Thursday Night Open Thread

I’ve seen the Beach Boys a couple of times. Once, back in the 70s, but with the lineup of Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston, and Mike Love. I’ve seen them more recently, with Love and Johnston, plus other family members and others. Great shows both times.

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What’s on your mind? Got something you’d like to share? It’s Thursday Night Open Thread.

Who wants to start?

There Are Some Things Lab Rats Won’t Do

A California senator introduced a bill requiring state-sanctioned fact-checkers to approve online content.

I think it’s a great idea, and I say we phase it in after thoroughly testing it with a pilot program consisting solely of elected officials from high-population Pacific coastal states.

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I Thought It Was Just So the Sculptor Could Show Off His Mad Carvin’ Skillz

[Why old buildings use the same leaf design] (Viewer #814,291)

A) I had no idea so many columns used the same design

B) I can’t stop staring at the top of every column I see

Link of the Day: Not Sure if Paranoid or Insightful

[High Praise! to Townhall]

They Take the Second Amendment First and the First Amendment Second

[Think you have a link that’s IMAO-worthy? Send it to harvolson@gmail.com. If I use your link, you will receive High Praise! (assuming you remember to put your name in the email)]

Icebreaker: If You Had Magical Powers, Name Something You’d Change

Having finished “The 25 most popular icebreaker questions based on four years of data” and enjoyed the results, I’m moving on to a new list:

76 Fun Icebreaker Questions (Not all of which will be used, since some are either/or questions, which are boring.)

Your mission: answer the question in the comments with a good story.

If you don’t have a good story, you are encouraged to make one up.

If you had magical powers, name something that you’d change

I’d have Tim Burton direct the Star Wars prequels, with Danny Elfman doing the soundtrack.

Hey… worked for “Batman“.

That’s How the Problem Usually Gets Solved, It’s Just a Question of How Soon the Solution Is Applied

[High Praise! to Freedom Is Just Another Word]

Straight Line of the Day: New Tell-All Memoir Reveals That, While President, Obama Secretly Liked to…

Works like this: I feed you Moon Nukers a straight line, and you hit me with a punch line in the comments.

New tell-all memoir reveals that, while President, Obama secretly liked to

The Illustrated Frank J: I Swear! This Is Not Just an Urban Legend!

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Follow the Money

HBO said it’s reviewing its contracts and plans to pay actors and actresses the same amount.

Or at least the ones that don’t jump ship to Netflix where they can get paid what they’re actually worth.