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Mid-Morning Art Thread
James McNeill Whistler
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: AZ deplorable isolated at February 25, 2021 09:30 AM (gtatv)
Posted by: JT at February 25, 2021 09:30 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 25, 2021 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 25, 2021 09:30 AM (OskcI)
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 25, 2021 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: AZ deplorable isolated at February 25, 2021 09:31 AM (gtatv)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 25, 2021 09:31 AM (Zm+LZ)
Posted by: JT at February 25, 2021 09:31 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 25, 2021 09:31 AM (U2p+3)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at February 25, 2021 09:32 AM (X7kN9)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 25, 2021 09:32 AM (OskcI)
Posted by: AZ deplorable isolated at February 25, 2021 09:32 AM (gtatv)
Posted by: grammie winger at February 25, 2021 09:32 AM (45fpk)
Posted by: BignJames at February 25, 2021 09:32 AM (AwYPR)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 25, 2021 09:32 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: fluffy at February 25, 2021 09:33 AM (P50vJ)
Posted by: North American Man Boy Lincoln Association at February 25, 2021 09:33 AM (VVEnO)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead
I thought it was a Souvenir of AC Flyswatter.
Posted by: JT at February 25, 2021 09:33 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 25, 2021 09:33 AM (JUOKG)
Perhaps she'd rather be outside playing broom ball with the guys
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 25, 2021 09:31 AM (U2p+3)
She could be enjoying vaguely sorrowful thoughts about a guy. Or at least trying to look like she's being wistful for the painting.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 25, 2021 09:33 AM (Zm+LZ)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 25, 2021 09:33 AM (ufFY8)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 25, 2021 09:33 AM (U2p+3)
Posted by: Tonypete at February 25, 2021 09:33 AM (Rvt88)
Posted by: redridinghood at February 25, 2021 09:33 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: grammie winger at February 25, 2021 09:32 AM (45fpk)
I guess if you're into that sort of thing.....
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 25, 2021 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)
A good painting, well executed. But not something for the girl's bedroom, unless she is in a Goth phase.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 25, 2021 09:34 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 25, 2021 09:34 AM (OskcI)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
They could capture souls in jars? Cool.
I wonder how we could have lost this skill...
Posted by: AZ deplorable isolated at February 25, 2021 09:34 AM (gtatv)
Posted by: Ziba at February 25, 2021 09:34 AM (S1hrL)
That little red jar contains the soul of her last husband. She's contemplating breaking it and having his soul wander the earth for all eternity for the lulz.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets
Well, she IS a ginger...
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 25, 2021 09:34 AM (EGyGV)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 25, 2021 09:34 AM (OskcI)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at February 25, 2021 09:34 AM (CqHIp)
[Don't zap me CBD, it's related!]
And a very nice work, too.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 25, 2021 09:34 AM (dfRN6)
Posted by: Pete Bog at February 25, 2021 09:34 AM (Jzz++)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2021 09:35 AM (6oPFc)
Posted by: JT at February 25, 2021 09:33 AM (arJlL)
He go bankrupt too?...Like MC Hammer?
Posted by: BignJames at February 25, 2021 09:35 AM (AwYPR)
Posted by: vmom WWRS What Would Rush Say at February 25, 2021 09:35 AM (nUhF0)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy
Like the camera adds ten lbs. , the mirror subtracts 8 inches.
Posted by: JT at February 25, 2021 09:35 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 25, 2021 09:35 AM (1ISKN)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 25, 2021 09:35 AM (U2p+3)
Posted by: Zoot at February 25, 2021 09:35 AM (QYG/A)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 25, 2021 09:36 AM (OskcI)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy
Fan? I thought that was Zoot ready for a paddling.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2021 09:36 AM (6oPFc)
Posted by: Deep State 910 at February 25, 2021 09:36 AM (XmDPJ)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy
Atlantic City ! Toldja !
Posted by: JT at February 25, 2021 09:37 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 25, 2021 09:31 AM (Zm+LZ)
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Fan? Looks to me like she's gonna go play some pickle-ball!
Posted by: Doof at February 25, 2021 09:37 AM (mZUr4)
Posted by: JT
No wonder I don't look at willie in the mirror.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2021 09:37 AM (6oPFc)
Posted by: JT
Somehow I don't think that explanation is going to fly in my circle.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 25, 2021 09:37 AM (Rvt88)
Posted by: FIFY at February 25, 2021 09:37 AM (d8s15)
(Ah ha I thought so it was Gainsborough)
Pink Girl and Blue Boy
I remember they had this in a sunday week section of the Chicago Tribune a long time ago (the late 50s?) and I was fascinated by the detail and the person portrayed in Blue Boy. Who the person was and how old they were when done. I then later in life ran across the Pink Girl as also done as a compliment but that never fascinated me as much as Blue Boy. I think it was the colors and the realism. I was only 9 and little experience with art.
Posted by: jakee308 at February 25, 2021 09:37 AM (z96ye)
Posted by: nurse ratched
Pays attention.
This picture is asking for volunteers to console her.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 25, 2021 09:37 AM (u82oZ)
Like the camera adds ten lbs. , the mirror subtracts 8 inches.
Posted by: JT
*Cur checks underwear for hidden mirrors*
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 25, 2021 09:38 AM (EGyGV)
She's probably wishing she had be born Asian.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 25, 2021 09:38 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2021 09:38 AM (6oPFc)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 25, 2021 09:38 AM (u82oZ)
outside view.. nothing's wrong, I'm fine
Mirror view... I'm dying here, why don't you care?
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at February 25, 2021 09:38 AM (X7kN9)
Posted by: rickb223
If they take more than a half-second to say "no", you have a chance.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 25, 2021 09:39 AM (Rvt88)
She's probably wishing she had be born Asian.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 25, 2021 09:38 AM (NpAcC)
That's a great point. The decorations don't really jump out to a modern viewer but would've been pretty unique and expensive back in the day.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 25, 2021 09:39 AM (Zm+LZ)
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 25, 2021 09:39 AM (yrol0)
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 25, 2021 09:39 AM (yrol0)
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By not including them, this painting is erasing black people from history. It must be burned.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 25, 2021 09:40 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 25, 2021 09:34 AM (dfRN6)
Oscar Wilde quotation. But I don't get the connection!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 25, 2021 09:40 AM (Q9lwr)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 25, 2021 09:40 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2021 09:40 AM (6oPFc)
Posted by: Miklos, they give them away at February 25, 2021 09:40 AM (QzkSJ)
The Pink Girl was called PINKIE. (I remember it as Pink Girl)
And it looks nothing like the portrait I saw of the Pink Girl.
Hmm. Blue Boy I remember okay.
Posted by: jakee308 at February 25, 2021 09:41 AM (z96ye)
Posted by: NaCly Dog
Were they all based at Pearl Harbor ?
Posted by: JT at February 25, 2021 09:41 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: redridinghood at February 25, 2021 09:41 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not scanning your email to sell you stuff like Google does. at February 25, 2021 09:41 AM (SchxB)
Posted by: redridinghood at February 25, 2021 09:41 AM (NpAcC)
63 She has a wedding ring on. No matter.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2021 09:40 AM (6oPFc)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 25, 2021 09:43 AM (Zm+LZ)
Posted by: redridinghood
Are we gonna see Whistler's Mattress tomorrow ?
Posted by: JT at February 25, 2021 09:43 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Blor Utar, from Zimtok-5 at February 25, 2021 09:43 AM (xxG/v)
Posted by: jmel at February 25, 2021 09:44 AM (bVhJi)
I'm a little white girl
Standing in a painting
A little white girl
That everybody's hating
I just want to get on with my life
But Bill Gates wants to stab me with a knife
I'm a little white girl standing in a painting.
Won't you paint me black?
Posted by: naturalfake at February 25, 2021 09:45 AM (dWwl8)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 25, 2021 09:34 AM (dfRN6)
Oscar Wilde quotation. But I don't get the connection!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 25, 2021 09:40 AM (Q9lwr)
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Monty Python "Oscar Wilde" sketch. When Oscar introduces Whistler to Edward VII, the King says yes, we play squash together. Oscar's feeble attempt at a rejoinder.
Yes, it's kind of a stretch.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 25, 2021 09:45 AM (dfRN6)
Posted by: Miklos, wondering if Trump will stick with that at February 25, 2021 09:45 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Doof at February 25, 2021 09:45 AM (mZUr4)
I don't know if it was deliberate, but the image in the mirror doesn't seem in concert with the rest of her face. It is sadder, possibly ill or tired. It's in contrast to the rest of her figure which is relaxed and looks comfortable.
Posted by: JTB at February 25, 2021 09:46 AM (7EjX1)
Posted by: redridinghood
Are we gonna see Whistler's Mattress tomorrow ?
Posted by: JT
Better question:
Are we going to see Whistler's mistress on Whistler's mattress tomorrow?
Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2021 09:46 AM (6oPFc)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 25, 2021 09:46 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Mrs. Hypocrisy at February 25, 2021 09:47 AM (gl8jM)
Posted by: jakee308 at February 25, 2021 09:47 AM (z96ye)
Posted by: grammie winger at February 25, 2021 09:47 AM (45fpk)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 25, 2021 09:34 AM (dfRN6)
Oscar Wilde quotation. But I don't get the connection!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
(Pssst...hey Horde, if we can keep CBD commenting, he won't have time to THUMP anybody !)
Posted by: JT at February 25, 2021 09:47 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: andycanuck at February 25, 2021 09:48 AM (d6he9)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 25, 2021 09:45 AM (dfRN6)
Ya think?
You people are weird.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 25, 2021 09:48 AM (Q9lwr)
Posted by: vmom WWRS What Would Rush Say at February 25, 2021 09:48 AM (nUhF0)
Posted by: jakee308 at February 25, 2021 09:48 AM (z96ye)
Odd Place For a Mirror - a limerick
The Whistlers' maid, seeking connection
Through a process of real introspection
As the knickknacks were cleaned
On the mantle she leaned
For several moments of rare shelf-reflection
Posted by: Muldoon at February 25, 2021 09:48 AM (m45I2)
Posted by: andycanuck at February 25, 2021 09:48 AM (d6he9)
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Shut your mouth!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 25, 2021 09:49 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: grammie winger at February 25, 2021 09:47 AM (45fpk)
Surprised that song hasn't gotten the "woke treatment" yet.
Posted by: BignJames at February 25, 2021 09:49 AM (AwYPR)
Posted by: grammie winger at February 25, 2021 09:47 AM (45fpk)
That's one way to reduce whiteness.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 25, 2021 09:49 AM (Zm+LZ)
You people are weird.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February
We are only following your lead, Mr Dlido.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 25, 2021 09:49 AM (U2p+3)
Indeed, this wouldn't look out of place on OM's thread.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 25, 2021 09:49 AM (ZGrMX)
Indeed, this wouldn't look out of place on OM's thread.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 25, 2021 09:49 AM (ZGrMX)
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"The impropriety!"
-Midwesterner, fainting
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 25, 2021 09:50 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: andycanuck
"Whistler's Mother" was actually titled "Arrangement in Black and Grey no. 1" so he cool.
Posted by: Miklos, hip aesthete at February 25, 2021 09:50 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: AZ deplorable isolated at February 25, 2021 09:50 AM (gtatv)
Posted by: Archer at February 25, 2021 09:50 AM (gmo/4)
And always very rock and roll.
Posted by: jakee308 at February 25, 2021 09:50 AM (z96ye)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 25, 2021 09:50 AM (Q9lwr)
You underestimate me.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 25, 2021 09:50 AM (Q9lwr)
It's over Dildo. We have the high ground!
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 25, 2021 09:51 AM (Zm+LZ)
Posted by: BurtTC at February 25, 2021 09:51 AM (oQ94s)
You underestimate me.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
Not really.
Insomniac told me to say that.
Posted by: JT at February 25, 2021 09:51 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at February 25, 2021 09:51 AM (CqHIp)
Posted by: BurtTC at
We rarely see ourselves as other see us.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 25, 2021 09:52 AM (U2p+3)
Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 25, 2021 09:52 AM (nakwk)
I'll try to be better horde.
Posted by: AZ deplorable isolated at February 25, 2021 09:52 AM (gtatv)
You people are fucking savages.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 24, 2021 10:31 PM (Q9lwr)
You people are weird.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 25, 2021 09:48 AM (Q9lwr)
Posted by: Doof at February 25, 2021 09:52 AM (mZUr4)
Posted by: Ian S. at February 25, 2021 09:52 AM (ZGrMX)
the mirror doesn't seem in concert with the rest of her face.
Posted by: JTB at February 25, 2021 09:46 AM (7EjX1)
I noticed that too. One reason I used the painting, because while it is technically pleasant there isn't anything particularly noteworthy...except for the discordance in the reflection.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 25, 2021 09:53 AM (Q9lwr)
Posted by: Archer at February 25, 2021 09:50 AM (gmo/4)
And you'll get back the answer: "Nothing" and that IS a trap.
If you ask again you'll get: "If you don't know, I'm not going to tell you". Or some variation on that theme. And that's the opening salvo in a diatribe that you had no idea was waiting.
Posted by: jakee308 at February 25, 2021 09:53 AM (z96ye)
You people are fucking savages.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 24, 2021 10:31 PM (Q9lwr)
You people are weird.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 25, 2021 09:48 AM (Q9lwr)
Posted by: Doof at February 25, 2021 09:52 AM (mZUr4)
Well we're a different, classier crowd.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 25, 2021 09:53 AM (Zm+LZ)
You underestimate me.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 25, 2021 09:50 AM (Q9lwr)
It's over Dildo. We have the high ground!
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead
(hands Red Turban a Red Helmet)
Posted by: JT at February 25, 2021 09:53 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 25, 2021 09:53 AM (DV9JA)
Posted by: redridinghood at February 25, 2021 09:53 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 25, 2021 09:53 AM (ufFY8)
Pseudolus: A weirdo on an AoSHQ thread.
Hero: Is that bad?
Pseudolus: Well there's no way to make it look like an achievement!
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 25, 2021 09:53 AM (dfRN6)
Posted by: Kate Winslet's boobs at February 25, 2021 09:53 AM (ftFVW)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 25, 2021 09:53 AM (mzC78)
Chris Hayes
@chrislhayes
There is no compelling substantive argument against the minimum wage: the economic literature suggests few negatives effects AND it's very very popular politically. Capital doesn't like it: that's it. That's the story, here.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 25, 2021 09:54 AM (VVEnO)
The Bee had a good one leading up to the Super Bowl: "Female ref throws flag, won't tell you what's wrong".
Posted by: Ian S. at February 25, 2021 09:54 AM (ZGrMX)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 25, 2021 09:34 AM (OskcI)
"Once seen cannot be unseen."
Posted by: Flyover missing PIEOTUS at February 25, 2021 09:54 AM (Rbu5d)
Chris Hayes
@chrislhayes
There is no compelling substantive argument against the minimum wage: the economic literature suggests few negatives effects AND it's very very popular politically. Capital doesn't like it: that's it. That's the story, here.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 25, 2021 09:54 AM (VVEnO)
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So, the few negative effects...what are they, Chris?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 25, 2021 09:54 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: BignJames at February 25, 2021 09:55 AM (AwYPR)
Posted by: Muldoon at February 25, 2021 09:55 AM (m45I2)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 25, 2021 09:53 AM (ufFY
No, it is She's a Rainbow.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 25, 2021 09:55 AM (ufFY8)
If you want to know who I am
I'm a white girl who likes Japan:
At least vase and jar
Or perhaps a screen or fan
Look at this fan in white paint:
I think it's funny queer and quaint
You're wrong if you think it ain't
Ooooh!
Posted by: Zombie Gilbert and Sullivan Less Talented Twin Brothers at February 25, 2021 09:55 AM (dWwl8)
@chrislhayes
There is no compelling substantive argument against the minimum wage: the economic literature suggests few negatives effects
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
Except everywhere it's been mandated has cost people jobs.
LOFuckingL
Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2021 09:55 AM (6oPFc)
Posted by: Hunter B. at February 25, 2021 09:55 AM (KfC1e)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 25, 2021 09:55 AM (DV9JA)
Posted by: runner at February 25, 2021 09:55 AM (51Lal)
And that is a bit spooky. Did he do that on purpose?
It's like seeing her inner self while also seeing how she's projecting to those around her.
Posted by: jakee308 at February 25, 2021 09:56 AM (z96ye)
Posted by: JT at February 25, 2021 09:51 AM (arJlL)
JT is a lying liar who tells lies!
Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 25, 2021 09:56 AM (nakwk)
(With Greta Growl) 'How Dare You! How Dare You! Whiteness is privileged and always young and wealthy.
Posted by: mustbequantum at February 25, 2021 09:56 AM (MIKMs)
Posted by: redridinghood
He stopped whistling after she shot him in the lower lip on Winding Stair Mountain.
Posted by: JT at February 25, 2021 09:56 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 25, 2021 09:55 AM (DV9JA)
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Why do you hate the poor?
$1 billion per hour. Make everyone a billionaire instantly! I can't believe no one's thought of it before?!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 25, 2021 09:56 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 25, 2021 09:55 AM (DV9JA)
Gooderer citizen. 10x gooderer.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 25, 2021 09:57 AM (Zm+LZ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 25, 2021 09:54 AM (VVEnO)
Remember Economics 1? Maybe the first week? Yeah...Hayes doesn't.
It's amazing that people like him are allowed to cross the street unescorted, much less opine on important matters.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 25, 2021 09:57 AM (Q9lwr)
Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman
LOl !!!
How come you didn't comment on my last e-mail ?
Posted by: JT at February 25, 2021 09:57 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: zombie bernard shaw at February 25, 2021 09:57 AM (d6he9)
Posted by: troyriser at February 25, 2021 09:57 AM (BC3Yf)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
*glare with passionate Latina fire*
Posted by: Alexandra O'Crazy-Nike-Cortez at February 25, 2021 09:58 AM (QzkSJ)
The Whistlers' maid, seeking connection
Through a process of real introspection
As the knickknacks were cleaned
On the mantle she leaned
For several moments of rare shelf-reflection
===
*wipes tear from eye*
*Golf Clap*
That's the best one ever!!!
Posted by: Shelfie Shelvington at February 25, 2021 09:58 AM (BwtBd)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 25, 2021 09:58 AM (OskcI)
Posted by: Kate Winslet's boobs at February 25, 2021 09:58 AM (ftFVW)
Posted by: Ian S. at February 25, 2021 09:58 AM (ZGrMX)
There is no compelling substantive argument against the minimum wage
That says more about you than it does the minimum wage.
Posted by: t-bird at February 25, 2021 09:58 AM (vOGqy)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 25, 2021 09:58 AM (DV9JA)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
*glare with passionate Latina fire*
Posted by: Alexandra O'Crazy-Nike-Cortez at February 25, 2021 09:58 AM (QzkSJ)
If Insom were still with us he'd complain as to why he got treated with the other ones.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 25, 2021 09:59 AM (Zm+LZ)
But then some reporter pointed out that Tanden had tweeted something about Murkowski and her drug habit. So now Murkowski is "looking into" Tanden's past. Hey, when she was just insulting US, no big deal, but when she insults Lisa, now it's time to do something!
These clowns can't disappear fast enough.
Posted by: Wally at February 25, 2021 09:59 AM (qg32k)
Posted by: grammie winger at February 25, 2021 09:47 AM (45fpk)
Thank you for that earworm!
Posted by: Flyover missing PIEOTUS at February 25, 2021 09:59 AM (Rbu5d)
It's like seeing her inner self while also seeing how she's projecting to those around her.
Posted by: jakee308 at February 25, 2021 09:56 AM (z96ye)
Whistler did everything on purpose. Nothing is left to chance or happy accident in his work.
Posted by: troyriser at February 25, 2021 09:59 AM (BC3Yf)
Posted by: Archer at February 25, 2021 09:59 AM (gmo/4)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 25, 2021 10:00 AM (OskcI)
Posted by: JT at February 25, 2021 09:57 AM (arJlL)
It's been one hell of a week. Month, actually.
Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 25, 2021 10:00 AM (nakwk)
Posted by: BurtTC at
We rarely see ourselves as other see us.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 25, 2021 09:52 AM (U2p+3)
But which one is more real? I'm sometimes surprised by who I see in the mirror, he's not who I thought I would see. I'm sure others have the same reaction.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 25, 2021 10:00 AM (oQ94s)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 25, 2021 09:53 AM (DV9JA)
sausage?
===
I fear the wurst.
Posted by: Punpocalyse Now at February 25, 2021 10:00 AM (d8s15)
Friday is the Fortified Thursday
Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 25, 2021 10:00 AM (Bmy3R)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 25, 2021 09:58 AM (DV9JA)
Fast food will definitely see more automation. For agriculture lots of it is automated with higher than $15/hour wages, except for those positions largely staffed with illegals. I imagine they'll just continue to use illegals.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 25, 2021 10:00 AM (Zm+LZ)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at February 25, 2021 09:51 AM (CqHIp)
Hah!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 25, 2021 10:00 AM (mzC78)
I would guess Whistler actually saw this some time and didn't make it up in his head.
Posted by: jakee308 at February 25, 2021 10:00 AM (z96ye)
But nobody has the hearth to tell her that.
Posted by: Muldoon at February 25, 2021 10:01 AM (m45I2)
But nobody has the hearth to tell her that.
Posted by: Muldoon at February 25, 2021 10:01 AM (m45I2)
She doesn't look well. Could be the flue.
Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 25, 2021 10:02 AM (nakwk)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 25, 2021 10:02 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: BurtTC at
We rarely see ourselves as other see us.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 25, 2021 09:52 AM (U2p+3)
But which one is more real? I'm sometimes surprised by who I see in the mirror, he's not who I thought I would see. I'm sure others have the same reaction.
Posted by: BurtTC at February
I guess that depends on your needs or insecurities at the time. I think we want to see ourselves as good, happy, pretty, sad, ugly and mean all at different times. We constantly lie to ourselves.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 25, 2021 10:02 AM (U2p+3)
Posted by: Muldoon at February 25, 2021 10:02 AM (m45I2)
Posted by: Ian S. at February 25, 2021 09:58 AM (ZGrMX)
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If not fake, she's mad because she thought she was going to be a female hero for a moment, using Twitter to spread information about the evils of the patriarchy, and she ended up looking like a moron.
It's really the men's fault that she ended up looking so stupid, not that she drove off without taking the gas nozzle out of her car.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 25, 2021 10:03 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: BignJames at February 25, 2021 10:03 AM (AwYPR)
Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman
But, they're just little white lies......
Posted by: JT at February 25, 2021 10:03 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: redridinghood at February 25, 2021 10:03 AM (NpAcC)
he's not who I thought I would see. I'm sure others have the same
reaction.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 25, 2021 10:00 AM (oQ94s)
I can relate.
Posted by: grammie winger at February 25, 2021 10:03 AM (45fpk)
A real hose would stink to the high heaven and get gas all over the inside of her car.
I could be wrong, but I think it is fake.
Posted by: squeakywheel at February 25, 2021 10:03 AM (iDGpQ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 25, 2021 10:03 AM (VVEnO)
Posted by: JT at February 25, 2021 10:03 AM (arJlL)
Didn't you get the memo? White is evil. Be less white.
Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 25, 2021 10:03 AM (nakwk)
Whistler's young lady must have known this and found it to be depressing.
Posted by: Blor Utar, from Zimtok-5 at February 25, 2021 10:04 AM (xxG/v)
But nobody has the hearth to tell her that.
Posted by: Muldoon
Unless her love for young Master de Beauville is rekindled.
Posted by: Miklos, thinking bodices will be ripped by chapter six at February 25, 2021 10:04 AM (QzkSJ)
The competition for them will get fierce and actual merit might win out as the primary positive trait of those who are hired.
Because those types of jobs will be in things that are critical and need the input of a smart and rational person and much of what our work force is composed of those that are not.
Will be interesting to see whether the left's imaginary equity nonsense wins out. If so we're doomed as a technical country. We will truly be less than a 3rd world country. We will sink lower than Muslim countries medieval level.
Don't folks realize that if we give up tech there isn't any other country that can pick up the slack? Not in invention and not in purchase.
Posted by: jakee308 at February 25, 2021 10:05 AM (z96ye)
Illegals still demand wages subject to the minimum wage. If MW is $10 they will work for $8. But if MW is $15 they will demand more as well. And with Bidens immigration plans they will all be legal soon enough and subject to $15 as well.
Any industry that uses cheap unskilled labor will automate more. And not just MW workers. Someone making $20 now will not work for $20 if the MW is $15. He will demand $25 and so on up the wage scale. Idiots like Hayes never understand the inflationary aspects of this across the board.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 25, 2021 10:05 AM (DV9JA)
*stares at lint*
Huh. Not anywhere near as revelatory as I was hoping.
Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 25, 2021 10:05 AM (nakwk)
Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at February 25, 2021 10:05 AM (WvoAE)
/Kitty Russell gazing in the mirror.
Posted by: Muldoon at February 25, 2021 10:05 AM (m45I2)
agriculture lots of it is automated with higher than $15/hour wages,
except for those positions largely staffed with illegals. I imagine
they'll just continue to use illegals.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 25, 2021 10:00 AM
The McDonald's here has never opened up it's inside dining room even though they can at 75% capacity since covid closed it last April. They have three people running the place and it's drive through only. They let four people go when they closed up and have no intention of ever reopening inside dining. If the $15 minimum wage is passed you can expect to see the same thing happening all over.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 25, 2021 10:05 AM (JUOKG)
They are more driven by personal grudges and the universal desire of those in power not to appear ridiculous while letting the country happily rot.
Government by a debased aristocracy is one of the worst types of government in history unless the aristo faction has strong moral values and tempers its appetites for power, money, and sex. Otherwise, it results in misrule and eventually a tyrant to sweep away this class and the mess it made.
Posted by: whig at February 25, 2021 10:05 AM (pO7gM)
Posted by: Kate Winslet's boobs at February 25, 2021 10:06 AM (ftFVW)
Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman
I'm not gonna go to Chicago and start shooting people !
Posted by: JT at February 25, 2021 10:06 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 25, 2021 09:58 AM (OskcI)
What? But that's not allowed in DC!
Posted by: Flyover missing PIEOTUS at February 25, 2021 10:06 AM (Rbu5d)
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Took me years, but I finally decided that I can't/won't wear contacts is because I would see myself clearly in passing in the mirror and wonder who that ugly stranger is.
Too much reality is not good for the ego.
Posted by: mustbequantum at February 25, 2021 10:07 AM (MIKMs)
Posted by: jakee308 at February 25, 2021 10:05 AM (z96ye)
I think we're too far gone. There's a rapid decline in ability over relatively short periods of time, and following generations are shaping up to be much smaller in the US.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 25, 2021 10:07 AM (Zm+LZ)
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Idiots like Hayes think the Government creates its own money.
Posted by: Punpocalyse Now at February 25, 2021 10:07 AM (d8s15)
To be fair, who wants to go inside of a McDonalds, anyway?
Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at February 25, 2021 10:07 AM (WvoAE)
Posted by: Insomniac
*****
Well isn't that just grate!?
Posted by: Muldoon at February 25, 2021 10:07 AM (m45I2)
I noticed that too. One reason I used the painting, because while it is technically pleasant there isn't anything particularly noteworthy...except for the discordance in the reflection.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 25, 2021 09:53 AM (Q9lwr)
I agree.
I was confused at first. The angle of the face in the mirror looks wrong to me. And the subject can scarcely be described as a "little girl.""
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 25, 2021 10:07 AM (TdMsT)
Huh. Not anywhere near as revelatory as I was hoping.
Posted by: Insomniac
Good for starting fires when the power's out.
Posted by: Miklos, a Boy Scout when it was boys at February 25, 2021 10:07 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman
I'm not gonna go to Chicago and start shooting people !
Posted by: JT at February 25, 2021 10:06 AM (arJlL)
Would you consider doing crack instead of powder?
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 25, 2021 10:07 AM (Zm+LZ)
Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 25, 2021 10:07 AM (Bmy3R)
Posted by: Flyover missing PIEOTUS at February 25, 2021 10:08 AM (Rbu5d)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 25, 2021 10:05 AM (DV9JA)
To say nothing of all the union contracts that are pegged to some multiple of minimum wage.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 25, 2021 10:08 AM (mzC78)
To be fair, who wants to go inside of a McDonalds, anyway?
Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at February 25, 2021 10:07 AM (WvoAE)
Restrooms.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 25, 2021 10:08 AM (Zm+LZ)
Expect prices of food to go higher. Much higher.
Restaurants wouldn't have lasted past the price hike so it's good that they're getting out now.
Posted by: jakee308 at February 25, 2021 10:09 AM (z96ye)
Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman
But, they're just little white lies......
Posted by: JT at February 25, 2021 10:03 AM (arJlL)
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Sammy Hagar - Little White Lie
https://youtu.be/vI9bXFbymCc
Posted by: Doof at February 25, 2021 10:09 AM (mZUr4)
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Somebody sabotaged my mirror to make me look fat. And old.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 25, 2021 10:09 AM (VVEnO)
Posted by: woman in white at February 25, 2021 10:09 AM (d6he9)
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I'm pretty sure those PlayLand McD's harbor biological weapons way worse then Chynah virus.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at February 25, 2021 10:10 AM (7Fj9P)
he's not who I thought I would see. I'm sure others have the same
reaction.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 25, 2021 10:00 AM (oQ94s)
I can relate.
Posted by: grammie winger at February 25, 2021 10:03 AM (45fpk)
Yeah, it's kinda weird when the lighting and/or angle are just right, I see my father staring back at me.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 25, 2021 10:10 AM (dWwl8)
Posted by: Erik J. Duiker at February 25, 2021 10:10 AM (vTW2/)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 25, 2021 10:10 AM (OskcI)
https://tinyurl.com/2a2djw85
Posted by: pep at February 25, 2021 10:10 AM (v16oJ)
If you increase the amount of money paid for work hours, it doesn't change the amount of time it takes to build a thing. The thing still takes the same amount of time in work hours to make, it just means it now takes more money to make it.
Inflation, what is it?
Posted by: being ruled by imbeciles is a dark fate at February 25, 2021 10:10 AM (eBcZK)
Israel, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea can take over as innovators. Not China. Progress is at the rate of unreasonable people, and they will be clamped down by the ChiCom government.
Food production is being gene-expressed to inside buildings for optimal growing conditions and multi-harvests a year. But it will not be enough if Ag takes a big hit.
I'd start growing and raising chickens if you are concerned.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 25, 2021 10:10 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: naturalfake at February 25, 2021 10:10 AM (dWwl
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My nose isn't big enough, I'll never let myself get that big, and I'll never wear those glasses.
*fingers crossed*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 25, 2021 10:10 AM (LvTSG)
I'm sometimes surprised by who I see in the mirror, he's not who I thought I would see. I'm sure others have the same reaction.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 25, 2021 10:00 AM (oQ94s)
I sometimes see my mother in the mirror.
I miss her, a lot.
Posted by: Flyover missing PIEOTUS at February 25, 2021 10:11 AM (Rbu5d)
Posted by: Insomniac
*****
Well isn't that just grate!?
Posted by: Muldoon
Get her away from the fireplace. Poke her.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2021 10:11 AM (6oPFc)
I can't wait to hear from Pankaj.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 25, 2021 10:11 AM (1ISKN)
Posted by: Muldoon at February 25, 2021 10:11 AM (m45I2)
Only thing that gave me pause is, she's not wearing a mask. A real Karen would be wearing two.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 25, 2021 10:11 AM (Bmy3R)
Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at February 25, 2021 10:07 AM
The truckers who have to stand in the drive through lane with all of those cars to order because their trucks won't fit.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 25, 2021 10:11 AM (JUOKG)
Posted by: naturalfake at February 25, 2021 10:10 AM (dWwl
Try saying "You are a complete disappointment to me and your mother" whilst looking in the mirror.
Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 25, 2021 10:11 AM (nakwk)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at February 25, 2021 10:12 AM (HaL55)
That demonstrates how stupid and unaware people really are.
That and leaving their kids in the car.
How can people be so unconscious while walking around breathing?
Posted by: jakee308 at February 25, 2021 10:12 AM (z96ye)
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I'm pretty sure those PlayLand McD's harbor biological weapons way worse then Chynah virus.
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*scoffs*
I swam in Lake Erie last summer. Not dead yet.
Posted by: Thumbs nose at germophobes at February 25, 2021 10:12 AM (eBcZK)
Posted by: BignJames at February 25, 2021 10:12 AM (AwYPR)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 25, 2021 10:10 AM (u82oZ)
Chickens are so fun. Rev and I are going to play with chickens this afternoon when he gets back from the Y.
Posted by: grammie winger at February 25, 2021 10:12 AM (45fpk)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 25, 2021 10:12 AM (OskcI)
Posted by: JT at February 25, 2021 10:13 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: grammie winger at February 25, 2021 10:12 AM (45fpk)
Chicken punting is a blast!
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 25, 2021 10:13 AM (1ISKN)
Posted by: Revenant at February 25, 2021 10:13 AM (b9Gb2)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy
Or, you can get government out of the marketplace entirely and let the marketplace figure it out.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2021 10:13 AM (6oPFc)
Posted by: BignJames at February 25, 2021 10:12 AM (AwYPR)
My arm wasn't sore but I puked all night long.
Posted by: grammie winger at February 25, 2021 10:13 AM (45fpk)
Posted by: red speck at February 25, 2021 10:13 AM (gS3OW)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 25, 2021 10:10 AM (u82oZ)
Turtles. If they stampede, you can saddle and mount your sloth, and round 'em up before they reach the property line.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 25, 2021 10:13 AM (mzC78)
It's really the men's fault that she ended up looking so stupid, not that she drove off without taking the gas nozzle out of her car.
Some feminists claimed the woman was "afraid for her life" because of toxic masculinity, but the video itself debunks that hard.
As far as claims that it's fake, gas pump hoses in the US are required to have a quick disconnect because this happens extremely often. Interestingly in other countries it doesn't. I'll admit it's almost too *chef's kiss* that she's in a Mercedes though.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 25, 2021 10:13 AM (ZGrMX)
Some kind of hazard pay during the Plandemic. Guess what happened? Several stores just said fuck it we are shutting down. Krogers closed 4 stores straight up saying they cannot be profitable with that extra cost. Bbbut bbbut bbbut Krogers is a billion dollar company!!!! Yeah with razor thin margins you ducking economic illiterate leftist city council members.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 25, 2021 10:13 AM (DV9JA)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,
*****
The Looking Glass of Dorian Gray
Posted by: Muldoon at February 25, 2021 10:13 AM (m45I2)
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B-b-b-b-b-ut, all the people lifted out of poverty!! Oh wait, if the wage gains are offset by raging inflation, that poverty line is going to smack 'em in the ass pretty darn quick.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at February 25, 2021 10:13 AM (7Fj9P)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 25, 2021 10:13 AM (OskcI)
Well isn't that just grate!?
Posted by: Muldoon at February 25, 2021 10:07 AM (m45I2)
Must you put a damper on everything?
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 25, 2021 10:13 AM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Ian S. at February 25, 2021 10:13 AM (ZGrMX)
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If she were scared for her life, she would have, you know, called the cops from her car without exiting, completely exposed to the male gaze.
It's almost like feminists are bad at thinking. They grew up idolizing Thelma and Louise.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 25, 2021 10:14 AM (LvTSG)
I just say my order and hope they can hear and understand ME.
Posted by: jakee308 at February 25, 2021 10:14 AM (z96ye)
Posted by: andycanuck at February 25, 2021 10:14 AM (d6he9)
How can people be so unconscious while walking around breathing?
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to be fair
I have never, ever, ever, ever, been so sleep deprived in my entire life as I was when my kids were like 3months 2 and 3 years old. I don't think I was really totally conscious even when I was awake. I drove to places with kids asleep in the back and forgot there were there, but for they made a little noise when I was parking.
Posted by: i gotta be honest at February 25, 2021 10:15 AM (BwtBd)
I know that when I'm afraid for my life, the first thing I do is get out of my mobility-enhancing apparatus and walk back to physically confront my much larger antagonist.
Posted by: pep at February 25, 2021 10:15 AM (v16oJ)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2021 10:13 AM (6oPFc)
But there is unfairness in that. The worst thing in the world is unfairness. That is why the government needs several agencies and 200,000 employees to control the market. To make things fair.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 25, 2021 10:15 AM (OskcI)
********
Tortoise Wrangling - Part One
The tortoise is a challenging breed
What with shell care and proper tortoise feed
And you'll live your life in fear
Of the words you dread to hear-
"Walk for your life! It's a stampede!"
Posted by: Muldoon at February 25, 2021 10:15 AM (m45I2)
Posted by: grammie winger
Have them race, and invite the loser to dinner !
Hiya Grammie !
Posted by: JT at February 25, 2021 10:15 AM (arJlL)
Order with the app.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy
What-a-burger Curbside Delivery FTW!
Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2021 10:15 AM (6oPFc)
Posted by: Insomniac
*****
Well isn't that just grate!?
Posted by: Muldoon at February 25, 2021 10:07 AM (m45I2)
Just poke 'er.
Posted by: Flyover missing PIEOTUS at February 25, 2021 10:15 AM (Rbu5d)
Posted by: naturalfake at February 25, 2021 10:10 AM (dWwl
Try saying "You are a complete disappointment to me and your mother" whilst looking in the mirror.
Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 25, 2021 10:11 AM (nakwk)
Okay, I LOL'd.
But, Dad wouldn't say that.
He would've said something "naturalfake, your mother and I expect better from you."
Posted by: naturalfake at February 25, 2021 10:15 AM (dWwl8)
His goatee isn't centered.
Posted by: JT at February 25, 2021 10:13 AM (arJlL)
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You're right! Great tune tho!
Posted by: Doof at February 25, 2021 10:15 AM (mZUr4)
It's all a joke to you, isn't it?
Posted by: Snails at February 25, 2021 10:17 AM (v16oJ)
Scratches
Looks around
Dang! Symphony in White. Awesome. Who doesn't like a little sax in the morning?
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 25, 2021 10:17 AM (axyOa)
Order with the app.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy
What-a-burger Curbside Delivery FTW!
Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2021 10:15 AM
They don't do curbside here anymore. Gave up on it for whatever reason(s).
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 25, 2021 10:17 AM (JUOKG)
Posted by: BurtTC at February
I guess that depends on your needs or insecurities at the time. I think we want to see ourselves as good, happy, pretty, sad, ugly and mean all at different times. We constantly lie to ourselves.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 25, 2021 10:02 AM (U2p+3)
This is what fascinates me though, is it a lie? If I feel like that younger (damn good looking) fella, and look in the mirror and see the older me, is that more real? Granted, the façade more accurately reflects from the mirror, but if I go about my day being the me I "see," am I not being more true to my self?
Posted by: BurtTC at February 25, 2021 10:17 AM (oQ94s)
Posted by: Snails at February 25, 2021 10:17 AM (v16oJ)
Or a shell game.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 25, 2021 10:17 AM (mzC78)
\
cocaine, baby
Posted by: Mitch, one of your betters, lound eye at February 25, 2021 10:18 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: grammie winger at February 25, 2021 10:18 AM (45fpk)
Posted by: jmel at February 25, 2021 10:18 AM (bVhJi)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at February 25, 2021 10:19 AM (gDJlP)
Posted by: grammie winger at February 25, 2021 10:12 AM (45fpk)
Chicken punting is a blast!
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Histoplasmosis.
Posted by: a note of caution at February 25, 2021 10:19 AM (BwtBd)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at February 25, 2021 10:13 AM (7Fj9P)
Then they just raise the min wage again. Plus side is very soon the national debt can be paid for with money you find in your couch. Down side is if you don't spend your entire check on payday by the day after you can't get a loaf of bread as that now costs exponentially more the next day, creating a situation where people can't afford to eat and so another round of tinkering is needed in perpetuity.
Posted by: Bete at February 25, 2021 10:19 AM (Ojki1)
Posted by: whig at February 25, 2021 10:19 AM (pO7gM)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 25, 2021 10:19 AM (DV9JA)
Theres-a sonata much sax inna da symphonies.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 25, 2021 10:19 AM (Bmy3R)
Posted by: grammie winger at February 25, 2021 10:13 AM (45fpk)
Wife was feeling a little nauseous. I'm just sore...but not as bad as a typhoid booster.
Posted by: BignJames at February 25, 2021 10:19 AM (AwYPR)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 25, 2021 10:13 AM (1ISKN)
Can you get me over that fence?
Posted by: Nellie the Hen at February 25, 2021 10:20 AM (Rbu5d)
Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 25, 2021 10:20 AM (Bmy3R)
It's all a joke to you, isn't it?
Posted by: Snails
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Don't waste your time. These people have ZERO empathy. I mean zero.
Posted by: Michelle Fields at February 25, 2021 10:20 AM (Xri5N)
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Science fact of the day! Dinosaurs were generally divided into two groups, sauropods (lizard footed) and theropods (beast footed). Unfortunately, some minimum wage worker switched them around so lizard footed dinosaurs, like raptors, are included among theropods and beast footed dinosaurs, like brontosaurs (actually apatosaurs), are included among sauropods.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 25, 2021 10:20 AM (VVEnO)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin
With every new account, you get a Free Wheelbarrow!
Posted by: First Bank of America-Weimar at February 25, 2021 10:20 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Woca Cola at February 25, 2021 10:21 AM (KnJdm)
Posted by: jmel at February 25, 2021 10:18 AM (bVhJi)
Ours are sweetie pies. Daughter lets them in the house to watch cartoons with the grandkids.
Posted by: grammie winger at February 25, 2021 10:21 AM (45fpk)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 25, 2021 10:21 AM (OskcI)
Decedents of the dinosaurs. Who would have thought that dino's would end up being delicious?
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 25, 2021 10:22 AM (xfb67)
groups, sauropods (lizard footed) and theropods (beast footed).
Unfortunately, some minimum wage worker switched them around so lizard
footed dinosaurs, like raptors, are included among theropods and beast
footed dinosaurs, like brontosaurs (actually apatosaurs), are included
among sauropods.
What about clams?
/BC comic strip
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at February 25, 2021 10:22 AM (HaL55)
(interestingly, candid photographs, while still bad, are not nearly as bad as posed ones. Might be the process of posing, which I HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE, or it could be that professional photographers for some reason cannot resist removing laugh lines and freckles, and that's where my face derives its character )
Posted by: Mrs. Peel - Texas Morons, Support HB 1359 at February 25, 2021 10:22 AM (G6Lqs)
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So you're saying gas in going to go up to 5 to 6 dollars a gallon?
What could possibly go wrong. . .
Posted by: Michelle Fields at February 25, 2021 10:22 AM (BwtBd)
Posted by: grammie winger at February 25, 2021 10:03 AM (45fpk)
Yeah, it's kinda weird when the lighting and/or angle are just right, I see my father staring back at me.
Posted by: naturalfake at February 25, 2021 10:10 AM (dWwl
Speaking of relate, when I was younger I thought me and my siblings, none of us looked anything like each, like we were all adopted and thrown together.
Now, when we're gathered it's bizarre how we all look alike!
Posted by: BurtTC at February 25, 2021 10:22 AM (oQ94s)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 25, 2021 10:20 AM (VVEnO)
Talk about unfair to snails...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 25, 2021 10:22 AM (mzC78)
Posted by: JT at February 25, 2021 10:22 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: CN at February 25, 2021 10:23 AM (ONvIw)
Decedents of the dinosaurs. Who would have thought that dino's would end up being delicious?
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 25, 2021 10:22 AM (xfb67)
Never had dinosaur nuggets?
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 25, 2021 10:23 AM (Zm+LZ)
Posted by: jmel
I have a hard time considering anything "mean" that I can snatch up off the ground and snap it's neck.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2021 10:23 AM (6oPFc)
wage wage has been around 3 to 4 gallons of gas. There have been
fluctuations of that, but if you smooth out the graphs that is the
ratio. This is not by design but because of how economics works. Raise
the MW a lot and all it does is make everything else more expensive as
well. The purchasing power of the MW will never change because govt
cannot create wealth no matter what Democrats tell you.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 25, 2021 10:19 AM
By that reckoning the MW is just about right where it should be at $7.25 at least here in NE Texas. Gas is $2.25 a gallon.
IMO there should not be a Federal MW, each State should set their own. No way does a small business survive in rural Kentucky paying $15 an hour.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 25, 2021 10:23 AM (JUOKG)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 25, 2021 10:24 AM (DV9JA)
Posted by: grammie winger
They love Foghorn Leghorn.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 25, 2021 10:24 AM (Rvt88)
You might mean VALUE instead of WEALTH.
The gov't does spend a lot of time trying to create VALUE out of things or people that have little for whatever reason.
It never works because the work involved to make people accept that VALUE is more than is returned or at least doesn't live up to expectations by the bureaucrats.
Another reason bureaucrats get angry/frustrated by the citizens is they don't perform as expected or demanded by the bureaucracy.
Posted by: jakee308 at February 25, 2021 10:24 AM (z96ye)
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As long as it doesn't end in violins.
Posted by: andycanuck at February 25, 2021 10:25 AM (d6he9)
You people are weird.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February
We are only following your lead, Mr Dlido.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 25, 2021 09:49 AM (U2p+3)
Says the man of the "savory French Toast" from last night's ONT.
Posted by: browndog at February 25, 2021 10:25 AM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 25, 2021 10:25 AM (OskcI)
(interestingly, candid photographs, while still bad, are not nearly as bad as posed ones. Might be the process of posing, which I HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE, or it could be that professional photographers for some reason cannot resist removing laugh lines and freckles, and that's where my face derives its character )
Posted by: Mrs. Peel - Texas Morons, Support HB 1359 at February 25, 2021 10:22 AM (G6Lqs)
I've known a few women in my life, including my late wife, who were radiant and stunningly beautiful in this world, but you took their picture and the "deer in headlights" effect would take over. There's no sugarcoating it, most photos just don't very good, unless as you suggest, she's caught off guard. Then you see the "real" her.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 25, 2021 10:25 AM (oQ94s)
Posted by: F. Flintstone at February 25, 2021 10:25 AM (v16oJ)
(interestingly, candid photographs, while still bad, are not nearly as bad as posed ones. Might be the process of posing, which I HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE, or it could be that professional photographers for some reason cannot resist removing laugh lines and freckles, and that's where my face derives its character )
Posted by: Mrs. Peel - Texas Morons, Support HB 1359 at February 25, 2021 10:22 AM (G6Lqs)
I don't mind posed photographs so much. But what I hate is how I look on Face Time and Zoom. I swear I look 20 years older.
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 25, 2021 10:26 AM (TdMsT)
Alternatively, Fernando Aguirre has written a non fictional account of the day to day struggle to survive after Argentina went through its financial collapse in 2001. The Modern Survival Manual: Surviving an Economic Collapse.
Posted by: whig at February 25, 2021 10:26 AM (pO7gM)
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at February 25, 2021 10:23 AM (JUOKG)
There's been a few studies of Puerto Rico suggesting that the federal minimum wage really screws their economy. Many other states it's relatively low impact as a price floor below the equilibrium rate doesn't have an impact.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 25, 2021 10:27 AM (Zm+LZ)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 25, 2021 10:27 AM (DV9JA)
Each state does. Federal controls federal jobs. But the states will be drug in that direction.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 25, 2021 10:27 AM (OskcI)
creating a situation where people can't afford to eat and so another round of tinkering is needed in perpetuity.
Posted by: Bete
Suddenly, 100 trillion dollar Zimbabwean notes won't buy a loaf of bread.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2021 10:27 AM (6oPFc)
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I thought that the thirteenth amendment abolished the black market.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 25, 2021 10:27 AM (VVEnO)
Posted by: Guy Smiley at February 25, 2021 10:19 AM (Bmy3R)
Details...details.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 25, 2021 10:27 AM (axyOa)
Posted by: jmel at February 25, 2021 10:18 AM (bVhJi)
I knew a guy who kept chickens in a pen with a big ol' turkey. He said the turkey was the monster, that he would terrorize the chickens... kill them if he got a chance. Chickens just minding their own business, and he comes up, like a punk with a switchblade.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 25, 2021 10:29 AM (oQ94s)
Posted by: BurtTC at February
Ms Peel, I too photograph horribly. And even worse is FaceTime. Now, I do like to see my Marine boy, so he's about the only person I will allow to see me through that particular medium.
I've rarely seen a photograph of myself where I didn't immediately think I'm the most hideous creature on the planet.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 25, 2021 10:29 AM (yA9R3)
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist
I'm sure you look Mahvelous !
Posted by: JT at February 25, 2021 10:29 AM (arJlL)
Minimum wage is just the beginning.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 25, 2021 10:29 AM (DV9JA)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 25, 2021 10:29 AM (OskcI)
Posted by: BurtTC
With a cig in his beak ?
Posted by: JT at February 25, 2021 10:30 AM (arJlL)
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Idiots like Hayes think the Government creates its own money.
Posted by: Punpocalyse Now
With MMT, they aren't entirely wrong.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Time to sign on with the Crimson Permanent Assurance at February 25, 2021 10:30 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 25, 2021 10:30 AM (OskcI)
There are now webcam programs that can apply 'digital makeup' to your image. A program and app called YouCam Makeup is one example.
Posted by: whig at February 25, 2021 10:31 AM (pO7gM)
Posted by: blaster at February 25, 2021 10:31 AM (9VeU0)
They are trying desperately to inflate the currency but aggregate demand isn't there.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 25, 2021 10:31 AM (Rzloy)
I've rarely seen a photograph of myself where I didn't immediately think I'm the most hideous creature on the planet.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 25, 2021 10:29 AM (yA9R3)
You're crazy, Nurse!
You look fantastic.
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 25, 2021 10:31 AM (TdMsT)
Having fresh eggs was great too.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 25, 2021 10:32 AM (DV9JA)
Posted by: CN at February 25, 2021 10:32 AM (ONvIw)
There are now webcam programs that can apply 'digital makeup' to your image. A program and app called YouCam Makeup is one example.
Posted by: whig at February 25, 2021 10:31 AM (pO7gM)
I'm not sure make up will help!
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 25, 2021 10:32 AM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at February 25, 2021 10:32 AM (7Fj9P)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 25, 2021 10:32 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: CN at February 25, 2021 10:32 AM (ONvIw)
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Several one trillion dollar platinum coins, only redeemable at Circuit City.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 25, 2021 10:32 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - Psychos Rule! No, really. They're in charge now. at February 25, 2021 10:33 AM (HaL55)
I don't mind posed photographs so much. But what I hate is how I look on Face Time and Zoom. I swear I look 20 years older.
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 25, 2021 10:26 AM (TdMsT)
Everybody looks like crap on Zoom and Facetime. The only ones who do not use all kinds of apparatuses and techniques , or tricks , to make them look better. Lighting is key, as is the actual physical placement of the phone or computer. If you do a search on youtube, there are lots of videos explaining how to do this. Sometimes it's as simple as putting the light behind your phone and raising your phone to an angle higher than your face.
Posted by: RondinellaMamma, 3 months later and I still feel like I was hit with a 2X4 at February 25, 2021 10:33 AM (8/7u2)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at February 25, 2021 10:32 AM (7Fj9P)
I think they'd have to specifically legislate for it since as you note they have special exemptions.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 25, 2021 10:33 AM (Zm+LZ)
Fallback position when I default will be that "I am transitioning."
Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if anyone GAF. Talking to myself until I talk to nobody. at February 25, 2021 10:33 AM (Ve//x)
Do I dare click on it and just how was I selected for this choice video?
Posted by: Blor Utar, from Zimtok-5 at February 25, 2021 10:34 AM (xxG/v)
Video calls don't bother me. I usually look terrible because I haven't worn makeup or fixed my hair in a year, but no one else looks good either, and at least I don't look insipid on video.
Posted by: Mrs. Peel - Texas Morons, Support HB 1359 at February 25, 2021 10:34 AM (G6Lqs)
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6th dimensional chess.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 25, 2021 10:34 AM (VVEnO)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 25, 2021 10:35 AM (DV9JA)
So under MMT, you can issue as much monopoly money as you wish but under such conditions that have been repeatedly demonstrated historically, it will rapidly depreciate a fiat currency to zero and kills its value as a medium of exchange.
Historically, fiat currencies last about 75 years or so before spiraling into hyperinflation followed by financial collapse in that order.
Posted by: whig at February 25, 2021 10:35 AM (pO7gM)
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 25, 2021 10:35 AM (TdMsT)
Soon you will buy most of your goods from people at the side of the road or in parking lots.
And wages will be done under the counter for everything. (except the nationals and they will suffer because of it)
Actually a black economy is better in many ways; no taxes, no regulations to stifle innovation, can use barter instead of cash. Regrettably this will lead to a very large Federal police force and you know what that will mean.
Posted by: jakee308 at February 25, 2021 10:36 AM (z96ye)
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Well that and being the reserve currency of the world doesn't hurt. I think sooner rather than later Xi-bucks will supplant the $ as the reserve currency. Then there will be no un-fucking this place.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at February 25, 2021 10:36 AM (7Fj9P)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at February 25, 2021 10:36 AM (X7kN9)
She's kinda what I have in mind when I tell Mrs D I'm stopping off for a short one.
Posted by: Diogenes at February 25, 2021 10:36 AM (axyOa)
Posted by: whig
Does it do blackface?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 25, 2021 10:36 AM (VVEnO)
Posted by: whig
Does it do blackface?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 25, 2021 10:36 AM (VVEnO)
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"More importantly, does it undo blackface? Asking for a friend."
-VA Governor
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 25, 2021 10:37 AM (LvTSG)
NYC has a $15 minimum wage
Our Big Macs cost the same as yours
Our Apple phones cost the same
Posted by: Proud Moderate at February 25, 2021 10:37 AM (D1tax)
Congratulations, Wylie E., but tell me- does this Roadrunner feel like an anvil to you?
Posted by: t-bird at February 25, 2021 10:38 AM (ELgVT)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at February 25, 2021 10:36 AM (X7kN9)
Swans are assholes too. Sure they have that fake image of being sedate and graceful, but get close to one and they'll attack you.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 25, 2021 10:38 AM (xfb67)
Most states will see what's going on and disengage themselves from the national currency and marketplace.
Then will come the secessions. If not in fact at least in spirit.
Posted by: jakee308 at February 25, 2021 10:38 AM (z96ye)
Posted by: jakee308 at February 25, 2021 10:36 AM (z96ye)
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I've been wondering about the viability of a meat black market if we go to Prohibition 2 - Veggie Boogaloo. I can see it working in rural areas, but it would be tough on those of us in the cities and 'burbs.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 25, 2021 10:38 AM (dfRN6)
It also allows you to apply weather effects and a bunch of other false backgrounds behind you.
The more effects you apply though, take a toll on your cpu in your computer. Video and motion is a cpu hog. A good video card can help but cryptominers have driven prices on those into the stratosphere. They use them for digital currency mining.
Posted by: whig at February 25, 2021 10:39 AM (pO7gM)
Posted by: whig
Does it do blackface?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 25, 2021 10:36 AM (VVEnO)
I lurve this place.
Posted by: BifBewalski - if it doesn't it should at February 25, 2021 10:39 AM (VcFUs)
I've always felt the same way. I HATE my photographs. Yet- the other people in the photos always look like themselves, so how can the camera somehow single us out as exceptions?
It isn't the photo, it's something in our brains that affects how we see ourselves. I suppose it's the same when you hear a recording of yourself and it doesn't "sound like you."
Posted by: Donna&&&&&V at February 25, 2021 10:39 AM (HabA/)
And who painted this, anyway? Whistler sounds like a white name, and MacNeill? Fuhgeddaboutit! Cancel this sonofabitch and burn this painting. Or at least gently scorch it til it's a little black girl, for pete's sakes.
Posted by: This is All Totally Sane and Mainstream, Now at February 25, 2021 10:39 AM (0WKYs)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 25, 2021 10:40 AM (DV9JA)
@ReallyAmerican1
Tucker Carlson denies White Supremacists attacked the capitol, denying what we see and hear. Could it be that he himself is a white supremacist? They all love him. Retweet if you agree #TuckerIsABigot
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 25, 2021 10:40 AM (VVEnO)
Posted by: whig
Well, I said they weren't entirely wrong. I didn't say they were entirely right. Or at all wise.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Time to sign on with the Crimson Permanent Assurance at February 25, 2021 10:41 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar ~ (@Hrothgar on GAB) at February 25, 2021 10:41 AM (87oRe)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 25, 2021 10:41 AM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at February 25, 2021 10:41 AM (7Fj9P)
Posted by: Anacleto Mitraglia at February 25, 2021 10:41 AM (VsUQa)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 25, 2021 10:38 AM (dfRN6)
The Meat Black Market will be monopolized by the same Elites that forced this shit on the rest of us. Producers will work with them, not you. Your worthless fiat currency will not impress the producers.
Posted by: No Longer Amused at February 25, 2021 10:42 AM (vTW2/)
Posted by: jwest at February 25, 2021 10:42 AM (/BlEx)
Posted by: Long-time Commenter, First-time Reader at February 25, 2021 10:42 AM (Bg96i)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&V
I have an odd version, I'm OK with the visuals but for a decade or more I've regularly tweaked microphone settings when I speak over the Internet to add a little bass to my voice. I don't do it (as much) now but, well, I guess it's vanity as much as anything.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Time to sign on with the Crimson Permanent Assurance at February 25, 2021 10:43 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 25, 2021 10:43 AM (DV9JA)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at February 25, 2021 10:36 AM (X7kN9)
Swans are assholes too. Sure they have that fake image of being sedate and graceful, but get close to one and they'll attack you.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 25, 2021 10:38 AM
Geese and swans are asshoe! This is a Known Thing.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 25, 2021 10:43 AM (zExdh)
You thought McDonald's had the same prices everywhere? What are you, f'king stupid?
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 25, 2021 10:43 AM (xfb67)
The federales will be the least of the problems in a hyperinflationary era as the wages of the fed employees and their pensions go to zero as well. Most hyperinflationary governments simply cannot raise salaries fast enough to maintain buying power and personnel costs eventually eat all the discretionary spending on other things.
Posted by: whig at February 25, 2021 10:44 AM (pO7gM)
She's probably wishing she had be born Asian.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 25, 2021 09:38 AM (NpAcC)
She's "Turning Japanese, turning Japanese."
Posted by: Fox2! at February 25, 2021 10:44 AM (qyH+l)
You thought McDonald's had the same prices everywhere? What are you, f'king stupid?
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 25, 2021 10:43 AM (xfb67)
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Wait? Franchises have some power over what they charge based on the local market pressures?
Weird...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 25, 2021 10:44 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 25, 2021 10:44 AM (DV9JA)
Posted by: RondinellaMamma
But if I bring the laptop camera up above my desk, how will people see my immaculately-trimmed nose hairs?
Posted by: mikeski at February 25, 2021 10:44 AM (P1f+c)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 25, 2021 10:43 AM (DV9JA)
Yep. Bought one yesterday. $7.88
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 25, 2021 10:44 AM (ufFY8)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 25, 2021 10:44 AM (xfb67)
Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if anyone GAF. Talking to myself until I talk to nobody. at February 25, 2021 10:45 AM (Ve//x)
Perhaps if I had the explanation it might work for me; as it is the temptation to get another artist to paint over the mirror head would have been strong for me.
Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at February 25, 2021 10:45 AM (Aashi)
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And it's probably $12-15 close to the tourist attractions. What are left of them.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at February 25, 2021 10:45 AM (7Fj9P)
Posted by: whig
That's when they start paying "their people" in a scrip of some sort, usable at certain select outlets to get goods and services but non-exchangeable with "hard" currency.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Time to sign on with the Crimson Permanent Assurance at February 25, 2021 10:46 AM (OUMaO)
Beautiful day here today, hope yours is the same!
Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar ~ (@Hrothgar on GAB) at February 25, 2021 10:46 AM (87oRe)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 25, 2021 10:46 AM (xfb67)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 25, 2021 10:46 AM (DV9JA)
Swans are assholes too. Sure they have that fake image of being sedate and graceful, but get close to one and they'll attack you.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 25, 2021 10:38 AM (xfb67
They sure are! I recall a friend being bitten by a big nasty swan in Stratford Ontario. Not a lot of damage but was started on an antibiotic
Posted by: CN thinks Biden is greater than the Beatles IYKWIMAITYD at February 25, 2021 10:46 AM (ONvIw)
Posted by: whig at February 25, 2021 10:47 AM (pO7gM)
Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if anyone GAF. Talking to myself until I talk to nobody. at February 25, 2021 10:47 AM (Ve//x)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 25, 2021 10:46 AM (DV9JA)
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No, cost of living is exactly the same in the sticks of Wyoming as it is in the middle of Manhattan, overlooking Central Park.
Duh.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 25, 2021 10:47 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar ~ (@Hrothgar on GAB) at February 25, 2021 10:47 AM (87oRe)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 25, 2021 10:46 AM (DV9JA)
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No, cost of living is exactly the same in the sticks of Wyoming as it is in the middle of Manhattan, overlooking Central Park.
Duh.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 25, 2021 10:47 AM (LvTSG)
This is why urban living is so much more efficient!
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 25, 2021 10:47 AM (Zm+LZ)
Posted by: DB- just DB at February 25, 2021 10:48 AM (iTXRQ)
Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if anyone GAF. Talking to myself until I talk to nobody. at February 25, 2021 10:47 AM (Ve//x)
Simply give your HOA president a large enough bribe and you're good to go.
Posted by: jwest at February 25, 2021 10:48 AM (/BlEx)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 25, 2021 10:48 AM (mzC78)
Posted by: jakee308
All our Dystopian dreams come true??
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at February 25, 2021 10:48 AM (VVz6h)
NYC has a $15 minimum wage
Posted by: Proud Moderate at February 25, 2021 10:37 AM
Your claim that big macs cost the same in NYC was debunked several days ago with menu photos.
Allow me to suggest that you watch a few Milton Friedman videos and get a better hold on economics, how do they work.
The true minimum wage is zero.
Posted by: one of the quiet ones at February 25, 2021 10:48 AM (HeKhk)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 25, 2021 10:48 AM (xfb67)
The true minimum wage is zero.
Posted by: one of the quiet ones at February 25, 2021 10:48 AM (HeKhk)
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Well, that's why we need a UBI, to protect the little people from big government intrusions on their lives with another big government intrusion that couldn't possibly have any side effects.
Duh.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 25, 2021 10:49 AM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Diogenes at February 25, 2021 10:49 AM (axyOa)
But that is the median price of a country. Proud Cuck foolishly thinks that means every restaurant has the same price for a Big Mac in a country. Its how we say gas is $2.50 a gallon. Everyone understand that is the average price nationally. But only a complete imbecile would think every gas station in the country sells gas for $2.50z
Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 25, 2021 10:49 AM (DV9JA)
I think informal (or black) markets might function for a while quite well in high trust societies, such as small rural areas. The majority of this country, and indeed the world, is so far removed from being an any-trust society that such markets will be soon corrupted just like every other aspect of society!
Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar ~ (@Hrothgar on GAB) at February 25, 2021 10:51 AM (87oRe)
Oh Hi @NYGovCuomo
What was that you said about sexual harassment?
https://tinyurl.com/ya7a9tmt
She is relentless on him!
Posted by: Tami at February 25, 2021 10:51 AM (cF8AT)
Doesn't help when there are no goods to buy. Currency simply does not represent wealth but is a medium of exchange. When exchanges break down, there are no goods to be purchased at any price.
The existence of a scrip by itself does not create any goods. That can only function if the government can import such goods or cause them to be produced which is generally fails at doing so. A worthless currency makes it difficult to import goods as well. The usual means is that the regime simply takes goods that are stores of wealth and sells them abroad like the Sov. Union did with decadent art and jewelry of the monarchy.
In almost every country with hyperinflation though, governmental authority disintegrates as people will do whatever they need to do to survive. The usual result is to get a tyrant in power to enforce some kind of fairness in distribution of goods and wiping out the financier class.
Posted by: whig at February 25, 2021 10:52 AM (pO7gM)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 25, 2021 10:48 AM (mzC7
But is the chair against the wall?
Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar ~ (@Hrothgar on GAB) at February 25, 2021 10:52 AM (87oRe)
Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if anyone GAF. Talking to myself until I talk to nobody. at February 25, 2021 10:52 AM (Ve//x)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 25, 2021 10:49 AM (DV9JA)
Right now here in the Phoenix area, you buy a gallon of gas, and you might get a few cents back from a three-dollar bill.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 25, 2021 10:52 AM (mzC78)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2021 10:52 AM (6oPFc)
Posted by: whig at February 25, 2021 10:52 AM (pO7gM)
So, there is an upside?
Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar ~ (@Hrothgar on GAB) at February 25, 2021 10:53 AM (87oRe)
Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if anyone GAF. Talking to myself until I talk to nobody. at February 25, 2021 10:52 AM (Ve//x)
Der, I don't know what "illegal aliens" even means. I'm just a caveman and don't understand your fancy words.
Posted by: Biden's Nominee for AG at February 25, 2021 10:53 AM (xfb67)
Posted by: MJ at February 25, 2021 10:53 AM (gAMkn)
Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar ~ (@Hrothgar on GAB) at February 25, 2021 10:52 AM (87oRe)
No, it's leaning on the rake, and that is leaning against the wall.
But I will have a yummy breakfast soon.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 25, 2021 10:53 AM (mzC78)
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As NYC continues its decline in terms of population and quality of life, $15/hr is probably more realistic. What's going to be fun to watch is the commercial real estate market dive. A LOT of people who work from home will continue to do so.
And guess who swoops in to buy up offices for pennies on the dollar?
"How to Win a War without Firing a Shot"
By President Xi
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at February 25, 2021 10:53 AM (7Fj9P)
I think informal (or black) markets might function for a while quite well in high trust societies, such as small rural areas. The majority of this country, and indeed the world, is so far removed from being an any-trust society that such markets will be soon corrupted just like every other aspect of society!
Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar ~ (@Hrothgar on GAB) at February 25, 2021 10:51 AM (87oRe)
I see it devolving into tribal groups. Not in the tribe? You don't get to trade or barter. Tribes equate to family and neighbor trust groups. Newcomers are on probation, and may well starve.
Posted by: BifBewalski - starvation or trust at February 25, 2021 10:54 AM (VcFUs)
Posted by: Moderately Proud at February 25, 2021 10:54 AM (DMQdU)
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You obviously know that there are quite a few part-time jobs paying in 'cards'.
Posted by: mustbequantum at February 25, 2021 10:54 AM (MIKMs)
-VA Governor
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, paying for my sins on the Scorsese streets at February 25, 2021 10:37 AM (LvTSG)
Aw shucks, Thanks Pal !
Posted by: Justin Castreau at February 25, 2021 10:54 AM (DdpzZ)
Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if anyone GAF. Talking to myself until I talk to nobody. at February 25, 2021 10:55 AM (Ve//x)
Posted by: MJ at February 25, 2021 10:53 AM (gAMkn)
wait, wut?
Posted by: Hunter at February 25, 2021 10:55 AM (ufFY8)
But mostly wiping out the fancier class.
Good to know.
**continues sharpening bayonet**
Posted by: Diogenes at February 25, 2021 10:55 AM (axyOa)
Posted by: MJ at February 25, 2021 10:53 AM (gAMkn)
Then you might as well skip the next thread.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 25, 2021 10:56 AM (Q9lwr)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at February 25, 2021 10:49 AM (DV9JA)
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Right now here in the Phoenix area, you buy a gallon of gas, and you might get a few cents back from a three-dollar bill.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 25, 2021 10:52 AM
For contrast, I filled up here in GA at $2.25/gal two days ago.
Posted by: Bert G at February 25, 2021 10:56 AM (sAW0o)
Don't judge! It's our way, you bigot!!
Posted by: Monkeys at February 25, 2021 10:56 AM (VVz6h)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Snoopy loves his doghouse.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2021 10:52 AM (6oPFc)
Michele has a nice mustache
Posted by: banana Dream at February 25, 2021 10:56 AM (DdpzZ)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&V at February 25, 2021 10:56 AM (HabA/)
Perhaps, perhaps not, regarding black markets. We are rapidly sliding from a high trust society to a low trust, not to mention most current immigrants coming here come from low trust societies.
Argentina, which is more culturally homogeneous still saw a massive increase in crimes and the most common one in black markets is simply stealing what the other has and if one is a black market supplier, you cannot really go to the police to enforce activities.
Some interesting post war reports from occupied Germany after WWII give some pretty good information on how black markets worked in that country after 1945 and until the new government was more or less organized. Germany was a high trust society at the time.
Posted by: whig at February 25, 2021 10:56 AM (pO7gM)
There's really no excuse for being that f'king stupid.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 25, 2021 10:57 AM (xfb67)
Posted by: MJ at February 25, 2021 10:53 AM (gAMkn)
Then you might as well skip the next thread.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 25, 2021 10:56 AM (Q9lwr)
So...premature semianation?
Posted by: Diogenes at February 25, 2021 10:58 AM (axyOa)
Posted by: whig at February 25, 2021 10:56 AM (pO7gM)
Trust me, I'm always high.
Posted by: Hunter Biden at February 25, 2021 10:58 AM (mzC78)
Posted by: MJ at February 25, 2021 10:53 AM (gAMkn)
That Wilson TDJ is hawt!
Posted by: Bunch of Monkeys at February 25, 2021 10:58 AM (ufFY8)
Posted by: Downcast at February 25, 2021 10:58 AM (mBZZZ)
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American....or European.....?
Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if anyone GAF. Talking to myself until I talk to nobody. at February 25, 2021 10:59 AM (Ve//x)
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Soros pays on quantity, not quality.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at February 25, 2021 10:59 AM (7Fj9P)
Posted by: m at February 25, 2021 11:00 AM (ih55y)
Posted by: MJ at February 25, 2021 10:53 AM (gAMkn)
If a football has a big red ass, it's just askin for it!
Posted by: Monkeys at February 25, 2021 11:00 AM (xfb67)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2021 11:00 AM (6oPFc)
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at February 25, 2021 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)
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Posted by: m at February 25, 2021 11:00 AM (ih55y)
I would also not be surprised that a tyrant seizes and liquidates all of these non profit foundations including endowment funds. Henry the VIII did with with churches and monasteries.
Posted by: whig at February 25, 2021 11:00 AM (pO7gM)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is Already Dead at February 25, 2021 11:01 AM (Zm+LZ)
Posted by: MJ at February 25, 2021 10:53 AM (gAMkn)
Remember the laces are there for a reason. Use them!
Posted by: football humping champion monkey at February 25, 2021 11:01 AM (DdpzZ)
Posted by: whig
This is where the specifics come in. Like the Soviet insiders, the USSA insiders will find goods, all imported of course. Everyone else has to make do. Often the insiders will have to make their own deals; these will be "overlooked" officially, because otherwise why be an insider? It won't be a stable arrangement, it never is, but it is the arc it will follow, because it's ALWAYS the arc it follows.
The big problem this time, of course, is that without some big, prosperous economic power willing to blindly sell to anyone, those goods will degrade and dry up much more quickly. Since this time it's the core motor seizing up with nothing to replace it, trade will collapse globally--the Chinese will note bitterly, I'm certain, how their "victory" was their downfall!--and it will truly be every nation, tribe, family, or person for themselves, for a while anyway.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Time to sign on with the Crimson Permanent Assurance at February 25, 2021 11:01 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: AZ deplorable isolated at February 25, 2021 11:02 AM (gtatv)
Posted by: BifBewalski - starvation or trust at February 25, 2021 10:54 AM (VcFUs)
The old ways are best!
Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar ~ (@Hrothgar on GAB) at February 25, 2021 11:02 AM (87oRe)
Color me surprised. Not. The JSF started in the late 1980s as only a replacement for the Harrier. Then everyone decided to make their own silk purse out of the JSF sow's ear so now the F-35 is even less interchangeable than the various flavors of the TFX - F-111A, F-111C, F-111D, F-111E, F-111F, and the FB-111A.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 25, 2021 11:02 AM (ytRtA)
automatic; two boxes of ammunition; four days' concentrated emergency
rations; one drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills,
pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills; one miniature
combination Russian phrase book and Bible; one hundred dollars in
rubles; one hundred dollars in gold; nine packs of chewing gum; one
issue of prophylactics; three lipsticks; three pair of nylon stockings.
Shoot, a fella' could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that
stuff.
Posted by: andycanuck at February 25, 2021 11:03 AM (d6he9)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 25, 2021 11:05 AM (VVEnO)
hyperinflationary era as the wages of the fed employees and their
pensions go to zero as well. Most hyperinflationary governments simply
cannot raise salaries fast enough to maintain buying power and personnel
costs eventually eat all the discretionary spending on other things.
Posted by: whig at February 25, 2021 10:44 AM (pO7gM)
Second look at hyperinflation?
Posted by: 4 at February 25, 2021 11:13 AM (KnJdm)
Good points, but in a truly global collapse, I am not sure where one could run to and feel at all safe from an all powerful rapacious government. Safe havens seem, at least to me, to be rare these days, as they require stable and bribe friendly quasi-honest government officials (that would owe a US citizen not the least bit of allegiance, thus seemingly untrustworthy)!
Posted by: Commissar Chairman Hrothgar ~ (@Hrothgar on GAB) at February 25, 2021 11:16 AM (87oRe)
Posted by: FriscoYoda at February 25, 2021 11:17 AM (+56GQ)
Posted by: U.S. Citizen Pointing Out The Obvious at February 25, 2021 02:07 PM (+nWCH)
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