Iran-Backed Militants Storm US Embassy in Yemen, Seize Hostages

The State Department is working to secure the release of several hostages taken by Iran-backed terrorists after they stormed the U.S. embassy facility in Sana'a, Yemen, U.S. officials told the Washington Free Beacon early Thursday.
A group of Houthi rebels reportedly stormed the U.S. compound on Wednesday seeking "large quantities of equipment and materials," according to regional reports translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute. The raid comes just five days after the Houthis kidnapped Yemeni nationals who work for the U.S. embassy.
The State Department confirmed to the Free Beacon that the Yemeni staffers are being held hostage and that the Iran-backed militants stole property after breaching the American facility in Sana'a, which housed U.S. embassy staff prior to the suspension of operations there in 2015.
"The United States has been unceasing in its diplomatic efforts to secure their release," a State Department spokesman told the Free Beacon.

Oh.

Meanwhile, Biden's giving Iran billions and trying to give them their nukes back. And we have the respect of the world!

America is back, baby!

Posted by: Ace at 01:26 PM

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1 Corgis called

Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2021 01:26 PM (YQdCi)

2 hiya

Posted by: JT at November 11, 2021 01:26 PM (arJlL)

3 Start counting the days, media. Start counting the days.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, single and SuperStraight at November 11, 2021 01:27 PM (cvNl1)

4 Come on man!

Posted by: steevy at November 11, 2021 01:27 PM (CYnTg)

5 But no mean tweets!

Posted by: blaster at November 11, 2021 01:27 PM (vJFfv)

6 Those poor hostages...their lives mean nothing to this admin.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 11, 2021 01:27 PM (kwfA1)

7 Ace called Nood

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at November 11, 2021 01:27 PM (CjHGv)

8 Why do we have an Embassy in Yemen?

Posted by: davidt at November 11, 2021 01:27 PM (td+wa)

9 Norms are fucking restored, man!

Posted by: blaster at November 11, 2021 01:28 PM (vJFfv)

10 Inflation? Check.
Recession or stagnation? Check.
Energy crisis? Check.
Iranians storming embassies and taking hostages? Check.

Party like it's 1979. Except you can't, because we also have a supply chain crisis, increasingly poor goods availability, and a panopticon police state.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2021 01:28 PM (DU+/6)

11 Make Malaise Great Again

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at November 11, 2021 01:28 PM (TNyrE)

12 Why do we have an Embassy in Yemen?
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Especially since operations there ceased in 2015.

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 11, 2021 01:28 PM (kwfA1)

13 Why was there any equipment of value there?

Posted by: steevy at November 11, 2021 01:28 PM (CYnTg)

14 Why do we have an Embassy in Yemen?
Posted by: davidt at November 11, 2021 01:27 PM (td+wa)
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Because Yemen is not the enemy. Yemen is merely an anagram for enemy.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2021 01:29 PM (DU+/6)

15 OMG! Respect Baby! Respect!

The NORMS have been so restored!

Posted by: rd at November 11, 2021 01:29 PM (Z32m1)

16 This is why you shouldn't have transexual Marines guarding your embassy. The high heels and the tight skirts hurt maneuverability.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at November 11, 2021 01:29 PM (+LCoQ)

17 Isn't the embassy, and the grounds it is on, considered sovereign territory of the country who occupies the embassy?

So this is/should be considered a hostile action against the US? Now, I don't want to give the Biden admin another distraction away from all of their f*** ups.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed - F*** Joe Biden and Fauci at November 11, 2021 01:29 PM (N39Ws)

18 Brittany Bray is a One.
I want her to re-rack my AR-15.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at November 11, 2021 01:29 PM (ufFY8)

19
Alternate post title:

See? Jared Kushner's "Peace Deals" Didn't Work!

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at November 11, 2021 01:29 PM (x1UXv)

20 A démarche and a date.

Now.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 11, 2021 01:29 PM (u82oZ)

21 Hope they didn't take the Pride flag.

Posted by: wth at November 11, 2021 01:29 PM (v0R5T)

22 Fortunately, I've officially decided that the Houthis aren't terrorists!

Posted by: Fartin' Joe Biden! at November 11, 2021 01:29 PM (I2/tG)

23 Would you like some Malaise on that falafel?

Posted by: All the people say Yemen, Yemen, Yeman, Yemen at November 11, 2021 01:29 PM (WmGrA)

24 We are one psychotic rabbit away from being back in the Carter years.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 11, 2021 01:30 PM (ZLI7S)

25 Time to glass Iran.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at November 11, 2021 01:30 PM (ufFY8)

26 This is stressing, but the State Department said a week ago there are about fourteen thousand Americans still in Afghanistan. I think that's the pressing matter here.

On Gorka's show, a retired naval officer claimed, "We'll lose the next war." With this jackass in the White House, he's probably right.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 11, 2021 01:30 PM (XSRBF)

27 Less standing army democracy being spread?

Posted by: Hold My Montrachet at November 11, 2021 01:30 PM (juH8z)

28 A group of Houthi rebels reportedly stormed the U.S. compound on Wednesday seeking "large quantities of equipment and materials,"

Are they sure it wasn't coneheads?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 11, 2021 01:30 PM (0ryfU)

29 Is there some way to roll back this timeline and try a different one? This one is just absurd.

Posted by: Half Dozen at November 11, 2021 01:30 PM (Cem4/)

30 Biden will need to send somebody to negotiate our surrender, accept 100,000 refugees and leave some pallets of cash. Kamala?

Posted by: Ripley at November 11, 2021 01:31 PM (MxEKc)

31 > Why was there any equipment of value there?

I imagine at a minimum they have some sort of secure comms facility just because it's an embassy and secure comms with the US is one thing they need to be able to do.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 11, 2021 01:31 PM (sG4Hj)

32 16 This is why you shouldn't have transexual Marines guarding your embassy. The high heels and the tight skirts hurt maneuverability.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at November 11, 2021 01:29 PM (+LCoQ)

While it may hurt maneuverability, it does help keep the internal prosthetic from falling out after their "bottom surgery".

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed - F*** Joe Biden and Fauci at November 11, 2021 01:31 PM (N39Ws)

33 Divine Wind, by BOC.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at November 11, 2021 01:31 PM (ufFY8)

34 So this is/should be considered a hostile action against the US? Now, I don't want to give the Biden admin another distraction away from all of their f*** ups.

The Intelligence Community Scores Another Success !

Posted by: Reuben Hick at November 11, 2021 01:31 PM (+LCoQ)

35 On Gorka's show, a retired naval officer claimed, "We'll lose the next war." With this jackass in the White House, he's probably right.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 11, 2021 01:30 PM (XSRBF)
++++
We're losing - present tense - on all fronts simultaneously. If a new front opens, hot or cold, why would anyone reasonable expect that change in the new theater?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2021 01:31 PM (DU+/6)

36 The good news is this happened over and over with this awful Trump, and he never did anything about it. /s

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 11, 2021 01:31 PM (XSRBF)

37 The State Department is working to secure the release of several hostages

Send cash.

Posted by: Houthi rebels at November 11, 2021 01:31 PM (v0R5T)

38
Welcome Back Carter. Wasn't that a tv show?

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus, Vaccine and Massage Parlor at November 11, 2021 01:31 PM (dQvv7)

39 The Iran-backed rebels saw all the cool stuff the Taliban got when we left and they got jealous and want some free shit too

Posted by: JoeF. at November 11, 2021 01:31 PM (mR6Gs)

40 An act of war by Iran. Who is ROTFL at the US.

Would have never happened with President Trump.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 11, 2021 01:32 PM (u82oZ)

41
These guys are savvier than I give them credit for.

This way, they can humiliate America without actually harming any of her enemies in the State Department, or engendering any ill-will among their simps and tools in DC. Good play.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 11, 2021 01:32 PM (/KPLX)

42 In case you are looking for some tea leaves on how Youngkin will behave in office, here's some data for you.

He has appointed Kay Coles James, the president of the Heritage Foundation, to be his transition co-chair. Follow the link below to find her previous feeling about racism and race relations in America. Not a great sign for someone who promised to battle CRT.

https://twitter.com/emeriticus/status/
1458644969959223301

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at November 11, 2021 01:32 PM (cSs/W)

43 Did they steal any catalytic converters? Tide detergent?

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 11, 2021 01:32 PM (wAnMi)

44 Can we trade Harris for hostages?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 11, 2021 01:32 PM (0ryfU)

45
[ambles in]
[exchanges snappy salutes with fellow Vets]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 11, 2021 01:32 PM (830x5)

46 Welcome Back Carter. Wasn't that a tv show?
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus, Vaccine and Massage Parlor at November 11, 2021 01:31 PM (dQvv7)

You're thinking of Kotter Country

Posted by: JoeF. at November 11, 2021 01:32 PM (mR6Gs)

47 And we had to stop giving the Saudis advice and materiel because they were using them to slaughter the Houthis because . . .

Posted by: Sam at November 11, 2021 01:32 PM (ohyxL)

48 You know, maybe we should take back some of what we've been saying about Biden. Maybe he really is accomplished. I mean, it took Carter over 2 years to get to this point.

Posted by: Dr. T at November 11, 2021 01:32 PM (At/8G)

49 Meanwhile, SEALs are threatened with DDs for refusing the "vaccine".

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at November 11, 2021 01:32 PM (IUd0M)

50 Did the Yemni terrorists give Milley and the Joint Chiefs a heads up they were going to storm the embessey?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 11, 2021 01:33 PM (LXay8)

51 Every GOP traitor who voted to certify the stolen election owns a piece of every disaster. Im talking to you too Tom Cotton. You preening fraud.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at November 11, 2021 01:33 PM (eJn7u)

52 42 In case you are looking for some tea leaves on how Youngkin will behave in office, here's some data for you.

He has appointed Kay Coles James, the president of the Heritage Foundation, to be his transition co-chair. Follow the link below to find her previous feeling about racism and race relations in America. Not a great sign for someone who promised to battle CRT.

https://twitter.com/emeriticus/status/
1458644969959223301

ugh, horrific

Posted by: ace at November 11, 2021 01:33 PM (0G13K)

53 >>>We're losing - present tense - on all fronts simultaneously. If a new front opens, hot or cold, why would anyone reasonable expect that change in the new theater?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

True. If/when China retakes Taiwan, we'd sit back and do nothing. But no mean tweets, so there's that.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 11, 2021 01:33 PM (XSRBF)

54 Omg.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 11, 2021 01:33 PM (ptqGC)

55 Send in Bro-Fo Omar as our negotiator.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 11, 2021 01:33 PM (cp7Tl)

56
Glenn Blumpkin is a piece of shit phony.
He's the Joel Osteen of the Republican party.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at November 11, 2021 01:33 PM (x1UXv)

57 Why was there any equipment of value there?

Mostly Hunter's laptop and evidence against the Deep State that Durham has been looking for.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at November 11, 2021 01:33 PM (+LCoQ)

58 Its a dying shame what happened to your electrical power generation, Iran.

Mission kill with few immediate casualties.

The reality: Biden was neither awakened nor given ice cream.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 11, 2021 01:33 PM (u82oZ)

59 Hey, a handle of Crystal Palace Vodka is STILL only $10.48 and weed is practically free here so what's the problem?

Posted by: Auspex at November 11, 2021 01:34 PM (Xo3T0)

60 Meanwhile, Lukashenko has brought in militants from all over the Middle East, says that he has been giving them arms and explosives, and they are currently trying to breach the Polish border at a number of points.

The Poles have brought in the army to protect the border, which Russia and Belarus is furiously protesting as a "provocation".

Sounds like an attack on a NATO country to me...

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 11, 2021 01:34 PM (I2/tG)

61 And I will guarantee you more than 80% of this country will not hear this.

And if they do, they won't care.

And if they care, they will blame it on Trump.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 11, 2021 01:34 PM (2JVJo)

62 Willowed comment about Binger's cross examination:

625 binger is exploring if the witness is one of those icky Trump Adjacent Journalists. Binger wants to know why he goes out and films his own material, and why he is not parroting the approved mainstream media narratives.

That is Heresy. And the witness should be burned at the stake!

Posted by: rd at November 11, 2021 01:34 PM (Z32m1)

63 True. If/when China retakes Taiwan, we'd sit back and do nothing. But no mean tweets, so there's that.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp

Joe would deploy a trouser sub immediately.

Posted by: Joe Mama at November 11, 2021 01:34 PM (WmGrA)

64 I can't wait for the gas lines. And thieves siphoning gas out of peoples tanks.

Yay Carter 2.0.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 11, 2021 01:34 PM (ptqGC)

65 44 Can we trade Harris for hostages?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 11, 2021 01:32 PM (0ryfU)

Maybe send them Mia Khalifa? She has less miles.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed - F*** Joe Biden and Fauci at November 11, 2021 01:34 PM (N39Ws)

66 > Why do we have an Embassy in Yemen?

Probably a CIA front. This way the junta can funnel weapons into and out of Iran for various terrorist orgs.

Whoopsi.... someone didn't get the message.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 11, 2021 01:35 PM (BFigT)

67
Why didn't the embassy get a MOAB cleansing after we abandoned it?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 11, 2021 01:35 PM (n+4am)

68 Norms restored indeed.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - the vaxxine is safe for kids because it's made from kids at November 11, 2021 01:35 PM (Ya4Ri)

69 I'm filling up my swimming pool with gas and buying a Disco Ball even as we speak.

Posted by: 29Victor at November 11, 2021 01:35 PM (BJKQV)

70 BREAKING: Biden and Milley Issue Joint Strongly-Worded Letter to Iran; To Send in John Kerry, James Taylor, and Billions of Dollars on Pallets ... but mostly, Billions of Dollars on Pallets

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at November 11, 2021 01:35 PM (cUUIs)

71 True. If/when China retakes Taiwan, we'd sit back and do nothing. But no mean tweets, so there's that.

This is why if you need to upgrade your computer hardware or any other tech dependent on Taiwanese parts, now is the time to do it before Taiwan is completely within China's control and Embargo/Siege Phase II against the former United States commences.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at November 11, 2021 01:35 PM (+LCoQ)

72 He has appointed Kay Coles James, the president of the Heritage Foundation, to be his transition co-chair. Follow the link below to find her previous feeling about racism and race relations in America. Not a great sign for someone who promised to battle CRT.
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at November 11, 2021 01:32 PM (cSs/W)

Of course he did. But not really breaking a promise because he didn't pinky-swear. It was more a suggestion and a guideline really. He'll fit right in.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 11, 2021 01:35 PM (wAnMi)

73 Meanwhile, SEALs are threatened with DDs for refusing the "vaccine".
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at November 11, 2021 01:32 PM (IUd0M)

DD's? As in LARGE breasts? No wonder they are REFUSING!

Posted by: JoeF. at November 11, 2021 01:35 PM (mR6Gs)

74 Test:

I remember when __________ wanted to fly the first mission to bomb Kharg Island in Iran.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus, Vaccine and Massage Parlor at November 11, 2021 01:35 PM (dQvv7)

75 The entire world knows that there is a senile, incompetent, illegitimate crook in the white house, so anything goes.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 11, 2021 01:35 PM (5kI0z)

76 >>>Send in Bro-Fo Omar as our negotiator.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead

Without a security detail.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 11, 2021 01:35 PM (XSRBF)

77 Meanwhile, Joey mentioned Medal of Honor "winners" at Arlington today.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 11, 2021 01:35 PM (ptqGC)

78 Wouldn't have happened on Trump's watch.
Way to go Barky and Sundowner

Posted by: Skip's Phone at November 11, 2021 01:36 PM (QZKjU)

79 Lukashenko Is threatening to cut off gas to Europe. Remember when Trump warned them tha... nevermind.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 11, 2021 01:36 PM (0ryfU)

80 the Iran-backed militants stole property after breaching the American facility in Sana'a, which housed U.S. embassy staff prior to the suspension of operations there in 2015.
___

So,

What was going on in that place, with only Yemeni staff, and the cessation of operations there since 2015?

Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 11, 2021 01:36 PM (kwfA1)

81 America Held Hostage Part II

Day One

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 11, 2021 01:36 PM (s6l2k)

82 @42

>>In case you are looking for some tea leaves on how Youngkin will behave in office, here's some data for you.

Youngkin was the CEO of The Carlyle Group, think Bain Capital except with slightly more scruples.

So, to paraphrase Melvin Udall, Youngkin is probably as Good As It Gets in Virginia.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 11, 2021 01:36 PM (LXay8)

83 I can't wait for the gas lines. And thieves siphoning gas out of peoples tanks.

Yay Carter 2.0.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 11, 2021 01:34 PM (ptqGC)

Go long on lockable gas caps.

Posted by: Deep State 910 at November 11, 2021 01:36 PM (HwtiA)

84 So do I have this correct? This was a Former embassy at Sanas and was still a U.S. compound? The poor hostages are Yemen locals, so Biden will do even less to help them than he'd do for American hostages?

Posted by: PaleRider, cheerful clinger at November 11, 2021 01:36 PM (3cGpq)

85 Neon and nylon, disco's back baby! Maybe we're all just the final thought of an old man's delusion; Biden's taking us back to 1972 when he was first elected Senator. His future was bright; ours-not so much...

Posted by: pahound at November 11, 2021 01:36 PM (xBZRV)

86 42 In case you are looking for some tea leaves on how Youngkin will behave in office, here's some data for you.

He has appointed Kay Coles James, the president of the Heritage Foundation, to be his transition co-chair. Follow the link below to find her previous feeling about racism and race relations in America. Not a great sign for someone who promised to battle CRT.

https://twitter.com/emeriticus/status/
1458644969959223301
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at November 11, 2021 01:32 PM (cSs/W)

Oh, the same Heritage Foundation that hired (well, Kay Coles James hired) Mike Pence as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow?

https://www.heritage.org/staff/mike-pence

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 11, 2021 01:36 PM (mMrkq)

87 This is why you shouldn't have transexual Marines guarding your embassy. The high heels and the tight skirts hurt maneuverability.
--------------------------------
Sling bikinis too I understand from a respected lawyer.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 11, 2021 01:36 PM (UHVv4)

88 Hillary is tanned, rested, fat, drunk, and ready to serve.

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at November 11, 2021 01:37 PM (cUUIs)

89 Meanwhile, Joey mentioned Medal of Honor "winners" at Arlington today.
Posted by: Jane D'oh

Yay! I won first prize at war!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 11, 2021 01:37 PM (0ryfU)

90 31 > Why was there any equipment of value there?

I imagine at a minimum they have some sort of secure comms facility just because it's an embassy and secure comms with the US is one thing they need to be able to do.
Posted by: bonhomme at November 11, 2021 01:31 PM (sG4Hj)

Passport and visa making equipment, held in the consulate. They get hold of those, they can print legit passports and visas for entry into the US.

Posted by: Moki at November 11, 2021 01:37 PM (JrN/x)

91 1979 again? The Steelers and Pirates won Championships. Well that ain't happening this year. How about punk rock making a comeback? A new Dire Straits album? Maybe get Cale Yarborough and the Allison brothers fighting on turn 3 at Daytona. Cale and Bobby are a bit long in the tooth these days, may be not much of a fight. Donnie is dead, sadly.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 11, 2021 01:37 PM (HTCOy)

92 On Gorka's show, a retired naval officer claimed, "We'll lose the next war." With this jackass in the White House, he's probably right.

Since Americans are the only enemies recognized by DC, that's probably for the best.

Posted by: Methos at November 11, 2021 01:37 PM (kOpft)

93 >>>This is why if you need to upgrade your computer hardware or any other tech dependent on Taiwanese parts, now is the time to do it before Taiwan is completely within China's control and Embargo/Siege Phase II against the former United States commences.

Posted by: Reuben Hick

China will invade Taiwan and this POS will defend it, because "it always belonged to China."

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 11, 2021 01:37 PM (XSRBF)

94 83 I can't wait for the gas lines. And thieves siphoning gas out of peoples tanks.

Yay Carter 2.0.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 11, 2021 01:34 PM (ptqGC)

Go long on lockable gas caps.
Posted by: Deep State 910 at November 11, 2021 01:36 PM (HwtiA)

-----

Can you get those on Amazon?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 11, 2021 01:37 PM (ptqGC)

95 I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society

I wonder how fast the Discharge Review Boards or the Board of Correction for Military Records works. And have they been infiltrated by the Left?

SEALS deserve better.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 11, 2021 01:37 PM (u82oZ)

96 Meanwhile, Joey mentioned Medal of Honor "winners" at Arlington today.

I won! I won!

Posted by: Posthumous Medal of Honor "winner"! at November 11, 2021 01:37 PM (I2/tG)

97 In case you are looking for some tea leaves on how Youngkin will behave in office, here's some data for you.

IOW, the "Trump problem." Youngkin doesn't have a cadre of fire-breathing assholes ready on day one to tear Virginia's racist school boards and teacher associations to the ground, relying instead on the 'good people' that the 'wise men' of the GOP / corporate / Chinese clique force to his attention.

I'd say I am surprised, but there is almost nothing in the world that could surprise me any more.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 11, 2021 01:38 PM (2JVJo)

98 Glenn Blumpkin is a piece of shit phony.
He's the Joel Osteen of the Republican party.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at November 11, 2021 01:33 PM (x1UXv)

So...how ya feel about Miss Lindsey?

Posted by: BignJames at November 11, 2021 01:38 PM (AwYPR)

99 I can smell the Norms.

Posted by: wth at November 11, 2021 01:38 PM (v0R5T)

100 I can't wait for the gas lines. And thieves siphoning gas out of peoples tanks.

Yay Carter 2.0.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 11, 2021 01:34 PM (ptqGC)

They don't siphon any longer - probably because so many cars have locking gas cap covers. Nope, in the SF Bay Area, if it's not catalytic converters it's holes getting drilled in gas tanks. That's right, they just drill holes in your tank and I have no idea WTF they do after that besides make a mess. Recent Spate in UC Berzerkeley.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 11, 2021 01:38 PM (wAnMi)

101 Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 11, 2021 01:35 PM (XSRBF)

Omar must go in respectin the enemy, in a burkha, escorted by a male.. by Milley AND Austin. Unarmed so they know they come in peace.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 11, 2021 01:38 PM (cp7Tl)

102 Lukashenko Is threatening to cut off gas to Europe. Remember when Trump warned them tha... nevermind.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

Thus reducing greenhouse emissions. Winning!

Posted by: Grunta Thornbird at November 11, 2021 01:38 PM (WmGrA)

103 >>>Not a great sign for someone who promised to battle CRT.

Maybe the Lt. Gov can start a coup?

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 11, 2021 01:39 PM (XSRBF)

104 91 1979 again? The Steelers and Pirates won Championships. Well that ain't happening this year. How about punk rock making a comeback? A new Dire Straits album? Maybe get Cale Yarborough and the Allison brothers fighting on turn 3 at Daytona. Cale and Bobby are a bit long in the tooth these days, may be not much of a fight. Donnie is dead, sadly.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 11, 2021 01:37 PM (HTCOy)
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Beat me to it, I was going to say that the only good thing about 1979 was the World Series.

*digs flat-top Stargell Stars hat out of closet*

Posted by: Pennsyltucky at November 11, 2021 01:39 PM (lNHqD)

105 631 Nood Syrian
Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2021 01:27 PM (YQdCi)

Iz dissapoint, thought this was a call for a nude sybian.

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at November 11, 2021 01:39 PM (BgMrQ)

106
What was going on in that place, with only Yemeni staff, and the cessation of operations there since 2015?
Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 11, 2021 01:36 PM (kwfA1)

They might have been consular agents to assist American citizens in country with paperwork, Social Security, voting, etc.

Posted by: Moki at November 11, 2021 01:39 PM (JrN/x)

107 The embassy was abandoned. When they abandpned it, they should have hired a local moving company to pack anything loose in containers and ship it out of the country, Except maybe a few chairs and some cots for a local security force.

The security force should be there only to call the local cops for help, and to keep the locals from stripping the copper pipes and wires, or planting bugs or bombs.

Posted by: rd at November 11, 2021 01:39 PM (Z32m1)

108 I can't wait for the gas lines. And thieves siphoning gas out of peoples tanks.

People would intentionally park as close to a tree as possible to slow the thieves down. Then locking gas caps became a thing.

Nostalgia inducing. Not.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus, Vaccine and Massage Parlor at November 11, 2021 01:39 PM (dQvv7)

109 Norms restored indeed.
Posted by: Moron Robbie
----

The Summer of Recovery may not have been all that it was cracked up to be.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 11, 2021 01:40 PM (WD9ZA)

110 We've been losing wars since Korea, with precious few exceptions.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at November 11, 2021 01:40 PM (jTmQV)

111 I still have the clarinet case I put a "Honk for the American Hostages" sticker on.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 11, 2021 01:40 PM (KAi1n)

112 101

Omar must go in respectin the enemy, in a burkha, escorted by a male.. by Milley AND Austin. Unarmed so they know they come in peace.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 11, 2021 01:38 PM (cp7Tl)
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I thought you said a male?

Posted by: Pennsyltucky at November 11, 2021 01:40 PM (lNHqD)

113 They don't siphon any longer - probably because so many cars have locking gas cap covers. Nope, in the SF Bay Area, if it's not catalytic converters it's holes getting drilled in gas tanks. That's right, they just drill holes in your tank and I have no idea WTF they do after that besides make a mess. Recent Spate in UC Berzerkeley.
Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 11, 2021 01:38 PM (wAnMi)

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Mine doesn't lock. But that's okay, because no mean tweets and norms restored!

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 11, 2021 01:40 PM (ptqGC)

114 "The United States has been unceasing in its diplomatic efforts to secure their release," a State Department spokesman told the Free Beacon.

--

Now that's what I call reassuring!

Funny how Weakling Von Poopypants is inviting attacks from the world's seediest players. Those who no longer have any fear of a strong America.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 11, 2021 01:40 PM (sVtYq)

115 Norms restored bitches!!!

Posted by: Jonah Goldberg at November 11, 2021 01:40 PM (iDcra)

116 >>>Omar must go in respectin the enemy, in a burkha, escorted by a male.. by Milley AND Austin. Unarmed so they know they come in peace.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead

Ooh, take Rachel Levine, too!

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 11, 2021 01:40 PM (XSRBF)

117 Can't FJB shart in their general direction?

Posted by: Northernlurker at November 11, 2021 01:40 PM (cSyAR)

118 Beat me to it, I was going to say that the only good thing about 1979 was the World Series.

*digs flat-top Stargell Stars hat out of closet*
Posted by: Pennsyltucky at November 11, 2021 01:39 PM (lNHqD)

Watched game 7 as a 6 yo. Made my day.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 11, 2021 01:41 PM (ekXJa)

119 So, are the republicans going to pounce on the seized hostages, or will they seize on the seized hostages?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 11, 2021 01:41 PM (0ryfU)

120 Meanwhile, Biden's giving Iran billions and trying to give them their nukes back. And we have the respect of the world!

What an absolute clusterfuck and a mockery of Veteran's Day by "our betters". I guess I would be well served to leave it at that.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 11, 2021 01:41 PM (Xrfse)

121
So...how ya feel about Miss Lindsey?
Posted by: BignJames

Lindsey Graham is a sodomite and pedophile.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- at November 11, 2021 01:41 PM (7+Ovs)

122 Lukashenko Is threatening to cut off gas to Europe.

Making Europe completely dependent on the Nord Stream pipeline.

Funny how that works, isn't it?

Posted by: Putin, Laughing His Ass Off! at November 11, 2021 01:41 PM (I2/tG)

123 They don't siphon any longer - probably because so many cars have locking gas cap covers. Nope, in the SF Bay Area, if it's not catalytic converters it's holes getting drilled in gas tanks. That's right, they just drill holes in your tank and I have no idea WTF they do after that besides make a mess. Recent Spate in UC Berzerkeley.
Posted by: clutch cargo

That's where you catch them in the act and fire a tracer

Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2021 01:41 PM (YQdCi)

124 No mean tweets!

Posted by: dantesed at November 11, 2021 01:41 PM (88xKn)

125 Regarding Carter, Carter at least did a few commendable things in the second half of his term in office, such as appointing Volker as Fed Chairman, doing some deregulation, and beginning to build the defense forces up.

We won't see anything like this from FJB or Harris if she's allowed to succeed FJB.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at November 11, 2021 01:41 PM (xxG/v)

126 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 11, 2021 01:38 PM (2JVJo)

Maybe we could...you know....wait and see what he actually does once he's in office, ?) which doesn't happen until January.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 11, 2021 01:41 PM (YK8CE)

127 Mine doesn't lock. But that's okay, because no mean tweets and norms restored!
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 11, 2021 01:40 PM (ptqGC)

Everybody here is driving an Audi, BMW or Subaru if it's not a Tesla or Prius.

I'm waiting for some dummy to drill holes in a Tesla Battery.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 11, 2021 01:42 PM (wAnMi)

128 Beheadings and or ransoms, coming right up.

I sure hope the terrorists ask for the hostages' personal pronouns though.

Posted by: GnuBreed at November 11, 2021 01:42 PM (F0YaR)

129 We have sent a strongly worded teletext. If they don't respond, we will send them $50 billion in military hardware.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 11, 2021 01:42 PM (0ryfU)

130 Kamala must fly over immediately to determine the root causes.

Posted by: A Total Retard at November 11, 2021 01:42 PM (nGvG8)

131 We are going to wish that things were only as bad as the 70s under Carter. Things will be getting much, much worse.... on purpose.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at November 11, 2021 01:43 PM (iDcra)

132 Now all we need is a heating fuel shortage and a Joey malaise speech, while wearing a sweater inside out.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 11, 2021 01:43 PM (ptqGC)

133 Laura Prepon when she did T7S reminded me *very* strongly of the hottest girl in my high school. Tall busty redhead with a million-watt smile. She was nice, though she was reputed to have a temper if a girl in the PE locker room gave her any trouble, and pretty darn smart.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021 01:43 PM (txdEq)

134 Graham is a two-faced sodomite.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 11, 2021 01:43 PM (ekXJa)

135 Eh. Deep staters working in he embassy getting fucked over by Iranians? I kinda don't see the problem.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at November 11, 2021 01:43 PM (OalnH)

136 If we gotta re-live the 70s, I want my 70s hair and waist lines back.

Posted by: butch at November 11, 2021 01:43 PM (cHvOo)

137 Operation Eagle Claw was a clutter buck of a cock-up, what will Joey's JV Junta cook up?

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 11, 2021 01:43 PM (s6l2k)

138 So, local staff and it doesn't sound like any Americans.

Posted by: WiNO at November 11, 2021 01:43 PM (EpDzw)

139 130 Kamala must fly over immediately to determine the root causes.
Posted by: A Total Retard

BJ's for Peace!

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 11, 2021 01:43 PM (HTCOy)

140 Kamala must fly over immediately to determine the root causes.

White racists in the United States, of course!

Posted by: Kamala! at November 11, 2021 01:43 PM (I2/tG)

141 Send in the dudes that killed binladen. Oh thats right, we got a fucking retard in the oval office.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 11, 2021 01:44 PM (VwHCD)

142 I wonder if you can siphon electricity out of a tesla.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 11, 2021 01:44 PM (0ryfU)

143 Kamala must fly over immediately to determine the root causes.

True. Kamala can no longer use the excuse that she hadn't been to Europe to use her now famous fake French accent.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at November 11, 2021 01:44 PM (+LCoQ)

144 Now all we need is a heating fuel shortage and a Joey malaise speech, while wearing a sweater inside out.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 11, 2021 01:43 PM

I can't wait to put my "Home Has No Heat Here" sign out at the curb.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus, Vaccine and Massage Parlor at November 11, 2021 01:44 PM (dQvv7)

145 Those rascally jackanapes just wanted to reclaim the ill-gotten stores of saltah taken before the pandemic.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at November 11, 2021 01:44 PM (+xGNi)

146
I'd love to see y'all's faces in 2023 when Glenn Blumpkin announces he's running for president.

Did any of you listen to his shitty victory speech? Nothing at all like his rally the day before.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- at November 11, 2021 01:44 PM (7+Ovs)

147 Ooh, take Rachel Levine, too!

Man, look at you covering all the bases..... I concur.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 11, 2021 01:44 PM (cp7Tl)

148 Carter gave us the Dept. of Education. Joey has given us CRT.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 11, 2021 01:44 PM (ptqGC)

149 I wonder if you can siphon electricity out of a tesla.

Just wait and it will eventually spontaneously combust.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at November 11, 2021 01:45 PM (+LCoQ)

150 79 Lukashenko Is threatening to cut off gas to Europe. Remember when Trump warned them tha... nevermind.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 11, 2021 01:36 PM (0ryfU)

Who would have thought there could have been any problems with shutting down all of your own energy production and depending on the Tender Mercies of the Russians just to survive the winter? I tell ya, nobody could have seen this coming.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 11, 2021 01:45 PM (trdmm)

151 Wonder how much of our $taxpayer money the Idiot Usurper will throw at them.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 11, 2021 01:45 PM (sVtYq)

152 What difference does it make?

Posted by: Hillary Clinton, kleptocrat at November 11, 2021 01:45 PM (R/m4+)

153 So, local staff and it doesn't sound like any Americans.
Posted by: WiNO at November 11, 2021 01:43 PM (EpDzw)

I would still trade them for Harris.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 11, 2021 01:45 PM (0ryfU)

154 Well. All that's missing is Disco. And CHiPs

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2021 01:45 PM (KZzsI)

155 Adm Levine is a MOAB.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 11, 2021 01:45 PM (s6l2k)

156 The bad guys sure know that history repeats itself. They know a Carter 2.0 even if our people don't.

We will soon hear that the soldiers at the embassy had very restrictive ROEs.

FJB

Posted by: APJ at November 11, 2021 01:45 PM (G1dq6)

157
Meanwhile, Biden's giving Iran billions and trying to give them their nukes back.

They could get back to work if they had childcare.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 11, 2021 01:45 PM (63Dwl)

158 The Houthis need $50 billion to pay for their gender transition surgeries!

Posted by: The Houthis' Washington PR Firm! at November 11, 2021 01:45 PM (I2/tG)

159 126 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 11, 2021 01:38 PM (2JVJo)

Maybe we could...you know....wait and see what he actually does once he's in office, ?) which doesn't happen until January.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 11, 2021 01:41 PM (YK8CE)

We absolutely should wait, but as we all know, personnel is policy. Looking back at it with hindsight, having Chris Christie as heading his transition team in 2016, and Reince Priebus as his first Chief of Staff didn't portend well for the Trump Administration, in spite of the greatness of the man at the top.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 11, 2021 01:45 PM (mMrkq)

160 [ambles in]
[exchanges snappy salutes with fellow Vets]
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

(Salute Returned !)

Posted by: JT at November 11, 2021 01:45 PM (arJlL)

161
Youngkin's wife is creepy as fuck, too.
Just too perfect.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- at November 11, 2021 01:45 PM (7+Ovs)

162 Now all we need is a heating fuel shortage and a Joey malaise speech, while wearing a sweater inside out.

Two words: refugees...

Posted by: Joe Biden at November 11, 2021 01:45 PM (CTJwJ)

163 Kamala must fly over immediately to determine the root causes.
Posted by: A Total Retard

Wee wee. Zis iz what I am tree bone at!!

Posted by: Kamala at November 11, 2021 01:46 PM (vd8XM)

164 LOL

BLM threatens to burn it all down if the new **BLACK** mayor of NYC actually starts getting tough on crime.

Larry Elder has a new member of his Black White Supremacist club, I guess.

I gotta buy some popcorn for 2022, this shit gonna be lit AF.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at November 11, 2021 01:46 PM (OalnH)

165 Someone scramble James Taylor, STAT

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2021 01:46 PM (KZzsI)

166 D.C. got some serious snow in 1979 (and not the kind that rides the jet stream up from Peru). Great time to be a kid.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 11, 2021 01:46 PM (KAi1n)

167 If we gotta re-live the 70s, I want my 70s hair and waist lines back.
Posted by: butch
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Hearing, eyes, musculature.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 11, 2021 01:46 PM (bk3Sg)

168 If we leave the Yemeni local staff out to hang, what will the local staff at other embassies think?

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 11, 2021 01:47 PM (s6l2k)

169 Are lunch deliveries a big deal in criminal court perks like Tom Wolfe describes in Bonfire of the Vanities? I don't know if I could eat much during something like the Rittenhouse shiatshow no matter what part I have.

Posted by: Mishdog at November 11, 2021 01:47 PM (/VWLE)

170 Tender Mercies of the Russians just to survive the winter?

Who knew that the Russian Winter could be exported?

Posted by: Putin, Laughing His Ass Off! at November 11, 2021 01:47 PM (I2/tG)

171 Kamala must fly over immediately to determine the root causes.

White racists in the United States, of course!
Posted by: Kamala! at November 11, 2021 01:43 PM (I2/tG)
........

and Climate Change! Don't forget Ze Plan.

Posted by: wth at November 11, 2021 01:47 PM (v0R5T)

172 Tanned, ready and rested Mr. Capek!

Posted by: Ted Koppel at November 11, 2021 01:47 PM (Ojki1)

173 From the Biden Junta's greatest hits collection:

"Make Staying' Alive Great Again!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at November 11, 2021 01:47 PM (cUUIs)

174 No mean tweets!
Posted by: dantesed at November 11, 2021 01:41 PM (88xKn)
+++
Oh, bullshit. Have you seen Twitter? Have any of these people?

It isn't that there are "no mean tweets" it's just that there are no longer any mean tweets - and in fact fairly few tweets at all - from the opposition.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2021 01:47 PM (DU+/6)

175 167 If we gotta re-live the 70s, I want my 70s hair and waist lines back.
Posted by: butch
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Hearing, eyes, musculature.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

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Perky boobs.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 11, 2021 01:47 PM (ptqGC)

176 Send in the dudes that killed binladen.

Milley would call his counterpart in Iran and tell them the raid was coming just so there would be no hurt feelings.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 11, 2021 01:47 PM (0ryfU)

177 [ambles in]
[exchanges snappy salutes with fellow Vets]
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

⚓ Crisp salute in return. ⚓

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 11, 2021 01:47 PM (u82oZ)

178 BLM threatens to burn it all down if the new **BLACK** mayor of NYC actually starts getting tough on crime.

Dear BLM,

Fuck Around & Find Out(tm).

Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2021 01:47 PM (YQdCi)

179
Anyway...

I recommend you all check out the Pfizer memes on twitter. Funny.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- at November 11, 2021 01:48 PM (7+Ovs)

180 I hope someone saved the rainbow flag for future use.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 11, 2021 01:48 PM (R/m4+)

181 Yemen is a fake Hollywood country. Like the Grand Duchy of Fenwick and New Zealand.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 11, 2021 01:48 PM (yQpMk)

182 Perky boobs.
Posted by: Jane D'oh

Great name for a coffee house. Or band.

Posted by: Joe Mama at November 11, 2021 01:48 PM (WmGrA)

183 Now all we need is a heating fuel shortage and a Joey malaise speech, while wearing a sweater inside out.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 11, 2021 01:43 PM (ptqGC)
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Nah, not going to happen. That's a bit old-fashioned and not in keeping with the style of the time.

Now, they send the energy secretary to TV appearances where she laughs about high energy costs and claims to not possess a "magic wand."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2021 01:48 PM (DU+/6)

184 If we leave the Yemeni local staff out to hang, what will the local staff at other embassies think?

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 11, 2021 01:47 PM (s6l2k)

Nothing they haven't already considered.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 11, 2021 01:48 PM (cp7Tl)

185 Jane D'oh

You are fine the way you are. Well, make a stronger ankle.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 11, 2021 01:48 PM (u82oZ)

186
Fuck Around & Find Out(tm).
Posted by: rickb223

Posted by: Soothsayer -- "fuck around and find out" at November 11, 2021 01:49 PM (7+Ovs)

187 D.C. got some serious snow in 1979 (and not the kind that rides the jet stream up from Peru).

Oh it got plenty of nose candy, too. And 'luudes.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2021 01:49 PM (KZzsI)

188 Just checked Drew Hernandez's twatter, looks like he's going to be the next Andy Ngo in the sites of the Marxist machine. He's made it a mission to catch antifa/blm being peaceful. No wonder Binger has a hard on against him.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 11, 2021 01:49 PM (wAnMi)

189
FAAFO

Posted by: Soothsayer -- at November 11, 2021 01:49 PM (7+Ovs)

190
FAFO?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- at November 11, 2021 01:49 PM (7+Ovs)

191 Twelve years old, but still relevant today:

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=A7RD5ONjv8M

Posted by: Putin, Laughing His Ass Off! at November 11, 2021 01:49 PM (I2/tG)

192 This pretty blonde is disgusted at how much things have degraded in a mere ten months:
https://is.gd/zfdgwW

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2021 01:49 PM (DU+/6)

193 Perky boobs.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 11, 2021 01:47 PM (ptqGC)

and dat ass!!

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 11, 2021 01:49 PM (yQpMk)

194 If we gotta re-live the 70s, I want my 70s hair and waist lines back.
Posted by: butch at November 11, 2021 01:43 PM (cHvOo)

I want my '71 Trans Am back.

Posted by: Roland THTG at November 11, 2021 01:49 PM (j40lz)

195 Posted by: Soothsayer -- at November 11, 2021 01:45 PM (7+Ovs)

Do you live in VA? because I've only seen pictures of her to know that she's cute and about a foot shorter than he is. I don't know anything else about her.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 11, 2021 01:50 PM (YK8CE)

196 185 Jane D'oh

You are fine the way you are. Well, make a stronger ankle.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 11, 2021 01:48 PM (u82oZ)

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Aww....{{smooch}}

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 11, 2021 01:50 PM (ptqGC)

197 Did Perky Boobs ever open for Pussy Riot?

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 11, 2021 01:50 PM (s6l2k)

198 Let's see: Inflation, embassy attacked by Iranians, doofus for President.

I'll tell you right now, I absolutely refuse to wear bell bottoms and watch The Solid Gold Dancers again...

Posted by: Boswell at November 11, 2021 01:50 PM (5iUNf)

199 If we leave the Yemeni local staff out to hang, what will the local staff at other embassies think?

I weep just thinking of all the inconvenience that might cause the State Department.

Posted by: Nor a Dime to Spare at November 11, 2021 01:50 PM (touVE)

200 The Administration will hand over the equipment and materials to the militants, on one condition - release the vaccinated hostages, keep the unvaccinated.

( I wish I was only joking )

Posted by: Hands at November 11, 2021 01:50 PM (786Ro)

201 I was a kid in the 70's, loved the music, the cars...the TV shows and movies(still do). But I was too young to understand the politics. 45 years later I'm still scratching my head.

Posted by: dananjcon at November 11, 2021 01:50 PM (u6xw0)

202 I'm reminded of one of the few truly insightful quotes from Karl Marx; he's commenting on Hegel's idea that all Great World Historic events and persons happen twice; Marx's quote was "he forgot to add; the First time as Tragedy, the Second time as Farce."

1979, 2022.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 11, 2021 01:50 PM (trdmm)

203 So do I have this correct? This was a Former embassy at Sanas and was still a U.S. compound? The poor hostages are Yemen locals, so Biden will do even less to help them than he'd do for American hostages?
Posted by: PaleRider, cheerful clinger at November 11, 2021 01:36 PM (3cGpq)

===========================

You mean like the 500 US Citizens and 3,000 Green Card Holders trapped by the Taliban in Afghanistan?

How is That Going?!?

Posted by: rd at November 11, 2021 01:50 PM (Z32m1)

204 where she laughs about high energy costs and claims to not possess a "magic wand."

Probably not the wisest choice of terms, given how that worked out last time.

But hey, we're in luck. Joe Biden's nominee for Comptroller of the Currency said the quiet part out loud

https://tinyurl.com/52vxde6p

"We want" oil, gas companies to go bankrupt "to tackle climate change"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2021 01:50 PM (KZzsI)

205 If only there were a vaccinated SEAL team to send.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 11, 2021 01:51 PM (yQpMk)

206 Its like history rhymes or something.

As far as Youngkin, I knew nothing about him other than he was the opposition to slimy McFoff. But I saw his victory speech promising to spend massive amounts on govt schools and thought "nope, not a conservative".

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 11, 2021 01:51 PM (r5BVk)

207 As for me, 1979 was a big-time year. I was married for the first time, quit drinking for the first time, moved back to Da Swamp from Da Small Swamp (Lafayette, which I hated -- though I'd love a town of 75K people now!), and began a novel. The city cops went on strike, which led to the Mardi Gras parades moving to the suburbs where I lived and to the phenomenon of women showing their boobs for beads. Plus I moved to a day shift at the courier company.

Like now, I paid very little attention to the "nightly news," so I barely aware of the hostage crisis in Iran.

'79 was also the last truly great year for pop music. "Sultans of Swing," "Hot Stuff/Bad Girls," "Break My Stride," "Stumblin' In," "Do Ya think I'm Sexy," "When You're in Love With a Beautiful Woman," "The Logical Song," "He's the Greatest Dancer" . . . too many to list.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021 01:51 PM (txdEq)

208 True. If/when China retakes Taiwan, we'd sit back and do nothing. But no mean tweets, so there's that.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp
==
China can dream about it - our DOD can hype it in front of whatever appropriation request they have in front Congress at the moment.

Japan's airforce alone would stop the transports getting to the Taiwanese shore. And our subs would clean up the rest. Until Australia builds some of ours of course. And China knows all of this. It would be a suicide mission.

Posted by: Black JEM at November 11, 2021 01:51 PM (V6xwG)

209 Did Perky Boobs ever open for Pussy Riot?
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 11, 2021 01:50 PM (s6l2k)

Saggy Boobs rule!

Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at November 11, 2021 01:51 PM (R/m4+)

210 Crap! I just lost my deposit payment!

11 Central Ohio men convicted of conspiring to illegally smuggle hundreds of guns to Canada for profit
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Eleven defendants have been convicted and sentenced in a conspiracy to smuggle at least 200 firearms from Ohio to Canada for tens of thousands of dollars.

Abdulwahab Sharif Mohamed Hassan, 30, of Columbus, Ohio, was sentenced in federal court today to 72 months in prison. [andy: the other ten all had Islamic names as well oddly enough.]

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 11, 2021 01:51 PM (UHVv4)

211 Perky boobs.
Posted by: Jane D'oh

Great name for a coffee house. Or band.
Posted by: Joe Mama

Chicken shack - Perky Breasts

Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2021 01:51 PM (YQdCi)

212
Do you live in VA? because I've only seen pictures of her to know that she's cute and about a foot shorter than he is. I don't know anything else about her.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I watched videos of her speaking at campaign events. She's a scripted phony politician's wife.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- at November 11, 2021 01:51 PM (7+Ovs)

213 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2021 01:49 PM (DU+/6)

I offer to cheer her up.

Posted by: dantesed at November 11, 2021 01:51 PM (88xKn)

214 Poland recently built a series of high tech watchtowers along its border with Kaliningrad. Poland also signed a series of mutual protection agreements with Lithuania, Latvia and Ukraine. Not only did they sign those agreements they stood-up fast reaction forces and spearhead groups composed of those same nations and war game various scenarios. I can't look it up at the moment but one of those groupings go by the acronym LITHPOLUKR or POLLITHUKR some such.

Posted by: 13times at November 11, 2021 01:51 PM (9rMWy)

215
If we leave the Yemeni local staff out to hang, what will the local staff at other embassies think?

-------

I hope they think "if this happens here, I'm not going to going to die for a bunch of kale-eating Communist inbreed nepots from DC. I'm leaving these fags to twist in the wind while I go have a kabob."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 11, 2021 01:52 PM (/KPLX)

216 Lukashenko Is threatening to cut off gas to Europe. Remember when Trump warned them tha... nevermind.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

I hope he does. I want to hear the wailing and gnashing of teeth from here in the US. Things are not going to turn around and get better until enough people feel pain - lots of pain.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed - F*** Joe Biden and Fauci at November 11, 2021 01:52 PM (N39Ws)

217 I want my '71 Trans Am back.
Posted by: Roland THTG at November 11, 2021 01:49 PM (j40lz)

oh damn now that was a REAL Trans Am!!!

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 11, 2021 01:52 PM (trdmm)

218 If "That 70s Show" premiered today, it would be set in 2002

Posted by: brak at November 11, 2021 01:52 PM (KmwsH)

219 The 70s. And Disco madness!

Just kidding.

Johnny

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 11, 2021 01:52 PM (u82oZ)

220 444

Posted by: banana Dream at November 11, 2021 01:52 PM (l4HL2)

221 It's now the Yemeni Embassy in Yemen.

Posted by: klaftern at November 11, 2021 01:53 PM (taPSh)

222 Posted by: Soothsayer -- at November 11, 2021 01:51 PM (7+Ovs)

Most politicians wives seem phony and almost everybody seems phony if they're reading from a script.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 11, 2021 01:53 PM (YK8CE)

223 I remember writing letters to the hostages in bible school when I was a kid.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 11, 2021 01:53 PM (l4HL2)

224 I'd be okay with the Solid Gold Dancers, on mute.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2021 01:53 PM (KZzsI)

225 Abdulwahab Sharif Mohamed Hassan, 30, of Columbus, Ohio, was sentenced in federal court today to 72 months in prison. [andy: the other ten all had Islamic names as well oddly enough.]
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 11, 2021 01:51 PM (UHVv4)

You know at the beginning of that story I'm thinking "what kind of men are doing that?" and then comes their names. OOOOHHHH I get it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 11, 2021 01:53 PM (trdmm)

226 We still have a working MOAB in the inventory?

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at November 11, 2021 01:53 PM (u82oZ)

227 So I see Google's doodle for Veterans day has no white guys, a trannie, two Asians, two black guys and a black woman.

Just like the real military right?

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at November 11, 2021 01:54 PM (OalnH)

228 Nothing says 70s like halter tops.

Posted by: dantesed at November 11, 2021 01:54 PM (88xKn)

229 If "That 70s Show" premiered today, it would be set in 2002

They are working on a "that 90s show". I'm sure the styles, music, cars, attitudes etc will be just as ridiculously false and hollywoodized

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2021 01:54 PM (KZzsI)

230 In '79 I was driving my first car -- well, it really was my wife's car: a '75 Ford Maverick 4-dr. she'd bought outright, new, with a small inheritance in '76. I learned a lot about how to take care of a car on that green beast. It was reliable and pretty economical for the times (gas went to $1/gallon that year, I believe). I'd find it tinny and uninvolving now -- it delivered about 100 hp from a 250 cid six-cylinder! -- but after years of riding buses, I loved it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021 01:54 PM (txdEq)

231
I'll tell you right now, I absolutely refuse to wear bell bottoms and watch The Solid Gold Dancers again...

Posted by: Boswell at November 11, 2021 01:50 PM

Early in the plannedemic I bought the wife a pair of bell bottoms and she then proceeded to spend the next month embroidering hearts, flowers, and butterflies up the sides. She had a pair just like that in the 70's. It's actually not a bad look.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus, Vaccine and Massage Parlor at November 11, 2021 01:55 PM (dQvv7)

232 MOAR Bonus Tracks from the Biden Junta's Greatest Hits Collection -- Year Zero:
. "The Years of a Clown"
. "How Can You Mend A Broken Shart"
. "American Lie"
. "Hotel Venezuela"

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at November 11, 2021 01:55 PM (cUUIs)

233 Leave everything behind and fly in every local you can find!

Posted by: Gen. Milley at November 11, 2021 01:55 PM (AytXr)

234 Good Lord, why the hostages? All they had to do was ask.

Posted by: Where are my ping pong balls? at November 11, 2021 01:55 PM (m3XFr)

235 >>Nothing says 70s like halter tops.

Tube sock titties.

Posted by: garrett at November 11, 2021 01:55 PM (d6Kkx)

236 Ooo...

Someone finally rated The Sharp Kid.

5 stars.

You people should buy and do the same.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, the hero Gotham deserves at November 11, 2021 01:55 PM (LvTSG)

237 228 Nothing says 70s like halter tops.
Posted by: dantesed at November 11, 2021 01:54 PM (88xKn)

-----

And hip huggers and bell bottoms. DOCTOR Jill is still "rocking" a Farrah Fawcett 'do. *huge eyeroll*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 11, 2021 01:56 PM (ptqGC)

238 Oh, ffs...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 11, 2021 01:56 PM (rBtIz)

239 If we gotta re-live the 70s, I want my 70s hair and waist lines back.
Posted by: butch

Same here. Along with a sense of hope.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 11, 2021 01:56 PM (2JVJo)

240 D.C. got some serious snow in 1979 (and not the kind that rides the jet stream up from Peru).

Oh it got plenty of nose candy, too. And 'luudes.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2021 01:49 PM (KZzsI)

I remember reading in my sisters Cosmo magazines* that "Cocaine was non-addictive" probably because no one ever had much.

*Don't laugh, they had as many boobs and bush as Playboy did. Of course they were all anorexic fashion models.

Posted by: rd at November 11, 2021 01:56 PM (Z32m1)

241 Dat Bass Line

https://youtu.be/KlvUz6phquo

Zen fascists will control you
100% natural
You will jog for the master race
And always wear the happy face

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2021 01:56 PM (KZzsI)

242 In other news, more more people in DC are starting to accept the idea that the BBB bill that Pelosi and Biden are dreaming of is dead. The CBO score is going to be the final nail in its coffin.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 11, 2021 01:56 PM (trdmm)

243 Nothing says 70s like halter tops.
Posted by: dantesed at November 11, 2021

***
Plenty of girls at my commuter college, '71-'75, wore those. Made it tough for me to concentrate in class. The more so since the girls were all slim, at least not fat, and in decent shape -- especially the theatre majors! Man, if the library science girls had been 1/2 the lookers the drama girls were, I'd have switched majors. But they weren't.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021 01:57 PM (txdEq)

244 The Biden administration said this week it is "concerned" about Russian military activity near Ukraine's border, while maintaining that the U.S. commitment to Ukraine's sovereignty is "ironclad."

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday expressed concern at "reports of unusual Russian military activity near Ukraine."

All part of the plan.

Biden wanted a Dark Winter, after all.

Posted by: Putin, Laughing His Ass Off! at November 11, 2021 01:57 PM (I2/tG)

245
Make the "Nair for Short Shorts!" Commercials Great Again

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at November 11, 2021 01:57 PM (cUUIs)

246 So I see Google's doodle for Veterans day has no white guys, a trannie, two Asians, two black guys and a black woman.

Just like the real military right?
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at November 11, 2021 01:54 PM (OalnH)

I was afraid to look, sort of surprised they even acknowledged it. But I guess now they can. I'm not really sure WTF is going on in that thing - they're all dressed half and half. Is that supposed to tell us their background? Why the white guy has half a dress?

Fuck google with a stick.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 11, 2021 01:57 PM (wAnMi)

247 I remember writing letters to the hostages in bible school when I was a kid.

Your bible school took hostages? Hard-core, man.

Posted by: t-bird at November 11, 2021 01:57 PM (DMQdU)

248 Nothing says 70s like a panhead with severley raked frame and a big chested, red headed backwarmer on a pillion.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 11, 2021 01:57 PM (cp7Tl)

249 It's actually not a bad look.
Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus, Vaccine and Massage Parlor at November 11, 2021 01:55 PM (dQvv7)

Okay, on ladies? Yeah, not a bad look - but on dudes? No way. Put that together with a silk shirt and a porn star mustache and you've got the Chernobyl of fashion and taste right there...

Posted by: Boswell at November 11, 2021 01:57 PM (5iUNf)

250 You people should buy and do the same.

I figure the polite thing to do is read it first

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2021 01:57 PM (KZzsI)

251 242 In other news, more more people in DC are starting to accept the idea that the BBB bill that Pelosi and Biden are dreaming of is dead. The CBO score is going to be the final nail in its coffin.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 11, 2021 01:56 PM (trdmm)

___

Not so fast.....

Posted by: Ben Sasse, Mitt Romney and Susan Collins at November 11, 2021 01:58 PM (OalnH)

252

Posted by: Mr Whipple at November 11, 2021 01:58 PM (ekXJa)

253 >>>Kamala must fly over immediately to determine the root causes.

>I'd like to see Vice President Giggle-Tits fly over on a predator drone, straddling it like the Wicked Witch of the West on her broom.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at November 11, 2021 01:58 PM (+xGNi)

254 No no no, no Bruce Jenner in short shorts.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 11, 2021 01:58 PM (s6l2k)

255 Use DuckDuckGo and bypass Google.

Posted by: Black JEM at November 11, 2021 01:58 PM (V6xwG)

256 Lithuania recently completed building a large LNG port. They also laid a pipeline across the Baltic to Sweden. The Russian navy repeatedly harassed the pipeline contractors. Russia can no long cutoff Baltic gas supply.

Posted by: 13times at November 11, 2021 01:58 PM (9rMWy)

257 We still have a working MOAB in the inventory?
Posted by: NaCly Dog

It's in Utah.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 11, 2021 01:58 PM (KAi1n)

258 250 I figure the polite thing to do is read it first
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2021 01:57 PM (KZzsI)

==========

I'll take happy lies.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, the hero Gotham deserves at November 11, 2021 01:58 PM (LvTSG)

259 All we need now is a botched disaster rescue plan that blows up in the desert.

Posted by: Shooter McGavin at November 11, 2021 01:59 PM (ZVkys)

260 I was afraid to look, sort of surprised they even acknowledged it. But I guess now they can. I'm not really sure WTF is going on in that thing - they're all dressed half and half. Is that supposed to tell us their background? Why the white guy has half a dress?

___

Half and half thing is kinda cool, shows their uniform and what they do for a living afterwards. The white "guy" is a chick with a dick, hence wearing a dress.

Posted by: Ben Sasse, Mitt Romney and Susan Collins at November 11, 2021 01:59 PM (OalnH)

261 In '79 I was driving my first car -- well, it really was my wife's car: a '75 Ford Maverick 4-dr. she'd bought outright, new, with a small inheritance in '76. I learned a lot about how to take care of a car on that green beast. It was reliable and pretty economical for the times (gas went to $1/gallon that year, I believe). I'd find it tinny and uninvolving now -- it delivered about 100 hp from a 250 cid six-cylinder! -- but after years of riding buses, I loved it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021 01:54 PM (txdEq)

BIL had one too. By the end, it was so rusted out, that the door panels looked like wings flapping down the highway.

Posted by: rd at November 11, 2021 01:59 PM (Z32m1)

262

What difference, at this point, does it make?1/1?!?1/!!?

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at November 11, 2021 01:59 PM (K2SnJ)

263 Collins shakes with glee when hearing the words roads or bridges.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 11, 2021 01:59 PM (ekXJa)

264 Only good part of bringing back the 70's? Only Tranny's around were made by Pontiac...

Posted by: Boswell at November 11, 2021 01:59 PM (5iUNf)

265 I've got a pork chop bone that I best throw in the garbage before the doggie eats straight through me to get at it.

Posted by: Northernlurker at November 11, 2021 02:00 PM (cSyAR)

266 ooooh, patterned silk shirts!

Posted by: pbho at November 11, 2021 02:00 PM (u82oZ)

267 Russia can no long cutoff Baltic gas supply.

They can just "supply support and arms to rebels" and flood the place with Russian troops not showing any national insignia.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2021 02:00 PM (KZzsI)

268 If we're going back to the 70s, I'm telling my 10 year old self to actually pay attention in school and learn how to program.

Posted by: PabloD at November 11, 2021 02:00 PM (YzElk)

269 Ooo...

Someone finally rated The Sharp Kid.

5 stars.

You people should buy and do the same.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, the hero Gotham deserves

Anything else ? Ya want me to write the sequel ?

Posted by: JT at November 11, 2021 02:00 PM (arJlL)

270 We are one psychotic rabbit away from being back in the Carter years.
Posted by: JackStraw

50 years of weight gain

https://uberhumor.com/wp-content/
uploads/2021/11/36igsiuqv1x71.jpg

Posted by: DaveA at November 11, 2021 02:00 PM (FhXTo)

271 1973 Mayguez rescue - pure professionalism.

Operation Eagle Claw - charlie foxtrot of a cock-up.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 11, 2021 02:00 PM (s6l2k)

272 I like Bing's home page. Well done Microsoft.

Posted by: Ben Sasse, Mitt Romney and Susan Collins at November 11, 2021 02:00 PM (OalnH)

273 264 Only good part of bringing back the 70's? Only Tranny's around were made by Pontiac...

Posted by: Boswell at November 11, 2021 01:59 PM (5iUNf)

Yeah, when four-on-the-floor wasn't describing a sexual position.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed - F*** Joe Biden and Fauci at November 11, 2021 02:01 PM (N39Ws)

274 well, it really was my wife's car: a '75 Ford Maverick 4-dr. she'd bought outright, new, with a small inheritance in '76.

Those were good little cars, people love to hot rod them these days.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2021 02:01 PM (KZzsI)

275 >>> In '79 I was driving my first car -- well, it really was my wife's car: a '75 Ford Maverick 4-dr. she'd bought outright, new, with a small inheritance in '76. I learned a lot about how to take care of a car on that green beast. It was reliable and pretty economical for the times (gas went to $1/gallon that year, I believe). I'd find it tinny and uninvolving now -- it delivered about 100 hp from a 250 cid six-cylinder! -- but after years of riding buses, I loved it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021 01:54 PM (txdEq)

My first car was a '77 nova, which I got in '86. Tiny straight-six in a huge engine compartment. You could stand inside there with your friends and have a picnic. It also had a PIONEER top-of-the-line, High Fidelity! MOST ADVANCED!!! 8-track player (sad trombone).

Posted by: banana Dream at November 11, 2021 02:01 PM (l4HL2)

276 '79 was also the last truly great year for pop music. "Sultans of Swing," "Hot Stuff/Bad Girls," "Break My Stride," "Stumblin' In," "Do Ya think I'm Sexy," "When You're in Love With a Beautiful Woman," "The Logical Song," "He's the Greatest Dancer" . . . too many to list.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021 01:51 PM (txdEq)

You need to read this book:

https://tinyurl.com/tj67fdpx

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 11, 2021 02:01 PM (2JVJo)

277 Aside from the Marines guarding ghe damned embassy, the rest of people are stage department donk lackies. Fuck. Them.

Bring the Marines home, negotiate for their release, fuck the IC, and DoS traitors.

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at November 11, 2021 02:01 PM (IJES/)

278 Ooo...

Someone finally rated The Sharp Kid.

5 stars.

You people should buy and do the same.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, the hero Gotham deserves

BTW - I saw your pic on the back cover. You look pretty normal.

Posted by: JT at November 11, 2021 02:01 PM (arJlL)

279 Many apparently give control of their children to whomever. Your concerns are illegal.

Justice is so inflated like our $.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at November 11, 2021 02:01 PM (Cmpjp)

280 Well, we always had the MoMeets.

Posted by: NaCly Dog - Next�year with Polka music (u82oZ) at November 11, 2021 02:01 PM (u82oZ)

281 Plenty of girls at my commuter college, '71-'75, wore those. Made it tough for me to concentrate in class. The more so since the girls were all slim, at least not fat, and in decent shape -- especially the theatre majors! Man, if the library science girls had been 1/2 the lookers the drama girls were, I'd have switched majors. But they weren't.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021 01:57 PM (txdEq)

Funny how fat college kids were unusual back in the 70's. And the fashions were definitely not for muffin tops. I hated the skin tight pants with pockets you might be able to get a quarter into. I stuck with 501's since I liked to carry a wallet and a knife, and didn't want a purse. Which they were pushing even back then. Somebody like the typical chubby purple haired lefties just didn't exist. I'm guessing sedentary video game lifestyle, processed foods and social media did this.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 11, 2021 02:02 PM (wAnMi)

282 Also, another reason why we can't party like it's 1979: instead of hot 70s chicks, we have Lena Dunham and Trigglypuff.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2021 02:02 PM (DU+/6)

283 Someone finally rated The Sharp Kid.

5 stars.

You people should buy and do the same.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, the hero Gotham deserves at November 11, 2021 01:55 PM (LvTSG)

I will when I finish it; Westerns are not my cup of tea at all. Hoping reading your stuff will push my sad, flabby ass back to 1917 again.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 11, 2021 02:02 PM (2JVJo)

284 Just like Casey Kasem, the Hits just keep on coming!

Posted by: Diogenes at November 11, 2021 02:02 PM (axyOa)

285
Okay, on ladies? Yeah, not a bad look - but on dudes? No way. Put that together with a silk shirt and a porn star mustache and you've got the Chernobyl of fashion and taste right there...

Posted by: Boswell at November 11, 2021 01:57 PM

Checklist:
[X] Bell bottoms
[X] Silk shirt
[X] Mustache

Guilty on all the above. But c'mon man, it was the 70's.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus, Vaccine and Massage Parlor at November 11, 2021 02:02 PM (dQvv7)

286 I remember the Winter of 1979. I don't think it got above Zero for about a month. The roads were all iced over from the exhaust freezing on them.

And 4WD was only on Jeeps and some pickups.

Posted by: rd at November 11, 2021 02:02 PM (Z32m1)

287 Well. All that's missing is Disco. And CHiPs
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2021

***
WKRP in Cincinnati and Jan Smithers.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021 02:03 PM (txdEq)

288 269
Anything else ? Ya want me to write the sequel ?
Posted by: JT at November 11, 2021 02:00 PM (arJlL)

========

That was you? Thanks!

A small review would be appreciated, but the rating is really enough.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, the hero Gotham deserves at November 11, 2021 02:03 PM (LvTSG)

289 I remember buying gas for about 60 cents/gal back then.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 11, 2021 02:03 PM (l4HL2)

290 I drove a Maverick for a while. Even with the 302 is was heavy and underpowered.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 11, 2021 02:03 PM (yQpMk)

291 278 BTW - I saw your pic on the back cover. You look pretty normal.
Posted by: JT at November 11, 2021 02:01 PM (arJlL)

=========

It's only a model.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, the hero Gotham deserves at November 11, 2021 02:03 PM (LvTSG)

292 I was too young to noice, but from what I can tell from old movies or tv shows or pictures, the mid to late 70s women's fashion was pretty hawt. Lotsa curves shown, and at a time when 2/3 of the population was NOT obese.

Posted by: Ben Sasse, Mitt Romney and Susan Collins at November 11, 2021 02:03 PM (OalnH)

293 283
I will when I finish it; Westerns are not my cup of tea at all. Hoping reading your stuff will push my sad, flabby ass back to 1917 again.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 11, 2021 02:02 PM (2JVJo)

=========

I really appreciate it, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, the hero Gotham deserves at November 11, 2021 02:03 PM (LvTSG)

294
But hey, we're in luck. Joe Biden's nominee for Comptroller of the Currency said the quiet part out loud

https://tinyurl.com/52vxde6p

"We want" oil, gas companies to go bankrupt "to tackle climate change"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

How many Repubs will vote for her?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 11, 2021 02:04 PM (63Dwl)

295 The gas shortages won't really be nostalgic unless it's leaded gas and the filler tubes are behind the license plates.

Posted by: TexasDan at November 11, 2021 02:04 PM (y2JgO)

296 That was you? Thanks!

A small review would be appreciated, but the rating is really enough.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, the hero Gotham deserves

Wasn't me.

Yet !

Posted by: JT at November 11, 2021 02:04 PM (arJlL)

297 236 Ooo...

Someone finally rated The Sharp Kid.

5 stars.

You people should buy and do the same.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, the hero Gotham deserves at November 11, 2021 01:55 PM (LvTSG)
-----
WTH? I can only buy it in electronic form? What do you think this is, the 21st century or something ... get off my lawn, and take your Kindle with you!

;-)

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at November 11, 2021 02:04 PM (cUUIs)

298 How many Repubs will vote for her?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 11, 2021 02:04 PM (63Dwl)
++++
On average? About ten.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2021 02:04 PM (DU+/6)

299 The 70s??

*digs in closet for Kiss Destroyer boots*

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 11, 2021 02:04 PM (yQpMk)

300 I'll take happy lies.

Story of my life.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 11, 2021 02:04 PM (2JVJo)

301 297 WTH? I can only buy it in electronic form? What do you think this is, the 21st century or something ... get off my lawn, and take your Kindle with you!

;-)
Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at November 11, 2021 02:04 PM (cUUIs)

==========

Paperback and hardback versions available as well.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, the hero Gotham deserves at November 11, 2021 02:04 PM (LvTSG)

302 The silk shirt has to have really wide lapels to spill over the leisure suit jacket

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2021 02:05 PM (KZzsI)

303 230 In '79 I was driving my first car -- well, it really was my wife's car: a '75 Ford Maverick 4-dr. she'd bought outright, new, with a small inheritance in '76. I learned a lot about how to take care of a car on that green beast. It was reliable and pretty economical for the times (gas went to $1/gallon that year, I believe). I'd find it tinny and uninvolving now -- it delivered about 100 hp from a 250 cid six-cylinder! -- but after years of riding buses, I loved it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021 01:54 PM (txdEq)
----------------------

My high school girlfriend had a '75 Maverick. The floor on the driver's side had rusted out, so her Dad had screwed a piece of 2x4 to the inside of the driver's door and mounted the dimmer switch to it, so that she could smack it with the side of her knee.

Good times.

Posted by: Pennsyltucky at November 11, 2021 02:05 PM (lNHqD)

304 You'll know that the balloon is about to go up if you start reading about rioting in Narva.

Narva is the third biggest city in Estonia, is right on the Russian border, and is almost entirely Russian. Only half the inhabitants are Estonian citizens, and a third are Russian citizens (the rest are stateless).

Standard NATO planning assumption is that if Putin moves against the Baltics, he'll start with encouraging civil unrest in Narva, so he can claim to be intervening to protect the inhabitants there.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 11, 2021 02:05 PM (I2/tG)

305 Meanwhile, Joey mentioned Medal of Honor "winners" at Arlington today.

I hear that's a pretty tough competition.

Posted by: Half Dozen at November 11, 2021 02:05 PM (Cem4/)

306 well, it really was my wife's car: a '75 Ford Maverick 4-dr. she'd bought outright, new, with a small inheritance in '76.
*
Those were good little cars, people love to hot rod them these days.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2021

***
You rarely see the 4-door now. Mostly it's the coupes or the ones that were packaged from the factory as The Grabber.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021 02:05 PM (txdEq)

307 How many Repubs will vote for her?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 11, 2021 02:04 PM (63Dwl)

___

Us for sure. We may find a few more.

Posted by: Ben Sasse, Mitt Romney and Susan Collins at November 11, 2021 02:05 PM (OalnH)

308 Funny how fat college kids were unusual back in the 70's. And the fashions were definitely not for muffin tops. I hated the skin tight pants with pockets you might be able to get a quarter into. I stuck with 501's since I liked to carry a wallet and a knife, and didn't want a purse. Which they were pushing even back then. Somebody like the typical chubby purple haired lefties just didn't exist. I'm guessing sedentary video game lifestyle, processed foods and social media did this.
Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 11, 2021 02:02 PM (wAnMi)

More college (and HS) kids also smoked cigarettes, well-known for keeping weight down

Also, girls drank sugar-free Tab, not gigantic Starbuck's concoctions with 1,400 calories

Posted by: JoeF. at November 11, 2021 02:05 PM (mR6Gs)

309 Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus, Vaccine and Massage Parlor at November 11, 2021 02:02 PM (dQvv7)

My sisters took Home Ec / Sewing in 1973-1975 HS. I was in middle school, and I wore the funkiest fake animal skin vests, wild patterned polyester shirts, and of course the trippingest platform heels.

Posted by: rd at November 11, 2021 02:06 PM (Z32m1)

310 "The State Department is working to secure the release of several hostages "

That's code for "Giving them everything they want, and then some."

Posted by: West at November 11, 2021 02:06 PM (QY+6a)

311 You rarely see the 4-door now. Mostly it's the coupes or the ones that were packaged from the factory as The Grabber.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021 02:05 PM (txdEq)
+++
Even two doors are barely adequate when dealing with the produce of the grabber factory.

Posted by: Christine Blasey-Ford at November 11, 2021 02:06 PM (DU+/6)

312 How many Repubs will vote for her?

Too many, like every other nominee. They couldn't stand working with Trump to do what they'd spent years promising and fundraising on, but a Democrat gets into office and they fight over who's gonna vote for their nominees first.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2021 02:06 PM (KZzsI)

313 Russia can no longer cut off Baltic gas supply.
---------------------
So he's Baltic Joe now and not China Joe.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 11, 2021 02:06 PM (UHVv4)

314 Just because I wasn't alive for the 70's doesn't mean I welcome their return. I REFUSE TO WEAR UGLY GREEN AND YELLOW!

Posted by: pookysgirl, drawing a line in the fashion sand at November 11, 2021 02:06 PM (XKZwp)

315 I came of age in the 70's, and although a lot of it sucked for the adults, it was an absolutely fantastic and amazing time to be a teen. You could do anything you wanted.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 11, 2021 02:06 PM (trdmm)

316 '79 was also the last truly great year for pop music. "Sultans of Swing," "Hot Stuff/Bad Girls," "Break My Stride," "Stumblin' In," "Do Ya think I'm Sexy," "When You're in Love With a Beautiful Woman," "The Logical Song," "He's the Greatest Dancer" . . . too many to list.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021
*
You need to read this book:

https://tinyurl.com/tj67fdpx
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 11, 2021

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Does it trash the era, or have fun with it without being snide all the time?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021 02:07 PM (txdEq)

317 267 - Chris. Scroll up and read my first comment. Lithuania and Poland stood-up brigade sized groups to deal with Russia's little green men.

Posted by: 13times at November 11, 2021 02:07 PM (9rMWy)

318 You rarely see the 4-door now. Mostly it's the coupes or the ones that were packaged from the factory as The Grabber.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021 02:05 PM (txdEq)

Got one in the garage.

Posted by: Pill Cosby at November 11, 2021 02:07 PM (ekXJa)

319 Wonder how much armaments the Iranian terror groups got from Afghanistan

Posted by: Skip at November 11, 2021 02:07 PM (2JoB8)

320 I would still trade them for Harris.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 11, 2021 01:45 PM (0ryfU)

Trade Harris for the equipment.

Posted by: WiNO at November 11, 2021 02:07 PM (EpDzw)

321 314 Just because I wasn't alive for the 70's doesn't mean I welcome their return. I REFUSE TO WEAR UGLY GREEN AND YELLOW!
Posted by: pookysgirl, drawing a line in the fashion sand at November 11, 2021 02:06 PM (XKZwp)

aw come on that's not so bad

Posted by: The Baylor Bears at November 11, 2021 02:07 PM (trdmm)

322 We had a 2-door that wasn't easy to get out of the back seat from. That's the car the battery came loose from the housing and spotwelded its self to the hood when it hit a particularly tough pothole.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2021 02:07 PM (KZzsI)

323
The leisure suit was the end for me. Never bought one and thought men looked ridiculous in them.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus, Vaccine and Massage Parlor at November 11, 2021 02:08 PM (dQvv7)

324 I was in HS in the 80s, college in the 90s. And fat people were rare. The obesity thing seems to have started in the late 90s or early 00s and kinda came out of nowhere. Like one day you'd have 2 fat kids in a class and the next it was 1/2 the kids.

Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at November 11, 2021 02:08 PM (OalnH)

325 I was only a young child in the 70's and I wore tiny little shorts that probably showed my balls half the time.

Seriously, what were my parents thinking?

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 11, 2021 02:08 PM (UuD2k)

326 "We want" oil, gas companies to go bankrupt "to tackle climate change"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2021 01:50 PM (KZzsI)

Hate to tell them but West Texas crude is $81.56 BBL today, up from $52 in January.

Posted by: Javems at November 11, 2021 02:08 PM (AmoqO)

327 Posted by: Tom Servo at November 11, 2021 02:06 PM (trdmm)

I have to admit, I enjoyed it. Not as much as the 80's though.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 11, 2021 02:08 PM (cp7Tl)

328 Lithuania and Poland stood-up brigade sized groups to deal with Russia's little green men.

Yeah Poland has spent like 1000 years dealing with Russian aggression with varied degrees of success.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2021 02:08 PM (KZzsI)

329 292 I was too young to noice, but from what I can tell from old movies or tv shows or pictures, the mid to late 70s women's fashion was pretty hawt. Lotsa curves shown, and at a time when 2/3 of the population was NOT obese.

Posted by: Ben Sasse, Mitt Romney and Susan Collins at November 11, 2021 02:03 PM (OalnH)

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Foxy Brown (or actually the superior remake in '97, Jackie Brown).

BTW, shouldn't that be cancelled now along with Brown Sugar?

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at November 11, 2021 02:09 PM (cUUIs)

330 I came of age in the 70's, and although a lot of it sucked for the adults, it was an absolutely fantastic and amazing time to be a teen. You could do anything you wanted.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 11, 2021 02:06 PM (trdmm)

So why did most of the '70's teens who became parents keep such a tight leash on their millenial kids?

Posted by: JoeF. at November 11, 2021 02:09 PM (mR6Gs)

331 Well, now I know: the turbo-deluxe settings on my dishwasher (high pressure, high temp, sanitize, heated dry) cause the cycle time to clock in at 4:15 (that's 4.25 hours).

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2021 02:09 PM (DU+/6)

332 Never bought one and thought men looked ridiculous in them.

I think an awful lot of drugs were involved.

The styles in the 70s were terrible for both men and women, but the women at least a little less so. It was the fabric that was mostly to blame. Rayon does not belong in clothing.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2021 02:09 PM (KZzsI)

333 The obesity thing seems to have started in the late 90s or early 00s and kinda came out of nowhere. Like one day you'd have 2 fat kids in a class and the next it was 1/2 the kids.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can

it's almost like it started right when everyone quit doing stuff outside and started sitting in front of a video screen all day instead. But that's got to be a coincidence.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 11, 2021 02:10 PM (trdmm)

334 Hate to tell them but West Texas crude is $81.56 BBL today, up from $52 in January.

Just wait until we cut off all their financing.

Posted by: Omarova The Commie! at November 11, 2021 02:10 PM (I2/tG)

335 I REFUSE TO WEAR UGLY GREEN AND YELLOW!
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Avocado and Harvest, hater!!!

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 11, 2021 02:10 PM (UHVv4)

336 So why did most of the '70's teens who became parents keep such a tight leash on their millenial kids?
Posted by: JoeF. at November 11, 2021 02:09 PM (mR6Gs)

ha! because we remembered what we did when we had the chance.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 11, 2021 02:11 PM (trdmm)

337 Wow! The scary part is that one day our children and grandchildren may look back on 2020 and 2021 as "the good old days!"

Slow Joe and the Bolsheviks aren't nearly done with America yet.

Posted by: WarEagle82 at November 11, 2021 02:11 PM (+Kpte)

338 Avocado green shag pile carpet, wood paneling, orange trim.

Room from hell.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2021 02:11 PM (DU+/6)

339 it's almost like it started right when everyone quit doing stuff outside and started sitting in front of a video screen all day instead. But that's got to be a coincidence.

And when parents started to indulge kids and give them as much of everything they wanted because it would be mean and hurt their development to say "no"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2021 02:11 PM (KZzsI)

340 I came of age in the 70's, and although a lot of it sucked for the adults, it was an absolutely fantastic and amazing time to be a teen. You could do anything you wanted.

This statement is true. I remember the HS rifle team members could bring their .22s on the bus and keep them in the locker once at school.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at November 11, 2021 02:11 PM (+LCoQ)

341 I remember buying gas for about 60 cents/gal back then.
Posted by: banana Dream at November 11, 2021

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Gas was about .55-.60 until the early part of '79, when the gas lines returned and the prices went to $1.00 and more. Fortunately I was working a shift where I got off at 9 am, so I could gas up without having to deal with long, long after- or before-work lines.

Funny, but at age 26 I don't remember feeling desperate or helpless, or worried about my future. Food still seemed pretty reasonable in cost, as was rent, and I'd stopped drinking, so there was another $50 a month that wasn't being thrown away.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021 02:11 PM (txdEq)

342 Just because I wasn't alive for the 70's doesn't mean I welcome their return. I REFUSE TO WEAR UGLY GREEN AND YELLOW!
Posted by: pookysgirl, drawing a line in the fashion sand at November 11, 2021 02:06 PM (XKZwp)

Hmmm, OD Green Army fatiges, with full color u it patches and rank insignia... spit shined jump boots. Tan class B uniforms.

Much better than the crap the Army wears now, or the damned Elvis collar BDUs and putrid pus class Bs. I'm in.

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at November 11, 2021 02:11 PM (IJES/)

343 Paperback and hardback versions available as well.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, the hero Gotham deserves at November 11, 2021 02:04 PM (LvTSG)

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Oh, thanks -- that idiotic Amazon page defaults to Kindle; didn't see the other options. They try to F you up on checkout too by defaulting to "Free Shipping by Joining Prime" instead of the actual free shipping option you qualify for. Crappy, deceptive, trashy business practices ... but hey, when you're a virtual monopoly, whom cares?

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at November 11, 2021 02:12 PM (cUUIs)

344 I'm guessing at this next bit - that Finland and Estonia (among others) have mutual aid agreements to forestall 1940 Winter War scenarios.

Finland refuses to join NATO but that doesn't mean they are Putin's bitch.

Posted by: 13times at November 11, 2021 02:13 PM (9rMWy)

345 errybody smoked in the 70s too, it was annoying as hell.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2021 02:13 PM (KZzsI)

346 Avocado green shag pile carpet, wood paneling, orange trim.

Room from hell.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2021

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I have to admit I never liked those color combos then. On the other hand you could get a range of colors, exterior and interior, for your car -- not like today's black, gray, silver, and white, with a black, cream, or dull gray interior.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021 02:13 PM (txdEq)

347 Yeah Poland has spent like 1000 years dealing with Russian aggression with varied degrees of success.

That's one way of putting it.

Hell, the Poles captured Moscow in 1610.

Didn't hang on to it for very long, however.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 11, 2021 02:13 PM (I2/tG)

348 I was only a young child in the 70's and I wore tiny little shorts that probably showed my balls half the time.

Seriously, what were my parents thinking?
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 11, 2021 02:08 PM (UuD2k)

Your balls dropped while you were a young child?

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at November 11, 2021 02:13 PM (IJES/)

349 aw come on that's not so bad

Posted by: The Baylor Bears at November 11, 2021 02:07 PM (trdmm)

Your colors are acceptably pleasing to the eye and are close to a Packers color scheme. I'm talking lime green and dirty mustard yellow here.

Posted by: pookysgirl used to work in Color Match at November 11, 2021 02:13 PM (XKZwp)

350 it's almost like it started right when everyone quit doing stuff outside and started sitting in front of a video screen all day instead. But that's got to be a coincidence.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 11, 2021 02:10 PM (trdmm)

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One four-letter word: MTV.

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at November 11, 2021 02:14 PM (cUUIs)

351 The United States has been unceasing in its diplomatic efforts to secure their release," a State Department spokesman told the Free Beacon.

Diplomacy. Do us a favor and wait until they make demands before you offer $85 billion of military equipment, ok? Heck, they might just want a McDonald's.

Posted by: t-bird at November 11, 2021 02:14 PM (ELgVT)

352 >>> errybody smoked in the 70s too, it was annoying as hell.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2021 02:13 PM (KZzsI)

Through a good part of the 80s, also chew and chew cups everywhere.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 11, 2021 02:15 PM (l4HL2)

353 One big difference between now and the '70s is that in the '70s the media was willing to report on things that made a Dem president look bad.

There will be no "Iranian Hostage Day #..." counters on TV now, no videos of long lines at the gas station, no pictures of bare shelves or interviews with people affected by high inflation. The American People don't exist to them, only leftist theory exists to them.

Posted by: 29Victor at November 11, 2021 02:15 PM (BJKQV)

354 I REFUSE TO WEAR UGLY GREEN AND YELLOW!
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Avocado and Harvest, hater!!!

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I think I've told this story before, but a couple years ago, my dad's 1980 washing machine from the late 70s went kaplooey. He went down to the local appliance store and after walking around for a while, grabbed a salesperson and asked, "don't you have any of those brown colored washing machines?" He still wanted his 70s "nature" colored appliance. It cracked me up. Probably the salesperson too!

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 11, 2021 02:15 PM (sVtYq)

355
The United States has been unceasing in its diplomatic efforts to secure their release," a State Department spokesman told the Free Beacon.

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oh fuck we're gonna die

Posted by: Yemeni hostages at November 11, 2021 02:15 PM (/KPLX)

356 Hate to tell them but West Texas crude is $81.56 BBL today, up from $52 in January.

Just wait until we cut off all their financing.

I was thinking about that when on my morning walk. With pretty much every asset class over-bought right now, I can see where the wealthy can cut-off financing of much of the energy sector to keep for themselves.

Eventually, and we are seeing it now, that the non-dispatchable energy sources are failing to deliver (as everyone with a brain predicted). The hydrocarbon industry is treated in such a manner, that when it becomes an EMERGENCY, then only the investor class will be able to finance emergency hydrocarbon production that will, due to the emergency status, be able to skip around all of the environmental roadblocks.

This is yet another massive money and power grab - this time over the energy sector.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at November 11, 2021 02:15 PM (+LCoQ)

357 I miss tube tops on the ladies.

Posted by: dartist at November 11, 2021 02:16 PM (+ya+t)

358 334 Hate to tell them but West Texas crude is $81.56 BBL today, up from $52 in January.

Just wait until we cut off all their financing.
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Just wait until Texas cuts off every bank from doing business in their state. That won't end well for the national banking concerns. Especially while Dallas is trying to supplant NYC as the financial center of the US.

Posted by: Black JEM at November 11, 2021 02:16 PM (V6xwG)

359 More college (and HS) kids also smoked cigarettes, well-known for keeping weight down

Also, girls drank sugar-free Tab, not gigantic Starbuck's concoctions with 1,400 calories
Posted by: JoeF. at November 11, 2021 02:05 PM (mR6Gs)

I think a lot of it was our parents actually cooked for us, the market only offered TV dinners as a "quick and easy" meal. Now pre-prepared is common. When I was in HS and college, I didn't like fast food unless I was stoned and it was 2am and I was starved. And if I had "snacks" in my dorm, it was usually a block of cheddar or salami. I never really smoked, and TBH none of my friends did either - but that's certainly a regional thing.

Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 11, 2021 02:16 PM (wAnMi)

360 More college (and HS) kids also smoked cigarettes, well-known for keeping weight down

Also, girls drank sugar-free Tab, not gigantic Starbuck's concoctions with 1,400 calories
Posted by: JoeF.

More meals from scratch. Less processed foods.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2021 02:16 PM (YQdCi)

361 Bring back Battle of the Network Stars!

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at November 11, 2021 02:16 PM (flINI)

362 (sings)

Muzzies, who kill muzzies, are the most beautiful muzzies in the whole wide world.

Posted by: babs Sandbag at November 11, 2021 02:16 PM (P3gRi)

363

oh fuck we're gonna die
Posted by: Yemeni hostages at November 11, 2021 02:15 PM (/KPLX)

Except for the Marines, you are all tratiorous 5th column scum, so you deserve to die.

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at November 11, 2021 02:17 PM (IJES/)

364 Nood

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 11, 2021 02:17 PM (ZSK0i)

365 Does it trash the era, or have fun with it without being snide all the time?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021 02:07 PM (txdEq)

It's a fun book, full of bad puns and jokes, but it loves the era. I especially like the chapter on what we call "Southern Rock," but the book calls "HRS: Hard Rockin' Shit."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 11, 2021 02:17 PM (2JVJo)

366 I Will Not Rest until all hostages are... zzzZZZzzz

Posted by: Sunset Joe at November 11, 2021 02:17 PM (+xGNi)

367 Diplomacy. Do us a favor and wait until they make demands before you offer $85 billion of military equipment, ok? Heck, they might just want a McDonald's.

Will have a pretty limited breakfast menu though.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at November 11, 2021 02:17 PM (+LCoQ)

368 And every apartment I lived in, and house I visited too, had shag carpeting or wall-to-wall carpeting. It was as though people were ashamed of wood floors. Nowadays real wood floors are prized, and you can have your floors converted to artificial wood paneling; it's considered a big plus. But back then, it was thought of as "old-fashioned," I guess.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021 02:18 PM (txdEq)

369 Does the "less filling, tastes great" light beer commercial date back to the 70s?

Posted by: Northernlurker at November 11, 2021 02:18 PM (cSyAR)

370
Hmmm, OD Green Army fatiges, with full color u it patches and rank insignia... spit shined jump boots. Tan class B uniforms.

Much better than the crap the Army wears now, or the damned Elvis collar BDUs and putrid pus class Bs. I'm in.

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at November 11, 2021 02:11 PM

Tweeds were my favorite. Hated the greens.

Posted by: Javems at November 11, 2021 02:18 PM (AmoqO)

371 Chris, you are moving the goal posts on me. It matters not that Poland and Baltic nations can defeat Russia in a land war. What matters is they are willing and able to fight a 2012-14 Crimean invasion scenario.

Posted by: 13times at November 11, 2021 02:18 PM (9rMWy)

372
My first apartment had orange shag carpeting. Hard to believe that at one point in time that was considered 'upscale'. That's how crazy the 70's were.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus, Vaccine and Massage Parlor at November 11, 2021 02:19 PM (dQvv7)

373 I miss tube tops on the ladies.
Posted by: dartist

I miss tube tops OFF the ladies.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 11, 2021 02:19 PM (YQdCi)

374 331 Well, now I know: the turbo-deluxe settings on my dishwasher (high pressure, high temp, sanitize, heated dry) cause the cycle time to clock in at 4:15 (that's 4.25 hours).

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 11, 2021 02:09 PM (DU+/6)

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Jeebus, that sounds like it would put a dent in the old utility bill cost. Sounds like the equivalent energy and water usage as a car wash ... ;-)

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at November 11, 2021 02:19 PM (cUUIs)

375 340 I came of age in the 70's, and although a lot of it sucked for the adults, it was an absolutely fantastic and amazing time to be a teen. You could do anything you wanted.

This statement is true. I remember the HS rifle team members could bring their .22s on the bus and keep them in the locker once at school.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at November 11, 2021 02:11 PM (+LCoQ)

Yeah. I grew up in a town, population 150,000. Kids could hunt and ride BMX bikes in an undeveloped part of the city (woods and whatnot) in fact, the game department stocked it with pheasant or something.

Posted by: 29Victor at November 11, 2021 02:20 PM (BJKQV)

376 Merciful Minerva! The hits just keep on coming! Is there nothing Brandon and the Brandonettes can't do?

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- bitterly clinging to the deplorable life '70s style! at November 11, 2021 02:20 PM (j0p94)

377 It's a good thing we don't have to deal with the effluvia of toxic masculinity like "Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead" any more, isn't it?

Posted by: Rowsdower Continues to Insist Ashli Babbitt is Crispus Attucks and Michael Byrd is Lon Horiuchi at November 11, 2021 02:20 PM (P/ALc)

378 >>> I miss tube tops on the ladies.
Posted by: dartist at November 11, 2021 02:16 PM (+ya+t)

The alluring magical clothing donned by the fair gentlewomen of yesteryear must not return to our land until this world is ready.

Trust me on this. You don't want 70s fashion on modern women. I've seen things.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 11, 2021 02:20 PM (l4HL2)

379 Ah, Schrodinger's Nood.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a coP!) at November 11, 2021 02:21 PM (DU+/6)

380 Mask Nood and then it vanished...like Biden's brain.

Posted by: Thrawn at November 11, 2021 02:21 PM (5aFbR)

381 345 errybody smoked in the 70s too, it was annoying as hell.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 11, 2021 02:13 PM (KZzsI)

To each their own.

I was an infrequent smoker, 1/2 my friends parents smoked.

In a bar, or on a road trip, a cigarette is an enjoyable vice.

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at November 11, 2021 02:21 PM (BgMrQ)

382 Day two of vanishing threads.

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at November 11, 2021 02:21 PM (CjHGv)

383 REAL NOOD - Rittenhouse Part II

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a coP!) at November 11, 2021 02:22 PM (DU+/6)

384
I think Ace might have posted a picture of the trannie 'Admiral' and Pixy pulled the plug.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus, Vaccine and Massage Parlor at November 11, 2021 02:22 PM (dQvv7)

385 I miss tube tops on the ladies.
Posted by: dartist at November 11, 2021

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The hottest girl in my HS, the redhead I mentioned above, wore those at college. Oddly, they made her look less busty -- but only a little. And she had everything else a girl needed anyway.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021 02:23 PM (txdEq)

386 369 Does the "less filling, tastes great" light beer commercial date back to the 70s?

Posted by: Northernlurker at November 11, 2021 02:18 PM (cSyAR)

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Yes, back to '73 or '74 IIRC. I remember Bob Uecker and I think Mike Ditka even ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Let's Poop Brandon! at November 11, 2021 02:23 PM (cUUIs)

387 >>> The obesity thing seems to have started in the late 90s or early 00s and kinda came out of nowhere. Like one day you'd have 2 fat kids in a class and the next it was 1/2 the kids.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at November 11, 2021 02:08 PM (OalnH)

The fat free craze with highly processed fat free stuff cranked up full gear in the 80s. Ramped up sugar in those products to replace the fat you were missing. Plus all the corn syrup. Supported and pushed by the government and Science. And now, surprised! We have a full blown obesity crisis. Who knew?

Posted by: LizLem at November 11, 2021 02:24 PM (+mkOR)

388 The hottest girl in my HS, the redhead I mentioned above, wore those at college.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021 02:23 PM (txdEq)

The hottest girl in my HS wore a button that said "I'm Naked Under My Clothes."

Damn.

Posted by: 29Victor at November 11, 2021 02:25 PM (BJKQV)

389 The fat free craze with highly processed fat free stuff cranked up full gear in the 80s. Ramped up sugar in those products to replace the fat you were missing. Plus all the corn syrup. Supported and pushed by the government and Science. And now, surprised! We have a full blown obesity crisis. Who knew?
Posted by: LizLem at November 11, 2021 02:24 PM (+mkOR)

Yup. All of the ladies' magazines my mom got in the '70s and '80s pushed hard for casseroles. Meat was expensive and now "bad for you" and carbs were cheep and the gov said they were good.

Posted by: 29Victor at November 11, 2021 02:27 PM (BJKQV)

390 What difference, at this point, does it make?

Posted by: Madam Secretary at November 11, 2021 02:27 PM (jYQlA)

391 The hottest girl in my HS, the redhead I mentioned above, wore those at college.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021

The hottest girl in my HS wore a button that said "I'm Naked Under My Clothes."

Damn.
Posted by: 29Victor at November 11, 2021

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If Janis had done that there would have been riots. She was pretty classy. (Didn't matter. The guys were all imagining her without said clothes anyhow.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at November 11, 2021 02:28 PM (txdEq)

392 Of course he did. But not really breaking a promise because he didn't pinky-swear. It was more a suggestion and a guideline really. He'll fit right in.
Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at November 11, 2021 01:35 PM (wAnMi)

Whatever happened to "keep your friends close, and your enemies closer"? Just listen to her advice, and then do the opposite. When she quits in a huff, "Scrunt was not a team player."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 11, 2021 02:29 PM (P3gRi)

393 Comments are wonky in the nood.

Posted by: JT at November 11, 2021 02:30 PM (arJlL)

394 You want a New Reagan? 'Cause that's how you get a New Reagan!

Posted by: jeff james at November 11, 2021 02:32 PM (U1E6M)

395 What was going on in that place, with only Yemeni staff, and the cessation of operations there since 2015?
Posted by: SMH while awaiting His return at November 11, 2021 01:36 PM (kwfA1)

Same stuff as was going on in Benghazi. Maybe Sundown Joe can repeat that stunt, too, while he's at it.

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at November 11, 2021 02:38 PM (K58O6)

396 The dead produce less greenhouse gas.

Posted by: steevy at November 11, 2021 02:38 PM (CYnTg)

397 The official low fat diet - still pushed by some docs - started in the 70s. it took a decade for that bullshit diet to start the diabetes epidemic.

Started by a radical vegan in the USDA office. No science behind it at all. Believe very little of what the government tells you. Most of it is deliberate lies. The rest is just random acts of stupidity.

Posted by: Black JEM at November 11, 2021 02:40 PM (V6xwG)

398 COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Eleven defendants have been convicted and sentenced in a conspiracy to smuggle at least 200 firearms from Ohio to Canada for tens of thousands of dollars.

Abdulwahab Sharif Mohamed Hassan, 30, of Columbus, Ohio, was sentenced in federal court today to 72 months in prison. [andy: the other ten all had Islamic names as well oddly enough.]
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at November 11, 2021 01:51 PM (UHVv4)

No doubt these weapons were to be sold to legitimate collectors.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 11, 2021 02:41 PM (P3gRi)

399 All we need now is a botched disaster rescue plan that blows up in the desert.
Posted by: Shooter McGavin at November 11, 2021 01:59 PM (ZVkys)

They could send in Navy Seals, mounted on bottle-nose dolphins. They are desert-hardy.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 11, 2021 02:48 PM (P3gRi)

400 PSA - CCI Small Rifle Magnum Primers #450 available at MidwayUSA

Posted by: flounder at November 11, 2021 02:52 PM (SH2Zi)

401 I remember buying gas for about 60 cents/gal back then.

By the CPI inflation, that would be about $2.89/gal nowadays. Kind of amazing how the price of gas has more or less stayed on par with, and sometimes even beat, inflation.

Until that White House sundowner got into the game, anyway.

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at November 11, 2021 02:53 PM (K58O6)

402 Biden has called for ALL US persons to evacuate from...Afghanistan, much of Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Ethiopia, several African states in "Failure", Yemen...and now also Haiti.
"Trump tried to disengage America from the world, I will do the opposite...America is BACK!"-Joe (wtf am I doing) Biden

Posted by: tj strong at November 11, 2021 04:00 PM (uAI4S)

403 Don't care if it's State Department employees. They really can't be considered Americans.

Posted by: Lulu at November 11, 2021 04:57 PM (aepow)

404 Not feeling the love for our poor hostages. Likely a motley clutch of naturalized ragheads and academics working to advance American marxism and woke politcs. Who cares?

Posted by: MikeN at November 11, 2021 05:02 PM (iIRhq)

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