Thursday Night Open Thread

You recognize Julie Pankhurst, Patty Kelly, Mak Gilchrist, Julia Bolino, and Kathy Davies?

Sure you do. You just might not know that you do. That’s their names. You’ve know their faces since at least 1986.

[The YouTube]

What else do you know? Or what do you want us to know? You pick the topic, since it’s Thursday Night Open Thread.

What’s on your mind?

13 Comments

  1. This made me chuckle.
    And it dovetails nicely with FrankJ’s recent point about our lifestyle vs. that of cavemen.

    Tonga Sent Back To “Dark Ages” After Underwater Internet Cable Severed

    Fox News | January 24, 2019 | Anna Hopkins

    Residents of the South Pacific nation of Tonga are experiencing a total Internet shutdown after an underwater cable which connects the island to the rest of the world was severed, possibly by the anchor of a large ship.

    It doesn’t just mean that the isolated country can’t access Facebook and YouTube – it’s also affected email, airline bookings, university enrollment, money wires and prevented businesses from processing credit and debit cards – throwing the small country into chaos as they face up to weeks of Internet isolation.

    A ship from nearby Samoa will be sent out to fix the severed cable within the next week, and in the meantime, a satellite dish has been set up in the country’s capital of Nuku’alofa. Hundreds of people reportedly gathered outside the government building housing the dish, where the signal is most reliable, to conduct necessary business or to simply touch base with relatives located away from the island.

    “You just wait for your turn to have your 20 minutes to access… it’s currently hot here in Tonga at the moment but they’ve put up a tent outside, with chairs, so people can wait,” Tonga police spokeswoman Sia Adams said of the gathering outside the building, for which the hours have been extended to midnight.

    The Mods Must Be Crazy? The Mouse That Ignored? The Last That Was Heard of Tonga in Paris?

    Hey, when you’ve got a boat from Samoa coming to fix the internet problems in Nuku’alofa, you know capitalism works!

  2. Submitted for your approval, fair-and-balanced SNL:

    (Weird All)

    {Roll video of AOC dancing on rooftop, which was released no doubt to boost her image}


    Your lights are on, but you’re not home
    Your mind is not your own
    You wear sweats, your body shakes
    Another diss is what it takes

    You can’t sleep, you can’t eat
    There’s no doubt, you like sheep
    Your throat is tight, you can’t breathe
    A little press is all you need

    Whoa, you like to think that you’re immune to distaff, oh yeah
    It’s closer to the truth to say you can’t get enough
    You know you’re gonna have to face it, you’re addicted to Gov

    You see the signs, but you can’t read
    You’re runnin’ at a different speed
    Your heart beats in double time
    A little press and you’ll be mine, a one-track mind

    You can’t be saved
    A Venezuela’s all you crave
    If there’s some Left for you
    You don’t mind what you do

    Whoa, you like to think that you’re immune to Gestapo yeah
    It’s closer to the truth to say you can’t get enough
    You know you’re gonna have to face it, you’re addicted to Gov

    Might as well face it, you’re addicted to Gov
    Might as well face it, you’re addicted to Gov
    Might as well face it, you’re addicted to Gov
    Might as well face it, you’re addicted to Gov
    Might as well face it, you’re addicted to Gov

  3. Pingback: Addicted to Gov (Song Parody) – IMAO

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