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Saturday Night Hootenanny
Quote of the Day
All Street Journal
WASHINGTON — Starting tomorrow, all residents of the U.S. will be encouraged to keep a journal of all their daily movements, to be downloaded daily to ServeAlliance.gov. Those who don’t feel encouraged enough will be taxed, which is certainly not a penalty, which Congress has no right to impose on people for not doing something.
Citizens who hesitate will (like Oppo) be unable to continue in their current employment. They will also likely find (like Canadian truckers) their financial transactions halted.
A daily journal of citizens’ locations and movements will be required at the website. Phased in (over five years) will be helpful requirements for more detailed diary entries of their thoughts and feelings, in addition to movements. This is for equity.
Dr. Anthony Flockki, government spokesman, reminded the press that if someone has nothing to hide, he or she or they have nothing to fear from the new rules, which will not apply to members of Congress and those in essential positions.
Straight Line of the Day: Grrr! I Want To Post Some Rage Bait To Get You All Riled Up, But I Don’t Know What Would Do That
Welcome to IMAO! We’re Going To Have a Lot of Jiffy Pop
Friday Night Open Thread: It’s Been Ten Years
Well, were they?
These ‘crazy ants’ love to munch on cellphones and TVs. Are they headed your way?
the news tribune | 6 Dec 2016 | Ben GuarinoAlthough the insects are so named for their swarming maneuvers, the term is equally apt for the damage they inflict on the human psyche. For reasons not fully understood, the ants are found in large numbers near electrical equipment and wall sockets. Cellphones and television sets have succumbed to the ant swarms, and the insects damaged electronics in a Houston-area industrial park…
Like the infamous fire ant, the crazy ant is a South American native that made its way to the Lone Star state. The animals do not coexist peacefully. The crazy ant – despite its less painful venom – has a chemical upper hand, scientists discovered in 2014. The crazy ants secrete a substance that neutralizes the fire ant acid, and are thus able to overwhelm the enemy ants….
Quote of the Day
“After the midterms occurred and we won the midterms, and how you know the Democrats were doing so well, and everybody was coming to Joe and to me and saying, ‘He’s got to keep going,’” she said. “His advisors were saying that. People were saying that everywhere, out on the road. He has to run.” ~~ Jill Biden
Straight Line of the Day: Other Antiquities You Could Fake: …
The Fake Ancient Theater in Italy That Fooled Ticket Buyers for a Decade
Weird Italy | July 25, 2026
Marketed as a Neolithic and Roman find, the site was in fact assembled with concrete and grouted stone blocks.
A man in northern Italy has been sent to prison after Italy’s highest court gave final confirmation to his conviction for illegally constructing a fake ancient theater and presenting it to the public as a genuine archaeological site, charging visitors an entrance fee of up to 40 euros.
The structure still stands in Arcugnano, in the province of Vicenza. It consists of tiered stone seating built from stacked stones that were worked to look ancient. The columns are fake too, made of concrete, along with plaster statues and an artificial small lake dug beneath the tiers in the arena area.
DSA Unveils New Symbol To Represent Party
Bond Girlathon Friday : Results from 8/21/2026 : New Matches for 8/28/2026
You voters wouldn’t use the force for selfish purposes, now would you?
Results from 8/21/2026
| Denise Perrier | No Preference | Tsai Chin |
|---|---|---|
| 122 | 3 | 42 |
| (16)Izabella Scorupco | No Preference | Karin Dor |
|---|---|---|
| 125 | 1 | 69 |
New Matches for 8/28/2026
Match 1
(8) Jill St. John (Tiffany Case) vs (4) Famke Janssen (Xenia Onatopp)
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| (8) Jill St. John | 6 – 1 – 0 | 1035 – 5 – 481 |
Tiffany Case
Actress: Jill St. John Nationality: American Bond Movie: Diamonds Are Forever (1971) Synopsis:
Tiffany Case was a diamond smuggler in part of a pipeline of smugglers that ultimately ended at Ernst Stavro Blofeld. Courier Peter Franks was supposed to pass the diamonds to Tiffany, but Bond intercepted and impersonated Franks, and managed to take the diamonds for himself. Bond’s involvement saved Tiffany being murdered, and she eventually switched to Bond’s allegiance.
Jill St. John
VS
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| (4) Famke Janssen | 7 – 0 – 0 | 1034 – 8 – 305 |
Xenia Onatopp
Actress: Famke Janssen Nationality: Dutch Bond Movie: Goldeneye (1995) Synopsis:
Xenia Onatopp was a henchwoman working alongside the traitor General Ourumov. She stole a Tiger Helicopter, a new prototype that was resistant to electromagnetic pulses. She then helped Ourumov steal the codes and launch key for the Goldeneye satellite weapon from the Severnaya Space Control Centre. She killed the staff and programmed Goldeneye to destroy the facility with electromagnetic pulses that wouldn’t effect the Tiger. She flirted with Bond and tried to kill him on multiple occasions, but Bond ended up onatopp.
Famke Janssen
Match 2
(2) Jacqueline Bisset (Giovanna Goodthighs) vs Serena Gordon (Caroline)
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| (2) Jacqueline Bisset | 7 – 0 – 0 | 1065 – 2 – 326 |
Giovanna Goodthighs
Miss Goodthighs is a Smersh agent who attempts to kill baccarat master Evelyn Tremble (operating under the alias James Bond 007) at Casino Royale in a bid to prevent him from bankrupting her employer Le Chiffre. She meets him in a hotel room, wearing a nightgown and cradling a large bottle of champagne suggestively in her arms. Despite successfully seducing and poisoning him with a spiked drink, he is rescued by his recruiter and ally Vesper Lynd. When Tremble asks what became of her, Lynd remarks that she “took care of her”.
Jacqueline Bisset
VS
| Contestant | Record | Total Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Serena Gordon | 1 – 6 – 0 | 481 – 16 – 768 |
Caroline
Actress: Serena Gordon Nationality: English Bond Movie: Goldeneye (1995) Synopsis:
Caroline was a psychological evaluator working for MI6. She was sent by M to evaluate Bond, who took her for a drive in his Aston Martin DB5. Bond drove very fast and engaged in a race with Xenia Onatopp, making Caroline very uncomfortable. After screaming at Bond to slow down, Bond came to an abrupt stop, and seduced Caroline with a bottle of Bollinger champagne hidden in an armrest. The two proceed with a “very thorough evaluation.”
Serena Gordon
Quote of the Day
“This is a lazy, intellectually dishonest dodge. Race is not the point; assimilation is. The people in that 1950s footage were, in many cases, themselves first- or second-generation Americans—Irish, Italian, Polish, Jewish, among others. They were people whose parents or grandparents had arrived here through Ellis Island. They did not come to recreate the old country on American soil, transforming it. They came to become American—to transform themselves. They learned the language, embraced the civic norms, cheered on the same teams as their neighbors, and played by the same unwritten rules that made public spaces safe and orderly. Baseball was not merely entertainment. It was a sacrament of a shared American identity.” ~~ Brian Lonergan
Straight Line of the Day: Need a New Flag: “Don’t __________ On Me”
Cartoons and Memes
Straight Line of the Day: What in Heaven Is Going On in Hell?