Thursday Night Open Thread

Remember Cyndi Lauper? Yeah, she was big there for a bit. I haven’t really seen much of her since she appeared on Donald Trump’s TV show back in 2010. She’s still around and performing though. Some theater work. Songs. Stuff.

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Do you have something you’d like to share? A link? A joke? Some words of wisdom? A topic to discuss? It’s Thursday Night Open Thread.

What’s on your mind?

I Know Where They’d Feel at Home

In Florida, record numbers of people are reporting seeing hungry alligators in their yards, their pools, or even in the streets.

Just waiting for the left to demand sanctuary cities for them.

R Is a Harder Sound Than You Think. Ask Anyone Hunting Wabbits

[Why some Asian accents swap Ls and Rs in English] (Viewer #1,301,952)

This might spoil a little of the fun of Team America, but I found it quite enlightening.

Link of the Day: Putting that Goofy Orange Donut Into Perspective

[High Praise! to XKCD]

M87 Black Hole Size Comparison

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)]

Trump Truths: Drill

In order to combat rising gas prices, President Trump has vowed to open up drilling in whichever National Park makes Democrats scream the loudest. Worst case, the derrick on Lincoln’s head could be disguised as a stovepipe hat.

It’s a Heavy Burden

[Submitted by Slapout (High Praise!)]

Straight Line of the Day: An Artificial Intelligence Program Invented a New Sport. It’s Called…

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

An artificial intelligence program invented a new sport. It’s called…

The Illustrated Frank J: Best Reason to Own One

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It’s a Hard-Knock Life

In a throwback to communist-style censorship, a Russian news site was blocked by its government for being anti-Putin.

Russia’s lucky. America’s news sites have to put up with Trump mean-tweeting them.

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