Tuesday Overnight Open Thread (7/23/24)

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"We are right now testing and producing the elements of this aircraft that we will hope to fly around the end of this year," CEO Brian Yutko

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“The other thing beyond mapping that’s coming is better integration with texting. We know that needs to come, and it’s something that teams are actively working on.” Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe

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"As a mom, as a Black mom raising two Black sons, you work really hard to not have your children have those types of experiences," Tamiko Davis

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‘I would suggest you never do that. To call someone and tell them to disregard a court order is wrong.’ Missouri Judge Horsman

Regular commenter and all around good Moron Robert wants us to help locate MushHead and notify the appropriate people.

The Religion of Pieces is not worried one bit about slavery reparations.

Yemen’s Muslim Houthis are Bringing Back Slavery

According to reports, the Muslim Houthi militias in Yemen are bringing chattel slavery back to the regions they control after the practice was outlawed in 1962.

When they gain controlling power, Muslims have always been prone to enslaving their enemies and the minority groups in their midst. But “officially” slavery has been banned, even in heavily Muslim countries. In Yemen, for instance, slavery was banned in 1962 after the revolution there.

It appears that Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) is one of those fellows who enjoys pissing into the wind.

COMING FOR KAMALA Trump accuses Kamala Harris of ‘$91.5m campaign cash heist’ as GOP Rep. Andy Ogles launches impeachment articles at VP
The Harris Campaign was hit with two roadblocks just hours after the VP's first rally

KAMALA Harris has already hit two roadblocks not even a week into her presidential campaign as Donald Trump's team has filed a complaint on her fundraising cash and Republican Representative Andy Ogles filed impeachment articles against her.

From Winston GOPe who is not a doctor nor plays one on TV. The official diagnosis of MushHead's condition is revealed in this short video.Z

Once upon a time I had a 1974 Ford F250 that could have starred in the following video. H/T Isophorone Blog

Do you agree with the following statement? More Restaurants With Attitude Are Needed - Put “The customer is always right” axiom to rest.

I just heard about this chef who refuses to sell tuna cooked past medium rare. He also won’t give patrons ketchup for their steak, nor will he make substitutions like kale for spinach. This sounds like my kind of place.

As a piece of tuna goes from being cooked medium-rare to well-done, its texture moves towards resembling a can of StarKist. Chefs declining to wreck tuna like this are often called arrogant and elitist, but they choose their profession because of their passion for food, not to please every customer. Ruining a piece of expensive fish (fish isn’t supposed to be cooked dry) just to please a customer who should choose another fish goes against all their training and experience in the kitchen.

As for the ketchup refusal, if a fine-dining chef doesn’t want ketchup in their restaurant, that’s their prerogative. Not wanting to dumb down a cut of beef with ketchup makes perfect sense to me, especially if the chef has gone to the trouble of creating a sauce for it. To customers whining about this, I’d tell them to go to Golden Corral to get a kiddie steak, and get it well-done, like a seven-year-old. Refusing to substitute spinach for kale—or any of the other annoying substitutions finicky, self-centered customers commonly request, thereby messing up a kitchen’s rhythm—that’s fine with me too. Some overgrown brats behave as if they’re at Chipotle, where they can customize all the ingredients in a burrito.

I'm sure this child will have the best mental health professionals that money can afford.

WNBA star Brittney Griner plans to have child call her 'pops'
Griner and her wife welcomed their 1st child earlier this month

WNBA star Brittney Griner and her wife Cherelle welcomed their first child together last week as the Phoenix Mercury star was getting set to compete in the All-Star Game.

The WNBA center told CBS Sports’ "We Need to Talk" that their son was born on July 8, a few weeks after the couple celebrated their sixth anniversary.

I wonder how long this guy survives in the Gray Bar Hotel?

‘I’ll f—ing shoot you right in your f—ing face’: Bodycam footage shows fatal shooting of Black woman in her home by deputy now charged with murder

Once again no This Day In Music. Just some stuff floating through my headphones over the past couple of days.

Perhaps the FBI can figure out who is tonight's Genius Award Winner.

WATCH: Woman accused of dining and dashing forgets purse at Florida restaurant

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (WFLA) — A woman accused of dining and dashing at a Panama City Beach restaurant last week was busted after realizing she forgot her purse inside.

Video captured by TikTok user @missyp711 shows the moment an alleged dine-and-dasher demands her purse, after mistakenly leaving it in a Longhorn Steakhouse restaurant after she bolted from her bill.

Americans are a generous lot. Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day.

Every Time The Power Goes Out, He Takes His Generator To His Elderly Neighbor's House

In a world where news often highlights the negative, it's the small acts of kindness that remind us of the goodness still present in our communities.

One such heartwarming story comes from a wife who shared a wholesome video of her husband going above and beyond to help their elderly neighbors during a storm and power outage.

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