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[Phoenix520]

Jason Momoa/Aquaman

Aquaman! Thanks, I should have known that!

He also Stars in 'SEE' on TV iirc.

And occasionally in my dreams

[Phoenix520]

This is what I did last night. Sold out show at the Coach House with Al Di Meola. A sample. ETA the second clip is his sound check.





The last song he did was an instrumental of Gordon Lightfoot’s If You Could Read My Mind

The opening act was a guy playing a Chapman stick, kind of a body-less electronic guitar. Never seen one in the wild before. This isn’t him but this is what it sounds like.



It was a fine way to celebrate Mr Smith’s Washington work.

[neonzx]

This is what I did last night. Sold out show at the Coach House with Al Di Meola. A sample.

Very nice, Phoenix520! Looks like you all had a fine evening. We don't get these types of artists here in SW Florida.

[AndyinPA]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/gi ... r-AA1cn9zf

One of two giant rubber ducks on display in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor was deflated on Saturday to protect it from sweltering temperatures.

Organizers said they made the decision to deflate the duck just one day after the pair arrived in the harbor, after an inspection found that its surface had stretched in the hot weather.

The deflated duck will be sent for repairs, while its friend will remain in the harbor as part of a pop-art installation dubbed “Double Duck.”

Locals and tourists had gathered at the waterfront in the scorching sun to catch a glimpse of the artwork – with some left disheartened at only seeing one duck.

One Hong Kong resident, 35, explained that she had brought her child out specially to see the oversized bath toys.

“Today, we originally planned to bring my child to see the yellow duck. We saw it 10 years ago as well. Back then, there was only one yellow duck, but today we came to see double ducks.

“However, unexpectedly, there is only one duck now. We don’t feel disappointed though. As long as the children are happy, that’s enough.” l

Double ducks would be so cool. The first rubber ducky debuted in Victoria Harbor. Second stop, Pittsburgh. And she was awesome!

We went down to see her several times while she was in Pittsburgh, from the land and from the rivers.

[neonzx]

George Soros, the legendary investor, philanthropist and right-wing target, is handing control of his $25 billion empire to a younger son—Alexander Soros, a self-described center-left thinker who grew up self-conscious of the family’s wealth and wasn’t thought to be a potential successor.

The 37-year-old, who goes by Alex, said in the first interview since his selection that he was broadening his father’s liberal aims—“We think alike,” the elder Soros said—while embracing some different causes. Those include voting and abortion rights, as well as gender equity. He plans to continue using the family’s deep pockets to back left-leaning U.S. politicians.

“I’m more political,” Alex said, compared with his father. He recently met with Biden administration officials, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) and heads of state, including Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to advocate for issues related to the family foundation.

WSJ free link. https://www.wsj.com/articles/george-sor ... malertNEWS

[AndyinPA]

Now, the right will have to change their target. Maybe he can make the checks come faster?

[Frater I*I]

Now, the right will have to change their target. Maybe he can make the checks come faster?

He'll get everybody set up with direct deposit.....

[Greatgrey]

End of an era.

I let the internet domain plainsradio.com lapse. Hughdomains.com snapped it up and is willing to sell it for $2795.

Finally some value to Ed Hale’s stuff.

[Lani]

For some reason, yesterday people I know were talking UFOs & aliens. Supposedly Congress has been notified. I was encouraged to look into various websites. Instead I looked at the NASA website.

NASA Announces Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Study Team Members
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-annou ... m-members/

NASA has selected 16 individuals to participate in its independent study team on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP). Observations of events in the sky that cannot be identified as aircraft or as known natural phenomena are categorized as UAPs.

The independent study will begin on Monday, Oct. 24. Over the course of nine months, the independent study team will lay the groundwork for future study on the nature of UAPs for NASA and other organizations. To do this, the team will identify how data gathered by civilian government entities, commercial data, and data from other sources can potentially be analyzed to shed light on UAPs. It will then recommend a roadmap for potential UAP data analysis by the agency going forward.

The pro-UFOs pointed to this:

US urged to reveal UFO evidence after claim that it has intact alien vehicles

Whistleblower former intelligence official says government possesses ‘intact and partially intact’ craft of non-human origin

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/ ... spacecraft

However, https://thehill.com/opinion/4038159-stu ... le-urgent/
Despite that title, the article states: "Grusch has not provided proof of his allegations. Similarly, the notion that such monumental revelations could remain secret for any appreciable amount of time strains credulity."

[Tiredretiredlawyer]

Now, the right will have to change their target. Maybe he can make the checks come faster?

He'll get everybody set up with direct deposit.....

It's about damn time!!!

[Uninformed]

Probably a “suck eggs” video for this forum, but it is quite well stated:

[Greatgrey]

Jeebuz…

[RTH10260]

US halts appointments using migrant phone app at Texas border crossing
Move follows reports of extortion by Mexican officials in Nuevo Laredo who threaten migrants with missing asylum appointments

Associated Press
Tue 13 Jun 2023 11.00 BST

The Biden administration has stopped taking mobile phone app appointments to admit asylum seekers at a Texas border crossing that connects to a notoriously dangerous Mexican city after advocates warned US authorities that migrants were being targeted there for extortion.

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) gave no explanation for its decision to stop scheduling new appointments via the CBP One app for the crossing in Laredo, Texas.

Several asylum seekers told the Associated Press that Mexican officials in Nuevo Laredo, across the US-Mexico border from Laredo, Texas, had threatened to hold them and make them miss their scheduled asylum appointments unless they paid them.



https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... redo-texas

[Flatpoint High]

https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/anc ... 148141.php

“The inflationary impact of product costs in San Francisco is one factor,” Singer said. “Couple that with a highly competitive craft beer market and a historically costly steam brewing technique. [They’ve] probably been mulling over this decision for a year. It’s not something they take lightly.”

Another big change: Anchor Brewing will no longer make its iconic holiday beer, Christmas Ale. The spice-laden winter warmer has been a brewing tradition since 1975 and something that Northern California beer lovers look forward to every November. Singer said costly brewing and packaging requirements led to the change. It’s also a time-intensive brewing process, he said.

[Tiredretiredlawyer]

Not Anchor Steam!!!!! Nooooooo!

[Flatpoint High]

Not Anchor Steam!!!!! Nooooooo!

Steam will still be brewed, but will only be available in California. It's the Christmas Ale that is being discontinued

[Tiredretiredlawyer]

Not Anchor Steam!!!!! Nooooooo!

Steam will still be brewed, but will only be available in California. It's the Christmas Ale that is being discontinued

I understand, but, BUT it's in CALIFORNIA!!!!!!! I'm in ARKANSAS!! I know! Fogbow Meet up in California!!!!!!

[Foggy]

Yeah, I apologize in advance, but here's the schedule for the poor ol' rooster who everybody loves to kick around whenever they're bored or havin' a bad day, and why I can't envision a Meetup in the immediate future:

1. Rest of the summer - shoulder replacement surgery and post-op, followed by

2. Beginning of September to mid-December - is health insurance season, both over- and under-65. This will probably be our last year before we sell and retire, or maybe not, who knows? Ol' Wifehorn has plenty of energy, and I still do back office and support, and fright quankly, we're good at what we do, and we had fun last year after the boys moved out to college. But this year for sure, we will be BIZZY.

3. Mid-December until New Year's 2024 - holiday season

4. Post holidays - At some point next year I need my fourth and hopefully final major joint replacement surgery, on my right knee. Shoulders are replaced with titanium, knees are an alloy of chromium and cobalt. (Yes, that will be on the quiz.) And ol' Wifehorn, having put up with me through three major joint surgeries, wants to tour Europe with me.

So in all honesty, we're talking about summer 2024, which will be nice because it will be the last time we can have a Meetup, if Trump is re-elected.

[Tiredretiredlawyer]

Thanks for the update, Foggy. I was just a'playin'.

[Foggy]

Well, and after getting both knees and both shoulders replaced, I am ready to play another twenty years of touch football.

Edit: No, no, you don't understand. Football is fun!

Edit: Ol' Wifehorn was heard twice telling our Numbah One Son and our niece that I was surprisingly pleasant and non-grumpy during my recovery from the first surgery, and she can expect it to be a better experience next time around.

[Flatpoint High]

Not Anchor Steam!!!!! Nooooooo!

Steam will still be brewed, but will only be available in California. It's the Christmas Ale that is being discontinued

I understand, but, BUT it's in CALIFORNIA!!!!!!! I'm in ARKANSAS!! I know! Fogbow Meet up in California!!!!!!

I feel ya. I'm in NYC, and Anchor was a link to my NorCal roots

[Flatpoint High]

I PRESENT TO YOU, THE COAT OF ARMS OF MAGADONIA!

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[neonzx]

Pat Sajak will continue to chair Hillsdale College board after leaving Wheel of Fortune
Famed Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak is set to retire from the show at the end of its 41st season.

https://humanevents.com/2023/06/15/pat- ... of-fortune

Sajak has been an outspoken conservative, and in his upcoming departure from the evening game show, Sajak will continue to serve as Hillsdale College’s Board of Trustees chairman.

Hillsdale College, a prominent conservative college in Michigan, announced Sajak’s promotion to chairman in 2019, following the announcement that William Brodbeck would be retiring.

“Pat is a brilliant mind. He brings a sound knowledge of the school,” Brodbeck told the Hillsdale Collegian at the time. “He can dramatically move Hillsdale forward, both on campus and around the country.”

Sajak said in his promotion to chairman from vice president, a role which he had served since 2003, said he wanted to see Hillsdale’s national reach continue to spread.

“Our funding comes from people who have never stepped foot on campus,” he said. “And that’s the challenge: the outreach.”

[pipistrelle]

A "brilliant mind" wouldn't be associated with Hillsdale. Their teevee advertising is transparent.

[AndyinPA]

My grand baby girl has grown up. She's heading downtown for the Taylor Swift concert.