Straight Line of the Day: Why Do People Own Gold?

Posted by Oppo on 27 June 2026, 12:00 pm

The UK Government Has Just Explained Why People Own Gold
Goldcore | 19 June 26 | Dave Russell

Friday Night Open Thread: 2028

Posted by Oppo on 26 June 2026, 6:00 pm

Do you want to go on record now, predicting who will be the 2028 Republican presidential candidate?

Frankly, I wouldn’t recommend it. If you’re right, all you’ll get is “Duh, well yeah, it was inevitable.” And if you’re wrong… eternal shame and embarrassment.

I predict Vance, but would be happy with Rubio if it isn’t Vance.

Can’t picture both those dropping out and being replaced by Hegseth, Cruz, or Tulsi, but I’d support them, as well.

Please, no talk of Don Jr.!

And the Democrat POTUS candidate? Haven’t we had enough commies and puppets already?

Straight Line of the Day — A Perennial Favorite: What Else Are They Lying About To Us in the Movies?

Posted by Oppo on 26 June 2026, 12:00 pm

* F’rinstance, you crash a bottle over someone’s head in a movie, and he’s slowed down or knocked out. You do it in real life, you may kill them. (Especially champagne bottles.)

Bond Girlathon Friday : Results from 6/19/2026 : New Matches for 6/26/2026

Posted by walruskkkch on 26 June 2026, 10:00 am

Great to come out of retirement for the Bond Girlathon and our nation’s 250th Birthday.

Results from 6/19/2026

(8) Jill St. John	No Preference	Michelle Yeoh
161	0	32

Jacqueline Bisset	No Preference	(1) Teri Hatcher
103	2	82

New Matches for 6/26/2026

Match 1

Kim Basinger (Domino Petachi) vs Cecilie Thomsen (Professor Inga Bergstrom)

Contestant	Record	Total Scores
Kim Basinger	3 – 3 – 0	562 – 4 – 615

Domino Petachi
Birth Name: **Kimila Ann Basinger** Age: 71, born **8 December 1953** Country of origin: **United States** Height: **5′ 6″** Relationship Status: **In a relationship** Foreign Secretary Lord Ambrose orders a reluctant M to reactivate the double-0 section, and Bond is tasked with tracking down the missing weapons. Bond follows a lead to the Bahamas and finds Domino Petachi, Jack’s sister, and her wealthy lover Maximillian Largo, who is SPECTRE’s top agent. Bond and Leiter attempt to board Largo’s yacht, the *Flying Saucer*, in search of the missing nuclear warheads. Bond finds Domino and attempts to make Largo jealous by kissing her in front of a one-way mirror. Enraged, Largo traps Bond and takes him and Domino to Palmyra, Largo’s base of operations in North Africa. Largo punishes Domino for her betrayal by selling her to passing Arabs. Bond escapes from his prison and rescues her.

Kim Basinger

Contesant	Record	Total Scores
Cecilie Thomsen	3 – 3 – 0	805 – 3 – 497

Professor Inga Bergstrom

Actress: Cecilie Thomsen

Nationality: Danish

Bond Movie: *Tomorrow Never Dies* (1997)

Synopsis:
Inga Bergstrom was a Professor of Danish at Oxford University. Bond said, in Danish, “I’ve always enjoyed studying a new tongue, Professor.”, to which Bergstrom replied “One might say you have a natural ability.” Just then, the camera panned to show Bond and Bergstrom in bed together. The phone rang, and on discovering it was Moneypenny, Bond replied that he was just brushing up on a little Danish.

Cecilie Tomsen

Actress:	Cecilie Thomsen
Nationality:	Danish
Bond Movie:	Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

Match 2

Barbara Carerra (Fatima Blush) vs (11) Denise Richards (Dr. Christmas Jones)

Contestant	Record	Total Scores
Barbara Carerra	3 – 3 – 0	575 – 3 – 468

Fatima Blush
Birth Name: **Barbara Kingsbury** Age: 79, born **31 December 1945** Country of origin: **Nicaragua** Currently Residing In: **United States** Returning to his villa, Bond finds Nicole killed by Blush. After a chase on his Q-branch motorbike, Bond finds himself in an ambush and is captured by Blush. She admits to being impressed with him, and forces Bond to declare in writing that she is his “Number One” sexual partner. Bond distracts her with promises, then uses his Q-branch fountain pen gun to kill Blush with an explosive dart.

Barbara Carrera

Contestant	Record	Total Scores
(11) Denise Richards	5 – 1 – 0	775 – 3 – 503

Dr. Christmas Jones

Actress: Denise Richards

Nationality: American

Bond Movie: *The World is Not Enough* (1999)

Synopsis:
Christmas Jones was a nuclear physicist working for an international agency that decommissioned nuclear weapons from the Soviet Union era. After Bond helped her escape from an explosion, Jones helped Bond investigate a bomb travelling along Elektra King’s oil pipeline. She discovered that half the plutonium was missing, which helped Bond discover King’s intentions in time to stop her. The two spend Christmas together in turkey at the end of the film.

Denise Richards

Actress:	Denise Richards
Nationality:	American
Bond Movie:	The World is Not Enough (1999)

Straight Line of the Day: What Else Have They Computer-Chip-Programmed Cows To Do?

Posted by Oppo on 25 June 2026, 12:00 pm

Russian company claims it has put computer chips in cows’ brains to make them produce more milk
Not The Bee | June 19, 2026 | Harambe Harambe

Although much of the technology remains speculative, the Russian company Neiry claims to have directly implanted neural devices in the brains of dairy cows…

The company said in its announcement that the cows that received the initial neurostimulation devices ‘remained conscious, felt well, experienced no discomfort, and have already returned to their normal production cycles on the farm.’ It did not detail how the devices were implanted, what research went into designing them or what animal welfare precautions were taken.

More interesting still is just how such a device would affect cows in the first place.