self: Get a bigger island fortress, open a Match.com account, find out what Latvian women eat.

The Yahoo AoSHQ group - it's got the electrolytes and shit.

And my twitter thang.

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posted by Maetenloch at 10:24 PM

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