Sunday Overnight Open Thread (7/21/19)

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The Quotes of The Day

Quote I

"I'm drowning in debt for a piece of paper I never received. Nobody should be in this position." Ashlee Last Name Withheld

Quote III

President of the American Vaping Association is a fan of the ONT and Misanthropic Humanitarian
Well, he's a fan of the ONT quoting him. Still -- I think that's something!
Can we start quoting Demi Rose, fellas? AIM HIGHER Ace

Quote III

All you can do is do your best. Demi Rose

Quote IV

"Yes, the government got the results of what I did. But then, they also didn't charge me for the other hundred ideas that didn't work." David Warren

Quote V

“I think the challenges are very similar. Obviously, every community, every police department is unique, but the success we had in New Orleans is directly transferable to here and we will modify it as necessary.” Dan Murphy

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Good work if you can get it. And it is constitutionally protected.

A federal court on Wednesday rejected claims by an unlicensed “health coach” that the unqualified health advice she provided to paying clients was protected speech under the First Amendment.
In rejecting her claim, the court affirmed that states do indeed have the right to require that anyone charging for health and medical services—in this case, dietetics and nutrition advice—be qualified and licensed. (State laws governing who can offer personalized nutrition services vary considerably, however.)
Heather Del Castillo, a “holistic health coach” based in Florida, brought the case in October of 2017 shortly after she was busted in an undercover investigation by the state health department. At the time, Del Castillo was running a health-coaching business called Constitution Nutrition, which offered a personalized, six-month health and dietary program. The program involved 13 in-home consulting sessions, 12 of which cost $95 each.

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Paul Joseph Watson loves Congress critter Ilhan Omar..........

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A man ended up losing his baby. You don't say? Just another case of mental illness run amok.

Another example of the problems created by destroying the meaning of words is exemplified in an article called Blurred lines: A pregnant man’s tragedy tests gender notions.
The author criticizes hospital staff for treating a transgender man like a man.
You would think that’s what they are supposed to do, right? Go along with the new make-believe definition of male and female, just like the headlines does (because just a reminder, in the real world, men can’t be pregnant).
But now hospital staff are being blamed for failing to realize that this “man” was pregnant…
“He was rightly classified as a man” in the medical records and appears masculine, Stroumsa [lead author of a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine] said. “But that classification threw us off from considering his actual medical needs.”
Sadly, the “man” ended up losing the baby.

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Yawn. Another 10 year time frame to change the way we live to save the world. Radical change needed to make UK food and farming system sustainable within 10 years

The true cost of cheap, unhealthy food is a spiralling public health crisis and environmental destruction, according to a high-level commission. It said the UK’s food and farming system must be radically transformed and become sustainable within 10 years.
The commission’s report, which was welcomed by the environment secretary, Michael Gove, concluded that farmers must be enabled to shift from intensive farming to more organic and wildlife friendly production, raising livestock on grass and growing more nuts and pulses. It also said a National Nature Service should be created to give opportunities for young people to work in the countryside and, for example, tackle the climate crisis by planting trees or restoring peatlands.

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I know a lot of people think my attraction to chandeliers is strange, but I'm not crazy.

Bride plans to marry chandelier - but is in open relationship with other objects
Amanda Liberty, 35, changed her surname by deed poll during a previous relationship with the Statue of Liberty

Crazy? F*cking nuts. Really f*cking nuts!

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Good bye body-shaming. Hello coffee-shaming.

Suze Orman wants young people to stop “peeing” away millions of dollars on coffee. Last month, the personal-finance celebrity ignited a controversy on social media when a video she starred in for CNBC targeted a familiar villain: kids these days and their silly $5 lattes. Because brewing coffee at home is less expensive, Orman argued, purchasing it elsewhere is tantamount to flushing money away, which makes it a worthy symbol of Millennials’ squandered resources.

Wasteful spending?

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If you are headed to the EAA in Oshkosh, WI next month and have a few dollars burning a hole in your pocket. You may want to order the largest hybrid electric plane to date.

Not long ago, hybrids were novelties on roads around the world. The skies may be next.
Ampair, a Los Angeles clean tech company in my neck of the woods, is set to begin accepting orders for a hybrid electric aircraft at the EAA AirVenture airshow in Wisconsin next week. Dubbed the EEL, the aircraft is in fact a retrofit of a Cessna 337, an aircraft that has a forward-mounted prop engine that pulls and a rear-mounted prop engine that pushes. Ampair's retrofit will replace one of those internal combustion engines with an electric motor powered by batteries.
It's the latest example of a long-pursued goal of electrification in air travel. Aviation currently contributes 12 percent of all U.S. carbon emissions and 4.9 percent globally. With rising awareness of the threats of carbon emissions, there's been renewed interest in e-planes, with companies like magniX and Ampair racing to develop viable electric drivetrains.

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I feel safe now, don't you?

Martin admitted to collecting terabytes of hush-hush dossiers, manuals, code, blueprints, and such files, from the NSA over the course of his 22-year career as a private contractor with the American intelligence agency. From 1993 to 2006, Martin hoarded data classified as "Secret" and "Top Secret" and took them home to his Maryland residence.
The documents Martin stole were said to include NSA reports on its targets and the intrusion techniques foreign hacking groups had used against Uncle Sam. He also collected software and documents on the exploits and monitoring tools that NSA and US government hackers used against foreign targets.

The ONT Musical Interlude

On this day: July 21, 1955 - Howie Epstein
Howie Epstein, bass, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, (1977 single 'American Girl', 1989 UK No.28 single 'I Won't Back Down', 1991 UK No.3 album 'Into The Great Wide Open'). Died of a suspected drug overdose in New Mexico on 23rd February 2003. via thisdayinmusic.com

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The next Cheech or Chong. Genius Award Winner.

teenager is facing serious consequences after ramming into a police car and breaking an officer's leg.
Benjamin Saurini, 19, says he had trouble seeing out of his windshield on Friday because of the pot smoke fogging up his car windows. Saurini admitted he was trying to flee police near Melbourne, Australia, after smoking cannabis in the car with some friends.
Driving away from the scene, he panicked and side-swiped a police cruiser—pinning a senior constable against the car and breaking the officer's leg. The constable is still in the hospital after undergoing surgery on Monday.

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Since you can't take it with you when you go, you might as well be Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day.

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Top Commenters Week of July 21, 2019

Top 10 commenters:
1 [639 comments] 'TheJamesMadison' [89.70 posts/day]
2 [506 comments] 'J.J. Sefton'
3 [504 comments] 'Mark Andrew Edwards, Angry, Radical, Anti-Liberal, and Dangerous Lion: buy ammo'
4 [502 comments] 'Deplorable Jay Guevara'
5 [493 comments] 'Insomniac'
6 [461 comments] 'Sponge'
7 [427 comments] 'Tom Servo'
8 [423 comments] 'Mr. Peebles'
9 [423 comments] 'rickb223'
10 [343 comments] 'kraken'

Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
1 [150 names] 'Pock-e-stahn and Cudder' [21.06 unique names/day]
2 [46 names] 'space force'
3 [28 names] 'Count de Monet'
4 [27 names] 'HA'
5 [26 names] 'boulder t'hobo'
6 [26 names] 'Meade Lux Lewis'
7 [23 names] 'Sponge'
8 [23 names] 'Adriane the Thursday Critic ...'
9 [22 names] 'davidt'
10 [21 names] 'The ARC of History!'

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Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 10:00 PM

Comments

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1 First

Posted by: Ha at July 21, 2019 10:00 PM (MAstk)

2 Yas!

Posted by: Ha at July 21, 2019 10:01 PM (MAstk)

3 Nothing quite like a full moon!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 21, 2019 10:01 PM (BiNEL)

4 VW ad never gets old

Posted by: Appycay at July 21, 2019 10:01 PM (8G3+Q)

5 10th?

Posted by: Jewells45 at July 21, 2019 10:02 PM (dUJdY)

6 Top 10?

Posted by: Tonypete at July 21, 2019 10:02 PM (Z/1Kk)

7 "I'm drowning in debt for a piece of paper I never received. Nobody should be in this position." Ashlee Last Name Withheld

...

Lolgf

Posted by: Ha at July 21, 2019 10:02 PM (MAstk)

8 Well shit, okay I'll take 5th. Or a 5th.. whatever.

Posted by: Jewells45 at July 21, 2019 10:02 PM (dUJdY)

9 Top Tenſt?

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at July 21, 2019 10:03 PM (7WaWV)

10 It's raining here again. We got soaked last night. No more rain please.

Posted by: Jewells45 at July 21, 2019 10:03 PM (dUJdY)

11 Great VW add.
I owned three.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 21, 2019 10:03 PM (axyOa)

12 8 Well shit, okay I'll take 5th. Or a 5th.. whatever.
Posted by: Jewells45 at July 21, 2019 10:02 PM (dUJdY)

Have a double for me young lady.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 21, 2019 10:04 PM (aA3+G)

13 Good Evening

Posted by: wing at July 21, 2019 10:05 PM (JFzNN)

14 Sick bothy up there, bruh.

In other news, "bothy" is my new favorite word.

Posted by: hogmartin at July 21, 2019 10:07 PM (t+qrx)

15 Just think, by some marvelous mechanism of the universe, mostly sane people post at AoS.

Then consider what rabid batsh!t crazy people there are that post at twatter and farceburg. That should scare the heck out of you are contemplating a future!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 21, 2019 10:07 PM (BiNEL)

16

The sun shines through the hole in that hill to indicate the passage to the centre of the earth. Either that or the lost Dutchman's mine.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 21, 2019 10:07 PM (aKsyK)

17 Have a double for me young lady.

Will do boss.

Posted by: Jewells45 at July 21, 2019 10:07 PM (dUJdY)

18 In fairness to the late Senator from Massachusetts, he'll be ten years sober 25 August.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 21, 2019 10:08 PM (ykYG2)

19 Run *amok*. Not "run a muck". wtf is wrong with people these days that they no longer possess basic fucking writing skills?

Posted by: chickbait at July 21, 2019 10:08 PM (aki8O)

20 Ashlee Last Name Withheld,

You are now the new 'slave' and you will work the rest of your life to pay off your debt.

But, wait, it gets better.

You get to compete with endless illegal aliens, without debt, to survive.

You are

Posted by: Burnt Toast at July 21, 2019 10:08 PM (1g7ch)

21 Heather Del Castillo, a "holistic health coach" based in Florida, brought the case in October of 2017 shortly after she was busted in an undercover investigation by the state health department. At the time, Del Castillo was running a health-coaching business called Constitution Nutrition, which offered a personalized, six-month health and dietary program. The program involved 13 in-home consulting sessions, 12 of which cost $95 each.

In fairness to Heather Del Castillo, is she any less of a con artist than Jane D'Oh's "Life Coach" sister in law?

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 21, 2019 10:08 PM (+lVUW)

22 Run *amok*. Not "run a muck". wtf is wrong with people these days that they no longer possess basic fucking writing skills?
Posted by: chickbait

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There terrible, aren't they?

*ducks*

Posted by: Tonypete at July 21, 2019 10:09 PM (Z/1Kk)

23 Demi Rose is cute... But dat blubbery cetacean azz is a deal breaker!

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at July 21, 2019 10:09 PM (7WaWV)

24 18 In fairness to the late Senator from Massachusetts, he'll be ten years sober 25 August.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 21, 2019 10:08 PM (ykYG2

Ha, hope he is as thirsty as thirsty can be.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 21, 2019 10:09 PM (aA3+G)

25 All you can do is do your best

And your best can vary wildly from day to day, month to month, year to year.

Posted by: shibumi, future dental floss tycoon at July 21, 2019 10:09 PM (AkkRZ)

26 Tubed down the Provo river with Son, & Gson, then took the lift up to Bear claw cabin @ Sundance for a burrito lunch. Hope your day was half as good as mine- even with a slight sunburn.

Some days it just feels really good to be American.
MAGA

Posted by: Quilp at July 21, 2019 10:10 PM (Bf3hj)

27

Is there supposed to be a Quote II?
Quote III doesn't have a link.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 21, 2019 10:10 PM (aKsyK)

28 wtf is wrong with people these days that they no longer possess basic fucking writing skills?

Posted by: chickbait at July 21, 2019 10:08 PM (aki8O)

You know where they possess those skills?

HotAir.com

You should try it out.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 21, 2019 10:10 PM (wYseH)

29 Beautiful photo up top. Where is that?

Posted by: Tuna at July 21, 2019 10:10 PM (jm1YL)

30 Posted by: shibumi, future dental floss tycoon at July 21, 2019 10:09 PM (AkkRZ)

So, you and that husband of yours moving to Montana soon?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 21, 2019 10:10 PM (aA3+G)

31 Gotta drive home before the weather moves in. No time to play on the ONT. But it will be nice to come home to.

Posted by: mindful webworker's cell is a hassle at July 21, 2019 10:11 PM (OkKDg)

32 Many moons ago, I lived in a apartment complex in Atlanta GA. The drainage system was obviously NOT designed by Ga Tech Engineers and during one hellacious rainstorm, the parking lot behind my apartment building flooded bigly. Mrs H and I watched all of the several VW's floated around in the parking lot while all the other cars just got water-logged.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 21, 2019 10:11 PM (BiNEL)

33 Gorgeous photo Mis Hum. Know where that is?

Posted by: cfo mom at July 21, 2019 10:14 PM (RfzVr)

34 "Yas!
-Posted by: Ha at July 21, 2019 10:01 PM (MAstk)

Don't get used to it.

See you all on Tuesday!

G'Night, Ev'ry-Buddy!

*static*

Posted by: Slapweasel, White Enthusiast, Blond at July 21, 2019 10:14 PM (Ckg4U)

35 Huh. I saw the vaping thing in the sidebar and thought Demi Rose was a commentator or activist or something like that. But no. Maybe I was thinking of Lila Rose.

I still have no idea who Demi Rose is.

Posted by: hogmartin at July 21, 2019 10:14 PM (t+qrx)

36
Trump converts, runs for Pope:

https://tinyurl.com/ha398cq

Well, I have to tell you folks, under a Trump papacy we are going to repeal and replace the Novus Ordo.

(Wild cheers, applause)

Repeal and replace the Novus Ordo. We have no choice folks, we have no choice. We really don't. The Novus Ordo is going to collapse on its own anyway. Mass attendance keeps plummeting. We have to do something. The Novus Ordo will be repealed and it will be replaced with something much better and magnificent. More and reverent and beautiful. Don't you want something reverent and beautiful for our Mass?

(Cheers)

I found this book the other day. It's a 1962 Missal. I read it, it's fantastic. Maybe we go back to the 1962 Missal? Is that OK?

(Cheers, applause)

Maybe we go back to Latin. I'm a big fan of the Latin. When we used Latin we were number one. We went to English and now the Muslims outnumber us. They kept Arabic they go to number one, we ditch Latin, we go to number two. I'm just saying.

Make Catholicism Great Again.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2019 10:15 PM (Wx/+I)

37 "I'm drowning in debt for a piece of paper I never received," she says. "Nobody should be in this position."

I guess where I differ from young Ashley is who is at fault for putting her in the position nobody should be in.

Posted by: Ace's liver at July 21, 2019 10:15 PM (h2Bdk)

38 Howdy y'all!

Posted by: Nurse ratched at July 21, 2019 10:15 PM (PkVlr)

39 I still have no idea who Demi Rose is.
Posted by: hogmartin at July 21, 2019 10:14 PM (t+qrx)

She's the girl with the humungus butt.

Posted by: DR.WTF at July 21, 2019 10:15 PM (aS1PU)

40 So, you and that husband of yours moving to Montana soon?

LOL. We have found a house and are scheduled to move into Midwest Montana at the end of Augus.

Posted by: shibumi, future dental floss tycoon at July 21, 2019 10:16 PM (AkkRZ)

41 >> But dat blubbery cetacean azz is a deal breaker!

I agree Demi is well past the steatopygous line, but don't you talk about the callipygian Yanet.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at July 21, 2019 10:16 PM (f1Vqw)

42 Trump converts, runs for Pope:
(...)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2019 10:15 PM (Wx/+I)

What would his papal name be?

Posted by: hogmartin at July 21, 2019 10:16 PM (t+qrx)

43 The obvious solution to student loan debt is price controls.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 21, 2019 10:17 PM (SJIH3)

44 I feel safe now, don't you?

Ever wonder why most of these data leak stories involve contractors?

Because 90% of employees at the super-serket spie agencies are actually contractors....

Posted by: Burnt Toast at July 21, 2019 10:17 PM (1g7ch)

45

And mind me platypus duck, Bill
Mind me platypus duck
Ah, don't let 'im go running amok, Bill
Just mind me platypus duck

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 21, 2019 10:17 PM (aKsyK)

46 Shibumi, are you and Bozo really moving to MT? Because a party is necessary!!!

Posted by: Wenda (sic) at July 21, 2019 10:17 PM (aPc3n)

47 Happy-ish Sunday Evening, all y'all ...

Posted by: Adriane the Chronoligical Critic ... at July 21, 2019 10:17 PM (LPnfS)

48 >> I still have no idea who Demi Rose is.

She's Ace's waifu. Go to the Daily Mail and you'll see all sorts of "updates" on her in the T&A sidebar.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/demi-
rose/index.html

Remove line feed. Demi's got her own index page at the DM.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at July 21, 2019 10:18 PM (f1Vqw)

49 'Make Catholicism Great Again'

might have to keep watching The Young Pope.

I *did* like what I saw of Mr Sunshine. Although it was getting hard to keep track of who was doing what and when, because of the flashbacks.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 21, 2019 10:18 PM (ykYG2)

50 Kennedy could have been driving a duck boat and Mary Jo would have still been drowned .

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 21, 2019 10:19 PM (2DOZq)

51 Suze Orman wants young people to stop "peeing" away millions of dollars on coffee.

As opposed to all the other ways people piss away their money.
The problem isn't $5 lattes, it's a lack of personal responsibility. Spend your money on whatever you want, just don't tell me that people shouldn't have to pay back their student loans, or that we aren't giving enough free shit to people who have 3 kids out of wedlock.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 21, 2019 10:19 PM (+lVUW)

52 Demi Rose is the plastic surgery Fembot of the Moment.

If you don't already know who she is, don't bother, because the next one will be along in a minute.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 21, 2019 10:19 PM (SJIH3)

53 She's the girl with the humungus butt.
Posted by: DR.WTF at July 21, 2019 10:15 PM (aS1PU)

Yeah, looks like. I was just wondering if I should recognize her from something.

Posted by: hogmartin at July 21, 2019 10:20 PM (t+qrx)

54 I'll take Things That Aren't Actually Happening For $10, Alex:

From Vice:

Straight Men Recall the First Time They Were Attracted to a Trans Woman
Tons of men are into trans girls, they just don't admit it.

That's why SJW's have to try to badger straight maies into not "discriminating" against trans people sexually - because trans people are just deluged with straight males wanting to have sex with them.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 21, 2019 10:20 PM (I2/tG)

55 Shibumi, are you and Bozo really moving to MT? Because a party is necessary!!!

LOL. "Midwest Montana," the place where the rivers are made of fire and the wildlife is retarded because of tainted rain water. Aka "Ohio."

But I hear that I can still do my dental floss farming there, as long as I'm not in the city limits..

Posted by: shibumi, future dental floss tycoon at July 21, 2019 10:20 PM (AkkRZ)

56
Oh, and I forgot: Demi has one YUGE, HONKIN' AZZ.

She's got enough ass she could fill out the backsides of a dozen Brie Larsons and still not miss anything.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at July 21, 2019 10:20 PM (f1Vqw)

57 Sick bothy up there, bruh.

In other news, "bothy" is my new favorite word.

Posted by: hogmartin at July 21, 2019 10:07 PM

I'm not sure that's a true bothy, hog... It's got no spade by the door...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at July 21, 2019 10:20 PM (7WaWV)

58 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2019 10:15 PM (Wx/+I)

Amen!

Posted by: Cher at July 21, 2019 10:20 PM (dm05u)

59 'obvious solution to student loan debt is price controls'

Do it. Seriously, Congress should fucking do it. If they're getting Federal loans, they're our bitch. Time to make them roll over and beg for treats.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 21, 2019 10:20 PM (ykYG2)

60 Helloooooo nurse!

Posted by: Insomniac at July 21, 2019 10:21 PM (NWiLs)

61 Mary Jo would have still been drowned .

I see what you did there.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 21, 2019 10:21 PM (ykYG2)

62
Trump converts, runs for Pope:

What would his papal name be?

The Man Who Would Be King of the Popes

https://youtu.be/L2xWQr4VaUA

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 21, 2019 10:21 PM (aKsyK)

63 Evening, Horde!

The mention of Demi Rose's ass makes me want to hide under the covers.

Posted by: The Hoser at July 21, 2019 10:22 PM (v3UCk)

64 Oh, and I forgot: Demi has one YUGE, HONKIN' AZZ.

She's got enough ass she could fill out the backsides of a dozen Brie Larsons and still not miss anything.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at July 21, 2019 10:20 PM (f1Vqw)

Gravity and age are going to catch her real fast.

Posted by: DR.WTF at July 21, 2019 10:22 PM (aS1PU)

65
Applied for a job where I lacked just one (unimportant) qualification but otherwise hit every other point. Naturally there was a question: do you have a PhD in Organic Chemistry? No, mine's in Inorganic Chemistry, but I've worked in petrochemicals and polymers for 35 years. But I'll still be rejected.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2019 10:22 PM (Wx/+I)

66 'obvious solution to student loan debt is price controls'

Years ago, Dennis Miller had a great solution to student debt: it does not have to be paid to the colleges until the students get a full time job in their chosen field. So... loan payback is directly related to job prospects.

Posted by: shibumi, future dental floss tycoon at July 21, 2019 10:22 PM (AkkRZ)

67 Sibumi,

Y'all will love western Montana. I've been in many spots there. It is t too far of a haul from Seattle. I've done Seattle to butte in 12 hours. I'd certainly make an effort to bring y'all a housewarming gift once you get settled.

Posted by: Nurse ratched at July 21, 2019 10:22 PM (PkVlr)

68 You can have oney or the othery, but not bothy.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 21, 2019 10:23 PM (NWiLs)

69 Y'all will love western Montana. I've been in many spots there. It is t too far of a haul from Seattle. I've done Seattle to butte in 12 hours. I'd certainly make an effort to bring y'all a housewarming gift once you get settled.

LOL. NOT MONTANA.

The Montana of the Midwest. Aka "Ohio."

Posted by: shibumi, future dental floss tycoon at July 21, 2019 10:23 PM (AkkRZ)

70 'obvious solution to student loan debt is price controls'

Do it. Seriously, Congress should fucking do it. If they're getting Federal loans, they're our bitch. Time to make them roll over and beg for treats.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 21, 2019 10:20 PM (ykYG2)

That or flip on the schools and make them cosign the loans.

Posted by: Burnt Toast at July 21, 2019 10:23 PM (1g7ch)

71 Shibumi,
Alas. Our loss.

Posted by: Wenda (sic) at July 21, 2019 10:24 PM (aPc3n)

72 Hi Insom!

What's this I hear about you being a chick magnet?

Posted by: Nurse ratched at July 21, 2019 10:24 PM (PkVlr)

73 I love that Pat Boone could be a big success and not take himself too seriously. I certainly don't think any of today's "stars" could do that.

Posted by: Bob the Bilderberg at July 21, 2019 10:24 PM (qc+VF)

74
Suze Orman wants young people to stop "peeing" away millions of dollars on coffee.

As opposed to all the other ways people piss away their money.
The problem isn't $5 lattes, it's a lack of personal responsibility.

It's just Dave Ramsey style common sense steps.
One can come off as rather preachy about it some times though.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 21, 2019 10:25 PM (aKsyK)

75 lol off half breed sock

Posted by: vmom check out this KU deal at July 21, 2019 10:25 PM (dm05u)

76 69 Y'all will love western Montana. I've been in many spots there. It is t too far of a haul from Seattle. I've done Seattle to butte in 12 hours. I'd certainly make an effort to bring y'all a housewarming gift once you get settled.

LOL. NOT MONTANA.

The Montana of the Midwest. Aka "Ohio."
Posted by: shibumi, future dental floss tycoon at July 21, 2019 10:23 PM (AkkRZ)

So when does the John Katshit get eaten by bears?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 21, 2019 10:25 PM (aA3+G)

77 Anecdotally, Bozo Conservative has a nephew in Montana that we might visit. And who knows what will happen in the future?

Posted by: shibumi, future dental floss tycoon at July 21, 2019 10:25 PM (AkkRZ)

78 >> The mention of Demi Rose's ass makes me want to hide under the covers.

Resistance is futile. You will be ASSimilated.

Posted by: Demi's Ass at July 21, 2019 10:26 PM (f1Vqw)

79 72 Hi Insom!

What's this I hear about you being a chick magnet?
Posted by: Nurse ratched at July 21, 2019 10:24 PM (PkVlr)

Ro-roh.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 21, 2019 10:26 PM (aA3+G)

80 No big fan of Suze Orman, but she is so right. I worked with a girl, close to my age, made the same $$ as me. Everyday she came in with a Starbucks. Every lunch went and got another.

Raved about her landlord being so mean as to charging her late fees and about the shut off notices from the utilities. But had a new tattoo every couple months.

I brought a thermos of home brew every day. Some people just can't do math. Even when you lay it right out for them, they cannot fathom "It's only $4", equals $250 a month.

Posted by: cfo mom at July 21, 2019 10:27 PM (RfzVr)

81 Montana is much prettier than Ohio

Posted by: Nurse ratched at July 21, 2019 10:27 PM (PkVlr)

82 shibumi, ohio is ohio. no montana about it. except, idiot politicians. i slept through montana for a couple days once. ohio, was a few hours of sleep deprived bliss.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at July 21, 2019 10:28 PM (KP5rU)

83 All you can do is do your best. Demi Rose
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Wow. What a sage. I can see why Ace wants you guys to quote her.

Posted by: bluebell at July 21, 2019 10:28 PM (aXucN)

84 72 Hi Insom!

What's this I hear about you being a chick magnet?
Posted by: Nurse ratched at July 21, 2019 10:24 PM (PkVlr)

Sounds like idle gossip.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 21, 2019 10:28 PM (NWiLs)

85 Regarding the VW ad. Teddy probably still would have exited the car and left her there to fend for herself.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 21, 2019 10:29 PM (+lVUW)

86 No matter where you go

There you are

Posted by: Buckaroo Banzai at July 21, 2019 10:29 PM (PkVlr)

87 No matter where you go

There you are
Posted by: Buckaroo Banzai at July 21, 2019 10:29 PM (PkVlr)

Lemme think about that...

Posted by: DR.WTF at July 21, 2019 10:30 PM (aS1PU)

88 83 All you can do is do your best. Demi Rose
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Wow. What a sage. I can see why Ace wants you guys to quote her.
Posted by: bluebell at July 21, 2019 10:28 PM (aXucN)

Hey, I'm here for the dental plan and the criticism.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 21, 2019 10:30 PM (aA3+G)

89 Ohio is the friendliest state
Oh, Hi, Yo!

Posted by: vmom check out this KU deal at July 21, 2019 10:30 PM (dm05u)

90 My saving grace as a young and stupid 20 something is that I hated owing anybody and would do everything to avoid it. I guess it was also a negative because I didn't take some chances in life because of the possible financial failure risks.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 21, 2019 10:31 PM (2DOZq)

91 89 Ohio is the friendliest state
Oh, Hi, Yo!
Posted by: vmom check out this KU deal at July 21, 2019 10:30 PM (dm05u)

Show Me

Posted by: State of Missouri at July 21, 2019 10:31 PM (aA3+G)

92
Demi Rose's ass is nasty. Nice tits and hourglass, but dat ass, yuck.

Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at July 21, 2019 10:31 PM (w3OLr)

93 78�>> The mention of Demi Rose's ass makes me want to hide under the covers.�

Resistance is futile. You will be ASSimilated.

Posted by: Demi's Ass at July 21, 2019 10:26 PM (f1Vqw)

Let me out of here! It's dark and smell like plastic surgery and Tyga's penis!

Posted by: The Hoser at July 21, 2019 10:31 PM (v3UCk)

94
Drove through MT on the way to Olympia, WA for the 2006 National. The Bitterroot Valley is beautiful.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2019 10:31 PM (Wx/+I)

95 83 All you can do is do your best. Demi Rose
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Wow. What a sage. I can see why Ace wants you guys to quote her.

At least she's vapid and right unlike, say, AOC who is both vapid and wrong.

Posted by: Bob the Bilderberg at July 21, 2019 10:32 PM (qc+VF)

96 So when does the John Katshit get eaten by bears?

True story: Bozo Conservative lives near Katshit. The first time I went down to visit him, I said I wanted to see Katshits home. So we took a walk. It was hot and I got lost going down there, so I spent the walk bitching .

So we're walking down this road a few blocks from his house, and some sort of SUV passes us. I'm not paying attention, I'm bitching about the badly marked roads in Ohio. The SUV passes us, Bozo Conservative looks at me and says "That was Kasich. He waved at us."

I didn't miss a beat and replied, "He waved at you, you're a voter here."

The best part of this story is that I've edited it somewhat in the retelling, and now his sons believe that Katshit looked at the two of us together, gave Bozo Conservative a thumbs up, and mouthed "way to go dude."

Posted by: shibumi, future dental floss tycoon at July 21, 2019 10:32 PM (AkkRZ)

97 Hey, I'm here for the dental plan and the criticism.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 21, 2019 10:30 PM (aA3+G
------------

That dental plan must be fantastic.

And kudos to you. Just a guess, but I'm thinking you probably found the most erudite thing she ever said.

Posted by: bluebell at July 21, 2019 10:32 PM (aXucN)

98 Insom

That's not what I heard

Posted by: Saucy wench under the desk at July 21, 2019 10:32 PM (PkVlr)

99 The Bitterroot Valley is beautiful.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2019 10:31 PM (Wx/+I)

Lewis and Clark didn't much care for it.

Posted by: DR.WTF at July 21, 2019 10:33 PM (aS1PU)

100 For those of you wondering how I know what Tyga's penis smells like, you clearly haven't gotten the latest Yankee Candle catalog.

Posted by: The Hoser at July 21, 2019 10:33 PM (v3UCk)

101 * 4 x 2 a day = 250 *

Posted by: cfo mom at July 21, 2019 10:34 PM (RfzVr)

102

That dental plan must be fantastic.

You can have any dentist you want as long as they're British or Russian.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2019 10:34 PM (Wx/+I)

103

Costa Rica's Ministry of Health issued a nationwide warning after at least 19 deaths were attributed to methanol poisoning from contaminated alcohol consumption.

An alert was issued on July 5 after results from lab samples found that alcohol products packaged in bottles with the labels "Guaro Gran Apache," "Firewater Red Star," "Guaro Montano," Firewater Red Baron," "Aguardiente Timbuka" and "Aguardiente Molotov" were contaminated with methanol.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 21, 2019 10:34 PM (aKsyK)

104 Sitting in Victor MT while the talk of the MT of the Midwest circulates. I live in OH. Not sure how that comparison came about. Just heard the love call of an elk. Have never heard that in OH.
Have only been here 2 days but I'm missing the similarities.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 21, 2019 10:35 PM (hpmE4)

105 Is it possible to work your way through college any more? At all? Scholarships and waiting tables, to pay for the whole thing, tuition, room and board?

Community college might be the place to get your feet wet and see if you're going to complete a degree I guess. I don't know if you could do a goof-off year at a state college on your own and not start out with at least $20k hanging over your head.

Posted by: hogmartin at July 21, 2019 10:36 PM (t+qrx)

106 Montana is amazing. I love Kalispell

Posted by: Nurse ratched at July 21, 2019 10:36 PM (PkVlr)

107

Honky Tonk Badonkadonk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNVguvNE7qc

Posted by: Demi's Ass at July 21, 2019 10:36 PM (f1Vqw)

108 little known fact: Ming the Merciless once exiled a rebel to earth, and the rebel looked around at the endless prairie he was dumped in and wailed: "Why, Oh Ming?!"

Since then that land has been known as Why-Oh-Ming

Posted by: vmom check out this KU deal at July 21, 2019 10:37 PM (dm05u)

109 no way kasich was riding in an suv. beat to shit, oil burning, ford FOCUS! for the "folks." a mailman car.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at July 21, 2019 10:37 PM (KP5rU)

110
It's Like Going Walkabout - a limerick

Dagnabbit, this Is just my luck
I went for a jog and got stuck
Golly gosh, golly geeze
I'm in up to my knees
That's what I get for running in muck.

Posted by: Muldoon at July 21, 2019 10:38 PM (mvenn)

111 Re: Demi Rose.

Why are these insta-thots making their asses so big?

Are their customers,uh, the sort of bloke who likes an abnormally big ass?

Posted by: Keto not Beto at July 21, 2019 10:38 PM (JziUy)

112 Wanda. What part of MT are you living in? The Bitterroot Valley is fabulous.
Woke this morning to 45 degrees, rose to 83 and now down to 69. Fabulous. Zero humidity.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 21, 2019 10:38 PM (hpmE4)

113 78�>> The mention of Demi Rose's ass makes me want to hide under the covers.�

Resistance is futile. You will be ASSimilated.

Posted by: Demi's Ass at July 21, 2019 10:26 PM (f1Vqw)

Is that by Lil' Nut Sax?

Posted by: The Hoser at July 21, 2019 10:38 PM (v3UCk)

114

Center Township Engine 222 was dispatched to a medical alarm in Lebanon, IN Sunday afternoon.

When crews arrived, they found an older woman outside in her yard.

The first responders learned that the homeowner, Shirley Sherrill, mistakenly hit her medical alarm around her neck as she was preparing ready to weed eat.

Due to the excessive heat and humidity, CTFD Engine 222 and Boone County EMS Medic 21 crews did the weed eating and picked up some vegetation in her yard.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 21, 2019 10:38 PM (aKsyK)

115 84 72 Hi Insom!

What's this I hear about you being a chick magnet?
Posted by: Nurse ratched at July 21, 2019 10:24 PM (PkVlr)

Sounds like idle gossip.
Posted by: Insomniac at July 21, 2019 10:28 PM (NWiLs)

===

*opens lawn chair, sets it down*

*places coke with ice in cup holder*

*gently turns around and sits down with an exhale"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 21, 2019 10:39 PM (EZebt)

116 97 Hey, I'm here for the dental plan and the criticism.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 21, 2019 10:30 PM (aA3+G
------------

That dental plan must be fantastic.

And kudos to you. Just a guess, but I'm thinking you probably found the most erudite thing she ever said.
Posted by: bluebell at July 21, 2019 10:32 PM (aXucN)

Actually locating any quote from her was difficult. Yet the Boss wants us to Aim High.

Posted by: State of Missouri at July 21, 2019 10:39 PM (aA3+G)

117 Wenda. Damned autocorrect.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 21, 2019 10:39 PM (hpmE4)

118 *cancels order on the pimp hat for insomn*

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 21, 2019 10:39 PM (ykYG2)

119 Well, damn you, cut and paste and proofreading.

Posted by: The Hoser at July 21, 2019 10:40 PM (v3UCk)

120 Sitting in Victor MT while the talk of the MT of the Midwest circulates. I live in OH. Not sure how that comparison came about. Just heard the love call of an elk. Have never heard that in OH.
Have only been here 2 days but I'm missing the similarities.

It's my fault. I'm moving, and all I can think of is the Frank Zappa song Montana. "Montana" and the same number of syllables as "Ohio," which is where I am moving.

Hence, "I'm moving to Ohio soon to be a dental floss tycoon."

Posted by: shibumi, future dental floss tycoon at July 21, 2019 10:40 PM (AkkRZ)

121 118 *cancels order on the pimp hat for insomn*
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 21, 2019 10:39 PM (ykYG2)

Damn, I had the feather picked out and everything.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 21, 2019 10:40 PM (NWiLs)

122 shibumi. Thanks for the explanation. MT is beautiful. Move here instead. We want to. We're working on it.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 21, 2019 10:41 PM (hpmE4)

123
Do it. Seriously, Congress should fucking do it. If they're getting Federal loans, they're our bitch. Time to make them roll over and beg for treats.

Not to mention those are the people who think price controls on other industries are the bee's knees.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 21, 2019 10:41 PM (SJIH3)

124 108 little known fact: Ming the Merciless once exiled a rebel to earth, and the rebel looked around at the endless prairie he was dumped in and wailed: "Why, Oh Ming?!"

Since then that land has been known as Why-Oh-Ming
Posted by: vmom check out this KU deal at July 21, 2019 10:37 PM (dm05u

Similar to She's A Boy Again

Posted by: State of Missouri at July 21, 2019 10:41 PM (aA3+G)

125 It's my fault. I'm moving, and all I can think of is the Frank Zappa song Montana. "Montana" and the same number of syllables as "Ohio," which is where I am moving.

Hence, "I'm moving to Ohio soon to be a dental floss tycoon."

Posted by: shibumi, future dental floss tycoon at July 21, 2019 10:40 PM (AkkRZ)

Uh, that seems logical.

Posted by: Baby Huey at July 21, 2019 10:41 PM (aS1PU)

126 Does any of the Horde know if this is true?

I have been reading that the student loan racket allows them to not only borrow the cost of the *education*, but also the money to pay for their living expenses while in school. If so, then they can say go to a school that costs 10k, but borrow 20k per year and use the extra bucks for food/rent and party time?

Posted by: cfo mom at July 21, 2019 10:41 PM (RfzVr)

127 THe chick who owes on her student loan:

"And so, without too much thought, Chavonne enrolled at the University of Mississippi and borrowed about $20,000 to pay for it."

_____________________

There you go. I'm not paying for these deadbeats. I'm responsible for my own financial decision making. Sometimes good, sometimes not so good. But, I clean up my own messes. I'm not cleaning up hers.

Posted by: Orson at July 21, 2019 10:42 PM (4sKfZ)

128 98 Insom

That's not what I heard
Posted by: Saucy wench under the desk at July 21, 2019 10:32 PM (PkVlr)

People talk. Can't help that.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 21, 2019 10:42 PM (NWiLs)

129 no way kasich was riding in an suv. beat to shit, oil burning, ford FOCUS! for the "folks." a mailman car.

Nope. Black SUV. And he was driving; I didn't think politicians knew how to drive.

A few minutes later, a second black SUV appeared with his security detail. In other words, he escaped.

I theorized he want to the local grocery store for menudo, pork rinds and full fat ice cream.

Posted by: shibumi, future dental floss tycoon at July 21, 2019 10:42 PM (AkkRZ)

130 Off Show Me State sock

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 21, 2019 10:42 PM (aA3+G)

131 118�*cancels order on the pimp hat for insomn*

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 21, 2019 10:39 PM (ykYG2)

How about a pimp cup?

Posted by: Burt Reynolds at July 21, 2019 10:42 PM (v3UCk)

132 Lots of crazy in the content tonight. "Man" loses baby? Crazy. And probably safe to say it was the least worst outcome for the fetus.

Britain to go all organic and "sustainable"? Famine, right around the corner.

And a hybrid Cessna 337 (aka the Pushmepullyou)? Given that the whole premise behind building it is false, good luck with that. Ruin a good plane? Winning!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2019 10:43 PM (abNpZ)

133 >>>Bertram Cabot, Jr.

That is a very nice story.

Posted by: cfo mom at July 21, 2019 10:43 PM (RfzVr)

134 126 Does any of the Horde know if this is true?

I have been reading that the student loan racket allows them to not only borrow the cost of the *education*, but also the money to pay for their living expenses while in school. If so, then they can say go to a school that costs 10k, but borrow 20k per year and use the extra bucks for food/rent and party time?
Posted by: cfo mom at July 21, 2019 10:41 PM (RfzVr)

Bingo.
I don't want to even know what my middle child "borrowed" over the years.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 21, 2019 10:44 PM (aA3+G)

135 Straight Men Recall the First Time They Were Attracted to a Trans Woman
Tons of men are into trans girls, they just don't admit it.

Let me guess, Cory Booker is one of the "straight men" attracted to Trans Women.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 21, 2019 10:44 PM (+lVUW)

136 no seriously, who likes these big fat asses on instagram thot accounts?

Posted by: Keto not Beto at July 21, 2019 10:44 PM (JziUy)

137 I think every one of those people overwhelmed by student debt should be encouraged to sue the College or University that defrauded them into taking the loan.

I just want the popcorn concession for the fireworks.

Posted by: Bilwis, Devourer of Low Glycemic Souls at July 21, 2019 10:45 PM (jp0Bv)

138 >>Similar to She's A Boy Again

Posted by: State of Missouri at July 21, 2019 10:41 PM (aA3+G)

Similar to O can no more walk

Posted by: My life is insanity at July 21, 2019 10:45 PM (3uFA9)

139 135 Straight Men Recall the First Time They Were Attracted to a Trans Woman
Tons of men are into trans girls, they just don't admit it.

Riiiiiight.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 21, 2019 10:46 PM (NWiLs)

140 136 no seriously, who likes these big fat asses on instagram thot accounts?
Posted by: Keto not Beto at July 21, 2019 10:44 PM (JziUy)

Who you think?

Posted by: Sir Mix A Lot at July 21, 2019 10:46 PM (jp0Bv)

141 "Straight Men Recall the First Time They Blew That Roadie When Erasure Came To Town"

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 21, 2019 10:46 PM (ykYG2)

142 Straight Men Recall the First Time They Were Attracted to a Trans Woman
Tons of men are into trans girls, they just don't admit it.

Attracted? Attracted?
I can't even look at them.

Posted by: DR.WTF at July 21, 2019 10:47 PM (aS1PU)

143 Ok, it's a slow night...

Family can be a PITA. Rant follows.

DIL's Great Grandma/Grandpa are having a 75th anniversary. This is a big deal. Not many folks live long enough for such an event.

The local priest will be coming to celebrate Mass in their home for the family, followed by a brunch. Later in the day there will be an open house party, buffet, a band.

Great Grandma/Grandpa have eight children. One of whom has a spouse who is undergoing treatment for a serious illness. Part of that requires no children/sick people etc. be around them. They want to attend this event and are cool with saying, "We'll come for the Mass and brunch and then leave so everyone else with kids can come for the afternoon/evening festivities." But NO, half the family (mainly grandkids with young great-grandkids) are offended. My DIL offered that her relatives who wanted to go to the Mass could drop off their kids at her house and come back to fetch them after "Ellen and Larry" leave.

NOT good enough - they start bitchin' about why should they have to come back and get the kids, why can't she just drive them all over when it's time. Evidently none of them are smart enough to figure out that this would be a child seat, logistical nightmare. And would require my son and DIL to drive 2 vehicles in order to accommodate all the kids .

Am I a jerk for thinking they're jerks, or are they jerks?

Posted by: cfo mom at July 21, 2019 10:47 PM (RfzVr)

144 "Straight Men Recall the First Time They Blew That Roadie When Erasure Came To Town"

Yeah. I used to work in live entertainment. Roadies are way more horny than regular dudes, and the ones on the road are NEVER gay. It's some sort of screening process. They all live on a bus, and I'm guessing most straight guys don't want to live on a bus with gay guys. But then again, what do I know?

I think the headline is more like:

"Straight Men Recall the First Time They Watched Their Girlfriend Blow That Roadie When Erasure Came To Town."

Posted by: shibumi, future dental floss tycoon at July 21, 2019 10:49 PM (AkkRZ)

145 SOY UN PAPA!

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at July 21, 2019 10:49 PM (ABuva)

146 That or flip on the schools and make them cosign the loans.
Posted by: Burnt Toast

Yes. I know someone who got a degree in archeology.
In Michigan. She's a democrat. Who hates Trump.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 21, 2019 10:49 PM (+lVUW)

147 If you replaced the lake in that picture with a beach volleyball court with bikini clad girls that's what was on TV this afternoon. Women's beach volleyball tournament in Gstadd, Switzerland.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 21, 2019 10:49 PM (2DOZq)

148 Neverenoughcaffeine,

We're south of Bozeman, up on a high plateau. Mountains in three directions, across the valley of Bozeman on the fourth. Bliss. High seventies today, down in the fifties tonight.

Deer every damn place you look. Grrrr.

Posted by: Wenda (sic) at July 21, 2019 10:50 PM (aPc3n)

149 145 SOY UN PAPA!
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at July 21, 2019 10:49 PM (ABuva)

You're a potato?

Posted by: Insomniac at July 21, 2019 10:50 PM (NWiLs)

150 PAPAS AND BEER!

Posted by: DR.WTF at July 21, 2019 10:50 PM (aS1PU)

151 I suppose it would surprise no one that the 'woman' who wrote the tranny attraction article knows the feeling of waking up scratching your balls.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 21, 2019 10:51 PM (SJIH3)

152 There ought to be more corny low-budget videos about the danger of college debt than STDs.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 21, 2019 10:51 PM (LxTcq)

153 President of the American Vaping Association is a fan of the ONT and Misanthropic Humanitarian
Well, he's a fan of the ONT quoting him. Still -- I think that's something!
Can we start quoting Demi Rose, fellas? AIM HIGHER Ace

Can the American Vaping Association please do something about Juul's anti-smoker propaganda campaign? Bullshit like that literally ruins lives. Seriously. I've been homeless and broke for 20 years because I chose cigarettes instead of a home. I pay $100-$200 per month in illegal "taxes" because of similar bullshit.

Posted by: Chuck at July 21, 2019 10:51 PM (yV7jF)

154 yeah... but... Erasure.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 21, 2019 10:51 PM (ykYG2)

155 Cfo mom,

I was a chemo pt a few years ago.

The person with the depleted immune system should simply wear a mask and wash their hands.

This is not a big deal.

Posted by: Nurse ratched at July 21, 2019 10:52 PM (PkVlr)

156 I have been reading that the student loan racket allows them to not only borrow the cost of the *education*, but also the money to pay for their living expenses while in school.

You read about some of these people who have $250,000-$500,000 in student loan debt, and you figure there have to be some Hawaiian vacations buried in there.

That, and the magic of compound interest if you aren't paying off your debt.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 21, 2019 10:53 PM (I2/tG)

157 I was gobsmacked by the beauty of MT. Just blown away by it.

Of course... I wasn't in MT during the time of year when they have 8 foot snow drifts. It's incredible in the summer.

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2019 10:53 PM (Cssks)

158 I'd destroy Demi in bed.

Yum

Posted by: WUT at July 21, 2019 10:53 PM (MAstk)

159 Re: MT's snow: Well, we're skiers, so . . . Seriously, the most powder I've skied in was up to my butt, and I backed out very carefully. But it is definitely an attraction for children and grandchildren. Never a problem getting a houseful for Christmas.

Posted by: Wenda (sic) at July 21, 2019 10:55 PM (aPc3n)

160 thank you for your input nurse. I have zero experience/knowledge about these sort of things.

Posted by: cfo mom at July 21, 2019 10:55 PM (RfzVr)

161 Am I a jerk for thinking they're jerks, or are they jerks?

Well, it seems like a few things are going on here.

It seems to me that the sick person wants a lot of people to go out of their way to attend only limited parts of an event so they can attend.

Conversely, a lot of the other people want their kids to be part of it, and don't want to make accommodations for anyone.

Is either one right? I don't know; I sympathize with both sides; the sick person wants to be part of a big family event, but can't because of their illness, while the other family members want their children to attend the same event unfettered. Since they're in the position of making many poeple try to accommodate the needs of the one, it would probably be best for the person who is struggling with their health to stay home and attend via Skype or something.

Posted by: shibumi, future dental floss tycoon at July 21, 2019 10:55 PM (AkkRZ)

162 This is what happens when you don't go pissing your money away on things you don't need.

"Nielsen, who knew Schroeder for being a humble carpenter his whole life, didn’t realize that Schroeder’s net worth was just shy of $3 million, and thus began the journey to set up a trust that would provide a future for 33 students unbeknownst to them."

Posted by: See at July 21, 2019 10:56 PM (OIwXy)

163 > "I'm drowning in debt for a piece of paper I never received. Nobody should be in this position." Ashlee Last Name Withheld

> Lolgf

> Posted by: Ha
I think you may be misinterpreting who, exactly is going to wind up getting fucked in this situation. Ashlee is never going to pay that debt. You are.
Still funny?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2019 10:56 PM (GDooN)

164 Is it possible to work your way through college any more? At all? Scholarships and waiting tables, to pay for the whole thing, tuition, room and board?

Not really, no. "Scholarships" are mostly need-based these days, and over the years the sorts of wages a college student can get have pretty much kept up with inflation, while college costs have gone up at a rate three or four times that.

If I were graduating from high school today I'd probably go into the military and become a large engine mechanic, and I say that as a guy who had a long and lucrative career as an engineer.

Posted by: Ace's liver at July 21, 2019 10:56 PM (h2Bdk)

165 161 Am I a jerk for thinking they're jerks, or are they jerks?

The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few...or the one.

Posted by: Mr. Spock at July 21, 2019 10:57 PM (NWiLs)

166 Sunday Swimwear ONT Compliance Pics

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Posted by: kbdabear at July 21, 2019 10:57 PM (qAR6u)

167 The thing I miss most by living in the city is seeing the night sky . Light pollution takes away what I think is the most thought provoking observation in our lives.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 21, 2019 10:57 PM (2DOZq)

168 "Straight Men Recall the First Time They Watched Their Girlfriend Blow That Roadie When Erasure Came To Town."

----

erasure was gay

Posted by: Keto not Beto at July 21, 2019 10:57 PM (JziUy)

169 Attracted? Attracted?
I can't even look at them.

There was a magazine article (I think New York magazine) about three sexual revolutionaries in New York - people who are redefining gender and sexual fluidity, who have extensively written for publications that deal with that sort of thing.

The one slight personal problem that all three of them have is that no one wants to have sex with them.

Funny thing, that.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 21, 2019 10:57 PM (I2/tG)

170 erasure was gay

Yeah, but roadies are not.

Posted by: shibumi, future dental floss tycoon at July 21, 2019 10:58 PM (AkkRZ)

171 Am I a jerk for thinking they're jerks, or are they jerks?

********

It seems to me the reasonable thing would be for Larry and Ellen to plan a separate event with just then and the honored couple, on a different day.

Posted by: Muldoon at July 21, 2019 10:58 PM (mvenn)

172 Canadian minor league hockey coach puts it to the players straight:

https://youtu.be/qXzksMzZdQM

+1, my man.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 21, 2019 10:58 PM (5aX2M)

173 105 Is it possible to work your way through college angy more? At all? Scholarships and waiting tables, to pay for the whole thing, tuition, room and board?

I had a niece who did it, but that was probably 10 years ago. Her degree was in engineering, and she managed to do it in 4 years. Her parents lived within driving distance of a state university, so she was able to live at home and she had a good part time job.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 21, 2019 10:59 PM (+lVUW)

174 More Sunday Swimwear ONT Compliance Pics

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Posted by: kbdabear at July 21, 2019 10:59 PM (qAR6u)

175 It seems to me the reasonable thing would be for Larry and Ellen to plan a separate event with just then and the honored couple, on a different day.

Winner, winner chicken dinner.

Posted by: shibumi, future dental floss tycoon at July 21, 2019 10:59 PM (AkkRZ)

176 You read about some of these people who have $250,000-$500,000 in student loan debt, and you figure there have to be some Hawaiian vacations buried in there.

That, and the magic of compound interest if you aren't paying off your debt.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 21, 2019 10:53 PM (I2/tG)

Or they're just not in a hurry to graduate. Five or six years as an undergrad, plus grad school or law school... it all adds up.

Posted by: Ace's liver at July 21, 2019 10:59 PM (h2Bdk)

177 Still funny?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2019 10:56 PM (GDooN)

Right now she's on the hook for it.

So yes, clean up your own mess.

Posted by: Ha at July 21, 2019 10:59 PM (MAstk)

178 Is it possible to work your way through college any more? At all? Scholarships and waiting tables, to pay for the whole thing, tuition, room and board?

Not really, no. "Scholarships" are mostly need-based these days, and over the years the sorts of wages a college student can get have pretty much kept up with inflation, while college costs have gone up at a rate three or four times that.

If I were graduating from high school today I'd probably go into the military and become a large engine mechanic, and I say that as a guy who had a long and lucrative career as an engineer.
Posted by: Ace's liver at July 21, 2019 10:56 PM (h2Bdk)

Do employers pay for college education anymore? That's how I did it.

Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at July 21, 2019 10:59 PM (Rz2Nc)

179 Why should I repay my student loan debt?

Sooner or later, the Democrats will take power, and they will forgive my debt.

It would be idiotic to pay it off now.

Posted by: Left-Wing Student Loan Debtor at July 21, 2019 11:00 PM (I2/tG)

180 Even More Sunday Swimwear ONT Compliance Pics

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Posted by: kbdabear at July 21, 2019 11:01 PM (qAR6u)

181 Sooner or later, the Democrats will take power, and they will forgive my debt.

It would be idiotic to pay it off now.

Amen, brother!

Posted by: The State of Illinois at July 21, 2019 11:01 PM (I2/tG)

182 Of course... I wasn't in MT during the time of year when they have 8 foot snow drifts. It's incredible in the summer.
Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2019 10:53 PM (Cssks)

Unless you love winter. I love winter. fucking love it.

I was pretty pissed off to live in Alaska when it had an unusually soft, rainy winter ('85-86). fuck. I wanted to have to shovel my way out to my truck every morning.

But nope. it would start out as snow, then came the rain, glazing the snow in a thick layer of snotty ice.

Grr.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at July 21, 2019 11:01 PM (aurSP)

183 I should have said "makeup artist" rather than the vague "roadie". I suppose.

There's always someone, somewhere, with a big nose, who knows . . .

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 21, 2019 11:01 PM (ykYG2)

184 > Tons of men are into trans girls, they just don't admit it.

Any time an SJW makes this kind of claim, it can easily be refuted by going to any major porn site (one of the ones with dozens of categories).

Yes, gay porn and tranny porn is a thing. However, the sections devoted to those...tastes... are invariably dwarfed by the sections devoted to het porn of various varieties.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2019 11:01 PM (GDooN)

185 I almost put a scathing review of a mobile app on the Play Store, but decided better because it's my employer's app.

Good, God, I despise the team that put that monstrosity together.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at July 21, 2019 11:02 PM (naEeR)

186
I'm thinking of transitioning.

Posted by: Lucky Pierre at July 21, 2019 11:02 PM (f1Vqw)

187 student loans, etc.:

I've never forgotten a lengthy WSJ article I read about students in TX who get a 2-yr JuCo degree in oilfield services (something like that) & start at $75000 their first year out of college-- at age 20.

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2019 11:03 PM (Cssks)

188 I wanted to have to shovel my way out to my truck every morning.

...

Wtf?

Snow and ice are a nuisance.

Posted by: Ha at July 21, 2019 11:03 PM (MAstk)

189 167 The thing I miss most by living in the city is seeing the night sky . Light pollution takes away what I think is the most thought provoking observation in our lives.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 21, 2019 10:57 PM (2DOZq)

Folks come out and visit, at some time in the evening, and say, the sky's so bright - all the stars, or it's so quiet.

Posted by: Ramon at July 21, 2019 11:03 PM (OIwXy)

190 Do employers pay for college education anymore? That's how I did it.
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at July 21, 2019 10:59 PM (Rz2Nc)

Not as much. When I graduated from college they told us if you stayed at a job less than five years it would count against you when you were back on the market. Ten plus was a bonus.

These days there doesn't seem to be a stigma for job hoppers, so as a consequence companies don't see the point in developing someone's skills just to have him jump to a competitor.

Posted by: Ace's liver at July 21, 2019 11:03 PM (h2Bdk)

191 > Right now she's on the hook for it.

Uncle Sam is on the hook for it. Uncle Sam dished out the money. The money is gone. They (meaning the taxpayers) aren't ever getting it back.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2019 11:03 PM (GDooN)

192 Yes, gay porn and tranny porn is a thing. However, the sections devoted to those...tastes... are invariably dwarfed by the sections devoted to het porn of various varieties.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2019 11:01 PM (GDooN)

And busty lesbian porn. Which, let's face it, is also made for hetero men.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 21, 2019 11:04 PM (NWiLs)

193 To Mr Weasel from the last thread, willowed but I'm back. Ironically I was away in the gun room sorting out a mates pile of crap he has to hand back to the filth. He is going to walk away with about $30k. So I was busy swapping bad mags, crap uppers, dodgy parts, etc for nice stuff.

Posted by: NZFrank with a M2 at July 21, 2019 11:04 PM (bgJ0E)

194 *Sneer quotes* Hi, we're Juul! Teen vaping is a serious problem. *unsneer quotes*

Whose problem, Juul? Whose problem, Juul?

Whose problem, Juul?

Whose problem?

Juul?

Whose problem?

Juul?

Posted by: Chuck at July 21, 2019 11:04 PM (yV7jF)

195 Yes, gay porn and tranny porn is a thing. However, the sections devoted to those...tastes... are invariably dwarfed by the sections devoted to het porn of various varieties.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2019 11:01 PM (GDooN)

The big porn category is incest. I imagine thousands of psychology students are pounding away at keyboards as we speak with plausible explanations.

Posted by: Ace's liver at July 21, 2019 11:05 PM (h2Bdk)

196 I can attest to the fact that VW Bugs do float.

I drove one into a Canal when I was 17.

It floated, for a bit, and me and my buddies were able to drag it back to shore, where a tow truck pulled it out.

Started right up, no damage.

Needless to say, it save me MUCH grief with my parents.

Posted by: Don Q. at July 21, 2019 11:05 PM (NgKpN)

197 >> And busty lesbian porn. Which, let's face it, is also made for hetero men.

That is considered straight porn. I mean seriously. It's classified in that genre.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at July 21, 2019 11:05 PM (f1Vqw)

198 I've said it a million times. I should have been a fireman like all my uncles. I would have been retired long ago.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 21, 2019 11:05 PM (2DOZq)

199 > Sooner or later, the Democrats will take power, and they will forgive my debt.

Then maybe it would behoove the Republicans to find some way to unwind that bubble, the way the car companies got unwound and the real estate market got unwound?
Nah. Making them sure to vote D for the rest of their lives is a WAY better policy. Totally.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2019 11:06 PM (GDooN)

200 Any time an SJW makes this kind of claim, it can easily be refuted by going to any major porn site (one of the ones with dozens of categories).

I refuse to read the Vice article, but apparently its point is that since straight males can't admit that they are attracted to trannies, they murder the trannies instead.

I'll take Another Thing That Isn't Actually Happening For $10, Alex.

Posted by: The State of Illinois at July 21, 2019 11:06 PM (I2/tG)

201 The money is gone. They (meaning the taxpayers) aren't ever getting it back.

..

In some cases that's true.

Posted by: Ha at July 21, 2019 11:07 PM (MAstk)

202 Shibumi - thanks for making me look at it that way.

I guess I just feel like it is more important for the actual *child* of the celebrants to be able to attend the Mass than the 2 - 12 year old great-grands. Those kids aren't really interested in it except for the party, which they will get to enjoy later.

Probably someone should ask the opinion of the Great Grandma/Grandpa. It's their anniversary party, let them decide. Novel idea that no one has thought of as yet.

Posted by: cfo mom at July 21, 2019 11:07 PM (RfzVr)

203 >>> 185 I almost put a scathing review of a mobile app on the Play Store, but decided better because it's my employer's app.

Good, God, I despise the team that put that monstrosity together.
Posted by: Rob Crawford at July 21, 2019 11:02 PM (naEeR)

I don't know if naming it would be too specific... but maybe there are a few Morons who would like to check it out and see how bad it sucks?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 21, 2019 11:07 PM (0ReGO)

204 Posted by: Pug Mahon at July 21, 2019 11:01 PM (aurSP)

You would enjoy a visit to the Lake Superior snow belt

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 21, 2019 11:07 PM (aA3+G)

205 >> However, the sections devoted to those...tastes... are invariably dwarfed

Your typical tranny who makes this claim, like the one who got that gal booted off Twitter -- well, Thai ladyboys they ain't.

The market for fat men in dresses is just about zero.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at July 21, 2019 11:07 PM (f1Vqw)

206
Wtf?

Snow and ice are a nuisance.
Posted by: Ha at July 21, 2019 11:03 PM (MAstk)

I. Love. Winter.

I love the cold air, the snow, the fact that if you are not dressed right you could die. I feel so alive, so alert.

Best of all, I love walking into my house at the end of the day, kick off my snowy boots, hang up my coat, and enjoy the embrace of my home and hearth.

I pretty much hate summer. I really do. Winter, Spring, Autumn. Love them there seasons.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at July 21, 2019 11:07 PM (aurSP)

207 OH, and for those not paying attention.

New Budget Deal that the WAR Turtle and Cuckie Shumer came up with?

22% increase in discretionary spending.

Apparently they are no longer concerned about the TEA Party movement.

Just like when they balanced the budget for 10 minutes to get rid of Perot.

Posted by: Don Q. at July 21, 2019 11:08 PM (NgKpN)

208 197 >> And busty lesbian porn. Which, let's face it, is also made for hetero men.

That is considered straight porn. I mean seriously. It's classified in that genre.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at July 21, 2019 11:05 PM (f1Vqw)

If anyone would know its proper categorization it would be you!

Posted by: Insomniac at July 21, 2019 11:08 PM (NWiLs)

209 Hey you morons what's going on? I'm old and tired after working for four days, part time, but trying to get back to work. This is going to suck I think I only have 60 hours in for this pay.

Have to comment on the stuff going on on the books read about the Tudors. They were a bunch of assholes but Henry the 7th who is hardly mentioned was the fucken worst. He had no claim to the throne and overthrew Richard the third intimate King and murdered the king. It's an interesting time anybody wants to discuss it email me.

Posted by: Farmer posting from stupid smartphone at July 21, 2019 11:08 PM (3qoAC)

210 I don't care, but Orman has a point if there actually is a demographic spending $5 per day on coffee. With tax, that'd be around $2000 a year.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 21, 2019 11:09 PM (H5knJ)

211 >> If anyone would know its proper categorization it would be you!

I'll that as a badge of honor. Yep, that's the ticket. Just don't tell anyone, though.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at July 21, 2019 11:09 PM (f1Vqw)

212 > The big porn category is incest.

It seems like step- porn is more common than real incest.
I chalk that up the number of divorces, leading to young men of an impressionable age being stuck in close proximity to a nubile step-sister or hawt step-mom. Technically not incest, at least biologically (although it may be legally).

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2019 11:09 PM (GDooN)

213 Hey Farmer!

Posted by: Insomniac at July 21, 2019 11:09 PM (NWiLs)

214 Apparently they are no longer concerned about the TEA Party movement.

Just like when they balanced the budget for 10 minutes to get rid of Perot.
Posted by: Don Q. at July 21, 2019 11:08 PM (NgKpN)

I've had a good laugh over the language on this. These days spending what you receive in taxes is "austerity".

Posted by: Ace's liver at July 21, 2019 11:09 PM (h2Bdk)

215 Posted by: Pug Mahon at July 21, 2019 11:01 PM (aurSP)

You would enjoy a visit to the Lake Superior snow belt
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 21, 2019 11:07 PM (aA3+G)

Yes.

Yes I would.

Mrs. Mahon is not as big a fan of snow, however.

I have two aunts who live in Upstate NY who see a lot of snow every winter. They kind of love it, or else they would not live there.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at July 21, 2019 11:10 PM (aurSP)

216 212 > The big porn category is incest.

It seems like step- porn is more common than real incest.
I chalk that up the number of divorces, leading to young men of an impressionable age being stuck in close proximity to a nubile step-sister or hawt step-mom. Technically not incest, at least biologically (although it may be legally).

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2019 11:09 PM (GDooN)

Yes, I think this is true.

Posted by: Ace's liver at July 21, 2019 11:10 PM (h2Bdk)

217 Uncle Sam is on the hook for it. Uncle Sam dished out the money. The money is gone. They (meaning the taxpayers) aren't ever getting it back.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2019 11:03 PM (GDooN)

Uncle Sam should put her in a brothel, and she can earn her way out on her back.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2019 11:10 PM (abNpZ)

218 Posted by: Ace's liver at July 21, 2019 11:05 PM (h2Bdk)

Taboo is a mover. Incest is about as taboo as you can get.

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at July 21, 2019 11:10 PM (2DOZq)

219 With tax, that'd be around $2000 a year.

Ahem.

Posted by: $16 Cocktails In Trendy Portland Bars at July 21, 2019 11:11 PM (I2/tG)

220 Posted by: NZFrank with a M2 at July 21, 2019 11:04 PM (bgJ0E)

Mate, it is clear why you
a) found this place, and
2) post here.
Good on ya'!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 21, 2019 11:11 PM (BiNEL)

221 You know how I know that Ivanka Trump is a white supremacist?

https://bit.ly/32J5qov

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at July 21, 2019 11:12 PM (+y/Ru)

222 217 Uncle Sam is on the hook for it. Uncle Sam dished out the money. The money is gone. They (meaning the taxpayers) aren't ever getting it back.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2019 11:03 PM (GDooN)

Uncle Sam should put her in a brothel, and she can earn her way out on her back.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2019 11:10 PM (abNpZ)

Uncle Sam once took over a Brothel in Nevada for Tax evasion.

It went from profitable to out of business inside a year.

Nuff, said.

Posted by: Don Q. at July 21, 2019 11:12 PM (NgKpN)

223 Not as much. When I graduated from college they told us if you stayed at a job less than five years it would count against you when you were back on the market. Ten plus was a bonus.

These days there doesn't seem to be a stigma for job hoppers, so as a consequence companies don't see the point in developing someone's skills just to have him jump to a competitor.
Posted by: Ace's liver at July 21, 2019 11:03 PM (h2Bdk)

That's weird, it used to be rather expensive to recruit new employees, so it made more sense for the to invest in their employees to retain them.

Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at July 21, 2019 11:12 PM (Rz2Nc)

224 Needless to say, it save me MUCH grief with my parents.

Posted by: Don Q. at July 21, 2019 11:05 PM (NgKpN)

There were ditches, it was raining, I started a turn to the right but the wagon went diagonal. Luckily the the corner house owner had placed a three plank walk across.

The left front wheel stayed on the walkway, the right front wheel danged. Put it in reverse and gently backed onto the street.

Yes, saved much grief with parents.

Posted by: Ramon at July 21, 2019 11:12 PM (OIwXy)

225 Probably someone should ask the opinion of the Great Grandma/Grandpa. It's their anniversary party, let them decide. Novel idea that no one has thought of as yet.

Posted by: cfo mom at July 21, 2019 11:07 PM

That is actually the best idea of all cfo mom. Ask the great grandparents.

There is another issue as well; the other adults attending might be trying to get their youngsters to understand the concept of respecting their elders and even the idea of "older family members." I think it is good for them to go to those sort of things.

Posted by: shibumi, future dental floss tycoon at July 21, 2019 11:12 PM (AkkRZ)

226 Demi Rose has a picture of her ass BEFORE it was Kardash-sized. It was rather awesome. What the f*** was she thinking?

Posted by: Ripley at July 21, 2019 11:12 PM (NbRJx)

227 Remember the "base closing commission"?

A bipartisan agreement to turn the problem over to a group delegated to make hard, unpopular decisions.

When things get desperate, the base closing model might be the answer for the budget deficit.

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2019 11:12 PM (Cssks)

228
Step porn is a way to get the thrill of the taboo without being "real". You know, it's not incest incest. It gives an out.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at July 21, 2019 11:13 PM (f1Vqw)

229 Whose problem?

Juul?
Posted by: Chuck at July 21, 2019 11:04 PM (yV7jF)

It ain't my problem, but it seems like you are trying to make it your problem.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2019 11:13 PM (abNpZ)

230 > Uncle Sam should put her in a brothel, and she can earn her way out on her back.

I would advocate that as long as every car company executive, every house flipper who used an FHA/VA loan, and every owner of a failed business financed by SBA was in there with them.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2019 11:13 PM (GDooN)

231
Companies don't want you to leave, they want to fire you.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2019 11:13 PM (Wx/+I)

232 Student loan default rate in FY 2015 was 10.8%.

Not sure if there is more recent data.

Posted by: Ha at July 21, 2019 11:13 PM (MAstk)

233 Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at July 21, 2019 11:05 PM (f1Vqw)

What, there's busty lesbian porn on the internet?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 21, 2019 11:14 PM (BiNEL)

234 So, I had this bit of good luck. My USB RAID thing [skipping this, and also skipping] so the other USB RAID thing [skipping] etc.

So, I went to the local Best Buy, and they had a WD 8TB external drive for 129!

So, I brought it up to buy it, and they were like, "Yeah, that's $169!" And I said, no, it isn't, it's $129.

The upshot is, they sold it to me for $129, and they were great about it. I was great about it. Everyone was great about it, though I noticed the floor manager guy was crumpling up a price tag thing as he authorized the sale.

The next day, I walked into the same Best Buy and looked, and they had the same drive for $139. So, I think, I won. I guess.

I bring this up only because I am a no-one who will die alone, and comments in websites might be the only way I will be ignored through eternity.

Have a great week everyone!

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 21, 2019 11:15 PM (l9m7l)

235 Nah. Making them sure to vote D for the rest of their lives is a WAY better policy. Totally.

The people with six-figure student loan debts who can't pay them off (as opposed to medical school students with six-figure debts) almost always are SJW's who got their degrees in SJW fields.

You're not going to get a sociology Ph.D. to take a second look at the Republican Party by having the Republicans reduce or eliminate her student loan debt.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 21, 2019 11:15 PM (I2/tG)

236 >> What, there's busty lesbian porn on the internet?

I know, it's hard to believe, but it's out there. You have to go on the dark web, I think.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at July 21, 2019 11:15 PM (f1Vqw)

237 Posted by: Pug Mahon at July 21, 2019 11:10 PM (aurSP)

A visit, no need to move and upset the Mrs.

We had close to 200" this past season starting in October -ending in May

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 21, 2019 11:16 PM (aA3+G)

238 The student loan crisis is largely manufactured.

IIRC the average debt is 40k.

A fuggin car payment.

Pay the bill.

Posted by: Ha at July 21, 2019 11:17 PM (MAstk)

239 When things get desperate, the base closing model might be the answer for the budget deficit.

Posted by: mnw at July 21, 2019 11:12 PM (Cssks)
Of course the base closing commission members never profited a dime, not one thin dime, I tell you, from their great patriotic contributions to reducing the deficit.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 21, 2019 11:17 PM (BiNEL)

240 230 > Uncle Sam should put her in a brothel, and she can earn her way out on her back.

I would advocate that as long as every car company executive, every house flipper who used an FHA/VA loan, and every owner of a failed business financed by SBA was in there with them.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2019 11:13 PM (GDooN)

The difference is the students knew their debt was non-dischargeable when they borrowed the money.

Posted by: Ace's liver at July 21, 2019 11:17 PM (h2Bdk)

241 214
I've had a good laugh over the language on this. These days spending what you receive in taxes is "austerity".

Posted by: Ace's liver at July 21, 2019 11:09 PM (h2Bdk)

We are so effing doomed.

Posted by: rickl at July 21, 2019 11:18 PM (sdi6R)

242 I brung this up in the gub thread, but I've been binge-watching the Apollo 11 "live stream."

Holy balls, those dudes were frosty as fuck.

Best part is, they weren't the only ones. There were other missions, both before and after.

These sonsabitches had gigantic clanky balls. A wonder they could even walk around without a wheelbarrow.

And seeing the video of the moon as they headed home was fucking awesome.

I hope the site stays live after splashdown. there is a shit ton of stuff I want to sift through.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at July 21, 2019 11:18 PM (aurSP)

243 I was working on a military base when BRAC was happening. None of it had anything to do with what the military needed, and nothing got closed in districts with powerful congressmen. It was a exercise in pure power politics.

Posted by: Ace's liver at July 21, 2019 11:19 PM (h2Bdk)

244 Hey everybody.

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 21, 2019 11:19 PM (oIkVW)

245 Companies don't want you to leave, they want to fire you.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2019 11:13 PM (Wx/+I)

If they fire you, you get unemployment, if you quit, you don't. Yes, it really does suck, and an awful thing to go through.

Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at July 21, 2019 11:20 PM (Rz2Nc)

246 Uncle Sam is on the hook for it. Uncle Sam dished out the money. The money is gone. They (meaning the taxpayers) aren't ever getting it back.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2019 11:03 PM (GDooN)

Uncle Sam should put her in a brothel, and she can earn her way out on her back.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2019 11:10 PM (abNpZ)

Uncle Sam once took over a Brothel in Nevada for Tax evasion.

It went from profitable to out of business inside a year.

Nuff, said.
Posted by: Don Q. at July 21, 2019 11:12 PM (NgKpN)

Meh,

$5 a round.
Not trying to make a profit.

It's the principle.

Posted by: Burnt Toast at July 21, 2019 11:20 PM (1g7ch)

247 Demi Rose is nice enough, but she can't hold a candle to Lida Rose Quackenbush.

https://youtu.be/BLEEGnA8vQ8

Posted by: Prof. Harold Hill at July 21, 2019 11:21 PM (q1Pj5)

248 Companies don't want you to leave, they want to fire you.

Actually, if you are an executive with a non-compete clause, they want you to quit, so you can't get another job in your industry. If they fire you, you can, in theory at least, take all their secrets to their competitor. At least that's how I understand it.

Posted by: shibumi, future dental floss tycoon at July 21, 2019 11:21 PM (AkkRZ)

249 future dental floss tycoon...

*****

New or used?

Posted by: Muldoon at July 21, 2019 11:23 PM (mvenn)

250 "I'm drowning in debt for a piece of paper I never received. Nobody should be in this position."
-- Ashlee Last Name Withheld
---
Nobody pays for a diploma. A diploma you pay for is either a crime, or has no value.

You paid for resources, you paid for the professors time, you paid for an opportunity to work and achieve that piece of paper, which would tell future employers you were minimally acquainted with your field.

You received the services you paid for.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2019 11:23 PM (Eicbe)

251 It went from profitable to out of business inside a year.

Nuff, said.

Posted by: Don Q. at July 21, 2019 11:12 PM (NgKpN)

Meanwhile, my friend that lives a mile or two away from one on the more well-known "houses" says they're still raking in the bucks while staying strictly "legal", and paying a huge percentage of the tax base for the entire county and contributing to community projects (like high school sports programs).

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 21, 2019 11:23 PM (BiNEL)

252
The market for fat men in dresses is just about zero.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear

The market is wide open:

https://tinyurl.com/yywayp5f

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 21, 2019 11:23 PM (aKsyK)

253 Companies don't want you to leave, they want to fire you.

----

That's not my current experience. In my outfit, if they 'let you go', they will pay some severance. If you quit, you get nothing. So, if they don't want you around, they work hard to get you just simply quit - especially long term employees. The longer the service, the higher payout if you are fired/let go/job eliminated/etc.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 21, 2019 11:26 PM (Z/1Kk)

254 The upshot is, they sold it to me for $129, and they were great about it. I was great about it. Everyone was great about it, though I noticed the floor manager guy was crumpling up a price tag thing as he authorized the sale.
The next day, I walked into the same Best Buy and looked, and they had the same drive for $139. So, I think, I won. I guess.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 21, 2019 11:15 PM (l9m7l)

I just swapped out the disk in an old 2007 iMac I bought off my sister in 2012 for an SSD because the disk was crapping out. I got a 240GB SSD from Best Buy that was supposed to be in the store (according to the website) but the guy couldn't find it. Then they found it, so I bought it. It's doing a fresh install of OS X 10.11 right now.

My sister took the proceeds from the sale and bought a handbag, of all things. But I was talking with her today and she said she still uses it seven years later. So I guess it worked out all around.

Posted by: hogmartin at July 21, 2019 11:26 PM (t+qrx)

255 Wenda. Bozeman is great. We love the Bitterroot.
Got my lesson on the proper use of bear spray today. We're renting a cabin at the base of the Bitterroot mountains. Friends that live here gifted us the spray and taught us how to us it. They suggested having it on us when we take the dog out late at night and early in the morning. Also going to carry my Kimber 9mm. Probably will scare the dog and the bear would shrug it off. Still will make me feel better.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 21, 2019 11:26 PM (hpmE4)

256
Sorry, everyone. Feeling tired and bitter tonight.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2019 11:26 PM (Wx/+I)

257 233 Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at July 21, 2019 11:05 PM (f1Vqw)

What, there's busty lesbian porn on the internet?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 21, 2019 11:14 PM (BiNEL)

The Internet is for porn!

Posted by: Insomniac at July 21, 2019 11:26 PM (NWiLs)

258 In rejecting her claim, the court affirmed that states do indeed have the right to require that anyone charging for health and medical services—in this case, dietetics and nutrition advice—be qualified and licensed.
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So, it's illegal to be an undocumented health provider--but nobody is illegal so...

We should have open professions, and give everybody a chance to succeed.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2019 11:27 PM (Eicbe)

259 256
Sorry, everyone. Feeling tired and bitter tonight.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2019 11:26 PM (Wx/+I)

It's all good. Lots of us have been where you are.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 21, 2019 11:27 PM (NWiLs)

260
When things get desperate, the base closing model might be the answer for the budget deficit.
Posted by: mnw

I thought they already had one of those about 20 years ago. It made suggestions and Congress said no.

Grace Commission maybe?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 21, 2019 11:27 PM (aKsyK)

261 What, there's busty lesbian porn on the internet?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 21, 2019 11:14 PM (BiNEL)

The Internet is for porn!
Posted by: Insomniac at July 21, 2019 11:26 PM (NWiLs)

There's an internet?

Posted by: hogmartin at July 21, 2019 11:28 PM (t+qrx)

262 261 What, there's busty lesbian porn on the internet?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 21, 2019 11:14 PM (BiNEL)

The Internet is for porn!
Posted by: Insomniac at July 21, 2019 11:26 PM (NWiLs)

There's an internet?
Posted by: hogmartin at July 21, 2019 11:28 PM (t+qrx)

Yes. I know this is a mind-blowing revelation. Try to remain calm.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 21, 2019 11:29 PM (NWiLs)

263
Say this to yourself often: taxes are almost never more than 20% of GDP.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2019 11:29 PM (Wx/+I)

264 Grace Commission maybe?

*********

Coup de Grace Commission

Posted by: Muldoon at July 21, 2019 11:30 PM (mvenn)

265 Yes. I know this is a mind-blowing revelation. Try to remain calm.
Posted by: Insomniac at July 21, 2019 11:29 PM (NWiLs)

I'm perfectly calm, dude.

Posted by: hogmartin at July 21, 2019 11:30 PM (t+qrx)

266
Coup de Grace Commission
Posted by: Muldoon

A Tudor

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 21, 2019 11:31 PM (aKsyK)

267 What happened Hadrian? Something with the doggies?

Posted by: cfo mom at July 21, 2019 11:31 PM (RfzVr)

268 In Cheyenne Wyoming, I saw a Bank and Trust that went by the name Oregon Trail.

I couldn't help but think of all starvation, death, dysentery and consumption that goes along with the banking.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2019 11:31 PM (Eicbe)

269 262
261 What, there's busty lesbian porn on the internet?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 21, 2019 11:14 PM (BiNEL)

The Internet is for porn!

Posted by: Insomniac at July 21, 2019 11:26 PM (NWiLs)

There's an internet?

Posted by: hogmartin at July 21, 2019 11:28 PM (t+qrx)

Yes. I know this is a mind-blowing revelation. Try to remain calm.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 21, 2019 11:29 PM (NWiLs)
If only someone had told me, think of the time I would have saved!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar Costanza at July 21, 2019 11:31 PM (BiNEL)

270 268 In Cheyenne Wyoming, I saw a Bank and Trust that went by the name Oregon Trail.

I couldn't help but think of all starvation, death, dysentery and consumption that goes along with the banking.
Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2019 11:31 PM (Eicbe)

And covered wagons.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 21, 2019 11:32 PM (NWiLs)

271
I'm so behind the times. I just got around to playing with Git. Hell, it's great. I've never used source control before, and since everyone is using it, what with everyhing on Github, I thought I'd better see what the fuss was about.

And I just realized it could work with just about anything, test based at least.

Linus Torvalds is good.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at July 21, 2019 11:32 PM (f1Vqw)

272 257 233 Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at July 21, 2019 11:05 PM (f1Vqw)

What, there's busty lesbian porn on the internet?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 21, 2019 11:14 PM (BiNEL)

The Internet is for porn!
Posted by: Insomniac at July 21, 2019 11:26 PM (NWiLs)

Hahaha. That's a blast from the past!

https://tinyurl.com/acokozf

Posted by: Ace's liver at July 21, 2019 11:32 PM (h2Bdk)

273 If only someone had told me, think of the time I would have saved!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar Costanza at July 21, 2019 11:31 PM (BiNEL)

Right? And I'm usually the last one to know these things...

Posted by: Insomniac at July 21, 2019 11:32 PM (NWiLs)

274 my guess with all the incest pr0n these days (i don't remember it being so prevalent even five years ago) is that it's embarrassing to the wanker's families, so they're doing it to honeytrap and for blackmail.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 21, 2019 11:33 PM (ykYG2)

275 The market for fat men in dresses is just about zero.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear
Shucks, Moe!
Dang it, Joe!

https://youtu.be/a0fzeVbicd4

Posted by: Moe Bandy and Joe Stampley at July 21, 2019 11:33 PM (q1Pj5)

276 I couldn't help but think of all starvation, death, dysentery and consumption that goes along with the banking.

You have died of dysentery.

Posted by: The Oregon Trail Game at July 21, 2019 11:33 PM (I2/tG)

277 Amanda Liberty up there reminded me of the final paragraph of the Statue of Liberty's dedication at its unveiling. Here's the text link and an excerpt:
https://preview.tinyurl.com/y5hywcou
"The rays from this beacon, lighting this gateway to the continent, will welcome the poor and the persecuted with the hope and promise of homes and citizenship. It will teach them that there is room and brotherhood for all who will support our institutions and aid in our development; but that those who come to disturb our peace and dethrone our laws are aliens and enemies forever."

This would apply to Ms. Omar and her ilk.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 21, 2019 11:33 PM (NMAzL)

278 "I'm drowning in debt for a piece of paper I never received. Nobody should be in this position." Ashlee Last Name Withheld

College ain't for everyone sugartits.
STEM degree holders rarely have debt.
Math is hard; become a stripper.

Posted by: PDT at July 21, 2019 11:34 PM (QMwOT)

279 Actually, if you are an executive with a non-compete clause, they want you to quit, so you can't get another job in your industry. If they fire you, you can, in theory at least, take all their secrets to their competitor. At least that's how I understand it.
Posted by: shibumi, future dental floss tycoon at July 21, 2019 11:21 PM (AkkRZ)

If you're at a high enough level to be under contract, the non-compete clause is in place whether you quit or are fired. If you are fired, how easy would it be to get another job in that industry (ok, easier than you might think)?

Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at July 21, 2019 11:34 PM (Rz2Nc)

280 We should have open professions, and give everybody a chance to succeed.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2019 11:27 PM (Eicbe)
I'm ready to hand out my brain surgeon shingle!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 21, 2019 11:34 PM (BiNEL)

281
What happened Hadrian? Something with the doggies?

Posted by: cfo mom

My application for a job I'm perfectly suited for will be rejected by an algorithm based on an irrelevant requirement.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2019 11:34 PM (Wx/+I)

282
but that those who come to disturb our peace and dethrone our laws are aliens and enemies forever."

This would apply to Ms. Omar and her ilk.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess

And that darn Klaatu guy.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 21, 2019 11:35 PM (aKsyK)

283 In rejecting her claim, the court affirmed that states do indeed have the right to require that anyone charging for health and medical services--in this case, dietetics and nutrition advice--be qualified and licensed. (State laws governing who can offer personalized nutrition services vary considerably, however.)

Uh oh ... ace might be in big trouble for proselytizing his breatharian ideas ...

"Eat a cupcake, dammit!!"

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 21, 2019 11:36 PM (6fsOH)

284 Sorry, everyone. Feeling tired and bitter tonight.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2019 11:26 PM (Wx/+I)

Certainly understandable.

Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at July 21, 2019 11:36 PM (Rz2Nc)

285 "those who come to disturb our peace and dethrone our laws are aliens and enemies forever"

except for Zod of course.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 21, 2019 11:37 PM (ykYG2)

286
I'm ready to hand out my brain surgeon shingle!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar

You too could become a double naught spy!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 21, 2019 11:37 PM (aKsyK)

287 I have a 10-year-old laptop that I put Linux Mint on. For a while I had Debian, but that was awful.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 21, 2019 11:37 PM (LxTcq)

288 In Cheyenne Wyoming, I saw a Bank and Trust that went by the name Oregon Trail.

*****

Where your deposited money is kept in a hand-dug hole beneath the crooked pine tree just south of the ridge with three large rocks east of the west bank of the south fork of the Snake River. Good luck finding your cache (pun intended) when you need it.

Posted by: Muldoon at July 21, 2019 11:37 PM (mvenn)

289 62
Trump converts, runs for Pope:

What would his papal name be?

The Man Who Would Be King of the Popes

https://youtu.be/L2xWQr4VaUA
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 21, 2019 10:21 PM (aKsyK)

Pope Trump you moron.

Posted by: PDT at July 21, 2019 11:37 PM (QMwOT)

290 Once again drove home from The City with a fantastic fireworks show, only this time it was all natural. Loads of lightning ahead of us the whole way.

Just as we pull up to the front gate, the wind starts gusting and as we pull in front of the house and turn off the car, the clouds burst.

What a relief after these scorching days.

There were road crew along the way, evidently repairing some severely buckled pavement - both lanes - everyone had to drive on the shoulder. I rolled down the window and shouted "God bless you guys!" One guy heard and yelled 'thanks.' The storm should just make their work all the more fun.

Daughter is about a half-hour behind us. Little prayer always welcome.

Posted by: mindful webworker - click for obscure funny at July 21, 2019 11:37 PM (Q1QrS)

291 If you're at a high enough level to be under contract, the non-compete clause is in place whether you quit or are fired. If you are fired, how easy would it be to get another job in that industry (ok, easier than you might think)?
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at July 21, 2019 11:34 PM (Rz2Nc)

Non-compete clauses aren't enforceable everywhere. Here in CA for normal employees they aren't worth the paper they're printed on, though it's different if, say, you owned a startup which you sold to another company.

Posted by: Ace's liver at July 21, 2019 11:37 PM (h2Bdk)

292 Bride plans to marry chandelier - but is in open relationship with other objects

At least she isn't trying to claim she's a guy ... yet.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 21, 2019 11:38 PM (6fsOH)

293 Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 21, 2019 11:14 PM (BiNEL)

The Internet is for porn!
Posted by: Insomniac at July 21, 2019 11:26 PM (NWiLs)

Hahaha. That's a blast from the past!

https://tinyurl.com/acokozf
Posted by: Ace's liver at July 21, 2019 11:32 PM (h2Bdk)

Ready "normal people"?!
Lemme hear it!

Posted by: Insomniac at July 21, 2019 11:38 PM (NWiLs)

294 287 I have a 10-year-old laptop that I put Linux Mint on. For a while I had Debian, but that was awful.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 21, 2019 11:37 PM (LxTcq)

Debian is for people who see Linux as a hobby and not a tool.

Posted by: Ace's liver at July 21, 2019 11:39 PM (h2Bdk)

295
Plus, Delilah got walked out of the ring today by a judge who must have had a breakdown. Everything in her final lineup was a female.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2019 11:39 PM (Wx/+I)

296 Sounds like a big thunderstorm approaching.

Posted by: rickl at July 21, 2019 11:39 PM (sdi6R)

297 The documents Martin stole were said to include NSA reports on its targets and the intrusion techniques foreign hacking groups had used against Uncle Sam. He also collected software and documents on the exploits and monitoring tools that NSA and US government hackers used against foreign targets.
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Well, maybe he didn't intend to break the law.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2019 11:39 PM (Eicbe)

298 Oh my, that is a kick. Try not to fret Hadrian, as you know, God works all things for good for those who love him. He will find you a better spot.

And with that, nite all. G'son will be here at 6:45.

Posted by: cfo mom at July 21, 2019 11:40 PM (RfzVr)

299 297 The documents Martin stole were said to include NSA reports on its targets and the intrusion techniques foreign hacking groups had used against Uncle Sam. He also collected software and documents on the exploits and monitoring tools that NSA and US government hackers used against foreign targets.
---
Well, maybe he didn't intend to break the law.
Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2019 11:39 PM (Eicbe)

Yooooohoooooo...

Posted by: Strict Liability at July 21, 2019 11:41 PM (h2Bdk)

300 The rays from this beacon, lighting this gateway to the continent, will welcome the poor and the persecuted with the hope and promise of homes and citizenship. It will teach them that there is room and brotherhood for all who will support our institutions and aid in our development; but that those who come to disturb our peace and dethrone our laws are aliens and enemies forever."

This would apply to Ms. Omar and her ilk.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 21, 2019 11:33 PM (NMAzL)

THAT, is awesome, had never heard that before.

But so applicable.

Posted by: Don Q. at July 21, 2019 11:41 PM (NgKpN)

301 Miles City, Custer County, Montana. Born there and have family buried there, real cowboy country.

Posted by: GT 5.0 at July 21, 2019 11:41 PM (Nk0GK)

302 Sorry, everyone. Feeling tired and bitter tonight.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2019 11:26 PM (Wx/+I)
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You're feeling tired. I was just informed that I died of dysentery.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2019 11:41 PM (Eicbe)

303 I have a 10-year-old laptop that I put Linux Mint on. For a while I had Debian, but that was awful.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 21, 2019 11:37 PM (LxTcq)
Same here, the original drive crashed and I put in an SSD, downloaded a Mint iso, and bingo. It was a bargain basement Toshiba to begin with ten years ago, so speedy it isn't, but perfectly serviceable.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 21, 2019 11:41 PM (BiNEL)

304 "... but that those who come to disturb our peace and dethrone our laws are aliens and enemies forever."

Good stuff.

From a more rational time.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 21, 2019 11:42 PM (6fsOH)

305 Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 21, 2019 11:34 PM (BiNEL)

Hmmm not quite ready for you Doc

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 21, 2019 11:42 PM (aA3+G)

306 The documents Martin stole were said to include NSA
reports on its targets and the intrusion techniques foreign hacking
groups had used against Uncle Sam. He also collected software and
documents on the exploits and monitoring tools that NSA and US
government hackers used against foreign targets.

---

Well, maybe he didn't intend to break the law.

Posted by: Axeman at July 21, 2019 11:39 PM (Eicbe)

Maybe they fell off of the table and somehow slipped into his socks. Could happen!

Posted by: Sandy Berger at July 21, 2019 11:42 PM (q1Pj5)

307 Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 21, 2019 11:33 PM (NMAzL)

THAT, is awesome, had never heard that before.

But so applicable.

Posted by: Don Q. at July 21, 2019 11:41 PM (NgKpN)
Gee, I wonder why THAT part is never quoted?
/s

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 21, 2019 11:43 PM (BiNEL)

308 Hey how you doing insom? Good talking to you the other day. And I'm glad we solved all the problems of the universe very cool. Be well good friend.

Posted by: Farmer posting from stupid smartphone at July 21, 2019 11:45 PM (3qoAC)

309 I'm so behind the times. I just got around to playing with Git. Hell, it's great. I've never used source control before, and since everyone is using it, what with everyhing on Github, I thought I'd better see what the fuss was about.

And I just realized it could work with just about anything, test based at least.

Linus Torvalds is good.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at July 21, 2019 11:32 PM (f1Vqw)

You really appreciate it when you've had to use other, lesser VCS like Subversion. Consider:
In SVN, you can branch and merge repos. But a branch is the entire repo, not just the delta. So branching a 30MB repo, which is hardly uncommon, takes another 30MB. Which isn't much by itself, granted, but it's unwieldy to push the branch out to the server (because it's not distributed, so EVERYTHING must go back to the server) all the time. And pull everyone else's branches.
Then you get to commit your wee little change. Git merges are pretty straightforward. If there are conflicts, resolving them is straightforward and transparent. If you want to commit some changes but not others, you can stash changes to your branch so they won't be considered for the merge. Subversion lines up both branches - each one a full-weight copy of the master - and crashes them into each other at full speed. The wreckage is left in your checkout directory (at least three new files for each conflict) and you get to clean it up before you can work on anything else.

Posted by: hogmartin at July 21, 2019 11:45 PM (t+qrx)

310 Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 21, 2019 11:34 PM (BiNEL)

Hmmm not quite ready for you Doc

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 21, 2019 11:42 PM (aA3+G)
Dude, 10% off retail price for the first ten customers!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 21, 2019 11:46 PM (BiNEL)

311 Maybe Trump's papal name would be Rodrigo I.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain, Who Had A B-Wing, and Called It Brad at July 21, 2019 11:47 PM (Clxcy)

312 I'm ready to hand out my brain surgeon shingle!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar

********

It's not that tough, trust me. Once you get the skull cap off just poke your forceps somewhere and watch to see what body part twitches. You can zero in pretty quickly that way.

Posted by: Muldoon at July 21, 2019 11:47 PM (mvenn)

313 And now I'm out. Off to reality and to dig a big hole for a dead sheep. Poor wee bugger couldn't handle the cold and frost I suppose. A runt I hand raised. Well if you have livestock, you have dead stock.

Posted by: NZFrank with a M2 at July 21, 2019 11:47 PM (bgJ0E)

314 Spectacular storm. Doesn't look very wide on the map. Bet it will build up and get worse as it heads to SW Missou and NW Arkansas. Look out over there!

Posted by: mindful webworker - click for a story at July 21, 2019 11:47 PM (Q1QrS)

315 246 Uncle Sam is on the hook for it. Uncle Sam dished out the money. The money is gone. They (meaning the taxpayers) aren't ever getting it back.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2019 11:03 PM (GDooN)

Uncle Sam should put her in a brothel, and she can earn her way out on her back.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2019 11:10 PM (abNpZ)

Uncle Sam once took over a Brothel in Nevada for Tax evasion.

It went from profitable to out of business inside a year.

Nuff, said.
Posted by: Don Q. at July 21, 2019 11:12 PM (NgKpN)

Meh,

$5 a round.
Not trying to make a profit.

It's the principle.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at July 21, 2019 11:20 PM (1g7ch)

Line be around the block.

Posted by: PDT at July 21, 2019 11:47 PM (QMwOT)

316 Had a productive day today. Finished the body filler and primer stages of the rust repair to the rocker panels of the F150. Mixed up some "Steel-It" paint with about an equal volume of gasoline in a coffee, and used my engine-cleaning siphon sprayer to blast that mixture into the interior of the rocker panel via the access holes on the inside face. I spread paper to catch what dripped out; surprisingly, very little did. A shot of color-matching silver metallic paint, and some clear gravel guard, and it is done.

Did two bouts of lawn mowing, as break time waiting for stuff to dry. Mower is working real well, too.

Took a box of Keystone beer back to the liquor store, as it was just plain undrinkable; tasted like seawater. Got a box of Old Milwaukee instead, which is good for lawnmower beer.

And chipped a bunch of rust off the steel underparts of the Ford's running boards, and got a coat of black rust one one of them. Sun was getting low in the sky, so I quit.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2019 11:48 PM (abNpZ)

317 Trump's pope-name would be a killing word.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 21, 2019 11:48 PM (LxTcq)

318 310 Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 21, 2019 11:34 PM (BiNEL)

Hmmm not quite ready for you Doc

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 21, 2019 11:42 PM (aA3+G)
Dude, 10% off retail price for the first ten customers!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 21, 2019 11:46 PM (BiNEL)

Maybe you can trim a bit off the hippocampus. I have quite a few memories I'd like to get rid of.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 21, 2019 11:48 PM (NWiLs)

319 It's not that tough, trust me. Once you get the skull cap off just poke your forceps somewhere and watch to see what body part twitches. You can zero in pretty quickly that way.

Posted by: Muldoon at July 21, 2019 11:47 PM (mvenn)

Sure ... but that's why brain surgery on spazzes is close to impossible.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 21, 2019 11:48 PM (6fsOH)

320 @49 I *did* like what I saw of Mr Sunshine. Although it was getting hard to keep track of who was doing what and when, because of the flashbacks.

-----------------

On Netflix?

I finished it a couple of weeks ago. Good series. And a very brutal reminder on why the Koreans still don't like the Japanese.

Posted by: junior at July 21, 2019 11:50 PM (Fp6vo)

321 Non-compete clauses aren't enforceable everywhere. Here in CA for normal employees they aren't worth the paper they're printed on, though it's different if, say, you owned a startup which you sold to another company.
Posted by: Ace's liver at July 21, 2019 11:37 PM (h2Bdk)

The original comment was about executives, I replied concerning management under contract, not certain what "normal" employees are, but I believe it's not that. Locally, our livestock vet hires other vets, some coming out of school, the sign a contract not to start a new vet within x amount of miles for 5 years after they leave his practice. No one has started a new practice within that territory even well after the five years. He's a really nice guy and good vet.

Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at July 21, 2019 11:51 PM (Rz2Nc)

322 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2019 11:48 PM (abNpZ)

Where do you get the energy for all that? I haven't done that much in a month.

Posted by: Strict Liability at July 21, 2019 11:53 PM (h2Bdk)

323
More Pope Trump:

"We don't have any reverence any more in the Catholic Church. No reverence anymore. I'm a big believer in reverence. You have to have reverence. Because without reverence it all becomes a joke. And the Mass is not a joke, is it? And, I must tell you, that under a Trump papacy we will have so much reverence in the Mass again, you will not believe it. You simply will not believe the reverence."

(Cheers, applause)

"And then the Communion comes and the bad music starts. It's like I'm at a bad Woodstock concert, it really is. The guitars start, the guy with the ponytail starts singing. And I see people going up to receive God, OK. I just converted, but I read this in Trent, OK, it says we believe Communion is God. It says it right here, I have it highlighted, OK. And the people are receiving God in their hand, crumbs are falling, they're standing there putting it up to their mouth like a potato chip. They're dressed like they just came from the mall. And I see this, and I'm like, what are we doing, folks? What are we doing? Are we Catholics or are we Protestants? I know some Protestants who wouldn't receive Communion the way we receive Communion or dress the way I see some people dressing. No respect, folks. No respect, no reverence. Look, I have a meeting with a CEO and we want to do a deal he comes dressed in a suit. It's respect. If he shows up in shorts and flip flops I tell him get the hell out of my office, OK. Because it's a joke. He shows no respect and he's not taking it seriously. He's gone. Bye bye. And under a Trump papacy that's where these people will be. You don't respect the boss? Bye bye."

(Cheers, applause)

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2019 11:54 PM (Wx/+I)

324 Tell this Orzeman chick I'll spend the money I make anyway I like.

On the flip side I will not complain when I'm old and broke.

Heck by her logic drink only tap water.
Better yet rainwater collected in a barrel.

Save a ton.

Trouble is, skimping and saving all your life to live like a king or queen in your old age rarely works out. Hard to break habits you have spent a lifetime making which means you'll never eat the prime rib and lobster you have saved for but will the baloney sandwich.

Balance. Must have balance.

Posted by: PDT at July 21, 2019 11:55 PM (QMwOT)

325 Maybe you can trim a bit off the hippocampus. I have quite a few memories I'd like to get rid of.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 21, 2019 11:48 PM (NWiLs)
That's sounds like a specialty option I should look into, I think there is a large unserved market just waiting to be rewired, so to speak.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 21, 2019 11:55 PM (BiNEL)

326 Posted by: Farmer posting from stupid smartphone at July 21, 2019 11:45 PM (3qoAC)

Pretty good, amigo. I am in the pipeline for possible assignments with a new legal group, and there may be a couple of potential engagements in the works, though they aren't a done deal yet. But it's definitely looking up!

Posted by: Insomniac at July 21, 2019 11:55 PM (NWiLs)

327 Hrothgar give up the brain surgeon shit and become an orthopod, I would hire you

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 21, 2019 11:55 PM (aA3+G)

328 @278 You know sonny, when I came out of college, nobody called it "STEM" because it never occurred to anyone to give a jumped-up lab assistant the title "technologist." Due to the great NASA jack-off, there was a Western-world-wide surplus of researchers who had little to no hope of ever having a lasting university job, and the private science labs were folding up as fast as they could merge. Engineers were going to work selling cars, or running a shift at a factory. The machinists made fun of them.

To hear you bray, it must be a swell time to be all stemmy right now. Don't assume for one more moment that it always will be. At several key points in our economic cycles, it has not. If you do not know this, you're either not old enough or you were not paying attention.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at July 21, 2019 11:56 PM (8ZmvG)

329 @190 These days there doesn't seem to be a stigma for job hoppers, so as a consequence companies don't see the point in developing someone's skills just to have him jump to a competitor.

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In my field, most companies practically encourage it since they only hire contract workers.

Posted by: junior at July 21, 2019 11:56 PM (Fp6vo)

330 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 21, 2019 11:48 PM (abNpZ)

Where do you get the energy for all that? I haven't done that much in a month.

Posted by: Strict Liability at July 21, 2019 11:53 PM (h2Bdk)
I'd really like a video tour of the AOP shop complex, but I understand OPSEC, so...

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 21, 2019 11:58 PM (BiNEL)

331 Hrothgar give up the brain surgeon shit and become an orthopod, I would hire you
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 21, 2019 11:55 PM (aA3+G)

"When Hrothgar woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous orthopod"

Posted by: Franz Kafka at July 21, 2019 11:58 PM (t+qrx)

332 Neurosurgeon needs to understand the homunculus on the motor portion of the cerebral cortex, distorted humanoid shape that maps to the body region controlled by that region of the brain.

Once you've got that memorized its just a matter of ablating the areas that are overactive and stimulating the areas that are underactive.

Brains are easy. Hearts are challenging.

Posted by: Muldoon at July 21, 2019 11:58 PM (mvenn)

333 Sorry MisHum, but it's been a while and I need something interesting to bring up so do you mind if I share one more Quora question?

"Why did Jimmy Carter allow Iran to keep Americans hostage?"

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 21, 2019 11:58 PM (oIkVW)

334
I was reading about Torvald's creation of Git. One humorous quote was something he told those working on it with him, "Let CVS be your guide. If there's a question, do the opposite of what CVS does."

He was in need of a version control system for the Linux kernel. THere were problems with the one they were using, BitKeeper.

So he wrote some specs for the version control they needed for the Linux kernel.

THere was no product that met those specs, so he had to write his own.

Another quote that tickled me. Git is written in C, pure C, not C++. Some programmer complained about that, and Linus scorched saying, "...and, if using C serves no other purpose than keeping C++ programmers out of the project, then it's worth it."

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at July 21, 2019 11:59 PM (f1Vqw)

335 332 Neurosurgeon needs to understand the homunculus on the motor portion of the cerebral cortex, distorted humanoid shape that maps to the body region controlled by that region of the brain.

Once you've got that memorized its just a matter of ablating the areas that are overactive and stimulating the areas that are underactive.

Brains are easy. Hearts are challenging.
Posted by: Muldoon at July 21, 2019 11:58 PM (mvenn)

Minds get lost. Hearts get broken.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 21, 2019 11:59 PM (NWiLs)

336 @195
The big porn category is incest. I imagine thousands of psychology students are pounding away at keyboards as we speak with plausible explanations.

----------------

Based on what I've heard from some of my family members who are linked to the prosecutorial side of law enforcement, there's a real life trend with boyfriends getting involved with their girlfriend's teenage daughter. The amount of force involved varies from instance to instance.

It's possible that there's a connection.

Posted by: junior at July 22, 2019 12:00 AM (Fp6vo)

337
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2019 11:54 PM (Wx/+I)

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*bows down*

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 22, 2019 12:00 AM (13CQC)

338 Hrothgar give up the brain surgeon shit and become an orthopod

Go on . . .

Posted by: Kurt! at July 22, 2019 12:00 AM (ykYG2)

339 Wish I hadn't missed this weekend's movie thread.

Because our internet has been down, I and family have been watching movies the last couple nights.

I showed my mom and sister Blazing Saddles and Manhunter. They liked both. (Was especially fun to see Blazing Saddles again.)

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 22, 2019 12:01 AM (oIkVW)

340
We don't have any reverence any more in the Catholic Church. No reverence anymore.

Sounds like Rodney Dangerfield.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 22, 2019 12:03 AM (aKsyK)

341 Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 21, 2019 11:55 PM (aA3+G)

I'd be interested, but I've heard it is really hard to get a toehold in that field!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 22, 2019 12:03 AM (BiNEL)

342 Evenin' Horde.

So today I brought down a bunch of stuff to donate to the local thrift store. Included in the pile of stuff was a box of vinyl LPs. When I opened the back of the car, the box fell out and the records spilled out onto the street. Then I noticed that one of the records was Dark Side of the Moon. I have another copy, and my son has a copy, so this one was an extra that I forgot that I had. Still, it's worth a few bucks and it doesn't deserve the thrift store fate. So maybe I'll Discog it, or bring it down to the local record store for a trade...

Posted by: Average Guy at July 22, 2019 12:04 AM (BaHwF)

343 If the apocalypse brought hell on earth, which minister would you stand next to? A catholic priest with a frock? Or a Ned Flanders type with a guitar and a heart pin on his cardigan?

Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 22, 2019 12:04 AM (LxTcq)

344 336 @195
The big porn category is incest. I imagine thousands of psychology students are pounding away at keyboards as we speak with plausible explanations.

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there's really something psychological going on. Because with the volume down, it's all the same, eh?

Posted by: Keto not Beto at July 22, 2019 12:05 AM (JziUy)

345 "When Hrothgar woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous orthopod"

Posted by: Franz Kafka at July 21, 2019 11:58 PM (t+qrx)
Darn it, now I'm afraid to go to sleep tonight!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 22, 2019 12:06 AM (BiNEL)

346 If the apocalypse brought hell on earth, which minister would you stand next to?
Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 22, 2019 12:04 AM (LxTcq)

The one from Dead Alive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7xN3Z7890o

Posted by: hogmartin at July 22, 2019 12:06 AM (t+qrx)

347 Posted by: qdpsteve at July 21, 2019 11:58 PM (oIkVW)

As if I have a choice?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 22, 2019 12:06 AM (aA3+G)

348 A bit of a ruckus outside. I heard a seagull crying and an eagle chattering. Looked in the Douglass fir tree out the fron t window and the seagull was dive bombing the top of the tree, circling around and diving again. Then a bald eagle hurts out and flew away.

Nature is so cool.

Posted by: Nurse ratched at July 22, 2019 12:07 AM (PkVlr)

349 The Difference Between Arthropods and Orthopods

https://preview.tinyurl.com/y2tpgtrp

Posted by: rickl at July 22, 2019 12:07 AM (sdi6R)

350 343 If the apocalypse brought hell on earth, which minister would you stand next to? A catholic priest with a frock? Or a Ned Flanders type with a guitar and a heart pin on his cardigan?
Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 22, 2019 12:04 AM (LxTcq)

I make no assumptions about either.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 22, 2019 12:08 AM (NWiLs)

351

Company I used to work for used more and more contractors. They always got them from a contracting company - never direct hire. Is this the same everywhere else?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 22, 2019 12:08 AM (aKsyK)

352 346 If the apocalypse brought hell on earth, which minister would you stand next to?
Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 22, 2019 12:04 AM (LxTcq)

The one from Dead Alive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7xN3Z7890o
Posted by: hogmartin at July 22, 2019 12:06 AM (t+qrx)

Perhaps the Rev Gene Scott

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 22, 2019 12:08 AM (aA3+G)

353 The Difference Between Arthropods and Orthopods

https://preview.tinyurl.com/y2tpgtrp
Posted by: rickl at July 22, 2019 12:07 AM (sdi6R)

That was good

Posted by: hogmartin at July 22, 2019 12:09 AM (t+qrx)

354 I'll be careful with your heart, Insom.

Please be careful with mine.

Posted by: Nurse ratched at July 22, 2019 12:10 AM (PkVlr)

355 Fan trailer for Watchman made entirely for Rorschach

https://youtu.be/IfXGbA5L9us

Whatever kind of hack Zack Snyder might have become, this movie is amazing.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 22, 2019 12:10 AM (LxTcq)

356 If the apocalypse brought hell on earth, which minister would you stand next to? A catholic priest with a frock? Or a Ned Flanders type with a guitar and a heart pin on his cardigan?
Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 22, 2019 12:04 AM (LxTcq)

Thankfully those aren't the only two choices.

Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at July 22, 2019 12:11 AM (Rz2Nc)

357 MisHum, just tryin' to be nice :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 22, 2019 12:12 AM (oIkVW)

358 Gomerblog rocks. I get it every week. Funny stuff

Posted by: Nurse ratched at July 22, 2019 12:14 AM (PkVlr)

359
Thankfully those aren't the only two choices.
Posted by: Evasiveboat42

Binary or Not Binary?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 22, 2019 12:19 AM (aKsyK)

360 good night allthe sun rises far too earlyand I have lots to do before the rains begin again

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 22, 2019 12:19 AM (BiNEL)

361 The market is wide open:

https://tinyurl.com/yywayp5f

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 21, 2019 11:23 PM (aKsyK)

Jessica (formerly Jonathan) Yaniv is the one who also got a Canadian woman professor kicked off Twitter. She was disturbed by his fascination with 10 year old girls and if it was OK to borrow tampons from them, or show them how to use tampons. He's a sick fuck.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 22, 2019 12:19 AM (NMAzL)

362 Looks like the strongest part of the storm passed to the north of me. I can still hear some rumbling in the distance, but the cat came out of hiding, so it must be over.

Posted by: rickl at July 22, 2019 12:19 AM (sdi6R)

363 here comes the rain again

Posted by: Kurt! at July 22, 2019 12:19 AM (ykYG2)

364 The protestors in Hong Kong have been using the Union Jack as a symbol of defiance against the government in Beijing. And apparently this is breaking the brains of some of the outside observers who are bit too stuck on the whole "western colonialism" thing.

https://tinyurl.com/y4hl7wua

h/t Instapundit

Posted by: junior at July 22, 2019 12:19 AM (Fp6vo)

365
We don't have any reverence any more in the Catholic Church. No reverence anymore.

Sounds like Rodney Dangerfield.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

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Rodney was the prophet of Donald.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 22, 2019 12:20 AM (13CQC)

366 Actually, if you are an executive with a non-compete clause, they want you to quit, so you can't get another job in your industry. If they fire you, you can, in theory at least, take all their secrets to their competitor. At least that's how I understand it.
Posted by: shibumi, future dental floss tycoon at July 21, 2019 11:21 PM (AkkRZ)

If you're at a high enough level to be under contract, the non-compete clause is in place whether you quit or are fired. If you are fired, how easy would it be to get another job in that industry (ok, easier than you might think)?

Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at July 21, 2019 11:34 PM (Rz2Nc)
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last i looked, non-compete clauses were null and void in #Failifornia.

so now there are TWO reasons to stay here: that and being able to turn right on a red light.

Posted by: redc1c4 at July 22, 2019 12:21 AM (0yjx7)

367 I cannot figure out the formatting glitch on Firefox under Mintthe "Enter" seems to ignore the line feed of what I expect to be CR/LF

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 22, 2019 12:22 AM (BiNEL)

368
The protestors in Hong Kong have been using the Union Jack as a symbol of defiance against the government in Beijing.

Masked Men Attack Anyone They Think Is A Hong Kong Protester, Also Attack Reporter, Beating Them With Batons

https://www.weaselzippers.us/?p=426636

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 22, 2019 12:24 AM (aKsyK)

369 testtest
test

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 22, 2019 12:24 AM (BiNEL)

370 Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 22, 2019 12:24 AM (BiNEL)

Triple test?,

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 22, 2019 12:26 AM (aA3+G)

371 "Why did Jimmy Carter allow Iran to keep Americans hostage?"

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 21, 2019 11:58 PM (oIkVW)
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because he was, is, and always will be a mewling little candy ass of a fucking pussy.

as well as being a coward who hates America from the bottom of his little bitch ass soul.

Posted by: redc1c4 at July 22, 2019 12:29 AM (0yjx7)

372 If the Russian Civil War were the 2016 election, the Whites' leadership would've been the GOPe. Refusing to make peace or an alliance with the Greens. Because losing to the Reds is better than making common cause with peasants.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 22, 2019 12:30 AM (5aX2M)

373 >>>>>> 29
Beautiful photo up top. Where is that?

I also found it alluring. Hunted it down to somewhere near Lac Blanc in the Alps, near Chamonix, facing East-Southeast-ish.

This (flipped) pic came up in a similar pics search: https://tinyurl.com/y4uhdydb

yada, yada, yada. The Alps.

Posted by: Mephistefales at July 22, 2019 12:32 AM (C9aik)

374 Binary or Not Binary?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 22, 2019 12:19 AM (aKsyK)

Well, non-binary, where I live, I'm not certain either exist. There used to be a Catholic Church, hidden down some alley, I'm not certain it's still there. There might be some Ned Flanders type Church around, I don't know where it actually is. My reality is neither is immediately available to me, I'll go with the Amish Bishop that lives behind me, or maybe a Mennonite minister. Something that is actually available to me. Is that fair enough?

Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at July 22, 2019 12:32 AM (Rz2Nc)

375 Maybe you can trim a bit off the hippocampus. I have quite a few memories I'd like to get rid of.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 21, 2019 11:48 PM (NWiLs)

Morty's Mind-Blowers.

It is so wrong.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 22, 2019 12:32 AM (vJw+j)

376 hey, jimmy peanut-penis sent a whole ~~eight~~ five helicopters to rescue those hostages. before wimping out. and losing one of those helicopters anyway.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 22, 2019 12:34 AM (ykYG2)

377 Triple test?,

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 22, 2019 12:26 AM (aA3+G)

Some weird stuff going on with my Linux Firefox and I have neither the time nor the patience to fiddle with it anymore. Could be FF, could be Pixy, really strange behaviour, eh?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 22, 2019 12:35 AM (BiNEL)

378 last i looked, non-compete clauses were null and void in #Failifornia.

so now there are TWO reasons to stay here: that and being able to turn right on a red light.
Posted by: redc1c4 at July 22, 2019 12:21 AM (0yjx7)

You can turn right on red in most, if not all, states.

Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at July 22, 2019 12:35 AM (Rz2Nc)

379 Posted by: Kindltot at July 22, 2019 12:32 AM (vJw+j)
Disk Sanders will take off memories quite nicely, if properly applied.

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at July 22, 2019 12:37 AM (BiNEL)

380 last i looked, non-compete clauses were null and void in #Failifornia.

Posted by: redc1c4 at July 22, 2019 12:21 AM (0yjx7)
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Well, the People's Republic of California is another country.

Posted by: Axeman at July 22, 2019 12:37 AM (Eicbe)

381 You can turn right on red in most, if not all, states.

Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at July 22, 2019 12:35 AM (Rz2Nc)
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Copy Cats!

Posted by: redc1c4 at July 22, 2019 12:37 AM (0yjx7)

382 Hrothgar give up the brain surgeon shit and become an orthopod, I would hire you
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 21, 2019 11:55 PM (aA3+G)

Or an arthropod, if he's feeling crabby

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 22, 2019 12:38 AM (abNpZ)

383 You can turn right on red in most, if not all, states.
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at July 22, 2019 12:35 AM (Rz2Nc)

In Michigan, you can turn left on red.

Posted by: hogmartin at July 22, 2019 12:38 AM (t+qrx)

384 My old boss wore arthopodic shoes. Just 2 though.

Posted by: klaftern at July 22, 2019 12:39 AM (RuIsu)

385 The plan to rescue the hostages in Iran would have worked. Casualties yes. It was worth the risk. The accident at Desert One was preventable.

To the Brits: Get your tankers back! Bon Chance!

Posted by: PDT at July 22, 2019 12:39 AM (QMwOT)

386 Another weekend fades away, it was so nice to see Slap back!

Posted by: .Debby Doberman Schultz at July 22, 2019 12:39 AM (a4EWo)

387 If the apocalypse brought hell on earth, which minister would you stand next to? A catholic priest with a frock? Or a Ned Flanders type with a guitar and a heart pin on his cardigan?

Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 22, 2019 12:04 AM (LxTcq)
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If you think you have to stand close to a minister, you're already screwed.

Jesus is either your intercessor, or you're screwed.

Posted by: Axeman at July 22, 2019 12:40 AM (Eicbe)

388 385 The plan to rescue the hostages in Iran would have worked. Casualties yes. It was worth the risk. The accident at Desert One was preventable.

To the Brits: Get your tankers back! Bon Chance!

Posted by: PDT at July 22, 2019 12:39 AM (QMwOT)

I always got the impression that mission wasn't intended to succeed.

Posted by: Ace's liver at July 22, 2019 12:41 AM (h2Bdk)

389 To hear you bray, it must be a swell time to be all stemmy right now. Don't assume for one more moment that it always will be. At several key points in our economic cycles, it has not. If you do not know this, you're either not old enough or you were not paying attention.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at July 21, 2019 11:56 PM (8ZmvG)

But there will probably never come a time when a B.A. in underwater basket weaving or lesbian Eskimo poetry will land you a hundred thousand dollar per year job, either.

I don't know if there any colleges left that offer a traditional B.A. in the arts as you and I knew them. Leastwise arts that are not polluted by Marxism and "critical studies".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 22, 2019 12:42 AM (abNpZ)

390 piss troughs:

Let us resume.

Posted by: mnw at July 22, 2019 12:43 AM (Cssks)

391 In Michigan, you can turn left on red.
Posted by: hogmartin at July 22, 2019 12:38 AM (t+qrx)

My Father (RIP), always said you should be able to. If nothing is coming, what difference does it make?

Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at July 22, 2019 12:43 AM (Rz2Nc)

392 "I cannot figure out the formatting glitch on Firefox under Mintthe "Enter" seems to ignore the line feed of what I expect to be CR/LF"

It's true with Firefox Quantum under Windows 10 as well. Someone pointed out (correctly) that using a script blocker against mu.nu fixes that behavior.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at July 22, 2019 12:43 AM (7s3Gx)

393 AO)P

Hillsdale

Posted by: mnw at July 22, 2019 12:43 AM (Cssks)

394 test
test

test

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at July 22, 2019 12:44 AM (BiNEL)

395 @383 In Michigan, you can turn left on red.

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You can in California, as well... provided a one-way street is involved.

Posted by: junior at July 22, 2019 12:45 AM (Fp6vo)

396 If you think you have to stand close to a minister, you're already screwed.

Jesus is either your intercessor, or you're screwed.
Posted by: Axeman at July 22, 2019 12:40 AM (Eicbe)

Good point!

Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at July 22, 2019 12:45 AM (Rz2Nc)

397
If the apocalypse brought hell on earth, which minister would you stand next to? A catholic priest with a frock? Or a Ned Flanders type with a guitar and a heart pin on his cardigan?

Posted by: BourbonChicken

======

I'm not sure what provoked the question, but I'd rather stand next to Ned Flanders -- himself, not the type -- anytime. He's on television, and he's sweet.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 22, 2019 12:45 AM (13CQC)

398 Jessica (formerly Jonathan) Yaniv is the one who also got a Canadian woman professor kicked off Twitter. She was disturbed by his fascination with 10 year old girls and if it was OK to borrow tampons from them, or show them how to use tampons. He's a sick fuck.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 22, 2019 12:19 AM (NMAzL)

Some days, there's just not enough bullets.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 22, 2019 12:46 AM (abNpZ)

399 Well, Ms non-grad borrowed money she cant pay back. If it were any other debt she could bankrupt out of it, and that includes any tax debt that was filed that is more than three years old.

since we aren't getting it back no how no way, allow her to go chapter 7 banko, after proving she is unable to make the payments to pay off within seven years,

Then have her agree to file single, no deductions, on a 1040EZ form for seven years and take any refund from Federal and (if any) state return.

And tell the universities they have to co-sign any future loans to avoid any repeats.

It is not a great solution, but it is probably as best as you can get.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 22, 2019 12:46 AM (vJw+j)

400 Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at July 22, 2019 12:44 AM (BiNEL)
Works fine in Opera

I think

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at July 22, 2019 12:46 AM (BiNEL)

401 My Father (RIP), always said you should be able to. If nothing is coming, what difference does it make?
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at July 22, 2019 12:43 AM (Rz2Nc)

It's only strictly legal to turn left on red from a one-way onto a one-way. But we do have flashing yellow arrows for left turns if the oncoming is green. Which is handy, because you don't have to wait through a red arrow if there's no oncoming traffic.

Posted by: hogmartin at July 22, 2019 12:47 AM (t+qrx)

402 RE: the floating VW

The Kopechne death car flipped over when it went off the bridge, as I recall

Would the VW still float if it was upside down?

Posted by: mnw at July 22, 2019 12:47 AM (Cssks)

403

Posted by: Kindltot at July 22, 2019 12:47 AM (vJw+j)

404 @402
The Kopechne death car flipped over when it went off the bridge, as I recall

Would the VW still float if it was upside down?

------------------

The print mentions that the top of the car is water-tight, as well.

Posted by: junior at July 22, 2019 12:48 AM (Fp6vo)

405 President Trump should invite the Grassroots to the White House for a summer concert, great band.

Posted by: Summer of Love at July 22, 2019 12:48 AM (FJrl0)

406 'got the impression that mission wasn't intended to succeed'

You could be right. classic DC failure theatre. 'Oh darn, the helicopters didn't all make it, well, we tried'.

what was really ugly was how even that farce ended up with casualties.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 22, 2019 12:48 AM (ykYG2)

407 Copy Cats!
Posted by: redc1c4 at July 22, 2019 12:37 AM (0yjx7)

I've been driving since 19 mumble, mumble, mumble, it's always been the law. Maybe CA copied.

Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at July 22, 2019 12:49 AM (Rz2Nc)

408
Cool primary source from just after Stalin's death (CIA):

https://tinyurl.com/yx9j42vo

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 22, 2019 12:49 AM (5aX2M)

409

You can turn left all the time in a roundabout.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 22, 2019 12:50 AM (aKsyK)

410 It's true with Firefox Quantum under Windows 10 as well. Someone pointed out (correctly) that using a script blocker against mu.nu fixes that behavior.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at July 22, 2019 12:43 AM (7s3Gx)

Thanks, I'll search for that option in FF.

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at July 22, 2019 12:50 AM (BiNEL)

411 What I want to know is, why did VW think it was a selling point that their car floats? How many people need a floating car anyway?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 22, 2019 12:51 AM (v4v6L)

412 Some days, there's just not enough bullets.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 22, 2019 12:46 AM (abNpZ)

Ain't it the truth.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 22, 2019 12:51 AM (NMAzL)

413 The Kopechne death car flipped over when it went off the bridge, as I recall

Would the VW still float if it was upside down?
Posted by: mnw at July 22, 2019 12:47 AM (Cssks)

Would she have been clawing at the rear window if the car had flipped and the air bubble was on the floor?

A VW upside down in water would probably right itself, since the majority of its mass is on the same plane as its axles.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 22, 2019 12:52 AM (abNpZ)

414 Ever since Kierkegaard started propagating his devotions about individual salvation, the Western society has grown to understand that a man stands before God or falls on his own, not his relationship with, standing in--or history of contribution to an organization.

That also informs my understanding.

Of course, that needs to be tempered with our role in serving those who make the hard choice to be shepherds. Thus, those people striving boldly for God will always be "ministers" in effect, and as a result, have a role of God's messengers.

Posted by: Axeman at July 22, 2019 12:52 AM (Eicbe)

415 I'm skeptical that a VW, or any car, would stay afloat upside down.

On a summer night, I doubt the windows were up in any event.

Posted by: mnw at July 22, 2019 12:53 AM (Cssks)

416 It's only strictly legal to turn left on red from a one-way onto a one-way. But we do have flashing yellow arrows for left turns if the oncoming is green. Which is handy, because you don't have to wait through a red arrow if there's no oncoming traffic.
Posted by: hogmartin at July 22, 2019 12:47 AM (t+qrx)

Say what? We have green arrows, no yellow or red. Where I actually live, throw the book away. Just don't hit farm equipment or Amish buggies, everything else goes.

Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at July 22, 2019 12:53 AM (Rz2Nc)

417 What I want to know is, why did VW think it was a selling point that their car floats? How many people need a floating car anyway?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 22, 2019 12:51 AM (v4v6L)

1. It's not a VW ad. It's a spoof from National Lampoon.

2. They did play up the airtight nature of their bodies, as it implies strength and integrity.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 22, 2019 12:54 AM (abNpZ)

418 [psst, i think the VW ad is a National Lampoon spoof]

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 22, 2019 12:54 AM (ykYG2)

419 AOP

I was about to say it was a spoof ad too.

Posted by: mnw at July 22, 2019 12:55 AM (Cssks)

420 "Thanks, I'll search for that option in FF."

I'm using Noscript and blocking it that way...

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at July 22, 2019 12:58 AM (7s3Gx)

421 THAT VW AD ISN'T REAL, IT IS A SPOOF. IT IS FUNNY.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at July 22, 2019 12:58 AM (ykYG2)

422 I'm using Noscript and blocking it that way...
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at July 22, 2019 12:58 AM (7s3Gx)

I didn't like the way the Noscript access list sounded, I'll have to reread it later, much later.

Thanks for the tip!

Posted by: Comrade Hrothgar at July 22, 2019 01:00 AM (BiNEL)

423 Storm's passed. Daughter's home safe & sound. Said it was the worst blackout storm she's ever driven through... and she's been through a few. Considered pulling over, but, that's a two-edged sword. Folks who had pulled over make you wonder, are you in a lane, or what? Dangerous. That's the ones that at least had their lights on...!

Posted by: mindful webworker - click for a story at July 22, 2019 01:01 AM (Q1QrS)

424 A VW upside down in water would probably right itself, since the majority of its mass is on the same plane as its axles.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 22, 2019 12:52 AM (abNpZ)

IIRC, the water wasn't all that deep.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at July 22, 2019 01:01 AM (NMAzL)

425 Hogmartin #309, github stuff: What language are you speaking?

To think, I used to was a techish person.

Posted by: mindful webworker - click for a story at July 22, 2019 01:02 AM (Q1QrS)

426 Yes, the water was very shallow. Again, I doubt the windows were up anyway.

Posted by: mnw at July 22, 2019 01:03 AM (Cssks)

427 1. It's not a VW ad. It's a spoof from National Lampoon.

Back when humor was funny.

Posted by: JEM at July 22, 2019 01:03 AM (8erNz)

428 193- NZ Frank- I love you, but in a manly wat.

Posted by: Charles the Simple at July 22, 2019 01:03 AM (w7U7L)

429 Goodnight everyone. I have to get up early to feed the animals and then do nothing because it's supposed to rain all day.

Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at July 22, 2019 01:04 AM (Rz2Nc)

430 🎲

♠ Hadrian: Feeling tired and bitter tonight.
♠ Insomniac: Lots of us have been where you are.
♠ BeckoningChasm: I am a no-one who will die alone, and comments in websites might be the only way I will be ignored through eternity.

I think we need a chart, like those emoji charts to say how much pain you're in. "Show me on the chart with which Moron you most identify."

Apologies to those about whom I'm not thinking who could fill out the chart. Apologies to those I did think of.

Like, at the top of the chart,

Insomniac (post Nurse)

Somewhere in the middle:

Insomniac (pre Nurse)

Hadrian

Toward the bottom:

Beckoning Chasm - on a good day
😬 mindful webworker - can't even talk about it.

Posted by: mindful webworker - click for a story at July 22, 2019 01:05 AM (Q1QrS)

431
Funny spoof ad for VW:

https://youtu.be/kKTXK8YiCzk

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 22, 2019 01:11 AM (5aX2M)

432 Yes, the water was very shallow. Again, I doubt the windows were up anyway.
Posted by: mnw at July 22, 2019 01:03 AM (Cssks)

The photo of the car being winched out of the water shows the driver's window down, and the left rear window up. I don't know if the car was air-conditioned, or not. Kennedy might have rolled to driver's window down to escape the car.

IIRC, the car was found, barely submerged, in a nose-down attitude. Front window, open or closed, would make little difference to the persistence of an air bubble in the rear roof area.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 22, 2019 01:15 AM (abNpZ)

433 "Thanks for the tip!"

You betcha. Good luck!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at July 22, 2019 01:16 AM (7s3Gx)

434 Of course, it's entirely possible that Mary Jo was murdered, and the car wreck was just a ruse to make it seem like an accident.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 22, 2019 01:20 AM (abNpZ)

435 No way Mary Jo wasn't reggers.

None.

Posted by: garrett at July 22, 2019 01:26 AM (yE4ie)

436 Cool primary source from just after Stalin's death (CIA):

That is fascinating. It doesn't read like written by committee, it reads like I'm the one guy who's been paying attention to the this for a long time and you might want to listen to me now.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at July 22, 2019 01:26 AM (fuK7c)

437 Late.

Gnite.

zzz

Posted by: mindful webworker - click for a story at July 22, 2019 01:26 AM (Q1QrS)

438 Saw this thing about Wokies "attacking masculinity".

However, I'm considering that masculinity is simply a mindset that promotes the realization that there will be opposition in this world and "manning up" (preparing for it).

That seems to be the quintessential reality of masculinity. And it also explains why progs are against it. Having exiled themselves from the ultimate Deus ex Machina, their only paradise is the human-caused cessation of all human conflict. So, the masculine variety seems out of step with the "hope for the best" variety. We'll just think of some way to get mankind to live with all the rest of mankind and masculinity will be as outdated as John the Savage.

In standard wish-fulfillment motif of progressivism, they convince themselves that solutions are already underway and so masculinity is already outdated.

This, I find, is also why they can't take a realistic look at the success rate of Marxist revolutions and must keep the faith that this time is different.

Posted by: Axeman at July 22, 2019 01:38 AM (Eicbe)

439 Of course, it's entirely possible that Mary Jo was murdered, and the car wreck was just a ruse to make it seem like an accident.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 22, 2019 01:20 AM (abNpZ)
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That does not seem plausible unless it was a failed murder attempt. I think they found indications that MJ was alive for hours after the wreck.

Posted by: Axeman at July 22, 2019 01:41 AM (Eicbe)

440
I thought they already had one of those about 20 years ago. It made suggestions and Congress said no.

Grace Commission maybe?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 21, 2019 11:27 PM (aKsyK)

BRAC (Base Realignment and Closure) Commission. There have been ~3 of them, IIRC. The last one appears to have emptied Crystal City. Which Amazon is now planning to take over.

Posted by: Fox2! at July 22, 2019 01:44 AM (MwFQu)

441 439 Of course, it's entirely possible that Mary Jo was murdered, and the car wreck was just a ruse to make it seem like an accident.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 22, 2019 01:20 AM (abNpZ)
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That does not seem plausible unless it was a failed murder attempt. I think they found indications that MJ was alive for hours after the wreck.
Posted by: Axeman at July 22, 2019 01:41 AM (Eicbe)

Allegedly, there were scratches where she tried to get out of the car before the air gave out.

Posted by: Fox2! at July 22, 2019 01:45 AM (MwFQu)

442 MSN Headline right now.

Trump's Chopper has flaws.

Talking about the new Presidential Helicopter, because they so want our enemies to know what weaknesses it has.

ANYTHING to be Trump negative..

Posted by: Don Q. at July 22, 2019 01:46 AM (NgKpN)

443 That does not seem plausible unless it was a failed murder attempt. I think they found indications that MJ was alive for hours after the wreck.
Posted by: Axeman at July 22, 2019 01:41 AM (Eicbe)

He could have knocked her over the head, which could be explained away by the busted windshield, and expected her to drown without regaining consciousness. But the cold water revived her, but still not in her right mind, explaining her futile attempts to escape the car, which was not in deep, deep water.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 22, 2019 01:47 AM (abNpZ)

444 42 Trump converts, runs for Pope:
(...)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2019 10:15 PM (Wx/+I)

What would his papal name be?
Posted by: hogmartin at July 21, 2019 10:16 PM (t+qrx)

****
Pope Innocent XIV

Posted by: Publius Redux at July 22, 2019 01:49 AM (YnqG2)

445 Posted by: Axeman at July 22, 2019 01:38 AM (Eicbe)

Simpler premise.

They know they can never make the American Man a slave to the Government.

Which is why they want to destroy the meaning and basis of both America, and Manhood.

Posted by: Don Q. at July 22, 2019 01:49 AM (NgKpN)

446
Say what? We have green arrows, no yellow or red. Where I actually live, throw the book away. Just don't hit farm equipment or Amish buggies, everything else goes.
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at July 22, 2019 12:53 AM (Rz2Nc)

Flashing yellow arrows are a new innovation. I've only seen them for the last 18-24 months or so.

Posted by: Fox2! at July 22, 2019 01:50 AM (MwFQu)

447 444 42 Trump converts, runs for Pope:
(...)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2019 10:15 PM (Wx/+I)

What would his papal name be?
Posted by: hogmartin at July 21, 2019 10:16 PM (t+qrx)

****
Pope Innocent XIV
Posted by: Publius Redux at July 22, 2019 01:49 AM (YnqG2)

And if Trump took over the mafia???

He'd be Don Don!

Posted by: Don Q. at July 22, 2019 01:50 AM (NgKpN)

448 Allegedly, there were scratches where she tried to get out of the car before the air gave out.
Posted by: Fox2! at July 22, 2019 01:45 AM (MwFQu)
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That's what I remembered reading.

How the blews can be so concerned about vague suspicions of Trump's "crimes" and still can't muster up much concern about a possible, motivated murder--or abandonment--just points up their special case psychology. How they can put section off any part of their mind and keep themselves from actual comparisons of like to like.

And also, they invent new "similarities" every day.

Posted by: Axeman at July 22, 2019 01:52 AM (Eicbe)

449 That does not seem plausible unless it was a failed murder attempt. I think they found indications that MJ was alive for hours after the wreck.
Posted by: Axeman at July 22, 2019 01:41 AM (Eicbe)

______

She suffocated. Long, slow, painful death. She had lost all of her finger nails scratching the roof of the car trying to get out according to the autopsy report.

Posted by: Kurt Eichenwald at July 22, 2019 01:54 AM (flINI)

450 Sock fail

Posted by: Truck Monkey at July 22, 2019 01:55 AM (flINI)

451 But there will probably never come a time when a B.A. in underwater basket weaving or lesbian Eskimo poetry will land you a hundred thousand dollar per year job, either.

A minor in Vogon poetry is almost required.

Posted by: Fox2! at July 22, 2019 01:55 AM (MwFQu)

452 Mindful @ 430

You are very insightful always appreciate your thoughts. Be well you are rocking it. There are many good folks here and we all have our quirks. The most interesting group I've ever run across on the net. An intelligent bunch of lunatics.

Posted by: Farmer posting from stupid smartphone at July 22, 2019 01:59 AM (3qoAC)

453 They know they can never make the American Man a slave to the Government.

Which is why they want to destroy the meaning and basis of both America, and Manhood.
Posted by: Don Q. at July 22, 2019 01:49 AM (NgKpN)
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The problem I find with that simplification is that if you depict them as wanting to make Man a slave to the government, you have lost them right there.

I can't find in any of their rhetoric the direct implication that they want to make Man a "slave" to the government. They deny so many things about themselves, that of course, if their literature doesn't even touch on it, they are going to outright deny that they want anything like that.

So my emphasis is always on their motivation to delude themselves. What they do is wish heavily that scarcity would become antiquated, that opposition would fade, and in their mind, they want to believe that that progress is already underway. And that people who reserve skepticism are part of the problem.

So they create dogma that must be observed, that must be accepted, that they demand that you not resist.

Posted by: Axeman at July 22, 2019 02:00 AM (Eicbe)

454 Posted by: Axeman at July 22, 2019 02:00 AM (Eicbe)

Except that every single thing they want to force on us, is through government power.

They don't say it, yet its true.

Green new deal? Single Payer Health Care? Socialism? Higher income Tax?

They wish to use the power of Government, ie the power of the GUN, to force us to belong to the State.

And when your labor is owned by the State, you are a Slave to the State. When you have no Freedom? You are a Slave.

Hell, they even want to control what F'n BATHROOM we use.

Posted by: Don Q. at July 22, 2019 02:06 AM (NgKpN)

455 Chavez if you are around how is it going with the power situation? My dad is up that way he lost power last night didn't get it restored until this afternoon and he was surprised at that. A lot of people were out of power around Stevens point.

Deadhead a tree go down right behind his house and took the power out. F u the smartphone that's dad. He was surprised that the power is restored as fast as it was. Considering there were thousands out. Hope all is well with you Chavez.

Posted by: Farmer posting from stupid smartphone at July 22, 2019 02:11 AM (3qoAC)

456 Hell, they even want to control what F'n BATHROOM we use.
Posted by: Don Q. at July 22, 2019 02:06 AM (NgKpN)
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Yeah, but if you like your bathroom, you can keep your bathroom. They are not trying to control what bathroom you can use.

They only point out that the traditional division of bathrooms discriminates against people who feel alien to the bathroom to which they have been assigned. And in the end, there are not enough bathrooms for all the genders--and as a result, bathroom division by sex is probably superfluous (and discriminatory!) anyway.

So, practically, they want to control what bathroom you use. But they don't want to change what bathroom you use in the immediate sense, just in the eventual sense.

Posted by: Axeman at July 22, 2019 02:11 AM (Eicbe)

457 So, practically, they want to control what bathroom you use. But they don't want to change what bathroom you use in the immediate sense, just in the eventual sense.
Posted by: Axeman at July 22, 2019 02:11 AM (Eicbe)

Sorry, unlike the proverbial Frog, I can feel the water getting hotter.

Once they said it was OK for Guys with a Penis, to use the same restroom as my Daughter, they jumped the shark.

Once upon a time the South thought that it was in Blacks Best interest to be slaves, because they could not be trusted to make their own decisions.

The same mindset is now put forth by the Left, about us Deplorables.

Luckily, unlike the Blacks of the South, we are armed.

Posted by: Don Q. at July 22, 2019 02:18 AM (NgKpN)

458 CNN...Ted Kennedy, a life of character and nobility nearly cut short by a drunken whore!
Her panties discarded as often the case in her short life, Mary Jo took the wheel of a 6,000 lb. killing machine as a young and fragile Senator lay sleeping in a prone position in the back seat, a victim of a crab cake that was improperly stored in the afternoon heat. Even as she crashed the vehicle off the bridge into the raging waters in a drunken state, Ted fought valiantly to save her life. Repeatedly calling his attorneys from a safe location, he was able to retain a portion of her reputation to allow a proper burial, and demanded that all criminal and civil charges be dismissed against her estate...Camelot...indeed!

Posted by: Tentotwo at July 22, 2019 02:31 AM (yhf6w)

459 Sorry, unlike the proverbial Frog, I can feel the water getting hotter.

Posted by: Don Q. at July 22, 2019 02:18 AM (NgKpN)
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Oh, I totally believe you can. And I wouldn't say that you should change that. I'm only describing why in my process simpler is not necessarily better.

Because I want to isolate the proggs as they express themselves verbally vs. how they eventually express themselves as a will.

It's roughly the same thing as when they call me a Nazi or a fascist yet I have none of the absolutism for the State that was characteristic of every fascist movement. They would tell me that they judge me from my actions, however, my lack of similarity in rhetoric would speak to my lack of legitimacy as a fascist, because fascism had an ideology of State Power for the practical use of the good of the majority. What spread between Italy to Germany was the ideology of a "ruthless" state "for the Good of a people".

But it's the belief that the unleashed State must be unhinged to "serve the people" that is precisely what makes fascism fascism. This has more in common with Abolishing the Electoral College as an impediment to the "Voice of the People" than it does the opposite.

Posted by: Axeman at July 22, 2019 02:31 AM (Eicbe)

460 Repeatedly calling his attorneys from a safe location, he was able to retain a portion of her reputation to allow a proper burial, and demanded that all criminal and civil charges be dismissed against her estate...Camelot...indeed!
Posted by: Tentotwo at July 22, 2019 02:31 AM (yhf6w)

LOL!

A good way to end the evening. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 22, 2019 02:37 AM (abNpZ)

461 In fact, I'm reading over at First Things this treatment of a lady who wrote a book talking about how we should, in "gestational communism" get rid of the (unfair) biological ties between parents and offspring. (It's not fair for people to prefer the success of their offspring over others'.)

Now immediately some people try to ask whether she is a random hack that the traditionals are making too much of. However, I believe that traditionals are probably right to be wary of "cutting edge thought" that could become the operational theory of the power elite, and we have to be vigilant about any further elaboration of social theories that could become operational.

Posted by: Axeman at July 22, 2019 02:37 AM (Eicbe)

462
Posted by: Tentotwo at July 22, 2019 02:31 AM (yhf6w)

=====

That and Pope Trump. Morons are on a roll tonight.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 22, 2019 02:39 AM (13CQC)

463 So, practically, they want to control what bathroom you use. But they don't want to change what bathroom you use in the immediate sense, just in the eventual sense.

Posted by: Axeman at July 22, 2019 02:11 AM (Eicbe)
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Fuck them: Ima piss and shit outside from now on and be a protected class like the vagrants.

Posted by: redc1c4 at July 22, 2019 02:43 AM (0yjx7)

464 Red at 463 you crack me up. I just like your attitude kind of like mine be well good friend.

Posted by: Farmer posting from stupid smartphone at July 22, 2019 02:55 AM (AefdV)

465 Red at 463 you crack me up. I just like your attitude kind of like mine be well good friend.

Posted by: Farmer posting from stupid smartphone at July 22, 2019 02:55 AM (AefdV)
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and i owe you some e-mails...

shit's fucked up here.

Posted by: redc1c4 at July 22, 2019 03:36 AM (0yjx7)

466 It's that time again

Posted by: Skip at July 22, 2019 04:02 AM (BbGew)

467 Monday comes way too fast. Especially when your 2-day weekend turns into a 1-day weekend.

Mornin', all.

Posted by: My life is insanity at July 22, 2019 04:07 AM (3uFA9)

468 461 In fact, I'm reading over at First Things this treatment of a lady who wrote a book talking about how we should, in "gestational communism" get rid of the (unfair) biological ties between parents and offspring. (It's not fair for people to prefer the success of their offspring over others'.)

Posted by: Axeman at July 22, 2019 02:37 AM (Eicbe)

= The Matrix

Posted by: m at July 22, 2019 04:07 AM (9sE8T)

469 461 In fact, I'm reading over at First Things this treatment of a lady who wrote a book talking about how we should, in "gestational communism" get rid of the (unfair) biological ties between parents and offspring. (It's not fair for people to prefer the success of their offspring over others'.)
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let's start with hers and see if she changes her mind...

Posted by: redc1c4 at July 22, 2019 04:14 AM (0yjx7)

470 1 day doesn't cut it.

Posted by: Skip at July 22, 2019 04:18 AM (BbGew)

471 Red I know how those issues go had it many times. Feel well hope it all works out. I'm still bannedhere on home pewter since Christmas Eve. Tried many Avenues but no one's can seem to help so I'm stuck on this stupid phone. Makes me sound like an illiterate most of the time lots of laughs.

Posted by: Farmer posting from stupid smartphone at July 22, 2019 04:19 AM (AefdV)

472 Skip what's for breakfast? We had a big ham the other day so I'm thinking I'm having a ham omelette with cheese.

Posted by: Farmer posting from stupid smartphone at July 22, 2019 04:21 AM (AefdV)

473 That sounds good, Farmer!

I did get to make blueberry pancakes on Saturday, so the weekend wasn't a total loss.

Posted by: My life is insanity at July 22, 2019 04:25 AM (3uFA9)

474 Last of the blueberries, so making Kodiak Power cake pancakes

Posted by: Skip at July 22, 2019 04:26 AM (BbGew)

475 hiya

Posted by: JT at July 22, 2019 04:27 AM (arJlL)

476 Worse thing is in very near future will actually have to drive to work, maybe not as far as guy I was working with Saturday, NJ.

Posted by: Skip at July 22, 2019 04:30 AM (BbGew)

477 Hi JT. What's shakin this time of the early morn?

Posted by: Farmer posting from stupid smartphone at July 22, 2019 04:30 AM (AefdV)

478 All the leftover pancakes are at mom's. Only time for a quick cuppa coffee and I'm out the door.

Posted by: My life is insanity at July 22, 2019 04:31 AM (3uFA9)

479 I'm lucky that job is only 8.2 miles away. Another 20 to mom's from there so I'm still putting on 50+ a day, most days. But it beats previous job of 75 miles a day.

Posted by: My life is insanity at July 22, 2019 04:35 AM (3uFA9)

480 My saying is any job under 20 miles 1 way is a win.

Posted by: Skip at July 22, 2019 04:43 AM (BbGew)

481 Just learned that Fern Josephson died age 92. Wow. We work with her years ago in the restaurant industry. She was known for her industrial-strength jello. Nice old gal she always love my wife.

They worked together on a salad bar and she always had the crazy idea that she was responsible for my wife going back to school and getting a degree and she didn't always have it together but Fern was a nice gal. RIP Fern. Who names their kid fern their kid Fern, that's a weird old name.

Posted by: Farmer posting from stupid smartphone at July 22, 2019 04:47 AM (AefdV)

482 Posted by: Axeman at July 22, 2019 02:37 AM (Eicbe)

This is an old communist idea. Old as in 19th century. If your only measure of a society's success is equality, and by that I mean equality of outcome and not the more reasonable equality under the law, you eventually butt up against the realization parents use unequal resources to give their children an advantage in life, and furthermore some parents are just better at parenting.

And since you view your fellow man as a cog in the great machine of society, no sacrifice on his part is too small to get that machine running the way you want it to run.

Posted by: Ace's liver at July 22, 2019 04:47 AM (h2Bdk)

483 Industrial strength jello...

That's funny!

Posted by: My life is insanity at July 22, 2019 04:51 AM (3uFA9)

484 I guess the heat wave is over here, strong t-storms and only in the high 80s, 70s tomorrow.

Posted by: Skip at July 22, 2019 04:53 AM (BbGew)

485 Lmao my life is insanity. It's true this woman made Jello for the salad bar at a very nice restaurant that was the toughest damn Jello you ever run across in your life. God bless fern.

Posted by: Farmer posting from stupid smartphone at July 22, 2019 04:54 AM (AefdV)

486 Heat wave broke here yesterday. Supposed to be a beautiful weather-week. Lovin' it! Soaking these days up so I remember them in the upcoming winter.

Posted by: My life is insanity at July 22, 2019 04:58 AM (3uFA9)

487 The Indian webcast has started. Launch is at 5:13 am EDT.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QvVCV1Ve5U

Posted by: rickl at July 22, 2019 05:01 AM (sdi6R)

488 Redc1c4, I haven't been around here much, lately. I hope your dad is getting better, and it isn't getting more stressful for you. Prayers continue...

4 a.m. --gotta run.

Have a Blessed Day, all.

Posted by: My life is insanity at July 22, 2019 05:02 AM (3uFA9)

489 Have great day horde, hope your heat wave is over.
I'm outta here.

Posted by: Skip at July 22, 2019 05:19 AM (BbGew)

490 A good launch. The orbit is 6000 km higher than planned, which will save spacecraft fuel.

I'm going back to bed.

Posted by: rickl at July 22, 2019 05:38 AM (sdi6R)

491 Drop your socks and grab your Glocks!
Morning all.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 22, 2019 05:47 AM (4IFkp)

492 What's happening with the hijacked British ships?

Posted by: Seems Legit at July 22, 2019 05:52 AM (jUVms)

493 rickb223 @491--Correctomundo on the Glocks! If Ted Kennedy drove a Volkswagen and was ghey, he'd have been pResident.......say.......09-17.......maybe? Seemed to be an opportune time for that sort of thing.

Posted by: Eromero at July 22, 2019 05:58 AM (UUkQp)

494 @334 -- unsurprisingly, Linus is, or was, a big Perl fan which is no wonder to me

Posted by: micky at July 22, 2019 06:00 AM (3byMq)

495 Good Morning.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 22, 2019 06:01 AM (nDe2U)

496 Lost one of my friends from HS in a freak accident a couple days ago. A wife and two kids. Not much sleep last night.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 22, 2019 06:04 AM (nDe2U)

497 Lost one of my friends from HS in a freak accident a couple days ago. A wife and two kids. Not much sleep last night.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

So sorry to hear that. :-(

Posted by: rickb223 at July 22, 2019 06:13 AM (4IFkp)

498 Col Kurt at townhall

https://tinyurl.com/yyzxtk9c

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 22, 2019 06:41 AM (JFO2v)

499 What's happening with the hijacked British ships?

Posted by: Seems Legit at July 22, 2019 05:52 AM (jUVms)

UK diplomacy and avoidance of the region. They keep saying that the UK doesn't have the assets to defend its shipping rights so they need diplomacy. I don't know a lot of the details and don't want to go too far here but something seems off to me. I am trying to remember the last time the UK was no humiliated by the Iran Navy, like in 2007.

I have been doing some research on the Falkland Islands War and what stands out is that the UK was ill equipped there as well. They did not win because of military might, they won because of leadership and fortitude. From the fly by night Vulcan bomber they put together to the Task Force they sent, it was not technological might but a sense of purpose that won. I don't want a war but it is sad when a nation like the UK allows itself to be humiliated over and over and only thinks of diplomacy. That was done prior to WW2 and was pretty much disowned.

Posted by: Quint at July 22, 2019 06:50 AM (n13/j)

500 Was that really a VW ad? Amazing.

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at July 22, 2019 06:50 AM (H8QX8)

501 Col Kurt at townhall

Good one. Thank for posting

Posted by: Bruce at July 22, 2019 06:50 AM (vd8XM)

502 A new company in the area offering only HS internet. No cable TV, phone packages which cost over 150 bucks. Of course they have to run fiber, but they are progressing and getting close to my house. Price is low compared to Spectrum, and I have signed up. Its the future....

Posted by: Colin at July 22, 2019 06:52 AM (cbSN4)

503 Was that really a VW ad? Amazing.

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice

Others mentioned it above. It was a National Lampoon spoof.

Posted by: Bruce at July 22, 2019 06:53 AM (vd8XM)

504 A new company in the area offering only HS internet. No cable TV, phone packages which cost over 150 bucks. Of course they have to run fiber, but they are progressing and getting close to my house. Price is low compared to Spectrum, and I have signed up. Its the future....
Posted by: Colin

We can get that now, but the wife still likes things the way they are, which is similar to the way things were, but just a little more techy.
It's baby steps for me here

Posted by: Bruce at July 22, 2019 06:55 AM (vd8XM)

505 Others mentioned it above. It was a National Lampoon spoof.
Posted by: Bruce at July 22, 2019 06:53 AM (vd8XM)

Thanks. Early morning dazed credulousness and laziness to blame.

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at July 22, 2019 06:57 AM (H8QX8)

506 Was that really a VW ad? Amazing.

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice

Others mentioned it above. It was a National Lampoon spoof.

Posted by: Bruce at July 22, 2019 06:53 AM (vd8XM)

Thought so. I remember an ad that ran back then on TV. Showed a VW in a swimming pool, slowly sinking. The tag line of the ad was "Even if a Volkswagen could float, it would not float indefinitely".

Posted by: The Oort Cloud - Source of all SMODs at July 22, 2019 06:58 AM (p0pYQ)

507 G'morning, all.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 22, 2019 06:58 AM (jg1QG)

508 I have to provide my own router, which I already have. A friend won't even consider giving up cable TV, how can I live without cable news he says......

Posted by: Colin at July 22, 2019 07:00 AM (cbSN4)

509 And a greeting from Salty, who is off the grid and on vacation.

Good morning!

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

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 22, 2019 07:00 AM (jg1QG)

510 What do Nazim, Communism, and Islamism all have in common over the last 100 years?

1. There is no truth, only competing agendas.

2. All Western (and especially American) claims to moral superiority over
any ismscism/Islam are vitiated by the Wests history of racism and colonialism.

3. There are no objective standards by which we may judge one culture to be better than another.
Anyone who claims that there are such standards is an evil oppressor.

4. The prosperity of the West is built on ruthless exploitation of the Third World;
therefore Westerners actually deserve to be impoverished and miserable.

5. Crime is the fault of society, not the individual criminal.
Poor criminals are entitled to what they take.
Submitting to criminal predation is more virtuous than resisting it.

6. The poor are victims. Criminals are victims. And only victims are virtuous.
Therefore only the poor and criminals are virtuous.

7. For a virtuous person, violence and war are never justified.
It is always better to be a victim than to fight, or even to defend oneself.
But oppressed people are allowed to use violence anyway.

8. When confronted with terror, the only moral course for a Westerner
is to apologize for past sins, understand the terrorists point of view,
and make concessions.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 22, 2019 07:00 AM (JFO2v)

511 JJ nood

Posted by: The Oort Cloud - Source of all SMODs at July 22, 2019 07:04 AM (p0pYQ)

512 Morning all

The Oort Cloud, would you please email me, I would not want to miss you like I did last year for the MoMe.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 22, 2019 07:05 AM (uefWR)

513 What do Nazim, Communism, and Islamism all have in common over the last 100 years?

4. The prosperity of the West is built on ruthless exploitation of the Third World; therefore Westerners actually deserve to be impoverished and miserable.

Whereas N, C & I oppress AND KILL their own people. Brutally.

But that somehow makes it morally superior.

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