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RIP Elke SommerElke Sommer, the prolific German star of the Pink Panther film A Shot in the Dark, early 70s Agatha Christie adaptation And Then there Were None, and British sex comedy Carry on Behind, has died aged 85. Bild magazine reported that Sommer died in Los Angeles of heart failure.
German-born Sommer, whose best-known film roles were in the 1960s and 70s, was one of the wave of European performers who crossed over to Hollywood and English-language cinema with considerable success, following the postwar emergence of European new wave cinema. Sommer was one of the few German actors to make waves at the time, as Hollywood made much of her bombshell image.
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Orange Guy cancels weekend ralliesFacing a potential Democratic takeover of Congress in next week's midterm election, President Donald Trump blew up at a reporter who asked about his abrupt cancellation of a campaign rally originally set for Kansas this weekend.
"Oh you're sick to ask that question. You are sick," Trump said Oct. 29 when the reporter, who works for Reuters, asked whether the president canceled the trip because he's "sick of traveling."
"Look at this guy. He's way out of shape," Trump said, adding that he's no longer going to Kansas because incumbent Sen. Roger Marshall is "doing very well." The White House said Trump is instead planning to hold a tele-rally for Marshall and other Republican midterm candidates.
"You know what the reason is? I don't feel like I have to go to Kansas. I'm going to Florida tomorrow," said Trump, who is holding a rally in Daytona, Florida, on Friday. "You've been following me for you two weeks. I feel perfect. You are disgusting. Put yourself in shape. You look like hell."
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Orange Guy cancels weekend ralliesUS President Donald Trump on Thursday canceled planned weekend campaign stops in Kansas and Iowa, and his allies said he would instead phone in to rallies nationwide after four weeks of travel to boost Republicans' election chances.
Trump told reporters he did not "feel like I have to go to Kansas," a Midwestern state where Senator Roger Marshall, a fellow Republican, is in an unexpectedly competitive race with Democratic challenger Adam Hamilton. "He is doing very well," Trump said of Marshall. "We are going to have a strong Tuesday night."
Later on Thursday, the Republican National Committee said in a statement that it would also cancel a planned rally in Iowa, home to several competitive congressional races.The canceled in-person rallies were set for Salina, Kansas, on Saturday, and Dubuque, Iowa, on Sunday.
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RIP Patrick StewartPatrick Stewart, Star Trek actor and acclaimed thespian, dies aged 86
Star Trek: the Next Generation and X-Men actor died at his home after ‘a brief and poignant journey with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia’
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/oct/29/patrick-stewart-dead
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Norway has a sense of humorVisit Norway makes shithouses ‘great again’ after Trump insult
Tourist board responds with toilet humour after US president’s ‘shithouse country’ jibe over failure to win Nobel peace prize
Some might find it decidedly incommodious to be dumped on by Donald Trump as a “shithouse country”. Not the Norwegian tourist board, which chose instead to lift the lid on some of the nation’s loveliest lavatories.
“Are these the world’s best shit houses?” asked Visit Norway on its website, days after the US president vented his fury once more over failing to win the Nobel peace prize by describing Norway as a “shithouse country” at a rally on Sunday.
“Norway makes shit houses great again!” the agency continued above pictures of some of the country’s most striking public conveniences, adding: “These toilets are worth a visit, both when you really have to go – and when you don’t.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/29/trump-norway-shithouse-toilets
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Two Sullivans in AlaskaSo true.
BTW, Isaac Saul's Tangle had a piece about how crazy the polls are right now. I don't think it's behind a paywall.
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Weird weatherWe've been having phenomenally lovely fall weather, much warmer than usual. This morning started out sunny but the clouds rolled in. A few minutes ago we heard a rumbling noise. Thought it was the neighbor moving her garbage toter around, but the noise lasted for a long time. Checked local radar and see this:
Pop-up showers!
edit: The sun is out again....
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Sweet story for the dayIt involves a kitten and a kind-hearted air traveler.
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Another general bites the dustDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired the Pentagon's top military planner, several sources confirmed to CBS News late Wednesday.
Sylvia's firing comes as President Trump weighs resuming strikes against Iran after the Nov. 3 midterm elections.
Sylvia was removed as head of strategy, plans and policy on the Joint Staff, and was coordinating the Iran battle plan. Sylvia is the second general during Hegseth's tenure to be removed from what is known as a "J5" post, which is the lead on how the Iran war affects long-term planning.
Sylvia's predecessor, Lt. Gen. Joseph McGee, was forced to retire in October 2025.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth-fires-pentagons-top-military-planner/
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WorriedI'm a bit nervous myself but am trying to stay hopeful. The GOP and Trump have had a bunch of judges push back on the carp. And states aren't going to roll over and give in to them.
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Two Sullivans in AlaskaHaven’t seen the new evidence that the candidate was behind it.
Peltola's campaign manager told the NYT that it happened. Times says they saw emails and texts. Then she told the Times she didn't want the story she told them to be published.
The NYT article, free to read if you sign in:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/us/politics/alaska-dan-sullivan-conspiracy-peltola.html
I’m not a fan of this shit.
Me neither.
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Cruise failThey bought cabins to live on a luxury cruise ship. High fuel costs got them kicked off in Cambodia.
Florida-based Villa Vie Residences said it was working to identify “temporary living arrangements” for people aboard The Odyssey, a 642-foot cruise ship.. -
Non sequitur ThreadBut ice cream has no bones.
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Health concernOnions are on the trigger list, but they don’t bother me at all as long as they are cooked. Raw onions don’t agree with me, but I don’t like them, so no loss there.
You just kind of have to experiment and see what does and doesn’t agree with you. The list in the link I provided in the earlier post is a good starting point.
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Health concern@RealPlayer Yup, each person has to figure out their triggers. Like you, I can do some coffee and spicy foods are fine. Green tea is a no, but one cup of black tea in the afternoon is ok. Tomatoes and vinegar are fine in moderation. Chocolate is a trigger for me but I do eat it occasionally.
My reflux kicked after I had my gallbladder surgery. I just cut out all the possible culprits and then added things back in one at a time. If my tummy gets grouchy I just avoid all the bad stuff till things settle down.
And I do sleep with my shoulders and head elevated a bit.
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Gas clothes dryerThe Bermuda Triangle phenomenon continues...last Friday the car wouldn't start. I thought I had noticed beginning a month or so ago that the battery didn't have as much "oomph" when I started the car, but shrugged it off. It was installed last December. I jumped it with the little portable jumper (those things are cool) and took it over to the mechanic. He checked it out and said it was fine, and that we need to take it out for longer drives occasionally to charge it up. He charged the battery, but didn't charge us. These independent guys are the best.
And this morning, our vintage Melitta electric drip coffee maker that we got from Gevalia in 1990 (remember those deals?) gave up the ghost. You can still buy these units NIB on ebay. People must have gotten tons of them and stashed them away. Thing is, they last forever so they sat unused in someone's basement and now they are getting rid of them. The weird thing is that earlier this week I commented to Mr wtg that the Melitta electric was pretty amazing, but that I was going to keep one of the three Chemex pots that we have, just in case the Melitta crapped out. Prescient, I am.
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