Effie's Balloon Party

A place to get away from the political BS and have some fun. Links Come soar with us in the Balloon Ballroom and add your favorite tune to our Jukebox. You can get there by clicking this link. https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/780974490644389899 🦅 Decorah Eagles 🦅 Live Feed - https://youtu.be/UmclL6funN8 🦅 Decorah North Eagles 2019 🦅 Live Feed - https://youtu.be/VlNV1L9qnrk 🦅 Southwest Florida Eagles 🦅 Live Feed - Shut down 8/26 for maintenance will be back Oct 1st Admins - @Lebowsky @Cosmoblues Any other volunteers?

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SUNDAY FUNNIES for OCT. 18 2026 ANDY CAPP-- Soccer fan tells Flo they should make a show about this lot, "Survival of the Unfittest", as Andy and a couple other players stop and pant after running madly across field. AUNTY ACID-- (Sat.) Remember, a hangover is just your body...See more

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SUNDAY FUNNIES for OCT. 11, 2026 ANDY CAPP- The team has a new goalie, and lost 8-1. Goalkeeper says he doesn't seem cut out for that position, asks Andy what would be his best position. Andy says Back... Back at the clubhouse making the sandwiches. AUNTY ACID-- When life...See more

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ON THIS DAY, OCT. 11 2026 ===================== NATIONAL DAYS- Today is National Sausage Pizza Day, National Coming Out Day, and Clergy Appreciation Day. Polish Americans will also be proud to celebrate General Pulaski Memorial Day, a day to remember the Polish nobleman who came...See more

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SUNDAY FUNNIES for SEPT. 27 2026 AUNTY ACID-- How am I supposed to lose weight when the best thing about life is FOOD? BEETLE BAILEY-- Sarge and Lt. Fuzz get in shouting match, decide to duke it out ... rubber bands at five paces. BLONDIE-- Dagwood gets a phone call telling him...See more

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SUNDAY FUNNIES for SEPT. 20 2026 ANDY CAPP-- Andy gets red carded (ejected from game) for a rough tackle. But Flo notices he does not seem too fussed, since he realizes it is opening time at the pubs. BEETLE BAILEY-- Sarge overhears Beetle talking to Miss Buxley on the phone...See more

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ON THIS DAY, SEPT. 20, 2026 NATIONAL DAYS: Today is Pepperoni Pizza Day, Wife Appreciation Day, National Care for Kids Day, National Fried Rice Day, National Punch Day, and National String Cheese Day. BIRTHDAYS: Inventor Carleton Ellis (involved in invention of margarine,...See more

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SUNDAY FUNNIES for SEPT. 13, 2026 ANDY CAPP-- Andy and Chalkie leave the Rose & Crown after a poker competition. Chalkie is surprised Andy hardly cheated at all. Andy says it was the rotten deck of cards, they were all sticky and prevented him from pulling hidden aces out of his...See more

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ON THIS DAY, SEPT. 13, 2026 NATIONAL DAYS: Today is National Grandparents Day, National Bald is Beautiful Day, Positive Thinking Day, Uncle Sam Day, National Peanut Day, National Hug Your Hound Day, Day of the Programmer, and National Kids Take Over the Kitchen Day. BIRTHDAYS: Author Roald Dahl, actor Ben Savage, actress Jean Smart, actor Richard Kiel, author Daniel Defoe, Major General John Sedgwick who fought for the Union side in the Civil War, Gen. John J. "Blackjack" Pershing who fought in WWI.

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🐟 A record 30,000 coho salmon returned to central California rivers last season—up 10x from an average of 3,000 over the last decade 👏 Stretching back before the new millennium, NOAA gathered together a wide-ranging coalition of local stakeholders, some already mentioned, but...See more

Endangered Salmon Return to California Rivers in Incredible Numbers: ‘Everybody’s just ecstatic’

A record 30,000 coho salmon returned to central California rivers last season—up 10x from an average of 3,000 over the last decade.

goodnewsnetwork.org

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Old Farmer's Almanac has issued winter forecast https://www.almanac.com/winter-extended-forecast-farmers-almanac

Winter Weather Forecast 2026–2027: Where Will It Be Cold and Snowy?

See the 2026–2027 U.S. winter forecast from The Old Farmer’s Almanac, including temperatures, snowfall, and the snowiest periods for your region.

almanac.com

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Would you sit through a movie on repeat for $1,000? “After 36 hours, we started to feel way more connected to the movie,” Veronica said. “We were quoting specific lines and creating inside jokes related to it.” https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/features/it-ends-film-marathon-nyc-neon-b3043621.html

I watched the same film 24 times in a row for $1,000. It’s baked into my subconscious

Contestants in New York spent 36 hours watching the same film on repeat for a cash prize. Carsen Holaday spoke to two participants about headaches, hallucination-level exhaustion and the strange intimacy of watching a movie 24 times

the-independent.com

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The most urgent El Niño concern, however, remains around the impact that El Niño-fuelled weather events will have on food systems at a time when there is very little money available to help the world’s poorest. https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/el-nino-uk-climate-asia-africa-aid-b3044757.html

The charts that show the havoc El Nino is set to wreck across the world

The unprecedented event is predicted to reach tens of millions of people around the globe, as well as hitting food prices in the UK. MPs from across parliament are calling on the government to rethink Britain’s substantial aid cuts to Africa to Asia given the scale of the potential impact. Nick Ferr...

independent.co.uk