Monday Overnight Open Thread (8/7/23)


Top 10 commenters:
1 [489 comments] 'TheJamesMadison, contemplating utopia with Peter Weir' [68.62 posts/day]
2 [489 comments] 'Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)'
3 [374 comments] 'Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden'
4 [335 comments] 'whig'
5 [333 comments] 'Skip'
6 [318 comments] 'Puddinhead'
7 [317 comments] 'Warai-otoko'
8 [315 comments] 'Aetius451AD Work Laptop'
9 [309 comments] 'REDACTED'
10 [303 comments] 'Bulgaroctonus '

Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
1 [87 names] 'Miklos gets along well with the Locals' [12.21 unique names/day]
2 [78 names] 'Quarter Twenty '
3 [54 names] 'Matter matters '
4 [51 names] 'Doensn't. '
5 [50 names] 'Duncanthrax'
6 [46 names] 'Deplorable Ian Galt'
7 [42 names] 'Moron Analyst'
8 [41 names] 'Senor Grandpa'
9 [40 names] '18-1'
10 [40 names] 'Moon Dog'

Oh my. Someone did not have a very good day.

‘Help me, Jesus!’: Snake falls out of sky, lands on woman, then both attacked by a hawk
‘Help me, Jesus!’ is all Peggy Jones could think to say during the snake/hawk attack.

Quote I

“The senior prom was like 6 years ago, bro! It’s over! It’s over, bro. You still trying to be the prom queen. It’s a wrap. You took that money. He pop [sic] up this time every year. We know you can throw the ball, bro.” That is, as they say, gonna leave a mark. Former NFL player,Terence Garvin

Quote II

“We witnessed the murder of a young man at the hands of another young man that had gone through the family court Raise the Age process and was a beneficiary there at a minimum of three times.” Albany DA David Soares

Quote III

“women’s tennis is turning into a laughing stock because of these terrible policies prioritizing the mental health and identity of men over women who have discovered a love of tennis.” Independent Council on Women’s Sports (ICONS) founder Kim Shasby Jones

Quote IV

"I really think that is regrettable, and I wish that wasn’t happening right now," American Library Association President Emily Drabinski

Quote V

"I don’t believe we have enough police staffing, and with events like last night we see that we truly have an issue here," Councilman Mike Barbanica

Just a guess on my part. There will be no need to bring up President Trump at this next family reunion to make it interesting.

Two Florida men are facing charges after authorities accused him of throwing an explosive device into his father's home. The Volusia Sheriff's Office said the explosion happened on June 24 at a home on Covington Drive in Deltona.

Deputies allege Christopher Cruz Ayala and his friend Jason Smith used a bottle of Don Juli Tequila, a firework, and copper foil to create the bomb. The men then tossed the explosive device through the front bedroom window of the home of Ayala's father, according to the sheriff's office. No injuries were reported.

Officials learned the fire happened because Ayala got into a dispute with his father for dating his incarcerated brother's girlfriend.

Oh goody. Harry's Razors is "socially-minded".

‘It’s Harry’s turn’: Harry’s Razors features trans ‘man’ with double mastectomy scars in ad

Harry’s Razors may have just cut its own metaphorical throat with a new ad that features a topless biological “trans man” woman with enormous double-mastectomy scars celebrating her first Pride “with facial hair.”

One cannot waive its magic wand to make the green energy appear? Shocked I am.

UK offshore wind at ‘tipping point’ as funding crisis threatens industry
Industry figures warn climate crisis goals cannot be met unless government pumps more money into renewables

Britain faces being left with no hope of meeting its crucial climate crisis goals and losing its status as a world leader in offshore wind energy without an urgent overhaul of government support, ministers are being warned.

The sudden halting of one of the country’s biggest offshore windfarm projects last month could signal a “tipping point” in the construction of new sites unless ministers intervene, a number of senior energy industry figures told the Observer.

Rain clouds gather behind four wind turbines in the Kelmarsh wind farm next to the A14 dual carriageway in Northamptonshire
Sunak U-turn on wind farms in England draws wrath of green Tories
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They warn that a swathe of new projects, which Britain is relying on to meet key climate targets, could also become economically unviable under the existing regime. While the industry has been hit by huge price inflationary pressures, it warns that the government has failed to adjust the scheme that guarantees the price it is paid for energy.

“If the government doesn’t do something, there’s a very real risk that, come September, just before party conferences, the story won’t just be about getting rid of the ‘green crap’ – it’ll be about failing to deliver on the projects they’ve already said that they wanted,” said one industry insider.

Do you enjoy drinking Mai Tais? If you do, The ONT Is Always Looking Out For You^TM

What’s not to love about the Mai Tai? The simple concoction of full-flavored rum, lime juice, almond orgeat syrup, and orange curaçao, smartly garnished with lime and mint, is a crowd-pleaser. It’s tart, fruity, a bit nutty, rum-forward and undeniably refreshing. The Mai Tai is the perfect drink for a hot summer day poolside and is almost synonymous with a tropical vacation.

This delightful and unassuming drink has somehow found itself at the center of a small but very devoted following. The near-religious fervor for the drink has even led some adherents to devote their life to the search for the ultimate Mai Tai. Others pore over old cocktail guides and historical documents. They treat menus from long-shuttered bars like ancient texts to be deciphered. All are trying to glean some sort of hidden knowledge about the cocktail, its history and the legendary rum at the heart of its creation. If these devotees were wearing hooded robes instead of Hawaiian shirts and Panama hats, there would be no mistaking this loosely-knit group for what they are: a cult.

As an evangelical Christian I am somewhat versed in the Sacrament of Baptism. There is a new take on it now by our Genius Award Winner.

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (WMBB) — A Georgia man who broke into a Panama City Beach church had an unusual encounter in the baptismal, Bay County Sheriff’s deputies said.

Derek Porter used a cinderblock to smash a window at the Emerald Beach Church of God on Alf Coleman Road and get inside Friday morning. A woman working in the church heard the sound and fled, deputies added.

Should the need of a small minority outweigh the business philosophy of an airline carrier?

A woman with a severe nut allergy bought every single packet of peanuts on a Eurowingsflight after she claims cabin crew “ignored” her request not to serve them.

Leah Williams, 27, said she spent £144 buying up all 48 packets of nuts onboard, costing almost three times the price of the £50 airfare she’d paid to travel from London to Dusseldorf.

Ms Williams asked flight attendants to alert other passengers to her allergy and request that they not buy or consume any nuts onboard, she told The Mirror, but crew allegedly refused.

In response, the design firm worker from Hampshire says she asked to buy every packet of nuts they had and bagged them up.

“The stewards looked at me blankly like I was crazy and said, ‘But there is a lot, we’ll have to count them all.’ I said, ‘Please do count them and I will pay for them all, seeing as you have left me with no choice,’” she said.

“Eurowings should be ashamed of how they handled this situation and for the way they made me feel.”

Ms Williams said she is requesting a refund for the nuts she purchased from the airline.

Forcing workers back to the office may be backfiring: Flexible workplaces are hiring talent twice as fast as those requiring full-time attendance

Two years into the return-to-office battle, and it’s becoming apparent that its staunchest supporters are facing headwinds.

Employers following in the footsteps of Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan by mandating a full-time office return may be inadvertently making themselves unattractive to job seekers, new research shows.

According to an analysis of more than 4,500 companies by Scoop, a software firm that tracks workplace policies, and People Data Labs, a data technology company, companies with remote or hybrid policies appear to be hiring people at about twice the rate of those requiring full-time attendance.

The research, or The Flex Index July 2023 Job Growth Report, maintains that some form of flexible work is the only way forward for workplaces that want to keep a competitive edge in the current tight labor market.

No word how long you will be on the trails before it runs out of juice.

Why stop at a 4×4 when you can spring for an 8×8?

Finnish company 18 Wheels say they have developed and produced a unique patented suspension for the so-called “eco ATV” that utilizes 18 wheels so as not to overly disturb the soil underneath it.

“Our ATV does not destroy the soil, is safe for nature, and has a significantly better dynamic performance and cross-country ability than any ATV,” said the company, ensuring any doubters that this machine is not a party piece.

No thank you. I'll keep my ICE ATV.

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