Sunday Overnight Open Thread (3/5/23)

Quote I

“No matter what our differences may be, as people who cherish peace, security, and freedom, we have no time to waste. Our country is calling on us.” Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI)

Quote II

‘Jesus made a difference in my life. That’s not anything I’ll apologise for. I have found great peace in my faith and in Jesus.’Actor Kelsey Grammer

Quote III

"If you have an economic system in which pharmaceutical companies benefit from medical emergencies, where a military industrial complex benefits from war…you are going to generate states of perpetual crisis" English comedian and viral podcaster, Russell Brand

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“I feel like if she was a man and he was a little girl, it would definitely be different. They would be seeking more. I feel like because he is not a woman, they are not. They are having compassion for her.” Non-identified mother of 13 year old boy

Oh fuck. I'm so dissapointed.

Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said he will not seek the 2024 GOP presidential nomination.

"I did give it serious consideration, and I talked to people everywhere, and I talked to my family, and it was a tough decision, but I’ve decided that I will not be a candidate for the Republican nomination for president," Hogan told CBS’s "Face the Nation" in a sit-down interview to air in full Sunday.

"It’s really mostly about the country and about the party," Hogan said. "The personal decision – it was like, I didn’t need that job. I didn’t need to run for another office… I was considering it because I thought it was a public service, and maybe I could make a difference."

Hey Larry, do you want to make a difference? Stay out of the buffet lines.

It isn't like he said, "Hey, Will Smith eats sloppy seconds." Although he could have.

SO worth the wait: Chris Rock finally answers Will Smith Oscar slap – dishes on Jada’s ‘entanglements’

There are some things in life that are absolutely worth waiting for — True love, the birth of a child, and Chris Rock’s no-holds-barred reaction to Will Smith smacking him in the face in front of the world come to mind…

The comedian took the stage at the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore, Maryland, on Saturday in what was Netflix’s first live-streaming event — “Selective Outrage” — and, nearly a year after Smith ordered him to “keep my wife’s name out of your f**king mouth!”, landed blow after blow after hysterical blow against Smith, his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, and the truth about who instigated the entire shocking scene.

Do you like snacks? Do you buy your snacks at Trader Joe's? There might be some sadness in your world real soon.

GOODBYE FOREVER Six Trader Joe’s snacks you’ll never see again – and fans are mourning their loss

TRADER Joe's is notorious for getting rid of fan-favorite snacks, leaving shoppers searching for the next best thing.

Fans of Trader Joe's swear by the store's creative snacks and are constantly trying new products.

It's been years since I purchased Girl Scout Cookies. It looks like it will be years before you or I can buy Raspberry Rally Girl Scouts cookie

Girl Scouts’ sold-out cookie is available on eBay. The Scouts are not pleased

The Raspberry Rally Girl Scouts cookie, a raspberry-flavored version of the beloved Thin Mint, was always supposed to be a limited edition item. Just not this limited.

The new Girl Scouts cookie sold out in hours. Now, people desperate to try it can search eBay.

The Girl Scouts would really rather you didn’t, though.

This is hard to believe. There are some adults yet in the HR world.

Resumes including ‘they/them’ pronouns are more likely to be overlooked, new report finds

Inclusivity shouldn’t just be present in the workplace — it should be practiced during the hiring process as well. But unfortunately, nonbinary job seekers are facing clear biases during their job search.

According to a new report from Business.com, a business resource platform, over 80% of nonbinary people believe that identifying as nonbinary would hurt their job search. Similarly, 51% believe their gender identity has affected their workplace experience “very or somewhat negatively.”

It's early 2023. But, I'm already tired of President Trump's latest campaign.

OXON HILL, Maryland — Former President Donald Trump took on establishment Republicans, telling CPAC he is ready to "complete the mission" he started when he was elected to the White House in 2016.

"The Republican Party was ruled by freaks, neocons, open border zealots, and fools," Trump told CPAC, closing the four-day conference on Saturday. "We're never going back to the party of Paul Ryan, Karl Rove, and Jeb Bush."

What a self-centered little twat. Your job = Trading time for money. You are appreciated you are employed.

‘Unless your CEO is Pedro Pascal, I would riot’: Worker mocks her company’s Employee Appreciation gift to her
'And I thought the blanket I got was bad.'

Have you ever felt undervalued and underappreciated at work? A recent viral TikTok perfectly captures this frustration many employees experience when companies fail to recognize their contributions.

Just practice for the Feds when the shit hits the fan.

So, the Federal Government Is Shooting Cows From Helicopters in New Mexico

This weekend, cows roaming in southwest New Mexico's Gila National Forest are being hunted from helicopters after the United States Forest Service (USFS) decided to move forward with plans to use "lethal methods" to "remove...approximately 150 head of cattle" in Gila National Forest's second chopper hunt in as many years.

Despite the federal reserve covering more than three million acres, apparently these 150 cows need to be gunned down from above "to protect public safety, threatened and endangered species habitats, water quality, and the natural character of the Gila Wilderness."

The Forest Service says the cattle set to be shot from helicopters are "feral" and "have been aggressive towards wilderness visitors, graze year-round, and trample stream banks and springs, causing erosion and sedimentation."

Yet seagulls rats with wings are protected.

I realize this isn't very Christian. But.....I hope there is a special place in hell for this megalomaniac.

According to a soon-to-be-released report from watchdog group Open The Books, Dr. Anthony Fauci nearly doubled his personal wealth during the peak pandemic years; 2019 through 2021.

…it increased from $7.6 million to $12.6 million. Not bad, doc.

During a Tuesday night interview, Open the Books founder Adam Andrzejewski joined The Evening Edit on Fox Business to discuss Fauci, China, and more in the wake of the Department of Energy’s findings that COVID-19 likely originated from a lab leak in Wuhan.

And Andrzejewski dropped some bombs.

“We’re letting China get away with too much,” Andrzejewski said. “And it’s been going on for decades. It’s a Chinese strategy. For example, last fall, our organization at OpenTheBooks.com openthebooks.com, we highlighted the strider technologies report, where up to 150 former employees of the los alamos national lab, our crown jewel national lab, aren’t working in America anymore. They’re working back in China on behalf of the Chinese communist party and against our military national interests…”

Andrzejewski went on to address the wealth Fauci accumulated while putting millions of hard-working Americans out of their jobs.

On this day: 5 Mar 1982
Actor and singer John Belushi died from an overdose of cocaine and heroin. Belushi was one of the original cast members on US TV's Saturday Night Live, played Joliet 'Jake' Blues in The Blues Brothers and also appeared in the film Animal House. His tombstone reads "I may be gone, but rock n roll lives on." via thisdayinmusic.com

On this day: 5 Mar 1995
Viv Stanshall of The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band was killed in a house fire. The English singer-songwriter, painter, musician, author, and poet is best known for his work with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, for his surreal exploration of the British upper classes in Sir Henry at Rawlinson End, and for narrating Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells. via thisdayinmusic.com

Opinions are like noses, everyone has one, unless you are a leper.

Led Zeppelin solo albums ranked worst to best.
They weren't immune to the odd partial reunion, whether that's Jimmy Page's turn on John Paul Jones' 1985 soundtrack Scream for Help or Page's guest appearance on the subsequent Robert Plant album Now and Zen. Page and Plant also released a pair of shared projects into the '90s, but the trio never produced another major studio record together.

Ironically, some of their highest-profile successes emerged from collaborations with others.

Jones' only Top 20 LP outside of his time with Zeppelin was with Them Crooked Vultures, a supergroup featuring Dave Grohl and Josh Homme. Page's lone Top 5 Billboard hit album was recorded alongside David Coverdale; his only chart-topping single came courtesy of the Firm's "Radioactive," which went to No. 1 on Billboard's Top Rock Tracks chart in 1985. Plant never had an album go higher than No. 2, last matched by 2007's Raising Sand with Alison Krauss.

So much for work place romances. Genius Award Winners.

Cops: Stripper Battered Ex With Cash "Wad"
Man struck in head with "large amount of rolled up money"

MARCH 3--A Florida stripper is facing a domestic battery charge after allegedly striking her ex-boyfriend in the head with a “large amount of rolled up money” that she threw at the victim while inside a Clearwater nightclub, cops report.

According to investigators, Tierah Miller, 29, and the 34-year-old victim both work at the Baby Dolls strip club. The pair dated for six months before separating about a week before Miller allegedly battered her ex.

As charged in a criminal complaint, Miller and the victim, a security guard, were working together at Baby Dolls earlier this week when the man “attempted to walk across the stage to speak to another coworker.” Miller allegedly responded by taking “a wad of money” and throwing it “at the victim’s head hitting

At least she didn't fling a couple of rolls of quarters. That would have left a mark.

The Kinder, Gentler Mis. Hum.............

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