The Morning Report

The Morning Report - 12/17/21

Good morning, kids. The weekend is here and once again, we have a Venn diagram where the Peking Pox non-pandemic, crime, and authoritarian oppression intersect at a point that is America in late 2021. The "crux of the biscuit" as it were, is the mechanism by which our tormenters will "gently nudge" us to their way of thinking -- or beat us bloody until we cry Uncle. Joe Biden or Joe Stalin; either way since you get that one you're bound to get that other one.

Hungarian-born philanthropist Soros and his Open Society group of non-profits have mainly doled out cash to political action campaigns controlled by attorney and criminal justice reform activist Whitney Tymas, 60. She is the treasurer of the Justice and Safety PAC as well as 20 other similarly named groups at both the state and federal levels, according to public filings.
The goal of the myriad PACs is focused on electing progressives to end tough policing and mass incarceration, according to Tymas. "If we are to reach a place of true progress, it will take the sustained efforts of local elected prosecutors across the country to rectify and reimagine their role in the criminal legal system -- not just as gatekeepers, but as active catalysts for change," wrote Tymas in an opinion article last year.
Her efforts coupled with Soros' largesse have played an outsize role in some of the most controversial district attorney campaigns in the US, including Chesa Boudin in San Francisco, George Gascon in Los Angeles as well as Larry Krasner in Philadelphia and Kim Foxx in Chicago, among others. Soros also donated $1 million to Alvin Bragg's successful DA campaign in Manhattan, funneling the cash through the Color of Change non-profit, according to public filings.
"George Soros has quietly orchestrated the dark money political equivalent of 'shock and awe,' on local attorney races through the country, shattering records, flipping races and essentially making a mockery of our entire campaign finance system," said Tom Anderson, director of the Government Integrity Project at the National Legal and Policy Center in Virginia. (Calls to Soros' camp went unreturned on Thursday.) . . .
. . . "I don't think we've ever seen anything like this where federal election level money and resources are brought to bear and coordinated to effectively flip local level races where campaign finance restrictions make it almost impossible to counter," said Anderson, adding that conservative opponents are hamstrung by local campaign finance laws that Soros doesn't have to abide by because he is using independent expenditures and not directly coordinating with the campaigns.
Critics say the policies of Soros-funded DAs, which have included abolishing bail and, in the case of Chicago, placing hundreds of violent criminals on electronic tracking systems, have led to a spike in crime throughout the country. According to the FBI's annual Uniform Crime Report released in September, the country saw a 30 percent increase in homicides in 2020 -- the largest single-year spike since they began recording crime statistics 60 years ago. The report also saw a 24 percent decrease in arrests across the country.

Let's cut to the chase right here; the reasons behind so-called "criminal justice reform" insofar as the American criminal justice system is allegedly intentionally rigged to incarcerate blacks and only blacks is complete and utter horse-shit. It goes hand in hand with the same cancerous lie that America itself is an illegitimate nation built and sustained on white supremacy. I can spend months on these topics alone but for now let's leave it as it is as the excuse the left has used to gin up division and strife for political gain since at least the early 1960s. Look what the hell is going on in every blue hell-hole around the country. Most recently, the mass terror attack at the Waukesha Christmas Parade that killed or maimed dozens. Aside from right here, where else in the house organs of Leftism also known as the media are you going to still see any reference to this attack?

What is going on now is an orchestrated effort to demolish one of the key underpinnings of society: law and order and the right of ordinary citizens to feel safe in their homes and communities. Combine that with the concerted effort to destroy our economy and the ensuing anarchy, chaos and mayhem create the perfect conditions for those pulling the strings behind the scenes (and really right in front of our eyes) to rescue us from this "crisis" - one that they will not let go to waste since it gives them the opportunity to "build back better." Nudge-nudge-wink-wink.

No, this crime wave is no accident nor the unintended consequences of the misplaced ideals of mere liberals. It is the intended result of truly sick, twisted, power-mad leftists who seek to build paradise on earth on the corpses of millions of us.

The issue though is law enforcement itself. That is where the rubber meets the road, so to speak, of getting an unwilling populace to comply. This is where the other fraud, the phony non-pandemic pandemic, comes into play. People tend to be much more compliant and cooperative when they think that a plague is upon them; they look to so-called medical authorities for instruction and guidance. After all, this isn't politics, it's our health. And they're doctors, so we can trust them implicitly (sarc), but I digress. The fist in the glove is of course law enforcement.

A group of unvaxxed protesters dared to try to order a meal at an Applebee's in the New York City borough of Queens on Wednesday. Thanks to Comrade de Blasio and Kommissar Hochul, you'll need to bend the knee and raise your sleeve if you want to snag an order of riblets.
FYI, despite what commies like MSNBC's Joy Reid would have you believe, these anti-vax mandate peeps aren't all white people in MAGA hats.
Did you hear the black woman yell that she was fired for not getting vaxxed and now can't eat? De Blasio did that!
One video shows an Applebee's employee refusing to give a glass of water to a child. . .
. . . The New York Police Department (NYPD) showed up in force to whisk the recalcitrant diners into the ~~Paddy~~ multi-national wagon.
What else do cops in New York have to work on today? Well, maybe. . .
-- chase the guys who tried to kill one of their own early on Thursday
-- find the home invaders who just killed a Staten Island dad
-- look for the "man" who attacked a Thai model on a subway platform on Wednesday
-- find the ambergris who attacked a delivery driver in broad daylight
-- go after the two guys who attacked a man with a brick earlier this month
-- get the gang of kids who attacked a 67-year-old man with a hammer
-- sniff out the thug who pushed a straphanger (that's NYC speak for subway rider) and fractured the victim's spine
In case de Blasio hasn't heard, his policies, as well as those of former Governor Cuomo, have left NYC in the gutter. Crime is exploding. New Yorkers, mostly black New Yorkers, are being killed in record numbers. De Blasio doesn't care; it's those rascally anti-vaxxers who need to go to jail.

Mercifully, DeBolshevik is gone when the ball drops on New Year's eve. But what of Eric Adams? Also, you still have a city council that is every bit as Maoist as the lanky hunk of Commie piss that has left my beloved hometown in ruins and now is all set to make the rubble bounce by, get this, banning natural gas in all new construction. And don't forget that the new governor is essentially Angel of Death Cuomo without the pierced nipples and she's a red-nether hair's breadth away from reimposing lockdowns and My Pillowing New York for good.

The battle cry of the armed militant wing of the Democrat Party, BLM/Antifa is "ACAB," meaning "All Cops Are Bastards." I don't know about all, but certainly far too many for my comfort these days. Yeah, I get it. It's a tough job and you're a target not only of thugs and goons high on crack and Critical Race Jive Kampf but of a governmental bureaucracy that protects the criminals and has no qualms about firing you for stepping out of line. But what of character, morality and decency? When the mostly peaceful rioting of 2020 wreaked havoc all over town, they held you back and did nothing as hate shakes, excrement in Glad bags and Molotov cocktails were hurled at you. For that, you did nothing except perhaps turning your back on DeBolshevik at a public appearance. How brave.

Jobs in law enforcement are fundamentally different than other jobs. That difference is the oath that all law enforcement officers swear. The FBI oath states:
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me G-d.
All federal, state, and local law enforcement officials swear something similar.
Certainly, following lawful orders is important, but notice that there is nothing mentioned about obedience to leadership. That's because following orders is between the officers and their leaders. Upholding their oath is between them and us, the American people. We expect them to make judgements about right and wrong, and the oath is their assurance that they will do so conscientiously.
All law enforcement officers, including FBI agents, who are "just following orders" are missing the point of their oath. They may be bound by agency rules to follow orders, but they are bound by sacred honor to remain faithful to the American people.
There's a reason why people in law enforcement are required to place their honor on the line for the citizens they serve. No other occupation is allowed to detain, sometimes with restraints, another person solely based on their word that it's justified. A cop can pull over a car, administer a sobriety test, handcuff the driver, and arrest him if he's found to be impaired. No citizen who has not sworn the oath can do such a thing.
We grant the police the awesome powers of the state. In exchange, they promise to not abuse those powers. They promise to serve the public, as prescribed in the Constitution. That promise takes precedence over orders. So long as their leadership directs their activities consistent with the Constitution, there's no problem. But when leadership directs them to do something counter to the Constitution -- like ordering them to violate someone's civil liberties -- such orders are unlawful. An officer's oath, whether he be a police officer or an FBI agent, is a promise to assess the constitutionality of all orders before blindly obeying them.
And yet we've seen widespread infractions of that promise across the range of law enforcement. Churchgoers have been cited or even arrested for failing to comply with closure orders.Worship is a basic human right guaranteed by the 1st Amendment. There is no pandemic exception in the Constitution. Federal and local officials have no authority to order such closures. Orders for police to enforce the closures were unlawful. Yet, far too many cops simply followed their orders. . .
. . . Compliance with an officer's oath can involve personal risk. To refuse an order from one's superior carries the risk of seriously damaging -- or even ending -- an officer's career. But the thing is, they've already promised us that they would make that sacrifice on our behalf. That's the deal they strike with the public to be in law enforcement.
If their oath no longer binds them, how does that change our relationship with law enforcement? If their sworn word no longer means what it says, how can we believe them the next time they swear to tell the "truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth" in court? When an officer assures us that they made an arrest for sound reasons, are they standing for justice, or using their authority for personal or political gain? If their oath is meaningless, they become no more credible than the person they've placed under arrest.
Far too many law-enforcement officers, FBI agents included, have demonstrated that they are no longer agents of the Constitution. At best, they're just employees doing as told. Their oath has become an irrelevant formality. Given that, why should we continue to vest them with the authority of the state?

The problem is that we no longer vest them with anything. We are a citizenry that is being ruled against its will by an illegal junta that stole an election and overthrow the nation. It took us a bit over a hundred years to get to this point but here we are. And given the fact that DC police in the form of Michael Byrd for one murdered an unarmed Ashli Babbit, beat to death an unarmed Roseanne Boyland, and their superiors in the DOJ continue to imprison scores of innocent Americans for the crime of protesting the theft of said election and overthrow of their country, how are we ever supposed to trust the police to preserve, protect and defend anything more than their jobs and pensions? Ditto a now almost completely subsumed judiciary all the way up to and including the Supreme Court?

Much of this shit can end today if the police, en masse, refused to "follow orders." And that should apply everywhere, and not just law enforcement. What happened in that Queens Cheesecake Factory does not fill me with strength and confidence. There has to be a Claudette Colvin among the men and women in blue and in the armed forces who will refuse to cooperate. We've had one or two. But it's an act of futility unless it inspires everyone else to really "serve and protect."

Have a good weekend.

The End of America: 100 Days That Shook the World available here.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

"Why do repurposed drugs require numerous trials prior to an agency recommendation, while high-profit, novel, patented drugs get routinely approved after only a single trial?"
Studies Proving Generic Drugs Can Fight Chinese COVID Are Being Suppressed
"All law enforcement officers, including FBI agents, who are 'just following orders' are missing the point of their oath."
Does a Law Enforcement Oath Mean Anything Anymore?
"The free market fashions art that reaches the heart."
The Power of the Dog

CIVIL WAR 2.0: LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, CAPITOL HILL BLACK WEDNESDAY PROTEST AFTERMATH, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

Lloyd Billingsley: "Under the Biden Junta, federal judges become the Democrat equivalent of Soviet commissars."
Gen. Flynn Persecutor Judge Emmett Sullivan Pivots to January 6 Defendants
Julie Kelly: "Liz Cheney just set the stage for the latest letdown. Donald Trump won't be charged with insurrection, treason, or sedition. But obstruction may be on the table."
Democrats Promised an Insurrection But All They Got Was a Lousy Obstruction Case
"This is how totalitarianism looks: The plight of America's January 6 prisoners in pre-trial detention."
A Visit to the DC Gulag
"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi impeached President Donald Trump in January for her own negligence." (more than negligence; malice aforethought - jjs)
Malig-Nancy Pelosi Owns January 6
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Robert Spencer: "Now that Biden's handlers have admitted that there is still a jihad terror threat, they should be consistent and take measures to protect Americans inside the country from that threat. But nothing is much less likely than that they will do such a thing."
After Gaslighting Us About 'White Supremacist Terror,' Biden's Handlers Admit Jihad Still a "Pervasive Threat"
"Jussie Smollett faced the music -- when will Kim Foxx?"
Chicago Consequences
"If a lie reaffirms progressive dogma, then it isn't misinformation. It's just an honest mistake that will be repeated again and again."
No Contrition For Smollett Lie
"There is truth . . . and then there is what our government demands we believe."
What You Must Believe as an American in 2021
AMERICA, AND THE WORLD, IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
"In case de Blasio hasn't heard, his policies, as well as those of former Governor Cuomo, have left NYC in the gutter. Crime is exploding. New Yorkers, mostly black New Yorkers, are being killed in record numbers. De Blasio doesn't care; it's those rascally anti-vaxxers who need to go to jail."
Unvaxxed Protesters Arrested at Applebee's in NYC for Daring to Order a Meal
"Despite my and other concerned individuals' attempts to get clarity about your [Chinese] COVID- 19 vaccine mandate, you have ignored our requests for information, and instead have allowed DoD to discharge service members for not obeying your ambiguous mandate."
Sen. Ron Johnson Torches Defense Secretary Austin for Discharging Service Members for Disobeying Biden's Vaccine Mandate
Daniel Greenfield: "What happens when you fire nurses and then claim there's no more hospital space."
Biden's Vaccine Mandate Triggers a Winter of Lockdowns
"Flight attendants only asked Waters to pull up her mask once the tipster pointed out the hypocrisy."
Maxine "Mikvah" Waters Goes Maskless On Cross-Country United Flight After Bumping Passenger From Window Seat
"I think the best way to illustrate absurdity is with absurdity," Adam Jenne, who was flying to Washington, D.C., from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., said.
Man Banned From Airline After Wearing Thong for a Face Mask
"If unvaccinated guardsmen suffer any adverse consequences within the State of Texas, they will have only [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Biden and his [junta] to blame."
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Refuses Pentagon's National Guard Vaccine Mandate

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"Simply put, the city's real-estate, retail and hospitality industries won't survive even a brief second lockdown."
If Hochul Pushes the Lockdown Panic Button, NYC is Dead
"On the other hand, the United States appears to have deliberately and significantly inflated the number of fatalities it has suffered. Why the difference?"
China Reporting No Chinese COVID Deaths Since January
"As the Omicron variant spreads extremely quickly in the United Kingdom, the French government has decided to re-implement compelling reasons for travels from and to the United Kingdom, and to reinforce mandatory tests at departures and arrivals," the statement reportedly said.
France Restricts Travel With Britain Over Omicron Cases
"Most people affected by the blood clots were between the ages of 30 and 49."
CDC Recommends Pfizer, Moderna Vaccines Over Johnson & Johnson
"It's remarkable that forty years ago, it was our nation's youth that refused to comply with authority. 1960's America was about defying the Establishment. How did we get here?"
Our Brainwashed Chinese Covid Youth
"Take your mask off. As the spreading chestnut tree darkens many, under the sunbathed liberty tree shall I keep you and you keep me."
Stop Wearing Masks to Protect Others
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
"The relatively high level of capacity utilization now indicates that there may be more inflation ahead if demand for U.S. goods remains strong. More fiscal stimulus from legislation like the Biden [junta's] Build Back bill would likely contribute even more to inflationary pressures."
Factory Production Growth Slowed In November, Pointing to More Inflation Ahead
"A stronger trucking workforce is one where trucking jobs are good, safe, and stable -- jobs that employers can attract a new generation of drivers into while retaining existing drivers to deliver for clients and grow their businesses."
Biden Junta Rolls Out Plan To Alleviate Trucker Shortage
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
". . . given the long history of redlining and racist housing covenants in the United States, there's too great a risk of this [crime data] inaccuracy reinforcing racial bias," Redfin's chief growth officer Christian Taubman wrote.
Redfin, Realtor-dot-com to Stop Including Crime Stats on Listings Due to Possible "Racial Bias" Concerns
"George Soros has quietly orchestrated the dark money political equivalent of 'shock and awe,' on local attorney races through the country, shattering records, flipping races and essentially making a mockery of our entire campaign finance system."
How Nazi Collaborator George Soros Funded Progressive "Legal Arsonist" DAs Behind US Crime Surge
"The jig may finally be up. Republicans have by and large moved back toward their traditional law-and-order posture, and even many Democrats seem fed up with our roiling national bedlam."
The Death of "Criminal Justice Reform"
"They will blame everything for it but their own policies."
The Democrats Play Dumb About Crime
"There is an attitude of lawlessness in our country that springs from I don't know where . . . and we cannot have that lawlessness become the norm."
Malig-Nancy Pelosi Has No Idea Where "Attitude of Lawlessness" in the Country is Coming From
"Reality has finally dawned on San Francisco mayor London Breed -- and not a moment too soon."
About Face
"Fired CNN producer John Griffin allegedly led a perverted double life in recent months involving the "adoptive" mother of a 9-year-old girl in Henderson, Nevada, who was part of a sordid BDSM ring that included the child, according to court and police documents."
Sick World of Fredo Cuomo's ex-XiNN Producer John Griffin Revealed in Police Report
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
"Resign or repent."
Watch as Parents Unload on Teachers They Say Secretly Coached 12-Year-Old Daughter Into Being Trans
"Governor Ron DeSantis takes a stand against racialist ideologies in public institutions and businesses."
Florida v. Crackpot Disg-Race Theory
Winsor DEI Plan: "External publications and communications have moved away from using 'she, her, hers'' and 'your daughter,' replacing the former with 'they, them, theirs' and the latter with 'student' . . . Faculty and staff are discouraged from addressing groups of students as 'girls' and 'ladies.'"
Elite Winsor Girls School In Boston Moving Away From Calling Girls "Girls"
"Racial tribalism doesn't have to be part of the curriculum to dominate education."
CRT Forever
"Biden's new nominee to the U.S. Department of Education, LaWanda Toney, is a frequent promoter of the CRT ideology that parents have strongly opposed."
Biden's Newest Department of Education Pick is a Race and Gender Radical
"The textbook, titled 'Precalculus 6th Edition,' by Robert F. Blitzer features a graph labeled 'Measuring Racial Prejudice, by Political Identification,' which claims that conservatives are allegedly more racist than liberals." (Socialist Paradise on Earth Valley? - jjs)
Paradise Valley Unified School District Considers Adding Math Textbook That Claims Conservatives Are More Racist Than Liberals
AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
"The move comes as the Biden [junta] works to resolve nearly a thousand lawsuits that have so far been filed by families."
Biden Pulls Out of $450,000 Settlement Talks With Illegal Aliens Following GOP Backlash
Rabbi Dov Fischer: "Getting a jump on the next 20 years so that Florida doesn't go the way of California."
DeSantis' $8 Million to Remove Biden's Illegals from Florida: It's Time for Statutory States to Counter Sanctuary Ones
"Monthly cash for food, lodging, and 'movement' assistance amounts to material support for illegal immigration. It influences decisions to cross."
United Nations Grantee Uses U.S. Tax Dollars To Fund Illegal Immigration
"The parliamentarian's ruling will not be easily overcome by the Democrats. A handful of Democrat senators want to preserve the parliamentarian's authority because she enforces rules that protect the clout of small states. But the parliamentarian's rejection still allows the Democrats to new amnesty plans for the BBB bill in 2022. Those plans include more public pressure on Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), who is arguing the Democrats' spending plan will accelerate inflation."
Senate Parliamentarian Nixes Parole Amnesty in Build Back Better Bill
"Here are the Biden [junta] top lies about the border."
14 Times Biden Straight-Up Lied About His Border Crisis
THE 2020 ELECTION HEIST AND AFTERMATH
IRS filings from the Center for Tech and Civic Life confirm that the nonprofit used millions from Zuckerberg to manipulate the 2020 election for Biden."
IRS Filings Confirm Left-Wing Zuck Bucks Recipient Funneled Millions Into Manipulating 2020 Election For Biden
"Virginia's Democrat Party wants to block the state's social security number requirements for voter registration -- but a legal group is fighting them."
Election Integrity Group Throws Legal Wrench At Russia Hoaxer-Backed Democrats Trying To Overhaul Virginia Voting Rules
"Non-citizens' voting rights in municipal elections raise questions about how the city will stop them from voting for federal and state officials.
Non-Citizen Voters in NYC Are More Reason to Worry About Elections
OTHER DEMOCRAT, LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
"Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi doesn't want Congress banned from trading stocks because she profits big from her and her husband's investments on a regular basis."
Of Course Pelosi Doesn't Want Congress Banned From Trading Stocks -- She Rakes In Millions From It
"California's Superintendent of Equity Daniel Lee resigned Tuesday after Politico reported the six-figure-salaried employee works in Pennsylvania."
Six-Figure California Superintendent Of Equity Living In Pennsylvania Resigns
$1 TRILLION "INFRASTRUCTURE" SELLOUT, $3.5 TRILLION SOCIALIST TRANSFORMATION, DEBT CEILING/BUDGETARY INSANITY
"Don't just take it from me. No less an expert than the founder of the former Soviet Union, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, explained that '[t]here is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency.' Lenin was correct."
Conservatives Should Have An Unlikely Ally In Opposing Build Bolshevism Biggerer
"Build Back Better is the next step in the increasing institutionalization of small children."
Democrats' Cradle To Grave Welfare Expansion Targets Small Children Big-Time
"This guy will oversee $1.2 trillion in 'infrastructure' spending. His record as mayor of New Orleans is appalling."
Biden's "Infrastructure Czar" is a Total Incompetent
POLITICS
". . . It's also why, despite Biden's predictions, his party will be demolished next November, and crooked Hillary Clinton, of all people, is emerging as a potential 2024 candidate."
Biden Blames GOP for His Abundant Failures
"Lots of politicians are big, fat liars. Joe Biden is merely one of the most obvious."
12 Times Joe Biden Completely Made Up Stories, Lied, Or Said Something Crazy
"I totally got fucked."
Democrat Rep Dina Titus Blasts Nevada's New Congressional Map
"Ted Cruz shows the GOP how to negotiate like a Democrat."
A Page From Jesse's Book
"You've probably heard the saying: Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach. In this day and age, those who really can't become Master Class instructors on how to fail."
REVIEW: What I Learned From Hillary Clinton's Master Class on "The Power of Resilience"
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
"Doctor urged that [Chinese] COVID treatments are being sidelined in order to 'create acceptance for, and then promote, mass vaccination.'"
YouTube Censors Bombshell Joe Rogan Interview With Cardiologist Peter McCullough
"Now, reporting facts is hazardous to democracy, according to the mainstream media."
Looks Like Dissent is No Longer the Highest Form of Patriotism
The survey asked respondents, "What do you believe is the primary focus of the mainstream media's coverage of current events?"
Poll: Three-Fourths Say Mainstream Media "Advancing Their Own Opinions or Political Agendas"
"Republicans have some legitimate beefs with Big Tech firms, but their support for government 'solutions' will blow up in their faces."
Sen. Cotton: Be Careful What You Wish For
"Solution: More masks and jabs."
BuzzFeed Staff Test Positive For Chinese COVID Despite Masks, Vaccine Passports & Triple Jabs
"It's a segregation mindset just like the pre-civil rights era, only the dividing lines aren't by skin color but by medical choice."
David Frum(p) Continues to Show His Disdain for the Unvaxxed
"I'd like to do my bit to help it make amends for the libelous things it printed about President Trump -- and this idea might help."
The New York Times Still Hasn't Apologized for its Russia Hoax Coverage
"Judging from the way they talk about abortion, Democrats aren't too confident that the legal merits are on their side."
Subliterate New York Times Writer Charles Blow Fears Abortion Battle Will Lead To More Democracy
"Until the end of November, Jack Dorsey was the chief executive of both Twitter and Square. Upon Dorsey's resignation from Twitter, Square -- a financial services and digital payments company with many services that overlap those of H&R Block -- changed its name to Block in recognition of its blockchain technology capabilities.
H&R Block Sues Square for Copyright Infringement as Jack Dorsey Changes Its Name to "Block"
"There's a local D.C. station that will suit you just fine." (easy enough to build a pirate transmitter and bump them off the air with some real truth; just make sure it's mobile - jjs)
Want to Hear Chinese Communist Propaganda Right on Your Own Radio?
ABORTION
"Physicians say move will put mothers at risk of complications, death."
FDA Will No Longer Require In-Person Doctor Visits for Abortion Pill
BIDEN AFGHANISTAN BUG-OUT DISASTER
"While space is first given to residents of the United States and Americans, some spots are open for Afghans who have gotten through the visa process."
Report: Over 60,000 Visa Applicants, Interpreters Still in Afghanistan
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
"Moscow deploys some 100,000 troops along the Ukrainian border."
China Pledges Support for Putin Amid Russian Military Buildup on Ukraine Border
"New funding comes after Israel relied on systems to stop Hamas rocket attacks."
Congress Approves $200 Million for Israel's Missile Defense Needs
"Just one wrong move."
Iranian Newspaper Publishes a Map With List of Targets in Israel
"Ron Wyden, who blocked bill, backed down Wednesday."
Dems Signal End to Obstruction of Uyghur Anti-Slavery Bill
"Economists blinded us to the threat from China."
See No Evil
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
"Amphibious transport dock ship U.S.S. Portland destroyed a floating target as it tested Solid State Laser -- Technology Maturation Laser Weapons System Demonstrator, according to the Navy's press release. The Navy tested the laser in May of 2020 when it successfully took down a flying drone."
Navy Unveils New Laser Weapon in Gulf of Aden
Yeah, we're going to really kick the PLA's ass!
Biden's Woke Department of Defense "Workplace and Gender Relations" Survey Asks Troops to Gauge Their Misogyny
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
Robert Spencer: "What will happen to opposition to Jihad and Sharia?"
Jew- and America-Hating Immigration Fraudster Bro-Fo Omar/Nur/Burqawitz/Ikeeelyou's "Islamophobia" Bill Passes
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE, THE COURTS
"Says says court packing is necessary to balance conservative justices."
Elizabeth "Musk Doormat" Warren Endorses Plan To Expand the Supreme Court
"Back in 1989, the year that President Ronald Reagan left office, there were 89,178,355 income-tax-paying households in the United States, according to the IRS. At the end of January that year, the federal debt was $2,697,957,000,000."
Federal Debt Equals About $287,859 Per Income-Tax-Paying Household
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
"New Medicare rules also reward 'trauma-informed care.'"
Biden Junta Offers Bonuses to Doctors Who Implement "Anti-Racism Plans"
"The Biden [junta's] proposal to use a new Medicare metric to alleviate racial disparities won't have much effect."
Checking Boxes
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
"Dem-backed measure passes 40 to 7, forces most newly constructed buildings to use electricity."
NYC Council Votes To Ban Natural Gas in New Buildings
"The reeking hypocrisy of Western elites and their never-ending attempts to dictate energy policy to countries in which they are not elected is finally called out."
The East Slams the West's Climate "Colonialism"
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
"At stake here is the integrity of women's sports," the letter said. "The precedent being set -- one in which women do not have a protected and equitable space to compete -- is a direct threat to female athletes in every sport. What are the boundaries? How is this in line with the NCAA's commitment to providing a fair environment for student-athletes?"
U-Penn Parents Plead with NCAA to Change Rules After Trans Swimmer Dominates Women's Competition
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
"Glastonbury High School changed its mascot name from the Tomahawks to the Guardians."
Man Punches Connecticut School Board Member In Meeting About Changing Native American Mascot
"Director slams woke mob as 'a small group of closed-minded, humour-averse ideologues.'" (Terry Giliam, brilliant though he may be, is still a braindead leftist, so there you go, Terry - jjs)
Monty Python Legend Cancelled By Old Vic Theater For Recommending Chapelle Special
"Dutch TV star and influencer Maxime Meiland is attacked for her mother's Islamophobia."
Another Innocent Victim of Cancel Culture
"I would not talk to those Stasi assholes. As a friend of mine who is in the military said at the time: Death is temporary. Dishonor lasts forever."
The Kavanaugh War and the End of Honor Culture
HITHER & YON
"The auteur finds new layers of grime under a Depression-era carnival tent."
Nightmare Alley Tops Del Toro's Oscar-Winning Shape of Water
"It has been a decade since the passing of one of my generation's most ferocious mentors. Today, we honour him."
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Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at December 17, 2021 07:52 AM (8D42x)

2 not first.

Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at December 17, 2021 07:53 AM (bVYXr)

3 corgis called.

coffee is ready. off to the content.

oh, and happy birfday fen. must be great to share a b-day with JJ

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at December 17, 2021 07:53 AM (8D42x)

4 Happy Fricking Friday

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 17, 2021 07:53 AM (yrol0)

5 Moronin', Hourde!

Posted by: Hans O'Lo at December 17, 2021 07:54 AM (u7pQw)

6 Happy Birthday JJ and Fen!

Posted by: Rosasharn at December 17, 2021 07:54 AM (yEBFM)

7 Nightmare Alley Tops Del Toro's Oscar-Winning Shape of Water

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Probably not that hard.

The Shape of Water was a simplistic mess. Crimson Peak was better than The Shape of Water.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, John Ford goes to war at December 17, 2021 07:54 AM (LvTSG)

8 Thank you, J.J.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 17, 2021 07:54 AM (3D/fK)

9
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 17, 2021 07:54 AM (DUIap)

10 Good morning all!

Someone alert CBD -- today is National Maple Syrup Day.

Posted by: Doof at December 17, 2021 07:56 AM (mZUr4)

11 Good morning, JJ.

Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 17, 2021 07:56 AM (DU+/6)

12 Fen and Sponge have birthdays today.

Many happy returns.

And to JJ, haven't you had enough?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, John Ford goes to war at December 17, 2021 07:56 AM (LvTSG)

13 The goal of the myriad PACs is focused on electing progressives to end tough policing and mass incarceration, according to Tymas.
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Nice framing. What he means is "end the goal of even-handed policing and any incarceration or other punishment for anyone in an identified victimhood group that acts as a power center for the progs."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 17, 2021 07:57 AM (DU+/6)

14 "And don't forget that the new governor is essentially Angel of Death Cuomo without the pierced nipples "

are we SURE about this part JJ?

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at December 17, 2021 07:57 AM (8D42x)

15 And yet we've seen widespread infractions of that promise across the range of law enforcement. Churchgoers have been cited or even arrested for failing to comply with closure orders.Worship is a basic human right guaranteed by the 1st Amendment. There is no pandemic exception in the Constitution. Federal and local officials have no authority to order such closures. Orders for police to enforce the closures were unlawful. Yet, far too many cops simply followed their orders.
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You mean the armed agents of the state who depend on the state for their paychecks, benefits and status aren't usually willing to disregard state orders? Shocking discovery.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 17, 2021 07:58 AM (DU+/6)

16 Fen and Sponge have birthdays today.

Many happy returns.

And to JJ, haven't you had enough?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

Happy birthday to Sponge, Fen & JJ.
Happy anniversary to TJM.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 17, 2021 07:58 AM (uXonU)

17 FYI, despite what commies like MSNBC's Joy Reid would have you believe, these anti-vax mandate peeps aren't all white people in MAGA hats.

Did you hear the black woman yell that she was fired for not getting vaxxed and now can't eat? De Blasio did that!
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I kinda hope they keep the narrative up. There's no evidence for it and its an outright lie, but it may end up being a useful lie. If the drumbeat of "those who do not wish to get vaccinated are all filthy, evil, conservative Trump types" then perhaps some of the vax-hesitant will just conclude, "okay, then. I guess I am."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 17, 2021 08:00 AM (DU+/6)

18 Nice essay today, JJ.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 17, 2021 08:00 AM (DU+/6)

19 Morning peeps.

So, again, why is Soros still vertical? We've droned people for less....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 17, 2021 08:01 AM (BFigT)

20 Hard to believe I have to live on the same planet as democrats

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 17, 2021 08:01 AM (GPwVZ)

21 I had a nightmare that Pooky called me at work and told me he's not getting released from the psych ward today or even next week. I took the news calmly, discussed logistics, hung up the phone... and threw a box of rubber bands into a pile of cans. Then I woke up, thank goodness.

I just need to make it to this afternoon.

Posted by: pookysgirl, nervous at December 17, 2021 08:01 AM (XKZwp)

22 This post may violate more than a few of the CCP rules as listed in Pixy's thread.

And, good morning.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 17, 2021 08:01 AM (aWoBQ)

23 Bless you pookysgirl

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 17, 2021 08:02 AM (aWoBQ)

24 Mornin', all! It's so close to Christmas break I can taste it!

Posted by: Catherine--who generally doesn't curse. at December 17, 2021 08:02 AM (ZSsrh)

25 As has been said, Cops are agents of the state and will do what the state tells them to do.

If the state tells them to arrest unvaxxed Kulaks, they are going to arrest unvaxxed kulaks.

So, there's that.

Carry on.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 17, 2021 08:02 AM (TO6k5)

26 Good morning dear morons and thank you JJ

Dealing with criminals is dangerous and yucky, also pointless.

Arresting mom and dad at school board meetings, or at Applebee's is quick, easy and serves the Power.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 17, 2021 08:02 AM (EZebt)

27 18 Nice essay today, JJ.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 17, 2021 08:00 AM (DU+/6)

Cheers, bro. Getting used to new digs and patterns.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 17, 2021 08:02 AM (olDfi)

28 We grant the police the awesome powers of the state. In exchange, they promise to not abuse those powers. They promise to serve the public, as prescribed in the Constitution.

I think it is safe to say that we are light years away from "Consent of the Governed"

BTW, there is no provision in the US Constitution for municipal police forces. The local citizens vote for their favorite warlord and then shower this warlord with money to underwrite the expenses of the warlord's enforcement goons.

NYC just happens to have a history of serial poor decisions. Reap/Sow

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 17, 2021 08:02 AM (+LCoQ)

29 I just need to make it to this afternoon.
Posted by: pookysgirl, nervous at December 17, 2021 08:01 AM (XKZwp)
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That's rough, and I'm sorry. I'm keeping you and your man in my prayers, and am hoping for good news.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 17, 2021 08:02 AM (DU+/6)

30 J.J.

Maybe already covered, and I know I mentioned it on the Tech thread, but another example of the anarchy taking place, and the war against police is the ambush of this Baltimore Police officer yesterday morning.

https://tinyurl.com/ydnsvpev

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 17, 2021 08:03 AM (3D/fK)

31 I think Bill Shatner or Tom Selleck was on the TV yelling about getting Boomers a reverse mortgage. I wonder if I can reverse mortgage that $287,859.00 per household.

It's Phree! No cost to you! Wheeeee.....get medicare to pay for it.

More coffee.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 17, 2021 08:04 AM (tMjLZ)

32 Christopher Hitchens was sometimes a biting writer, but always entertaining. His short biography of Jefferson made a big impression on me. His essays on current events sometimes did too.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 17, 2021 08:05 AM (aWoBQ)

33 Oaths to the Constitution?

We don't need no stinkin' oaths.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 17, 2021 08:06 AM (EZebt)

34 Unfortunately the POC who get caught up in the vaccine mandate gulag designed for MAGA types will all just go with, "if only Joe knew".

Posted by: Goliad's Ghosts at December 17, 2021 08:07 AM (QZ/dC)

35 new governor is essentially Angel of Death Cuomo without the pierced nipples

Is this known? She looks like she could be into a little body modification.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 17, 2021 08:08 AM (a3Q+t)

36 Winsor DEI Plan: "External publications and communications have moved away from using 'she, her, hers'' and 'your daughter,' replacing the former with 'they, them, theirs' and the latter with 'student' . . . Faculty and staff are discouraged from addressing groups of students as 'girls' and 'ladies.'"

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This is sick madness. Absolutely laughable, were it not so pathetic. They, the hard left, are erasing girls as girls. Women as women. We're being erased. All I can say is if you keep your children in a school like this, you are facilitating societal collapse. Human collapse. I just shake my head. The madness is moving far faster than I ever believed.

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 17, 2021 08:08 AM (sVtYq)

37 A prayer for pooky's complete and immediate healing

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 17, 2021 08:09 AM (EZebt)

38 I guess J&J didn't give the Big Guy his 10% -- CDC advisers vote to recommend Moderna and Pfizer vaxx over J&J due to "rare blood clot cases".

It seems some clots are less equal than others.

Four vaxx, good; two vaxx, bad!

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 17, 2021 08:10 AM (UHVv4)

39 30 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 17, 2021 08:03 AM (3D/fK)

Missed it. Yikes.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 17, 2021 08:11 AM (OM820)

40 Orders for police to enforce the closures were unlawful. Yet, far too many cops simply followed their orders.

Lets say that you are the typical sociopath cop. You see a drug deal between with some George Floyd types, and you see a nice suburban family trying to enjoy a meal at Applebees.

If you try to intervene in the drug deal, video will be taken, you will get roughed up, maybe fired and the perps walk while you are still doing the paperwork.

On the other hand, your baton makes a new interesting sound as it is bashing in the skull of the father of the unvaxxed child. The screams coming from his wife can be muted by you smashing her face into a hard surface and you can body slam the child to the ground just before chaining them all up to be whisked to the local Lubyanka.

Your pals will serve you drinks, the crowd in the restaurant will cheer, and most important "You safely get to go home".

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 17, 2021 08:11 AM (+LCoQ)

41 It's been decades since I trusted the cops. Like 4 or 5 of them.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 17, 2021 08:11 AM (BFigT)

42 The New York Police Department (NYPD) showed up in force to whisk the recalcitrant diners into the Paddy multi-national wagon.

Yet I will "back the blue" until the day I die. Even while they back me into a smaller and smaller corner. Its just what I do.

Posted by: Typical Conservative at December 17, 2021 08:11 AM (chkoV)

43 Nightmare Alley Tops Del Toro's Oscar-Winning Shape of Water

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Funny, I've never heard of either movie. The movie industry itself has become pretty much a niche industry. Not like the good ole days when the whole country partook of the latest and greatest out of Hollywood.

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 17, 2021 08:12 AM (sVtYq)

44 If we are being held responsible $287,859 in Federal debt then I want to start selling some Federal assets and pay it off. I am not comfortable owing that kind of money.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 17, 2021 08:13 AM (aWoBQ)

45 The New York Police Department (NYPD) showed up in force to whisk the recalcitrant diners into the Paddy multi-national wagon.

Yet I will "back the blue" until the day I die. Even while they back me into a smaller and smaller corner. Its just what I do.
Posted by: Typical Conservative

Fuck. That. Noise.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 17, 2021 08:13 AM (uXonU)

46 new governor is essentially Angel of Death Cuomo without the pierced nipples
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Is this known? She looks like she could be into a little body modification.

Does she still believe she is Christ incarnate?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 17, 2021 08:13 AM (+LCoQ)

47 Happy anniversary to TJM.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 17, 2021 07:58 AM (uXonU)

TJM -- Hope you and Mrs Monroe have a lovely day!

Posted by: Doof at December 17, 2021 08:13 AM (mZUr4)

48 40 Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 17, 2021 08:11 AM (+LCoQ)

Hate to say it but far too many cops won't bust the drug deal because they're paid off by the dealers to look the other way.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 17, 2021 08:13 AM (OM820)

49 Two South FL men admit to running a nationwide scheme that obtained over $35-million in fraudulent C-19 relief loans.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 17, 2021 08:14 AM (UHVv4)

50 Someone alert CBD -- today is National Maple Syrup Day.
Posted by: Doof at December 17, 2021 07:56 AM (mZUr4)

I'm having baked french toast smothered in suyrp right now...

oh and happy birfday to Sponge. is it your FIRST!!!!

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at December 17, 2021 08:14 AM (8D42x)

51 47 Happy anniversary to TJM.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 17, 2021 07:58 AM (uXonU)

TJM -- Hope you and Mrs Monroe have a lovely day!
Posted by: Doof at December 17, 2021 08:13 AM (mZUr4)

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Well, I refused to take Junior to school this morning so that Dolley would actually get back onto the Peloton, which is typically her regular routine that she had fallen out of since the cruise.

She actually thanked me afterwards.

So, starting out well.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, John Ford goes to war at December 17, 2021 08:14 AM (LvTSG)

52 The "crux of the biscuit" as it were...

Best sung to the tune of "Heat of the Moment" by Asia.

Posted by: Doof at December 17, 2021 08:15 AM (mZUr4)

53 @38

>>It seems some clots are less equal than others.

If you look at the VAERS database, the adverse events from the non-vaccines, is largely evenly distributed.

The only non-mRNA vaccine is the JandJ so, I'm guessing the masterminds want to push the mRNA garbage.

As has been said, a great and ongoing evil is being loosed upon the world.

These people must pay a heavy price for this.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 17, 2021 08:15 AM (TO6k5)

54 Happy Friday, you basket of deplorables!

Posted by: NR Pax at December 17, 2021 08:15 AM (4olE8)

55 Up to 20,000 unvaxxed U.S. servicemen risk being removed from the service.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 17, 2021 08:16 AM (UHVv4)

56 The Witcher Season 2 is now available. Excellent. My day is starting out well.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 17, 2021 08:16 AM (Do5/p)

57 Cops may be stupid but they understand soft targets. I still shake my head when I see those "blue line" flag decals. The sad truth is that conservative and liberals at the ends of the spectrum have one thing in common, they believe their own lies.

Posted by: Goliad's Ghosts at December 17, 2021 08:17 AM (QZ/dC)

58 56 The Witcher Season 2 is now available. Excellent. My day is starting out well.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 17, 2021 08:16 AM (Do5/p)

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I've heard it's better than the first.

I might watch it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, John Ford goes to war at December 17, 2021 08:17 AM (LvTSG)

59 As has been said, a great and ongoing evil is being loosed upon the world.

These people must pay a heavy price for this.

Well, if you read The Handbook, particularly the 18th chapter of the last section, to get the desired effect, it would be of use to have a Revival.

Get to work.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 17, 2021 08:17 AM (+LCoQ)

60 The only non-mRNA vaccine is the JandJ so, I'm guessing the masterminds want to push the mRNA garbage.
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A good point -- and something Fauci has admitted he's wanted for a long time.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 17, 2021 08:17 AM (UHVv4)

61 Government employees in 1945: I vas just following zee orders!

Government employees in 2021: I was just following the orders.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 17, 2021 08:17 AM (ESjRY)

62 "Up to 20,000 unvaxxed U.S. servicemen risk being removed from the service."

One dirty little secret is the number of personnel who have already been processed and discharged for failure to take the vaccine,

I know that several members of our son's squadron have already been returned to the squadron from various locations, and already have been discharged.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 17, 2021 08:18 AM (3D/fK)

63 Well, I refused to take Junior to school this morning so that Dolley would actually get back onto the Peloton, which is typically her regular routine that she had fallen out of since the cruise.

She actually thanked me afterwards.

So, starting out well.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, John Ford goes to war at December 17, 2021 08:14 AM (LvTSG)

Nothing says anniversary love to a woman like "get your ass up, take the boy to school, then hit the fancy workout thing". You're a romantic legend!

Posted by: Doof at December 17, 2021 08:19 AM (mZUr4)

64 She actually thanked me afterwards.

So, starting out well.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, John Ford goes to war at December 17, 2021 08:14 AM (LvTSG)

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I bought Mrs. F. a scale for our anniversary but she didn't thank me.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 17, 2021 08:19 AM (EZebt)

65 Winsor DEI Plan: "External publications and communications have moved away from using 'she, her, hers'' and 'your daughter,' replacing the former with 'they, them, theirs' and the latter with 'student' . . . Faculty and staff are discouraged from addressing groups of students as 'girls' and 'ladies.'" ...
Posted by: Lady in Black at December 17, 2021 08:08 AM (sVtYq)
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Look at all the language of the Postmodern Left and how it handles people. Race is essential, not incidental. Sex is essential, not incidental (also, in contradiction, it is mutable). We see this in their writing. "Female bodies" and "black bodies." That's all you are in this system of sinister madness: an ambulatory corpse. Who you are - your faith, loyalty, morality, work ethic, filial piety, conscience - is all irrelevant. You're a vessel and nothing more, filled according to the collective social frame in which you develop, imbued with oppression or oppressiveness. You, yourself do not exist outside the collective structure that created you, and you are one and the same with your group.

So why is it surprising that their language progressively identifies men with the language of objects?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 17, 2021 08:19 AM (DU+/6)

66 Old and Busted: The vaccines are all equally safe, equally effective, and you can take any one of them. Don't you understand science?

New Hotness: Yeah J&J is poison and you shouldn't take it. It also apparently actually doesn't do anything about COVID. Ooopsie! The other vaccines are all equally safe, equally effective, and you can take any one of them. Don't you understand science?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 17, 2021 08:19 AM (ESjRY)

67 63 Nothing says anniversary love to a woman like "get your ass up, take the boy to school, then hit the fancy workout thing". You're a romantic legend!
Posted by: Doof at December 17, 2021 08:19 AM (mZUr4)

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It's not like I bought her the thing for Christmas out of the blue or something.

That would be epic.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, John Ford goes to war at December 17, 2021 08:19 AM (LvTSG)

68 If we are being held responsible $287,859 in Federal debt then I want to start selling some Federal assets and pay it off. I am not comfortable owing that kind of money.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 17, 2021 08:13 AM (aWoBQ)

can I just exchange my part of the debt for an M1 Abrams, some crew served weapons, maybe a couple mortars and various small arms?

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at December 17, 2021 08:20 AM (8D42x)

69 I'd have to hit somebody if they told me to get myself to exercising on our anniversary.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 17, 2021 08:20 AM (45fpk)

70 This doesn't sound too fishy.

"Japan accelerating booster shots and securing oral medicines after speaking with Pfizer CEO Albert Burla."

BTW, the EU's FDA has approved Pfizermectin for "emergency use".

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 17, 2021 08:20 AM (UHVv4)

71 "I bought Mrs. F. a scale for our anniversary but she didn't thank me.'

For her birthday, try a new vacuum cleaner.

Always a winner 'amongst the women folk.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 17, 2021 08:20 AM (3D/fK)

72 Nothing says anniversary love to a woman like "get your ass up, take the boy to school, then hit the fancy workout thing". You're a romantic legend!

Saying no to a shit test is ultimately the best thing you can do as a guy...

Posted by: Obligatory at December 17, 2021 08:21 AM (ESjRY)

73 new governor is essentially Angel of Death Cuomo without the pierced nipples
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Is this known? She looks like she could be into a little body modification.

just need her to hold a briefing outside in a tshirt come the new year...

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at December 17, 2021 08:21 AM (8D42x)

74 71 "I bought Mrs. F. a scale for our anniversary but she didn't thank me.'

For her birthday, try a new vacuum cleaner.

Always a winner 'amongst the women folk.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 17, 2021 08:20 AM (3D/fK)

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Dolley's wishlist is always full of cooking supplies. My family always reaches out to me beforehand, asking, "Is this what she really wants?"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, John Ford goes to war at December 17, 2021 08:21 AM (LvTSG)

75 It's not like I bought her the thing for Christmas out of the blue or something.

That would be epic.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, John Ford goes to war at December 17, 2021 08:19 AM (LvTSG)

It wasn't a gift from Chris Noth, was it??

Posted by: Doof at December 17, 2021 08:21 AM (mZUr4)

76 can I just exchange my part of the debt for an M1 Abrams, some crew served weapons, maybe a couple mortars and various small arms?
Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at December 17, 2021 08:20 AM (8D42x)
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Uhhh, how would that work? Unless you hold that much in bonds, there's no way to make that exchange balance any part of the debt. It would just add to it...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 17, 2021 08:22 AM (DU+/6)

77 I think in the long run, Soros may have done most of us a back-handed favor. He identified a huge flaw in the way we select our DA's, and exploited it. If people are worthy of living in a decent society, they will react - and any political party worthy of being called one will recruit good candidates, publicize the problem, and win public support. It's not hard if someone actually tries to do it.

It won't happen everywhere; but those cities which are happy with lawlessness deserve what they get.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 17, 2021 08:23 AM (evAgx)

78 LOL.

"South Africa donating 2-million doses of the J&J vaccine to other African countries."

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 17, 2021 08:23 AM (UHVv4)

79 Drive by, will be back later. Didn't check to see if it was posted.

Joe Biden made a speech and literally semi quoted Stalin on the desire to nationalize elections.

He said it's about who counts the votes, and whose votes count.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - no significant difference in ability to spread or catch regardless of vax status at December 17, 2021 08:23 AM (IH76e)

80 "Uhhh, how would that work? Unless you hold that much in bonds, there's no way to make that exchange balance any part of the debt. It would just add to it..."

What's your point?

Posted by: Congress at December 17, 2021 08:23 AM (3D/fK)

81 new governor is essentially Angel of Death Cuomo without the pierced nipples

Old and Busted: Governor Bill Lumberg

New Hotness: Governess Ilsa She Wolf of the SS

Posted by: 18-1 at December 17, 2021 08:24 AM (ESjRY)

82 Let the cities burn.
The cops can burn with it.
The military can drown in that quagmire.

I don't care-- none of those are of anything anymore to me.

Posted by: Lrrr at December 17, 2021 08:24 AM (jIL4c)

83
BTW, the EU's FDA has approved Pfizermectin for "emergency use".

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 17, 2021 08:20 AM

Despite a USA animal study which declared it a mutagenic, and damaging to sperm. This will not end well.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at December 17, 2021 08:24 AM (dQvv7)

84 For her birthday, try a new vacuum cleaner.

Always a winner 'amongst the women folk.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 17, 2021 08:20 AM (3D/fK)
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It depends. I went to Sears once with my dad to buy a vacuum cleaner for my mom. It was a fancy, high-end model (it was also a piece of junk, but that's not really relevant). He wrapped it up and gave it to her for Christmas.

She was *thrilled.* She hated the old one that broke all the damn time and didn't work well. I don't get the whole "never buy major appliances for women" thing, and I suspect it's not really a thing. Who *doesn't* like getting shiny, new, expensive equipment that makes life better in their routine tasks?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 17, 2021 08:24 AM (DU+/6)

85 The thought of the day:

"So, again, what's it like to be the target of so much hate? It's freeing."

"So welcome to the right side, friend, and join us in laughing at all the idiotic name-calling that is applied, with increasing hysteria, to try to stop more and more normal Americans from joining our ranks. Fascists? Conspiracy theorists? Anti-science racist TERFs? Whatever. We have a better word to describe ourselves: Free."
Abigail Schrier, author of "Irreversible"

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 17, 2021 08:25 AM (H8QX8)

86 It is slowly dawning on B'More residents that the Baltimore State's Attorney, Marilyn Mosby was supported heavily by George Soros during both her elections.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 17, 2021 08:25 AM (3D/fK)

87 I would love to see Hochul impose a whole new raft of mandates - because I would love to see NYC finally killed for good. It's a city that has long outlived its usefulness, and the businesses it harbors should be split up and spread around the country. How marvelous that the Democrats themselves may do to themselves what we could never do to them on our own!

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 17, 2021 08:25 AM (evAgx)

88 I absolutely love the continuing search for a guilty party in the case of that murder Alec Baldwin pulled. So damn brazen it's breathtaking.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 17, 2021 08:25 AM (EZebt)

89 There has to be a Claudette Colvin among the men and women in blue and in the armed forces who will refuse to cooperate. We've had one or two. But it's an act of futility unless it inspires everyone else to really "serve and protect."

This seems to be a local issue. In places like New York City and cities in California, the police are just "following orders". In places like Michigan, the Police Chief and Mayor in Detroit told BLM to go fuck themselves and there were tens of Sheriffs across the state who put in writing and made public last year the fact that they would not be enforcing Wretched Whitmer's COVID policies.

So this does not seem to be a broad brush problem with the nation's law enforcement, but rather, a problem mostly with law enforcement in specific areas of the country. Solution seems to be just like everything else... time to move out of those places and move to areas where local government and law enforcement still follow their oaths to the constitution.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 17, 2021 08:25 AM (Do5/p)

90 87 I would love to see Hochul impose a whole new raft of mandates - because I would love to see NYC finally killed for good. It's a city that has long outlived its usefulness, and the businesses it harbors should be split up and spread around the country. How marvelous that the Democrats themselves may do to themselves what we could never do to them on our own!
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 17, 2021 08:25 AM (evAgx)

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I said it yesterday, but I affirmatively want blue enclaves to keep with the madness. I want them to destroy themselves in extremely public fashion while strengthening red states in more ways than one.

"Detroit isn't a good case study since San Francisco is still standing," no longer works when San Francisco is...um...no longer standing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, John Ford goes to war at December 17, 2021 08:27 AM (LvTSG)

91 It is slowly dawning on B'More residents that the Baltimore State's Attorney, Marilyn Mosby was supported heavily by George Soros during both her elections.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 17, 2021 08:25 AM (3D/fK)

Howdy VIA!

So does that mean she'll only get 98% of the vote next time instead of the usual 99%?

Posted by: Doof at December 17, 2021 08:27 AM (mZUr4)

92 "Who *doesn't* like getting shiny, new, expensive equipment that makes life better in their routine tasks?"

Standing rules at stately VIA Manor are that appliances and things with attached cords do not count as major gifts.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 17, 2021 08:27 AM (3D/fK)

93 I absolutely love the continuing search for a guilty party in the case of that murder Alec Baldwin pulled. So damn brazen it's breathtaking.

Kyle Rittenhouse is guilty because he killed two people with a gun even if he only did it because they were attacking him!

Alec Baldwin is innocent because he while he killed someone with a gun he didn't want to.

Posted by: The left really believes this at December 17, 2021 08:27 AM (ESjRY)

94 Far too many law-enforcement officers, FBI agents included, have demonstrated that they are no longer agents of the Constitution. At best, they're just employees doing as told.

FBI leaders are much worse, having turned into very dangerous political actors. And, they aren't alone; the CIA is loaded with similar types (think Brennan and his acolytes). Deciding who gets investigated and who does not has turned into a massively powerful tool.

At the core, the real issue is how completely rotten our grifting uniparty rulers have become. We are not fit to rule ourselves if we tolerate endemic corruption.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 17, 2021 08:28 AM (aWoBQ)

95 Bunch of schools have canceled classes today because of tik tik shooting threats. That social media platform has proven they can censor anti covid vaxx posts damned near live. Why did they let those school shooting threats stay up more than a microsecond? They wanted them left up, that's why.

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (IJES/) - at December 17, 2021 08:28 AM (IJES/)

96 My mom had been complaining about her broom needing replacing so I bought her one from a new dollar-store that had just opened up nearby. She gave me a big hug!

I think it was around Mothers' Day though and definitely not her December 1st birthday.

BTW, was it one of those fancy 'talking' scales??

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 17, 2021 08:28 AM (UHVv4)

97 Power of the Dog, good article. Have it bookmarked to finish later.

It's Friday again already.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 17, 2021 08:29 AM (nxdel)

98 So, starting out well.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, John Ford goes to war at December 17, 2021 08:14 AM

It's the planned Prometheus/Covenant double feature tonight that will take this anniversary celebration over the top.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 17, 2021 08:29 AM (a3Q+t)

99 Old and Busted: The vaccines are all equally safe, equally effective, and you can take any one of them. Don't you understand science?

New Hotness: Yeah J&J is poison and you shouldn't take it.

Actually that is a glimmer of science there. We are supposed to learn things and make course adjustments as the data exposes new insights.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 17, 2021 08:29 AM (+LCoQ)

100 Hey DOOF!

2022 is gonna be a very sporty year for politics in Harm City.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 17, 2021 08:29 AM (3D/fK)

101 LOL.

"South Africa donating 2-million doses of the J&J vaccine to other African countries."
Posted by: andycanuck

How do you keep that many doses as cold as they need to keep them?

Posted by: rickb223 at December 17, 2021 08:29 AM (uXonU)

102 He said it's about who counts the votes, and whose votes count.
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In gelato veritas.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 17, 2021 08:29 AM (UHVv4)

103 Standing rules at stately VIA Manor are that appliances and things with attached cords do not count as major gifts.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 17, 2021 08:27 AM (3D/fK)
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It is a common rule. I don't get it. I also don't get viewing clothes as a bad Christmas gift. Free clothing is good - and Christmas gift clothing in my experience has usually been good stuff. Plus, someone had to actually think about you - what you might need, what you would like, what they would like to see on you that you would also like to be seen it. Clothing can be a selfish gift if you put no thought into it or think only of yourself when selecting it, but that has never happened to me.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 17, 2021 08:29 AM (DU+/6)

104 98 So, starting out well.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, John Ford goes to war at December 17, 2021 08:14 AM

It's the planned Prometheus/Covenant double feature tonight that will take this anniversary celebration over the top.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 17, 2021 08:29 AM (a3Q+t)

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*furiously takes notes*

Nah...we'll drink wine and play the next game in Pandemic Legacy: Season 0 while British comedies from the 2000's play in the background.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, John Ford goes to war at December 17, 2021 08:30 AM (LvTSG)

105 It's the planned Prometheus/Covenant double feature tonight that will take this anniversary celebration over the top.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 17, 2021 08:29 AM (a3Q+t)
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By sending it into rage-sleep?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 17, 2021 08:30 AM (DU+/6)

106 69 I'd have to hit somebody if they told me to get myself to exercising on our anniversary.

..................

I got a thigh master for Valentines day once.

Posted by: Molly k. at December 17, 2021 08:30 AM (lRCH1)

107 Do any of the Ohio morons know anything about Bernie Moreno? He's been carpet bombing my television with ads to replace Rob Portman but I'm already sold on JD Vance. Meanwhile there are a gazillion other candidates for the office. Hardly anyone is about removing the stench of DeWine next year. It would be so failure theater to have that bugeyed piece of shit still in office next November and a squish replacing Portman as the conservatives split the vote.

Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at December 17, 2021 08:30 AM (y7DUB)

108 A problem with our debt structure is that most people have no idea they are indeed actually on the hook of their portion of the debt. If you are actually in the fray and not a FSA parasite you fund the cost of debt each and every day - it's ponderous chain.

Posted by: Goliad's Ghosts at December 17, 2021 08:31 AM (QZ/dC)

109 I said it yesterday, but I affirmatively want blue enclaves to keep with the madness. I want them to destroy themselves in extremely public fashion while strengthening red states in more ways than one.

Wow, NYC was perfect - they took care of the poor, and the environment, minorities, and took COVID seriously. Shame it was full of crime, there were no jobs, and I couldn't afford to live there.

Shame I had to move to this red suburb where there is no crime, plenty of jobs and housing, and apparently no COVID. I mean it sucks here! But I'll start voting to fix that right away!

Posted by: Liberals moving into your neighborhood at December 17, 2021 08:31 AM (ESjRY)

110 Nah...we'll drink wine and play the next game in Pandemic Legacy: Season 0 while British comedies from the 2000's play in the background.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, John Ford goes to war at December 17, 2021 08:30 AM (LvTSG)
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Man, you must have a really solid relationship. In my family, the equation is "alcohol + board games == aggression and possible violence."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 17, 2021 08:31 AM (DU+/6)

111 I absolutely love the continuing search for a guilty party in the case of that murder Alec Baldwin pulled. So damn brazen it's breathtaking.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 17, 2021 08:25 AM (EZebt)
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Now that he's killed someone, my bet is he kills again. The Arizona authorities can thrash around as much as they like, trying not to hold him responsible for the obvious fault, but they are for sure encouraging his homicidal impulses.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 17, 2021 08:31 AM (aWoBQ)

112 "We are supposed to learn things and make course adjustments as the data exposes new insights."

Good one.

Now let's do 'Restorative Justice', and the ongoing lessons learned

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 17, 2021 08:31 AM (3D/fK)

113 103 Clothing can be a selfish gift if you put no thought into it or think only of yourself when selecting it, but that has never happened to me.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 17, 2021 08:29 AM (DU+/6)

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My only issue with clothing as a gift in terms of application is that my mother-in-law has bought me so many fleece house pants that I have a drawer full of them. I like them, but it's rarely cold enough in the house to actually wear them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, John Ford goes to war at December 17, 2021 08:31 AM (LvTSG)

114 I think Newt tried to talk about Soros on Fox one day and got cut off immediately.

Has a single Republican politicians mentioned Soros?

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 17, 2021 08:31 AM (H8QX8)

115 I got a thigh master for Valentines day once.

Posted by: Molly k. at December 17, 2021 08:30 AM (lRCH1)

oh my

Posted by: grammie winger at December 17, 2021 08:32 AM (45fpk)

116 I got a thigh master for Valentines day once.
Posted by: Molly k. at December 17, 2021 08:30 AM (lRCH1)
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Did you use it?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 17, 2021 08:32 AM (DU+/6)

117 I think Newt tried to talk about Soros on Fox one day and got cut off immediately.

He did, yet Tucker and Hannity can talked about him all they want. Strange.

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 17, 2021 08:33 AM (nxdel)

118 "In gelato veritas."

Status: Stolen!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 17, 2021 08:33 AM (3D/fK)

119 We are supposed to learn things and make course adjustments as the data exposes new insights.

In medical science it has been traditional to do at least some investigation of short and long term side effects before giving any new medicine to a broad audience.

The short term side effects of J&J were known shortly after it was authorized and it had no effect on the authorization. And...the other "vaccines" have similiar short term side effects.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 17, 2021 08:33 AM (ESjRY)

120 DeSantis' $8 Million to Remove Biden's Illegals from Florida: It's Time for Statutory States to Counter Sanctuary Ones

JJ It returns to home:

https://tinyurl.com/y6jxuss4

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 17, 2021 08:34 AM (yrol0)

121 101. Regular refrigerators. J and J only needs normal refrigeration not the super cold the mRNAs do.

Posted by: Jen the original at December 17, 2021 08:34 AM (Et0kM)

122 I said it yesterday, but I affirmatively want blue enclaves to keep with the madness. I want them to destroy themselves in extremely public fashion while strengthening red states in more ways than one.

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It's a double-edged sword, because the ignorant idiots that put these leftists into office will, upon wrecking and ruining their own towns, cities and states, uproot to red states. Never making the connection. And bringing their disastrous voting with them.

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 17, 2021 08:34 AM (sVtYq)

123 How do you keep that many doses as cold as they need to keep them?
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Seriously? Dry ice during transport. [No sarc meant with that "Seriously?"]

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 17, 2021 08:34 AM (UHVv4)

124 110 Man, you must have a really solid relationship. In my family, the equation is "alcohol + board games == aggression and possible violence."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 17, 2021 08:31 AM (DU+/6)

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Pandemic's games are all cooperative, so that helps a lot. There's acrimony from time to time as we disagree on strategies, but we get past it.

We got into the board games in general because Dolley got into a little board gaming group at her last job. They'd come over with one guy bringing a duffel bag full of options that we'd settle on. Good way to meet peoples.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, John Ford goes to war at December 17, 2021 08:34 AM (LvTSG)

125 I'm looking forward to Del Toro's "Nightmare Alley", because I'm familiar with the 1947 Tyrone Power film, and it's a very dark and twisted film noire with a dark and twisted ending. I can't wait to see what Del Toro has done with it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 17, 2021 08:34 AM (evAgx)

126 So this does not seem to be a broad brush problem with the nation's law enforcement, but rather, a problem mostly with law enforcement in specific areas of the country.

I don't know if this criticism is being leveled at me, but I was pretty clear about municipal law enforcement where the city council/manager/mayor dictate policy and the police are beholden to their unions and what the unions negotiate with the city.

The sheriff, for the time being, is an elected position. Soon Soros will be buying more and more of those, and until that time, the citizens have some sort of say in policy and direction.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 17, 2021 08:35 AM (+LCoQ)

127 If my GF got me a tool cabinet for the garage, I'd be over the moon.

Fortunately, we 86'd the whole "gift giving" thing, so the point is moot

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 17, 2021 08:35 AM (6FeV1)

128 I got a thigh master for Valentines day once.

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LOL, I couldn't help but laugh at that one. I hope you asked for it, Molly! It reminds me of a Bob Newhart episode where neighbor Howard gets his fiancee a bottle of Scope for her birthday.

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 17, 2021 08:35 AM (sVtYq)

129 Happy anniversary TJM and Mrs.
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I bought Mrs. F. a scale for our anniversary but she didn't thank me.'

For her birthday, try a new vacuum cleaner.

Always a winner 'amongst the women folk.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at December 17, 2021 08:20 AM (3D/fK)

are you upset your wife or girlfriend doesn't remember the presents you get her for christmas or birthday? the necklace doesn't get worn very often? the designer hand bag is collecting dust in the closet?

Have i got a solution for you. get the woman in your life a vacuum cleaner and for the rest of your days on earth, she'll always remember THAT gift and will mention it to you frequently...

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at December 17, 2021 08:35 AM (8D42x)

130 My only issue with clothing as a gift in terms of application is that my mother-in-law has bought me so many fleece house pants that I have a drawer full of them. I like them, but it's rarely cold enough in the house to actually wear them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, John Ford goes to war at December 17, 2021 08:31 AM (LvTSG)

HOUSE pants?? You're doing it wrong!

Posted by: Doof at December 17, 2021 08:35 AM (mZUr4)

131 How do you keep that many doses as cold as they need to keep them?
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Seriously? Dry ice during transport. [No sarc meant with that "Seriously?"]
Posted by: andycanuck

That's a lot of dry ice to keep 2 million does cold.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 17, 2021 08:36 AM (uXonU)

132
"It has been a decade since the passing of one of my generation's most ferocious mentors. Today, we honour him."
Thank You, Mr. Hitchens -- 10 Years On

Piss on that noise. I had no use for Christopher Hitchens.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 17, 2021 08:36 AM (/U27+)

133 Looks like Alex Berenson's substack is not showing comments any more. The main page shows there are comments, but maybe you have to subscribe to see them. Damn, but they were entertaining -- and encouraging.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 17, 2021 08:36 AM (txdEq)

134 will, upon wrecking and ruining their own towns, cities and states, uproot to red states. Never making the connection. And bringing their disastrous voting with them.
Posted by: Lady in Black at December 17, 2021 08:34 AM (sVtYq)

They're flooding into my coastal portion of SC. Every other client I meet now is from New England or other central blue state. Most wearing masks.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 17, 2021 08:36 AM (H8QX8)

135 fleece house pants that I have a drawer full of them. I like them, but it's rarely cold enough in the house to actually wear them.

Get some suspicious looking stains on them and come on down!

Posted by: The People of Walmart at December 17, 2021 08:36 AM (ESjRY)

136 The civil war I see is not the kind that would leave hundreds of thousands of young men dead in combat, he wrote.

That is not to say that we arent seeing spates of violence but rather that this new war will be fought in courts, statehouses and ballot boxes, rather than in the fields.

And just like that a Republic was formed!

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 17, 2021 08:36 AM (yrol0)

137 Status: Stolen!
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Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 17, 2021 08:37 AM (UHVv4)

138 122 It's a double-edged sword, because the ignorant idiots that put these leftists into office will, upon wrecking and ruining their own towns, cities and states, uproot to red states. Never making the connection. And bringing their disastrous voting with them.
Posted by: Lady in Black at December 17, 2021 08:34 AM (sVtYq)

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I'm convinced that this exodus is materially different from other movements out of California in the past, like the move into Colorado in the late 90s and early 00s.

CA wasn't considered a hellhole that pushed people out. It was wealthy Californians buying second homes in Colorado as a large factor. Leaving NYC or Los Angeles because of a sudden descent into anarchy is a different mentality.

DeSantis has said that the vast majority of people moving into FL are registering Republican. I have a feeling that's a pattern.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, John Ford goes to war at December 17, 2021 08:37 AM (LvTSG)

139 I bought Mrs. F. a scale for our anniversary but she didn't thank me.'

For her birthday, try a new vacuum cleaner.

Always a winner 'amongst the women folk.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Spatulas. All different sizes & materials.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 17, 2021 08:37 AM (uXonU)

140 Dry ice contributes to global warming.

Posted by: Goliad's Ghosts at December 17, 2021 08:37 AM (QZ/dC)

141 They're flooding into my coastal portion of SC. Every other client I meet now is from New England or other central blue state. Most wearing masks.

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I'm in upstate SC. Flooding doesn't even begin to describe the out-of-staters that have crushed into this area. It's flabbergasting. It's very worrisome.

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 17, 2021 08:37 AM (sVtYq)

142 And Steve Kirsch's substack is the same way. You can click on an essay, you'll see 2 comments and "nn more comments" below. But when you click on that, no comments at all. Is that something that substack has instituted?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at December 17, 2021 08:38 AM (txdEq)

143 124 110 Man, you must have a really solid relationship. In my family, the equation is "alcohol + board games == aggression and possible violence."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 17, 2021 08:31 AM (DU+/6)

Games night growing up in my family was a WHOLE lot like this: Eunice (Carol Burnett) and Ed (Harvey Korman) play a game of SORRY!!! on the old Carol Burnett Show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNG1DkS_f4g

a long skit, but this one can still bring tears to my eyes!

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 17, 2021 08:38 AM (evAgx)

144 And...the other "vaccines" have similar short term side effects.
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Thus my Animal Farm style reference.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 17, 2021 08:38 AM (UHVv4)

145 How much have Americans spent on blacks and their problems since the Great Society? Did anyone see an improvement?

Posted by: Puddin Head at December 17, 2021 08:38 AM (tiR3O)

146 can I just exchange my part of the debt for an M1 Abrams, some crew served weapons, maybe a couple mortars and various small arms?
Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at December 17, 2021 08:20 AM (8D42x)
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Uhhh, how would that work? Unless you hold that much in bonds, there's no way to make that exchange balance any part of the debt. It would just add to it...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 17, 2021 08:22 AM (DU+/6)

I'm using the CBO scoring that is handed to congress...

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at December 17, 2021 08:38 AM (8D42x)

147 136 The civil war I see is not the kind that would leave hundreds of thousands of young men dead in combat, he wrote.

That is not to say that we arent seeing spates of violence but rather that this new war will be fought in courts, statehouses and ballot boxes, rather than in the fields.

And just like that a Republic was formed!
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 17, 2021 08:36 AM (yrol0)

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"People will have a say in how their government operates! That's not democracy! That's fascism!"
-Product of the American education system

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, John Ford goes to war at December 17, 2021 08:38 AM (LvTSG)

148 It's a double-edged sword, because the ignorant idiots that put these leftists into office will, upon wrecking and ruining their own towns, cities and states, uproot to red states. Never making the connection. And bringing their disastrous voting with them.

It continues to happen even without the Blue Suicide, these shit kids graduating from college, acclimated to living outside the home, move to get gigs in the growing red states that have openings at the lower rungs.

They bring the poison in that way too. We get the pure, unadulterated shit that is freshly crapped out by the universities, none of the old fermented crap found in blue states.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 17, 2021 08:38 AM (+LCoQ)

149 Covid is sweeping the 20 and 30-something set in New York, shutting down Christmas parties. Well, they are continuing to party, just don't tell DiBlahBlah and Hochul.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 17, 2021 08:38 AM (aWoBQ)

150 Prediction: next vaccine to be dissed will be the Covavax from India because that too is one of the true vaccines and not a mRNA therapy.

Posted by: itsacookbook at December 17, 2021 08:39 AM (yPxXc)

151 "It has been a decade since the passing of one of my generation's most ferocious mentors. Today, we honour him."
Thank You, Mr. Hitchens -- 10 Years On
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I was just thinking about him yesterday, i.e., how much I miss him and what a warrior he would for free speech right now.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 17, 2021 08:39 AM (H8QX8)

152 Did anyone see an improvement?

One of the bigger problems with modern American society is that we try things - like just giving money to poor people - and the results are...terrible...and the only acceptable answer is...well we must need to give them more money!

Posted by: 18-1 at December 17, 2021 08:39 AM (ESjRY)

153 Dry ice contributes to global warming.
Posted by: Goliad's Ghosts at December 17, 2021 08:37 AM (QZ/dC)

If you melt dry ice, can you drown in it?

- Steven Wright

Posted by: Doof at December 17, 2021 08:40 AM (mZUr4)

154 I'm using the CBO scoring that is handed to congress...
Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at December 17, 2021 08:38 AM (8D42x)
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HAHAHHA. Touche.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 17, 2021 08:40 AM (DU+/6)

155 152 Did anyone see an improvement?

One of the bigger problems with modern American society is that we try things - like just giving money to poor people - and the results are...terrible...and the only acceptable answer is...well we must need to give them more money!
Posted by: 18-1 at December 17, 2021 08:39 AM (ESjRY)

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"Government policy created the housing bubble. The only solution is to give government more power to set policy."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, John Ford goes to war at December 17, 2021 08:40 AM (LvTSG)

156 Our beloved schnauzer Bruno has a birthday today. So does my ex. And I also wanna say that I couldnt be more pleased that that one dude is rewriting the recordbooks at UPen in womens swimming. The clitorishatters could end this madness today with just a word, but their pride and commieness wont let them. So, throw another log on the fire and let the burning continue. Stunning. And so so so BRAVE, Lia Thomas.

Posted by: Theskepticalschnauzer aka Lonebadger at December 17, 2021 08:40 AM (h+7ej)

157 139 I bought Mrs. F. a scale for our anniversary but she didn't thank me.'
For her birthday, try a new vacuum cleaner.
Always a winner 'amongst the women folk.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Spatulas. All different sizes & materials.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 17, 2021 08:37 AM

My wife, my wife! she told she wanted to go some place she'd never been, I said "why not the kitchen???"

Posted by: Rodney D. at December 17, 2021 08:40 AM (evAgx)

158 If you melt dry ice, can you drown in it?
- Steven Wright
Posted by: Doof at December 17, 2021 08:40 AM (mZUr4)
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Hmmm. With a sufficient quantity of the stuff sublimating into gas in a closed environment, yes. Well, asphyxiate, anyway. Similar way to go, albeit slower.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 17, 2021 08:41 AM (DU+/6)

159 hiya

Posted by: JT at December 17, 2021 08:41 AM (arJlL)

160 Hiya, JT.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 17, 2021 08:41 AM (DU+/6)

161 New Hotness: Yeah J&J is poison and you shouldn't take it. It also apparently actually doesn't do anything about COVID. Ooopsie! The other vaccines are all equally safe, equally effective, and you can take any one of them. Don't you understand science?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 17, 2021 08:19 AM

I wonder if this will change anything for companies' "vaccine" mandates. My company's mandate states that you will be considered "vaccinated" if you get either the 2-shot dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna or the single dose of J&J):

I had the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccination and a Pfizer booster - which date do I report in [database]?

You should enter the last date of your initial vaccination (2nd dose for Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines, or date of single-dose for Johnson & Johnson). The company is not requiring employees to receive a booster shot or to report booster information at this time; however, we are closely monitoring developments on this issue and strongly encourage you to consider getting a booster in accordance with CDC/FDA recommendations.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 17, 2021 08:41 AM (Do5/p)

162 Happy birthday to Sponge, Fen & JJ.
Happy anniversary to TJM.
Posted by: rickb223

Seconded !

Posted by: JT at December 17, 2021 08:41 AM (arJlL)

163 The local feckless TV newsies keep repeating "holiday travel". It's CHRISTMAS you godless communists!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko gender fluid at December 17, 2021 08:41 AM (DfIbf)

164 That is not to say that we arent seeing spates of violence but rather that this new war will be fought in courts, statehouses and ballot boxes, rather than in the fields.

With the increasing irrelevance of the courts, and a quickly decaying enforcement mechanism, the court and statehouse is not the direction.

I'm seeing more pockets of Irish Democracy among a perpetually terrified population under an enduring mass delusional psychosis.

I'm still trying to wargame out in my head how that will eventually express itself in an actionable sort of way.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 17, 2021 08:42 AM (+LCoQ)

165 Hiya Mannix !

Happy Friday !

How was your interview ?

Posted by: JT at December 17, 2021 08:42 AM (arJlL)

166 What we're seeing in Baltimore and other cities like it is the complete breakdown of the family. EVEN IF a politician wanted to fix the situation there is simply now way to do it. We are now in maybe the third generation of producing feral youth who grow up angry and afraid in shithole cities where the light at the end of the tunnel just never comes... and they know it.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 17, 2021 08:43 AM (flINI)

167 77 I think in the long run, Soros may have done most of us a back-handed favor. He identified a huge flaw in the way we select our DA's, and exploited it. If people are worthy of living in a decent society, they will react - and any political party worthy of being called one will recruit good candidates, publicize the problem, and win public support. It's not hard if someone actually tries to do it.

It won't happen everywhere; but those cities which are happy with lawlessness deserve what they get.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 17, 2021 08:23 AM (evAgx)

The media will never, ever condemn this activity - they can't. What Soros did was absolutely legal, yet its purpose was clearly to subvert the prevailing understanding of justice, and its awful effects on society are clear for all to see.

Why won't it be condemned? Because if they do for Soros, they need to go back and see that the Left's efforts to subvert the 2020 Election - even though they are asserting those are 'legal' as well - are just as harmful. That gives Trump a foot in the door to declare Biden's elevation to POTUS as just as wrong - on the Left's own terms this time.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 17, 2021 08:43 AM (mdjgu)

168 If you melt dry ice, can you drown in it?

- Steven Wright
Posted by: Doof at December 17, 2021 08:40 AM (mZUr4)

Time to be That Guy:

Yes. "Melted" (i.e. sublimated) dry ice is straight CO2. Heavier than oxygen and nitrogen, it can fill your lungs and make it difficult or impossible to inhale fresh air. Much like you can "drown" if you have an Argon bottle leaking and filling the room from the ground up with heavy, de-oxygenated gas.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 17, 2021 08:43 AM (6FeV1)

169 I got a thigh master for Valentines day once.

Didja crap in his mouth while he was sleeping ?

Posted by: JT at December 17, 2021 08:43 AM (arJlL)

170 My wife returns every Christmas present I buy her, unless it is jewelry, in which case she leaves it behind when we check out of hotel rooms. So, I have given up on getting her things. She seems happy with that though I am not.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 17, 2021 08:43 AM (aWoBQ)

171 If you melt dry ice, can you drown in it?
- Steven Wright
Posted by: Doof at December 17, 2021 08:40 AM (mZUr4)
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Hmmm. With a sufficient quantity of the stuff sublimating into gas in a closed environment, yes. Well, asphyxiate, anyway. Similar way to go, albeit slower.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 17, 2021 08:41 AM (DU+/6)

Is that like actual science or something? Cuz if Lil Antny doesn't say it on an approved MSM outlet, I aint trusting it.

Posted by: Doof at December 17, 2021 08:43 AM (mZUr4)

172 >>>Now that he's killed someone, my bet is he kills again. The Arizona authorities can thrash around as much as they like, trying not to hold him responsible for the obvious fault, but they are for sure encouraging his homicidal impulses.

>Wait, Alec also shot somebody in AZ? This guy is heading for a murder/suicide.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 17, 2021 08:44 AM (r0ADi)

173 151 "It has been a decade since the passing of one of my generation's most ferocious mentors. Today, we honour him."
Thank You, Mr. Hitchens -- 10 Years On
**
I was just thinking about him yesterday, i.e., how much I miss him and what a warrior he would for free speech right now.
Posted by: Ordinary American at December 17, 2021 08:39 AM (H8QX

Don't canonize him; He was whip smart, and I appreciated a lot of what he wrote, but I never forgot that he, in his own words, was my sworn enemy. He hated Christians just as much as he hated muslims, never forget that. He would gladly have gotten rid of us just like he wanted to get rid of them. Hitchens was an ally of convenience, like Stalin was an ally in WW2.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 17, 2021 08:44 AM (evAgx)

174 "I'm deathly afraid of covid and vaccinated my kids. I'm going to move away from a state that took the threat seriously and to South Carolina with a vaccination rate in the 40s."

There will be some, but they're going to be the minority. People who like the policies of the state regarding things like covid are probably more likely to move to the sticks within that state rather than to another state.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, John Ford goes to war at December 17, 2021 08:44 AM (LvTSG)

175 My mom had been complaining about her broom needing replacing so I bought her one from a new dollar-store that had just opened up nearby. She gave me a big hug!

I think it was around Mothers' Day though and definitely not her December 1st birthday.

BTW, was it one of those fancy 'talking' scales??
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 17, 2021 08:28 AM (UHVv4)

missus got mad at me one day and swore that for her next birthday there better be something that went from 0 to 200 in under 5 seconds in the driveway the next birfday.

I wrapped a scale...

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at December 17, 2021 08:45 AM (8D42x)

176 If you melt dry ice, can you drown in it?
- Steven Wright
Posted by: Doof at December 17, 2021 08:40 AM (mZUr4)
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Hmmm. With a sufficient quantity of the stuff sublimating into gas in a closed environment, yes. Well, asphyxiate, anyway. Similar way to go, albeit slower.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 17, 2021 08:41 AM

Hmmm, is this what they did in Real Genius when they turned their dormitory into a winter wonderland and then it suddenly all turned into gas.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 17, 2021 08:45 AM (Do5/p)

177 Happy Friday !

How was your interview ?
Posted by: JT at December 17, 2021 08:42 AM (arJlL)
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Thanks, and to you!

And it went well. Well enough to result in an offer. I don't have paperwork yet and the position won't start for a couple of months, but the process is underway. I'm pretty pleased. It's not a promotion (essentially the same money and relative org chart placement), but with much better leadership and significantly more interesting work.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 17, 2021 08:46 AM (DU+/6)

178 Truck Monkey gets it. There is no rational end to our problems because the mass feralization of our society has gone unchecked since 65. And, as has been pointed out, it's not just urban decay but the so-called educated coming out of our colleges. There are no barbarians at the gate, they are among us. Charlie is in the wire.

Posted by: Goliad's Ghosts at December 17, 2021 08:46 AM (QZ/dC)

179 A chyron writer here effed up. There's a report of, "Local media say Osaka police are investigating the fire as a possible arson" but no first paragraph or sentence saying what burned down and, possibly, its casualty rate.

Via DDG... oh, geeze, it's big.

At least 27 people were feared dead after a fire swept through a psychiatry clinic in the Japanese city of Osaka on Friday, and media said police were investigating suspected arson.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 17, 2021 08:46 AM (UHVv4)

180 166 What we're seeing in Baltimore and other cities like it is the complete breakdown of the family. EVEN IF a politician wanted to fix the situation there is simply now way to do it. We are now in maybe the third generation of producing feral youth who grow up angry and afraid in shithole cities where the light at the end of the tunnel just never comes... and they know it.
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 17, 2021 08:43 AM (flINI)

which means it's past time to pull any outside funding of the disfunction, and time to just let those hellholes die.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 17, 2021 08:46 AM (evAgx)

181 There will be some, but they're going to be the minority.

I have a friend whose brother is a complete Branch Covidian. The brother owns a house in NY and one in FL.

He is sure everyone will get COVID and die if they don't get every shot/booster/mask all the time.

But...he has no problem going to the FL house in the winter and...just went on a cruise ship.

These people are insane.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 17, 2021 08:46 AM (ESjRY)

182 180 which means it's past time to pull any outside funding of the disfunction, and time to just let those hellholes die.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 17, 2021 08:46 AM (evAgx)

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Snake Plissken is back in...Escape from Baltimore.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, John Ford goes to war at December 17, 2021 08:47 AM (LvTSG)

183 Admit it-don't you all miss Namath, the Shat, and JJ Walker since the Medicare Supplement Season has passed?

Posted by: Last Man Sitting at December 17, 2021 08:47 AM (JPtHE)

184 Wait, Alec also shot somebody in AZ? This guy is heading for a murder/suicide.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 17, 2021 08:44 AM (r0ADi)
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did I get the state wrong? Sorry- I guess I should have said New Mexico.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 17, 2021 08:47 AM (aWoBQ)

185 And it went well. Well enough to result in an offer. I don't have paperwork yet and the position won't start for a couple of months, but the process is underway. I'm pretty pleased. It's not a promotion (essentially the same money and relative org chart placement), but with much better leadership and significantly more interesting work.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

Nice !

Best of luck !

Posted by: JT at December 17, 2021 08:47 AM (arJlL)

186 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 17, 2021 08:41 AM (DU+/6)

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 17, 2021 08:43 AM (6FeV1)

I bet you guys are awesome as comedy club hecklers!

Posted by: Doof at December 17, 2021 08:47 AM (mZUr4)

187 "I'm deathly afraid of covid and vaccinated my kids. I'm going to move away from a state that took the threat seriously and to South Carolina with a vaccination rate in the 40s."

Throw them into a spiritual crisis by describing that action as Colonizing and delegitimizing the native culture.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 17, 2021 08:48 AM (+LCoQ)

188 I just watched the Chevy commercial. Dang! It's dusty in here.

If Chevy wanted to make a fortune, they'd reproduce those very same cars with the same externals and modern tech under the hood. Who wouldn't want to drive a car like that!

Posted by: Biden's Dog at December 17, 2021 08:48 AM (Lr8SV)

189 177 Happy Friday !

How was your interview ?
Posted by: JT at December 17, 2021 08:42 AM (arJlL)
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Thanks, and to you!

And it went well. Well enough to result in an offer. I don't have paperwork yet and the position won't start for a couple of months, but the process is underway. I'm pretty pleased. It's not a promotion (essentially the same money and relative org chart placement), but with much better leadership and significantly more interesting work.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 17, 2021 08:46 AM (DU+/6)

Congratulations, Joe.

I've got a phone interview later today myself. I'm out of practice, so I'd like prayers of support to get me through it. Could be a great opportunity.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 17, 2021 08:48 AM (mdjgu)

190 We are now in maybe the third generation of producing feral youth who grow up angry and afraid in shithole cities where the light at the end of the tunnel just never comes... and they know it.
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report

Light at end of tunnel is muzzle flash.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 17, 2021 08:48 AM (uXonU)

191 If you melt dry ice, can you drown in it?
- Steven Wright
Posted by: Doof at December 17, 2021 08:40 AM (mZUr4)

did you know you can't drown a fish?

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at December 17, 2021 08:48 AM (8D42x)

192 187 Throw them into a spiritual crisis by describing that action as Colonizing and delegitimizing the native culture.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 17, 2021 08:48 AM (+LCoQ)

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"Imperialism is fine when we force natives to embrace transgenderism."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, John Ford goes to war at December 17, 2021 08:48 AM (LvTSG)

193 He hated Christians just as much as he hated muslims, never forget that.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 17, 2021 08:44 AM (evAgx)

That's incorrect. And I personally don't care about his thoughts on religion. He was a totally fearless champion of free speech -- including for Christians.

His debates on religion with Dinesh were highly civil and quite edifying. I don't believe he "hated" anybody -- with the possible exception of mass-murdering totalitarians and their corrupt enablers.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 17, 2021 08:48 AM (H8QX8)

194 We are now in maybe the third generation of producing feral youth who grow up angry and afraid in shithole cities where the light at the end of the tunnel just never comes... and they know it.
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 17, 2021 08:43 AM (flINI)

Concur. These feral utes will be pushed aside as the illegal invaders take their place in the food chain.
I am surprised but not really that black leaders do not see the societal extinction which young black males are heading for full throttle. Lives of ignorance, crime, prison and death.
Could be a country song title.

More coffee.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 17, 2021 08:49 AM (tMjLZ)

195 What we're seeing in Baltimore and other cities like it is the complete breakdown of the family. EVEN IF a politician wanted to fix the situation there is simply now way to do it. We are now in maybe the third generation of producing feral youth who grow up angry and afraid in shithole cities where the light at the end of the tunnel just never comes... and they know it.
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 17, 2021 08:43 AM (flINI)
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It will take 1.5 generations to fix it, but it will be disruptive. End no-fault divorce, equalize alimony obligations between the sexes (or end alimony altogether), end default female custody, end massive financial incentives for the creation of illegitimate children and end abortion. It'll be a really bad first decade as people learn some very hard lessons, but it would probably work.

While we're at it, I'll take "Things that will never ever happen for $1,000, Alex."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 17, 2021 08:49 AM (DU+/6)

196 I've got a phone interview later today myself. I'm out of practice, so I'd like prayers of support to get me through it. Could be a great opportunity.
Posted by: Darrell Harris

Okay.

Good luck !

Posted by: JT at December 17, 2021 08:49 AM (arJlL)

197 The dark money behind the dark people behind these dark movements against the sovereignty of our divine nation are very concerning, and barely peak the interest or comprise the knowledge of much of the citizenry--as it is by design. But one day the twig will snap with authentic patriots and citizens. .. .. . .and it will be a horrible day. . . . . .very, very, good people being forced into performing a horrible daunting task. And these dark people behind these dark efforts have no idea of what is coming.

"Soros don't surf. . ."

Posted by: H8 Marxist Rat Bastards & Hungarian struessel at December 17, 2021 08:49 AM (7P5a9)

198 I was kidding about dry ice, I thought we had enough chemistry yesterday. By the way, how did the young man do on his exams?

Posted by: Goliad's Ghosts at December 17, 2021 08:49 AM (QZ/dC)

199 Prayer for safety please.

My car goes in the shop tomorrow.
Today I have to ride the light rail from downtown to the north end. I'm scared. I have to leave now for the water taxi to downtown, then walk five blocks downtown then hop on the rail. It's dark and the bums are getting more and more brazen in their attacks on people. The rail station is on third avenue. The most dangerous street in the city.

Thank
You.

And yes, I've got my peppery spray and my wits about me.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 17, 2021 08:49 AM (U2p+3)

200 I've got a phone interview later today myself. I'm out of practice, so I'd like prayers of support to get me through it. Could be a great opportunity.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 17, 2021 08:48 AM (mdjgu)
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Absolutely. Prayers up, and good luck.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 17, 2021 08:50 AM (DU+/6)

201 Don't canonize him; He was whip smart, and I appreciated a lot of what he wrote, but I never forgot that he, in his own words, was my sworn enemy. He hated Christians just as much as he hated muslims, never forget that. He would gladly have gotten rid of us just like he wanted to get rid of them. Hitchens was an ally of convenience, like Stalin was an ally in WW2.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 17, 2021 08:44 AM (evAgx)

Yes, quite the tongue-swallowing atheist. I believe I read somewhere of a brother who is actually quite faithful. Can't recall where, though. Interesting family dynamic.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 17, 2021 08:50 AM (dfRN6)

202 Progressives are too comfortable doing what they are doing. There is no consequence of pain.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 17, 2021 08:50 AM (XjHVC)

203 think Newt tried to talk about Soros on Fox one day and got cut off immediately.

He did, yet Tucker and Hannity can talked about him all they want. Strange.
Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 17, 2021 08:33 AM (nxdel)
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Not only them, but everyone on FNC seems to have no problem bringing up Soros and his corruption and their disdain for him.
It's like they're not afraid of Soros or getting sued.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 17, 2021 08:50 AM (NpAcC)

204 And yes, I've got my peppery spray and my wits about me.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 17, 2021 08:49 AM (U2p+3)

Nurse, prayers up for you.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 17, 2021 08:51 AM (mdjgu)

205 Well enough to result in an offer. I don't have paperwork yet and the position won't start for a couple of months, but the process is underway. I'm pretty pleased. It's not a promotion (essentially the same money and relative org chart placement), but with much better leadership and significantly more interesting work.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 17, 2021 08:46 AM (DU+/6)

congrat Joe. that's good news.

and prayers up Darrell. who wouldn't want a sasquatch on their work team?

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at December 17, 2021 08:51 AM (8D42x)

206 I bet you guys are awesome as comedy club hecklers!
Posted by: Doof at December 17, 2021 08:47 AM (mZUr4)
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LOL! There's no point and when I got to a comedy club (it's been a while, since most modern "comedians" aren't worth paying for), I want to have fun. If a comic really sucks, just sitting there and not reacting is more than good enough. If the comic is deliberately offensive and unfunny, I walk out. Sometimes they try to heckle people who walk out, and only then will I respond.

Getting argumentative with a stranger on stage who doesn't affect my life strikes me as a really weird use of my time.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 17, 2021 08:52 AM (DU+/6)

207 Stock market headed lower today, and the daily stress could soon result in a stampede for the exits, which means an even bigger drop is coming. Some idiot was posting here only a couple weeks ago claiming the "Biden economy" couldn't possibly be as bad as we were claiming, because the market was so high.

Guess his views have changed!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 17, 2021 08:52 AM (aWoBQ)

208 Prayers up, Nurse !

Posted by: JT at December 17, 2021 08:52 AM (arJlL)

209 207 Stock market headed lower today, and the daily stress could soon result in a stampede for the exits, which means an even bigger drop is coming. Some idiot was posting here only a couple weeks ago claiming the "Biden economy" couldn't possibly be as bad as we were claiming, because the market was so high.

Guess his views have changed!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 17, 2021 08:52 AM (aWoBQ)

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Anyone who says that the stock market is reflective of the overall economy is a silly goose.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, John Ford goes to war at December 17, 2021 08:53 AM (LvTSG)

210 We are now in maybe the third generation of producing feral youth who grow up angry and afraid in shithole cities where the light at the end of the tunnel just never comes... and they know it.
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report

Light at end of tunnel is muzzle flash.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 17, 2021 08:48 AM (uXonU)

light at the end of the tunnel is Vader with a lit lightsaber...

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at December 17, 2021 08:53 AM (8D42x)

211 Also, where is the outrage when blacks wholesale slaughter each other in inner city shooting ranges every year? I hate to say that we don't care but, ... we don't care. This has been going on too long and it is now a feature and not a bug

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 17, 2021 08:53 AM (flINI)

212 #175 LOL, Sturm.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 17, 2021 08:54 AM (UHVv4)

213 Yes. "Melted" (i.e. sublimated) dry ice is straight CO2.

So basically they are destroying the Earth with this existential threat of CO2 release every time they transport a Vaxx?

We are killing off our children's future by selfishly expecting a Vaxx to be delivered to us?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 17, 2021 08:54 AM (+LCoQ)

214 prayers Nurse.

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at December 17, 2021 08:54 AM (8D42x)

215 Cops respond to incentives, too.

If arresting someone in a diner who's peacefully protesting the ridiculous vaxx laws is going to keep an officer from being hounded by the media, versus the very real threat of going to to jail for arresting violent offenders, which road is an officer going to take?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (RrjYy) at December 17, 2021 08:54 AM (RrjYy)

216
...they'd reproduce those very same cars with the same externals and modern tech under the hood. Who wouldn't want to drive a car like that!

Posted by: Biden's Dog at December 17, 2021 08:48 AM

honestly, if Ford would built new 1987 F-150s without all the modern tech, I'd drive the shit out of that

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 17, 2021 08:54 AM (DUIap)

217 Stock indices were indicators of the economy years ago. One only has to look at which companies n make up the indexes to understand why it doesn't anymore. Hint - none of them make anything.

Posted by: Goliad's Ghosts at December 17, 2021 08:55 AM (QZ/dC)

218 Kim Kardashian has passed the baby bar law exam in California.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 17, 2021 08:55 AM (NpAcC)

219 Posted by: Kurt at December 17, 2021 08:54 AM (CQf6i)

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Except when Republicans do it then it's a human rights violation.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, John Ford goes to war at December 17, 2021 08:55 AM (LvTSG)

220 Posted by: nurse ratched at December 17, 2021 08:49 AM (U2p+3)
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Nurse, any chance an Uber from the water taxi station might be a better choice? I know the expense discourages, but it is short term until your car is ready.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 17, 2021 08:56 AM (aWoBQ)

221 Good morning, J.J.

Oh great, my first post of the day is just below that idiot, Kurt.

I see Kurt thinks gerrymandering is okay. Of course, as long as things are gerrymandered in the same direction as his godless commie buddies, it's all good.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (RrjYy) at December 17, 2021 08:56 AM (RrjYy)

222 210 We are now in maybe the third generation of producing feral youth who grow up angry and afraid in shithole cities where the light at the end of the tunnel just never comes... and they know it.
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report

Sort of like England after the Labor Party took over.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 17, 2021 08:56 AM (H8QX8)

223 And yes, I've got my peppery spray and my wits about me.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 17, 2021 08:49 AM (U2p+3)
**********
Prayers sent.... get yourself some brass knuckles

Posted by: redridinghood at December 17, 2021 08:57 AM (NpAcC)

224 188 I just watched the Chevy commercial. Dang! It's dusty in here.

If Chevy wanted to make a fortune, they'd reproduce those very same cars with the same externals and modern tech under the hood. Who wouldn't want to drive a car like that!
Posted by: Biden's Dog at December 17, 2021 08:48 AM (Lr8SV)"

First time I saw that ad, I said to the wife "Of COURSE they had to go back to the 60's for a car that anyone would be interested in driving!" Chevy hasn't built anything worth having in a good 30 years now. It's a good weepy commercial, but the underlying message is "pay no attention to what we're building now, look at what we did 50 years ago!"

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 17, 2021 08:57 AM (evAgx)

225 They are not making energy more climate oriented. They are consolidating energy into state hands.

Posted by: squid_hunt at December 17, 2021 08:57 AM (7MBHe)

226 Admit it-don't you all miss Namath, the Shat, and JJ Walker since the Medicare Supplement Season has passed?
Posted by: Last Man Sitting at December 17, 2021 08:47 AM (JPtHE)

Those were sooooo irritating!

Posted by: Captain Hate won't forget Michael Byrd Murdered Ashli Babbitt at December 17, 2021 08:58 AM (y7DUB)

227 Prayers offered, Nurse.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (RrjYy) at December 17, 2021 08:58 AM (RrjYy)

228 >>>Kim Kardashian has passed the baby bar law exam in California.

>She's working on getting her next life-partner released from prison for good behavior.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 17, 2021 08:58 AM (r0ADi)

229 First healthcare and now the afghani -- the value of Afghanistan's currency tumbles!

Maybe they can start using weapons and materiel as currency as #68 SturmToddler suggests!

Kebab street merchant: By Allah's nuts, do you have anything smaller than an American .50-cal? I just opened.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 17, 2021 08:58 AM (UHVv4)

230 Joe Rogan is really getting to Ace level social commentary.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 17, 2021 08:58 AM (aWoBQ)

231 151 "It has been a decade since the passing of one of my generation's most ferocious mentors. Today, we honour him."
Thank You, Mr. Hitchens -- 10 Years On
**
I was just thinking about him yesterday, i.e., how much I miss him and what a warrior he would for free speech right now.
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I ran into him at Heathtrow Airport. Interesting guy. I did enjoy his writing and focus.

Posted by: Puddin Head at December 17, 2021 08:58 AM (tiR3O)

232 honestly, if Ford would built new 1987 F-150s without all the modern tech, I'd drive the shit out of that
Posted by: AltonJackson

This is exactly why i have a 2001 ford pickup and a 2003 durango. Anything newer i will have more trouble fixing myself. So, ducttape and salvage motors are the coin of my realm. My wife has a thing for snazzy shiny new stuff, but I find my old rides to be gold beyond measure

Posted by: Theskepticalschnauzer aka Lonebadger at December 17, 2021 08:59 AM (h+7ej)

233 honestly, if Ford would built new 1987 F-150s without all the modern tech, I'd drive the shit out of that
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 17, 2021 08:54 AM (DUIap)
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I think the sweet spot for just about everyone but GM was the late 90s. The cars had the benefits of modern production, electronic control and engineering without crossing over into the unserviceable absurd for no major quality benefit. The cars in the late 90s were reliable, had enough electronics and technology to keep running nicely absent constant tinkering and ease diagnosis, were well-manufactured and designed, were pretty fuel-efficient, were quiet, were safe, etc. The only major progress since then has been in gadgets (which are no so voluminous that they have crossed over into being a continuous distraction) and in safety. Much of the safety advance doesn't depend on the high-tech whiz-bangery that makes them impossible to work on.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 17, 2021 08:59 AM (DU+/6)

234 TGIF!

Visiting family in CO, and I am shocked to discover a local morning news show that -- get this! -- does not have a covid theme to every story. How is it possible they are back to the usual fluff and fun of reporting on local sports, upcoming concerts and Christmas events, and so on?! Ahhhhhh, embrace the normality!

Posted by: Lizzy at December 17, 2021 08:59 AM (URNdm)

235 honestly, if Ford would built new 1987 F-150s without all the modern tech, I'd drive the shit out of that
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 17, 2021 08:54 AM (DUIap)

I'm having electrical issues with my Jetta. I swear life was simpler when cars weren't computer controlled. we were able to actually work on the cars. i miss that ability.

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at December 17, 2021 08:59 AM (8D42x)

236 We don't need to gerrymander. We need an enforcement squad at the polls to kill anyone who does not vote democrat. After the first few, people learn to vote correctly.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at December 17, 2021 08:59 AM (XjHVC)

237 It's Poop Francis's birthday today too! I wonder if Joe sent him another gift??

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 17, 2021 09:00 AM (UHVv4)

238 Kebab street merchant: By Allah's nuts, do you have anything smaller than an American .50-cal? I just opened.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 17, 2021 08:58 AM (UHVv4)

A vending machine that takes small caliber bullets instead of coins....

"Three .22LR for a feckin' Pop-Tart? Get out of here...."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 17, 2021 09:01 AM (6FeV1)

239 It's Poop Francis's birthday today too! I wonder if Joe sent him another gift??

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 17, 2021 09:00 AM (UHVv4)

Maybe a vacuum cleaner. Or a Thigh Master.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 17, 2021 09:01 AM (45fpk)

240
Anyone who says that the stock market is reflective of the overall economy is a silly goose.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, John Ford goes to war at December 17, 2021 08:53 AM (LvTSG)

I think I wrote a couple days ago that stock market levels are simply a reflection of how much free cash is floating around the system, looking for a temporary place to park. Now that people are realizing that the BBB bill is dead, they see that about $5 Trillion in anticipated free cash just got sucked out of the system.

Now it might be a real shift, or the Fed may make up for that shortfall behind the scenes. Watch the markets to find out which way its going.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 17, 2021 09:01 AM (evAgx)

241 Wait, Alec also shot somebody in AZ? This guy is heading for a murder/suicide.
Posted by: Dr. Bone
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did I get the state wrong? Sorry- I guess I should have said New Mexico.
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Serial killer! Is Utah next??!!

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 17, 2021 09:01 AM (UHVv4)

242 >>I was just thinking about him yesterday, i.e., how much I miss him and what a warrior he would for free speech right now.

Right? He would have been so much fun from 2016 election on, given his hatred of the Clintons (and former friend Blumenthal, with his email shenanigans) and his likely piercing but honest takes on Trump and the rest of DC's bananas behavior.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 17, 2021 09:01 AM (URNdm)

243 Hiya Grammie !

Posted by: JT at December 17, 2021 09:02 AM (arJlL)

244 I'm having electrical issues with my Jetta. I swear life was simpler when cars weren't computer controlled. we were able to actually work on the cars. i miss that ability.
Posted by: SturmToddler

**

The funny part? It's pretty much ALL emissions related. Everything we might've "saved" via emissions we've consumed - and then some - with the added weight, manufacture and installation, shipping, lost productivity, etc.

It's almost like physical laws govern nature or something.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Did you know the kids vaccine formula wasn't tested at all? at December 17, 2021 09:02 AM (hsOar)

245 194 Concur. These feral utes will be pushed aside as the illegal invaders take their place in the food chain.
I am surprised but not really that black leaders do not see the societal extinction which young black males are heading for full throttle. Lives of ignorance, crime, prison and death.
Could be a country song title.

More coffee.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 17, 2021 08:49 AM (tMjLZ)

******
IMO, the best post of the thread so far

Posted by: H8 Marxist Rat Bastards & Hungarian struessel at December 17, 2021 09:02 AM (7P5a9)

246 Hiya JT!

Posted by: grammie winger at December 17, 2021 09:02 AM (45fpk)

247 First healthcare and now the afghani -- the value of Afghanistan's currency tumbles!

Maybe they can start using weapons and materiel as currency as #68 SturmToddler suggests!

Kebab street merchant: By Allah's nuts, do you have anything smaller than an American .50-cal? I just opened.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 17, 2021 08:58 AM (UHVv4)

what's the exchange rate between .308, .45, 9mm, and .223?

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at December 17, 2021 09:03 AM (8D42x)

248 I've got a phone interview later today myself. I'm out of practice, so I'd like prayers of support to get me through it. Could be a great opportunity.
Posted by: Darrell Harris
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Sending prayers...I'm sure you'll do great.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 17, 2021 09:03 AM (NpAcC)

249 Redfin to block crime data?

Deliberately hiding crime statistics from users does not seem like a pro-growth way to market your information service.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 17, 2021 09:03 AM (aWoBQ)

250 250 Redfin to block crime data?

Deliberately hiding crime statistics from users does not seem like a pro-growth way to market your information service.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 17, 2021 09:03 AM (aWoBQ)

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Well, neither is embracing social justice.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, John Ford goes to war at December 17, 2021 09:04 AM (LvTSG)

251 The funny part? It's pretty much ALL emissions related. Everything we might've "saved" via emissions we've consumed - and then some - with the added weight, manufacture and installation, shipping, lost productivity, etc.

It's almost like physical laws govern nature or something.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Did you know the kids vaccine formula wasn't tested at all? at December 17, 2021 09:02 AM (hsOar)

Laws are racist

-- BLM

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at December 17, 2021 09:04 AM (8D42x)

252 If Hitchens were alive today he'd be tearing into Biden with nonpareil gusto. And the Left would have to feature him because he's Hitchens.

Posted by: Ordinary American at December 17, 2021 09:04 AM (H8QX8)

253 The absolute best modern car commercial is the one for the new Jeep (owned by Italian Fiat) Wagoneer.

The entire commercial is all THE FLAG and 'Murica and how awesome America is and this is why there's a flag on the side of the Jeep (owned by Fiat) and did we mention how awesome America is and oh yeah here are some more flags and THE FLAG IS AWESOME.

And at the bottom is "Assembled in Michigan from foreign parts"

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Did you know the kids vaccine formula wasn't tested at all? at December 17, 2021 09:04 AM (hsOar)

254 A vending machine that takes small caliber bullets instead of coins....

"Three .22LR for a feckin' Pop-Tart? Get out of here...."
Posted by: Warai-otoko

What am I going to do with 2,600 pop tarts?

Posted by: rickb223 at December 17, 2021 09:05 AM (uXonU)

255 I've got a phone interview later today myself. I'm out of practice, so I'd like prayers of support to get me through it. Could be a great opportunity.

Word of advice - if I am the hiring manager I want to hear how you are going to help me succeed in getting my team's work done and examples of successes YOU have had in your career.

EG: I had this idea, convinced management to do it, and it saved us 10%, or increased sales 10% or whatever.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 17, 2021 09:05 AM (ESjRY)

256 I was happy when US Auto Makers discovered how to design and manufacture a car door like the Germans. Jeebus, do you remember the car doors of the 70s?

Posted by: Puddin Head at December 17, 2021 09:05 AM (tiR3O)

257 And at the bottom is "Assembled in Michigan from foreign parts"
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Did you know the kids vaccine formula wasn't tested at all? at December 17, 2021 09:04 AM (hsOar)

Get some little Italian flag stickers.... one with the hoist on the right....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 17, 2021 09:05 AM (6FeV1)

258 Car question:

Anyone know anything about the Tucker Torpedo?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, John Ford goes to war at December 17, 2021 09:05 AM (LvTSG)

259 Prayers for your safety nurse!

Posted by: Jewells45 deplorablethug#FJB at December 17, 2021 09:05 AM (nxdel)

260 Well this is a first. My Amazon Kindle deals of the day include the Holy Bible. Never saw that before.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 17, 2021 09:06 AM (45fpk)

261 The funny part? It's pretty much ALL emissions related. Everything we might've "saved" via emissions we've consumed - and then some - with the added weight, manufacture and installation, shipping, lost productivity, etc.

It's almost like physical laws govern nature or something.

And the Canary Island volcano that has been going for several months, just went dark last Monday

Posted by: Reuben Hick at December 17, 2021 09:06 AM (+LCoQ)

262 What am I going to do with 2,600 pop tarts?
Posted by: rickb223 at December 17, 2021 09:05 AM (uXonU)

Wait three weeks and trade them back for four .22LR a pop.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 17, 2021 09:06 AM (6FeV1)

263 >>Well this is a first. My Amazon Kindle deals of the day include the Holy Bible. Never saw that before.

Has it been edited to remove "hate speech"?

Posted by: Lizzy at December 17, 2021 09:06 AM (URNdm)

264 Adam Jenne, who was flying to Washington, D.C., from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., said.
Man Banned From Airline After Wearing Thong for a Face Mask

Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear thongs. On their faces.

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw at December 17, 2021 09:06 AM (II3Gr)

265 254 The absolute best modern car commercial is the one for the new Jeep (owned by Italian Fiat) Wagoneer.

The entire commercial is all THE FLAG and 'Murica and how awesome America is and this is why there's a flag on the side of the Jeep (owned by Fiat) and did we mention how awesome America is and oh yeah here are some more flags and THE FLAG IS AWESOME.

And at the bottom is "Assembled in Michigan from foreign parts"
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They are basically a CHiCom Bruce Springstein car. My son has one and they are pieces of shit.

Posted by: Puddin Head at December 17, 2021 09:07 AM (tiR3O)

266 257 I was happy when US Auto Makers discovered how to design and manufacture a car door like the Germans. Jeebus, do you remember the car doors of the 70s?
Posted by: Puddin Head at December 17, 2021 09:05 AM (tiR3O)

the first car I remember was my dad's old '56 four door Ford. Looked great; but it had the little quirk that, if you slammed the front door with all the windows rolled up, one of the back doors would pop open. Real safe.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 17, 2021 09:07 AM (evAgx)

267 I think I wrote a couple days ago that stock market levels are simply a reflection of how much free cash is floating around the system, looking for a temporary place to park. Now that people are realizing that the BBB bill is dead, they see that about $5 Trillion in anticipated free cash just got sucked out of the system.

Now it might be a real shift, or the Fed may make up for that shortfall behind the scenes. Watch the markets to find out which way its going.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 17, 2021 09:01 AM

If/when the Fed stops buying up nearly everything Treasury puts out it will come to a screeching halt. Right now they are our largest creditor after social security. They hold over $6 TRILLION in US debt.

Posted by: Mister Scot (Formerly GWS) at December 17, 2021 09:08 AM (bVYXr)

268 Well this is a first. My Amazon Kindle deals of the day include the Holy Bible. Never saw that before.
Posted by: grammie winger

That's God talking to you.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 17, 2021 09:08 AM (uXonU)

269 Has it been edited to remove "hate speech"?

Posted by: Lizzy at December 17, 2021 09:06 AM (URNdm)

That'd be something if it got past unscathed, eh?

Posted by: grammie winger at December 17, 2021 09:08 AM (45fpk)

270 259 Car question:

Anyone know anything about the Tucker Torpedo?
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I saw the movie. Never seen the car, though. It reminded me of the Studebaker model that both ends looked like the front.

Posted by: Puddin Head at December 17, 2021 09:08 AM (tiR3O)

271 I have an '02 TJ. I love that thing. Can be a bit cranky, but has really never let me down in a major way.

GF had a '17 Grand Cherokee. Biggest hunk of useless falling apart shit i've ever seen. She got rid of it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 17, 2021 09:08 AM (6FeV1)

272 what's the exchange rate between .308, .45, 9mm, and .223?
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Done by weight? I always see hand-scales in shows about Mideast etc. markets.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 17, 2021 09:09 AM (UHVv4)

273 Mrs. Ghost needed a gift card for a work exchange so we went into Athleta - holy hell the size of the mannequins in there would make Abrams proud - both Stacy and the actual tank. And when did nearly every female of any size or shape start wearing exercise pants to the mall? For every miracle of nature there are more than a few, what were you thinking moments.

Posted by: Goliad's Ghosts at December 17, 2021 09:09 AM (QZ/dC)

274 >>That'd be something if it got past unscathed, eh?

*puts on tinfoil hate*

Given Amazon's ability to edit or delete content on one's kindle, wouldn't it be diabolical to get people using kindle Bibles and then start tweaking the text? Heh, I have read too many dystopian novels.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 17, 2021 09:10 AM (URNdm)

275 The Spectator article on the Garland Gulag is depressing as hell. America has come to this? Unbelievable.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 17, 2021 09:11 AM (aWoBQ)

276 Fiat = Fix It Again Tony

Posted by: rickb223 at December 17, 2021 09:11 AM (uXonU)

277 That'd be something if it got past unscathed, eh?

*puts on tinfoil hate*

Given Amazon's ability to edit or delete content on one's kindle, wouldn't it be diabolical to get people using kindle Bibles and then start tweaking the text? Heh, I have read too many dystopian novels.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 17, 2021 09:10 AM (URNdm)

that's an accurate typo...

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at December 17, 2021 09:11 AM (8D42x)

278 U-Penn Parents Plead with NCAA to Change Rules After Trans Swimmer Dominates Women's Competition

Did they refer the parents to mental services as well?

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw at December 17, 2021 09:12 AM (II3Gr)

279 mental *health* services

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw at December 17, 2021 09:12 AM (II3Gr)

280 Has any president been treated with the vicious hatred Donald Trump has received?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at December 17, 2021 09:12 AM (eGTCV)

281 Hate to say it but far too many cops won't bust the drug deal because they're paid off by the dealers to look the other way.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 17, 2021 08:13 AM

Pretty much the storyline of the movie "American Gangster" with Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe. Richie Roberts worked with Frank Lucas (after Richie Roberts arrested him) to put something like 50% (?) of the NYC police force in prison for corruption related to drug crime.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 17, 2021 09:12 AM (Do5/p)

282 Now it might be a real shift, or the Fed may make up for that shortfall behind the scenes. Watch the markets to find out which way its going.
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As with everything Obama, real problems are the plan, projected corrections are for the next administration. Powell created the mess. He is not gonna fix it, but he will say he is. Can anyone point to one good thing Obama ever did for working America? Just one.

Posted by: Puddin Head at December 17, 2021 09:13 AM (tiR3O)

283 >>Mrs. Ghost needed a gift card for a work exchange so we went into Athleta - holy hell the size of the mannequins in there would make Abrams proud - both Stacy and the actual tank. And when did nearly every female of any size or shape start wearing exercise pants to the mall? For every miracle of nature there are more than a few, what were you thinking moments.

This.
Saw this at a Nike outlet store when doing back to school shopping. They had an Abrams-sized mannequin in yogawear on a platform right by the checkout line. Could not be more prominent. 300lbs is not healthy, and why do they keep pushing this image of the obese doing yoga -- do they?

Posted by: Lizzy at December 17, 2021 09:13 AM (URNdm)

284 281 Has any president been treated with the vicious hatred Donald Trump has received?
Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at December 17, 2021 09:12 AM (eGTCV)

Davis.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 17, 2021 09:13 AM (6FeV1)

285 Hey JJ, are you speaking Okey Dokey yet?

Posted by: Puddin Head at December 17, 2021 09:14 AM (tiR3O)

286 Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 17, 2021 08:48 AM (mdjgu)

Will pray for you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 17, 2021 09:15 AM (YU1v7)

287 271 259 Car question:

Anyone know anything about the Tucker Torpedo?
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I saw the movie. Never seen the car, though. It reminded me of the Studebaker model that both ends looked like the front.
Posted by: Puddin Head at December 17, 2021 09:08 AM (tiR3O)

not surprising most of us have never seen one, Tucker only built about 50. Someone found one in an old garage in Ohio recently, it sold for $3 million!

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 17, 2021 09:15 AM (evAgx)

288 279 U-Penn Parents Plead with NCAA to Change Rules After Trans Swimmer Dominates Women's Competition

Did they refer the parents to mental services as well?
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Looks like the Crazy Quakers have taken out the Mainline Quakers - again.

Posted by: Puddin Head at December 17, 2021 09:15 AM (tiR3O)

289 I'm glad some brave soul sat through that Hillary Clinton "master class" and reported on it, so the rest of us don't have to suffer through the trauma, or the tedium, of it.

I did enjoy the part where Hillz boasts about her negotiating skill. Ah, that elite Yale Law training wasn't wasted after all, eh Hillz?

An example of her great "negotiating" skill: just after the 9/11 attacks, GW Bush asked Sen. Hillz how much federal money she wanted for NY, and she told him $20 million, and he gave it to her. Wow! That was so cagey and tough! How did she manage it! What a gal! Just imagine how effective a president she would have been with that level of skill!

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at December 17, 2021 09:15 AM (k4dH2)

290 280 mental *health* services
Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw

How Soviet.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at December 17, 2021 09:16 AM (0chEi)

291 Anyone know anything about the Tucker Torpedo?

*blushes*

Posted by: Mrs. Carlson at December 17, 2021 09:16 AM (II3Gr)

292 288 I saw the movie. Never seen the car, though. It reminded me of the Studebaker model that both ends looked like the front.
Posted by: Puddin Head at December 17, 2021 09:08 AM (tiR3O)

not surprising most of us have never seen one, Tucker only built about 50. Someone found one in an old garage in Ohio recently, it sold for $3 million!
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 17, 2021 09:15 AM (evAgx)

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I watched the movie without knowing that it was based on real life, assuming it was fiction. The fact that something like 48 of them are still operational interested me.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, John Ford goes to war at December 17, 2021 09:16 AM (LvTSG)

293 not surprising most of us have never seen one, Tucker only built about 50. Someone found one in an old garage in Ohio recently, it sold for $3 million!
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Wow. I have never found an arrow head and I've been looking forever.

Posted by: Puddin Head at December 17, 2021 09:16 AM (tiR3O)

294 The funny part? It's pretty much ALL emissions related. Everything we might've "saved" via emissions we've consumed - and then some - with the added weight, manufacture and installation, shipping, lost productivity, etc. ...
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Did you know the kids vaccine formula wasn't tested at all? at December 17, 2021 09:02 AM (hsOar)
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It's a form of monomania, similar in essence to what we see with the COVID response and "vax and nothing else" approaches. The only thing that exists is emissions at the tailpipe. The all-in energy equation - which is absolutely vital at civilization scale - is hopelessly upside down. The amount of energy it takes to manufacture an automobile is enormous. You're unlikely to burn more energy in the life of a car than was consumed in its manufacture and transport.

The "greenest" care on the road is a well-maintained used car. The energy balance of keeping an old car running is usually better than replacing that old car with a new one just to get lower emissions or better fuel economy. For this reason, my V8-powered Lincoln (third owner) has a better lifetime energy equation so far than my Hyundai four-banger (first owner).

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 17, 2021 09:17 AM (DU+/6)

295 "One dirty little secret is the number of personnel who have already been processed and discharged for failure to take the vaccine,"

The purge continues ...

Posted by: illiniwek at December 17, 2021 09:17 AM (Cus5s)

296 This sounds interesting. "British national held in custody suspected of being drunk on British freighter that collided with a Danish freighter."

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 17, 2021 09:17 AM (UHVv4)

297 297 This sounds interesting. "British national held in custody suspected of being drunk on British freighter that collided with a Danish freighter."
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 17, 2021 09:17 AM (UHVv4)

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I think this is a porno...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, John Ford goes to war at December 17, 2021 09:17 AM (LvTSG)

298 286 Hey JJ, are you speaking Okey Dokey yet?
Posted by: Puddin Head at December 17, 2021 09:14 AM (tiR3O)

Oddly enough, I find when I travel, the Brooklyn accent that my English teacher of a Hungarian mother beat out of me at an early age comes roaring back with a vengeance.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 17, 2021 09:17 AM (LfcPE)

299 This the criminal-level problem with the West's near-total reliance on vaccines as the only means of preventing serious illness and death from the COVID bug:

Vaccines can be rapidly rendered ineffective by viral mutations, while medications known to effectively treat a disease likely work no matter what variant of the bug infected a patient (e.g. TamiFlu).

Posted by: Gref at December 17, 2021 09:17 AM (AMIL/)

300 Let me strongly recommend that if you are indoors and not eating that you put on your mask. The positivity rate in the city has increased. st
Sylvester Turner

NOPE FUCK YOU

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 17, 2021 09:18 AM (yrol0)

301 It's a double-edged sword, because the ignorant idiots that put these leftists into office will, upon wrecking and ruining their own towns, cities and states, uproot to red states.�
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Not this time.
They're so completely brainwashed into their own propaganda, they'd rather die than be near "those" people; conservatives, religious, honest, patriotic.
They also won't leave because they're so convinced their loving leader Mommy will take care of them.

Posted by: Lrrr at December 17, 2021 09:18 AM (jIL4c)

302 Tucker Torpedo. Don't know much about it, other than it was way ahead of it's time and had technology and features that didn't reach big 3 cars until 10-15 years later.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 17, 2021 09:18 AM (UuD2k)

303 Hey Sylvester

Houston crime: City sees 30% increase in homicides

oh yeah FUCK YOU

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 17, 2021 09:19 AM (yrol0)

304 Youtube is now suspending accounts for showing even small clips of the Rogan interview (of cardiologist McCullough) on some of the dangers of the mRNA vaccines.

No complaints from the press on this, only from relatively powerless individuals. Censorship is now completely normalized.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 17, 2021 09:19 AM (aWoBQ)

305 Anyone know anything about the Tucker Torpedo?

$20. Same as in town.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 17, 2021 09:20 AM (uXonU)

306 Speaking of Tucker the movie, Jeff Bridges has had a helluva career.

Posted by: Goliad's Ghosts at December 17, 2021 09:20 AM (QZ/dC)

307 300 This the criminal-level problem with the West's near-total reliance on vaccines as the only means of preventing serious illness and death from the COVID bug:

Vaccines can be rapidly rendered ineffective by viral mutations, while medications known to effectively treat a disease likely work no matter what variant of the bug infected a patient (e.g. TamiFlu).
Posted by: Gref at December 17, 2021 09:17 AM (AMIL/)

It is quite strange that there is no treatment for WhuFlu, just death.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 17, 2021 09:20 AM (yrol0)

308 263 What am I going to do with 2,600 pop tarts?
Posted by: rickb223 at December 17, 2021 09:05 AM (uXonU)

Nibble into gun shapes. Sell to schoolchildren. Profit!

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw at December 17, 2021 09:21 AM (II3Gr)

309 307 Speaking of Tucker the movie, Jeff Bridges has had a helluva career.
Posted by: Goliad's Ghosts at December 17, 2021 09:20 AM (QZ/dC)

The dude abides . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 17, 2021 09:21 AM (LfcPE)

310 299 286 Hey JJ, are you speaking Okey Dokey yet?
Posted by: Puddin Head at December 17, 2021 09:14 AM (tiR3O)

Oddly enough, I find when I travel, the Brooklyn accent that my English teacher of a Hungarian mother beat out of me at an early age comes roaring back with a vengeance.
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This is normal. Predators always mark their territory. Is a good thing you don't spray your musk like a cat.

Posted by: Puddin Head at December 17, 2021 09:21 AM (tiR3O)

311 The Spectator article on the Garland Gulag is depressing as hell. America has come to this? Unbelievable.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 17, 2021 09:11 AM (aWoBQ)
**********
I wish there was something that could be done about the Trump hating warden.
I am glad that people like Julie Kelly and MTG are leading the charge to get these stories out.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 17, 2021 09:23 AM (NpAcC)

312 JJS, I bet you can find some good Hungarian food in Milwaukee, along with the German food.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 17, 2021 09:23 AM (aWoBQ)

313 Mrs. Ghost needed a gift card for a work exchange so we went into Athleta - holy hell the size of the mannequins in there would make Abrams proud - both Stacy and the actual tank. And when did nearly every female of any size or shape start wearing exercise pants to the mall? For every miracle of nature there are more than a few, what were you thinking moments.

while i enjoy the fit women in yoga pants in public, for every one of those, there's at least a handful of morbidly obese women wearing the same size pants, and i swear you can hear the elastic scream, much like mooring lines singing on a ship...

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at December 17, 2021 09:23 AM (8D42x)

314 Anyone know anything about the Tucker Torpedo?

$20. Same as in town.
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$25 if you want the Bowtie Treatment.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 17, 2021 09:23 AM (UHVv4)

315 This is normal. Predators always mark their territory. Is a good thing you don't spray your musk like a cat.
Posted by: Puddin Head at December 17, 2021 09:21 AM (tiR3O)

He's from NY. Not Boston.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 17, 2021 09:23 AM (6FeV1)

316 >>Fen and Sponge have birthdays today.

Let me be the first to wish Sponge and Fen a very happy birthday!! Eat 'lots of cake!

Posted by: Lizzy at December 17, 2021 09:23 AM (URNdm)

317 The "greenest" care on the road is a well-maintained used car. The energy balance of keeping an old car running is usually better than replacing that old car with a new one just to get lower emissions or better fuel economy. For this reason, my V8-powered Lincoln (third owner) has a better lifetime energy equation so far than my Hyundai four-banger (first owner).

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 17, 2021 09:17 AM

way back in the day Hot Rod magazine did a side by side comparison between a brand new car with all the mandated emission controls and a "souped-up" 20 year old car

the "hot rod" had far lower emissions that the new car, but was not street legal because it didn't have the required widgets & gadgets

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 17, 2021 09:23 AM (DUIap)

318 310 307 Speaking of Tucker the movie, Jeff Bridges has had a helluva career.
Posted by: Goliad's Ghosts at December 17, 2021 09:20 AM (QZ/dC)

The dude abides . . .
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I guess Jeff is the Ron Howard of the family and Beau is the Clint Howard. Beau and Clint have a similar look.

Posted by: Puddin Head at December 17, 2021 09:24 AM (tiR3O)

319 If Musk offered me a one way trip to Mars right now, I might accept.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 17, 2021 09:24 AM (aWoBQ)

320 Kyle Rittenhouse is guilty because he killed two people with a gun even if he only did it because they were attacking him!

Alec Baldwin is innocent because he while he killed someone with a gun he didn't want to.

Posted by: The left really believes this at December 17, 2021 08:27 AM

So basically sortof like the left's rationale for abortion.

A baby murdered in the womb during abortion is not murder, because the mother doesn't want the baby.

A baby murdered in the womb during a murder of the mother is murder, because she wanted the baby.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 17, 2021 09:24 AM (Do5/p)

321 The mere idea of sitting next to Maxine Waters on a flight makes me want to eat a LOT of beans today.

Posted by: JEM at December 17, 2021 09:25 AM (8erNz)

322 while i enjoy the fit women in yoga pants in public, for every one of those, there's at least a handful of morbidly obese women wearing the same size pants, and i swear you can hear the elastic scream, much like mooring lines singing on a ship...
Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at December 17, 2021 09:23 AM (8D42x)

Yes, and for proof, you just need drop by where I work.

Posted by: Cow Demon - Free Australia! at December 17, 2021 09:26 AM (CdZ4i)

323 22 dead and 16 hospitalized in Istanbul after drinking bootleg booze.

I wonder if it's related to the Turkish lira collapsing because I'm pretty sure alcohol is legal there even under the new Pasha, Erdogan.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 17, 2021 09:26 AM (UHVv4)

324 Hey JJ, are you speaking Okey Dokey yet?
Posted by: Puddin Head at December 17, 2021 09:14 AM (tiR3O)

I'm waiting for him to try and slide a picture into the thread with an "ope, just gonna post a pic real quick..."

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at December 17, 2021 09:27 AM (8D42x)

325 he "greenest" care on the road is a well-maintained used car

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Well sure, but how are the other women in your yoga class going to know you're saving the planet if you're driving a used Corolla and not a new Tesla?

Also they might think you're poor.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Did you know the kids vaccine formula wasn't tested at all? at December 17, 2021 09:27 AM (hsOar)

326 I guess Jeff is the Ron Howard of the family and Beau is the Clint Howard. Beau and Clint have a similar look.
Posted by: Puddin Head at December 17, 2021 09:24 AM (tiR3O)

Hahaha....now that's funny.

Clint Howard looks like he's an The Hills Have Eyes inbred.

More coffee.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 17, 2021 09:28 AM (tMjLZ)

327 The fist in the glove is of course law enforcement.

Law Enforcement arrested Americans for opening their businesses and going to places of worship. Then they stood idly by while terrorist thugs burned down their communities. Many of their leaders literally knelt in submission before those terrorist thugs.

This is where we are, in 2021.

Posted by: Guy Smiley at December 17, 2021 09:28 AM (Bmy3R)

328 Well sure, but how are the other women in your yoga class going to know you're saving the planet if you're driving a used Corolla and not a new Tesla?

Also they might think you're poor.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Did you know the kids vaccine formula wasn't tested at all? at December 17, 2021 09:27 AM (hsOar)

Who cares, half of them wouldn't fit in it anyway.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 17, 2021 09:28 AM (6FeV1)

329 324 22 dead and 16 hospitalized in Istanbul after drinking bootleg booze.

I wonder if it's related to the Turkish lira collapsing because I'm pretty sure alcohol is legal there even under the new Pasha, Erdogan.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 17, 2021 09:26 AM (UHVv4)

Turks love their raki. That stuff gets you hammered fast.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 17, 2021 09:28 AM (LfcPE)

330 while i enjoy the fit women in yoga pants in public, for every one of those, there's at least a handful of morbidly obese women wearing the same size pants, and i swear you can hear the elastic scream, much like mooring lines singing on a ship...
Posted by: SturmToddler

Around here the ratio is probably in thirds. One third seriously fit, one third that'd be a comfortable place to be, and one third that ought to think about something else to wear.

Posted by: JEM at December 17, 2021 09:29 AM (8erNz)

331 The bottom line is, even if you are a cop, you cannot go hiding behind the Nuremberg Defense.

(I'd be listening to the Michael Berry show if not for his obsequious worship of cops. He insists and demands that we must unquestioningly respect police officers. Given recent events and seeing up close how the police behave, I'd argue the problem is the opposite: the police need to respect US.)

Posted by: Cow Demon - Free Australia! at December 17, 2021 09:29 AM (CdZ4i)

332 If Musk offered me a one way trip to Mars right now, I might accept.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 17, 2021 09:24 AM (aWoBQ)

you and Matt Damon?

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at December 17, 2021 09:29 AM (8D42x)

333 At the core, the real issue is how completely rotten our grifting uniparty rulers have become. We are not fit to rule ourselves if we tolerate endemic corruption.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 17, 2021 08:28 AM

Sadly, the real issue is how completely rotten American culture in general has become. The rottenness is not limited to law enforcement or politicians or media, etc. It's everything. There is no institution in the country which can be trusted anymore. From education to "healthcare" to professional sports leagues to big business to small business to religions to churches. The American culture - and as a result, the American people - as a whole is rotten. Just some institutions and groups are more rotten than others.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 17, 2021 09:29 AM (Do5/p)

334 It is quite strange that there is no treatment for WhuFlu, just death.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 17, 2021 09:20 AM (yrol0)

A lot of the early deaths were because doctors weren't even trying to treat most people. They'd test them, then send them home. The only "treatment" they were even trying was ventilators, which were failing miserably. Then, many got all political, and refused to try anything Trump might have even sorta suggested.

For all of the patting themselves on the back that doctors did early on, many of them just brought shame and distrust to the profession. But kudos to those that at least tried to help their patients.

Posted by: Wally at December 17, 2021 09:30 AM (FJYfm)

335 Well sure, but how are the other women in your yoga class going to know you're saving the planet if you're driving a used Corolla and not a new Tesla?

Also they might think you're poor.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Did you know the kids vaccine formula wasn't tested at all? at December 17, 2021 09:27 AM (hsOar)
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*Snort.* And they wouldn't know the status of my husband, which is much higher than their husbands' status (even though Mary's husband owns an HVAC company with five trucks and they net more than my husband's annual take-home and have little debt, but thankfully that doesn't matter).

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 17, 2021 09:30 AM (DU+/6)

336 LOL. And a new chyron about four after the bootleg booze panel... the Turkish lira has crashed to an all-time low vs. the U.S. dollar after the Central Bank again lowered interest rates.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 17, 2021 09:30 AM (UHVv4)

337 Malig-Nancy Pelosi Has No Idea Where "Attitude of Lawlessness" in the Country is Coming From

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It's coming from inside the House!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 17, 2021 09:30 AM (FVME7)

338 A baby murdered in the womb during a murder of the mother is murder, because she wanted the baby.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 17, 2021 09:24 AM

The more rabid pro-abortion types are vehemently opposed to laws that make killing a pregnant mother 2 homicides. At least they're consistently soulless and evil creatures.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 17, 2021 09:30 AM (m+jkK)

339 while i enjoy the fit women in yoga pants in public, for every one of those, there's at least a handful of morbidly obese women wearing the same size pants, and i swear you can hear the elastic scream, much like mooring lines singing on a ship...
Posted by: SturmToddler

Around here the ratio is probably in thirds. One third seriously fit, one third that'd be a comfortable place to be, and one third that ought to think about something else to wear.
Posted by: JEM at December 17, 2021 09:29 AM (8erNz)

I'm in the tidewater. lots of navy "wives" who only want a sailor for the benefits. and they give up as soon as they get him, if not sooner...

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at December 17, 2021 09:31 AM (8D42x)

340 way back in the day Hot Rod magazine did a side by side comparison between a brand new car with all the mandated emission controls and a "souped-up" 20 year old car

the "hot rod" had far lower emissions that the new car, but was not street legal because it didn't have the required widgets & gadgets
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 17, 2021 09:23 AM (DUIap)

There was a study in Texas that found you could take one badly running vehicle off the road and it would cut emissions the same as taking 20 well running vehicles of the road.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 17, 2021 09:32 AM (yrol0)

341 I swear, one day I will wear yoga pants and they can suffer.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 17, 2021 09:32 AM (Y5qcH)

342 But not everything has been warm and fuzzy. According to Meta, on November 26, a beta tester reported something deeply troubling: she had been groped by a stranger on Horizon Worlds. On December 1, Meta revealed that shed posted her experience in the Horizon Worlds beta testing group on Facebook.

Oh my there are Ballsey Fords in the metaverse!

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 17, 2021 09:33 AM (yrol0)

343 342 I swear, one day I will wear yoga pants and they can suffer.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe

We need to get you on a flight next to Maxine Waters.

Posted by: JEM at December 17, 2021 09:33 AM (8erNz)

344 I swear, one day I will wear yoga pants and they can suffer.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 17, 2021 09:32 AM (Y5qcH)

I have some running pants that are essentially the same thing. but i don't wear them in public generally

Posted by: SturmToddler (8D42x) at December 17, 2021 09:34 AM (8D42x)

345 And at the bottom is "Assembled in Michigan from foreign parts"
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Did you know the kids vaccine formula wasn't tested at all? at December 17, 2021 09:04 AM (hsOar)

Well, Canada IS right next door...

Posted by: Snake Spirit at December 17, 2021 09:34 AM (CdZ4i)

346 Well, Canada IS right next door...
Posted by: Snake Spirit at December 17, 2021 09:34 AM (CdZ4i)
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Thus the language on the window sticker. "North America parts content" versus "Foreign parts content" with carveouts for major powertrain components...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 17, 2021 09:34 AM (DU+/6)

347 132 Indeed.

Read his stuff, yeah. Honor him? No. Not at all.

Posted by: CZ = FNG To Remain Silent Because, FNG at December 17, 2021 09:35 AM (MkuC5)

348 Eau d'Musk

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 17, 2021 09:35 AM (lSZIs)

349 Bad news for Boris.

For the first time in almost 200 years, the Conservatives have lost the riding of North-Shropshire. Liberal-Democrats take the seat.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 17, 2021 09:35 AM (UHVv4)

350 U-Penn Parents Plead with NCAA to Change Rules After Trans Swimmer Dominates Women's Competition

*****

There has to be a "that boy doesn't have both oars in the water" joke in here somewhere...

Posted by: Muldoon at December 17, 2021 09:35 AM (m45I2)

351 There was a study in Texas that found you could take one badly running vehicle off the road and it would cut emissions the same as taking 20 well running vehicles of the road.

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And that's why crappy 20 year old cars are exempt from emission testing in NC but my brand new Honda Accord isn't.

Wait, what?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Did you know the kids vaccine formula wasn't tested at all? at December 17, 2021 09:36 AM (hsOar)

352 I have some running pants that are essentially the same thing. but i don't wear them in public generally
Posted by: SturmToddler

I've got some biking shorts that, well, I tend to wear the baggier mountain-bike shorts if I expect to be seen off the bike much.

Posted by: JEM at December 17, 2021 09:36 AM (8erNz)

353 U-Penn Parents Plead with NCAA to Change Rules After Trans Swimmer Dominates Women's Competition

******

Speaking of the Tuck 'er torpedo!!

Posted by: Muldoon at December 17, 2021 09:37 AM (m45I2)

354 Jeff Garlin leaves the Goldbergs after on-set misconduct allegations.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 17, 2021 09:37 AM (UHVv4)

355 And that's why crappy 20 year old cars are exempt from emission testing in NC but my brand new Honda Accord isn't.

Wait, what?
Posted by: Moron Robbie

I moved two counties northeast. My annual inspection went from $39.99 to $7.50. No emissions inspection.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 17, 2021 09:37 AM (uXonU)

356 At the BEE:

Welp, I guess its both good news and bad news, said current CEO of the KKK, Bob U. Genics while overseeing Klan members turning in their robes and pointed hats.

Them Lefties cornered the racism market for sure, and look at how they undermined minority communities through low school standards, drug legalization, and rampant decriminalization. Impressive.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 17, 2021 09:38 AM (yrol0)

357 also at the BEE:

Hillary Clinton Reportedly Considering Losing Again In 2024

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 17, 2021 09:39 AM (yrol0)

358 Jeff Garlin leaves the Goldbergs after on-set misconduct allegations.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at December 17, 2021 09:37 AM (UHVv4)

The part of this that made me run for the popcorn is the speculation of what Larry David will do (if anything) in response to all this.

Posted by: Wally at December 17, 2021 09:39 AM (FJYfm)

359 Since retirement my wardrobe is composed of sweats, t-shirts or sweatshirts and flipflops. That's it. If I can't get into a joint dressed like that, I don't need what they're selling.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 17, 2021 09:39 AM (BFigT)

360 Games night growing up in my family was a WHOLE lot like this: Eunice (Carol Burnett) and Ed (Harvey Korman) play a game of SORRY!!! on the old Carol Burnett Show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNG1DkS_f4g

a long skit, but this one can still bring tears to my eyes!
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 17, 2021 08:38 AM (evAgx)
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That's very funny. And I learned some new expressions for "crazy."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 17, 2021 09:40 AM (DU+/6)

361 There has to be a "that boy doesn't have both oars in the water" joke in here somewhere...
Posted by: Muldoon at December 17, 2021 09:35 AM (m45I2)

My guess is his rudder makes him more stable in the water.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 17, 2021 09:40 AM (yrol0)

362 The linked article The Power of the Dog is one of the finest opinion pieces about motion pictures I have ever read. Kudos to the author and to Mr. Sefton for presenting it to us.

Posted by: Blacksheep at December 17, 2021 09:41 AM (6mvRv)

363 Has it been edited to remove "hate speech"?

Yeah. We took care of that

Posted by: Vatican II Reforms at December 17, 2021 09:41 AM (rDgjh)

364 Who told Hillary the country needs her?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at December 17, 2021 09:42 AM (eGTCV)

365 The civil war I see is not the kind that would leave hundreds of thousands of young men dead in combat, he wrote.

That is not to say that we arent seeing spates of violence but rather that this new war will be fought in courts, statehouses and ballot boxes, rather than in the fields.

This is only half correct. It is correct about the kind of new war. It is sadly incorrect in stating that this war is in the future. This war has been ongoing for decades now. Long march through the institutions. And the Plandemic and the 2020 stolen election and everything that has happened since have been examples of the fact that the war is over. And we lost. We are living in post-civil-war America now. And just like the North dictated life to the South, the Left is now dictating life to the rest of us.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 17, 2021 09:43 AM (Do5/p)

366 Who told Hillary the country needs her?
Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at December 17, 2021 09:42 AM (eGTCV)
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Her entire inner circle, I reckon. And all of the gangsters who hitched their wagons to her failed faction in the Party.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 17, 2021 09:43 AM (DU+/6)

367 Guess CBD's eating waffles with maple syrup and can't tear himself away !

Posted by: JT at December 17, 2021 09:43 AM (arJlL)

368 Who told Hillary the country needs her?
Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at December 17, 2021 09:42 AM (eGTCV)

I did. But the full quote was "This country needs a good laugh right now. Why don't you run for office, Hilldog?"

Posted by: Wally at December 17, 2021 09:43 AM (FJYfm)

369 I moved two counties northeast. My annual inspection went from $39.99 to $7.50. No emissions inspection.
Posted by: rickb223

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Why do you hate the planet?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Did you know the kids vaccine formula wasn't tested at all? at December 17, 2021 09:44 AM (hsOar)

370 367 Who told Hillary the country needs her?
Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at December 17, 2021 09:42 AM (eGTCV)
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Her entire inner circle, I reckon. And all of the gangsters who hitched their wagons to her failed faction in the Party.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 17, 2021 09:43 AM (DU+/6)

=========

The Clinton faction has lot a LOT of power over the past 5 years, ending with, most recently, McAullife losing in VA last month.

That's a lot of sycophant's needing their access to the government tit.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, John Ford goes to war at December 17, 2021 09:44 AM (LvTSG)

371 Guess CBD's eating waffles with maple syrup and can't tear himself away !
Posted by: JT at December 17, 2021 09:43 AM (arJlL)
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Nah, it's just that Ace is a cipher and this is actually Sefton's blog. Since he's running 15-30 minutes behind because of his temporary move to Central Time, the rest of the content is pushed back by a similar amount...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 17, 2021 09:44 AM (DU+/6)

372 Why do you hate the planet?
Posted by: Moron Robbie

Because outdoors is always trying to kill me.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 17, 2021 09:45 AM (uXonU)

373 ART

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 17, 2021 09:45 AM (yrol0)

374 I keep receiving these emails from the Gun Owners of America telling me the GOP senate has sold us out on gun control. How could that be?

Posted by: Capital Eff at December 17, 2021 09:46 AM (GYllL)

375 The thing is pretty much any bitter, deranged alcoholic could destroy the country as well as Hillary so why would she feel she has to do it?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at December 17, 2021 09:47 AM (eGTCV)

376 The linked article The Power of the Dog is one of the finest opinion pieces about motion pictures I have ever read. Kudos to the author and to Mr. Sefton for presenting it to us.

*******

Hmmm. I had a different reaction. Struck me as just a bunch of navel gazing. I got bored and wandered off about halfway through. Did the writer ever actually make a point?

Posted by: Muldoon at December 17, 2021 09:48 AM (m45I2)

377 If you read something that doesn't really stick with you, do you say that it "went in one eye and out the other"?

Posted by: Muldoon at December 17, 2021 09:49 AM (m45I2)

378 "All Cops Are Bastards." I don't know about all, but certainly far too many for my comfort these days

From the gray box just above that:

"The New York Police Department (NYPD) showed up in force to whisk the recalcitrant diners into the multinational wagon"

Yeah, fuck the pigs.

Posted by: Methos at December 17, 2021 09:50 AM (kOpft)

379 Greetings:

Me, I though that all photos of police officers had to include prominent female officers.

Are we backsliding ???

Posted by: 11B40 at December 17, 2021 09:53 AM (uuklp)

380 Compare and contrast:

Chick-Fil-A:
Some LGBT folks get wind that the company believes strongly in Christian values, enough that the store chain is closed on Sundays for the day of rest. They go, cause trouble, try to do a boycott+. Ask for items with no charge, like cups of water, to try and gum the lines. CFA serves with a smile.

Other, actual normal folks get wind of it. And they said, "This will not do." I think Michelle Malkin even started the "buy"-cott, to buy their sandwiches and chicken treats to make up for the troubles of the boycotters.

Today? The drive-through lines of Chick-Fil-A are an ouroboros. Two lines around the whole building, every day except Sunday

Applebee's? Showing all the warm hospitality of Southern Democrats.

Fuck 'em. They don't want our business, then don't give them our business. Tell your friends about this. And carry the video on your phone, so that you can show them exactly what happened, and why they should not get another red dime.

Posted by: Another Anon at December 17, 2021 10:15 AM (bW28E)

381 Happy Birthday to me , too. Jasonj Now I hope that I can get out of this hospital today.

Posted by: jasonj at December 17, 2021 10:25 AM (KFyYQ)

382 The oath was always a false sense of security. It's human nature. Most people - most men - are followers.

Look at the hundreds - mere hundreds - discharged from the military for refusing the Jab. THOSE are the ones who would follow the oath. Those are your heroes. All the rest will follow orders in the moment, and shoot you.

They are not the problem. You are. You allowed people to lie to you in the face of common sense. You lied to yourself when you said that masses of followers, trained to follow orders without question, would somehow refuse to follow orders at the moment it mattered most, under the most intense pressure.
Clinging to this delusion is a self-betrayal.

All those men have bills to pay and families to feed, but you expect them to be more loyal to an esoteric oath to strangers? You're a frigging idiot.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at December 17, 2021 10:31 AM (St5J6)

383 How many of the horde finally recognize why the Founders wanted citizen-soldiers rather than a standing army of career mercenaries?

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at December 17, 2021 10:33 AM (St5J6)

384 Who told Hillary the country needs her?
Posted by: N.L. Urker, the Phillips screwdriver of the gods at December 17, 2021 09:42 AM (eGTCV)
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Her entire inner circle, I reckon. And all of the gangsters who hitched their wagons to her failed faction in the Party.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 17, 2021 09:43 AM

She was a razor's edge away from winning in 2016. She lost 5 states by 1% or less, including 3 (WI, PA, MI) which had previously been strong Blue states. All she would need is to get her same vote count she had in 2016 and increase by 2% her count in those 3 states and she wins. After the stolen election in 2020 and zero consequences, that outcome for her in 2024 is pretty much guaranteed.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 17, 2021 10:34 AM (Do5/p)

385 Move to a Free State. Take a job that doesn't require travel. Arm up, hunker down, and wait for the violence to begin in earnest.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at December 17, 2021 10:39 AM (St5J6)

386 "Make Americans feel less safe in their homes"
It's working, Inside this year I have had more criminal incidents ever, needles along the road has turned into needles dropped out of windows of cars in my driveway, and just inside the last four months I was accosted by a Machete carrying white boy at 1130 at night and a con man white man who got mad when I didn't take part in his paving scam. Both times I thought I was going to have to shoot somebody! Both were resolved without bloodshed and both did not bring a Sherriff deputy in spite of called 911.
I live in the country, rural outside any large or small towns. It has always been quiet out here, but now I have lights on outside at night and a CCT camera system installed.
I do feel less safe in my own home.

Posted by: obsidian at December 17, 2021 11:19 AM (TdeAE)

387 The last 30 posts have been some interesting and somewhat scary shit. . . . . ..384 and 386, in particular. Stand up. Read the signs of the times. If you take off the filters, one can see it.

Posted by: H8 Marxist Rat Bastards & Hungarian Struessel at December 17, 2021 02:25 PM (5DfsO)

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