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Tuesday Overnight Open Thread (3/16/21)
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Quote I "I don’t really know what to think about it, to tell you the truth. He just really loved the dog."Martha Burton
Quote II “If I get to the point where there is a judgment that says, ‘You must say you hate Israel and the Jews’, I would rather cease to be Chief Justice. If I get to the point where they say, ‘Mogoeng, you must say you hate the Palestinians and Palestine’, I would rather cease to be Chief Justice than to do it, because my God has instructed me to love and not to hate. I hate evil deeds, I don’t hate anybody.” South Africa’s Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng
Quote III
"They're coming after us for having 10, 15 people in a small environment. It absolutely makes no sense and [is] completely unconstitutional," "I've got nothing left to lose. I'm opposing tyranny. ... I'm doing COVID-19 safety protocols."Restaurant co-owner Lucas Lepejian
Quote IV Of course, there are national health systems in Canada, Mexico, England, and France, among many others, and the uniformity of failure across this heterodox group suggests that structure may have made less of a difference than culture.Tyler Cowen
LOLGF The woman who couldn't be a princess, who wants to be president still has mortgage payments to make. ***SNORT***
A GoFundMe page set up to pay off the mortgage on Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s $14.6 million California estate has gone bust — after raising a measly $110, a report says. Anastasia Hanson, 56, of California told Britain’s the Sun that she started the fundraising effort because she seriously felt sorry for the multimillionaire royal couple — after Harry publicly whined to Oprah Winfrey about being financially cut off by Buckingham Palace. “When they came to the USA, they were without jobs and with limited funds,” said Hanson, who lives about 25 minutes from the princely pair’s palatial estate in swanky Montecito. “They’ve stated that they’ve had a very rough time, so this fundraiser is a way to give help, compassion, and love by paying their home loan in full.”
For those who aren't Christians some of our basic beliefs are that God created Adam and Eve. And not Adam and Steve. Our beliefs also include the marriage between a man and a woman. Marriage is defined in the Book of Genesis. Genesis 2:24 — The New International Version (NIV)
24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh. OK Don Lemon, if we Christians are supposed to go out and meet people and break bread with them, Maybe the ever so smart Don Lemon should study the entire Bible and not just cherry pick Bible verses that rationalize his life style.
“So I think that religion and the pew keeps us from actually — they’re barriers from people actually getting to know each other. So I would say to the pope and the Vatican and all Christians or Catholics or whomever, whatever religion you happen to belong to out there, go out and meet people and try to understand people, and do what the Bible and what Jesus actually said, if you believe in Jesus, and that is to love your fellow man and judge not lest ye be not judged,” Lemon added, garbling Jesus’ words in Matthew 7:1-3. “Instead of having the pew hinder you, having the church hinder you… start breaking bread with people,” Lemon urged. He went on to tout how well-connected he is, claiming he enjoys barbecues with Whoopi Goldberg, Sunny Hostin, and the other hosts of The View.
I have friends who are of different faiths, atheists and agnostics. I don't hate them. Christians aren't perfect but we are forgiven.
It's been nearly 11 years since the Deep Water Horizon oil spill off the coast of Louisiana. There has been many studies about ocean oil spills since then. Now one report says that oil in the ocean photooxidizes within hours to days.
A new study led by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science demonstrates that under realistic environmental conditions oil drifting in the ocean after the DWH oil spill photooxidized into persistent compounds within hours to days, instead over long periods of time as was thought during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. This is the first model results to support the new paradigm of photooxidation that emerged from laboratory research.
After an oil spill, oil droplets on the ocean surface can be transformed by a weathering process known as photooxidation, which results in the degradation of crude oil from exposure to light and oxygen into new by-products over time. Tar, a by-product of this weathering process, can remain in coastal areas for decades after a spill. Despite the significant consequences of this weathering pathway, photooxidation was not taken into account in oil spill models or the oil budget calculations during the Deepwater Horizon spill.
In an amazing twist of fate, no one was seriously injured after a truck crashed through a barrier and tipped over a bridge. They’re called “safety chains” for a reason, but perhaps never for this reason. In a shocking Facebook post on Monday, Idaho’s Magic Valley Paramedics (MVP) shared images of a Ford pickup dangling perilously over the edge of a bridge. According to the Idaho State Police, witnesses on Interstate 84 saw the driver of a 2004 F-350 pulling an approximately 30-foot camp trailer lose control. Witnesses told police the truck hit the right-side barrier, then swerved and smashed into the left-side barrier, eventually tipping over the barrier and nearly plummeting into Malad Gorge some 80-100 feet below. Nearly, but not quite. In an unbelievable turn of fortune, the safety chain connecting the pickup and camper held the entire weight of the truck — which dangled facedown into the gorge — while the camper remained pressed against the barrier.
Dictionary.com to Delete the Word “Slave”
As social engineering goes into high gear, updates to the Newspeak Dictionary come fast and furious. Dictionary.com will now delete the word “slave” from our vocabulary. Via Yahoo Life: As part of its ongoing efforts to feature language that is more inclusive and reflective of modern-day society, Dictionary.com will no longer include the word “slave” as a noun identifying a person, instead using the adjective “enslaved” or referencing the institution of slavery. The wordy phrase “inclusive and reflective of modern-day society” is a euphemism for “compliant with current leftist dogma.” The word “slave” is to be canceled because leftists disapprove of it for being “dehumanizing.” Whether a word is included in the dictionary depends on how progressive ideologues think the word makes people feel. Despite all the words our moonbat rulers have abolished, dictionaries won’t necessarily get smaller, because they also add terms.
In recent weeks, oil prices have surged to more than $65 a barrel. And gas prices in step already have risen about 35 cents a gallon on average over the past month, according to the AAA motor club—and could reach the much-feared $4 a gallon territory in some states by this summer.
Google continues its push to get into every aspect of your life. It is rather quite creepy.
Bloomberg) -- Google’s Nest unit is expanding into health technology with a feature that tracks sleep patterns, offering a potential new revenue stream but also raising privacy concerns. The company unveiled the second-generation model of its Nest Hub smart display in a blog post Tuesday, and this time it comes with a function called Sleep Sensing that monitors the breathing and movement of a person sleeping next to the screen -- without a camera or needing to wear a device in bed. The system also detects disturbances such as coughing and snoring, along with light and temperature changes using the Nest Hub’s built-in microphones and ambient light and temperature sensors. Over time, it learns the user’s sleep patterns and gives personalized recommendations.
The Foilies 2021: Recognizing the Year’s Worst in Government Transparency. Recognizing the year’s worst in government transparency
The day after the 2021 inauguration, Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut took to Twitter to declare: “Biden is making transparency cool again.” This was a head-scratcher for many journalists and transparency advocates. Freedom of Information—the concept that government documents belong to and must be accessible to the people—has never not been cool. Using federal and local public records laws, a single individual can uncover everything from war crimes to health code violations at the local taqueria. How awesome is that? If you need more proof: there was an Australian comic book series called “Southern Squadron: Freedom of Information Act”; the classic anime *Evangelio*n has a Freedom of Information Act cameo; and the Leeds-based post-punk Mush received 7.4 stars from Pitchfork for its latest album “Lines Redacted.” OK, now that we’ve put that down in writing we realize that the line between “cool” and “nerdy” might be a little blurry. But you know what definitely is not cool? Denying the public’s right to know. In fact, it suuucks. Since 2015, The Foilies have served as an annual opportunity to name-and-shame the uncoolest government agencies and officials who have stood in the way of public access. We collect the most outrageous and ridiculous stories from around the country from journalists, activists, academics, and everyday folk who have filed public records and experienced retaliation, over-redactions, exorbitant fees, and other transparency malpractice. We publish this rogues gallery as a faux awards program during Sunshine Week (March 14-20, 2021), the annual celebration of open government organized by the News Leaders Association.
The results should be interesting. But, I'm quite content not to participate.
In an attempt to gather data on the effects of long-term isolation without any notion of time on the human brain, 15 volunteers will spend 40 days in a cave in Ariège, in the south of France. In what is being described as a “world first”, eight men and seven women will be spending 40 days isolated in a large cave, without phones, watches or any type of device that could help them tell time. The project is called Deep Time and it’s the brain child of Franco-Swiss explorer Christian Clot, who himself is one of the participants. He along with the 40 other volunteers will started their “timeless life” experiment today, and will be spending the next 40 days isolated in a large cave in the Pyrénées mountains. They are all equipped with sensors allowing a dozen scientists to follow them from the surface.
According to the Delton, Wisconsin fire department, a home fire last week was sparked by a crystal ball on a table in the living room. As none of the residents or responders were injured, I feel more comfortable making the obvious joke: Shouldn't the crystal ball have enabled them to predict this?From the Delton Fire Department Facebook page:
SBA Mistakenly Paid Out $692 Million In Duplicate PPP Loans: Watchdog Just when you thought the Paycheck Protection Program couldn't get more fraudulent, an internal watchdog for the US Small Business Administration (SBA) acknowledged that $692 million in duplicate small-business pandemic relief loans were issued due to 'technical errors and other mistakes,' according to Reuters.
Slowly, in bits and pieces President Trump's claims are coming to fruition. Too little, too late.
A Michigan judge ruled last week Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D) broke state law when she unilaterally issued rules related to absentee balloting, legitimizing a key claim made by the Trump campaign in its legal challenges to the 2020 election. Benson issued several unilateral orders during the 2020 election including sending absentee ballot applications to all registered voters. She also issued “guidance” on how to evaluate absentee ballots, a move Michigan Court of Claims Chief Judge Christopher Murray held violated the state’s Administrative Procedures Act.Although the November 6th election was a debacle. It obviously wasn't a hill worth fighting for if you are a certain Republican leader. Mitch McConnell darkly threatens 'scorched earth Senate' if Democrats eliminate the filibuster
Whatever Mitch.
On this day:16 Mar 1991
Seven members of Country singer Reba McEntire's band and her road manager were among 10 people killed when their private jet crashed in California just north of the Mexican border. McEntire, who had given a private concert in San Diego for IBM employees the night before, was not on the plane. via thisdayinmusic.com
On this day: 16 Mar 1954
American musician, singer, songwriter, Nancy Wilson who with Heart had the 1986 US No.1 single 'These Dreams, and the 1987 US No.1 & UK No.3 single 'Alone'. via thisdayinmusic.com
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Oh hell, never mind. Genius Award Winner.
MARCH 15--A pantless Florida Man was arrested yesterday after police spotted him pleasuring himself with a pickle while on a private premise, according to an arrest affidavit. Responding to a suspicious person call around 4 PM, a cop saw Eric Detiege, 47, lying on his back in front of a townhouse in Oldsmar, a city in the Tampa Bay area. Detiege, unencumbered by pants or underwear, had his penis in one hand and “a large uneaten pickle in his other hand.” Detiege, the cop added, was “using the pickle to penetrate his rectum while he was masturbating.” Seen above, Detiege was arrested on a misdemeanor exposure of sexual organs charge. He is being held in the Pinellas County jail in lieu of $150 bond.
A powerful hallucinogenic drug known for its part in shamanic rituals is being trialled as a potential cure for depression for the first time. Participants will be given the drug DMT, followed by talking therapy. It is hoped this could offer an alternative for the significant number of people who don't respond to conventional pills for depression. Psychedelic-assisted therapy might offer longer-term relief from symptoms, some researchers believe. A growing body of evidence indicates other psychedelic drugs, particularly alongside talking therapy, are safe and can be effective for treating a range of mental illnesses. This will be the first time DMT is given to people with moderate to severe depression in a clinical trial. Carol Routledge, the chief scientific officer of Small Pharma, the company running the trial said: "We believe the impact will be almost immediate, and longer lasting than conventional antidepressants."
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: SMH at March 16, 2021 10:00 PM (EKULy)
Posted by: Emmie at March 16, 2021 10:00 PM (ofYez)
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Posted by: CCR at March 16, 2021 10:01 PM (Z7toj)
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at March 16, 2021 10:01 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Homer's Donuts at March 16, 2021 10:01 PM (HK8/E)
Posted by: mot at March 16, 2021 10:01 PM (jad3h)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 16, 2021 10:01 PM (WsidB)
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at March 16, 2021 10:01 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: SMH at March 16, 2021 10:00 PM (EKULy)
I see you've been hangin' with Lin-duh..........
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 16, 2021 10:02 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 16, 2021 10:02 PM (UPoLF)
Posted by: McMiklos ap O'Miklos at March 16, 2021 10:03 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Al Bundy at March 16, 2021 10:03 PM (Z7toj)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at March 16, 2021 10:04 PM (ZQTJZ)
Reba's accent borders on a speech impediment. I'll allow that she's purty, though.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Skwerls Snowboarding on my Roof at March 16, 2021 10:04 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at March 16, 2021 10:05 PM (ZQTJZ)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 16, 2021 10:05 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 16, 2021 10:06 PM (LNVrA)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 16, 2021 10:06 PM (WsidB)
Posted by: Irish as a Second Language at March 16, 2021 10:06 PM (ZSK0i)
Posted by: wing at March 16, 2021 10:06 PM (JFzNN)
Posted by: Al Bundy at March 16, 2021 10:06 PM (Z7toj)
Ridiculous.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 16, 2021 10:07 PM (UPoLF)
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at March 16, 2021 10:07 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Pikov Andropov at March 16, 2021 10:07 PM (rt0xh)
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at March 16, 2021 10:07 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Broseidon at March 16, 2021 10:08 PM (icI8A)
with light and temperature changes using the Nest Hub's built-in
microphones and ambient light and temperature sensors.
NO, NO and HELL NO!
Posted by: pookysgirl, giving Big Brother the finger at March 16, 2021 10:08 PM (XKZwp)
Now of course higher gas will mean higher Uber rates and also higher costs for everyone due to transportation cost for all goods shipped. But the Dem base doesn't think that far ahead.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at March 16, 2021 10:08 PM (ZQTJZ)
Posted by: Broseidon at March 16, 2021 10:08 PM (icI8A)
I'm stoked for you, bud! Did you show her the jeopardy episode where ace won?!
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 16, 2021 10:08 PM (UPoLF)
Posted by: wing at March 16, 2021 10:09 PM (JFzNN)
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Healing mud baths that I've heard so much about !
Posted by: runner at March 16, 2021 10:09 PM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at March 16, 2021 10:07 PM (TdMsT)
A lovely location
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 16, 2021 10:09 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Pikov Andropov at March 16, 2021 10:07 PM (rt0xh)
Yrrcch. I get sympathetic sore throat listening to her. hard pass.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Skwerls Snowboarding on my Roof at March 16, 2021 10:09 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 16, 2021 10:09 PM (WsidB)
Asking for a tovarish.
Posted by: Ancient Slavonaut Theorists at March 16, 2021 10:10 PM (QzkSJ)
yeah, I borrowed my cousins car, and being the nice guy I am, felt like I had to leave it on full, since he lent it to me on like a quarter tank. Fucking $40 for a shitty sedan that I barely drove. Gas is almost $3 here. I remember when it was around $1. You know, a year ago.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 16, 2021 10:10 PM (UPoLF)
Posted by: Pete Seria at March 16, 2021 10:10 PM (7ZQe3)
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 16, 2021 10:10 PM (1NY5O)
That and Dire Straits Money for Nothing
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 16, 2021 10:11 PM (LNVrA)
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 16, 2021 10:10 PM (1NY5O)
Heh.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Skwerls Snowboarding on my Roof at March 16, 2021 10:11 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: Emmie at March 16, 2021 10:12 PM (ofYez)
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 16, 2021 10:10 PM (1NY5O)
Napoleonic barns FTW
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 16, 2021 10:12 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at March 16, 2021 10:07 PM (TdMsT)
A lovely location
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 16, 2021 10:09 PM (aA3+G)
Is it in Maine? Lately I've been missing northern new England. This is the first winter of my life without snow, and it's been bumming me out
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 16, 2021 10:12 PM (UPoLF)
Live updates for your friends!
We promise complete privacy. No one will associate your erections with what you are looking at on your computer and keep a record of it.
Posted by: Stonn at March 16, 2021 10:12 PM (4dO7K)
Uh oh, Florida Man's in a pickle. Or, uh, he's into pickles. No wait...
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2021 10:12 PM (L2ZTs)
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God bless Florida Man.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at March 16, 2021 10:12 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: SMH at March 16, 2021 10:12 PM (EKULy)
That cabin up top looks like it is in the perfect location.
Love-love-love the tune behind the photo. Classic.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at March 16, 2021 10:13 PM (jQwrQ)
But no mean tweets, right ladies?
Posted by: Joe XiDen at March 16, 2021 10:13 PM (ZQTJZ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2021 10:13 PM (L2ZTs)
There were quite a few Irish in the early settlements of the Southern colonies in the US and quite a few Scotch-Irish as well.
Savannah, for example, has one of the larger St. Patrick's Day fests in the US, in part because the GA lowlands and the SC uplands were settled in part from Ireland. And of course, some were Scots that tarried a bit in Ireland before heading to the U.S.
Posted by: whig at March 16, 2021 10:13 PM (pO7gM)
SMH
Posted by: Emmie at March 16, 2021 10:13 PM (ofYez)
Is it in Maine? Lately I've been missing northern new England. This is the first winter of my life without snow, and it's been bumming me out
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 16, 2021 10:12 PM (UPoLF)
It looks like a camp in Maine, but it could just as easily be in Wisconsin or Minnesota.
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at March 16, 2021 10:14 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Pete Seria at March 16, 2021 10:10 PM (7ZQe3)
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Nu-uh. I don't drive so it doesn't affect me.
Posted by: Random 27 year old in NYC at March 16, 2021 10:14 PM (ZQTJZ)
Posted by: runner
Hungary has lots of those, with radioactive water!
They say it's good for you
Posted by: Miklos says at least it's cheap, also massages at March 16, 2021 10:15 PM (QzkSJ)
Yeay more STAYCATIONS!!!
Posted by: Joe XiDen at March 16, 2021 10:05 PM (ZQTJZ)
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Don't you see this is a good thing? It will keep people from traveling during the pandemic!*
*Do I need a sarcasm tag?
Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 16, 2021 10:15 PM (CAJOC)
One way street, as always, for leftists like Lemon.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 16, 2021 10:15 PM (2SdPm)
Posted by: whig at March 16, 2021 10:13 PM (pO7gM)
Oh, c'mon. Boston. NYC. Even Charlotte, NC have to be bigger than the GA lowlands.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 16, 2021 10:15 PM (UPoLF)
Bottom Picture: You know there is busted up Panzer IV behind that tractor.
Posted by: Beartooth at March 16, 2021 10:15 PM (ZN7T5)
That's nasty yo
Posted by: NALNAMSAM- not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at March 16, 2021 10:15 PM (+ldAm)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at March 16, 2021 10:16 PM (Dc2NZ)
Based on the trend here in KY over the last month... it'll hit $3/gal in April, if not before, and $4 by Memorial Day.
Because fuck you America.
Oh, and that last pic.... it's where you dispose of your unneeded wives.
Posted by: Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag at March 16, 2021 10:16 PM (3H9h1)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 16, 2021 10:16 PM (LNVrA)
Posted by: Random 27 year old in NYC at March 16, 2021 10:14 PM (ZQTJZ)
I resemble that remark.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 16, 2021 10:16 PM (UPoLF)
I shouldn't laugh, 'cause it will affect us too, but I'm going to LMAO at these wine moms, Karens, and Millennials during the forthcoming '70s style inflation
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 16, 2021 10:16 PM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: Pete Seria at March 16, 2021 10:10 PM (7ZQe3)
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Nu-uh. I don't drive so it doesn't affect me.
Posted by: Random 27 year old in NYC
hehe hehe HEHE
Posted by: Herman Cain, from the Great Herman Beyond at March 16, 2021 10:16 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 16, 2021 10:16 PM (1NY5O)
associate your erections with what you are looking at on your computer
and keep a record of it.
Posted by: Stonn at March 16, 2021 10:12 PM (4dO7K)
What do these tech companies do with all this data? I mean, obviously they hand it over to the government, but is that how they make their money? (Yes, I know "targeted advertising" is a thing, but I'm not sure it works as well as consultants would have you believe.)
Posted by: pookysgirl, giving Big Brother the finger at March 16, 2021 10:16 PM (XKZwp)
Pantsless Pickle Perv Pounded in Prison
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2021 10:16 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: dartist at March 16, 2021 10:17 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at March 16, 2021 10:14 PM (TdMsT)
I had a family camp in NH that looked similar to that as well.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 16, 2021 10:17 PM (UPoLF)
Posted by: Random 27 year old in NYC at March 16, 2021 10:17 PM (ZQTJZ)
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 16, 2021 10:10 PM (1NY5O)
Trafalgar Square is a good song. Starts slow though.
https://www.youtube.com /watch?v=R2pg8BPQWlct=60s
Posted by: Stonn at March 16, 2021 10:17 PM (4dO7K)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 16, 2021 10:17 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: SMH at March 16, 2021 10:00 PM (EKULy)
I see you've been hangin' with Lin-duh..........
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
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And your point is....
Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at March 16, 2021 10:17 PM (UUBmN)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhzpxjuwZy0
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at March 16, 2021 10:17 PM (Dc2NZ)
Economics. How do they work??
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 16, 2021 10:17 PM (LNVrA)
Posted by: Ede Teller, no relation to Penn at March 16, 2021 10:18 PM (QzkSJ)
"We've upgraded your Prime membership. Now instead of a 2-day delivery guarantee, we offer an 8-day delivery guarantee."
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2021 10:18 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 16, 2021 10:18 PM (2SdPm)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 16, 2021 10:19 PM (LNVrA)
Posted by: SMH at March 16, 2021 10:00 PM (EKULy)
I see you've been hangin' with Lin-duh..........
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
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And your point is....
Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at March 16, 2021 10:17 PM (UUBmN)
You're late, where have you been?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 16, 2021 10:19 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 16, 2021 10:10 PM (1NY5O)
Trafalgar Square is a good song. Starts slow though.
https://www.youtube.com /watch?v=R2pg8BPQWlct=60s
Posted by: Stonn
I should have left out 'Square'. Need more sleep.
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 16, 2021 10:19 PM (1NY5O)
Posted by: pookysgirl, giving Big Brother the finger at March 16, 2021 10:16 PM (XKZwp)
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It's not direct advertising that makes the big bucks for social media. It's selling data to companies to know how to advertize to you, in general. Also politicians pay big bucks for that data to know how to get you to vote.
Posted by: Random 27 year old in NYC at March 16, 2021 10:19 PM (ZQTJZ)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 16, 2021 10:19 PM (lZoX3)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at March 16, 2021 10:17 PM (Dc2NZ)
I do love house of pain, but this is the ultimate Irish holiday song (despite how my Irish centric relatives feel about it being a negative depiction of us)
https://tinyurl.com/yxtn3rb6
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 16, 2021 10:19 PM (UPoLF)
ONT Greetings, Horde! Not a bad day, got to spend a couple road hours with USN Surface Warfare (full Commander), former submariner. Active duty type, lots of stories to tell. He's about to pull the retirement lanyard before they can "award" him Full Command of a ship of his own. Says it's not worth it anymore, with all the P.C. and SJW, etc. Command just paints a target on the Skipper, and any bitch (either sex) with a grudge can take him down with but a single, unfounded complaint.
Believe me, this gent was sharp as hell, squared away, not a malcontent. Fact is, he's one of the best I've met of late. But the Perfumed Princes are running the Pentagon, and Warriors are being systematically hunted down and ejected. He's just beating 'em to the trick.
*salute!*
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 16, 2021 10:19 PM (QzJWU)
Good for you, bro.
Does she know you are a Jeopardy winner?
And watch out. Practice makes pregnant.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 16, 2021 10:20 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes
St. Patty's at Savannah?
Like Mardi Gras, just drunker.
Posted by: Eye Witless Miklos at March 16, 2021 10:20 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
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Reading all your damn content!
Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at March 16, 2021 10:21 PM (UUBmN)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 16, 2021 10:19 PM (LNVrA)
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Pretty much.
Posted by: Random 27 year old in NYC at March 16, 2021 10:21 PM (ZQTJZ)
I love that movie. Berg and Markie Mark made two great films back to back, the other being Patriots Day.
Posted by: It's OK To Be gp at March 16, 2021 10:22 PM (qpX6U)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 16, 2021 10:22 PM (LNVrA)
Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 16, 2021 10:22 PM (03n3v)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at March 16, 2021 10:22 PM (ZQTJZ)
I just asked a notable LA-area radio personality at FB:
"So who holds their liquor better, the Irish or Scots?"
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2021 10:22 PM (L2ZTs)
OnlyFans: eliminate the middlemen for your porn and pay the girl directly.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 16, 2021 10:22 PM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2021 10:22 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 16, 2021 10:22 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at March 16, 2021 10:23 PM (jQwrQ)
for social media. It's selling data to companies to know how to
advertize to you, in general. Also politicians pay big bucks for that
data to know how to get you to vote.
Posted by: Random 27 year old in NYC at March 16, 2021 10:19 PM (ZQTJZ)
Oh, I get that the data itself generates money as it changes hands (never for the actual person, of course). Advertising/ marketing/ political consulting always seemed like a house of cards, though.
Posted by: pookysgirl, giving Big Brother the finger at March 16, 2021 10:23 PM (XKZwp)
That is very sad, but smart, for him. We need him in the Fleet, but the DOD civilians are OK with his death.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 16, 2021 10:23 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at March 16, 2021 10:23 PM (oT0A6)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin, clinging bitterly to a deplorable life at March 16, 2021 10:23 PM (NL33G)
Posted by: dartist at March 16, 2021 10:23 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: PabloD, boop/bop/beep at March 16, 2021 10:23 PM (792+X)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 16, 2021 10:24 PM (2SdPm)
Posted by: Precise Presbyterian preacher at March 16, 2021 10:24 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 16, 2021 10:24 PM (UPoLF)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 16, 2021 10:24 PM (LNVrA)
Posted by: ... at March 16, 2021 10:24 PM (uEbPt)
Well, the one on the right has big cans, soI'm sure she could use help cleaning up.
I have an extra robe.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 16, 2021 10:25 PM (u82oZ)
https://tinyurl.com/4bjfxdhs
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 16, 2021 10:24 PM (2SdPm
I knew you were linking that song.
Posted by: buzzion at March 16, 2021 10:25 PM (vMCab)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 16, 2021 10:25 PM (L5C7l)
Posted by: PabloD, boop/bop/beep at March 16, 2021 10:23 PM (792+X)
___
If not Russia definitely in the vicinity, like Ukraine, Georgia, etc.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at March 16, 2021 10:25 PM (ZQTJZ)
Posted by: ... at March 16, 2021 10:25 PM (uEbPt)
So, southern colonies populated from Southern Ireland. Makes sense.
Posted by: clutch at March 16, 2021 10:26 PM (9UmRs)
Posted by: exdem13 at March 16, 2021 10:26 PM (W+kMI)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin
Ennoblement underway.
I have informed the Prince Primate at Esztergom.
Posted by: Miklosius Corvinus, Lord of all he surveys at March 16, 2021 10:26 PM (QzkSJ)
Thank you for being right on time. You are as dependable as a cesium clock.
And good content. Rebe is pretty, but I liked Heart more in the 80s.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 16, 2021 10:26 PM (u82oZ)
Deleting the word doesn't mean it didn't happen. I know that there is a trend in tech that started a few years ago to stop calling devices "Masters" and "Slaves". I've heard some silly replacements, like Manager and Worker. Such stupidity.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2021 10:26 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 16, 2021 10:19 PM (lZoX3)
The good old academic world..........
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 16, 2021 10:27 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 16, 2021 10:27 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: Al Bundy at March 16, 2021 10:27 PM (Z7toj)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 16, 2021 10:25 PM (L5C7l)
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And yet, people hang on every simpering soundbite from those simpletons.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 16, 2021 10:27 PM (2SdPm)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin, clinging bitterly to a deplorable life at March 16, 2021 10:23 PM (NL33G)
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Be sure to demand your reparations.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 16, 2021 10:27 PM (CAJOC)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin, clinging bitterly to a deplorable life at March 16, 2021 10:27 PM (NL33G)
Posted by: ... at March 16, 2021 10:27 PM (Sq5xa)
Thank you for being right on time. You are as dependable as a cesium clock.
And good content. Rebe is pretty, but I liked Heart more in the 80s.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
--x--
Look at the brown noser......
Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at March 16, 2021 10:28 PM (UUBmN)
Sorry about your cat. She was a stunner, and came right up to me during our visit. Probably because I was allergic to cats. She was nice to pet.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 16, 2021 10:28 PM (u82oZ)
But the Perfumed Princes are running the Pentagon, and Warriors are being systematically hunted down and ejected. He's just beating 'em to the trick.
Good thing there will never be any more wars.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 16, 2021 10:28 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at March 16, 2021 10:23 PM (jQwrQ)
Looks like good clean fun..........
Sometimes you have no sense of adventure
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 16, 2021 10:28 PM (aA3+G)
Okay, then.
Posted by: Emmie at March 16, 2021 10:28 PM (ofYez)
St Pattys on Greenville ave in Dallas was a pretty big deal
and the cops just watched and didn't hassle anyone, even for illegal go cups
now, all the great old bars are gone from there, replaced by franchised food
Posted by: REDACTED at March 16, 2021 10:29 PM (6iURM)
But I guess you can have slavery without slaves in the same way that 2+2 can equal 5 if someone feels like it.
And how do you avoid repeating the mistakes of the past if you're going to bury them? Oh yeah, you absolutely intend to except this time with different sl*ves.
Posted by: ... at March 16, 2021 10:29 PM (Sq5xa)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
PT Barnum was a optimist.
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at March 16, 2021 10:29 PM (oT0A6)
Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at March 16, 2021 10:28 PM (UUBmN)
As if there is something wrong with that.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 16, 2021 10:29 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at March 16, 2021 10:29 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 16, 2021 10:27 PM (PUmDY)
How do you feel about "Brown Sugar"?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2021 10:30 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: clutch
Lotta Scots.
The last "Rising of the Clans" took place in North Carolina, the Highlanders (roughly) against the Duke of Argyll's men (roughly)
Not much of a battle, but the Highlanders (for Independence) routed the Lowlanders (for the King).
Much nastiness followed, for such is the Way of our People.
Posted by: Miklos, one-quarter (1/4) McCullough at March 16, 2021 10:30 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2021 10:26 PM (ynpvh)
Worker = Wage Sl*ve!!!!!
Posted by: ... at March 16, 2021 10:30 PM (Sq5xa)
Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at March 16, 2021 10:30 PM (UUBmN)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Skwerls Snowboarding on my Roof at March 16, 2021 10:31 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie
These have always been some of my favorite lyrics when it comes to rock music meets slavery .....
Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields
Sold in a market down in New Orleans
Scarred old slaver knows he's doing alright
Hear him whip the women just around midnight
Posted by: Al Bundy at March 16, 2021 10:31 PM (Z7toj)
Posted by: DB- just DB at March 16, 2021 10:31 PM (iTXRQ)
Posted by: ... at March 16, 2021 10:27 PM (Sq5xa)
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That only white people can't say.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 16, 2021 10:31 PM (CAJOC)
Appreciation for the work that is in it. Having done only one post, I am quite appreciative of the effort, selection, and steadfastness of the CoBs. Who do it year in and out.
So I'm grateful.
I'll gift you a slice of bacon this October, to mollify you.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 16, 2021 10:31 PM (u82oZ)
word Slav, the people of Eastern Europe. The Slavs were so heavily
enslaved over many centuries that Slav evolved into slave. Yes, I am one
fourth Slav, descended from many generations of Bohunk peasantry.
(Nope. Not a king or noble in any one of them.)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin, clinging bitterly to a deplorable life at March 16, 2021 10:23 PM (NL33G)
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Be sure to demand your reparations.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 16, 2021 10:27 PM (CAJOC)
Funny thing is, lots of the slavers in later years were Muslims, and they were...not quite fully white.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2021 10:31 PM (ynpvh)
Didn't you used to be here a lot?
I believe you also used to be at Patterico's before he went batshit.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2021 10:32 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: NaCly Dog
--x--
Look at the brown noser......
Posted by: lin-duh 27-4
That would have been XXOO
Posted by: Miklos, if recalling correctly at March 16, 2021 10:32 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 16, 2021 10:32 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Zettai at March 16, 2021 10:32 PM (iOxrB)
As if there is something wrong with that.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
What a true and insightful comment. Truly sir MisHum...a giant among men.
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at March 16, 2021 10:32 PM (oT0A6)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin, clinging bitterly to a deplorable life at March 16, 2021 10:32 PM (NL33G)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 16, 2021 10:32 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Skwerls Snowboarding on my Roof at March 16, 2021 10:32 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: banana Dream at March 16, 2021 10:33 PM (Cr3F1)
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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Hmmm...are you this years bacon wench????
Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at March 16, 2021 10:33 PM (UUBmN)
No doubt you're 100% correct, sir. But his descriptions of the current USN were.. epic. Lots of finer points about Wardroom/Chief's culture, crew culture, trends, barriers to success and much else, besides. He'd fit right in with teh Horde though, that's for sure.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 16, 2021 10:34 PM (QzJWU)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 16, 2021 10:34 PM (sd8p8)
Posted by: Zettai at March 16, 2021 10:34 PM (iOxrB)
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at March 16, 2021 10:32 PM (oT0A6)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 16, 2021 10:34 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Duns Miklos Scotius at March 16, 2021 10:34 PM (QzkSJ)
I have an extra robe.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 16, 2021 10:25 PM (u82oZ)
* * * *
That's our Salty! Always so very thoughtful and kind. And a gentleman to boot!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at March 16, 2021 10:34 PM (jQwrQ)
I said he was unable to find passages from his favorite prophets. Marx Lenin and Mao.
Posted by: buzzion at March 16, 2021 10:34 PM (vMCab)
Didn't you used to be here a lot?
I believe you also used to be at Patterico's before he went batshit.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2021 10:32 PM (L2ZTs)
Been busy, actual paying work. I was at little verdant nubbins for a while, but I left when it got insane.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2021 10:34 PM (ynpvh)
You are a diamond in the rough, then. For sure you and the XO made my wife and I happier than any Royal Family.
Maybe we can see art this summer.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 16, 2021 10:35 PM (u82oZ)
https://tinyurl.com/yjzftrm7
https://tinyurl.com/9xp37hdw
https://tinyurl.com/encjdrvm
https://tinyurl.com/a84tw4vr
https://tinyurl.com/92ucsj46
Posted by: kbdabear at March 16, 2021 10:35 PM (qAR6u)
Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at March 16, 2021 10:35 PM (UUBmN)
It was big almost everywhere. Drinking age, drunk driving laws, smoking bans, etc., etc. has killed the local taverns all across the country. By design.
Posted by: lowandslow at March 16, 2021 10:35 PM (4thlk)
Ace was on Jeopardy?
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 16, 2021 10:34 PM (sd8p
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Ace has been in jeopardy, but not on Jeopardy, to my knowledge. Broseidon is the Jeopardy Moron.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 16, 2021 10:35 PM (CAJOC)
Posted by: dartist at March 16, 2021 10:35 PM (+ya+t)
Nay. That task needs someone comely, young, and not a shuttle driver. How about you?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 16, 2021 10:36 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin, clinging bitterly to a deplorable life at March 16, 2021 10:27 PM (NL33G)
There are imbeciles fcking with our supply chain on their own dipshit whims, and likely "suggestions" from CHYna as well. There are online sources too, but things may get interesting before summer. Not just for kitteh food.
Posted by: Helena Hanadbasket at March 16, 2021 10:36 PM (b8eqQ)
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at March 16, 2021 10:32 PM (oT0A6)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
Aye, laddies, the noses brown they be this night
Posted by: Old Sailor Miklaus at March 16, 2021 10:36 PM (QzkSJ)
Which is true, but, still.....
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 16, 2021 10:36 PM (2SdPm)
the giant cloud of dust rising from the Vatican when the Pope decided to
open his bible.
I said he was unable to find passages from his favorite prophets. Marx Lenin and Mao.
Posted by: buzzion at March 16, 2021 10:34 PM (vMCab)
That made me laugh. Good thing I had no food or drink in my mouth when I read it.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2021 10:36 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at March 16, 2021 10:36 PM (jQwrQ)
Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at March 16, 2021 10:37 PM (UUBmN)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 16, 2021 10:35 PM (CAJOC
Hunting Hobos is a dangerous sport
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 16, 2021 10:37 PM (LNVrA)
Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at March 16, 2021 10:37 PM (Aashi)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 16, 2021 10:35 PM (CAJOC
Hunting Hobos is a dangerous sport
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 16, 2021 10:37 PM (LNVrA)
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Especially with a non-reversible drill.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 16, 2021 10:37 PM (CAJOC)
Posted by: Al Bundy at March 16, 2021 10:38 PM (Z7toj)
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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Hmmm...are you this years bacon wench????
Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at March 16, 2021 10:33 PM (UUBmN)
If so, he'd better wear the tiara.
Posted by: Helena Hanadbasket at March 16, 2021 10:38 PM (b8eqQ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 16, 2021 10:38 PM (u82oZ)
Which is true, but, still.....
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 16, 2021 10:36 PM (2SdPm
You can razz me. I can take as well as I dish out.....
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 16, 2021 10:38 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: davidt at March 16, 2021 10:38 PM (5ZHS+)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 16, 2021 10:38 PM (sd8p8)
https://tinyurl.com/yzxbutxa
https://tinyurl.com/v2b7v2nb
https://tinyurl.com/79jfn28e
https://tinyurl.com/p88rwhat
https://tinyurl.com/a5tvh89f
Posted by: kbdabear at March 16, 2021 10:38 PM (qAR6u)
Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at March 16, 2021 10:38 PM (UUBmN)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin
Cool!
Peasants have all the cool chick clothes
Posted by: Miklos, thinking Slovakia, and Hungary, and Poland, and Ukriane... at March 16, 2021 10:39 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Zettai at March 16, 2021 10:39 PM (iOxrB)
Nyah. I'm a Winter. Would clash.
Can we get AtC to attend? She would rock that tiara. And no one would set a beer on her head.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 16, 2021 10:39 PM (u82oZ)
and slave nodes in our 25 year old code (hey job security) I have taken
to using back and head node instead for tickets to IT. Even so one or
a group of us will probably end up having to do word searches and
replace those perfectly valid terms in a year or 2. Its a computer
people, it aint got feeling to be hurt and if YOU have a problem with
slave as the term for clusters whose jobs are set by the 'master' node
you need to toughen up.
Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at March 16, 2021 10:37 PM (Aashi)
I'm trying to think of some politically correct term to use that would be applicable, but would piss of someone. Like trans and cis, but let them try to figure out which is which.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2021 10:40 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: davidt at March 16, 2021 10:38 PM (5ZHS+)
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This is known as "bad luck"
-- R. Heinlein
Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 16, 2021 10:40 PM (CAJOC)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 16, 2021 10:40 PM (sd8p8)
Posted by: Sharon
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Close...Ben had was the very last name last year.
Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at March 16, 2021 10:40 PM (UUBmN)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2021 10:40 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 16, 2021 10:40 PM (sd8p8
Yes.
Posted by: buzzion at March 16, 2021 10:41 PM (vMCab)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2021 10:40 PM
Top and bottom?
Posted by: Zettai at March 16, 2021 10:41 PM (iOxrB)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 16, 2021 10:41 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2021 10:40 PM (L2ZTs)
Squeezable bacon running in a fountain...sounds disgusting and tasty at the same time.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2021 10:41 PM (ynpvh)
Heading to $4.00 easily. The state wants to impose an additional 0.18 per gallon tax to save the earth, or pay bureaucrats or punish carbon emitters or something equally stupid and corrupt.
That they have no clue about economics is obvious. That they do not care one wet fart about the people here is equally obvious.
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at March 16, 2021 10:41 PM (z985I)
Posted by: qdpsteve
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Hey! Her name is Jordan!!! Lol!,
Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at March 16, 2021 10:41 PM (UUBmN)
Posted by: davidt
But, but electric cars!
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at March 16, 2021 10:41 PM (oT0A6)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2021 10:42 PM (L2ZTs)
Bebe Boobs Destroys has an interesting story about meeting ace on the west coast. Said he was a "Perfect Gentleman." There may be more context to coaxed from her.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 16, 2021 10:42 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 16, 2021 10:40 PM (sd8p8
Rumor has it that Ace is actually a 56 year old former Czech prostitute who blogs from a dimly lit basement in New Jersey.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 16, 2021 10:42 PM (LNVrA)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2021 10:40 PM
Top and bottom?
Posted by: Zettai at March 16, 2021 10:41 PM (iOxrB)
Right and left perhaps?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2021 10:42 PM (ynpvh)
Ace was on Jeopardy?
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 16, 2021 10:34 PM (sd8p
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Ace has been in jeopardy, but not on Jeopardy, to my knowledge. Broseidon is the Jeopardy Moron.
Posted by: No One of Consequence
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Jeopardy Champion Moron none the less.. show off
Posted by: NALNAMSAM- not as lean, not as mean, still a Marine at March 16, 2021 10:43 PM (+ldAm)
Later, all!
Oh, and great job, Mis Hum. Seriously.
Not that I'm trying to get on your good side, no sirree!
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 16, 2021 10:43 PM (2SdPm)
Posted by: Winston, GOPe,
It's about free bus rides and destroying Eastern Wa. A socialist twofer!
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at March 16, 2021 10:43 PM (oT0A6)
Posted by: redc1c4 (*OTUS Zhou Bai-Din Cheated) at March 16, 2021 10:43 PM (ZBQPl)
Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at March 16, 2021 10:43 PM (UUBmN)
Posted by: GWB at March 16, 2021 10:43 PM (QTm+F)
He refused to refer to a slave cylinder as a slave cylinder.
Instead, he called it an "operating" cylinder.
It was fun listening to him ordering the part over the phone.
Posted by: Al Bundy at March 16, 2021 10:44 PM (Z7toj)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 16, 2021 10:40 PM (sd8p8
Rumor has it that Ace is actually a 56 year old former Czech prostitute who blogs from a dimly lit basement in New Jersey.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 16, 2021 10:42 PM (LNVrA)
Dimly lit works for hunting hobos...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2021 10:44 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 16, 2021 10:44 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: qdpsteve
And they swim in it.
Nekkid
Posted by: La Dolce Miklos Vita at March 16, 2021 10:44 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2021 10:44 PM (L2ZTs)
Later, all!
Oh, and great job, Mis Hum. Seriously.
Not that I'm trying to get on your good side, no sirree!
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 16, 2021 10:43 PM (2SdPm)
Don't let the door hit you on the ass......
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Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 16, 2021 10:44 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: davidt at March 16, 2021 10:38 PM (5ZHS+)
And good thing I bought a bunch of stock in those companies.
Posted by: clutch at March 16, 2021 10:44 PM (9UmRs)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at March 16, 2021 10:23 PM (jQwrQ)
Looks like good clean fun..........
Sometimes you have no sense of adventure
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 16, 2021 10:28 PM (aA3+G)
* * * *
*SNORT*
Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at March 16, 2021 10:44 PM (jQwrQ)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 16, 2021 10:44 PM (PUmDY)
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Sorry.... Chipotle....
Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 16, 2021 10:44 PM (CAJOC)
Ace, if you are here in some secret identity, give us a sign.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 16, 2021 10:44 PM (sd8p8)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 16, 2021 10:45 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: Low-Ri-Der Miklos declaring WAR at March 16, 2021 10:45 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2021 10:44 PM (L2ZTs)
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I thought he looked more like Wicket.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 16, 2021 10:45 PM (CAJOC)
Good thing you can keep those running by wearing a propeller hat and sticking your finger in the non-existent cigarette lighter.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at March 16, 2021 10:45 PM (+WWsf)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 16, 2021 10:45 PM (OU+8W)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2021 10:45 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Al Bundy at March 16, 2021 10:46 PM (Z7toj)
Like George Lucas played by Rich Evans.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at March 16, 2021 10:46 PM (+WWsf)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 16, 2021 10:40 PM (sd8p
He made an appearance on Fox some years ago. Video may or may not still be up on YouTube.
Posted by: Emmie at March 16, 2021 10:46 PM (ofYez)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin, clinging bitterly to a deplorable life at March 16, 2021 10:46 PM (NL33G)
IOW, Lemon doesn't break bread with anyone the Bible suggests you break bread with in order to "love thy neighbor."
Posted by: GWB at March 16, 2021 10:46 PM (QTm+F)
There 'ya go.
Posted by: davidt at March 16, 2021 10:46 PM (5ZHS+)
Good for you bro. I hope she's the one for you and it lasts.
Didn't your Grandma die in the past year? How is your Grandpa doing, I thought he was still living?
Posted by: Farmer at March 16, 2021 10:46 PM (55Qr6)
Good thing you can keep those running by wearing a propeller hat and
sticking your finger in the non-existent cigarette lighter.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at March 16, 2021 10:45 PM (+WWsf)
You hitch a diesel generator to the back of your e-car.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2021 10:46 PM (ynpvh)
Like George Lucas played by Rich Evans.
Posted by: Walter Freeman
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If he looked like an Ewok!
Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at March 16, 2021 10:47 PM (UUBmN)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 16, 2021 10:44 PM (sd8p
That's no way to keep a secret.
Posted by: Emmie at March 16, 2021 10:47 PM (ofYez)
Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at March 16, 2021 10:48 PM (Aashi)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2021 10:48 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 16, 2021 10:48 PM (sd8p8)
Has anyone else had a potentially bad break up up with friend over masks?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 16, 2021 10:48 PM (VP4Cd)
Like George Lucas played by Rich Evans.
Posted by: Walter Freeman
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If he looked like an Ewok!
Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at March 16, 2021 10:47 PM (UUBmN)
Kinda like a 19 year old kid who glued on a bad fake beard.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 16, 2021 10:48 PM (LNVrA)
Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at March 16, 2021 10:43 PM (UUBmN)
They were ridiculous 20 years ago.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 16, 2021 10:48 PM (WsidB)
Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2021 10:48 PM (Rvt88)
I had no idea at the time. Then we discussed in on a Pet thread, and a light went off.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 16, 2021 10:48 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: jim
Transalpine, Cisalpine. Easy.
it's like the kids don't even speak Latin anymore.
Posted by: Gaius Julius Caesar at March 16, 2021 10:49 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: dartist at March 16, 2021 10:49 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 16, 2021 10:49 PM (sd8p8)
Posted by: dartist at March 16, 2021 10:49 PM (+ya+t
You need an Italian tune up.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 16, 2021 10:49 PM (LNVrA)
Ran errands, got Dot and Finn bathed, wrestled with the crates in the RV's dogatorium and cooked steaks. Busy day.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 16, 2021 10:50 PM (mht8P)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 16, 2021 10:48 PM (VP4Cd)
Tell Karen, Jesus touched Lepers.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 16, 2021 10:50 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at March 16, 2021 10:43 PM (UUBmN)
They were ridiculous 20 years ago.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
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Real estate has officially double from 10 years ago.
Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at March 16, 2021 10:50 PM (UUBmN)
Behold the aswsome firepower of a fully-operational Cocaine Mitch: "He promised that a Republican majority would immediately defund Planned Parenthood and sanctuary cities, push abortion restrictions, ramp up security on the southern border and more."
Huh? I believe that Mitch had the ability to do this while Trump was president, and he decided to punt on the opportunity. I really didn't think that Driscoll was this naïve.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at March 16, 2021 10:50 PM (hKTv8)
Posted by: screaming in digital at March 16, 2021 10:50 PM (kTRt4)
Joe Mantegna. Minus the attractiveness, slim build and sex appeal of
course... :-P
Posted by: qdpsteve
I look a lot like my dad, so I should be easy to spot.
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at March 16, 2021 10:50 PM (oT0A6)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at March 16, 2021 10:51 PM (/0BVK)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin, clinging bitterly to a deplorable life at March 16, 2021 10:51 PM (NL33G)
Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at March 16, 2021 10:43 PM (UUBmN)
They were ridiculous 20 years ago.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 16, 2021 10:48 PM (WsidB)
Ludicrous speed...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2021 10:51 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at March 16, 2021 10:48 PM (Aashi)
I'm pretty sure the lowest caste name translates to non-people. I wonder how the HR diversity twits would handle that.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 16, 2021 10:51 PM (b8eqQ)
Has anyone else had a potentially bad break up up with friend over masks?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 16, 2021 10:48 PM (VP4Cd)
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Friend? What is this word you speak?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 16, 2021 10:51 PM (mht8P)
Posted by: Some rat
I look a lot like my Mom
Posted by: Dr. "Rachel" Levine at March 16, 2021 10:52 PM (QzkSJ)
Has anyone else had a potentially bad break up up with friend over masks?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 16, 2021 10:48 PM (VP4Cd)
Honestly, as much as I am that masks are the dumbest most useless damaging fucking things out there, if you are in their house you're going to have to respect their stupid rules. My response going forward would be "I'm not visiting until you stop being crazy."
Posted by: buzzion at March 16, 2021 10:52 PM (vMCab)
The notion to split eastern WA from the rest of the state seems to have fizzled out.
I'm assuming they were bought off or co-opted.
Even out here not many people have even heard about it. Total media blackout.
We need another moron campout soon. Maybe May again. Scheduling be hard, yo.
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at March 16, 2021 10:53 PM (z985I)
The price of everything is shooting up. Lumber is about twice what it was a year ago. Inflation expectations are kicking in. The "smart money" is making the moves for it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 16, 2021 10:53 PM (Mzdiz)
Woke Better: Replacing all images of George Lucas with Mister Plinkett.
Posted by: Grail Knight at March 16, 2021 10:53 PM (ybIRR)
Posted by: Chicago Vota at March 16, 2021 10:54 PM (ts6Zs)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at March 16, 2021 10:51 PM (/0BVK)
Whew, I was getting worried you might have banned yourself.
Maybe you are ace.
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Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 16, 2021 10:54 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at March 16, 2021 10:54 PM (oT0A6)
Eight men and seven women stuck in a cave with nothing to do. Except maybe screw.
Maybe not the eighth guy who'll just be told to fuck himself.
Posted by: Robert at March 16, 2021 10:54 PM (YXxNN)
He should definitely come party with us in Texas.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 16, 2021 10:54 PM (sd8p8)
it was a year ago. Inflation expectations are kicking in. The "smart
money" is making the moves for it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 16, 2021 10:53 PM (Mzdiz)
There is no inflation. --FED using Jedi hand wave---
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2021 10:54 PM (ynpvh)
Work those Plan Bs. We will need them. And remember -- OPSEC, OPSEC, OPSEC.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 16, 2021 10:54 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 16, 2021 10:48 PM (VP4Cd)
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So sorry to hear about your encounter. Prayers up for resolution and new beginnings.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at March 16, 2021 10:55 PM (jQwrQ)
I really didn't think that Driscoll was this naive.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at March 16, 2021 10:50 PM (hKTv8 )
___________
Driscoll is a reliable linker of NeverTrumpers (Treacher, Goldberg, Geraghty, the Baseball Cuck). A stain on Insty.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 16, 2021 10:55 PM (mht8P)
Posted by: PaleRider
Brahmin and untouchables are the top and bottom castes I think.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2021 10:55 PM (Rvt88)
Posted by: Some rat
I look a lot like my Mom
Posted by: Dr. "Rachel" Levine at March 16, 2021 10:52 PM (QzkSJ)
Welcome to my nightmare..........
Posted by: Alicee Cooperr at March 16, 2021 10:55 PM (aA3+G)
And people are afraid of diseases. It's much different from the regular fears we have--if we have a car accident, or break an arm, or get attacked by bears, we can say "Well, I can see where I should have done something differently." But germs and viruses are different, there's no "I can see this coming, and I can avoid it" with disease. Disease gets to people who have done all the right things.
I can sympathize with people who are terrified of it, all the information they get is from the Media. Even if they don't watch CNN they still get the Media version through osmosis.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 16, 2021 10:55 PM (OU+8W)
I'm assuming they were bought off or co-opted.
Even out here not many people have even heard about it. Total media blackout.
We need another moron campout soon. Maybe May again. Scheduling be hard, yo.
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote
I'm in. Would love to see you all again!
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at March 16, 2021 10:55 PM (oT0A6)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2021 10:40 PM (ynpvh)
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Call them Wizards and House Elves.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 16, 2021 10:55 PM (CAJOC)
Posted by: Chicago Vota at March 16, 2021 10:54 PM (ts6Zs)
Undocumented Voluteers
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2021 10:55 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at March 16, 2021 10:55 PM (jQwrQ)
Perhaps FS needs to take her friend to the Brought To You location.....
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 16, 2021 10:56 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2021 10:56 PM (Rvt88)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 16, 2021 10:56 PM (OU+8W)
Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at March 16, 2021 10:56 PM (Aashi)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 16, 2021 10:55 PM (OU+8W
ON the bright side, no one caught the flu this winter. Let alone perish from it.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 16, 2021 10:57 PM (aA3+G)
https://bit.ly/3rWmCDs
Posted by: screaming in digital at March 16, 2021 10:50 PM (kTRt4)
Interesting clip. I can't put my finger on it, but that guy looks vaguely familiar. I never met him, of course, but he looks like someone I used to read at one of those online conservative magazines back in the 'aughts.
Nah.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at March 16, 2021 10:57 PM (hKTv8)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 16, 2021 10:48 PM (VP4Cd)
Yes. Oldest and closest friend. Her verbal abuse re: masks and covid last spring was the final straw for me.
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at March 16, 2021 10:57 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin, clinging bitterly to a deplorable life at March 16, 2021 10:46 PM (NL33G)
Crap! No one's ever explained this to me. I'm allergic as hell to cats but they invariably make a beeline for me. Always. This includes farm/barn cats that people say they've never seen near a person will come up friendly-like. I thought they were just trying to kill me through casual contact so they can come back later and dine at their leisure.
I do all the things you say, leave them alone, don't pet. If my skin makes contact it will blister up. I don't even make eye contact, but here they come.
Posted by: banana Dream at March 16, 2021 10:57 PM (Cr3F1)
Eight men and seven women stuck in a cave with nothing to do. Except maybe screw.
Maybe not the eighth guy who'll just be told to fuck himself.
Posted by: Robert at March 16, 2021 10:54 PM (YXxNN)
He could be lucky of a couple of guys are gay. He could be even more unlucky if serveral of the gals are gay. Or he could be Woody Allen and increase his chances.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2021 10:57 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Zorro, wondering why not Hero at March 16, 2021 10:57 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2021 10:57 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at March 16, 2021 10:57 PM (YynYJ)
"Gay" was a perfectly acceptable word that had no connection to ... that stuff .. at one time and was used fairly frequently or commonly. I know this because I listen to old time recorded radio broadcasts. As near as I can tell it meant "carefree", or near enough. It had no sexual connotations.
The word was repurposed. It can't be used for anything else? What I'm getfing at, probably not very well, is this is BS, to let a bunch of lunatics re-define words yet not allow others, it is arbitrary. Imaginary insults shouldn't bother anybody. What happened to "sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never harm me."?
Posted by: Common Tater at March 16, 2021 10:58 PM (v6Osy)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin, clinging bitterly to a deplorable life at March 16, 2021 10:58 PM (NL33G)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
Yeah, funny that eh?
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at March 16, 2021 10:58 PM (oT0A6)
Posted by: ... at March 16, 2021 10:58 PM (Sq5xa)
Well, he did, but she would say "You're not Jesus."
I think at this point her salvation is in masking and it doesn't help her own faith to have a son living at home who's an Atheist and a husband who's fundamentally one and I think she hasn't been to church for a year because it may still be closed. This is not a knock on Atheists. It's a knock on people who think their salvation is in masking. Did she think the covid I might have t was going to float down to kill her husband or upstairs to kill her son or that I asked to take off my mask so I could kill my friend of over 40 years? I guess she's really angry and disappointed with me too because I left the sneakers she was going to give me behind.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 16, 2021 10:59 PM (VP4Cd)
Posted by: Flyover at March 16, 2021 10:59 PM (Rbu5d)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 16, 2021 10:48 PM (sd8p
Every ten years or so, a moron who remembers where it is will post the link.
Posted by: Emmie at March 16, 2021 10:59 PM (ofYez)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 16, 2021 10:48 PM (LNVrA)
Huh. I thought Ace looked like a cross between Judd Nelson and Robert Downey Jr in that clip...
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at March 16, 2021 10:59 PM (ZSK0i)
I don't 'member how it goes. I know Hindus have a caste that they
think are the leader caste, then I think there is a warrior caste, a
worker/laborer caste and then the bottom rung is below the workers. Oh
well. Trans and Cis, would be funny, but I'd have to train myself
which was which.
Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at March 16, 2021 10:56 PM (Aashi)
Maybe think of it in terms of "Team America". There are Dicks, Assholes and Pussies...Dicks screw both assholes and pussies, so I guess they'd be the master.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2021 11:00 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at March 16, 2021 11:00 PM (TdMsT)
I'm sorry about your friend. I'm nearing one but for several reasons.
I am not getting the vaccine. I told her I was not going to exercise my white privilege and get it before people of color got theirs.
I was called a racist. I made a promise that I'd see her through her chemo and surgeries. There's one left of surgeries.
It's been 2.5 years of constant issues over injuries and I'm getting called names. I will keep my promise.
I'm also planning on driving to the TXMoMe this year. I'm pumped for it.
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at March 16, 2021 11:00 PM (z985I)
Posted by: yop at March 16, 2021 11:00 PM (V0Ztm)
Posted by: Common Tater at March 16, 2021 10:58 PM (v6Osy)
It's just what you said at the beginning. Everything upside down. Now it is adults who supposedly must be "protected" from every conceivable thing, while at the same time they have declared open season on filling every child with every possible offensive notion and fact. It's startling.
Posted by: ... at March 16, 2021 11:00 PM (Sq5xa)
Posted by: buzzion at March 16, 2021 11:00 PM (vMCab)
This is because a direct stare to a cat is percieved as a threat. So people who do not make eye contact with a cat are seen as "safe."
People who like cats stare at them and say "Here, kitty" (like Harry Dean Stanton). People who don't like cats end up with them in their laps.
I love them, myself, but they are difficult to understand.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 16, 2021 11:00 PM (OU+8W)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 16, 2021 11:00 PM (sd8p8)
"mysterious" supply chain issues... has anyone tried vacuum sealing dry pet food into smaller bags than the store bag?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 16, 2021 11:01 PM (b8eqQ)
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at March 16, 2021 10:57 PM (YynYJ)
What if he doesn't? What's the diff between some Nigerian asking me to pay him money and the US gov saying a Norwegian needs to pay money? Besides the military and stuff.
Posted by: banana Dream at March 16, 2021 11:01 PM (Cr3F1)
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at March 16, 2021 11:00 PM (TdMsT)
Great guitar licks!
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 16, 2021 11:01 PM (LNVrA)
that stuff .. at one time and was used fairly frequently or commonly. I
know this because I listen to old time recorded radio broadcasts.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 16, 2021 10:58 PM (v6Osy)
I seem to recall that Paul Bunyon found himself all fagged out, but not in a gay way (either meaning)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2021 11:02 PM (ynpvh)
I can hear the deranged anti gunners anti freedom harpies shouting for more gun control.
Posted by: Floridachick keep praying and MAGA on at March 16, 2021 11:02 PM (XvEl1)
What happens if you're at your friends, and they have new furniture and carpet and accessories, and you say approvingly "Wow! This looks great. Those curtains are really gay!"
The oroblem then, is an argument whether "gay" is meant derogatorily or not? So the question again becomes who gets to decide whether something is "offensive"? Or worse, deemed as "hate"?
Well, this (in theory) spoken at the wrong time, could get you fired from your job. Yet this is using the word as in the original or intended meaning.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 16, 2021 11:02 PM (v6Osy)
Posted by: ... at March 16, 2021 11:02 PM (Sq5xa)
That is indeed exactly what they're going to do. Pretend it doesn't exist, and anyone who says so is a conspiracy loon. They'll rejigger all the indexes to make inflation be some reasonable value and pretend it's true.
Paul Volcker kill the 70s inflation. Remember those ~20% interest rates? That was killing inflation.
They can't do that now. First, 20% interest rates would destroy the federal govt ($27T in debt total). And it would also destroy the Fed itself.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 16, 2021 11:03 PM (Mzdiz)
Well, it sounds like you have stood by your friend wonderfully and I am sorry she called you names. I think people can take it out on others when they're in pain.
I am glad you are going to the Teas MoMe.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 16, 2021 11:03 PM (VP4Cd)
Posted by: irongrampa at March 16, 2021 11:03 PM (KATBx)
Posted by: Bt Order of Dr. "Big Tony" Fauci at March 16, 2021 11:03 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at March 16, 2021 10:55 PM (jQwrQ)
Perhaps FS needs to take her friend to the Brought To You location.....
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 16, 2021 10:56 PM (aA3+G)
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Splendid idea!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at March 16, 2021 11:03 PM (jQwrQ)
Slave!
Slave!
Say it again!
Slave!
Posted by: Flyover at March 16, 2021 10:59 PM (Rbu5d)
Some of the clubs at my High School had slave sales to raise money. I guess you CAN'T do that anymore.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2021 11:03 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Gaius Julius Caesar at March 16, 2021 10:49 PM
How did you decide which of the three parties in Gaul every night to go to?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 16, 2021 11:03 PM (DMUuz)
Or fake sneeze. That sends my cats for cover.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 16, 2021 11:03 PM (LNVrA)
Posted by: Iggycaster at March 16, 2021 11:04 PM (+UuBH)
Posted by: buzzion at March 16, 2021 11:00 PM (vMCab)
Which actor plays the bear? Rosie O'Donnel?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2021 11:04 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: jim
Well he was a lumberjack and that's okay.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2021 11:04 PM (Rvt88)
Posted by: qdpsteve
It's a dill-do!
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at March 16, 2021 11:04 PM (G9i4R)
Posted by: The Flintstones' Theme at March 16, 2021 11:04 PM (5ZHS+)
Or fake sneeze. That sends my cats for cover.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 16, 2021 11:03 PM (LNVrA)
Or a S&W BodyGuard .380.
Oooops did I write that outloud?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 16, 2021 11:04 PM (aA3+G)
They can live on that and come up with cash to pay for whatever security they need.
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at March 16, 2021 11:05 PM (J9vKd)
I can hear the deranged anti gunners anti freedom harpies shouting for more gun control.
Posted by: Floridachick keep praying and MAGA on at March 16, 2021 11:02 PM (XvEl1
A pedestrian was hit by a bus today. Ban busses!
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 16, 2021 11:05 PM (LNVrA)
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What is that, a hickory shampoo, cement shoes, a one way ride to somewhere in NJ?
Posted by: dartist at March 16, 2021 11:05 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: Puddleglum at March 16, 2021 10:16 PM (1NY5O)
Our stupidest chicken is smarter than LeMon.
My lemon tree is smarter than LeMon.
Posted by: Flyover at March 16, 2021 11:05 PM (Rbu5d)
Posted by: The Curve at March 16, 2021 11:05 PM (K88hc)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 16, 2021 11:03 PM (Mzdiz)
That tornadic sucking sound you would hear would be the stock market collapsing
Posted by: kbdabear at March 16, 2021 11:05 PM (qAR6u)
Posted by: qdpsteve
It's a dill-do!
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at March 16, 2021 11:04 PM (G9i4R)
That's a good one. I laughed.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at March 16, 2021 11:05 PM (hKTv8)
Clip of Ace on Fox News:
https://bit.ly/3rWmCDs
Posted by: screaming in digital
He said it was "the blogger from the Ace of Spades website."
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 16, 2021 11:05 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 16, 2021 11:05 PM (OU+8W)
Thanks. I appreciate that.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 16, 2021 11:05 PM (VP4Cd)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2021 11:05 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: banana Dream at March 16, 2021 11:01 PM (Cr3F1)
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If he doesn't the IRS goons will tell YouTube to kick him off and YouTube will happily comply.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at March 16, 2021 11:06 PM (ZQTJZ)
Posted by: Emmie at March 16, 2021 11:06 PM (ofYez)
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at March 16, 2021 11:06 PM (YynYJ)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 16, 2021 11:05 PM (OU+8W)
Please attend. You won't regret it.
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at March 16, 2021 11:06 PM (TdMsT)
Oooops did I write that outloud?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 16, 2021 11:04 PM (aA3+G
But then you have to clean the walls and ceiling.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 16, 2021 11:06 PM (LNVrA)
Posted by: jim
Well he was a lumberjack and that's okay.
Posted by: TonyPete at March 16, 2021 11:04 PM (Rvt8
Well, as long as he's not pining for the fjords...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2021 11:07 PM (ynpvh)
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Great Song. This was our selection for our first dance as mr. and mrs. Swingin' (25 years this June, for those scoring at home). Fond memories of a younger Holly Hunter in a tight white dress probably had a little something with me picking that song. Anyhoo, was torn between the version from the [i\Always soundtrack and the original. Might have mashed the two versions together if we had today's technology in '96. As it was, went with the original.
Posted by: Swingin' for the downs at March 16, 2021 11:07 PM (WBSnr)
Posted by: Jean at March 16, 2021 11:07 PM (6FIjy)
Yup, and all the rightful complains do nothing to ease the control the communist slavemasters have over them. The progressives that control the EU and the UN treat Cuban dissidents as less than humans.
Posted by: Floridachick keep praying and MAGA on at March 16, 2021 11:07 PM (XvEl1)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
The Belgae had less Euro-Weenie-Disco
Had to teach the Gaulish chicks about leg-shaving
Posted by: Gaius Julius Caesar Miklosius at March 16, 2021 11:07 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Grail Knight at March 16, 2021 11:07 PM (ybIRR)
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at March 16, 2021 11:06 PM (YynYJ)
Yeah, good stuff. Good news is hard to come by.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 16, 2021 11:07 PM (WsidB)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 16, 2021 10:56 PM (aA3+G)
I'm sorry; I don't understand what that means.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 16, 2021 11:08 PM (VP4Cd)
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What is that, a hickory shampoo, cement shoes, a one way ride to somewhere in NJ?
Posted by: dartist at March 16, 2021 11:05 PM (+ya+t)
Don't forget the fish therapy.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2021 11:08 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 16, 2021 11:05 PM (OU+8W)
Go, please. You will enjoy the camaraderie.
Posted by: Emmie at March 16, 2021 11:08 PM (ofYez)
Posted by: Emmie at March 16, 2021 11:06 PM (ofYez)
No. The ungrateful (light in the) loaf(ers) accepted it on ace's behalf.
He has also since lived up fully to his moniker.
Posted by: buzzion at March 16, 2021 11:08 PM (vMCab)
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What is that, a hickory shampoo, cement shoes, a one way ride to somewhere in NJ?
Posted by: dartist at March 16, 2021 11:05 PM (+ya+t)
Lol. It's a urban myth that if you want your car to start running better, you should drive it hard. High revs and high heat. Supposed to fix seals and clean off valves. Prolly horseshit.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 16, 2021 11:08 PM (LNVrA)
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at March 16, 2021 11:08 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at March 16, 2021 11:06 PM (YynYJ)
Yeah, good stuff. Good news is hard to come by.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 16, 2021 11:07 PM (WsidB)
Amen. Congratulations!
Posted by: Darrell Harris at March 16, 2021 11:08 PM (hKTv8)
Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2021 11:08 PM (Rvt88)
They'll do what they do everytime a D is in the WH. Separate core inflation from "volatile fuel, food, and housing prices". They index it to the price of wide-screen TV's and cell phones from Walmart
Posted by: kbdabear at March 16, 2021 11:09 PM (qAR6u)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 16, 2021 11:09 PM (OU+8W)
Posted by: Fred G. Sanford, hear me Lizbeth at March 16, 2021 11:09 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at March 16, 2021 11:09 PM (YynYJ)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at March 16, 2021 11:09 PM (G9i4R)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia
Slave sales were a good money raiser for sororities at my college. They would get fraternity volunteers to be the slaves.
Posted by: Beartooth at March 16, 2021 11:09 PM (ZN7T5)
Oooops did I write that outloud?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 16, 2021 11:04 PM (aA3+G
But then you have to clean the walls and ceiling.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 16, 2021 11:06 PM (LNVrA)
Details.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 16, 2021 11:09 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Floridachick keep praying and MAGA on at March 16, 2021 11:10 PM (XvEl1)
Posted by: BifBewalski - planning at March 16, 2021 11:10 PM (VcFUs)
Posted by: Emmie
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Found this one of Gabriel Malor accepting an award on Ace's behalf:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJJotGlHaHI
Posted by: screaming in digital at March 16, 2021 11:10 PM (kTRt4)
That is indeed exactly what they're going to do. Pretend it doesn't exist, and anyone who says so is a conspiracy loon. They'll rejigger all the indexes to make inflation be some reasonable value and pretend it's true.
Paul Volcker kill the 70s inflation. Remember those ~20% interest rates? That was killing inflation.
They can't do that now. First, 20% interest rates would destroy the federal govt ($27T in debt total). And it would also destroy the Fed itself.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 16, 2021 11:03 PM (Mzdiz)
You say that like it's a bad thing.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 16, 2021 11:10 PM (b8eqQ)
You know that's a really great point.
A very very obvious one, but I've never been one to be able to articulate some things very well. Hardly anyone else is either, apparently for that matter.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 16, 2021 11:10 PM (v6Osy)
Oooops did I write that outloud?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
But then you have to clean the walls and ceiling.
Posted by: AlaBAMA
It's easier to just move.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2021 11:10 PM (Rvt88)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2021 11:05 PM
Yep... Our work here is done!
Posted by: Zettai at March 16, 2021 11:10 PM (iOxrB)
There are so many introverts in the Horde that you'll fit right in at the MoMe.
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at March 16, 2021 11:10 PM (YynYJ)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm
Man, are YOU in luck!
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at March 16, 2021 11:11 PM (oT0A6)
We do not agree on politics and when she raises it and I disagree, I'm the problem.
Eh, the last surgery is outpatient and minor.
I'm there for support and to ensure the staff doesn't try to kill her.
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at March 16, 2021 11:11 PM (z985I)
Posted by: callsign claymore at March 16, 2021 11:11 PM (K88hc)
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward
We can all be alone together?
Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2021 11:12 PM (Rvt88)
Wasn't a girl.
Name was "Padraic," which Anglicized, turned into "Patrick."
It's "St. Paddy."
Posted by: Flyover at March 16, 2021 11:12 PM (Rbu5d)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 16, 2021 11:13 PM (LNVrA)
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist
Is ellipse now in charge of hiring?
My CV is impressive, but you may need Google Translate or similar
Posted by: Miklos, really the best, the best like you wouldn't believe at March 16, 2021 11:13 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia
Slave sales were a good money raiser for sororities at my college. They would get fraternity volunteers to be the slaves.
Posted by: Beartooth at March 16, 2021 11:09 PM (ZN7T5)
I'd would rather buy a sorority girl...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2021 11:14 PM (ynpvh)
Lol. It's a urban myth that if you want your car to start running better, you should drive it hard. High revs and high heat. Supposed to fix seals and clean off valves. Prolly horseshit.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 16, 2021 11:08 PM (LNVrA)
The obd2 system needs a 3/4 throttle for 45 seconds at least every 45-60 days, or it settles in to a mode that doesn't use the higher end rpm, even when you force it there, then it goes into a brain damaged 'safe' mode that limits your power and efficiency.
Posted by: BifBewalski - axuallly at March 16, 2021 11:14 PM (VcFUs)
Posted by: Tonypete
There's a George Thorogood song there someplace.
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at March 16, 2021 11:14 PM (oT0A6)
And then a labrador or golden retriever runs out onto the field, and we're all like "Oh, look at you! Aren't you beautiful! And--is this your favorite toy? Of course I'll throw it!"
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 16, 2021 11:14 PM (OU+8W)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at March 16, 2021 11:15 PM (G9i4R)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 16, 2021 11:15 PM (JZT2F)
At least it would give people a laugh. Most people are united in disliking Meghan.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 16, 2021 11:15 PM (VP4Cd)
Posted by: publius, Rascally
So.
Publius DOES have silver dimes built into the foundation of the House back behind the Other House
Posted by: Miklos, and who doesn't? at March 16, 2021 11:15 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at March 16, 2021 11:16 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 16, 2021 11:16 PM (PUmDY)
I'm going. I'm the introverts introvert.
I am promised it'll be a great time and as a Horde member you will be welcome.
Besides, Jordan told me she was a great bacon wench.
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at March 16, 2021 11:16 PM (z985I)
Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2021 11:17 PM (Rvt88)
At least it would give people a laugh. Most people are united in disliking Meghan.
Posted by: FenlonSpoke at March 16, 2021 11:15 PM (VP4Cd)
That could also work for Meghan McCain...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2021 11:17 PM (ynpvh)
and I have an all day outing tomorrow with a new friend. The outing,
which may be an emotional one for me, is to the small town where my
husband and I raised our children. We are meeting some of my old
friends there. Thanks.
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist
Done.
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at March 16, 2021 11:17 PM (oT0A6)
Posted by: callsign claymore at March 16, 2021 11:17 PM (K88hc)
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at March 16, 2021 11:16 PM (TdMsT
A prayer it is, then.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 16, 2021 11:17 PM (LNVrA)
https://bit.ly/3rWmCDs
Posted by: screaming in digital
He said it was "the blogger from the Ace of Spades website."
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 16, 2021 11:05 PM
I thought the Ewokian references were just something that got made up and ran with.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 16, 2021 11:17 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 16, 2021 11:18 PM (OU+8W)
I think Pecos Bill had Slue-Foot Sue, but I'm not remembering a gf for Paul.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 16, 2021 11:18 PM (JZT2F)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 16, 2021 11:18 PM (PUmDY)
Posted by: Floridachick keep praying and MAGA on at March 16, 2021 11:10 PM (XvEl1)
When Ben Had says it is.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 16, 2021 11:18 PM (lZoX3)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 16, 2021 11:18 PM (EZebt)
I think Pecos Bill had Slue-Foot Sue, but I'm not remembering a gf for Paul.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 16, 2021 11:18 PM (JZT2F
I think he was a big fan of oxen.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 16, 2021 11:19 PM (LNVrA)
Hoping you get some good rest soon.
Melatonin is a big help for me.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 16, 2021 11:19 PM (JZT2F)
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, not one dime, not one vote at March 16, 2021 11:19 PM (z985I)
Posted by: screaming in digital at March 16, 2021 11:19 PM (kTRt4)
Make new memories tomorrow.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 16, 2021 11:19 PM (sd8p8)
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Had an opposite experience. Old beer drinking buddy came over. No masks, shook my hand like a man and drank a few beers. Doesn't sound like much but I had a good time. Didn't get sick.
Posted by: dartist at March 16, 2021 11:19 PM (+ya+t)
Not necessarily - obviously interest rates "can't" rise. Or at least nobody is going to raise them. "Tall Paul" Volcker is dead. Even nominal rates of 4 to 6 percent would nuke gubbmint finances and consume everything they take in just to make interest payments on the debt. Or at least that's what it seemed like out here in the cheap seats 10 or 20 years ago.
Maybe things have improved since then? The way I heard it put they can save the dollar or they can save the markets, but they can't save both.
That has an intuitive sense. That's what Volcker did, save the dollar. It was painful and caused recession and layoffs and huge dislocation to our economy. Zimbabwe stock market has done well I betcha - but it is denominated, the unit of account, is trash.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 16, 2021 11:19 PM (v6Osy)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
Yeah, the Babe relationship was never discussed in polite society.
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at March 16, 2021 11:19 PM (oT0A6)
I think Pecos Bill had Slue-Foot Sue, but I'm not remembering a gf for Paul.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
Could be - there was a gal in college whose nickname was Babe the Blew Ox.
She was sturdily built.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2021 11:20 PM (Rvt88)
Posted by: Trigglypuff at March 16, 2021 11:20 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Zettai at March 16, 2021 11:20 PM (iOxrB)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at March 16, 2021 11:21 PM (jQwrQ)
Posted by: callsign claymore at March 16, 2021 11:21 PM (K88hc)
Posted by: Beartooth at March 16, 2021 11:09 PM (ZN7T5)
I'd would rather buy a sorority girl...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March
Actually, the little sisters at my fraternity sold themselves to raise money. They would clean rooms or cars and such.
Posted by: Beartooth at March 16, 2021 11:21 PM (ZN7T5)
And it is delicious to watch the left eat its own.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at March 16, 2021 11:21 PM (ZQTJZ)
Hoping you get some good rest soon.
Melatonin is a big help for me.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 16, 2021 11:19 PM (JZT2F
Also try valerian root. Smells like funky feet but it works wonders for helping me sleep.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 16, 2021 11:21 PM (LNVrA)
a school of fish
a murder of crows
a nag of karens
a wallflower of introverts
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at March 16, 2021 11:22 PM (G9i4R)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin, clinging bitterly to a deplorable life
Yes. Valley of the Sunstroke. Grocery stores. Haven't been to Petsmart yet.
Posted by: Adriane the Cynical Critic ... at March 16, 2021 11:22 PM (LPnfS)
Posted by: BifBewalski - prayers at March 16, 2021 11:22 PM (VcFUs)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 16, 2021 11:07 PM (WsidB)
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at March 16, 2021 11:08 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at March 16, 2021 11:08 PM (hKTv
Thanks guys! It's not final yet but definitely looking very good. And Lord knows I wouldn't have said anything if it wasn't.
But this is like powers that be reshuffling shit for me stuff. So yeah, like a lightning bolt out of the blue. Waiting on a number at this point.
Posted by: ... at March 16, 2021 11:22 PM (Sq5xa)
At least until the 'ettes get a little likkered up and the dancing starts.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 16, 2021 11:22 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Beartooth
Gonna need more info on the "and such."
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at March 16, 2021 11:23 PM (oT0A6)
An old friend, libertarian, solid dude from Big Sky country, has gone all in on masks.
Last guy you'd expect to be assimilated into the Borg.
Posted by: callsign claymore at March 16, 2021 11:23 PM (K88hc)
Sweet dreams.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 16, 2021 11:23 PM (sd8p8)
Posted by: ... at March 16, 2021 11:24 PM (Sq5xa)
Slips a Xanax ladder through the USB port for Ladyl...
Posted by: Zettai at March 16, 2021 11:20 PM (iOxrB)
I'd kill for a Xanax right now.
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at March 16, 2021 11:24 PM (TdMsT)
day outing tomorrow with a new friend. The outing, which may be an
emotional one for me, is to the small town where my husband and I raised
our children. We are meeting some of my old friends there. Thanks.
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6 nights is too many girl. Find something to knock yourself out with.
Posted by: dartist at March 16, 2021 11:24 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 16, 2021 11:24 PM (hVqGz)
Posted by: ... at March 16, 2021 11:25 PM (Sq5xa)
At least until the 'ettes get a little likkered up and the dancing starts.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
I have a boot.
The other one went missing, somehow.
Bet that happens a lot at TXMoMe.
Posted by: Miklos, doing an awkward but authentic two-step at March 16, 2021 11:25 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at March 16, 2021 11:24 PM (TdMsT)
That was my other advice.
Posted by: ... at March 16, 2021 11:25 PM (Sq5xa)
I will pray for you. Not sleeping is hard. I find that a melatonin and an advil PM but I don't take the advil all the time. The other thing I do is deep breathing while saying a breath prayer-anything peaceful and calming from the psalms said repeatedly with eyes closed.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 16, 2021 11:25 PM (VP4Cd)
ZIRP and financial repression were unthinkable before they became policy.
Enormous federal fiscal dysfunction/deficits have, as you said, made it impossible to see how rates could be allowed to rise. It would instantly consume the entire budget.
Some friends have asked me what I think/expect, and I answer "I have no idea - we've been off any map I could read for years now". Equity markets can be sustained, if not indefinitely, then much longer than I ever thought, already, by money creation. One thing is clear - if we get away with what's been going on/will now go on, worse - then really all policy guidelines, even common sense, are simply rendered meaningless. No need to even think of spending and revenue in the same general thought.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 16, 2021 11:26 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: browndog at March 16, 2021 11:26 PM (BgMrQ)
*salute!*
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 16, 2021 10:19
Good for him, understood he has to do what is best for him and his famiy at this point. Bad for us US citizens that will have a crappier military.
Posted by: Farmer at March 16, 2021 11:26 PM (55Qr6)
Posted by: buzzion at March 16, 2021 11:08 PM (vMCab)
Ah. I remembered it backwards.
Posted by: Emmie at March 16, 2021 11:26 PM (ofYez)
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at March 16, 2021 11:26 PM (YynYJ)
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist
That's more 'roid rage but I'll allow it.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 16, 2021 11:26 PM (Rvt88)
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at March 16, 2021 11:26 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 16, 2021 11:18 PM
No commament.
''''''''''''''''
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 16, 2021 11:26 PM (DMUuz)
COVID -19 psyop measures have harmed everyone. Lot of twitchy folks.
Worst run-in I had on this site was over the mRna drugs.
Posted by: callsign claymore at March 16, 2021 11:26 PM (K88hc)
May you all have wondrous sleep, especially LadyL who hasn't seen it in too long.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 16, 2021 11:27 PM (OU+8W)
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I think even more so of "All I want to do is make...". Nope. Nope. Don't even wanna finish typing it, I hate it so much. I love Nancy though. Could listen to her prelude to "Crazy on You" all night long.
Posted by: Swingin' for the downs at March 16, 2021 11:27 PM (WBSnr)
Posted by: Beartooth
Gonna need more info on the "and such."
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at March 16
A gentleman never tells. Fortunately, I'm not a gentleman. There was some staged sales so they could hook up. The sale was cover for some girl or boy friend to have relations with someone other than their own girl or boy friend. *Waggles eye brows*
Posted by: Beartooth at March 16, 2021 11:27 PM (ZN7T5)
Posted by: Notsothoreau
In the kitchen, where the real party happens anyway.
Posted by: Miklos was invited to a party once at March 16, 2021 11:27 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 16, 2021 11:27 PM (b8eqQ)
Posted by: Mike Fink at March 16, 2021 11:28 PM (JZT2F)
https://bit.ly/38NX6c0
(incorrectly identifies Ace as accepting the blogger of the year award in person...)
Posted by: screaming in digital at March 16, 2021 11:29 PM (kTRt4)
Posted by: Beartooth
In New Orleans, we just blamed it on rain and flooding.
Posted by: Miklos, honest as a Martian Day is long at March 16, 2021 11:29 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 16, 2021 11:29 PM (mht8P)
The other one went missing, somehow.
Bet that happens a lot at TXMoMe.
Posted by: Miklos
I would imagine it beats waking up in a tree, wearing a lampshade and no pants.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at March 16, 2021 11:29 PM (G9i4R)
Posted by: Zombie Murdered Paul Bunyan's Girlfriend at March 16, 2021 11:30 PM (5ZHS+)
Posted by: screaming in digital at March 16, 2021 11:30 PM (kTRt4)
I will pray for you. Not sleeping is hard. I find that a melatonin and an advil PM but I don't take the advil all the time. The other thing I do is deep breathing while saying a breath prayer-anything peaceful and calming from the psalms said repeatedly with eyes closed.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 16, 2021 11:25 PM (VP4Cd)
I've tried everything. I'm ready to lose my mind.
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at March 16, 2021 11:30 PM (TdMsT)
Posted by: Sandy at March 16, 2021 11:30 PM (fLVm1)
https://bit.ly/3rWmCDs
Never pictured Ace with that much hair. It was a while back.
Posted by: Javems at March 16, 2021 11:31 PM (8SSHh)
Posted by: Julius Caeser at March 16, 2021 11:33 PM (fLVm1)
Posted by: Sandy Ocasio-Cortez constituents at March 16, 2021 11:34 PM (QzkSJ)
Government injecting digibucks into millions of accounts today. Apparently. Already, a family of four was killed by a spouse or boyfriend or golly knows what over an argument or dispute about splitting up this $1400; suspect is in custody.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 16, 2021 11:34 PM (v6Osy)
https://bit.ly/38NX6c0
(incorrectly identifies Ace as accepting the blogger of the year award in person...)
Posted by: screaming in digital at March 16, 2021 11:29 PM (kTRt4)
Pretty sure he spoke at CPAC one year. Gabe accepting the award on his behalf came later. So he might have won it more than once?
Posted by: buzzion at March 16, 2021 11:34 PM (vMCab)
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at March 16, 2021 11:30 PM
A long, warm bath with candles, a glass of box wine, and a smutty novel??
Posted by: Zettai at March 16, 2021 11:34 PM (iOxrB)
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Put a little something in your tea and honey or skip them and just have a little something. Not being able to sleep sucks, I know.
Posted by: dartist at March 16, 2021 11:35 PM (+ya+t)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin, clinging bitterly to a deplorable life at March 16, 2021 10:27
Now that you say that, certain brands were out at Walmart last time I was there. Krogers today was also out of certain brands.
Cat food has gone up in the last few yrs. I don't believe the official inflation rates. They are rigged BS.
Posted by: Farmer at March 16, 2021 11:36 PM (55Qr6)
Posted by: Javems
No shot of feet
Unconvinced
Posted by: Miklos, former purveyor of "news" at March 16, 2021 11:36 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: rhomboid at March 16, 2021 11:26 PM (OTzUX)
rhomboid, we've discussed this before. At this point, you don't have to be faster than the bear, just faster than your buddy. So long as the US is still the safe haven for the world's capital, we continue to be able to finance unthinkable deficits by printing money, because the global demand for our money covers the difference. The only answer is inflation, which I have thought is inevitable for 20 years, yet we still don't see it the way we should be seeing it. The 10 year Treasury yield is 1.62 percent, which is hardly a signal of galloping inflation. We're far beyond the point of no return, but we still muddle on.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at March 16, 2021 11:36 PM (BMmaB)
Posted by: BifBewalski - planning at March 16, 2021 11:10 PM (VcFUs)
Big, if you decide to go through NW Arkansas after all, please feel free to look us up. We will be moved by then.
Posted by: Emmie at March 16, 2021 11:36 PM (ofYez)
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at March 16, 2021 11:30 PM (TdMsT)
Have you tried *everything*???
Posted by: ... at March 16, 2021 11:36 PM (Sq5xa)
Posted by: Floridachick keep praying and MAGA on at March 16, 2021 11:10 PM (XvEl1)
October 22 and 23, per... last night... or maybe the night before...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at March 16, 2021 11:36 PM (b8eqQ)
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 16, 2021 11:37 PM (U2p+3)
It's rarely in the second place you look.
Call it Luck
Posted by: Miklosian Fortunes, Cookies at March 16, 2021 11:37 PM (QzkSJ)
Someone writing something like you quoted is, simply, stupid. Or has been on an island without comms for 20 years.
Mitch and the Beltway GOP have joined most of the rest of the institutions and culture as immersed in unwitting self-parody. To pretend to "threaten" things that voters have voted for dozens of times, and which should have been attempted (thereby "politicizing" them, meaning unseat many Dems and a few GOP), and which were most of the reason Trump was elected (and was ready to act on) .....
Earlier today ace referred to the half of the GOP base that's so clueless that Mitch's absurd behavior might appeal to them. I fear it's a lot, lot, lot bigger than half. Most people are shielded from direct, immediate damage as that caused by almost everything the racist-totalitarians implement. They are useless as citizens, being hapless slowly boiling frogs.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 16, 2021 11:38 PM (OTzUX)
Newspeak.
There is a reason I bought a "1984" patch to wear on my compulsory face diaper.
Posted by: JM in Florida at March 16, 2021 11:38 PM (HCeRP)
Trying logging off the computer. As you know the light can interfere with sleep. Then try saying, "My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. " in the dark in your bed.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 16, 2021 11:39 PM (VP4Cd)
No no no ... You're asking the wrong question. Monetary Inflation is WAY higher than 1.62 percent.
The question is, how do they get away with this? I suppose, like everything else, because they can, because, who is going to stop them?
Posted by: Common Tater at March 16, 2021 11:39 PM (v6Osy)
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 16, 2021 11:39 PM (PUmDY)
A long, warm bath with candles, a glass of box wine, and a smutty novel??
Posted by: Zettai at March 16, 2021 11:34 PM (iOxrB)
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Pffft.
Overrated.
Posted by: Socrates at March 16, 2021 11:39 PM (fLVm1)
Posted by: Zettai
Works for me
Posted by: Miklos with the Statistical Economic Abstract Q4 2020 at March 16, 2021 11:40 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: dartist at March 16, 2021 11:40 PM (+ya+t)
https://bit.ly/3rWmCDs
Never pictured Ace with that much hair. It was a while back.
Posted by: Javems at March 16, 2021 11:31 PM (8SSHh)
That's exactly what I thought ace looked like. I must have seen that clip or some other sighting years ago.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at March 16, 2021 11:41 PM (BMmaB)
Posted by: buzzion
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Yep, I think you're right... sorry about that!
https://washex.am/3bW87tQ
Posted by: screaming in digital at March 16, 2021 11:41 PM (kTRt4)
Posted by: Zettai at March 16, 2021 11:34 PM (iOxrB)
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Pffft.
Overrated.
Posted by: Socrates
Speak for...your...se
Posted by: Petronius Niger at March 16, 2021 11:41 PM (QzkSJ)
A long, warm bath with candles, a glass of box wine, and a smutty novel??
Posted by: Zettai at March 16, 2021 11:34 PM (iOxrB)
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It was a good deal, Frankie Five Angels.
Oh. As long as you open your veins.
Posted by: Tom Hagen at March 16, 2021 11:41 PM (fLVm1)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 16, 2021 11:42 PM (VP4Cd)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShHDj0q-SIo
Posted by: Corner Stone at March 16, 2021 11:42 PM (uh5kC)
Obviously only being the world's reserve currency, as well as the currency of many major commodities and sub-markets, has enabled this degree of reckless idiocy.
Some may find it ironic, but if the EU had amounted to anything, specifically if the Euro had amounted to anything, it would have been the best thing to happen to the US since winning WWII. But alas, the Euroweenies are even (generally) *more* irresponsible and incompetent than Americans, so, no dice. No competition, no check on our money keyboards.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 16, 2021 11:42 PM (OTzUX)
No no no ... You're asking the wrong question. Monetary Inflation is WAY higher than 1.62 percent.
The question is, how do they get away with this? I suppose, like everything else, because they can, because, who is going to stop them?
Posted by: Common Tater at March 16, 2021 11:39 PM (v6Osy)
Well, no, it's not, because if inflation were more than 1.62 percent, then we would be talking negative real interest rates on T-bonds, which is absurd. You can't get a more clear monetary measure than the Treasury rate.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at March 16, 2021 11:43 PM (BMmaB)
Posted by: SFGoth at March 16, 2021 11:43 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at March 16, 2021 11:45 PM (ZQTJZ)
The lovely and long-suffering Mrs Z uses herbal tea: "Cup O' Calm" -- Or, as I'm wont to call it, "Cup O' Calm Down!
Posted by: Zettai at March 16, 2021 11:45 PM (iOxrB)
that is the role of the fed reserve, stable dollar, their "mandate". But Greenspan got sucked in, despite hollering about "irrational exuberance" in '94 or so, he did the political order of the day ... always more easy money. ... Monetary policy and military policy became about protecting (globalist) markets ... Plandemic has pushed us into some insane dystopia ... except we are still functional. --
In a sense it is "communism" by fiat currency ... if the fed reserve is not already buying stocks, they are at least buying the bonds to support the zombies, and throwing trillions into the hands of the billionaires to "prop up markets" while "murdering" the private/small business. ... DeepState seems to be satisfied with telling us ... "hey, we run things, we wanted to keep you guessing, but Trump forced us to reveal we are your owners".
Posted by: illiniwek at March 16, 2021 11:47 PM (Cus5s)
Posted by: Mike Fink at March 16, 2021 11:47 PM (JZT2F)
The question is, how do they get away with this? I suppose, like everything else, because they can, because, who is going to stop them?
Posted by: Common Tater
The Mac n' Cheese powder rations have ben increased from 13.5 to 12.5 ounces
Posted by: Miklos, not going metric at March 16, 2021 11:47 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Zettai at March 16, 2021 11:45 PM (iOxrB)
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The ever-resilient Mrs. Cicero frequently offers a soothing cup of STFU. Maybe I should partake more often.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 16, 2021 11:48 PM (fLVm1)
Posted by: Mike Fink
Jagged stones.
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at March 16, 2021 11:49 PM (oT0A6)
Posted by: MAxIE at March 16, 2021 11:49 PM (dVkJu)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at March 16, 2021 11:45 PM (ZQTJZ)
Exactly. The world is still buying into America because we're the only game in town big enough to absorb the world's savings. Trump deserves a lot of the credit, but not all of it. Some of the credit goes to the rest of the world being a terrible place to invest, by comparison.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at March 16, 2021 11:49 PM (BMmaB)
I guess everything is alright now.
Posted by: DB- just DB at March 16, 2021 10:31
We are living in crazy times. The Dems spend 1.9 Billion for chinese flu relief and 9% is relayed to the cninese flu.
I think w/ this latest payment I've gotten back more than we pd in taxes. How does this work when I'm part of the 50% that actually pay taxes?
Posted by: Farmer at March 16, 2021 11:49 PM (55Qr6)
Posted by: yop at March 16, 2021 11:50 PM (V0Ztm)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at March 16, 2021 11:50 PM (ZQTJZ)
Posted by: Farmer at March 16, 2021 11:49 PM (55Qr6)
As rhomboid lamented above, the two things (taxing and spending) are completely disconnected now.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at March 16, 2021 11:51 PM (BMmaB)
They "print" money at will, or borrow it into existence more accurately.
But the interest rates are set or guided by what they claim they are, no? So they "print" the interest rates too?
What I don't understand is why or how all this money doesn't return to the US at some point. The old saying in the 70s was "It's our dollar, but it's your problem.", something like that.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 16, 2021 11:51 PM (v6Osy)
The malaise almost certain to result from the idiocy of the idiots now in charge, probably resembling 2009-2016, could provide a blanket of awful things that nonetheless keep inflation at bay.
Slack demand (both consumer and capital). Absolutely no upward pressure in labor markets (unskilled and semi-skilled have suffered a holocaust, which will be prolonged with open borders, and H-1Bs will help suppress any pressure in higher-end labor markets). Regulatory torpor. What a pathetic country.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 16, 2021 11:51 PM (OTzUX)
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By reputation, Napoleon was able to grab a catnap at the most unlikely of times, including during an incoming artillery barrage.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 16, 2021 11:52 PM (fLVm1)
I think w/ this latest payment I've gotten back more than we pd in taxes. How does this work when I'm part of the 50% that actually pay taxes?
Posted by: Farmer at March 16, 2021 11:49 PM (55Qr6)
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I got $0 in checks. And I paid a fuckton more than $0 in taxes.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at March 16, 2021 11:52 PM (ZQTJZ)
Posted by: Mike Fink at March 16, 2021 11:53 PM (JZT2F)
We've gotten away with all this because we're the world's reserve currency. (The WWII guys set this up when we were king after WWII -- smartguys). That's what allows to get away with this shit. It can't last forever.
Speaking of the relatively low current yield on the 10 yr. Who is the biggest single holder of US debt? Why, the Fed. The printing presses. They have been distorting the market there big time.
As inflation kicks in, the natural response would be for the market to kick those rates up. But the Fed can keep the down. And it will. It will not them shoot up (again, destroy the federal govt and destroy their own bloated balance sheet). The printing press will keep the yield curve where they want it.
Inflation will get worse and worse, and they'll keep on as if nothing is wrong.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 16, 2021 11:53 PM (Mzdiz)
They "print" money at will, or borrow it into existence more accurately.
But the interest rates are set or guided by what they claim they are, no? So they "print" the interest rates too?
What I don't understand is why or how all this money doesn't return to the US at some point. The old saying in the 70s was "It's our dollar, but it's your problem.", something like that.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 16, 2021 11:51 PM (v6Osy)
It's 1.62 percent each year for the next 10 years. Your last comment hit the nail on the head. The reason we aren't having the kind of inflation we should be having is because the rest of the world is buying into America a lot more than we are buying into the rest of the world. We can be idiots and get away with it, at least for now.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at March 16, 2021 11:54 PM (BMmaB)
Posted by: rhomboid at March 16, 2021 11:51 PM (OTzUX)
I don't think that was the line.
Posted by: Yakov Smirnoff at March 16, 2021 11:55 PM (uEbPt)
Posted by: Mike Fink at March 16, 2021 11:47 PM (JZT2F)
Alumna Craft 17' I need a new canoe
The last one sank with all the caliibers
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 16, 2021 11:55 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon
We're "too big to fail."
Until we do.
Posted by: mikeski at March 16, 2021 11:55 PM (P1f+c)
Posted by: rhomboid
I did my economics studies at Karl Marx U
Never expected to actually have to know or use that crap.
Perhaps my time has come.
Posted by: Miklos, aspiring Nomenklatura-rapper at March 16, 2021 11:56 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 16, 2021 11:56 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: ... at March 16, 2021 11:57 PM (uEbPt)
Because they're rather hold on to our semi-worthless imaginary pieces of paper with pictures of dead politicians on them than their own totally worthless imaginary pieces of paper with pictures of dead politicians on them.
This can go on for quite a while, obviously, until one day it can't.
But what other options do they have that's safer? The yuan? No one's dumb enough to trust their assets to the ChiComs long-term. The euro was the closest contender, but the PIIGS put the kibosh on that.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 16, 2021 11:57 PM (JZT2F)
Posted by: Couch Fucker at March 16, 2021 11:57 PM (KnJdm)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 16, 2021 11:58 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at March 16, 2021 11:59 PM (ZQTJZ)
Posted by: SFGoth at March 16, 2021 11:59 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 16, 2021 11:57 PM (JZT2F)
I can't wait for my $20 Harriet Tubman. I hope they get that picture of her with the scarf on her head totin' a pistol ready to whup ass.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at March 16, 2021 11:59 PM (BMmaB)
Posted by: MAxIE at March 16, 2021 11:49 PM (dVkJu)
I purchased a factory diagnostic manual for my 96 f-150 back in the day. It went into detail, with logic probe test points, on the obd schematic. There is even a 'reset' sequence of specific speeds, durations, and distances, that will put it back into a learning mode. I had an e360? Smart transmission and the two needed to be synchronized or the system got shitty mileage. Like 8mpg shitty. Since i was a radar mechanic, and spent 90% of my time with a logic probe prying through back plane wiring and circuit card baskets, this didnt scare me.
Bottom line. 4x4, 5.8 liter (350, yo), and i got regular 18 mpg at 65 mph. I could tell when it needed its 3/4 throttle because the mpg woukd start dropping down to about 15.
Posted by: BifBewalski - prayers at March 16, 2021 11:59 PM (VcFUs)
Posted by: rhomboid at March 16, 2021 11:59 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: SFGoth at March 16, 2021 11:59 PM (KAi1n)
Well, plus who did Lincoln free?
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at March 17, 2021 12:00 AM (BMmaB)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 17, 2021 12:00 AM (9Om/r)
Also, note that 'large Financial Institutions" have been able to get "money" from the Fed at 0%, and "loan" it to the Treasury at a small interest rate. In banking, it's called the "Spread".
Not much, but over hundreds of billions with little work and no risk, it adds up.
Posted by: Miklos, seen it happen at March 17, 2021 12:01 AM (QzkSJ)
Did anyone NOT catch GEOTUS on Bartiromo earlier this evening? It's worth a listen!
It's always comforting for me to hear his voice...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52jPJtEx-Ec
Posted by: Zettai at March 17, 2021 12:01 AM (iOxrB)
That's happening in the US. Internationally, money is flowing to bonds here because as was mentioned, it is the only safe place. Americans are loading up on stocks and r/e, foreigners are loading up on bonds, mainly US treasuries. So you have low yields and high equity markets.
Posted by: Joe XiDen at March 17, 2021 12:01 AM (ZQTJZ)
Posted by: rhomboid at March 16, 2021 11:51 PM (OTzUX)
Well maybe bathetic.
Posted by: Stonn at March 17, 2021 12:01 AM (4dO7K)
https://tinyurl.com/yj7yuvaz
Posted by: Jose at March 17, 2021 12:01 AM (L9Ewk)
As we crossed the Mississippi to get the part, he told me he was probably responsible for getting the new bridge at Louisiana, MO. He was hauling a fork lift across the old narrow bridge very early, was surprised to see oncoming traffic (not sure if someone was supposed to be stopping traffic on the other side). He tried to get way over, forklift hit a piece of the bridge structure, knocked it off his truck, right onto the oncoming car ... killed the guy (worker at Stark's Nursery, family man).
Posted by: illiniwek at March 17, 2021 12:02 AM (Cus5s)
This is Reserve Bank Credit, the total asset side of their balances (the shit they "buy" to create money against):
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RSBKCRNS
Note this it NOT the monetary base (M0). I'll get that up in a minute.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 17, 2021 12:02 AM (Mzdiz)
There's another reason for the continuing appeal of the USD. Raw power.
As Machiavelli said, gold won't always get you good soldiers, but good soldiers can always get you gold.
Of course, FICUS is busy reviving Gaylord's attempted destruction of the US military as we speak, so who knows how long that's going to last?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 17, 2021 12:02 AM (JZT2F)
do kinda wonder how much genuine infrastructure got neglected due to
paying off bribes to mobster types ... or just union hard ball crooks.
... And now .. we head into that sort of world with mobster Biden and
the stolen election, trillions throw around to ? the wrong people. Lots
of hidden pain and suffering, they don't care.
Posted by: illiniwek at March 17, 2021 12:02 AM (Cus5s)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Three (3) chords are sufficient.
Posted by: Miklos, banging heads as needed at March 17, 2021 12:02 AM (QzkSJ)
OK, so it's 1.62 annually for a 10 year bond? So I buy a $100 bond, after ten years I get my hunnerd bucks back. If I want. Which buys maybe half of what it did.
And they give $16 for the privilege? Which is then taxed.
Dude, I need a bong hit, and I don't even smoke pot!
Posted by: Common Tater at March 17, 2021 12:02 AM (v6Osy)
Posted by: Joe XiDen at March 16, 2021 11:59 PM (ZQTJZ)
Sure it does. If the 10 year bond is 1.62 percent and inflation is 5.62 percent, then that means the real cost of 10 year money to the government is negative 4 percent, meaning that the government charges us 4 percent a year to take our money we lend to it in an environment where it's running massive deficits and has to borrow. That makes no sense at all. The real interest rate has to be positive, so the inflation rate has to be something less than 1.62 percent.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at March 17, 2021 12:04 AM (BMmaB)
I love them, myself, but they are difficult to understand.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 16, 2021 11:00
What's the HDS reference? Yep cats are weird. In recent yrs our cat has taken to sleeping on my chest or under my arm if I'm on my side. It is very comforting, like our expenses for the cat are repaid as a sleeping aid!
Posted by: Farmer at March 17, 2021 12:04 AM (55Qr6)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 16, 2021 11:08 PM (LNVrA)
It's like an old-wives tale for old men. My dad used to call it dusting off the cobwebs, usually performed by highway speed travel.
Now I suppose that there is some farmer wisdom in running machinery that has sat, getting the lube oil up to temp, driving off moisture in the various cases, lubing dried seals, cleaning off any surface oxidation of mating parts, and, yes, sucking in any cobwebs formed in the intake and blowing out any in the exhaust. In the modern garage-stored and regularly driven vehicle, I doubt that there is much benefit.
Posted by: Couch Fucker at March 17, 2021 12:05 AM (KnJdm)
Because overproduction without sufficient money to buy it comes with its own set of problems, arguably worse than inflation (see: the Great Depression).
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 17, 2021 12:05 AM (JZT2F)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon
The black population of the southern states.
But this is a different issue. Dic.com isn't outlawing the word (yet), just not recognizing it. "Slave" is not some contrived, nonsensical word which, if made illegal to say/write, would eventually die out as there was no general impetus to use it and penalty for doing so. "Slave" from "enslaved" is simply linguistologically natural.
Posted by: SFGoth at March 17, 2021 12:05 AM (KAi1n)
Here is the monetary base, M0:
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/BOGMBASE
Just look at that. That is the base money, the "high powered" money in the system. They've blow it out of the water.
Note they blew it up after the crash of '08 (to "save the system") and then they were sort of holding, even winding down a bit. Then the 'Rona hit, and they blew it up even worse than before.
Note before the crash of '08, M0 was around $800B. It now stands at over $5T. They've printed (electronically) $4.2T.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 17, 2021 12:06 AM (Mzdiz)
And they give $16 for the privilege? Which is then taxed.
Dude, I need a bong hit, and I don't even smoke pot!
Posted by: Common Tater
Germany and Switzerland (for different reasons) have already offered negative interest bonds and bank deposits. You pay them to hold your money.
Posted by: Miklos, does not do this for a living anymore at March 17, 2021 12:06 AM (QzkSJ)
What's the HDS reference?
In "Alien", HDS was calling Jonesy, the cat, immediately before he became bleedin' demised.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 17, 2021 12:06 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: azjaeger at March 17, 2021 12:07 AM (3/XaG)
Fellas, is it time to seek medical attention? My confused boner has lasted nigh on six hours now.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 17, 2021 12:08 AM (pNxlR)
Increasinly feeling like I need to buy old edition paper dictionaries and encyclopedia. The gaslighting won't stop here.
Posted by: Funsize at March 17, 2021 12:08 AM (EiPf6)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 16, 2021 11:58 PM (63Dwl)
I mentioned this a couple weeks back. Historically, big wars were generally a tool that resulted in huge geopolitical shifts, population-culling, and other changes in the established order. Now with nuclear proliferation all but preventing such a thing, what tools are available for such things? A global pandemic comes to mind. What else?
Posted by: 4 at March 17, 2021 12:09 AM (KnJdm)
And they give $16 for the privilege? Which is then taxed.
Dude, I need a bong hit, and I don't even smoke pot!
Posted by: Common Tater at March 17, 2021 12:02 AM (v6Osy)
Yes, that's correct. We all grew up in an environment where that $100 would be worth half that 10 years from now, but that is over. Prices have basically been flat for a long time and the market is telling us they are going to be flat for a long time to come. We notice the things that go up, but we don't pay as much attention to the things that go down. Like the cost of labor with all the illegals driving down wages and automation taking labor completely out of the equation. The internet has reduced costs to a fraction of what they used to be. What does a long distance phone call cost now? Basically zero. I feel like everything I buy is getting more expensive, but it's not. And it needs to if we are ever going to get the economy humming again.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at March 17, 2021 12:09 AM (BMmaB)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 17, 2021 12:08 AM (pNxlR)
Time to remove the pickle.
Posted by: 4 at March 17, 2021 12:10 AM (KnJdm)
If the Fed wanted to unwind, they can't. They lost that script years ago.
There is "Modern Monetary Theory", which is wish-casting pulled out of academic fartholes.
Posted by: Miklos, who might have a newly relevant Ph.D. at March 17, 2021 12:10 AM (QzkSJ)
You can download the 1913 Webster's Dictionary from Project Gutenberg, at least for now.
http://www.gutenberg.org /ebooks/author/139
(remove space)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 17, 2021 12:10 AM (JZT2F)
Posted by: azjaeger at March 17, 2021 12:07 AM (3/XaG)
They did a really good Stairway with Jason Bonham at the Kennedy Center honors for Zep.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at March 17, 2021 12:11 AM (BMmaB)
Posted by: Frisky Fritz at March 17, 2021 12:11 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Zettai at March 17, 2021 12:11 AM (iOxrB)
Right. When I was a kid, long distance calls were reserved for Christmas, birthdays, or if someone died.
The phone plan I have now doesn't even have "long distance", at least within the United States.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 17, 2021 12:12 AM (JZT2F)
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I don't know how big but I wouldn't be a bit surprised if we got hit by some asshole coming across the border and we retaliate. 20 years in Afghanistan made people money.
Posted by: dartist at March 17, 2021 12:13 AM (+ya+t)
Posted by: UnterFahnen Miklos at March 17, 2021 12:13 AM (QzkSJ)
I will reccommend A Canticle for Liebowitz here.
Posted by: Funsize at March 17, 2021 12:14 AM (EiPf6)
Posted by: SFGoth at March 17, 2021 12:15 AM (KAi1n)
A good long highway trip would indeed leave the engine running MUCH smoother, this was very commonly observed, aka "Italian Tune-Up". Spark plugs are kind of weird, once they get fouled they never quite come back to what they were. They can get glazed over as those sludge deposits burn off.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 17, 2021 12:16 AM (v6Osy)
if it is from the ugly tranny posted earlier, you may need psychiatric help. (wasn't that the one claiming guys would have a confused boner from looking at his fat face?)
Posted by: illiniwek at March 17, 2021 12:17 AM (Cus5s)
Posted by: BifBewalski - time for bed at March 17, 2021 12:18 AM (VcFUs)
Right. When I was a kid, long distance calls were reserved for Christmas, birthdays, or if someone died.
The phone plan I have now doesn't even have "long distance", at least within the United States.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 17, 2021 12:12 AM (JZT2F)
My dad drove OTR, and as a result we had an 800 in addition to the regular land line number.
Posted by: Bete at March 17, 2021 12:18 AM (Ojki1)
Posted by: JM in Florida at March 17, 2021 12:19 AM (HCeRP)
Posted by: Common Tater
*sadly observes own tits, such as they are*
Posted by: Lena Dunham at March 17, 2021 12:19 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Bete at March 17, 2021 12:18 AM (Ojki1)
There was the old trick of calling your family collect and they wouldn't accept the charge, and then would call you back direct dial. Take that, Ma Bell!
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at March 17, 2021 12:20 AM (BMmaB)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 17, 2021 12:20 AM (63Dwl)
The real yield on the 10 yr Ts is negative now. The real yield curve has been negative for some time, and only goes slightly positive on the 30 yr long bond.
10 yr real yield is currently -0.68%. 30 yr long bond real yield is 0.12%. The 5 yr real yield is a whopping -1.69%
So right now, you're losing money buying Ts. And everyone seems to be happy with it. Why? Cause the Fed is distorting the hell out of everything and preventing market forces from doing what they're supposed to.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 17, 2021 12:21 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: von Miklos at March 17, 2021 12:21 AM (QzkSJ)
>OMG I never heard of such a thing. Be safe and take care of yourself.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 17, 2021 12:21 AM (03n3v)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 17, 2021 12:20 AM (63Dwl)
That's hot.
Posted by: Pickle Packer at March 17, 2021 12:22 AM (KnJdm)
Posted by: illiniwek at March 17, 2021 12:22 AM (Cus5s)
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Mudbowlers, an obscure Dutch religious sect.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 17, 2021 12:22 AM (AytXr)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
Again please
Posted by: Haiku Master online at March 17, 2021 12:23 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 17, 2021 12:23 AM (F0YaR)
That is why you download it and save your own copy.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 17, 2021 12:24 AM (JZT2F)
Posted by: Haiku Master online say you people lazy at March 17, 2021 12:26 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 17, 2021 12:21 AM (Mzdiz)
publius, we're probably arguing within a percent so it's practically pointless, but I don't buy a persistent negative real yield for a market as big as the Treasuries. Can there be a blip driven by the Fed? Sure. But as huge and liquid as that market is, I have to assume that the world is going to want some kind of spread on dollar loans to Uncle Sam, even if it's a few bps. Which to me means the true inflation rate is less than the CPI.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at March 17, 2021 12:26 AM (BMmaB)
Posted by: SFGoth at March 17, 2021 12:26 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 17, 2021 12:27 AM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 17, 2021 12:27 AM (l0Lgi)
Nice! I'm sure that was worth it given the situation.
I remember back in the day my brother ran up about a $1,000 phone bill calling a girlfriend in Washington State from Alaska (she'd moved back there).
My mom was...not amused.
Good night, all.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 17, 2021 12:28 AM (JZT2F)
Posted by: callsign claymore at March 17, 2021 12:29 AM (K88hc)
You're assuming that market data means what it is supposed to mean. That markets work like they're supposed to. They don't anymore. The Fed and the oligarchy that control them as well as everything has rigged just about everything.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 17, 2021 12:29 AM (Mzdiz)
The boy's school friend started badmouthing masks, saying such things as masks are stupid, and the Grandma got all embarrassed, trying to cover his mouth. I assured here that it is alright, we know masks are security theater, and we went on our way shopping.
My boy, confused, asked about masks, why we wear them, if we know that they are BS, why we were talking in hushed tones, etc. After a few moments, I say to my boys, give me your masks, we are done with this. I saw the Grandma and boy later in one aisle, and I shouted down to her, FREEDOM!, as I pointed to my face. She laughed. The store is probably down to less that 50% masked now, not counting employees.
Yeah, it's a sad tale, but one which illustrates the wisdom of a child in crazy-stupid times.
Posted by: 4 at March 17, 2021 12:30 AM (KnJdm)
This is true with most things, not just technological wonders like medical devices or phones or computer chips.
This jiggery-pokery they do with "hedonistic adjustments" in the inflation rate is BS. Then they'll decide "Butter getting spendy? Well everybody eats margarine I guess."
Housing anyone? Never mind tax rates. They necessarily must rise, because the dollars don't go as far.
At issue is the unit of account, without an objective standard (of some kind) every bit of distortion and nuttery will ensue. Like .. right now.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 17, 2021 12:31 AM (v6Osy)
Posted by: Al Bundy at March 16, 2021 10:03 PM (Z7toj)
Slopping the hogs?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2021 12:31 AM (mzC78)
Posted by: SFGoth
I knew people at college who (falsely) claimed to be financially independent of their parents. Borrowed the max in student loans (no interest while a student) and put that into money market funds at c. 13%. By the time they were seniors they were getting thousands per year.
I wished Old Papa had been less ethical.
Posted by: Miklos, authentic 80s Reagan kid at March 17, 2021 12:32 AM (QzkSJ)
seen, anything online can become vulnerable whenever the right people
say so.
That is why you download it and save your own copy.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 17, 2021 12:24 AM (JZT2F)
If you get it in EPUB or pdf, you can put it in your kindle folder (at least on Android) and use the kindle app, which is decent.
Posted by: 4 at March 17, 2021 12:32 AM (KnJdm)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 17, 2021 12:27 AM (l0Lgi)
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GFY
Posted by: Ma Bell at March 17, 2021 12:33 AM (fLVm1)
Here is the real T yield curve for 2021. You'll see the rates have been negative since Jan:
https://tinyurl.com/4rac48p7
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 17, 2021 12:34 AM (Mzdiz)
used to be a way of calling home to let folks know that you had reached
your destination okay.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 17, 2021 12:27 AM (l0Lgi)
We are on our way.
Posted by: Phone Cops at March 17, 2021 12:34 AM (KnJdm)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
I remember making calls to Alice Springs (Australia) asking for Sheila Bruce
Posted by: Miklos, one of those kinda kids at March 17, 2021 12:34 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 17, 2021 12:35 AM (2DOZq)
used to be a way of calling home to let folks know that you had reached
your destination okay.
Is Michael Hunt there? Mike?
Posted by: will choose a nic later at March 17, 2021 12:35 AM (r4bSV)
Posted by: Al Bundy at March 16, 2021 10:03 PM (Z7toj)
Slopping the hogs?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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I still say they are Dutch, celebrating Dyke Day.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 17, 2021 12:35 AM (AytXr)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Sans-Culottes (except for the Book Thread) at March 16, 2021 10:12 PM (Dc2NZ)
There's a pucker joke there someplace, but I ain't touching it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2021 12:35 AM (mzC78)
Click on the boxes in that Treasury yield curve page and set it for 2020. They started going negative around Feb. (right when the 'Rona thing started roughly).
So real T yields have been negative for over a year.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 17, 2021 12:36 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Johnny Fever at March 17, 2021 12:37 AM (AytXr)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Hmmmm...can't quite put my finger on it
Posted by: van Miklosendaam, doing pronouns rong at March 17, 2021 12:38 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Vlasic at March 17, 2021 12:38 AM (KnJdm)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 17, 2021 12:29 AM (Mzdiz)
Oh, no doubt. But the market for US Treasuries is massive.
I remember early in the Clinton Administration Bob Rubin changed the mix, financing a lot of the Treasury's cash requirements with short-term T-bills, creating an artificial shortage of longer-term instruments, which drove up the price and drove down long-term interest rates. That worked for a while, but the market eventually adjusted to it. In recent years the Fed has been monetizing the deficit like crazy, and that has certainly distorted the market. But still I can't see the world agreeing to a negative real interest rate for one of the world's two fundamental risk-free rates (LIBOR being the other, for now).
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at March 17, 2021 12:38 AM (BMmaB)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Probably a dill-y.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 17, 2021 12:38 AM (9Fwwf)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 17, 2021 12:39 AM (2DOZq)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 16, 2021 10:19 PM (lZoX3)
The entire site reeks of bullshit.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2021 12:39 AM (mzC78)
Posted by: Miklosian Strange but True at March 17, 2021 12:40 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Funsize at March 17, 2021 12:40 AM (EiPf6)
Posted by: Vlasic at March 17, 2021 12:41 AM (KnJdm)
Posted by: SFGoth at March 17, 2021 12:42 AM (KAi1n)
WTF is a "dollar"? How is it defined? Why would currencies need to "float" against each other?
The meter doesn't fluctuate? We don't hear things on the news like "The yard lost several inches against the furlong in heavy measuring yesterday." You'd be oretty pissed off if your acre of land you own was re-valued at half its present size, no? See where I'm goin' with that? By not having an objective accounting unit, then accurate measurement of anything cannot be performed. The old rules no longer apply. Predictions, especially about the future - Yogi would not be happy.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 17, 2021 12:42 AM (v6Osy)
Posted by: Vlasic at March 17, 2021 12:44 AM (KnJdm)
There is still a problem with certain long term Ts, since the Fed holds so much. Something crazy happened a few weeks ago, which caused the Fed to have to lend a bunch of their Ts into the market to stop some little mini-crisis somewhere.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 17, 2021 12:44 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: SFGoth at March 17, 2021 12:44 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 17, 2021 12:44 AM (2DOZq)
Deleting the word doesn't mean it didn't happen. I know that there is a trend in tech that started a few years ago to stop calling devices "Masters" and "Slaves". I've heard some silly replacements, like Manager and Worker. Such stupidity.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2021 10:26 PM (ynpvh)
Anyone who attempts to ban the use of the word "slave" is a retard.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2021 12:45 AM (mzC78)
Posted by: SFGoth at March 17, 2021 12:44 AM (KAi1n)
There is no victim in pickle-packing, while hunter biden appears to have raped his niece with impunity.
Posted by: 4 at March 17, 2021 12:46 AM (KnJdm)
Posted by: Funsize at March 17, 2021 12:14
Thanks for reminding me. I loved that book, I'll have to reread it.
Posted by: Farmer at March 17, 2021 12:46 AM (55Qr6)
https://tinyurl.com/dnyms6w5
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 17, 2021 12:47 AM (F0YaR)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2021 12:45 AM (mzC7
If the word is banned than reparations have to go, since no one can say what they are for.
Posted by: Bete at March 17, 2021 12:50 AM (Ojki1)
US $ status as sole world reserve currency/least insecure large financial market in the world makes accepting negative yields even more likely. Many institutional and sovereign entities that simply require (for now) a certain %, and certain classes, of assets to be kept in the "no-risk" assets like US paper. A guaranteed market.
Return is not the main or sole criterion for certain pools of money being parked.
A stunning, if brief, run was taken at the integrity of US financial markets back during the bond looting that accompanied the advent of the catastrophic Obama years (Chrysler). Who knows, maybe we'll see that again - in fact why not? Every other institution in the US seems to be some variety of garbage now - why not the very (practical) bedrock one?
Posted by: rhomboid at March 17, 2021 12:50 AM (OTzUX)
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 17, 2021 12:51 AM (F0YaR)
The problem is there is no objective definition of value or worth. Economics is more psychology than physics. Physical laws certainly play their part, but the human mind plays the bigger part.
Something is worth only what the human mind decides it is.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 17, 2021 12:51 AM (Mzdiz)
I can see that.
Posted by: Bete at March 17, 2021 12:52 AM (Ojki1)
to use that would be applicable, but would piss of someone. Like trans
and cis, but let them try to figure out which is which.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 16, 2021 10:40 PM (ynpvh)
I just came up with Lead and Follow, but master and slave is traditional and what everyone has been using for decades. Don't need to change cuz one half of one half percent of people are upset about it.
Posted by: NC Ref at March 17, 2021 12:52 AM (AOmVJ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 17, 2021 12:20 AM (63Dwl)
That's hot.
Posted by: Pickle Packer at March 17, 2021 12:22 AM (KnJdm)
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It's a "Canticle for Leibowitz" reference.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 17, 2021 12:52 AM (WGara)
But consequently pretty much the ENTIRE gubbmint debt and deficit needs to be rolled over about every 4 years or so.
That's why I figure interest rates can never be allowed to rise, as it would be GAME OVER, there would be no money for anything ... except servicing debt interest payments.
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There was an early "hacker" - in those days, it didn't have negative connotations particularly, who was nicknamed "Cap'n Crunch"; he discovered that a popular toy whistle included in the children's cereal exactly duplicated the tones required to initiate a long distance phone call. Pretty handy trick.
An old episode of Dragnet has Joe Friday calling someone in Idaho from LA. It takes about 2 or 3 minutes, to have all these operators along the way hand off to another regional operator or link.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 17, 2021 12:52 AM (v6Osy)
Something is worth only what the human mind decides it is.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 17, 2021 12:51 AM (Mzdiz)
See also: E-Bay
Posted by: Bete at March 17, 2021 12:53 AM (Ojki1)
Allowing currencies to float, for every currency except the US dollar, punishes bad fiscal and trade policy. Imports become more expensive as the currency becomes more worthless and the government has to borrow more from abroad. That's why the IMF stabilization regime always involves cutting deficits for countries in trouble. Because we are so big, such an attractive place to invest, and we are the world standard, we get away with massive government borrowing and trade deficits. If we were a smaller and poorer country, we'd have had to clean up our act a long time ago.
But if you don't float, you have the situation where Greece and the other PIIGs have to get bailed out by Germany because they're both in the euro. If they still had the drachma and the mark, exchange rates would have adjusted so things got more expensive in Greece and the Greeks wouldn't be able to spend like drunken sailors.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at March 17, 2021 12:54 AM (BMmaB)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 17, 2021 12:54 AM (63Dwl)
Only based on fact no one said 'You talk like a fag and your shits all retarded ' in A Canticle For Lebowitz
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 17, 2021 12:55 AM (2DOZq)
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 17, 2021 12:56 AM (F0YaR)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 17, 2021 12:54 AM (63Dwl)
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"1984" as an instruction manual.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 17, 2021 12:56 AM (WGara)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2021 12:45 AM (mzC7
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I just started reading a book about an SS Obersturmfuhrer whose family came from New Orleans and owned slaves. The author never says "slave." They are, "enslaved persons."
The book is on the knife's edge of going in the trash. I'll stick with it a bit longer.
I despise politically correct jargon.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 17, 2021 12:56 AM (fLVm1)
Still, useful and interesting thx
Posted by: MAxIE at March 17, 2021 12:56 AM (dVkJu)
This has been the case in the EU for a long time.
*cough Basel 3 cough*
Effectively, all EU banks must buy EU bonds. So everybody with money in the bank is a debtor to the Eurozone (and non-Eurozone) governments.
Most gov bond issues are rolling over existing debt, plus some.
Already at an America near you.
Posted by: Miklos, who would give one, if he had one left at March 17, 2021 12:57 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 17, 2021 12:57 AM (63Dwl)
calling a girlfriend in Washington State from Alaska (she'd moved back
there).
My mom was...not amused.
The summer after I graduated from HS my parents took a month long trip to Europe while I stayed home. And had a couple parties. Finally they got the word from my neighbors about a gathering with some liquor being available and they lectured me on the phone long long distance for about 45 minutes...from Turkey. And made me pay for the damn phone call. About $800 bucks in 1989 dollars.
Posted by: NC Ref at March 17, 2021 12:57 AM (AOmVJ)
Yes, govts. are supposed to be the referees of the markets, setting and enforcing the rules. But they're also big players in the same game. They thus rig the rules to favor themselves, making sure they are first in line at the debt trough.
US debt is *defined* to be "risk free" by law. All govts. do this. The Eurozone is going to make sure that Euro govts are first in line in the debt markets. Uncle Sam makes sure he is.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 17, 2021 12:59 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: NC Ref at March 17, 2021 12:57 AM (AOmVJ)
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Today you could make that call for $.07 a minute on Skype.
I remember those $14 a minute calls from Asia. Crazy.
Yay for technology.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 17, 2021 01:01 AM (fLVm1)
How can you say that? I mean the thing itself. a "pound" of coffee is now 12 ounces. Or a "gallon" of ice cream. How does that happen?
Does a pound of coffee get lighter? Of course not. Can it be subject to supply and demand? Of course - and weather, shipping costs.
But ordinarily it should get less exoensive over time. Just like long distance phone calls, I expect. Instead, we get these ghey "pounds" of foo foo beans at confiscatory prices.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 17, 2021 01:01 AM (v6Osy)
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This explains Bitcoin and all fiat currencies.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 17, 2021 01:04 AM (fLVm1)
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This explains Bitcoin and all fiat currencies.
Posted by: Cicero
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And Jackson Pollock.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 17, 2021 01:05 AM (AytXr)
Posted by: Common Tater
Eat coffee beans, poop them out, pay Jose to clean them, and identify as an Asian Ferret of some sort.
$$$
Posted by: Miklosian Anti-Marketing SA de CV at March 17, 2021 01:06 AM (QzkSJ)
How much is a glass of water worth to you now? How much would you pay?
Not too much.
Now, imagine you're out in the middle of the desert and are thirsting to death with the buzzards circling over you, waiting. How much would that glass of water be worth to you then?
Or as Shakespeare penned, "A horse, a horse! My kingdom for a horse!"
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 17, 2021 01:06 AM (Mzdiz)
I don't know if you're being sarcastic but a dollar is a measurement of value. Not a measurement of distance or weight.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 17, 2021 01:06 AM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Cicero
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And Jackson Pollock.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 17, 2021 01:05 AM (AytXr)
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If some smartass kid says the Emperor has no clothes, shoot him. The little bastard will topple the entire system!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 17, 2021 01:07 AM (fLVm1)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 16, 2021 10:48 PM (VP4Cd)
Gee, Fen, let it go. Tell the gal she can get back to you when she regains her sanity.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2021 01:07 AM (mzC78)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
I have always considered Jackson Pollock an And/or
Or maybe a Never
Posted by: Miklos splattering paint like a Real Artist at March 17, 2021 01:08 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 17, 2021 01:06 AM (Mzdiz)
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That's bullshit. Never said it.
Posted by: Richard III at March 17, 2021 01:08 AM (fLVm1)
Posted by: Cicero
But I have clothes.
My wife gets them from a tailor in Shenzhen
Posted by: Ni Hao Mitch at March 17, 2021 01:09 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 16, 2021 10:48 PM (VP4Cd)
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Covid and TDS have destroyed some of my old relationships. Frankly, I'm no poorer for the loss.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 17, 2021 01:10 AM (fLVm1)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 17, 2021 01:11 AM (fLVm1)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 17, 2021 01:06 AM (Mzdiz)
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That's bullshit. Never said it.
Posted by: Richard III
True
Posted by: Richard III's electrician at March 17, 2021 01:11 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Cicero
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Such behavior cannot be allowed to stand!
Posted by: John Cage at March 17, 2021 01:11 AM (9Fwwf)
OK.
So why can't I crank up a press and make a run of 1's and 0's? They will put me in a cage. See where I'm goin' with that?
If it is a measurement, it has a precise definition. You couldn't build a house with a fluctuating standard unit of measurement. The unit of account.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 17, 2021 01:12 AM (v6Osy)
Posted by: Cicero
Periodically.periods.should.be weeded.
Posted by: Miklos, the Gardener by Chance at March 17, 2021 01:13 AM (QzkSJ)
If you want to see Uncle Sam's typical cash and debt operations, take a look at the DTS (Daily Treasury Statement). Here's the latest one:
https://fsapps.fiscal.treasury.gov/
dts/files/21031500.pdf
That's the cash operations out of Uncle's "checking account" at the Fed. Everything is rounded to the nearest million. That's like 0.1 cent to you and me.
There's a table of debt operations. You'll see the constant rolling of debt.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 17, 2021 01:14 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Judge Miklos Smales at March 17, 2021 01:14 AM (QzkSJ)
Miley, get that boy a better hobby.
Posted by: Miklos, time to put things in the ground at March 17, 2021 01:16 AM (QzkSJ)
I remember back in the early '90s when I had to be careful about which three digits prefixes I dialed within my own area code 'cause they qualified as long distance. Learned that lesson once or twice during the modem BBS days.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at March 17, 2021 01:17 AM (+WWsf)
So why can't I crank up a press and make a run of 1's and 0's? They will put me in a cage. See where I'm goin' with that?
Did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 17, 2021 01:18 AM (63Dwl)
It's a game of the Tallest Midgets
Posted by: Miklos, not running any portfolio or talking any book at March 17, 2021 01:18 AM (QzkSJ)
You will see a ridiculous figure of $47T -- 47 fucking trillion dollars -- in rollover for the non-marketables. Pay that no attention. That's the IOUs to the trust funds, and *on paper* they roll those over at some ridiculous rate. Why, I don't know.
Look at the marketables. That's the real money borrowed. They've rolled over over $8T this current fiscal year, which starts in Oct.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 17, 2021 01:19 AM (Mzdiz)
Yep.
Fuck them. Seriously.
Anyone dumb enough to think a 10 cent mask is going to save them from the horrors of a fucking cold is retarded beyond reason.
Posted by: garrett at March 17, 2021 01:19 AM (RKK8I)
2600 hertz, man.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at March 17, 2021 01:20 AM (+WWsf)
I remember back in the early '90s when I had to be careful about which three digits prefixes I dialed within my own area code 'cause they qualified as long distance. Learned that lesson once or twice during the modem BBS days.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at March 17, 2021 01:17 AM (+WWsf)
Just found out my mom has that plan. She got it 20 years ago because it was cheaper for her purposes at the time.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 17, 2021 01:22 AM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Kenneth at March 17, 2021 01:22 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2021 01:23 AM (Cxk7w)
Posted by: Adriane the Cynical Critic ... at March 16, 2021 11:22 PM (LPnfS)
May be time to start hunting and canning hobos and Democrats.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2021 01:23 AM (mzC78)
Posted by: Miklos, the Gardener
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Peter Piper punctually picked a peck of periods.
I almost said 'pickeled periods', but that would constitute a dangerous crossing of the memes..
Posted by: John Cage at March 17, 2021 01:24 AM (vOGqy)
But I don't trust the government to tell me who is most at risk. Are (for examole) certain blood types more at risk of catching it, or not catching it? Is Obesity a factor? We know the elderly are more at risk.
We also know that there is no way to stop a corona virus. Most everyone will be exposed. Probably half the country will get it at some point, whether vaxxed or not.
It is ludicrous what people are being put through. It sucks, hell it may kill me, I dunno. Last year about this time I was pretty damn sick with "a" Flu. And I don't get sick often.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 17, 2021 01:25 AM (v6Osy)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 17, 2021 01:26 AM (9Fwwf)
Posted by: MAxIE at March 16, 2021 11:49 PM (dVkJu)
Most vehicles, 45 seconds at 3/4 throttle would get you into speeding ticket territory.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2021 01:28 AM (mzC78)
Okay, try this: Define an objective constant unit of value/worth. Think about. I want some unit of constant value that we can use to determine the real, true cost/price of something.
Define that. It can't be done. There is no objective, laws of physics way to do that. And that's because the concept of value is subjective.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 17, 2021 01:29 AM (Mzdiz)
Also I take off my aluminum foil hat when I recline (tinfoil is like so 80s) because if does interfere with Nubirian frequencies.
Personally, I will be disappointed if the Mother Ship doesn't have George Clinton in All Public Areas.
Posted by: Miklos-Klaatu at March 17, 2021 01:30 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: a dude in MI at March 17, 2021 01:32 AM (+I6Y/)
Can you think of any currency that has lasted longer than a hundred years? The USD is basically it. Small size Federal Reserve notes were first issued in 1914 iirc. They have a collector value probably, but are still legal tender.
But you've never heard of anybody mounting up an expedition to try and recover some long dead monarch's checkbook have you? But a stack of gold or silver coins - thousands of years old - have a value independent of the agency that issued it.
See where I'm goin' with that? When you hear someone talk about a "global currency", they had one for years. Every country had their own gold coins, they had different critters on them, but nobody much cared. They contained a certain amount and fineness of gold. So they traded without a discount basically. Yes, value is subjective, but it is a matter of degree. And it isn't even close.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 17, 2021 01:34 AM (v6Osy)
45 seconds at 3/4 throttle in the mighty mighty Z06 would probably get you escape velocity
Posted by: MAxIE at March 17, 2021 01:35 AM (dVkJu)
Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2021 01:36 AM (Cxk7w)
Posted by: MAxIE at March 17, 2021 01:37 AM (dVkJu)
You know you could do that in a warehouse, too. Do you really need to schlepp everyone to the Pyrenees?
And stick a camera in the rafters, too. No need to track them from any surface with sensors. Just look at the video feed.
Who designed this... the UN and WHO?
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at March 17, 2021 01:37 AM (aXxgO)
Posted by: Tonypete at March 17, 2021 01:37 AM (Rvt88)
Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2021 01:38 AM (Cxk7w)
do I still need to go in to work tomorrow?
Posted by: MAxIE at March 17, 2021 01:39 AM (dVkJu)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at March 17, 2021 01:41 AM (+WWsf)
Posted by: garrett at March 17, 2021 01:41 AM (fTBMp)
Posted by: MAxIE
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Nah, just hold it in 1st gear...or maybe reverse.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 17, 2021 01:41 AM (DMQdU)
Right now, on NBCSN, the 36th America's Cup coverage is broadcast. It is also on the web.
The technology of these boats is nothing short of astonishing. Carbon fiber hulls, computerized sales, sailing on a wing and a rudder, instead of a hull, the boats are flying. The 'grinders", guys who turn the cranks when a boat turns and goes over to the other wing and not falling down to get the hull in the water, which kills the speed. They are working harder than anyone else in any sport.
The coverage is from all angles with the cameras, and you get the feeling that you are on the boat. And the graphics of the race are great.
I've seen 40+kph boat speed in 20 kph winds.
It has been going on for a while, but reading any national US sports websites, one would never know. Race series is nearly over.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at March 17, 2021 01:42 AM (sy5kK)
No, the value of gold, silver, precious metals is as subjective and variable as anything else. It has been used for money for millennia because it has properties that are good for money. Rare, hard to counterfeit, plus the monkey part of our brains love shiny objects.
See the Twilight Zone episode -- Claude Akins was in it, IIRC. They steal a bunch of gold, and to get away, they have this guy who has invented some suspended animation device. They go into a cave, and plan to wait 100 years, then come out and be rich.
They end up killing each other, all but Claude, I think. And then turns out that gold is worthless. Someone invented a transmutation machine and they can make gold at will.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 17, 2021 01:43 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2021 01:36 AM (Cxk7w)
Saw 3.23 today at the Chevron on Ellsworth Road in Mesa. That station is always high, though.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2021 01:44 AM (mzC78)
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg
Rowers say "Hold my be.... Wait, gotta puke"
Posted by: Tonypete at March 17, 2021 01:45 AM (Rvt88)
Gold was pretty good for the purpose, it's undeniable.
The big thing that I noticed that gets economists screeching is the idea that in order for something to qualify as money, it has to be a store of value. They reject this notion.
Currency, and money, by some definitions, are not the same thing. Also consider the fact several governments in the 20th century actually outlawed gold. Think about that for a second.
Why would they do that? In the US, they claimed it was "against public policy" or some vague pronouncement. The fine was $10,000, ironically in terms of gold that would be what, !600,000 in today's money? So they were serious.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 17, 2021 01:46 AM (v6Osy)
Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2021 01:47 AM (Cxk7w)
It's perfect.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 17, 2021 01:49 AM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2021 01:51 AM (Cxk7w)
We honestly don't need multiple vehicles anymore.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 17, 2021 01:51 AM (Rvt88)
But it's a matter of degree. Gold certificates are not legal tender anymore. Gold is valuable AF, in any form, anywhere in the world. It can be be made illegal - but they can't make it un-valuable. Try spending some zimbabwe or yugo or french assignats sometime.
Yeah, I get it. A gold "standard" is crazy. But it worked way better than whatever phony balogna BS they are pulling now.
It begs the question. How did the US end up in the first place as the "reserve currency"? Answer: Because it was gold. Or directly tied to it.
So now we're running on fumes. Or what? The "full faith and credit" ? Or ?
Posted by: Common Tater at March 17, 2021 01:53 AM (v6Osy)
Never got into Heart, don't hate them just another song on radio.
Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2021 01:56 AM (Cxk7w)
In part 'cause many contracts in those countries were written with "or equivalent value in gold" clauses that could have disastrously accelerated hyperinflation if a majority of business started demanding payment in gold rather than paper money.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at March 17, 2021 01:56 AM (+WWsf)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 17, 2021 01:56 AM (DMQdU)
In a nutshell, the gold outlawing and confiscation was to allow the Federal Reserve to increase the money supply. At the time, the dollar was backed by gold, and redeemable in gold. Many bonds were redeemable in gold as well. That was bad when you wanted to devalue the currency.
And that's what was done. Some of those bond holders sued the govt and some of the cases went to the Supreme Court. The verdict was, "Yep, you guys got royally screwed by the federal govt. Too bad, so sad. But the Constitution gives the money power to Congress, and that money power allows COngress to screw you at will when they want. Sorry."
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 17, 2021 01:56 AM (Mzdiz)
The Gold Standard has its own issues. You get more recessions but they don't last as long. They also hit harder.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 17, 2021 01:57 AM (2DOZq)
Answer: Because we won WWII, Europe was tatters, and we got to dictate terms.
We maintained the international gold standard fiction for years afterwards, until Nixon abolished that. There was going to be a likely run on the dollar for gold or something (was it the Frogs who were threatening?).
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 17, 2021 01:59 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2021 01:59 AM (Cxk7w)
America's Cup, I've watched all of them for years, my Dad taught me to love sailing. These boats in this series are the most incredible I've ever seen. Would love to see the Italians pull out a win, they've been nearly flawless since the beginning of the Challenger Series, beating USA (the Obama curse continues with Biden), (ok, breaking your boat and drenching all your electronics didn't help), and trouncing the UK.
Just a couple of wind lulls that sunk em in these last couple races. We'll see, Kiwis only need one more race win and its over.
American Media Sucks, but NBCSN has done a good job here.
Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at March 17, 2021 02:01 AM (wlKo7)
The government reneged and defaulted on the currency, and their loans. Not totally but it was an abrogation of contract law, no?
They re-defined the unit of account. It isn't within living memory, but pretty close, a fully sound, sustainable monetary system to complete collapse?
So they looked at the math, and said "Fuck This", and decided to just print up a bunch of phony balogna IOUs.
What could go wrong?
Posted by: Common Tater at March 17, 2021 02:03 AM (v6Osy)
Sage advice if you ever find yourself landing an SR-71.
Posted by: klaftern at March 17, 2021 02:04 AM (RuIsu)
Violent swings. Inflation followed by deflation snap backs. Current monetary theory holds that you need some small amount of inflation to prevent those swings. That is, if you tried to target zero inflation, you'd start getting those violent swings again.
I don't know if that's true, and have seen arguments against it, but that's what the current thinking is.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at March 17, 2021 02:05 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2021 02:07 AM (mzC78)
Harbor Freight at it's best. I've had this sitting in its box for several years, priced $460 - $100 discount - 25% off a single item coupon for $260 out the door + tax. I'm impressed with the overall quality, but whatever engineer was responsible for the assembly manual failed on several accounts...
Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at March 17, 2021 02:08 AM (wlKo7)
Do you really want the current assortment of asshats in DC to be in charge and responsible for the value of your money? Retirement? You very sustenance and survival? They've completely fooked everything, and they are just getting wound up, it sounds like.
Why should crooked dickheads and cretins who managed to get elected thousands of miles away "regulate the value thereof" in the first place? That has been taken out of context. The writers of the constitution knew full well the insanity of printing press money. That's why they wrote gold and silver only. Don't be fooled. Jus' sayin.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 17, 2021 02:11 AM (v6Osy)
Conversely, the B-47 was flown with a landing drogue chute deployed, even for repeated touch & go practice landings. Only when landing for a Full Stop evolution though, was the Braking Chute deployed. B-47 was maybe the aerodynamically cleanest Active Duty jet, ever.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 17, 2021 02:15 AM (QzJWU)
https://bit.ly/3rWmCDs
Posted by: screaming in digital
Good job, Screamie !
Posted by: JT at March 17, 2021 02:17 AM (arJlL)
Eight men and seven women stuck in a cave with nothing to do. Except maybe screw.
Maybe not the eighth guy who'll just be told to fuck himself.
Posted by: Robert
he's in charge of the pickles.
Posted by: JT at March 17, 2021 02:19 AM (arJlL)
I've also gotta download the manual for the Nikon 28-105 f/3.5-4.5 lens. Haven't bought a flash for the thing yet, either. Back in 2003, I sold off an EXTENSIVE (fitted Halliburton cases) F-2a & FE system. Many fast prime lenses. Death-Star grade flash units. I'm just now dipping my toe back into a Pro-Grade Nikon DIGITAL SLR. Such an entirely different world, this.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 17, 2021 02:23 AM (QzJWU)
Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at March 17, 2021 02:26 AM (wlKo7)
Posted by: Common Tater at March 17, 2021 02:26 AM (v6Osy)
Posted by: Notsothoreau
As well as taxes to Norwegia ?
Posted by: JT at March 17, 2021 02:28 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Common Tater at March 17, 2021 02:31 AM (v6Osy)
A second manual failure was they completely skipped the installation of the main multi speed pulley on the upper band saw frame. No mention of it all, until later, poof, it assumes it is installed...
Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at March 17, 2021 02:32 AM (wlKo7)
I know engineers don't like reworking manuals, and doing quality checks on em, but they are the face to the customer.
Beast is finished, works good. It will last 100 years, if we still have electricity and gasoline that long...
Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at March 17, 2021 02:36 AM (wlKo7)
Posted by: klaftern at March 17, 2021 02:36 AM (RuIsu)
1974, as an H.S. Sophomore, I signed up for Occupational Photography. 2 hrs./day, full year course. THAT was my camera, starting out. Friend and Mentor soon after sold me a Kodak Retina IIc, with kit, for $35. That was a week's pay from my dishwasher's job, for context. I didn't own a Pentax Spotmatic II SLR till my Senior year, and sold it when I went into the USAF, as cash was king, and needed.
Built up my Nikon gear post USAF years. A LOT of Nikon gear. I'm not going to repeat the excess, but a few carefully selected Pro components, I'll feel comfy behind a camera, once again.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 17, 2021 02:37 AM (QzJWU)
Other tools? Look at which premium tools they most closely resemble, and pull down THOSE manuals. You'll not often go wrong.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 17, 2021 02:41 AM (QzJWU)
Posted by: klaftern at March 17, 2021 02:43 AM (RuIsu)
Posted by: klaftern at March 17, 2021 02:43 AM (RuIsu)
1981, so laden with Nikon gear was I, that on a flight from IAH Houston, to San Jose, Costa Rica, the Pilot invited me forward to ride the Observer's Jump Seat, so that he could "talk cameras" with me. We landed in several Mexican airports, and ALL of the Central American airports, before reaching our destination.
TACA Airlines, ancient Douglas DC-9 DASH ONE (spelled out for effect), made in the mid '60s. Flying clapped out Greyhound Bus. But the pilots flew it like a fighter, such were the twisty and steep approaches to a couple of those mountainous airstrips. Sure wish I had those Ektachrome slides, too. Property of who hired me to shoot 'em, though.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 17, 2021 02:51 AM (QzJWU)
Today (Mar 17), my website hit the 25th anniversary of my first web page.
And part of a back molar just broke off as I was brushing my teeth.
I've always said brushing and flossing was dangerous.
Enjoy Mindful Webworks reflections and best-of, linked in nic.
*passes out from violation of bodily integrity*
Posted by: mindful webworker at March 17, 2021 02:53 AM (59Jz1)
I finally decided to just shoot it at 200 ASA, heavily bracket, and see what happens. Turns out it was Ektar 100, so I'll at least get some lame pix of a brown lake on a gray day.
Posted by: klaftern at March 17, 2021 02:53 AM (RuIsu)
Posted by: JT at March 17, 2021 02:54 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 17, 2021 02:56 AM (a4EWo)
Posted by: raimondo at March 17, 2021 02:58 AM (Drtaq)
Ended up to where I never needed a light meter to render insanely accurate densities. My eye and brain got wired, thus. The Nikon Df will destroy all that, easily rendering low-noise images to above ISO 8000, LOW noice to ISO 10,500, and equal to old Kodak Tri-X 400, to ISO 12,000.
Freakin' nuts, what those sensors will DO.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston TX
Posted by: Jim at March 17, 2021 02:59 AM (QzJWU)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 17, 2021 03:01 AM (QzJWU)
Posted by: klaftern at March 17, 2021 03:06 AM (RuIsu)
Since I was a nut, I had to travel with about 5 cameras min. just to account for formats and films.
Posted by: klaftern at March 17, 2021 03:15 AM (RuIsu)
Those prints are archival. Saturated dyes, vs. exposed and processed halides.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston,TX
Posted by: Jim at March 17, 2021 03:16 AM (QzJWU)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
Was it something I said ?
Posted by: JT at March 17, 2021 03:16 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Jim at March 17, 2021 03:18 AM (QzJWU)
I printed some New Mexico and Nova Scotia stuff on Ciba.
The chemistry involved might kill snowflakes outright.
Posted by: klaftern at March 17, 2021 03:22 AM (RuIsu)
Nite, Horde!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 17, 2021 03:25 AM (QzJWU)
Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at March 17, 2021 03:27 AM (wlKo7)
Took a shitload of pictures, lots of slides. Mostly Kodachrome, iirc. I have her Kodak "Pony" camera that I kind of cut my teeth on.
It has what is called "Anaston" lens. It is radioactive coating, and makes the geiger counter very active. Why they did this, I don't know? It does have a nice polarising effect if the sun is just right. But since it is not a through the lens reflex I never figured out the angles.
I dis take some nice snaps with it. When the gal at the photography shop points to one and says "That's a good picture" I know I done good. Sometimes, I would think I was setting up a great shot, yeah I'm frickin' Ansel Adams here buddy, and ... Meh. There's some magic involved sometimes. Gotta be in the right spot at the right time, WITH camera.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 17, 2021 03:34 AM (ZXJxj)
Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2021 03:52 AM (Cxk7w)
Posted by: JT at March 17, 2021 03:59 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: JT at March 17, 2021 03:59 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: JT at March 17, 2021 04:00 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: My life is insanity at March 17, 2021 04:02 AM (9e0xf)
Posted by: squid_hunt at March 17, 2021 04:05 AM (Ectld)
Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2021 04:08 AM (Cxk7w)
Posted by: My life is insanity at March 17, 2021 04:13 AM (9e0xf)
Guess a corned beef on rye is in order for lunch.
Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2021 04:15 AM (Cxk7w)
Posted by: My life is insanity at March 17, 2021 04:16 AM (9e0xf)
Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2021 04:16 AM (Cxk7w)
Each slide is #d and documented. Amazing the detail.
Going to need to get those developed into pictures.
Posted by: My life is insanity at March 17, 2021 04:22 AM (9e0xf)
Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2021 04:31 AM (Cxk7w)
Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2021 04:32 AM (Cxk7w)
Early on, every picture he ever took was made into a slide. There are boxes and boxes and boxes of them. They must've only had a fraction made into pictures.
As a family we would sit and watch the slides on holidays.
Posted by: My life is insanity at March 17, 2021 04:37 AM (9e0xf)
Each slide is #d and documented. Amazing the detail.
Going to need to get those developed into pictures.
Posted by: My life is insanity
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I've been happy with ScanCafe's services, putting slides onto DVD.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 17, 2021 04:38 AM (CTJwJ)
Posted by: My life is insanity at March 17, 2021 04:39 AM (9e0xf)
Posted by: JT at March 17, 2021 04:40 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 17, 2021 04:38 AM (CTJwJ)
Thanks! I know my cousins would love to see/have them.
Posted by: My life is insanity at March 17, 2021 04:40 AM (9e0xf)
Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2021 04:43 AM (Cxk7w)
March 25 that is, and lost track but says its been 57 days, and all without incident or attack.
Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2021 04:50 AM (Cxk7w)
Ha! Article says that the press will be submitting their questions in advance.
Is that how it's normally done?
Posted by: My life is insanity at March 17, 2021 04:55 AM (9e0xf)
Posted by: Pikov Andropov at March 17, 2021 04:57 AM (rt0xh)
Is that how it's normally done?
Posted by: My life is insanity
They weed out the "Have you stopped beating your wife?" ones.
Posted by: JT at March 17, 2021 04:58 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: My life is insanity at March 17, 2021 05:00 AM (9e0xf)
And though never ever ( on my new tablet here) typed President and Sundowner's name together just got after typing President the choice ( did it again) of Obama, Bush, biden and Clinton.
Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2021 05:00 AM (Cxk7w)
Hope you all have a sunshine-y day
Posted by: My life is insanity
Thanks !
Have fun and stay safe !
Posted by: JT at March 17, 2021 05:03 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2021 05:08 AM (Cxk7w)
Posted by: JT at March 17, 2021 05:11 AM (arJlL)
Ha! Article says that the press will be submitting their questions in advance.
Is that how it's normally done?
Posted by: My life is insanity at March 17, 2021 04:55 AM (9e0xf)
___________
It used to be that way until FDR. Until Kennedy, no direct quotation either.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 17, 2021 05:14 AM (mht8P)
Posted by: JT at March 17, 2021 05:16 AM (arJlL)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 17, 2021 05:37 AM (nRfFk)
The Presidential Committee needs time to formulate an answer simple enough for Uncle Joe to practice with
Posted by: DB- just DB at March 17, 2021 05:40 AM (iTXRQ)
Posted by: fluffy in exile at March 17, 2021 05:42 AM (SUIQj)
Posted by: DB- just DB at March 17, 2021 05:43 AM (iTXRQ)
Posted by: Common Tater at March 17, 2021 05:47 AM (ZXJxj)
Posted by: olddog in mo, uckfay ancercay at March 17, 2021 05:49 AM (ju2Fy)
I'm an old guy, have to pee. You young folks beware today. And have some fun!
Posted by: Farmer at March 17, 2021 05:55 AM (55Qr6)
Posted by: Farmer
Is that you Resident Joe?
Posted by: Bruce at March 17, 2021 06:02 AM (vd8XM)
Posted by: Gov PartyTits at March 17, 2021 06:08 AM (oJZyY)
Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at March 17, 2021 06:08 AM (oJZyY)
Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at March 17, 2021 06:09 AM (2BZBZ)
Kitchen filled with cookies looking like four leaf clovers. Corned beef and cabbage tonight.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 17, 2021 06:11 AM (EZebt)
What were you doing last night, killing Granny or grabbing fanny?
Posted by: fluffy in exile at March 17, 2021 06:11 AM (SUIQj)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
No cookies here, but the corned beef and boiled taters will be had.
Cabbage is okay, but it gets in the way of boiled taters.
Posted by: Bruce at March 17, 2021 06:12 AM (vd8XM)
Uneaten, you say? I mean, if he's not going to eat it, I'd hate to see it go to waste...
Posted by: Barney Frank at March 17, 2021 06:18 AM (3MG/9)
Posted by: fluffy in exile at March 17, 2021 06:11 AM (SUIQj)
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Embrace the power of AND?
Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at March 17, 2021 06:18 AM (oJZyY)
Thanks for the encouragement but it's only been two days and she is a friend I've known since the third grade. However, I will not mention it again.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2021 06:27 AM (VP4Cd)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 17, 2021 06:34 AM (3D/fK)
Psalm 46, 138
Isaiah 40:27-31
Isaiah 51: 12-16
Ephesians 6, 10-20
2nd Thessalonians 2:16, 17
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2021 06:36 AM (VP4Cd)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2021 06:39 AM (VP4Cd)
https://tinyurl.com/bc7z3mxw
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2021 06:42 AM (VP4Cd)
Including thunderstorms and 15% of a tornado within 25 miles of any single location in the area.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 17, 2021 06:45 AM (3D/fK)
Everybody wins. (/sarc)
Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at March 17, 2021 06:46 AM (2BZBZ)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 17, 2021 06:48 AM (3D/fK)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2021 06:49 AM (VP4Cd)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 17, 2021 06:49 AM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Catherine -- who generally doesn't curse. at March 17, 2021 07:02 AM (eO5wY)
Buy an rv the commercials say. Build some vacation memories. I wonder if their vacation memory building days are over.
Posted by: Dwayne at March 17, 2021 07:08 AM (gtu/X)
Problem being there are fairly high hills just east of Brown Field, aircrew took off and flew straight into them. The accident investigators couldn't find any VFR maps or charts in the wreckage, when they contacted the charter operations and asked about it, their operations rep said, 'We're a jet outfit, we don't do VFR'. No, you just don't do it well.
Posted by: you're in hell the world ended at March 17, 2021 02:01 PM (h+jmX)
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