Monday Overnight Open Thread (7/22/24)

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“We have to maintain decorum in this committee, no matter how upset we get.” Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D-MD)

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"Canberra is advanced in clean energy and renewable initiatives. The city has ambitious targets to achieve net zero emissions by 2045, and this is evident in the ongoing electrification and adoption of renewable energy sources throughout the area." Bryden Campbell, co-founders of Brand Rebellion

The man who beat Corn Pop.

Oh boo-hoo. Karma Is A Bitch and about time.

Getting a Home Depot Employee Fired for Calling for Trump's Assassination Is Still Cancel Culture
Libs of TikTok is blasting out screenshots of random people's offensive posts to her millions of followers in hopes of claiming their scalps.

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What a bummer, the George Foreman Grill is no longer 29.

The spectacular rise and surprising staying power of the George Foreman Grill

Leon Dreimann still remembers the flashing red lights.

He was at the QVC Studios in Pennsylvania watching his business partner George Foreman chat with two co-hosts during a TV spot for Foreman’s namesake grill. The pair got carried away in their conversation and forgot about the heavyweight prizefighter standing with them. Foreman improvised, grabbing a burger fresh off the grill, placing it between two buns, and taking a bite on live TV.

Suddenly, the phone lines were overrun with callers. QVC shifted into emergency mode.

“Literally, a red siren light starts blaring in every corridor,” says Dreimann, then the CEO of Salton, Inc., the exclusive seller of the Foreman Grill.

Workers at the QVC Studios called it “going red.” Dreimann says he looked on as janitors, accountants, and warehouse workers stopped what they were doing and grabbed the nearest phone, taking sales calls to assist the overwhelmed operators — the fervor induced entirely by the boxer’s snap decision to eat a hamburger.

Such was the allure of Foreman and the George Foreman Grill during its late 90s and early 2000s heyday.

This year marks the 30-year anniversary of the grill, officially known as the George Foreman Lean Mean Fat Reducing Grilling Machine. After a slow start, it became an indelible part of ‘90s consumer culture and the world’s most popular product for cooking hamburgers, hot dogs, salmon, and just about everything else (Oprah Winfrey preferred it for bacon).

Sometimes while drafting The ONT I really come upon some things that I have a hard time getting out of my mind. The human race is quite..........

'Penis facials' remain Hollywood's most alarming beauty trend

It’s becoming increasingly clear that there’s nothing celebrities won’t do for beauty, especially when it comes to their skin

From Kim Kardashian’s famous predilection for so-called “vampire facials” to Victoria Beckham’s enthusiasm for bird poo-infused face cream, society’s elite seem willing to go to any lengths to preserve their glowing complexions.

However, Cate Blanchett’s preferred treatment must surely be the winner in the weirdness stakes. It is known simply as “the penis facial”.

Don't worry Paul Joseph Watson, MushHead doesn't have the nuclear codes, ***Dr. ***Jill does........

Unfortunately Mother Nature takes lives. Even those who are in the armed forces. Closing a beach for because of a death is an overreaction.

Authorities at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington State closed recreational access to its beaches this week, following the death of an Army soldier who drowned on Monday, July 15.

Joint Base Lewis-McChord, jointly operated by the Army and the Air Force, announced the closures on Thursday, July 18. The closure specifically affects the beaches at American Lake, most of which fall within the installation’s borders, and bar recreational swimming at the lake. The decision came three days after the death of one soldier. In a statement posted to the base’s website and social media pages, base leadership said that the beaches are indefinitely closed, and that a safety investigation is currently underway.

When you are busing reminiscing about your poor uncle being eaten by cannibals it's hard to keep up with what is needed in the military.

Shocking Reuters Report: NATO’s Unfixable Shell Shortage

If Reuters’s reporting is correct, it reveals a major problem for the U.S. military in securing ammunition. No one has ever mentioned this problem, which is largely inconceivable. Like so many government problems, it has absurd origins.

Since Russia seized Crimea in 2014, policymakers in America and Europe repeatedly failed to address warnings about the sorry condition of the West’s munitions industry.

One fortunate hiker................

And one fortunate sky diver. Who should learn the following rule of life Number 19. Be careful for what you wish for.

NEW YORK (AP) — Officials on Sunday released the name of a pilot who died in a skydiving flight after her passengers jumped from the aircraft near the Niagara Falls.

Melanie Georger, 26, was the only person on board when the single-engine Cessna crashed Saturday, the Niagara Country Sheriff's Office said in a statement. Georger, of Towanda, New York, was working to become a commercial pilot, her father said Saturday in a statement on Facebook.

“My beloved daughter, my best friend and one of the two lights of my life passed away suddenly today,” Paul Georger wrote.

Regular lurkers and commenters know that, "The ONT Is Always Looking Out For Them."^TM
Tonight is no different!

New Research Indicates That How Often You Poop Could Predict Your Health – Are You in the “Goldilocks Zone”?

Researchers at the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) have found significant correlations between age, sex, and BMI, and the frequency of bowel movements.
Everybody poops, but not every day. New research from the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) indicates that the frequency of bowel movements is connected to long-term health.

No musical history tonight.......

The following video is a long distance dedication from commenter tankdemon.

The emperor's helper is also tonight's: Genius Award Winner.

The Emperor’s helper had no clothes, Florida police say.

Following recent reports about a male intruder sleeping inside a Vero Beach apartment complex stairwell, an officer on foot patrol yesterday found the suspect standing inside a common room at around 3 AM.

Gregory Gornell, 44, was “fully nude,” according to an arrest report, and told police that he “was staying at the facility because he was the emperor’s helper.”

Seen at right, Gornell reportedly told the officer that the building--an independent living community for residents over the age of 62--was “under new management and that the emperor told him that he could stay there.”

The following story even caused a certain misanthrope to smile. Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day.

At the age of 7, Dawson lived in fear that he and his older brother Dalton wouldn’t get the chance to grow up together because they were floundering in foster care.

Adoption would be difficult because Dalton has cerebral palsy and epilepsy, is nonverbal, and a quadriplegic. Although several families were interested in Dawson, he was worried that finding a forever home could lead to separation.

Thankfully, with help from the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption and Florida parents Robbin and Steven, the boys are now together—and thriving.


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