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Sunday Overnight Open Thread (6/6/21)
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Quote I Fishing keeps you alive, gives you time away - to enjoy God, the creations that He made. Because God made you. Roy Jones Jr.
Quote II
"With existing drugs, you're going to get maybe 5% to 10% weight reduction, sometimes not even that," Dr. Harold Bays, medical director of the Louisville Metabolic and Atherosclerosis Research Center
Quote III “I don’t know if you’ve heard this before but Dr. Fauci is wrong a lot.” Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD)
Quote IV “So you have five monopolies created as a result of a congressional subsidy in the form of a ‘get out of lawsuit free’ card,”Constitutional lawyer Craig Parshall
Quote V I urge you very strongly to look at the members of the Junta and their helpers, and visualize the real people behind the masks. Visualize people who destroy a country and the world for the sake of more power over everyone, and to keep their misdeeds from coming out. I URGE you to contemplate that they’d rather reign in hell than serve in heaven.Sarah HoytA great read!
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Americans commemorated D-Day, June 6, 1944, on Sunday, that led to the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany. “77 years ago, tens of thousands of American men bravely stormed the beaches of Normandy to rid the world of evil. Now on #DDay, we honor their memory by remembering their sacrifice,” House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) tweeted.
I couldn't have said it better or with more NSFW-Language.
Clarence Williams III, Linc on ‘The Mod Squad,’ Dies at 81
The Harlem-born actor also received a Tony nom and appeared on the big screen in 'Purple Rain,' 'Sugar Hill,' 'Half-Baked' and 'Tales From the Hood.'
A protester in Minneapolis on Thursday was standing in front of a fiery backdrop when he divulged that he did not know the name of the person he was rioting for. Winston Smith, 32, was shot and killed Thursday in the city after an exchange of gunfire with police from a fugitive task force, KSTP-TV reported. Friends of the deceased man told the outlet that he loved music, had a family and didn’t deserve to die.
Well at least they aren't slaves. Industrial athletes.
In a Leaked Pamphlet, Amazon Refers to Its Warehouse Workers as “Industrial Athletes” Wondering why the shopping giant reports so many work-related injuries?
Once again her bra size clearly exceeds her IQ. AOC & family won't accept help from big bad caring people.
GoFundMe has disabled donations to a fundraiser organized by The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh meant to help Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) grandmother repair her home in Puerto Rico, which was damaged by Hurricane Maria in 2017. In an email sent to Walsh Friday night, GoFundMe said they were “in touch with the beneficiary’s family and they made clear they will not be accepting the funds raised.”
Who is Christine Grady, MSN, Ph.D.? Why she is Mrs. Anthony Fauci
Now that Dr. Anthony Fauci is feeling the heat for funding gain-of-function research at Wuhan Institute of Virology and covering it up, it's time to scrutinize his wife. Christine Grady, MSN, Ph.D., is Fauci's colleague at the National Institute of Health, where she serves as chief of bioethics and head of human subjects research at the NIH Clinical Center. According to the Center's website, Grady's contributions are "primarily in the ethics of clinical research, including informed consent, vulnerability, study design, recruitment, and international research ethics, as well as ethical issues faced by nurses and other health care providers." In a gushing portrait, Vogue portrayed Fauci and Grady as "a medical power couple leading the fight against the virus." But taxpayers might not be so effusive about Mr. and Mrs. Fauci's "international research ethics," and "study design," now that America's economy and liberties have been destroyed by the Chinese virus they funded. Why was Grady ever placed in a position at the NIH, where she was the final arbiter of the ethics of her husband's experiments? If Fauci wanted to study gain-of-function research on lethal viruses, did he just need to roll over in bed and say, "Honey, is this OK?" to obtain "ethical" permission?
Nope, we aren't voting ourselves out of this.
A valid point made? Or one hell of an expensive mistake?
SAN ELIZARIO, Texas — A Texas mother posing as her 13-year-old daughter at middle school and documenting her experience online, allegedly to make a point about school shootings, was arrested for the “social experiment.”
Casey Garcia, 30, was taken into custody and charged with criminal trespass and tampering with government records, KWTX reported. San Elizario Independent School District Superintendent Dr. Jeannie Mesa-Chavez said in a statement to KTSM, “While there was a breach in security by an individual associated as a parent with the school… We want to assure you that our security measures are being reviewed and evaluated.” Garcia was initially booked into the El Paso County Detention Facility for criminal trespass, tampering with government records as well as one unrelated traffic warrant, KWTX reported. Her bonds totaled $7,908.
Instead of opening his piehole perhaps he should produce cars on time. ELON MUSK SAYS MONEY ISN’T REAL - HE CLAIMS THAT “GOODS & SERVICES ARE THE REAL ECONOMY.”
As part of his trend of tweeting confusing takes and meme posts about currency, Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter and seemingly suggested that money isn’t real. “Goods & services are the real economy, any form of money is simply the accounting thereof,” Musk said in a tweet on Saturday.
So Money Isn’t Real?
It seems as though the SpaceX founder is suggesting that money only acts to facilitate goods and services in the economy, which most anyone with a grade-school level understanding of “how money works” could have told you.
Born on this day: 6 Jun 1960
Steve Vai, American guitarist, composer, singer, songwriter, and producer, Frank Zappa, David Lee Roth, Whitesnake, Mary J. Blige, Spinal Tap, and Ozzy Osbourne. via thisdayinmusic.com
And next..........What a line up!!!
On this day: 6 Jun 1971
John & Yoko jammed live on stage with Frank Zappa at The Filmore East in New York. Some of these recordings were released in 1972, on John Lennon's third post-Beatles album, Some Time in New York City. via thisdayinmusic.com
Can you make that an extra value meal asked our Genius Award Winner.
Soldier so drunk she tried to order McDonald’s from police officer arresting her Soldier so drunk at drive-thru she tried to order burger for police officer
Army lance corporal Kayleigh Marie Goodall, 33, was removed from her car after asking to order food from police
An army lance corporal who drove to McDonald’s while three times over the alcohol limit was so drunk she tried to order food from a police officer sent out to arrest her. Kayleigh Marie Goodall, 33, was caught driving ‘all over the road’ after boozing with friends in Richmond, North Yorkshire and heading back to her camp in Catterick Garrison for more drinks. In a drunken haze on May 15, she decided to drive to a McDonald’s less than a mile from her base. The drive-thru was closed and cordoned off but the corporal still pulled in, York Magistrates Court heard.
A women's urinal has been created by two ex-University of Bristol students, which they claimed was six times quicker to use than a conventional loo. Amber Probyn and Hazel McShane designed the hands-free Peequal because they were fed up with long queues for the ladies toilets at festivals. "No funnels are involved and it's semi-private, you can't see anything from the waist down," said Ms McShane. A prototype is being trialled at the Bristol Comedy Garden at the weekend.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at June 06, 2021 09:01 PM (J9vKd)
Posted by: Iris at June 06, 2021 09:01 PM (6lKe4)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Our Beloved Leaders Have, and Deserve, Their Special Privileges at June 06, 2021 09:01 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: wing at June 06, 2021 09:01 PM (JFzNN)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 06, 2021 09:02 PM (5p7BC)
Posted by: Lord Squirrel at June 06, 2021 09:02 PM (hQrcu)
Hottest conditions I've tried to run in this year, just brutal.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 06, 2021 09:04 PM (5p7BC)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at June 06, 2021 09:04 PM (J9vKd)
Posted by: Farmer at June 06, 2021 09:05 PM (55Qr6)
Posted by: Jewells45 having another sale!! at June 06, 2021 09:05 PM (bSk6g)
Wow, #6 on the top 10 list again. I got a streak going. Also...
"I don't know if you've heard this before but Dr. Fauci is wrong a lot." Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD)
Dr Fauci has been wrong??!?! OMG!! Gimme a cigar and call me Monica!
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 09:05 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2021 09:05 PM (EZebt)
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at June 06, 2021 09:05 PM (jDAVE)
Been a busy day, I'm tired and Her Majesty has yet to make it home, at which point much unloading has to take place.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2021 09:06 PM (mht8P)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at June 06, 2021 09:06 PM (SchxB)
But think about the graft that we will never hear about, that is some sweet cash there, I am sure!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Our Beloved Leaders Have, and Deserve, Their Special Privileges at June 06, 2021 09:06 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Sandy at June 06, 2021 09:06 PM (fLVm1)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 09:08 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Trey Gowdy at June 06, 2021 09:08 PM (lRlNr)
Posted by: Sandy at June 06, 2021 09:06 PM (fLVm1)
Dammit Sandy, don't make me come over there!
Posted by: Conor at June 06, 2021 09:08 PM (hOUT3)
How is it that the rules of nepotism I was subjected to while in the corporate world never seem to be adopted or followed with the governmental/grifting scam?
Posted by: Tonypete at June 06, 2021 09:08 PM (Rvt88)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 06, 2021 09:09 PM (fLVm1)
This will be a hot topic in a few hours.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2021 09:09 PM (EZebt)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 09:09 PM (L2ZTs)
This is one of those rare times where democrats DON'T use other peoples' money. Of course, she didn't take it at gunpoint (i.e., taxes/force), so that probably took all the kink out of it.
Posted by: Lord Squirrel at June 06, 2021 09:09 PM (hQrcu)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 06, 2021 09:08 PM (Rvt8
"Shut up!" your betters explained.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Our Beloved Leaders Have, and Deserve, Their Special Privileges at June 06, 2021 09:09 PM (hOUT3)
All is well. Aside from the communist bastards taking over the country.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 06, 2021 09:09 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 09:10 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 06, 2021 09:10 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: redc1c4 *OTUS Zhou Bai-Din Cheated & we all know it. at June 06, 2021 09:10 PM (pJeub)
This will be a hot topic in a few hours.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 06, 2021 09:09 PM (EZebt)
Until we get stomped.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 06, 2021 09:10 PM (aA3+G)
Yep, Tony Fauxci's wife is the official who tells him what he's allowed to do, ethics wise.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 06, 2021 09:10 PM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 09:10 PM (L2ZTs
Oh, that little hiccup?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 06, 2021 09:11 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 09:11 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: qdpsteve
Junior Birdman reporting Sir!
Posted by: Tonypete at June 06, 2021 09:12 PM (Rvt88)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 09:12 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Zeera at June 06, 2021 09:12 PM (RwXje)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 06, 2021 09:12 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 06, 2021 09:09 PM (fLVm1)
It would be nice if this past week is eventually known as the time when the country turned on that malignant cocksucker, but with Liz Cheney and Mega Keating McBudweiser on his side, probably not.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at June 06, 2021 09:13 PM (y7DUB)
I TOLD YOU SO.
After which I'm going to knee you in the groin so hard you'll taste next Wednesday.
Yes, even if you're a woman.
_
Heh.
Pretty much how I feel when I encounter dumbasses in the wild.
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 09:14 PM (XrnX7)
once that went away, "money" became nothing but a government sponsored con game.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2021 09:14 PM (bxPTJ)
Posted by: Just a side note at June 06, 2021 09:14 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 09:12 PM (L2ZTs)
Didn't know you were a Nordstrom's customer. Hmmm. The things one learns here on The ONT.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 06, 2021 09:14 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 09:14 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Quint at June 06, 2021 09:15 PM (gJfTA)
All is well. Aside from the communist bastards taking over the country.
Which brand? Some of them taste like menthol cigarettes!
Posted by: Trey Gowdy at June 06, 2021 09:15 PM (lRlNr)
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 09:15 PM (XrnX7)
I believe the junta members seek only their own power, and would rather reign in Hell than serve in Heaven. Or on Earth.
Maybe I read too much Vince Flynn, Tom Clancy and Brad Thor...
Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at June 06, 2021 09:15 PM (rwusL)
I guess that leaves out Paul Krugman.
Posted by: pep at June 06, 2021 09:15 PM (v16oJ)
Yep, the rumor is that India has concluded this was a deliberate bioweapon attack on them in particular by China. India has nukes.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 06, 2021 09:15 PM (f1Vqw)
USMC has Lance Corporal
Posted by: wing at June 06, 2021 09:15 PM (JFzNN)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 09:15 PM (L2ZTs)
"Army lance corporal...."
Errrmmmm....
"Age 33....."
I'm getting a "divide by zero" error on both of those phrases.
Layers and layers of editors.
Posted by: Baron Munchausen at June 06, 2021 09:16 PM (C1NyB)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 09:15 PM (L2ZTs)
Have you been booted from Goodwill yet?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 06, 2021 09:16 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Just a side note at June 06, 2021 09:16 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 06, 2021 09:17 PM (+lVUW)
No.
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 09:17 PM (XrnX7)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 09:17 PM (L2ZTs)
of course there's not much money to be made by telling people that what they need to do is to change their lifestyle and diet.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2021 09:17 PM (bxPTJ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 09:15 PM (L2ZTs)
Have you been booted from Goodwill yet?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 06, 2021 09:16 PM (aA3+G)
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Send him to me.
Posted by: The Dollar Tree at June 06, 2021 09:17 PM (fLVm1)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
British
Posted by: Just a side note
Or just a corporal named Lance?
Posted by: mikeski at June 06, 2021 09:17 PM (P1f+c)
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I watched an interesting video today on YouTube explaining how the shortages in the JIT supply chain are not as related to COVID as most people think. Instead, it's more that people have misinterpreted and mis-implemented Toyota's innovations in this area. Toyota itself is still figuring out the best way of optimizing the storage of critical parts (chips) v. non-critical parts that are less subject to disruption.
Posted by: Lord Squirrel at June 06, 2021 09:17 PM (hQrcu)
Posted by: Baron Munchausen at June 06, 2021 09:17 PM (C1NyB)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 06, 2021 09:10 PM (aA3+G)
I'm not sure I'd call several hours an enstompening. And by the time Pixy pops up, the ONT has usually died down to "Hello, hi, hi, hello, I'm having pancakes".
Some of us do find the computer stuff useful.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 06, 2021 09:18 PM (ZSK0i)
No.
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 09:17 PM (XrnX7)
No but the female in the story was.
Posted by: Just a side note at June 06, 2021 09:18 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 06, 2021 09:18 PM (oEn12)
Interesting song, and killer lineup. The Fillmore East was a great venue. Unfortunately, I only remember it as night club called The Saint.
To be honest, I like Fishbone's song, 'Scrotum' better.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 06, 2021 09:18 PM (mdjgu)
Posted by: raoul ortega at June 06, 2021 09:19 PM (OafoN)
Posted by: mikeski at June 06, 2021 09:17 PM (P1f+c)
The guy from Apocalypse Now? I don't recall hearing his rank.
Posted by: Quint at June 06, 2021 09:19 PM (gJfTA)
One term, Mikey! Thanks again, GOP.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at June 06, 2021 09:19 PM (y7DUB)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 09:19 PM (L2ZTs)
And we were so spun up by that, that we missed, "North Yorkshire."
Dammit.
But still. She's 33. Shouldn't she be out, or a little higher rank by now?
Posted by: Baron Munchausen at June 06, 2021 09:20 PM (C1NyB)
Posted by: mikeski
Captain Major would like a word with you Yossarian.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 06, 2021 09:20 PM (Rvt88)
We all are entitled to our opinions.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 06, 2021 09:21 PM (aA3+G)
Which brand? Some of them taste like menthol cigarettes!
Posted by: Trey Gowdy at June 06, 2021 09:15 PM (lRlNr
Bluebell, of course. It definitely doesn't taste like menthol cigs, though I admit I haven't had a menthol cigarette since the 80s.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 06, 2021 09:21 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 06, 2021 09:21 PM (ZSK0i)
One term, Mikey! Thanks again, GOP.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt
Yes. We had Mass today without the
Posted by: Tonypete at June 06, 2021 09:22 PM (Rvt88)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 09:19 PM (L2ZTs)
DaughterH loves her some Dollar Tree junk!
I have failed as a father!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Our Beloved Leaders Have, and Deserve, Their Special Privileges at June 06, 2021 09:22 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 06, 2021 09:21 PM (ZSK0i)
Good.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 06, 2021 09:22 PM (aA3+G)
Which brand? Some of them taste like menthol cigarettes!
Posted by: Trey Gowdy at June 06, 2021 09:15 PM (lRlNr)
Wait...were you talking about the commies?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 06, 2021 09:23 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 09:23 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 06, 2021 09:21 PM (ZSK0i)
Good.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 06, 2021 09:22 PM (aA3+G)
What's the rule on having the last word?
Posted by: Just a side note at June 06, 2021 09:23 PM (2DOZq)
Yes, our first church service with masks optional was today!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Our Beloved Leaders Have, and Deserve, Their Special Privileges at June 06, 2021 09:23 PM (hOUT3)
I don't know if you've heard this before but Dr. Fauci is wrong a lot.
First laugh-out-loud bit of the evening.
Used "Fauci Flu" with an old friend today - he larfed, said he hadn't heard that one. Credit AoS +1.
Posted by: mindful webworker - always steal from the best at June 06, 2021 09:23 PM (xdNUT)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
Get a job like mine, and everyone is entitled to your opinions!
Posted by: A.O.C. at June 06, 2021 09:24 PM (P1f+c)
Posted by: Just a side note
When arguing with my Dad?
You don't want to know.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 06, 2021 09:24 PM (Rvt88)
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 09:24 PM (XrnX7)
I got interested in the history of lance corporal. Both lance corporals and lance sergeants were used by the US Army in the 19th century.
The "lance" basically meant a temporary rank having the duties and exercising the authority of the rank, but still being paid the same as the lower rank.
So a private would get lance corporal. And a corporal could be a lance sergeant.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 06, 2021 09:24 PM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 09:19 PM (L2ZTs)
it is a good store. I recall during the early stages of the planned demic, all of those stores were making a killing. There was a time I would never consider Dollar Tree, but those days are over. A good deal is a good deal. But these stores are not giving stuff away, they are not even making a lesser margin than regular supermarkets I think. They have ways of acquiring cheaper goods, and also throwing in a lot of major brands. They also sell major brand name products in smaller sizes, to keep the price $1.
Posted by: Quint at June 06, 2021 09:24 PM (gJfTA)
I have failed as a father!
It's a great place to go for Easter stuff and Christmas stucking stuffers.
Posted by: Jewells45 having another sale!! at June 06, 2021 09:25 PM (bSk6g)
When you put it that way, I say "Let your Scots ancestry rule, dear daughterH!"
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Our Beloved Leaders Have, and Deserve, Their Special Privileges at June 06, 2021 09:25 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: t-bird at June 06, 2021 09:25 PM (9Fwwf)
Posted by: Just a side note
If you can remember how to measure an equal-parts drink, you can have another one.
Posted by: A.O.C. (hey, I can leave this sock on) at June 06, 2021 09:25 PM (P1f+c)
Posted by: kbdabear at June 06, 2021 09:26 PM (qAR6u)
Posted by: Just a side note at June 06, 2021 09:26 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
Wait, when did the rules change?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Our Beloved Leaders Have, and Deserve, Their Special Privileges at June 06, 2021 09:26 PM (hOUT3)
Doncha just hate it when typos invade the hard-coded comment of the week?!?
Or was that why this was coment of the weak?
Posted by: mindful webworker - just noting FTR at June 06, 2021 09:27 PM (xdNUT)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 06, 2021 09:21 PM (ZSK0i)
Good.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 06, 2021 09:22 PM (aA3+G)
What's the rule on having the last word?
Posted by: Just a side note at June 06, 2021 09:23 PM (2DOZq)
He who has the ban hammer wins. But, at the moment it is gently tucked away in the tool drawer.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 06, 2021 09:27 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Cosda at June 06, 2021 09:28 PM (DEFXY)
Posted by: Jewells45 tired of stupid people at June 06, 2021 09:28 PM (bSk6g)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 06, 2021 09:28 PM (fLVm1)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Our Beloved Leaders Have, and Deserve, Their Special Privileges at June 06, 2021 09:28 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 06, 2021 09:30 PM (fLVm1)
Posted by: Jewells45 tired of stupid people at June 06, 2021 09:28 PM (bSk6g)
{{{Jewells}}}, the best thing about stupid people is that there are so many of them!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Our Beloved Leaders Have, and Deserve, Their Special Privileges at June 06, 2021 09:31 PM (hOUT3)
They're usually smack in the middle of neighborhoods where the fashion is mostly kevlar. They're always having a 'fire sale' because BLM is usually in the midst of setting the store on fire. Also, they haven't been able afford for five years to pay to fix the sliding doors, so you have to exit and enter through a hole in the wall and/or roof.
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 09:31 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Downcast at June 06, 2021 09:31 PM (JjMWb)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 06, 2021 09:31 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: Just a side note at June 06, 2021 09:32 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
It fits in a drawer? I always envisioned it as one of those comically-large ones that drive Wile E Coyote into the ground in one swing.
Posted by: mikeski at June 06, 2021 09:32 PM (P1f+c)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Our Beloved Leaders Have, and Deserve, Their Special Privileges at June 06, 2021 09:28 PM (hOUT3)
Without DG in our little town, the nearest department store is about 25 miles away. And I'm not ashamed to say that I've bought numerous things from them over the past 3 years since we moved.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 06, 2021 09:32 PM (aA3+G)
Well no shit. I have spent 20+ years trying to drill this point into the heads of the "but the left wouldn't do that, it wouldn't be profitable/would wreck things!" crowd.
This is part of the dynamic driving woke corporate BS; it doesn't matter if it hurts the bottom line. The execs don't need more money, they need get out of jail free cards for all of the bullshit they've pulled throughout their lives.
I know Hoyt knows this; but I'm not sure if she understood the importance of teaching it to others until the last few years.
Posted by: somedood at June 06, 2021 09:33 PM (7QclL)
Posted by: Jewells45 tired of stupid people at June 06, 2021 09:33 PM (bSk6g)
I was looking at ranks, and saw something, then realized, hell I forgot about the Space Force, which is now a separate military branch.
Their ranks are basically the same as the Air Force, from whence they split off. But the "private" level ranks are no longer called "airman". And they're not space cadet either. They simply call them specialist. Spc1 through Spc4, which is the equivalent of a corporal.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 06, 2021 09:33 PM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 06, 2021 09:33 PM (fLVm1)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Our Beloved Leaders Have, and Deserve, Their Special Privileges at June 06, 2021 09:26 PM
Rules? We ain't got no rules. We don't need no rules. I don't have to show you any stinkin' rules! This ain't no Saturday Morning Coffee Thread!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 06, 2021 09:33 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: mikeski at June 06, 2021 09:32 PM (P1f+c)
Its a big ass drawer.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 06, 2021 09:34 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 06, 2021 09:33 PM (fLVm1)
Dollar Lance Corporal ( that's the British stores only)
Posted by: Just a side note at June 06, 2021 09:34 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Just a side note at June 06, 2021 09:32 PM (2DOZq)
One positive aspect of these stores is that I can buy 10 one gallon baggies for a buck (ten cents each)...
Or I can buy a Costco membership for $100 or so, and buy 100 one gallon baggies for $9.00!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Our Beloved Leaders Have, and Deserve, Their Special Privileges at June 06, 2021 09:35 PM (hOUT3)
This will be a hot topic in a few hours.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Skip ate Pixy's breakfast
So to speak
Posted by: Miklosian Observationizing LLP at June 06, 2021 09:36 PM (QzkSJ)
Or I can buy a Costco membership for $100 or so, and buy 100 one gallon baggies for $9.00!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Our Beloved Leaders Have, and Deserve, Their Special Privileges at June 06, 2021 09:35 PM (hOUT3)
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I was told there would be no math in this thread.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 06, 2021 09:37 PM (fLVm1)
Posted by: Beartooth at June 06, 2021 09:37 PM (A860g)
https://tinyurl.com/5a9sr4xs
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RIP
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 09:38 PM (XrnX7)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 06, 2021 09:32 PM (aA3+G)
I have bought a lot of very useful stuff there while saving myself a 20+ mile (one way) drive, so yes!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Our Beloved Leaders Have, and Deserve, Their Special Privileges at June 06, 2021 09:38 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 09:38 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 06, 2021 09:33 PM (DMUuz)
Ah, so the rules HAVEN'T changed, good to know!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Our Beloved Leaders Have, and Deserve, Their Special Privileges at June 06, 2021 09:38 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 06, 2021 09:39 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Just a side note at June 06, 2021 09:32 PM (2DOZq)
Hobby stores like hobby lobby or Michaels often have a large assortment of tins in their baking area. I make a bunch of egg muffins (like an omelet but in a muffin shape, good carbs each morning, I'm lazy) for the whole week and I got a massive 48 muffin tin there.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 06, 2021 09:39 PM (l6b3d)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 06, 2021 09:39 PM (vuisn)
tried to order McDonald's from police officer arresting her
I remember Bill Murray doing that in Groundhog Day.
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Amber Probyn and Hazel McShane - didn't they star in one of those short-run TV series discussed the other night? Something about bathroom attendants...
Posted by: mindful webworker - just noting FTR at June 06, 2021 09:39 PM (xdNUT)
Anything for a laugh I suppose
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2021 09:39 PM (u0j5n)
That's Checker Law not to be confused with Line Law. That's where whatever line you choose moves the slowest.
Posted by: Just a side note at June 06, 2021 09:39 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
And if you don't like them, I have others.
Posted by: Miklos with prescription Groucho Marx glasses at June 06, 2021 09:39 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 06, 2021 09:39 PM (axyOa)
Winston Smith, 32, was shot and killed Thursday in the city after an exchange of gunfire with police from a fugitive task force, KSTP-TV reported. Friends of the deceased man told the outlet that he loved music and shooting at cops, had a family and didn't deserve to die.
Updated for moar accuracy. And speaking of updates, at 8:45 am Driscoll was quoting some more drivel from Treacher uncritically about Trump (as usual) at Insty, so Glenn weighed in with an update dick slapping the both of them. Bwahaha. The comments musta been brutal for Glenn to do this, but I don't have them turned on there to see.
Posted by: GnuBreed, journalizin' at June 06, 2021 09:40 PM (F0YaR)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 09:38 PM (L2ZTs)
Do you really want to know? I would be happy to oblige.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 06, 2021 09:40 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 06, 2021 09:37 PM (fLVm1)
There are exceptions to every rule, bro'!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Our Beloved Leaders Have, and Deserve, Their Special Privileges at June 06, 2021 09:40 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Downcast at June 06, 2021 09:40 PM (JjMWb)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 09:40 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 06, 2021 09:40 PM (vuisn)
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 09:41 PM (XrnX7)
Posted by: Dr. Varno
Cheaper at Potter's Field
May need cleaning
Posted by: Miklos, thrifty but not that thrifty at June 06, 2021 09:41 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 06, 2021 09:41 PM (+lVUW)
not saying unions are always bad, I know they have done some good. But when I need some limes for Margaritas, I want quality and the best price so I don't run out of cash.
Posted by: Quint at June 06, 2021 09:42 PM (gJfTA)
Posted by: Just a side note at June 06, 2021 09:23 PM (2DOZq)
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Cobs rule.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at June 06, 2021 09:42 PM (rwusL)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 06, 2021 09:39 PM (63Dwl)
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He's flogging the living shit out if that thing. He has to go back 100 years to find some violent incident that actually had something to do with racism.
Bubba Wallace's garage door noose just doesn't have the same impact.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 06, 2021 09:42 PM (fLVm1)
Dammit Miklos, you are fast!!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Our Beloved Leaders Have, and Deserve, Their Special Privileges at June 06, 2021 09:42 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Edward Bulwer-Lytton at June 06, 2021 09:42 PM (QzkSJ)
==
Winston Smith?
as if we needed further proof that we are living in 1984
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 06, 2021 09:43 PM (oEn12)
Lazy? Nope, I would say practical, your time, water, soap are valuable commodities.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 06, 2021 09:43 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 06, 2021 09:33 PM
They should be more original. Maybe:
E-1: Space Recruit
E-2: Stardust
E-3: Moon Unit
E-4: Dweezil
Posted by: Bert G at June 06, 2021 09:43 PM (UcYvR)
I surely made more than 20 differently sockpuppeted comments. Should I demand a recount... or start a protest: top 10 lists unfair to those whose IPs vary?
Posted by: mindful webworker - number nine.. number niiiine... at June 06, 2021 09:43 PM (xdNUT)
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 09:43 PM (XrnX7)
Biden is just the man we need at the held to handle a nuclear exchange between China and India.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 06, 2021 09:43 PM (f1Vqw)
Anything for a laugh I suppose
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2021 09:39 PM (u0j5n
I didn't get it. What's the difference from a porta potty? Doesn't England have those?
Posted by: Just a side note at June 06, 2021 09:44 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 06, 2021 09:40 PM (vuisn)
Red Lightning makes me think of White Lightning!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Our Beloved Leaders Have, and Deserve, Their Special Privileges at June 06, 2021 09:44 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Jewells45 tired of stupid people
Then not a good time to go the the grocery store. I'm not a fan of groups of people who stand in the middle of aisles chatting so that people can't get through.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 06, 2021 09:44 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 06, 2021 09:44 PM (vuisn)
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Good thing I don't pay him any mind.
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 09:41 PM (XrnX7)
I think I heard Obama speak for less than twenty minutes during his eight year term. I don't think I have heard Biden for more than a minute.
Posted by: Quint at June 06, 2021 09:44 PM (gJfTA)
Posted by: Jewells45 tired of stupid people at June 06, 2021 09:33 PM (bSk6g)*
My boss recently chided me for being too slow to fix something done by one of the stupid people at work.
I simply smiled and reminded him, "There are dozens of them and only one of me."
Posted by: tbodie at June 06, 2021 09:44 PM (VzbI8)
I surely made more than 20 differently sockpuppeted comments. Should I demand a recount... or start a protest: top 10 lists unfair to those whose IPs vary?
Posted by: mindful webworker - number nine.. number niiiine... at June 06, 2021 09:43 PM (xdNUT)
I'll pass your
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 06, 2021 09:44 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 06, 2021 09:45 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: nerdygirl
Ah yes. The perfectly executed Romulan blocking maneuver.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 06, 2021 09:45 PM (Rvt88)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2021 09:45 PM (u0j5n)
Yep, there needs to be a cool term for the private level of the space force. And a cool general term. Like "soldier", "sailor" for a spaceman.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 06, 2021 09:45 PM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar
And I thought I was Built for Comfort
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlBqo8Pco_A
Posted by: Miklos Howlin-Wolf at June 06, 2021 09:45 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 06, 2021 09:04 PM (5p7BC)
I had an excellent Manhattan tonight. Much more fun than training for a marathon.
Just a heads-up...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 06, 2021 09:46 PM (Q9lwr)
Posted by: Dr. Varno
How do the cashiers get a deer in the register?
Posted by: Tonypete at June 06, 2021 09:46 PM (Rvt88)
After you win your race in the Portlandia area, if you want to have lunch, I can drive down there and meet you and the Mrs.
Contact Mark in the sidebar for the PNWMOME. I'll get to you. It's only a coupla hours, but would love to say hello!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 06, 2021 09:46 PM (U2p+3)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
At least put him on the Dental Plan
Posted by: Miklos, thinking Fair is Fair at June 06, 2021 09:47 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 06, 2021 09:47 PM (vuisn)
I surely made more than 20 differently sockpuppeted comments. Should I demand a recount... or start a protest: top 10 lists unfair to those whose IPs vary?
Posted by: mindful webworker - number nine.. number niiiine... at June 06, 2021 09:43 PM (xdNUT)
I'll pass your complaint suggestion up the food chain.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 06, 2021 09:44 PM (aA3+G)
Don't these commenters realize at AoS, the #NoMath rule goes far deeper than just the comments section?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Our Beloved Leaders Have, and Deserve, Their Special Privileges at June 06, 2021 09:47 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 06, 2021 09:40 PM (vuisn)
Red Lightning makes me think of White Lightning!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Our Beloved Leaders Have, and Deserve, Their Special Privileges at June 06, 2021 09:44 PM (hOUT3)
White lighting makes me think of Blue Lightning.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 06, 2021 09:47 PM (4fSQf)
level of the space force. And a cool general term. Like "soldier",
"sailor" for a spaceman.
Posted by: publius...
Redshirt.
Posted by: davidt at June 06, 2021 09:47 PM (/XcZQ)
If Bond prefers a vodka martina, shaken not stirred, he'd supposedly end up with a flavorless drink.
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 09:47 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 06, 2021 09:04 PM (5p7BC)
I had an excellent Manhattan tonight. Much more fun than training for a marathon.
Just a heads-up...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 06, 2021 09:46 PM (Q9lwr)
***SNORT***
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 06, 2021 09:47 PM (aA3+G)
https://youtu.be/tXfZtlAPUNc
I imagine an Ibenez would have more frets than a telecaster but that's a small thing.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 06, 2021 09:47 PM (ybIRR)
Posted by: mindful webworker
It's like how voter ID would work in an ideal world. If you can't show a consistent hash to the top-10 officials, your socks don't count.
Posted by: mikeski at June 06, 2021 09:48 PM (P1f+c)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 06, 2021 09:39 PM (axyOa)
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Lovely description!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at June 06, 2021 09:48 PM (rwusL)
Can't go wrong with Howlin' Wolf!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Our Beloved Leaders Have, and Deserve, Their Special Privileges at June 06, 2021 09:48 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 09:48 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 06, 2021 09:48 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion
Galactic letters of Marque and Reprisal
Posted by: Elon-Miklos Musk at June 06, 2021 09:48 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 06, 2021 09:48 PM (vuisn)
Posted by: Quint at June 06, 2021 09:44 PM (gJfTA)
I wouldn't cross the street to see either electrocuted.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at June 06, 2021 09:49 PM (y7DUB)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 06, 2021 09:49 PM (5p7BC)
Posted by: RNB at June 06, 2021 09:49 PM (DjjZJ)
as if we needed further proof that we are living in 1984
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 06, 2021 09:43 PM (oEn12)
Yep. Also, slap hot irony to it.
Posted by: GnuBreed, journalizin' at June 06, 2021 09:50 PM (F0YaR)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 06, 2021 09:46 PM (Q9lwr)
***SNORT***
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
I call this a Cob circle-snort
Posted by: Miklos, your tell it like it is trans-waitress at June 06, 2021 09:50 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Captain Hate
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Only if I was grounded.
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 09:50 PM (XrnX7)
@kleavitt
Ste. Mere-Eglise. Site of the landing of the 82nd Airborne. One paratrooper was caught on the steeple and feigned death under enemy fire. The town honored him with a permanent reminder, and the church now has two stained-glass windows honoring the 82nd.
twitter.com/kleavitt/status/1401570580831387657
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 06, 2021 09:51 PM (nI1Kq)
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at June 06, 2021 09:49 PM (y7DUB)
I would, but only if I could throw the switch!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Our Beloved Leaders Have, and Deserve, Their Special Privileges at June 06, 2021 09:51 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 09:47 PM (L2ZTs)
He drank Scotch and Soda as well...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 06, 2021 09:51 PM (Q9lwr)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 06, 2021 09:51 PM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 09:52 PM (XrnX7)
What does Scotch and soda taste like?
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 09:52 PM (L2ZTs)
Just a heads-up...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 06, 2021 09:46 PM (Q9lwr)
***SNORT***
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
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Absolutely no argument from me.
I did have a black cherry cider when I finished though, that was tasty.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 06, 2021 09:52 PM (5p7BC)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 06, 2021 09:53 PM (vuisn)
{{{SMH}}}
You have been very feisty lately, I hope that means you are doing well in every regard!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Our Beloved Leaders Have, and Deserve, Their Special Privileges at June 06, 2021 09:53 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 09:53 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: gp, CTO, Jukt Micronics at June 06, 2021 09:53 PM (qpX6U)
What does Scotch and soda taste like?
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 09:52 PM (L2ZTs
Tastes like bad choices and regret.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 06, 2021 09:53 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: RNB at June 06, 2021 09:49 PM (DjjZJ)
Depends.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 06, 2021 09:53 PM (vuisn)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 06, 2021 09:53 PM (vuisn)
I remember Scotch and Sodas...did he drink other things too?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 06, 2021 09:54 PM (Q9lwr)
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Been there, that chapel is very cool. I have some great pictures from inside.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 06, 2021 09:54 PM (5p7BC)
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 06, 2021 09:48 PM (+lVUW)
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Don't give them any ideas!!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at June 06, 2021 09:54 PM (rwusL)
Posted by: sven at June 06, 2021 09:54 PM (Lzpvj)
Posted by: Downcast at June 06, 2021 09:40 PM (JjMWb)
The local rag is pimping an "article" about how Lisa is going to get us those drilling permits back. She "has a plan."
No, no she doesn't. I can't think of a single thing that biotch has done or provided for me or mine. She's a harpy and a witch, and she needs to be retired. Forever.
Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at June 06, 2021 09:54 PM (SDdx5)
He didn't suggest money isn't real.
He stated "Goods and services are the real economy, any form of money is simply the accounting thereof."
Which is correct.
What's not correct is the article writer's representation of Musk's tweet.
Also incorrect is the article writer's suggestion that suggestion that any grade-school level child knows that about money. Most only know that white people are bad, men are bad and that when Billy announces he likes to get butt-humped you are supposed to applaud Billy.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at June 06, 2021 09:54 PM (7F9te)
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 09:54 PM (XrnX7)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 09:54 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 06, 2021 09:55 PM (r+sAi)
IMHO it tasted like a slightly sweet glass of gasoline.
Posted by: qdpsteve
Next time, use something better than Valu-rite rye.
I didn't even know Valu-rite made rye, actually.
Posted by: mikeski at June 06, 2021 09:55 PM (P1f+c)
E-1: Space Recruit
E-2: Stardust
E-3: Moon Unit
E-4: Dweezil
Posted by: Bert G
For Distinguished Service, you get a Soul Patch
Posted by: Miklos, Admiral of the Galactic Sea at June 06, 2021 09:55 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
They need to keep hitting the Tulsa incident in preparation for reparations.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 06, 2021 09:56 PM (+lVUW)
They were about the size of a pea with a minor prostate problem.
Posted by: GnuBreed, journalizin' at June 06, 2021 09:56 PM (F0YaR)
E-2: Stardust
E-3: Moon Unit
E-4: Dweezil
Posted by: Bert G
For Distinguished Service, you get a Soul Patch
Posted by: Miklos, Admiral of the Galactic Sea at June 06, 2021 09:55 PM (QzkSJ)
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I suppose there will be no place for a Galactic Varangian Guard
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 06, 2021 09:56 PM (fLVm1)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 09:57 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 09:57 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient, Believing in America at June 06, 2021 09:48 PM (rwusL)
I cant take credit. See 147. But the image reminded me.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 06, 2021 09:57 PM (axyOa)
https://youtu.be/wNLSaZcSDCk
The first couple minutes is a montage of his enemies driven before him, and the lamentation of the women.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 06, 2021 09:59 PM (ybIRR)
Looking at the Daily Mail, I'm pleased this stuff is becoming public. The Daily Mail is reporting how Dr. Zhou, a Chicom military bioweapon officer, filed a patent for a Covid-19 vaccine in Feb. of 2020. You don't have a patent filed for a vaccine for new unknown virus after two months, or even four months.
Defector leaks say Chicoms released this in August of 2019. You don't even do this in 6 months.
We also learned that Fauxci and the NIH funded Zhou himself separately from the EcoHealth Channel.
Zhou is dead, Jim. He had an accident a few months after that patent filing.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 06, 2021 09:59 PM (f1Vqw)
way to store value, and it has to be divisible, portable, widely
acceptable, and convertable into goods at demand, not at specific need.
Without the "convertable at demand" then your money is not money.
One
thing about money is that to keep demand for it, it has to be fixed in
supply, or at least predictable in its production. For a very long
time-and for most Austrian economists still-Gold and Silver were the
best money because it was hard to find more, and that kept prices
extremely stable from the money inflation view. Fiat money
can be printed on demand and this caused all sorts of distortions in the
market, and can cause massive inflation.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2021 09:59 PM (u0j5n)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 06, 2021 09:59 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Cicero
In Britain, it's the Pound Lance Corporal.
Posted by: mindful webworker - so old I remember the five and dimes at June 06, 2021 09:59 PM (xdNUT)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 06, 2021 09:10 PM (f1Vqw)
Seems, these days, the prime function of medical ethicists is to find ways to do unethical shit with a thin patina of ethics.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 06, 2021 09:59 PM (DDuix)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion
Red Shirt. Duh.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 06, 2021 09:59 PM (nI1Kq)
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 06, 2021 09:59 PM (oEn12)
Posted by: Just a side note at June 06, 2021 09:59 PM (2DOZq)
Honestly, under 'prima donna' in the dictionary, there should be a pic of LeBron.
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 09:59 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Cicero
One Guard only, Vasily
Posted by: Miklosov Miklosevitch, without the Brezhnev eyebrows at June 06, 2021 10:00 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 06, 2021 09:39 PM (63Dwl)
Maybe the protagonist of the Tulsa incident shouldn't have tried to rape somebody. Just sayin'. It seems to be a repeat theme in all of these "racist" events.
Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at June 06, 2021 10:00 PM (SDdx5)
Posted by: Just a side note
Dangit! I just did that joke, late. At least I knew not to use "dollar."
Posted by: mindful webworker - too slow again at June 06, 2021 10:00 PM (xdNUT)
They were about the size of a pea with a minor prostate problem.
Posted by: GnuBreed, journalizin' at June 06, 2021 09:56 PM (F0YaR)
A recall a decent article a while back where they guy talked about how the "rich countries" like the US, UK, CA, etc get the best meat and fish. But in general we get worse produce than "poorer" nations because we live in huge cities, far from the source of the food. So much fruit is from a thousand miles away, and they are not going to ship it ripe and lose a lot of product.
Limes in particular are a pet peeve of mine. So much of the time they are dry. The key is to feel the weight, even if it is big, particularly if it is big, if it is light, it is junk.
Posted by: Quint at June 06, 2021 10:00 PM (gJfTA)
That would have been way cooler.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 06, 2021 10:00 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion
Red Shirt. Duh.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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*snort*
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 10:01 PM (XrnX7)
...
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at June 06, 2021 09:19 PM (y7DUB)
We don't live in a free society, alas.
Posted by: Flyover at June 06, 2021 10:01 PM (vN/UN)
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Take solace in the fact that if you didn't invent the joke, you substantially improved it.
Sort of a Henry Ford of wit.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 06, 2021 10:01 PM (fLVm1)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 10:01 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Quint at June 06, 2021 10:02 PM (gJfTA)
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Wearing an enormous bubble helmet and dragging a giant afro pic is not amusing in the least.
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 10:02 PM (XrnX7)
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Hey Nurse, we will see what can be done. We are there the weekend before Labor Day. The race finishes on Saturday, but we are there all day Sunday, probably in Beaverton.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 06, 2021 10:02 PM (5p7BC)
Posted by: Musky Oligarch worth 150+ billion nonexistent dollars at June 06, 2021 10:02 PM (QU5/8)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 06, 2021 10:03 PM (axyOa)
You're a co-writer that improved the joke.
Posted by: Just a side note at June 06, 2021 10:03 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: cfo mom at June 06, 2021 10:03 PM (Q8bDL)
Posted by: Quint at June 06, 2021 10:00 PM (gJfTA)
I hear ya. I love limes, but I've bought some and juicing them is like trying to juice a golf ball.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2021 10:03 PM (bxPTJ)
deliberate bioweapon attack on them in particular by China. India has
nukes.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 06, 2021 09:15 PM (f1Vqw)
Hey! Kamela can do shuttle diplomacy between Delhi and Beijing!!! Just like Al. Haig flipping between Buenos Aires and London!!!
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2021 10:03 PM (u0j5n)
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Imma tell my landlord that next month, to see how well that goes.
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 10:04 PM (XrnX7)
Posted by: cfo mom at June 06, 2021 10:03 PM (Q8bDL)
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LOL
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 06, 2021 10:04 PM (fLVm1)
Kamala will suck all the animosity away...
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 10:04 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 10:02 PM (XrnX7
How else do you comb the desert?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 06, 2021 10:04 PM (4fSQf)
Posted by: jeff at June 06, 2021 10:05 PM (Rviza)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2021 10:03 PM (bxPTJ)
yep, just like that.
Posted by: Quint at June 06, 2021 10:05 PM (gJfTA)
Posted by: Just a side note at June 06, 2021 10:05 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: SMH
If your landlord is AOC, should be fine
Posted by: Miklos, problem solved at June 06, 2021 10:05 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 10:05 PM (XrnX7)
Unlike some of his friends, he didn't have to worry about us paying rent.
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 10:06 PM (XrnX7)
Posted by: Tom Servo
OK people, ONE MORE TIME
Now pay attention
Posted by: Vp Kummala Harris at June 06, 2021 10:06 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at June 06, 2021 10:06 PM (h1jJh)
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Imma tell my landlord that next month, to see how well that goes.
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 10:04 PM (XrnX7)
Are you setting up a joke about a landlord and services for payment?
Posted by: Just a side note at June 06, 2021 10:06 PM (2DOZq)
Honestly, under 'prima donna' in the dictionary, there should be a pic of LeBron.
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 09:59 PM (L2ZTs)
He pulled that shit during his first time with the Cavs after they got swept by the Spurs. I thought he'd learned his lesson when he was with the Heat and the Spurs, and Popovich when he still had a functioning cortex, congratulated him after losing a gut wrenching Finals. The next year Kawhi Leonard kicked his ass.
LeBrain has reached the stage of his career when he's no longer able to carry a team and the injuries will be more frequent and of greater severity and duration.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at June 06, 2021 10:07 PM (y7DUB)
Posted by: somedood at June 06, 2021 09:33 PM (7QclL)
At least 6 or seven years by my count
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2021 10:08 PM (u0j5n)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 06, 2021 10:08 PM (ybIRR)
LeBrat can't go away fast enough for my tastes.
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 10:08 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: chango lot at June 06, 2021 10:08 PM (g741k)
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Imma tell my landlord that next month, to see how well that goes.
Posted by: SMH
Bring a camera; that's how 11% of our stories start.
Posted by: PronHub at June 06, 2021 10:08 PM (P1f+c)
Posted by: Quint at June 06, 2021 10:00 PM (gJfTA),
Types...
Deletes...
snorts
Posted by: Diogenes at June 06, 2021 10:09 PM (axyOa)
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Maybe if he flopped less.
Dumbass injures himself more with those dramatic flops than by anything else.
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 10:09 PM (XrnX7)
Posted by: Just a side note at June 06, 2021 10:10 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 10:10 PM (L2ZTs)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9p0-NSirQA
Posted by: Braenyard at June 06, 2021 10:10 PM (hOiNL)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at June 06, 2021 10:06 PM (h1jJh)
Just tell me they're not playing with that Sheehan bass clown.
I've been playing bass since the 80's and always heard what a great player he was till I heard him.
Imagine a guy trying to play a guitar lead on bass, and overdrive it enough that it sounds like diarrhea.
Belongs in the "shreds" spoof category.
/rant over.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 06, 2021 10:11 PM (vuisn)
Posted by: Dr. Bone at June 06, 2021 10:11 PM (7Tokq)
Posted by: Just a side note at June 06, 2021 10:10 PM (2DOZq)
player level - millionaire
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2021 10:12 PM (bxPTJ)
Posted by: Quint
Types...
Deletes...
snorts
Posted by: Diogenes
I don't know what was deleted, but it included the phrase "pound for pound."
Posted by: mikeski at June 06, 2021 10:12 PM (P1f+c)
If I tell my tenant I only accept blow jobs as a form of payment because I find blow jobs to be a more tangible form of payment, I will be punished by the court system. If I refuse to comply with the court's decision, they will seize my tangible property. If I refuse to relinquish my property, they will beat me, imprison me, or if need be, kill me.
The American dollar is only backed by force.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at June 06, 2021 10:12 PM (7F9te)
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 10:13 PM (XrnX7)
Posted by: Just a side note at June 06, 2021 09:44 PM (2DOZq)
It is in the Bristol Comedy Garden. Prolly better than just peeing off the edge of the ha-ha.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2021 10:13 PM (u0j5n)
Belongs in the "shreds" spoof category.
/rant over.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 06, 2021 10:11 PM (vuisn)
The late Chris Squire stirs uneasily in his casket.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not a Beardy Leftist at June 06, 2021 10:13 PM (x8Wzq)
The American dollar is only backed by force.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at June 06, 2021 10:12 PM (7F9te)
See the Violence inherent in the system!
See the Violence inherent in the system!
Posted by: Dennis the Peasant at June 06, 2021 10:14 PM (bxPTJ)
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at June 06, 2021 09:05
As well as can be expected. I'm learning again to walk on my own. This is progress I could never have made in the past. Remind me to do my exercises in the morning.
Posted by: Farmer at June 06, 2021 10:14 PM (55Qr6)
You mentioned Lakewood Mall. As in the west side of Cleveland? If so we should get together at Fat Heads, Great Lakes or some watering hole after I get my health right.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at June 06, 2021 10:14 PM (y7DUB)
Posted by: chango lot at June 06, 2021 10:14 PM (g741k)
Posted by: cfo mom at June 06, 2021 10:15 PM (Q8bDL)
I'm in Lakewood, California.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakewood_Center
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 10:15 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: cfo mom at June 06, 2021 10:03 PM (Q8bDL)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 06, 2021 10:15 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 10:16 PM (XrnX7)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 09:53 PM (L2ZTs
Try another brand of maraschino next time, it is supposed to taste like off-road diesel.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2021 10:17 PM (u0j5n)
"Jill Biden and Fauci visit Harlem together, but they're met by angry protesters"
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 10:17 PM (L2ZTs)
My sweet spot is somewhere between turpentine and kerosene.
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 10:18 PM (L2ZTs)
I'm in Lakewood, California.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakewood_Center
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 10:15 PM (L2ZTs)
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Gateway to Carson!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 06, 2021 10:18 PM (fLVm1)
Steve Harris. Um. Yeah. he is way too full of himself.
Chris Squire was annoying as fuck-all.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not a Beardy Leftist at June 06, 2021 10:19 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at June 06, 2021 10:12 PM (7F9te)
Where once it was backed by Gold.
Another REPUBLICAN win, thanks Dick Nixon.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 06, 2021 10:19 PM (oHd/0)
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 10:19 PM (XrnX7)
Interestingly enough, Carson doesn't seem that bad from the times I've driven through, doing UberEats deliveries. Plus they have my nearest SmashBurger.
It's when you head north to Compton/Lynwood, things get ugly really quick.
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 10:19 PM (L2ZTs)
Belongs in the "shreds" spoof category.
/rant over.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 06, 2021 10:11 PM (vuisn)
The late Chris Squire stirs uneasily in his casket.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not a Beardy Leftist at June 06, 2021 10:13 PM (x8Wzq)
Squire actually had a cool tone -- overdriven Rickenbacher.
Could never get used to Rick necks myself though.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 06, 2021 10:19 PM (vuisn)
Headline at RedState:
"Jill Biden and Fauci visit Harlem together, but they're met by angry protesters"
Posted by: qdpsteve
The Foxnews Radio bit I heard about it merely said they went to a Harlem church to set up a vaccine clinic. No mention was made of protests.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 06, 2021 10:20 PM (63Dwl)
"Jill Biden and Fauci visit Harlem together, but they're met by angry protesters"
Posted by: qdpsteve
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A bunch of pissed-off peeps?
Shocking.
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 10:20 PM (XrnX7)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2021 10:17 PM (u0j5n)
I think you have real maraschino pegged. i had a full bottle of the stuff once and quickly ran out of things to do with it. In the end I soldiered on.
Posted by: Quint at June 06, 2021 10:21 PM (gJfTA)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
There are medical "ethicists" who are pushing the idea of after birth abortion. I guess after birth abortion sounds nicer that baby killing.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 06, 2021 10:21 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at June 06, 2021 10:21 PM (sJHOI)
He's 100% right. It doesn't matter whether bread costs 1 quatloo or 100,000 quatloos, as long as you have enough quatloos to eat.
At one time money had a 1:1 correspondence with a certain amount of gold or silver. That's not been the case for nearly a century.
It's not even pieces of green paper any more. It's imaginary pieces of green paper written on somebody's hard drive.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 06, 2021 10:22 PM (G15ac)
Posted by: mindful webworker - nada mas por favor at June 06, 2021 10:22 PM (xdNUT)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 06, 2021 10:22 PM (pK7cg)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 06, 2021 10:20 PM (63Dwl)
Sounds like Foxnews Radio.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at June 06, 2021 10:22 PM (y7DUB)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2021 10:22 PM (mht8P)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at June 06, 2021 10:23 PM (sJHOI)
With Geezer Butler it was the other way around -- horrible tone but cool riffs.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 06, 2021 10:23 PM (vuisn)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGCdLKXNF3w
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 10:23 PM (XrnX7)
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at June 06, 2021 09:49 PM (y7DUB)
Aw, that would be fun. You could make book on where the smoke comes out.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 06, 2021 10:23 PM (dTdRw)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 10:24 PM (L2ZTs)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YvAYIJSSZY
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 10:16 PM (XrnX7)
I did not know until recently Rockwell was Berry Gordy's son.
Posted by: Just a side note at June 06, 2021 10:24 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
In the Cloud
Posted by: Miklos from Amazon Web Services at June 06, 2021 10:24 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2021 10:24 PM (u0j5n)
Nah, Nixon just put a pillow over the comatose corpse being kept alive on a respirator.
FDR fired the fatal shot.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 06, 2021 10:24 PM (G15ac)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 10:25 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 10:25 PM (L2ZTs)
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Steve, you'd make a poor lawyer.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 06, 2021 10:26 PM (fLVm1)
Posted by: Just a side note at June 06, 2021 10:26 PM (2DOZq)
idea of after birth abortion. I guess after birth abortion sounds nicer
that baby killing.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 06, 2021 10:21 PM (+lVUW)
The reason you employ ethicists is make sure what you have already decided to do doesn't get you prosecuted or torn limb from limb by an enraged populace.
Estheticians are a different story however
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2021 10:26 PM (u0j5n)
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at June 06, 2021 10:27 PM (fr9rS)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 10:27 PM (L2ZTs)
Too lazy to search it up.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not a Beardy Leftist at June 06, 2021 10:29 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: Miklos stands with qdp at June 06, 2021 10:29 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Quint at June 06, 2021 10:29 PM (gJfTA)
thing about money is that to keep demand for it, it has to be fixed in
supply, or at least predictable in its production.
The money supply does (in general) need to increase in supply over time to keep things from getting out of whack. We use a fuckton more goods and services than a typical American did in 1900, and there needs to be enough money to buy all that stuff.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 06, 2021 10:29 PM (G15ac)
Some briefly hoped the Euro would become a serious competitor to the US $ - entirely because that would introduce some fiscal reality and restraint into American politix. By force, if you will (force of market dynamics).
Posted by: rhomboid at June 06, 2021 10:30 PM (OTzUX)
Junior Birdman reporting Sir!
Posted by: Tonypete
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Is he upside down?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 06, 2021 10:22 PM (pK7cg)
When you hear your doorbell ringing, and you see a badge of tin...
Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at June 06, 2021 10:30 PM (SDdx5)
Posted by: Farmer at June 06, 2021 10:14 PM (55Qr6)
Good to hear! Those exercises are important! If I don't oversleep my alarm I will remind you
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at June 06, 2021 10:30 PM (jDAVE)
Posted by: qdpsteve
I know I'm late; but, I want to know what MisHum has a "big ass' drawer...
Posted by: AZ deplorably isolated at June 06, 2021 10:30 PM (NldsE)
Teach a man to fish and he'll drink all your beer.
Posted by: Mr.KnowItAll at June 06, 2021 10:30 PM (1WUhC)
Posted by: Tonypete
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Merits a pic of the official badge.
https://tinyurl.com/ubmpx2as
Some of you over 29 can probably still sing the song.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 06, 2021 10:31 PM (bPH26)
Posted by: Quint
I spent most of my childhood on a fruit farm. It is partly the ripeness factor that you describe, but it is also that they have developed varieties of some fruits that can take more handling. The strawberries and raspberries that are grown for mass consumption are different varieties from what you can grow in your home garden. The upside of this is that you can get strawberries in January in Michigan.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 06, 2021 10:31 PM (+lVUW)
No.
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 09:17 PM
We also don't have a Richmond, North Yorkshire
Posted by: Chuck C at June 06, 2021 10:31 PM (awtm/)
See the Violence inherent in the system!
Posted by: Dennis the Peasant at June 06, 2021 10:14 PM (bxPTJ)
Dennis the Peasant from dennisthepeasant.typepad.com ?
Posted by: Stonn at June 06, 2021 10:32 PM (xP36F)
Posted by: Quint at June 06, 2021 10:29 PM (gJfTA)
No Nixon fan here but he triggered the progs unlike anyone else before DJT.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at June 06, 2021 10:32 PM (y7DUB)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 10:32 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: CppThis at June 06, 2021 10:32 PM (8h1h1)
Posted by: Miklos, used to know about such stuff at June 06, 2021 10:33 PM (QzkSJ)
And by the fact that there's no obviously more place to park your money, too.
There are no guarantees with governments, but people do trust some more than others -- the U.S. government might decide to confiscate everyone's bank account tomorrow, true enough, but they're perceived as being somewhat less likely to do this than, say, China, or even Europe.
I'm not saying that trust is necessarily justified, mind you, but it's there.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 06, 2021 10:33 PM (G15ac)
Trump mentioned last night how Zuckerburg was trying to suck up and ass kiss when they met in person.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 06, 2021 10:33 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Just a side note at June 06, 2021 10:26 PM (2DOZq)
Unfortunately those problems were things like deflation.
American banking from the very beginning was based on kiting large sums, and banks collapsing. The major issue post Civil War was the continued attempts to ease lending and credit, which led to booms based on cheap and easy money, and resulted in crashes when the cheap money ran out.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2021 10:33 PM (u0j5n)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 06, 2021 10:33 PM (G15ac)
I'd worry about your fat ass before you worry about me
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 06, 2021 10:34 PM (aA3+G)
They were trying to be Bill and Ted but they didn't even get to Harold & Kumar. Don't expect a sequel.
Posted by: mindful webworker - bill and ted go to white castle at June 06, 2021 10:34 PM (xdNUT)
Some of you over 29 can probably still sing the song.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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When you hear your doorbell ringing, and you see a badge of tin...
Posted by: tcn in AK
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I knew it...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 06, 2021 10:34 PM (bPH26)
Posted by: Quint
People from Michigan who drive to Florida for their vacation often bring back a bushel of oranges that have been tree ripened. Yummy.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 06, 2021 10:34 PM (+lVUW)
Unless I've got those last 2 mixed up with somewhere close but different. Even at less than 75MPH (sort of baseline on the 405) the sights along that route and where exactly they are, are kind of a blur. Though I did get off at Fountain Valley twice, once to buy a cowboy rifle and then again to pick it up from the FFL.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 06, 2021 10:34 PM (OTzUX)
Why should you always take two Baptists along when you go fishing?
Because if you only take one, he'll drink all your beer.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 06, 2021 10:34 PM (G15ac)
Kid's been shredding it for half a century.
Can play any style in the history of mankind and never break a sweat.
Posted by: AceOfPhrase at June 06, 2021 10:35 PM (ttAum)
partly the ripeness factor that you describe, but it is also that they
have developed varieties of some fruits that can take more handling. The
strawberries and raspberries that are grown for mass consumption are
different varieties from what you can grow in your home garden. The
upside of this is that you can get strawberries in January in Michigan.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 06, 2021 10:31 PM (+lVUW)
makes sense. The best limes I had were the "Mexican" or Key lime variety from the Rio Grande Valley. South Texas would not explain the area enough if you don't know it. It is a small tropical area near the border where they grow limes, lemons, oranges, grapefruit etc. i am biased, and think they have the best fruit.
I have heard legit strawberries are much smaller and much more flavorful. In my neck of the woods, we get blackberries, and they are good.
Posted by: Quint at June 06, 2021 10:35 PM (gJfTA)
Posted by: Stonn at June 06, 2021 10:32 PM (xP36F)
sadly no, it's just a fun nic.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2021 10:35 PM (bxPTJ)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at June 06, 2021 10:35 PM (SchxB)
I'd worry about your fat ass before you worry about me
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian
Guys, have some donuts and hug this thing out.
Posted by: Blessed be Miklos the Peacemaker at June 06, 2021 10:36 PM (QzkSJ)
When you hear your doorbell ringing, and you see a badge of tin...
Posted by: tcn in AK
Car 54 where are you?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 06, 2021 10:36 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: CppThis at June 06, 2021 10:36 PM (8h1h1)
When you hear your doorbell ringing, and you see a badge of tin...
Posted by: tcn in AK
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Geeze...I just tried the goggle fingers, and my joints won't allow it anymore.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 06, 2021 10:36 PM (bk3Sg)
Posted by: nerdygirl
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I am very particular to call it infanticide when the topic ever comes up.
Medical ethicists only exist to give cover for doctors wanting to do things that they know are immoral.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 06, 2021 10:37 PM (5p7BC)
Posted by: Miklos, used to know about such stuff
We're working on it! Keep your shirt on!
Posted by: multi-trillion Covid welfare plans at June 06, 2021 10:37 PM (P1f+c)
Why should you always take two Baptists along when you go fishing?
Because if you only take one, he'll drink all your beer.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 06, 2021 10:34 PM (G15ac)
you shouldn't have to teach a man to fish, he is a grown man, and fishing is not that hard -- Ron Swanson, at least i think that is right, i am not going to look it up.
Posted by: Quint at June 06, 2021 10:37 PM (gJfTA)
Yes, the money supply needs to increase with the size of the economy.
The current consensus far and wide among economic experts is you need a small amount of price level inflation. If you look at the price level during the free banking gold standard era, you'll see the long term price level was pretty stable. But at the expense of wild swings, ripping inflation, followed by hellacious deflation. Boom and bust cycles.
I have read those in the minority who think it would be possible to target zero inflation without those wild swings. But there, the money supply would have to be increasing with the economy.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 06, 2021 10:37 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: nerdygirl
From South Carolina it's fireworks.
Posted by: Miklos 'n Pedro Sez at June 06, 2021 10:37 PM (QzkSJ)
Let 'em have both barrels, reload and do it again.
- Joe Biden, probably
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at June 06, 2021 10:37 PM (SchxB)
Why doesn't he just take away their posting privileges. Driscoll really brings the site down in quality.
Posted by: Chuck C at June 06, 2021 10:37 PM (awtm/)
Posted by: rhomboid at June 06, 2021 10:38 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2021 10:26 PM (u0j5n)
Ah, I see you have thus discovered the difference between morality and ethics.
Posted by: CppThis at June 06, 2021 10:38 PM (8h1h1)
Posted by: Blanco Basura
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The fire flies are slow in appearing here.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 06, 2021 10:38 PM (bk3Sg)
Posted by: Quint at June 06, 2021 10:35 PM (gJfTA)
Wild strawberries, which are found in Northern Alberta about this time of year, are tiny, but amazingly flavorful.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 06, 2021 10:38 PM (rnGsy)
You ought to see the Debt/GDP projections for Bidiot's budget over the next few years. To the Moon, Alice.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 06, 2021 10:38 PM (Mzdiz)
How's you all doin'? I have a tasty pale ale.
Posted by: Funsize at June 06, 2021 10:40 PM (EiPf6)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at June 06, 2021 10:40 PM (SchxB)
Posted by: Miklos, advising caution at June 06, 2021 10:40 PM (QzkSJ)
All the other central banks and governments have been doing the same damn thing the Fed has, printing like crazy.
Add in reserve currency status, and the dollar remains, and will likely be for a while, the least diseased whore in the whorehouse.
The dollar index is a relative comparison of the dollar to the other currencies.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 06, 2021 10:41 PM (Mzdiz)
Nah, you wouldn't (assuming prostitution was legal).
"Legal tender" only means that you're required to accept it to settle an existing debt. It doesn't require you to accept it for any new transactions. It's perfectly legal to post a sign saying you won't accept $100 bills, or pennies, as long as the customer is informed of that before the transaction occurs.
If you have the type of restaurant where the customer pays before getting the food, you can set any (legal) form of payment you want. If you have the type where the customer pays after eating the food (thus incurring a debt) THEN you're required to accept U.S. currency.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 06, 2021 10:41 PM (G15ac)
Same problem you see with some of the people in the movie industry. You pay them millions of dollars for a job that frankly isn't earth shaking. Treat them like they're gods. /Act like whatever they spew out of their ignorant mouths is brilliant. They end up behaving like spoiled 3 year olds. No surprise there.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 06, 2021 10:41 PM (+lVUW)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 10:32 PM (L2ZTs)
Well, one of you at least. And I have seen MisHum recently, and it ain't him.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 06, 2021 10:41 PM (Q9lwr)
Posted by: Funsize at June 06, 2021 10:41 PM (EiPf6)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at June 06, 2021 10:41 PM (7F9te)
Unless they have long moustaches or are against the wall, just chill.
Posted by: Miklos Calling at June 06, 2021 10:41 PM (QzkSJ)
Switzerland, probably.
China could steamroll Singapore in about a day.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 06, 2021 10:42 PM (G15ac)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 06, 2021 10:38 PM (rnGsy)
I have run across them in the Absarokas and the Bighorns in Wyoming, and I agree. A rare treat, but so tasty.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not a Beardy Leftist at June 06, 2021 10:43 PM (x8Wzq)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 06, 2021 10:38 PM (rnGsy
I grow some of those in my yard. Each tiny berry has as much flavor as one big berry.
Posted by: Emmie at June 06, 2021 10:43 PM (tcsxg)
Posted by: nerdygirl
This is why I gave up my lucrative Hollywood acting career.
Posted by: Francis X. Miklos-Bushman at June 06, 2021 10:43 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at June 06, 2021 10:41 PM (7F9te)
Eh, it's not really a pussified second-rate sport in other countries. They take it seriously, with proper hooliganism as well as a bit of on-field thuggery.
Posted by: CppThis at June 06, 2021 10:43 PM (8h1h1)
Well, that's the thing. They don't even have to print the money any more, so even that (minor) brake is gone. All they have to do is type more zeros into a keyboard.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 06, 2021 10:44 PM (G15ac)
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at June 06, 2021 10:32 PM (y7DUB)
true.
Posted by: Quint at June 06, 2021 10:44 PM (gJfTA)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 06, 2021 10:37 PM (Mzdiz)
And the assumption is that inflation is.better than deflation, so they err on the side of inflation.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 06, 2021 10:44 PM (Q9lwr)
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 10:45 PM (XrnX7)
Posted by: Funsize at June 06, 2021 10:41 PM (EiPf6)
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And that murdering POS is still out prancing around accepting plaudits from the media and the Karens for "protecting us."
*spit*
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 06, 2021 10:45 PM (fLVm1)
Shaka, when the printer jammed.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 06, 2021 10:45 PM (vuisn)
If you say soccer is a gay sport i will cone over and introduce you to my cleats. Nicely.
Posted by: Funsize at June 06, 2021 10:47 PM (EiPf6)
other countries. They take it seriously, with proper hooliganism as
well as a bit of on-field thuggery.
Posted by: CppThis at June 06, 2021 10:43 PM (8h1h1)
I remember when I first went to the UK in the last century. The pubs had signs outside saying "no soccer colors allowed" They also had signs saying "no British beef served here". They had a lot of signs for pubs now that i think about it.
Posted by: Quint at June 06, 2021 10:47 PM (gJfTA)
There were large bank failures pre-civil war, regularly, but those were mostly the banks loaning out more money than they had to bad investments. At one period the "western" banks would loan money, then the notes would go to the east coast banking centers, and would be collected and sent back to the western territories banks to be redeemed and if enough came it the bank would be broken.
A really exhaustive study on banking in the US is by Murray Rothbard, A History of Money and Banking in the United States. Say what you like about the man and his politics, but he was a relentless historian.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2021 10:48 PM (u0j5n)
Posted by: Funsize at June 06, 2021 10:48 PM (EiPf6)
My theory is that inflation will grow, and interest rates will fluctuate, but companies tend to own assets and intellectual property that has real value in a functioning economy. Therefore it is safer than gold, which has no intrinsic value.
I can't eat gold, but I can get food from that Walmart.
As the price of everything goes up, so does the value of the shares, therefore it is at worst a neutral position.
It's worked so far, 42% growth in my main account over the last 12 months.
None of this helps in the burning times, but then what use will my 401K be if that happens?
Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 06, 2021 10:48 PM (5p7BC)
Posted by: Braenyard at June 06, 2021 10:49 PM (hOiNL)
Yep. The supply of gold did (more or less) increase over time, as more was mined, but that wasn't really connected to how fast the economy as a whole was growing in any realistic way. Then there were periodic major disruptions in the gold supply (Spaniards taking over the Americas and sending fucktons of gold and silver back to Europe, gold rushes in California, Alaska, South Africa, Australia....).
IF we had a TRUSTABLE agency (i.e. NOT THE FEDERAL RESERVE) that would monitor the economy and ensure that the money supply EXACTLY tracked the amount of goods and services available, it would be awesome.
It would also be awesome if I won the lottery and moved into a mansion staffed exclusively by scantily-clad super models.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 06, 2021 10:49 PM (G15ac)
Posted by: Just a side note at June 06, 2021 10:49 PM (2DOZq)
(Maybe it's a Europe thing -- I don't see it happen in the Americas.)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 06, 2021 10:50 PM (vuisn)
I remember when he was in China and he 'drank' one small glass of wine through all the toasts.
Protocol at the function was to drink one glass with each person toasted (IIRC).
He finished with a full glass.
Posted by: AZ deplorably isolated at June 06, 2021 10:50 PM (NldsE)
If you say soccer is a gay sport i will cone over and introduce you to my cleats. Nicely.
Posted by: Funsize at June 06, 2021 10:47 PM (EiPf6)
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American sports are variations of war games.
European, not so much.
Posted by: Braenyard at June 06, 2021 10:50 PM (hOiNL)
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at June 06, 2021 10:32 PM (y7DUB)
true.
Posted by: Quint at June 06, 2021 10:44 PM (gJfTA)
President Nixon welcomed the Apollo 11 crew after splashdown. He seemed genuinely giddy to talk to them. I was too young when this happened live, but I watched the 50th anniversary "live feed" a couple years ago.
I thank rickl for supplying the link.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not a Beardy Leftist at June 06, 2021 10:51 PM (x8Wzq)
Inflation gets you the 1970s.
Deflation gets you the 1930s.
Seems clear that deflation can be a lot worse.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 06, 2021 10:51 PM (G15ac)
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Betcha LeBron equals those numbers per game by himself.
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 10:51 PM (XrnX7)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 06, 2021 10:51 PM (5p7BC)
I thank rickl for supplying the link.
Posted by: Pug Mahon
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Amen.
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 10:52 PM (XrnX7)
other countries. They take it seriously, with proper hooliganism as
well as a bit of on-field thuggery.
Posted by: CppThis at June 06, 2021 10:43 PM (8h1h1)
if you watch Euro soccer, it is pussified.
If you watch Asian soccer, it is between teams that want each other dead for centuries of oppression and murder
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2021 10:52 PM (u0j5n)
Have you seem the nba though? Plenty of faking and falling down and making a lot out of nothing.
Posted by: Funsize at June 06, 2021 10:52 PM (EiPf6)
Posted by: Funsize at June 06, 2021 10:47 PM (EiPf6)
Don't flop on the way over.
Posted by: Just a side note at June 06, 2021 10:52 PM (2DOZq)
Recalling something, I went to the most recent Fed H.4.1 Somewhere in the Federal Reserve Act, there is a provision that the Fed must "hold collateral" against the dollar.
But, this only applies to actual physical FRNs. They don't officially have to pledge anything against the digi dollars they create.
So it's misleading, but if you go to Sec. 7 of that, you'll see the collateral they post against the outstanding FRNs. They pledge their gold (only $11B, but that's at the official rate of 30 something dollars per ounce!) , then SDRs, then Ts.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 06, 2021 10:53 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
A little practicality, please, sir. Let the security supermodels have some decent Kevlar coverage.
Posted by: mikeski at June 06, 2021 10:53 PM (P1f+c)
I remember when he was in China and he 'drank' one small glass of wine through all the toasts.
Protocol at the function was to drink one glass with each person toasted (IIRC).
He finished with a full glass.
Posted by: AZ deplorably isolated
I heard Stalin's translator tell about the meeting with Roosevelt and Churchill, and how Stalin was frustrated with his attempts to get the other two drunk.
Posted by: Miklos paid attention at June 06, 2021 10:54 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Just a side note at June 06, 2021 10:54 PM (2DOZq)
There's a story in Eisenhower's autobiography about him negotiating with Khrushchev. They'd sit down at the table, and periodically Khrushchev would knock back a shot of vodka. This challenge to American Manhood could not be ignored, so Eisenhower started matching him shot for shot with whiskey. At the end of each day of negotiations they'd have to pour him in the limo to take him back to the hotel.
One day at lunch one of the other diplomats picked up one of Khrushchev's glasses and sniffed it.
White wine.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 06, 2021 10:54 PM (G15ac)
(Maybe it's a Europe thing -- I don't see it happen in the Americas.)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 06, 2021 10:50 PM (vuisn)
I think it is an effort to draw a penalty to the opposing side, which then nets them a free throw, or penalty shot, or whatever. In effect, using the officials in an effort to win the game on other than their own merit.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 06, 2021 10:54 PM (rnGsy)
http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=394071
The book thread, comment 29.
My wits are tapped out. Have a great overnight, overnighters.
*thanks MisHum for the post*
*thanks, commentariat, for the commentary*
zzzzzPosted by: mindful webworker - someone should buzz pope frankie at June 06, 2021 10:54 PM (xdNUT)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries.
Beats the heat down below ...
Posted by: Adriane the Classical Vengefulist ... at June 06, 2021 10:55 PM (okV1R)
To see what "backs the dollar" you just look at the asset side of their balance sheet, which is the shit they're creating dollars against, including digi-dollars.
The majority is Ts, the Mortgage backed securities.
So, you dollar is backed by .... promises to pay you back dollars in the future.
Circular, isn't it? That's the way it works. Faith.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 06, 2021 10:55 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Just a side note
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And a moat filled with freakin' laser-headed sharks.
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 10:55 PM (XrnX7)
Posted by: Miklos paid attention at June 06, 2021 10:54 PM (QzkSJ)
Churchill was a professional drinker. I think Stalin would have had a tough time with Winston!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 06, 2021 10:55 PM (Q9lwr)
Posted by: Kindltot
So.
Australian Rules, with Added Personal Animosity
Posted by: Miklos, mate at June 06, 2021 10:55 PM (QzkSJ)
American sports is funny. American football, rugby, and soccer all come from "association football". So same parent game. Is baseball a wargame? I am not sure what else counts as american but im sure some are war-game-esque.
Posted by: Funsize at June 06, 2021 10:56 PM (EiPf6)
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 10:55 PM (XrnX7)
To be fair that would improve any sport.
Posted by: Just a side note at June 06, 2021 10:57 PM (2DOZq)
All of my life politics on tv was framed by people who would never once annoy a democrat zealot. Thank god this bull in a china-shop is wrecking their garbage temple.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 06, 2021 10:57 PM (ybIRR)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 06, 2021 10:57 PM (NldsE)
I remember when he was in China and he 'drank' one small glass of wine through all the toasts.
Protocol at the function was to drink one glass with each person toasted (IIRC).
He finished with a full glass.
Posted by: AZ deplorably isolated at June 06, 2021 10:50 PM (NldsE)
I think Nixon had to drink Chinese Baiju too. That was really taking one for the team. Not to put down another's culture or preferences, but I have had baiju and the versions I have had were god awful. i tastes and smells like feet and really stinky cheese.
Posted by: Quint at June 06, 2021 10:57 PM (gJfTA)
(Maybe it's a Europe thing -- I don't see it happen in the Americas.)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 06, 2021 10:50 PM (vuisn)
It happens a lot in American football too, there's just enough real injuries and assorted scandals to dominate the headlines.
The main problem that Soccer has in America is that its early boosters were pushing the foreign-ness of it, so rather than attracting beer-crushing nationalists like the rest of the world it attracted public-radio pussies. That, and the powers that be in this country haven't yet learned the hard way that semi-officially supporting low-grade hooliganism is better than keep it all bottled up until it breaks out into an ultraviolent revolt or ethnic cleansing spree.
Posted by: CppThis at June 06, 2021 10:57 PM (8h1h1)
Also if it involved sticks and skates.
But then it would be hockey.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 06, 2021 10:57 PM (G15ac)
Posted by: publius
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My faith in Jesus is one thing. I believe Him.
This junta, not so much.
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 10:57 PM (XrnX7)
Josef Stalin, date rapist.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at June 06, 2021 10:57 PM (SchxB)
Deflation gets you the 1930s.
Seems clear that deflation can be a lot worse.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 06, 2021 10:51 PM (G15ac)
Deflation got you the 20's. Even the FED, created to end panics sat around with its collective teeth in its mouths and let Coolidge reduce spending and taxes and give the market time to dispose of its bad investments.
The 30's were triggered by inflation in Europe and the collapse of a business cycle, exacerbated by a clamp down on the economy by first that SOB Hoover then by that other SOB FDR
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2021 10:57 PM (u0j5n)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
That was one. And Stalin did dump his own vodka into the potted plant behind him.
Stalin complained that he couldn't tell if Roosevelt was drunk, because he never saw him walk.
Posted by: Miklos, chock full o' history stuff at June 06, 2021 10:58 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Just a side note
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Which sadly explains my current lack of interest in any sport.
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 10:58 PM (XrnX7)
I think they call that Lacrosse sans skates.
Posted by: Just a side note at June 06, 2021 10:58 PM (2DOZq)
White wine.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 06, 2021 10:54 PM (G15ac)
that's funny.
Posted by: Quint at June 06, 2021 10:58 PM (gJfTA)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not a Beardy Leftist at June 06, 2021 10:51
And TY for remembering rickl.
Posted by: Farmer at June 06, 2021 10:59 PM (55Qr6)
How are you doing?
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 11:00 PM (XrnX7)
Deflation is an effect of a crash. Inflation is an effect of wild buying. The latter is everyone running around screaming "Buy, buy, buy!" Deflation is when everyone is running around screaming "Sell, sell, sell!"
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 06, 2021 11:00 PM (Mzdiz)
The dollar index is a relative comparison of the dollar to the other currencies.
Posted by: publius
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You ignore the real value and strength of the US dollar. In many parts of the world it IS the currency of choice for all transactions. In Vietnam you pay for dinner with a $20 bill and get change back in local currency.
In St. Petersburg, I paid my guide (who had provided his personal car and driven us around for two days) with 10 $100 bills.
Every store in Dubai accepts the US dollar for payment.
There is more to it's place in the world economy that just the Fed and faith and credit of the US. Hell, I've been in stores in the EU that prefer to paid in dollars over euros.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 06, 2021 11:00 PM (5p7BC)
But the booze part - the WH staff had to learn that Churchill took booze, at a minimum, lunch/dinner/later at night. I recall it was a head-shaking amount of stuff. Every day.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 06, 2021 11:00 PM (OTzUX)
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Put their shoulders into it and a few headbutts along the way.
Posted by: Braenyard at June 06, 2021 11:01 PM (hOiNL)
Posted by: Quint
Someone gave me a bottle in Guanzhou (Canton). It broke in my luggage on a river boat trip.
So all my clothes smelled like...well, you know.
Posted by: Miklosian pungent memories at June 06, 2021 11:01 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Bete at June 06, 2021 11:01 PM (Ojki1)
Posted by: Funsize at June 06, 2021 11:02 PM (EiPf6)
Which is all part of "world reserve currency status". Which our WWII guys set up after WWII when we were king of the hill bar none. It's what has let us get away with the fiscal and monetary lunacy for so long.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 06, 2021 11:02 PM (Mzdiz)
A little surprising that he made it to 90 years old. He must've had the same English liver genes as Keith Richards.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 06, 2021 11:02 PM (G15ac)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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I've been busy harvesting Service berries. Mostly have them with ice cream, or on cereal, as I'm too lazy to make jam/jelly.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 06, 2021 11:02 PM (cGzEU)
I believe at least part of the Moron lifestyle is based on Churchill's teachings.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at June 06, 2021 11:03 PM (SchxB)
A little surprising that he made it to 90 years old. He must've had the same English liver genes as Keith Richards.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 06, 2021 11:02 PM (G15ac)
his beloved son died from too much drink I think. Some things in life are just hit and miss. You get the genes you get I guess.
Posted by: Quint at June 06, 2021 11:04 PM (gJfTA)
Steve Harris. Um. Yeah. he is way too full of himself.
Chris Squire was annoying as fuck-all.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not a Beardy Leftist
Good taste PM. I might add on John Paul Jones. IMO the most musically talented in LZ. Newer music try on Chris Wolstonholme of Muse.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KwhjlNvF-4Q
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem at June 06, 2021 11:04 PM (vkzpV)
Posted by: rhomboid
A copy of the medical prescription Churchill got on an earlier visit during Prohibition:
https://tinyurl.com/savvmy73
Posted by: Miklosian Comsumption Habits at June 06, 2021 11:04 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Braenyard at June 06, 2021 11:05 PM (hOiNL)
Did everyone have a nice weekend? I picked up some books from my folks. One about an olympic rowing crew and one about English sailors/explorers.
Posted by: Funsize at June 06, 2021 11:05 PM (EiPf6)
Just replace 30 year old single-malt scotch with Valu-Rite and you've got it.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 06, 2021 11:05 PM (G15ac)
Posted by: Funsize at June 06, 2021 11:07 PM (EiPf6)
The General Theory and Krugman call this "excess spirits" causing pessimism in the market at reversals, and the Chicago School call it unfortunate inability to balance the growth of the money supply against the growth of the economy overbalancing it.
The Austrians consider it from the opposite end, being the final result in too easy credit growth unmatched by demand in the economy hiding actual information on demand and production from the entrepreneur causing malinvestment and ultimately market failure. The crash is the first step in resolving or writing off bad investments.
What happened under FDR was market manipulation trying to prevent the resolution of the bad investments to prevent hardship in the economy, which made a bad situation worse.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2021 11:07 PM (u0j5n)
A little surprising that he made it to 90 years old. He must've had the same English liver genes as Keith Richards.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
The Queen Mum (Lizzie's mama) was a famous party girl in the 20' noted for her love of champagne.
To the end of her like she had at least a half bottle per day.
Lived to 102
Posted by: Miklos considers alcihol a Natural Health Supplement at June 06, 2021 11:08 PM (QzkSJ)
It's pretty gay. Not like Olympic Diving gay, but pretty gay nonetheless.
I'm just saying it's ironic to yell fag at players when the only thing gayer than soccer is watching other dudes play soccer.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at June 06, 2021 11:08 PM (7F9te)
And I spent a lot of time in Vietnam, all over, and never used US$ or saw them being used. It was the dong, all the way, man!
And in post-Soviet republics, US cash was king, of course. Though cartons of Marlboros were often better.
And in Armenia, due to Iranian "real counterfeit" US currency, made with equipment supplied to the Shah, the locals would take brand-new stiff bank-issued $20s and $50s and subject them to all kinds of bogus "tests". Because the American who just got off a plane from overseas was going to be passing bad $. Right.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 06, 2021 11:08 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Miklosian Comsumption Habits at June 06, 2021 11:04 PM (QzkSJ)
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Eight and a half ounces for lunch, he out drank Queen Elizabeth.
Posted by: Braenyard at June 06, 2021 11:09 PM (hOiNL)
https://tinyurl.com/clementine-c
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 06, 2021 11:09 PM (G15ac)
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 11:09 PM (XrnX7)
She paid for everything using dollars.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 06, 2021 11:09 PM (5p7BC)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 11:10 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Long Duc Dong at June 06, 2021 11:11 PM (QzkSJ)
Shaka, when the printer jammed.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 06, 2021 10:45 PM (vuisn)
Zinda, his face black, his eyes red!
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 06, 2021 11:11 PM (bxPTJ)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KwhjlNvF-4Q
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem at June 06, 2021 11:04 PM (vkzpV)
I am blanking on their names, but the kids who make up Greta van Fleet. they obviously love Led Zeppelin. To the point that the one brother not only plays bass, but plays keyboards, a la John Paul Jones. And very well. I think Greta van Fleet might be pigeonholed into a LZ tribute band. But these kids are really talented.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not a Beardy Leftist at June 06, 2021 11:12 PM (x8Wzq)
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I recollect that while visiting the U.S. in the late 20's, early 30's (prohibition years) he obtained a doctor's prescription which allowed the purchase of whisky.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 06, 2021 11:12 PM (cGzEU)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem at June 06, 2021 11:12 PM (vkzpV)
IMHO she looked a lot like Kate Middleton.
https://tinyurl.com/3n5726wf
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 11:13 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: qdpsteve
I didn't know you had come out the first time!
Posted by: Miklos, Celebrating Diversity Manditorially at June 06, 2021 11:13 PM (QzkSJ)
Night all.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at June 06, 2021 11:13 PM (5p7BC)
Why doesn't he just take away their posting privileges. Driscoll really brings the site down in quality.
Posted by: Chuck C at June 06, 2021 10:37 PM (awtm/)
Driscoll has the Insty posting privileges, but Treacher is a PJ Media hire and doesn't ifaik get to post at Instapundit.
I liked Treacher a lot better when, after being fired at Daily Caller or somesuch, announced he was 'retiring'. But, like a bad penny...
Posted by: GnuBreed, journalizin' at June 06, 2021 11:14 PM (F0YaR)
Posted by: Funsize at June 06, 2021 11:14 PM (EiPf6)
This junta, not so much.
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 10:57 PM (XrnX7)
This...
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - Your Fearless Leaders Have, and Deserve, Special Privileges! at June 06, 2021 11:14 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 11:14 PM (L2ZTs)
You're welcome
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 06, 2021 11:14 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: Mike Hammer,
See above @450
Posted by: Miklos, can verify, liking the "indefinite" part at June 06, 2021 11:15 PM (QzkSJ)
There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner as the result of voluntary abandonment of further credit expansion, or later as a final and total catastrophe of the currency system involved.
Posted by: Ludwig von Mises, Austrian School at June 06, 2021 11:15 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Robert at June 06, 2021 11:15 PM (LgWsy)
currency, made with equipment supplied to the Shah, the locals would
take brand-new stiff bank-issued $20s and $50s and subject them to all
kinds of bogus "tests". Because the American who just got off a plane
from overseas was going to be passing bad $. Right.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 06, 2021 11:08 PM (OTzUX)
unrelated to your discussion here because i missed it. But I always laughed about American tourists who would say we went to x and such a place and they took dollars. Well know shit, anyone in a tourist location, that has a bit of a clue will take dollars, pounds, Francs, or Yen. The key is they know how to exchange it, and it is you who will be paying the extra costs. Shit I will take South African Rands if you pay me enough.
Also, abroad they are way more paranoid about counterfeit currency. Even in the UK, if you stick around long enough, someone will claim your bill is counterfeit. Not sure what the angle is, but it does happen.
Posted by: Quint at June 06, 2021 11:16 PM (gJfTA)
The white wine Stalin liked came from a winery in his native Georgia, and after it achieved this status the Kremlin controlled the entire production. Don't know whether the place was still operating after the collapse, but Georgia has some pretty good wines (more of the everyday variety, not collectible stuff), some of their varietals have small plantings in the US.
I had some home-made stuff when I was in Georgia, where I spent a fair amount of time. Pretty country, great food and wine.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 06, 2021 11:18 PM (OTzUX)
But the bigger problem was counterfeit bank cards.
Posted by: Miklos solved the problem kinda at June 06, 2021 11:19 PM (QzkSJ)
Of von Mises' two paths, we have chosen the latter. We have chosen poorly.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 06, 2021 11:20 PM (Mzdiz)
But the bigger problem was counterfeit bank cards.
Posted by: Miklos solved the problem kinda
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Makes sense.
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 11:20 PM (XrnX7)
Posted by: publius
Plan well
Posted by: Miklos, not prepared to shrug like a Frenchman just yet at June 06, 2021 11:21 PM (QzkSJ)
So in a head-to-head fight, who wins, Hoppe or Schumpeter?
I mean, Hoppe has his helicopters, but Schumpeter is the master of destruction!
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2021 11:21 PM (u0j5n)
Loves ya, publius, but sheesh.
This life is but a vapor, compared to the eternity of...eternity.
We will see those that do evil get judged, as we will be judged for the evil we do.
Thank God for Jesus to intercede for us...otherwise...
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 11:23 PM (XrnX7)
Salon is reporting that during his speech yesterday, DJT was wearing his pants backward.
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 11:23 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2021 11:24 PM (u0j5n)
Posted by: Miklos
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[kicks dirt]
Dammit...I'm just no good at this reading upthread stuff.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 06, 2021 11:24 PM (bPH26)
We later learned that the play was to use credit cards and ATM's. And before ATM's were huge, at least go into town and exchange at a legit bank. Who knows what they are doing today, my advice is dated. i guess they are all using apps and bitcoin.
Posted by: Quint at June 06, 2021 11:25 PM (gJfTA)
Posted by: Pete Bog at June 06, 2021 11:27 PM (bzrNB)
Dammit...I'm just no good at this reading upthread stuff.
Posted by: Mike Hammer
No, it's just you Rich People get so isolated up there on the mountaintop.
Posted by: Miklos, lowlander with Highlander ancestry at June 06, 2021 11:27 PM (QzkSJ)
We means our leaders, our government, our elites.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 06, 2021 11:28 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 11:28 PM (XrnX7)
Posted by: Mikleuse de l'Acadie at June 06, 2021 11:29 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: rhomboid at June 06, 2021 11:18 PM (OTzUX)
I don't know if it was Stalin, Kruschev or whomever. But i recall learning at one point the USSR made a major point of planting wine grapes. They grew a lot of wine and still do. The idea was to curb vodka over consumption. I don't think it worked. I have heard similar stories about Australia and Penfolds, but Australia is a natural climate for wine.
The funny think about wine is most countries grow it, and some many don't think about, like Russia, make a lot. But there is a difference between wine produced for local consumption and wine produced for export.
Posted by: Quint at June 06, 2021 11:30 PM (gJfTA)
Posted by: Miklos, roflolling at June 06, 2021 11:31 PM (QzkSJ)
I live in a tiny red county in a blue state that's utterly corrupt, with a blue city calling the shots, for many.
My county has a 30% compliance rate for the jab, yet everything is opened, with very few masks, even at the community pool.
So there are glimpses of pushback.
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 11:32 PM (XrnX7)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2021 11:33 PM (0Vn05)
Illinois? New Jersey? Maryland? We need one more hint for fun.
Posted by: Quint at June 06, 2021 11:34 PM (gJfTA)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at June 06, 2021 10:35 PM (SchxB)
How to use the salt lick to fill the freezsr.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 06, 2021 11:34 PM (axyOa)
Salon is reporting that during his speech yesterday, DJT was wearing his pants backward.
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 20
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It was a signal to little Joey.
Posted by: Braenyard at June 06, 2021 11:34 PM (hOiNL)
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 11:34 PM (XrnX7)
How are you doing?
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 11:00
Better now, I can walk some on my own. And we got rid of the bat in the house, so I sleep better. LOL
Posted by: Farmer at June 06, 2021 11:35 PM (55Qr6)
Posted by: SMH
Is "pushback" the right term?
Is there a single term in English for "tired of your stupid fucking shit, lying idiot arrogant assholes, also Fuck U"?
Oughtta be
Posted by: Miklos, insufficiently cunning linguist at June 06, 2021 11:35 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 06, 2021 11:33 PM (0Vn05)
i have heard that too. But also it is about time and place. High achievers like that are not walking around drunk all the time.
Posted by: Quint at June 06, 2021 11:36 PM (gJfTA)
Local ordinance says you can't shoot 'em in town. Gotta take 'em down by manual strangulation only.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at June 06, 2021 11:36 PM (SchxB)
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 11:34 PM (XrnX7)
that was my first guess, that is why I put it first.
Posted by: Quint at June 06, 2021 11:37 PM (gJfTA)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 06, 2021 11:20 PM (Mzdiz)
There's still time to change the road you're on.
Posted by: Robert Plant at June 06, 2021 11:37 PM (QHeI5)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 06, 2021 11:38 PM (GBHAb)
this could be an existential moment. Or not, like when I discovered I liked Tangos and couldn't dance a step.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2021 11:38 PM (u0j5n)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not insurgents, counterrevolutionaries. at June 06, 2021 11:36 PM (SchxB),
Details...details...
Posted by: Diogenes at June 06, 2021 11:38 PM (axyOa)
Posted by: Quint
I..uh...yes..uh...
*struggles to clean splash of tequila and xtabentun from monocle*
Posted by: Miklos, no further comment at June 06, 2021 11:39 PM (QzkSJ)
Marriage.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at June 06, 2021 11:39 PM (7F9te)
i have heard that too. But also it is about time and place. High achievers like that are not walking around drunk all the time.
Posted by: Quint
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*ponders*
This could explain my squandered youth
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 06, 2021 11:40 PM (GBHAb)
Well stated
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at June 06, 2021 11:40 PM (aA3+G)
Posted by: SMH at June 06, 2021 11:40 PM (XrnX7)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 06, 2021 11:40 PM (G15ac)
left over after traveling, I would use up paying cash for drinks on the
flight home.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 06, 2021 11:38 PM (GBHAb)
pounds are still good but if you saved your European stuff, they are paper weights. I gave a random store clerk a Greek Drachma that happened to be in my change. I told him about the history and he seemed really interested. A lot of younger people today love to learn history since they don't get any.
Posted by: Quint at June 06, 2021 11:41 PM (gJfTA)
Then when deer season opened, they'd go out there and sit at the top of the staircase with rifles.
Sporting? Not even. Their family needed meat.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 06, 2021 11:43 PM (G15ac)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 06, 2021 11:40 PM (G15ac)
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Earlier, she had the plane turn around and come back.
So, they told her to get back on the plane.
Posted by: Braenyard at June 06, 2021 11:44 PM (hOiNL)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 06, 2021 11:44 PM (G15ac)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at June 06, 2021 11:44 PM (+WWsf)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at June 06, 2021 11:44 PM (+WWsf)
Night, horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 06, 2021 11:45 PM (WQJKG)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
Oddly enough, the Poles, Czechs and Hungarians too.
Posted by: Miklos, who might could explain this but all so clear at June 06, 2021 11:45 PM (QzkSJ)
It was a joke then and it's joke now. They are in debt up to their eyeballs.
Posted by: Braenyard at June 06, 2021 11:47 PM (hOiNL)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 06, 2021 11:40 PM (G15ac)
Universidad Francisco Marroquin is a free university in Guatemala City. They have a Mises library, a mural of Ayn Rand on a wall in celebration of her works and philosophy, and their motto is about the spreading of ethical, judicial, and economic principles of free society.
it is also Guatemala, the home of guerilla street theater and political action. Betcha she got a briefing for Nicaragua.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 06, 2021 11:47 PM (u0j5n)
Posted by: Miklos, who might could explain this but all so clear at June 06, 2021 11:45 PM (QzkSJ)
I think I still have some Forints from my visit.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at June 06, 2021 11:47 PM (7F9te)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear
Has Robert "I'm only wrong when I ain't right" Reich been visiting the WH again?
Posted by: Sock Monkey * Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem at June 06, 2021 11:48 PM (vkzpV)
I was trying to find some stuff, charts mostly, to illustrate this von Mises/Austrian School, Deflation, depression stuff, but they're hard to find. I'll have to do a lot more work to dig them up, or construct them myself.
Anyway, we see many charts about federal (govt debt) to GDP. But that doesn't tell the whole story. You need to look at all the debt, public and private. The term for that is now "Total credit market debt outstanding". Look at the ratio of that to GDP. You see something interesting over the past 120 years.
[continued]
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 06, 2021 11:48 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
I don't get the whole concept of "sport" hunting. I have to use a primitive weapon to kill deer on my land within city limits. That's the sport aspect, I guess.
We blow kisses at the doe when they're around the house every year. Mommas bring their younguns around the house each year to protect them from predators.
The, I kill the bucks that come around to breed them when the does come around for relief from that pressure.
Sport? Nah. Harvest
Posted by: MkY at June 06, 2021 11:49 PM (Foq6I)
Posted by: Braenyard at June 06, 2021 11:50 PM (hOiNL)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger
300 will still buy you a beer
Posted by: Miklos, who thinks he paid off his bar tabs at June 06, 2021 11:50 PM (QzkSJ)
Here in Alaska, it is a felony to kill an edible game animal without salvaging the meat.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 06, 2021 11:51 PM (G15ac)
Posted by: Braenyard
I read that as "Biden's budgie"
Caught it before I felt sad
Posted by: Miklos, quick on the downtake at June 06, 2021 11:51 PM (QzkSJ)
You eat it
Posted by: Braenyard at June 06, 2021 11:51 PM (hOiNL)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
The term used here is "wanton waste". Better get what you can.
Posted by: MkY at June 06, 2021 11:52 PM (Foq6I)
Posted by: zombie Bob Hope at June 06, 2021 11:52 PM (P1f+c)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
Certain states have "Hobo Laws"
You'd have to ask Ace.
Posted by: Miklos, not a lawyer in your state or province or future territory at June 06, 2021 11:53 PM (QzkSJ)
Yep, same here.
There's also "molestation of wildlife", which caused a friend of mine to be subjected to...rough humor...from the other people on the chain when he was brought in for arraignment after spending the night in jail.
(he'd been "fishing" for salmon by hitting them with big rocks, then wading out to pick them up... also common among people who need meat, but not legal).
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 06, 2021 11:54 PM (G15ac)
Posted by: zombie Bob Hope
Thanks for giving me your autograph before you were a zombie. Around 1970 I think.
Posted by: Miklos, thanks for the memories at June 06, 2021 11:54 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at June 06, 2021 11:55 PM (L2ZTs)
Starting around 1900 or so, this total debt ratio was somewhere around 150% to 170%. The in the '20s came a boom, and that ratio shot the moon, hitting a peak of 303%. And then she crashed. Crashed hard. That was the reset. The reset was a deflationary depression of debt (asset. One man's debt is another asset. That is the key to realize)
If you just look at federal debt, you won't see what was happening to private debt. Even while govt starting taking on debt, and blowing it out during WWII, private sector was still declining.
At the end of WWII, total debt ratio was back to around 150%. And there it pretty much stayed, bouncing around 150 - 170ish. Then in the '80s, it started ticking up again. Around 2000 or so, with the housing bubble it shot the moon again, and by 2008 had hit 360%.
Then came the crash. See the pattern? Things got very overheated. Lots of "mal-investment" as von Mises would put it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 06, 2021 11:56 PM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Mogo at June 06, 2021 11:56 PM (D5GV3)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 06, 2021 11:57 PM (G15ac)
Posted by: publius
Exuberantly irrational.
Posted by: Miklos, deliberately misquoting at June 06, 2021 11:57 PM (QzkSJ)
Here in Alaska, it is a felony to kill an edible game animal without salvaging the meat.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 06, 2021 11:51 PM (G15ac)
in Spain it is a crime to run a bullfight or Corrida and not salvage the meat and have a ready buyer at hand. I use that as an example, not defending the Corrida or the misnomer "bullfighting"I know in Texas they have ranches that have exotic animals people pay a ton of money to "hunt". Not sure what I think about that, well, I do know what I think about it but I don't normally tell people what they can and can't do if it is legal.
Posted by: Quint at June 06, 2021 11:58 PM (gJfTA)
meat because they need the meat. Many others hunt because it is part of
their culture. The extremes of hunting for meat because it is your only
source, vs the idea of hunting for "sport" are the extremes, with most
in the middle imo. Many love to hunt because it is part of their
culture. Most people who fish could afford to go to a grocery store and
buy fish. Not trying to end a discussion here, but to start one.
Posted by: Quint at June 06, 2021 11:58 PM (gJfTA)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 06, 2021 11:48 PM (Mzdiz)
It looks like a dick!
Posted by: Stonn at June 06, 2021 11:58 PM (xP36F)
Posted by: Miklos, actual historian according to the Official Paper at June 06, 2021 11:59 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
That's a hoot!
Most game laws are on the books, I guess, cause someone figgered a way to "game" the system.
Our "black powder only" season turned into an "alternative method" season. Seems you can use anything but your modern deer rifle.
Atl-atl's are a listed "accepted" method. Big bore handguns are accepted.
Go figger.
Posted by: MkY at June 06, 2021 11:59 PM (Foq6I)
I don't understand not wanting the meat. That's part of the whole cultural tradition, IMO.
Anyway, I'm gonna tap out for the evening myself.
Have a good night, everybody.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 07, 2021 12:00 AM (G15ac)
In 2008, the system was trying to reset again. Which would've been another deflationary depression of debt destruction.
But the powers that be saved the system. They prevented that reset from happening. But essentially letting the Fed and the Federal govt. take over all that bad debt, putting it on their own balance sheets. That kept things from crashing.
It held at 350% until the 'Rona hit according the figures from the Fed. Then it shot up to 415%. Came down a little to 390% at the end of 2020.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 07, 2021 12:01 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Quint at June 07, 2021 12:01 AM (gJfTA)
Posted by: Quint
I remember sitting in the farmhouse kitchen and asking Gramma what we would have for dinner (hungry young boy).
"Depends on what they git"
Rabbit
Posted by: Miklos knows a few recipes at June 07, 2021 12:02 AM (QzkSJ)
I don't understand not wanting the meat. That's part of the whole cultural tradition, IMO.
Anyway, I'm gonna tap out for the evening myself.
Have a good night, everybody.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 07, 2021 12:00 AM (G15ac)
not wanting the meat, or wasting it, is stupid. Crap, the last ten years I fished I threw everything back. That was my decision. Maybe I didn't want to off a fish, which is a dumb idea really. But also maybe I was too lazy to clean them later. But you can't sport hunt, you can't just throw them back.
Posted by: Quint at June 07, 2021 12:04 AM (gJfTA)
Posted by: Blanco Basura
You take down a six-point buck with a rear naked choke, that's real sport hunting, right there.
Posted by: mikeski at June 07, 2021 12:04 AM (P1f+c)
I get the hunting as a sport thing. I certainly get hunting as a means to get meat thing... as do many small county judges. But that needing meat thing ended somewhere around 1965.
On this property, killing deer has become so easy, that we only take what we can use annually. I routinely engage in wanton waste, killing grey squirrels and raccoons with reckless abandon when I can.
It doesn't bother me.
Posted by: MkY at June 07, 2021 12:05 AM (Foq6I)
Rabbit
Posted by: Miklos knows a few recipes at June 07, 2021 12:02 AM (QzkSJ)
Gramma was realistic about things. You get what you get. I also love rabbit. Fried rabbit, that you didn't pay $18 for at so fru fru boutique store, Heaven.
Posted by: Quint at June 07, 2021 12:06 AM (gJfTA)
But the powers that be saved the system. They prevented that reset from happening. But essentially letting the Fed and the Federal govt. take over all that bad debt, putting it on their own balance sheets. That kept things from crashing.
It held at 350% until the 'Rona hit according the figures from the Fed. Then it shot up to 415%. Came down a little to 390% at the end of 2020.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 07, 2021 12:01 AM (Mzdiz)
Say,wait a minute.
In my opinion they counteracted the deflationary reduction in the value of assets by spending huge amounts of money.
That's why there wasn't deflation.
Remember the trillion dollars spent that first year of Obama's first term?
Posted by: Stonn at June 07, 2021 12:06 AM (xP36F)
hunting as a means to get meat thing... as do many small county judges.
But that needing meat thing ended somewhere around 1965.
On this property, killing deer has become so easy, that we only take
what we can use annually. I routinely engage in wanton waste, killing
grey squirrels and raccoons with reckless abandon when I can.
It doesn't bother me.
Posted by: MkY at June 07, 2021 12:05 AM (Foq6I)
everyone has their own personal experiences. I recall when deer hunting was difficult. Entire towns in PA would shut down the first week of deer season, including the schools. And back then you could get 1 or 2 a season, and that was max. Most got nothing and liked it.
Posted by: Quint at June 07, 2021 12:08 AM (gJfTA)
Publius, if we meet again, I will tell you what I was doing in 2008 and how scared shitless the Euro bankers were when I explained that the US liquidity problem could be solved at no expense to the USG by pulling home all the money US based companies had parked overseas.
Posted by: Miklos, didn't happen because "they" didn't want it to at June 07, 2021 12:08 AM (QzkSJ)
I am honest when I look down on people in Llano county Texas who get up in fancy deer stands, then watch a hundred deer go buy and pick the buck they want, that is not how i did it. I also don't like the guys in the South that run dogs. They shoot up the place and hopefully not each other. If I sound jaded, that is my point. We all have our own personal idea of what hunting should be or not be.
Posted by: Quint at June 07, 2021 12:12 AM (gJfTA)
As a youngster (early 60's) I remember him getting excited about seeing a deer track while rabbit hunting in Missouri.
Things have changed. There is a serious need to knock back the population in urban areas, and I'm just doing my part. heh
Posted by: MkY at June 07, 2021 12:13 AM (Foq6I)
In my opinion they counteracted the deflationary reduction in the value of assets by spending huge amounts of money.
Same thing, I'm just putting in terms of the big picture. Where did all that money they spent with TARP and all that come from? Borrowed, by the federal govt. Crashing private sector debt (bad mortgages were the start) was shored up by govt. borrowing money.
And the Fed had to start printing, expanding its balance sheet to support all that, and even started taking the bad debt directly on its own balance sheet. It starting "buying" mortgage backed securities directly. It put that bad debt directly on its own balance sheet.
The net result was the transfer of bad private debt to "good" govt. debt (and I include the Fed's balance sheet in that).
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 07, 2021 12:14 AM (Mzdiz)
Is there a single term in English for "tired of your stupid fucking shit, lying idiot arrogant assholes, also Fuck U"?
Oughtta be
Posted by: Miklos, insufficiently cunning linguist at June 06, 2021 11:35 PM (QzkSJ)
That use to be "American", but well, it changed over time like so much of language it seems.
Posted by: Bete at June 07, 2021 12:15 AM (Ojki1)
Posted by: Miklos knows the sad answer at June 07, 2021 12:16 AM (QzkSJ)
I can't speak for the smaller Texas Hill Country ranches. You know, the ones around two thousand acres or so. But I have hunted "cull bucks" on a Twelve Thousand Acre South Texas ranch in Jim Hogg county. Hunting season, the airport in Hebbronville literally runs out of room to land and park even so much as a Cessna 152. Corporate jets and King Airs crammed into every inch of ramp to be found.
Point about that 12k acre ranch though. Hunter gets to hunt the East Five enclosure. Ok, he's in a high-fenced range of about a thousand acres, with heavy brush and many limited sight lines. Ain't quite the same concept of shooting some poor critter tied to a stake. And he'll pay about $12k~$15k to take that Boone & Crockett buck, IF he gets a shot at one. Mighty big "if", on 1,000+ acres, even with a ranch guide that knows the ground.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at June 07, 2021 12:16 AM (QzJWU)
I did my woodscraft early. Put in my time in stands. Put in my time scouting. Bought this land with an idea of how to make it a deer haven intentionally.
No different than managing fence rows for quail, I figger.
Posted by: MkY at June 07, 2021 12:18 AM (Foq6I)
If it's a sport, take up tennis.
Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at June 07, 2021 12:19 AM (SDdx5)
During these crash events, because of the dollar's world reserve currency status (I don't understand all the details -- I tend to MEGLO, but that's the root of it), there becomes tremendous demand for dollars in the overseas banking system. That got so bad during the '08 crisis, that the Fed had to come up with these "Swap Lines" they called them.
Essentially, foreign central banks needed a way to create dollars themselves as needed to shore up their own banking system. Well, they can't do that. Only the Fed can create dollars.
So the Fed created the swap lines. It works like this. The Fed and say the ECB each create a bunch of dollars and euros and then swap them. On the Fed's balance sheet, it holds a bunch of euros as an asset it creates dollars against, and vice versa for the ECB.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 07, 2021 12:20 AM (Mzdiz)
>I enjoy harvesting tasty venison when it's in season. And game animals around here love to feast in apple orchards as often as possible and they also like to eat apples when they've dropped and are rotting and fermenting on the ground. There is nothing more tasty than a fat, drunk deer.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at June 07, 2021 12:23 AM (7Tokq)
Just got back from a trip through Ks. and into the Pueblo area of Colorado.
Those huge ranches ain't making a whole lotta money.
I hope they all can sell some of the wildlife... however.
Geez. "That land is so poor, you'd need a bottle of whiskey to raise your voice", to quote my Pop.
Posted by: MkY at June 07, 2021 12:23 AM (Foq6I)
That swap then gives the ECB a supply of fresh dollars it can lend out as needed. Note it's an entirely circular cycle of money creation. No real asset is involved.
The Fed did this with the ECB, Bank of England, Bank of Japan, and all the other major currency central banks.
The need for that disappeared and the swap lines were down to nothing until the 'Rona. The swap lines ballooned up again, demand for dollars, but they've abated now, standing at only $500M now from a peak last year of near $500B.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 07, 2021 12:24 AM (Mzdiz)
Phony balogna pieces of paper with dead presidents are examples of a currency, but technically speaking doesn't meet the historical definition of money. Modern Monetary Theory asshats will start screeching like wounded Eagles, but that's not news.
Posted by: Common Tater at June 07, 2021 12:24 AM (9LYIb)
The net result was the transfer of bad private debt to "good" govt. debt (and I include the Fed's balance sheet in that).
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 07, 2021 12:14 AM (Mzdiz)
Sort of. I don't think it was the taking on the debt that did any good, it was the creation of new debt in the borrowing in order to spend.
The reduction in value of assets was deflationary. The government created new money in order to inflate the currency to counteract the potential deflation.
Posted by: Stonn at June 07, 2021 12:25 AM (xP36F)
Or did I?
You didn't directly. But if you look at where your money and assets are, you'll see they are likely backed somewhere in the chain with Treasuries.
The rest of your share of the loan came from the Fed, just printing.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 07, 2021 12:26 AM (Mzdiz)
to hunt the East Five enclosure. Ok, he's in a high-fenced range of
about a thousand acres, with heavy brush and many limited sight lines.
Ain't quite the same concept of shooting some poor critter tied to a
stake. And he'll pay about $12k~$15k to take that Boone Crockett
buck, IF he gets a shot at one. Mighty big "if", on 1,000+ acres, even
with a ranch guide that knows the ground.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at June 07, 2021 12:16 AM (QzJWU)
that is good context there. And I know it is part of the economy. I recall there being places that have zebra and I think even Giraffe. That seems odd to me but again, that was my point, there are certain issues people only see through their limited perspective. I do recall South Texas ranches where they had rams and you would pay a lot to harvest one. Personally I would never pay to take an animal. It doesn't seem fully legit to me.
Posted by: Quint at June 07, 2021 12:27 AM (gJfTA)
Posted by: MkY at June 07, 2021 12:29 AM (Foq6I)
Another component is the govt. borrowed money on your good name. That is, the govt is pledging your labor and income to pay the taxes which will repay the loans. In the future.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 07, 2021 12:29 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Quint at June 07, 2021 12:30 AM (gJfTA)
That's per capita and as of 2019 I think, and looking at total public debt, not debt held by the public. The former includes the fictional Social Security (and other trust funds). Which the govt owes itself. If you pretend those are good, you add them in. If you realize they're no good, you use debt held by the public. That knocks down per capita to around $69K.
Better to look at the debt per taxpayer. That's $183K.
If you're a taxpayer, not tax taker, you're on the hook for $183 grand.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 07, 2021 12:34 AM (Mzdiz)
They keep a low profile.
Posted by: MkY at June 07, 2021 12:35 AM (Foq6I)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 07, 2021 12:29 AM (Mzdiz)
Note, a Peasant under his Lord, only owed him ONE day of labor, per week... one day out of 6 (as Sunday belonged to God). ie, he owed 16.6% of his labor...
We pay more than that in Taxes. Many places are north of 50%.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 07, 2021 12:35 AM (oHd/0)
south of Kansas City. He didn't see a deer until the late 1930's, and
that was in Wyoming. They were gone here. Extirpated. As were wild
turkey.
As a youngster (early 60's) I remember him getting excited about seeing a deer track while rabbit hunting in Missouri.
Things have changed. There is a serious need to knock back the population in urban areas, and I'm just doing my part. heh
Posted by: MkY at June 07, 2021 12:13 AM (Foq6I)
I remember an American Hunter article way back in the 90s. They said that if someone shot a serious buck in 1920, in a small town, that got in the paper. And they also said that Texas today, at that time, had ten times as many deer as the entire US a hundred years prior. The key was there were no "good ol' days" If you like deer, this country has never had more.
Posted by: Quint at June 07, 2021 12:36 AM (gJfTA)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear
So, you['re saying if I write the check tomorrow, I'm off the hook?
Yeah...
Posted by: MkY at June 07, 2021 12:36 AM (Foq6I)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 07, 2021 12:34 AM (Mzdiz)
Which is why they are trying to inflate their way out of debt, by printing money.
Making anything we saved, worth less.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 07, 2021 12:37 AM (oHd/0)
For example, the Swiss restricted purchases of the uber-safe Swiss franc because it drove up the value of that currency to the extent that Swiss exports and tourism were unaffordable.
Then the negative nominal interest rates on bank deposits and bonds.
Posted by: Miklos doesn't need to be a weatherman at June 07, 2021 12:38 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Quint at June 07, 2021 12:39 AM (gJfTA)
Posted by: Romeo13
Inflation benefits the debtor.
Who is America's biggest debtor, with unpayable debt?
Posted by: Miklos, dot connector at June 07, 2021 12:40 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Quint
Same can be said of trees. We have more forest, and less prairie than we've ever had. Suburbs turn prairie into woods. And a more diverse wood than we've ever had, as well.
Ignorance is rampant.
Posted by: MkY at June 07, 2021 12:40 AM (Foq6I)
The response is instructive, including the part about lawyers.
Posted by: Miklos, no link at the moment at June 07, 2021 12:41 AM (QzkSJ)
I remember a funny article in the Washington Compost once. Some radical lefty decided she had to move out of DC once they opened up hunting in Rock Creek Park. Just the idea that someone might kill a dear in her city was enough to send her into refugee status.
Posted by: Quint at June 07, 2021 12:42 AM (gJfTA)
I believe that's all bullshit. See Also: Odious Debt,
Governments don't pay off "national debts", that isn't how it works. There is no intention now of paying it back (if there ever was) mainly because it is not possible.
What governments must do, is make timely interest payments on the debt owed. This is not optional. Even during the Civil War, the US government made its interest payments. For obvious reasons, once a government misses bond payments, then it becomes very expensive to borrow.
And everything has to be cash on the barrel head for imports, medicines, luxury items. No 90 days net or anything of the sort.
Posted by: Common Tater at June 07, 2021 12:43 AM (9LYIb)
---------- She's a stem winder and gives it to the school board.........
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxu3wdiXRF0
Posted by: Braenyard at June 07, 2021 12:43 AM (hOiNL)
Which is correct.
Yup, and it needs to be repeated for general audiences because so much of the (stated) goals of policy don't seem to understand it. And their schools don't want the general population understanding it either.
Posted by: Methos at June 07, 2021 12:45 AM (kOpft)
Looked up the latest figures. As of June 3, Debt held by the public stands at $22.11T. Total public debt outstanding stands at $28.24T. The differen, the Intragovernmental debt stands at $6.13T. This is the IOUs for social security and the other trust funds.
Divide that population and number of taxpayers.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 07, 2021 12:45 AM (Mzdiz)
One aspect - Great Britain (London) was the banking center of the world, and they could jack around with interest rates to fuck with people. Usually in the Fall, when farmers needed to borrow.
A lot of the founders got hosed, something something about borrowing in (paper) currencies but they had to pay back in Specie (gold) which was hard to get.
Also, unlike today, debts were not discharged with someones estate, debts were inherited or transferable to heirs same as any assets.
Better hope mom and dad know what the fuck they are doing, cuz you're on the hook for it financially.
Posted by: Common Tater at June 07, 2021 12:50 AM (9LYIb)
We pay more than that in Taxes. Many places are north of 50%.
Posted by: Romeo13
Excellent point. Superb. I'm gonna use that every chance I get.
Throw in sales tax, and most 2 earner families are well over 50%, cause most of what they earn gets spent.
Also, look at property taxes. Under the current system is the US, you rent your property from the Govt. Don't believe it? Don't pay your taxes for a few years, and men with guns show up, and throw you out.
Posted by: MkY at June 07, 2021 12:51 AM (Foq6I)
--------
And no predators, at least not east of the Mississippi. For the first time*ever*, I found two does in my front yard a couple of weeks ago. Then...there are the bears. The damn bears are practically wandering the streets here.
It's only a question of time until there is a bear incident.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 07, 2021 12:52 AM (GBHAb)
I believe they are referred to as cat houses in tx.
the ranches are in nv
Posted by: confederatefifth at June 07, 2021 12:52 AM (n64Ln)
Posted by: Romeo13
Excellent point. Superb. I'm gonna use that every chance I get.
There is something called Tax Freedom Day, which goes later in to the year every year.
https://taxfoundation.org/publications/tax-freedom-day/
Posted by: Miklos, semi-free at June 07, 2021 12:57 AM (QzkSJ)
Current census estimate is US population is 331.5M.
So 28.24M and 22.11M over 331.5 is $85,189 and $66,697. Mulitply that by 2 - 3 for the amount per taxpayer, roughly.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 07, 2021 12:57 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
RUSSIANS
RUSSIAN BEARS UNDER MY BED
Posted by: Miklos, remembering the "There is a bear in the woods" Reagan ad at June 07, 2021 12:58 AM (QzkSJ)
the ranches are in nv
Posted by: confederatefifth at June 07, 2021 12:52 AM (n64Ln)
I see what you did there. In Texas they called them Chicken Ranch'es.
Posted by: Quint at June 07, 2021 12:58 AM (gJfTA)
The only way an Amendment passed, was selling poorer people mostly in poorer states on the notion of "Stick It To The Rich!" Because it wouldn't work otherwise. Who would vote to have the government steal their money?
Tax rates started out around 2 percent on people making the equivalent of $650,000 annually in today's dollars.
Now it's something like 15 percent on people making more than $35,000
Posted by: Common Tater at June 07, 2021 12:59 AM (9LYIb)
Posted by: Common Tater
Self-Employment tax is 15% right off the bat
Posted by: Miklos, happily self-employed at June 07, 2021 01:00 AM (QzkSJ)
The latest inflation numbers are soon coming out, and I'm reading predictions it may be shocker. The May numbers will be out Jun 10. "Core" inflation may hit 4%.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 07, 2021 01:04 AM (Mzdiz)
Send 10% off to some sort of Escrow. Let the Fed and States fight it out maybe? In other words, the onus is on them to make it work. Not enough money for flowers along the interstate? Well too fucking bad. Deal with it.
Posted by: Common Tater at June 07, 2021 01:06 AM (9LYIb)
Posted by: Vikingord at June 07, 2021 01:09 AM (bvD6d)
Posted by: Common Tater at June 07, 2021 12:59 AM (9LYIb)
you can't trust the voters, the reality lies with the politicians. I forget who said it, but the line, that this experiment end when politicians realize they can buy the people with their own money was about as clear and true as it comes.
And I am not saying all states tax equally, because they don't. Some states like Texas tax lower over all and expect a return because the economy is vibrant. Some states like Virginia tax left and right because the state mostly does well and why not take your slice?
But in the end, there are no free lunches. You see a state with no income tax, or a low property tax, they will have a higher sales tax or something. Is there any state that has the lowest tax on everything? If that were the case, I would be surprised. Mostly it is a shell game. But depending on your situation, that is good, you can pick the place that fits for your situation.
Posted by: Quint at June 07, 2021 01:12 AM (gJfTA)
Okay, contemplated. Now what? Or does asking make me an "FBI informant" or something now LOL
You have to make allowances that people will ask about last straws in good faith. Even Ace has a quote about hoisting a pirate flag in his header. Does that make him a Provocateur who should be banned? C'mon.
Posted by: Hoyt's Turkish Troll Provocateur at June 07, 2021 01:12 AM (83lwH)
Posted by: Common Tater
University and foundation endowments.
Time to raid the monasteries again.
Posted by: Henry-Miklos VIII at June 07, 2021 01:14 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Miklos, make of that what you will at June 07, 2021 01:15 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Vikingord at June 07, 2021 01:09 AM (bvD6d)
two possible reasons:
1) she got busted flat in Baton Rouge. AKA, got demoted. I knew a Buck Sergeant drill Sergeant that was old as Hell, turns out, he got busted.
2) historically, the Brits used to have enlisted and NCOs that served for ages. They definitely had Sergeants that served 20 years. That would not line up with today but there is an historical precedent.
Posted by: Quint at June 07, 2021 01:15 AM (gJfTA)
Anyway I doubt he even said that, sounds like one of those made up quotes.
What the hell was that guys name?
Posted by: Common Tater at June 07, 2021 01:16 AM (9LYIb)
Posted by: Quint at June 07, 2021 01:17 AM (gJfTA)
We have 2000 acres out in Rosensburg. Just a few years ago we had to stop all hunting because of suburbia creep. There are now 2 houses inside the range fan, and growing.
But we were just geese and deer. Not exotics. Except for those 2 Marxists that came through one day.
Posted by: Hoyt's Turkish Troll Provocateur at June 07, 2021 01:18 AM (83lwH)
Posted by: Common Tater at June 07, 2021 01:19 AM (9LYIb)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 07, 2021 01:21 AM (cGzEU)
Posted by: Common Tater at June 07, 2021 01:21 AM (9LYIb)
I'm not getting your point.
If needed, I can find quotes from the 1920s asking what (if any) our Red Lines are
(note that I am not asking now, nor am I interested in codewords, meeting locations, rosters of volunteer insurgents, dropboxes for messages, or anything else an so-called informant would be trying to milk)
Posted by: Hoyt's Turkish Troll Provocateur at June 07, 2021 01:22 AM (83lwH)
Posted by: Miklos did not know that at June 07, 2021 01:22 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Common Tater at June 07, 2021 01:19 AM (9LYIb)
the guy from Family Ties?
Posted by: Quint at June 07, 2021 01:23 AM (gJfTA)
Posted by: Q
around here they are calld massage parlors
Posted by: confederatefifth at June 07, 2021 01:24 AM (n64Ln)
Posted by: confederatefifth at June 07, 2021 01:25 AM (n64Ln)
Want to talk about dogging some poor guy - we had a Marine SGT walk a check at a pizza joint Hong Kong, busted down to PVT. For the remaining 3 years of his 2nd enlistment people would send him Dominoes Pizza once a week as a reminder.
Posted by: Hoyt's Turkish Troll Provocateur at June 07, 2021 01:25 AM (83lwH)
Posted by: Quint
As a kid, I noticed that the every year's top 10 stock pickers never had a repeat performance.
Posted by: Miklos did notice at June 07, 2021 01:25 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: confederatefifth at June 07, 2021 01:25 AM (n64Ln)
The "secure load" was quite creative.
It seems the topics are hunting and money.
Both bring food to the table.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 07, 2021 01:27 AM (IDhUW)
Posted by: M
somebody wrote a great story about that, maybe the wsj, back in the 90s and how it was probably nothing more than the whim of the universe.
Posted by: confederatefifth at June 07, 2021 01:27 AM (n64Ln)
It seems the topics are hunting and money.
Both bring food to the table.
Posted by: A
how did you miss the whores?
Posted by: confederatefifth at June 07, 2021 01:28 AM (n64Ln)
The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money
- Alexis De Tocqueville
Posted by: Hoyt's Turkish Troll Provocateur at June 07, 2021 01:29 AM (83lwH)
- Alexis De Tocqueville
Posted by: Hoyt's Turkish
In a French nutshell, as old Uncle Cleotus used to say
Posted by: Miklos, yup at June 07, 2021 01:31 AM (QzkSJ)
The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money
- Alexis De Tocqueville
Posted by: H
the good news is that not enough of us are stupid enough to be bribed with our own money, yet.
Posted by: confederatefifth at June 07, 2021 01:31 AM (n64Ln)
Posted by: Miklos did notice at June 07, 2021 01:25 AM (QzkSJ)
good lesson there. Only way to outshine the heard is to make unusual picks. it normally doesn't last unfortunately. And even if it lasts several years. once I get in, they go to the bottom big time.
Posted by: Quint at June 07, 2021 01:31 AM (gJfTA)
Posted by: confederatefifth at June 07, 2021 01:31 AM (n64Ln)
I hope you are right.
Posted by: Quint at June 07, 2021 01:32 AM (gJfTA)
Pick something from the SIG "Romeo" line of red dots. Trainers and Competitors coast to coast are singing the praises thereof. No direct experience, but voices I know and respect, are saying thus.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at June 07, 2021 01:32 AM (QzJWU)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 07, 2021 01:32 AM (IDhUW)
Posted by: Q
not saying you cannot bribe me with somebody else's money, but not mine.
Posted by: confederatefifth at June 07, 2021 01:33 AM (n64Ln)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 07, 2021 01:37 AM (pK7cg)
Posted by: Miklos, who fell for it at June 07, 2021 01:37 AM (QzkSJ)
I just led a team through an Orion type RTS. You credits for checking off the tutorial, even if you are a veteran player. One of the challenges is to create an alliance for others to join. Normally you create it and then take it down.
Bozo here thought Red Shirts would be a fun name, and besides it was the only name that fit the icon I liked. Bozo then went to lunch, forgetting to take it down.
Come back and I have 20 players joined. We went on to take 1st in both categories, but I'll never do that again. Running a team was a 20hr a day job for 3 months LOL wife almost left me
But yes, more people know and love John Scalzi than I imagined. Many more.
Posted by: Hoyt's Turkish Troll Provocateur at June 07, 2021 01:37 AM (83lwH)
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: J
thanks.
Posted by: confederatefifth at June 07, 2021 01:37 AM (n64Ln)
We need the morale boost from being behind enemy lines.
Posted by: Hoyt's Turkish Troll Provocateur at June 07, 2021 01:38 AM (83lwH)
Posted by: Miklos, searching Amazon for "smallpox-free non-GMO beauty spots" at June 07, 2021 01:39 AM (QzkSJ)
TxMoMeet is Moron Central Time, ZULU.
Synchronize watches on my mark. MARK!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at June 07, 2021 01:40 AM (QzJWU)
We were just talking yesterday about how our spending at Walmart comes back as Chinese bribes.
Posted by: Hoyt's Turkish Troll Provocateur at June 07, 2021 01:40 AM (83lwH)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 07, 2021 01:40 AM (pK7cg)
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: J
thanks.
Posted by: confederatefifth
Jim needs no thanks.
Obeisance might work
Posted by: Miklos, just for the temporary permanent record at June 07, 2021 01:41 AM (QzkSJ)
Nope. But quality bourbon(s) placed upon the bottles table at the TxMoMeet. And now we're negotiating with gas, baby!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at June 07, 2021 01:45 AM (QzJWU)
I am not buying any nonessential items if they are made in China.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 07, 2021 01:47 AM (IDhUW)
Posted by: Jim at June 07, 2021 01:47 AM (QzJWU)
baltimore is full of American made shit.
Posted by: confederatefifth at June 07, 2021 01:48 AM (n64Ln)
Jim
This is Fortune 500 Corporate level Restaurant Quality negotiation Lemonade.
Posted by: Miklos, seeing a win-win scenario at June 07, 2021 01:48 AM (QzkSJ)
But
"Smith pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and abetting first-degree aggravated robbery for attacking his ex-girlfriend while another woman took her purse."
Wonder if she was the new girlfriend stealing the purse?
Posted by: Hoyt's Turkish Troll Provocateur at June 07, 2021 01:48 AM (83lwH)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 07, 2021 01:49 AM (IDhUW)
Posted by: Hoyt's Turkish Troll
TWENTY SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS
Posted by: Rev. Miklos Crump, Esq. at June 07, 2021 01:51 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Nookie nekkid?
Posted by: Miklos,
---------
Well, with some reservations, here's a link to an Amanda Blake cheesecake shot:
https://tinyurl.com/yex884dc
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 07, 2021 01:51 AM (L47aO)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 07, 2021 01:52 AM (IDhUW)
Posted by: Quint at June 07, 2021 01:52 AM (gJfTA)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel
You are at great risk of turning MoMes into another Alphabet Agency
Posted by: Cautionary Miklos at June 07, 2021 01:52 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 07, 2021 01:52 AM (IDhUW)
Posted by: confederatefifth at June 07, 2021 01:53 AM (n64Ln)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 07, 2021 01:52 AM (IDhUW)
Eskay bacon?
Posted by: Quint at June 07, 2021 01:54 AM (gJfTA)
https://tinyurl.com/yex884dc
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Well, my brother got all the foreign 'tang with that Mission Impossible bidnis
Posted by: Sheriff and the Other Arness at June 07, 2021 01:55 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Quint at June 07, 2021 01:56 AM (gJfTA)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel
Natty Bo
Nothing else worth having
Posted by: Miklos, who actually lived in Mencken's house at June 07, 2021 01:56 AM (QzkSJ)
Re US only websites, I think there are tons of them out there. I though of the idea years ago. But the thing is, it is easy to think of an idea, but another thing to do it.
Posted by: Quint at June 07, 2021 01:58 AM (gJfTA)
Posted by: confederatefifth at June 07, 2021 01:58 AM (n64Ln)
~~~
They remain, however, free of the corruption culture of our current corporate capitalist cronies.
The alliteration got away from me and ran wild.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 07, 2021 02:00 AM (IDhUW)
1. you have never been to a mome have you
2. consonation
Posted by: confederatefifth at June 07, 2021 02:01 AM (n64Ln)
Posted by: Quint at June 07, 2021 02:01 AM (gJfTA)
Posted by: Miklos, late nite copy editor at June 07, 2021 02:05 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: Quint
I liked the fresh seafood at the market.
And the girls from UM
Kinda the same, when you think about it
Posted by: Miklos, unthinkingly at June 07, 2021 02:07 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by:
damnit.
yeah, remembered that right after I fired.
is there a recall feature here?
Posted by: confederatefifth at June 07, 2021 02:07 AM (n64Ln)
Posted by: confederatefifth
I believe, I say, I do believe, that the phrase is "revise and extend"
Hell, I use that all the time
Posted by: Sen. Foghorn Miklos-Cleghorn at June 07, 2021 02:10 AM (QzkSJ)
Kinda the same, when you think about it
Posted by: Miklos, unthinkingly at June 07, 2021 02:07 AM (QzkSJ)
they go best with beer.
Posted by: Quint at June 07, 2021 02:11 AM (gJfTA)
Hell, I use that all the time
Posted by: S
Posted by: confederatefifth at June 07, 2021 02:12 AM (n64Ln)
A. No MoMes in my past
ii. I had to look up Natty Boh
And finally, consonation is correct, as well as complementing the constant cooing of the k,k,kay sound.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 07, 2021 02:12 AM (IDhUW)
I believe that "The Consolation of Consonation" is part of church canon
Posted by: Brother Miklos, preparing for the usual 4 AM chants and whatnot at June 07, 2021 02:20 AM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 07, 2021 12:45 AM (Mzdiz)
---
1. i was promised there would be no math on the ONT.
2. i has no chilren, so it's al about me.
3. i don't expect there to be shit for me either, but, since they want to kill me, getting a check is a least of my worries.
Posted by: redc1c4 *OTUS Zhou Bai-Din Cheated & we all know it. at June 07, 2021 02:24 AM (pJeub)
~~~
Filed under the Lamentations of Lords and Ladies
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 07, 2021 02:24 AM (IDhUW)
Posted by: Quint at June 07, 2021 02:28 AM (gJfTA)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 07, 2021 02:30 AM (IDhUW)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 07, 2021 02:35 AM (IDhUW)
Posted by: Quint at June 07, 2021 02:35 AM (gJfTA)
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2021 02:36 AM (Cxk7w)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 07, 2021 02:37 AM (IDhUW)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 07, 2021 02:39 AM (IDhUW)
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2021 02:40 AM (Cxk7w)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 07, 2021 02:35 AM (IDhUW)
There are experts. You want to hear the world's greatest expert on pretty much anything. But yeah, in general I am with you. To me Fauchi is judge Ito but with more of a detrimental impact. I never got the allure to be honest. I still don't think I can comprehend it. I saw him as the least cool Italian American ever. Sure if he is some amazing expert, hear him out. But I never got why everyone clung to him in particular.
Posted by: Quint at June 07, 2021 02:41 AM (gJfTA)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 07, 2021 02:41 AM (IDhUW)
What bothers me is the mentality that experts cannot be questioned.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 07, 2021 02:45 AM (IDhUW)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 07, 2021 02:41 AM (IDhUW)
Saved by intervening commenters.
Posted by: m at June 07, 2021 02:46 AM (ya129)
The answer may be that Trump advocated the latter and not the former. Ergo, the safe, cheap and well-known hydroxychloroquine was transmogrified into deadly and useless, and "the jury is still out" on plasma therapy and Remdesivir.
The jury is still out, but VDH seems to miss an essential point of HCQ; Trump actually admitted taking the drug. That factoid was not well reported by the media sorts.
Now, as to "transmogrify" and its origins -- Apparently it was used once back in the 1600s, probably as a portmanteau ; the online dictionaries seem to be puzzled about its latest usages, but obviously they never read Calvin and Hobbes...
The Transmogrifer -- 1987
https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes
/1987/03/23
Posted by: GnuBreed, journalizin' at June 07, 2021 02:46 AM (F0YaR)
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2021 02:40 AM (Cxk7w)
It is one of the Texas mainstays. Original Dublin made Dr. Pepper was not only sought after, but now it is a collector's item. I haven't looked it up, but I bet a legit bottle will cost you.
You can still get on fine in Texas if you like Coke or Big Red. Coke is huge in Texas, and always has been. I have not looked into it, but I would be surprised if they are not the largest Coke drinking state. I know CA is a much larger state but Texas has to be number two and if they are number one, I would not be surprised.
but if you are in Texas, I wouldn't spend much time criticizing Dr. Pepper
Posted by: Quint at June 07, 2021 02:47 AM (gJfTA)
Posted by: GnuBreed, journalizin' at June 07, 2021 02:48 AM (F0YaR)
Origins of "to boot"?
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 07, 2021 02:54 AM (IDhUW)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 07, 2021 02:55 AM (GBHAb)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 07, 2021 02:56 AM (GBHAb)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 07, 2021 02:57 AM (IDhUW)
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2021 02:58 AM (Cxk7w)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 07, 2021 02:55 AM (GBHAb)
diphthongs
Posted by: m at June 07, 2021 02:59 AM (ya129)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 07, 2021 02:59 AM (IDhUW)
Origins of "to boot"?
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 07, 2021 02:54 AM (IDhUW)
Aw fuckity. I myself used the phrase 'to boot' in a previous comment tonite... now AK is challenging my drunken DDG search-fu.. moar fuckities ensue...
The idiom to boot, meaning in addition or besides, has nothing to do with footwear. This sense of boot is left over from the Old English bt and Middle English bote, where the word meant an advantage or something included in a bargain, and the phrase to boot has been in common usage since the time of Old English.
Whew.
Posted by: GnuBreed, journalizin' at June 07, 2021 03:03 AM (F0YaR)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 07, 2021 02:55 AM (GBHAb)
diphthongs
Posted by: m at
~~~
Nicely rounded diphthongs
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 07, 2021 03:08 AM (IDhUW)
Particularly around Mardi Gras.
Posted by: GnuBreed, journalizin' at June 07, 2021 03:09 AM (F0YaR)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 07, 2021 03:11 AM (IDhUW)
I've never seen Big Red soda for sale. The peach one sounds delicious. What does the blue one taste like?
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 07, 2021 02:57 AM (IDhUW)
you are breaking news to me. I am old school. The only Big Red I ever had was red and tasted like bubble gum. They have a peach now?
Posted by: Quint at June 07, 2021 03:11 AM (gJfTA)
but seriously, if you have never had Big Red, try the original. It is best in a cold glass bottle on a hot Texas day.
Posted by: Quint at June 07, 2021 03:14 AM (gJfTA)
Posted by: JT at June 07, 2021 03:15 AM (arJlL)
"lagniappe". It's French in origin, it means 'a little unexpected
something extra', and you will frequently see it used in south LA/MS,
Particularly around Mardi Gras.
Posted by: GnuBreed, journalizin' at June 07, 2021 03:09 AM (F0YaR)
I learned that one only a few years ago in an unexpected place. The lady was from New Orleans and loves that term.
Posted by: Quint at June 07, 2021 03:16 AM (gJfTA)
Feels a little awkward, but I think it works.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 07, 2021 03:16 AM (IDhUW)
She has gone out her way to do things beyond her charter, and so I slipped her a 20 the other day.
She objected, of course, but I simply explained it was lagniappe. She understood.
Posted by: GnuBreed, journalizin' at June 07, 2021 03:16 AM (F0YaR)
Packing in tonight, but I'll leave you with an observation. And I've made it before. Many classic TV stations now, and I've been watching Jack Benny show reruns. It's like it's new to me, really, as I've never seen them before (also George Burns, and others).
Jack had a young Johnny Carson on just now. He had just started hosting The Tonight Show. Johnny was young, head of black hair, and skinny as a rail.
Jack Benny and Johnny Carson each pissed out more talent when they got up in the morning that all the current comedians and late night hosts all put together will have in a lifetime.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 07, 2021 03:19 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at June 07, 2021 03:20 AM (IDhUW)
talent when they got up in the morning that all the current comedians
and late night hosts all put together will have in a lifetime.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 07, 2021 03:19 AM (Mzdiz)
he played with the Rat Pack too. It is on youtube I believe. Let's be honest, comparing entertainers back then to the people today seems like bullying.
Posted by: Quint at June 07, 2021 03:22 AM (gJfTA)
Jack Benny and Liberace (Jack called him "Lee"), 1969:
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=qSj_pxcH5Uw
That's some funny shit, right there.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 07, 2021 03:32 AM (Mzdiz)
Jack Benny's primar schtick, which lasted his lifetime:
1) Jack is a tightwad like you wouldn't believe
2) Jack is old as the hills
3) Jack plays the violin, horribly
Everything revolved around those.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 07, 2021 03:36 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2021 03:36 AM (Cxk7w)
Jack Benny was said to have "perfect" comedic timing. If you watch him, you'll likely agree. It came naturally.
He died in Dec. of '74. At his funeral, George Burns was supposed to deliver the eulogy. George couldn't do it, he got so choked up, he couldn't do it -- George was a mess. So Bob Hope stepped up and gave it.
He observed that Jack had the best timing in the world bar none, but this time he stunk up the place. He checked out far before his time.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at June 07, 2021 03:45 AM (Mzdiz)
Posted by: Skip
What do you care ?
Heat doesn't bother you, Mr. "Comment of the Week" !
Posted by: JT at June 07, 2021 03:50 AM (arJlL)
Posted by: Tyler Mason at June 07, 2021 03:51 AM (Gcdtg)
It's a record setting # of shootings over the last decade for this weekend, but not of fatalities.
Perhaps a link to the archived Weasel gun threads would help. C'mon, Chitago shooters, where's your civic pride? Be better. Haven't y'all ever heard of the 'one to the head, two to the chest' mantra? Jeez.
Posted by: GnuBreed, journalizin' at June 07, 2021 03:53 AM (F0YaR)
Posted by: Hoyt's Turkish Troll Provocateur at June 07, 2021 03:56 AM (83lwH)
Have a great day and stay cool
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2021 03:58 AM (Cxk7w)
Posted by: Skip at June 07, 2021 03:59 AM (Cxk7w)
Posted by: Tyler Mason at June 07, 2021 04:00 AM (Gcdtg)
It's pouring and I have to drive twenty miles through the hills to the dentist. Sounds about right for Monday, huh?
Paul Harvey was right..."Ain't no use worrying. Nothin's gonna turn out right."
Later, all.
Posted by: creeper at June 07, 2021 06:25 AM (XxJt1)
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