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Weekend Open Thread

| September 12, 2025 | 161 Comments
Weekend Open Thread

President Donald Trump took action to address crime in Washington D.C. Pulling together federal and local assets, the Trump Administration added the “FO” response to what had been years and even decades of “FA”. Many among the left paint this as a bad thing, even claiming that Trump is attempting to establish a dictatorship. When […]

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Holiday Open Thread

| September 11, 2025 | 59 Comments
Holiday Open Thread

This is the 24th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the U.S. that took place on September 11, 2001. On that day, and on the days that followed, most of the country was awakened to a persistent threat to our existence as a nation. Along with other days such as the Pearl Harbor attacks that […]

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Weekend Open Thread

| September 5, 2025 | 133 Comments
Weekend Open Thread

Since KoB put in a lot of effort to be “King of Firsts”, I figured it would be appropriate to dedicate this open thread to him. An additional throne sits in the throne room, left empty for KoB. Perhaps future mentions of the first commenter on the WOT could mention the additional throne set up […]

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Holiday Open Thread

| September 1, 2025 | 69 Comments
Holiday Open Thread

Happy Labor Day! This is a day to honor the American worker, regardless of what clean profession the worker is involved with. People engaging in work also engage in service to humanity. This day is dedicated to those engaged in work; your efforts are appreciated.

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Weekend Open Thread

| August 29, 2025 | 81 Comments
Weekend Open Thread

Remember when opposition to Barack Obama and Kamala Harris was seen as “racist”? Or, when opposition to Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris was seen as misogynist? The left did not want to factor in the fact that we simply disagreed with their policies. It’s an attempt of shaming that works with many Democrats but fails […]

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Weekend Open Thread

| August 22, 2025 | 87 Comments
Weekend Open Thread

I tried to get Bing’s AI image generator to create an image of Drool Rockworm walking on the beach. This is a character from Stephen R. Donaldson’s “The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant” series. The options that came up were not close to that character’s description. One of the results is posted above. I tried to […]

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Weekend Open Thread

| August 15, 2025 | 109 Comments
Weekend Open Thread

I tried to get Bing image generator to create an image of a blobfish, in a white lab coat, stethoscope hanging from his shoulders, while sitting on a bar stool in a photo studio. When I saw the image being generated, from top to bottom, it was right on target. I laughed as it portrayed […]

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Weekend Open Thread

| August 8, 2025 | 109 Comments
Weekend Open Thread

The Battle of Thermopylae took place along a narrow path; mountainous terrain took on one side while a body of water took up the other side. This left a narrow path that contributed to the ability of the Spartans to take on a numerically larger Persian force. Today, the area where the battle took place […]

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