Having reached the heights of stupidity, what's next on the fight card?

 

A guy who calls himself an 'influencer' was left battered and bruised after taking on a Terminator-like robot in a psuedo-MMA fight. I wonder who he 'influenced' with this cock-up... 

The rapid advancements in AI and robotics over the last few years have raised questions about humans’ capabilities against androids. And American social media moron Frankie Lapenna recently decided to test himself against a six-foot robot. Lapenna decided to throw down with Rek Robotics’ ‘Rekbot’, which looks like a T-800 from the Hollywood mega-franchise ‘The Terminator’.

The ‘Human vs Terminator’ fight in San Francisco (of course) was held in a mixed martial arts cage and watched by scores of onlookers. After seeing the size of the robot, a man standing told Lapenna before the fight said: “I’m scared for you.” Their concerns initially seemed misplaced as Lapenna landed a good few shots on the bot.

But the robot eventually floored Lapenna with a jumping switch kick to the body. Lapenna crumpled to the canvas and was unable to get back to his feet. The clip of the fight ended shortly after the robot was seen shaking out its limbs.

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Yeah, almost that time of year, too...

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This stunning HillBetty...

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Another Florida 'Wayback machine' item for ya...

Before the Dixie Highway existed, reaching Florida by car from anywhere north of the state was nearly impossible, roads simply didn't connect that far. Its construction in the early 1900s fundamentally changed how Americans experienced Florida for the very first time.

Built through a patchwork of local and state funding, the highway eventually stretched from the Midwest all the way down through Florida, opening the state to a wave of automobile tourism that had never existed before. Small towns along the route transformed almost overnight, building motels, roadside attractions, and diners to capture the growing stream of travelers making the long drive south for the winter season.

It's incredible to think an entire era of Florida tourism only became possible because of one ambitious road project. That's Life in Florida for ya.

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That's not what Mom said...

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Let's go to a bull fight they said. It'll be fun they said...

This crazy-ass video (below) shows a 1,100-pound bull leaping over a safety barrier at a bullfighting arena in Spain – almost goring terrified women in the front row. I betcha none of 'em had clean drawers after that little cock-up. 

The bull, named Malacara, charged towards the matador before hurling itself over a fence during Sunday’s final bullfight of this year’s Murcia’s Bullfighting Fair. Stunned crowds gasped as the bull leapt high over the fence, then charged around in a fenced-off area between the seats and the ring.

“There were women in those seats and they were close to being gored by the bull’s horns,” witness Juan Perez said. Malacara, from the renowned La Espartales bullfighting ranch, “jumped into the exit alleyway twice,”  before finally being stopped by a matador using a “killing lance,” an official said. “This was needed to finish the bull,” the officials told the outlet.

Bullfighting is a centuries-old Spanish tradition but is controversial – with critics claiming it’s animal cruelty. The critics are probably vegans. Juss' sayin'...

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Drinking more? That's because you're an old fart like me...

 

The U.S. is in the midst of a 'temperance boom' of sorts. Drinking rates have been steadily declining nationwide, with an August Gallup poll showing that only 54% of Americans ever consume alcohol—sharply down from 67% as recently as 2010. Now, a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine takes those findings a step further, reporting that younger adults in the Millennial and Gen Z cohorts - people born from 1981 to 2012 - are driving that trend. Meanwhile, older Americans, aged 50-74, are actually consuming more alcohol than they used to, with rates increasing by more than one third since 2018.
Americans saw a 2% drop in overall drinking and 8% in heavy drinking in just the 2022 to 2024 window. Total drinking dropped most dramatically among Gen Z, with rates falling nearly 6% from 2022 to 2024, compared with about 2% for Millennials. Heavy drinking fell by roughly a fifth in both generations.
Older Americans, however, went in the opposite direction, with those in the 50 to 74 age group seeing an increase of 4% in overall drinking, and 36% spike in heavy drinking from 2018 to 2024.

There's a good reason we - well, me anyway - are drinking more. 

We see the country going to shit, our dollars going down the toilet, mothers killing their own babies, and lunatic lefties everywhere we look, and there's little if anything we can do about it, so fuck it - why not, right?

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These kids need a semester of Tolerance 101...

More than half of US college students say controversial speakers should be banned from their campuses, with a record-high number adding that violence is acceptable to stop them, a disturbing study shows.

The results provide a dangerous and “sobering picture” of cancel culture on US campuses, according to the expansive six-year study of almost 300,000 college undergraduates nationwide by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.

“The atmosphere isn’t just cautious - it’s hostile,” the study’s authors wrote. “Students continue to show low tolerance for controversial speakers, and troublingly, more believe it’s acceptable to shout down a speaker, block access to events, or even resort to violence to silence campus speech than ever before.” It's interesting to take note of the fact that the more liberal the college, the less tolerant it is.

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The White House television press pool, which covers events by President Donald Trump on a rotating basis, suspended coverage ahead of Trump’s trip to New York for the United Nations General Assembly because of the White House’s ban on CNN from acting as a member of that five-member pool.

CNN was barred from covering Trump as the designated TV pooler when the president is visiting New York for the United Nations General Assembly. In addition to CNN, the other members of the White House TV pool are NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox.

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Someone must have a birthday 

or anniversary coming up.

Here's a great unique gift idea...

Click on the picture for more information on this cute bracelet

It's only $ 35.00 - and comes to you with free shipping!

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We could probably learn a lot from the Brits, not the least of which is that we take ourselves entirely too seriously. Take this story from The-sun.com. Front page item. Talking about this broad's boobs. On the front page along with the war in Ukraine and immigrant issues and, of course, Trump bashing. We gotta learn how to better mix the bitter with the sweet, and I'll do my best to get that wheel rolling. If I spot anymore articles about Heidi Klum having problems with her boobs, I'll post 'em front and center. Deal?

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A bad-ass looking chopper on the display floor at Harley Davidson in Belfast, No. Ireland. It was priced at 11,000 pounds. That's roughly $ 15,000 US. That seemed like a really good price for a bike that cool looking. Is there something I don't know about this?

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James Farthing was cuffed after a caller reported seeing a white Ford Mustang stopped in the middle of an intersection just before 3 a.m. in Georgetown on Sunday. The caller told dispatchers that the vehicle later drove into a Walmart lot to park. Deputies arrived at the megastore parking lot to find Farthing asleep and alone in the running Mustang - and had to repeatedly knock on the window to wake him from a stupor.

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Democrats are notoriously duplicitous. How many examples of shit like this do we have to tolerate before we start holding these people to their word? Problem is, especially in a State like Jersey,  she's basically bullet-proof. Libs being libs, they'll take just about anything their lib leaders throw at 'em...

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Welcome to Wakulla...

One of the deepest freshwater springs on earth is 30 minutes south of Tallahassee. Divers have found mastodon bones in its caves. Tarzan and Creature from the Black Lagoon were filmed there. The lodge built in 1937 still operates - and holds the world's longest marble bar. Wakulla Springs is one of Florida's greatest hidden treasures.

https://www.floridastateparks.org/WakullaSprings

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on this blog, I get credit for whatever you buy. 

Granted, it's only pennies, but every penny helps, right?

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Speaking of driving in the rain...

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Yeah, almost that time of year, too...

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The FFFB and Fat Freddy's Cat

 

Just so ya know, these were originally all published

in B&W. I've been using GROK to color them.

Amazing shit, no?

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It's that time of year again here...

Forget snow and ice. In Florida, winter driving means torrential rain, sudden flooding, heavy fog, standing water, and that one afternoon when the sky turns completely black at 2 PM. Soon, half the state will slow down to 25 MPH because the rain got a little heavy… while the other half will fly past at 70 with bald tires, windshield wipers fighting for their lives, and one hand on the wheel. 

Then the storm gets serious. Roads disappear under water. Traffic lights go dark. Visibility drops to almost nothing. And somewhere nearby, a guy in a lifted pickup looks at the flooded road and says:

“My truck can handle it.” Keep those tires in good shape. Slow down when visibility drops. And NEVER drive through a flooded roadway just because you think it doesn’t look that deep.

Because the most famous last words of Florida driving season are: 

“It’s not THAT deep.” That's just 'Life in Florida'...

It's THAT time of year, also...

If it wasn't doom and gloom - oh, and Trump - would there be anything worth reporting?

Every day - every single fuckin' day, we see yet another 'it's the end  of the wrold aswe know it' news item like this one. UK scientists (the UK? WTF do they know about volcanoes?) raised alarm bells after drawing up an apocalyptic play-by-play detailing what would happen if the famed Yellowstone supervolcano blew its stack. 

“A super-eruption on this scale would be a threat to civilization as we know it,” wrote the authors in a recent piece for The Conversation. According to these guys, The volcanic formation, which sits underneath the 30-by-45-mile Yellowstone Caldera, is among the most studied on Earth due to its potential for a supereruption when a volcano ejects over 230 cubic miles of magma, rock, and ash.

Nonetheless, they point out that “volcanoes do not work in predictable ways and their eruptions do not follow predictable schedules.” 

So, you conjured up this theoretical time-bomb, and the dismiss by saying it might not happen. Well played. I hope somebody paid y'all a shitload of pounds to come up with this drek. Jeez...

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