Mid-Morning Art Thread
Mary Cassatt
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(Jump to bottom of page)Posted by: Laughing in Texas at August 07, 2020 09:31 AM (8EdY0)
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Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at August 07, 2020 09:31 AM (UWqZJ)
Posted by: Furio at August 07, 2020 09:32 AM (FtO5h)
Surprisingly big book for such a short subject.
Posted by: Bete at August 07, 2020 09:32 AM (Ojki1)
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Posted by: AltonJackson
If you can protest in person
You can vote in person
(& bring your ID)
at August 07, 2020 09:34 AM (3rKlD)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 07, 2020 09:34 AM (NWiLs)
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Posted by: Boomers remember stuff at August 07, 2020 09:35 AM (vI+F1)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 07, 2020 09:35 AM (V2Yro)
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 07, 2020 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)
Mom: "Chapter 3, Summary of the Invention: The invention is a process for making polyethylene. The process comprises polymerizing ethylene in the presence of a catalyst system comprising an activator and a supported organometallic complex. The complex, which has "open architecture," includes a Group 4 to 6 transition metal and a bridged indenoindolyl ligand. We surprisingly found that modifying the open architecture complex to incorporate a C6-C20 hydrocarbyl amido group enables the production of polyethylene having improved flow and good rheological properties while maintaining high catalyst activity..."
Kid: zzzzzzzz
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 07, 2020 09:36 AM (mht8P)
Girl's just trying to visualize a trunyon while she listens.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 07, 2020 09:36 AM (6FeV1)
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 07, 2020 09:37 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 07, 2020 09:35 AM (ZLI7S)
And an ashtray
Posted by: Jizzlahne Maxwell at August 07, 2020 09:37 AM (LNhVD)
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Posted by: Lizzy at August 07, 2020 09:38 AM (bDqIh)
Posted by: Sgt. Schultz, art observer at August 07, 2020 09:38 AM (gtNWf)
Scratches
Looks around
Dang...little girl is dreaming of the day she can blow this popsicle stand and go off to college and party like there's no tomorrow.
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 07, 2020 09:38 AM (axyOa)
Posted by: Boots at August 07, 2020 09:38 AM (oGBso)
Her brother, Alexander Cassatt, was president of the Pennsylvania Railroad and was the driving force for the construction of Pennsylvania Station in New York.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 07, 2020 09:39 AM (mht8P)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 07, 2020 09:39 AM (rpbg1)
Posted by: Lizzy at August 07, 2020 09:39 AM (bDqIh)
Posted by: vmom 2020 grammar supremacist at August 07, 2020 09:40 AM (J8nVw)
Posted by: Archer at August 07, 2020 09:40 AM (gmo/4)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 07, 2020 09:40 AM (CD5Uk)
Posted by: DB- just DB. at August 07, 2020 09:40 AM (iTXRQ)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 07, 2020 09:40 AM (ejd/p)
Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at August 07, 2020 09:40 AM (SUelH)
Best part, I can even tell there are humans in the picture
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar -YOU are all in this together!- at August 07, 2020 09:41 AM (eTZoJ)
Posted by: CN at August 07, 2020 09:41 AM (ONvIw)
Girl's just trying to visualize a trunyon while she listens.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 07, 2020 09:36 AM (6FeV1)
This actually made me giggle....having used Chilton's manuals in the past.
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 07, 2020 09:41 AM (Zz0t1)
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Posted by: Tom Servo at August 07, 2020
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Dim and grimy-looking. Compare the original 1969 True Grit in dazzling color with the remake with Jeff Bridges. The latter looks washed out and tired.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 07, 2020 09:41 AM (rpbg1)
Posted by: Carpe Manana at August 07, 2020 09:42 AM (PbH71)
Posted by: Subtitles provided by the American Pediatric Association at August 07, 2020 09:42 AM (PiwSw)
Nope, definitely not the nurse who likes to...
Posted by: Archer at August 07, 2020 09:42 AM (gmo/4)
"I don't know dear."
"But she's been gone for eleven days!"
"I'm sorry, dear, I truly don't know."
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 07, 2020 09:42 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 07, 2020 09:33 AM (NWiLs)
It'll leave a dent for a while.
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 07, 2020 09:42 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at August 07, 2020 09:40 AM (SUelH)
Poor Mona.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 07, 2020 09:42 AM (CD5Uk)
Where is the white gown? That little hat?
FAKE. NEWS.
Posted by: blaster
Where are the seamed thigh highs? The 6 inch black patent leather pumps?
Posted by: rickb223 at August 07, 2020 09:42 AM (YxTUV)
Posted by: CN at August 07, 2020 09:42 AM (ONvIw)
Posted by: deplorable unperson - Kanye 2020 at August 07, 2020 09:42 AM (luzVb)
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Studying For The Nursing Bored Exam - a limerick
A spoiled little girl named Jane Gershon
Enjoys books, but wastes no exertion
But today she is vexed
'Cause the nurse chose the text:
"The Finer Points of Catheter Insertion"
Posted by: Muldoon at August 07, 2020 09:42 AM (Fc5rx)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 07, 2020 09:43 AM (rpbg1)
But the expression and posture of the bored little girl is freaking hilarious. The nurse is content to read whatever drivel she regards as 'proper' for a little girl. The girl wants to play, look for stuff in the stream, maybe get dirty as she explores the woods and water.
Make me wonder if this is something Mary Cassatt went through growing up.
Thanks, CBD. Nothing like ending the week's art thread with a smile.
Posted by: JTB at August 07, 2020 09:43 AM (7EjX1)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 07, 2020 09:43 AM (rpbg1)
Mother do you think they'll try to break my balls?
Ooooo-ah
Mother should I build the wall?
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 07, 2020 09:43 AM (NWiLs)
Where are the seamed thigh highs? The 6 inch black patent leather pumps?
Posted by: rickb223 at August 07, 2020 09:42 AM (YxTUV
It's always about the sponge baths with you.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 07, 2020 09:43 AM (CD5Uk)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 07, 2020 09:42 AM (YxTUV)
I'll be in my bunk...
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 07, 2020 09:44 AM (FtO5h)
Nope, definitely not the nurse who likes to...
Posted by: Archer
When that little girl goes to bed, the hair comes down and the freak turns on.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 07, 2020 09:44 AM (YxTUV)
And I like nurse's necklace/choker thing.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 07, 2020 09:44 AM (hYcqw)
It's always about the sponge baths with you.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 07, 2020 09:43 AM (CD5Uk)
Leave me outta this.
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 07, 2020 09:44 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 07, 2020 09:44 AM (FtO5h)
Girl: "I thought you said I couldn't go fishing today. . . ?"
Nurse: *sigh*
Posted by: Lizzy at August 07, 2020 09:45 AM (bDqIh)
Posted by: dantesed at August 07, 2020 09:38 AM (88xKn)
Of course! I'm not a savage.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 07, 2020 09:45 AM (xT2tT)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar -YOU are all in this together!- at August 07, 2020 09:46 AM (eTZoJ)
Posted by: Fred Savage at August 07, 2020 09:46 AM (FtO5h)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at August 07, 2020 09:47 AM (HmZuC)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 07, 2020 09:44 AM (hYcqw)
Word. Chokers are easily the sexiest thing ever invented for women's attire.
Of course, that also makes us misogynists, apparently.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 07, 2020 09:47 AM (CD5Uk)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 07, 2020 09:47 AM (TP0dG)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 07, 2020 09:47 AM (CD5Uk)
Choker? I don't even know 'er!
Posted by: Subtitles provided by Just the Punchline at August 07, 2020 09:48 AM (PiwSw)
I'd make the same face if I was that girl!
Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 07, 2020 09:48 AM (wtvvX)
Posted by: eleven at August 07, 2020 09:48 AM (XTyi0)
Girl: After this, can we do Singapore Slings again? Huh? Can we???!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at August 07, 2020 09:48 AM (axyOa)
Posted by: eleven at August 07, 2020 09:48 AM (XTyi0)
Of course, that also makes us misogynists, apparently.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 07, 2020 09:47 AM (CD5Uk)
Choker necklaces are stupid hot. I can't really explain why, but they just are.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 07, 2020 09:49 AM (NWiLs)
C'mon, Let's Get Reel (to Reel) - a limerick
The trials of noble Nurse Porter
Reading a book made-to-order
Nowadays we'd say "Look,
Just plop an audio book
In your Mary Cassatt tape recorder!"
Posted by: Muldoon at August 07, 2020 09:49 AM (Fc5rx)
I'd make the same face if I was that girl!
Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 07, 2020
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The nurse is reading from The Pearl. Kid doesn't understand what "spending" means.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 07, 2020 09:49 AM (rpbg1)
Posted by: Big V Caffeinated at August 07, 2020 09:49 AM (IAtY2)
Young girl: :: YAWN ::
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 07, 2020 09:49 AM (hYcqw)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 07, 2020 09:49 AM (YxTUV)
Posted by: ZZ Tophat at August 07, 2020 09:50 AM (wtvvX)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 07, 2020 09:50 AM (oVJmc)
Of course, that also makes us misogynists, apparently.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 07, 2020 09:47 AM (CD5Uk)
+++++++++++
Abso-freaking-lutely. I have no explanation for it, but there it is. Insanely sexy. And if that makes me some kind of knuckle-dragging regressive, then so be it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 07, 2020 09:50 AM (hYcqw)
Choker necklaces are stupid hot. I can't really explain why, but they just are.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 07, 2020 09:49 AM (NWiLs
This guy gets it. Hard to explain. Just is.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 07, 2020 09:50 AM (CD5Uk)
Word. Chokers are easily the sexiest thing ever invented for women's attire.
Of course, that also makes us misogynists, apparently.
Posted by: AlaBAMA
Plus the ever popular "sultry come hither" look.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 07, 2020 09:51 AM (axyOa)
No wonder the girl's miffed. She's really getting dissed.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 07, 2020 09:51 AM (FtO5h)
Young girl: :: YAWN ::
Posted by: Joe Mannix
Moist. You forgot to use the word "moist".
Because you just know, someone who will read that, hates that word.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 07, 2020 09:51 AM (YxTUV)
She also did some nice portraits in pastels. Not as good as Degas, perhaps, but effective.
Posted by: JTB at August 07, 2020 09:52 AM (7EjX1)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 07, 2020 09:52 AM (ZVFID)
Posted by: creeper at August 07, 2020 09:52 AM (XxJt1)
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at August 07, 2020 09:52 AM (IqXvw)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Mask Rebel at August 07, 2020 09:52 AM (HaL55)
Posted by: JTB at August 07, 2020 09:52 AM (7EjX1)
What happens in Degas, stays in Degas.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 07, 2020 09:52 AM (NWiLs)
Of course, that also makes us misogynists, apparently.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 07, 2020 09:47 AM (CD5Uk)
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Abso-freaking-lutely. I have no explanation for it, but there it is.
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Tatiana Romanova wearing only a black neck ribbon. 'Nuff said.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Iranian Navy test dummy at August 07, 2020 09:52 AM (UAMe5)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 07, 2020 09:52 AM (CD5Uk)
Biden: Illegal Immigration "Enriching" America, Pandemic An Opportunity For Amnesty
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 07, 2020 09:52 AM (+y/Ru)
Yes, when you see a lovely young lady, the second thing you check out is if she is wearing a choker!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar -YOU are all in this together!- at August 07, 2020 09:52 AM (eTZoJ)
Girl: *zzzzzzzzzz*
Nurse: *smiles, flips page to the juicy parts of the story*
Posted by: Lizzy at August 07, 2020 09:53 AM (bDqIh)
LOL! Your alliteration game is on point!
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 07, 2020 09:53 AM (FtO5h)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 07, 2020 09:53 AM (ZVFID)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Iranian Navy test dummy at August 07, 2020 09:52 AM (UAMe5)
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Yeah, that does the trick. SFW.
https://tinyurl.com/y36wchqg
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 07, 2020 09:54 AM (hYcqw)
Unexpectedly.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 07, 2020 09:54 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 07, 2020 09:52 AM (CD5Uk)
We'll all be in our bunks.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 07, 2020 09:54 AM (NWiLs)
I really don't think Biden's playing well with some traditional Democratic voting blocks.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at August 07, 2020 09:54 AM (UWqZJ)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Iranian Navy test dummy at August 07, 2020 09:52 AM (UAMe5)
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Yeah, that does the trick. SFW.
https://tinyurl.com/y36wchqg
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 07, 2020 09:54 AM (hYcqw)
I'll be in my bunk.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 07, 2020 09:55 AM (NWiLs)
He hasn't named Nikki Minaj yet, cause Nikki won't stand still long enough for him to get a sniff.
Posted by: JT at August 07, 2020 09:55 AM (arJlL)
No way.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 07, 2020 09:55 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 07, 2020 09:55 AM (ZVFID)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 07, 2020 09:55 AM (dfRN6)
Unexpectedly.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 07, 2020 09:54 AM (ZLI7S)
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I remember analysis of the 2012 election that said that people who voted on the economy ended up trending towards Obama because the perception of the economy was that it was improving, not that it was necessarily good.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at August 07, 2020 09:55 AM (UWqZJ)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 07, 2020 09:56 AM (8IOEj)
Unexpectedly.
America. F*ck yeah. Even bloody and bowed, and locked down and muzzled, this is the U-S-fvcking-A! . The fact that this nation not only still stands after 6 months of this, but is somehow, some way recovering is the only source of hope I have left.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 07, 2020 09:56 AM (FtO5h)
Ann Althouse just wrote, quite flatly, that Biden is in cognitive decline before comparing his campaign to HW's re-election campaign of 92.
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She'll still vote for him.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 07, 2020 09:56 AM (mht8P)
Economy adds 1.76 million new jobs last month beating estimates of 1.48, unemployment drops to 10.2%
Unexpectedly.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 07, 2020 09:54 AM (ZLI7S)
Have you heard of my Second Wave Plan. The curves will be flattened.
Posted by: The Good Dr Fauxi Stroking His Chin at August 07, 2020 09:56 AM (IqXvw)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 07, 2020 09:56 AM (8IOEj)
+++++++++++
Looks that way.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 07, 2020 09:56 AM (hYcqw)
They're all McJobs! Nobody can afford $27,000 stainless steel refrigerators or $18 a pint ice cream on that!
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 07, 2020 09:57 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 07, 2020 09:57 AM (+y/Ru)
Imagine how good he economy would be doing if Democrats weren't fighting to keep it locked down.
Going to be increased pressure on them until Nov 3rd to open up.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 07, 2020 09:57 AM (ZLI7S)
Ann Althouse just wrote, quite flatly, that Biden is in cognitive decline before comparing his campaign to HW's re-election campaign of 92.
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She'll still vote for him.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 07, 2020 09:56 AM (mht8P)
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I really don't think she will.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at August 07, 2020 09:58 AM (UWqZJ)
Unexpectedly.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 07, 2020 09:54 AM (ZLI7S)
And it would be closer to 2.2%, were it not for the insane panic reaction to the WuFlu.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 07, 2020 09:58 AM (TP0dG)
Broken Brain Biden making lemonade out of lemons.
Biden: Illegal Immigration "Enriching" America, Pandemic An Opportunity For Amnesty
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 07, 2020 09:52 AM (+y/Ru)
Here is the problem with Biden, you can't tell the real quotes apart from the Babylon Bee fake quotes anymore.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at August 07, 2020 09:58 AM (IqXvw)
https://bit.ly/2DFQH5S
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 07, 2020 09:57 AM (+y/Ru)
++++++++++++
I was hoping for sexy groupies. Expectations status: subverted.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 07, 2020 09:58 AM (hYcqw)
Posted by: deplorable unperson - Kanye 2020 at August 07, 2020 09:58 AM (luzVb)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 07, 2020 09:59 AM (8IOEj)
Posted by: JT at August 07, 2020 09:59 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 07, 2020 09:59 AM (CD5Uk)
https://bit.ly/2DFQH5S
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 07, 2020 09:57 AM (+y/Ru)
Phil Collins or no, I always enjoy these kinds of videos where kids or even adults are blown away by music I grew up with, or by genres (like metal) they've never heard before.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 07, 2020 09:59 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Mask Rebel at August 07, 2020 10:00 AM (HaL55)
Not only drumming for and then fronting a leading stadium-rock band but simultaneously playing in a really cool jazz fusion group, Brand X, while side-gigging with the likes of Brian Eno - and if Eno had you in his Rolodex in the 70s you were automatically cool...well, it was all downhill after 1980 but he had a good run of coolness.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 07, 2020 10:00 AM (FtO5h)
Posted by: deplorable unperson - Kanye 2020 at August 07, 2020 10:00 AM (luzVb)
Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at August 07, 2020 09:40 AM (SUelH)
I think that there will be many calls to alter paintings, and if not destroy them. If you can tear down statues of real people, why not burn paintings of anonymous ones.
Whenever you see a television show or a play, where the identities of the characters are changed (especially real people like Hamilton) in opposition to the reality of the time, you are seeing a destruction of history.
McCarter in Princeton loves to do this. They made Marcus Antonius black, and love to recast main characters as Asian or black.
So I am a bit surprised they're not vandalizing paintings. It would be so permanent.
Posted by: CN at August 07, 2020 10:00 AM (ONvIw)
Belly chain.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - Kanye 2020 at August 07, 2020 10:00 AM (luzVb)
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"The mumu."
-Hillary Clinton
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at August 07, 2020 10:00 AM (UWqZJ)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 07, 2020 09:56 AM (8IOEj)
I don't see any sprocket holes.
Bed sheet gets in the way.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 07, 2020 10:01 AM (TP0dG)
not even close to a man's wifebeater
Posted by: REDACTED at August 07, 2020 10:01 AM (O+AcM)
"The mumu."
-Hillary Clinton
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at August 07, 2020 10:00 AM (UWqZJ)
***side-eye***
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 07, 2020 10:01 AM (CD5Uk)
Posted by: deplorable unperson - Kanye 2020 at August 07, 2020 10:00 AM (luzVb)
Shackles and a ball gag.
Whoops, did I say that out loud?
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 07, 2020 10:01 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: The KLF featuring Tammy Wynette at August 07, 2020 10:01 AM (FtO5h)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Iranian Navy test dummy at August 07, 2020 10:01 AM (UAMe5)
Biden: Illegal Immigration "Enriching" America, Pandemic An Opportunity For Amnesty
Not all yellow liquid is lemonade. Just sayin'...
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Mask Rebel at August 07, 2020 10:02 AM (HaL55)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 07, 2020 09:59 AM (CD5Uk)
Mike Lee is working hard to do this. I wonder why he's considered so "conservative", when he's nothing but a big globalist donk at heart. Thank God he is not on the USSC
Posted by: CN at August 07, 2020 10:02 AM (ONvIw)
I was waiting for the dayyyum when the drums hit.
Not disappointed.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 07, 2020 10:02 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 07, 2020 10:02 AM (ZVFID)
Posted by: REDACTED at August 07, 2020 10:01 AM (O+AcM)
A real man doesn't outsource his wifebeating, he does it himself.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 07, 2020 10:02 AM (NWiLs)
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Posted by: MIRROR UNIVERSE MARK UDALL
Posted by: Muldoon at August 07, 2020 10:03 AM (Fc5rx)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 07, 2020 10:02 AM (NWiLs)
I bow to your self awareness
Posted by: REDACTED at August 07, 2020 10:03 AM (O+AcM)
Ann Althouse just wrote, quite flatly, that Biden is in cognitive decline before comparing his campaign to HW's re-election campaign of 92.
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She'll still vote for him.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 07, 2020 09:56 AM (mht8P)
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I really don't think she will.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at August 07, 2020 09:58 AM (UWqZJ)
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They way AA will justify her vote for Biden: Joe Biden says he's not in cognitive decline so I am going to vote for him so he can prove that he is not.
Posted by: WisRich at August 07, 2020 10:04 AM (G0vdT)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 07, 2020 10:05 AM (ZVFID)
Anonysaurus Wrecks, thanks for the video link. Maybe there's hope.
Posted by: creeper at August 07, 2020 10:05 AM (XxJt1)
Posted by: The Barrell at August 07, 2020 10:05 AM (ukNFU)
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What does it say about me that I pictured an ankle monitor, then realized that might not be what you meant?
Posted by: BunkerInTheBurbs at August 07, 2020 10:05 AM (ZI4/t)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 07, 2020 10:06 AM (CD5Uk)
He said exactly what I have been trying to say: in 7 months America has been transformed. Every Constitutional right has been trampled/threatened/ and smashed. We are in the process of becoming a mirror image of Communist China.
He played a clip of Fauxi complaining early on that "in America we could never implement such Draconian measures to fight the virus". Looks like that worked out for him.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - Kanye 2020 at August 07, 2020 10:06 AM (luzVb)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 07, 2020 10:07 AM (ZVFID)
Posted by: BunkerInTheBurbs at August 07, 2020 10:05 AM (ZI4/t)
You've got a thing for bad girls?
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 07, 2020 10:07 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: BunkerInTheBurbs at August 07, 2020 10:05 AM (ZI4/t)
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Ankle monitors might be considered sexy, in certain demographics.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Iranian Navy test dummy at August 07, 2020 10:07 AM (UAMe5)
Posted by: BunkerInTheBurbs at August 07, 2020 10:05 AM (ZI4/t)
++++++++++++
That you think there's something to be said for a dame who's rough and tough?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 07, 2020 10:07 AM (hYcqw)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Math Is Math at August 07, 2020 10:07 AM (9CkBG)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 07, 2020 10:07 AM (LNhVD)
Good God, I hated that song so much.
Posted by: dantesed at August 07, 2020 10:07 AM (88xKn)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 07, 2020 10:06 AM (CD5Uk)
That was a stinker, wasn't it? And the Top 40 stations played the hell out of it, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 07, 2020 10:07 AM (TP0dG)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 07, 2020 10:08 AM (hYcqw)
Whoops, did I say that out loud?
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 07, 2020 10:01 AM (NWiLs)
A man can dream!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar -YOU are all in this together!- at August 07, 2020 10:08 AM (eTZoJ)
Posted by: REDACTED at August 07, 2020 10:03 AM (O+AcM)
I've got way too much of that...
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 07, 2020 10:08 AM (NWiLs)
unemployment drops to 10.2%
Unexpectedly.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 07, 2020 09:54 AM (ZLI7S)
And it would be closer to 2.2%, were it not for the insane panic reaction to the WuFlu.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 07, 2020 09:58 AM (TP0dG)
A question I have on the unemployment rate is this: what is the TRUE unemployment rate?? How many of these people were furloughed? When furloughed, you still have a job, you just aren't working and not getting paid. Yet you still file for unemployment. And you are factored into the published unemployment numbers.I'm curious how many of the unemployed fall into the furloughed category. Is it a significant amount? Factoring them out, would the unemployment rate be more like 5%
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 07, 2020 10:08 AM (N39Ws)
The kid is sizing up a tree full of starlings that she'd be plugging away at were it not for being in the grasp of this prissy nurse.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 07, 2020 10:08 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 07, 2020 10:07 AM (ZVFID)
Mee too!
Posted by: Ozzy, pissing on the back wall at August 07, 2020 10:08 AM (LNhVD)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 07, 2020 10:07 AM (TP0dG)
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Use "Solsbury Hill" as a palate cleanser.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Iranian Navy test dummy at August 07, 2020 10:09 AM (UAMe5)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 07, 2020 10:09 AM (CD5Uk)
employment recovery but I don't like why we got in a position to have to
have a recovery. I also don't like adding 7 trillion to the debt .
And almost zero interest rate. Other than that we're golden.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 07, 2020 10:02 AM
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The EU and Japan are whispering about going to negative interest rates after they open back up to help the recovery.
It's literally all a big joke now. Not a single Country in the World has any intention of paying off any debt. Heck some Countries don't even pay the interest on their debt any longer.
Eventually it's all gong to catch up with us and there will hopefully be a short but extremely painful reset.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 07, 2020 10:09 AM (JUOKG)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 07, 2020 10:08 AM (hYcqw)
It's real and it's spectacular.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 07, 2020 10:09 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: browndog at August 07, 2020 10:09 AM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 07, 2020 10:07 AM (LNhVD)
Agreed.
https://youtu.be/_61hzuGGJX0
Posted by: Sponge - China is Asshoe! at August 07, 2020 10:09 AM (Zz0t1)
"A Groovy Kind of Love" says hold my beer.
Posted by: The KLF featuring Tammy Wynette at August 07, 2020 10:10 AM (FtO5h)
That terminatrix is out there. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity. Or remorse. Or fear.
And it absolutely will not stop. Ever. Until you are dead.
Posted by: Reese at August 07, 2020 10:10 AM (A2PBg)
I'll imitate Monty doom and say I like the apparent
employment recovery but I don't like why we got in a position to have to
have a recovery. I also don't like adding 7 trillion to the debt .
And almost zero interest rate. Other than that we're golden.
China has 100% employment.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - Kanye 2020 at August 07, 2020 10:10 AM (luzVb)
Posted by: Asshoes at August 07, 2020 10:10 AM (ltwXF)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 07, 2020 10:08 AM (hYcqw)
It's real and it's spectacular.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 07, 2020 10:09 AM (NWiLs)
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Woot.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Iranian Navy test dummy at August 07, 2020 10:11 AM (UAMe5)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 07, 2020 10:08 AM (N39Ws)
And what about all the employees who are getting paid, but are not working? Looking at you, teachers. There is a piss-pot full of wages being paid to non-producers. Effectively, teachers are nearly all on welfare, right now.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 07, 2020 10:11 AM (TP0dG)
Posted by: CN at August 07, 2020 10:11 AM (ONvIw)
Posted by: CN at August 07, 2020 10:00 AM (ONvIw)
Ultimate Karen movie: "Equilbrium"
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 07, 2020 10:11 AM (PiwSw)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Math Is Math at August 07, 2020 10:07 AM (9CkBG)
No fresh hell today. The supply lines have been disrupted due to COVID, so we've only got
*rummages around in fridge*
some foil-wrapped hell that's been in here for God knows how long.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 07, 2020 10:11 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: jhawk90 at August 07, 2020 10:12 AM (/ZYFC)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 07, 2020 09:43 AM (rpbg1)
Clothes seem to expensive for a nurse. It's a mom and child.
Posted by: CN at August 07, 2020 10:12 AM (ONvIw)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 07, 2020 10:07 AM (ZVFID)
Mee too!
Posted by: Ozzy, pissing on the back wall at August 07, 2020 10:08 AM (LNhVD)
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Back in the early 80's, Ozzy was playing the San Antonio Convention Center the same night we went to see a production of Mozart's Don Giovani next door. The two venues shared the same parking. It was....interesting.
Plus, a bat got loose in the opera house during the production. Many "that's the one that got away" jokes were made.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 07, 2020 10:12 AM (dfRN6)
some foil-wrapped hell that's been in here for God knows how long.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 07, 2020 10:11 AM (NWiLs)
shoulda' put it in the freezer.
Posted by: BignJames at August 07, 2020 10:12 AM (X/Pw5)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 07, 2020 10:07 AM (ZVFID)
Mee too!
Posted by: Ozzy, pissing on the back wall at August 07, 2020 10:08 AM (LNhVD)
Actually that's how I found out. Ozzy had a show with his son Jack where they traveled across America . One episode had them going back to San Antonio to find out what really happened . According to the police report , Ozzy apparently relieved himself on the sidewalk across from the Alamo and not on the Alamo. San Antonio officially lifted his ban. Anyway they had solicited Phil Colins help in finding out who they could talk to in San Antonio for their visit.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 07, 2020 10:13 AM (ZVFID)
Eventually it's all gong to catch up with us and there will hopefully be a short but extremely painful reset.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 07, 2020 10:09 AM (JUOKG)
Fiat currency is what happens when a lot of really clever people decide that they really can make money go on trees. It works - sort of - for a while, until the unintended, unimagined side effects build up to critical mass.
Once politicians fully realize that there's no cap on spending, the money printers run 24/7, and hyperinflation follows.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 07, 2020 10:13 AM (8FZ/M)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 07, 2020 10:13 AM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Asshoes at August 07, 2020 10:13 AM (ltwXF)
some foil-wrapped hell that's been in here for God knows how long.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 07, 2020 10:11 AM (NWiLs)
I took some to the dump yesterday. It was getting moldy.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 07, 2020 10:13 AM (TP0dG)
Posted by: BignJames at August 07, 2020 10:12 AM (X/Pw5)
Yeah, yeah. I just forgot all about it.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 07, 2020 10:13 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Math Is Math at August 07, 2020 10:07 AM (9CkBG)
No fresh hell today. The supply lines have been disrupted due to COVID, so we've only got
*rummages around in fridge*
some foil-wrapped hell that's been in here for God knows how long.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 07, 2020 10:11 AM (NWiLs)
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I'm really, really tired of fresh hell. Could go for some fresh heck right about now.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Iranian Navy test dummy at August 07, 2020 10:14 AM (UAMe5)
Duke is very solid too if you skip a few tracks down the back stretch. That album was just way too long but with some deft editing it's as agood as any of their best.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 07, 2020 10:14 AM (FtO5h)
Posted by: deplorable unperson - Kanye 2020 at August 07, 2020 10:14 AM (luzVb)
Posted by: PabloD at August 07, 2020 10:14 AM (kcmgW)
Posted by: Asshoes at August 07, 2020 10:13 AM (ltwXF)
=========
It stopped existing at the beginning of this month.
Congress can't agree on an extension. Republicans want to lower the amount to $200 and Democrats want to keep it at $600.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at August 07, 2020 10:14 AM (UWqZJ)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 07, 2020 10:07 AM
IIRC, he has the largest private collection of Alamo artifacts in the world
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 07, 2020 10:14 AM (3rKlD)
*rummages around in fridge*
some foil-wrapped hell that's been in here for God knows how long.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 07, 2020 10:11 AM (NWiLs)
are you implying that our Hell has frozen over?
Posted by: vmom 2020 grammar supremacist at August 07, 2020 10:15 AM (J8nVw)
Once politicians fully realize that there's no cap on spending, the money printers run 24/7, and hyperinflation follows.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 07, 2020 10:13 AM (8FZ/M)
Was talking to my pops about this last weekend. It's as if they all know it's over and don't care. Everyone is just ignoring inflation. Like if we don't mention it, it will never happen.
No one intends to ever pay off a debt. They will probably all agree to wipe each other's debts and get back to printing.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 07, 2020 10:15 AM (CD5Uk)
Posted by: Moonbeam at August 07, 2020 10:15 AM (qe5CM)
Posted by: AltonJackson
I believe they had mentioned that too.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 07, 2020 10:16 AM (ZVFID)
McConnell said he is onboard with keeping it at $600. And like all temporary welfare programs it will most likely never end. Technically it ended July 31 but you know very well it will be paid back retroactively.
Posted by: Asshoes at August 07, 2020 10:16 AM (ltwXF)
Interesting fact. Phil Colins is an expert on all things related to The Alamo.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 07, 2020 10:07 AM
IIRC, he has the largest private collection of Alamo artifacts in the world
Posted by: AltonJackson
If you can protest in person
You can vote in person
(& bring your ID)
at August 07, 2020 10:14 AM (3rKlD)
It's now 'had'. He donated it all to the state of Texas.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 07, 2020 10:16 AM (6xA3t)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at August 07, 2020 10:17 AM (pB6Gt)
"Alright alright alright!! How quickly can we make this go viral with all of Ye's followers?!"
-- Kanye West's campaign manager
Posted by: Lizzy at August 07, 2020 10:17 AM (bDqIh)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 07, 2020 10:17 AM (CD5Uk)
Posted by: Moonbeam at August 07, 2020 10:15 AM (qe5CM)
How do you feel about Mary Mallon?
Posted by: BignJames at August 07, 2020 10:17 AM (X/Pw5)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 07, 2020 10:11 AM (TP0dG)
There are a helluva lot of government employees (at local , state, and federal levels) being paid by the tax-payers and doing even less than normal than when they showed up for "work".
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar -YOU are all in this together!- at August 07, 2020 10:17 AM (eTZoJ)
Posted by: CN at August 07, 2020 10:17 AM (ONvIw)
Posted by: WisRich at August 07, 2020 10:18 AM (G0vdT)
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 07, 2020 10:18 AM (FtO5h)
Posted by: creeper at August 07, 2020 10:19 AM (XxJt1)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 07, 2020 10:19 AM (Kpl3J)
https://tinyurl.com/y6juqw6p
Posted by: CN at August 07, 2020 10:17 AM (ONvIw)
You're right. This painting is Auguste Reading to Her Daughter. Still in keeping with Literal Title Week, though.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 07, 2020 10:19 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 07, 2020 10:15 AM (CD5Uk)
Probably. Remember also Jefferson's warning about bankers, interest, and debt. This is a means of impoverishing regular people, and sucking all of the wealth into their social strata.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 07, 2020 10:19 AM (8FZ/M)
Posted by: BunkerInTheBurbs at August 07, 2020 10:05 AM (ZI4/t)
That you think like I do.
And her name is Shasta, and she is your world.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 07, 2020 10:20 AM (WyVLE)
I recall a Rolling Stones, ZZTop and Fabulous Thunderbirds show there and the TBirds were the best part of the whole thing.
Posted by: DanMan at August 07, 2020 10:20 AM (XTiHL)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 07, 2020 10:19 AM (NWiLs)
Yep
Posted by: CN at August 07, 2020 10:20 AM (ONvIw)
I wonder how smug Comey is looking today after Yates threw him under the bus then did wheelies on him.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 07, 2020 10:20 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 07, 2020 10:20 AM (MVR7y)
Interesting fact. Phil Colins is an expert on all things related to The Alamo.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 07, 2020 10:07 AM (ZVFID)
He once had the largest collection of Alamo artifacts and documents in private hands (spending a LOT of his music money acquiring them), and a few years ago donated the vast majority of it to the Alamo museum.
That goes a long ways towards putting Collins on the Cool Guy List, and even excuses soo soo soodio.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 07, 2020 10:20 AM (EGyGV)
Mom: "Chapter 3, Summary of the Invention: The invention is a process for making polyethylene. The process comprises polymerizing ethylene in the presence of a catalyst system comprising an activator and a supported organometallic complex. The complex, which has "open architecture," includes a Group 4 to 6 transition metal and a bridged indenoindolyl ligand. We surprisingly found that modifying the open architecture complex to incorporate a C6-C20 hydrocarbyl amido group enables the production of polyethylene having improved flow and good rheological properties while maintaining high catalyst activity..."
Kid: zzzzzzzz
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 07, 2020 09:36 AM (mht8P)
Not only did I understand that, but I enjoyed.
*signing out to shoot myself*
Posted by: Michael the Texan at August 07, 2020 10:20 AM (9IdCK)
The painting identifies as Nurse Reading to A Little Girl.
Racists.
Posted by: deplorable unperson - Kanye 2020 at August 07, 2020 10:21 AM (luzVb)
Posted by: AltonJackson
I believe they had mentioned that too.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 07, 2020 10:16 AM (ZVFID)
This is the first I have heard of this. I would not have put that together in a million years. I guess some people really are multifaceted. I was talking Phil Collins with some randos recently and they had no idea he ever sang with a famous band. Well I didn't know he was a serious collector of Alamo antiquities. The stuff you learn here.
Posted by: Quint at August 07, 2020 10:22 AM (o1Bgo)
Posted by: JT at August 07, 2020 10:22 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo
Her outfit seemed a little too fashionable to be that of a nursemaid.
Was she a governess or a member of the family?
Posted by: vmom 2020 grammar supremacist at August 07, 2020 10:22 AM (J8nVw)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 07, 2020 10:16 AM
good on him, I shall grant him slack (with the exception of that "soodio" crap, for that there can be no reprieve)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 07, 2020 10:23 AM (3rKlD)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 07, 2020 10:15 AM (CD5Uk)
I remember a lot of people jumping on SJWest a month or two ago when he was advising maxing out every credit card you had and buying real property with it. If you're headed into a true hyperinflationary period, that's about the best strategy there is.
if no one has to pay back debts, you don't have to either.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 07, 2020 10:23 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 07, 2020 10:23 AM (q1Pj5)
duh
Posted by: vmom 2020 grammar supremacist at August 07, 2020 10:23 AM (J8nVw)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 07, 2020 09:36 AM (mht8P)
Not only did I understand that, but I enjoyed.
*signing out to shoot myself*
Posted by: Michael the Texan
***
Lost me at indenoindolyl ligand.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 07, 2020 10:23 AM (axyOa)
Because today's music suuuuucks. Most of it, the stuff that the music industry is trying to sell us.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 07, 2020 10:24 AM (bDqIh)
The sexiest thing a woman can wear is a smile !
Posted by: JT at August 07, 2020 10:22 AM (arJlL)
Absolutely. And it'll knock ten years off her age. I think that's why lib women look old and dried up at thirty.
Posted by: creeper at August 07, 2020 10:24 AM (XxJt1)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo
Her outfit seemed a little too fashionable to be that of a nursemaid.
Was she a governess or a member of the family?
Posted by: vmom 2020 grammar supremacist at August 07, 2020 10:22 AM (J8nVw)
Hell if I know. I just hovered my cursor over the picture after CN linked the actual "Nurse Reading To A Little Girl" painting.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 07, 2020 10:24 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 07, 2020 10:24 AM (xT2tT)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53680772
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 07, 2020 10:24 AM (JZHB6)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 07, 2020 10:24 AM (dfRN6)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 07, 2020 10:20 AM (ZLI7S)
Do you think Comey, Brennan, and/or Clapper will ever face serious consequences (a la GEN Flynn)?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar -YOU are all in this together!- at August 07, 2020 10:24 AM (eTZoJ)
Posted by: creeper at August 07, 2020 10:24 AM (XxJt1)
All the scowling and screaming takes a toll on the face.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 07, 2020 10:25 AM (8FZ/M)
Posted by: Flyover at August 07, 2020 10:25 AM (Rbu5d)
The sexiest thing a woman ca wear is me. At least from where I'm sitting.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 07, 2020 10:25 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: creeper at August 07, 2020 10:24 AM (XxJt1)
The 24/7 screaming and seething hatred ages them prematurely as well.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 07, 2020 10:25 AM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 07, 2020 10:25 AM (ZVFID)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 07, 2020 10:15 AM (CD5Uk)
I remember a lot of people jumping on SJWest a month or two ago when he was advising maxing out every credit card you had and buying real property with it. If you're headed into a true hyperinflationary period, that's about the best strategy there is.
if no one has to pay back debts, you don't have to either.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 07, 2020 10:23 AM (Kpl3J)
I don't think we're entering hyperinflation just yet. We should see some stronger inflation because of reduced productivity, and the dollar has depreciated against foreign currencies, but there doesn't appear to be the symptoms of a loss of confidence yet.
Posted by: Someguy at August 07, 2020 10:25 AM (Zm+LZ)
Phil Collins Alamo collection donation announcement, from 2014.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-bxIodC8IM
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 07, 2020 10:26 AM (EGyGV)
Bret Easton Ellis is an interesting guy.
Posted by: MJ at August 07, 2020 10:26 AM (gAMkn)
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 07, 2020 10:13 AM (8FZ/M)
Was talking to my pops about this last weekend. It's as if they all
know it's over and don't care. Everyone is just ignoring inflation. Like
if we don't mention it, it will never happen.
No one intends to ever pay off a debt. They will probably all agree to wipe each other's debts and get back to printing.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 07, 2020 10:15 AM
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It's already happening. It's just not visible to most people yet.
Go to APMEX and look at the price of buying a silver dollar. American Silver Eagles are going for $39.82 each in bulk. The spot price for silver is $22.75.
I have been buying silver from them for well over a decade and that is literally insane. In the past their prices were never more than 2 or 3 dollars over silver spot. Not is is $18.00 over spot.
They and other dealers are nearing double the spot price for silver and people are paying it.
I quit buying silver when this all started. I used to buy 20 American Eagles every other month or so from them. But now what I paid around $400 for last winter is running over $800 now.
It's gonna get worse.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 07, 2020 10:26 AM (JUOKG)
Posted by: DanMan at August 07, 2020 10:26 AM (XTiHL)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar -YOU are all in this together!- at August 07, 2020 10:24 AM (eTZoJ)
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Given that Gen. Flynn is facing serious consequnces for doing nothing wrong, no.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Iranian Navy test dummy at August 07, 2020 10:27 AM (UAMe5)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 07, 2020 10:27 AM (EgshT)
Posted by: Quint at August 07, 2020 10:27 AM (o1Bgo)
if no one has to pay back debts, you don't have to either.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 07, 2020 10:23 AM (Kpl3J)
YUUUGE difference between intergovernmental debt and private debt. Governments can get away with not paying the bills - you, however, can't. The only thing that will allow you to keep that property for a bit longer would be the giant backlog of foreclosure suits by the lending institutions against all the people who did what jwest recommended.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 07, 2020 10:27 AM (NWiLs)
Get the hint?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 07, 2020 10:24 AM
got it
it took me a second
so that is verbotten going forward?
wilco
Posted by: AltonJackson
If you can protest in person
You can vote in person
(& bring your ID)
at August 07, 2020 10:28 AM (3rKlD)
*booooooring*
Posted by: Little Girl at August 07, 2020 10:28 AM (l0Lgi)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 07, 2020 10:28 AM (3rKlD)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar -YOU are all in this together!- at August 07, 2020 10:28 AM (eTZoJ)
I think Brennan and Comey are in trouble, not so sure about Clapper although this reputation will take a hit no matter what. I think the plan all along was to hang this on Comey but I bet he took some steps to make sure he didn't hang alone.
We all know they committed crimes but that doesn't matter. It doesn't matter what you know, it matters what can be proved in court.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 07, 2020 10:28 AM (ZLI7S)
One problem is indeed, politicians will buy more elections than ever, via playing Santa Claus. But depending on how the money is thrown around, it is conceivable they could control inflation.
Another problem is like with that $600/week to be unemployed ... why work?
There are a host of potential global issues with unlimited government printing, but it is true that a government can print, so it is not like a household budget that has to balance. But the "magic money wand" must be used with discretion ... and considering the criminals running DC, what are the odds it is instead used to empower 'a New World Order' run by them?
idk ... but Western nations must retain military control, and our current debt is perhaps as big a threat as China, unless we print our way out (which we have been doing, but paying interest on the unlimited debt can't continue, so MMT to the rescue?)
Posted by: illiniwek at August 07, 2020 10:29 AM (Cus5s)
I have been buying silver from them for well over a decade and that is literally insane. In the past their prices were never more than 2 or 3 dollars over silver spot. Not is is $18.00 over spot.
They and other dealers are nearing double the spot price for silver and people are paying it.
I quit buying silver when this all started. I used to buy 20 American Eagles every other month or so from them. But now what I paid around $400 for last winter is running over $800 now.
It's gonna get worse.
Posted by: Mr. Scott
And they instituted a $299.00 minimum buy.
I used to by two silver rounds a payday.
Pissed off a lot of customers, it did.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 07, 2020 10:29 AM (YxTUV)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 07, 2020 10:29 AM (l0Lgi)
AAA is on the way, though, and if they can't replace the battery on the spot, my regular mechanic can. It'll be an all-morning issue, but not as disastrous as it could be.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 07, 2020 10:29 AM (rpbg1)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 07, 2020 10:27 AM (EgshT)
Again.
Rachel Ward
Actually I think she had an ankle bracelet on in that movie.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 07, 2020 10:30 AM (ZVFID)
*rummages around in fridge*
some foil-wrapped hell that's been in here for God knows how long.
Plus I slept in this morning. I'll take some stale, moldy hell any day. That would mean the daily supply is dwindling.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Mask Rebel at August 07, 2020 10:30 AM (HaL55)
Posted by: THE Lonebadger at August 07, 2020 10:30 AM (vYL7p)
Posted by: Lizzy at August 07, 2020 10:24 AM (bDqIh)
The music industry has been pushing in the direction of where we are now for decades, and has finally arrived at their destination. When the "artist" no longer has to have any talent beyond a sparse level of basic skill possessed by roughly 90% of the population, the record company holds all the cards and can call all the shots.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 07, 2020 10:30 AM (8FZ/M)
More trivia: You know who has a huge collection of photos from 9/11, including the famous one of the person jumping to their death? Elton John.
Among his collection are 2000 photos from 9/11, "the most horrible subject matter, but the most moving photography. We get them out every year. Beautiful photographs, but they're too raw to show."
At the end of the audio guide, John takes a moment to reflect.
"We live in turbulent times, probably the most turbulent of my life," he says. "With photos, you get a sense of what's happening and outrage."
Posted by: Lizzy at August 07, 2020 10:30 AM (bDqIh)
Posted by: klaftern at August 07, 2020 10:30 AM (RuIsu)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 07, 2020 10:31 AM (EgshT)
- everyone who has ever lived
Posted by: Asshoes at August 07, 2020 10:32 AM (ltwXF)
Posted by: Notorious BFD
Used perfectly in the pilot of "Miami Vice".
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 07, 2020 10:32 AM (MVR7y)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Math Is Math at August 07, 2020 10:07 AM (9CkBG)
No fresh hell today. The supply lines have been disrupted due to COVID, so we've only got
*rummages around in fridge*
some foil-wrapped hell that's been in here for God knows how long.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 07, 2020 10:11 AM
And a couple of withered carrots.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 07, 2020 10:32 AM (ejd/p)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Iranian Navy test dummy at August 07, 2020 10:27 AM (UAMe5)
Bad wording on my part; however, Flynn may be innocent as an angel but the PROCESS has been devastating.
I doubt that the bad guys will ever see a similar process played out much less actual retribution!
But Jack is so positive, I was seriously interesting in his or anyone else's take.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar -YOU are all in this together!- at August 07, 2020 10:33 AM (eTZoJ)
Posted by: Someguy at August 07, 2020 10:33 AM (Zm+LZ)
Posted by: klaftern at August 07, 2020 10:33 AM (RuIsu)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 07, 2020 10:33 AM (ZVFID)
- everyone who has ever lived
Posted by: Asshoes at August 07, 2020 10:32 AM (ltwXF)
but then the 2000s happened and they were actually right.
Posted by: Quint at August 07, 2020 10:34 AM (o1Bgo)
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*considers the family silver buried in the backyard when Sherman's thugs/looters marched through*
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 07, 2020 10:34 AM (l0Lgi)
to buy 20 American Eagles every other month or so from them. But now
what I paid around $400 for last winter is running over $800 now.
It's gonna get worse.
Posted by: Mr. Scott
And they instituted a $299.00 minimum buy.
I used to by two silver rounds a payday.
Pissed off a lot of customers, it did.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 07, 2020 10:29 AM
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And they upped their credit card/paypal premium to over $2.00 per coin now.
Like I said, I am done buying silver until this mess sorts itself out.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 07, 2020 10:34 AM (JUOKG)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 07, 2020 10:32 AM (MVR7y)
Yes, I can still recall seeing that the first time it appeared!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar -YOU are all in this together!- at August 07, 2020 10:34 AM (eTZoJ)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at August 07, 2020 10:35 AM (pB6Gt)
The 600 dollars a week is a drop in the bucket compared to the 10s of trillions given away to bailout multinational companies, billionaires, and banks plus propping up the detached from reality stock market. Socialism has been here for decades, it's been going to multimillionaires and billionaires and immigrants (both legal and illegal).
Posted by: Maskhole at August 07, 2020 10:35 AM (HJY+O)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (kneels to no one on this Earth) at August 07, 2020 10:35 AM (unn44)
Oh, well. Day late, a dollar short.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 07, 2020 10:31 AM (EgshT)
You weren't late. I was just repeating that the song will always remind me of her. I agree with you about the song.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 07, 2020 10:36 AM (ZVFID)
Not only drumming for and then fronting a leading stadium-rock band but simultaneously playing in a really cool jazz fusion group, Brand X, while side-gigging with the likes of Brian Eno - and if Eno had you in his Rolodex in the 70s you were automatically cool...well, it was all downhill after 1980 but he had a good run of coolness.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 07, 2020 10:00 AM (FtO5h)
Phil Collins after 1980 horrified me. Still, he was very cool and I respect him. He did a lot of great work.
Posted by: Michael the Texan at August 07, 2020 10:36 AM (9IdCK)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 07, 2020 10:32 AM (ejd/p)
with a barely recognizable chili coating!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar -YOU are all in this together!- at August 07, 2020 10:36 AM (eTZoJ)
- everyone who has ever lived
Posted by: Asshoes at August 07, 2020 10:32 AM (ltwXF)
but then the 2000s happened and they were actually right.
Posted by: Quint at August 07, 2020 10:34 AM (o1Bgo)
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"I'm about to do to you what Limp Bizkit did to music in the '90s."
--Deadpool
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Iranian Navy test dummy at August 07, 2020 10:36 AM (UAMe5)
--Deadpool
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Iranian Navy test dummy at August 07, 2020 10:36 AM (UAMe5)
=========
"I've had it with all this Nickelback hating!"
-Also Deadpool
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at August 07, 2020 10:37 AM (UWqZJ)
Posted by: Bert G at August 07, 2020 10:37 AM (OMsf+)
https://bit.ly/2DFQH5S
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 07, 2020 09:57 AM (+y/Ru)
Phil Collins or no, I always enjoy these kinds of videos where kids or even adults are blown away by music I grew up with, or by genres (like metal) they've never heard before.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 07, 2020 09:59 AM
For a real treat, go to Youtube and search for first-time reactions to the Carpenters.
Posted by: Moonbeam at August 07, 2020 10:38 AM (qe5CM)
Collins should have just shut up and drummed.
His vocals are highly annoying to me.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (kneels to no one on this Earth) at August 07, 2020 10:38 AM (unn44)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at August 07, 2020 10:27 AM (NWiLs)
It all depends on what stage the hyperinflation is in, you're right that it's still too early to play that game. You've got to wait until some of the signs of an actual hyperinflation start to kick in, like a stock market that begins to soar in a way that has no relation to the real economy, simply because it's a very liquid place for the largest players to store their excess cash.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 07, 2020 10:38 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: Asshoes at August 07, 2020 10:38 AM (ltwXF)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 07, 2020 10:33 AM (ZVFID)
You might lose some value by buying high, but holding onto paper is an even worse option. It may not zero out today, tomorrow, or next year, but it absolutely will at some point. What cannot go on forever never does, and the endless printing shenanigans always end up in Zimbabwe/Venezuela territory.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 07, 2020 10:38 AM (8FZ/M)
Posted by: BignJames at August 07, 2020 10:17 AM
Typhoid Mary? Not a fan.
Posted by: Moonbeam at August 07, 2020 10:39 AM (qe5CM)
His vocals are highly annoying to me.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (kneels to no one on this Earth) at August 07, 2020 10:38 AM (unn44)
I'll bet your one of those haters who never liked Rush, either. Just like my wife.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 07, 2020 10:39 AM (Kpl3J)
* I have no idea what the legalities are in regards to selling stamps as an individual. I can't see why you couldn't sell your own property but who knows in this world. And yes, I guess stamps will go down one day when we give up on the post office. But the post master general will have something to say about that.
Posted by: Quint at August 07, 2020 10:39 AM (o1Bgo)
Collins should have just shut up and drummed.
His vocals are highly annoying to me.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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I agree, and I'm a taxpaying citizen.
Posted by: Neil Young at August 07, 2020 10:39 AM (CTJwJ)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 07, 2020 10:33 AM (ZVFID)
Stocks are relatively resilient to inflation, even hyperinflation. In the first year of Venezuela's ongoing collapse, their stock market only lost 20% in real terms when using the black market exchange rate(meaning it went up massively in nominal terms but not quite as much as the currency depreciated in value).
You can also invest in real estate through an ETF, which avoids much of the hassle while throwing off cash. A dividend oriented fund I think is largely a good position to be in right now, many companies are still depressed in price while the run-up in the indexes has been driven mostly by tech. Compare VYM to the S&P 500, and you can see that the increasingly tech-heavy S&P 500 has already recovered to its pre-Covid high whereas the dividend fund has not. You'd miss out on potentially a couple years of tech bubble but it's a solid place to be.
Posted by: Someguy at August 07, 2020 10:40 AM (Zm+LZ)
Flynn's charges weren't just corrupt, the process has been corrupt as well. His first attorneys actually worked against him and the prosecution got away with lying and hiding evidence.
No, I don't expect anyone of the plotters to face that kind of justice and as much as part of me wants to see them suffer I really don't want our justice system to continue down the road of corruption. That way lies doom for all of us.
Mostly I want the whole dirty scheme to be exposed to the entire world in a way that can't be debated and overlooked. I want them all exposed and ruined and I want the web of traitors that enabled it, both domestically and around the world, destroyed so it can't happen again. Globalism must die.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 07, 2020 10:40 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Asshoes at August 07, 2020
*
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In my case it was the early to late '70s, my college years and the years just after, until 1979. The stuff from the late '60s through 1970, my high school years, is okay, but there was too much psychedelic stuff for my taste.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 07, 2020 10:40 AM (rpbg1)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 07, 2020 10:41 AM (ZVFID)
-Also Deadpool
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at August 07, 2020 10:37 AM
I have to admit, I've never seen a "first-time-hearing" of Nickelback!
Posted by: Moonbeam at August 07, 2020 10:41 AM (qe5CM)
Posted by: Asshoes at August 07, 2020 10:41 AM (ltwXF)
Posted by: Pendulating Richard at August 07, 2020 10:41 AM (d6DSt)
Nah, Rush is great.
I even like Bob Dylan and Neil Young.
Something about Collins just grates on my ear.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (kneels to no one on this Earth) at August 07, 2020 10:42 AM (unn44)
Posted by: Asshoes at August 07, 2020 10:38 AM (ltwXF)
that is fair, same with movies. But there are countless millenials on youtube reacting to 70s and 80s stuff and they are shocked by the quality. Not every time is equal. There is a reason there was a middle ages, dark ages, and Renaissance.
Posted by: Quint at August 07, 2020 10:42 AM (o1Bgo)
- everyone who has ever lived
No one in 2038: https://tinyurl.com/y69zc84n
Posted by: Lizzy at August 07, 2020 10:42 AM (bDqIh)
His vocals are highly annoying to me.
I was surprised at how similar his voice sounded to PG's at the time.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Mask Rebel at August 07, 2020 10:42 AM (HaL55)
Posted by: Asshoes at August 07, 2020 10:38 AM (ltwXF)
But 70's SNL really WAS the best ever! (with a nod to the Phil Hartman/Jon Lovitz era)
and "music" for the mass market has been dead for 20 years at least, as the business was taken over by prancers and dancers and all of the actual musicians have been driven out.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 07, 2020 10:42 AM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at August 07, 2020 10:33 AM (ZVFID)
You might lose some value by buying high, but holding onto paper is an even worse option. It may not zero out today, tomorrow, or next year, but it absolutely will at some point. What cannot go on forever never does, and the endless printing shenanigans always end up in Zimbabwe/Venezuela territory.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 07, 2020 10:38 AM (8FZ/M)
Unless the hyperinflation begins shortly, anyone buying in now is more likely to see a substantial decline in price after the substantial surge, just like what happened with the prior recession. Gold is a non-productive asset and not a very good inflation hedge, it reacts more to economic shocks.
Posted by: Someguy at August 07, 2020 10:42 AM (Zm+LZ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 07, 2020 10:34 AM (l0Lgi)
Stoneman's merry misfits?
Posted by: BignJames at August 07, 2020 10:42 AM (X/Pw5)
MMT (modern monetary theory, government prints without selling bonds) is a new game. QE was the new game starting with Obama, and zero interest rates went to negative rates. It is a form of government socialism in one sense ...
Posted by: illiniwek at August 07, 2020 10:43 AM (Cus5s)
Or, at least, pay it back with highly-inflated money.
If (dollar tomorrow) is only worth (0.01 * dollar today), then, boom, 99% of your debt has been wiped out.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (kneels to no one on this Earth) at August 07, 2020 10:44 AM (unn44)
Mostly I want the whole dirty scheme to be exposed to the entire world in a way that can't be debated and overlooked. I want them all exposed and ruined and I want the web of traitors that enabled it, both domestically and around the world, destroyed so it can't happen again. Globalism must die.
Posted by: JackStraw
I want the same justice for the plotters that ALL unsuccessful coup plotters receive.
Death. Same as in Central and South America, Africa, Asia, etc.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 07, 2020 10:44 AM (YxTUV)
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 07, 2020 10:38 AM (8FZ/M)
This is why my husband now takes a more positive view of buying gold jewelry at an estate liquidator for below scrap value. Some dealers, the one I know, is sentimental about artisans and would prefer to sell a piece intact for less as long as he makes some profit.
The market is weird right now.
Posted by: CN at August 07, 2020 10:44 AM (ONvIw)
I even like Bob Dylan and Neil Young.
Something about Collins just grates on my ear.
I can't stand Phil Collins, but I would listen to him for a month of Sundays before I ever listened to Rush or Young.
Dylan I can take or leave.
Don't get me started on Springsteen and his idiotic cult.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 07, 2020 10:45 AM (2JVJo)
I think I will pull on some sweat pants and do chores in the house.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 07, 2020 10:45 AM (lEwms)
Posted by: Asshoes at August 07, 2020 10:46 AM (ltwXF)
Posted by: Lizzy at August 07, 2020 10:46 AM (bDqIh)
>>Death. Same as in Central and South America, Africa, Asia, etc.
I've been to Central and South America, Africa, Asia and beyond. I don't want to live there.
I'll take the US being the US again.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 07, 2020 10:46 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: jhawk90 at August 07, 2020 10:46 AM (/ZYFC)
Guns n ammo would be far more valuable than gold or silver.
There will be very few proper exchanges during the chaos.
Posted by: Ha at August 07, 2020 10:46 AM (vyFCs)
Ain't that the way it always goes? You don't know what you've got til it's gone.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 07, 2020 10:47 AM (Kpl3J)
Dr Simone Gold - Discusses the Politicization of Hydroxychloroquine - Part 1
Dr. Simone Gold and Dr. Dan Wohlgelernter discuss the demonization and politicization of Hydroxychloroquine. Studies set up to fail, murder investigations, and more!
This is an older interview from June 18th that was posted yesterday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpyW_SuEyh0
Posted by: Braenyard at August 07, 2020 10:47 AM (2VlcY)
Posted by: vmom 2020 grammar supremacist at August 07, 2020 10:47 AM (J8nVw)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 07, 2020 10:40 AM
1968 and 1972 were two of my favorite stand-alone music years and then I pretty much loved the entire period of 1974-1982, since the music of every genre (rock, pop, disco, etc) was great. But those were my high school and college years. I think it also matters that those are the years of your life that you tend to listen to music the most.
Posted by: Moonbeam at August 07, 2020 10:48 AM (qe5CM)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 07, 2020 10:45 AM (2JVJo)
I did buy a GH cd some years back...he's written some pretty decent tunes...performance? meh.
Posted by: BignJames at August 07, 2020 10:48 AM (X/Pw5)
Guns n ammo would be far more valuable than gold or silver.
There will be very few proper exchanges during the chaos.
Posted by: Ha at August 07, 2020 10:46 AM (vyFCs)
Gold has some use for fleeing to other countries. A lot less if you stick around.
Remember people that if gold's price increases, margins for mining gold improve and so more will be produced. Unless there is a commensurate increase in the cost of producing gold(which as of yet we haven't seen a similar rise in the cost of labor etc.)
Posted by: Someguy at August 07, 2020 10:48 AM (Zm+LZ)
This is an older interview from June 18th that was posted yesterday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpyW_SuEyh0
Posted by: Braenyard at August 07, 2020 10:47 AM (2VlcY)
Didier Roualt did say that the US would set up the studies based on administering the drug at a point where the the virus was nearly unstoppable, so that it could no longer help.
Posted by: CN at August 07, 2020 10:49 AM (ONvIw)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at August 07, 2020 10:49 AM (pB6Gt)
But we have an election in three months. If Biden wins, what happens to gun stocks? An argument can be made they will be in real trouble. If Trump wins, then what happens? History shows that demand will drop because the 2a will be safe. Yet the stock keeps rising.
My point is this stuff can be risky to say the least. A stock goes up over fear, but what happens when the feared outcome happens?
i have no clue to be honest. My guess is things won't change that much structurally simply because that has been the case in the past. People have been saying Pillip Morris is doomed and certainly going to get sued out of existence for at least 40 years.
I only mention it because the Smith and Wesson stock run up is so interesting and has so many competing factors. The one that stands out to me is the election in three months.
Posted by: Quint at August 07, 2020 10:50 AM (o1Bgo)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 07, 2020 10:46 AM (ZLI7S)
I don't see how the US can ever be "The US" again. I just want our side to be in control of whatever comes out of this.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 07, 2020 10:50 AM (Kpl3J)
politicization of Hydroxychloroquine. Studies set up to fail, murder
investigations, and more!
As I understand it, to do a fast track vaccine without proper clinical trials, there CANNOT be an alternative treatment. So HCQ/ zinc must be discredited. A friend of mind manages drug trials, and she has admitted that people will die from any COVID vaccine because... that's how it works.
Posted by: shibumi, living in Clown World at August 07, 2020 10:50 AM (ZCiJZ)
One of these days it's all gonna go dark.
Posted by: creeper at August 07, 2020 10:50 AM (XxJt1)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Iranian Navy test dummy at August 07, 2020 10:51 AM (UAMe5)
Posted by: Tuna at August 07, 2020 10:51 AM (gLRfa)
..
If the US collapses there won't be an overseas safe haven.
Posted by: Ha at August 07, 2020 10:51 AM (vyFCs)
It's all about the modified zeolite framework and the Molybdenum - Vanadium - Tantalum catalyst.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 07, 2020 10:51 AM (u82oZ)
One of these days it's all gonna go dark.
Posted by: creeper at August 07, 2020 10:50 AM (XxJt1)
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Nope - I just had "Turn It On Again" playing thanks to this fine thread.
Posted by: jhawk90 at August 07, 2020 10:52 AM (/ZYFC)
than its previous high about ten years ago. Gold and silver aren't
really proxies for inflation but tend to climb dramatically during
recessions.
Posted by: Someguy at August 07, 2020 10:33 AM
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Don't forget 10 years of real inflation* at about 3-4% per year adds another 30-40% to that spot price.
*Real inflation, not the rate the Fed uses to adjust Social Security checks.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 07, 2020 10:52 AM (JUOKG)
Posted by: Asshoes at August 07, 2020 10:46 AM
The new Harry Styles cd is pretty brilliant.
Posted by: Moonbeam at August 07, 2020 10:52 AM (qe5CM)
Good music is always out there, you just gotta find it.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 07, 2020 10:53 AM (/EuRN)
Mostly I want the whole dirty scheme to be exposed to the entire world in a way that can't be debated and overlooked. I want them all exposed and ruined and I want the web of traitors that enabled it, both domestically and around the world, destroyed so it can't happen again. Globalism must die.
Posted by: JackStraw
............................
I want the same justice for the plotters that ALL unsuccessful coup plotters receive.
Death. Same as in Central and South America, Africa, Asia, etc.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 07, 2020 10:44 AM (YxTUV)
..............................
That has never resulted in a healthy long term resolution.
Posted by: Braenyard at August 07, 2020 10:53 AM (2VlcY)
than its previous high about ten years ago. Gold and silver aren't
really proxies for inflation but tend to climb dramatically during
recessions.
Posted by: Someguy at August 07, 2020 10:33 AM
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Don't forget 10 years of real inflation* at about 3-4% per year adds another 30-40% to that spot price.
*Real inflation, not the rate the Fed uses to adjust Social Security checks.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 07, 2020 10:52 AM (JUOKG)
Meaning gold hasn't kept up with inflation if a person bought in at that prior high. Gold doesn't automatically increase in price with CPI any more than any other commodity does.
Posted by: Someguy at August 07, 2020 10:54 AM (Zm+LZ)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 07, 2020 10:54 AM (/EuRN)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at August 07, 2020 10:54 AM (pB6Gt)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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You left out, 'yodelers and warblers'.
Posted by: Neil Young at August 07, 2020 10:54 AM (9Fwwf)
Posted by: Braenyard at August 07, 2020 10:54 AM (2VlcY)
Posted by: Ha at August 07, 2020 10:51 AM (vyFCs)
I agree, but with metal you do have the chance it will regain value, I don't see that with online balance sheets or paper.
Posted by: CN at August 07, 2020 10:54 AM (ONvIw)
This is hardly the worst period of unrest we have been through as a country. Not even the worst in the last 50 years.
Not saying we will ever go back to the days of Leave it to Beaver but things always change. I want us to go back to the rule of law and order, I want our schools fixed, I want our culture to be less polluted and more cohesive on at least the big issues.
We have a long way to go but I wouldn't even bother voting for Trump or anyone else this fall if I thought all was lost. Not sure why anyone would.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 07, 2020 10:55 AM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 07, 2020 10:55 AM (9Fwwf)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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You left out, 'yodelers and warblers'.
Posted by: Neil Young at August 07, 2020 10:54 AM (9Fwwf)
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Better than hoarders and wreckers.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Iranian Navy test dummy at August 07, 2020 10:55 AM (UAMe5)
person bought in at that prior high. Gold doesn't automatically increase
in price with CPI any more than any other commodity does.
Posted by: Someguy at August 07, 2020 10:54 AM---
Correct. For whatever reason gold seems to be doing poorly compared to silver prices.
I suspect but I don't know for certain what is driving the silver panic is tons of smaller buyers wanting a safe alternative to cash.
If I knew this was coming earlier I would have converted my savings into silver in a New York minute. But I saw it happening too late.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 07, 2020 10:56 AM (JUOKG)
My family had an Overweight Country Squire when I was a kid.
400 cubic inches of Ford horsepower (basically it was a stroked 351 Cleveland).
Could hold about 50 kids.
Nice vehicle. I wish I still had it.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (kneels to no one on this Earth) at August 07, 2020 10:57 AM (unn44)
That is les than 1% annual.
Everyone focuses on how much is a gallon of milk or eggs to gauge inflation. Milk is up 20% so ZOMG hyperinflation. But there are millions of other things people buy besides milk or eggs.
Real inflation has been hovering in the 1-3% for years.
Posted by: Asshoes at August 07, 2020 10:57 AM (ltwXF)
70's, 80's, and 90's was a treat equal to the Golden Age of Elizabeth 1. . .Ain't that the way it always goes? You don't know what you've got til it's gone.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 07, 2020 10:47 AM
We agree.
Posted by: Cinderella at August 07, 2020 10:57 AM (OMsf+)
The Left is doing everything they Can to steal this election.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 07, 2020 10:58 AM (wiXsO)
Posted by: klaftern at August 07, 2020 10:58 AM (RuIsu)
Nice vehicle. I wish I still had it.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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*flashback*
Heh. Carpooling when I was a kid. I'd forgotten about it.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 07, 2020 10:59 AM (CTJwJ)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 07, 2020 10:40 AM (ZLI7S)
The first thing that globalized was rings of governmental corruption, which now have no borders. Thanks to it, there now exists an incipient global aristocracy, nearly untouchable by law, which draws its sustenance by parasitizing the remnants of the Middle Class.
This is intolerable and cannot be allowed to continue.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 07, 2020 10:59 AM (8FZ/M)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at August 07, 2020 10:59 AM (pB6Gt)
70's, 80's, and 90's was a treat equal to the Golden Age of Elizabeth 1. . .Ain't that the way it always goes? You don't know what you've got til it's gone.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 07, 2020 10:47 AM
We agree.
Posted by: Cinderella at August 07, 2020 10:57 AM (OMsf+)
what's that?
I couldn't hear you over the sound of this Aqua-Net can disgorging it's contents....
*psssssshshhhhshshsht*
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 07, 2020 10:59 AM (/EuRN)
So I don't bother them, but was amused to see their latest messages. They still won't admit anything's wrong in Portland; in fact they won't talk about it all. They've suddenly decided to go rent a lodge on the banks of the Columbia River for a month, and after that they're going to go stay at a friends condo in Vancouver, BC, for another month.
Well there you have the upper class liberal response to urban violence. At least the pictures they're taking are very nice.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 07, 2020 10:59 AM (Kpl3J)
We need numerous new justices to ensure his subversion of our Constitution and bowing to his political masters in the Democrat Party is overruled.
Posted by: Marcus T at August 07, 2020 10:59 AM (VpIIl)
Posted by: CN at August 07, 2020 10:54 AM
If society falls we will likely see a long period of barter system.
Until it is reorganized and a new currency is in place.
So many scenarios and a lot of conjecture.
I'm loading up on the basics. Guns, ammo, freeze dried food, bottled water, machetes, and yes cash FWIW.
Posted by: Ha at August 07, 2020 10:59 AM (vyFCs)
Posted by: Ghost Of Qassem Soleimani at August 07, 2020 11:00 AM (mrA4z)
Posted by: josephistan at August 07, 2020 11:00 AM (Izzlo)
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 07, 2020 10:59 AM (8FZ/M)
Cretins sans frontieres
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 07, 2020 11:00 AM (/EuRN)
Well there you have the upper class liberal response to urban violence. At least the pictures they're taking are very nice.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 07, 2020 10:59 AM (Kpl3J)
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Probably too much to hope for that they forgot to fill out their census form before the bug out for a couple of months.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at August 07, 2020 11:00 AM (UWqZJ)
Posted by: creeper at August 07, 2020 11:01 AM (XxJt1)
Posted by: Braenyard
Guaranteed there was little to zero recidivism amongst the failed coup plotters.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 07, 2020 11:01 AM (YxTUV)
house 3 years ago. The paint I used cost $37 a gallon. This summer I
painted some rooms in a new home. Using the same paint. Cost was $39 a
gallon.
That is les than 1% annual.
Everyone focuses on how much is a gallon of milk or eggs to gauge
inflation. Milk is up 20% so ZOMG hyperinflation. But there are millions
of other things people buy besides milk or eggs.
Real inflation has been hovering in the 1-3% for years.
Posted by: Asshoes at August 07, 2020 10:57 AM
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Inflation is anything anyone wants to make it actually.
Brisket used to be $1.99 a pound. I can't touch it for less than $4.99 a pound around here. More than a 100% increase in less than a year.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 07, 2020 11:01 AM (JUOKG)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 07, 2020 10:55 AM (ZLI7S)
I'm not entirely certain it's all lost, so I keep voting until I am. There's still a few paths to victory left.
Most plausible is "Winner by default", where the Democratic Party dissolves into factional squabbling following a Trump win and doesn't recoalesce into an effective whole lot a decade.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 07, 2020 11:03 AM (8FZ/M)
I kinda think the same thing here. It's an artificial relationship between these two, actions that are not likely to be found in real mother/daughter contact.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 07, 2020 11:03 AM (hku12)
Brisket used to be $1.99 a pound. I can't touch it for less than $4.99 a pound around here. More than a 100% increase in less than a year.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 07, 2020 11:01 AM (JUOKG)
Food had inflated like crazy in recent years.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 07, 2020 11:04 AM (8FZ/M)
Posted by: Mr Rump at August 07, 2020 11:04 AM (mP5Cu)
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at August 07, 2020 11:04 AM (flINI)
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 07, 2020 11:01 AM (JUOKG)
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I think that's more to do with a) the drowning of lots of calves in the flooding last year and b) the disruption of the slaughterhouse pipeline d/t ill-advised shutdowns this year.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Iranian Navy test dummy at August 07, 2020 11:04 AM (UAMe5)
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 07, 2020 11:04 AM (8FZ/M)
Sure there are many examples like that. But what % of your spending is brisket? That is a component tht few people consider. I can buy a laptop today for $500 with more power than a $1000 laptop form 3 years ago. Or a 60 inch 4K tv for less than 1/2 what it cost 5 years ago. That is a lot of negative inflation that more than makes up for the brisket.
Posted by: Asshoes at August 07, 2020 11:04 AM (ltwXF)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 07, 2020 10:55 AM (ZLI7S)
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Not sure why anyone would think all is lost.
Posted by: SH at August 07, 2020 11:04 AM (4G4h7)
People put off painting their houses when times are hard.
They don't stop eating.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (kneels to no one on this Earth) at August 07, 2020 11:04 AM (unn44)
Posted by: klaftern at August 07, 2020 11:04 AM (RuIsu)
One thing that might save us in a weird way is the disunity. The one thing those that fought for the USA held close was the belief this nation should never be torn apart. Today, people on both sides have little idea what Union means. If the right states on either side left now, many if not most would say see ya.
Posted by: Quint at August 07, 2020 11:04 AM (o1Bgo)
Well there you have the upper class liberal response to urban violence. At least the pictures they're taking are very nice.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 07, 2020 10:59 AM
You must be constantly amused by the cognitive dissonance there- still thinking like hippies while living an upper class lifestyle.
Posted by: Moonbeam at August 07, 2020 11:05 AM (qe5CM)
https://twitter.com/i/status/1291481278152355841
Also, about 58 seconds in, Biden seems to grow about two inches, like someone pumped his booster seat up or something.
Posted by: irright at August 07, 2020 11:05 AM (pMGkg)
https://tinyurl.com/y4s5g8or
Posted by: Captain Hate at August 07, 2020 11:05 AM (y7DUB)
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Brisket and milk are much more regulated than TVs and laptops.
Posted by: SH at August 07, 2020 11:05 AM (4G4h7)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Funny you should say that. Watching the slow, and now very abrupt takeover and despoilation of our town, Iris DeMent's 'Our Town' is stuck in my head. I wish it wasn't.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 07, 2020 11:05 AM (pbStR)
Posted by: BunkerInTheBurbs at August 07, 2020 11:06 AM (ZI4/t)
Posted by: Asshoes at August 07, 2020 11:04 AM (ltwXF)
You can't eat or live in a TV.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 07, 2020 11:06 AM (8FZ/M)
Posted by: BurtTC at August 07, 2020 11:06 AM (hku12)
Posted by: Peter Buttplug at August 07, 2020 11:06 AM (d6DSt)
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 07, 2020 11:06 AM (8FZ/M)
*raises eyebrow*
Posted by: Max Headroom at August 07, 2020 11:06 AM (/EuRN)
Posted by: Asshoes at August 07, 2020 11:07 AM (ltwXF)
Aqua-Net has made a comeback recently.
Seems it's just the ticket for getting 3D prints to adhere to the print bed.
The company has to be happy to see that. They've gone through some lean years... if Motley Crue had ever stopped touring, it would've been all over for them.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (kneels to no one on this Earth) at August 07, 2020 11:07 AM (unn44)
Posted by: pincorrect at August 07, 2020 11:08 AM (3LmBI)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 07, 2020 11:05 AM (pbStR)
Having that Debbie Downer stuck in people's heads would overwhelm the suicide hotlines.
Posted by: Captain Hate at August 07, 2020 11:08 AM (y7DUB)
Posted by: creeper at August 07, 2020 11:08 AM (XxJt1)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 07, 2020 11:05 AM (pbStR)
++++++++++++
That is a very sad song. Gets me every time.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 07, 2020 11:08 AM (hYcqw)
Posted by: Quint at August 07, 2020 11:04 AM
*winks at California, Oregon and Washington
Posted by: Moonbeam at August 07, 2020 11:08 AM (qe5CM)
Posted by: SH at August 07, 2020 11:08 AM (4G4h7)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 07, 2020 10:55 AM (ZLI7S)
Because even when everything is lost, there's always a chance for Revenge.
okay I know we're not at that state. But this is why some people don't quit fighting even when their side has clearly lost. (except for the modern Italians, if they see their side is losing, they throw down and say "ah fahgeddaboudit")
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 07, 2020 11:09 AM (Kpl3J)
https://tinyurl.com/y4s5g8or
Posted by: Captain Hate at August 07, 2020 11:05 AM (y7DUB)
I'm so beyond caring about sportsball these days, but I guess I'm still holding onto some contempt and resentment, so...
There are a LOT more people, I think, who maintain the "Go State!" attitude, it's probably going to be a lot harder for them to break the addiction.
It takes a lot of effort to maintain that level of denial though. It would be good for the body and soul to let it go.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 07, 2020 11:09 AM (hku12)
I remember the Eddie Murphy "Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood" bit where he pointed out that a steak and a turkey fill approximately the same nutritional needs, but the steak was a lot easier to fit under your coat.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (kneels to no one on this Earth) at August 07, 2020 11:09 AM (unn44)
Unless you are on the very high end of the food chain
cans of food (tuna, chili, dinty moore, etc), toilet paper, hard alcohol, etc will be much better barter items.
Posted by: Braenyard at August 07, 2020 11:09 AM (2VlcY)
Posted by: Asshoes at August 07, 2020 11:09 AM (ltwXF)
Posted by: Mr Rump at August 07, 2020 11:09 AM (mP5Cu)
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Whatever happened to the Ozone layer?
Posted by: SH at August 07, 2020 11:08 AM (4G4h7)
Dan Balan got too big for his britches.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 07, 2020 11:09 AM (/EuRN)
of your spending is brisket? That is a component tht few people
consider. I can buy a laptop today for $500 with more power than a $1000
laptop form 3 years ago. Or a 60 inch 4K tv for less than 1/2 what it
cost 5 years ago. That is a lot of negative inflation that more than
makes up for the brisket.
Posted by: Asshoes at August 07, 2020 11:04 AM
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The point is, I don't buy a laptop, TV or house paint everyday. Real inflation is tied to what people have to buy, hence the brisket example.
Posted by: Mr. Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 07, 2020 11:10 AM (JUOKG)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 07, 2020 11:10 AM (xfb67)
More precisely, the blue cities in those states.
It's easy to wind up a communist who's spouting secession by asking him if the rural areas get a choice about leaving the United States, and if not, why not.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (kneels to no one on this Earth) at August 07, 2020 11:10 AM (unn44)
Posted by: Quint at August 07, 2020 11:04 AM
Good point, and I would wager that most young people when the hear the word "Union', think it means a workers's "union."
Posted by: JoeF. at August 07, 2020 11:10 AM (gtdYu)
That's where most of the inflation has been. In the city I live in, the cost of housing has nearly doubled over the last 7 years. Gasoline is cheap (for now), but the others never drop in price.
Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est at August 07, 2020 11:11 AM (8FZ/M)
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Breaking that addiction would go a long way to killing support for higher ed in this country. So carry on NCAA.
Posted by: SH at August 07, 2020 11:11 AM (4G4h7)
Posted by: creeper at August 07, 2020 11:08 AM (XxJt1)
Val-U-Rite vodka, still $4.99 a gallon.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 07, 2020 11:11 AM (hku12)
Posted by: Moonbeam at August 07, 2020 11:08 AM (qe5CM)
I dont want those states gone. I want every single Democrat in them dead by execution.
Posted by: BifBewalski at August 07, 2020 11:11 AM (EqsGJ)
cans of food (tuna, chili, dinty moore, etc), toilet paper, hard alcohol, etc will be much better barter items.
Guns and ammo first.
Otherwise someone with guns and ammo will take your tuna cache away from you.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (kneels to no one on this Earth) at August 07, 2020 11:12 AM (unn44)
Posted by: JoeF. at August 07, 2020 11:12 AM (gtdYu)
Posted by: Asshoes at August 07, 2020 11:07 AM (ltwXF)
don't you understand how government works yet? If you know the right people and have the right friends, you can do anything you want. Even across borders.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 07, 2020 11:12 AM (Kpl3J)
You dont buy a tv every day but the cost of a tv spread out over several years of use of that tv counts in the inflation calculation. So yes you are in essence buying one very day as well as cars, laptops, paint, etc.
Posted by: Asshoes at August 07, 2020 11:12 AM (ltwXF)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at August 07, 2020 11:12 AM (pB6Gt)
Scarborough: "Biden made that argument inartfully, he didn't need to include the African-American community in the discussion, but he does seem to recognize the Latino community is not one giant monolithic community."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 07, 2020 11:12 AM (+y/Ru)
417 Aqua-Net has made a comeback recently.
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Also makes a decent propellant for spud guns
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 07, 2020 11:13 AM (N39Ws)
Posted by: vmom 2020 grammar supremacist at August 07, 2020 11:13 AM (J8nVw)
Roughly he gabbed her heavy shoulders, pulling her down on to the bed, and ripping off her..."
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik: we can haz purge now? at August 07, 2020 11:13 AM (DTX3h)
Posted by: creeper at August 07, 2020 11:08 AM (XxJt1)
Prices are driven by supply and demand. Measures of inflation are just an attempt to express an overall price increase in goods people use.
Posted by: Someguy at August 07, 2020 11:13 AM (Zm+LZ)
Scarborough: "Biden made that argument inartfully, he didn't need to include the African-American community in the discussion, but he does seem to recognize the Latino community is not one giant monolithic community."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 07, 2020 11:12 AM (+y/Ru
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40% of them voted for Trump.
Please, keep calling them racists.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, running from a biplane in a cornfield at August 07, 2020 11:13 AM (UWqZJ)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 07, 2020 11:10 AM (xfb67)
At this point I just laugh at the Monopoly money attitude of this country.
We're really not far from Weimar Republic money.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 07, 2020 11:13 AM (hku12)
Posted by: gp at August 07, 2020 11:13 AM (qpX6U)
Posted by: Laughing in Texas at August 07, 2020 11:13 AM (8EdY0)
It doesn't matter too much to me if some rando can store 100 selfies or 1000 selfies for the same price.
I remember when a can of dip was 75 cents. It is now $5 in low tax states. On the left coast, it is $10 or more I hear. In Canada is is $30.
Posted by: Quint at August 07, 2020 11:13 AM (o1Bgo)
While I can appreciate the sentiment, you may wanna take a bit of stank off that high heater, there, brother....
pretty firmly in *types**deletes* territory.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 07, 2020 11:13 AM (/EuRN)
Posted by: BurtTC at August 07, 2020 11:14 AM (hku12)
Posted by: BurtTC at August 07, 2020 11:11 AM (hku12)
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It's even cheaper when you buy the five gallon bucket.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 07, 2020 11:14 AM (JUV3F)
Roughly he gabbed her heavy shoulders, pulling her down on to the bed, and ripping off her..."
Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik: we can haz purge now? at August 07, 2020 11:13 AM (DTX3h)
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"With a MELON?"
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at August 07, 2020 11:14 AM (dfRN6)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 07, 2020 11:14 AM (YxTUV)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at August 07, 2020 11:15 AM (rpbg1)
It takes a lot of effort to maintain that level of denial though. It would be good for the body and soul to let it go.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 07, 2020 11:09 AM (hku12)
I'm sure you're right but I'm holding out for the sjws to decide that the schools used students as coolie labor to hector alumni to part with their disposable income as violations of something or other.
Posted by: Captain Hate at August 07, 2020 11:15 AM (y7DUB)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 07, 2020 11:15 AM (0jfkF)
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"Seems"
Not as good a defense as Scarborough thinks it is.
Posted by: SH at August 07, 2020 11:15 AM (4G4h7)
Roughly he gabbed her heavy shoulders, pulling her down on to the bed, and ripping off her..."
Daisy exclaimed "Holy shit, Ricky! Everyone told me you were gay!"
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (kneels to no one on this Earth) at August 07, 2020 11:15 AM (unn44)
==
if Biden s POTUS, there'll be a new class of media priests interpreting the true meaning of his blabberings.
Like they did for mad oracles in ancient days
Posted by: vmom 2020 grammar supremacist at August 07, 2020 11:15 AM (J8nVw)
Posted by: Quint at August 07, 2020 11:15 AM (o1Bgo)
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at August 07, 2020 11:16 AM (k/TB6)
This is a simple example but that is a true inflation measure. But because brisket goes up in price and laptops fall in price people think inflation is going up because it is in your face every week.
Posted by: Asshoes at August 07, 2020 11:16 AM (ltwXF)
Posted by: BurtTC
watch this:
COMMENT!
Posted by: DB- just DB. at August 07, 2020 11:16 AM (iTXRQ)
okay I know we're not at that state. But this is why some people don't quit fighting even when their side has clearly lost. (except for the modern Italians, if they see their side is losing, they throw down and say "ah fahgeddaboudit")
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 07, 2020 11:09 AM
Quintus: People should know when they are conquered.
Maximus: Would you, Quintus? Would I?
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at August 07, 2020 11:17 AM (Do5/p)
It's so fucking hard to get good help these days...
Posted by: George $oro$ at August 07, 2020 11:20 AM (zXEy/)
It's easy to wind up a communist who's spouting secession by asking him if the rural areas get a choice about leaving the United States, and if not, why not.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia (kneels to no one on this Earth) at August 07, 2020 11:10 AM
It is interesting that each one of those states have movements to move their eastern parts to the adjacent states. In California, I believe it's a north-south bifurcation effort.
Posted by: Moonbeam at August 07, 2020 11:20 AM (qe5CM)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 07, 2020 11:22 AM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Cicero
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I like the 'Growler' concept. You take your own jug down to the seller's shop and tank up, cheap.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 07, 2020 11:22 AM (l0Lgi)
Posted by: Quint at August 07, 2020 11:15 AM (o1Bgo)
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I heard that old line from Glenn Beck when he was on FOX. And before I knew he was crazy.
Posted by: Braenyard at August 07, 2020 11:24 AM (2VlcY)
Posted by: Mr Rump at August 07, 2020 11:24 AM (mP5Cu)
Posted by: Mr Rump at August 07, 2020 11:25 AM (mP5Cu)
basket of goods and services. Some items in that basket go up in price
some go down.
Horseshit. The "basket of goods" used by the government is designed to hide inflation as much as possible. Electronics go down in price because of Moore's Law, but that is fast reaching it's physical limits. When electronics go up, as they will in the next few years, the real amount of inflation will start to become apparent. By the way without inflation the price of electronics goods would have declined much more steeply than it has.
Posted by: An Observation at August 07, 2020 11:36 AM (vcPVI)
basket of goods and services. Some items in that basket go up in price
some go down.
Horseshit. The "basket of goods" used by the government is designed to hide inflation as much as possible. Electronics go down in price because of Moore's Law, but that is fast reaching it's physical limits. When electronics go up, as they will in the next few years, the real amount of inflation will start to become apparent. By the way without inflation the price of electronics goods would have declined much more steeply than it has.
Posted by: An Observation at August 07, 2020 11:36 AM
Reminds of a particular commenter that would always attempt to make this rather crap argument about how electronics prove that inflation is great while of course you can't include groceries. Always bullshit and always argued by a prick.
Posted by: Buzzion at August 07, 2020 11:43 AM (u/HW3)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 07, 2020 10:46 AM (ZLI7S)
I don't see how the US can ever be "The US" again. I just want our side to be in control of whatever comes out of this.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 07, 2020 10:50 AM (Kpl3J)
We need a Christian Revival. A large scale Reformation in Christianity in America that focuses on Christ rather than politics and Marxism.
Posted by: Maskhole at August 07, 2020 11:51 AM (HJY+O)
Posted by: Maskhole at August 07, 2020 11:51 AM (HJY+O)
It's beginning but it's seen as a realignment.
Jews are moving back to Orthodox, Christians are moving to Evangelical away from the now Social Justice, heretofore traditional denominations.
Posted by: Braenyard at August 07, 2020 11:56 AM (2VlcY)
Actually Trump has been the strongest defender of religious freedom in my lifetime. Where was Joe Bidet's full throated support of the Little Sisters of the Poor the entire time they were battling Obama's oppressive anti-religious freedom policy?
Trump has been strong in articulating his support for their cause, and they eventually prevailed, with no comment of congratulations from V.P. Fingerbang.
Posted by: kallisto at August 07, 2020 02:26 PM (DJFLF)
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