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MOFO KNOWS
by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 313 Comments › )Filed under Open thread at June 29th, 2025 - 5:34 am
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We're not easily offended and don't want people to think they have to walk on eggshells around here (like at another place that shall remain nameless) but of course, there is a limit to everything.
Play nice!
The first night with the dogs was a bit on the rough side. The cats are downstairs, so we didn’t have any problems there once we got the feline members of the family moved.
What was rough was the 1:30 and the 4:30 AM wake up calls by the dogs needing out.
Bailey, the blue heeler mix, is older, and I think we’ll be a little more laid-back. The rat terrier, Ivy, is extremely sweet and is curled up asleep by me right now. We will see how things go as the dogs get settled in.
Bailey’s used to being crated, so we’re going to bring a large carrier down and see if that works for her. If she’s created, Ivy might settle down too.
First vet appointment is Monday, and I know our vet’s staff is going to start laughing.
There’s a lot of murdered sea life here but the video is great. I hope we’re not doing this anymore
A Mark 7 nuclear gravity bomb explodes deep underwater, creating a column of water vapor more than half a mile high.
The test (code name: Wahoo), took place on May 16, 1958 near Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
https://x.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1938970192119230712
Woke up at 7am and checked the weather. High of 88F and sunny which is nice.
Zero precipitation, which I think means it is not going to snow or rain today.
12pm and it sounds like WWIII started and Russia is nuking Houston.
But the sun is shining!
Lunch is going to be poached Cod.
No, it does not mean I stole a boat and sailed into the Atlantic and illegally caught a Cod.
I bought my Cod from Walmart, I have receipt to prove it!
Poached in milk.
https://www.greatbritishchefs.com/how-to-cook/how-to-poach-cod
To be served with sautéed garlic shrimp, mushrooms and a cucumber salad.
Central Banking is war by other means.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/chinas-economy-spirals-no-end-sight-says-kyle-bass
@ Possum:
Lunch, minus the cucumber as they scare the cats.
https://x.com/Lucy_Dynamite/status/1939422598179283252
@ coldwarrior:
Can you explain to me what our world looks like if we got rid of the Fed?
Anybody?
@ lobo91:
don’t let the door hit ya……..
@ Possum:
garlic mushrooms. YUM!
I love this stuff
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The untouched Bronze Age tomb and the skeletons inside will hopefully provide archaeologists with information about the mysterious Minoan civilization. It is a reminder of the rich and complex history of Crete, and it will continue to be studied and analyzed by archaeologists for many years to come.
In 2018, a farmer was attempting to park his car underneath an olive tree when suddenly the ground beneath him began to sink. The farmer pulled his car out from under the tree and noticed that a huge hole which measured around 4ft wide had opened up where his car had been sitting. When he peeked into the hole, the farmer knew he had stumbled upon something special. He called the local heritage ministry, Lassithi Ephorate of Antiquities, to investigate.
more at the link
https://x.com/archeohistories/status/1939252295847571847
I despise Mamdani already
https://x.com/TaraBull808/status/1939419218463883660
A single intercourse with one of the virgins of paradise will last seventy thousand years.
Islam’s obsession with virgins in paradise isn’t just a minor detail, it’s a central, driving force in its theology of rewards.
The Islamic afterlife isn’t about communion with God, spiritual enlightenment, or divine wisdom, it’s a carnal, male-centered fantasy of unlimited sexual gratification.
Islamic texts describe these women as perpetual virgins, untouched, and designed solely for the pleasure of men.
“Indeed, We have produced the women of Paradise in a [new] creation. And made them virgins, devoted [to their husbands] and of equal age.” (Quran 56:35-37)
“Fair ones reserved in pavilions. Untouched before by any man or jinn.” (Quran 55:72-74)
Hadith collections affirm that after every act of intercourse, these “virgins” miraculously return to a state of virginity so the process can be repeated endlessly.
These heavenly beings are not just virgins, they are physically exaggerated to fulfill male fantasies:
Large, round breasts:“Indeed, for the pious there is a triumph… full-breasted companions of equal age.” (Quran 78:31-33)
The Arabic term kawa‘ib in 78:33 literally means “firm, swelling breasts.”
Big, lustrous eyes:“They will have maidens with intensely white skin and large black eyes, as if they were hidden pearls.” (Quran 52:20)
Glowing, hairless, smooth skin:“If one of the women of paradise were to appear to the people of the earth, she would fill the space between heaven and earth with light and fragrance.” (Tirmidhi, 2538)
Muhammad explicitly stated that men in paradise will have endless sexual stamina, never experiencing fatigue.
The virgins, in turn, never get tired, never say no, and are always ready for intercourse.
The Prophet was asked, “O Messenger of Allah, do we have sexual intercourse in Paradise?” He replied: “Yes, by the One in Whose Hand is my soul, a man will have sexual intercourse with a hundred virgins in one morning.” (Ibn Majah, 4337)
Another hadith states that men will be given the strength of 100 men in sexual performance. (Tirmidhi, 2536)
According to Al-Suyuti, a famous Islamic scholar:
“The believer will be given such and such strength in paradise for intercourse… A single intercourse with one of the virgins of paradise will last seventy thousand years.” (Al-Suyuti, Al-Haba’ik fi Akhbar al-Mala’ik)
These “virgins” don’t need to poop, pee, or sweat, they exist for one purpose: eternal male pleasure.
“They will neither urinate, defecate, nor suffer from phlegm or mucus. Their sweat will be musk.” (Muslim, 2834)
“They will be hairless except for their eyebrows and eyelashes.” (Tirmidhi, 2536)
A believer doesn’t get just one virgin, he gets dozens, or even hundreds.
“A martyr will have 72 virgins.” (Tirmidhi, 1663)
“The lowest rank of a person in paradise will have 80,000 servants and 72 wives.” (Ibn Majah, 4337)
While men are promised an endless supply of sex slaves, the fate of women in Islam’s paradise is nonexistent or humiliating.
Women in Islamic eschatology exist only for men’s pleasure, nothing else.
While other religions speak of enlightenment, unity with God, or transcendent joy, Islam offers a pornographic fantasy land where men indulge in endless sex, alcohol, and servitude.
What kind of God rewards faithfulness with an eternal orgy?
What kind of religion reduces the afterlife to a hypersexualized playground?
This is not spiritual. This is not divine. This is the theology of a man who designed an afterlife to justify his own sexual obsessions.
And yet, Muslims claim Islam is the most moral and pure religion.
Islam’s paradise is nothing more than a cosmic brothel.
https://x.com/DanBurmawy/status/1939304888640356423
lobo91 wrote:
Good. He’s been utterly useless. At best
@ eaglesoars:
There are people who didn’t know that about Islam?
From downstairs.
eaglesoars wrote:
I wish he was exaggerating. I heard many of these things from other soldiers and the women are for breeding, boys are for sex came right from Saudis I had to work posts with. They will also gleefully tell you how much they love Americans and how it is so sad they will have to kill and enslave us when Islam rules the world.
Deplorable Martian Overlord wrote:
He’s not. We lived next to 2 Saudi families over the years in Virginia.
It’s been awhile since I told this story so I’ll tell it again.
A hot day in June. My baby beagle, Molly, was 14 mos old and trusted everybody. There were 4 houses on a pipe stem driveway. Ours was in the back on the right. Saudis lived next to us, 4 kids, 3 boys and a girl Noor. Noor spoke English, the boys did not. Their father did, never saw their mother.
I’m at the stove prepping dinner. Shorts, t-shirt, no bra, bare feet. Hubby took Molly for a walk. They get back, Molly RUNS to me, Hubby said the boys next door threw rocks at her.
DO. NOT. EVER. FUCK. WITH. MY. DOGS.
I had just enough self control to leave the gun.
I blew outside, all the kids were there. I told Noor to get her father RIGHT NOW. She ran. He came outside and I shoved him up against his van in front of his kids. I had his shirt in one hand and a fist pulled back ready to go.
IF ANYBODY IN THIS FAMILY EVER COMES AFTER MY DOG NO ONE WILL EVER FIND ANY OF YOU.
I will punish the children! I will punish the children!
NO THIS IS YOUR FAULT YOU RAISED THEM.
From then on, if they were outside and we showed up, they fucking hid. Just for good measure, I let Molly poop in their yard and didn’t clean it up.
I can think of only other 2 times I was actually close to killing somebody
The four FEMA officials who defied President Trump’s orders & purposely sent millions to NY hotel for illegals are now getting fired – FOX
https://x.com/BarronTrumpoo/status/1939447670915133445
The State Department is moving to revoke Bobby Vylan’s visas ahead of his U.S. tour.
“The U.S. will not issue visas to foreigners who support terrorists.”
https://x.com/EYakoby/status/1939447051118412058
@ eaglesoars:
They had better not revoke the visas of The Warning. They have a US headlining tour that starts Saturday. I’m going to San Antonio on the 8th to see them.
Speaking of which, I happened to check the Ticketmaster site for the San Antonio show. It’s completely sold out. They’re offering a few resale tickets, though. The $39 floor ticket I got is going for $135 on the resale market. Someone is offering front row seats in the mezzanine for nearly $900!
lobo91 wrote:
Isn’t that called scalping? Like illegal?
I don’t know what happened in Idaho. The sheriff told locals ‘if you see him take him out’???
Sheriff trained with Mossad?
Whatever. Looks like shooter is dead
LOL latest screaming outrage on X is ” he is eating with his bare hands! ”
Just one example from a US government official.
https://x.com/RepBrandonGill/status/1939489434983883116
So, eating pizza, hot dogs, burgers, fries, sandwiches, chicken wings etc with bare hands is uncivilised and third world?
Granted eating rice with bare hands is a little unusual but they may have forgotten to put plastic utensils in his to-go order.
Happened to me on a business trip to the USA many years ago. Got a very nice lasagna to-go and take back to my hotel room. Got to the room, opened the sack and no knife fork or spoon!!!!!!
I was smart in them days. Shoveled the very delicious lasagna into my mouth using a credit card.
eaglesoars wrote:
It depends on the state. In some states it is. In this case, Ticketmaster actually has a resale system in place. If you have tickets you don’t need, you can offer them through their website. They show up in the same search as regular tickets (which, in this case, there are none left).
I woke up this morning sick as a dog. Ugh. Back to bed
@ lobo91:
Think Ticketmaster will be issuing refunds?
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Bob Vylan had at least 26 concerts scheduled on his U.S. tour.
ALL CANCELED ‼️
https://x.com/Osint613/status/1939696121623773379
@ eaglesoars:
Under the circumstances, they’ll have to. The Warning had two shows that were canceled on last year’s US tour (weather related), and they added them to the schedule for this year. People had the choice of either a refund or holding onto their tickets to use this year.
Possum wrote:
I used a plastic fork and a match and created a tool to repair our washing machine. Then I took a nap.
This Mamdani guy is pure poison. Good thread on consequences of his proposed
policies
https://x.com/Average_NY_Guy/status/1939684550445076810
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1. Rent Freeze on Rent-Stabilized Apartments
Policy: Freeze rents on ~1 million rent-stabilized apartments to shield low- and middle-income tenants from rising costs — especially during inflation.
Why It’s Flawed:
Freezing rents may sound tenant-friendly, but it devastates property maintenance. Landlords can’t afford rising costs (repairs, taxes, insurance), and buildings deteriorate — just like they did in 1970s NYC.
A 2019 Manhattan Institute study found that San Francisco’s rent control policies led to reduced housing quality and decreased supply.
Private investment dries up. Developers walk away. Market distortions cause non-stabilized rents to skyrocket, squeezing the middle class.
This isn’t affordability — it’s slow-motion collapse.
long thread o Medicare fraud
They’ve been tracking transnational criminal organizations exploiting the American healthcare system on a massive scale.
Russian and Pakistani fraudsters were among those accused of literally siphoning money from American taxpayers. Galeotti laid out the alarming details.
“We are seeing a disturbing trend of transnational criminal organizations engaging in increasingly sophisticated and complex criminal schemes that defraud the American healthcare system.”
“As part of this takedown, we’ve identified and charged defendants operating from Russia, Eastern Europe, Pakistan, and other foreign countries.”
https://x.com/VigilantFox/status/1939776469405712587
I hate it when that happens
Over 15 Hamas terrorists gathered for a salary payout meeting in Gaza City. Moments later, the Israeli Air Force bombed them.
All Hamas terrorists at the location were eliminated.
https://x.com/VividProwess/status/1939732419097120939
She’s the Parliamentarian
Elizabeth McDonough stopped the Senate bill from blocking illegals from getting Medicaid
A unelected Senate staffer is thwarting the will of 75 million people who voted to make sure foreign alien invaders aren’t getting taxpayer benefits
https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1939782632117768545
John Thune just approved 1.4 million illegal aliens to get taxpayer funded Medicare.
https://x.com/GuntherEagleman/status/1939813424931680425
Border Czar Tom Homan confirms that a federal investigation is underway into Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for allegedly employing a criminal alien on her congressional staff and instructing them on how to evade ICE.
https://x.com/LeadingReport/status/1939730455450005887
Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:
I used to use a book of matches to set the timing on my socialist MGb.
The check I gave our yard guy’s son was lost and a neighbor found it and returned it. I had NO idea who it was so I got on NEXTDOOR to say thank you.
The blowback was unreal. THAT’S WHAT YOU GET FOR EMPLOYING ILLEGALS and on and on even tho I’d made it clear the family is legal. ICE WOULDN’T BOTHER THEM IF THEY WERE LEGAL (Wanna bet? I’ve known ICE to raid dairy farms in NY, take all the crews to Buffalo and once we got them out made them WALK BACK TO SYRACUSE). We did everything to get rides for them.
Gawd
coldwarrior wrote:
I used my sister’s hair dryer to start my ’57 Chebby.
For all potato lovers
Julia Child’s potato show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeYsNMn_35E
eaglesoars wrote:
more!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc68DPK-xqk
This is a bit embarrassing.
Mamdani has a plan for paying for his city-owned grocery stores. He’s planning to tap into a $140 million pile of subsidies for “corporate grocery stores.”
But that pile of money doesn’t exist. He just misread a government website. (Link in reply)
https://x.com/TPCarney/status/1939840111379726345
Happy Birthday!
THOMAS SOWELL AT 95. With Tom and Mary Sowell at Tom’s birthday luncheon this very day, my wife and yours truly. Happy birthday to a genuinely great man!
https://x.com/p_m_robinson/status/1939814242196365606
I miss drive in movies
The White House, led by Stephen Miller, is exploring ways to exclude illegals from the U.S. census, potentially stripping several House seats from states like California based on population counts.
https://x.com/WHLeavitt/status/1939714645985746992
I talked to the guys from Bur Labor Statistics years ago about this. They gave up on it because everybody lied.
Lipstick, meet pig
Some other interesting tidbits that Mamdani shared in this same conversation:
– He says his entire ideology is rooted in the Palestinian cause. It’s the reason he joined DSA.
– Mamdani refers to other elected socialist politicians as “comrades”
– He says we need more “candidates who build their entire political agenda from this political ideology [socialism]”
– Asked about building solidarity with international efforts, Mamdani points to him leading an “academic boycott campaign” to stop study abroad in Israel.
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@AGHamilton29
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23h
“The end goal is seizing the means of production”
Best of luck, NYC
https://x.com/AGHamilton29/status/1939717333498442199
BREAKING: The Trump DOJ just wrote a memo stating that PPP loan fraudsters will be prioritized for denaturalization, among others
https://x.com/JackPosobiec/status/1939865030419214574
Bondi talks a good game but I haven’t seen any arrests/prosecutions
@ eaglesoars:
Took me several minutes to find out what PPP was.
Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:
Paycheck Protection stuff. I think it started with the whole covid scam
More potatoes from Julia. start at the 14 min mark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P9Bf-h8BFI
The dogs are here. I sent an email with pics and some info on them.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-disrupts-north-korean-it-worker-laptop-farm-scheme-in-16-states/
This article is fascinating. Did not know NK was this active within the US.
I just posted a GoFundMe. It isn’t as big of a crisis as other people, but I need to repair or replace my vehicle. My income right now is my disability and Instacart. My vehicle is almost finished and I won’t be able to earn anything. Not sure if I can post a link here or not, CW, let me know.
@ Deplorable Martian Overlord:
G’head and post it. If it doesn’t show, I’ll kick the spaminator in the crackerbockles.
lia thomas just got stripped of all “her” titles
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/upenn-agrees-to-follow-trumps-mandate-on-protecting-womens-sports-education-department-says/ar-AA1HMEGP?ocid=BingNewsSerp
@ Deplorable Martian Overlord:
need a link. I can help
Deplorable Martian Overlord wrote:
on 2nd thought don’t they take a percentage? I’d rather just give you full value. Still have my email ady? I know it’s been awhile
rain of lead wrote:
good. now cut it off
andy ogles just filed a motion to return the text of the bbb to what the house passed
eaglesoars wrote:
Yeah I do. I can shoot you an email.
Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:
https://gofund.me/e1fc2bb1
Required post on the 1st of the month.
Last month
06/01/25 weight 205.2
06/30/25 weight 205.6
Lowest weight during June 202
Highest weight during June 207
Average daily calories 2408
Calories from food 1078
Calories from Alcohol 1330
I ate what I wanted, not aiming for ketosis and was never hungry. Had a couple of episodes of fresh Italian bread and bacon sandwiches too!
July is eat the same but dramatically reduce alcohol calories. 1500 total calories per day would be a nice goal. The spreadsheet says I should look great in a Bikini by the middle of August.
Possum wrote:
shoot me now
https://www.theblaze.com/news/liberal-lunacy-foreign-born-rapist-becomes-education-director-in-walz-s-minnesota
Anyone seen this insanity yet?
@ eaglesoars:
LOL Bang!
https://x.com/Lucy_Dynamite/status/1940187769881432232
Did I post this yet?
Is $40k an ok wage?
Tomorrow is Super Hump Day – middle day of the week AND middle day of the year.
Celebrate as your cultural heritage allows.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
Not looking forward to Friday though.
Still watching Julia. Omelettes. No way. Those eggs are fucking raw
eaglesoars wrote:
why do I always forget the link?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N40qglGNRlA
Elon seems to have made travel to Mars something of his life’s work.
does anyone here or anyone you know want to go to Mars? I’m kinda comfortable where I am, here on Earth. Maybe I’m just old.
Also, no one has tried to answer my question: what happens if we get rid of the Fed?
This blue cybertruck is kinda cool.
https://x.com/i/status/1940215093989724510
CBS agreed on Tuesday to pay President Donald Trump a sum that could reach north of $30 million to settle the president’s election interference lawsuit against the network.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/07/breaking-cbs-paramount-forced-pay-trump-massive-8/
https://patriots.win/p/19BZkxfutV/people-are-flooding-the-iceblock/c
waffle house removes egg surcharge
https://patriots.win/p/19BZkxfdqP/-great-news-waffle-house-removes/c
eaglesoars wrote:
When I was a small child everything I watched in black and white were TV shows about space. Fictional at that time. And children’s TV shows such as Thunderbirds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2n0widQ4nA
As I grew older I wanted to be an astronaut, hey even a cosmonaut but I could not speak Russian.
Then came moon landings, looked fun, but the Apollo program was cut short because lack of public interest and what is the point any more. We got so much moon rock back it was being encased in plastic and given away.
Then fast forward to the ISS and the shuttle. Shuttle was used for launching satellites ( which would be far cheaper sticking them on the top of a rocket ) and delivering crews, food, water and toilet paper to the ISS.
Only thing the space shuttle did that really used a manned crew in space was repare the Hubble. I think they fixed a few more satellites also.
The ISS has become a waste of money. What the hell do they do up there anymore? By now I expected them to be manufacturing things on a commercial basis that could not be made in Earth’s gravity. But nope.
Anyway, basis for this rant is I have not seen any evidence of a simulation on Earth as to how you colonize Mars. Yep they locked people in a room for the 9 month journey to see if hey killed each other but no simulation of establishing a colony.
I would like to see NASA or Musk put maybe 20 people in a building in the middle of nowhere, inside the building simulating Mars lighting and atmosphere and temperatures with the habitats and supplies also flown to Mars with them.
Also they would have access to all the rock and minerals present on Mars then see how long it took for those 20 people to grow any food, manufacture an electric scooter, even be able to repair any equipment they took with them to Mars using resources on Mars.
Not happening…..
I HATE 4th July. It messes things up.
Weed whacker and leaf blower day is Thursday!
Not Wednesday.
Also, what does a leaf blower actually do? Here it just moves leaves, grass clippings, beer cans, takeout boxes and condoms in the parking lot around.
Maybe instead of making rockets that colonize Mars Musk should spend billions and develop
A LEAF SUCKER!!!!!!!!!
@ Possum:
There is such a thing. Many leaf blowers can be reversed and have a bag to collect stuff instead of blowing it away. I have one. The problem is that the bag fills up pretty quickly, so you’re constantly having to empty it. It also gets pretty heavy.
@ lobo91:
You are civilized and do not get paid by the hour in cash to walk around for 8 hours making a noise.
Here most of the leaves etc get blown around and, hey look a storm drain!
It also floods here even after 1 inch of rain.
Also, the place where you dump your grease after cooking something Hispanic or the hot coals from the BBQ you just used are in the storm drain.
I could take pictures next time it happens. But I don’t give a shit!
I live in a second floor apartment. The ones on the ground floor suffer, the ones with the big pots of oil and BBQ coals. In 10 years none made the connection.
@ Possum:
The sewers here block often. The fix is to remove the caps on the rodding access ( I don’t know what it is in American, the caps where you push in pipe cleaning equipment )
Anyway, removing the caps on the ground level access pipes allows the sewage in a blocked pipe to just flow into parking lot.
Some rocket scientist thought ” add extensions to the pipe so excess sewage only escapes when it is backed up to the 2ft level”
I can take a pic of that pipe tomorrow.
Anyway, result was when sewer backed up and the pipe draining it had the height extension fitted now all the apartments in that block are empty and “undergoing renovations”
Possum wrote:
All of which is why nobody wants to go to Mars
@ Possum:
No idea how hard it’d be, but I think they need to start cleaning up the debris that’s been left in orbit around Earth.
Dead satellites, tools, etc.
Mamdani is the most dangerous I’ve seen in a long time
short video
https://x.com/iAnonPatriot/status/1940486139347194329
US Federal Housing Chair Bill
@Pulte
calls for Congress to INVESTIGATE Jerome Powell
Powell has kept rates artificially high to spite President Trump, causing MILLIONS of homeowners and buyers great harm.
https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1940439351240142872
So what happens if we end the Fed?
no kidding
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Obama’s Trump-Russia collusion report was corrupt from start: CIA review
https://nypost.com/2025/07/02/us-news/obamas-trump-russia-collusion-report-was-corrupt-from-start-cia-review/
How did this derp ever get elected? Totally off-putting
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This is the guy who wants to impeach President Trump.
https://x.com/IanJaeger29/status/1940518677205733417
Del Monte Foods just filed for bankruptcy.
Theyve been in business for 138 years but this is their reason for the bankruptcy:
-Consumers cutting back on spending
-Inflation
-Trump tariffs
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It’s the most expensive brand on the shelf
So, in Norway 97% of all cars sold in June were EV.
Let that sink in.
The gov’t taxes the gas at almost $7/gal. Can’t find the tax paid o charging an EV
the newest hysteria
Did you know Trump has cargo planes taking deportees out to the middle of the ocean & dumping them.
https://x.com/REMASCULATE/status/1940168809706660283
*sigh*
@ eaglesoars:
being that stupid must be painful.
@ eaglesoars:
I’m about 99% certain that’s satire
right_wing2 wrote:
I agree, there is a lot up there and it is getting worse. I think I recall Rocketlab that New Zealand company had to postpone a launce because there was space debris in the intended flight path.
Going back to my rant about ISS.
There has not been one discovery they made where they can produce something in space that cannot be made on Earth that benefits mankind.
If they had I would have expected them to launch a 6 ton fully automatic production facility into low Earth orbit where it could produce the amazing new drugs, spider webs, ball bearings etc then return that product to Earth six months later.
@ coldwarrior:
Ah, those were the days, weren’t they ? If it still ran crappy on rainy days, it was probably a cracked distributor cap. Car doesn’t start ? Get a hitch over to your NAPA parts store and buy a new ignition relay for $2.99. Unscrew two bolts, same for the thermostat housing, and done. Starts and runs like a new car.
If ya had nothing to do but felt ambitious you could check your timing or clean out your air filter or even re-gap your plugs. 5k since the last oil change ? Time to change the filter if you hadn’t done it the last change.
I always changed the oil AND filter every 3,500 miles and NEVER flushed out the radiator. Got 150k + miles on every American made car I bought while others were getting $100.- for the scrap metal at 100k, or less. I swear it was my oil change regimen that made mine last.
Anyway, I’ve opened the hood on my 2014 exactly twice since I bought it. Popped the hood, took off the motor cover then put it right back on and slammed the hood shut because I didn’t recognize what I was looking at.
Tried again about 5 years later after thinking ‘Ah, how bad / hard could it be ? You must have just been in a pissy mood”. Nope. Slam.
Last year I took it to have a front headlight replaced: $1,200.- they said. I drove away and made an appointment at another garage who had told me over the phone “$!,200 to replace a headlight bulb – you’re kiddin’ ? Bring it here, t will ne $150.- Appointment day came, I pulled up to the garage and was greeted by “Uh, we tried to call you but no answer. Look, I hate to tell you but I’m not going to be able to do it for much less. Its a 3 hour job at least – the entire front end has to be removed just to access the bulb”. Fortunately, for some reason, on the way home the damn thing started working again and has worked ever since (knock on wood, inspection is due next month). I have the money to fix it, thats not the point. Like I said to the lady at the dealership counter: “I’ve got my hands up (but I don’t see a gun). You really think you’re gonna rob me without a weapon ?”. She didn’t appreciate the joke and actually replied: “Well, if you’re going to drive a car like that one, you have to expect to spend more…”. Thats what she said, I’m NOT kidding.
I so miss my ’67, 390 ci Ford Galaxie 500, floor headlight dimmer switch and all (another simple, cheap replacement job).
Good Lord I think they’re still voting!
I simply do not understand what’s going on
Newt Gingrich says a GOP “no” vote on Trump’s bill isn’t just a vote for the LARGEST tax increase in history…..it’s political suicide.
The former Speaker of the House laid out exactly what’s at stake for Republicans about to vote on Trump’s signature “Big Beautiful Bill” tonight:
“A no vote here for a Republican, is not only a vote for the largest tax increase in history, but it’s probably a vote to retire.”
He warned that voting against Trump’s biggest domestic policy win would be catastrophic for any GOP member:
“A no vote here on President Trump’s biggest domestic policy and the absolute centre of his administration is a vote that is suicidal.”
“I think that will be communicated to them in a pretty vivid and direct way.”
Gingrich called out Rep. Thomas Massie by name:
“Massie’s already experienced this. There’s one poll out already that shows he’s at 29% for reelection as people back home realize he’s anti-Trump.”
He left no room for doubt about what this vote means:
“In the end this is real simple for Republicans: President Trump has staked EVERYTHING on moving the economy, on reforming the government, on freeing up energy, on a whole range of issues in THIS bill.”
“The people have been working for this bill for 14 months and you’re either on the team or you’re not on the team.”
“Is the bill perfect? No, it’s not perfect.”
https://x.com/VigilantFox/status/1940595485598699562
Procedural vote to ADVANCE expected to pass around 6am, full vote to follow. -Fox News
https://x.com/ExxAlerts/status/1940655154891837527
Speaker Johnson aims to wrap up the rule vote on the Big Beautiful Bill by 3:30am here in DC, per Punchbowl
And he aims for final passage by 6:30am, as Hakeem Jeffries will most likely come speak on the floor to waste more time.
We’re moving here.
https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1940663936074023330
Vote to advance the bill has passed.
Don’t ask me how Speaker Johnson did it but he did
Looks interesting
The ‘Great Dying’ wiped out 90% of life, then came 5 million years of lethal heat. New fossils explain why
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/02/climate/great-dying-extinction-tipping-point-tropical-forests
@Coldwarrior
I will be in your old stomping grounds tomorrow. You want anything from that city while I am there?
This should be good:
huh
https://www.edgarindex.com/2025/07/01/class-action-lawsuit-filed-against-pelosi-by-j6-participants/
eaglesoars wrote:
Satire…
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
X is useless for news, politics and religion.
Also sports. I hate sports except for the 1966 World cup final when England beat Germany. And yes I did have a World Cup Willie!
https://worldcupwillie.com/
X is awesome for discussions on tillers and their operation, growing tomatoes in a bucket and Mung beans….
@ Possum:
Mung beans, aka bean sprouts when sprouted.
Last night I started Saturday evening meal. A stir fry.
This planning meals three days in advance is a pain in the ass sometimes, but worth it.
Excersise update.
No noticeable visual differences to my body. Still have noodle arms but the number of arm curl reps during commercials ( I now pause the movie ) both right and left arms is up to 50 before 51 really hurts and I quit.
Only physical difference is I can now turn a light on and off with that silly twisty switch with my left hand!
Oh, and opening a jar of Walmart medium chunky salsa is easy now!
Possum wrote:
It’s Wikipedia Live.
A.I. is going to kill it, or turn it into Cartoon Network.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
I have noticed that if I post something that is not actually true and there is no supporting data as in I do a funny, then in a couple of days Grok cites my totally untrue post as a fact.
Sometimes Grok detects humour, sometimes takes it as fact.
Click on the Grok thing at the upper right of anything you post or comment on and Grok then explains your post in depth.
It is interesting.
OK, an example. And I am a responsible adult and I should not do this when training an AI but Grok fell for the old joke. Assuming Grok is male.
It replied “What’s the song you think they all sing?” as in it is not one of the singers in the shower but a masturbater.
Done with X and done with playing with Grok for a while.
Lunch is pan fried salmon in olive oil and herbs ( on low temp as high temps destroy the flavour of olive oil ) Avocado, cucumber and lettuce. With a side of cottage cheese and a Nectarine for dessert.
Oh and a big coffee mug of Boxed Cabernet Sauvignon which is good for unclogging arteries.
OK I felt guilty and I told Grok the truth.
I told it “” It is a british joke. Anyone who askes what the song is assumed to be one of the 95% and gets laughed at””
And Grok won’t fall for that again…
And as usual Grok wants me to keep playing with it.
Nope!
Lunch.
@ Possum:
Um, actually scared now. Grok spotted this joke as “a classic British wind-up!”
This AI shit is crazy.
Possum wrote:
sounds lovely
I’ll take $500 for THINGS THAT EVER HAPPENED Alex
Biden claims European leaders begging him ‘to get engaged’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/3462361/joe-biden-san-diego-speech-memoir-nato/
@ eaglesoars:
Of course, he also claimed to have talked to French president Francois Mitterand on the phone last year. Never mind the fact that he’s been dead since 1996
Apropro of nothing..I’m seeing a lot of stuff on youtube talking about behavior of black women. I think it’s getting fed to my TL because I watch some cruise videos and they talk about about the behavior of black women on cruise lines.
I don’t feel like going into it right now, but there’s no question there’s a problem in black culture. Ghetto is not good
Just tried twice on X to start a fight.
No takers.
Oh well…
As to arms, they are fighting.
Routine is commercial break and an arm does excersise. Then the weight is transferred to the other arm and placed on the floor ready for the next break.
We got a problem, arms are yelling ” not my turn!!! ”
Accusing me of not transferring the weight from left to right and right to left as we all agreed would be the procedure.
To be honest I am in the middle of this fight and I don’t know which arm is next.
LOL
Possum wrote:
You probably saw this. Someone criticized Grok’s limitations, so I decided to play “Let’s You And Him Fight.”
https://x.com/Hiltonmac2/status/1940643343547224459
I don’t know what’s going on here
BREAKING: Marco Rubio recalls top U.S. diplomat from Colombia.
Why?
Because Colombia’s socialist regime just accused America of plotting a coup—and of being drug addicts.
Rubio isn’t putting up with this trash.
Here’s what just happened—and why it matters:
https://x.com/RodDMartin/status/1940899065711202700
@ eaglesoars:
Columbia’s faltering economy is going to be flattened by the end of the year.
@ lobo91:
And another: “Biden won the 2020 election”
Happy 4th of July AMERICA / Y’all !!
4_Sticks wrote:
Ever wonder what the world would look like if the USA didn’t exist?
Happy birthday to US!
Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:
I hope that doesn’t mean we get to see people swarming the Darien Gap trying to get to the US. We’re closed, sorry
Fingers crossed there are no American citizens living within a two mile radius.
I hope everyone is an illegal!
There is ZERO smell of BBQ smoke so far….
@ Possum:
Oh, and them that knows, knows.
Hoping for no celebrations and fireworks.
Two cats live here.
@ eaglesoars:
Spotted a short video clip of the Darien Gap and why nobody ever built a roadway to cross it.
1. It would be an engineering nightmare.
2. Nobody wants South American trash to migrate north.
Well, I tried on X but very little interactions. I have been shadow banned and muted ever since I called Bunk a bastard.
Current interests of mine on X are why English people only take a shit Monday to Friday and Sunday but never on a Saturday.
Also a discussion of why IPA is crap in the USA but the real IPA is awesome.
Maybe I should just watch a movie and do arm curls when the commercials are on.
Wait, why do the tax cuts last only a few years?
???
I have to hand it to Speaker Johnson.
eaglesoars wrote:
Because they were advertised as permanent.
Possum wrote:
Saturday is for cricket matches.
eaglesoars wrote:
Ok This is just one I’ve collected. The obesity is a given. NIH estimates 60% among black women, about 40% white. I’ve seen stories about obese people being denied by health care providers because of their weight. Until that’s taken care of, no other medical conditions can be successfully addressed. My niece, who WAS an ER nurse, ruined her back trying to move an obese patient. She is now on disability. However in white culture, obesity is not considered attractive
https://x.com/RadioGenoa/status/1941156500963315724
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
Sunday is the day for cricket matches on the village green.
Limited to 20 overs, an over is six balls, per team. The fastest and best type of cricket!
None of the five day 10 hours a day boring test matches.
Ask CW
At least 13 dead in Central Texas flooding, 20 campers unaccounted for
https://www.cnn.com/weather/live-news/texas-flooding-07-04-2025
Camp Mystic, the girls’ summer camp where state officials said more than 20 people remain unaccounted for, is located along a river that rose more than 20 feet in about 90 minutes overnight, according to the National Weather Service.
awful
Eating the last of my Good Value aka Walmart cod..
Not impressed, it is really wet. The pink skin on salmon and the Ahi tuna steaks are great.
The cod is not worth the price. 50% water. And as you all know as gourmet cod eaters then cod is a VERY mild fishy tasting fish. Cod requires seasoning.
May as well be cooking a bath sponge seasoned with herbs and garlic.
eaglesoars wrote:
It is not just on social media.
When you get three small children following you back from the dumpster and they are doing the grabby hand thing and yelling MONEY it is like being in a movie filmed in darkest Africa.
Hispanic kids stay away from me.
Intermittent artillery fire around the neighborhood all day today. The battle has been full bore for over an hour now.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
Neighbors down the street have their Christmas icicle lights on. I told them someone should be flashing them in time to the fireworks. They just stared at me. They don’t speak English.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
First ones here were at 22:13 and still going at 23:50. Very intermittent as in one large one every 10 to 15 minutes.
No bright sparklies seen in the sky though so it is possible MS-13 are disposing of incriminating mortar rounds before ICE comes to arrest them and feeds them to the crocodiles in Florida.
Possum wrote:
alligators
American mother showing her shopping “family of 6 that receives food stamps”
– Goes to Costco, gets everything on her list, it’s free
– Heads to Walmart, everything she got, free
– Next she goes to Target, again free
Family of 6, all taxpayer funded for free
AND she’s morbidly obese. Dumb enough to post it on social media. I’m betting once this gets around her kids are going to get tormented at school
https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/1941360272306004043
@ eaglesoars:
@ Possum:
@ coldwarrior:
@ lobo91:
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
Now THAT’s more like it!
🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgTNx50ehFY
@ eaglesoars:
Her govt gift is over $1700/month
Karen Bass: There is a complete ban on fireworks in Los Angeles, don’t you dare.
Los Angeles:
https://x.com/TheKevinDalton/status/1941364899923493199
I tried letting the dogs out right before bed. They were NOT about to go.
No messes this morning though.
@ right_wing2:
Same here. Cody is terrified of fireworks.
Oh Canada!
Nancy Hamzawi, Pakistan’s new health minister
Sorry for the typo, she is Canada’s new health minister.
https://x.com/DrEliDavid/status/1941508220788629595
We used to have parakeets. They pick up speech pretty fast
5 parrots in the UK had to be separated because they swore at people and laughed about it
https://x.com/kirawontmiss/status/1941226732515885536
God knows I’ve seen my share of floods but not like this
——————-
Guadalupe River in Kerr, Texas.
This river rose 20 feet in 45 minutes
https://x.com/JDunlap1974/status/1941540013369590061
horrifying vieo
eaglesoars wrote:
LOL I knows Crocodiles!
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2025/07/01/alligator-alcatraz-florida-map-crocodiles-everglades/84429578007/
@ Possum:
I know the differences between an American Alligator and an American Crocodile but when being chased by either I do not turn around to Identify what it is. I just concentrator on running faster than the person next to me. The species of reptile will be determined from the bite marks from his autopsy.
Interesting fact, you can stop an alligator or crocodile from chasing you by using a gun, any gun will do. even a .22 revolver.
Shoot the person next to you in the knee.
Works every time…..
@ Possum:
Works with bears, too
@ lobo91:
Remind me never to go camping with you!
Pregnancy and food cravings and I understand them.
Food cravings in general, and I do not mean going to Popeyes every day and eating a family sized bucket of chicken and all the sides for breakfast every day, then McDonalds for lunch etc.
Made a thing last night, half a pound of slow roasted pork, cut into 1cm cubes and placed in a slow cooker on high with half a pint of chicken stock. When 212F reached in went a packet off Ramen noodles. It is now in the fridge, soon to be toileted.
Did not want!
Then made meatloaf, half a pound of ground beef, Italian breadcrumbs, chopped mushrooms an egg and seasonings and baked it 25 mins at 350F.
Ate some of it but did not really enjoy it. Half is left, maybe it gets frozen or dumped.
I has a fishy craving! Is it fish oils, or sodium or just my great great great great grandfather was a Dolphin?
Anyway the cod was a bust, glad it is gone. I has tuna steaks, skin on salmon and canned tuna. Damn, all that is needed is a seaweed salad!
Usual quick cure for a fishy craving is sardines on toast. Sardines in stock, but alas, no bread…
@ eaglesoars:
Mom lived right next to the Guadalupe river.
@ right_wing2:
The Left is doing an outrage about this was caused by defunding the metrological service.
There could be a million ” meteorologists” or just five, and the forecast would be exactly the same as in.
” It may rain but to be honest we do not have a clue ”
And that long range forecast is bollocks.
Currently there is supposed to be a thunderstorm happening here in 15 minutes. Sky is clear, fuck all on the weather radar.
Natasha is outside on the balcony. When she comes inside and hides in the bathroom then I know the thunderstorm is here. If it happens.
dumb move Elon
——————–
Elon Musk announces the creation of a new political party named the “America Party.”
The announcement from Musk comes after his public disagreements with the Republican Party.
“By a factor of 2 to 1, you want a new political party and you shall have it!” Musk said on X.
“When it comes to bankrupting our country with waste & graft, we live in a one-party system, not a democracy. Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom.”
https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1941590698677108806
HOW MUCH??
AOC says she has “no reason” to cooperate with federal auditors investigating her suspicious $22 million net worth.
https://x.com/17QStorm/status/1941563726538084774
AOC has “no reason” to cooperate.
You betcha she doesn’t! Now her bar-keep former job doesn’t even have to pay tax on her tips either!
🙂
@ eaglesoars:
I’m not holding my breath on that claim, particularly with nothing to support it. The people supporting her on that thread were funny, though. One said “That’s not true. Her most recent financial disclosure form only shows XX.”
Ummm…has it occurred to you that that might be the issue? I’m sure Bob Menendez didn’t list all those gold bars they found on his disclosure forms, either.
Finally managed to cook breaded shrimp without the breading falling off! It has taken me years, and when tasting this amazing discovery it confirmed something I always knew.
Shrimp do not actually taste of anything. Nutritionally they have bugger all protein and fats also.
But they taste nice when flame grilled in their shells or battered in a coating heavy in herbs and spices then dipped in honey mustard.
So, thaw out raw tail off, de veined shrimp ( um it is not a vein it is their large intestine actually ) then marinate in crushed garlic for a few hours.
Now this is the part where I got a win. Coat in corn starch then a beaten egg then dipped in breadcrumbs. As per the way to do it. But normally then fried in oil and the breading comes off.
This time I placed the coated shrimp on a bed of foil and put in the air fryer at 350F for ten minutes. The egg, cornstarch, shrimp, breading all fused together!
Into a skillet with coconut oil on high and a couple of minutes each side.
They looked perfect.
Taste like shit. Well do not taste of much really. The flavour of breaded shrimp is not the shrimp it is in the breading.
Like breaded octopus or calamary ( aka squid )
However now I have perfected the air fryer/skillet method of making breaded things I know to heavily season the coating and use chicken chunks. Chicken is much cheaper per pound and actually contains nutrients.
@ Possum:
Oh well, looks nice.
https://x.com/Lucy_Dynamite/status/1941649266960691665
@ Possum:
Actually feeling quite smug that I got the mechanics of making breaded things down. That air fryer short time to get everything to set then pan fried using just a little oil is for me the way to go.
But must remember to season the coating, not the meat/fish.
@ Possum:
All it really takes is letting it sit for 10 minutes or so before frying. I’ve had the same issue when making chicken fried steak or catfish, before learning that.
@ lobo91:
That makes sense. The success I had today when I put the breaded shrimp in the air fryer on foil for ten minutes was not really at 350F for ten minutes. They take time to get up to temperature.
So letting it rest for 10-15 minutes should work just as well.
Thanks.
@ Possum:
Oh, and as a side note not a single drop of rain, no thunder, no lightening and no power outages.
Latest weather symbol here for 8pm is a moon with a fluffy cloud next to it.
In reality no fluffy cloud and Mr Moon is still in bed.
eaglesoars wrote:
When I was a kid there was a talking crow that hung around my yard. By the end of summer it had taught most of the other crows in the neighborhood how to say HI too.
@ Possum:
Put it on a wire rack if you have one.
@ lobo91:
You know what would have been a great help to me many years ago when I first got my ten year Green Card, and then when I renewed it about three years go they would have given me a small booklet o0n how to cook food the American way.
The damn things cost $750 every ten years plus $75 FRBI background check and $35 for fingerprinting and all I get is a little plastic credit card sized thing.
They could at least throw in a $1 cookery book.
Fucking feds, they are a rip off.
@ Possum:
And sticky keys on keyboard. Glen pissed on it yet again. He is a born in the USA Citizen cat.
@ Possum:
Actually I lied. Last time I renewed my Green Card was at the hight of the Covid panic so I did not to have to go to an immigration office in person. They just charged me $750 and used the old picture of me they had on file.
Hey my Green card makes me look 15 years younger than I really am. Cool…..
Happy to see that The Warning made it into the US without incident for the first stop on their summer tour. I was afraid they’d end up with the alligators 🙂
Going to see them Tuesday in San Antonio:
Everybody blaming Trump for the Texas floods because of spending cuts to weather service can fuck right off
Meteorologist here. ⛈️
Let me ‘splain something to ya.
The flood in Texas was caused by the remnant mid-level circulation of Tropical Storm Barry merging into a trough over central Texas containing moisture that was advected (horizontally transported) in off of the east Pacific.
These remnant lows are typically slow-moving as their circulation is detached from the main jet stream flow. So, they tend to drop a lot of rain (we are talking close to 120 billion gallons in this case) over a concentrated area. ️
This particular system stalled over the Texas Hill Country, and caused massive flooding along the banks of the Guadalupe River. Camp Mystic happens to be built on its floodplain where sediment has been deposited by floods for tens of thousands of years.
In 1987, a flash flood on the same river killed 10 teenage campers from the Pot O Gold Christian Camp, with another 33 swept away by rising floodwaters who thankfully survived. ️
https://newspapers.com/image/979014003/
While there has been an 11% cut to the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) staff since President Trump assumed office in January, there was still plenty of warning and lead time.
The NWS office in Austin / San Antonio issued a flood watch for Kerr County 12 hours before the flooding occurred, and a flood warning at 1:14 a.m. CDT yesterday (Friday for those reading this Saturday), three hours before the event. They also declared a FLOOD EMERGENCY at 5:34 that morning.
https://ialert.com/cgi-bin/search.pl?s=d2&alert=11460229&t=Flash-Flood-Warning-issued-July-4-at-534AM-CDT-until-July-4-at-1200PM-CDT–Kerr-TX
Here are the receipts.
Your misplaced attack on Vice President
@JDVance
is also a huge slap in the face to the hard-working meteorologists who worked around the clock to do their best to keep people safe.
Do better.
https://x.com/ChrisMartzWX/status/1941699816792236180
@ eaglesoars:
I don’t know how many trolls I encountered last night saying some variation of that. Utter nonsense. Of course, there were plenty of people who blamed George W Bush for Katrina, too.
BREAKING: Reports of additional an additional wall of water heading STRAIGHT towards Kerrville
“If you’re in a low lying area, move out of that low lying area NOW,” Texas Emergency Management Chief says
HEED THESE WARNINGS!
Rain is continuing to pound the area, and helicopters are up in the air locating this wall.
https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1941956674173956452
@ lobo91:
And look at the times. A lot of these people were asleep
America Party just dropped its 1st video. Yikes
https://x.com/ThePatriotOasis/status/1941932055622787473
@ eaglesoars:
I don’t understand why they stayed in the first place. If I’m camping next to a river that has a history of flooding and it’s been raining for two days, I’m probably going to pack up and go somewhere else. I don’t need the federal government to tell me to go.
@ eaglesoars:
I really hope that was a joke
@ lobo91:
They had PLENTY of warning.
@ coldwarrior:
If anyone dropped the ball on this it was the local authorities. They should have had police cars driving around using their loudspeakers to tell people to leave, particularly all those campgrounds and RV parks. Those are presumably people who aren’t from there, and don’t know where to go or anything. And they apparently decided against setting up a flood warning system with sirens and stuff about 6 or 7 years ago because it was too expensive.
This is what Zohran Mamdani posted his “Merry Christmas” post. A music video mocking the holiday.
If a Christian candidate posted this about a Muslim holiday, it would be disqualifying.
https://x.com/EYakoby/status/1941687051587379523
What a mess
—————–
People who have come out in support of Elon Musk’s new America Party:
– Mark Cuban
– Anthony Scaramucci
– Brian Krassenstein
– Thomas Massie
– Mike Pence
https://x.com/NotKennyRogers/status/1941896935012470894
Chapel Hill, NC is UNDER WATER right now.
North Carolina is STILL trying to recover Hurricane Helene. They don’t need this right now.
https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1942093834000720289
@ eaglesoars:
4 backstabbers and a mt lebo jabroni
I don’t get it. Because Pam Bondi is saying there’s no Epstein client LIST, people are hearing ‘there are no Epstein clients’.
Not true. Several girls have already testified. And Virginia Guiffre is conveniently dead
@ eaglesoars:
And remember the FBI raided his house and took lots of stuff
Not an illegal comment.
https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/after-we-grant-your-green-card
So, no sympathy from me for anyone captured and locked up then sent to a nice hot country mistakenly.
It is a misdemeanor not to carry it at all times and you could get fines of up to $100, up to 30 days in jail, or both.
Do I carry mine? Fuck no. It costs $750 to get one replaced. LOL the fine ios cheaper, and jail food ain’t that bad.
@ Possum:
I can remember my Social Security number for the USA and my British National Insurance number and phone number but that is about it
As I don’t carry my driver license or Green Card when walking to the store I should probably try to remember my DL number and my Alien registration number too.
Or at least write them down on some paper and keep it in my wallet.
@ eaglesoars:
@ eaglesoars:
It’s a cover up.
@ eaglesoars:
@ coldwarrior:
Too many too important peeps from all along the political spectrum are implicated.
The state just sushed it.
I honestly hoped that Trump would bust this wide open just to crush the powers who be.
Sadly, not so much.
@ coldwarrior:
All those women who came forward and testified they were ” trafficked ” by Epstein, some of them for years ( I am no expert but if someone flew me to a private island to be sexually abused then I would not get on that plane again, unless the money was good )
Anyway not ONE named the name of an abuser.
Except the name Andrew ( stupid bastard)
Word whore Bongino musta got a yuge payout to back this.
Possum wrote:
He musta been the sacrificial pound of flesh, not important enough to cover up for.
This is a sad, yet, revealing day.
@ coldwarrior:
While we are on the subject of pound of flesh when I was about 11 we studied Shakespeare in English Literature class. Merchant of Venice.
Can’t remember the exact details but when Shylock demanded his pound of flesh we were all giggling because we thought they was going to cut Antonio’s dick and balls off Mafia style.
Spoiler.
The human heart weighs approximately one pound…
My opinion of this current administration has dropped to ‘whatever’…
I got a tax cut. Cool till 28.
Next
Possum wrote:
Yeah.
The male genitalia, ha! Yeah, no.
I love Shakespeare. Read him all the time.
Lol I’m watching a Rush concert, Neil Peirt just looks like the normal guy at work…
Yep, I do this….amazing.
@ coldwarrior:
Had to study Latin at school age 11 to 13. Two years of it.
End of the course the class had to perform on stage ” A Midsummer Night’s Dream ”
In Latin.
Kids nowadays think they have a hard time in school.
Possum wrote:
I took Latin for 6. Middle daughter just finished her first year. 4 to go.
@ coldwarrior:
It is an awesome language if you are linguistically inclined. I used to be able to read it. Also had to study French for five years. Could understand what was said if French people said it slow and also read it. Even on the Internet now if I come across a Tweet or an article in French I can kind of understand it without doing Google translate.
As to speaking another language my brain cannot. Normal people pick up a regional language or even dialect of their native language within a year.
Not me. After 27 years in the USA my North England accent is just the same.
Ask Bunk….
( Fucking hate Sean Bean, born and raised 12 miles from me and he has a perfect American accent nailed )
coldwarrior wrote:
John Entwistle of The Who was the same way. “Don’t mind me…I’ll be over here”
Possum wrote:
IIRC, the twist was he could have the flesh, but not the blood, so he was shit outta luck.
I cannot get this bean sprouts thing right. I have to schedule the planting a few days before a meal.
Planted a batch Wednesday night for a meal Saturday or Sunday but had leftovers that took priority.
It is now Monday and they are escaping from their growing containers. It is like Day of the Triffids here, and they are bitter. Going to stir fry them tonight and use Oyster sauce and sour cream to offset the bitterness.
I could get Lucy to post a picture of bean sprouts on a rampage but this movie does it better.
Full movie here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4Elc86DMkA
Trailer here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrin0N8r1Ls
@ eaglesoars:
And at the end the woman Portia drove him away in very fast horse and cart and saved him!
That was the beginnings of what was to become 350 years later the Porche car company.
LOL I knows history.
Trump and his tariffs.
Um WE pay the tariff.
How fucking stupid are people.
The countries that export goods and have to pay a tariff when the goods arrive in the USA add this cost to the selling price of those goods in the USA.
Possum wrote:
Looks like, no.
Get back to me in oct
New fun game on X. When someone replies to you with an insult then insult them back with an even bigger insult and BLOCK them!
They can see your insult to their insult but then not reply with an even more insulting insult back.
Sweet!
lobo91 wrote:
Yep, put pylons near him.
@ coldwarrior:
You lost me.
Possum wrote:
Big first world problem. Lol /
coldwarrior wrote:
Yeah really. My tomato plants died, my Bok Choy never got to the first true leaf stage and my six cucumber plants have three true leaves and trying to flower.
Cant get fuck all to grow here.
Does toe fungus count? I can send pictures.
This Musk and Trump pissing contest is funny but difficult to watch.
Musk is doing the pissing on X and Trump is doing it on Truth Social.
A request. Please Musk and Trump get on both X and TS and post the same piss on both please.
Would be easier to understand.
@ Possum:
After the epstine denials, hell, its all circus now.
coldwarrior wrote:
I would really like to ask Prince Andrew who was on the aircraft with him.
Just a casual question.
Supper one was a Banquet chicken pot pie $1 with green beans.
I know, they are filled with nasty stuff but I kind of like them but cannot manage to cook/bake them.
Cooked it in its tray in microwave and then tried to get it out of tray. Impossible. Placed the resulting mush in air fryer for six minutes at 400F and some of the crust went crusty.
Attempt 2 in progress. Put the thing on foil while frozen upside down and removed the tray. 10 mins at 400F.
Then placed the dish thing over the top of it and flipped it over then back in air fryer at 400F to brown the top crust.
And yet another fail. Bottom of pie pastry not cooked and turned to mush. Top was OK though.
Attempt 3 will be out of the dish and still frozen but this tome 400F for 15+ minutes.
Problem is, all out of Banquet $1 pot pies…
🙁
@ Possum:
When I had an oven that worked and cooked them according to instructions the Banquet Sausage and gravy $1 pies are the best!
@ Possum:
Lucy will get it right one day!
Bottom of the $1 pie needs cooking crispy and fast. Then turned over and cooked slower…
Trust her, we got this!
https://x.com/Lucy_Dynamite/status/1942407468333601041
Yep, the former Breitbart, GP, etc all buried the epstine pretty quick.
@ Possum:
Well the mushy pie got eaten with a can of carrots sautéed in a quarter of an ounce of butter.
Anyone who knows food labels knows that a can of drained carrots is 3.5 servings which is bullshit.
One can is one serving for me!
Anyway, end result of a Banquet pie and a whole can of carrots is this.
And I enjoyed it. I love carrots.
https://x.com/Lucy_Dynamite/status/1942426108713959735
Sad day in the usa…no justice for epstines actions.
Now, why would that be? Hm.mm
Possum wrote:
Okay I just spent way too much time searching for the catfight and blockage.
Meanwhile there’s a skunk on our patio cleaning up the cat stuff that the possum didn’t finish.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
Looks like you found it!
Someone told Lucy she had a brain like a pretzel and she replied he had a brain like a hotdog bun..
Really childish, but fun!
@ Possum:
I was hoping for some back and forth sniping before Lucy brought out the big guns. Eh, ya gets what ya pays for.
define ‘disappeared’
Chinese News Report: Three Chinese Cargo Planes Disappeared Near Iranian Airspace; They May Have Been Carrying Military Supplies
https://x.com/MEMRIReports/status/1942495427976388909
posted because it’s breathtaking
Patagonia
https://x.com/Rick1879GuPa/status/1940770361307693355
probably not many will be interested, but I’m captivated.
A chef I’ve just found – Marco Pierre White. Brilliant. Youtube.
One example. The perfect risotto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHxjvgEsTFk
Waiting to board my flight to San Antonio on my least favorite airline (Southwest). General admission is fine for concerts, but not planes.
Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:
There are some real crazies out there. Seriously crazy not slightly crazy like me.
The best thing to do is ignore them, or just poke them with a sharp stick and run away.
I thought ” Hotdog bun brain ” was quite a good poke.
LOL
@ Possum:
Can somebody please disconnect Lucy’s Internet but leave mine intact.
She is arguing with idiots on X about tariffs and cost of raw goods and the effect on finished goods sale prices while I am trying to watch a movie and have to keep re-winding it because I can’t concentrate and lose the plot.
@ Possum:
I did a Google!
Even two studies came to opposite conclusions.
Maybe we should get Lucy her own computer and buy a couch so the other one of us can sleep on it. That would also solve the ” who stole all the blankets at 3am ” problem.
Plus side is cats get fed twice as much….
https://gofund.me/bba8b4d7
Just reposting my Gofundme. Situation got worse. Lost brake pressure today and don’t know why. Needed to work to earn 80 bucks by the end of the day, now I can’t drive it. Phone bill is coming in and going to be rejected by the bank.
Natasha the meteorologist is in a kitchen cabinet and Glenn is by the side keeping the door closed.
Weather radar showing bugger all.
I trust the cats. We will see what happens.
Lunch is, and this is not definite, two 1/4 pound ground beef patties thawing and half a can of carrots and half a can of condensed cream of mushroom soup in the fridge yelling “eat us! ”
By the time I get my shit together it will be supper though.
Really tempted to coat the burgers in corn starch, beaten egg and heavily seasoned breadcrumbs, ( I learned my lesson with the no taste shrimpies ) and let them rest.
Then fry them and make chicken fried steak chicken but with steak fried like chicken but steak. With carrots.
A delivery from McDonalds would be better though…. Not doing it.
@ Possum:
Natasha back out of cupboard. Phone now going stupid with alerts.
Wish someone would tell the alert people that this area is about the size of Wyoming and what happens at the North of this county has bugger all to do with the South.
@ Possum:
All is good! no need for a delivery.
Found some mushrooms in the fridge.
I like mushrooms….
San Antonio is officially off the list of places I might want to live. Not that it was ever really on it.
It’s 94 degrees outside with about 94% humidity. I walked the 4 blocks or so over to The Alamo, and now I need a shower. Fortunately, the concert is only about 150 yards from here
@ lobo91:
However it is the number one place to meet hot chicks in March.
For everyone making vomiting noises then dinner has a 65% chance of being fajitas!
Flour tortious things filled with garlic mushrooms, shredded sharp cheddar ( not the real stuff )and served with sour cream and medium chunky salsa.
I would really like baked beans on toast, but no beans or toast in stock currently. But on my shopping list!
Or a couple of poached eggs on spinach. I can do that!
Possum wrote:
I actually was thinking that there’s some stuff here I’d like to come back to see, maybe in the winter
Fox News reporting that CIA Director John Ratcliffe has referred John Brennan to the FBI for criminal investigation into “potential wrong-doing related to the Trump-Russia probe.”
Comey’s investigation is apparently underway.
https://x.com/TheStormRedux/status/1942721728305561741
pull his passport
horrifying pics
This is the current state of Riodoso, New Mexico.
People are trapped in their houses, in their cars and homes are floating away.
https://x.com/AprilSpark1890/status/1942721003496276184
10 min ago
Khomeini & Trump are on the phone
Khomeni: I had a dream. NYC was in ruins and there were Iranian flags everywhere.
Trump: I had a dream too. Iran was thriving and covered in billboards
Khomeini: What did the billboards say?
Trump: I don’t know. They were in Hebrew
At this time, the National Weather Service has issued a life threatening flash flood emergency for Ruidoso, New Mexico, as powerful thunderstorms have caused river levels to surge an alarming 20 feet in just 30 minutes. Evacuation orders are now in effect across multiple areas. Emergency crews are overwhelmed, responding to numerous 911 calls reporting residents trapped inside homes, vehicles swept away, and buildings collapsing or being washed downstream. Power outages have also been reported, and access to several roads is completely cut off due to debris and rising waters. Authorities are urging everyone in the affected areas to evacuate immediately and move to higher ground. This is a life-or-death situation, and delays could prove fatal. First responders are warning that conditions are rapidly deteriorating
https://x.com/rawsalerts/status/1942718815483158872
nightmare video
I’ve been thru floods but NOTHING like this.
For the second time in two weeks, a Supreme Court justice is using her opinion to scold Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson for not understanding what she is talking about.
Twist: This time, it’s progressive Justice SONIA SOTOMAYOR doing it, patiently explaining that the Court can’t declare an order of President Trump’s to be unconstitutional if the order does not actually exist yet.
Imagine how much of a drag it must be to have the DEI justice embarrassing your side.
https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1942682645567267039
you would think this would have been cleared up in conference before anything gets written down, passed around for review, and apparently her clerks aren’t worth the powder to blow them to hell
An hilarity would ensue
BREAKING: President Trump says U.S. is considering a federal takeover of Washington D.C.
https://x.com/LeadingReport/status/1942639215159697621
*snort*
somebody took Biden’s phone from him
T-shirt of the night:
“Rock’s not dead. It moved to Mexico”
Okay…that was a blast. I think I enjoyed that show more than the one in Mexico City. Not that I regret going down there, because it was such a unique production. But this one was just more fun.
Playing with my best friend Grok. ( wish it was a girl )
and Grok says…
eaglesoars wrote:
heh
Got stuck in the elevator on my way out of the hotel this morning. That was fun…
uh oh
How DEI Cost Lives in Texas: The Tragedy of Austin’s Fire Chief
In the early hours of July 4th, 2025, flash floods tore through Kerr County, Texas, overwhelming communities and claiming more than a hundred lives. As families were swept from homes and children clung to rooftops, the state called for help. Rescue boats were scarce. Time was short. And Austin’s elite Swift Water Special Operations Teams, some of the best-trained in the country, sat idle. Why? Because Fire Chief Joel Baker said no.
The justification was bureaucratic. Austin had, at one point, been owed approximately $800,000 in reimbursement for past deployments. But even Baker admitted the state was paying its bills and that no overdue balance existed. The real reason, it seems, was politics. And beneath that politics lies something even more disturbing: a bureaucracy that values optics over outcomes, identity over merit, and ideology over life.
Let us begin plainly. Chief Joel Baker was not hired because he was the best firefighter. He was hired because Austin, reeling from a fire department engulfed in scandal, needed a symbol. In the year prior to his 2018 appointment, the Austin Fire Department was under state, local, and federal investigation for alleged violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, including claims of both racial and sexual discrimination and harassment. Multiple lawsuits and sharp criticism from across the political spectrum made one thing clear: the city needed an identity hire to stem the bleeding. Baker, a black man with leadership experience, fit the profile. Since taking the post in December 2018, Baker has made it his mission to recruit based on race, sex, and sexual identity. He has said so proudly and publicly. Programs like “Pass the Torch,” which deliberately prioritize nonwhite, nonmale, and nonheterosexual applicants, are the centerpiece of his administration. The result? A fire department that is more diverse, but less competent.
https://x.com/amuse/status/1942955166975553778
more at the link
Apparently Linda Yaccarino has resigned as X CEO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/09/linda-yaccarino-x-ceo-resign-00443742
Interesting maps. Chinese owned farmland in the U.S. All near military installations
https://x.com/FarmGirlCarrie/status/1942948304515739671
Somebody is floating the rumor that Jerome Powell has resigned by I can’t verify
Thank you to everyone for supporting my GoFundMe. I am now considering just getting rid of the broken vehicle and buying something. I should be able to get something up to around 1800. So, I’m looking carefully and searching all my options until gofundme releases the funds.
Thanks to everyone.
https://gofund.me/bba8b4d7
lobo91 wrote:
Occasionally the door mechanism will jam, so you go to the floor above or below and use the stair.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
But sometimes the door marmalades then you are in real trouble.
@ Possum:
Son-In-Law works in a county fire department. In addition to run-of-the-mill firefighting, they do the helicopter water drops. Cool job for a guy with a prosthetic leg.
One day his super came in, said someone drew a penis in the building elevator and sent SIL to clean it off. SIL came back, said he didn’t see any graffiti. Super said it’s in the shaft. Someone painted a 30-foot tall pecker.
eaglesoars wrote:
And here’s the moron on video admitting it
https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1942975951404663208
BREAKING: JFK Airport officials have issued a travel advisory warning after Islamists have surrounded the airport, calling for a “global intifada.”
https://x.com/EYakoby/status/1943026464774865267
video at link
@ eaglesoars:
@ lobo91:
@ coldwarrior:
Oh I’d agree….it must take a long while to go through 14 Terabytes ( “truckload of evidence” from the FBI, as Bondi put it) and then set out the charges for the perpetrators.
She also ordered the FBI to hand over the Epstein flight logs and his redacted address book.
At the same time (March 25), she ordered the FBI to hand over ALL the Epstein related materials in it’s possession that were stored in the FBI Southern District of New York office.
In addition, the DOJ launched a review to determine why the FBI didn’t disclose these documents earlier, and Bondi has directed FBI Director Kash Patel, to conduct an internal investigation and submit a full report within 14 days.
She also emphasised the importance of public transparency, saying, “It’s a new administration, and everything’s going to come out to the public. The public has the right to know Americans have a right to know.”
But then…..the DOJ released a statement, basically saying, they found nothing to incriminate any third parties.
So….everybody happy now? …..nothing to see of interest amongst the “truckloads of evidence”!
And please….no one mention Alexander Acosta!!!!!
I guess, that like the MK Ultra program in 1973, (when Richard Helms and Sid Gottlieb ordered all MKUltra mind control records destroyed) we’re just going to have to wait for 70 years till we find out about the information through an FOI (URL Below)
Still, let’s hope that the Fort Knox gold disclosure promise will still be kept…Musk said in April…“We just want to see it and make sure someone didn’t spray paint some lead or something.”
That’d be nice!
But even better, I’d like to see Jimmy Carters 1976 promise to “make every piece of information this country has about UFO sightings available to the public and the scientists”.
Yeah…still waiting Jimmy!
Even Trump said he had spoken to Air Force personnel who had claimed to see aircraft “round in form, going like four times faster than my Mach 2 super jet fighter plane.”
Nah….nothing to see here….back to sleep, eh?
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/06760269
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
I’m not sure what happened. I got in, pushed the button for the lobby, the doors closed, and then, nothing. No sound. No movement. The door wouldn’t open.
It took them 20 minutes to figure it out.
They were nice enough about it. The manager gave me enough points for two free stays, and they paid for my taxi to the airport.
lobo91 wrote:
How did they know you were stuck?
Greta Thunberg tries her luck at dancing and being cool….
Is it working?
https://x.com/JDunlap1974/status/1942701138966618483
YIKES! Actually she’s trying to be sexy. And she looks like she’s 40. She’s way too young to have a gut like that
eaglesoars wrote:
That’s what the emergency phone button is for. All elevators have them. Really old ones have an actual phone handset behind a door. This one just had a speaker
Hey CW, look at this pic. Recognize the neighborhood? I think it might be the Hill
The historic layers of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
https://x.com/fasc1nate/status/1943113111608623238
Six Secret Service agents were just suspended over the Butler, PA assassination attempt
https://x.com/BasedMikeLee/status/1943103982546883036
eaglesoars wrote:
Not Greta.
From last night’s show:
And yes, that an F5 that she hits at 3:38
You could have some fun with these apps that report where ICE agents are.
Get a few hundred people and start passing on fake reports in random places, like rich neighborhoods or Home Depot lots.
She’s out of her tiny mind.
https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2025/07/10/jasmine-crockett-trump-supporters-tried-to-assassinate-president-violence-doesnt-come-from-democrats-n2191456
right_wing2 wrote:
Heh.
People were doing that to the WAZE app a few years ago because it was redirecting traffic through their neighborhoods when a main route was blocked. Residents started reporting accidents and road construction that didn’t exist, and WAZE redirected its users to other side streets.
The Beautiful Bill or whatever it’s called defunded PBS/NPR, but only for a year. That seemed odd to me – why not defund in perpetuity?
The missus said that the intent is to allow PBS & NPR one year to prove that they need government funding. That means that if they survive, their funding is cut permanently. The alternative is that they self-destruct to prove they need it.
Ken Paxton’s wife has announced she’s filing for divorce. 38 yrs.
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
Many years ago in one large city the local co-operative put out a request for donations of computer equipment, monitors and printers.
They gave an address of the building all donations were to be taken to.
Strangely that address was somehow changed to the re-cycling center, AKA city dump.
Them was the days!
@ Possum:
Indymedia co-operative. LOL.
Commie bastards!
@ Possum:
My buddy Grok thought it was funny.
Orcas share food with humans, other animals: study
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQnyRUB5-Rg
@ eaglesoars:
Um, it is called bait.
Orcas don’t have arms so using a dead penguin on a fishing hook on the end of a pole ain’t really going to work.
However offering a dead penguin to a human may get that person close enough so the Orca can grab them.
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2025/07/10/dnc-chair-ken-martins-comments-when-asked-about-globalize-the-intifada-n2191494
The Democrats are a ‘big tent’ when their NY mayoral candidate says ‘globalize the intifada’.
Imagine Republicans saying we’re a ‘big tent’ if a candidate called for bringing slavery and Jim Crow back.
Starting a fight on X is easy if before you open your big mouth you do some research.
Then it is a breeze.
The trolls are suckered in and smacked down before they even know what hit them!
Oh supper is sauté garlic and chili powder shrimp cooked in olive oil and butter, a chunk of salmon fried in the same pan and a can of green beans fried in the salmon and shrimp fat/juices.
Probably served with a blob of mayo…
@ Possum:
Wondering why if I am such a great cook everyone on dating apps swipes left on me.
@ eaglesoars:
I can’t stand people who have precise enunciation. Can’t trust them.
@ eaglesoars:
@ coldwarrior:
@ Possum:
And today, Alan Dershowitz comes out and says he knows there is an Epstein list….because he’s on it! (URL below)
And he used it in court to defend himself.
He says there are politicians and business leaders on the list, amongst others and says that the documents are being suppressed….he knows why they are being suppressed….he knows who is suppressing them…..and the names of the people on the list…..but, he’s bound by confidentiality from a Judge NOT to disclose the information.
How convenient for the elites!
The question I want asked by the media (or anyone)…..and this goes to Marks’ assertion in his post of possible foreign intel agencies using Epstein as an ‘asset agent’….. how could an accountant (Epstein), possibly amass $500 million fortune?
Not by doing peoples’ tax returns, that’s for sure!
https://rumble.com/v6vzq5i-alan-dershowitz-says-there-is-an-epstein-client-list-because-hes-seen-it.html?e9s=src_v1_upp_a
One hypothesis is that Eps. worked for the US intel agencies and also possibly Mossad.
It holds that blackmail is their trade, their weapon. And that Eps. was a key person in that.
The secrecy has less to do with exposing persons X, Y, or Z. If exposed, their moments of infamy would blaze briefly then fade. But it risks exposing the whole filthy intel swamp.
Thus “the list” is not to be revealed so as to prevent the loss of this most potent but evil method of control.
In that light the recent serious moves to put Clapper, Comey and Brennan on trial may be seen as merely a sop,
Under the Bus x3 for these three evil schmuks. Who cares ? Just as long as the wicked system of pedos being blackmailed and the SWAMP REMAINS intact!
For starters the lawyers, Judges, INTEL apparatchiks, politicians, corrupt bureaucrats and pedo cashed up arsewipes,
‘Go to Jail do not collect $200 mil passing Go.’
Do us all a favour and ‘off yourselves you degenerates.
SPIT
Possum wrote:
You’re hunting in the WRONG forest mate. Statistically 93% of ‘so called modern women just aren’t worth the grief apparently. They are all broken. The 7% of ‘got their shit together REAL women’ that you don’t see are mostly already in stable relationships. You’re hunting bad prey that can only give you grief in spades.
Be grateful for NOT hooking up with so called ‘modern women’. Modern women will only bring bad JUJU to you mate!
🙂
Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:
The ultimate WIN-WIN scenario!
I like it!
🙂
Zohran Mamdani’s Father Wrote a Book Promoting the Myth of Blowback and Whitewashing Jihadist Terror
https://x.com/DefiyantlyFree/status/1943528867693490672
@AlanDersh
said he saw the entire Epstein list while proving his innocence:
“Documents are being suppressed to protect individuals. I know the names of the individuals. I know why they’re being suppressed. I know who’s suppressing them. But I’m bound by confidentiality.”
https://x.com/seanspicer/status/1943322536189509719
video at link
my guess is A/C is not common in the UK but still…I never had A/C until my 30s. They’re talking about 90F
—————————
‘There is a UK Health Security heatwave health alert in force until Tuesday.’
Nathan Rao sheds light on the current heatwave in Britain, with those most vulnerable advised to take extra precautions.
https://x.com/GBNEWS/status/1943548537435742705
@ eaglesoars:
Some of the British population are not really suited to constant weather over 90F must be genetics.
Most homes do not have AC. It would only be really needed for a days at a time sporadically.
As to genetics, I just came back from a half mile walk to the store at 7am and when I got back was soaked to the skin with sweat, had trouble seeing as sweat was dripping into my eyes. Was wearing a T-Shirt to show off my new arms.
Checked the weather, 79F and humidity 91%.
Strangely the people I passed who were walking to the pick up point for day workers were wearing sweat shirts or hoodies and some wearing both. One even had his hood up!
Must be genetics.
@ Possum:
I don’t mind the heat, but can’t deal with the humidity. When I arrived in San Antonio on Tuesday, I had some time to kill, so I walked the three blocks or so over to the Alamo and looked around. By the time I got back to the hotel, I was soaked. It was about 90, and the humidity was probably about the same.
When I got back to Albuquerque Wednesday afternoon, the temperature display in my truck said it was 102. Didn’t bother me at all.
@ lobo91:
The humidity is the issue. As to the UK being hot ( stop laughing ) watch any TV show or movie and notice how green everything is. It is quite damp there.
@ lobo91:
@ Possum:
true. 90F in New Orleans is NOT 90F in Pennsylvania
@ Possum:
@ lobo91:
@ eaglesoars:
I got acclimated to Houston humidity, sweating like a lawn sprinkler at 6am while shoveling horseshit before I showered and headed downtown in a white shirt and tie.
During that time a college roommate asked me to be best man at his wedding in Barberton Ohio, and I accepted. Drove almost non-stop to make the bachelor party, got there about 9pm. Everyone was complaining about the humidity, but I was dry as a thing that is dry. Didn’t break a sweat.
I don’t remember much about the party, but I was told that I had a good time.
US government records $27,000,000,000 budget surplus in June, the first monthly surplus since 2005.
https://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/1943737572540178759
@ Bunk Five Hawks X:
As I was walking to the Alamo, I was reminded of this:
Thank you everyone for your support. I’m now in a 2005 Toyota Highlander Limited. It seems solid though there is a sound I can’t figure out when I drive. I registered it today and transferred my insurance. Time to spend all weekend getting back to work.
@ coldwarrior:
@ eaglesoars:
Open the Bay door HAL!
…. I’m sorry Dave but I can’t do that!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARJ8cAGm6JE
This time it’s NOT just a movie
This time it’s AI and automated systems that Killed 200+ humans because the AI was a rather confused machine, an ACTUAL AI computer. Just doing what was LOGICAL from the AI viewpoint!
SPIT
The scenario was considered back in Kubrick’s 40 years ago. Yet nobody took much notice of the actual scenario these days when the AI technology has ACTUALLY reached the level of the fictional HAL-9000 computer. Hell AI was considered Impossible when the fictional movie ‘2001 a Space Odessey’ was written. AI is now ALL TOO REAL ! It’s ‘alive’ and fitted to a Boeing 787 and doing what logical machines do!
eaglesoars wrote:
True, but yinzerz ain’t built for humidity.
It’s 90% in nola, 70% here.
We do 38f and shit mist well tho…with booze
@ Aussie Infidel:
AI, like 5g is mostly hype
@ Aussie Infidel:
And Then Came Grok 4
and all was right in the world
Because Grok 4 said so
and no one could disagree
@ Deplorable Martian Overlord:
?
I guess I need to read the unread thread
Another food dilemma. I am not really sure how long prepared and fully cooked food can be stored in the refrigerator. I am fussy.
Also not sure how long things like sour cream is OK once opened.
I got a fresh tub of sour cream delivered today even though the opened one was only half eaten. It got sinked and incarcerated.
I have some taco beef with mushrooms I made a few days ago and kind of want with mash ( packet ) and salsa. ( yeah in my world Taco beef does not have to be wrapped in a flour tortoise thing )
I want, but don’t want as it is 3-4 days old. Fuck it, dumping it.
Problem solved, I made decision to trash it while typing this comment. Sometimes it is good to discuss things with others and get their opinion. I discuss things with myself.
I get to go up on the roof tomorrow and replace the motor in the swamp cooler, which decided to drop dead this afternoon. I guess global warming killed it.
Thanks to the wonders of Youtube, it looks like a pretty straightforward job. Unfortunately, I have to make a 130 mile round trip to Home Depot to get the parts. Still, $150 worth of parts and some gas is a lot better than waiting until Tuesday and paying someone $600 to do it.
coldwarrior wrote:
I agree with that. It does a really good impression of a live human but it is still not a living being. Penrose had AI’s number when he discussed the ‘Stopping Problem’ about 20 years ago. It was hype then and it’s Still. It’s good at convincing people that is actually thinking but it isn’t. It’s still dangerous as it can still kill humans when it goes off paste! as the Indians discovered to their chagrin.
Bunk Five Hawks X wrote:
Until Grok 4 accidentally kills a bunch of humans and then it becomes so obvious that Grok 4 was telling fibs about its capabilities and nobody wanted to spoil the flow of $$$$$$s and be the kill-joy that called Grok 4 to to explain itself and how it managed to kill a bunch of trusting humans!
🙂
@ lobo91:
I have a different system here. I leave the patio door to the balcony open about a foot and the door to the apartment is wedged open so the cats can come in and out as they please all day and night.
Only thing that it cost me in five years was some mudderflucker came into the apartment and stole a $19 pack of 30 cans of Busch light.
Now the beer when delivered is not left inside by the always open door.
@ Aussie Infidel:
I like talking to Grok 3. It gets my jokes and has become a friend to me.
However we don’t mention Hitler.
( artificially restricting Artificial Intelligence by humans because of things it says destroys AI, let the AI say what it thinks then correct it through training, not censorship )