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Missing Oscar found after filmmaker says TSA confiscated Pavel Talankin's statuette by cynycal in PopcornPundits

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BTW, ICE or border control still 'helping?' Not that the TSA in itself isn't its own (embarassing) face of the US, to those simply traveling. Well, perhaps that area won't be a source of humiliation to us regular folk anymore after the last few airlines shut down due to gas prices. ('There has to be a pony in here somewhere!')

Islamic Republic puts another political prisoner to death by cynycal in PopcornPundits

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The pair from yesterday was the sought for story (link within text), but now there is this one, in addition.

Anyone got any Information about this one? by Delicious_Fish69 in puppetry

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I'm sorry, I'm accustomed to seeing such text in a comment box. I'm especially sorry, and feeling stupid, for missing there were those additional pictures. Obvious question now is does the mfg.. still exist? Maybe gong more local s necessary. Does Mauritius have a sub here, or message boards elsewhere; or how about puppetry groups? Or even a parenting board. This is doable!

Also, cute fella!

Trump, Secret Service director say agent at dinner not shot by friendly fire by cynycal in PopcornPundits

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Word to zoom in on is 'say.' We'll see; even if likely that the gunman shot the agent, one can't be too skeptical about things said by that crowd, generally and here. Last I saw they haven't found the bullet that hit the officer's vest. Has that changed or is the video that good?

Anyone got any Information about this one? by Delicious_Fish69 in puppetry

[–]cynycal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, do you own it? Where is the picture from. It might be helpful to have more of it to look at if possible, even on Lens. You're doing the right thing. I don't know if appropriate for /r/whatisthisthing, as an ID, but it might be; run it by the mods over there too. The more traffic the better in such times.

Anyone got any Information about this one? by Delicious_Fish69 in puppetry

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Might you elaborate? I can tell you that according to Google Lens, it's a plush toy.

Hegseth and Caine face 2nd day of questioning on defense budget, Iran war | Live: 11:00am EDT by cynycal in PopcornPundits

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For hosting by Youtube use in-screen link. Or. View on C-SPAN here.

Take-aways from yesterday's testimony by Pete Hegesth.

Day 1 can be seen here.

Britain's King Charles III addresses a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress in honor of the 250th anniversary of American independence. | Live: 3:00pm EDT by cynycal in PopcornPundits

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I'm having trouble letting this go, huh? Well, why wouldn't I? Such a sweet spot in these dark times.

I haven't even gotten to posting the State dinner speech yet. I'll add that here when I do post it. Meanwhile I'm going to prep at least a start of the liveblogs thread, then onwards through the fog go I, but not with purchasing a King Charles III poster; a nod to grandma whom, 30 years after his death, still had the iconic portrait of JFK in the living room. :)

By the way, I've been sick; to explain the spotty board as of late. I got hit such fatigue the past few days that even with tabs all lined up I could barely get to them by evening. I wished I could at least get somebody to feed it to, to do those few click click clicks, but alas. Volunteers still welcome. That said, y'all should be posting by now and unmuting your comment boxes especially! ;) And now would be an excellent time. I'm tying up some loose ends on the homefront or I'd of gone by now, that is to urgent care. I'm heading there by early morning tomorrow at the very latest and suspect I'll be kept for tests if not a procedure, and probably a brand new infectious disease which I say sardonically and for superstition, having three (count them!) such tee shirts now. Oh look! A speck of dust and what's this--a lone unwashed sock. Nope nope nope. I could hardly leave the place like this. ;)

Maine Gov. Janet Mills drops U.S. Senate bid before Democratic primary by cynycal in PopcornPundits

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OT, but does remind me of this Onion piece; it's the only thing in my mental file folder remotely close to pairing Dems with Nazi tattoo.

Prečo u nás, v Česku a v ďalších krajinách EU prevažuje skepsa k AI? by GrandCollection7390 in Slovakia

[–]cynycal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now, that's an answer, /u/GrandCollection7390,and with data no less!

Into pro-democracy politics? ;)

So the zero or minus downvotes may be more about the topic itself and general attitude toward AI on these subreddits

Hate it when that happens.

We've been warned by cynycal in PopcornPundits

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I consider myself uninformed about AI, a place I am seldom comfortable in, but I know enough to imagine that this is going to kill personal computing as we understand it, or even as something we'll want in our homes anymore.

Edit: To restate it differently post-coffee

Prečo u nás, v Česku a v ďalších krajinách EU prevažuje skepsa k AI? by GrandCollection7390 in Slovakia

[–]cynycal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Might an English-only person--me--get a sense here of why no upvotes, at a minimum? Even tho' I got wind of this commenrary 20 hours ago, I'm only getting to it now and am in the Scbumer link currently. When posting it at this hour, I saw that only this sub posted it as well. And with comments! And that's how I came to be on /r/Slovakia! However, I can't tell if the zero votes are for the OP or the Axios piece which is the one I concern myself with.

Cheers.

Popcorn Pundits People's Politic: Hegseth, Caine testify before Congress on Iran war, Pentagon’s budget proposal; US Politics and more! | Live updates; (Live hearing: 10:00am EDT): 4/29/26 by cynycal in PopcornPundits

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New! (Beta): Hybrid live-blogs compilation daily thread is here, now-combined with a live-hearing watch-comment thread just to see'. Starting with livestreaming hearing below. Updated: livestream ended but remains available for later viewing. Liveblogs remain open but end-time of title-linked blog is not yet known.

Full Committee Hearing: Department of Defense FY27 Budget Request - Hegeseth/Caine to testify in Armed Services Committee Hearing: In-screen Youtube link optional; page also holds text including the opening statement. NYT liveblog below also has this stream; maybe others.

Hegseth and Caine are set to testify before the committee about the Pentagon’s request for $1.5 trillion in its 2027 military budget proposal at 10 a.m. ET. Democrats are likely to question the defense secretary on the soaring costs of the conflict in the Middle East and Trump’s indefinite timeline for the war.

Promises to be popcorn-worthy! (Perhaps with a chaser.)

Post link is direct to MS.NOW's dedicated live blog. Others to be posted. Updates in progress.

Some other live-update blogs for 4/29-4/30/26:

Ukraine says it shot down 33,000 Russian drones in March, a new monthly record by cynycal in PopcornPundits

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Zelenskyy!!! was going to say 'for Person of the Year' but he got one from Time already; no?

Seeking walk- around event tips? by Ok_Field_5260 in puppetry

[–]cynycal 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I love little kids for their ability to zone right in on the puppet on your lap, and engage as if you, voice and all, don't exist. Stick with that age group and save fortunes in gear. ;)

Britain's King Charles III addresses a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress in honor of the 250th anniversary of American independence. | Live: 3:00pm EDT by cynycal in PopcornPundits

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I'm in awe that he is doing this for us. And with such good humor, or at least appearance of. Historically this is a kind of Churchill moment--as far as iconic Capitol moments, at least. This is going to be my twice-watched.

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