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aceofspadeshq at gee mail.com CBD: cbd.aoshq at gee mail.com Buck: buck.throckmorton at protonmail.com joe mannix: mannix2024 at proton.me MisHum: petmorons at gee mail.com | Sunday Overnight Open Thread (5/10/20)“Frankly, this is the final straw. Tesla will now move its HQ and future programs to Texas/Nevada immediately. If we even retain Fremont manufacturing activity at all, it will be dependent on how Tesla is treated in the future. Tesla is the last carmaker left in California.” Elon Musk Quote II And the fact that there is no precedent that anybody can find for someone who has been charged with perjury just getting off scot-free. That’s the kind of stuff where you begin to get worried that basic — not just institutional norms — but our basic understanding of rule of law is at risk.Barack Huesein Obama Quote III “I don’t keep my kids in the shadows… my children are very aware of what is going on and I think it is very important our children know how to handle themselves and have a freedom of speech, even at four,” Renee Altakrity Happy Mother's Day! H/T Tami Us Cheeseheads thought FIBs were bad. Not as bad as Massholes. The owner of a Massachusetts ice cream parlor closed its doors just one day after reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic in response to how angry customers mistreated a teenage employee. Mark Lawrence, who for 19 years has operated Polar Cave Ice Cream Parlour in Mashpee, a small town on Cape Cod, waited to reopen his shop under the state’s restaurant guidelines until Mother’s Day weekend. A Mattapan video vigilante faces numerous charges after being arrested outside Massachusetts General Hospital where police say he was recording the emergency ramp at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. John L. McCullough, 41, was charged with trespassing, disturbing the peace and threats to do bodily harm after police say he refused to stop recording Sunday evening. “I informed him that I could not make him stop filming but I asked him to stop out of respect to patient privacy,” the arresting officer wrote in a police report obtained by the Herald through a public records request. “He continued to film the ramp and I again asked him not to film the ramp out of respect for the patient and to imagine how he would feel if the patient was a family member of his or if he were the patient,” the officer added If they want to be sovereign, Cut off every damn red cent of "Foreign Aid". Hell, might as well place a blockade around them as well. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has warned two tribes of Sioux that she will take “necessary” legal action if the tribes don’t remove checkpoints from state and U.S. highways. The Sioux believe they have a sovereign right to protect their reservations and everyone on it. The governor doesn’t disagree but says setting up checkpoints on non-tribal lands is illegal. Paul Joseph Watson, Language Warning The music world lost a very influential pioneer over the weekend. RIP, Little Richard. "To join Little Richard." —Bob Dylan, writing his life's ambition in his high school yearbook "Little Richard is one of the true founding fathers of rock & roll and a huge influence and inspiration to every musician I know, including me." —Joe Walsh "I could do Little Richard's voice, which is a wild, hoarse, screaming thing, it's like an out-of-body experience. You have to leave your current sensibilities and go about a foot above your head to sing it. You have to actually go outside yourself... A lot of people were fans of Little Richard so I used to sing his stuff but there came a point when I wanted one of my own, so I wrote 'I'm Down.'" —Paul McCartney "Little Richard is a great originator. He was right there at the start, a thrilling performer." —Chuck Berry "The first rock 'n' roll record I listened to was 'The Girl Can't Help It,' by Little Richard." —Rod Stewart "Elvis [Presley] inspired my sideburns, but Little Richard inspired me for vocals. He had the purest, most joyous rock ’n’ roll voice." —Lemmy Get your motor runnin'. Head out on the highway. Lookin' for adventure. And whatever comes our way. The Million Dollar Highway stretches about 25 miles through Colorado and is formally known as U.S. 550 but got its name from the original 12 miles that were hand-carved by Otto Mears in the latter half of the 19th century. He dug this route to transport ore from Silverton to Ouray where it could be moved by train. Lots of myths surround the nickname of the highway, but its genesis is most likely from a comment made at a planning meeting in 1921. The goal of the meeting was to rebuild the highway. As contracts for the work were reviewed someone commented that the work would add up to about a million dollars. He kept referring to the road is “this million dollar highway” and voila! When life hands you lemons. Make lemonade? Dublin priest comes up with genius social distancing solution by hearing confessions in car parkRecently I've had an opportunity to participate in appointments that should be held in person rather than online. My disdain at the moment knows no bounds. “The cast of characters and their personalities, musically and personally, made for a very eventful and humorous chapter in Zappa’s career. Frank had a blast with these guys. Their sound was unique, their humor was like no other and yet their time was ultimately short-lived.” “Zappa Vaultmeister” Joe TraversH/T Pete Seria Report: Man caught camping on Disney’s Discovery Island says it was ‘tropical paradise' Two Teens Found And Returned $600 In Cash. Minutes Later, An Elderly Man Returned Looking For It Top 10 commenters: 1 [721 comments] 'TheJamesMadison, back to random thoughts' [101.20 posts/day] 2 [483 comments] 'Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)' 3 [425 comments] 'Jane D'oh' 4 [385 comments] 'Aetius451AD' 5 [373 comments] 'rickb223' 6 [359 comments] 'Christopher R Taylor' 7 [351 comments] 'qdpsteve' 8 [347 comments] 'runner' 9 [342 comments] 'grammie winger' 10 [338 comments] 'JackStraw' Top 10 sockpuppeteers: 1 [266 names] 'Big Mike' [37.34 unique names/day] 2 [66 names] 'Duncanthrax' 3 [49 names] '18-1' 4 [37 names] ' freaked' 5 [33 names] 'The Otters' 6 [32 names] 'A Scold of Karens' 7 [29 names] 'Cicero (@cicero)' 8 [24 names] 'Damn, I feel old' 9 [23 names] 'Commissar Hrothgar' 10 [23 names] 'Axeman' Notice: Posted with permission by the Ace Media Empire, AceCorp, LLC and your local pharmacy. Is Misanthropy the same as Social Distancing? Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)1
MisHum is in a somber mood.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2020 09:59 PM (Dc2NZ) 2
Good Evening
Posted by: wing at May 10, 2020 09:59 PM (JFzNN) 3
Evening, all.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 10, 2020 09:59 PM (2JVJo) 4
Yay, Mother's Day ONT, thanks MisHum. I think I missed the lists again
Posted by: zeera Moron Author at May 10, 2020 09:59 PM (zUdXR) 5
Bold.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 10, 2020 10:00 PM (NWiLs) 6
hiya
Posted by: JT at May 10, 2020 10:00 PM (arJlL) 7
I did, missed the list that is. Greetings all!
Posted by: zeera Moron Author at May 10, 2020 10:00 PM (zUdXR) 8
We made the Wall of Shame!
Posted by: A Scold of Karens at May 10, 2020 10:01 PM (EgshT) 9
Happy Muthas Day.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2020 10:01 PM (Dc2NZ) 10
1 MisHum is in a somber mood.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2020 09:59 PM (Dc2NZ) You have no idea. Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 10, 2020 10:01 PM (aA3+G) 11
Us Cheeseheads thought FIBs were bad. Not as bad as Massholes.
Admittedly, Massachusetts natives are assholes. But that shop is on the Cape, which is stuffed to the gills not just with assholes, but selfish, entitled, trust fund assholes. Barky and Mooch have a Cape house. What more proof do you need? Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 10, 2020 10:02 PM (2JVJo) 12
I'm not high on false drugs.
I'm high on the real thing. Clean air A shoe shine And a full tank of gas. Posted by: Bozo Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at May 10, 2020 10:02 PM (ZCiJZ) 13
Gun thread distracted me...
Posted by: Charles the Simple at May 10, 2020 10:03 PM (HuH1F) 14
Happy Mother's Day! Hope your's was wonderful!
Posted by: ALH at May 10, 2020 10:03 PM (Lhcx9) 15
I know you're all disappointed I wasn't first...
Posted by: Charles the Simple at May 10, 2020 10:04 PM (HuH1F) Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2020 10:04 PM (Dc2NZ) 17
MisHum is in a somber mood.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2020 09:59 PM (Dc2NZ) You have no idea. Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 10, 2020 10:01 PM (aA3+G) I'm sorry. The idiot lockdown, or something more personal and private? Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 10, 2020 10:04 PM (2JVJo) 18
Maybe it's because I've consumed about (checks) 12-13 ounces of a Mai Tai, but I have no idea what Obama is saying in Quote II. Then again, I guess that's no different from any other time he opens his facehole.
Posted by: Dr. T at May 10, 2020 10:04 PM (pxDdN) 19
Curses, foiled yet again!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 10, 2020 10:05 PM (jnM20) 20
i hope Renee Altakrity doesn't pay the fine.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 10, 2020 10:05 PM (+lVUW) 21
That Obama quote. I mean, I'm thinking Spinal Tap drummer spontaneous combustion or at least a warning clap of thunder.
The noive of dat guy. Posted by: jsg at May 10, 2020 10:06 PM (SrH+7) 22
I'm not high on false drugs.
I'm high on the real thing. Clean air A shoe shine And a full tank of gas. Posted by: Bozo Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron No haircut ? Posted by: JT at May 10, 2020 10:06 PM (arJlL) 23
Maria Bartiromo is stripping the bark off of the Chi-Coms on Fox right now.
Posted by: Blutarski at May 10, 2020 10:06 PM (VNfwt) 24
Those babies in the last picture are adorable!
Posted by: ALH at May 10, 2020 10:07 PM (Lhcx9) 25
It's a dark ONT, yes, but it's the right ONT. The time of the Rebellion has arrived. Nicely done.
Karens can take a seat way in the back now. Posted by: Splunge at May 10, 2020 10:07 PM (dOV9E) 26
Oh MisHum!!! I'm so sorry you are not feeling it. We all have those days. Hope things get better.
Posted by: Jewells45 at May 10, 2020 10:07 PM (dUJdY) Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2020 10:07 PM (Dc2NZ) Posted by: Ha at May 10, 2020 10:08 PM (4Q1w7) 29
What happened, MisHum? Sorry to hear you are having troubles.
Posted by: ALH at May 10, 2020 10:08 PM (Lhcx9) 30
my older dog is in surgery right now for bloat
prayers requested for him; he's a good good boy they said I caught it very quickly so hopefully that will help him we had such a great day but after dinner he just suddenly was in distress. I always worry about bloat (Chow Chow) and this time it happened so Posted by: WolfsCaptiveBlackOrchid at May 10, 2020 10:09 PM (j9HX3) Posted by: Ladyl at May 10, 2020 10:09 PM (TdMsT) 32
The little soi boys are peeing themselves thinking net neutrality will get overturned
Too bad we're all dead or we'd care Posted by: RoyalOil at May 10, 2020 10:10 PM (CMfER) 33
When Boeing produced the last C-17, that was the end of the aircraft manufacturing industry in California.
Do we sense a trend? Of course we do. Gavin and his toads won't until everything craters. Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2020 10:10 PM (1WlyI) 34
Evening Ladyl
Posted by: wing at May 10, 2020 10:10 PM (JFzNN) 35
Ooooo-oohhhhhh, Mother should I build a wall?
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Clown Prince of Dumbness at May 10, 2020 10:11 PM (x8Wzq) Posted by: Ladyl at May 10, 2020 10:11 PM (TdMsT) 37
Barky is in panic mode. He is about to be hoisted on his own petard.
Posted by: ALH at May 10, 2020 10:11 PM (Lhcx9) Posted by: Dr. T at May 10, 2020 10:11 PM (pxDdN) 39
This Elon Musk is getting more interesting to me. I always assumed he was a left for reasons. But lately he seems to be calling out statist fascists. I don't follow the guy a bit but something is going on.
Posted by: Quint at May 10, 2020 10:11 PM (hHxp2) 40
prayers requested for him; he's a good good boy
Oh gosh!! Prayers are sent!!! I hope he pulls through. Posted by: Jewells45 at May 10, 2020 10:11 PM (dUJdY) 41
That top picture of the bridge and water looks like the beginning or end of a movie.
I should make a note of it for future reference. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 10, 2020 10:12 PM (2JVJo) 42
*smooshes to MisHum*
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2020 10:12 PM (Dc2NZ) Posted by: Menack at May 10, 2020 10:12 PM (buTO7) 44
Just a little repainting and hey this could be Nancy Pelosi's little 'sparks of divinity' in south Rampart.
https://preview.tinyurl.com/y84hgbcs Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2020 10:12 PM (1WlyI) Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 10, 2020 10:12 PM (2JVJo) 46
Nice top picture, MisHum! Thank you for the oNT.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 10, 2020 10:13 PM (49vFo) 47
Nobody has EVER been charged with perjury and then had the charge dismissed?
Ex-Prez'nit Cock-Curious has righteous research skillz, apparently. What a fucking imbecile our King Shit Midas is. Posted by: Sharkman at May 10, 2020 10:13 PM (1YlHz) 48
Great ONT, MisHum!
Good evening, Horde!!! Posted by: Ladyl at May 10, 2020 10:09 PM (TdMsT) And as usual, }{{{Ladyl}}}} nails it in two pithy sentences! Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 10, 2020 10:13 PM (jnM20) Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 10, 2020 10:13 PM (2JVJo) 50
24 Those babies in the last picture are adorable!
Posted by: ALH One of them will probably grow up to be a tattoo artist. Posted by: nerdygirl at May 10, 2020 10:13 PM (+lVUW) 51
Nancy Pelosi would not know a "little spark of divinity" if it landed right on her botoxed forehead.
Posted by: Splunge at May 10, 2020 10:13 PM (dOV9E) 52
48 Oops?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 10, 2020 10:13 PM (jnM20) Posted by: JT at May 10, 2020 10:14 PM (arJlL) 54
What a fucking imbecile our King Shit Midas is.
Posted by: Sharkman at May 10, 2020 10:13 PM (1YlHz) Most criminals are stoopid. Posted by: ALH at May 10, 2020 10:14 PM (Lhcx9) 55
I don't keep my kids in the shadows... my children are very aware of what is going on and I think it is very important our children know how to handle themselves and have a freedom of speech, even at four
Really hard to watch. Jackboots are jackboots no matter where you go, I guess. Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 10, 2020 10:15 PM (NWiLs) 56
Nobody has EVER been charged with perjury and then had the charge dismissed?
Ex-Prez'nit Cock-Curious has righteous research skillz, apparently. What a fucking imbecile our King Shit Midas is. Posted by: Sharkman at May 10, 2020 10:13 PM (1YlHz) Well, he is an Ivy League trained lawyer... Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 10, 2020 10:15 PM (jnM20) 57
*clinks glasses*
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2020 10:15 PM (Dc2NZ) 58
Eris, has anyone Sabo'd Kvetchen Gretchen as Darth Gretchen yet?
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2020 10:15 PM (1WlyI) 59
Getting away scott free for perjury? Like Bill Clinton?
Posted by: Methos at May 10, 2020 10:15 PM (kOpft) 60
9 Happy Muthas Day.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2020 10:01 PM (Dc2NZ) They say this cat Shaft is a bad mutha... Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 10, 2020 10:15 PM (NWiLs) 61
That quote by the JEF is a real thing, apparently. In the article, he talks about Trump's COVID response being a chaotic disaster (yet no mention of his H1N1 inaction, of course) and the specific quote about perjury is in regards to the DOJ dropping charges against Flynn.
Let that sink in. *His* administration set Flynn up. He did it. Him. And Flynn wasn't charged with perjury, he was charged with lying to the FBI. That ain't perjury. What a son of a bitch. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 10, 2020 10:16 PM (49vFo) 62
12 I'm not high on false drugs.
I'm high on the real thing. Clean air A shoe shine And a full tank of gas. Posted by: Bozo Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at May 10, 2020 10:02 PM (ZCiJZ) ---------------------------- Are you wearing sunglasses? Posted by: No One of Consequence at May 10, 2020 10:16 PM (CAJOC) 63
Cosplay jackboots are cool tho, right?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2020 10:16 PM (Dc2NZ) 64
So I have one last neighbor to talk to about the privacy fence. Some dude right behind us that moved in about 7 or 8 months ago. I've never seen him, only his son. I think he must be elderly. The grass back there is knee high. I can't wait for the damn fence.
Posted by: Jewells45 at May 10, 2020 10:16 PM (dUJdY) 65
Nay, Gaylord is an Ivy League trained seal.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2020 10:16 PM (1WlyI) Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 10, 2020 10:16 PM (jnM20) 67
Eris, Jewells, Ladyl, Anna -
**raises a glass** Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing Seconded ! * Raises pint of Dulce de leche * Posted by: JT at May 10, 2020 10:17 PM (arJlL) 68
In my defense on the Wall of Shame, it was a pretty fucking good week.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 10, 2020 10:17 PM (ZLI7S) 69
Maria Bartiromo is stripping the bark off of the Chi-Coms on Fox right now.
Posted by: Blutarski at May 10, 2020 10:06 PM (VNfwt) CNBC lost a few of its conservative commentators years ago like Bartiromo and others. They must have paid a mint to keep Kernan. He knows he is on a left wing site but it is the best platform for him I guess. He can stand out against the lefty tide. We should give them Cavuto though. Politics aside, i would trade him. Posted by: Quint at May 10, 2020 10:17 PM (hHxp2) 70
Mr. T was quite a guy, a man's man, as evidenced by those shorts.
Posted by: ALH at May 10, 2020 10:17 PM (Lhcx9) Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 10, 2020 10:17 PM (Z+IKu) 72
Don't forget during that massive Ebola outbreak in Africa it was a civil right for infected people to come back to the US and risk infecting everyone else.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2020 10:17 PM (1WlyI) 73
Back at ya MP4! I always enjoy your posts.
Posted by: Jewells45 at May 10, 2020 10:17 PM (dUJdY) 74
They say this cat Shaft is a bad mutha...
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 10, 2020 10:15 PM (NWiLs) Shut your mouth! Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 10, 2020 10:17 PM (2JVJo) 75
Are you wearing sunglasses?
Posted by: No One of Consequence at May 10, 2020 10:16 PM (CAJOC) half a pack of cigarettes. Posted by: Quint at May 10, 2020 10:18 PM (hHxp2) 76
What a fucking imbecile our King Shit Midas is.
Posted by: Sharkman at May 10, 2020 10:13 PM (1YlHz) Ex-King, to be exact. Which is the nice thing: we no longer have to concern ourselves much with what he has to say about anything. Posted by: Dr. T at May 10, 2020 10:18 PM (pxDdN) 77
Cosplay jackboots are cool tho, right?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2020 10:16 PM (Dc2NZ) You have to ask? Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 10, 2020 10:18 PM (2JVJo) 78
*slainte!*
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2020 10:18 PM (1WlyI) 79
Maria Bartiromo is stripping the bark off of the Chi-Coms on Fox right now.
Posted by: Blutarski at May 10, 2020 10:06 PM (VNfwt) +++++++++++++++ Oooh. I'll have to find the video when it goes up. I hope she's doing her best to contribute to burning them down to the waterline. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 10, 2020 10:18 PM (49vFo) 80
53 {{{MisHum}}}
I hope you are okay. Posted by: Ladyl Seconded (but bro hug) Posted by: JT at May 10, 2020 10:14 PM (arJlL) Thank you all for your concern. Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 10, 2020 10:19 PM (aA3+G) 81
Don't forget during that massive Ebola outbreak in Africa it was a civil right for infected people to come back to the US and risk infecting everyone else.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2020 10:17 PM (1WlyI) #EbolaPrivilege Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 10, 2020 10:19 PM (jnM20) 82
Has anyone done a doodle poll with 42 attendees for a two hour teleconf only being able to use the free version?
Posted by: Infidel at May 10, 2020 10:19 PM (nvc6v) 83
And as usual, }{{{Ladyl}}}} nails it in two pithy sentences!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 10, 2020 10:13 PM (jnM20) Thtop thucking up. Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 10, 2020 10:19 PM (NWiLs) 84
Gretchen as Isla, She Wulf of the Michigan Icebacks?
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2020 10:19 PM (1WlyI) 85
Happy Mother's Day mom's, wherever you may be!
Posted by: dartist at May 10, 2020 10:19 PM (K22Va) 86
This edition of the ONT surely has no pier.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 10, 2020 10:20 PM (cuKeo) 87
Cosplay jackboots are cool tho, right?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2020 10:16 PM (Dc2NZ) You know the rules, Eris, pics or... Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 10, 2020 10:20 PM (jnM20) 88
Home again, home again, jiggety jig! I am back in Fort Worth, tucked safe and snug in my own bed!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at May 10, 2020 10:20 PM (SRRAx) 89
We love you MisHum and whatever choppy waters you are dealing with I hope they become calm soon.
Posted by: Jewells45 at May 10, 2020 10:20 PM (dUJdY) Posted by: Infidel at May 10, 2020 10:20 PM (nvc6v) 91
Barky Obama makes The Guy From Harlem look like a bad ass.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Clown Prince of Dumbness at May 10, 2020 10:20 PM (x8Wzq) 92
Happy Mother's Day mom's, wherever you may be!
Posted by: dartist at May 10, 2020 10:19 PM (K22Va) --------- That's brutal, man. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 10, 2020 10:20 PM (cuKeo) 93
This edition of the ONT surely has no pier.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 10, 2020 10:20 PM (cuKeo) Why do I feel like taking a long walk just now? Posted by: Pug Mahon, Clown Prince of Dumbness at May 10, 2020 10:21 PM (x8Wzq) 94
Aw, gee whiz, really? Read the content, get to the end of the comments... Coulda been... well, maybe not top ten, but close. But who cares! It's ONT time.
MOMMMMM! Milady saw two and heard from one of our three kids. (Imagine that sentence was re-worked into sensibility.) We got to talk to out-of-town son and daughter-in-law, the dear mom of our two grandbabies, merrily fussing in the background. Hugged our daughter; she qualifies as mom, even though her wanted baby didn't make it all the way to birth. (That was so long back. Pray it works better for her with her fiance now.) And, finally, talked with my Mom. She still won't let us come visit. We offered to come sit on the porch and talk on the phone through the glass door and celebrate, but she said she was glad we didn't - she would've felt like she was in prison. She's okay at home, has care, watches too much fearmonger news, but mostly is just trying to stay alive for her 100th birthday party, even if it has to be put off from June. Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms, Grandmoms, Adoptive Moms, Moms in effect and spirit, and the Mother Spirit of the universe. We'd be nothing without you. Literally.
Posted by: mindful webworker - radically inclined 95
CNN is blazing the trail to ignore Obamagate. Chris Cillizza (?) says it's all a conspiracy theory and Trump is returning to an old stand by: Russia.
Yes. It is TRUMP who is obsessed with Russia. https://tinyurl.com/y7oqurug Posted by: Blutarski at May 10, 2020 10:21 PM (VNfwt) 96
Thanks for the Mother's Day ONT, Mis Hum! Great Tull song behind the photo up top. That photo is like an abstract art painting.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 10, 2020 10:21 PM (WFcrO) 97
What a fucking imbecile our King Shit Midas is.
Posted by: Sharkman at May 10, 2020 10:13 PM (1YlHz) Ex-King, to be exact. Which is the nice thing: we no longer have to concern ourselves much with what he has to say about anything. Posted by: Dr. T at May 10, 2020 10:18 PM (pxDdN) The funny thing is, I was convinced that the dog-eating crackhead would be a constant national earache, flapping his mouth on everything under the sun and how it was all Trump's fault. And if you remember, for a few months after the inauguration, he was everywhere. But for the last year or so, beyond the usual MFM hagiographies, he's been silent. And now, when he does come up for air, rather than worshipful attention, he gets blasted on social media and is swatted away like an annoying mosquito. One of the many things Obama I have been wrong about. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 10, 2020 10:21 PM (2JVJo) Posted by: vmom here's Gen Flynn's book at May 10, 2020 10:22 PM (G546f) 99
I really am surprised at the #Obamagate trending on Twitter. I think PDT is out for blood.
Posted by: Jmel at May 10, 2020 10:22 PM (OeWgo) 100
Dweezil Zappa's mother WAS a space cadet.
Posted by: jsg at May 10, 2020 10:22 PM (SrH+7) 101
Thank you all for your concern.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 10, 2020 10:19 PM (aA3+G) Seriously, if it's something you can share with us, please do. If not, know that you're in our prayers. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 10, 2020 10:23 PM (2JVJo) 102
They've probably been sitting on Gaylord to keep him muzzled. Only now have they broken the glass to let him out.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2020 10:23 PM (1WlyI) 103
Those babies in the last picture are adorable! Posted by: ALH He's getting his makeup for the Smurf audition. Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 10, 2020 10:23 PM (aKsyK) 104
Well, he is an Ivy League trained lawyer...
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 10, 2020 10:15 PM (jnM20) I'm not known as "Bathhouse Barry" for nothing. Posted by: Barack Obama at May 10, 2020 10:23 PM (2N7oZ) 105
Nobody has EVER been charged with perjury and then had the charge dismissed?
Ex-Prez'nit Cock-Curious has righteous research skillz, apparently. What a fucking imbecile our King Shit Midas is. Posted by: Sharkman at May 10, 2020 10:13 PM (1YlHz) A regular Constitutional law scholar he is. Posted by: RickZ at May 10, 2020 10:23 PM (Y8PSl) 106
84 Gretchen as Isla, She Wulf of the Michigan Icebacks?
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2020 10:19 PM (1WlyI) --- Don't hate, but I'd watch. Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2020 10:23 PM (Dc2NZ) 107
That top picture of the bridge and water looks like the beginning or end of a movie.
I should make a note of it for future reference. Welcome to Shell Beach... Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at May 10, 2020 10:23 PM (7s3Gx) 108
And just like that the Democrats are the John Birch Society.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2020 10:24 PM (1WlyI) 109
Happy Mother's Day mom's, wherever you may be!
Speaking of which.. someone took that test at ancestry.com and thinks my husband may his dad.. or it could be my husbands uncle. We aren't sure yet. yeah.. I seriously just laughed. Posted by: Jewells45 at May 10, 2020 10:24 PM (dUJdY) 110
47 Nobody has EVER been charged with perjury and then had the charge dismissed?
Ex-Prez'nit Cock-Curious has righteous research skillz, apparently. What a fucking imbecile our King Shit Midas is. Posted by: Sharkman Yeah, President Harvard Law School "Professor" is shocked that HIS justice department's political hit job didn't go the way he wanted. Posted by: nerdygirl at May 10, 2020 10:24 PM (+lVUW) 111
Home again, home again, jiggety jig! I am back in Fort Worth, tucked safe and snug in my own bed!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas Nice ! Posted by: JT at May 10, 2020 10:24 PM (arJlL) 112
MisHum, hugs and prayers and cannoli
Posted by: vmom here's Gen Flynn's book at May 10, 2020 10:24 PM (G546f) 113
Wh knew going bankrupt to protect your family from the NKVD is officially getting off scot-free?
Posted by: jsg at May 10, 2020 10:25 PM (SrH+7) 114
Those babies in the last picture are adorable!
Posted by: ALH -------- Michelangelo and Duncanangelo, The Early Years Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 10, 2020 10:25 PM (cuKeo) 115
72 Don't forget during that massive Ebola outbreak in Africa it was a civil right for infected people to come back to the US and risk infecting everyone else.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2020 10:17 PM (1WlyI) --- And Zika! Don't forget Zika! Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2020 10:25 PM (Dc2NZ) 116
https://tinyurl.com/y7oqurug
Posted by: Blutarski at May 10, 2020 10:21 PM (VNfwt) +++++++++++++++ It's been a long time since I've actually read a CNN article. They are openly and nakedly partisan at this point. They aren't even pretending anymore. They are acting as a DNC analysis outfit in every word. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 10, 2020 10:25 PM (49vFo) Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at May 10, 2020 10:25 PM (7s3Gx) 118
Home again, home again, jiggety jig! I am back in Fort Worth, tucked safe and snug in my own bed!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas And there was MUCH rejoicing ... Posted by: Adriane the Media Panic Critic ... at May 10, 2020 10:25 PM (LPnfS) 119
Speaking of which.. someone took that test at ancestry.com and thinks my husband may his dad.. or it could be my husbands uncle. We aren't sure yet. yeah.. I seriously just laughed.
Posted by: Jewells45 at May 10, 2020 10:24 PM (dUJdY) Better call Insom, Esq., because when you need representation, you need the very best! Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 10, 2020 10:26 PM (jnM20) 120
{{{Hrothgar}}}
Posted by: Ladyl at May 10, 2020 10:26 PM (TdMsT) 121
99 I really am surprised at the #Obamagate trending on Twitter. I think PDT is out for blood.
Posted by: Jmel at May 10, 2020 10:22 PM (OeWgo) As are we all. Heads need to roll. Posted by: ALH at May 10, 2020 10:26 PM (Lhcx9) Posted by: dartist at May 10, 2020 10:26 PM (K22Va) 123
You know what the fawning MFM doesn't publish much? Pictures of the Baracky O'Craky family. You never see pictures of the girls with them. Odd, that.
Posted by: Blutarski at May 10, 2020 10:27 PM (VNfwt) 124
Eris, it all depends upon the story she is cast in. JJ Abrams or Rian Johnson movie....
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2020 10:27 PM (1WlyI) 125
And just like that the Democrats are the John Birch Society.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2020 10:24 PM (1WlyI) Anna, please, the John Birch Society had principles! Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 10, 2020 10:28 PM (jnM20) 126
my older dog is in surgery right now for bloat
prayers requested for him; he's a good good boy Posted by: WolfsCaptiveBlackOrchid at May 10, 2020 10:09 PM (j9HX3) * * * * Prayers up for the good boy! Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 10, 2020 10:28 PM (WFcrO) 127
47 What a fucking imbecile our King Shit Midas is.
Posted by: Sharkman at May 10, 2020 10:13 PM (1YlHz) That's completely unfair. You didn't even mention how he's a whiny bitch, too. Give the "man" his due. Posted by: Splunge at May 10, 2020 10:29 PM (dOV9E) 128
Is Misanthropy the same as Social Distancing?
With a battle cry of "Get off my lawn", I'm thinkin' Yeah. Posted by: GnuBreed at May 10, 2020 10:29 PM (Z4rgH) 129
If the match is tight enough, it might not be as amusing.
The dude is in his 50's. I mean I don't care.. it happened before me and my husband was no saint he admits that. He says he doesn't want anything just health history. My gut says it was the uncle not my husband. Posted by: Jewells45 at May 10, 2020 10:29 PM (dUJdY) 130
Hey everybody.
Yesterday, someone mentioned that a newscast cited Little Richard's "gender-bending," and the Ace commenter questioned if that were really true or not. I admit I minimized it; I said just his hair and makeup were feminized. Turns out I was wrong, here's a pic of LR performing in the 1960s/70s... https://tinyurl.com/yakvjben I also read at another site that even through most of the 1980s at least, he would occasionally visit Christian schools and preach the gospel. (Hopefully not in the above outfit though.) Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 10:29 PM (L2ZTs) 131
"The flashpoint, as it has been for years, is the Keystone XL Pipeline and the fear by the tribes that it would be an environmental catastrophe."
The tribes don't fear that for one hot minute. That;s just bluff. All it is, is a shakedown for money. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2020 10:29 PM (LZcDP) 132
127 47 What a fucking imbecile our King Shit Midas is.
Posted by: Sharkman at May 10, 2020 10:13 PM (1YlHz) That's completely unfair. You didn't even mention how he's a whiny bitch, too. Give the "man" his due. Posted by: Splunge at May 10, 2020 10:29 PM (dOV9E) ----------- Do Olive Oyl arms count for NOTHING with you peeple? Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 10, 2020 10:30 PM (cuKeo) 133
You know what the fawning MFM doesn't publish much? Pictures of the Baracky O'Craky family. You never see pictures of the girls with them. Odd, that.
Posted by: Blutarski at May 10, 2020 10:27 PM (VNfwt) Wouldn't they have to be related to be in a family picture? Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 10, 2020 10:30 PM (jnM20) 134
99 I really am surprised at the #Obamagate trending on Twitter. I think PDT is out for blood.
Posted by: Jmel at May 10, 2020 10:22 PM (OeWgo) As are we all. Heads need to roll. Posted by: ALH at May 10, 2020 10:26 PM (Lhcx9) ---- Twitter is deleting tweets 100k at a time trying to bury it. Posted by: Menack at May 10, 2020 10:30 PM (buTO7) 135
You ask about the kids, what about the dogs Sunny and Bo?
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2020 10:30 PM (1WlyI) 136
..When Boeing produced the last C-17, that was the end of the aircraft manufacturing industry in California.
Do we sense a trend? Of course we do. Gavin and his toads won't until everything craters. Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2020 10:10 PM (1WlyI) Which presents the question: Where shall we hope to see the new C-17-B factory set up and put into operation? As to the Million Dollar Highway. It's damn well worth the doing. I rode the Gold Wing for that trip, back in '94. Even if you have to rent a convertible for the trip, Do. It. But don't do it in a closed sedan or other closed conveyance. You'll miss more view than you'll see. Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at May 10, 2020 10:30 PM (QzJWU) 137
Blutarski, maybe Sasha and Malia are sick of their dad's double talk too. ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 10:31 PM (L2ZTs) 138
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke0jXlgIpxk
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 10, 2020 10:31 PM (ejsiI) 139
The tribes don't fear that for one hot minute. That;s just bluff. All it is, is a shakedown for money.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2020 10:29 PM (LZcDP) They learned well the way of the grift from the white man oppressor! Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 10, 2020 10:32 PM (jnM20) 140
137 Blutarski, maybe Sasha and Malia are sick of their dad's double talk too. ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 10:31 PM (L2ZTs) Considering what Big Mike said about them in public, they're probably not on the coziest of terms with xher either. Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 10, 2020 10:32 PM (NWiLs) 141
The locals no longer trade for trinkets, they trade for cold hard cash.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2020 10:33 PM (1WlyI) 142
So I wonder with the dam breaking if the Left is going to continue with Demoralization Tuesday (or as wifey calls it "Terror Tuesday"), wherein DNC Journolist annoys, angers and scares everyone with a new COVID angle splashed all over so-called "news" media, just as we get into our week.
Or will they try to amplify a totally different story on Tuesday to push back on Trump? I lay even odds for that. Last five Terror Tuesday mornings, in chronological order: "Pearl Harbor!" "Closed Until 2022!" "Second Wave!" "Meat Shortage!" "Death Spike!" Stay tuned.... Posted by: ... at May 10, 2020 10:33 PM (yokAj) 143
Insom, wouldn't it be something if one of them came out as a PDT supporter? ;-)
(I know they won't even if it's true. They don't wanna lose their sweet sweet inheritance money...) Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 10:33 PM (L2ZTs) 144
A rough weekend. The entire kennel, both the work area and the pens, got a power washing. Shelves and tables were moved, beds, floor mats and water buckets taken outside and hosed off and all the walls and floors washed. It's an exhausting job and took two days to finish. Then we removed burrs from the dogs and gave them a run in pairs. I hurt. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2020 10:33 PM (mht8P) 145
You know what the fawning MFM doesn't publish much? Pictures of the Baracky O'Craky family. You never see pictures of the girls with them. Odd, that.
Posted by: Blutarski at May 10, 2020 10:27 PM (VNfwt) ++++++++++++++++ Look, Obama is no longer the president and his family are not public figures anymore. Obama himself, and his wife, remain public figures but by their choice. His children are off limits and it would be a violation of their privacy to do what you're describing. It is unacceptable to consider involving a politician's (or other official's) family in coverage. Posted by: The MFM (Hypocrites) at May 10, 2020 10:33 PM (49vFo) 146
@39 This Elon Musk is getting more interesting to me. I always assumed he was a left for reasons. But lately he seems to be calling out statist fascists. I don't follow the guy a bit but something is going on.
----------- I think Musk's big thing is that he wants humanity to expand off-world, and everything he does is aimed toward that helping that goal. For instance, gasoline powered vehicles aren't going to work well on Mars, since getting fuel there might be difficult. But electric vehicles are more flexible in where the power comes from. As for his political views... As the old saying goes, everyone's conservative about what they know best. He wants to run his business right now. In fact, he probably needs to given how young of a company Tesla is. But he can't if the state government won't let him restart his production lines. So he's leaving for a place where he can get stuff made. Incidentally, the lawmaker who tweeted the profanity in response to his announcement is the sponsor of AB5, the anti-gig work law that recently went into effect. Posted by: junior at May 10, 2020 10:33 PM (/sKj3) Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 10, 2020 10:34 PM (jnM20) 148
"The flashpoint, as it has been for years, is the
Keystone XL Pipeline and the fear by the tribes that it would be an environmental catastrophe." The tribes don't fear that for one hot minute. That;s just bluff. All it is, is a shakedown for money. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2020 10:29 PM (LZcDP) most aggrieved peoples need to be told they are being aggrieved by the American Left. Even the American Left needs to catch on to it before they decide to be aggrieved. I am sure there are lot of things that will be future causes once these people learn enough about them to be aggrieved. Posted by: Quint at May 10, 2020 10:34 PM (hHxp2) 149
Which presents the question: Where shall we hope to see the new C-17-B factory set up and put into operation?
As to the Million Dollar Highway. It's damn well worth the doing. I rode the Gold Wing for that trip, back in '94. Even if you have to rent a convertible for the trip, Do. It. But don't do it in a closed sedan or other closed conveyance. You'll miss more view than you'll see. Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at May 10, 2020 10:30 PM (QzJWU) Everett, WA for the C-17s. (Ever been in the 747 production facility? If you haven't, go if you get the chance.) The sad thing is that I lived in CO as a brat after my Germany experience and we never drove the Million Dollar Highway. But I tell you, CO is amazing. (I try not to think of the politics there though. If I do, I'll go nuts.) Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 10, 2020 10:34 PM (ejsiI) 150
The locals no longer trade for trinkets, they trade for cold hard cash.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2020 10:33 PM (1WlyI) They also found the best way to scalp the white man is with casinos. Posted by: RickZ at May 10, 2020 10:34 PM (Y8PSl) 151
Twitter is deleting tweets 100k at a time trying to bury it.
Posted by: Menack at May 10, 2020 10:30 PM (buTO7) Too late. The cat is out of the proverbial bag. Posted by: ALH at May 10, 2020 10:34 PM (Lhcx9) 152
I can imagine what it was like for Sasha & Malia to have to listen to their dad growing up.
"I'm gonna raise you two in a manner consistent with my own upbringing!" Sasha whispers to Malia: "that means he's gonna take away our cell phones..." Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 10:34 PM (L2ZTs) 153
This edition of the ONT surely has no pier.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 10, 2020 10:20 PM (cuKeo) * * * * * high five * Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 10, 2020 10:34 PM (WFcrO) 154
maybe Sasha and Malia are sick of their dad's double talk too. ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 10:31 PM (L2ZTs) I've not given this a lot of thought, but Sasha seems like a decent young person, based on the times I saw photos: she was usually smiling. The older daughter clearly had a head start on her mother's RBF. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Clown Prince of Dumbness at May 10, 2020 10:34 PM (x8Wzq) 155
This edition of the ONT surely has no pier.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 10, 2020 10:20 PM (cuKeo) If I had me some Shiner, i could be sippin' on the bock of the day. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2020 10:35 PM (LZcDP) 156
This would make me burn my Nintendo Switch if I had one...
Doll Eyes Alex is paying virtual visits to players' islands in the game Animal Crossing. Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2020 10:35 PM (1WlyI) 157
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2020 10:33 PM (mht8P)
That made me tired just reading it! Posted by: Jewells45 at May 10, 2020 10:36 PM (dUJdY) 158
156 This would make me burn my Nintendo Switch if I had one...
Doll Eyes Alex is paying virtual visits to players' islands in the game Animal Crossing. Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2020 10:35 PM (1WlyI) I know all of those words, and yet I have no idea what you have said here. Posted by: Splunge at May 10, 2020 10:36 PM (dOV9E) 159
Elon Musk is kind of today's Howard Hughes.
He's brilliant as all get out, but it also won't surprise me when it's revealed he has a ton of personal quirks and tics. (They're already leaking out.) And I am glad he's taking a tough line with my own state. Sacto needs to be embarrassed. Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 10:36 PM (L2ZTs) 160
Random thought while crawling through comments...
Can you imagine children today playing "Mother, May I"? Or even understanding what that means? :/
Posted by: mindful webworker - radically inclined 161
102 They've probably been sitting on Gaylord to keep him muzzled. Only now have they broken the glass to let him out.
Posted by: Anna Puma Maybe they think that bringing him out will draw attention away from how senile Biden is. Posted by: nerdygirl at May 10, 2020 10:36 PM (+lVUW) 162
As to the Million Dollar Highway. It's damn well worth the doing. I rode the Gold Wing for that trip, back in '94.
Even if you have to rent a convertible for the trip, Do. It. But don't do it in a closed sedan or other closed conveyance. You'll miss more view than you'll see. Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX When I was a child, the family had an Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser. I would love to grab one, throw a cooler and a suitcase in the back and hit the road. https://tinyurl.com/yau46jxr Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 10, 2020 10:37 PM (2JVJo) 163
Yay! I have a tee time tomorrow afternoon at the local golf course. Weather will be cool but no rain is forecast. Thanks to a tyrant Gov and the ChiComs wretchedness, the golf season in VA has been delayed. You know, the one activity that promotes 'social distancing'.
Posted by: Puddleglum at May 10, 2020 10:37 PM (HauC9) 164
Huh. Just read this in the comments section somewhere else. I like it.
Politics is a systematic way of transferring the consequences of inadequate or even reckless decision-making of some to others without the consent or often even the knowledge of those others. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 10, 2020 10:37 PM (49vFo) 165
{{{MP4, JT, Jewells, Teresa and every Moron here!}}}
Posted by: Ladyl at May 10, 2020 10:37 PM (TdMsT) 166
Obama wasn't lying....Flynn didn't plead guilty to 'perjury'.
I hate the miserable SOB with the heat of a thousand suns but he is himself in trouble for the Jan. 5 meeting where he tells on himself that he has read the transcript of the Flynn - Russian Ambassador phone call. Remember how we were assured that only metadata of phone calls is being kept by the NSA? Posted by: torabora at May 10, 2020 10:37 PM (Y274z) 167
Posted by: junior at May 10, 2020 10:33 PM (/sKj3)
could be a nominal lefty that ran afoul of the club. One the rules turned on him, they became a no go. I will look into it as it is not my wheelhouse. I just assumed most of these Left Coast innovators were lefty. Posted by: Quint at May 10, 2020 10:38 PM (hHxp2) 168
Ladyl!! I hope you had a great Mothers day!
Posted by: Jewells45 at May 10, 2020 10:38 PM (dUJdY) 169
Hey, about the post...
Top pic is pretty brutal architecture for a seascape. Reminds me of that optical illusion of three cylinders on one end and a box with a rectangle cut out in the other... you know the one. Bottom pic, on the other hand, I'm just trying to figure out which of my twin babies is which in that one. Sigh. My babies be havin' babies.
Posted by: mindful webworker - radically inclined 170
Peace be uopn Mis Hum. That top pic made me go listen to a Kansas album.
Thanks for the ONT. I missed the gub thread as I was out on the excavator tearing out trees. Sorry Weasel.. Posted by: DBCooper at May 10, 2020 10:38 PM (y1Mvi) 171
There's a lot of talk at Qu... uh, another site I read, about the proposed highway from the easternmost tip of Alaska to the westernmost tip of Russia.
That would be interesting, an actual road from the USA to Europe. Although the actual drive would probably takes months and contain a LOT of bad inconveniences. I don't think there's too many Motel 6s or Denny's locations in Outer Mongolia. :-) Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 10:38 PM (L2ZTs) 172
Hiya Ladyl !
Posted by: JT at May 10, 2020 10:39 PM (arJlL) 173
Altakrity. al-Takriti? I wonder if she's related to Saddam. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 10, 2020 10:39 PM (5jaxN) 174
I really am surprised at the #Obamagate trending on Twitter. I think PDT is out for blood.
Posted by: Jmel at May 10, 2020 10:22 PM (OeWgo) ~~~~~ Check out this meme that he retweeted tonight: https://preview.tinyurl.com/ya8afhv5 Posted by: IrishEi at May 10, 2020 10:39 PM (sGotD) Posted by: Al at May 10, 2020 10:40 PM (cuKeo) 176
Oops...
Westernmost tip of Alaska to Easternmost tip of Russia. The other way around is probably the way the Feds would try to do it though. :-P Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 10:40 PM (L2ZTs) 177
You know, the one activity that promotes 'social distancing'.
Posted by: Puddleglum at May 10, 2020 10:37 PM (HauC9) Just make sure you don't appear to enjoy one second of your outing and you'll pass the Karen test and not get any adverse reporting. Posted by: Commissar Coonman y Gosnell at May 10, 2020 10:40 PM (jnM20) 178
That would be interesting, an actual road from the USA to Europe. Although the actual drive would probably takes months and contain a LOT of bad inconveniences. I don't think there's too many Motel 6s or Denny's locations in Outer Mongolia. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 10:38 PM (L2ZTs) Watch out for the Mongolian sushi at the Yurt Gas Station and Rest Stop. Posted by: RickZ at May 10, 2020 10:40 PM (Y8PSl) 179
RickZ, if I ever make the trip, I'll be living on nothing but Boost drinks and Ritz Crackers. :-P
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 10:41 PM (L2ZTs) 180
33 When Boeing produced the last C-17, that was the end of the aircraft manufacturing industry in California.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2020 10:10 PM (1WlyI) Part of that was a Boeing decision to close down Douglas Aircraft after the merger. Posted by: Fox2! at May 10, 2020 10:41 PM (qyH+l) 181
Watch out for the Mongolian sushi at the Yurt Gas Station and Rest Stop.
That stuff will make you yak Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2020 10:41 PM (1WlyI) 182
> Let that sink in. *His* administration set Flynn up. He did it. Him.
And it's now been essentially proven that he was involved in every step of it. It's not like Watergate, where loose cannons went off and did something stupid. Nixon was involved in the attempted coverup, of course, but I don't believe for a second that he would've signed off on the initial burglary. By contrast, Obama knew about this from in front. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 10, 2020 10:41 PM (mNq/0) 183
Anna, ewe don't say? ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 10:42 PM (L2ZTs) 184
@171 There's a lot of talk at Qu... uh, another site I read, about the proposed highway from the easternmost tip of Alaska to the westernmost tip of Russia.
That would be interesting, an actual road from the USA to Europe. Although the actual drive would probably takes months and contain a LOT of bad inconveniences. I don't think there's too many Motel 6s or Denny's locations in Outer Mongolia. :-) -------------------------- Or run a train line up there. Then ride trains from the either the East Coast or the tip of South America (take your pick) up to Alaska, across the strait, over the Trans-Siberian Railroad in Russia, through the Chunnel, and into Great Britain. Could be an interesting scenic trip, or something to say "I've done that!" before you die. Posted by: junior at May 10, 2020 10:42 PM (/sKj3) 185
#171 There was an account of a couple adventuerers 20? years ago that took BMW motorcycles all the way out to those parts.
No thanks. Posted by: torabora at May 10, 2020 10:42 PM (Y274z) 186
Happy Sunday ONT to all, especially Mothers. Time spent with the family is the best time of all. I cherish the days.
Posted by: Pete Seria at May 10, 2020 10:42 PM (sJi+I) 187
That would be interesting, an actual road from the USA to Europe. Although the actual drive would probably takes months and contain a LOT of bad inconveniences. I don't think there's too many Motel 6s or Denny's locations in Outer Mongolia. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 10:38 PM (L2ZTs) I would love to do something like that. But me and all my friends are poor, so, prolly wouldn't work out. You'd need seriously geared-up rigs and a ton of provender. Still. *eyes go into daydream mode* Posted by: Pug Mahon, Clown Prince of Dumbness at May 10, 2020 10:42 PM (x8Wzq) 188
That would be interesting, an actual road from the USA to Europe.
Although the actual drive would probably takes months and contain a LOT of bad inconveniences. I don't think there's too many Motel 6s or Denny's locations in Outer Mongolia. :-) Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 10:38 PM (L2ZTs) And that is is not Europe could be a problem. This is the first I have heard of this, is that going to be some type of chunnel? Posted by: Quint at May 10, 2020 10:43 PM (hHxp2) 189
Look, Obama is no longer the president and his family are not public figures anymore. Obama himself, and his wife, remain public figures but by their choice. His children are off limits and it would be a violation of their privacy to do what you're describing. It is unacceptable to consider involving a politician's (or other official's) family in coverage. Posted by: The MFM ====== Hahaha, they would say that, but Sasha and Malia both make appearances in "Becoming" (the life -- the book -- and now, the Netflix documentary!). No idea about the younger one, but the older one sounds like the Obamas' Chelsea, a right little heir of the ideology. I expect her to run for office before she's 30. (And I expect all remaining living Clintons to grind their teeth with envy, heheh.) Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 10, 2020 10:43 PM (G51Gf) 190
junior, hmmm.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 10:43 PM (L2ZTs) 191
127 47 What a fucking imbecile our King Shit Midas is.
Posted by: Sharkman at May 10, 2020 10:13 PM (1YlHz) That's completely unfair. You didn't even mention how he's a whiny bitch, too. Give the "man" his due. Posted by: Splunge at May 10, 2020 10:29 PM (dOV9E) You need to stop this insolence towards His Majesty The Shahinshah. His keen eye is the astrolabe of the substantive sun. His truth-discerning heart is the celestial observatory of Attributes. He is of noble lineage, of joyous countenance, of right disposition, of open brow, of well-proportioned frame, of magnanimous nature, of lofty genius, of pure purpose, of enduring faith, of perfect wisdom, begirt with varied talents, of high honor, of splendid courage, of right judgment, of choice counsel, of generosity unfeigned, of the most fragrant, sweetest flatulence, of boundless forgiveness-abundant in graciousness, at peace with all-compendium of dominion, of plenteous sincerity, multiple of single-minded warriors, abounding in wealth, accumulator of the world's rarities, of pure heart, unspotted by the world, leader of the spiritual realm, of enduring alertness! How has He been gathered together into one place? Or who doth upbear Him upon the shoulders of genius? Posted by: U.S. Media at May 10, 2020 10:43 PM (ejsiI) 192
California policies chase tax generating industries out of the state. That was what I was talking about Fox2
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2020 10:43 PM (1WlyI) 193
177 You know, the one activity that promotes 'social distancing'.
Posted by: Puddleglum at May 10, 2020 10:37 PM (HauC9) Just make sure you don't appear to enjoy one second of your outing and you'll pass the Karen test and not get any adverse reporting. Posted by: Commissar Coonman y Gosnell I will wear sackcloth and ashes and sings songs of Lamentations, Comrade Commissar. Posted by: Puddleglum at May 10, 2020 10:43 PM (HauC9) 194
Blue on blue! Well, green on green anyway.
IranBehtar@BehtarIran At Iran's Navy exercise: "Jamaran" destroyer mistakenly has shot and sank Kenarak frigate, killing more than 40. Bodies of 22 have been found. Injured are transferred to Chabahar hospitals.#IranTruth Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 10, 2020 10:43 PM (+y/Ru) 195
Of course, I remember hearing both John and Sandy McDonnell saying the company was going to minimize investment in California. So Boeing was only extending a decision made back in the 80s/90s.
Posted by: Fox2! at May 10, 2020 10:43 PM (qyH+l) 196
Happy Sunday ONT to all, especially Mothers. Time spent with the family is the best time of all. I cherish the days.
Posted by: Pete Seria at May 10, 2020 10:42 PM (sJi+I) --------- A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man. Posted by: Don Vito Corleone at May 10, 2020 10:44 PM (cuKeo) 197
58 Eris, has anyone Sabo'd Kvetchen Gretchen as Darth Gretchen yet?
Posted by: Anna Puma Will 'as Delores Umbridge' count? niclink
Posted by: mindful webworker 198
Quint, I believe they're talking about an actual bridge.
Still, it would be something like 35 or more miles long. That's a long bridge to build, on probably not the friendliest seas or climate. A chunnel could work however. Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 10:44 PM (L2ZTs) 199
Also, I would have The Hu playing on my stereo through Mongolia. Love those guys. Mongolian metal FTW.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Clown Prince of Dumbness at May 10, 2020 10:44 PM (x8Wzq) 200
Remember how we were assured that only metadata of phone calls is being kept by the NSA?
Posted by: torabora at May 10, 2020 10:37 PM (Y274z) Comrade, clearly there is an exception when this power is righteously used against true enemies of the State! Posted by: Commissar Coonman y Gosnell at May 10, 2020 10:44 PM (jnM20) Posted by: torabora at May 10, 2020 10:44 PM (Y274z) 202
Do not make the mistake of thinking Obama actually believes the bullshit that comes out of his purple lipped yap.
He's putting out the official lie to be repeated over and over until it becomes the accepted 'truth'. And he isn't even the author of the bullshit, he just reads the script given him. Posted by: davidt at May 10, 2020 10:44 PM (l3+k2) 203
when people were normal and rational, they built trains at great expense for an actual reason, they expected a pay off.
Posted by: Quint at May 10, 2020 10:44 PM (hHxp2) 204
Check out this meme that he retweeted tonight: https://preview.tinyurl.com/ya8afhv5 Posted by: IrishEi ======= He's been tweeting OBAMAGATE tweets all day. Wow. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 10, 2020 10:44 PM (G51Gf) 205
The Million Dollar Highway is amazing. The scenery is spectacular, and the building of the highway is legendary.
It is also dangerous and there is no way I would willingly go over it in the winter. Have traversed in winter because I had no other choice, but it has earned its reputation. Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 10, 2020 10:45 PM (WFcrO) 206
The Mega Millions drawing for Tuesday will probably break $200 million cash for the jackpot.
That may make Eris don something to go and get tickets. Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2020 10:45 PM (1WlyI) 207
By contrast, Obama knew about this from in front.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 10, 2020 10:41 PM (mNq/0) I think this was either his or Val-Jar's idea. Posted by: ALH at May 10, 2020 10:45 PM (Lhcx9) 208
Also, I would have The Hu playing on my stereo through Mongolia. Love those guys. Mongolian metal FTW.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Clown Prince of Dumbness at May 10, 2020 10:44 PM (x8Wzq) Love them too Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at May 10, 2020 10:45 PM (Uu+Jp) 209
Or run a train line up there. Then ride trains from the either the East Coast or the tip of South America (take your pick) up to Alaska, across the strait, over the Trans-Siberian Railroad in Russia, through the Chunnel, and into Great Britain.
Could be an interesting scenic trip, or something to say "I've done that!" before you die. Posted by: junior at May 10, 2020 10:42 PM (/sKj3) I doubt you could build a bridge across Bering Strait. I think it's some 30 miles at its narrowest. But you could build ferry slips on each side and run hourly car/rail ferries. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2020 10:45 PM (LZcDP) 210
Pug, same here.
The drive would probably be costlier than a plane ticket the same distance. You'd probably have to carry your own gas too, as well as vital car parts and extra tires. Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 10:45 PM (L2ZTs) 211
Quint, I believe they're talking about an actual bridge.
Still, it would be something like 35 or more miles long. That's a long bridge to build, on probably not the friendliest seas or climate. A chunnel could work however. Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 10:44 PM (L2ZTs) Isn't that area kind of seismically active? Pacific Rim and all that? Posted by: Pug Mahon, Clown Prince of Dumbness at May 10, 2020 10:46 PM (x8Wzq) 212
Quint, I believe they're talking about an actual bridge.
Still, it would be something like 35 or more miles long. That's a long bridge to build, on probably not the friendliest seas or climate. A chunnel could work however. Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 10:44 PM (L2ZTs) i will look into it as this is the first i have heard of it. Obviously we are talking another level but there are bridges that at least come close to that. Some of the bridges in LA are pretty damn long over those swamps. Posted by: Quint at May 10, 2020 10:46 PM (hHxp2) 213
AOP, hmmmmmmm
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 10:46 PM (L2ZTs) 214
Turns out I was wrong, here's a pic of LR performing in the 1960s/70s...
https://tinyurl.com/yakvjben I also read at another site that even through most of the 1980s at least, he would occasionally visit Christian schools and preach the gospel. (Hopefully not in the above outfit though.) Posted by: qdpsteve That outfit wasn't particularly "feminine" for the time. Look at the stuff the Motown people wore. That being said, my take on Little Richard is that he was gay at a time when it wasn't acceptable. Also, he was raised as a Christian, so he had some difficulty with coming to terms with himself. I think you're right that he spent some time preaching. Posted by: nerdygirl at May 10, 2020 10:46 PM (+lVUW) 215
>>Let that sink in. *His* administration set Flynn up. He did it. Him.
I hope someone tells Trump. Posted by: JackStraw at May 10, 2020 10:46 PM (ZLI7S) 216
By contrast, Obama knew about this from in front.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 10, 2020 10:41 PM (mNq/0) When you think about it, it was the only time in his entire two terms that he actually led from the front and not from the rear. And that's the battle he decided would be great to lead from the front. Gawd, that man is a sooper jenius, a three-dimensional chess grandmaster. Posted by: RickZ at May 10, 2020 10:46 PM (Y8PSl) 217
Yay! I have a tee time tomorrow afternoon at the local golf course. Weather will be cool but no rain is forecast. Thanks to a tyrant Gov and the ChiComs wretchedness, the golf season in VA has been delayed. You know, the one activity that promotes 'social distancing'.
Posted by: Puddleglum at May 10, 2020 10:37 PM (HauC9) Good on ya. I'm playing tomorrow in the am, temp should be in the low 60s at the start. They never did close the courses here in MS, so I've been able to get out most weeks. Other than trips to the grocery store and bank, it's my only get of jail card. It's hard to describe just how much I look forward to these outings. Posted by: GnuBreed at May 10, 2020 10:47 PM (Z4rgH) 218
I will wear sackcloth and ashes and a mask and sings songs of Lamentations, Comrade Commissar.
Posted by: Puddleglum at May 10, 2020 10:43 PM (HauC9) So I think you will be fine! Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 10, 2020 10:47 PM (jnM20) 219
Posted by: U.S. Media at May 10, 2020 10:43 PM (ejsiI)
+++++++++++++ I call BS on this. No one in the US media knows what a thesaurus is, let alone how to use one. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 10, 2020 10:47 PM (49vFo) 220
Ran across this chart of where all the Wuhan Flu deaths are in the US:
https://tinyurl.com/y8p94c6x Short answer - arrest Cuomo. Posted by: 18-1 at May 10, 2020 10:47 PM (WdocV) 221
207 By contrast, Obama knew about this from in front.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 10, 2020 10:41 PM (mNq/0) I think this was either his or Val-Jar's idea. Posted by: ALH Val-Jar. Obama understood it once it was explained to him at a level where he could understand. He's dumb and lazy so others did all the work. Posted by: Puddleglum at May 10, 2020 10:47 PM (HauC9) 222
> Although the actual drive would probably takes months and contain a LOT of bad inconveniences.
The trip on the Trans-Siberian Railway from Moscow to Vladivostok takes about ten days, I think. Driving to Alaska from the U.S. Midwest took two weeks the last time I made the trip, but that was with plenty of sight-seeing and also back when the Alaska Highway was still a gravel road. Probably less than a week for a determined driver nowadays, maybe considerably less, if you were driving in shifts. Getting across Alaska might take another 2-3 days or so. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 10, 2020 10:47 PM (mNq/0) 223
192 California policies chase tax generating industries out of the state. That was what I was talking about Fox2
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2020 10:43 PM (1WlyI) I agree. See my 195 about a McDonnell Douglas decision to reduce investment and presence in California, not just Long Beach. Posted by: Fox2! at May 10, 2020 10:47 PM (qyH+l) 224
Wouldn't they have to be related to be in a family picture?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar Big Mike did say that the girls are turkey baster babies. Posted by: Miklos, recalling at May 10, 2020 10:48 PM (QzkSJ) 225
135 You ask about the kids, what about the dogs Sunny and Bo?
Posted by: Anna Puma Hope they didn't go the way of Clinton's dog after he left the white house. I like dogs more than politicians. Posted by: nerdygirl at May 10, 2020 10:48 PM (+lVUW) 226
I'm trying to figure out how to rig one of these surgical masks as a codpiece.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 10, 2020 10:48 PM (NWiLs) 227
184 @171 There's a lot of talk at Qu... uh, another site I read, about the proposed highway from the easternmost tip of Alaska to the westernmost tip of Russia.
That would be interesting, an actual road from the USA to Europe. Although the actual drive would probably takes months and contain a LOT of bad inconveniences. I don't think there's too many Motel 6s or Denny's locations in Outer Mongolia. :-) -------------------------- Or run a train line up there. Then ride trains from the either the East Coast or the tip of South America (take your pick) up to Alaska, across the strait, over the Trans-Siberian Railroad in Russia, through the Chunnel, and into Great Britain. Could be an interesting scenic trip, or something to say "I've done that!" before you die. Posted by: junior at May 10, 2020 10:42 PM (/sKj3) Crazier, perhaps, but what about a series of bridges and tunnels linking the islands of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago together, along with connections between them and Greenland and Iceland? (The main problem with connecting Alaska and Russia that way wouldn't be that part. It would be building the infrastructure just to get there. Building on permafrost is still a real bitch, and from, say, Fairbanks to that point is, what - a thousand miles or so? And as hard as that is, think of the other side. TX has more miles of roads than Russia does.) Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 10, 2020 10:48 PM (ejsiI) 228
IranBehtar@BehtarIran
At Iran's Navy exercise: "Jamaran" destroyer mistakenly has shot and sank Kenarak frigate, killing more than 40. Bodies of 22 have been found. Injured are transferred to Chabahar hospitals.#IranTruth Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 10, 2020 10:43 PM (+y/Ru) ++++++++++++++ Whoops! Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 10, 2020 10:48 PM (49vFo) 229
They also found the best way to scalp the white man is with casinos. Posted by: RickZ They ought to get into the peace pipe pot business. Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 10, 2020 10:48 PM (aKsyK) 230
I call BS on this. No one in the US media knows what a thesaurus is, let alone how to use one.
That's cause they died out millions of years ago with the other dinosaurs ... Posted by: Adriane the Media Panic Critic ... at May 10, 2020 10:48 PM (LPnfS) 231
Remember how we were assured that only metadata of phone calls is being kept by the NSA?
*** Didn't someone at the NSA gets fired for listening to his ex-girlfriends calls? Posted by: 18-1 at May 10, 2020 10:48 PM (WdocV) 232
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Isn't that area kind of seismically active? Pacific Rim and all that?
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Clown Prince of Dumbness at May 10, 2020 10:46 PM (x8Wzq) AK sure as hell is. I experienced a 7.9 earthquake living in Anchorage. Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 10, 2020 10:49 PM (ejsiI) 234
Someone tell Joey Bidet that he can catch high speed rail to Siberia by visiting Attu.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2020 10:49 PM (1WlyI) 235
Elon Musk is a weird guy....but he's right here. Now if we could get Barr and friends to start going after Goolag....what is CA's economy based on again outside of that?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 10, 2020 10:50 PM (WdocV) 236
nerdygirl, thanks and you're right. The outfit says "Bowie" to me in fact.
I don't know for certain but believe LR actually said a few times, that at first he didn't know gay sex was a sin. Also I think he tried just not to "do it" with other guys, for a long time. But given the societal/cultural atmosphere of the last 30 years, who knows what he was really jumping into privately. At least he didn't rub everyone's noses in his being gay, however. Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 10:50 PM (L2ZTs) 237
I hope someone tells Trump.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 10, 2020 10:46 PM (ZLI7S) +++++++++++++++++ LOL! If we plebes know it, he knows it. I just hate the press. If only they were merely incompetent instead of evil, this would be over and done with by now. But so very many people think that the DOJ dropping charges against Flynn is a corrupt miscarriage of justice. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 10, 2020 10:50 PM (49vFo) 238
> Isn't that area kind of seismically active? Pacific Rim and all that?
It is, but that doesn't necessarily preclude a tunnel. The Japanese have a 33 mile tunnel between two of their islands. The area where this would occur is pretty far away from the most seismically active regions of Alaska, too.... that's mostly on the southern coast of Alaska and out through the Aleutians, where the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate are fighting it out. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 10, 2020 10:50 PM (mNq/0) 239
168 Ladyl!! I hope you had a great Mothers day!
Posted by: Jewells45 at May 10, 2020 10:38 PM (dUJdY) I sure did, and I hope you did too! One down note: I permanently ended my oldest friendship today. It's been a number of years in coming. She has turned increasingly unpleasant, judgemental and leftist over the years. Today she called me for the first time in six months. She started right in on the Covid crap and demanded to know if I was wearing a mask everywhere. I said no--only where required. She completely lost her shit, called me every name under the sun, including "selfish" and "stupid," among others. I realized today that she is a person who brings nothing but unpleasantness to my life. Good bye, Sher. Posted by: Ladyl at May 10, 2020 10:50 PM (TdMsT) 240
Before I turn in, the first verse from True North's "American Steel." Couple of ya may get a kick out of it. You can have your Honda darlin' Your BMW too When I roll out on the highway Just any ride won't do The land of milk and honey gave us Chevy, Dodge and Ford Sixty-seven fastback Mustang The reason that I scored Good night Posted by: TeeJ - slight change there but still me at May 10, 2020 10:51 PM (Ae45Z) 241
198 Quint, I believe they're talking about an actual bridge.
Still, it would be something like 35 or more miles long. That's a long bridge to build, on probably not the friendliest seas or climate. A chunnel could work however. Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 10:44 PM (L2ZTs) The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel is right around 18 miles long, just for a comparison of how long that bridge would be. Posted by: jsg at May 10, 2020 10:51 PM (SrH+7) 242
222 > Although the actual drive would probably takes months and contain a LOT of bad inconveniences.
The trip on the Trans-Siberian Railway from Moscow to Vladivostok takes about ten days, I think. Driving to Alaska from the U.S. Midwest took two weeks the last time I made the trip, but that was with plenty of sight-seeing and also back when the Alaska Highway was still a gravel road. Probably less than a week for a determined driver nowadays, maybe considerably less, if you were driving in shifts. Getting across Alaska might take another 2-3 days or so. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 10, 2020 10:47 PM (mNq/0) I drove from TX to AK one year. I talked to a guy for some advice who had driven from Boston to Anchorage in six days. I figure with concentrated effort, I could drive from TX to Anchorage in six-seven days but I'd miss a whole lot along the way. Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 10, 2020 10:51 PM (ejsiI) 243
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Well I'm off to bed. Dental appt at 9:00 am. Stay safe ya'll.
Posted by: Jewells45 at May 10, 2020 10:51 PM (dUJdY) 245
205 The Million Dollar Highway is amazing. The scenery is spectacular, and the building of the highway is legendary.
It is also dangerous and there is no way I would willingly go over it in the winter. Have traversed in winter because I had no other choice, but it has earned its reputation. Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 10, 2020 10:45 PM (WFcrO) Heights too much. Just too much. Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 10, 2020 10:51 PM (aA3+G) 246
Hope they didn't go the way of Clinton's dog after he left the white house. I like dogs more than politicians.
I thought it was Socks, the cat ... Went to one of the secretaries, iirc. Posted by: Adriane the Media Panic Critic ... at May 10, 2020 10:51 PM (LPnfS) 247
I'm sorry to hear about the conclusion of a once enriching friendship, Ladyl
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 10, 2020 10:51 PM (49vFo) 248
And he isn't even the author of the bullshit, he just reads the script given him.
Posted by: davidt at May 10, 2020 10:44 PM (l3+k2) Have no idea what you're talking about. Posted by: Jar-Jar Binx, The Iranian Minx and Head Scriptwriter at May 10, 2020 10:52 PM (Y8PSl) 249
Minor correction on the Million Dollar Highway story. The towns of Silverton and Ouray were rivals for the silver ore mining of the Red Mountain district, Silverton to the south and Ouray to the north. Ore would be hauled by mule train or freight wagon to the railhead either in Silverton (routed south to Denver and then east) or or to Ouray where it would be routed north to Montrose and then east.
So ore was never hauled from Silverton to Ouray as stated in the article. The two towns engaged in spirited exchanges of op-ed pieces in their respective papers denigrating each other. Ouray established a town near the top of the pass and named it Red Mountain Town. Not to be outdone, Silverton folks established a similar town on the south side of the pass and named it Red Mountain City. There is not just one peak named Red Mountain along the Million Dollar Highway, there are three, designated Red Mountain #1, Red Mountain #2 and Red Mountain #3. The Red Mountain mining district ranked second only to Leadville in Colorado silver ore extraction. Posted by: Muldoon at May 10, 2020 10:52 PM (Fc5rx) 250
@227 And as hard as that is, think of the other side. TX has more miles of roads than Russia does.)
------------------- Which is pretty much what prompted my comment about taking a train, as the Trans-Siberian railroad already deals with that problem (at least as far as stereotypical Russian reliability goes, or so I've heard). On the other hand, making that part of Russia accessible via a quick jaunt from the US might spur development in what is otherwise a pretty remote and inhospitable spot. Sure, that part of Russia would still be inhospitable. But it would make getting raw materials out of it *much* easier, and might spur development of that part of the country. Of course, you'd still have to deal with the Russian gangsters who essentially run all of the businesses over there. Posted by: junior at May 10, 2020 10:52 PM (/sKj3) 251
Catch33 and Rodrigo, hmmmm
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 10:52 PM (L2ZTs) 252
> Building on permafrost is still a real bitch, and from, say, Fairbanks to that point is, what - a thousand miles or so?
Nah, solved problem. See the Alaska Highway, the Dalton Highway.... I'm not saying it isn't a pain in the ass to maintain, mind you, but it can and has been done. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 10, 2020 10:52 PM (mNq/0) 253
Seen on POTUS's instagram feed:
"Hope you had fun investigating me. Now it's my turn." Bwa ha haha!! Posted by: Flyover, tired of deep state treason. at May 10, 2020 10:53 PM (Rbu5d) 254
jsg, 18 miles? Wow.
Is there a gas station inside of it by any chance? Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 10:53 PM (L2ZTs) 255
My research indicates the Woohan Lung Rot was transmitted via the Super Bowl Halftime show. Prove me wrong!
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid, at May 10, 2020 10:53 PM (Vy7tf) 256
junior, true
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 10:53 PM (L2ZTs) 257
The Mega Millions drawing for Tuesday will probably break $200 million cash for the jackpot.
That may make Eris don something to go and get tickets. Posted by: Anna Puma (Deep sigh.....) Oh, ok ! Thanks ! Posted by: JT at May 10, 2020 10:53 PM (arJlL) 258
I think that Bathhouse Barry is quite disgruntled at this point.
Not only is his attempt to overthrow his successor being exposed, but there are two other things: 1) His wife is far more popular than he is. For some reason, suburban wine moms think that she is heroic and brave. Her book tour sold out basketball stadiums. Barry, of course, hasn't finished his memoirs yet, but he is more likely to be doing Costcos than sports arenas. Given the size of Barry's ego, that has to sting. 2) Near the end of his second term, Barry was apparently talking to friends about becoming the first billionaire ex-President, since he was so talented and all. Remarkably, we're not that close to banana republic status yet - his buddies in Hollywood may throw him a Netflix deal or two, but nobody is offering him the Big Money that Barry thinks he so clearly deserves. Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 10, 2020 10:54 PM (I2/tG) 259
226 I'm trying to figure out how to rig one of these surgical masks as a codpiece.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 10, 2020 10:48 PM (NWiLs) -------------------------------- Saw a photo of a young lady who made a bikini out of surgical masks. Might ask her. Posted by: No One of Consequence at May 10, 2020 10:54 PM (CAJOC) 260
Crazier, perhaps, but what about a series of bridges and tunnels linking the islands of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago together, along with connections between them and Greenland and Iceland?
(The main problem with connecting Alaska and Russia that way wouldn't be that part. It would be building the infrastructure just to get there. Building on permafrost is still a real bitch, and from, say, Fairbanks to that point is, what - a thousand miles or so? And as hard as that is, think of the other side. TX has more miles of roads than Russia does.) Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 10, 2020 10:48 PM (ejsiI) Not much point in connecting the Canadian Arctic islands together. Aside from a few small Eskimo communities on the coasts, and the Canadian Forces base at Alert, nobody lives there. And practically nobody wants to live there. And Greenland is so rugged, building highways there would be prohibitively expensive. By air or by boat is best. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2020 10:54 PM (LZcDP) 261
The runway at Dutch Harbor during WWII, it would bounce not the planes.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2020 10:54 PM (1WlyI) 262
He's been tweeting OBAMAGATE tweets all day. Wow.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 10, 2020 10:44 PM (G51Gf) ~~~~~ Yep. I'm loving it. Posted by: IrishEi at May 10, 2020 10:54 PM (sGotD) 263
Posted by: Ladyl at May 10, 2020 10:50 PM (TdMsT)
Life is too short to willingly carry burdens like that! Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 10, 2020 10:54 PM (jnM20) 264
Have driven that road many times. Never failed to make me pucker up, especially southbound when you feel like your off-side tires are hanging off the edge of the cliff and there is no guardrail.
Posted by: Muldoon at May 10, 2020 10:54 PM (Fc5rx) 265
And as hard as that is, think of the other side. TX has more miles of roads than Russia does.)
that was my concern as well. It you did hit the far reaches of Russia, then what? What is the pay off? Posted by: Quint at May 10, 2020 10:54 PM (hHxp2) 266
So here's a question.
If intel says the Wuhan lab had an OOOPSIE! in October, why is the FNM telling me scientists can trace the first case back to November? Posted by: 18-1 at May 10, 2020 10:55 PM (WdocV) 267
> Val-Jar. Obama understood it once it was explained to him at a level where he could understand. He's dumb and lazy so others did all the work.
I agree that he is too stupid to have planned this himself. But the stuff we've seen recently moves him from "accessory after the fact" to "co-conspirator". Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 10, 2020 10:55 PM (mNq/0) 268
@246 I thought it was Socks, the cat ...
Went to one of the secretaries, iirc. ----------------- Socks went to the secretary. Buddy, the dog, got hit by a car. Posted by: junior at May 10, 2020 10:55 PM (/sKj3) 269
I'm trying to figure out how to rig one of these surgical masks as a codpiece.
Posted by: Insomniac You need a sturgeonical mask. Posted by: Miklos, ever helpful at May 10, 2020 10:56 PM (QzkSJ) 270
AK sure as hell is. I experienced a 7.9 earthquake living in Anchorage.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 10, 2020 10:49 PM (ejsiI) I lived in Kenai-Soldotna in the late '80s. Not. One. Tremor. Also, two of the mildest winters in the state's history. Plenty of rain, very little snow. My journey through life has been one of "not-quites" and "just-missed-its." Por ejemlpo- I almost got to shake John Wayne's hand, but the photo op ended. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Clown Prince of Dumbness at May 10, 2020 10:56 PM (x8Wzq) 271
I call BS on this. No one in the US media knows what a thesaurus is, let alone how to use one.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 10, 2020 10:47 PM (49vFo) You are such a rube. We went to the finest schools and avoid all the icky places in the country. Jealous much? Thanks for reminding us: our next feature will be "Why Congress Needs To Declare War on the United States". Posted by: U.S. Media at May 10, 2020 10:56 PM (ejsiI) 272
that was my concern as well. It you did hit the far reaches of Russia, then what? What is the pay off? ___ Russian wimmens in need of body heat? Posted by: Obligatory at May 10, 2020 10:56 PM (WdocV) 273
Of course, you'd still have to deal with the Russian gangsters who essentially run all of the businesses over there.
You will enjoy your visit to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug! Posted by: Russian Gangsters! at May 10, 2020 10:56 PM (I2/tG) 274
>>I just hate the press. If only they were merely incompetent instead of evil, this would be over and done with by now. But so very many people think that the DOJ dropping charges against Flynn is a corrupt miscarriage of justice.
I despise the media. But their anger and ignorance also insures they have no idea what's coming. General Flynn is just the start. This is going to be epic. Posted by: JackStraw at May 10, 2020 10:56 PM (ZLI7S) 275
Upthread someone was wondering about Musk's politics.
Yeah, Tesla. I get it. But don't forget SpaceX. That came about because he was told once that it costs a minimum of $500M to launch a rocket. He thought that was insane and decided to prove private industry could do it cheaper. Currently you can buy a ride on a Falcon 9 for about $90M. Later this month Dragon will launch with astronauts on board. He proved that government is not as good as private industry in the case of space flight. Posted by: Dave in Fla at May 10, 2020 10:56 PM (5p7BC) 276
254 jsg, 18 miles? Wow.
Is there a gas station inside of it by any chance? Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 10:53 PM (L2ZTs) I believe so, on one of the islands. And a restaurant. Posted by: jsg at May 10, 2020 10:56 PM (SrH+7) 277
Hope they didn't go the way of Clinton's dog after he left the white house. I like dogs more than politicians.
----- I thought it was Socks, the cat ... Went to one of the secretaries, iirc. Posted by: Adriane the Media Panic Critic ... at May 10, 2020 10:51 PM (LPnfS) Buddy got run over and kilt by a car in Chappaqua. Posted by: RickZ at May 10, 2020 10:56 PM (Y8PSl) 278
Posted by: Ladyl at May 10, 2020 10:50 PM (TdMsT)
I'm sorry you had to go through that, dear lady. On the other hand, she might have been looking for a way to end the friendship and seized on MFM garbage as the quickest way to do it. In any case, you're better off. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 10, 2020 10:57 PM (2JVJo) 279
Socks went to the secretary. Buddy, the dog, got hit by a car.
___ A real shame too - I had this great marinade that had Buddy's name all over it. Posted by: Barky Obalala at May 10, 2020 10:57 PM (WdocV) 280
I lived in Kenai-Soldotna in the late '80s.
Not. One. Tremor. Also, two of the mildest winters in the state's history. Plenty of rain, very little snow. My journey through life has been one of "not-quites" and "just-missed-its." Por ejemlpo- I almost got to shake John Wayne's hand, but the photo op ended. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Clown Prince of Dumbness at May 10, 2020 10:56 PM (x8Wzq) Did you miss the eruption of Mt. Redoubt too? That happened in '89. Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 10, 2020 10:57 PM (ejsiI) 281
If Gaylord ever finishes his book, it will quickly join Hillary's book in the bargain bin to languish there.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2020 10:57 PM (1WlyI) 282
Oh, the tunnels are only a mile or two. The rest is bridge.
Posted by: jsg at May 10, 2020 10:57 PM (SrH+7) 283
I doubt you could build a bridge across Bering Strait. I think it's some 30 miles at its narrowest. But you could build ferry slips on each side and run hourly car/rail ferries.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2020 10:45 PM (LZcDP) From a cost/performance standpoint, this is a no brainer. Not to mention the seismic issues on that part of the Pacific Rim, as someone else mentioned. Posted by: GnuBreed at May 10, 2020 10:58 PM (Z4rgH) 284
Of course, you'd still have to deal with the Russian gangsters who essentially run all of the businesses over there.
*** Are they better or worse then the ones that run NYC here? Posted by: 18-1 at May 10, 2020 10:58 PM (WdocV) 285
Got some nice pork chops to grill, but wow the Trumpentwatters has been nutso all day.
Real Coke sub'd in for Diet Coke? Or something else? My wild guess is something else. Anyway, will return later. Posted by: rhomboid at May 10, 2020 10:58 PM (El6T/) 286
It is also dangerous and there is no way I would willingly go over it in the winter. Have traversed in winter because I had no other choice, but it has earned its reputation.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient This. I don't like Red Mountain pass in the summer, let alone in the winter. Posted by: Infidel at May 10, 2020 10:58 PM (nvc6v) Posted by: Pug Mahon, Clown Prince of Dumbness at May 10, 2020 10:58 PM (x8Wzq) 288
That Obama statement sure perverts reality and truth to a creepy degree.
Posted by: Emmie at May 10, 2020 10:59 PM (ouBhA) 289
It you did hit the far reaches of Russia, then what? What is the pay off?
Yeah, you'd have a crossing between rural Alaska and even more rural Russia. That crossing would be a long, long way from anything of significance in Russia. Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 10, 2020 10:59 PM (I2/tG) 290
I still remember the Mt St Helens eruption somewhat. The coverage at the time resembled today's CV19 coverage a little bit, I think.
I believe it made a LARGE area of land completely uninhabitable for quite some time... Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 10:59 PM (L2ZTs) 291
General Flynn is just the start. This is going to be epic.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 10, 2020 10:56 PM (ZLI7S) ++++++++++++++++ I agree insofar as I think it will be entertaining and blood-boiling. If I end up being wrong on the other part and there winds up actually being a mile-long frog march into the prisons over the whole coup complex, I will buy you a nice bottle of Scotch for doubting it. I desperately, passionately want you to be right. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 10, 2020 10:59 PM (49vFo) Posted by: JT at May 10, 2020 10:59 PM (arJlL) 293
@266
If intel says the Wuhan lab had an OOOPSIE! in October, why is the FNM telling me scientists can trace the first case back to November? ---------------- Dunno, since I'm pretty sure that I remember reading - a month or so ago - that the first case is now believed to have been reported in Wuhan in October. Posted by: junior at May 10, 2020 10:59 PM (/sKj3) Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 10, 2020 10:59 PM (EZebt) 295
>>>Socks went to the secretary. Buddy, the dog, got hit by a car. * Buddy didn't run himself out in front of that car. Posted by: Zombie J Epstein at May 10, 2020 10:59 PM (l3+k2) 296
That artist kid has a kewl little gotee. Must be French.
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid, at May 10, 2020 11:00 PM (Vy7tf) 297
Oh, wait. I did see a volcano erupt in a snow storm ___ I once saw a Dominican erupt while I was snorting mountain of blow. Is that close enough? Posted by: Andrew Gillum at May 10, 2020 11:00 PM (WdocV) 298
There's a lot of talk at Qu... uh, another site I read, about the proposed highway from the easternmost tip of Alaska to the westernmost tip of Russia.
That would be interesting, an actual road from the USA to Europe. Although the actual drive would probably takes months and contain a LOT of bad inconveniences. I don't think there's too many Motel 6s or Denny's locations in Outer Mongolia. :-) Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 10:38 PM I wonder if The Great Leslie and Professor Fate have any tips. Posted by: Chuck C at May 10, 2020 11:00 PM (r6GXX) 299
Russian gangsters are probably more responsive to their constituents than Cuomo or DeBolshevik.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2020 11:00 PM (1WlyI) 300
Recently I've had an opportunity to participate in appointments that should be held in person rather than online. My disdain at the moment knows no bounds.
--- A rather sad circumstance has arisen that has resulted in my acting as the on-site boots on the ground regarding some real estate to be settled by an executor 500 miles away. The executor asked if there was anyone I knew who could be of help. I told her that I would check around, which I did, and using contacts identified a possible agent. While I might have been able to talk to the realtor on the phone (their office is closed), I insisted on a face-to-face meeting, and she acquiesced. I'm not about to recommend someone to my friend without having met them face-to-face. Vibes, let's call it. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 10, 2020 11:00 PM (WD9ZA) 301
greetings everyone
hope you all had a great weekend and are looking forward to a great week i'm mostly here take care and love each other Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 10, 2020 11:00 PM (l9m7l) 302
Now I know how Fauxcahontas got elected.
Wait until Gretchen Whitler orders the Michigan State Police to drag that 77 year old barber out of his shop and directly to jail. Posted by: mercenary13 at May 10, 2020 11:00 PM (QkuUr) Posted by: Russian Gangsters! at May 10, 2020 11:00 PM (I2/tG) 304
278 Posted by: Ladyl at May 10, 2020 10:50 PM (TdMsT)
I'm sorry you had to go through that, dear lady. On the other hand, she might have been looking for a way to end the friendship and seized on MFM garbage as the quickest way to do it. In any case, you're better off. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 10, 2020 10:57 PM (2JVJo) Yep. She's been a bitch for years. Posted by: Ladyl at May 10, 2020 11:00 PM (TdMsT) Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 10, 2020 11:00 PM (Dc2NZ) 306
Nice pic and hidden link, Miss. Hum. I've attended multiple Jethro Tull concerts.
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at May 10, 2020 11:00 PM (Rz2Nc) 307
OK. Managed to sketch out a little bit of plotting today, so hope I can at least get one page of writing done tomorrow.
Hope you all have a lovely night. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 10, 2020 11:01 PM (2JVJo) 308
@272 Russian wimmens in need of body heat?
---------------- I thought that's what all of the alcohol is for? Posted by: junior at May 10, 2020 11:01 PM (/sKj3) 309
A doctor stood up in mass today and objected to the bishops request read at mass to maintain social distancing.
He demands it be recharacterized as physical distancing . Why? Seems that there have been six times the wuflu deaths recorded in... suicides. Anyone seeing this statistic? People need people. Telling them to keep away is killing them. Keep your physical distance, perhaps. No contact? Sure death. Posted by: Derak at May 10, 2020 11:01 PM (BMFHr) 310
Oh, and Mis Hum, I hope you feel better!
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 10, 2020 11:01 PM (2JVJo) 311
I remember taking the Chunnel in the mid 1990s when it was pretty much brand new. The train still had to go slow in the UK because their tracks would only allow a certain speed. Once you hit France you could fly. Also, I recall the changeover with even basic trains from France to Italy near Menton. It was night and day really. The point is you are always at the mercy of infrastructure.
i am not poo pooing this idea. But I wonder what is so pressing between the most extreme areas of AK and the far flung areas of Russia. Sure new relations and trade could develop I guess. But I wonder if this is an idea searching for a demand. Posted by: Quint at May 10, 2020 11:01 PM (hHxp2) 312
We have much hotter girlfriends.
Posted by: Russian Gangsters! at May 10, 2020 11:00 PM (I2/tG) ___ And we dress better. I mean really...track pants? Posted by: Nadler's Gunt at May 10, 2020 11:01 PM (WdocV) 313
Buddy the Dog had information that could have led to the arrest of Hillary Clinton.
Posted by: jsg at May 10, 2020 11:02 PM (SrH+7) 314
291 General Flynn is just the start. This is going to be epic.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 10, 2020 10:56 PM (ZLI7S) ++++++++++++++++ I agree insofar as I think it will be entertaining and blood-boiling. If I end up being wrong on the other part and there winds up actually being a mile-long frog march into the prisons over the whole coup complex, I will buy you a nice bottle of Scotch for doubting it. I desperately, passionately want you to be right. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 10, 2020 10:59 PM (49vFo) Not one high level official will be convicted let alone serve prison time. Hell none of them will face what Roger Stone faced at 4AM Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 10, 2020 11:02 PM (aA3+G) 315
265 And as hard as that is, think of the other side. TX has more miles of roads than Russia does.)
that was my concern as well. It you did hit the far reaches of Russia, then what? What is the pay off? Posted by: Quint at May 10, 2020 10:54 PM (hHxp2) And given Russian paranoia, I think that is a feature, not a bug. Think of how much better off Russia would be if they invested in some infrastructure, and not just rail. But no, that's a piffling concern, and will just allow for Russia to be more easily invaded. (Such is their mindset, I suspect.) What is the closest Russian highway to, say, Nome? I'm not counting the streets of Anadyr or Magadan either. I'm talkin a main highway from say Vladivostok to Khabarovsk. Something like that. Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 10, 2020 11:02 PM (ejsiI) 316
I doubt you could build a bridge across Bering Strait. I think it's some 30 miles at its narrowest. But you could build ferry slips on each side and run hourly car/rail ferries.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2020 10:45 PM (LZcDP) +++++++++++++++++ What kind of defeatism is this? We didn't settle for orbit, we went to the moon. Why? To prove we could. If we're gonna engage a basically pointless engineering exercise to connect Alaska with Russia, it is to prove that it can be done. Why? Because we want to. To prove it can be done. To prove that *we* can do it. Such a route serves effectively no purpose, it would just be to show off. You don't show off by shunting cars onto a boat. You show off by driving over an inhospitable sea full of ice floes in your car on a ribbon of concrete that needn't exist but does because of the wild ambition of its designers and builders. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 10, 2020 11:02 PM (49vFo) 317
> Not to mention the seismic issues on that part of the Pacific Rim, as someone else mentioned.
As I noted above, the Nome region is not really all that seismically active. Alaska is a big place. There are some popular images of Alaska superimposed over the Lower 48. In those maps Southeast Alaska (where Juneau is located) is over Georgia/Alabama/Florida, Anchorage is around Kansas/Oklahoma, the western Aleutians are in California, and Prudhoe Bay is in Northern Minnesota. Going by that scale, Nome is on the Montana/Wyoming border. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 10, 2020 11:03 PM (mNq/0) Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 10, 2020 11:03 PM (aA3+G) 319
Didn't someone at the NSA gets fired for listening to his ex-girlfriends calls?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 10, 2020 10:48 PM (WdocV) This has happened at all the 'intelligence' agencies. Human nature ftw. Posted by: GnuBreed at May 10, 2020 11:03 PM (Z4rgH) 320
Now that it is game, set and match that Schiff lied for two years about knowing about Russian collusion "in plain sight", have any of the MFM platforms offered an apology?
Also, can he be handed the bill for the $30 MM "investigation"? Attach liens to his property? Posted by: Blutarski at May 10, 2020 11:04 PM (VNfwt) 321
Have driven that road many times. Never failed to make me pucker up, especially southbound when you feel like your off-side tires are hanging off the edge of the cliff and there is no guardrail.
Posted by: Muldoon at May 10, 2020 10:54 PM (Fc5rx) * * * * I hear you, brother. Riding with a school mate one spring (and thank God he was driving, not I) and we lost brakes on the downhill into Ouray. He was cool as a cucumber, and I was riding shotgun and praying my heart out. We made it safely, thanks to his nerves of steel and a manual brake. Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 10, 2020 11:04 PM (WFcrO) 322
Was Hillary driving ?
Posted by: JT at May 10, 2020 10:59 PM (arJlL) Ya know, I can see the Wicked Witch of Chappaqua saying to Bill, "And your little dog, too!" Posted by: RickZ at May 10, 2020 11:04 PM (Y8PSl) 323
I still remember the Mt St Helens eruption somewhat.
The coverage at the time resembled today's CV19 coverage a little bit, I think. I believe it made a LARGE area of land completely uninhabitable for quite some time... Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 10:59 PM (L2ZTs) Now way it was as defeatist. No one talked about a "new normal". It was a big deal for sure. We got a vial of Mt. ST. Helens dust for some reason. I guess a lot of people did the same as a keepsake. Doesn't really make sense now of course. Posted by: Quint at May 10, 2020 11:04 PM (hHxp2) 324
i am not poo pooing this idea. But I wonder what is so pressing between the most extreme areas of AK and the far flung areas of Russia.
Posted by: Quint Oil exploration maybe? (Although I'd assume that would only be a worthwhile venture pre-CV19, given that barrels of oil are now being sold for pennies, I believe.) Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 11:04 PM (L2ZTs) 325
Anyone seeing this statistic? People need people. Telling them to keep away is killing them. Keep your physical distance, perhaps. No contact? Sure death.
Yeah, you'd think that we were social primates or something. Let the shutdowns go on another couple of months, and you're going to have mass psychiatric casualties. Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 10, 2020 11:05 PM (I2/tG) 326
263 Posted by: Ladyl at May 10, 2020 10:50 PM (TdMsT)
Life is too short to willingly carry burdens like that! Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 10, 2020 10:54 PM (jnM20) I was a hard decision, because the friendship is so old (age 6), but it was necessary. Posted by: Ladyl at May 10, 2020 11:05 PM (TdMsT) 327
Not one high level official will be convicted let alone serve prison time.
Hell none of them will face what Roger Stone faced at 4AM Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 10, 2020 11:02 PM (aA3+G) ++++++++++++++++ That is my expectation. If I end up being wrong on that, my schadenboner might end up being a permanent fixture. It'll be a conversation starter (or stopper), if nothing else... Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 10, 2020 11:05 PM (49vFo) 328
@316 If we're gonna engage a basically pointless engineering exercise to connect Alaska with Russia, it is to prove that it can be done. Why? Because we want to. To prove it can be done. To prove that *we* can do it.
--------------- Beats throwing money at a "bridge to nowhere". Posted by: junior at May 10, 2020 11:05 PM (/sKj3) Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 10, 2020 11:06 PM (jnM20) 330
How can I get this job?
Warner Bros apparently hired someone to count how many pies were thrown during the pie fight in The Great Race. https://youtu.be/RCneye8GuSo Posted by: Anna Puma at May 10, 2020 11:06 PM (1WlyI) 331
I realized today that she is a person who brings nothing but unpleasantness to my life.
Good bye, Sher. Posted by: Ladyl at May 10, 2020 10:50 PM (TdMsT) That sucks. Seems to be a lot of that going around lately. Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 10, 2020 11:06 PM (NWiLs) 332
>>I desperately, passionately want you to be right.
Trump has been tweeting OBAMAGATE today. It's also trending number 1 on twitter. I just might be. Posted by: JackStraw at May 10, 2020 11:07 PM (ZLI7S) 333
Oil exploration maybe?
The oil is a long, long way from that crossing point. The significant Russian oil in that part of the world is on Sakhalin Island, which is transported by tanker to Japan, which is right next to Sakhalin. Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 10, 2020 11:07 PM (I2/tG) 334
Beats throwing money at a "bridge to nowhere".
Posted by: junior at May 10, 2020 11:05 PM (/sKj3) +++++++++++++ It basically *would* be a bridge to nowhere. Just a damned impressive one. Remember, it's only hubris if you fail! Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 10, 2020 11:07 PM (49vFo) 335
Joe Mannix: maybe as a warm-up to going back to the moon? :-)
Muldoon: what you describe, sounds to me like how I remember Pacific Coast Highway in Big Sur in 1983. Good grief that drive scared the sh!t out of me. At least my dad would slow down quite a bit going downhill, but as a result it took what felt like forever to get back to solid ground. Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 11:07 PM (L2ZTs) 336
You modern people with your fancy schmancy bridges and ferries.
In our day we had to swim from Siberia to Alaska, uphill the whole way! Posted by: Zombie Clovis at May 10, 2020 11:07 PM (l3+k2) 337
@325 Let the shutdowns go on another couple of months, and you're going to have mass psychiatric casualties.
------------------ Willie Brown published a piece in the SF Chronicle basically saying that it doesn't matter what Governor Newsome thinks or says. The public is going to open the state back up, one way or another. Posted by: junior at May 10, 2020 11:08 PM (/sKj3) 338
Recently I've had an opportunity to participate in appointments that should be held in person rather than online.
-------- I was in yet another Zoom meeting today. I've been pondering buying some glycerin, and drooling it onto my face, so that I look like Val Kilmer in 'Tombstone', while he is having one of his tuberculosis bouts. Throw in a few dry coughs into a wadded handkerchief. Participant: "Holy crap, Mike! You okay?!" MH: "Yeah, sure *cough* *cough*. It's just a little warm in here, that's all. *cough* cough*" Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 10, 2020 11:08 PM (GBHAb) 339
I was a hard decision, because the friendship is so old (age 6), but it was necessary.
Posted by: Ladyl at May 10, 2020 11:05 PM (TdMsT) I am sure that was not an easy decision, but I am also sure it was a wise one on your part! Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 10, 2020 11:08 PM (jnM20) 340
247 I'm sorry to hear about the conclusion of a once enriching friendship, Ladyl
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 10, 2020 10:51 PM (49vFo) Thank you, Joe. Posted by: Ladyl at May 10, 2020 11:08 PM (TdMsT) 341
He demands it be recharacterized as physical distancing . Why? Seems that there have been six times the wuflu deaths recorded in... suicides.
Anyone seeing this statistic? People need people. Telling them to keep away is killing them. Keep your physical distance, perhaps. No contact? Sure death. Posted by: Derak at May 10, 2020 11:01 PM (BMFHr) I would like to see that statistic. A women a grew up around the corner from, a good friend of my sister, committed suicide a few weeks ago. Her husband died about two years ago form a massive heart attack, and she had a son die from cancer about 5 years ago. Alone, depressed, alcohol , and the wrong pills is a bad combination. Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at May 10, 2020 11:09 PM (Rz2Nc) 342
I was a hard decision, because the friendship is so old (age 6), but it was necessary.
Posted by: Ladyl at May 10, 2020 11:05 PM (TdMsT) After all, a relationship you have had for 23 years... Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 10, 2020 11:09 PM (jnM20) 343
Poppins: Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser. I would love to grab one, throw a cooler and a suitcase in the back and hit the road.
https://tinyurl.com/yau46jxr I was thinking sedan, then clicked. That's a mighty sweet station wagon! Roomy! Reminds me of a teenage years reflection I had today -- I discovered that one actually can get a lot of it on in a Mustang, with some bodily contortion, but I often longed for an old road hog with bench seats....
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If we're gonna engage a basically pointless engineering exercise to connect Alaska with Russia, it is to prove that it can be done. Why? Because we want to. To prove it can be done. To prove that *we* can do it.
Such a route serves effectively no purpose, it would just be to show off. You don't show off by shunting cars onto a boat. You show off by driving over an inhospitable sea full of ice floes in your car on a ribbon of concrete that needn't exist but does because of the wild ambition of its designers and builders. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 10, 2020 11:02 PM (49vFo) If I wanted to drive to Russia, I'd be able to do a lot sooner if a Ferry service were set up, than to wait for decades on the construction of a bridge. Build the highways, build the ferry slips, and then let the increasing traffic demand spur construction of a bridge in the future. A bridge to Vancouver Island is much more do-able, and would benefit more people. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2020 11:10 PM (LZcDP) 345
Ladyl, that is too bad. It sounds to me like she wanted someone to abuse and scream at.
Let her go. Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 11:10 PM (L2ZTs) 346
147 {{{{Ladyl}}}}
Did you get a tennis fix in today, I hope? Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 10, 2020 10:34 PM (jnM20) I did play this morning! It was wonderful! Posted by: Ladyl at May 10, 2020 11:10 PM (TdMsT) 347
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I still remember the Mt St Helens eruption somewhat. The coverage at the time resembled today's CV19 coverage a little bit, I think. I went there a few years after and it still looked like a giant combed the trees down. Amazing to see so much forest knocked down like that. Posted by: dartist at May 10, 2020 11:10 PM (K22Va) 348
>>Not one high level official will be convicted let alone serve prison time.
Put those goal posts down. Indictments is the bet. After that it's Vegas. Posted by: JackStraw at May 10, 2020 11:11 PM (ZLI7S) 349
I was a hard decision, because the friendship is so old (age 6), but it was necessary.
Posted by: Ladyl at May 10, 2020 11:05 PM (TdMsT) That's rough, sorry that happened. Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at May 10, 2020 11:11 PM (Rz2Nc) 350
hugs, LadyL
Posted by: vmom here's Gen Flynn's book at May 10, 2020 11:12 PM (G546f) Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 10, 2020 11:12 PM (aKsyK) 352
In our day we had to swim from Siberia to Alaska, uphill the whole way!
I met a guy in Portland who kayaked from Alaska to Siberia right after the USSR fell. No visa, no nothing. The nonplussed Russian border guards jailed him for three days, and then shipped him back to Alaska. Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 10, 2020 11:12 PM (I2/tG) 353
You modern people with your fancy schmancy bridges and ferries.
In our day we had to swim from Siberia to Alaska, uphill the whole way! Posted by: Zombie Clovis at May 10, 2020 11:07 PM (l3+k2) I can see Fascism inside my own house! Posted by: Tina Fey at May 10, 2020 11:12 PM (2N7oZ) 354
A bridge to Vancouver Island is much more do-able, and would benefit more people.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2020 11:10 PM (LZcDP) +++++++++++++++ Oh, to be sure. The entire idea of bridging the Bering Strait is preposterous and completely ridiculous. The only reason to do it is for bragging rights. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 10, 2020 11:12 PM (49vFo) 355
That sucks. Seems to be a lot of that going around lately.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 10, 2020 11:06 PM (NWiLs) The phrase "Rectification of Names" comes to mind! Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 10, 2020 11:12 PM (jnM20) 356
That sucks. Seems to be a lot of that going around lately. Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 10, 2020 11:06 PM (NWiLs There sure is, {{{Insom}}}. It's sad. I let the unpleasantness for on for a number of years. I don't regret ending the relationship. I hope you had a glorious week! Posted by: Ladyl at May 10, 2020 11:13 PM (TdMsT) 357
At Iran's Navy exercise: "Jamaran" destroyer mistakenly has shot and sank Kenarak frigate, killing more than 40.
I dropped a bomb on me own lot... Posted by: Capt. Baldrick Al Dogsbody at May 10, 2020 11:13 PM (7s3Gx) 358
Oh, to be sure. The entire idea of bridging the Bering Strait is preposterous and completely ridiculous. The only reason to do it is for bragging rights.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) Okay you talked me into it! I'll do it!!! Posted by: Elon Musk at May 10, 2020 11:13 PM (L2ZTs) 359
311 I remember taking the Chunnel in the mid 1990s when it was pretty much brand new. The train still had to go slow in the UK because their tracks would only allow a certain speed. Once you hit France you could fly. Also, I recall the changeover with even basic trains from France to Italy near Menton. It was night and day really. The point is you are always at the mercy of infrastructure.
i am not poo pooing this idea. But I wonder what is so pressing between the most extreme areas of AK and the far flung areas of Russia. Sure new relations and trade could develop I guess. But I wonder if this is an idea searching for a demand. Posted by: Quint at May 10, 2020 11:01 PM (hHxp2) I took the Chunnel the first time in 2013 from St. Pancras to Gare-Nord. Once we hit Folkestone the thing really took off. 20 minutes from end to end. I think the idea is a more romantic one than a practical one. Since ever, Russia has exported raw materials, not finished goods. The constant American whining over how "we don't make anything anymore" notwithstanding, the manufacturing economy of the United States is still bigger than many countries, and I'd be willing to bet just that one segment alone dwarfs Russia's. The United States exports all sorts of things. Russia? Their big thing 150-160 years ago was wheat, and it all went to Europe. Then the United States went full throttle in the business of wheat after the Civil War and flooded Europe with cheaper wheat, as did Canada and Argentina, with disastrous consequences for Russia. (Their drive for industrialization in the early 1900s was an attempt to diversify the economy.) Now? Substitute "wheat" for "oil" and you have Russia today. If they weren't exporting oil and gas, they'd have nothing to offer, more or less. The only manufacture I can think of off the top of my head in heavy demand would be their arms industry. So, what would be the benefit to both countries of a bridge from AK to Russia? Not much, not for the price tag involved. When the UK and France built the Chunnel, the infrastructures of both countries were geared to travel back and forth across the English Channel/Le Manche, and both countries have much to offer the other. Relatively little had to be done to connect the two countries because in truth they were already connected by ferries and hovercraft, and all the Chunnel really amounted to was building a new option. Between the U.S. and Russia, there isn't even a bridge or road connecting the Diomedes. And nothing leads to them. There would have to be an explosion of economic activity on both sides there to make a bridge between AK and Russia tempting and economically practical. It may be practical from an engineering standpoint, but if there is scarcely any trade going on there, the Dismal Science will have its way as usual. Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 10, 2020 11:13 PM (ejsiI) 360
> Beats throwing money at a "bridge to nowhere".
It wasn't a "bridge to nowhere" though. It was from the island that Ketchikan, Alaska is on to the island that the Ketchikan Airport is on. Almost no one lives on the island with the airport, true enough, but it's not "nowhere", by any means. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 10, 2020 11:13 PM (mNq/0) 361
Thank you, Vmom and Evasiveboat.
Posted by: Ladyl at May 10, 2020 11:14 PM (TdMsT) 362
Incidentally, the lawmaker who tweeted the profanity in response to his announcement is the sponsor of AB5, the anti-gig work law that recently went into effect.
Posted by: junior at May 10, 2020 10:33 PM (/sKj3) Figures it was Lorena Sanchez, sister to congress-space-occupier Loretta Sanchez. Both of them together don't have a room temperature IQ, but they keep getting re-elected for their amazing ability to be Hispanic Posted by: kbdabear at May 10, 2020 11:14 PM (qAR6u) 363
I did play this morning! It was wonderful!
Posted by: Ladyl at May 10, 2020 11:10 PM (TdMsT) Most excellent. Glad that worked out for you! Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 10, 2020 11:15 PM (jnM20) 364
off Tesla sock
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 11:15 PM (L2ZTs) 365
> I met a guy in Portland who kayaked from Alaska to Siberia right after the USSR fell. No visa, no nothing.
Alaska Natives were doing that all through the Cold War, seeing as how most of them had relatives on both sides of the Bering Strait. They just didn't bother worrying their respective governments pretty little heads about it. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 10, 2020 11:15 PM (mNq/0) Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 10, 2020 11:15 PM (I2/tG) 367
Thank you, QDPsteve.
Posted by: Ladyl at May 10, 2020 11:15 PM (TdMsT) 368
I suddenly want a Super Toe again.
You slammed his head with your fist and he kicked the football. Even came with shitty field goal posts which barely stood up. Posted by: jsg at May 10, 2020 11:16 PM (SrH+7) 369
There sure is, {{{Insom}}}. It's sad. I let the unpleasantness for on for a number of years. I don't regret ending the relationship.
I hope you had a glorious week! Posted by: Ladyl at May 10, 2020 11:13 PM (TdMsT) No regerts! It was busy and productive, so quite good! Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 10, 2020 11:16 PM (NWiLs) 370
> So, what would be the benefit to both countries of a bridge from AK to Russia? Not much, not for the price tag involved.
Well, there's always the reason that the Alaska Highway was built in the first place. Pooty-poot might be glad to have it, should the ChiComs decide to get frisky in a northern direction. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 10, 2020 11:16 PM (mNq/0) 371
General Flynn is just the start. This is going to be epic.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 10, 2020 10:56 PM (ZLI7S) Jack, question for you. I've been on the sidelines mostly, as you continue to white knight Rosenstein. Today, Trump retweeted many pieces (mainly by Andy McCarthy) taking aim at Rosenstein's complicity/ineptness/etc on the whole thing. It seems that Trump does not share your views on this topic. Comments? Posted by: GnuBreed at May 10, 2020 11:16 PM (Z4rgH) 372
Ladyl, Sorry to hear about your BFF.
That's hard. My best friend and I are still close after 40 plus years. He does not like Trump, but it's strictly a personality issue. We've been hollering back and forth about the stupid mask thing. He also lost his job because of this bullshit. But, aside from not liking Trump, he is totally on our side of this shit storm. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Clown Prince of Dumbness at May 10, 2020 11:16 PM (x8Wzq) 373
The phrase "Rectification of Names" comes to mind!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 10, 2020 11:12 PM (jnM20) Barky lurves him some rectification. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2020 11:17 PM (LZcDP) 374
a lot of relationships go on simply by inertia. Some people are friends because they are friends if you will. There is nothing inherently good about ending a friendship per se, but sometimes those relationships have no meaning other than their existence. I know I have had some relationships with even relatives that I truly wonder today why they exist. At some point you have to be getting something out of it or it is a waste. When I say getting something out of it, there has to be a level of enjoyment, a point where some happiness is involved.
this has nothing to do wight Ladyl's situation in particular as I have not read up thread. This is really about me and some things i have been thinking about for some time. Posted by: Quint at May 10, 2020 11:17 PM (hHxp2) 375
Speaking of Musicians, Lyrics and ..
Well, here's my question: When does Backwards Boy return from that damned "time out"? I don't care 'bout 'oo pissed off 'oo. Shit happens. But Good Morons are valued here, and he's a Good Moron. Encore, Backwards Boy. Encore! Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at May 10, 2020 11:18 PM (QzJWU) 376
>>>I call BS on this. No one in the US media knows what a thesaurus is, let alone how to use one.
I'll take it one further: In my experience, no reporter -- let alone editor -- knows how (or bothers) to use spell check. Posted by: Dr. Varno at May 10, 2020 11:18 PM (vuisn) 377
Barky lurves him some rectification.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2020 11:17 PM (LZcDP) Yep. No surprise anal otters in his home. Posted by: RickZ at May 10, 2020 11:19 PM (Y8PSl) 378
354 A bridge to Vancouver Island is much more do-able, and would benefit more people.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2020 11:10 PM (LZcDP) +++++++++++++++ Oh, to be sure. The entire idea of bridging the Bering Strait is preposterous and completely ridiculous. The only reason to do it is for bragging rights. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 10, 2020 11:12 PM (49vFo) Another consideration: It is ridiculously easy to visit the United States. (Perhaps too easy but that's another discussion for another time.) Depending on what country you are from the tourist visas are easy enough to come by. Check out Russia's visa regime sometime. It's not like, say, France, where you show up, and an Immigration official stamps your passport, and the Customs officials won't even look at you. (Only the Dutch officials even bothered to ask me questions coming and going. The first time I entered the UK I got grilled at the border.) The political obstacles to the trade needed to justify a bridge are something else. It wouldn't be a simple trip across the Ambassador Bridge, I can tell you that, from what I know about Russia. Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 10, 2020 11:19 PM (ejsiI) 379
This Elon Musk is getting more interesting to me. I
always assumed he was a left for reasons. But lately he seems to be calling out statist fascists. I don't follow the guy a bit but something is going on. Posted by: Quint at May 10, 2020 10:11 PM (hHxp2) What makes the Elon guard his Musk? Courage! Posted by: Cowardly Lion at May 10, 2020 11:20 PM (2N7oZ) 380
At Iran's Navy exercise: "Jamaran" destroyer mistakenly has shot and sank Kenarak frigate, killing more than 40.
Mahmood: Muhuumed! You have sunk one of our own! Muhuumed: Yes, Mahmood, but that was a really good shot, you must admit!
Posted by: mindful webworker 381
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General Flynn is just the start. This is going to be epic. I hope Trump hits them even harder than he normally would. Posted by: dartist at May 10, 2020 11:21 PM (K22Va) 382
I'll take it one further: In my experience, no reporter -- let alone editor -- knows how (or bothers) to use spell check.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at May 10, 2020 11:18 PM (vuisn I'd argue there are no editors anymore. My parents were very big on correct spelling and grammar and word usage. Time was when they would tell me the media was the go-to place to see and hear and read how the language was to be used properly. No more. I follow some media FB pages and the grammar mistakes they make are cringeworthy. Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 10, 2020 11:22 PM (ejsiI) 383
I've about had it with people saying they've had it.
If you're fed up and have had it, you don't go in to Facebook and say "I've had it". You instead suffer a psychotic snap and everyone else witnessing your rampage says "Damn, looks like that dude has had enough of this bullshit". I'd like to see more psychotic snaps. I think it's cathartic. Or as Barney Fife would say, it's ther-a-pet-ic. Posted by: Bitter Clinger at May 10, 2020 11:24 PM (zAjYk) Posted by: parker at May 10, 2020 11:24 PM (fEYrO) 385
Posted by: Ladyl at May 10, 2020 11:14 PM (TdMsT)
Is tennis open now? Golf, fishing, and boating was never stopped. It seems tennis should be ok. Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at May 10, 2020 11:24 PM (Rz2Nc) 386
321 Have driven that road many times. Never failed to make me pucker up, especially southbound when you feel like your off-side tires are hanging off the edge of the cliff and there is no guardrail.
Posted by: Muldoon at May 10, 2020 10:54 PM (Fc5rx) * * * * I hear you, brother. Riding with a school mate one spring (and thank God he was driving, not I) and we lost brakes on the downhill into Ouray. He was cool as a cucumber, and I was riding shotgun and praying my heart out. We made it safely, thanks to his nerves of steel and a manual brake. Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 10, 2020 11:04 PM (WFcrO) So praying works? Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 10, 2020 11:24 PM (aA3+G) 387
So praying works?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Especially the prayers that start "Holy Shit" Posted by: Miklos, SJ at May 10, 2020 11:26 PM (QzkSJ) 388
373 The phrase "Rectification of Names" comes to mind!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 10, 2020 11:12 PM (jnM20) Barky lurves him some rectification. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2020 11:17 PM (LZcDP) So thats the new word for anal sex? Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 10, 2020 11:26 PM (aA3+G) 389
372 Ladyl, Sorry to hear about your BFF.
That's hard. My best friend and I are still close after 40 plus years. He does not like Trump, but it's strictly a personality issue. We've been hollering back and forth about the stupid mask thing. He also lost his job because of this bullshit. But, aside from not liking Trump, he is totally on our side of this shit storm. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Clown Prince of Dumbness at May 10, 2020 11:16 PM (x8Wzq) Political discussions were never a big part our friendship. She became much more politically outspoken after the election, but some unpleasant behavior had begun occurring several years before that. I guess it is true that everything has a season, and the season of our friendship is over. Posted by: Ladyl at May 10, 2020 11:26 PM (TdMsT) 390
I'm not entirely sure, but I think a thesaurus is like a spice store, it's where you find cinnamons.
Posted by: Muldoon at May 10, 2020 11:27 PM (Fc5rx) 391
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 10, 2020 11:13 PM (ejsiI)
great info there and I agree in total. You really can't underestimate Russia if you study their history. That sounds like a shot as they do have an amazing history. But no way they are known for producing finished goods. The Chunnel was a great improvement really. But the Brits and French had to markedly improve their internal train lines for it to even matter. I remember when it took at least six to eight hours to travel from London to Paris if not by plane. The trains were slow and then you had to take a ferry. If you were lucky and the sea was calm, you could take a hovercraft. And then just like that, you had the Chunnel. and it was closer to three hours. The funny thing is, when I first took it, the train cars were empty. People were not sold on the thing at all. Posted by: Quint at May 10, 2020 11:27 PM (hHxp2) 392
So praying works?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Especially the prayers that start "Holy Shit" Posted by: Miklos, SJ at May 10, 2020 11:26 PM (QzkSJ) That's why so many trucks and SUVs have Jesus handles. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Clown Prince of Dumbness at May 10, 2020 11:27 PM (x8Wzq) 393
I had one of the worst mothers in the world. She was bi-polar, narcissistic personality disorder. I survived beatings, broken bones, narrowly escaped being killed by kitchen knives twice. I vowed if I ever had children I would be different. My children would know they were loved. Today I got to see my daughters family and hug my grands, we skyped with my other daughter and her family and I even got cards from my sons in law thanking me for being mom to them too. I have done well and I know how blessed I am.
Posted by: Abby at May 10, 2020 11:27 PM (4TJz+) 394
Even some folks at WaPo apparently feel the mask enforcement has gotten out of hand. (Link to WaPo)
Officer slams woman to the floor during arrest over mask https://tinyurl.com/y9t8slkd Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 11:28 PM (L2ZTs) 395
Abby, good news :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 11:29 PM (L2ZTs) 396
hey everyone! finally heard back from the vet surgeon - my big floof made it just fine, they said his stomach was great after they untwisted it, no resection needed.
he did great! thanks for prayers! Posted by: WolfsCaptiveBlackOrchid at May 10, 2020 11:29 PM (j9HX3) Posted by: Slapweasel at May 10, 2020 11:29 PM (Ckg4U) 398
385 Posted by: Ladyl at May 10, 2020 11:14 PM (TdMsT)
Is tennis open now? Golf, fishing, and boating was never stopped. It seems tennis should be ok. Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at May 10, 2020 11:24 PM (Rz2Nc) No! And it's just ridiculous. There are only two locations in central Ohio that have nets up, and you can wait for hours for a court. There was never any reason to stop people from playing tennis. It's not a contact sport. I'm furious about it. Posted by: Ladyl at May 10, 2020 11:29 PM (TdMsT) 399
Posted by: Abby at May 10, 2020 11:27 PM (4TJz+)
..... Very cool. Break the cycle. Happy Mom's Day! Posted by: Bitter Clinger at May 10, 2020 11:29 PM (zAjYk) 400
he did great! thanks for prayers! Posted by: WolfsCaptiveBlackOrchid at May 10, 2020 11:29 PM (j9HX3) Thank God! Posted by: Ladyl at May 10, 2020 11:30 PM (TdMsT) 401
I'm not entirely sure, but I think a thesaurus is like a spice store, it's where you find cinnamons.
Posted by: Muldoon at May 10, 2020 11:27 PM (Fc5rx) I have no thyme for these puns. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Clown Prince of Dumbness at May 10, 2020 11:30 PM (x8Wzq) 402
i will look into it as this is the first i have heard of it. Obviously we are talking another level but there are bridges that at least come close to that. Some of the bridges in LA are pretty damn long over those swamps.
Posted by: Quint at May 10, 2020 10:46 PM (hHxp2) THat's over swamps, not an arctic ocean in an active seismic zone. Posted by: Fox2! at May 10, 2020 11:30 PM (qyH+l) 403
... There was never any reason to stop people from playing tennis. It's not a contact sport. ... Posted by: Ladyl at May 10, 2020 11:29 PM (TdMsT) ++++++++++++++++ Do you enjoy it? Yes? Then it shall be banned. To don't try to rise above your station, prole. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 10, 2020 11:31 PM (49vFo) 404
Muldoon, no.
A thesaurus was a bookish dinosaur. Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 11:31 PM (L2ZTs) 405
Evening.
If one we're to build a bridge between Alaska and Russia, where would a traveler stop to pee? Also, does anyone know any good pick-up lines to use on Amish girls? I gotta be up early. Night. Posted by: Robert at May 10, 2020 11:31 PM (1Yy3c) 406
Our local golf course opened up just recently for play. They were closed down through this whole thing and even had a truck at the front of the property to keep people out. I don't think there have been any government all clears. i think they just decided making money is better than not making money after a couple of months.
Posted by: Quint at May 10, 2020 11:31 PM (hHxp2) 407
384 I sent flowers to the 3 sweet women who birthed my 5 children
What am I: knave or fool? Posted by: parker at May 10, 2020 11:24 PM (fEYrO) Depends. If they're ex-wives, you're definitely a fool. Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 10, 2020 11:31 PM (NWiLs) 408
393 I had one of the worst mothers in the world. She was bi-polar, narcissistic personality disorder. I survived beatings, broken bones, narrowly escaped being killed by kitchen knives twice. I vowed if I ever had children I would be different. My children would know they were loved. Today I got to see my daughters family and hug my grands, we skyped with my other daughter and her family and I even got cards from my sons in law thanking me for being mom to them too. I have done well and I know how blessed I am.
Posted by: Abby at May 10, 2020 11:27 PM (4TJz+) Abby, you are amazing. I'm sorry you had a terrible childhood, but you survived and prevailed and are adored by your family. Posted by: Ladyl at May 10, 2020 11:32 PM (TdMsT) 409
THat's over swamps, not an arctic ocean in an active seismic zone.
Posted by: Fox2! at May 10, 2020 11:30 PM (qyH+l) yes. Posted by: Quint at May 10, 2020 11:32 PM (hHxp2) 410
WolfsCaptiveBlackOrchid - Good news indeed!
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 10, 2020 11:32 PM (mLizQ) 411
I'm not entirely sure, but I think a thesaurus is like a spice store, it's where you find cinnamons.
Posted by: Muldoon at May 10, 2020 11:27 PM (Fc5rx) I have no thyme for these puns. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Clown Prince of Dumbness at May 10, 2020 11:30 PM (x8Wzq) ..... We had a store like that, it was all spice. Unfortunately it's been cloved down during the pandemic. Posted by: Bitter Clinger at May 10, 2020 11:33 PM (zAjYk) 412
>>Jack, question for you. I've been on the sidelines mostly, as you continue to white knight Rosenstein.
>>Today, Trump retweeted many pieces (mainly by Andy McCarthy) taking aim at Rosenstein's complicity/ineptness/etc on the whole thing. >>It seems that Trump does not share your views on this topic. >>Comments? Well first I don't white knight for anyone. I look at facts not opinions. I won't pretend to understand Trump's twitter. And I think McCarthy is either institutionally biasds or a dullard since he has been behind this story for the first 3 years. Great that he's finally woken up. Go look at what happened during the first few weeks of May in 2017. Remember what was going on then when Russia collusion dominated the country and Trump was on shaky ground. And then you explain why Rosenstein wrote the letter that justified Comey's firing. You explain why he took the investigations McCabe opened away from him because he knew he was corrupt and managed Mueller until Trump was exonerated. You explain why Barr asked him to delay his retirement until after Mueller was done and then he agreed with Barr and helped insure that Trump was cleared of all 10 charges of obstruction Weismann brought. At some point all those questions have to be answered too. Posted by: JackStraw at May 10, 2020 11:33 PM (ZLI7S) Posted by: Miklos, quasi-promising at May 10, 2020 11:33 PM (QzkSJ) 414
Thirst!
Posted by: redc1c4 at May 10, 2020 11:34 PM (dlZr1) Posted by: parker at May 10, 2020 11:34 PM (fEYrO) 416
There was never any reason to stop people from playing tennis. It's not a contact sport.
... Posted by: Ladyl at May 10, 2020 11:29 PM (TdMsT The theory was that players were all handling the same tennis balls. ( I was going to just say balls but I know you morons) Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at May 10, 2020 11:35 PM (2DOZq) 417
> THat's over swamps, not an arctic ocean in an active seismic zone.
Los Angeles is far more of an active seismic zone than the Bering Strait. Alaska: big. Really big. Really. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 10, 2020 11:35 PM (mNq/0) 418
>>> 196 You want to know how they know/suspect that chloroquine will work?
Because it was first used (to great effect) back in 2002-2003 when the first SARS epidemic barreled through. That is now referred to as SARS-1. And is no longer seen, FWIW. The Woohoo Flu is referred to as SARS-2/COVID19. Posted by: Teresa in Forth Worth, Texas at April, 07 2020 04:44 PM (OuZMr) I found this comment while putzing around. I wasn't paying that close attention in 2003 so I don't remember this, but you'd think our Top.Men. in gubmint would, and therefore would not be so quick to dismiss the use of chloroquine for SARS 2 as "anecdotal". Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 10, 2020 11:35 PM (0ReGO) Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 10, 2020 11:35 PM (49vFo) 420
Also, does anyone know any good pick-up lines to use on Amish girls?
"Y'got sexy milkmaid thumbs" "Then just degrade her and talk dirty cuz that's what all women really want" Posted by: Joe "partin hair in the middle" Biden at May 10, 2020 11:36 PM (YDypR) 421
We'll hold them at bay.
Posted by: Miklos, quasi-promising Stop trying to curry favor. It's unbecoming. Posted by: Blutarski at May 10, 2020 11:36 PM (VNfwt) 422
The theory was that players were all handling the same tennis balls. ( I was going to just say balls but I know you morons) Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at May 10, 2020 11:35 PM (2DOZq) But the virus doesn't survive on fabric! Posted by: Ladyl at May 10, 2020 11:36 PM (TdMsT) 423
can't spell Obamagate without MAGA
Posted by: vmom here's Gen Flynn's book at May 10, 2020 11:37 PM (G546f) 424
At some point all those questions have to be answered too.
Proposed answer-Rosenstein is a finger in the wind shitweasel, and was inconsistent due to perception of changing winds Posted by: Miklos, opinionator at May 10, 2020 11:37 PM (QzkSJ) 425
I suppose if you built a bridge that long you could just make a very wide shoulder and people could stop and piss off the side, right?
Women would have to keep a funnel handy, I guess. Now where to poop is the main question. Okay, okay, I'm really off now. Posted by: Robert at May 10, 2020 11:37 PM (1Yy3c) 426
Stop trying to curry favor. It's unbecoming.
Posted by: Blutarski at May 10, 2020 11:36 PM (VNfwt) --------- That wasn't anise comment at all. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 10, 2020 11:37 PM (cuKeo) Posted by: Miklos, with diminished uncertainty at May 10, 2020 11:38 PM (QzkSJ) 428
No!
And it's just ridiculous. There are only two locations in central Ohio that have nets up, and you can wait for hours for a court. There was never any reason to stop people from playing tennis. It's not a contact sport. I'm furious about it. Posted by: Ladyl at May 10, 2020 11:29 PM (TdMsT) I'm fairly certain our nets are up, I have bolt cutters, our sheriff has declared lock down over. I'll double check, about 90 minute drive for you though. Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at May 10, 2020 11:38 PM (Rz2Nc) 429
After California destroyed every company that could manufactuer the steel in the state....they build their $1/$6 billion Bay Bridge with Chinese steel ,,, and ignored concerns with it's quality.
Posted by: torabora at May 10, 2020 11:38 PM (Y274z) 430
>>Proposed answer-Rosenstein is a finger in the wind shitweasel, and was inconsistent due to perception of changing winds
Then at worst he's an average government employee. Posted by: JackStraw at May 10, 2020 11:38 PM (ZLI7S) 431
427 Stop trying to curry favor. It's unbecoming.
Posted by: Blutarski Sage advice. Posted by: Miklos, with diminished uncertainty at May 10, 2020 11:38 PM (QzkSJ) And the hits just keep on cumin. Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 10, 2020 11:39 PM (NWiLs) Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 10, 2020 11:39 PM (mNq/0) 433
I have done well and I know how blessed I am.
Posted by: Abby at May 10, 2020 11:27 PM (4TJz+) i had one of the best mothers imaginable. It is easy to go too far and at some point it is adulation but I would be lying to describe it otherwise. I was lucky and I guess you were not in that case. But whenever you hear about people who come from bad situations, you hear they either do not recover or make it worse. Then there is the group that strives to do better, to be better than what they got. It seems that is what you did, and good on ya. I think the idea of this whole thing is to do better than the previous generation. It seems you did that in spades. Happy Mother's Day. Posted by: Quint at May 10, 2020 11:39 PM (hHxp2) 434
420 Also, does anyone know any good pick-up lines to use on Amish girls?
...... I don't know about a barn raising, but you're doing wonders for my silo. Posted by: Bitter Clinger at May 10, 2020 11:39 PM (zAjYk) 435
#428 The reason they shut down Tennis is because the players can't stay six feet apart.
Yes they are that stupid. Posted by: torabora at May 10, 2020 11:40 PM (Y274z) 436
I'm fairly certain our nets are up, I have bolt cutters, our sheriff has declared lock down over. I'll double check, about 90 minute drive for you though. Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at May 10, 2020 11:38 PM (Rz2Nc) Unfortunately, the courts are open but the nets are gone. Posted by: Ladyl at May 10, 2020 11:40 PM (TdMsT) 437
> I suppose if you built a bridge that long you could just make a very wide shoulder and people could stop and piss off the side, right?
Port-a-potties off the side of the road, dumping straight into the Straight. The king crabs would love it. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 10, 2020 11:40 PM (mNq/0) 438
Stop trying to curry favor. It's unbecoming.
Posted by: Blutarski Sage advice. Posted by: Miklos, with diminished uncertainty at May 10, 2020 11:38 PM (QzkSJ) thyme out. Posted by: Quint at May 10, 2020 11:41 PM (hHxp2) 439
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I'm fairly certain our nets are up, I have bolt cutters, our sheriff has declared lock down over. I'll double check, about 90 minute drive for you though. Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at May 10, 2020 11:38 PM (Rz2Nc) Oh--you mean bring players up to your area. That's not a bad idea! Posted by: Ladyl at May 10, 2020 11:41 PM (TdMsT) 440
Amish girl pickup lines:
I really like your udders. What else can you milk? That silly hat is cute. Posted by: parker at May 10, 2020 11:41 PM (fEYrO) 441
Then at worst he's an average government employee.
Posted by: JackStraw Yes, but average government employees don't sign FISA warrants. Posted by: Miklos, with great power comes no responsibility at May 10, 2020 11:41 PM (QzkSJ) 442
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I'm fairly certain our nets are up, I have bolt cutters, our sheriff has declared lock down over. I'll double check, about 90 minute drive for you though. Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at May 10, 2020 11:38 PM (Rz2Nc) Unfortunately, the courts are open but the nets are gone. Posted by: Ladyl at May 10, 2020 11:40 PM (TdMsT) Play like an economist. Assume a net. Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 10, 2020 11:41 PM (NWiLs) 443
Unfortunately, the courts are open but the nets are gone.
Posted by: Ladyl at May 10, 2020 11:40 PM (TdMsT) I can buy nets, made in USA all the better. Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at May 10, 2020 11:42 PM (Rz2Nc) 444
>>> 442 436
I'm fairly certain our nets are up, I have bolt cutters, our sheriff has declared lock down over. I'll double check, about 90 minute drive for you though. Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at May 10, 2020 11:38 PM (Rz2Nc) Unfortunately, the courts are open but the nets are gone. Posted by: Ladyl at May 10, 2020 11:40 PM (TdMsT) Play like an economist. Assume a net. Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 10, 2020 11:41 PM (NWiLs) Is the net spherical? Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 10, 2020 11:42 PM (0ReGO) 445
384 I sent flowers to the 3 sweet women who birthed my 5 children
What am I: knave or fool? Posted by: parker at May 10, 2020 11:24 PM (fEYrO) ************* Broke Posted by: torabora at May 10, 2020 11:42 PM (Y274z) 446
294 The baby on the left is the schlemiel and the baby on the right is the schlemazel.
Posted by: San Franpsycho I almost asked what the terms mean (I'm vaguely familiar, more with schlemiel), then *forehead smack* duh! there's the picture!
Posted by: mindful webworker 447
>>Yes, but average government employees don't sign FISA warrants.
When was the 5th renewal signed? Posted by: JackStraw at May 10, 2020 11:43 PM (ZLI7S) 448
I would like to dapple in your scrapple.
Posted by: Quint at May 10, 2020 11:43 PM (hHxp2) 449
Oh--you mean bring players up to your area. That's not a bad idea!
Posted by: Ladyl at May 10, 2020 11:41 PM (TdMsT) YES! I'll double check tomorrow. Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at May 10, 2020 11:44 PM (Rz2Nc) 450
445 384 I sent flowers to the 3 sweet women who birthed my 5 children
What am I: knave or fool? Posted by: parker at May 10, 2020 11:24 PM (fEYrO) ************* Broke Posted by: torabora at May 10, 2020 11:42 PM (Y274z) ---------- A guy who missed condom day in hygiene class? Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 10, 2020 11:44 PM (cuKeo) Posted by: Miklos, avid consumer of word-based information at May 10, 2020 11:44 PM (QzkSJ) 452
Rosenstein allowed Mueller to be lSpecial Counsel in spite of the overwhelming conflict of interest. That's all I need to know.
Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at May 10, 2020 11:45 PM (2DOZq) 453
I see things are getting spicy.
Reminds me of a girl I used to know, named Rosemary. A hot ginger, she was. I still rue the day she left me for some English guy named Basil. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 10, 2020 11:45 PM (mNq/0) Posted by: Miklos, whose wine has hints at May 10, 2020 11:46 PM (QzkSJ) 455
fine it should have been "dabble" "I was trying to rhyme, sue me.
Posted by: Quint at May 10, 2020 11:46 PM (hHxp2) 456
..A thesaurus was a bookish dinosaur.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 11:31 PM (L2ZTs) The Lickalottapus went extinct. Lesbian dinosaur didn't do dick. Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at May 10, 2020 11:47 PM (QzJWU) 457
Following Jack Posobiec's twitter thread, we currently have NY, NJ, PA, CA, MI, are states with shutdown-forever commie governors ...
WHO HAVE ALL BEEN SENDING COVID POSITIVE PATIENTS INTO NURSING HOMES. Posted by: Methos at May 10, 2020 11:48 PM (kOpft) 458
the day she left me for some English guy named Basil.
I would have had him offed by Col. Mustard. Posted by: Miklos, who, for the record, does not possess a candelabra (candelabrum?) at May 10, 2020 11:48 PM (QzkSJ) 459
Posted by: JackStraw at May 10, 2020 11:33 PM (ZLI7S)
Thank you Jack, that was a detailed response, point by point. And you raise questions I too cannot answer. And I don't trust McCarthy much farther than I can throw him. He has been spectacularly wrong before. At one point, he defended Comey as a straight shooter. Bzzzzt! Wrong answer! But, without quoting your lengthy reply, ole Rosie issued a second Mueller scope memo, now mostly unredacted, that we have seen for the first time. And it is NOT a good look for him. Nonetheless, I appreciate your response, and I will mostly watch from the sidelines as this shit sandwich continues to unfold. Posted by: GnuBreed at May 10, 2020 11:49 PM (Z4rgH) 460
I see things are getting spicy. Reminds me of a girl I used to know, named Rosemary. A hot ginger, she was. I still rue the day she left me for some English guy named Basil. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 10, 2020 11:45 PM (mNq/0) If you ever meet a Basil the guy is a Brit. But the name the really stands out to me is Simon. For some reason that is a common name in Britain but pretty much unheard or here. We all have Simon Says, but American's called Simon are rare as hen's teeth. Posted by: Quint at May 10, 2020 11:50 PM (hHxp2) Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 10, 2020 11:51 PM (pK7cg) 462
theaurus is the one true saurus of the era
However, therapist can refer to either Bill Clinton or Joe Biden Posted by: vmom here's Gen Flynn's book at May 10, 2020 11:52 PM (G546f) 463
Sorry you had a bad day, Mis Hum. Thanks for the ONT.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V at May 10, 2020 11:52 PM (HabA/) 464
The Brontosaurus was similar to the Thesaurus but he only read Bronte novels.
Posted by: Quint at May 10, 2020 11:52 PM (hHxp2) 465
453 I see things are getting spicy.
Reminds me of a girl I used to know, named Rosemary. A hot ginger, she was. I still rue the day she left me for some English guy named Basil. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 10, 2020 11:45 PM (mNq/0) Romance is hard. A girl named Pepper ghosted me. A girl from Alaska seemed promising, but she was baked all the time. Another had a great Boston butt, but she gave me the cold shoulder. Posted by: Splunge at May 10, 2020 11:52 PM (dOV9E) 466
> If you ever meet a Basil the guy is a Brit. But the name the really stands out to me is Simon.
Nigel is another common one. I've met Canadians named Simon, also, but I don't think I've ever met a Canadian named Nigel or Basil. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 10, 2020 11:53 PM (mNq/0) 467
And the hits just keep on cumin.
Posted by: Insomniac --- We're being peppered with them. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 10, 2020 11:51 PM (pK7cg) be happy you are not getting maced. Posted by: Quint at May 10, 2020 11:53 PM (hHxp2) 468
but American's called Simon are rare as hen's teeth.
Posted by: Quint at May 10, 2020 11:50 PM (hHxp2) Perhaps because of "simple Simon?" Actually, I like the name Simon. It's too bad it's so underused. Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V at May 10, 2020 11:53 PM (HabA/) 469
WHO HAVE ALL BEEN SENDING COVID POSITIVE PATIENTS INTO NURSING HOMES.
Correct. AND - all these states have restrictions on the use of HCQ Posted by: WolfsCaptiveBlackOrchid at May 10, 2020 11:54 PM (j9HX3) Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 11:54 PM (L2ZTs) 471
Splunge, you also gotta be on guard if your woman's from Texas. It probably ain't her first rodeo...
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 11:55 PM (L2ZTs) 472
Actually, I like the name Simon. It's too bad it's so underused.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V I think one of the Chipmunks was named Simon. The tall one. Not Alvin. Well, obviously not. Posted by: Blutarski at May 10, 2020 11:55 PM (VNfwt) 473
>>Nonetheless, I appreciate your response, and I will mostly watch from the sidelines as this shit sandwich continues to unfold.
No problem. I'm just another moron with too much time on my hands. Posted by: JackStraw at May 10, 2020 11:56 PM (ZLI7S) 474
That last kid picture?
Yeah, if the kid with the brush had wings? It could be Cherub painting Da Vinci for a change. Posted by: Romeo13 at May 10, 2020 11:56 PM (NgKpN) 475
It would be crazy easy to rig some temporary tennis nets.
A spool of suitably sized galvanized steel cable for the top. Cable-cutters (ordinary bolt cutters aren't right for this), and cable clamps. Get one side into the top eyebolt on the post upright, and wind a couple turns onto the winch on the other. Crank the winch, tighten the cable, clamp it down with at least three cable clamps. Bottom can be done with a length of rope with eye-splices on either end, and STRONG bungee cords around the lower posts, hooked into those eye splices. Drop clear Visqueen plastic sheeting down over the top cable, let it hang a couple inches lower than the bottom rope. Then, using clothesline, spiral "stitch" the bottom two edges of the Visqueen onto the bottom rope. Use a sharpened steel can to punch regularly spaced holes all across the Visqueen. It'll simulate a net, till a real net can be returned to it's rightful place And it'd be cheap. Welcome to the Guerilla Tennis League. ladyL, founder. Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at May 10, 2020 11:56 PM (QzJWU) 476
402 i will look into it as this is the first i have heard of it. Obviously we are talking another level but there are bridges that at least come close to that. Some of the bridges in LA are pretty damn long over those swamps.
Posted by: Quint at May 10, 2020 10:46 PM (hHxp2) THat's over swamps, not an arctic ocean in an active seismic zone. Posted by: Fox2! at May 10, 2020 11:30 PM (qyH+l) You stay the hell out of southern LA if you are a gephyrophobe. Sometimes when I had business in the FL Panhandle I'd fly to Houston and drive out there. A nine hour drive. (Why, you ask? To visit places I wanted to see in Houston and its environs, like a beloved range...) That meant (of course) at minimum a drive across the Atchafalaya Bridge on I-10, which is 18 miles long. If I wanted to go to NOLA (almost never did drive there especially if my goal was the FL Panhandle) that meant more miles of bridges, especially when I hit the I-55/I-10 interchange. But I usually stayed north of Lake Pontchartrain and took I-12 to Sildell, and hit I-10 there. Those swamps have to be engineering nightmares. Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 10, 2020 11:57 PM (ejsiI) 477
Fucking Simon, always thought we had to do what he says.
Posted by: Alvin at May 10, 2020 11:57 PM (l3+k2) 478
>>> Tesla is the last carmaker left in California
I did not know there was a car company in California. Musk is growing on me too. Almost like the guy grew up on reading Heinlein. Posted by: Burnt Toast at May 10, 2020 11:57 PM (1g7ch) Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 11:59 PM (L2ZTs) 480
Remember the electronic game, Simon?
Posted by: qdpsteve Well, you know my name is Simon... And I like to do drawrings... Posted by: Simon in the bathtub at May 11, 2020 12:00 AM (VNfwt) 481
One day the I-10 bridge in Lake Charles is going to fail. That's definitely a bridge that a gephyrophobe wants to avoid.
Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at May 11, 2020 12:00 AM (2DOZq) 482
That was a great Mike Myers sketch.
Funny, with a sad background... Posted by: qdpsteve at May 11, 2020 12:01 AM (L2ZTs) 483
Never put anything on my privates and the women never o
Celebrate your mom andbjected. But enough though I started it Celebrate your mom and the mom(s) of your children. Sleepy time. Commented too much, baclto lurking. Posted by: parker at May 11, 2020 12:01 AM (fEYrO) 484
..Remember the electronic game, Simon?
I have one in my closet somewhere... Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 11:59 PM (L2ZTs) So, what you're saying here is that it's time for Simon to come out of the closet? /snrk Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at May 11, 2020 12:01 AM (QzJWU) 485
Jim: yes it is! :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 11, 2020 12:01 AM (L2ZTs) 486
Remarkably, we're not that close to banana republic status yet - his buddies in Hollywood may throw him a Netflix deal or two, but nobody is offering him the Big Money that Barry thinks he so clearly deserves.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 10, 2020 10:54 PM (I2/tG) ------------------------ Clinton Inc was able to keep the dough flowing into their various corrupt "foundations" because everybody thought Crooked Hillary would put them back in the WH. I suppose if Mooch makes like she might run for VP, then the corrupt Barky family could set up foundations for "donations". Even corrupt swamp creatures don't just give away money for nothing, they want to know you are going to be in charge of something that they want, then they'll start donating. Posted by: Boots at May 11, 2020 12:02 AM (oGBso) 487
Remember the electronic game, Simon?
I have one in my closet somewhere... Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 11:59 PM (L2ZTs) now that is old school. I noticed a few years ago the local Target was selling electronic football games from the early 80s as a cool retro device. That made me feel old. i remember when those game were the coolest thing around. Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 12:02 AM (hHxp2) Posted by: qdpsteve at May 11, 2020 12:03 AM (L2ZTs) 489
The funny thing is, when I first took it, the train cars were empty. People were not sold on the thing at all.
Posted by: Quint at May 10, 2020 11:27 PM (hHxp2) I think that psychologically, the idea of being in a train UNDER the English channel might have made people a little queasy - at least at first. You picture something going wrong, the water crashing in on you and you're trapped in an underground train. There is no way to escape. I remember crossing the Channel via ferry. Whoa, those channel crossings could be rough. I have heard the Irish Sea crossings are sometimes not great fun either. Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V at May 11, 2020 12:04 AM (HabA/) 490
"Tennis is allowed, but no one may touch the balls."
Update: "TENNIS balls!" -Governor Delores Whitmer
Posted by: mindful webworker 491
So, what you're saying here is that it's time for Simon to come out of the closet?
/snrk Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at May 11, 2020 12:01 AM (QzJWU) ---- Jim: yes it is! :-) Posted by: qdpsteve at May 11, 2020 12:01 AM (L2ZTs) Simone says, 'Date me!' Posted by: RickZ at May 11, 2020 12:05 AM (Y8PSl) 492
Amish girl pickup lines:
"Hey baby! I have electricity!!" Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2020 11:54 PM (L2ZTs) So do most of them, sssshhh. It's complicated. Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at May 11, 2020 12:05 AM (Rz2Nc) 493
That meant (of course) at minimum a drive across the Atchafalaya Bridge on I-10, which is 18 miles long. If I wanted to go to NOLA (almost never did drive there especially if my goal was the FL Panhandle) that meant more miles of bridges, especially when I hit the I-55/I-10 interchange. But I usually stayed north of Lake Pontchartrain and took I-12 to Sildell, and hit I-10 there.
Those swamps have to be engineering nightmares. Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 10, 2020 11:57 PM (ejsiI) It's a wonder. But the Lake Pontchartrain bridge is almost 24 miles long, and all across open water. There are now many bridges longer than it, but they make use of viaducts and are mostly designed for high speed rail. I've driven over it a few times, just for the experience. Posted by: GnuBreed at May 11, 2020 12:05 AM (Z4rgH) 494
Evasive, well it's tough to find a coal-powered vibrator.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 11, 2020 12:06 AM (L2ZTs) 495
Goodnight all!
Posted by: Evasiveboat42 at May 11, 2020 12:06 AM (Rz2Nc) 496
Fucking Simon, always thought we had to do what he says.
Posted by: Alvin at May 10, 2020 11:57 PM (l3+k2) i was good at that game when the drill sergeant or whomever tried it once in a blue moon. I actually hoped for it because the one thing i had down was drill. Just chillax a second and think before you act. The one they always get you on is "Simon says, present arms!" Then "order arms!". Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 12:06 AM (hHxp2) 497
Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 12:02 AM (hHxp2)
What's really old school? I remember getting some game - probably the very first video game - back in the '70's. It was like playing tennis - a very slow game of tennis - on your TV. It was cutting edge at the time. Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V at May 11, 2020 12:06 AM (HabA/) 498
RickZ, there was a female version of Simon called Simone.
It was exactly like the original game except that if you finished too fast or too slowly, or it didn't like your attitude during the game, it would still mark your responses down as incorrect. :-P Posted by: qdpsteve at May 11, 2020 12:07 AM (L2ZTs) 499
Trump retweeted the "I hope you enjoyed investigating me. Now it's my turn." meme today.
This era of Rebellion and Payback is getting fun. Posted by: Splunge at May 11, 2020 12:07 AM (dOV9E) 500
I noticed a few years ago the local Target was selling electronic football games from the early 80s as a cool retro device. That made me feel old. i remember when those game were the coolest thing around.
Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 12:02 AM (hHxp2) I always hated those electronic football games. The players were all Wrong Way Corrigans. Now rod hockey, that's a table top game to enjoy for hours on end. Posted by: RickZ at May 11, 2020 12:08 AM (Y8PSl) 501
What's really old school? I remember getting some game - probably the very first video game - back in the '70's. It was like playing tennis - a very slow game of tennis - on your TV. It was cutting edge at the time.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V at May 11, 2020 12:06 AM (HabA/) ------------------------------ What is pong? Posted by: Boots at May 11, 2020 12:08 AM (oGBso) 502
I still want a pool table after all these years.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 11, 2020 12:09 AM (L2ZTs) 503
What's really old school? I remember getting some game - probably the very first video game - back in the '70's. It was like playing tennis - a very slow game of tennis - on your TV. It was cutting edge at the time. Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V at May 11, 2020 12:06 AM (HabA/) Pong. Posted by: Romeo13 at May 11, 2020 12:10 AM (NgKpN) 504
The one they always get you on is "Simon says, present arms!" Then "order arms!".
Posted by: Quint Remember the old ABC series the name of I do not recall? But they got athletes from various sports together to compete in different events? Anyhoo, one of the events was Simon Says with this old guy who ALWAYS won. Just great. Posted by: Blutarski at May 11, 2020 12:10 AM (VNfwt) 505
Posted by: DonnaV at May 11, 2020 12:04 AM (HabA/)
some great memories there. My cousin and I with pics of totally empty cabins. It helps to be young and traveling. IT is funny how travelers ignore fears that locals might have. And that can be to their detriment. anyway, it was no great feat but a good memory. It was a great improvement not doubt. Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 12:10 AM (hHxp2) 506
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 10, 2020 11:57 PM (ejsiI)
I recall reading that the very last stretch of Interstate completed in the US was the highway between Baton Rouge and Lafayette, LA. One reason the Cajuns retained their language and folkways for so long was the area was so damn isolated. It was probably easier to boat around the bayous rather than drive around Cajun Country. Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V at May 11, 2020 12:11 AM (HabA/) 507
Speaking of old games.
Bought a new top of the line game computer, and 4K monitor. Thing ROCKS, but I am going back to older games. Right now playing the hell out of Mount and Blade Warband from TEN YEARS AGO. When I played it back then? My system couldn't really support it. Now? with all the Mods created by the community? Game F'n rocks. Posted by: Romeo13 at May 11, 2020 12:12 AM (NgKpN) 508
Pong.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 11, 2020 12:10 AM (NgKpN) That's right! I couldn't remember the name. Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V at May 11, 2020 12:12 AM (HabA/) 509
Had a nice Mothers' Day with the youngest daughter and the G-babies.
They gifted me with a new kitten, who is now curled up asleep behind my legs. Oldest g-baby (who is six) cried after we left, and wants daily reports on Noni. Momi isn't sure what to think of the kitteh. Posted by: SMH - Seriously? at May 11, 2020 12:13 AM (RU4sa) 510
I always hated those electronic football games. The players were all Wrong Way Corrigans. Now rod hockey, that's a table top game to enjoy for hours on end.
Posted by: RickZ at May 11, 2020 12:08 AM (Y8PSl) I had one of those vibrating football games from the 60s. And had I been properly perverted at that time, Deez Nuts woulda been taking a test drive on it. Posted by: GnuBreed at May 11, 2020 12:13 AM (Z4rgH) 511
@290,
I drove to Cougar WA today. I believe it's the closet town to St Helens. Looks like standard PNW woods. I didn't drive up on the mountain itself. It was clear out and I had great views of it on the trip. Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 11, 2020 12:14 AM (Lqy/e) 512
Pong.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 11, 2020 12:10 AM (NgKpN) That's right! I couldn't remember the name. Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V Computer beer pong gets messy. And wastes beer. Posted by: Miklos, seriously old school at May 11, 2020 12:14 AM (QzkSJ) Posted by: GnuBreed at May 11, 2020 12:15 AM (Z4rgH) 514
Pong is forgotten? Really?
https://youtu.be/xeEFMhdnR6c I weep to think how we have failed to transmit our culture! I have to go to sleep so I can get up and coffee. Here's a lullabye... ♪ Like a briiiiidge over troubled tundra... ♪
Posted by: mindful webworker 515
481 One day the I-10 bridge in Lake Charles is going to fail. That's definitely a bridge that a gephyrophobe wants to avoid.
Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at May 11, 2020 12:00 AM (2DOZq) No joke. The LA DoT needs to bite the bullet and replace that thing, perhaps with a nice, cable-stayed bridge. Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 11, 2020 12:17 AM (ejsiI) 516
Three orange, two black, born on 1 April.
Picked one of the orange ones. I now have a kitteh from each of my daughters. Posted by: SMH - Seriously? at May 11, 2020 12:18 AM (RU4sa) 517
There are now many bridges longer than it, but they make use of viaducts and are mostly designed for high speed rail.
I've driven over it a few times, just for the experience. Posted by: GnuBreed at May 11, 2020 12:05 AM (Z4rgH) I was a kid when they built the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. Tunnels, actually. That was a pretty scary two lane, 17-mile long bridge-tunnel combination across the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, especially when the weather was rough. There were always fiery head-on wrecks on that bridge from drivers falling asleep. Now it's two lanes each way and much safer. But an engineering marvel in its day. Killed the Cape Charles Ferry, though, which, as a kid, was a cheap Sunday afternoon's entertainment. Back then, blue laws didn't allow for much else in the way of entertainment on a Sunday. Posted by: RickZ at May 11, 2020 12:18 AM (Y8PSl) 518
Posted by: SMH - Seriously? at May 11, 2020 12:18 AM (RU4sa)
Glad you had a nice day - and a new kitteh! Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V at May 11, 2020 12:19 AM (HabA/) 519
Teh Horde needs to involve a new game.
I'd call it "Karenopoly", but I have *zero* wish for it to follow a Monopoly format. More like a bloody, FPS game, where the Good Folks are shooting Karens in the face, but Karens have cards or dice rolls for "ratted you out", "scold" or such. Good folks have cards or dice rolls for "Humiliate Karen", all the way up to "Lynch Karen". Lots of exploits, and a small amount of loosely federated "guild" forming. Minimal, cause Independent Conservatives don't tend to be "joiners" with the herd, to begin with. I have NEVER in my life played D&D, or any online shooting game. What makes me sound like I had a ghost of a clue, I got by reading y'all here at AoS. Thank you. Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at May 11, 2020 12:19 AM (QzJWU) 520
Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 12:02 AM (hHxp2) What's really old school? I remember getting some game - probably the very first video game - back in the '70's. It was like playing tennis - a very slow game of tennis - on your TV. It was cutting edge at the time. Posted by: DonnaV at May 11, 2020 12:06 AM (HabA/) i admit that is very old school. My old school claim to fame is i had a pc with which you had to load dos on a floppy. So there was an adventure text game i had, the only game i had really. If the character died, you had to restart the computer and reload dos. Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 12:19 AM (hHxp2) 521
Remember the old ABC series the name of I do not recall? But they got athletes from various sports together to compete in different events?
Posted by: Blutarski at May 11, 2020 12:10 AM (VNfwt) 'Sports Superstars'. Posted by: RickZ at May 11, 2020 12:20 AM (Y8PSl) 522
I still want a pool table after all these years.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 11, 2020 12:09 AM (L2ZTs) I had a bar table in the basement for a number of years. We had to take it apart to get it down the stairs, and that 6x4 piece of 3/4" slate almost killed me and my 3 helpers. I think it weighed 5 billion pounds. It got sold as is with the house. Posted by: GnuBreed at May 11, 2020 12:21 AM (Z4rgH) 523
One day the I-10 bridge in Lake Charles is going to fail.
Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at May 11, 2020 12:00 AM (2DOZq) ---| seriously: what is the issue, or is it just relatively old engineering? Posted by: redc1c4 at May 11, 2020 12:22 AM (dlZr1) 524
518 Posted by: SMH - Seriously? at May 11, 2020 12:18 AM (RU4sa)
Glad you had a nice day - and a new kitteh! Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V at May 11, 2020 12:19 AM (HabA/) --- Pics on the pet thread. Posted by: SMH - Seriously? at May 11, 2020 12:22 AM (RU4sa) 525
GnuBreed, yeah, I doubt I could ever afford a real pool table, and I'd have to pay to have it assembled.
I'd be okay with a portable mini-table or something like that, so long as it's easy to set up and relatively inexpensive. Posted by: qdpsteve at May 11, 2020 12:22 AM (L2ZTs) 526
no way pong is forgotten, it is probably one of the most famous electronic games of all time. The football games were just a very short era, maybe 1981-1983. That is a guess. Pong is known by anyone from the old days.
People should also know the old school Atari. I had Oddysey, which was likely more advanced but way less popular and didn't have the cool game names that they payed a dear price for. Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 12:23 AM (hHxp2) 527
#ObamaGate up to 1.72 million tweets.
Posted by: Methos at May 11, 2020 12:24 AM (kOpft) 528
Remember the old ABC series the name of I do not
recall? But they got athletes from various sports together to compete in different events? Posted by: Blutarski at May 11, 2020 12:10 AM (VNfwt) 'Sports Superstars'. Posted by: RickZ at May 11, 2020 12:20 AM (Y8PSl) Battle of the Network Stars was cool but not sports stars. Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 12:24 AM (hHxp2) 529
>>> 527 #ObamaGate up to 1.72 million tweets.
Posted by: Methos at May 11, 2020 12:24 AM (kOpft) RAYCISS!!! Posted by: This... is XiNN at May 11, 2020 12:24 AM (0ReGO) Posted by: SNL at May 11, 2020 12:25 AM (l3+k2) 531
Simon Bar Sinister
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 11, 2020 12:28 AM (aKsyK) Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 11, 2020 12:31 AM (aKsyK) 533
People should also know the old school Atari. I had Oddysey, which was likely more advanced but way less popular and didn't have the cool game names that they payed a dear price for.
Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 12:23 AM (hHxp2) Intellivision was the shit until Namco sued them out of existence due to Pac Man copyright. Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at May 11, 2020 12:31 AM (DjiZK) 534
.what is CA's economy based on again outside of that?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 10, 2020 10:50 PM (WdocV) Does agriculture ring a bell? Of course Newsom the Gruesome is also trying to destroy that. Posted by: Grannymimi at May 11, 2020 12:33 AM (u5LFV) 535
I had a really neat semi electronic / board football game when I was a kid. You had a set of defensive and offensive plays cards that would be inserted and each player would slide the mechanical arrow to the play they wanted. The offensive player would push the button that would light up the result somewhere on the football field. It was simply a mechanical cross matrix under the field board that would place the light at the intersection point of the two play selections where the combination outcome was written. ( this was hard to describe and doubtful I did very well)
Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at May 11, 2020 12:33 AM (2DOZq) Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V at May 11, 2020 12:35 AM (HabA/) 537
Dindu Nuffin strikes again
at least the shitbird is dead https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2020/05/10/delaware- \cemetery-shooting-latest-suspect-identified-sheldon-francis/ Posted by: redc1c4 at May 11, 2020 12:36 AM (dlZr1) 538
The Vertibird was a way cooler toy though.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at May 11, 2020 12:36 AM (vuisn) 539
Quint, I had the Odyssey too. My dad threw a tantrum and insisted on getting me and my sister that, instead of Atari, because he could buy an Odyssey at the GTE company store in 1980. It was an okay system and even featured a built-in keyboard, but had a lot less choice in games.
I think my dad realized his mistake because not too much later on he got us a copy of K.C. Munchkin, which was Odyssey's rip-off of Pac-Man for Atari. It was okay and fun to play, but I kind of wish we had held onto the game and console, because the knockoff got Magnavox sued by Atari and is now, from what I've heard, a highly sought-after collectible item. Posted by: qdpsteve at May 11, 2020 12:36 AM (L2ZTs) 540
what is CA's economy based on again outside of that?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 10, 2020 10:50 PM (WdocV) ----- Does agriculture ring a bell? Of course Newsom the Gruesome is also trying to destroy that. Posted by: Grannymimi at May 11, 2020 12:33 AM (u5LFV) Porn, too, and they're trying to kill that off, as well. Posted by: RickZ at May 11, 2020 12:36 AM (Y8PSl) 541
#ObamaGate up to 1.72 million tweets.
Posted by: Methos at May 11, 2020 12:24 AM (kOpft) This means something Is a dancing hedgehog involved? Posted by: Kindltot at May 11, 2020 12:37 AM (WyVLE) 542
seriously: what is the issue, or is it just relatively old engineering?
Posted by: redc1c4 at May 11, 2020 12:22 AM (dlZr1) It's just a very old bridge not designed for the amount or weight of traffic it now gets. Many repairs and engineering 'fixes' over the decades. It's a scary bridge for many even if it was the safest in the would. Very narrow and very steep and high. I haven't been on it for a few years now. Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at May 11, 2020 12:38 AM (2DOZq) Posted by: Dr. Varno at May 11, 2020 12:38 AM (vuisn) Posted by: Kindltot at May 11, 2020 12:40 AM (WyVLE) 545
Posted by: Jim at May 11, 2020 12:19 AM (QzJWU)
Karen Mod of Duke Nuckem? You know, like the mods where we could SHOOT Barney? or Hippies? Posted by: Romeo13 at May 11, 2020 12:40 AM (NgKpN) 546
had a really neat semi electronic / board football
game when I was a kid. You had a set of defensive and offensive plays cards that would be inserted and each player would slide the mechanical arrow to the play they wanted. The offensive player would push the button that would light up the result somewhere on the football field. It was simply a mechanical cross matrix under the field board that would place the light at the intersection point of the two play selections where the combination outcome was written. ( this was hard to describe and doubtful I did very well) Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at May 11, 2020 12:33 AM (2DOZq) I had one like that but maybe version 2.0. You had a record player/tape machine device and you put these small records into the device. The defense could pick their play as well and then you would get the result. I never understood the old school vibrating football field machine with the guy with the tiny rubber football. But then again, we were probably being ageist. That might have been the greatest version of football prior to Madden. Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 12:40 AM (hHxp2) 547
I permanently ended my oldest friendship today.
It's been a number of years in coming. She has turned increasingly unpleasant, judgmental and leftist over the years. Today she called me for the first time in six months. She started right in on the Covid crap and demanded to know if I was wearing a mask everywhere. I said no--only where required. She completely lost her shit, called me every name under the sun, including "selfish" and "stupid," among others. I realized today that she is a person who brings nothing but unpleasantness to my life. Good bye, Sher. Posted by: Ladyl at May 10, 2020 10:50 PM (TdMsT) I had to do the same thing yesterday. He wasn't my oldest friend but we go quite a way. TDS and having little going for him in life has turned him into a permanent, sneering adolescent. He isn't even liberal which makes his fixation even more deranged. He watches 10-12 hours of MSM news every day. Marinating in the same negative bias in perpetuity. The only other he watches are one of the shit late night shows, and the execrable SNL. He simply is no longer a good person - and I've watched the trainwreck all the way. Posted by: Ghost of Bob Crane at May 11, 2020 12:43 AM (Cd618) 548
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 11, 2020 12:36 AM (L2ZTs)
that is the way it always goes. We had K. C. Munchkin too. It makes sense that a lawsuit would come out. In some ways i envied Atari kids because it was the cool platform and it had all the cool names and brands. But really, some of the graphics were quite horrible and Odyssey. was better. But yeah, it was a side note and we were others lol. Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 12:45 AM (hHxp2) 549
I made a meatloaf in the slow cooker today. Is there anything I can do with the watery gravy left over?
Posted by: BourbonChicken with a Face Colander at May 11, 2020 12:45 AM (LxTcq) 550
..Karen Mod of Duke Nuckem?
You know, like the mods where we could SHOOT Barney? or Hippies? Posted by: Romeo13 at May 11, 2020 12:40 AM (NgKpN) I tried. And failed. To explain that I really do not speak your language or know the ways of your people. I know not of the games of which you speak. All I do know, is that the Present Day "Karens" of Next-Door and shrieking Grocery Store Harridan, are ripe for the gaming, umpteed sided dice rolls, magic card hexes and just generally being shot in the face, as encountered. I don't say this insultingly, as much as I say this so very pleadingly. You conservative gamers out there? Learn to Code. We need games by which Gamers laugh at and run Exploits on Libtards, everywhere. Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at May 11, 2020 12:45 AM (QzJWU) 551
Sometimes when I had business in the FL Panhandle I'd fly to Houston and drive out there. A nine hour drive. (Why, you ask? To visit places I wanted to see in Houston and its environs, like a beloved range...) That meant (of course) at minimum a drive across the Atchafalaya Bridge on I-10, which is 18 miles long. If I wanted to go to NOLA (almost never did drive there especially if my goal was the FL Panhandle) that meant more miles of bridges, especially when I hit the I-55/I-10 interchange. But I usually stayed north of Lake Pontchartrain and took I-12 to Sildell, and hit I-10 there.
Those swamps have to be engineering nightmares. Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 10, 2020 11:57 PM (ejsiI) I was on the Atchafalaya bridge once, westbound. Very jammed, but we noticed that NO cars at all were eastbound, knew something was up. Saw some police with lights on headed up the eastbound lanes, going the wrong way, then we really knew something was up. Finally got to it - A semi trailer had jackknifed and tipped over on its side, and was COMPLETELY blocking BOTH eastbound lanes. Once we passed that, our side picked up, since our jam was just due to all of the gawking and rubbernecking. Behind that turned over semi was 11 MILES of packed traffic at a full dead stop, people out wandering around, no one could go anywhere because the only place to go was off the bridge and into the swamp with the gators. It was an absolute nightmare scenario, it must have taken half a day to clear that bridge and get those people off it. Posted by: Tom Servo at May 11, 2020 12:46 AM (V2Yro) 552
#ObamaGate up to 1.72 million tweets.
Posted by: Methos at May 11, 2020 12:24 AM (kOpft) --- If you scroll it, people are also posting minute apart screenshots of Twitter shaving the number. It's probably more like 2.5M, and sometimes gets ranked below the next lowest site (1,800 tweets) Its a blatant blackout everywhere. Posted by: Menack at May 11, 2020 12:46 AM (buTO7) 553
If I had back all the baseball cards I flipped, the matchbox cars, and other items, they would likely buy a boat. If I have learned anything about collecting is collectibles are worthless and the things you don't care about can often become very valuable.
Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 12:47 AM (hHxp2) 554
Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 12:47 AM (hHxp2)
I think I had every Hot Wheel. I have no idea whatever happened to them. I know why though. Girls. Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at May 11, 2020 12:48 AM (2DOZq) 555
And a full tank of gas.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....unfrozen caveman moron at May 10, 2020 10:02 PM (ZCiJZ) I got a full tank of gas for 20 bucks. $1.45/gallon. It felt awesome until I saw the price had dropped yesterday to $1.41. AAAAARGH! I could have saved 56 cents.
Posted by: Miley, the 556
I made a meatloaf in the slow cooker today. Is there anything I can do with the watery gravy left over?
Posted by: BourbonChicken with a Face Colander at May 11, 2020 12:45 AM (LxTcq) make a steak sandwich and use the gravy as an a jus. Cook the gravy down slowly on the burner and make a concentrate to use for sauces. There are other options but don't throw it out. Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 12:49 AM (hHxp2) 557
I made a meatloaf in the slow cooker today. Is there anything I can do with the watery gravy left over?
Posted by: BourbonChicken with a Face Colander at May 11, 2020 12:45 AM (LxTcq) If it's just watery, put into a saucepan and reduce it a little. Once reduced, add it to a skillet with a butter/flour roux to get a thick, meatloaf-covering gravy. Additional seasonings as required. Posted by: RickZ at May 11, 2020 12:50 AM (Y8PSl) 558
Watery meatloaf juice is usually fat.
Posted by: Miley, the 559
Well, I am going to go to bed. It's about that time. Night, Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 11, 2020 12:51 AM (LZcDP) 560
Oh, and you may want to separate some of the fat from it, as well.
Posted by: RickZ at May 11, 2020 12:51 AM (Y8PSl) 561
Anyone hear from Brother Cavil recently? I think some -ettes were going to e-mail him ...
Posted by: Adriane the Media Panic Critic ... at May 11, 2020 12:52 AM (LPnfS) 562
This will probably be willowed now, so I'll bring it up tomorrow morning in JJ's round up...but after watching Andy McCarthy tonight and others on Fox's The Revolution with Steve Hinton, I've figured out the latest kind of meh response of these figures to the FBI's malfeasants in the Flynn case and other Russia/Trump collusion falsehoods...
Call it the "mindless shark" theory of the FBI/DOJ. You see, the FBI and the DOJ don't really have any conspiratorial illegal and purposeful will of their own to take down an incoming President. Why, their whole improper behavior is more akin to that of an unthinking shark that needs scalps to live, you see. So if you feed these sharks inputs like the poor thinking and political Obama people did in pursuit of what we'd consider normal everyday politics, of course they'll run off the rails like they did here and produce some rather bad results... McCarthy does concede that these unfortunate outcomes need to be fixed, of course, and its bad, very bad...because like the "mindless shark" that the FBI and the DOJ are, you simply can't give them political issues to investigate or "eat" like you would a very hungry pet or something, the poor misunderstood dears that they are. It's utter bullshit of course, since the "mindless sharks" are actually went out shopping to buy this can of tuna themselves and then opened it up with their own can opener... Posted by: Boswell at May 11, 2020 12:52 AM (32YRo) 563
I do have some friends to whom I could say "you know, I would talk politics with you. But then I'd have to kill you, so let's not." They get it.
and this is why there are quite a few men who know that when you speak to each other, you talk about sports, the weather, and absolutely nothing else, ever. Posted by: Tom Servo at May 11, 2020 12:54 AM (V2Yro) 564
Publius' Aunt Rachel made a heavenly meatloaf. I will never again use any other recipe. 1 1/2 lbs lean(ish) ground beef, 2 eggs, 8 oz tomato juice, 3/4 cup quick oats, 2 tsp salt. Mix well and bake at 350F for an hour. Just awesome.
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Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 12:47 AM (hHxp2) I think I had every Hot Wheel. I have no idea whatever happened to them. I know why though. Girls. Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at May 11, 2020 12:48 AM (2DOZq) the irony of collecting is only the things we discard later become valuable. I give you the example of the 1976 uncirculated set of coins. Last time I checked, they are almost worth less than face value. I know how absurd that seems as they have a face value, are from a most historic date, and it has been over four decades. But the problem is pretty much everyone purchased 1976 uncirculated coin sets. It is not a shocker when you think about it as to why they are not valuable. The think with Hot Wheels and Matchbox is pretty clear. Those items are irreplaceable. You are not going to see them made in the USA again. Then again, if someone were smart, that is just what they would do. Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 12:55 AM (hHxp2) 566
Miley, grind up some liver and other organ meat and you have haggis. Beef based of course, but then I have had venison haggis too and it wasn't too bad.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 11, 2020 12:56 AM (WyVLE) 567
Welllllll...at least it wasn't Ramblin fuckin Rose.
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at May 11, 2020 12:57 AM (Ecqh2) Posted by: rhomboid at May 11, 2020 12:58 AM (El6T/) 569
I get two legit answers, not only are they simpatico but they used French words.
Posted by: BourbonChicken with a Face Colander at May 11, 2020 12:58 AM (LxTcq) 570
>>>Call it the "mindless shark" theory of the FBI/DOJ.
Yes, weaponizing database searches since 2012. Mindless sharks didn't exist until Obama's second term. And then, they were like an explosion. 85% of all database searches illegal. Hey, it's like survival, man. If sharks stop moving, they die. And that would be super bad, yo.
Posted by: Miley, the 571
McCarthy does concede that these unfortunate outcomes need to be fixed, of course, and its bad, very bad...because like the "mindless shark" that the FBI and the DOJ are, you simply can't give them political issues to investigate or "eat" like you would a very hungry pet or something, the poor misunderstood dears that they are.
McCarthy identifies the problem and still can't admit the obvious conclusion (if his explanation is correct) - The Mindless Shark needs to be gaffed. It's too dangerous to be kept around as a pet. Posted by: Tom Servo at May 11, 2020 12:59 AM (V2Yro) 572
Miley, grind up some liver and other organ meat and
you have haggis. Beef based of course, but then I have had venison haggis too and it wasn't too bad. Posted by: Kindltot at May 11, 2020 12:56 AM (WyVLE) you should try Scotch, it is a better than haggis. Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 12:59 AM (hHxp2) 573
Miley, grind up some liver and other organ meat and
you have haggis. Beef based of course, but then I have had venison haggis too and it wasn't too bad. Posted by: Kindltot at May 11, 2020 12:56 AM (WyVLE) No. Just no.
Posted by: Miley, the 574
..It's utter bullshit of course, since the "mindless sharks" are actually went out shopping to buy this can of tuna themselves and then opened it up with their own can opener..
Posted by: Boswell at May 11, 2020 12:52 AM (32YRo) Either "the system" indicts, tries, convicts and imprisons such of these seditionists as might be managed. Then the alternative is that the citizenry delivers far harsher punishments, at +/- 3,000 fps, *or* a 3 ft. drop at the end of a manila line. For this is shit with which up shall not be put. Or words to that effect. Fuck'em Jim Sunk New Dawn Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at May 11, 2020 01:00 AM (QzJWU) 575
I have a few dozen Matchbox, mostly in excellent condition, in a See's Candy 5-lb box. Need to review the fleet again soon.
There's an Erector Set in the garage - in its original red/black wooden chest. Chest is in decent shape, I think the items inside have a fair amount of corrosion, or some do. Wonder if they would be treatable with that amazing rust-removing solution I have? It grays/fogs/darkens some finishes. Posted by: rhomboid at May 11, 2020 01:00 AM (El6T/) 576
Quint, and die-cast technology is so much better today, and the various plastic forming tech is miles ahead. And powdercoat instead of paint.
With the right equipment you could do that in a garage. I wonder if there would be a demand for matchboxes, or even the British Corgi type cars, which I remember seeing were bigger. Posted by: Kindltot at May 11, 2020 01:01 AM (WyVLE) 577
It's too dangerous to be kept around as a pet.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 11, 2020 12:59 AM (V2Yro) Yes, Tom, agreed - he's just blaming political actors doing what political actors do, ie making the rabid dog do bad things - and not addressing the fact that the rabid dog needs to be put down... Posted by: Boswell at May 11, 2020 01:02 AM (32YRo) 578
This one had salsa not tomato juice, Miley.
Posted by: BourbonChicken with a Face Colander at May 11, 2020 01:03 AM (LxTcq) 579
> I never understood the old school vibrating football field machine with the guy with the tiny rubber football.
This will probably come as a surprise to no one, but there appears to be a whole YouTube community of fans for those, who share tips on "tuning" the players to get them to move in different patterns, and so on. I never had one of those when I was a kid, and the friends who did generally seemed to conclude that they sucked after a relatively short time. But these YouTubers are into it. I'm not sure how non-academic autists found each other prior to the net. :-) Then again, I'm the guy who just spent 45 minutes watching electric football vids on YouTube, so I guess I'm not really one to talk. Good night, everybody. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 11, 2020 01:03 AM (mNq/0) 580
I fondly recall the vibrating football game, which I never much liked.
But what I really want is a brand-new example of the hockey game with movable sheet-metal players, a small wooden puck, and a red light that would go on when the puck depressed the plate in the goal. That game was epic. Would sell today. Posted by: rhomboid at May 11, 2020 01:05 AM (El6T/) 581
Fauci has put himself in self-quarantine. Dr. Chuck Schumer says HCQ is ineffective against Covid-19. Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 11, 2020 01:05 AM (aKsyK) 582
It's just a very old bridge not designed for the amount or weight of traffic it now gets. Many repairs and engineering 'fixes' over the decades. It's a scary bridge for many even if it was the safest in the would. Very narrow and very steep and high. I haven't been on it for a few years now. Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at May 11, 2020 12:38 AM (2DOZq) If/when it fails, it will be during rush hour, when traffic trundles across at 20 mph and stops occasionally. That's a bridge, IIRC, that was built in 1952 handling today's loads and vehicles. It must be remembered that trucks now handle loads undreamed of in the 1950s. Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 11, 2020 01:06 AM (ejsiI) 583
ious plastic forming tech is miles ahead. And powdercoat instead of paint.
With the right equipment you could do that in a garage. I wonder if there would be a demand for matchboxes, or even the British Corgi type cars, which I remember seeing were bigger. Posted by: Kindltot at May 11, 2020 01:01 AM (WyVLE) probably so on a small scale to test it out. There are lot of over grown adolescents if you will that might want to buy them for their kids. For sure it is a different market and if things don't change, it will be a smaller market. Bu if you make quality, someone is going to buy. Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 01:06 AM (hHxp2) 584
Nite all, I'm off for a nap. Got some stuff done today on my only day off this week, a lot of garbage out.
That's my excitement during our lockdown in IL. Be well all. And Abby, I think you ROCK. Posted by: Farmer at May 11, 2020 01:07 AM (xMfQG) 585
t. :-)
Then again, I'm the guy who just spent 45 minutes watching electric football vids on YouTube, so I guess I'm not really one to talk. Good night, everybody. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 11, 2020 01:03 AM (mNq/0) if i played even a small part in that, I apologize. But them again, there is worse on youtube. Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 01:09 AM (hHxp2) 586
G'Night, Farmer!
Posted by: Slapweasel at May 11, 2020 01:09 AM (Ckg4U) 587
Pong.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 11, 2020 12:10 AM (NgKpN) The Site non-beer fund brought one of those in 76 or 77. Had to be careful with a CRT television or it would burn in with the paddles and numbers. Posted by: Fox2! at May 11, 2020 01:11 AM (qyH+l) 588
Don Jr. noting that media distortion continuing, getting worse, no consequences, no apparent path to relief from their vandalism.
Several on the twatters noting that 60 Minutes' jaw-dropping propaganda piece on behalf of Chi-Nah WRT C-19 and Pompeo may be one of the most pernicious things they've done in the Trump era - obviously a very, very high bar (Trump himself singled out this outrageous nonsense this morning in his twatterdammerung). We've been running an interesting experiment for a while now. What happens in an open society when most of its information sources cease to be reliable, competent, or honest? At the moment, against the odds, inertia and the unbelievably unlikely ascendance of Donald Trump seem to be (barely) holding the line. Longer term? Yikes. Posted by: rhomboid at May 11, 2020 01:14 AM (El6T/) 589
Dr. Chuck Schumer says HCQ is ineffective against Covid-19.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 11, 2020 01:05 AM (aKsyK) Ask him to review Dr. Fauci's 2005 paper on its use for the SARS virus. It was hot shit back then.
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Then the alternative is that the citizenry delivers far harsher punishments, at +/- 3,000 fps, *or* a 3 ft. drop at the end of a manila line.
Or the real question: face up, or face down? Posted by: Fox2! at May 11, 2020 01:14 AM (qyH+l) 591
I made a mistake before, it was Lorena Gonzales, not Lorena Sanchez who said "F*ck Elon Musk". Have to dig pretty low to be dumber than Sanchez, but Gonzales brought out the drilling rig
Posted by: kbdabear at May 11, 2020 01:18 AM (qAR6u) 592
and this is why there are quite a few men who know that when you speak to each other, you talk about sports, the weather, and absolutely nothing else, ever.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 11, 2020 12:54 AM (V2Yro) AS long as he isn't wearing a baseball cap with a red "B" on it to your blue cap with white "NY". Posted by: Fox2! at May 11, 2020 01:19 AM (qyH+l) 593
Mother's Day? A reason to celebrate control freaks, that get off watching your father beat the living daylights out of you. Leave me out.
Posted by: plano at May 11, 2020 01:20 AM (blhH7) 594
You're officially "out".
Posted by: Slapweasel at May 11, 2020 01:21 AM (Ckg4U) 595
https://tinyurl.com/yb3ddxf9
Lorena @LorenaSGonzalez F*ck Elon Musk. Elon Musk @elonmusk Replying to LorenaSGonzalez Message Received Posted by: kbdabear at May 11, 2020 01:23 AM (qAR6u) 596
Mother's Day? A reason to celebrate control freaks, that get off
watching your father beat the living daylights out of you. Leave me out. -- Okay. My mother with Alzheimer's got a kick out of being hugged for Mother's Day, so I thought it was nice to have. Posted by: Methos at May 11, 2020 01:25 AM (kOpft) 597
Well, after YEARS of procrastinating, I finally got these two albums:
- Gerry Rafferty's album City To City - AC/DC - Back In Black Posted by: qdpsteve at May 11, 2020 01:27 AM (L2ZTs) 598
568 Matchbox weren't made in the USA anyway, right?
UK? Posted by: rhomboid at May 11, 2020 12:58 AM (El6T/) made in Lesney England. When selling off my Dad's collection, I found a websire from a guy who had the stuff studied down to how many shifts they ran a particular color scheme when producing a given number car and stuff like that. So, for example, on the double decker buses he could tell you roughly how many had which advertising decals on them. I can only assume he worked for the company. Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Low Glycemic Souls at May 11, 2020 01:28 AM (Wm5SB) 599
You got Asteroids?
No, but the old man does. Some days he can hardly sit on the pot. Posted by: klaftern at May 11, 2020 01:33 AM (RuIsu) 600
We've been running an interesting experiment for a while now. What happens in an open society when most of its information sources cease to be reliable, competent, or honest? At the moment, against the odds, inertia and the unbelievably unlikely ascendance of Donald Trump seem to be (barely) holding the line.
Longer term? Yikes. Posted by: rhomboid at May 11, 2020 01:14 AM (El6T/) It's astounding. Imagine Watergate if the media had completely ignored it. Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V at May 11, 2020 01:40 AM (HabA/) Posted by: President Useless Piece of Shit at May 11, 2020 01:44 AM (5zSJ5) 602
It's astounding. Imagine Watergate if the media had completely ignored it.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&V at May 11, 2020 01:40 AM (HabA/) JFK cheating to beat Nixon ??? Posted by: Adriane the Media Panic Critic ... at May 11, 2020 01:49 AM (LPnfS) 603
Poor li'l Negative Nancies, flitting about with despair in their souls. I just want to hug 'em all!
Posted by: Slapweasel at May 11, 2020 01:50 AM (Ckg4U) 604
Posted by: President Useless Piece of Shit at May 11, 2020 01:44 AM (5zSJ5)
Are you as mad at the Chinese Communist Party for murdering them as you are at Trump for being President? Or I suppose I now have to say "The CCP, Cuomo, Wolf, Newsome, and Whitmer (and whoever's in NJ)." Posted by: Methos at May 11, 2020 01:52 AM (kOpft) 605
President Useless Piece of ShitI think you are lost. You may want to go over to DU or somewheres.
BYe bye. Posted by: alamogordo at May 11, 2020 01:53 AM (x4eOM) Posted by: Methos at May 11, 2020 01:53 AM (kOpft) 607
Want to have a good laugh at video games, look up the Fairchild Channel F on YouTube sometime.
Basically every game on it was some variation of pong. Football was pong. Bowling was pong. Hockey was definitely pong. Shooting Gallery was pong. I'm exaggerating, but only a little. It was awesome in its time. Released for about $180 back in the mid-to-late 70's which is probably equivalent to about $800 today. For lots of pong on your TV. Posted by: ... at May 11, 2020 02:00 AM (yokAj) 608
That's President Useless Piece of Shit For 5 More Years, to you bub.
Posted by: ... at May 11, 2020 02:00 AM (yokAj) 609
Hi guys, Any interesting new lies from the media today to get the Karens all running around with their hair on fire? I stopped watching or listening to it several years ago about 6 months into the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax.
I noticed how the overall death rate for 2020 is lower than 2014-2018. I guess the propagandists in the press didn't major in math. Faking all the death certificates to read Covid still doesn't change the overall death rate. If the death rate stays the same or goes down that means the Peking Pox sucks at being a pandemic. Freaking Chinese commies can't even manufacture a decent , quality pandemic. QC sucks over there. This is what you get when the Chinese commies didn't have anything to steal or copy from and had to come up with it all by themselves . Posted by: The Walking Dude at May 11, 2020 02:01 AM (cCxiu) 610
Remember the story the Left is telling you:
We only locked down like every other country to "flatten the curve". People are going to keep dying because it was never about stopping people from catching the virus, just slowing it down. Also all the virus deaths are Trump's fault. The Left has twisted some pretzels in their time, but this may be the best of all. Posted by: ... at May 11, 2020 02:02 AM (yokAj) 611
Happy Mother's Day, you muthas.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Anyone want to live in a cardboard box? at May 11, 2020 02:04 AM (SchxB) 612
The Left has twisted some pretzels in their time, but this may be the best of all.
Posted by: ... at May 11, 2020 02:02 AM (yokAj) they are the least introspective people in history. The main reason if they have been helicoptered and they never learned history. I feel sorry for them in many ways but since they want to take us out, it is fleeting. Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 02:04 AM (hHxp2) Posted by: Methos at May 11, 2020 02:05 AM (kOpft) 614
I have genuinely witnessed the simple power of not watching television. The Newsvirus doesn't get to yell at me and shout, "This Is Happening To You! Right Now! All Of It!"
...pretty darned peaceful, that. Posted by: Slapweasel at May 11, 2020 02:05 AM (Ckg4U) 615
If the death rate stays the same or goes down that
means the Peking Pox sucks at being a pandemic. Freaking Chinese commies can't even manufacture a decent , quality pandemic. QC sucks over there. This is what you get when the Chinese commies didn't have anything to steal or copy from and had to come up with it all by themselves . Posted by: The Walking Dude at May 11, 2020 02:01 AM (cCxiu) This was just a practice run for the elites to take control. There is a second one planned. You might want to think about how to react when that one is released.Watch the video. It's 39 minutes. For some reason it skips ahead 5 minutes. Restart it. Remove spaces of course.https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=1Z5VYqJqrtIt=340s
Posted by: Miley, the 616
Although I do like how the Party of Science tries to argue that the thing growing inside a woman isn't a human being when in *100%* of trials, the thing that grows inside a woman and makes it past the head caver-inner is a human being.
Every time. They never not been a human being. Not once. Yet somehow the blind fools act like all haughty like they have "science" on their side. So that's a tough lie to beat. But they're making a good run with corona. Posted by: ... at May 11, 2020 02:06 AM (yokAj) 617
Thanks for the ONT.
Genius Award Winner deserves a bit of a tip of the hat, he lived the dream of all young children: to be in a theme park when it is closed. Adding to the odd factor, the park has been closed since the 90s? I wonder what it looks like? I am actually kind of interested. Ruin Porn. Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 11, 2020 02:06 AM (A5zUN) 618
I didn't call my mom today. I feel a twinge of guilt, but not much. My brother called her this morning and he told me not to bother because she doesn't want to talk.
She did some good stuff in her day, but somehow the emotional abuse is what is remembered. At least I don't hate her, I'm just "meh."
Posted by: Miley, the 619
@615, Miley,
Hi Miley. I'm gonna watch that now. BTW If my reaction should consist of being a recluse living way out in the stix (solar panels, well, animals, garden, way too many guns and my own ammo dump) I got it covered. Posted by: The Walking Dude at May 11, 2020 02:10 AM (cCxiu) 620
Sorry to hear that Miley.
Called Mom and had a nice long talk about Polio and Small Pox. (I asked her and Dad about vaccinations and their experience since they are right in that age group.) Made plans with Dad about decorating graves on Memorial Day. If work starts back up, I may not be able to go on the day (which is why we often do it on Saturday or Sunday) but we are doing it, come Hell or High Water. Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 11, 2020 02:10 AM (A5zUN) 621
"...BTW If my reaction should consist of being a recluse living way out in the stix (solar panels, well, animals, garden, way too many guns and my own ammo dump) I got it covered."
-Posted by: The Walking Dude at May 11, 2020 02:10 AM (cCxiu) Sounds nice, actually. Posted by: Slapweasel at May 11, 2020 02:11 AM (Ckg4U) 622
Kenya" is also trending tonight.
I have no idea what it's about, but not related to #ObamaGate. Posted by: Methos at May 11, 2020 02:05 AM (kOpft) I have given up on trending as having any meaning. Ok, I go too far, I never thought it did, but I am on a roll. Most of today Betty White trended. The SJW's were so said that Betty White died. But really it was Betty Wright, a black Soul and RB icon. Too bad these twitter numbskulls are too dumb to learn to spell. And obviously 90s percent of them have never heard of Betty Wright. The deceased deserved better than a bunch of Millennials (broad description here) who barely know one and don't care about the other. Do I think Twitter is hot garbage? Yes I do. Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 02:14 AM (hHxp2) 623
I didn't call my mom today. I feel a twinge of
guilt, but not much. My brother called her this morning and he told me not to bother because she doesn't want to talk. She did some good stuff in her day, but somehow the emotional abuse is what is remembered. At least I don't hate her, I'm just "meh." Posted by: Miley, the Duchess - Hydroxy Chloro Queen and Bat Soup Nazi at May 11, 2020 02:08 AM (rCwaK) my mother was the greatest person I ever knew and that was by a long shot. I don't want to go too far because my father was the second greatest person I ever knew. I miss them both terribly and I have yet to find anyone in their league. I wish I had a mother to thank today. I am saddened by those who have had bad experiences. But at the same time, some of those people have other experiences. They have the chance at other moms whether they be grandmothers, wives, or even kids. That is the cool thing about life, if you keep living it, it goes on and can change. Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 02:18 AM (hHxp2) 624
Do I think Twitter is hot garbage? Yes I do.
Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 02:14 AM (hHxp2) This is why I absolutely refuse to join the Twitter crowd. I wish people would just walk away from it, but I also believe in the concept of freewill. Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 11, 2020 02:19 AM (ejsiI) 625
Hi Miley. I'm gonna watch that now. BTW If my
reaction should consist of being a recluse living way out in the stix (solar panels, well, animals, garden, way too many guns and my own ammo dump) I got it covered. Posted by: The Walking Dude at May 11, 2020 02:10 AM (cCxiu) Sounds good
Posted by: Miley, the 626
618 I didn't call my mom today. I feel a twinge of guilt, but not much. My brother called her this morning and he told me not to bother because she doesn't want to talk.
She did some good stuff in her day, but somehow the emotional abuse is what is remembered. At least I don't hate her, I'm just "meh." Posted by: Miley, the Duchess - Hydroxy Chloro Queen and Bat Soup Nazi at May 11, 2020 02:08 AM (rCwaK) I texted my mother. There's a reason I texted but dared not call. For reasons I cannot fathom, she is quickly turning into a very bitter, angry human being. Sad to say I have to conduct visits to my parents in moderation. Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 11, 2020 02:22 AM (ejsiI) 627
This is why I absolutely refuse to join the Twitter
crowd. I wish people would just walk away from it, but I also believe in the concept of freewill. Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 11, 2020 02:19 AM (ejsiI) but is it freewill? It's fakebook that bothers me the most. You can never talk a fakebook user down. They have no idea how the platform is all in with the left and is going to use their power to change elections. These guys will reply they love Trump and it is a great way to keep in touch. Yeah right, it is a great way to keep out of touch. Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 02:23 AM (hHxp2) 628
#Obamagate... https://tinyurl.com/yco35gv5
Posted by: Slapweasel at May 11, 2020 02:23 AM (Ckg4U) 629
@601 No one died when His Majesty The Shahinshah was in the White House, right. At least that is what the media will have us believe.
Mr. Trump needs to hurry up with that executive order banning death. Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 11, 2020 02:25 AM (ejsiI) 630
Mr. Trump needs to hurry up with that executive order banning death.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 11, 2020 02:25 AM (ejsiI) I'd prefer Gitmo tribunals and quick executions, myself.
Posted by: Miley, the 631
If you are typing Obama into a search engine, Obamagate and Obamacare will be top choices. This is what happened to your name, cocksucker.
I saved the gravy. I will put it on my eggs or something. Posted by: BourbonChicken with a Face Colander at May 11, 2020 02:30 AM (LxTcq) 632
Goodnight all, thanks for the fun chat tonight.
Hope everyone had a pleasant, or at least tolerable, Mother's Day. I know it's rough on people who either lost their moms or whose moms weren't good at being moms. Posted by: qdpsteve at May 11, 2020 02:34 AM (L2ZTs) 633
G'Night, qdpsteve.
Posted by: Slapweasel at May 11, 2020 02:35 AM (Ckg4U) 634
Goodnight all, thanks for the fun chat tonight.
Hope everyone had a pleasant, or at least tolerable, Mother's Day. I know it's rough on people who either lost their moms or whose moms weren't good at being moms. Posted by: qdpsteve at May 11, 2020 02:34 AM (L2ZTs) goodnight qdpsteve. Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 02:35 AM (hHxp2) 635
Do I think Twitter is hot garbage? Yes I do.
--- Well, you're certainly welcome to your opinion, but I got on twitter for early access to kbdabear's babe pics, and got to tweeting since I have all this time on my hands and needed a break from Skyrim. Now I have 7 followers. So I'm like hot shit, or, er, something. Posted by: Methos at May 11, 2020 02:38 AM (kOpft) 636
Hi,
"why is obama panicked ?" He is not panicked because of what the democrats might not do. He is not panicked because of what judges might not do. He is not panicked about what Flynn might say (duh). Why is he talking? Wrong question. Who is he talking to? (No, obviously not Pelosi or Schiff - they are burnt meat) He is talking to republicans and ex-republicans. Wait - are there any ex-republicans ? .... You need to pause the the tape here. Press pause. .... Was Obama talking to democrats (who are (not?) lock step) or a single judge...? ... , now, start again at the top. TV Posted by: 2020511 at May 11, 2020 02:41 AM (zAQc9) 637
Well, you're certainly welcome to your opinion, but I
got on twitter for early access to kbdabear's babe pics, and got to tweeting since I have all this time on my hands and needed a break from Skyrim. Now I have 7 followers. So I'm like hot shit, or, er, something. Posted by: Methos at May 11, 2020 02:38 AM (kOpft) I had a great answer but meh. Never explain was some good advice I got once. I doubt you think I was thinking of kdabear when I typed that. Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 02:43 AM (hHxp2) 638
If you are typing Obama into a search engine, Obamagate and Obamacare will be top choices. This is what happened to your name, cocksucker. I saved the gravy. I will put it on my eggs or something. Posted by: BourbonChicken with a Face Colander at May 11, 2020 02:30 AM (LxTcq) Years ago when obama was running for president a poster here said "obama will be a shitstain on the pages of our history". We all pretty much knew that would be the case, but fast forwarding to today not only is there no other way to describe his reign of error, but the asshat fucking did everything he could to make sure he would be that shitstain. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 11, 2020 02:46 AM (9Om/r) 639
Missing Zero Posted by: 20200511 at May 11, 2020 02:46 AM (zAQc9) 640
even the regular net can be an eye opener. Anything can set some people off. I guess that is why the left wants to control speech. If we all say the same thing, then we are safe.
Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 02:46 AM (hHxp2) 641
"...not only is there no other way to describe his reign of error, but the asshat fucking did everything he could to make sure he would be that shitstain."
-Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 11, 2020 02:46 AM (9Om/r) I'm of the firm belief that women were voting for him like they were decorating a curio cabinet. "Oooohhh! Let's get a Black One!" How did they ever get the power to vote? We had this one sewn-up. They couldn't even vote on it! Posted by: Slapweasel at May 11, 2020 02:51 AM (Ckg4U) 642
Smart kid that last comment
Posted by: 20200511 at May 11, 2020 02:53 AM (zAQc9) 643
MisHum,
sorry you had a rough day. The ONT is just great. My favorite is the Mr. T. video. His explanation of "MOTHER" is guaranteed to make anyone laugh. Gave me a good excuse to call my son again. We both cracked up. A nice Mother's Day gift. And to all with crummy or evil Moms, so sorry that you missed one of life's blessings. Since y'all are part of the Horde, glad you have all moved on. (Abby's story was heart warming too). Posted by: groovygirl at May 11, 2020 02:53 AM (ybC9u) 644
627 This is why I absolutely refuse to join the Twitter
crowd. I wish people would just walk away from it, but I also believe in the concept of freewill. Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 11, 2020 02:19 AM (ejsiI) but is it freewill? It's fakebook that bothers me the most. You can never talk a fakebook user down. They have no idea how the platform is all in with the left and is going to use their power to change elections. These guys will reply they love Trump and it is a great way to keep in touch. Yeah right, it is a great way to keep out of touch. Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 02:23 AM (hHxp2) Absolutely. Participation isn't mandatory yet. Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 11, 2020 02:55 AM (ejsiI) 645
LadyL,
Your story reminds me of a painful broken friendship of mine. Sounds like your (now ex) friend is a bully. They just can't take it when you set a boundary. In my case, the ex-friend is very vindictive, ruining at least one joint friendship. Some folks just can't take "no" for an answer. Hope hitting the tennis ball provides a bit of (at least physical) relief. Posted by: groovygirl at May 11, 2020 02:56 AM (ybC9u) 646
The media is totally complicit, part of the conspiracy of Spygate. Just look at the obvious and frequent lies from some of the main Russiagate actors--Clapper, Brenna, Schiff--which have been totally exposed in the recent release of transcripts from House Intelligence Committee testimony.
A cabal of crooks and liars, with Obummer as titular head. I still think there was another puppet-master though. Probably Soros. Amazingly enough, the WSJ published a pretty strong anti-Obama editorial. Comments were at least 95-5 against Obama. Surprising, but maybe they have a finger to the wind. Posted by: groovygirl at May 11, 2020 02:59 AM (ybC9u) 647
645 LadyL,
Your story reminds me of a painful broken friendship of mine. Sounds like your (now ex) friend is a bully. They just can't take it when you set a boundary. In my case, the ex-friend is very vindictive, ruining at least one joint friendship. Some folks just can't take "no" for an answer. Hope hitting the tennis ball provides a bit of (at least physical) relief. Posted by: groovygirl at May 11, 2020 02:56 AM (ybC9u) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJVd2viG9f0 Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 11, 2020 03:03 AM (ejsiI) Posted by: Slapweasel at May 11, 2020 03:07 AM (Ckg4U) 649
Catch Thirty-Thr33-
That is an a**-kicking song! Posted by: groovygirl at May 11, 2020 03:09 AM (ybC9u) 650
I had a great answer but meh. Never explain was some good advice I got
once. I doubt you think I was thinking of kdabear when I typed that. -- Nah, I was just trying to be funny. I miss sometimes, particularly when it's Oh I gotta go to bed. Posted by: Methos at May 11, 2020 03:13 AM (kOpft) 651
649 Catch Thirty-Thr33-
That is an a**-kicking song! Posted by: groovygirl at May 11, 2020 03:09 AM (ybC9u) Once I had a whole series of friendships ruined over a girl. That song reminds me of that time. I love me some Porcupine Tree. Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 11, 2020 03:26 AM (ejsiI) 652
Oh gosh Catch Thirty-Thr33.
Tough one--buds vs. a girl. At least my experience didn't have that angle. Romance and attraction can really escalate these type of conflicts Posted by: groovygirl at May 11, 2020 03:42 AM (ybC9u) 653
Big Mike did say that the girls are turkey baster babies.
Posted by: Miklos, recalling at May 10, 2020 10:48 PM (QzkSJ) She said that? Posted by: clutch at May 11, 2020 04:12 AM (9UmRs) 654
The media was used by the conspirators willingly because they are on the same team.
Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2020 04:13 AM (ZCEU2) 655
I don't want to get up
Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2020 04:20 AM (ZCEU2) Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 04:21 AM (hHxp2) 657
Good Morning Morons today is Monday, May 11, 2020. On this day in 1846 President James K. Polk asked for a Declaration of War against Mexico, starting the Mexican-American War.
Posted by: Vic at May 11, 2020 04:21 AM (mpXpK) Posted by: Vic at May 11, 2020 04:22 AM (mpXpK) 659
The ultimate end-point in an all Democrat controlled State in a Democrat controlled city. The LA city counsel has voted to house vagrants in city hotels and threatens to steal the ones that refuse at the point of a gun.
https://tinyurl.com/ybst43ps Posted by: Vic at May 11, 2020 04:23 AM (mpXpK) 660
There are signs all over that the MSM/DNC has realized its sick attempt to oust PDT via Corona Apocalypse isn't working, even though they managed to get in a near-lethal stab to the gut (get well soon, US economy!). Watch as they subtly shift to all their pre-corona boogeymen in their "reporting"...
Posted by: MarjBaldwin at May 11, 2020 04:23 AM (H5Sbo) 661
The Atlanta mayor is trying to stir up a race riot in Atlanta for a murder that was not committed in Atlanta. The assailants have been arrested in the county where the murder took place and charged with capitol murder. The Atlanta major needs to BTFO. Of course she also blames Trump.
https://tinyurl.com/yb4s22b6 Posted by: Vic at May 11, 2020 04:23 AM (mpXpK) Posted by: Vic at May 11, 2020 04:23 AM (mpXpK) 663
After the DOJ dropped the bogus charges against Flynn Obama made an incredibly stupid statement about the 'rule of law'. Under the Obama regime there was no rule of law. In fact it was the most corrupt administration in history. And wild hair Gowdy calls him on it.
https://tinyurl.com/ydep2c4q Posted by: Vic at May 11, 2020 04:24 AM (mpXpK) 664
Nah, I was just trying to be funny. I miss sometimes, particularly when it's
Oh I gotta go to bed. Posted by: Methos at May 11, 2020 03:13 AM (kOpft) no worries man. You never leave the bat on your shoulder. I swing and miss too. I also lead with my chin. Those two things can get you in trouble. But I never do it with malice so it isn't a problem. Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 04:24 AM (hHxp2) 665
Meet The Mess admits they lied about what Barr said on the Flynn case.
https://tinyurl.com/yazwhxh2 Posted by: Vic at May 11, 2020 04:24 AM (mpXpK) 666
John Brennan doesn't like the charges beibnf dropped for Flynn. I say when is this turd going to jail.
https://tinyurl.com/ya2cjrl5 Posted by: Vic at May 11, 2020 04:25 AM (mpXpK) Posted by: Vic at May 11, 2020 04:25 AM (mpXpK) 668
Let me be clear, nursing homes serve a vital cause. They are needed in this day and age and there are no two ways about it. But IF you have the opportunity to make another choice, that choice will be buttressed by the events of 2020. I know a lot of medical professionals who were down on nursing homes long before this Dem Panic.
If nothing else, the nursing homes will have to change policies and even make ones that make sense to a normal. Maybe they will have to get their shit in one bag as certain military types used to say. Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 04:29 AM (hHxp2) Posted by: My life is insanity at May 11, 2020 04:33 AM (kck+S) 670
we stole Texas? We won it in two wars. How many wars do you need to be clear? The Mexicans that risk all to come to Texas are likely not trying to "take it back" They are trying to leave something, not recreate it.
It is the leftists who have been here for generations that are screwing up TX, CA, etc. Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 04:34 AM (hHxp2) 671
hi MLI
Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 04:35 AM (hHxp2) 672
Who stole Mexico? The Spanish, the French, and even the Germans. Hell if they had not stolen it, it would not be Mexico. Why not ask who stole Antartica?
being a leftist must be tiring. You not only have to be wrong about everything, but you have to be worried about it all the time. Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 04:41 AM (hHxp2) 673
Hey there, Quint.
Hope all is well. I'm late...monday mornings always come too quickly! I need to leave in 5 minutes, so grabbing my peanut butter toast and heading out, sans coffee. Looks like a stop at the grocery store on my way home. Posted by: My life is insanity at May 11, 2020 04:41 AM (kck+S) 674
Posted by: My life is insanity at May 11, 2020 04:41 AM (kck+S)
well have a good one. I am not normally here at this hour but it is always good to see you check in. Take care. Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 04:43 AM (hHxp2) 675
Make it a good day, all.
And a belated Happy Birthday to beanervt! (We had snow flurries yesterday between the rain. Hope you didnt get snowed in!) Posted by: My life is insanity at May 11, 2020 04:43 AM (kck+S) 676
I hope all is well with you. I am ok but you have more to deal with as i recall. I wish you the best.
Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 04:44 AM (hHxp2) 677
@669: Read the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. You might have heard of that, snoozing your way through history classes.
And Mexico stupidly coughed up TX by being a bunch of heavy handed assholes. The Alamo and Goliad are not ways to win hearts and minds. So they got stomped at San Jacinto, and it was a stomping they so richly deserved. I think I'll fly my TX flag a little higher today. (By the way: today, 50 years ago, was the day Lubbock was devastated by a tornado outbreak.) Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 11, 2020 04:49 AM (ejsiI) Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 11, 2020 04:50 AM (ejsiI) 679
Cuomo isn't coming out of this fiasco well
Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2020 04:53 AM (ZCEU2) 680
652 Oh gosh Catch Thirty-Thr33.
Tough one--buds vs. a girl. At least my experience didn't have that angle. Romance and attraction can really escalate these type of conflicts Posted by: groovygirl at May 11, 2020 03:42 AM (ybC9u) Yeah, but I came to the conclusion that they really weren't my friends anyway. (The whole thing's a sordid tale.) I moved on a sadder and wiser man, to tip my hat to Coleridge. Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 11, 2020 04:53 AM (ejsiI) 681
Deaths down a lot on my log I am keeping, in last 24 hours NY 207, NJ 89, Pa 19 and Wi 2.
Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2020 04:59 AM (ZCEU2) 682
It is like Mexican but with less interesting music, lore, and food.
I am not trying to be mean. But if you don't like Mexican culture in the Southwest. Try Peruvian culture in the Mid Atlantic. You don't even get the good food. You ask some of these people for a lemon, and they don't know what that is, there is no word for it (look it up) because they don't have one. . You ask for flour tortillas and they look at you sideways and again, do not understand. It is tough to compare cultures. But there is a reason Mexican food is served and ordered all over the world, and Bolivian is not. Same with Canadian really. Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 05:00 AM (hHxp2) 683
“Frankly, this is the final straw. Tesla will now move its HQ and future programs to Texas/Nevada immediately. If we even retain Fremont manufacturing activity at all, it will be dependent on how Tesla is treated in the future. Tesla is the last carmaker left in California.”
- Elon Musk - I've posted before that I doubt a single Tesla car has yet to run off of one single spark of electricity when cradle-to-grave considerations are considered, and likely won't for another twenty years. If Tesla moves they never will. The cars are already 2nd and 3rd cars for upper middle class people, and with a move they will be nothing more than an automotive masturbation session while fantasizing about "alternative" fuels. Zero energy saved, ever. As always and with everything, the exact same or more energy used in pursuit of the silliness that is nothing more than a broken-windows job creation scheme. Posted by: Moron Robbie - only 1,000 healthcare workers worldwide have died from COVIDs at May 11, 2020 05:03 AM (ADuZP) 684
I probably have to listen to Mexican music as much as any other kind. Every song sounds the same, and tubas are used in every one.
Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2020 05:05 AM (ZCEU2) 685
damn you are dumb. Mexican-American young latinas love AOC? Most of them are hard working and she is not. You should call them Mexican-American, young Latinas o Chcanas of the Hispanics but for some reason not Spanish persuasion.
So let me ask you this, Why can't your ideas work with anyone? Why do you have to race-bait and put people in categories? Could it be the racist left wants to use people, the more vulnerable the better? Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 05:06 AM (hHxp2) 686
Cuomo isn't coming out of this fiasco well
Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2020 04:53 AM (ZCEU2) What, being born? Posted by: RickZ at May 11, 2020 05:08 AM (Y8PSl) 687
This is too tiring really. Raimondo's argument collapses on itself. He calls America racist but then says there are millions of Mexican immigrants. The left does the same thing. We are the most welcoming county in history, but they all call us racist.
Ask the left about Japan, Germany, or Brazil. They would say "who?" Like I have said, many times, the whole lot should sue their teachers and look side eyed at their parents. Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 05:10 AM (hHxp2) 688
Did anyone ever figure out how descendants of ocean-going Europeans were minorities while other descendants of ocean-going Europeans aren't?
Is it a matter of failure? If you as a group are viewed by the left as a bunch of cultural and technological f*ckups that can't accomplish anything worthwhile you are considered a minority, but if you advance the human race like Spain and the Portuguese you're an oppressor? Is that the key? Posted by: Moron Robbie - only 1,000 healthcare workers worldwide have died from COVID-19 at May 11, 2020 05:10 AM (ADuZP) 689
RickZ well that too
Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2020 05:11 AM (ZCEU2) 690
@688 it helps to read history. AZ gave us McCain without much help from anyone. All anyone cared about was that he was a WAR HERO!!!
And aren't you racist to presume voting habits based completely on ethnicity? Doesn't wanting to classify everyone into a group make you a racist of the worst sort? Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 11, 2020 05:15 AM (ejsiI) 691
Mooch herself said blacks didn't vote racially enough to get Hildabeast over the finish line.
Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2020 05:17 AM (ZCEU2) 692
688 it helps to read history. AZ gave us McCain
without much help from anyone. All anyone cared about was that he was a WAR HERO!!! And aren't you racist to presume voting habits based completely on ethnicity? Doesn't wanting to classify everyone into a group make you a racist of the worst sort? Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 11, 2020 05:15 AM (ejsiI) he also claimed to be a Reagan Republican and one of the more libertarian minded "Western Conservatives" He turned out to be pretty awful and it didn't take long to realize he was not for real. Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 05:18 AM (hHxp2) 693
@685 So? Since when do 18 year olds hit the polls in vast numbers? I voted when I was 18 and that made me a statistical freak.
It's funny how your entire argument is based on racism and you call us racists. It's quite funny. By the way, when you want to indicate plurals in English, you don't use apostrophes. Unless you wanted to say Einstein owned something in that sentence. Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 11, 2020 05:19 AM (ejsiI) Posted by: AltonJackson at May 11, 2020 05:23 AM (ZIkx1) 695
Mooch herself said blacks didn't vote racially enough to get Hildabeast over the finish line.
- I've started to almost feel sort of bad for Michael. I suspect she had started out believing she was a smart and accomplished (Dunning-Kruger IIRC) black woman, but as she gets older and is around actual smart and accomplished people she has begun to realize that she's completely, totally, 100% exactly like the generational welfare recipients in the ghettos. Everything she has "earned" or "accomplished" was outright given to her, and it was all based entirely upon something she had no control over. She's not bright, but I think she's just bright enough to be realizing that by now, and that would have to f*ck with a person's head. Posted by: Moron Robbie - only 1,000 healthcare workers worldwide have died from COVID-19 at May 11, 2020 05:31 AM (ADuZP) 696
how come Rain Man doesn't care about the land we "stole" from the Brits and French? Does he want them back?
I wonder how he would have done in a meet up with some Comanche. He could tell them he is on their side and the bad guys are stealing their land. See how that would turn out. Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 05:32 AM (hHxp2) 697
Many Mexicans have lived in Texas for generations and are more Texan than Texans are. They go to church, run businesses, their kids go to college, and they are happy to be citizens of Texas and the USA. And they do not support open borders. They know drugs are a big problem for their people as well as anyone else. They want security and law and order. They want a decent place to live and a future for their children. They don't buy into the liberal bullshit because they know better. Play by the rules and obey the law, go to fucking work and you can become a citizen. Every damn country has laws about immigration. The problem is the leftist in this country want to play politics with ours. Well, they can go pound sand.
Posted by: Case at May 11, 2020 05:37 AM (tWAkG) 698
he also claimed to be a Reagan Republican and one of the more libertarian minded "Western Conservatives" He turned out to be pretty awful and it didn't take long to realize he was not for real.
Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 05:18 AM (hHxp2) He was a fake and a fraud and yet people in AZ voted for him again and again, quite cheerfully. Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 11, 2020 05:37 AM (ejsiI) 699
Sadly Robbie I think if Mooch decided or was pushed into the Presidential race she would be accepted whole heartedly by Democrats.
Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2020 05:38 AM (ZCEU2) 700
The problem is the leftist in this country want to play politics with ours. Well, they can go pound sand.
Posted by: Case at May 11, 2020 05:37 AM (tWAkG) i believe you are right in general Case. We are a welcoming country and have been so for some time. It is true many hispanics lived in Texas before Anglos. It is difficult to tell people they are not from here when they have been here longer than us. But there is no question many Texas cities have moved far left. And unfortunately the areas of Texas near the borders are almost uniformly blue. That is a shame really. If Republicans lose Texas then the presidency is gone unless the Trump reformulation get's even weirder. I agree Hispanics in general are hard working. And a lot of people who consider themselves to be elites are trying to corral people and tell them what to think. The real problem is the nation as a whole. We have bad schools that the left has taken over. They have taken over the media and Hollyweird as well. It is pretty amazing we are still competitive while no on our side has put in action a plan to change the dynamic. Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 05:44 AM (hHxp2) 701
>>> It's funny how your entire argument is based on racism and you call us racists. It's quite funny.
He seems to think that 'Hispanic' is one big mass voting block that all think alike and feel affinity for the rest of this superficial 'group'. Posted by: fluffy at May 11, 2020 05:48 AM (NGm/n) 702
Democrats only need a figurehead, the deep state runs the show
Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2020 05:49 AM (ZCEU2) 703
Getting a new furbaby from the daughter and g-babies is amazing.
Momi (2 year old kitteh I got from my oldest daughter down in Texas) is currently trying to drag the pet carrier - with new brother (or sister), Noni - through the house. This isn't as amazing, at 4:30 in the morning. Posted by: SMH - Seriously? at May 11, 2020 05:54 AM (RU4sa) Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2020 05:58 AM (ZCEU2) 705
Have a good one, Skip.
Posted by: SMH - Seriously? at May 11, 2020 05:58 AM (RU4sa) 706
He seems to think that 'Hispanic' is one big mass voting block that all think alike and feel affinity for the rest of this superficial 'group'.
- He's not too far wrong. IIRC hispanics vote for (D)s at somewhere around 70%, even in Texas. Those promises of free sh*t have a lot of appeal and why this intentional coming Greater Depression is so dangerous to what is left of the republic. Posted by: Moron Robbie - only 1,000 healthcare workers worldwide have died from COVID-19 at May 11, 2020 06:00 AM (ADuZP) 707
Mooch herself said blacks didn't vote racially enough to get Hildabeast over the finish line.
Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2020 05:17 AM (ZCEU2) Don't you mean blacks didn't vote racist enough? That's what you really meant, right? Posted by: RickZ at May 11, 2020 06:02 AM (Y8PSl) 708
Take care, skip, and I think you're probably right about Michael. I wouldn't blame her, though. If someone wants to give you the presidency as a welfare project, why refuse?
Posted by: Moron Robbie - only 1,000 healthcare workers worldwide have died from COVID-19 at May 11, 2020 06:02 AM (ADuZP) 709
When I lived in CO I never got to the SW or NW corners of the state. I had my favorite weekend drives, up into the mountains or the foothills, and part of the reason can be seen in that video of the drive of US 550: properly paved streets and roads. Going on a day trip was not, as it is here in Da Swamp, an exercise in cursing and growling through gritted teeth, "Why the hell don't they pave these roads?"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 11, 2020 06:03 AM (rpbg1) 710
Don't you mean blacks didn't vote racist enough? That's what you really meant, right?
Posted by: RickZ at May 11, 2020 06:02 AM (Y8PSl) I doubt she really cared. Check out the one funny thing McCain did, his Al Smith speech when he took on Obama. Hillary laughed like crazy when McCain made light of Bill's lack of enthusiasm for the Obama campaign. Maybe things have changed and the Obama's see their legacy in tatters. But I don't think they spent that much energy in electing Hillary. She and her husband sure as hell did not spend that much energy trying to elect Obama. Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 06:11 AM (hHxp2) 711
707 Mooch herself said blacks didn't vote racially enough to get Hildabeast over the finish line.
Posted by: Skip at May 11, 2020 05:17 AM (ZCEU2) Don't you mean blacks didn't vote racist enough? That's what you really meant, right? Posted by: RickZ at May 11, 2020 06:02 AM (Y8PSl) --- Baller or evil nag. Posted by: SMH - Seriously? at May 11, 2020 06:11 AM (RU4sa) 712
I'm listening to Seb Gorka interviewing Lara Logan on YouTube, and he has up on screen a picture of her out in the field somewhere. Total smoke show. Biscuit. Brick house. Yeah, a 1. Posted by: Gooshy at May 11, 2020 06:14 AM (taKIf) Posted by: SMH - Seriously? at May 11, 2020 06:14 AM (RU4sa) Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 11, 2020 06:15 AM (EZebt) 715
Good morning, Hordians. Another fine Trump day! Let's get out there and enrage the lunatics by living a good life today. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 11, 2020 06:18 AM (mht8P) 716
Re; Mother's Day . . . my mom and I got along great. There were times I could tell her things I couldn't tell anybody else. When I got sober in the fall of '86 and told her about it, I made sure she knew I didn't consider my problem with alcohol to be her fault. "It's a lottery, Mom. I lost."
She died at age 70 in '86. I wish she'd been younger, say about 85 now, and still alive. I think she'd be proud of me. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 11, 2020 06:20 AM (rpbg1) 717
The Stillers did a very nice covid video, mostly emphasizing to not needlessly endanger the old folk. I'll miss the old guy. Posted by: Gooshy at May 11, 2020 06:21 AM (taKIf) 718
LadyL, I consider I've lost a buddy of mine too. Not because of Trump or COVID or anything like that. Partly distance and partly his wife.
We met when we were 12 in 7th grade. For decades we did everything together, watch Star Trek (he got me into that, which led to both of my wives), double-dating, road trips, you name it. Then he married a little girl whose religion was Salvation Army, or something like that. It changed him, and his sense of humor was dimmed. She was never fond of me or my then-wife. Slowly we drifted apart. I moved to CO and back, they moved to Florida after Katrina. I've sent him emails, including on his birthday, and never gotten a response. Ah well. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 11, 2020 06:28 AM (rpbg1) Posted by: jsg at May 11, 2020 06:29 AM (SrH+7) 720
Gooshy, there was a fair bit of Lara vs Kayleigh talk here 2 or 3 days ago. For my tastes, Lara, and not close. And for those talking about the Obamagate tweet yesterday, I wonder how many know what prompted PDJT to use that phrase. Maybe a half dozen? Time to get ready for work. Posted by: TeeJ - slight change there but still me at May 11, 2020 06:31 AM (Ae45Z) 721
Hispanic is not a race, it is a nationality meaning that the origins were in Spain..
Posted by: Vic at May 11, 2020 06:32 AM (mpXpK) 722
719 Thank you Lord for another day.
And programmable coffeemakers. Posted by: jsg at May 11, 2020 06:29 AM (SrH+7) --- Amen. And the hub's just kicked on. Posted by: SMH - Seriously? at May 11, 2020 06:32 AM (RU4sa) 723
Amen.
And the hub's just kicked on. Posted by: SMH - Seriously? You got a programmable husband? Don't tell my wife about that. Posted by: Bruce at May 11, 2020 06:34 AM (vd8XM) 724
Maybe things have changed and the Obama's see their legacy in tatters. But I don't think they spent that much energy in electing Hillary.
Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 06:11 AM (hHxp2) It was only in the last week, possibly last weekend, when Barry hit the campaign trail for Shrillary. I think he saw the internal polls and realized she wasn't a shoe in and he was worried about just what is happening now, all his dirty SpyGate laundry being aired. He only campaigned for Cankles because he knew if she had won, she'd bury SpyGate deeper than his college transcripts and original birth certificate. There is no love lost between the Clintons and the Obamas. Both families think they should lead/rule the Dimocrat Party. Posted by: RickZ at May 11, 2020 06:34 AM (Y8PSl) 725
You got a programmable husband?
Don't tell my wife about that. Posted by: Bruce at May 11, 2020 06:34 AM (vd8XM) --- Haha. His coffeemaker. Posted by: SMH - Seriously? at May 11, 2020 06:35 AM (RU4sa) 726
I'm up early (no fault of mine), fed myself and slopped the felines. Miss Linda is dragging me out to the park this a.m. for our exercise. I'm telling her that when the daily temps start hitting 85 or more, including in the morning, this is over. Summer temps in this pesthole can touch a heat index of 90, two hours before the sun comes up.
Tuesday I'm dropping off the car to have the wheels refinished -- they're peeling, though it's only noticeable close up -- and will rent a car until the beast is ready on Friday. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 11, 2020 06:36 AM (rpbg1) 727
It seems that when the crud death numbers go down in No Ill, it's on a Sunday, and give me hope that maybe we have more than "flattened the curve"
Then on Monday they about triple. Maybe the gov Fatass needs to ban Mondays Posted by: Bruce at May 11, 2020 06:36 AM (vd8XM) 728
ban Mondays
Posted by: Bruce at May 11, 2020 06:36 AM (vd8XM) I would support this as a political platform. Posted by: jsg at May 11, 2020 06:47 AM (SrH+7) 729
mornin yall. Tesla got a buttload of subsidies to be in Cali and they won't move without a buttload more. Musk is FOS but he knows how to run a scam.
Posted by: Mr Haney at May 11, 2020 06:51 AM (Tnijr) Posted by: jsg at May 11, 2020 06:54 AM (SrH+7) 731
He's not too far wrong. IIRC hispanics vote for (D)s at somewhere around 70%, even in Texas. Those promises of free sh*t have a lot of appeal and why this intentional coming Greater Depression is so dangerous to what is left of the republic. Posted by: Moron Robbie - only 1,000 doctors and nurses worldwide have died from COVID-19 remember evil rich people do not work so they are not "workers", we are to hate everyone who is not a "worker" at May 11, 2020 06:00 AM (ADuZP) This is one of the biggest reasons why so much of the Dem base in TX is centered in the Rio Grande Valley. Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 11, 2020 06:55 AM (ejsiI) 732
I'm sorry folks but the "many Mexicans are more Texan than many Texans are" is a fabrication. It has always amazed me over the years that conservative, hard working Texans of Mexican extraction will still vote for someone because they have a Hispanic surname - regardless if they are flaming pro abortion, pro immigration candidates.
Posted by: Heart of Darkness at May 11, 2020 06:56 AM (nFRLh) 733
mornin' y'all
Posted by: Big V Caffeinated at May 11, 2020 06:57 AM (NeD6B) 734
I hope Tesla picks Nevada - these politicians like Crenshaw saying "come on in, the water is fine here in Texas" are hastening our demise.
Posted by: Heart of Darkness at May 11, 2020 06:59 AM (nFRLh) 735
The thing about SpaceX doing rockets and space travel better than the government is that most anyone could do rockets and space travel better than the government. Imagine if the Federal government started a car company. It would suck. Musk's forte is having a vision and getting funding to run his scams.
Posted by: freakd at May 11, 2020 07:11 AM (Tnijr) 736
TOP PIC : Parthenon being flooded. Snow to follow ? Posted by: saf at May 11, 2020 07:13 AM (5IHGB) 737
How could Tesla leave paradise for Nevada or Texas. I would pick Reno as my choice, but probably Texas for the big city life...It can snow in Reno.
Posted by: Colin at May 11, 2020 07:13 AM (FP/QY) 738
316 I doubt you could build a bridge across Bering Strait. I think it's some 30 miles at its narrowest. But you could build ferry slips on each side and run hourly car/rail ferries.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2020 10:45 PM (LZcDP) +++++++++++++++++ What kind of defeatism is this? We didn't settle for orbit, we went to the moon. Why? To prove we could. If we're gonna engage a basically pointless engineering exercise to connect Alaska with Russia, it is to prove that it can be done. Why? Because we want to. To prove it can be done. To prove that *we* can do it. Such a route serves effectively no purpose, it would just be to show off. You don't show off by shunting cars onto a boat. You show off by driving over an inhospitable sea full of ice floes in your car on a ribbon of concrete that needn't exist but does because of the wild ambition of its designers and builders. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 10, 2020 11:02 PM (49vFo) ***** See now, this guy gets it! Posted by: Gutzon Borglum at May 11, 2020 07:14 AM (W0S9L) 739
Morning all
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 11, 2020 07:14 AM (nRk/c) 740
I put linux mint on my computer this weekend and like it a great deal. It's almost too fast for my window-addled fingers when I type, ha. My daughter also recommended Spotify to me, and it is so much better than Amazon Music. Aside from that, I got nothing. Still locked down tight as a tick, and Guv Pritz said yesterday that's not changing any time soon.
Posted by: lizabtha at May 11, 2020 07:14 AM (L3Rsz) 741
How could Tesla leave paradise for Nevada or Texas. I would pick Reno as my choice, but probably Texas for the big city life...It can snow in Reno.
Posted by: Colin Tesla battery powered snowmobile, snow blowers, snow plows....testing grounds Posted by: Bruce at May 11, 2020 07:15 AM (vd8XM) 742
Assuming this madness does actually ever end, you do realize this 40-60% of the populace that is loving this, and wants it to continue, will still be in our midst, looking for the next chance to kill us all.
Posted by: Heart of Darkness at May 11, 2020 07:17 AM (nFRLh) 743
Still locked down tight as a tick, and Guv Pritz said yesterday that's not changing any time soon.
Posted by: lizabtha As soon as we all get vaccinated we'll be allowed to go out and play. Now word from Fatass where this vaccine is coming from. Will he personally guarantee that no one, and I mean no one will die from the vaccine or the Crud after getting the vaccine? I doubt it Posted by: Bruce at May 11, 2020 07:18 AM (vd8XM) 744
Assuming this madness does actually ever end, you do realize this 40-60% of the populace that is loving this, and wants it to continue, will still be in our midst, looking for the next chance to kill us all.
Posted by: Heart of Darkness at May 11, 2020 07:17 AM (nFRLh) NOt if we get them first Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 11, 2020 07:19 AM (nRk/c) 745
Still locked down tight as a tick, and Guv Pritz said yesterday that's not changing any time soon.
Posted by: lizabtha On a lighter note, we had our first hummingbird show yesterday. Along with a couple of Baltimore Orioles. I also spotted a Yellow Rumped Warbler in a tree by the window But, it also snowed in the afternoon Posted by: Bruce at May 11, 2020 07:20 AM (vd8XM) 746
Still locked down tight as a tick, and Guv Pritz said yesterday that's not changing any time soon.
Posted by: lizabtha * * Gov. John Bel "I wish I were Obama" Edwards is supposed to announce the latest update today. The lockdown is *supposed* to end May 15. I'm not holding my breath. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 11, 2020 07:20 AM (rpbg1) 747
So how many anti-vaxxers will line up for the Covid cure? We can actually stop measles but "I don't want that because, stuff, but sign me up for a cold vaccine created in a year."
Posted by: Heart of Darkness at May 11, 2020 07:20 AM (nFRLh) 748
I doubt it, too. I also kinda doubt Pritz will follow through with that threat. He seems like the sort who will back down from his 'brave' stance in the face of increasing anger.
Now Lightfoot seems like she will stick to the bitter end. So perhaps Lori will be Pritz's courage and he WILL stick. Would you want to make Lori Lightfoot angry? Posted by: lizabth at May 11, 2020 07:22 AM (L3Rsz) 749
So how many anti-vaxxers will line up for the Covid cure? We can actually stop measles but "I don't want that because, stuff, but sign me up for a cold vaccine created in a year."
Posted by: Heart of Darkness I feel the same way. Maybe a Karen will come up with an aroma therapy that works Posted by: Bruce at May 11, 2020 07:22 AM (vd8XM) 750
G'morning, all.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 11, 2020 07:22 AM (3D/fK) 751
I don't want anything this Fauci cat is tied to.
Posted by: jsg at May 11, 2020 07:22 AM (SrH+7) 752
Would you want to make Lori Lightfoot angry?
Posted by: lizabth Is the Little Troll Doll never not angry? Posted by: Bruce at May 11, 2020 07:23 AM (vd8XM) 753
Still locked down tight as a tick, and Guv Pritz said yesterday that's not changing any time soon. Posted by: lizabtha Not changing for you, that is. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 11, 2020 07:23 AM (mht8P) 754
G'morning, all.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 11, 2020 07:22 AM (3D/fK) Morning. Boy you got out of the NorthEast just in time Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 11, 2020 07:23 AM (nRk/c) 755
American Express told it's NYC based employees yesterday the company doesn't expect it's offices in the Financial District of Manhattan will reopen until the end of 2020.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, hunker in the bunker at May 11, 2020 07:23 AM (NVYyb) Posted by: SMH - Seriously? at May 11, 2020 07:24 AM (RU4sa) 757
Oh, how nice, Bruce! We had some Orchard Orioles stop by on Saturday. I had filled some empty orange shells with grape jelly and orange marmalade, which they loved.
Yesterday, I didn't even look out the windows much. The picture was too bitter and dour for May. Hubby came in from working in the woodshed and said it felt like late Nonmember. Bleh. Posted by: lizabth at May 11, 2020 07:24 AM (L3Rsz) 758
Kirk Franklin - Revolution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr41skFqzb8 Posted by: SMH - Seriously? at May 11, 2020 06:14 AM (RU4sa) I love Kirk Franklin. Good morning all. Posted by: grammie winger at May 11, 2020 07:24 AM (lwiT4) 759
Today is my wife's birthday.
We usually go out for a nice meal at a nice place a couple of times around the date. This year I think it will be an Italian beef from Portillos to go Posted by: Bruce at May 11, 2020 07:25 AM (vd8XM) 760
Not changing for you, that is. That's for sure. But we got Iowa just over yonder, so we can get a taste of freedom now and then. Posted by: lizabth at May 11, 2020 07:26 AM (L3Rsz) 761
758 Kirk Franklin - Revolution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr41skFqzb8 Posted by: SMH - Seriously? at May 11, 2020 06:14 AM (RU4sa) I love Kirk Franklin. Good morning all. Posted by: grammie winger at May 11, 2020 07:24 AM (lwiT4) --- More than apt in these trying times. Posted by: SMH - Seriously? at May 11, 2020 07:26 AM (RU4sa) 762
Happy Birthday to your wife, Bruce! Nice that she shares her special day with JJ Sefton.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, hunker in the bunker at May 11, 2020 07:26 AM (NVYyb) 763
We had some Orchard Orioles stop by on Saturday. I had filled some empty orange shells with grape jelly and orange marmalade, which they loved.
I had put out a jelly feeder last Monday. The next day had Orchard Orioles stop by for a nosh. I've never seen them before. Beautiful colors on them Posted by: Bruce at May 11, 2020 07:27 AM (vd8XM) 764
It has been speculated on before on this site - but what happens when all these financial firms in New York (ala Amex above) realize they don't need their people in the offices, the very expensive offices in New York? The real estate bubble that is Manhattan is going to be a helluva unintended consequence for idiots like Cuomo and Wilhelm. If I can be visual, why the hell would I want to live in any metro area? New York, Houston, LA?
Posted by: Heart of Darkness at May 11, 2020 07:28 AM (nFRLh) 765
Happy Birthday to your wife, Bruce! Nice that she shares her special day with JJ Sefton.
Posted by: Huck Follywood I'll let her know. She'll be thrilled! Posted by: Bruce at May 11, 2020 07:28 AM (vd8XM) 766
GM, grammie...didja have any sort of church yesterday?
Posted by: lizabth at May 11, 2020 07:28 AM (L3Rsz) 767
I think there will be (or ought to) major revisions of emergency power laws. These open-ended lockdown decrees are abusive. What's to stop Pritz from keeping you locked up until Judgement Day? Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 11, 2020 07:28 AM (mht8P) Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 11, 2020 07:29 AM (3D/fK) 769
They are gorgeous, aren't they, Bruce. Not so flutey a song as the Baltimores, but it's fun to watch them fight together in the great jelly-wars.
Posted by: lizabth at May 11, 2020 07:30 AM (L3Rsz) 770
I don't know, Hadrian. Maybe Barr? Not holding my breath, though.
Posted by: lizabth at May 11, 2020 07:31 AM (L3Rsz) 771
I think there will be (or ought to) major revisions of emergency power laws. These open-ended lockdown decrees are abusive. What's to stop Pritz from keeping you locked up until Judgement Day?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh I guess not a damn thing, other than the numbers that seem to be a little iffy to me I guess from now on if there is a 30 car accident on an expressway in Chicago, only essential will be allowed to drive, until the "numbers" flatten Posted by: Bruce at May 11, 2020 07:31 AM (vd8XM) 772
Jerry Stiller has passed.
Posted by: freakd at May 11, 2020 07:31 AM (Tnijr) 773
"Morning.
Boy you got out of the NorthEast just in time" Yes, we did indeed get lucky in that respect. Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 11, 2020 07:31 AM (3D/fK) 774
I want to see PDT eviscerate Obama for all time so that when he is dead and buried, not even weeds will grow on his grave
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 11, 2020 07:32 AM (nRk/c) 775
GM, grammie...didja have any sort of church yesterday?
Posted by: lizabth at May 11, 2020 07:28 AM (L3Rsz) We're still doing online Facebook services. Blah. Hoping to move forward this week with a plan for re-opening May 24. Prayers appreciated, we still have hurdles. Posted by: grammie winger at May 11, 2020 07:32 AM (lwiT4) 776
Jerry Stiller has passed.
Posted by: freakd The best shows of Seinfeld and King of Queens were the ones he was on Posted by: Bruce at May 11, 2020 07:33 AM (vd8XM) 777
764 It has been speculated on before on this site - but what happens when all these financial firms in New York (ala Amex above) realize they don't need their people in the offices, the very expensive offices in New York? The real estate bubble that is Manhattan is going to be a helluva unintended consequence for idiots like Cuomo and Wilhelm. If I can be visual, why the hell would I want to live in any metro area? New York, Houston, LA?
---------------------- NYC has been losing population for 3 years now. I don't think people want to live in a Super Spreader Wet Market going forward. The downside is the nation has to absorbed these asshole refugees. Posted by: Puddin Head at May 11, 2020 07:33 AM (s0rgF) 778
Iran fired a ship to ship missile yesterday during a training exercise and, missing the target, hit one of their own ships by accident. They sank the boat, killing an unknown number of sailors (they claim "one" but I don't think that number means the same thing in Persian govt speak as in English).
Something for them to work on in the days and weeks ahead. Posted by: Huck Follywood, hunker in the bunker at May 11, 2020 07:33 AM (NVYyb) 779
776 Jerry Stiller has passed.
Posted by: freakd The best shows of Seinfeld and King of Queens were the ones he was on ------------------------ Funny guy. Damn that COVID is busy. Posted by: Puddin Head at May 11, 2020 07:34 AM (s0rgF) 780
I think there will be (or ought to) major revisions
of emergency power laws. These open-ended lockdown decrees are abusive. What's to stop Pritz from keeping you locked up until Judgement Day? Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 11, 2020 07:28 AM (mht8P) From what I understand, WI has a 60-day limit. The 60 days are up today. We are still in lock down. The case is before the WI Supreme Court Posted by: grammie winger at May 11, 2020 07:34 AM (lwiT4) 781
Absolutely praying, grammie. For all of us locked out of the constitutionally-supposedly-protected freedom of religion.
Posted by: lizabth at May 11, 2020 07:34 AM (L3Rsz) 782
Iran fired a ship to ship missile yesterday during a training exercise and, missing the target, hit one of their own ships by accident. They sank the boat, killing an unknown number of sailors (they claim "one" but I don't think that number means the same thing in Persian govt speak as in English).
Something for them to work on in the days and weeks ahead. Posted by: Huck Follywood All those that died have been reported as Covid caused Posted by: Bruce at May 11, 2020 07:34 AM (vd8XM) 783
Jerry Stiller has passed.
Posted by: freakd at May 11, 2020 07:31 AM (Tnijr) that sucks. The man was a legend. Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 07:35 AM (hHxp2) 784
Thanks lizabeth. The first amendment got tossed pretty easily, didn't it?
Posted by: grammie winger at May 11, 2020 07:35 AM (lwiT4) 785
The governors with these emergency declarations and powers are like arsonists - you can always start another fire.
Posted by: Heart of Darkness at May 11, 2020 07:35 AM (nFRLh) 786
IL has a 30 day limit. No problem, just make a new declaration of emergency..bam..extension of lock-down ad infinitum.
Posted by: lizabth at May 11, 2020 07:36 AM (L3Rsz) Posted by: Bruce at May 11, 2020 07:36 AM (vd8XM) 788
Jerry Stiller has passed.
Such a funny man. I remember when he did his comedy routines with his wife. Stiller and Meara. Posted by: grammie winger at May 11, 2020 07:36 AM (lwiT4) 789
Iran fired a ship to ship missile yesterday during a training exercise and, missing the target, hit one of their own ships by accident. They sank the boat, killing an unknown number of sailors (they claim "one" but I don't think that number means the same thing in Persian govt speak as in English).
Something for them to work on in the days and weeks ahead. Posted by: Huck Follywood, hunker in the bunker at May 11, 2020 07:33 AM (NVYyb) 19 dead Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 11, 2020 07:37 AM (nRk/c) 790
Yes ma'am, it did.
And if I hear one more person say, "It doesn't matter, the church is not a building, you're just being selfish and want to kill people", I might. Posted by: lizabth at May 11, 2020 07:38 AM (L3Rsz) 791
And the fact that there is no precedent that anybody can find for someone who has been charged with perjury just getting off scot-free. That's the kind of stuff where you begin to get worried that basic - not just institutional norms - but our basic understanding of rule of law is at risk. Barack Huesein Obama
The balls on this fucking guy. Posted by: Grump928(C) at May 11, 2020 07:40 AM (yQpMk) 792
erry Stiller has passed.
Posted by: freakd at May 11, 2020 07:31 AM (Tnijr) that sucks. The man was a legend. Posted by: Quint at May 11, 2020 * * Since I had not seen or heard from his wife and long-time performing partner Anne Meara for quite a while before her death, I assumed they'd divorced. No; they were married from 1954 until her passing. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 11, 2020 07:40 AM (rpbg1) 793
Seed put out for the birds, birdbath filled and fountain started. We get them most early in the morning and, oddly, at dusk. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 11, 2020 07:40 AM (mht8P) 794
And if I hear one more person say, "It doesn't matter, the church is not a building, you're just being selfish and want to kill people", I might.
Posted by: lizabth But... we're all in this together!! *ducks* Posted by: Bruce at May 11, 2020 07:41 AM (vd8XM) 795
The balls on this fucking guy.
...are nothing compared to the balls on this f-ing guys wife. Good morning Posted by: Diesel Jones at May 11, 2020 07:41 AM (0CeRG) 796
I am amazed chuck todd has the balls to continue in his job. What a hack
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 11, 2020 07:42 AM (nRk/c) 797
Many cruise ships anchored in Manila Bay, Philippines. Checking the shipping updates, even the QE2 is there. Will be a long time before they move, I'd guess.
Posted by: Colin at May 11, 2020 07:42 AM (FP/QY) 798
And the fact that there is no precedent that anybody can find for someone who has been charged with perjury just getting off scot-free. yeah, that's never happened Posted by: Bill Clinton at May 11, 2020 07:43 AM (DUIap) 799
But... we're all in this together!! *ducks* LOL...you get a dispensation from my murderous wrath always, Bruce. Posted by: lizabth at May 11, 2020 07:43 AM (L3Rsz) 800
Many cruise ships anchored in Manila Bay, Philippines. Checking the shipping updates, even the QE2 is there. Will be a long time before they move, I'd guess.
Posted by: Colin at May 11, 2020 07:42 AM (FP/QY) They would be better off praying for a typhoon and collecting the insurance pay out Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 11, 2020 07:44 AM (nRk/c) 801
Meh...gonna go make myself hike the prairie, even though the north wind is blowing and no sun is shining. Gotta get outside. Have as good a day as possible, all.
Posted by: lizabth at May 11, 2020 07:45 AM (L3Rsz) 802
Bonjour fappeurs!
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 11, 2020 07:45 AM (NWiLs) 803
Iran fired a ship to ship missile yesterday during a training exercise and, missing the target, hit one of their own ships by accident. They sank the boat, killing an unknown number of sailors (they claim "one" but I don't think that number means the same thing in Persian govt speak as in English).
Something for them to work on in the days and weeks ahead. Posted by: Huck Follywood, hunker in the bunker at May 11, 2020 07:33 AM (NVYyb) 19 dead Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 11, 2020 07:37 AM (nRk/c) --- God help me, I'm laughing. Iran is the Wile E Coyote of nations. Posted by: SMH - Seriously? at May 11, 2020 07:45 AM (RU4sa) 804
Have a good walk, lizabeth. Bundle up.
Posted by: grammie winger at May 11, 2020 07:45 AM (lwiT4) 805
Time to put SCOAMF under oath and axe him some questions.
Posted by: Puddin Head at May 11, 2020 07:45 AM (s0rgF) 806
Rumors are that the reason JB the Hutt hasn't given a daily Covid update for a while is, he got a charter plane out of Springfield to go to his ranch in Florida to be with his wife who also snuck out during the lockdown
Posted by: Bruce at May 11, 2020 07:47 AM (vd8XM) 807
Georgia corona daily deaths nearing zero and cases falling rapidly, despite the MSM freakout. Out and about this weekend things are returning to normal but at least half the population is still freaked out and hiding and my YMCA is still not open, in the name of protecting my health FFS, which pisses me off to no end. (Shouldn't they be required to return the part of my registrar dues for the2-5 months they are closed?)
Let put an and the pandemic reality show now. It is f***ing ridiculous. Posted by: Ripley at May 11, 2020 07:47 AM (MxEKc) 808
797 Many cruise ships anchored in Manila Bay, Philippines. Checking the shipping updates, even the QE2 is there. Will be a long time before they move, I'd guess.
---------------------- Our Navy loved to pull time in Olongapo. Friendly women and cheap ship maintenance. A sailor's dream come true. Posted by: Puddin Head at May 11, 2020 07:47 AM (s0rgF) 809
Rumors are that the reason JB the Hutt hasn't given a
daily Covid update for a while is, he got a charter plane out of Springfield to go to his ranch in Florida to be with his wife who also snuck out during the lockdown Posted by: Bruce at May 11, 2020 07:47 AM (vd8XM) Yes, probably in Florida. Too cold on Lake Geneva for his speedboat, on which he gets tickets. Posted by: grammie winger at May 11, 2020 07:48 AM (lwiT4) 810
Those Massholes at that ice cream stand...they all need to be beaten. Uncivilized animals. I could no more take out my frustrations at a busy 17-year old ice cream employee than I could steal money from an old person. Humans can be so, so ugly. As it is now, I have to resist my urge to affix a "I hate people' bumpersticker to my car.
Posted by: Lady in Black, sans mask at May 11, 2020 07:49 AM (O+I8R) 811
Laughing at the Venezuelan navy ship that tangled with a cruise ship/ice breaker, and sank. I guess Iran and Venezuelan don't do very well at sea.
Posted by: Colin at May 11, 2020 07:50 AM (FP/QY) 812
Rumors are that the reason JB the Hutt hasn't given a
daily Covid update for a while is, he got a charter plane out of Springfield to go to his ranch in Florida to be with his wife who also snuck out during the lockdown -- And the fat bastard would still get reelected. Posted by: Lady in Black, sans mask at May 11, 2020 07:51 AM (O+I8R) 813
Iran is the Wile E Coyote of nations.
Posted by: SMH - Seriously? at May 11, 2020 07:45 AM (RU4sa) Ayatollah, is it really true that inshallah is a stone cold b*tch? Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - YOU are all in it together! - at May 11, 2020 07:51 AM (jnM20) Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - YOU are all in it together! - at May 11, 2020 07:52 AM (jnM20) 815
I got the bacon and eggs just right this morning, now I only I can do the same with the coffee!
And a lovely day to the lot of you! Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - YOU are all in it together! - at May 11, 2020 07:53 AM (jnM20) 816
Jerry Stiller has died? Another great one, from a time gone by in America. I always liked both he and Ann Meara. They're a part of my younger years. Seems they were always in stuff. There are no replacements for people like this. Who do we have now? Amy Schumer???
Posted by: Lady in Black, sans mask at May 11, 2020 07:54 AM (O+I8R) 817
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Great quote, probably from here: "I used to be a people person... Then people ruined it." Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - YOU are all in it together! - at May 11, 2020 07:52 AM (jnM20) Heh. Saw a T-shirt with something similar: "I was a people person, until I met some." Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 11, 2020 07:54 AM (NWiLs) 818
Yes, probably in Florida. Too cold on Lake Geneva for his speedboat, on which he gets tickets.
Posted by: grammie winger Ticketed for overweight occupancy? Posted by: Bruce at May 11, 2020 07:54 AM (vd8XM) 819
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - YOU are all in it together! - at May 11, 2020 07:52 AM (jnM20)
My son has a t-shirt that has that saying on it. Posted by: Jordan61 at May 11, 2020 07:54 AM (OzQGF) 820
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And the fact that there is no precedent that anybody can find for someone who has been charged with perjury just getting off scot-free. yeah, that's never happened Posted by: Bill Clinton at May 11, 2020 07:43 AM (DUIap) I don't think Clinton was ever charged with perjury. In any event, he didn't perjure himself, technically. Very, very, very technically. At the beginning of the trial the government established a formal definition for sexual relations, which didn't include a BJ for some reason. Apparently government lawyers need to get out more. So when they asked him if he had sex with Lewinsky, he answered something like "As defined by the court in motion 1.2.3? No." Which was true. Posted by: Ace's liver at May 11, 2020 07:55 AM (wGeit) 821
819 Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - YOU are all in it together! - at May 11, 2020 07:52 AM (jnM20)
My son has a t-shirt that has that saying on it. Posted by: Jordan61 at May 11, 2020 07:54 AM (OzQGF) Misanthropes REPRESENTIN'!!! Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 11, 2020 07:55 AM (NWiLs) 822
Iran is the Wile E Coyote of nations.
They're the ones who came up with drinking camel urine and everyone licking the same object as cures for Corona. LOL. Posted by: Ian S. at May 11, 2020 07:55 AM (6XLoz) 823
Ticketed for overweight occupancy?
Posted by: Bruce at May 11, 2020 07:54 AM (vd8XM) That would be appropriate too. I think he was ticketed for speeding, not sure if drinking while boating as well, but glad to spread a rumor. Posted by: grammie winger at May 11, 2020 07:56 AM (lwiT4) 824
That would be appropriate too. I think he was ticketed for speeding, not sure if drinking while boating as well, but glad to spread a rumor.
Posted by: grammie winger Are submarines allowed in Lake Geneva? Asking for a friend Posted by: Bruce at May 11, 2020 07:57 AM (vd8XM) 825
At the beginning of the trial the government established a formal definition for sexual relations, which didn't include a BJ for some reason. Apparently government lawyers need to get out more.
Nah, they're just married long enough that they don't remember BJs. Posted by: Ian S. at May 11, 2020 07:57 AM (6XLoz) 826
820 Flynn wasn't charged with perjury either.
Posted by: Heart of Darkness at May 11, 2020 07:58 AM (nFRLh) 827
825 At the beginning of the trial the government established a formal definition for sexual relations, which didn't include a BJ for some reason. Apparently government lawyers need to get out more.
Nah, they're just married long enough that they don't remember BJs. Posted by: Ian S. at May 11, 2020 07:57 AM (6XLoz) Why are brides always smiling? They know they've given their last BJ. Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 11, 2020 07:58 AM (NWiLs) 828
Are submarines allowed in Lake Geneva?
Asking for a friend Posted by: Bruce at May 11, 2020 07:57 AM (vd8XM) I know the deepest point of the lake. We could make arrangements. Posted by: grammie winger at May 11, 2020 07:58 AM (lwiT4) 829
825 At the beginning of the trial the government established a formal definition for sexual relations, which didn't include a BJ for some reason. Apparently government lawyers need to get out more.
Nah, they're just married long enough that they don't remember BJs. Posted by: Ian S. at May 11, 2020 07:57 AM (6XLoz) Hahah. That's depressing. Posted by: Ace's liver at May 11, 2020 07:58 AM (wGeit) 830
I am super envious of all the 'ettes who are able to get their hair done. I am still waiting, waiting, waiting to get word our Hair Hell is nearing its end. And even at that, my stylist is so behind with cancelled appts from 2 months ago, she's already told me it may take weeks to get my overdue hair in.
Posted by: Lady in Black, sans mask at May 11, 2020 07:59 AM (O+I8R) 831
Slanty nood!
Posted by: Laughing in Texas at May 11, 2020 07:59 AM (0nzky) 832
I know the deepest point of the lake. We could make arrangements.
Posted by: grammie winger I've got a mental image of you, hat on backwards, peering thru the periscope, giving the order to fire Posted by: Bruce at May 11, 2020 07:59 AM (vd8XM) 833
Morning, all. Waiting for JJ to put me some news.
That Ma Barker is one mean-looking motorcycle, isn't she? Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at May 11, 2020 07:59 AM (dfRN6) 834
NOOD
Posted by: Bruce at May 11, 2020 08:00 AM (vd8XM) 835
I don't think Clinton was ever charged with perjury. In any event, he didn't perjure himself, technically. Very, very, very technically. At the beginning of the trial the government established a formal definition for sexual relations, which didn't include a BJ for some reason. Apparently government lawyers need to get out more. So when they asked him if he had sex with Lewinsky, he answered something like "As defined by the court in motion 1.2.3? No." Which was true. Posted by: Ace's liver at May 11, 2020 07:55 AM Ladies & Gentlemen: I give you The Mandela Effect Clinton's impeachment was not over the Lewinsky blow job. He was impeached for perjury & subornation of perjury in the Whitewater financial mess. Lewinsky was a diversionary tactic Posted by: Bill Clinton at May 11, 2020 08:08 AM (DUIap) 836
So when they asked him if he had sex with Lewinsky, he answered something like "As defined by the court in motion 1.2.3? No." Which was true.
Posted by: Ace's liver at May 11, 2020 07:55 AM (wGeit) It was both perjury and witness tampering. and A federal judge yesterday fined Bill Clinton over $90,000 (£57,000) for denying under oath that he had had sex with Monica Lewinsky, in an unprecedented penalty imposed on an incumbent US president. The fine was ordered by Judge Susan Webber Wright, three months after she found him guilty of contempt for giving false testimony in a sexual harassment case brought against him by a former Arkansas government employee, Paula Jones. Posted by: rhennigantx dont californicate my TEXAS at May 11, 2020 08:12 AM (JFO2v) 837
Richard Branson is selling about 20% of his stake in his space company, intending to try to keep his airlines alive. He says they cannot survive much longer. Airlines generally are completely on the rocks, and you have to wonder how may years it will be before airline travel returns to what it was three months ago.
Posted by: Huck Follywood, hunker in the bunker at May 11, 2020 08:46 AM (NVYyb) 838
Fake perjury is a serious crime, not like real voter intimidation.
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