EMT 08/12/18

To sleep, perchance to EMT.

Posted by: krakatoa at 06:00 AM

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1 Good Morning Morons; today is Sunday, August 12, 2018. On this day in 1981 the first IBM Personal Computer was released. Its operating system was DOS 1.0. Along about the same time Kapro came out with its PC which used the CP/M operating system. This was my first computer. I had a lot of trouble getting software because everyone was making stuff for the IBM DOS market and although CP/M was supposed to be compatible, it wasn't for the most part.

And IBM dominated the field for a long time. But it wasn't because it was a better machine. It was because corporate bosses wanted 'IBM' which they worshipped.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 05:59 AM (mpXpK)

2 Good morning horde

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2018 05:59 AM (lxZ71)

3 Officials say that all that crazy guy who stole that aircraft had to do was flip a switch. It had no other safeguards to prevent an unauthorized person from stealing the aircraft. I would have thought if it did not have a key switch for energizing the controls it would have had some kind of computer lockout requiring a password. I suspect that is about to change. And come to think of it, in my flight simulator days all one had to do was place a switch in the start mode and flip a switch for each engine.

http://tinyurl.com/y73m2e8j

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 05:59 AM (mpXpK)

4 The University of MD head football coach has been placed on leave due to allegations of a so-called 'toxic culture' after one of his players died.

http://tinyurl.com/ybrld94m

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 06:00 AM (mpXpK)

5 Trump responds to fired aid Omarosa after badgering by the press. She was a 'low life'. I have a feeling she was supposed to be another spy for the Democrat Party.

http://tinyurl.com/yaqz4kvu

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 06:00 AM (mpXpK)

6 Former Senator Tom Coburn is now working with a group pushing for an Art V convention. He thinks they have a good chance of getting one. He says it is the only way to prevent the US from becoming a Socialist/Marxist country like most of Europe. He is right but late. We are already a socialist country. That change began in the 30s under FDR. We are also a Fascist country that is massively over regulated by Washington AND the State governments. You can hardly do anything now without running into some local or federal regulation.

http://tinyurl.com/y7jy68cm

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 06:01 AM (mpXpK)

7 The DOL is now saying inflation is rising at the fastest rate in 10 years. Onlyu because they are giving more honest numbers since the Choom King left. Economists at one point during his reign of terror said real inflation was approaching 21%. And all you had to do was walk down a grocery store aisle to see it.

http://tinyurl.com/y8f7e9rr

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 06:01 AM (mpXpK)

8 Kameltoe when asked can't name a single legislative achievement that she has been part of. Hell, I'm surprised a reporter asked her the question. And she can't name one because she does is mouth off. She has submitted a few bills but they were going nowhere as they we so far out there they flew by Pluto on the way to the Senate floor. Most of the country does not care for Kalifornio Komunism

http://tinyurl.com/ycxdq7mr

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 06:01 AM (mpXpK)

9 g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 12, 2018 06:02 AM (KCxzN)

10 New 'study' says US teens are dropping TV like the plague. That is because TV has turned to PC shit.

http://tinyurl.com/yderswpx

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 06:02 AM (mpXpK)

11 Conservative commentator Gavin Mcinnes appeared on Breitbart News Saturday this week to discuss his recent Twitter suspension and why it's up to President Trump to stop social media censorship.

Sorry dude, twitter is a private company and can censor however they want. It is up to consumers to realize that Twitter and other social media outlets are liberal shit and abandon them. They can't censure if they go out of business. Note the label on his microphone. Is he stealing from me? Or is it Clint?

http://tinyurl.com/ybe95xy3

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 06:03 AM (mpXpK)

12 NY DIABLO Chris Collins (CR 39) is relenting and dropping out of his reelection bid. Other than raw numbers this is no great loss.

http://tinyurl.com/y7gmtdmu

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 06:03 AM (mpXpK)

13 FL Democrat State Senator tries to intimidate reporters who ask her embarrassing questions by siccing the cops on them.

http://tinyurl.com/y8ffpxok

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 06:03 AM (mpXpK)

14 DIABLO Grahanasty trying to recover his far left image by sending a letter to the FBI demanding answers on Fienscrunt's Chinese spy.

http://tinyurl.com/y8klzt29

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 06:04 AM (mpXpK)

15 I am shocked and aghast, black Democrat candidate in TX pleads guilty to federal corruption charges. I am surprised he was even charged.

http://tinyurl.com/yc7gcmx6

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 06:04 AM (mpXpK)

16 Trump has a penchant for letting weasels too close to him.

Posted by: torabora at August 12, 2018 06:04 AM (Y274z)

17 Ramirez (repeat)

http://tinyurl.com/ydb55n5d

And that's it for today.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 06:04 AM (mpXpK)

18 Good Morning to the Horde

Posted by: wing at August 12, 2018 06:05 AM (JFzNN)

19 Vic- So are bakeries

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2018 06:06 AM (lxZ71)

20 19
Vic- So are bakeries

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2018 06:06 AM (lxZ71)

????? So are bakeries what?

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 06:08 AM (mpXpK)

21 New 'study' says US teens are dropping TV like the plague. That is because TV has turned to PC shit.

PC shit, the commercials are shit and wayyyyy to many of them. Plus the kids get to watch TV on a "device" and not in the same room with their parents. That part I don't think is good.

Posted by: Bruce at August 12, 2018 06:10 AM (8ikIW)

22 Thanks Vic.

Posted by: Valiant at August 12, 2018 06:11 AM (3MiF8)

23 The Maryland football player was hospitalized on May 29 and died on June 13th. I wonder how much heat stress he had?

Posted by: Bruce at August 12, 2018 06:12 AM (8ikIW)

24 11, microphone is funny

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2018 06:13 AM (lxZ71)

25 I needz covefe

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2018 06:13 AM (lxZ71)

26 microphone is funny
Posted by: Skip

I've got that sign on my lawn, next to the Hate Does Have a Home Here sign.

Posted by: Bruce at August 12, 2018 06:14 AM (8ikIW)

27 >>>To sleep, perchance to EMT.

That was pretty much the dilemma Skip was thinking over on the previous thread.

Posted by: m at August 12, 2018 06:14 AM (CwOPz)

28 G'morning, all.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 12, 2018 06:16 AM (wldC6)

29 It's cooler this morning than it has been for a long time. Looks like it would be a good day for outside rocking chair. . . except the humidity is 100%

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 06:17 AM (mpXpK)

30 Today looks like the day to pull the trigger on buying an Arlo plus 2 home security camera set-up.

Will give me something to tinker with.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 12, 2018 06:18 AM (wldC6)

31 30
Today looks like the day to pull the trigger on buying an Arlo plus 2 home security camera set-up.

Will give me something to tinker with.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 12, 2018 06:18 AM (wldC6)

Amazon had such a system on sale in their 'deals' pager a few days ago. Then would be the time to buy one.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 06:19 AM (mpXpK)

32 >>>11 it's up to President Trump to stop social media censorship.

Sorry dude, twitter is a private company

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 06:03 AM (mpXpK)

So are bakeries.

Posted by: m at August 12, 2018 06:19 AM (CwOPz)

33 Today looks like the day to pull the trigger on buying an Arlo plus 2 home security camera set-up.

Will give me something to tinker with.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

A really good price, or a break in yesterday?

Posted by: Bruce at August 12, 2018 06:19 AM (8ikIW)

34 PLANE FLIGH DE FO FUM

Posted by: saf at August 12, 2018 06:21 AM (5IHGB)

35 5 Trump responds to fired aid Omarosa after badgering by the press. She was a 'low life'. I have a feeling she was supposed to be another spy for the Democrat Party.

http://tinyurl.com/yaqz4kvu
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 06:00 AM (mpXpK)

Saw a funny spoof on this here...

https://mobile.twitter.com/MattsIdeaShop/status/1028425827204063232

Posted by: Serious Cat at August 12, 2018 06:23 AM (aNP7B)

36 G'mornin' Horde !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they are gaslighting us 24/365 at August 12, 2018 06:26 AM (58Au8)

37 Sorry dude, twitter is a private company and can censor however they want. It is up to consumers to realize that Twitter and other social media outlets are liberal shit and abandon them. They can't censure if they go out of business. Note the label on his microphone. Is he stealing from me? Or is it Clint?

http://tinyurl.com/ybe95xy3
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 06:03 AM (mpXpK)

Twitter has monopoly power. And in this day in age, if you wish to have an influence in politics, not having access to Twitter puts you at a big disadvantage. Imagine if the old, regional phone companies blocked certain, minor, political groups from ordering landline hookups? That'd be fucked up.

Posted by: Serious Cat at August 12, 2018 06:31 AM (aNP7B)

38 Anyone remember Monty?
I've asked this before but got blank stares... which I like ... hence the indulgence.

Posted by: 20180812 at August 12, 2018 06:31 AM (0XvG0)

39 My house has an older adt install, I don't pay for monitoring - I should upgrade to some cameras.

Posted by: Jean at August 12, 2018 06:32 AM (j0Mw7)

40 Btw I have an idea to make money off migration from twitter and facecabal if the date can be arranged. It can be legal and the funds would go towards the replacement / future stock....

See what I did there ?

Posted by: 20180812 at August 12, 2018 06:33 AM (0XvG0)

41 Posted by: 20180812 at August 12, 2018 06:31 AM (0XvG0)

It's Doom all the way down

Posted by: weirdflunky at August 12, 2018 06:34 AM (zYcil)

42 Monty was better than FBN

Posted by: Jean at August 12, 2018 06:35 AM (j0Mw7)

43 It's Doom all the way down
Posted by: weirdflunky

Those were some great posts

Posted by: Bruce at August 12, 2018 06:35 AM (8ikIW)

44 37 Twitter has monopoly power. And in this day in age,
if you wish to have an influence in politics, not having access to
Twitter puts you at a big disadvantage. Imagine if the old, regional
phone companies blocked certain, minor, political groups from ordering
landline hookups? That'd be fucked up.

Posted by: Serious Cat at August 12, 2018 06:31 AM (aNP7B)

Sorry, there are a lot of social media sites out there besides Twitter, but they are all liberal.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 06:36 AM (mpXpK)

45 38
Anyone remember Monty?

I've asked this before but got blank stares... which I like ... hence the indulgence.

Posted by: 20180812 at August 12, 2018 06:31 AM (0XvG0)

Yes a lot of us remember Monty.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 06:37 AM (mpXpK)

46 I used to have Monty's last post saved as a link but I have lost it in many computer moves.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 06:40 AM (mpXpK)

47 "A really good price, or a break in yesterday?"

Sale price, and break-in's are getting closer and more frequent in the community.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 12, 2018 06:41 AM (wldC6)

48 Think about the idea - it is only a measly short gain but it would sting the bajeesus out of them...

Anyway

Posted by: 20120812 at August 12, 2018 06:41 AM (0XvG0)

49 Sorry, there are a lot of social media sites out there besides Twitter, but they are all liberal.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 06:36 AM (mpXpK)

Liberals may run Twitter, but conservatives rule it... where the major conservative accounts run circles around liberals.

Posted by: Serious Cat at August 12, 2018 06:41 AM (aNP7B)

50 6 We are also a Fascist country

We grow corn to burn
We tax prosperity and reward sloth
We ban alcohol and drugs to create criminals
We send 5 year olds to indoctrination camps
We regulate shitters

So yep Fascism!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2018 06:49 AM (JFO2v)

51 We regulate shitters

So yep Fascism!
Posted by: rhennigantx

Not the people in SF. They can poop wherever they want to.

Posted by: Bruce at August 12, 2018 06:53 AM (8ikIW)

52 10 New 'study' says US teens are dropping TV like the plague.

I watch NASCAR and old Bond movies. I also love Zombieland, Office Space, and Shaun of the Dead.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2018 06:53 AM (JFO2v)

53 Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2018 06:49 AM (JFO2v)

You trying to tell me the country today isn't what Jefferson and Madison and all the rest envisioned?

Pshaw!

Posted by: weirdflunky at August 12, 2018 06:55 AM (zYcil)

54 New 'study' says US teens are dropping TV like the plague.

I watch NASCAR and old Bond movies. I also love Zombieland, Office Space, and Shaun of the Dead.
Posted by: rhennigantx

I've enjoyed the car shows on Velocity. But sadly, they too have become the "fake deadline time crunch gotta get it done OMG" type shows

Posted by: Bruce at August 12, 2018 06:55 AM (8ikIW)

55 Morning, Peeps.

Posted by: fluffy at August 12, 2018 06:56 AM (cHbmY)

56 Not the people in SF. They can poop wherever they want to.
Posted by: Bruce at August 12, 2018 06:53 AM (8ikIW)

Notice that regulations only apply to hard working citizens. The rest of the mutha fukr can do what they want.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2018 06:56 AM (JFO2v)

57
I've enjoyed the car shows on Velocity. But sadly, they too have become the "fake deadline time crunch gotta get it done OMG" type shows
Posted by: Bruce at August 12, 2018 06:55 AM (8ikIW)

That's true enough but they do some impressive work.

Posted by: weirdflunky at August 12, 2018 06:57 AM (zYcil)

58 I've enjoyed the car shows on Velocity. But sadly, they too have become the "fake deadline time crunch gotta get it done OMG" type shows
Posted by: Bruce at August 12, 2018 06:55 AM (8ikIW)

I do not do deadlines and crisis! That is why I pay cash for everything.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2018 06:57 AM (JFO2v)

59 >>> Yes a lot of us remember Monty.

DOOM!

Posted by: fluffy at August 12, 2018 06:58 AM (cHbmY)

60 I've enjoyed the car shows on Velocity. But sadly, they too have become the "fake deadline time crunch gotta get it done OMG" type shows
Posted by: Bruce

Hey Kids. Let's take a show on how to fix or customize cars and trucks, and make it a soap opera so that we can get people to care if the tatted up, pierced, gauged ear, stringy hair, stocking hat wearing wrench twister has the feelz.

Posted by: Bruce at August 12, 2018 06:58 AM (8ikIW)

61 I don't have Velocity

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2018 07:00 AM (lxZ71)

62 I just started a pound of stew beef simmering on the stove under some CHS BBQ sauce. Will have me some BBQ hash to slap on buns for supper after simmering all day.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 07:02 AM (mpXpK)

63 tatted up, pierced, gauged ear, stringy hair, stocking hat wearing

The body damage thing freaks me out. I cannot tell if the love their bodies or hate them!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2018 07:03 AM (JFO2v)

64 I used to like that west Coast Choppers show when I still had cable. But it got old after a while. Even if they had been local here I could never have afforded one of those bikes they built.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 07:03 AM (mpXpK)

65 Good morning!

Let's smile and be happy and strike fear in the heart of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 12, 2018 07:04 AM (hyuyC)

66 I like watching the car shows, but they seem to give no useful advice. The fake time lines irk the hell out of me. A few months ago, I had to put my car in the body shop, and the timeline given me was, "maybe a week or two, depending on stuff" and they had it for a month. Did a nice job.

Posted by: bill in arkansas at August 12, 2018 07:06 AM (xzqr4)

67 Vic, I thought I saw that S. Carolina Repubs closed their primaries. True? If so, would Grahamnesty be in trouble?

Posted by: clutch at August 12, 2018 07:06 AM (kiSdp)

68 Discovered leaks in the metal roof on the old barn yesterday. About to have shingled roof on house replaced due to hail damage in July. Between $1000 deductible for house and vacay at the end of the month, I can't reroof old barn.

Half ass patch job with tar I guess. Not happy at all about this turn of events.

Posted by: weirdflunky at August 12, 2018 07:06 AM (zYcil)

69 Vic, thank you for the news. Most appreciated. The entire IBM DOS 1.0 saga should be a cautionary tale on how first movers are not always best movers.

Nowadays big companies try to use unelected government regulators to lock in their advantages.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 12, 2018 07:07 AM (hyuyC)

70 The body damage thing freaks me out. I cannot tell if the love their bodies or hate them!
Posted by: rhennigantx

I've worked many a dirty job. I can't imagine having the piercings and such that they have. Something would have got caught on something

Posted by: Bruce at August 12, 2018 07:08 AM (8ikIW)

71
New 'study' says US teens are dropping TV like the plague.

Why in the hell would you waste 14 minutes of every hour watching commercial filled television? I have Hulu and pay a couple extra bucks a month to watch without commercials. Actually, I don't watch much, some old Seinfelds, Tool Time, Last Man Standing... mainly comedies before I go to sleep. But the wife loves Hulu and Amazon.

If I told her we were going back to cable there would be hell to pay. 'Kids' already know this stuff. Cable can EABOD.

Posted by: Forgot My Nic at August 12, 2018 07:09 AM (LOgQ4)

72 So today we host Hate Fest II. Why do I suspect all the Neo Nazis and Klansmen are on somebodies payroll? Its like David Duke mysteriously shows up every two years to provide Manhattan Media a narrative. Should be fun to get a 72 hour sermon from CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, NPR, and WAPO.

As a stupid question, what will Sarah Jeong have to say about racial hate?

Posted by: Puddin Head at August 12, 2018 07:09 AM (vV/gB)

73 69 Vic, thank you for the news. Most appreciated. The entire IBM DOS 1.0 saga should be a cautionary tale on how first movers are not always best movers.

Nowadays big companies try to use unelected government regulators to lock in their advantages.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 12, 2018 07:07 AM (hyuyC)

Flat tax or Fair tax and NO SUBSIDIES! It would double GDP in 7 years!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2018 07:09 AM (JFO2v)

74 67
Vic, I thought I saw that S. Carolina Repubs closed their primaries. True? If so, would Grahamnesty be in trouble?

Posted by: clutch at August 12, 2018 07:06 AM (kiSdp)

They had submitted a bill I think but haven't heard the status of it. I'll check.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 07:09 AM (mpXpK)

75 Why in the hell would you waste 14 minutes of every hour watching commercial filled television?

I like how many of the stations take a half hour or hour rerun show and add about 10 minutes to the run time to include more commercials.

Posted by: Bruce at August 12, 2018 07:10 AM (8ikIW)

76 I just started a pound of stew beef simmering on the stove under some CHS BBQ sauce. Will have me some BBQ hash to slap on buns for supper after simmering all day.

Posted by: Vic

Sounds good Vic.

Posted by: JT at August 12, 2018 07:11 AM (gJCxj)

77 Why do I suspect all the Neo Nazis and Klansmen are on somebodies payroll?

Because they are all Socialist! Watching the Neo Nazis and the Pantyfa fight is like the Hatfields and McCoys. 1 big family fighting over who gets to run the county or country!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2018 07:13 AM (JFO2v)

78 Good morning!

Let's smile and be happy and strike fear in the heart of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog

BOOO !

That wasn't too over the top, was it Salty ?

Posted by: JT at August 12, 2018 07:13 AM (gJCxj)

79 Why in the hell would you waste 14 minutes of every hour watching commercial filled television?

Isn't that why the German Nazi party hated the communists so much? Not a pure socialism.

Posted by: Bruce at August 12, 2018 07:14 AM (8ikIW)

80 @14
This is example 1,452,357 of why the GOP is a useless pile of dogshit.

This is a 5 year old story and it's coming out now, I'm confident to near 100pct certainty that the GOP knew about this and never made a peep about it nor used it against DiFi to try to drive her from office or used it to mitigate the attacks on the sitting GOP President.

And I love that DiFi can basically wave away any culpability or criminal investigations with a, "I'm just as shocked as everyone else that my "chauffeur" of 20 plus years was a spy.

And the double standards are outrageous, the spy isn't named, he was able to just slip away, the FBI warned her, they didn't acquire a FISA to immediately start spying on her, in fact they worked to mitigate the exposure all with the aiding and abetting of the GOP.

I fucking hate all of these pieces of shit.

Posted by: Kreplach at August 12, 2018 07:15 AM (AMttH)

81 Correction.

Because they are all Socialist! Watching the Neo Nazis and the Pantyfa fight is like the Hatfields and McCoys. 1 big family fighting over who gets to run the county or country!

Isn't that why the German Nazi party hated the communists so much? Not a pure socialism.

Copy and paste! Why have you forsaken me?!?!

Posted by: Bruce at August 12, 2018 07:16 AM (8ikIW)

82 JT

I don't scare easily. I'm married.

pace Sam Kinison.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 12, 2018 07:16 AM (hyuyC)

83 Vic, the media has to ask Kameltoe and some of these other idiots a tiny bit difficult questions because if she wins the Dem nomination, they know Damn well that Trump will ask during the debates. The resulting S-show would cause a 57 state landslide.

Posted by: clutch at August 12, 2018 07:17 AM (kiSdp)

84 Vic, the media has to ask Kameltoe and some of these other idiots a tiny bit difficult questions because if she wins the Dem nomination, they know Damn well that Trump will ask during the debates. The resulting S-show would cause a 57 state landslide.
Posted by: clutch

Watch out now. She may have "Mad Max" Waters as her VP candidate

Posted by: Bruce at August 12, 2018 07:18 AM (8ikIW)

85 And I love that DiFi can basically wave away any culpability or criminal investigations with a, "I'm just as shocked as everyone else that my "chauffeur" of 20 plus years was a spy.

Dude! Did you ever watch TV from 2008 to 2016? Bhussein only found out about shit happening in the White House from a news story.

I did not know Michele had a big dick until I saw it in the news this morning!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2018 07:19 AM (JFO2v)

86 Watch out now. She may have "Mad Max" Waters as her VP candidate
Posted by: Bruce at August 12, 2018 07:18 AM (8ikIW)

Brownie and the Brain

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2018 07:19 AM (JFO2v)

87 Kreplach, the GOP cannot condemn DiFi because they have some major skeletons in their own closets. I'd like ALL of them exposed.

Posted by: clutch at August 12, 2018 07:20 AM (kiSdp)

88 JT

I don't scare easily. I'm married.

pace Sam Kinison.

Posted by: NaCly Dog

The BOOO was for the killjoy leftists.

Posted by: JT at August 12, 2018 07:20 AM (gJCxj)

89 74 They had submitted a bill I think but haven't heard the status of it. I'll check.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 07:09 AM (mpXpK)

OK what they did was put a question on the 2018 Republican Primary asking voters if they wanted to close the Republican Primaries. I could not find what the result of that was. I did find hundreds of article by Democrat and the MFM in SC opposing closing them . Of course they want them open.

Bottom line, I do not know and can not find what happened to that vote. I do know that I have got no notice that we have to re-register as a member of a political Party. Which means they are still open primaries.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 07:21 AM (mpXpK)

90 The Dem ticket with those 2? My dick would be harder than Chinese arithmetic.

Posted by: clutch at August 12, 2018 07:22 AM (kiSdp)

91 The Dem ticket with those 2? My dick would be harder than Chinese arithmetic.
Posted by: clutch

The spin that MFM would have to put on their utterances would be epic

Posted by: Bruce at August 12, 2018 07:23 AM (8ikIW)

92 90 The Dem ticket with those 2? My dick would be harder than Chinese arithmetic.
Posted by: clutch at August 12, 2018 07:22 AM (kiSdp)

Harder than cashing my mooms SS check!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2018 07:24 AM (JFO2v)

93 90 The Dem ticket with those 2? My dick would be harder than Chinese arithmetic.
Posted by: clutch at August 12, 2018 07:22 AM (kiSdp)

Harder than making a left turn into the mall!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2018 07:24 AM (JFO2v)

94 The DOL is now saying inflation is rising at the
fastest rate in 10 years. Onlyu because they are giving more honest
numbers since the Choom King left. Economists at one point during his
reign of terror said real inflation was approaching 21%. And all you had
to do was walk down a grocery store aisle to see it.

http://tinyurl.com/y8f7e9rr

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 06:01 AM

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It's literally the only way they have left to make Trump fail.

Get the Fed to raise keep raising the interest rate based on overheated inflation and it will kill the economy, and if the economy blows, Trump will not get reelected in 2020.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at August 12, 2018 07:24 AM (JUOKG)

95 There's a lot of money in the ChiCom trade surpluses. Just ask the Clinton Global Initiative.

Posted by: Puddin Head at August 12, 2018 07:25 AM (vV/gB)

96 JT

Thank for the correction.

I am less charitable to Leftists these days. They have degenerated to religious cultists bereft of the ability to reason and learn. And they are a primary mechanism that can and had collapsed advanced civilization.

What to do? What to do?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 12, 2018 07:25 AM (hyuyC)

97 Kameltoe and "Mad Max" Waters as her VP candidate? Sounds like exactly what the Democrats need - a 57 state shellacking. Shut the noisiest wing of the party up with a resounding defeat. Make them crawl away with tail between their legs.

The 'moderate' Democrats can then reappear and say, "I told you so. You gotta spoon-feed socialism''.

Posted by: Forgot My Nic at August 12, 2018 07:25 AM (LOgQ4)

98 Bruce there would be no spin they could do to polish that turd. I have no idea what they will have for 2020 but T will win with a larger margin than 2016.

Posted by: clutch at August 12, 2018 07:26 AM (kiSdp)

99 The 'moderate' Democrats can then reappear and say, "I told you so. You gotta spoon-feed socialism''.
Posted by: Forgot My Nic

Heh. Right now it's the "Veruca Salt" Party

Posted by: Bruce at August 12, 2018 07:27 AM (8ikIW)

100 96 What to do? What to do?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 12, 2018 07:25 AM (hyuyC)

I think it is time for some good old Reverse Rules for Radicals. #5 RIDICULE!

Best one to use on Progressives! They are soulless, humourless beings! Bhussein and Shillary are living proof.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2018 07:29 AM (JFO2v)

101 Good morning, Horde. Why is it morning already?

Posted by: NaughtyPine at August 12, 2018 07:29 AM (/+bwe)

102 The Dems have another problem. If they win the House it will be because Dem White Male Heterosexuals ran to the right promising not to support Pelosi. Doubt these guys want to go all Kamikaze for the resistance. More than likely they will fall in line for a Trump infrastructure deal to bring home some bacon and border wall to demonstrate their toxic masculinity.

Posted by: Puddin Head at August 12, 2018 07:30 AM (vV/gB)

103 >>> Heh. Right now it's the "Veruca Salt" Party

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qyVSKydUxKk

This will wake you up.

Posted by: fluffy at August 12, 2018 07:30 AM (cHbmY)

104 rhennigantx

Punch line of ol' Air Force joke: Aim lower and lead them less.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 12, 2018 07:31 AM (hyuyC)

105 I am less charitable to Leftists these days. They have degenerated to religious cultists bereft of the ability to reason and learn. And they are a primary mechanism that can and had collapsed advanced civilization.

What to do? What to do?

Posted by: NaCly Dog

Before the last Prez election an old friend of mine said "If Hillary gets elected, this country is done."

I said "I know".

I did the only thing I could do.....I voted for Trump.

I was pleasantly surprised that he won, and I continue to be pleasantly surprised by his actions.

Posted by: JT at August 12, 2018 07:31 AM (gJCxj)

106 The 'moderate' Democrats can then reappear and say, "I told you so. You gotta spoon-feed socialism''.
Posted by: Forgot My Nic at August 12, 2018 07:25 AM (LOgQ4)

As Bernie said we dont need 23 type of deodorant! I dare someone to ask Occasional or Kameltoe what is the state tampon!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2018 07:32 AM (JFO2v)

107 rhennigantx

I do ridicule. A lot. It gets to a few. The ones that know it's all a path to power, the ones in the inner, inner circle, are impervious to ridicule.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 12, 2018 07:32 AM (hyuyC)

108 Punch line of ol' Air Force joke: Aim lower and lead them less.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 12, 2018 07:31 AM (hyuyC)

How can you shoot wymens and chilrens?

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2018 07:33 AM (JFO2v)

109 JT

Trump needs support in the Senate. Doing what I can, but citizen input is not really painting on their radar screen.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 12, 2018 07:35 AM (hyuyC)

110 Good morning, Horde. Why is it morning already?

Posted by: NaughtyPine

IIRC, its because the Earth rotates around the sun.

If the Earth was flat, it wouldn't do that.

It would just fly out onto space like a Frisbee.

Posted by: JT at August 12, 2018 07:35 AM (gJCxj)

111 107 I promise you that they are seething when Gutfeld goes into a rant. If Shapiro was funny he could do some serious damage!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2018 07:36 AM (JFO2v)

112 rhennigantx

Got it in one.

Oops, look at the time. Burning daylight. I'll be glad when school start this week, and I can cut back on chores.

Everyone have a blessed day. And may every traffic light turn green as you approach in your travels.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 12, 2018 07:37 AM (hyuyC)

113 Thinking apple pancakes might be in order

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2018 07:37 AM (lxZ71)

114 Posted by: fluffy at August 12, 2018 07:30 AM (cHbmY)

I'd never heard of Veruca Salt, but I have now.

Posted by: clutch at August 12, 2018 07:38 AM (kiSdp)

115 JT

Trump needs support in the Senate. Doing what I can, but citizen input is not really painting on their radar screen.

Posted by: NaCly Dog

I know what ya mean...I am reminded of Nixon's phrase "Silent Majority" (which he was mocked for.)

I think its truer now than it ever was.

Posted by: JT at August 12, 2018 07:38 AM (gJCxj)

116 > Sorry dude, twitter is a private company and can censor however they want.

That's not how it worked historically.

Traditionally, there were two categories of "carrier" (both carriers of physical goods and carriers of information).

A private carrier (such as a newspaper) had total control over its content, BUT along with that, had total responsibility for said content.

A so-called "common carrier" (such as the phone company) had no responsibility for the message content (for instance, you couldn't successfully sue the phone company because someone used the telephone to plan a crime), but, in exchange for that immunity, they were obligated to provide service to anyone with the money. They were not allowed to discriminate based on content.

Note that in both cases, responsibility and control were proportionate. Newspaper: total control, total responsibility. Phone company: no control, no responsibility.

What the Twitters and Facebooks are arguing is that they should have total control, but no responsibility.

Nope. If they want control, they need to also assume responsibility (e.g., for the vast amount of copyright violations that take place on their services).

I feel certain that regulation in this area would pass constitutional muster.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI at August 12, 2018 07:39 AM (Ib/RG)

117 On the NFL kneelers. WHO DA FUK CARES? I do not care! You cannot make me care!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2018 07:40 AM (JFO2v)

118 Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI at August 12, 2018 07:39 AM (Ib/RG)

I don't do either Twitter or Fakebook but do they have barriers to entry from competitors?

Posted by: clutch at August 12, 2018 07:41 AM (kiSdp)

119 Good morning, Horde. Why is it morning already?
Posted by: NaughtyPine at August 12, 2018 07:29 AM (/+bwe)

*loud, out of key*

TOAST ALL MY BAGELS OF THE MORNING, BAGELS

JUST BRUSH MY TEETH BEFORE YOU READ ME, MAYBEEEE

Posted by: hogmartin at August 12, 2018 07:42 AM (y87Qq)

120 Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI at August 12, 2018 07:39 AM

Interesting thoughts. So, if I picked up a telephone and made a conference call to 100 individuals and spewed some sort of conspiratorial message (in shades of Alex Jones), would the telephone company block my account?

Posted by: Forgot My Nic at August 12, 2018 07:43 AM (LOgQ4)

121 > I don't do either Twitter or Fakebook but do they have barriers to entry from competitors?

Network effect. Nothing is stopping me from hooking up my own phone line, except the fact that a phone line is only useful if it's hooked to all the other phone lines out there.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI at August 12, 2018 07:43 AM (Ib/RG)

122 116 I feel certain that regulation in this area would pass constitutional muster.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI at August 12, 2018 07:39 AM (Ib/RG)

It would never pass an honest evaluation under the constitution and most of those newspaper regulations would not either. But since the newspapers all overwhelmingly Democrat and liberal they do get away with just about anything they want.

And I am not convinced Twitter and Facebook would be considered a common carrier. You can pick up a "Twitter" and call joe blow in Podunk Idaho

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 07:45 AM (mpXpK)

123 > So, if I picked up a telephone and made a conference call to 100 individuals and spewed some sort of conspiratorial message (in shades of Alex Jones), would the telephone company block my account?

I've never heard of the phone company blocking anyone's account for any reason at all (other than not paying the bill). They might report your illegal activities to the authorities, but that's a different thing.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI at August 12, 2018 07:45 AM (Ib/RG)

124 your big govt at work
Mayor de Blasio and Cynthia Nixons wife banded together with a bunch of City Hall aides in an effort to stop singing star Jennifer Hudson from performing at a Success Academy rally by feeding her negative information about the charter network, �e-mails obtained by The Post show.

2 white people attacking a black gal

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2018 07:45 AM (JFO2v)

125 > It would never pass an honest evaluation under the constitution

Not only would it pass such an evaluation, it has passed such evaluations numerous times in the past.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI at August 12, 2018 07:46 AM (Ib/RG)

126 CORRECTION You can pick NOT up a "Twitter" and call joe blow in Podunk Idaho

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 07:46 AM (mpXpK)

127 125 Not only would it pass such an evaluation, it has passed such evaluations numerous times in the past.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI at August 12, 2018 07:46 AM (Ib/RG)

Twitter has passed a Constitution evaluation??? I throw the BS flag on that.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 07:47 AM (mpXpK)

128 IIRC, its because the Earth rotates around the sun.

If the Earth was flat, it wouldn't do that.

It would just fly out onto space like a Frisbee.
Posted by: JT at August 12, 2018 07:35 AM

TOAST ALL MY BAGELS OF THE MORNING, BAGELS

JUST BRUSH MY TEETH BEFORE YOU READ ME, MAYBEEEE
Posted by: hogmartin at August 12, 2018 07:42 AM

This is like when I used to ask a question at a family holiday party. Now I just have to wait for the one to offer me a mixed drink with a radish perched on the edge because we have no more celery or olives.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at August 12, 2018 07:48 AM (/+bwe)

129 > Twitter has passed a Constitution evaluation??? I throw the BS flag on that.

The law about common carriers. I throw the BS flag on your deflection attempt.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI at August 12, 2018 07:48 AM (Ib/RG)

130 129 The law about common carriers. I throw the BS flag on your deflection attempt.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI at August 12, 2018 07:48 AM (Ib/RG)

You said twitter. And maybe the newspapers have passed muster but that is only because the courts have been overwhelmingly liberal since FDR had 4 terms.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 07:50 AM (mpXpK)

131 Don't look now but the RCP average for the Generic Congressional Poll is down to 3.9.

With the 2nd qtr GDP numbers, I think alot of people are starting to take notice of how good the economy is and that the Democrats want to destroy it.

Posted by: WisRich at August 12, 2018 07:52 AM (OAlmw)

132 > You said twitter.

I said "common carrier".

Twitter should be forced to decide whether it is a common carrier or a private carrier. If it is a private carrier, it can control its content any way it wants (but is also responsible for that content). If it is a common carrier, it's not responsible for its content, but neither is it allowed to discriminate.

It's not a difficult concept.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI at August 12, 2018 07:52 AM (Ib/RG)

133 By the way, the law on common carriers goes all the way back to English common law. It has nothing to do with "FDR".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI at August 12, 2018 07:53 AM (Ib/RG)

134 Besides that, I consider all common carrier regulations unconstitutional when dealing with private companies. But that is an "honest evaluation".

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 07:54 AM (mpXpK)

135 133
By the way, the law on common carriers goes all the way back to English common law. It has nothing to do with "FDR".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI at August 12, 2018 07:53 AM (Ib/RG)

No but it has everything to do with the overwhelmingly liberal courts.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 07:54 AM (mpXpK)

136 Along about the same time Kapro came out with its PC which used the CP/M operating system.

Morning yall. I sold Kaypro and Eagle computers in the early Eighties. For a while there Kaypro had a PC compatible system unit after the IBM comes out, but it couldn't save then.

True story. I once showed General Robert Scott how to use Spellbinder.�

Posted by: f'd at August 12, 2018 07:55 AM (UdKB7)

137 Not sure twit or fb will fall into the common carrier basket because they don't charge for the service like the phone company.

I think trust busting is a more likely way to go.

The GSW wielding FDR's big stick. Hello Goog and Apl!

Posted by: weirdflunky at August 12, 2018 07:57 AM (zYcil)

138 136 Morning yall. I sold Kaypro and Eagle computers in
the early Eighties. For a while there Kaypro had a PC compatible system
unit after the IBM comes out, but it couldn't save then.

True story. I once showed General Robert Scott how to use Spellbinder.

Posted by: f'd at August 12, 2018 07:55 AM (UdKB7)

Corporate bosses killed Kapro. And C/PM wasn't completely compatible with DOS.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 07:59 AM (mpXpK)

139 Found out bought Kodiak Cakes cinnamon oat mix, chipped up a apple, will see how it turns out

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2018 07:59 AM (lxZ71)

140 This is like when I used to ask a question at a family holiday party. Now I just have to wait for the one to offer me a mixed drink with a radish perched on the edge because we have no more celery or olives.

Posted by: NaughtyPine

I think it would be a good idea to wait for the Book Thread before we imbibe.

Posted by: JT at August 12, 2018 08:00 AM (gJCxj)

141
Corporate bosses killed Kapro. And C/PM wasn't completely compatible with DOS.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 07:59 AM

I remember buying a fifty dollar utility program to convert files from cp/m to dos.

I paid it gladly, eagerly. Saved me a shit-load of hours of work.

Posted by: Forgot My Nic at August 12, 2018 08:02 AM (LOgQ4)

142 140 I think it would be a good idea to wait for the Book Thread before we imbibe.

Posted by: JT at August 12, 2018 08:00 AM (gJCxj)

That's what I am waiting on. but may wait until tomorrow since I am cooking that all day BBQ hash and I don't have much brown left. Didn't go by the 'store' yesterday.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 08:02 AM (mpXpK)

143 Monte Banks he of the Paolo persuasion..I re MEMBER him well sez Ms Hum

Posted by: saf at August 12, 2018 08:02 AM (5IHGB)

144 Morning yall. I sold Kaypro and Eagle computers in the early Eighties. For a while there Kaypro had a PC compatible system unit after the IBM comes out, but it couldn't save then.
Posted by: f'd at August 12, 2018 07:55 AM (UdKB7)

There's a brief (10 minute) overview of the rise and fall of Eagle here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wdunM5XZwo
I never had a Kaypro (never had any CP/M machine), but I'm a sucker for the boat anchor luggables with the wee little CRTs. It would be kind of neat to have an SX-64.

Posted by: hogmartin at August 12, 2018 08:02 AM (y87Qq)

145 141 I paid it gladly, eagerly. Saved me a shit-load of hours of work.

Posted by: Forgot My Nic at August 12, 2018 08:02 AM (LOgQ4)

I never say a program like that. I finally broke down and ordered an IBM type computer over the 'internet' of the time. Which was some kind of GE thing that I can remember the name of.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 08:06 AM (mpXpK)

146 Now that the open secret is out about aircraft, I wonder if there will be a spate of copycats stealing them all over America.

Posted by: Bill R. at August 12, 2018 08:06 AM (IuYIh)

147 It would be kind of neat to have an SX-64.

I've got one, they're pretty nifty.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 12, 2018 08:06 AM (oVJmc)

148 I usually have nothing but coffee for the book thread but are you guys suggesting a brandy or a scotch would be appropriate?

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2018 08:07 AM (lxZ71)

149 say = saw

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 08:07 AM (mpXpK)

150 Morning. Time to go to the range and put lead on target.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 12, 2018 08:08 AM (xJPYL)

151 That's what I am waiting on. but may wait until tomorrow since I am cooking that all day BBQ hash and I don't have much brown left. Didn't go by the 'store' yesterday.

Posted by: Vic

Bummer.

Isn't there someone you can call in an emergency like this ?

Posted by: JT at August 12, 2018 08:08 AM (gJCxj)

152 Alabama's voter ID laws had no suppression impact on black American turnout in the state's most recent Senate election.

Despite constant accusations from organizations funded by billionaire George Soros and Democrats that laws mandating voters show ID ahead of casting a ballot suppress minority turnout, the most recent case in Alabama seemingly debunks this theory.

Jones was carried to victory by black voters who turned up on the clear December day in numbers higher than expected. According to exit polling conducted by CNN, black voters overwhelmingly supported Jones, with 98 percent of black women voting for him.

Twenty-nine percent of voters in the Alabama special election were black, according to CNN, at a time when they make up about 26 percent of Alabama's population. While one in four people in Alabama are black, one out of every three voters in line Tuesday deciding the race between Moore and Jones was African-American.

Posted by: undocumented illegal SMOD at August 12, 2018 08:08 AM (e8kgV)

153 I usually have nothing but coffee for the book thread but are you guys suggesting a brandy or a scotch would be appropriate?
Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2018 08:07 AM (lxZ71)

Ummmmmmmmm....Yes.

More coffee.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 12, 2018 08:09 AM (EoRCO)

154 You can hardly do anything now without running into some local or federal regulation.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 06:01 AM (mpXpK)

Can't imagine what you are talking about:

29 USC �666(a) & 29 CFR �1915.71(c)(1) make it a federal crime for a shipbuilding company to repeatedly use wood scaffolding unless its uprights are set "plump" and able to support the "loan" (sic).

Posted by: Chairman Hrothgar at August 12, 2018 08:09 AM (n9EOP)

155 The DOL is now saying inflation is rising at the fastest rate in 10 years. Onlyu because they are giving more honest numbers since the Choom King left. Economists at one point during his reign of terror said real inflation was approaching 21%. And all you had to do was walk down a grocery store aisle to see it.

http://tinyurl.com/y8f7e9rr
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 06:01 AM (mpXpK)

THIS. Every time we're told there isn't any inflation it's total BS. And when they aren't raising prices they are reducing content but keeping it at the same price

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 12, 2018 08:09 AM (SiINZ)

156 "And C/PM wasn't completely compatible with DOS."

It wasn't really compatible at all. Z80 CPU with 64k program space. IBM used the 8088. There was a board you could put in a IBM PC that had a Z80 CPU on it that would let you run CP/M programs.

As I recall, the Eagle computer founder got rich, bought a Ferrari, and killed himself in it. That was the end of Eagle.

Posted by: f'd at August 12, 2018 08:09 AM (UdKB7)

157 You can't pick up a Twitter and call Alex Jones today.

Honestly, this is another philosophical rabbit hole suitable for debate on the cruise. Facebook, YouTube etc are left mouth organs - let's punish the shit out of them while we have the power. They won't appreciate our restraint and not do it to us in the future. FTC anti trust, SEC for whatever reason, IRS up the ass, and just for giggles seize their server farms for kiddie porn, I'm sure you'll find some.

Posted by: Jean at August 12, 2018 08:12 AM (j0Mw7)

158 I think trust busting is a more likely way to go.

The GSW wielding FDR's big stick. Hello Goog and Apl!
Posted by: weirdflunky at August 12, 2018 07:57 AM (zYcil)

Don't hold your breath, political graft far outweighs any conceivable public interest. Why do you think Soros has bought so many State AGs?

Posted by: Chairman Hrothgar at August 12, 2018 08:13 AM (n9EOP)

159 I usually have nothing but coffee for the book thread but are you guys suggesting a brandy or a scotch would be appropriate?

Posted by: Skip

Coffee for me too.

We're all adults here, ergo, to each his/her own.

I was merely suggesting a 9AM start time.

Posted by: JT at August 12, 2018 08:13 AM (gJCxj)

160 I never saw a program like that. I finally broke down and ordered an IBM type computer over the 'internet' of the time. Which was some kind of GE thing that I can remember the name of.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 08:06 AM

I forget where I saw it, but it was great. I had a two disc drive system running cpm and it would format discs for dos, then convert the cpm files and write them for dos.

I had a shitload of dbase files and there was no way I wanted to key them in again.

I actually thought that cpm was the better operating system but I wanted to run the latest stuff which was all moving to dos. Double dos was appearing and the ability to jump between apps, which we take for granted now, was huge. You could only run two separate apps, but it still was a huge productivity enhancement.

Posted by: Forgot My Nic at August 12, 2018 08:14 AM (LOgQ4)

161 151 Isn't there someone you can call in an emergency like this ?

Posted by: JT at August 12, 2018 08:08 AM (gJCxj)

Failure to plan ahead is not an emergency. But no, I don't know any bootleggers around here. My next door neighbor knows one I think but I am not going to get her to go hit him up since she has remained on the wagon and I am not going to tempt her.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 08:14 AM (mpXpK)

162 Kaypro was an Osborn clone. You could get a Kaypro with an orange screen, but most were green screen with a really long phosphor decay. Later they came out with a version that had Hercules graphics, about 700 X 400 resolution if iirc. Then you could play Asteroids on it. The asteroids would leave little green trails all over the place if you turned the brightness all the way up.

Posted by: f'd at August 12, 2018 08:15 AM (UdKB7)

163 Honestly, this is another philosophical rabbit hole suitable for debate on the cruise. Facebook, YouTube etc are left mouth organs - let's punish the shit out of them while we have the power. They won't appreciate our restraint and not do it to us in the future. FTC anti trust, SEC for whatever reason, IRS up the ass, and just for giggles seize their server farms for kiddie porn, I'm sure you'll find some.

Posted by: Jean at August 12, 2018 08:12 AM (j0Mw7)

Would you like to be Attorney General?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 12, 2018 08:16 AM (SiINZ)

164 The first memo in the Steele Dossier (June 20, 2016) -- opening summary, first page, fourth bullet point -- contains the following:

A dossier of compromising information on Hillary Clinton has been collated by the Russian Intelligence Services over many years and mainly compromises bugged conversations she had on various visits to Russia and intercepted phone calls.
Papadopoulos never discussed Hillary's emails with Aussie Downer in their meeting in London in 2016. He discussed the Hillary dossier.

Posted by: undocumented illegal SMOD at August 12, 2018 08:17 AM (e8kgV)

165 "I had a shitload of dbase files and there was no way I wanted to key them in again. "

Believe it or not, I have a customer still running a dBASE program.

Posted by: f'd at August 12, 2018 08:17 AM (UdKB7)

166 And C/PM wasn't completely compatible with DOS.

If I remember correctly, DOS added one really important call to CP/M: a read function. That one little feature made it much easier to write for.

Posted by: t-bird at August 12, 2018 08:19 AM (Ry8mf)

167 165 Believe it or not, I have a customer still running a dBASE program.

Posted by: f'd at August 12, 2018 08:17 AM (UdKB7)

I was still running a dbase program for tracking some things when I left work.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 08:19 AM (mpXpK)

168 I've forgotten most everything I ever knew about dBASE even though I wrote several programs using it. What I do remember is this:

.

Posted by: f'd at August 12, 2018 08:21 AM (UdKB7)

169 But I was switching over to Access which was the Microsnot corporate approved database program.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 08:21 AM (mpXpK)

170 garlic bagel with lox spread

strawberry danish

fruit salad

orange juice

coffee

Posted by: mjc at August 12, 2018 08:22 AM (Pg+x7)

171 Do you remember S&S cafeterias Vic?

Posted by: f'd at August 12, 2018 08:22 AM (UdKB7)

172 Believe it or not, I have a customer still running a dBASE program.

Posted by: f'd at August 12, 2018 08:17 AM

I believe it. It's origins are the Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) moon mission software, where millions of parts had to be inventoried. It's pretty incredible.

Somebody in the early days of micro computers figured out how to port it to PC's and made a mint, I'm sure.

Later on I converted it to something called Clipper, for the speed, and the fact the code was compiled and a customer didn't have access to my source code.

Posted by: Forgot My Nic at August 12, 2018 08:23 AM (LOgQ4)

173 BTW I still have those old disks for Access. I brought my dBase files home to convert.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 08:23 AM (mpXpK)

174
As I recall, the Eagle computer founder got rich, bought a Ferrari, and killed himself in it. That was the end of Eagle.
Posted by: f'd at August 12, 2018 08:09 AM (UdKB7)

Probably did not know how to drive a car with a clutch.

Posted by: clutch at August 12, 2018 08:24 AM (kiSdp)

175 Probably did not know how to drive a car with a clutch.

Posted by: clutch

"Look honey. An extra brake pedal !"

Posted by: JT at August 12, 2018 08:26 AM (gJCxj)

176 Probably did not know how to drive a car with a clutch.
Posted by: clutch at August 12, 2018 08:24 AM (kiSdp)

*cue "clutch" intro theme music*

Posted by: hogmartin at August 12, 2018 08:26 AM (y87Qq)

177 Probably did not know how to drive a car with a clutch.
Posted by: clutch

I hope Spinner and Paddlefoot weren't involved

Posted by: Bruce at August 12, 2018 08:26 AM (8ikIW)

178 171
Do you remember SS cafeterias Vic?

Posted by: f'd at August 12, 2018 08:22 AM (UdKB7)

It sounds familiar but I can't place them now. OK a little bit of Bing and I find they had one in Macon GA, about 50 miles from where I grew up. All we had around out little town was local mom and pop places.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 08:26 AM (mpXpK)

179 IIRC, Osborn died when it announced a new computer before it was ready to ship. Sales of existing product evaporated. Yuge cash flow problem.

Posted by: JAS at August 12, 2018 08:28 AM (3HNOQ)

180 I think there is/was a S&S Cafeteria in MB

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2018 08:28 AM (lxZ71)

181 The S and S cafeteria is still in Macon, just down the street from my MiLs house.

Posted by: clutch at August 12, 2018 08:29 AM (kiSdp)

182 Basic economics. In a growing economy, such as what we have now, you have rising inflation. One reason for that inflation is that demand is outpacing supply. To help prevent that rise of excess growth in aggregate demand you raise rates to help cool off and manage that demand. This is precisely what is happening now.

Obama, on the other hand, oversaw the weakest recovery in our history because he discouraged capital investment, kept taxes high, increased costs such as healthcare, increased business operating costs and generally led an anti growth campaign. One might argue his QE also eventually cause inflation to rise, and he hid that rise by cooking the books- the ultimate reason we did not face hyperinflation being, Trump.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 12, 2018 08:31 AM (xJPYL)

183 Morning all

Do you know where your children are?
Do you know who will make a fool of themselves on the AM News Shows?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 12, 2018 08:32 AM (Ydx5u)

184 I think there is/was a S&S Cafeteria in MB
Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2018 08:28 AM (lxZ71)

Yup....S & S was mainly in the South and the ones I went to had black waiters in green vests serving and seating after you went through the chow line.

Piccadilly Cafeteria was the modern S & S type restaurant.

They put the desserts and sweets at the head of the line as you came through so you would buy more.

Decent food at decent prices.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 12, 2018 08:33 AM (EoRCO)

185 "S&S Cafeteria"

S&S used to have a bunch of stores thruout Ga. The reason I asked was because one of the first dBASE programs I wrote was to track comment cards for them. You know the little cards that ask about service, the food, etc? They would enter the comments and the program would generate reports of things like the top complaints by location. Things like "dirty utensils" and "slow refills on drinks" were always near the top of the list.

Posted by: f'd at August 12, 2018 08:33 AM (UdKB7)

186 Get the Fed to raise keep raising the interest rate based on overheated inflation and it will kill the economy, and if the economy blows, Trump will not get reelected in 2020.
__________________

That's the plan!

Posted by: The Uniparty at August 12, 2018 08:33 AM (fqUgw)

187 Seventeen years after a suicide terrorist detonated his explosive vest in the Sbarro pizza shop in downtown Jerusalem, the perpetrators' families continue to be rewarded with monthly payments from the Palestinian Authority (PA), the Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) reported.

The Sbarro attack left 15 dead, including seven children. Three of the children were siblings, and were killed together with their parents.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 12, 2018 08:34 AM (Ydx5u)

188 The only Democrat President who actually helped the economy was Kennedy. And that was because he pushed through elimination of FDR's ruinous 99% tax rate.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 08:34 AM (mpXpK)

189 "The S and S cafeteria is still in Macon, just down the street from my MiLs house. "

About 15 minutes from here. My MIL loves that place but I won't eat there cause I know things.

Posted by: f'd at August 12, 2018 08:35 AM (UdKB7)

190 Unsettled weather again today
Doing archery on Fox, really want to see a arrow fly through a window

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2018 08:36 AM (lxZ71)

191 116 re: common carriers

Borgia's analysis is mostly correct but the USA has not yet announced control of the Internet. Until then Feds can't designate the Facebook/Twitters as common carriers.
I believe Fed Control of Internet would eventually be a worse evil.

Posted by: Le Garde Vieux at August 12, 2018 08:36 AM (ZcS8q)

192 About 15 minutes from here. My MIL loves that place but I won't eat there cause I know things.
Posted by: f'd

After watching some of the bar and restaurant rescue shows, I think that can be said about most places.

Posted by: Bruce at August 12, 2018 08:36 AM (8ikIW)

193 Prediction:

Nazis show up to protest being a tiny minority nobody but the media cares about and gives a shitload of air time to.

Communist ANTIFA shows up to beat the shit out of the Nazis

Brawl ensues

Trump condemns violence

Media screams "How dare you include our beloved Communist ANTIFA in with those evil Nazis?!"

#NeverTrump chimes in criticizing Trump for including Communist ANTIFA in with the evil Nazis

I shake my head and say to myself "What the fuck?" again.

Posted by: Trigger Warning at August 12, 2018 08:38 AM (kO+z3)

194 In terms of economic growth, I saw an independent non partisan study that correctly showed Obama was the worst president in history. No matter how they cooked the books, his growth was the lowest.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 12, 2018 08:39 AM (xJPYL)

195 "the ones I went to had black waiters in green vests serving and seating after you went through the chow line. "

Oh yea. The "Smoteas". They would come by with a pitcher and say "Smotea sir?'.

Posted by: f'd at August 12, 2018 08:40 AM (UdKB7)

196 his growth was the lowest.
Posted by: Marcus T

Reggie never complained though

Posted by: Bruce at August 12, 2018 08:40 AM (8ikIW)

197 Just brew the damn coffee.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 12, 2018 08:41 AM (CDGwz)

198 In terms of economic growth, I saw an independent non partisan study that correctly showed Obama was the worst president in history. No matter how they cooked the books, his growth was the lowest.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 12, 2018 08:39 AM

I believe it. It was by design. He didn't want to have a 'Reagan style' economy where the wealth was shared 'unfairly' (to their way of thinking, not mine). So he chose little to no growth as the goal.

Which I knew was going to happen when he was elected.

Posted by: Forgot My Nic at August 12, 2018 08:42 AM (LOgQ4)

199 IIRC, Osborn died when it announced a new computer before it was ready
to ship. Sales of existing product evaporated. Yuge cash flow problem.

Now known as 'The Osborne Effect.'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_effect

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 12, 2018 08:42 AM (oVJmc)

200 Good morning! Cigar and coffee and a beautiful sunrise for breakfast. Golf later this morning. Gonna be a great day...

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 12, 2018 08:43 AM (ZYcR0)

201 Look at where the Dems are going with their false narratives on the economy. They are trying to downplay what Trump has done on jobs and economic growth. They know the value to the electorate.

It's an argument they won't win, especially with the rise of Democrat Socialists and unanimous opposition to tax cuts.

Any Republican not touting these economic accomplishments is an idiot.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 12, 2018 08:43 AM (xJPYL)

202 "Conservative commentator Gavin Mcinnes appeared on Breitbart News
Saturday this week to discuss his recent Twitter suspension and why it's
up to President Trump to stop social media censorship."

Maybe Trump could announce he's going to gab.ai because a censored Twitter is the enemy of the people.

Posted by: Miley the Duchess at August 12, 2018 08:44 AM (txw6d)

203 Failure to plan ahead is not an emergency.

I admire and respect your thought processes Vic.

Weren't you supposed to stash a jug in a secret place in case of such occurrences ?

Posted by: JT at August 12, 2018 08:44 AM (gJCxj)

204 Weren't you supposed to stash a jug in a secret place in case of such occurrences ?

Posted by: JT

I'm sure that Ace would build you a few shelves to hold the bottles

Posted by: Bruce at August 12, 2018 08:45 AM (8ikIW)

205 Media screams "How dare you include our beloved Communist ANTIFA in with those evil Nazis?!"

#NeverTrump chimes in criticizing Trump for including Communist ANTIFA in with the evil Nazis

I shake my head and say to myself "What the fuck?" again.
Posted by: Trigger Warning at August 12, 2018 08:38 AM (kO+z3)

The MFM has been building up to and hoping that the shit hits the fan again so they can run with the Trump supports Nazis crap again. The stories are already written

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 12, 2018 08:46 AM (SiINZ)

206 Posted by: f'd at August 12, 2018 08:40 AM (UdKB7)

And it has to be sweet tea. With the sugar added to near boiling water. My wife is still flustered here in Yankeeville that you have to add your own sugar.

Posted by: clutch at August 12, 2018 08:47 AM (kiSdp)

207 203 Weren't you supposed to stash a jug in a secret place in case of such occurrences ?

Posted by: JT at August 12, 2018 08:44 AM (gJCxj)

LOL, jugs in "secret places" don't last long at my house.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 08:47 AM (mpXpK)

208 Any Republican not touting these economic accomplishments is an idiot.

Hmmmm...the number of GOPe 'leaders' talking about that seems to support this assertion. I really do think the GOP leadership is content playing second fiddle as long as their perks and campaign 'war chest' funds remain untouched. Useless fucksticks.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 12, 2018 08:47 AM (ZYcR0)

209 A meme posted by James Woods on the nfl kneelers

https://tinyurl.com/yaotm64c

Posted by: Bruce at August 12, 2018 08:48 AM (8ikIW)

210 My ET brought his TRS-80 into work for inventory control, 1981, because the Navy didn't yet have computers down at our user level.

Posted by: goatexchange at August 12, 2018 08:48 AM (YFnq5)

211 Just brew the damn coffee.

Posted by: Mike Hammer

And a Good Morning to YEW as well !

Posted by: JT at August 12, 2018 08:49 AM (gJCxj)

212 Far-Left March in Charlottesville Turns Anti-Police: Cops and Klan Go Hand in Hand!

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 12, 2018 08:49 AM (Ydx5u)

213 I believe Fed Control of Internet would eventually be a worse evil.
Posted by: Le Garde Vieux at August 12, 2018 08:36 AM (ZcS8q)

DUH! Net Neutrality!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2018 08:50 AM (JFO2v)

214 210
My ET brought his TRS-80 into work for inventory control, 1981, because
the Navy didn't yet have computers down at our user level.

Posted by: goatexchange at August 12, 2018 08:48 AM (YFnq5)

I bought a computer for the sole reason to take to work because we did not have them. Cost me $2,000 then in those old days when they were expensive as hell.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 08:50 AM (mpXpK)

215 LOL, jugs in "secret places" don't last long at my house.

Mice, huh ?

Posted by: JT at August 12, 2018 08:50 AM (gJCxj)

216 148 Skip,try a double shot (our household name is a "snorkle")of Gran Marnier in your coffee for the book thread. It helps keep the pants from chafing.

Posted by: mark reardon at August 12, 2018 08:50 AM (LwtJj)

217 Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 12, 2018 08:49 AM (Ydx5u)

Yet the police chief will still vote Democrat.

Posted by: clutch at August 12, 2018 08:51 AM (kiSdp)

218
Don't look now but the RCP average for the Generic Congressional Poll is down to 3.9.

With the 2nd qtr GDP numbers, I think alot of people are starting to
take notice of how good the economy is and that the Democrats want to
destroy it.

Posted by: WisRich at August 12, 2018 07:52 AM

---

They blew a 17+ point lead in less than 7 months. And that is a direct result of all of the crazy talk from people like occasional cortez and Mad Maxine. People are waking up and paying attention.

Historically the democrats need ~4-5+ points just to hold on to the seats they already have due to gerrymandering.

I predict it will get even tighter when all of the pollsters start using Likely Voters instead of Registered Voters.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at August 12, 2018 08:51 AM (JUOKG)

219 Skip,try a double shot (our household name is a "snorkle")of Gran Marnier in your coffee for the book thread. It helps keep the pants from chafing.
Posted by: mark reardon

Or cover all your bases. A glass of scotch and a kilt

Posted by: Bruce at August 12, 2018 08:51 AM (8ikIW)

220 I am shocked and aghast, black Democrat candidate in TX pleads guilty to federal corruption charges. I am surprised he was even charged.
------------

By my count, that makes the 41st mayor who has been jailed, since 1985. Three of them are Republicans. It's almost as if there is a correlation between corrupt mayors and party affiliation.

I often cite those numbers when Liberal acquaintances say 'Everyone does it'. I add, 'I assume when you say 'everyone', you mean 'everyone in the Democrat Party'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 12, 2018 08:51 AM (xSo9G)

221
Some politician made a statement recently that 10,000 baby boomers a day are signing up for social security. Which actually, based on birth data after WWII makes sense.

Anyway, the point is, with perhaps 300,000 people a month (not sure what percentage are still working) leaving the workforce, are the actual job creation numbers reflecting that fact that perhaps twice as many jobs are being created and/or opening up as boomers are being replaced?

Anyway, it appears to be a good time for job seekers.

Posted by: Forgot My Nic at August 12, 2018 08:52 AM (LOgQ4)

222 A meme posted by James Woods on the nfl kneelers

https://tinyurl.com/yaotm64c
Posted by: Bruce at August 12, 2018 08:48 AM (8ikIW)

75 shot in Chicago last weekend and the overpaid, uneducated thugs are protesting the police. The sooner the NFL dies the better the country will be. BTW looks to be a slow weekend in Chicago only 20 shot so far.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 12, 2018 08:53 AM (SiINZ)

223 'My wife is still flustered here in Yankeeville '

You married a Macon gal too? Good for you. I don't think you'd want to come back here for long though. When my MIL expires we will be leaving too.

Posted by: f'd at August 12, 2018 08:53 AM (UdKB7)

224 Or cover all your bases. A glass of scotch and a kilt
Posted by: Bruce
------------

All your bases is belong to us.

Posted by: The Plaid Cabal at August 12, 2018 08:53 AM (xSo9G)

225 Anyway, it appears to be a good time for job seekers.
Posted by: Forgot My Nic

But some people may have to work more then 40 hours a week to afford all the stuff they want but don't really need....TRUMP! ArglBargl

Posted by: Bruce at August 12, 2018 08:54 AM (8ikIW)

226 The gill was introduced in the 14th century to measure individual servings of whiskey or wine. The term jill appears in the nursery rhyme Jack and Jill. Soon after ascending to the throne of England in 1625, King Charles I scaled down the jack or jackpot (sometimes known as a double jigger) in order to collect higher sales taxes. The jill, by definition twice the size of the jack, was automatically reduced also and came tumbling after.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2018 08:54 AM (JFO2v)

227 Or cover all your bases. A glass of scotch and a kilt

"We're men....
We're men in kilts.
We roam around the forest walking on stilts."

Posted by: JT at August 12, 2018 08:54 AM (gJCxj)

228 NaCly if you are still here? Suggestions sent.

Posted by: Jewells45 at August 12, 2018 08:54 AM (dUJdY)

229 BTW looks to be a slow weekend in Chicago only 20 shot so far.
Posted by: TheQuietMan

That's only up to 2:15 PM Saturday...

Posted by: Bruce at August 12, 2018 08:55 AM (8ikIW)

230 But some people may have to work more then 40 hours a week to afford all the stuff they want but don't really need....TRUMP! ArglBargl
Posted by: Bruce at August 12, 2018 08:54 AM (8ikIW)

Well sure and people working 2 jobs because they have to make unemployment look low!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2018 08:55 AM (JFO2v)

231 229 BTW looks to be a slow weekend in Chicago only 20 shot so far.
Posted by: TheQuietMan

That's only up to 2:15 PM Saturday...
Posted by: Bruce at August 12, 2018 08:55 AM (8ikIW)

Them lazy choo choo muthafukers needs to work harder!

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2018 08:56 AM (JFO2v)

232 Black Tie wedding late this afternoon. It better be short with good food.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 12, 2018 08:56 AM (Ydx5u)

233 Morning horde.

I woke up in a foul mood and I have no idea why.

Posted by: mpfs, Deplorable Goblin at August 12, 2018 08:56 AM (MdvIN)

234 And a Trump! tweet this AM

Many @harleydavidson owners plan to boycott the company if manufacturing moves overseas. Great! Most other companies are coming in our direction, including Harley competitors. A really bad move! U.S. will soon have a level playing field, or better.

Posted by: Bruce at August 12, 2018 08:56 AM (8ikIW)

235 215
LOL, jugs in "secret places" don't last long at my house.

Mice, huh ?

Posted by: JT at August 12, 2018 08:50 AM (gJCxj)

Yeah, sure mice hitting my stash.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 08:56 AM (mpXpK)

236 >TOAST ALL MY BAGELS OF THE MORNING, BAGELS

JUST BRUSH MY TEETH BEFORE YOU READ ME, MAYBEEEE
Posted by: hogmartin at August 12, 2018 07:42 A

You are a bad, bad person.

Posted by: Muad'dib at August 12, 2018 08:57 AM (NpK5V)

237 Black Tie wedding late this afternoon. It better be short with good food.
Posted by: Nevergiveup

And hopefully a top shelf open bar

Posted by: Bruce at August 12, 2018 08:57 AM (8ikIW)

238 222>> The sooner the NFL reverts to playing football and not pandering to SJW causes, the better off the country will be. Football, as is the case for most team sports has tremendous value when it focuses on individual contribution and team effort.

If the NFL dies, it will be directly attributable to Goodell, Crapperdick and ESPN.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 12, 2018 08:57 AM (ZYcR0)

239 Police officers in South Florida are being urged by their unions not to buy Dolphins tickets, or ask for refunds if they've already purchased tickets, as a result of Dolphins players kneeling during the national anthem before the preseason opener.

Let me guess, the police union is racist

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 12, 2018 08:58 AM (SiINZ)

240 And, yes, I remember Monty very well.

Posted by: Muad'dib at August 12, 2018 08:58 AM (NpK5V)

241 "BTW looks to be a slow weekend in Chicago only 20 shot so far. "

Maybe the gang went to jolly old England:

Two kids among ten injured in Manchester shooting rampage at street party

https://tinyurl.com/ycacwm4f

Posted by: f'd at August 12, 2018 08:58 AM (UdKB7)

242
You married a Macon gal too? Good for you. I don't think you'd want to come back here for long though. When my MIL expires we will be leaving too.
Posted by: f'd at August 12, 2018 08:53 AM (UdKB7)

I did. Met her while at a Navy school in Jawja. I love it down there, especially if they could dial back the humidity. And add some quail to hunt.

Posted by: clutch at August 12, 2018 08:58 AM (kiSdp)

243 If the NFL dies, it will be directly attributable to Goodell, Crapperdick and ESPN.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 12, 2018 08:57 AM (ZYcR0)

With a little help from concussions and worried mothers.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 12, 2018 08:59 AM (Ydx5u)

244 That Cortez chick saying people have to work two jobs is correct. In New York you need one job just to pay the Democrats taxes, the highest tax burden in the country.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 12, 2018 08:59 AM (xJPYL)

245 Comrades!

Socialism works. In the glorious People's Democratic Republic of Venezuela, a litre of 91 octane gasoline costs 1 Bolivar. That means a single U.S. Yankee Imperialist dollar can buy 925,000 gallons!

Socialism works!

Posted by: Comrade Commenter at August 12, 2018 08:59 AM (DMUuz)

246 "I woke up in a foul mood and I have no idea why"

Welcome to my world.

Posted by: The chicken at August 12, 2018 08:59 AM (UdKB7)

247 A-hole Republicans in the House are trying to stick an amendment onto the DHS appropriations bill that would undo Jeff Sessions' overruling of the idiotic U.S. Civil Rights Commission decision that had allowed foreigners to claim asylum in the U.S. on the basis of domestic and/or gang violence in their home countries.

The lefty Civil Rights Commission had decided, in its infinite wisdom, that the Refugee Act of 1980 should cover any foreigner who wanted to make an asylum claim in the U.S. on the basis of claiming to be a victim of domestic violence, or saying that they were afraid of gang violence in their home country. After the Civil Rights Commission issued its stupid decision, it became SOP for illegal aliens to claim asylum on these flimsy bases, because by doing so they were guaranteed the right to remain in the U.S. until some future hearing date, and if their asylum claim was approved, they'd be qualified to immediately bring their entire family into the U.S. as asylees also, and they'd all be entitled to the full panoply of federal welfare benefits. Essentially, the Civil Rights Commission had issued an open invitation to the Third World to come set up residence in the U.S., bring their entire families with them, and live off the U.S. taxpayer.

Jeff Sessions had rightfully overruled the Civil Rights Commission's decision, because it was stupid and inconsistent with the law (as set forth in the 1980 Refugee Act), and because hundreds of thousands of Third World economic migrants were taking advantage of it to move to the U.S. and screw over U.S. taxpayers. Now a bunch of back-stabbing RINOs in congress are trying to undo Sessions' sensible action.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at August 12, 2018 09:00 AM (fqUgw)

248 That Cortez chick saying people have to work two jobs is correct. In New York you need one job just to pay the Democrats taxes, the highest tax burden in the country.
Posted by: Marcus T at August 12, 2018 08:59 AM (xJPYL)

An independent fact checking org has said that only 4% of Americans work 2 jobs and fewer than that work over 40 hours a week

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 12, 2018 09:00 AM (Ydx5u)

249 Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2018 08:54 AM (JFO2v)

The things you learn here..

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 12, 2018 09:01 AM (ZYcR0)

250 Maybe the gang went to jolly old England:

Two kids among ten injured in Manchester shooting rampage at street party

https://tinyurl.com/ycacwm4f
Posted by: f'd at August 12, 2018 08:58 AM (UdKB7)

The city claims it's flooding certain areas with extra cops (read no time off and tons of overtime). Good thing Chicago is so flushed with cash to pay for it

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 12, 2018 09:01 AM (SiINZ)

251 Locally, the FBI (bless their hearts) has busted a large embezzlement scheme, with many players. The County Commissioners, all Progressive Dems, have been in charge for 150 years or so.

They are all, "We're just as surprised as you are!"

The corruption and incompetence are embedded. The voters will reelect them. They will march down to the polls and pull that same 'D' lever that their grandaddy did. The local Gannett-owned rag stands mute editorially.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 12, 2018 09:01 AM (CDGwz)

252 242 And add some quail to hunt.

Posted by: clutch at August 12, 2018 08:58 AM (kiSdp)

Plenty of quail to hunt if you know someone with a farm. They thrive around fence rows. But if GA has got like SC all the good hunting places have been sucked up by private hunting clubs.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 09:02 AM (mpXpK)

253 The city claims it's flooding certain areas with extra cops (read no time off and tons of overtime). Good thing Chicago is so flushed with cash to pay for it
Posted by: TheQuietMan
-----------

The correct solution to this problem is to fire John Derbyshire. That'll fix it.

Posted by: NRO at August 12, 2018 09:03 AM (CDGwz)

254 Books up

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 09:03 AM (mpXpK)

255
Fox News Sunday big story is 400 people white 'nationalist' event.

It's like a million man march with 999,600 fewer people.

Posted by: Forgot My Nic at August 12, 2018 09:03 AM (LOgQ4)

256 "And add some quail to hunt."

When we finally get to move it will be further South where there are lots of quail and not so many people.

*** Waves to weirdfunky ***

Posted by: f'd at August 12, 2018 09:04 AM (UdKB7)

257
Plenty of quail to hunt if you know someone with a farm. They thrive around fence rows. But if GA has got like SC all the good hunting places have been sucked up by private hunting clubs.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 09:02 AM (mpXpK)

Every time we go down there I look for places to hunt them, and talk to some of the locals. Not many left. I have two pointers that would love to get after them.

Posted by: clutch at August 12, 2018 09:04 AM (kiSdp)

258 sorry, flunky not funky

Posted by: f'd at August 12, 2018 09:04 AM (UdKB7)

259 Posted by: f'd at August 12, 2018 09:04 AM (UdKB7)

Down toward Bainbridge and Valdosta?

Posted by: clutch at August 12, 2018 09:05 AM (kiSdp)

260 Not that I have anything against funk.

Posted by: f'd at August 12, 2018 09:05 AM (UdKB7)

261 That Harley manufacturing move really chaps my ass. It's like they didn't learn anything from the period that they were tied in with AMF.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 12, 2018 09:06 AM (ZYcR0)

262 That Cortez chick saying people have to work two jobs is correct. In New York you need one job just to pay the Democrats taxes, the highest tax burden in the country.
Posted by: Marcus T
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Companies are flooding into NY.

NY TV ad.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 12, 2018 09:06 AM (CDGwz)

263 SW GA is really dry. I think the Fahr Ants have hurt the quail population there, but not quite sure.

Posted by: clutch at August 12, 2018 09:07 AM (kiSdp)

264 "Down toward Bainbridge and Valdosta?"

Not quite that far but that's where my mom grew up. Probably closer to (but definitely not in) Americus.

Posted by: f'd at August 12, 2018 09:07 AM (UdKB7)

265 That Harley manufacturing move really chaps my ass. It's like they didn't learn anything from the period that they were tied in with AMF.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead
------------

It's also as if they have forgotten that the only reason that they are still in business is on account of tariffs put in place to bail their ass out.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 12, 2018 09:07 AM (CDGwz)

266 I met a young lady from Bainbridge and I could barely understand her. Little Grand Canyon is pretty cool, near Americus.

Posted by: clutch at August 12, 2018 09:09 AM (kiSdp)

267 Hammer - Harley is a lifestyle moreso than a product. As much as I love my dyna, thre are any number of aftermarket, build your own possibilities that provide an equal, if not superior product. And cost less.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 12, 2018 09:10 AM (ZYcR0)

268 "You could get a Kaypro with an orange screen, but most were green screen with a really long phosphor decay."
Scandinavian Airlines used orange back in 1981, saying it was easiest on the eyes.

Posted by: Miley the Duchess at August 12, 2018 09:12 AM (txw6d)

269 Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 12, 2018 09:10 AM (ZYcR0)

What are examples of the aftermarket DIY bikes?

Posted by: clutch at August 12, 2018 09:13 AM (kiSdp)

270
Welcome to my world.
Posted by: The chicken

Fuck you.

Oh sorry, you're already sore.

Posted by: mpfs, Deplorable Goblin at August 12, 2018 09:14 AM (MdvIN)

271 ATLANTA - A former Georgia Congressional candidate has been charged with murder after her former campaign treasurer was found dead inside her apartment.

Kellie Collins, of Thomason, turned herself into the McDuffie County Sheriff's Office just as authorities in Aiken County, South Carolina found the body of Curtis Cain, Collins' former campaign treasurer.

In 2017, Collins ran as a Democrat against incumbent Rep. Jody Hice, a Republican, for Georgia's 10th District. She ultimately dropped out of the race, citing personal reasons.

Posted by: undocumented illegal SMOD at August 12, 2018 09:14 AM (e8kgV)

272 Thomaston, Ga? Piggy Park, another great restaurant, this time BBQ.

Posted by: clutch at August 12, 2018 09:18 AM (kiSdp)

273 269>> Rolling Thunder is probably the biggest purveyor, but you can search the webz and find any number of frame builders. S&S and Ultima build and sell complete engines.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 12, 2018 09:21 AM (ZYcR0)

274 "Scandinavian Airlines used orange back in 1981, saying it was easiest on the eyes."

Maybe, but I preferred green. Although the orange screen made the Kaypros look some kind of cool military equipment for tracking missiles or something.

Posted by: f'd at August 12, 2018 09:24 AM (UdKB7)

275 ATLANTA - A former Georgia Congressional candidate has been charged with
murder after her former campaign treasurer was found dead inside her
apartment.

She seems nice.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 12, 2018 09:25 AM (oVJmc)

276 Conservatives Must Regulate Google And All of Silicon Valley Into Submission

Schlichter is right. They have declared war on us--can't hide behind the Old Rules.

btw, they are committing fraud by failing to tell conservative users they will be shadow-banned, harassed or censored. And committing more fraud by not telling advertisers they are suppressing eyeballs because politics is more important.

We preferred the Old Rules. But they killed them. New Rules it is.

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at August 12, 2018 09:33 AM (Ndje9)

277 Hidden jugs around the house?
My mom and her sisters cleaned my grandpa's house after grandma drank herself to death. Found 15 whiskey bottles on top of cabinets, in the laundry, hidden in drawers, behind the record albums, etc.
if you're to the point where you're hiding booze, you need help.

Posted by: Mizzou at August 12, 2018 09:34 AM (VWE5i)

278 38 Anyone remember Monty?
I've asked this before but got blank stares... which I like ... hence the indulgence.

Posted by: 20180812 at August 12, 2018 06:31 AM (0XvG0)

Monty used to feed us DOOM! for breakfast.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at August 12, 2018 09:36 AM (cvabZ)

279 145 I never say a program like that. I finally broke down and ordered an IBM type computer over the 'internet' of the time. Which was some kind of GE thing that I can remember the name of.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 08:06 AM (mpXpK)

GEnie, I would guess. Aside from dial-up BBSs, I didn't do the pro-internet thing on the PC side, but I did with my Commodore 128 (PlayNET and QuantumLink--which company later became AOL).

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at August 12, 2018 10:12 AM (NL6wI)

280 279 GEnie, I would guess. Aside from dial-up BBSs, I
didn't do the pro-internet thing on the PC side, but I did with my
Commodore 128 (PlayNET and QuantumLink--which company later became AOL).

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at August 12, 2018 10:12 AM (NL6wI)

Yes, it was GEnie. I also got my introduction to noteworthy music where I got my initial load of CDs because you couldn't any locally.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 12, 2018 10:25 AM (mpXpK)

281 >>>106 As Bernie said we dont need 23 type of deodorant! I dare someone to ask Occasional or Kameltoe what is the state tampon!
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 12, 2018 07:32 AM (JFO2v)

Let's hope PDT doesn't ask that question.

Posted by: m at August 12, 2018 11:32 AM (CwOPz)

282 politicians that got caught. Mayor Pro Tem Dwane. he learned from Dallas Commissioner JWP. Price is still here. was under investigation, but it has gone silent. Still want to know how a public servant of the county has a Bugatti

Posted by: TANJ at August 12, 2018 11:33 AM (Wa5hI)

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