Daily Tech News 28 October 2021

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Them: How long will that take?
Me, thinking: Normally six weeks, can probably get something in two.
Them: Because we promised it would be ready on Monday.
Intel's 12th generation Alder Lake desktop CPUs arrive next week. (AnandTech)

Prices have been announced, and the 12600K costs 10% more than the 11600K. It's 20% to 40% faster, so that's not a bad deal.

No benchmark data yet except for the fluff from Intel and random leaks, but it's worth waiting a week to see.

Laptop parts are expected to be announced at CES in January.

Tech News

The best cheap tablets of 2021. (ZDNet)

Narrator: Actually, those all suck.
Protonmail won a victory in court with a ruling that it is not covered by telco regulations. (The Register)

Which would have required it to log customer data, which it doesn't do.

Anime Ending Video of the Day

Holomyth Season 1. Season 2 is airing now.

(Actually the whole thing was drawn and animated by one slightly crazy Hololive fan. The music is Ina's original song, Violet.)

Disclaimer: Just say "bah" and wave your paw.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 03:01 AM

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1 Mornin'
(sips coffee)

Posted by: Puddleglum at October 28, 2021 02:20 AM (QFVV9)

2 Mornin', all

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at October 28, 2021 02:30 AM (CHcG2)

3 Night, everyone.

Posted by: SFGoth at October 28, 2021 02:35 AM (KAi1n)

4 >>Them: How long will that take?
Me, thinking: Normally six weeks, can probably get something in two.
Them: Because we promised it would be ready on Monday.

Heh, just get it done in all of that free time you have, Pixy!

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at October 28, 2021 02:36 AM (CHcG2)

5 'nite, SFGoth. Sleep well

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at October 28, 2021 02:37 AM (CHcG2)

6 Intel's 12th generation Alder Lake desktop CPUs arrive next week.
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This generation of x86 CPUs is very promising and if that promise holds seems to indicate that Intel finally is getting its act together. The design of this CPU, with performance and energy efficient cores, validates the design ARM pioneered. Well power consumption for a desktop CPU is of less importance than in laptops I still hope it comes in with some advancements in power efficiency. The days of throwing more watts and clock cycles to make chips quicker we're heading off into the sunset. I can't wait for AnandTech to give this CPU a proper thrashing. I personally want Intel to succeed greatly here. They have been doing a good job of becoming irrelevant for the last several years and none of that bodes well for the overall health of the computing industries.

Posted by: LostInSpace at October 28, 2021 02:44 AM (ESLBo)

7 G'morning, late-night horde!

Posted by: JQ at October 28, 2021 02:47 AM (dB4Iz)

8 Hey JQ!

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at October 28, 2021 02:50 AM (CHcG2)

9 Hey MLii!

Posted by: JQ at October 28, 2021 02:51 AM (dB4Iz)

10 MLii, did you get a spray bottle & fill it with washer fluid?

Posted by: JQ at October 28, 2021 02:52 AM (dB4Iz)

11 The ZDNet best-cheap-tablets..
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I read this article this morning. I have mucked around with cheap tablets in the past. In the end they all turned out to be muck and a complete waste of my money. But if you're broke and they are all you can afford they're a hell of a great computer. It is pretty hard to get on the internet using a rock.

Posted by: LostInSpace at October 28, 2021 02:53 AM (ESLBo)

12 Not yet JQ, it only got down to the low 40s this a.m.

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at October 28, 2021 02:54 AM (CHcG2)

13 But I did get my faucet replaced. And no leaks

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at October 28, 2021 02:57 AM (CHcG2)

14 Great job on the faucet! (I h8 plumbing!)

Posted by: JQ at October 28, 2021 02:58 AM (dB4Iz)

15 I certainly get why plumbers charge what they do! Lol

I am glad that at least I'm still able to do some of the "easier" stuff.

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at October 28, 2021 03:01 AM (CHcG2)

16 LinS, we got a cheapo tablet so hubby (confined to bed at the time) could skype with son. And for him to play simple time-waster games that are too small on a phone-screen.

$100 +/- well spent!

Posted by: JQ at October 28, 2021 03:01 AM (dB4Iz)

17 This story caught my eye. Verizon is partnering with Amazon to provide internet access via Amazon satellites. Elon Musk is building out a system like this right now. For people who live in rural areas this has great potential to give them reasonably performing internet access. Plus it gives me alternatives to get out from underneath Comcast's rotten monopoly. The Musk system is not built out for use over the southern part of the United States yet but the minute it is I will be looking at it.

https://tinyurl.com/4u7r59ne

Posted by: LostInSpace at October 28, 2021 03:02 AM (ESLBo)

18 Anyone using win11? Is there any upside to it? Is it any better than win10?

Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at October 28, 2021 03:02 AM (Ocv6A)

19 Great job MLii, did you do it underneath?

Posted by: Skip at October 28, 2021 03:03 AM (2JoB8)

20 One good thing about insomnia; I get the opportunity to thank Pixy and another is to say good morning to everyone.

Good morning.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 28, 2021 03:06 AM (eFj4/)

21 we got a cheapo tablet so hubby (confined to bed at the time) could skype with son. And for him to play simple time-waster games that are too small on a phone-screen. $100 +/- well spent!
Posted by: JQ
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Perfectly valid use case for that class of machines. My problem is I try to treat them like my desktop and I'm always unhappy with them. I think it fair to say I have unrealistic expectations. Of course none of that has ever stopped me from plowing ahead anyhow.

Posted by: LostInSpace at October 28, 2021 03:06 AM (ESLBo)

22 Yes, Skip. Got the special wrench. Hardest part was getting the new drain plug thing-y to attach correctly to work as it's supposed to. And, of course, dealing with the small space. Good thing I'm relatively petite!

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at October 28, 2021 03:07 AM (CHcG2)

23 Mornin', volk,

Up not unreasonably early, for me. Last night's rain has blown through, leaving it damp but 66 F. outside, a good 8-10 degrees less hot, as the weather mavens promised. I'm sitting on the floor with Chekov the Ailing Codger Cat, typing on my laptop.

Good news, citizens! The Glorious Leaders have decreed an end to face diapers in the state and city! (At least this week.) LaToya the Destroya says the mask mandate will be lifted tomorrow, in time for Halloween. And at least one suburban parish says no more of that craziness in their schools. I'm hoping all this will extend to the public library, and that I can browse for some books I haven't read 3-4 times in the last few years.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 28, 2021 03:10 AM (c6xtn)

24 Mornin', Wolfus

Glad it's cooled off a bit for you. I looked ahead to November here, it's mostly going to be in the 30s and 40s. Several chances of snow, which is not that unusual.

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at October 28, 2021 03:13 AM (CHcG2)

25 Anyone using win11? Is there any upside to it? Is it any better than win10? Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80
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Windows 11 came on my not cheap Surface Pro 8 thingy. From a typical user's point of view I can't see why you'd want to upgrade a perfectly functional Windows 10 machine. At times Windows 11 feels like the whole project was run by an interior decorator, they moved the couch around and now I bust my foot once a day at least. The most glaring thing out of the box is they screwed up the start menu in an attempt to make it more like a cell phone screen but without basic things like being able to put app icons in folders and limiting you to 18 things on the menu. I have worked around most of the deficiencies but it's still irritating. And if you like the shiny saturated colored icons then Windows 11 is for you. Overall Windows 11 is fine but no more fine than Windows 10. And you ever have upgraded a Windows machine from an old version of the OS to a new one... That can be super exciting. Be sure to know how to restore a machine before you start.

Posted by: LostInSpace at October 28, 2021 03:16 AM (ESLBo)

26 I also hope my employer will lift this face muzzle nonsense. They did it for about a month this summer. I've been dodging it as much as I can, and have not yet had my ADA exemption (to skip it while in my office) approved. Maybe it won't be necessary. God, I hate all this, and watching my fellow citizens revealed as compliant zombies.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 28, 2021 03:17 AM (c6xtn)

27 Mornin', Wolfus

Glad it's cooled off a bit for you. I looked ahead to November here, it's mostly going to be in the 30s and 40s. Several chances of snow, which is not that unusual.
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at October 28, 2021

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Hey, ML! Your climate sounds great. I do not remember the last time this dump saw any snow. Feb. this year we got some real (for here) cold, true, but no snow.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 28, 2021 03:20 AM (c6xtn)

28 Windows 7 here and all is well.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 28, 2021 03:20 AM (eFj4/)

29 Here in Southern New Mexico we are on the verge of going into an Arctic ice age, it is getting down into the low 40s at night. D
On the plus side it's still getting up into the high 70s and on occasion touching 80 during the day. At this rate I may have to turn the heat on by December. I know my life is really hard.

Face masks are still a thing here in New Mexico. I don't think this face mask mandate's going to end until the current governor is voted out of office. That could be another four or eight years.

Posted by: LostInSpace at October 28, 2021 03:23 AM (ESLBo)

30 Good news on protonmail. I knew there was some sort of legal nosy-cloud over their paid email service; gubmint just Hates anything they can't legally spy on.

Of course, they still are, but at least they have to do it criminally. Probably blame the whole spying crime as a few low level staffers in the Cincinnati office "overstepped their authority".

Uh huh. Lois Lerner approved.

Posted by: GnuBreed at October 28, 2021 03:23 AM (F0YaR)

31 Win7? Yay, I'm not the only dinosaur here!

Posted by: JQ at October 28, 2021 03:23 AM (dB4Iz)

32 Posted by: LostInSpace at October 28, 2021 03:16 AM (ESLBo)

Thanks for the info.

Guess I'll just keep it on win10.

Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at October 28, 2021 03:24 AM (Ocv6A)

33 Windows 7 here and all is well.
Posted by: Braenyard at October 28, 2021

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My older home PC laptop (ca. 2014?) is still 7, and that is fine with me. The new one my work bought me in March 2020 is Win 10, as is my work PC. This older MacBook Air is Big Sur 11.6. The Mac just works without any fuss. Sort of like an '80s Mercedes: excellent as soon as you understand the design philosophy.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 28, 2021 03:25 AM (c6xtn)

34 Luckily my line of work only time a mask is involved has been going through a finished occupied space, but that has been rare and not since beginning of the year.

Posted by: Skip at October 28, 2021 03:25 AM (2JoB8)

35 ...It is pretty hard to get on the internet using a rock.

Posted by: LostInSpace at October 28, 2021 02:53 AM (ESLBo)

Consider the rock as a motivational tool. The bigger the rock and the nearer to the cranium, the greater the motivation. Or so I've read. Probably on the internet.

Posted by: GnuBreed at October 28, 2021 03:27 AM (F0YaR)

36 Low 50s here in Babylon DC. I'll be heading off to work soon. The Metro is still fouled up because of a derailment a few weeks back.

Later...

Posted by: Puddleglum at October 28, 2021 03:29 AM (QFVV9)

37 Masks are mostly "recommended"

Local schools still requiring and one nearby district just shut down in person attendance for 2 weeks.

It's never going to end

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at October 28, 2021 03:30 AM (CHcG2)

38 Dad's computer is Win10. It seemed slower than my Win7 machine, so I've hesitated to set it up again.

Posted by: JQ at October 28, 2021 03:30 AM (dB4Iz)

39 Anyone using win11? Is there any upside to it? Is it any better than win10?

Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at October 28, 2021 03:02 AM (Ocv6A)

I'm busy ignoring my laptop's demands in the bottom taskbar to upgrade. I figure the spyware will be hidden better in 11. I had to beat 10 with a rock to stop its spying.

Posted by: GnuBreed at October 28, 2021 03:30 AM (F0YaR)

40 I do banking on an ipad. No worries about spyware or is my anti-virus up to date. It's secure.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 28, 2021 03:30 AM (eFj4/)

41 Still trying to decide what's for breakfast

Posted by: Skip at October 28, 2021 03:31 AM (2JoB8)

42 Guess I'll just keep it on win10. Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80
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I'm not upgrading my two windows 10 machines. Fear of missing out causes all kinds of confusion in life and this is one of those instances. Windows 10 is going to get security updates for another 5 years and they're still adding minor feature updates to it. The core things you do on Windows 10 are identical on Windows 11 such things as email, calendars, surfing the web, watching videos and listening to music, backing things up to OneDrive, over the next few years the two operating systems will probably differentiate themselves more and but it's not going to be dramatic for a typical computer user. As a functional manner if you were still on Windows 7 you would be perfectly fine for everything that a typical user would do except that for security fixes; I haven't checked recently but I think Windows 7 is reached its end of life for security patches and that is something

Posted by: LostInSpace at October 28, 2021 03:32 AM (ESLBo)

43 Jimmy Dean biscuit with sausage, egg and cheese.
mmmm

Posted by: Braenyard at October 28, 2021 03:33 AM (eFj4/)

44 Rat Patrol is running on This TV. The channel doesn't appear on my OTA TV listings, and their own website doesn't acknowledge my zip code, so I have no idea what is on the channel when.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 28, 2021 03:36 AM (c6xtn)

45 This story caught my eye. Verizon is partnering with Amazon to provide internet access via Amazon satellites. Elon Musk is building out a system like this right now. For people who live in rural areas this has great potential to give them reasonably performing internet access. Plus it gives me alternatives to get out from underneath Comcast's rotten monopoly. The Musk system is not built out for use over the southern part of the United States yet but the minute it is I will be looking at it.

https://tinyurl.com/4u7r59ne

Posted by: LostInSpace at October 28, 2021 03:02 AM (ESLBo)

Amazon satellites in orbit to date -- 0.0
Starlink satellites in place to date -- over 1600 as of mid 2021.

Place your bets, ladies and gentlemen.

Posted by: GnuBreed at October 28, 2021 03:37 AM (F0YaR)

46 This older MacBook Air is Big Sur 11.6. The Mac just works without any fuss. Sort of like an '80s Mercedes: excellent as soon as you understand the design philosophy.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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That's a practical better you have hit the nut of the issue, if you understand Apple computers and they get the job done end of discussion. Except for people like me. I grew up literally in Microsoft land, worked there, and so on. Bashing Apple is a blood sport from where I come from. The only rivalry I think that is more heated is the 'Bama vs Auburn.

Posted by: LostInSpace at October 28, 2021 03:37 AM (ESLBo)

47 I haven't checked recently but I think Windows 7 is reached its end of life for security patches and that is something
Posted by: LostInSpace at October 28, 2021 03:32 AM (ESLBo)
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At the end of the day turn off the net, plug in the external HD and back it up. If they burn the old 7 you still have your data.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 28, 2021 03:37 AM (eFj4/)

48 I'm busy ignoring my laptop's demands in the bottom taskbar to upgrade. I figure the spyware will be hidden better in 11. I had to beat 10 with a rock to stop its spying.
Posted by: GnuBreed at October 28, 2021

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What I hated about my Win 10 Dell machine, and still do, is how "helpful" it continually tries to be. It kept trying to anticipate what I wanted. When I first got it, when I'd hover over a link more than a few seconds, it would open the link even though I hadn't clicked it. I turned off the clicker pad and installed a wireless mouse. It worked much better then.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 28, 2021 03:39 AM (c6xtn)

49 Amazon satellites in orbit to date -- 0.0
Starlink satellites in place to date -- over 1600 as of mid 2021.

Place your bets, ladies and gentlemen.
Posted by: GnuBreed

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Elon Musk is getting my bet. Plus he's something like a James Bond villain so I like him. If you're in the northern part of the United States it's a viable system. Down here in New Mexico? Well it's New Mexico, we should get tapped in about the time they get rid of the face mask mandate.

Posted by: LostInSpace at October 28, 2021 03:40 AM (ESLBo)

50 Down here in New Mexico? Well it's New Mexico, we should get tapped in about the time they get rid of the face mask mandate.
Posted by: LostInSpace at October 28, 2021

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I love NM and once wanted to live there. Seeing how bluely crazy the state has become, well, I guess not. A shame. Do they still publish New Mexico magazine? We used to get it here, but not in years.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 28, 2021 03:45 AM (c6xtn)

51 Elon the Bond villain. Not really, he's his own self and he does what he says he's going to do. There are too few men like that today.

And unlike Bezos and Gates he is not trying to manipulate our lives.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 28, 2021 03:46 AM (eFj4/)

52 Biden is not going to Europe, as had been planned, today. Manchin blew up the package he wanted therefore he's staying to work out a deal.

Posted by: Braenyard at October 28, 2021 03:49 AM (eFj4/)

53 At the end of the day turn off the net, plug in the external HD and back it up. If they burn the old 7 you still have your data.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Backing up your systems/data on a regular basis is the most fundamental thing that you can do and most people don't do it. I've had cases land in my lap where people didn't do that and they lost a decade of their life. Another thing people overlook is how to hand off your computer systems and all the things that are associated with it in the event of a catastrophic medical event or passing on. I have a complete document drafted which I update regularly explaining how to get at things that people will need when my time is up. When I first started doing the evaluation and data gathering about a decade ago I was shocked and how crabbed into my life technology had become. Today that is even more so the case.

Posted by: LostInSpace at October 28, 2021 03:50 AM (ESLBo)

54 Elon the Bond villain. Not really, he's his own self and he does what he says he's going to do. There are too few men like that today. And unlike Bezos and Gates he is not trying to manipulate our lives. Posted by: Braenyard
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I really admire Musk and all that he is accomplished. He is still kind of is a Bond villain to me but mostly because he's that crazy and that smart. Who decides they're going to go to Mars and has at least an even money chance of pulling it off. He is a thing.

Posted by: LostInSpace at October 28, 2021 03:54 AM (ESLBo)

55 Ruh roh,
Via RealClearInvestigations.com,

This is RealClearInvestigations' Hunter Biden Reader, a compendium of news reports aggregated over the years documenting the dubious dealings and apparent influence peddling of Joe Biden's errant son and other family members.

https://tinyurl.com/yfc8yecc

Posted by: Braenyard at October 28, 2021 03:56 AM (eFj4/)

56 Seeing how bluely crazy the state has become, well, I guess not. A shame. Do they still publish New Mexico magazine? We used to get it here, but not in years. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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I have never seen New Mexico magazine since I've been down here. More likely it's now a website. The politics in this state are pretty insane but it's New Mexico which means it's utterly lovely and very inexpensive to live here so you put up with it. Plus I keep hoping Texas will invade us. I have a Texas flag in the closet that I can raise in case we do get invaded.

Posted by: LostInSpace at October 28, 2021 03:56 AM (ESLBo)

57 This is RealClearInvestigations' Hunter Biden Reader, a compendium of news reports aggregated over the years documenting the dubious dealings and apparent influence peddling of Joe Biden's errant son and other family members.
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We can hope and dream that something comes of this. Given the state of the country Biden is untouchable. But if the midterms next year turn out to be a complete disaster that could change in a big hurry. Something's got to give, what's going on cannot continue.

Posted by: LostInSpace at October 28, 2021 04:00 AM (ESLBo)

58 The politics in this state are pretty insane but it's New Mexico which means it's utterly lovely and very inexpensive to live here so you put up with it. Plus I keep hoping Texas will invade us. I have a Texas flag in the closet that I can raise in case we do get invaded.
Posted by: LostInSpace at October 28, 2021

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A shame about the magazine going only digital, if true. They used to have some great photography, and you can't appreciate that on a screen the same way. You must be in the southern part of the state; ABQ and Santa Fe are not really inexpensive any more. I've been to Carlsbad and driven through Hobbs, but not much else south of ABQ.

I looked at houses on Zillow in the Las Cruces area. Some nice bargains, but NM doesn't seem to understand about air-conditioning a dwelling for hot, hot weather. I know it's bone-dry there -- but when it hits over 90, I don't care how dry it is, I need cool air.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 28, 2021 04:05 AM (c6xtn)

59 Reid Hoffman and George Soros aim is to "restore social trust" and "strengthen democracy" by "investing in solutions that counter disinformation and increase the flow of good information online."

https://tinyurl.com/yhh3q6v6

Posted by: Braenyard at October 28, 2021 04:06 AM (eFj4/)

60 26 I hate all this, and watching my fellow citizens revealed as compliant zombies.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 28, 2021 03:17 AM (c6xtn)

And fascists.

Posted by: m at October 28, 2021 04:07 AM (SJbY/)

61 I have This TV, watched Rat Patrol a week or so ago, a favorite as a kid

Posted by: Skip at October 28, 2021 04:08 AM (2JoB8)

62 https://tinyurl.com/5rex3s2d
20 Tweets from Bad Blue

Posted by: Skip at October 28, 2021 04:10 AM (2JoB8)

63 hiya

Posted by: JT at October 28, 2021 04:10 AM (arJlL)

64 If a Marxist tells you they are saving democracy you can know they are really trying to destroy it.

Posted by: Skip at October 28, 2021 04:11 AM (2JoB8)

65 See if my phone gets internet today, was getting message at end of day Chrome is not supported and wouldn't go past the thread content, yet Google was.

Posted by: Skip at October 28, 2021 04:13 AM (2JoB8)

66 I can't say for certain but think these lesser cable TV channels are secondary to local affiliates, seems to me This TV might be a Fox channel.

Posted by: Skip at October 28, 2021 04:16 AM (2JoB8)

67 @37

>>Sort of like an '80s Mercedes: excellent as soon as you understand the design philosophy.

Well, that fits since the essential look, feel and operation of Mac OS hasnt changed in 37 years.

Meanwhile every iteration of windows gets closer and closer to resembling a brick with adorned in a shiny gayly colored cape.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 28, 2021 04:17 AM (Ls9Kq)

68 52 Biden is not going to Europe, as had been planned, today.
Posted by: Braenyard at October 28, 2021 03:49 AM (eFj4/)

Glad to hear that.

Posted by: m at October 28, 2021 04:23 AM (SJbY/)

69 I'm out, hopefully internet will work on my phone.
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at October 28, 2021 04:25 AM (2JoB8)

70 Morning!

Regarding the cheap tablets. I had bought a Amazon Fire a few years back. It's okay to use if you are looking for a larger screen cell phone that doesn't make phone calls or texts.
I can watch movies and do internet stuff pretty good.
The one knock that ZDNet reviews gives it is, that it doesn't have access to Gurgle apps or services.

I found that out after I purchased it. Did some searching around, and found you can side load Gurgle Play Store into it.
Works well for the orive

Posted by: Bruce at October 28, 2021 04:43 AM (vd8XM)

71 62 https://tinyurl.com/5rex3s2d
20 Tweets from Bad Blue
Posted by: Skip at October 28, 2021 04:10 AM (2JoB

It's a nice news roundup.

Posted by: m at October 28, 2021 04:43 AM (SJbY/)

72 70 Works well for the orive
Posted by: Bruce at October 28, 2021 04:43 AM (vd8XM)

orive = price
I think.

Posted by: m at October 28, 2021 04:46 AM (SJbY/)

73 Biden is not going to Europe, as had been planned, today.
Posted by: Braenyard at October 28, 2021 03:49 AM (eFj4/)

Damn. I was hoping for some good international gaffes and FJB chants.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at October 28, 2021 04:56 AM (0ryfU)

74 I paid starlink $100 over a year ago and ain't heard nuffin. I live in their current coverage area.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at October 28, 2021 04:58 AM (0ryfU)

75 orive = price
I think.
Posted by: m

Correct.
Sadly that was typed in by my laptop.
If it would have been the Fire tablet, it would have looked like a Joe Biden request for someone to wipe his butt.

Posted by: Bruce at October 28, 2021 05:02 AM (vd8XM)

76 Not sure this is working, just a test

Posted by: Skip's Phone at October 28, 2021 05:04 AM (dRgMZ)

77 It created some furor but the cutoff for supporting older systems on Win11 saves many the trouble of giving it much thought. The real value for Win11 will be for new hardware that is just starting to appear, beginning with Alder Lake. My newest desktop and laptop are both just a generation too old to qualify and that doesn't strike me as a problem. By the time prices come down or my finances greatly improve, Win11 will be a given to make full use of the newer CPU/GPU and specialized subsystems now emerging. Some of the new stuff will be backported to win10 but don't expect much of that beyond 2022 as the demand fades. Stuff like DirectStorage will probably never work entirely as intended on Win10, particularly on hardware too old to upgrade to Win11, and as a decent amount of software that is designed around it enters the picture, adopting Win11 will have largely happened by default for most. People whining in 2024 about the PC version of a game originating on the PS5 and Xbox Series X not running as well on Win10 as it does on Win11 will come off as old cranks, because they will be.

Posted by: Epobirs at October 28, 2021 05:04 AM (AJKgl)

78 I hate all this, and watching my fellow citizens revealed as compliant zombies.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 28, 2021

And fascists.
Posted by: m at October 28, 2021

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Those who had or have seized power are fascists, yes. And the Karens are proto-fascists, the kind who'd have betrayed Anne Frank to the Nazis. The rest? Not enough have become the Resistance.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 28, 2021 05:05 AM (c6xtn)

79
Biden is not going to Europe, as had been planned, today.
Posted by: Braenyard

He'll be in his new walled fort at Rehoboth Beach this weekend. Count on it.

Has anyone else noticed a distinct drop off in laudatory press coverage of the glittering WH social scene? Pretty tough to have one when Maximum Leader exists in his own ambulatory coma.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 28, 2021 05:06 AM (pNxlR)

80 I recently got the 2019 10" Kindle Fire tablet for well under $100. My main objective was to have a display large enough to allow reading while using a treadmill and keeping almost entirely hands free. That it is also a perfectly good 1080p video player and other expected functions is a bonus.

It may not compare well to a brand new $500 iPad but for the price, if you're a Prime and Kindle Unlimited subscriber, it's a subsidized miracle.

Posted by: Epobirs at October 28, 2021 05:10 AM (AJKgl)

81 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at October 28, 2021 05:11 AM (u82oZ)

82 Lost in Space, New Mexico magazine still exists -- both digitally, and in a print version: https://www.newmexicomagazine.org/subscribe/

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 28, 2021 05:12 AM (c6xtn)

83 18 Is it any better than win10?
Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at October 28, 2021 03:02 AM (Ocv6A)

I read this as "wino." Every time. Which can be amusing in some contexts.

Posted by: m at October 28, 2021 05:15 AM (SJbY/)

84 It may not compare well to a brand new $500 iPad but for the price, if you're a Prime and Kindle Unlimited subscriber, it's a subsidized miracle.
Posted by: Epobirs

It was. I had bought it before my bilateral knee replacement in 2019. Because I was well aware of the crappy TV channels that are at the hospital.

Put on a Hulu app and the Prime shows, I was good to go.
Plus I could put on headphones and not need to listen to the distorted, blown out speakers of the TV.

Posted by: Bruce at October 28, 2021 05:16 AM (vd8XM)

85 Also staying up with The Horde.
I can't type for shucks on the tablet, but it was nice to be able to read AoS

Posted by: Bruce at October 28, 2021 05:17 AM (vd8XM)

86 Hey! I'm too pooped to Pope! I am not kidding. I've got to take care of business here. No joke.Tell him the big guy says hi.

Posted by: Joe Biteum at October 28, 2021 05:23 AM (Tnijr)

87 On the tweet roundup, there's a good one from @kirstiealley about protocol for guns on location:

No AD yells "COLD GUN" The armourer or prop person is supposed to PERSONALLY show you the gun so you can see it is empty for yourself. Then I dry fire it into the ground. I have NEVER been handed a gun by an AD & I've been handed 100 guns & I've never heard "COLD gun" in 40 years

Thread here:

https://tinyurl.com/54szjx8s

Posted by: m at October 28, 2021 05:24 AM (SJbY/)

88 "not all hydrogen is the same. The H sources matter. There are 3 kinds: blue, green, and grey."

Posted by: Big Brained Scientist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at October 28, 2021 05:26 AM (Tnijr)

89 m

You are being silly. The upper class obey no rules. And a Producer is always upper class to himself.

We have a population of upper class twits.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at October 28, 2021 05:27 AM (u82oZ)

90 Green hydrogen is the good stuff: that hydrogen comes from water and helps us draw down emissions.

You know where Blue hydrogen comes from? Fracked gas. Blue hydrogen has worse emissions than coal, locks in more powerful climate destruction than what we're doing now.

Posted by: Big Brained Scientist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at October 28, 2021 05:27 AM (Tnijr)

91 A meme attributed to Tim Allen;

"How is the only way to reach herd immunity through a vaccine that doesn't provide immunity?

Explain it to me like I'm two"

Posted by: Bruce at October 28, 2021 05:29 AM (vd8XM)

92 Blue hydrogen has worse emissions than coal, locks in more powerful climate destruction than what we're doing now.
Posted by: Big Brained Scientist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Blue hydrogen is what makes the water blue in the interstate PortaPotties I used to glory hole at.

...AOC...

Posted by: Bruce at October 28, 2021 05:31 AM (vd8XM)

93 Hey! We have to get this grey hydrogen under control. No joke. That's what they filled the Hindenburg with, grey hydrogen. I am not kidding. If they had used blue hydrogen we would all be speaking German now. My word as a Biden.

Posted by: Joe Biteum at October 28, 2021 05:31 AM (Tnijr)

94 Big Brained Scientist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

The mechanism of societal collapse identified in
The Collapse of Complex Societies is The Law of Diminishing Returns.

Takes energy to make the Blue and Green Hydrogen. Like wind power.

Yes, there is a lot of activity in the EU and here in the US, but no one wants to talk about the thermodynamics of the process. Just the CO₂ capture. Taking it from plants and putting it inside the Earth -- great.

Climate guys are a deadly cult.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at October 28, 2021 05:32 AM (u82oZ)

95 The first rule of the Resistance is.......

Posted by: pawn at October 28, 2021 05:34 AM (Cfk8j)

96 >>>Then I dry fire it into the ground.

Not being a gun person, myself, that sounds dangerous to me; chance of ricochet.

Posted by: m at October 28, 2021 05:34 AM (SJbY/)

97 I guess the local school boards have a speed dial to the police now. Call in the sheriff when a parent says something they don't like as they sit high up on their highchairs looking down on the parents. 3 were ejected from a local meeting and one arrested. The parents refused to put on the mask! School board members also closed their meeting to parents, and went into executive session or something...

Posted by: Colin at October 28, 2021 05:34 AM (kXA8q)

98 Time for work preps.

Have a blessed day, everyone.

Hand washing is the new head on a swivel.

Because COVID-19 Wuhan has 0.02% of a Mattis plan.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at October 28, 2021 05:34 AM (u82oZ)

99 Fauci says it has always been standard procedure on movie sets for the AD to yell "cold gun"

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at October 28, 2021 05:35 AM (0ryfU)

100 100

Posted by: m at October 28, 2021 05:35 AM (SJbY/)

101 During the hydrogen wars the blue and the grey hydrogens fought each other over who would enslave the green hydrogens. We are still living with that legacy and are all slaves to Big Blue Hydrogen.

Posted by: Big Brained Scientist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at October 28, 2021 05:36 AM (Tnijr)

102 Solar Panels Do Not Work at Night

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 28, 2021 05:37 AM (yrol0)

103 Almost three-quarters of companies around the world are offering employees more flexible hours in a bid to retain them, according to a UBS Group AG survey. Of more than 4,000 investors and business owners, 71% are giving staff more choice about where they work, and 66% have already raised base pay. The vast majority, 80%, cited difficulty recruiting and retaining workers as economies reopen from pandemic-induced shutdowns, especially in hospitality, construction and transportation.

Posted by: Colon Kaepernick at October 28, 2021 05:38 AM (X5CsJ)

104 Yay, ProtonMail! I just switched an account over to them, besides switching from Gmail a long time ago.

Posted by: Biden's Dog at October 28, 2021 05:38 AM (SrHez)

105 no one wants to talk about the thermodynamics of the process

That's because there are laws in thermodynamics, and laws are for little people and physics and chemistry and math.

People like politicians and 'celebrities' don't live by laws, they're above the law. Well, until reality sets in anyway.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 28, 2021 05:39 AM (l1zez)

106 Did they have an armorer on 'Cheers' after Shelley Long was no longer present?

Posted by: Epobirs at October 28, 2021 05:39 AM (AJKgl)

107 "Then I dry fire it into the ground. "

Works for me.

Posted by: Onan at October 28, 2021 05:39 AM (Tnijr)

108 I am putting this here, because I won't be up around much later:

Despite all the upheaval in Italy (They're having large anti mandatory vaccine protests and the police even used water cannons against workers saying the rosary) this brave priest is speaking out for them. In a world where the clergy has said too little or too late (and I count my own Protestant denomination among them-and maybe I was cowardly too. Forgive me, Lord) this priest bravely stands up for what is right. Another priest who did this-Fr. Jerzy of Poland did this with the Solidarity movement and was murdered by the Communists:

https://tinyurl.com/29kt8jkv

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 28, 2021 05:39 AM (ueGNX)

109 95 The first rule of the Resistance is.......
Posted by: pawn at October 28, 2021 05:34 AM (Cfk8j)

Resist we much!

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 28, 2021 05:40 AM (yrol0)

110 Solar Panels Do Not Work at Night
Posted by: rhennigantx

No problems. We'll just install battery banks over half the state to store enough to get us thru.

No CO2 will be emitted to make those either

Posted by: Bruce at October 28, 2021 05:40 AM (vd8XM)

111 103 Almost three-quarters of companies around the world are offering employees more flexible hours in a bid to retain them, according to a UBS Group AG survey.
Posted by: Colon Kaepernick at October 28, 2021 05:38 AM (X5CsJ)

nick failure

Posted by: m at October 28, 2021 05:41 AM (SJbY/)

112 Jack Posobiec Multiple sources confirm Jill Biden has asked about using 25th Amendment to get rid of Kamala Harris

Paging Clinton Paging Hilldabest Clinton

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 28, 2021 05:41 AM (yrol0)

113 102 Solar Panels Do Not Work at Night
Posted by: rhennigantx at October 28, 2021 05:37 AM (yrol0)

You'd have to square that with people wearing their sunglasses at night.

Posted by: m at October 28, 2021 05:43 AM (SJbY/)

114 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 28, 2021 05:43 AM (EZebt)

115 You'd have to square that with people wearing their sunglasses at night.
Posted by: m

Blues singers?

Posted by: Bruce at October 28, 2021 05:44 AM (vd8XM)

116
I heard that Big Blue Hydrogen must be shipped only in Big Blue Balls.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 28, 2021 05:44 AM (pNxlR)

117 nick failure
Posted by: m

Mebbe you should write it down !

Posted by: JT at October 28, 2021 05:45 AM (arJlL)

118 No CO2 will be emitted to make those either

Posted by: Bruce

I like that statement, could a reporter ask Psaki about that, of course she wouldn't answer it anyway. I say battery power is the future, just keep the Chinese children busy in their spare time mining the minerals needed. Or hire lots of squirrels to operate millions of little wheels.

Posted by: Colin at October 28, 2021 05:46 AM (kXA8q)

119 Under the current proposal, financial accounts with money flowing in and out that totals less than $10,000 annually are not subject to any additional reporting, the department said in an Oct. 19 fact sheet.

Thats 28 bucks a day!

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 28, 2021 05:47 AM (yrol0)

120 I don't understand what rationale could for used for removing Kamala under the 25th amendment. She has an unpleasant personality but that doesn't make her medically unfit for office and certainly her leftism is no handicap to the cabal.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 28, 2021 05:48 AM (ueGNX)

121 114 Good morning morons
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 28, 2021 05:43 AM (EZebt)

back atchu

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 28, 2021 05:48 AM (yrol0)

122 You'd have to square that with people wearing their sunglasses at night.
Posted by: m at October 28, 2021 05:43 AM (SJbY/)

What about those that have a very bright furture?

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 28, 2021 05:48 AM (yrol0)

123 I don't understand what rationale could for used for removing Kamala under the 25th amendment. She has an unpleasant personality but that doesn't make her medically unfit for office and certainly her leftism is no handicap to the cabal.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Maybe it was discovered that she know longer "does that thing" that gave her the career she has.

Posted by: Bruce at October 28, 2021 05:49 AM (vd8XM)

124
Solar Panels Do Not Work at Night
Posted by: rhennigantx

"It's right there in the contract, Mac"

-- P. Hole, Delegate, Emitters and Acceptors Local #314, AFL-CIO

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 28, 2021 05:49 AM (pNxlR)

125 I don't understand what rationale could for used for removing Kamala under the 25th amendment. She has an unpleasant personality but that doesn't make her medically unfit for office and certainly her leftism is no handicap to the cabal.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

The Evil Queen demands it !

Posted by: JT at October 28, 2021 05:49 AM (arJlL)

126 no longer....not Know longer

Posted by: Bruce at October 28, 2021 05:49 AM (vd8XM)

127 Have any of them actually apologized? Heck, have any of them even said, We were wrong about that.? No, they give each other awards. They actually award Pulitzer Prizes for reporting false stories.

DeSantis

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 28, 2021 05:50 AM (yrol0)

128 Biden delays Pope trip to assist in an abortion.

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 28, 2021 05:52 AM (yrol0)

129
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 28, 2021 05:52 AM (DUIap)

130 The Evil Queen demands it !
Posted by: JT at October 28, 2021 05:49 AM (arJlL)

So if Jill Biden wants Kamala removed who's going to take her place? Jill herself? That sounds like a bizarre scenario. Jill Can't just stay in her role as a latter day Edith Wilson?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 28, 2021 05:52 AM (ueGNX)

131 That's because there are laws in thermodynamics, and laws are for little people and physics and chemistry and math.

First law of thermodynamics: If you can concentrate pollution around poor people, do that.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at October 28, 2021 05:52 AM (y2DHQ)

132 So Uncle Joe is off to see the pope? Maybe some of the protestors will get to see him, though I highly doubt it. Security, security, and more security to protect his ass.

Posted by: Colin at October 28, 2021 05:52 AM (kXA8q)

133 Biden delays Pope trip to assist in an abortion.
Posted by: rhennigantx

Them vaccines ain't gonna make themselves!

...Sloe Joe...

Posted by: Bruce at October 28, 2021 05:53 AM (vd8XM)

134 Mitch has endorsed Herschel Walker. I'm not sure if that's good or not.

Posted by: f'd at October 28, 2021 05:53 AM (Tnijr)

135 Solar panels work just fine at night if you illuminate them with solar lamps.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at October 28, 2021 05:54 AM (y2DHQ)

136 Mitch has endorsed Herschel Walker. I'm not sure if that's good or not.
Posted by: f'd

What Mitch actually endorsed was a Hershey bar.

I loves chocolate!

Posted by: Bruce at October 28, 2021 05:54 AM (vd8XM)

137 We could have told them Kamala was a bad idea.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at October 28, 2021 05:55 AM (y2DHQ)

138 I don't understand what rationale could for used for removing Kamala under the 25th amendment.

If that report is true...I think they realize Bai-den is not long for this mortal coil and they're looking for a way to position his successor.

I think that if that sperm burping penis holster VP were removed, the human rutabaga could appoint someone and the congress could confirm them. Hint...it ain't gonna be Skankles.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 28, 2021 05:55 AM (l1zez)

139
And we'd have had Grey Hydrogen, too, if not for you meddling kids!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 28, 2021 05:56 AM (pNxlR)

140 'Any man who takes six months of leave for a newborn is a loser': Tech entrepreneur Joe Lonsdale slams Pete Buttigieg for taking paternity leave and says 'correct masculine response' is for men to 'work harder to provide for kids' future'

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 28, 2021 05:56 AM (yrol0)

141 CrotchetyOldJarhead

Romney.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at October 28, 2021 05:56 AM (u82oZ)

142 132 So Uncle Joe is off to see the pope? Maybe some of the protestors will get to see him, though I highly doubt it. Security, security, and more security to protect his ass.
Posted by: Colin at October 28, 2021 05:52 AM (kXA8q)

Nope, he's not headed to Europe after all.

Posted by: m at October 28, 2021 05:56 AM (SJbY/)

143 I think that if that sperm burping penis holster VP were removed, the human rutabaga could appoint someone and the congress could confirm them. Hint...it ain't gonna be Skankles.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead

How about a new 4 Star Admiral?

Posted by: Bruce at October 28, 2021 05:56 AM (vd8XM)

144 Maybe Joey Bidet will dress up as a Pope for Halloween while Jill plays Naughty Nurse?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 28, 2021 05:58 AM (vjloV)

145 Nope, he's not headed to Europe after all.
Posted by: m

They put him in front of a big screen TV with an episode of Rick Steves Europe.

Give him ice cream, he's good for a week

Posted by: Bruce at October 28, 2021 05:58 AM (vd8XM)

146 Reviewing some of the Capt. Merrick hearings. The guy pretty much admits he's a liar.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 28, 2021 05:58 AM (EZebt)

147
First law of thermodynamics: If you can concentrate pollution around poor people, do that.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

... good and hard!

Second Law of Thermodynamics: There will be no, none, zero, zip, nada windmills messing up the views from my domiciles ... see to it.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 28, 2021 05:59 AM (pNxlR)

148 Bai-den's successor would need to be someone selected by the Kalorama Regime and acceptable to the Bernie/Squad team

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 28, 2021 05:59 AM (l1zez)

149 Breakfast time!

Posted by: Bruce at October 28, 2021 06:00 AM (vd8XM)

150 Cigarette sales increased during 2020 for the first time in almost two decades with 203.7 billion sold to retailers - and $7.84B spent on advertising, FTC says

Who thinks that was not the plan??

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 28, 2021 06:01 AM (yrol0)

151 The Evil Queen demands it !
Posted by: JT at October 28, 2021 05:49 AM (arJlL)

So if Jill Biden wants Kamala removed who's going to take her place? Jill herself? That sounds like a bizarre scenario. Jill Can't just stay in her role as a latter day Edith Wilson?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Pssst...The evil queen is the hildawg

Posted by: JT at October 28, 2021 06:01 AM (arJlL)

152 Good morning all!

Posted by: Rosasharn at October 28, 2021 06:01 AM (yEBFM)

153 "Bai-den's successor would need to be someone selected by the Kalorama Regime and acceptable to the Bernie/Squad team"

It should be Bernie. He was on track to win anyway before the Dems stole it from him.

Posted by: f'd at October 28, 2021 06:02 AM (Tnijr)

154 Jill, Hillary, AND Kamala think they are The Evil Queen.

Put them in a cage and lock the door.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 28, 2021 06:02 AM (vjloV)

155 Reviewing some of the Capt. Merrick hearings. The guy pretty much admits he's a liar.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

His hero is Jon Lovitz

Posted by: JT at October 28, 2021 06:02 AM (arJlL)

156 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 28, 2021 05:48 AM (ueGNX)

I think Dr. Jill is trying to keep the long knives for her hubby at bay as long as possible. Best guess is the 25th is going to be used against JB at some point soon and she is trying to use it first first before it is used against them. She/JB are trying to hold onto power as long as possible.

Posted by: hubcap at October 28, 2021 06:02 AM (hgpeu)

157 153 Posted by: f'd at October 28, 2021 06:02 AM (Tnijr)

Barney Zanders is the "fresh young face of communism."

Posted by: sven at October 28, 2021 06:03 AM (Lzpvj)

158 Hiya Rosasharn !

Posted by: JT at October 28, 2021 06:03 AM (arJlL)

159 Pssst...The evil queen is the hildawg
Posted by: JT at October 28, 2021 06:01 AM (arJlL)

O.K.

Evidently the Democrats have a number of Evil Queens.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 28, 2021 06:03 AM (ueGNX)

160
sperm burping penis holster VP

As soon as he finishes nursing the babies he birfed, Pete Bootycall is gonna face off with Kameltoe in a cage match to see who gets to carry the coveted "penis holster" phrase in their official monicker.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 28, 2021 06:04 AM (pNxlR)

161 Jill, Hillary, AND Kamala think they are The Evil Queen.

Put them in a cage and lock the door.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Think of the PPV ratings !

Posted by: JT at October 28, 2021 06:05 AM (arJlL)

162 Janet Yellen would be in the running for Evil Queen.

Posted by: m at October 28, 2021 06:05 AM (SJbY/)

163 Hi JT!

Posted by: Rosasharn at October 28, 2021 06:05 AM (yEBFM)

164 138 Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 28, 2021 05:55 AM (l1zez)

If you've ever played the Paranoia RPG the democrat party is all about great teambuilding like the troubleshooters.

Posted by: sven at October 28, 2021 06:06 AM (Lzpvj)

165 "Barney Zanders is the "fresh young face of communism."

This time we are going to get it right.

Posted by: f'd at October 28, 2021 06:06 AM (Tnijr)

166 My favorite thing about all the 25th amendment talk either with Kamala replacing Biden or Kamala being forced out is the people that actually think the GOP senators will play hardball in a replacement VP and they won't be confirmed with 60+ senators.

Posted by: Buzzion at October 28, 2021 06:06 AM (G2zl5)

167 Isn't Nancy in there somewhere...

Posted by: Colin at October 28, 2021 06:06 AM (kXA8q)

168 Janet Yellen would be in the running for Evil Queen.
Posted by: m

She should change her name to Janet Whisperin

Posted by: JT at October 28, 2021 06:07 AM (arJlL)

169 165 Posted by: f'd at October 28, 2021 06:06 AM (Tnijr)

I can fundamentally transform your country with just 15% fatalities....

//Barney Zanders

Posted by: sven at October 28, 2021 06:07 AM (Lzpvj)

170 Cigarette sales... yeah, there was some rumor - from France I think - that smoking killed the China virus.

Some day, eventually, once Big Pharma has sucked every dollar they can snitch, were some research will show that there were easy ways to stop the spread.

But not until Big Pharma is big, fat, bloated with every tax dollar they can snitch.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus, Vaccine and Massage Parlor at October 28, 2021 06:07 AM (dQvv7)

171 167 Posted by: Colin at October 28, 2021 06:06 AM (kXA8q)

Nanzi is contestant #3....

essentially if the donks removed Kamala toe, then Zhou left and no new VP had been nominated Nanzi gets power

Posted by: sven at October 28, 2021 06:07 AM (Lzpvj)

172 Long ago my mother and I used to watch the midnight mass with the pope from Rome. Now I don't give a shit what the pope does.

Posted by: Colin at October 28, 2021 06:08 AM (kXA8q)

173 172 Posted by: Colin at October 28, 2021 06:08 AM (kXA8q)

The Pope studies the Bible, and prays a lot he is in internal exile.

"The Pope" Larps as Greta Thurnburg and is a communist imposter.

Posted by: sven at October 28, 2021 06:09 AM (Lzpvj)

174 Here ya go...

https://tinyurl.com/ye3dmk7w

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 28, 2021 06:09 AM (l1zez)

175 North Korea tells citizens food shortage will last through 2025: Report

Coming to a North American Republic near you!

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 28, 2021 06:10 AM (yrol0)

176
North Korea tells citizens food shortage will last through 2025

Looks like tree bark is back on the menu, boys!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 28, 2021 06:11 AM (pNxlR)

177 Now I don't give a shit what the pope does.

Posted by: Colin at October 28, 2021 06:08 AM

I give a shit. This George Floyd as the 'good Samaritan' was so over the top Idiotcracy to be embarrassing to all people of faith.

I didn't know the good Samaritan got high, passed phony currency or resisted arrest.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus, Vaccine and Massage Parlor at October 28, 2021 06:12 AM (dQvv7)

178 Here ya go...

https://tinyurl.com/ye3dmk7w
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead

Who was that ?

Posted by: JT at October 28, 2021 06:12 AM (arJlL)

179 Kamala attacked parents when she was D.A.

Sent letters threatening arrest if they didn't send their kid to school.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 28, 2021 06:13 AM (EZebt)

180 I'm glad to see that Australia has the same sort of business management excellence that we enjoy here in the States.

Posted by: Muad'dib at October 28, 2021 06:14 AM (QHqf9)

181 So Alec Baldwin is fully cooperating with the authorities regarding the shooting, but they "are not exactly sure" where he is. Bet if he was a parent who criticized a school board, they'd know precisely where he is.

Posted by: Hoplite Housewife at October 28, 2021 06:14 AM (mNMgp)

182 Boker Tov Patriots

On a 2 Day Telecom, Sigh. But just waiting for the pee list to come out and then I will listen on my phone and head home from the swamp. Hopefully by 9 AM

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 28, 2021 06:15 AM (1q3q9)

183
Cigarettes sales grew for the first time in 20 years. Liquor sales grew 15%.

I did my share for liquor sales, while the wife decimated the wine cellar. Still working on Building it Back Better.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus, Vaccine and Massage Parlor at October 28, 2021 06:15 AM (dQvv7)

184 181 Posted by: Hoplite Housewife at October 28, 2021 06:14 AM (mNMgp)

"We need your help getting another donk elected Mister Borwin"

Sure thing DA Gutierrez.

//Borwin Cooperation Council

Posted by: sven at October 28, 2021 06:16 AM (Lzpvj)

185 "Law", lol.

G'mornin' everyone !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (jDHSU) at October 28, 2021 06:17 AM (Ri0rK)

186 This is why i absolutely love my bosses:

Them: i told them we could have this ready by Monday.
Me: well you better go back and untell them, because that's gonna take me at least two weeks to figure out.
Them: Well, crap. All right.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 28, 2021 06:19 AM (6FeV1)

187 'Morning Captain !

And what's a pee list again, exactly ?

Posted by: JT at October 28, 2021 06:22 AM (arJlL)

188 >And what's a pee list again, exactly ?
Posted by: JT at October 28, 2021 06:22 AM (arJlL)

I know you are not new here. As a reminder, it's unwise to ask the Horde what anything means.

Posted by: Muad'dib at October 28, 2021 06:23 AM (QHqf9)

189 And what's a pee list again, exactly ?
Posted by: JT at October 28, 2021 06:22 AM (arJlL)

I know you are not new here. As a reminder, it's unwise to ask the Horde what anything means.
Posted by: Muad'dib

Awww....but he's a Captain !

Posted by: JT at October 28, 2021 06:24 AM (arJlL)

190 There is a huge push by ignorant westerners to belittle Christianity because it was not exactly a "religion of the masses" until the reformation.

But Buddhism went through almost the exact same arc, at the exact same time, with Enlightenment being the province of the aristocracy until movements like Pure Land started to made it more universal.

But going by western "Education", Christianity is Evil and Buddhism is Authentic and Wonderful, now go upstairs and read your Chomsky, young man.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 28, 2021 06:26 AM (6FeV1)

191 There is a huge push by ignorant westerners to belittle Christianity because it was not exactly a "religion of the masses" until the reformation.

I read that as ignorant wrestlers

Posted by: JT at October 28, 2021 06:28 AM (arJlL)

192 *Yawns*
*Stretches*
*Farts*
Morning.
*Sips coffee*
So how is everyone doing?

Posted by: Robert at October 28, 2021 06:28 AM (dxOuk)

193 From a typical user's point of view I can't see why you'd want to upgrade a perfectly functional Windows 10 machine. At times Windows 11 feels like the whole project was run by an interior decorator, they moved the couch around and now I bust my foot once a day at least.

And I thought Feng Shui was last decade's fad.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at October 28, 2021 06:29 AM (+LCoQ)

194 I'm muddling my way through Bubblegum Crisis.

It's real hit and miss and there's bits of missing animation but the music kicks a whole lot of ass and Keniichi Sonoda's character designs are wonderful.

Posted by: Robert at October 28, 2021 06:30 AM (dxOuk)

195 Capt. Merrick should get the sand flea treatment together with Fauci.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 28, 2021 06:32 AM (EZebt)

196 I'm not a tech guy but is it just me or is the current version of Windows always vastly inferior to the clearly excellent prior version of Windows?

I swear it's been that way since Windows '98.

Posted by: Robert at October 28, 2021 06:32 AM (dxOuk)

197 Pssst...The evil queen is the hildawg

--

You're in baaad shape as a country when Hillary is almost sliding into benign territory compared to the crazed zealots we have up and coming in the D party.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 28, 2021 06:33 AM (sVtYq)

198 Pssst...The evil queen is the hildawg

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You're in baaad shape as a country when Hillary is almost sliding into benign territory compared to the crazed zealots we have up and coming in the D party.
Posted by: Lady in Black

I'm confident that she knows where a lot of the bodies are buried.

Posted by: JT at October 28, 2021 06:36 AM (arJlL)

199 There is a huge push by ignorant westerners to belittle Christianity because it was not exactly a "religion of the masses" until the reformation.

The Reformation is largely forgotten, practiced by what some my call the remnant of the larger public. It has been replaced by and ersatz version which I call The American Religion witch share very little doctrinally with Roman Catholicism or true Protestantism. (Some call this Evangelicalism, but that term is also very fuzzy)

Posted by: Reuben Hick at October 28, 2021 06:36 AM (+LCoQ)

200 North Korea tells citizens food shortage will last through 2025: Report

Coming to a North American Republic near you!

That is pretty sad when even the North Korean government is more honest than the junta.

Exactly what policy is in place that is going to reverse this trend towards the Venezuela model of subsistence? All I can see is yet more policies that are effectively the equivalent of strapping a JATO pack on the back of failure.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at October 28, 2021 06:39 AM (+LCoQ)

201 If you're in a place where the sun hasn't yet come up and the day is clear, go outside and look at the sunrise (no, not in your underwear, J.T. Anyway, the sun already has come up where you are.) Here there were lovely bits of cerulean blue sky, and the clouds were a purple lines with the pink on the edges and them the sun came up in a blaze of gold.( I bet we have people here who live in places with gorgeous sunrises and sunsets.) If you're a person of the Christian faith and you know and like the old Protestant hymns, you can sing, "When morning gilds the skies, my heart awaking cried, "May Jesus Christ be praised!") It is a good way to start the morning.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 28, 2021 06:39 AM (ueGNX)

202 On a 2 Day Telecom, Sigh. But just waiting for the pee list to come out and then I will listen on my phone and head home from the swamp. Hopefully by 9 AM
Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 28, 2021 06:15 AM (1q3q9)

Ooh! I've got a golden ticket!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at October 28, 2021 06:40 AM (2Vfvs)

203 John Kerry says he makes sure to turn off unused lights in his house.
He also says "The biggest thing I'm doing in my lifestyle is traveling around the world, trying to do diplomacy and help make a larger decision in the context of Glasgow that could reduce a lot of the anxiety that we're all living with today about where we're headed."

Posted by: f'd at October 28, 2021 06:40 AM (Tnijr)

204 Fen - I do that every morning (unless its raining)

Posted by: JT at October 28, 2021 06:41 AM (arJlL)

205 Windows 3.0 was the best windows.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at October 28, 2021 06:41 AM (2Vfvs)

206 This was discussed in comments a bit yesterday, but I still have the tab open and scrolled down to see more of the members. Just frightening how much of society is controlled by leftists.

WEF "Young Global Leaders" - https://bit.ly/3jIkwF4

California Governor Gavin Newsom (selected in 2005), Pete Buttigieg (selected in 2019), Chelsea Clinton, Huma Abedin (selected in 2012), Nikki Haley, Samantha Power, Ian Bremmer (founder of Eurasia Group), Bill Browder (initiator of the Magnitsky Act), Jonathan Soros (son of George Soros), Kenneth Roth (director of "Human Rights Watch" since 1993), Paul Krugman (economist, selected in 1995), Lawrence Summers (selected in 1993), Alicia Garza (co-founder of Black Lives Matter, selected in 2020), Stephane Bancel (Moderna CEO).

Bill Gates (1993), former Microsoft CEO Steven Ballmer (selected in 1995), Amazon founder Jeff Bezos (199

, Google co-founders Sergey Brin & Larry Page (2002/2005), former Google CEO Eric Schmidt (selected in 1997), Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales (2007), PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel (2007), eBay co-founder Pierre Omidyar (1999), Facebook founder & CEO Mark Zuckerberg (2009), Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg (2007).

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at October 28, 2021 06:42 AM (Do5/p)

207 138 Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 28, 2021 05:55 AM (l1zez)

If you've ever played the Paranoia RPG the democrat party is all about great teambuilding like the troubleshooters.
Posted by: sven at October 28, 2021 06:06 AM (Lzpvj)
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Considering they are all Commie mutant traitors, that makes a lot of sense.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 28, 2021 06:42 AM (YIVH2)

208 On a 2 Day Telecom, Sigh. But just waiting for the pee list to come out and then I will listen on my phone and head home from the swamp. Hopefully by 9 AM
Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 28, 2021 06:15 AM (1q3q9)

Ooh! I've got a golden ticket!
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

But its WET !

Posted by: JT at October 28, 2021 06:42 AM (arJlL)

209 JJ

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 28, 2021 06:43 AM (yrol0)

210 How often does Kerry's son fly with him on these trips?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at October 28, 2021 06:43 AM (2Vfvs)

211 Wiiiiiiiiiiide nood.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at October 28, 2021 06:43 AM (IUd0M)

212 Here in the Bluegrass the sun will come up at 8:07. It's a bit overcast, but that could make for some awesome colors. The next couple days here are expected to be gloomy and wet.

It's always uplifting to see the sunrise.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 28, 2021 06:44 AM (BFigT)

213 So Alec Baldwin is fully cooperating with the authorities regarding the shooting, but they "are not exactly sure" where he is. Bet if he was a parent who criticized a school board, they'd know precisely where he is.

Baldwin can afford more Justice than most people.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at October 28, 2021 06:44 AM (+LCoQ)

214 I'm trying to do diplomacy here!

Posted by: John Kerry fro 30,000 feet at October 28, 2021 06:44 AM (Tnijr)

215 John Kerry says he makes sure to turn off unused lights in his house. He also says "The biggest thing I'm doing in my lifestyle is traveling around the world..."

Posted by: f'd at October 28, 2021 06:40 AM

There is absolutely zero reason he needs to travel around the world to do anything that he does. With today's communication technology - cell phones with facetime chat; conference calling on computers, laptops, cell phones, ipads, etc - all these "flying around the world to save the planet" people can hold all their conferences from the comfort of their own homes.

But no one of influence directly confronts them on this hypocrisy and forces them to answer.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at October 28, 2021 06:46 AM (Do5/p)

216 Windows 3.0 was the best windows.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at October 28, 2021 06:41 AM

Windows 3.1 with networking - what a concept... finally

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus, Vaccine and Massage Parlor at October 28, 2021 06:48 AM (dQvv7)

217 Posted by: JT at October 28, 2021 06:41 AM (arJlL)

That's great, JT!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 28, 2021 06:51 AM (ueGNX)

218 "Aussie actress who had stroke after COVID-19 jab still fiercely supports vaccination, says husband"

Painful to read.

https://tinyurl.com/bpbr39yf

Posted by: m at October 28, 2021 07:12 AM (TZgEk)

219 It's universal; all over the world at least.

Sales always promises everything THEN asks the techs/installers when it can get done and of course not when they want.

This sort of stuff keeps happening in a company that allows it. Everything is an emergency and it's all top priority and thus (they think) people rise to the demand and do things faster than they would normally. What they don't see (or want to see) is that the work is done with less oversight or safety or quality control and the possibility of things not working later goes up but then that's Support and becomes THEIR problem and comes out of their budget. Marketing walks off with their bonuses, installers go on to the next emergency and support is left to deal with an angry customer.

This will never improve unless a change of ownership occurs. Get out now and find some place sane to work.

Posted by: jakee308 at October 28, 2021 07:25 AM (R6wYG)

220 Re: Garland grilling about school board protection -- did anyone ask him about Tay Anderson?

Not to diminish the Virginia students r4ped by the trans, but Anderson is a Denver Public Schools school board member who is accused of sexually assaulting over 60 HS girls, primarily illegal aliens (easier to victimize). The school board is brushing it under the rug via an internal investigation, and Tay is now going for the school board president position.

This is who Garland is protecting. Not the students.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 28, 2021 07:26 AM (bDqIh)

221
Someone breaks down the Twix commercial, and yes,
it's as bad as you can imagine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd6NKY9vn8k

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus, Vaccine and Massage Parlor at October 28, 2021 07:27 AM (dQvv7)

222 >>This was discussed in comments a bit yesterday, but I still have the tab open and scrolled down to see more of the members. Just frightening how much of society is controlled by leftists.

Also Adam Kitzinger.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 28, 2021 07:30 AM (bDqIh)

223 >>Someone breaks down the Twix commercial, and yes,
it's as bad as you can imagine

And THIS is why the following stonetoss comic is constantly memed - just replace the 4th cell's "Burgers?" with "Candy bars?"

https://tinyurl.com/ycfs3v9r

Posted by: Lizzy at October 28, 2021 07:33 AM (bDqIh)

224 178 Here ya go...

https://tinyurl.com/ye3dmk7w
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead

Who was that ?
Posted by: JT at October 28, 2021 06:12 AM (arJlL)

Russell Brand

Posted by: m at October 28, 2021 07:41 AM (TZgEk)

225 I like how half of the "cheap tablets" are cheap because they're sold by sketchy eBay sellers who are probably reselling refurbs/open box as New, figuring 99% of people won't be able to tell.

Though even used Ipads are so fucking overpriced. I just want one so i can run qtake on it, since i refuse to get an iphone.

Posted by: Rbastid at October 28, 2021 09:26 AM (kg/g/)

226 I guess it isn't Russell Brand--but Aussie, long-haired, tatted, anti-mask, anti-vaccine; hmm.

Posted by: m at October 28, 2021 02:35 PM (SJbY/)

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