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Tuesday, August 4, 2026
My, how things have changed over there. And definitely not for the better...
This photograph, taken in 1960, shows an Iranian woman at the beach
nearly two decades before the Islamic Revolution reshaped the country.
During the 1960s and 1970s, Iran was undergoing rapid modernization under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. In major cities, many women pursued higher education, entered professional careers, and chose their own styles of dress. Beachwear, Western fashion, and public recreation were common sights for many Iranians, particularly in urban and coastal areas.
It is important to note that Iranian society was diverse. While many women embraced modern fashions, others continued to wear more traditional clothing, with customs varying by region, community, and personal beliefs.
Following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the new government introduced sweeping social and legal changes, including mandatory dress regulations for women in public. As a result, photographs like this offer a glimpse into one aspect of everyday life in Iran before that historic turning point.
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Even free I wouldn't go. Juss' sayin'...
Everyone’s in the ‘Same Boat.’ The Zac Brown Band handed out free cruise tickets to more than 37,000 revelers at its Fenway Park show in what the country star branded “the biggest giveaway in history” worth a whopping $40 million. Brown, 48, announced the reward just before he performed the track “Same Boat” - a song he collaborated with the late “Margaritaville” artist Jimmy Buffett in 2021.
“I’m buying every single person here a cruise for two people on the boat,” the Atlanta-born singer told the legion of fans that had packed into the famous ballpark - home to the hated Boston Red Sox, NBC10 reported.
Okay. I MIGHT go if there were no kids. The idea of being surrounded by 4,000 Parrotheads is a bit daunting, I have to admit...
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So - everything they told about dinosaurs was a lie?
Scientists have long speculated that the demise of the dinosaurs some 66 million years ago was due to starvation triggered by a nuclear winter that followed a major asteroid impact. However, disturbing new research suggests the prehistoric megadeath may have come quicker and burned hotter.
A recent study published in the journal JGR Biogeosciences proposes that extreme heat and rampant fires may have played a major role in eradicating/burning to death land-based life, including the dinosaurs.
Scientists generally agree that when the six-mile-wide Chicxulub meteorite struck Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula at the end of the Cretaceous Period, it vaporized huge quantities of rock that condensed into tiny droplets. In 2023, at the Tanis fossil site in North Dakota, researchers identified a deposit layer above the spherules. Researchers believe this fine dust cloud could have functioned as a kind of prehistoric insulating blanket, trapping thermal radiation on Earth’s surface and igniting worldwide wildfires.
“With the dust cloud trapping thermal radiation, it was like the surface, and everything on it was being charbroiled – and that’s what killed the dinosaurs and all the other animals,” lead author Brandon Johnson, a planetary scientist at Purdue University, said in a statement.
So, what they're saying is, the meteorite didn't kill them all, but it did. Okay, I'll buy that theory. Jeez, people get paid to come up with the craziest shit, don't they?
I surrender...
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I guess you have to be dressed to go in, then, the gloves come off...
A South Florida restaurant is garnering attention for its dress code, or lack thereof. On the first Monday every month, CLASS Soiree Steakhouse, located at 121 N. 20th Ave. in Hollywood, holds an evening where diners are allowed to partake in a yummy meal without wearing any clothes.
Chef and owner Maurad Ali came up with the concept as a way to attract new business and generate some buzz. Ali said there is a market for this kind of experience, and that the staff are well trained and respectful of their customers. “I’m the chef and owner, my crew, we are all professionals,” said Ali.
He said the restaurant is expecting around 20 people for the latest naked dining experience. Tickets are $250 for men, $150 for women or $300 for couples. Ali said it’s a five-star experience dripping with class and elegance.
“Once you walk through the door, I’ll most likely be nude, no clothes on, so when you come in you do feel more comfortable,” said hostess Tashaeba Hart. As for the legality of the concept, Local 10 News went to city officials. “Yes, it’s legal,” said Joann Hussey, a spokesperson for the city of Hollywood. “It’s legal because the staff members working are clothed.”
There's a left-handed logic if ever you heard one. It's not public nudity - which may not actually be illegal, and it's okay because the waiters aren't naked. Gotcha...
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s promised city-owned grocery stores won’t require ID from shoppers, his administration confirmed Monday - allowing non-New Yorkers to take advantage of the discounted goods. The five planned taxpayer-subsidized stores - which are set to sell a “core basket of goods” at 30% below retail prices - will offer a free, voluntary membership card program, though documents show it will not require a residency check.
Mamdani administration officials revealed the membership program last week when facing questions from reporters about how they’d stop bad actors from buying in bulk and taking advantage of the deals on offer.
Bear in mind, these stores will be subsidized by the City, so all taxpayers in NYC will be paying to keep the prices low - presumably for people who don't pay taxes.
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In Detroit, Michigan, drive-thru customers are not allowed to eat in their cars. Detroit City Code, Sections 50-12-310 and 50-12-311, prohibits people from eating or drinking while on restaurant property.
The law specifically notes that parked cars are included in the ban, and seems to be aimed more at loitering than distracted driving. Restaurants are required to post signs, and violators could be fined.
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Footage shows the driver doing loop-de-loops around a tree while the police tail behind. The teen then zooms off – only to taunt police again by driving in circles around another tree. The not-so-hot pursuit lasted around an hour on Saturday night.
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Axios released a power ranking of likely 2028 Democratic candidates ranking Kamala at the top, then AOC and Gavin. Presidential politics promises to be cruder than ever in 2028.
Already Idaho residents are demanding that comics stop joking that Idaho should be Kamala’s campaign slogan.
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that doesn't have a driver in the front seat.
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one helluva time trying to figure out what you people
think you want to see on these morning posts.
It ain't easy, my frenz...
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Putting out the laundry...
Through my early childhood, the washer was a necessity and the dryer was a luxury - nearly every family had a clothesline. I still remember ours. The line in the back of our house stretched from the pole back by the back fence up to my grandfmother's bedroom window.
We had a long, forked, wooden pole that we used to support the middle of the line when laundry hung from it. As kids, we ducked under the line when we ran through the yard or played catch.
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Monday, August 3, 2026
It's gotta be Global Warming, right? I mean, c'mon, Greta...
Last month, Earth dropped to its second coldest temperature ever recorded. Antarctica’s Concordia research station recorded the frigid temperature of –119.4°F (–84.1°C) on July 18.
The remote research station recorded the bone-chilling temperatures twice overnight, at 6:25 am and again at 6:34 am. These extreme sub-freezing reports are the coldest to be recorded anywhere on Earth since 2012, when temps at Russia’s Vostok Station in East Antarctica reached −119.6°F.
That would kill you in about 60 seconds.
That is, if you went outside nekkid.
Juss'sayin'...
What is not to love about British tabloid reporting?
This was a front page article in this afternoon's USSun.com:
Retching Spider-Man fans evacuate screening of latest film Brand New Day ‘after audience member lets off horrific fart’
A DISGUSTED crowd of Spider-Man fans were evacuated from a screening of the superhero’s latest film after an audience member let off a repulsive fart, reports say.
Revolted spectators were forced to flee a cinema during a viewing of Spider-Man: Brand New Day after a filmgoer allegedly let a nasty one rip.
The nauseating fart is said to have sparked an emergency evacuation at the Colombian venue as grossed out fans tried to escape the stinking waft.
Dramatic footage showed swarms of Spidey fans milling in corridors following the stomach-churning bout of extreme flatulence. Some covered their faces in disgust while a performer dressed as the fan-favourite web-slinger tried to entertain the sickened crowd.
Social media users branded the anonymous gas-passer the film’s unexpected “villain”. Staff at the Plaza Bocagrande complex in Cartagena said it remains unclear who the culprit is.
If I tried to make that shit up, I would fall way short.
Just friggin' brilliant...
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Boiling water for tea or coffee - or even for spaghetti -
in under a minute.
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So - how fast can I go now? WTF...
‘Speed limit sign ban’ quietly rolled out under new law as
$450,000 worth of warnings blacked out...
In Indiana, a new law has banned the use of variable speed limits – as almost half-a-million dollars worth of signs are blacked out. The new legislation came into effect more than four weeks ago, but many are unaware of the change.
A speed limit sign with a blank digital display next to a highway is now the new speed limit? . The signs are now blacked-out using metal covers. Along Interstate 465, which circles Indianapolis, Indiana, there are 62 variable speed limit signs, bought by the state in 2024. The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) spent a total of $446,400 to introduce the signs, they said, would improve safety by controlling traffic speeds based on weather or incidents.
Now, just two years later, they have been outlawed under a new ban on July 1. According to the House Enrolled Act 1200, “the Indiana Department of Transportation may not implement variable speed limits, or use electronic variable speed limit signs”.
Ya see shit like this and your brain starts to bleed. You realize the State just pissed away a half-million bucks, and you wonder why your taxes are as high as they are? Don't hurt yourself thinking too hard...
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