Chin up, chum

Champlin's Dover UK

Great story about the English and happiness by Chris Arnade on UnHerd:

The happy dysfunction of Dover

Who's talkin' smack? You talkin' smack?

Tam hits the spot, again, as usual:

Are you gonna bark all day, little doggy?

Iran is talking smack again:

Asked if Tehran would engage if the U.S. weighed in, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said: "Iran considers that the United States is already militarily involved in the conflict between Israel and Palestinians."

"The crimes of the Zionist regime are carried out with the support of the United States and Washington must be held accountable," he added at a news conference.

Then again, they're pretty much always talking smack and have been since they had that revolution back when I was in 4th grade. It makes it hard for me to get too agitated over any particular threat.

"Yeah, yeah, Dariush... you've been going on about those seas of blood to drown the Great Satan and whatnot for forty years now. Whatevs."

Thunderball

Thunderball (1965) Official Trailer - Sean Connery James Bond Movie HD
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Another day, another Bond film. Life doesn't get much better than this. I was thinking about looking up all the girls and finding some cheesecake shots to post, but then I stumbled over this video, so I'm taking the easy way out.

The Bond girls of ...Thunderball! [Behind the scenes]
Frogwoman Org Reloaded

Thunderball has appeared here before.

Dr. No Official Trailer #1 - Sean Connery Movie (1962) HD

Dr. No Official Trailer #1 - Sean Connery Movie (1962) HD
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Pretty great, even after 60 (!) years. Available on Amazon Prime. I watched the four Daniel Craig Bond movies this summer while I was recuperating. At that time, those were the only ones that were free (if you are a Prime subscriber), but all the others required an extra payment. Now they are all 'free'. Ursula Andress provides the eye candy:

Ursula Andress

Ursula has appeared here before.

Quote of the Day

"Diversity is our strength" is based on the nonsense notion that diverse cultures are only revealed in skin color, music and cuisine. In fact, diverse cultures are more distinctly manifested in violence, hatred and the thirst for power. - K T Cat

Jacklyn Lucas

DDG-125 USS Jack H. Lucas acceptance trials

New ship, commissioned last week. Lots of detail in that image. Named for Jacklyn Lucas.

Jacklyn Lucas

Jacklyn? What is this? Some cross dressing twerp that Biden's minions have decided to plaster on the front page? Uhm, no. He was one tough SOB who had the most bad luck of anyone in the world, but  somehow managed to survive:

Wikipedia:

Jacklyn Harold "Jack" Lucas (February 14, 1928 – June 5, 2008) was an American Marine in World War II who was awarded the Medal of Honor at the age of 17 years as a private first class in the Marine Corps during the Battle of Iwo Jima.

During a close firefight in two trenches between Lucas and three Marines with 11 Japanese soldiers, Lucas saved the lives of the other three Marines from two enemy hand grenades that were thrown into their trench by unhesitatingly placing himself on one grenade, while in the next instant pulling the other grenade under him. The grenade he covered with his body exploded, and wounded him severely; the other grenade failed to explode. He is the youngest Marine and the youngest serviceman in World War II to be awarded the United States' highest military decoration for valor. He later commissioned into the United States Army and reached the rank of captain.

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He joined the United States Army in 1961 and served in the 82nd Airborne Division as a paratrooper to conquer his fear of heights. He reportedly survived a training jump in which both of his parachutes malfunctioned.

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In 1977, Lucas was notified by Maryland police that his second wife and son-in-law were plotting to kill him; the two pleaded guilty to conspiracy and were granted probation after Lucas asked the court to show mercy. By the 1980s, Lucas was living off his life savings. In 1985, his mobile home burned down, forcing him to camp. In August of that year, Lucas was arrested when marijuana plants were found in the corn field he was camping in. The State of Maryland initially planned to charge Lucas with unlawful manufacture and possession of controlled dangerous substances, but the charges were eventually dropped.

 

Zombie Toaster

Dualit 2 Slice NewGen White Toaster

Uniberp gives us an example of what our AI enhanced future is going to be like with this conversation from a UK website. New! Improved! Extra Stupid! Just about what you should expect.

But what the heck is a D2 VMH GB DUALIT TOASTER? Google-the-all-knowing knows, hence the above picture. Hand made in the UK with a hand made price, but if you use the code ZOMBIES, JC Penny will knock $30 off the price. Wait a minute, J C Penny is still in business? I thought they collapsed. Is this a Zombie company? Wikipedia knows, sort of. They have a long page in which the word "bankrupt" appears 24 times. Typical retail business in America for the last 50 years, up, down, bought, sold, shuffled and sorted. Hard to tell if there is anything in the current business related to the original, though they seem to still have a retail store at Washington Square, the local big-deal mall.