Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - October 14, 2025 [Doof]

Tuesday ONT time. Glad you decided to visit. Won't you hang out for a while and drop some wit and wisdom into the gray boxes?

Bishop Paolo?

Bishop Forced to Resign After Being Accused of Having 17 Secret Lovers

A Peruvian bishop submitted his resignation to Pope Leo after a Vatican investigation revealed that he was secretly dating multiple women simultaneously.

51-year-old Ciro Quispe Lopez, the bishop of Juli, in Peru, stands accused of having up to 17 secret lovers. Although he denies the allegations against him as part of a defamation campaign by ‘dark hands’, Lopez handed in his resignation to the Pope last month, more than two decades earlier than Catholic bishops usually retire. The Vatican investigation began after an investigation by Kevin Moncada, a journalist for the Peruvian newspaper Sin Fronteras, found that Ciro Quispe Lopez had been exchanging explicit messages, photos and videos with various women. On top of that, he accidentally sent pictures and videos intended for his mistresses to his house cleaner, who alerted the Catholic Church.

“A nun who was one of Quispe’s lovers was jealous of a lawyer the bishop was also seeing and sent information about his affairs to a third lover who got into a fight with the lawyer,” Paola Ugaz, a Peruvian journalist who has seen a Vatican document on the investigation, told The Times. “It was a real soap opera, but also lifted the lid on a serious abuse of power. Many of the 17 women were too scared to come forward because they were frightened of him.”

The Paolo he, how you say, gives mad respect.

GOP To Pick Up House Seats?

Not sure about that potential Dem pickup of 1 in Maryland. Thanks to egregious gerrymandering, we now only have 1 Republican member of Congress - Andy Harris. I live in his district. It is about as red as you can get. But the panic setting in about nation-wide GOP pick-ups sure is is getting stronger.

Leaving Footprints

Such a cool idea.

Anarchy at Yosemite!

Government Shutdown Brings Waves Of Illegal Activity To Yosemite National Park

Just days after the federal government shut down, a wave of illicit activity began in Yosemite National Park. Since the beginning of October, there has been an uptick in illegal camping, unpermitted hiking, and BASE jumping within the park.

Half Dome, one of the most sought-after hikes in the park, has seen hikers taking advantage of the strained resources to score a trip up on the peak’s infamous cabled section without a permit. Recent videos and photographs show walls of people on the iron cables, likely a result of unpermitted hikers attempting the summit at the same time as those with permits.

At this time, it’s unclear how many Yosemite employees were deemed “essential” to continue operations during the government shutdown. But with significant park resources like visitor centers and information booths closing down across the country, national parkgoers are unable to access ordinarily available resources. In addition, national park websites don’t get regular updates during government shutdowns, which contributes to a lack of information to incoming visitors.

The shutdown hasn’t just brought hikers trying to sneak onto famous trails; it has also brought illegal campers, according to reporting by SFGATE. Permitted camping tends to be strictly enforced within park boundaries, but now, people are taking advantage of the limited park resources and illegally setting up camp.

Check out the whole thing. It's soooooo scary!

Albums Worth Checking Out

Some outstanding selections here!

10 Blues Rock Albums That Never Get Old

Great albums stand the test of time. In blues rock, some records feel just as fresh and powerful decades after their release, while others from the modern era already carry the weight of classics. These albums are more than just collections of songs. They’re milestones, defining eras, inspiring generations of guitarists, and capturing the timeless spirit of the blues in new ways. From pioneering works that changed music forever to contemporary records that have revitalized the genre, here are 10 blues rock albums that never get old.

SRV. Led Zep. Jeff Healy. Kenny Wayne Sheppard. Yeah - this one is worth checking out!

DJ Doof - Road Trip Day 3 Edition

Day 3 of my journey toward Texas today. My streaming music featured a heavy dose of 80s hair bands as I traversed I-20. Here are a few examples.

Tesla

Ratt

Kix

80s hair bands - who are your favorites?

Weekly commenter stats for week of 10-12-2025

AoSHQ Commenter Statistics:
Number of posts: 95
Number of comments: 25192
Number of unique hashes: 2055

Top 10 commenters:
1 [607 comments] 'Axeman' [86.21 posts/day]
2 [505 comments] 'qdpsteve'
3 [447 comments] 'TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava'
4 [414 comments] 'whig'
5 [383 comments] 'Bulg'
6 [314 comments] 'm'
7 [292 comments] 'I used to have a different nic'
8 [287 comments] 'Priorities'
9 [282 comments] 'Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon'
10 [277 comments] '18-1'

Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
1 [283 names] 'Priorities' [40.19 unique names/day]
2 [257 names] 'What's this?'
3 [246 names] 'Admiral Rachel Levine, feeling pretty'
4 [74 names] 'Quarter Twenty '
5 [46 names] 'Count de Monet'
6 [26 names] 'Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison'
7 [25 names] 'Axeman'
8 [25 names] 'gKWVE'
9 [25 names] 'mikeski'
10 [24 names] 'Bad Bunny'

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