Saturday Overnight Open Thread (8/20/22)

The FBI finally asked Marine Corps Intelligence for help. Within a few seconds the Marine Corps called back with this message. “Tell Biden he’s holding the message upside down." (H/T Legally Sufficient)

“The son assumed the dad’s identity, and I suspect that he was probably living with his dad and living off his father,” Calaveras County Coroner Kevin Raggio

30 years into the future some teenager will look at a Dodge Charger and wonder why it was powered by petroleum. Sad. Really fvcking sad.

Dodge is discontinuing the sales of its gas-powered Charger and Challenger cars as it turns to electric vehicles, according to CNBC. The names could be resurrected in the future for electric muscle cars, CNBC reported, but it appears the era of junior troops spending their deployment pay or signing bonus away for a brand new Charger is closing.

Dick Headstones are a thing in Iran.

Ancient cemetery of erected penis-shaped tombstones targeted by grave robbers

Khalid Nabi cemetery in Iran is a very unusual burial site, with tombstones carved into the shape of male and female genitalia - and the history behind the phallic graves is just as curious as the stones themselves

Too many interesting tidbits tonight..............

The following musicians all have a birthday today, courtesy of thisdayinmusic.com.

20 Aug 1952
John Hiatt, American rock guitarist, pianist, singer, and songwriter. His songs have been covered by a variety of artists including Bob Dylan, The Searchers, Ry Cooder, Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Willie Nelson, Three Dog Night, Joan Baez, and Iggy Pop.

20 Aug 1949
Phil Lynott, Irish singer, songwriter, bass player, Thin Lizzy. (1973 UK No.6 single 'Whisky In The Jar'). Lynott died on 4th Jan 1986 of heart failure and pneumonia after being in a coma for eight days following a drug overdose. A life-size bronze statue of Phil Lynott was unveiled on Harry Street in Dublin in 2005.

20 Aug 1942
Isaac Hayes, singer, (1971 US No.1 & UK No.4 single, 'Theme From Shaft', 1998 UK No.2 single as Chef 'Chocolate Salty Balls'). Hayes was found dead at his home on 10th Aug 2008, aged 65.

20 Aug 1948
Robert Plant, singer with Led Zeppelin who had the 1969 US No.4 single Whole Lotta Love. The bands fourth album released in 1971 featuring the rock classic Stairway To Heaven has sold over 37 million copies. Plant had the 1983 solo hit single Big Log. Also a member of The Honeydrippers, (with Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck & Nile Rodgers), who had the 1984 US No.3 single Sea Of Love. Plant scored the Grammy award winning 2007 album Raising Sand with bluegrass star Alison Krauss.

And because I felt like it.......

Three, count them, three Genius Award Winners. And, they aren't all from Florida, for a change.

What goes up must come down, or something like that. Genius Award Couple.

AUGUST 17--A couple had sex inside a Ferris wheel cabin in full view of a quartet of young amusement park visitors, according to Ohio cops who busted the duo for public indecency.

Investigators allege that David Davis and Heather Johnston, both 32, were “observed having sexual intercourse” around 8:30 PM Sunday while riding the Wonder Wheel at the Cedar Point park in Sandusky.

As detailed in a Sandusky Police Department report, four female witnesses who were riding in the cabin above Davis and Johnston recounted seeing the duo having sex. The witnesses--two juveniles and a pair of 18-year-olds--“all stated they saw the woman’s bare butt and the man’s penis,” cops reported.

In addition to observing Davis and Johnston undressed, the witnesses said, “they could feel the cart shaking and see both the male and the female moving back and forth.” One of the minors said she “saw the woman on her hands and knees and saw the man behind her.”

The witnesses said that Davis and Johnston knew that they were being watched and “started laughing and continued their behavior.” One of the juveniles told police she was “very shaken up about what she witnessed” and that “this was very traumatizing for her.”

And of course we have to have a Florida Genius Award Winner.

AUGUST 19--A Florida Man arrested yesterday for allegedly arranging to have sex with a 14-year-old girl told cops that he was “just trying to celebrate” his upcoming birthday, which now may be marked from behind bars.

According to police, Anthony Petty, who turns 62 on Sunday, thought he was talking to a juvenile on the Kik chat app when he sent the child explicit photos and messages, as well as a video of himself masturbating.

Petty, in fact, was corresponding with an undercover detective posing as a girl.

Seen at right, Petty was arrested yesterday afternoon when he arrived to meet the girl at an apartment in St. Petersburg, not far from his residence in Seminole.

Usually Saturday night doesn't feature a Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day. Tonight is different. There are still some Good Samaritans out there in this world. Originally it was on YouTube. But of course they pulled it because it didn't live up to it's standards.

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posted by Misanthropic Humanitarian at 09:37 PM

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