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The Morning Rant: Los Angeles Ports Are Now Handling Less Volume Than Before Biden Announced His Fix

Do you remember three short months ago when President Biden boldly announced a White House plan to fix the bottleneck at Los Angeles County’s two big ports. You’ll never believe what happened next. (Teaser: It got worse.)

White House plan aims to help key West Coast ports stay open 24/7 to ease supply chain bottlenecks (CNBC – 10/13/2021)

As supply chain bottlenecks around the world threaten to hobble the U.S. holiday shopping season, President Joe Biden will unveil a plan Wednesday to try to ease West Coast delays at the ports of Long Beach, California, and Los Angeles by expanding round-the-clock operations.

So what happened in subsequent months?

Port of Los Angeles Confirms Cargo Dip in November 2021

No. Way.

I won’t bore you with all the links, but I’ve put together this little table showing how many TEUs* were handled by the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in October 2021, the month when Biden unveiled his plan to fix the bottleneck, and in the two months that followed. (*TEU is an acronym for “Twenty Foot Equivalent,” or one standard 20-foot container.)


Ports of LA County.JPG

• Unit volume for the Port of Los Angeles was 902,644 TEUs in October 2021. November 2021 TEUs of 811,460 and December 2021 TEUs of 786,589 were both significantly lower than in October 2021.

• Unit volume for the Port of Long Beach was 789,716 TEUs in October 2021. November 2021 TEUs of 745,488 and December 2021 TEUs of 754,314 were both lower than in October 2021.

Not only has unit volume in November and December 2021 decreased from October 2021, but year-over-year volume also declined.

November and December 2021 TEUs at both ports were down significantly from the volume recorded one year prior in November and December 2020.

Inexplicably, after President Biden unveiled his plan last October, the situation got worse. Almost as inexplicably, the same media that heaped slobbering praise on Biden for “fixing” the backlog has suddenly stopped reporting on the worsening situation at these ports.

The supply chain problems go much deeper than the mess at the ports of Los Angeles County, but the fact that Biden’s plan to fix those problems only made them worse bodes poorly for us all.

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM




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1 First!

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 31, 2022 11:02 AM (z5Vrg)

2 I'm Here!

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 31, 2022 11:03 AM (Y+l9t)

3 It's just a few Peletons being delivered late.

Posted by: Raggedy Psaki at January 31, 2022 11:03 AM (h5TKJ)

4 Biden really wants to be in the running for worst American president* doesn't he? All these debacles, and he stands there grinning, like it's a f'n joke.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at January 31, 2022 11:04 AM (VWp7G)

5 Speaking of Brussels Sprouts . . .

Politics
Joe Biden Beats Out Brussels Sprouts For America's Least Favorite Vegetable

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From the Bee.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Stupid Son of a Bitch at January 31, 2022 11:04 AM (FVME7)

6 "Never underestimate Joe's ability to fuck things up."

- B. Hussein Obama

Posted by: garrett at January 31, 2022 11:04 AM (W4O4v)

7 Shit Midas was right. Never underestimate Brandon.

Posted by: Roy at January 31, 2022 11:04 AM (Ti+Tv)

8 F to the J to the B

Posted by: kallisto at January 31, 2022 11:04 AM (DJFLF)

9 No monkey pic?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 31, 2022 11:05 AM (2JVJo)

10 Going on 4 months waiting for 25K piece of equipment to come in. It used to take two weeks.

Posted by: fd at January 31, 2022 11:05 AM (vrz2I)

11 AY MATIES! WHERE THE WHITE KIDS AT?!?

Posted by: Captain Kristol at January 31, 2022 11:05 AM (ESjRY)

12 I think this is the plan. How else do you force Emperor Xi to raise Hunter's salary?

Posted by: Puddin Head at January 31, 2022 11:05 AM (tiR3O)

13 "Can't people just walk into a Rite Aid to get their bread?" - AOC

Posted by: Roy at January 31, 2022 11:05 AM (Ti+Tv)

14 Biden and the rest of the Democrats are like Ayn Rand villains... a perfect mix of maliciousness and incompetence. The only thing they have is a certain low cunning and a thirst for power.

Posted by: Bram Stoker's Chocula at January 31, 2022 11:06 AM (XqBsj)

15 You will have nothing (except covid test kits) and you will be happy.

Posted by: Ripley at January 31, 2022 11:06 AM (MxEKc)

16 4 Biden really wants to be in the running for worst American president* doesn't he? All these debacles, and he stands there grinning, like it's a f'n joke.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp

He is making the average citizen reconsider James Buchanan as worst. Even FDR and his family were viewed as a socialist fellow travelers, not an actual agents--unlike Biden's family.

Posted by: whig at January 31, 2022 11:06 AM (Iq9dF)

17 Plays with boats in the bathtub, pretends to know about shipping and logistics.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 31, 2022 11:07 AM (F4b8f)

18 He was also supposed to cure cancer.

Didn't.

Posted by: Louie Andersen at January 31, 2022 11:07 AM (EGYRX)

19 >>Plays with boats in the bathtub, pretends to know about shipping and logistics.


Biden?

That guy shits in the tub.

Posted by: garrett at January 31, 2022 11:07 AM (W4O4v)

20 Uh-oh....did Mayor Pete and bubby adopt some more kids again?

Posted by: Shooter McGavin at January 31, 2022 11:08 AM (SUMjX)

21 I'm beginning to suspect some coordination.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 31, 2022 10:29 AM (a3Q+t)


That reminds me, we haven't received our free masks yet. What's the holdup?

Posted by: Emmie is unacceptable, eh at January 31, 2022 11:08 AM (6RgRK)

22 16 4 Biden really wants to be in the running for worst American president* doesn't he? All these debacles, and he stands there grinning, like it's a f'n joke.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp16 4 Biden really wants to be in the running for worst American president* doesn't he? All these debacles, and he stands there grinning, like it's a f'n joke.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp
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Wiping out an entire cohort of American military aged men is a pretty high hurdle. I don't see him besting Lincoln's achievement.

Posted by: Puddin Head at January 31, 2022 11:08 AM (tiR3O)

23 Truckers are largely aligned with us politically.

They have more power than any corporation and could shut this country down if they wanted to.

But they are unorganized and without a leader.

Posted by: I guess I'll tell them at January 31, 2022 11:08 AM (BsGiZ)

24 The supply chain problems go much deeper than the mess at the ports of Los Angeles County, but the fact that Biden's plan to fix those problems only made them worse bodes poorly for us all.
++++
There is an alternative. Did Brandon and Mayor Pete's response to the bottleneck and problems make them worse, or were they merely ineffective? I actually suspect the latter. More important, can the California ports problem even *be* solved through administration policy even if those policies are good? It's a multi-faceted problem. What if nothing you use to push on the problem will work if you're pushing from Washington instead of from Sacramento or Los Angeles?

That's perhaps worse.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 31, 2022 11:08 AM (DU+/6)

25 America dreams in 2018: a promotion, a trip, a house

America dreams in 2022: not getting fired, being allowed to leave the house, being able to have food AND heat.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 31, 2022 11:08 AM (ESjRY)

26 That's why we have food shortages. Well thank goodness we can raise our own shrimp, if we live out in the county where septic tanks are still allowed.

Posted by: Eromero at January 31, 2022 11:08 AM (0OP+5)

27 Robby Starbuck has this fabulous little video in his twitter feed. Can I post it without pixy having a fit?

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 31, 2022 11:08 AM (Y+l9t)

28 Biden Once Again Repeats Debunked Lies That Build Back Broke Will Not Raise Taxes And Reduce Deficit

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Joe dances with what brought him.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Stupid Son of a Bitch at January 31, 2022 11:08 AM (FVME7)

29 Nationwide speed cameras! That's the solution.

Posted by: Pete Bootygig at January 31, 2022 11:08 AM (4I/2K)

30 I'm sure a few more pictures of Secretary Buttigieg's gay family will solve this.

Posted by: Mark1971 at January 31, 2022 11:09 AM (xPl2J)

31 What about other US ports. Did they get the increase from LA's decrease?

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 31, 2022 11:09 AM (4v2Bk)

32 21 is a copy-paste fail. Try again:

15 You will have nothing (except covid test kits) and you will be happy.
Posted by: Ripley at January 31, 2022 11:06 AM (MxEKc)


That reminds me -- we haven't received our free masks yet. What's the holdup?

Posted by: Emmie is unacceptable, eh at January 31, 2022 11:09 AM (6RgRK)

33 Well let's face it...if you stop importing stuff, then you don't have a shipping problem at the ports.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 31, 2022 11:10 AM (axyOa)

34 Buck, thank you for finding and publishing these numbers. Now that we know, how does the rest of the country find out?

Posted by: Oddbob at January 31, 2022 11:10 AM (nfrXX)

35 Johnny Fever died?...dang.

Posted by: BignJames at January 31, 2022 11:10 AM (AwYPR)

36 He was also supposed to cure cancer.

Remember, Trump lied when he said he was going to create a great economy, because not every single metric was the best of all time.

But Biden did NOT lie when he said he would cure cancer. Because some cancers were cured. By other people. Mostly before he was elected president.

Posted by: FNM fact checkers at January 31, 2022 11:10 AM (ESjRY)

37 So, like everything government touches - it got worse.

No surprise here. Why didn't the regime basically say "Hey Commiefornia, your truck rules are dumb. And now they're illegal. kkgf"

Because that would have actually fixed the problem.

Posted by: Defenestratus at January 31, 2022 11:10 AM (ck+Ht)

38 That reminds me -- we haven't received our free masks yet. What's the holdup?
Posted by: Emmie is unacceptable, eh at January 31, 2022 11:09 AM (6RgRK)
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They're not being distributed through the USPS like the test kits are, they're being distributed through public places like drug stores and libraries and whatnot. Gotta go pick 'em up.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 31, 2022 11:10 AM (DU+/6)

39 L A freight train robbers hardest hit.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at January 31, 2022 11:10 AM (5P6Lv)

40 "I won't bore you with all the links" Buck T.

******

How can you have a post about the supply chain without any links?

On the positive side I think that the missing links will fulfill the readership's requests for a simian theme.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 31, 2022 11:10 AM (m45I2)

41 Does Joni Mitchell suffer from imaginary disease?

https://tinyurl.com/mvfbzca3

Posted by: kallisto at January 31, 2022 11:10 AM (DJFLF)

42 Did either of the ports mentioned resolve what to do with the empty containers? That seemed to be an issue. They were/are taking up space that would nominally be used for off loading full ones.

Back to the limitations and restrictions California has on what kind of trucks and move shit around.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 31, 2022 11:10 AM (BFigT)

43
Stolen elections have consequences, Kurt and associates.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at January 31, 2022 11:11 AM (dQvv7)

44 The only thing they have is a certain low cunning and a thirst for power.
Posted by: Bram Stoker's Chocula

Cunning and Joe's junta do not go together. I would say idiotic and thirst for power. The junta's lies, distortions, and outright ignoring of the plight of Americans is seen through clean enough by a majority. But, the question is what to do about it.

Posted by: whig at January 31, 2022 11:11 AM (Iq9dF)

45 40 How can you have a post about the supply chain without any links?

they're stuck in a container ship of the coast of los angeles

Posted by: Kulak Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at January 31, 2022 11:11 AM (oY6Yp)

46 That reminds me -- we haven't received our free masks yet. What's the holdup?

F*CK YOU ROUND EYE!

Posted by: Some Chinese slave working double shifts at January 31, 2022 11:11 AM (ESjRY)

47 This failure isn't an accident. The inputs to a successful port are well known even to these clowns.
They are holding it hostage for some reason.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 31, 2022 11:11 AM (YohY1)

48 You keep using that word 'inexplicably'. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Posted by: We're All Canadian Now at January 31, 2022 11:11 AM (aX+9U)

49 What if we told the longshoreman to work faster over loudspeakers, interspersed with hymns dedicated to FJB and worker's paradise?

If that fails, we can dock their pay for failing to meet work quotas, or throw their families in prison camps until quotas are met.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 31, 2022 11:11 AM (F4b8f)

50 "but the fact that Biden's plan to fix those problems only made them worse bodes poorly for us all."

Just from the above data, I don't think it is clearly "Fact" the Biden Fixes (not Hunter's) made the problems worse. The other factors that have increased are more shutdowns, perhaps in China, or in the US with the mandates for the Vax on normal workers. General economic slowdown could be another factor.

So there is correlation, but it would be much harder to show direct causation as Fact. (of Biden policies being the cause reduced volume). But idk exactly what those Fixes were ... but it probably involved Hunter getting cash and hookers to get Daddy to do China a favor or ten.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 31, 2022 11:12 AM (Cus5s)

51 They're not being distributed through the USPS like the test kits are, they're being distributed through public places like drug stores and libraries and whatnot. Gotta go pick 'em up.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 31, 2022 11:10 AM (DU+/6)


Ah, that solves the mystery. Thanks for the knowledge, Joe Mannix!

Posted by: Emmie is unacceptable, eh at January 31, 2022 11:12 AM (6RgRK)

52 Maybe they can unload in Mexico and then do a kind of "Berlin airlift" to the states.

Posted by: Paco at January 31, 2022 11:12 AM (njExo)

53 Biden really wants to be in the running for worst American president* doesn't he? All these debacles, and he stands there grinning, like it's a f'n joke.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at January 31, 2022 11:04 AM (VWp7G)


He wants to be the last American president*. Whatever they call the dear leader after that is immaterial.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at January 31, 2022 11:12 AM (EjmvJ)

54 Mark Zuckerberg asked Warlord Xi to name his unborn child, according to the Independent.

Xi said he would not condescend so far as to do that.

Real story.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 31, 2022 11:12 AM (ji6qo)

55 Does Joni Mitchell suffer from imaginary disease?

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I thought it was brain blockage.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Stupid Son of a Bitch at January 31, 2022 11:12 AM (FVME7)

56 What if we told the longshoreman to work faster over loudspeakers, interspersed with hymns dedicated to FJB and worker's paradise?

If that fails, we can dock their pay for failing to meet work quotas, or throw their families in prison camps until quotas are met.
==
Hang a few, to encourage the others?

Posted by: Booty geek, just spitballin' at January 31, 2022 11:12 AM (SNJNH)

57 20 Uh-oh....did Mayor Pete and bubby adopt some more kids again?
_______________

No, they're not going to buy anymore babies until they've finished fake "chest feeding" the ones they have now.

Once they have weened the current babies off the fake boobs and Chasten has regained his girlish, pre-pregnancy figure, then they'll consider buying some more!

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at January 31, 2022 11:13 AM (k4dH2)

58 That's perhaps worse.
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The answer, of course, is not to use the LA ports. The Panama canal has been widened and all of the Southeast ports are able to handle the big boy container ships. Escaping the tyranny of Cal Longshoremen is a good thing.

Posted by: Puddin Head at January 31, 2022 11:13 AM (tiR3O)

59 >>They're not being distributed through the USPS like the test kits are, they're being distributed through public places like drug stores and libraries and whatnot. Gotta go pick 'em up.


Then take them home and sell them on eBay and Amazon.

Posted by: garrett at January 31, 2022 11:13 AM (W4O4v)

60 Los Angeles Ports Are Now Handling Less Volume Than Before Biden Announced His Fix

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Unexpectedly.

Posted by: ShainS -- A faculty lounge, if you can keep it. at January 31, 2022 11:13 AM (SgYsO)

61 >>Does Joni Mitchell suffer from imaginary disease?


They paved her and put up a parking lot.

Posted by: garrett at January 31, 2022 11:14 AM (W4O4v)

62 Biden really wants to be in the running for worst American president* doesn't he? All these debacles, and he stands there grinning, like it's a f'n joke.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at January 31, 2022 11:04 AM (VWp7G)


In the running???
He's destroyed the competition like that tranny swimmer at Penn State.

Posted by: Roland THTG at January 31, 2022 11:14 AM (j40lz)

63 Can I post it without pixy having a fit?

Twitter URLs bust the margins unless you use a URL shortener or insert spaces or carriage returns.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 31, 2022 11:14 AM (nfrXX)

64 It's a plan for us to be in deprivation of every sort, to beat us into submission to the globalist boot.

Much of the credit goes to Barry Soetero, Valerie Jarrett and George Soros. Bill Gates, Bill Clinton, Fauci (Jab the Impaler) and bomber Bill Ayers (who once bragged, "Guilty as hell and free as a bird") deserve our kudos as well.

Let's have a big round of applause for a job well done, at least as Leftist Marxist Democrats define 'job well done'.

Not so much your children and grandchildren.

Posted by: Ju at January 31, 2022 11:14 AM (aTmM/)

65 Insiders reveal President Biden says he intends on talking to Lucky Luciano to get the ports running smoothly.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 31, 2022 11:14 AM (4v2Bk)

66 Tinyurl is your friend!

Posted by: 18-1 at January 31, 2022 11:14 AM (ESjRY)

67 If that fails, we can dock their pay for failing to meet work quotas, or throw their families in prison camps until quotas are met.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

+++++++++++++
The ILA labor union are actually pretty hard core left and could probably wipe the floor with Biden and his henchmen. They run the West Coast and a lot of the East Coast ports.

Posted by: whig at January 31, 2022 11:14 AM (Iq9dF)

68 Truckers are largely aligned with us politically.

They have more power than any corporation and could shut this country down if they wanted to.

But they are unorganized and without a leader.
Posted by: I guess I'll tell them at January 31, 2022 11:08 AM (BsGiZ)


Were.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at January 31, 2022 11:14 AM (EjmvJ)

69 hiya

Posted by: JT at January 31, 2022 11:14 AM (arJlL)

70 23 Truckers are largely aligned with us politically.

They have more power than any corporation and could shut this country down if they wanted to.

But they are unorganized and without a leader.
Posted by: I guess I'll tell them at January 31, 2022 11:08 AM (BsGiZ)

*mmmm hmmmm mfmfmmmm*
*scratches at coffin*
*hmmmm mmmfmffmfm*

Posted by: Jimmy Hoffa at January 31, 2022 11:15 AM (aIR0b)

71 Hiya Buck !

Posted by: JT at January 31, 2022 11:15 AM (arJlL)

72 31 What about other US ports. Did they get the increase from LA's decrease?
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 31, 2022 11:09 AM (4v2Bk)

That would only be an issue if there was no longer any backlogs at the LA ports. Instead, they continue to set records for the number of ships waiting to be unloaded, even if it's not as visible from shore since they've been ordered to drop anchor further from the shore.

You could also argue that a drop is expected when comparing October to November or December since because of Thanksgiving and Christmas (and since, in normal years, most goods would be imported well before Thanksgiving). However, that's where the year-to-year numbers are important. The decrease in unloading compared to previous year shows that the nothingness that Biden or Mayor Pete proclaimed certainly did nothing to help the problem. I doubt, however, that they paid enough attention to the logjam to f' it up further.

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at January 31, 2022 11:15 AM (a/dOO)

73 >>>He is making the average citizen reconsider James Buchanan as worst. Even FDR and his family were viewed as a socialist fellow travelers, not an actual agents--unlike Biden's family.
Posted by: whig


The lesson is never vote for a candidate from PA. (Sadly, my state.)

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at January 31, 2022 11:15 AM (bkUtD)

74 And I was being facetious about masks. I do not wear them. My only use for them is to burn them in protest of C19 restrictions.

Posted by: Emmie is unacceptable, eh at January 31, 2022 11:15 AM (6RgRK)

75 They're not being distributed through the USPS like the test kits are, they're being distributed through public places like drug stores


Yeah, I saw some video from San Francisco about it.

Apparently you can just go into Walgreens or CVS and pick them up off the shelf. No lines or waits or anything.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 31, 2022 11:15 AM (dbs6Z)

76 I'll make the trains wreck on time.

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at January 31, 2022 11:16 AM (63Dwl)

77 >>>In the running???
He's destroyed the competition like that tranny swimmer at Penn State.
Posted by: Roland THTG

Good point. It is University of Pennsylvania, though, not PSU. Although I fully expect PSU to embrace that as well.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at January 31, 2022 11:16 AM (bkUtD)

78 Nice quote from Neil Young on gays and AIDS from Rolling Stone (85) circulating today, "you see a faggot behind the fucking cash register and you don't want him handling your potatoes." The internet is forever.

Posted by: Indignatio Vindicatorem at January 31, 2022 11:16 AM (1koXB)

79
Escaping the tyranny of Cal Longshoremen is a good thing.

Posted by: Puddin Head at January 31, 2022 11:13 AM


The biggest potential loser is China. Biggest potential winners could be India, Mediterranean countries, and East Coast ports to name a few.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at January 31, 2022 11:16 AM (dQvv7)

80 We just need to tell the local youth groups that if they unload 2 containers, they can have the contents of 1 of them, and any peloton they find, as long as they dump the excess packing material in a neat pile so it can be bulldozed into the ocean to keep the port clear for trucking. Problem solved

Posted by: Downcast at January 31, 2022 11:16 AM (Hz0Qe)

81 Apparently you can just go into Walgreens or CVS and pick them up off the shelf. No lines or waits or anything.
___________

You can also shoplift $995 worth of other shit while you're there!

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at January 31, 2022 11:16 AM (k4dH2)

82 >> "you see a faggot behind the fucking cash register and you don't want him handling your potatoes."


Yeah buddy.

That's his own hair.

Posted by: Mark Knopfler at January 31, 2022 11:17 AM (W4O4v)

83 Buttegieg owns this disaster.

He does nothing except come up with new tax schemes.

If there are no truckers to drive trucks, what can they tax? If there are no trucks going over our roads, why pay for trillions in infrastructure?

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 31, 2022 11:17 AM (Nv3bW)

84 "we haven't received our free masks yet. What's the holdup?"

sorry, there was a delay in infecting the new supply of China masks with the new version of the virus, so they had to insert some asbestos particles and mold instead ... but they will arrive shortly, thank you for your business.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 31, 2022 11:17 AM (Cus5s)

85 Once again, the totalitarian left was annoyed that average Americans were enjoying too many nice things. Gotta shut that stuff down.

Posted by: Emmie is unacceptable, eh at January 31, 2022 11:17 AM (6RgRK)

86 They are trying to slow the economy.

It's all about inflation. If they don't throttle this, the economic engine starts moving again, and inflation becomes a lot harder to hide.

Posted by: Black Orchid at January 31, 2022 11:17 AM (j9HX3)

87 Hang a few, to encourage the others?
Posted by: Booty geek, just spitballin'

If we're talking a few politicians and bureaucrats, I'm down. (Not crazy about the only a few part, though.)

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Stupid Son of a Bitch at January 31, 2022 11:17 AM (FVME7)

88 83 Buttegieg owns this disaster.

He does nothing except come up with new tax schemes.

If there are no truckers to drive trucks, what can they tax? If there are no trucks going over our roads, why pay for trillions in infrastructure?
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 31, 2022 11:17 AM (Nv3bW)

==========

That's not fair.

He also calls roads racist.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 31, 2022 11:18 AM (LvTSG)

89 We thought Obama helped install Biden, so Obama could essentially have a third term.

Who knew it was just shallow legacy burnishing by Obama.

Biden is definitely going to make it so bad than NO ONE will ever refer to Obama as the worst President ever.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 31, 2022 11:18 AM (tkyK5)

90 What if we told the longshoreman to work faster...If that fails, we can dock their pay

*****

ISWYDT

Posted by: Muldoon at January 31, 2022 11:18 AM (m45I2)

91 They paved her and put up a parking lot.
Posted by: garrett at January 31, 2022 11:14 AM (W4O4v)

That would imply she was, at some point, paradise

/hard shudder/

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at January 31, 2022 11:18 AM (a/dOO)

92 57 20 Uh-oh....did Mayor Pete and bubby adopt some more kids again?
_______________

No, they're not going to buy anymore babies until they've finished fake "chest feeding" the ones they have now.

Once they have weened the current babies off the fake boobs and Chasten has regained his girlish, pre-pregnancy figure, then they'll consider buying some more!
Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at January 31, 2022 11:13 AM (k4dH2)

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They get a two-for-one special by entering the promo code "Benedict Roberts."

Posted by: ShainS -- A faculty lounge, if you can keep it. at January 31, 2022 11:18 AM (SgYsO)

93 The lesson is never vote for a candidate from PA. (Sadly, my state.)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp

One of my favorite stories is Thaddeus Stevens referring to Boss Cameron (Lincoln's Sec. of War) who was corrupt and incompetent. Thaddeus Stevens claimed that Cameron would steal a red hot stove bare handed if he could. Cameron through Lincoln demanded an apology. Thaddeus then made a speech where he claimed that he was wrong; Cameron would steal a red hot stove but he would put on gloves first.

That is what Rogan should have done.

Posted by: whig at January 31, 2022 11:18 AM (Iq9dF)

94 Just from the above data, I don't think it is clearly "Fact" the Biden Fixes (not Hunter's) made the problems worse.

He said he would fix the problem. Hold him to the standard we would. FJB did not say he would make it better. He said he would fix it. It is clearly not fixed. He is a failure.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 31, 2022 11:18 AM (F4b8f)

95 There is always an easy solution to every problem - neat, plausible, and wrong.

Posted by: Henry Louis Mencken at January 31, 2022 11:19 AM (4I/2K)

96 Buck you need a Monkey face

Posted by: Skip's Phone at January 31, 2022 11:19 AM (XPz0O)

97 SHOCK POLL! 50% of US Voters Believe Joe Biden Should Be Impeached - Including 50% of Black Voters

https://bit.ly/343t2d2

Goes to gatewaypundit.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at January 31, 2022 11:19 AM (EjmvJ)

98 That reminds me -- we haven't received our free masks yet. What's the holdup?
Posted by: Emmie is unacceptable, eh at January 31, 2022 11:09 AM (6RgRK)

The ship they're i has ticket number C204. They are currently serving ticket number Z10.

Posted by: Fox2! at January 31, 2022 11:19 AM (qyH+l)

99 >>>Thaddeus Stevens claimed that Cameron would steal a red hot stove bare handed if he could. Cameron through Lincoln demanded an apology. Thaddeus then made a speech where he claimed that he was wrong; Cameron would steal a red hot stove but he would put on gloves first.

That is what Rogan should have done.
Posted by: whig

Agreed. His podcast with Dr. Malone was amazing, and he is locked in. Why he would bow to the left is beyond me - other than the fact he is on the left.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at January 31, 2022 11:19 AM (bkUtD)

100 Maybe we should hire the cartels to head up the Transportation Department?

They seem to be more capable that the Biden/Buttegeig crew.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 31, 2022 11:19 AM (Nv3bW)

101 64 It's a plan for us to be in deprivation of every sort, to beat us into submission to the globalist boot.
Much of the credit goes to Barry Soetero, Valerie Jarrett and George Soros. Bill Gates, Bill Clinton, Fauci (Jab the Impaler) and bomber Bill Ayers (who once bragged, "Guilty as hell and free as a bird") deserve our kudos as well.
Let's have a big round of applause for a job well done, at least as Leftist Marxist Democrats define 'job well done'.
Not so much your children and grandchildren.
Posted by: Ju at January 31, 2022 11:14 AM (aTmM/)
Ju, I love the the wonderful things yu du. Jib and etc.

Posted by: Eromero at January 31, 2022 11:20 AM (0OP+5)

102 Should have added, Cameron was the GOP political boss of PA and his shift of votes moved Lincoln to the top in the 1860 GOP National Convention. Cameron was appointed Sec. of War in return.

Posted by: whig at January 31, 2022 11:20 AM (Iq9dF)

103 This why I can't buy a shipping container at reasonable marketplace prices. And building conventionally from scratch means dealing with over inflated wood and metal prices. And people wonder why I stopped watching HGTV for the last few years.

Posted by: itzWicks at January 31, 2022 11:20 AM (0chEi)

104 Has anyone made the obvious joke about chocolate rations increasing?

Posted by: 496 at January 31, 2022 11:20 AM (VJsqe)

105 I'll make the trains wreck on time.
Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at January 31, 2022 11:16 AM (63Dwl)

Sweet!

Posted by: Gomez Adams at January 31, 2022 11:20 AM (4I/2K)

106 What makes me think if those ships could dock in Nebraska most of the issues would be gone?

Posted by: Skip's Phone at January 31, 2022 11:21 AM (XPz0O)

107 It's the Lightning McQueen approach to supply chain: "Ya gotta turn left to go right." Of course, the MSM is Biden's Mater to pull him out of the brambles and cacti, while the rest of us are stuck down in the ditch.

Posted by: red speck at January 31, 2022 11:21 AM (gS3OW)

108 Shit Midas was right. Never underestimate Brandon.
Posted by: Roy at January 31, 2022 11:04 AM (Ti+Tv)

If anyone knows about fucking things up it's Shit Midas himself.

Posted by: ... at January 31, 2022 11:22 AM (dscaa)

109 This why I can't buy a shipping container at reasonable marketplace prices. And building conventionally from scratch means dealing with over inflated wood and metal prices. And people wonder why I stopped watching HGTV for the last few years.

Posted by: itzWicks at January 31, 2022 11:20 AM (0chEi)

I bought some wooden ones from Boeing.

Posted by: BignJames at January 31, 2022 11:22 AM (AwYPR)

110 The chocolate ration has increased from 15g of chocolate a week, to 20g of the contents of Biden's diaper a week!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 31, 2022 11:22 AM (tkyK5)

111 Agreed. His podcast with Dr. Malone was amazing, and he is locked in. Why he would bow to the left is beyond me - other than the fact he is on the left.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp

Rogan already bowed by allowing Spotify to vanish some of Rogan's episodes when he signed up at Spotify. I think Rogan is in it for the money and celebrity and not down for a struggle with the politicos or his company's financial backers.

Posted by: whig at January 31, 2022 11:22 AM (Iq9dF)

112
"you see a faggot behind the fucking cash register and you don't want him handling your potatoes."

I guess he's just a spud boy looking for a real tomato.

Posted by: DEVO at January 31, 2022 11:22 AM (63Dwl)

113 "you see a faggot behind the fucking cash register and you don't want him handling your potatoes."

This is some sort of code... gay code... for something isn't it?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 31, 2022 11:23 AM (BFigT)

114 I feel so funky...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse at January 31, 2022 11:23 AM (V6f9+)

115 That is what Rogan should have done.

Posted by: whig at January 31

The absolute worst people are the one's with FU money who still bend the knee.

It's not about survival, it's pure greed and lust to hold onto power.

Posted by: I guess I'll tell them at January 31, 2022 11:23 AM (Foj6a)

116 SHOCK POLL! 50% of US Voters Believe Joe Biden Should Be Impeached - Including 50% of Black Voters

I guess by now the blogosphere knows that Charlamagne tha God wants Trump back.

Posted by: kallisto at January 31, 2022 11:24 AM (DJFLF)

117 108 Shit Midas was right. Never underestimate Brandon.
Posted by: Roy at January 31, 2022 11:04 AM (Ti+Tv)

If anyone knows about fucking things up it's Shit Midas himself.
Posted by: ... at January 31, 2022 11:22 AM (dscaa)

Even a blind squirrel can find an acorn.

Posted by: Roy at January 31, 2022 11:24 AM (Ti+Tv)

118 Buck you need a Monkey face
Posted by: Skip's Phone


********

see @46

Posted by: Muldoon at January 31, 2022 11:24 AM (m45I2)

119
The lesson is never vote for a candidate from PA. (Sadly, my state.)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp


About the only person I can think of that refutes that was Senator John Heintz - and we both know how that ended.

Then look at who his widow married.

Posted by: Traitor Joe's Military Surplus at January 31, 2022 11:24 AM (dQvv7)

120 116 SHOCK POLL! 50% of US Voters Believe Joe Biden Should Be Impeached - Including 50% of Black Voters

I guess by now the blogosphere knows that Charlamagne tha God wants Trump back.
Posted by: kallisto at January 31, 2022 11:24 AM (DJFLF)

==========

That would be amusing, Charlamagne tha God suddenly not being black anymore. I hope he enjoys his newly discovered white privilege.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 31, 2022 11:25 AM (LvTSG)

121 103 This why I can't buy a shipping container at reasonable marketplace prices. And building conventionally from scratch means dealing with over inflated wood and metal prices. And people wonder why I stopped watching HGTV for the last few years.
Posted by: itzWicks

HGTV is like Fakebook--it is a fantasy land that inevitably leads to disappointment with real life housing.

The unspoken assumption is that house values will always go up--in bad times that is a dubious assumption in stagflation.

Posted by: whig at January 31, 2022 11:26 AM (Iq9dF)

122 That reminds me -- we haven't received our free masks yet. What's the holdup?

F*CK YOU ROUND EYE!
Posted by: Some Chinese slave working double shifts

Hop Sing pronounced it Lound Eye !

Posted by: JT at January 31, 2022 11:26 AM (arJlL)

123 91 They paved her and put up a parking lot.
Posted by: garrett at January 31, 2022 11:14 AM (W4O4v)
That would imply she was, at some point, paradise
/hard shudder/
Posted by: Virginia SoCon at January 31, 2022 11:18 AM (a/dOO)
Holymoly,. I just realized she looks like that blond chick muppet.

Posted by: Eromero at January 31, 2022 11:26 AM (0OP+5)

124 Handling your potatoes.

John has a long mustache.

Joe Rogan is apologetic.

The chair is against the wall.

The female Senator has a BMI of 40 percent.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 31, 2022 11:26 AM (Nv3bW)

125 What if we told the longshoreman to work faster...If that fails, we can dock their pay

---------

Where have all the contenders gone?

Where have you gone, brave Terry Malloy,
A nation leaves its lonely docks to you. Woo hoo hoo ...

Posted by: ShainS -- A faculty lounge, if you can keep it. at January 31, 2022 11:26 AM (acKMl)

126 The chocolate ration has been raised from fifty grams to forty grams!

Posted by: Let's Go Brandon! at January 31, 2022 11:26 AM (I2/tG)

127
They paved her and put up a parking lot.
Posted by: garrett a

That would imply she was, at some point, paradise

/hard shudder/
Posted by: Virginia SoCon


No, she had a pair of dice but she crapped out.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 31, 2022 11:26 AM (63Dwl)

128 97 SHOCK POLL! 50% of US Voters Believe Joe Biden Should Be Impeached - Including 50% of Black Voters

https://bit.ly/343t2d2

Goes to gatewaypundit.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at January 31, 2022 11:19 AM (EjmvJ)

Isn't this is our first January without an impeachment since 2019.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 31, 2022 11:26 AM (cupoy)

129 65 Insiders reveal President Biden says he intends on talking to Lucky Luciano to get the ports running smoothly.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 31, 2022 11:14 AM (4v2Bk)

The Mob controlled the East Coast unions. TyexWestcCiast ports are controlled by a combination of Leninists, Stalinists, Trotskyites, Maoists and Pol Pot followers. Maybe a few Castroites and Vietminh thrown in for good measure.

Posted by: Fox2! at January 31, 2022 11:27 AM (qyH+l)

130 How much of this freight is now to Florida or Charleston?

Posted by: fluffy at January 31, 2022 11:27 AM (UnQlg)

131 see @46

The perils of numeric references in any thread with Kurt and Co. A whole bunch of comments above yours got deleted.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 31, 2022 11:27 AM (nfrXX)

132 129 The Mob controlled the East Coast unions. TyexWestcCiast ports are controlled by a combination of Leninists, Stalinists, Trotskyites, Maoists and Pol Pot followers. Maybe a few Castroites and Vietminh thrown in for good measure.
Posted by: Fox2! at January 31, 2022 11:27 AM (qyH+l)

=========

The only diversity that matters.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 31, 2022 11:27 AM (LvTSG)

133 I was waited on by a transitioning Tranny this weekend. Mainstreaming mental illness is not a smart move.

Posted by: Puddin Head at January 31, 2022 11:28 AM (tiR3O)

134 What makes me think if those ships could dock in Nebraska most of the issues would be gone?
Posted by: Skip's Phone

Is there a secret canal ?

Posted by: JT at January 31, 2022 11:28 AM (arJlL)

135 That would be amusing, Charlamagne tha God suddenly not being black anymore. I hope he enjoys his newly discovered white privilege.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 31, 2022 11:25 AM (LvTSG)

That reminds me of the old SNL skit with Eddy Murphy dressed up in whiteface to see what it was like to be white. I would love for that to be hacked in an average college webcast (since none of them attend in person anymore). The fainting, shrieks, and lamentations of outrage would warm me for weeks.

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at January 31, 2022 11:28 AM (a/dOO)

136 SHOCK POLL 50% of people think polls are bullshit.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 31, 2022 11:28 AM (F4b8f)

137 What makes me think if those ships could dock in Nebraska most of the issues would be gone?

And you thought I wanted to get cheap ocean side real estate!

Posted by: Lex Luthor at January 31, 2022 11:28 AM (ESjRY)

138 Lets see if biden can fix it.
Said nobody in history.

Posted by: Coquettish Haberdasher at January 31, 2022 11:28 AM (buTO7)

139 Well, I can tell you that the whole supply chain problem is just more mass hysteria.

I can tell you that because as a retired toff who is spending the winter abroad there are no supply chain issues in countries where people are willing to work. Since November I've been in North Macedonia, Turkey, Greece, and now Cambodia. Things seem normalish, except for masks. But all the shelves seem stocked and things are pretty much normal. Because people need to work to eat in these countries, which of course I find foreign and exotic.

But if you live in a country where people don't want to work, and the government seems willing to do it's damndest to keep people from having to work, then you are screwed.

Posted by: Kazinski at January 31, 2022 11:29 AM (CtYeG)

140 NASA scientists have now confirmed that Sen. Gillibrand has her own planetary gravitational field.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 31, 2022 11:29 AM (Nv3bW)

141 Having 3/4 of goods coming from the Pacific through a Marxist run state and your asking for trouble

Posted by: Skip's Phone at January 31, 2022 11:29 AM (XPz0O)

142 Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.

Posted by: Laurence Peter, The Peter Principle at January 31, 2022 11:29 AM (4I/2K)

143 HGTV is like Fakebook--it is a fantasy land that inevitably leads to disappointment with real life housing.

The unspoken assumption is that house values will always go up--in bad times that is a dubious assumption in stagflation.
Posted by: whig at January 31, 2022 11:26 AM (Iq9dF)
++++
Oy. Try to sell a house that isn't perfect and this really comes out. I went through this a couple of years ago when my folks retired and sold their place. It was expensive but not perfect and we could tell the "HGTV Buyers" from the real buyers after the first couple. The "HGTV Buyers" just want new construction where everything is perfect. The dislocation between being able to afford that in the place they want to live versus the reality just results in paperwork and bad feelings.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 31, 2022 11:29 AM (DU+/6)

144 The absolute worst people are the one's with FU money who still bend the knee.

It's not about survival, it's pure greed and lust to hold onto power.
Posted by: I guess I'll tell them

It doesn't have to be money; it can be fear for one's own skin--see Peter's example in the betrayal of Jesus. It can be fear that one will not be a celebrity anymore because the gatekeepers are pissed--see any number of Hollywood celebrities that kept their mouths shut about child abuse in Tinseltown.

Posted by: whig at January 31, 2022 11:29 AM (Iq9dF)

145 Rogan already bowed by allowing Spotify to vanish some of Rogan's episodes when he signed up at Spotify. I think Rogan is in it for the money and celebrity and not down for a struggle with the politicos or his company's financial backers.
Posted by: whig at January 31, 2022 11:22 AM (Iq9dF)

Which only means he's sane. It's not like any elected officials or other famous people have his back.

Posted by: ... at January 31, 2022 11:29 AM (dscaa)

146 Have waiting times at those ports changed? Is there a general decrease in ship traffic there? Is there increased activity at other ports?

Posted by: Editor at January 31, 2022 11:29 AM (/e9ov)

147 Isn't this is our first January without an impeachment since 2019.
Posted by: Bilwis


Unprecedented!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 31, 2022 11:29 AM (F4b8f)

148 Apparently, freight shipped to Florida and Savannah are moving just fine. Last item I had imported came from Asia via Florida. I'm still waiting on stuff stuck waiting for Long Beach.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse at January 31, 2022 11:29 AM (V6f9+)

149 I guess by now the blogosphere knows that Charlamagne tha God wants Trump back.
Posted by: kallisto at January 31, 2022 11:24 AM (DJFLF)


I wonder if anyone has told him that, if he's going to call himself "tha God", he should be better about foreseeing the consequences of his actions.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at January 31, 2022 11:29 AM (EjmvJ)

150
Hiya Buck !
Posted by: JT


I head that in Twiki's voice.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 31, 2022 11:29 AM (63Dwl)

151 The CA port issue is like everything else these days. A few days or weeks of squeeeee and then no one is talking about it anymore. On to the next crisis. See Afghanistan and all that went with it. The only crisis besides the chinese lung rot to get coverage is the 1/6 insurrection that wasn't. We have become a short attention span, unserious country ruled by the media and incompetent government. But I repeat myself.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 31, 2022 11:30 AM (2NHgQ)

152 124 Handling your potatoes.

John has a long mustache.

Joe Rogan is apologetic.

The chair is against the wall.

The female Senator has a BMI of 40 percent.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 31, 2022 11:26 AM (Nv3bW)
---------
Imma gonna have to start calling him Soy Rogan. "Why Joseph, it profit a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world ... but for Spotify?"

Posted by: ShainS -- A faculty lounge, if you can keep it. at January 31, 2022 11:30 AM (ezdy8)

153 129 65 Insiders reveal President Biden says he intends on talking to Lucky Luciano to get the ports running smoothly.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 31, 2022 11:14 AM (4v2Bk)
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Heh, my dad met Lucky in Naples in 1947. Lucky wanted my dad, a Marine Captain, to vouch for his character on some immigration forms in order to return to the US. My dad was smart enough not to sign. Dad got promoted.

Posted by: Puddin Head at January 31, 2022 11:30 AM (tiR3O)

154 NASA scientists have now confirmed that Sen. Gillibrand has her own planetary gravitational field.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 31, 2022 11:29 AM


And she's orbiting Stacey Abrams.

Posted by: Bert G at January 31, 2022 11:30 AM (4YnRO)

155 Gillibrand and Tank have a bet. Tank's winning but jellobrain ain't giving up just yet.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 31, 2022 11:30 AM (BFigT)

156 I head that in Twiki's voice.



Mel Blanc.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 31, 2022 11:30 AM (Nv3bW)

157 What is going on with the comment format?

Is this my computer or is the whole site affected?

Posted by: irongrampa at January 31, 2022 11:30 AM (KATBx)

158 Oh, RedState has an article up on tough-guy Trey Gowdy titled Gowdy Goes Gowdy on Democrats, Republicans, and 'Government Competence' I think it was written with the Horde in mind, considering the opening paragraphs:

Fully aware that former South Carolina Congressman Trey Gowdy is among a 'select' group of Republicans that the hardest of diehard Trump supporters immediately throw under the bus every time they happen across virtually any news about the guy, I'm going to write this article nonetheless. Why?

Because, as was the case in 2020, selective support (or lack thereof) for whatever reason(s) between Never-Trumper Republicans and Always-Trumper Republicans, if it occurs in 2024-make that continues to occur-will again not prove to be a winning strategy.


Yeah, you dumb Trumpthuglicans! Vote Red no matter who, or you're not a real conservative! The actual article itself is basically retarded: Gowdy said both sides need to work on messaging and present what they're FOR, and not just AGAINST. Profound stuff.

Posted by: Intrepid Bulwark AoS Liaison, Moonlighting at RedState at January 31, 2022 11:30 AM (JCZqz)

159 Having any goods coming through a Marxist state is guaranteed to result in some "shrinkage".

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 31, 2022 11:30 AM (tkyK5)

160 148 Apparently, freight shipped to Florida and Savannah are moving just fine. Last item I had imported came from Asia via Florida. I'm still waiting on stuff stuck waiting for Long Beach.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse at January 31, 2022 11:29 AM (V6f9+)

=========

I got a movie shipped from Germany (ordered through France) in like a week.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 31, 2022 11:31 AM (LvTSG)

161 SHOCK POLL 50% of people think polls are bullshit.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

And the other half are wrong.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Stupid Son of a Bitch at January 31, 2022 11:31 AM (FVME7)

162 So....are we just not supposed to mention the grey boxes being gone?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse at January 31, 2022 11:31 AM (V6f9+)

163

This is bullshit!

Do you know how long I've been waiting on my crotchless hentai tentacle gimp suit?

Posted by: Dirty Frank at January 31, 2022 11:31 AM (c1vjp)

164 The "HGTV Buyers" just want new construction where everything is perfect. The dislocation between being able to afford that in the place they want to live versus the reality just results in paperwork and bad feelings.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

+++++++++++
Yes, and in fact, many of those older homes are built with better materials and more solid than a lot of new construction--but hey, granite countertops.

Posted by: whig at January 31, 2022 11:31 AM (Iq9dF)

165 Mumbles up

Posted by: REDACTED at January 31, 2022 11:31 AM (us2H3)

166 162 So....are we just not supposed to mention the grey boxes being gone?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse at January 31, 2022 11:31 AM (V6f9+)

========

Not for most, freak.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 31, 2022 11:31 AM (LvTSG)

167 So....are we just not supposed to mention the grey boxes being gone?
________________________________________________

At first, they came for the grey boxes, but I said nothing because I wasn't a grey box.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 31, 2022 11:32 AM (Nv3bW)

168 I'm gonna re-read that book by Hemingway ... wasn't it called 'For Whom The Truck Rolls' ... ?

Posted by: Dr_No at January 31, 2022 11:32 AM (mu5GU)

169 Do you know how long I've been waiting on my crotchless hentai tentacle gimp suit?

Ok, even we think this is a step too far.

Posted by: Japanese guys with schoolgirls on their pillows that frequent used panty vending machines at January 31, 2022 11:32 AM (ESjRY)

170 24/7 doesn't work?

We will work 25/8

My word as a Bribem

Posted by: Bruce at January 31, 2022 11:32 AM (vd8XM)

171 Remember how the Fartscists were cheering down Spotify stock (even though the QQQ was down 15% in January).

Spot is up 10% today.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 31, 2022 11:33 AM (am0rz)

172 I read where something like 47.3% of percentages used in online debate are made up.

I think the article said that they will often use odd numbers and decimals to seem more legitimate.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 31, 2022 11:33 AM (dbs6Z)

173 115 That is what Rogan should have done.

Posted by: whig at January 31

The absolute worst people are the one's with FU money who still bend the knee.

It's not about survival, it's pure greed and lust to hold onto power.
Posted by: I guess I'll tell them at January 31, 2022 11:23 AM (Foj6a)

This is why Donald John Trump is sui generis. He is the only one that understands that FU money allows you to say FU once in a while. That is why Oprah, Bob Iger, Howard Schultz and all the other CEO types that were rumored to be POTUS types never ran in 2020 - and never will.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 31, 2022 11:33 AM (aIR0b)

174 I'm gonna re-read that book by Hemingway ... wasn't it called 'For Whom The Truck Rolls' ... ?

Posted by: Dr_No at January 31, 2022 11:32 AM


Ask not for whom the trunk honks, it honks for thee.

Posted by: Bert G at January 31, 2022 11:33 AM (4YnRO)

175 Yes, and in fact, many of those older homes are built with better materials and more solid than a lot of new construction--but hey, granite countertops.
Posted by: whig

Open floor plan!

Posted by: Bruce at January 31, 2022 11:33 AM (vd8XM)

176 Yeah, you dumb Trumpthuglicans! Vote Red no matter who, or you're not a real conservative! The actual article itself is basically retarded: Gowdy said both sides need to work on messaging and present what they're FOR, and not just AGAINST. Profound stuff.
Posted by: Intrepid Bulwark
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Contra Gowdy, the Democrat left is quite clear about what they want--the GOPe just doesn't want to admit they are for what the Dems want too--just a little cheaper and a little slower.

Posted by: whig at January 31, 2022 11:33 AM (Iq9dF)

177 172 I read where something like 47.3% of percentages used in online debate are made up.

I think the article said that they will often use odd numbers and decimals to seem more legitimate.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 31, 2022 11:33 AM (dbs6Z)

I do this when estimating hours at work. Always use an odd number, seems more legit and looks like you put thought into it.

This project will take 20 hours. This project will take 21 hours. Which one would you believe?

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at January 31, 2022 11:35 AM (KbCG3)

178
Trucks and cars "honking" is making leftist on twitter pretend they have PTSD. Really.

Also, expect someone to complain about trucks "idling" and "destroying the environment" and "wasting fuel."

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 31, 2022 11:35 AM (fJ6b0)

179 What is going on with the comment format?

Is this my computer or is the whole site affected?
Posted by: irongrampa at January 31, 2022 11:30 AM (KATBx)

Weird. Blue links and no grey this morning on phone and Macbook.

PC at work is fine and Macbook is now right. Phone is still screwy.

Posted by: golfman at January 31, 2022 11:35 AM (aX0CW)

180 Is this my computer or is the whole site affected?

People have been having problems since the gun thread. Seems to come and go. I only saw it on a few page loads in the ONT. So it's not just you.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 31, 2022 11:35 AM (nfrXX)

181 I read where something like 47.3% of percentages used in online debate are made up.

I think the article said that they will often use odd numbers and decimals to seem more legitimate.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger


93.7%

Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2022 11:35 AM (uXonU)

182 The CA port issue is like everything else these days. A few days or weeks of squeeeee and then no one is talking about it anymore. On to the next crisis. See Afghanistan and all that went with it. The only crisis besides the chinese lung rot to get coverage is the 1/6 insurrection that wasn't. We have become a short attention span, unserious country ruled by the media and incompetent government. But I repeat myself.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 31, 2022 11:30 AM (2NHgQ)


Part of that is because the government has their fingers in everything and, since they're both incompetent AND corrupt, everything is going to shit.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at January 31, 2022 11:35 AM (EjmvJ)

183 175 Yes, and in fact, many of those older homes are built with better materials and more solid than a lot of new construction--but hey, granite countertops.
Posted by: whig

Open floor plan!
Posted by: Bruce

If HGTV actually cared about its viewers, it would be highlighting architecture in troubled regions. Central courtyard for light and air, but no external entry points. Shabby chic exteriors to avoid official attention and tax man, barred windows, nasty pointed fences, etc.

Posted by: whig at January 31, 2022 11:36 AM (Iq9dF)

184 175 Yes, and in fact, many of those older homes are built with better materials and more solid than a lot of new construction--but hey, granite countertops.
Posted by: whig

Open floor plan!
Posted by: Bruce at January 31, 2022 11:33 AM (vd8XM)

Do you love to entertain? We love to entertain. We can also see ourselves drinking our coffee here in the mornings.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at January 31, 2022 11:36 AM (KbCG3)

185 The Democrat proposal: We bend you over with no lube

The Republican proposal: We bend you over with some lube.

The Extremely Extremist White Supremacist H8ter proposal: No one gets bent over against their will.

Posted by: Obligatory at January 31, 2022 11:36 AM (ESjRY)

186 >>This is why Donald John Trump is sui generis. He is the only one that understands that FU money allows you to say FU once in a while. That is why Oprah, Bob Iger, Howard Schultz and all the other CEO types that were rumored to be POTUS types never ran in 2020 - and never will.

Booger said it best in Risky Business.

Sometimes you gotta say "What the fuck". "What the fuck make you free".

Posted by: JackStraw at January 31, 2022 11:36 AM (ZLI7S)

187 Goes to gatewaypundit.

This is my signal to stop reading.

Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at January 31, 2022 11:36 AM (y7DUB)

188 Also, expect someone to complain about trucks "idling" and "destroying the environment" and "wasting fuel."
Posted by: Soothsayer's

Explain to them that the trucks are delivering bottled water and bricks for this summers BLM protests.

Everything will be okay then

Posted by: Bruce at January 31, 2022 11:36 AM (vd8XM)

189 *mmmm hmmmm mfmfmmmm*
*scratches at coffin*
*hmmmm mmmfmffmfm*
Posted by: Jimmy Hoffa at January 31, 2022 11:15 AM (aIR0b

I thought he was dumped into a 55 gallon drum, buried in the parking lot of a recycling company, and the lot paved over.

Posted by: Fox2! at January 31, 2022 11:37 AM (qyH+l)

190 Goes to gatewaypundit.

40% of the time its right 60% of the time.

Posted by: Some Sex Panther at January 31, 2022 11:37 AM (ESjRY)

191 The comments issue (on my browser) is that the page goes in to "reader" mode.
Click on a blue comment hyperlink to restore the normal appearance.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at January 31, 2022 11:37 AM (jTmQV)

192 Aaaaand there went the margins. C'mon folks.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 31, 2022 11:37 AM (nfrXX)

193 >>but the fact that Biden's plan to fix those problems only made them worse bodes poorly for us.




Uh, yeah. . . name **one** thing Biden has made better with his preferred fix/policies.

In his 40+ career, what has Biden improved -- and I mean legitimate fix, not "enriched the f$#@ out of his family's bottom line.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 31, 2022 11:37 AM (URNdm)

194 Not for most, freak.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 31, 2022 11:31 AM (LvTSG)

I AM feeling like a freak on a leash...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse at January 31, 2022 11:38 AM (V6f9+)

195 They say 3 percent of the people use 5 to 6 percent of their brain
97 percent use 3 percent and the rest goes down the drain
I'll never know which one I am but I'll bet you my last dime
99 percent think we're 3 percent 100 percent of the time

-Todd Snyder

Posted by: 496 at January 31, 2022 11:38 AM (VJsqe)

196 Re: Rogan.

I really wish he had come out and laid out the facts that the vaccine was mostly developed under Trump. Ergo, Neil is now going to the mats in support of the Trump vaccine.

When did Neil discover he was a Trump fan?

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at January 31, 2022 11:38 AM (KbCG3)

197 Aaaaand there went the margins. C'mon folks.

Can't blame me for blowing them!

Posted by: Kamala Harris at January 31, 2022 11:38 AM (ESjRY)

198 HGTV is like Fakebook--it is a fantasy land that inevitably leads to disappointment with real life housing.

The unspoken assumption is that house values will always go up--in bad times that is a dubious assumption in stagflation.
Posted by: whig at January 31, 2022 11:26 AM (Iq9dF)

-----------------------------

One of the things I liked about Fixer Upper, particularly in the beginning, is that they worked with people who had realistic budgets. Many were under $200K, which was a nice change from "This couple only has $800K to get the house of their dreams!" week after week.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 31, 2022 11:38 AM (CAJOC)

199 >>This is my signal to stop reading.

Ordinarily wise advice but he is just linking to a Rasmussen Poll.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 31, 2022 11:38 AM (ZLI7S)

200 181 I read where something like 47.3% of percentages used in online debate are made up.

I think the article said that they will often use odd numbers and decimals to seem more legitimate.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger


And guess what mathematical theorem can tell you that the numbers are pulled out of the debater's butt. Hmm, Benford's Law anyone?

Posted by: whig at January 31, 2022 11:38 AM (Iq9dF)

201 Do you love to entertain? We love to entertain. We can also see ourselves drinking our coffee here in the mornings.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer

Or the backyard makeover shows.
We're putting a Bocce ball court, fire pit and outside kitchen into a backyard that....the owners didn't even mow.

Yeah, that'll work out

Posted by: Bruce at January 31, 2022 11:39 AM (vd8XM)

202 Web layout of the site is still borked...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 31, 2022 11:39 AM (nRMeC)

203 Today on house hunters: He sells loosies, she makes Macrame art and sells in on Etsy - their budget? $1.5 million.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 31, 2022 11:39 AM (ESjRY)

204 Re: Soy Rogan

"In any compromise between food and poison, it is only death that can win. In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit. In that transfusion of blood which drains the good to feed the evil, the compromiser is the transmitting rubber tube ..." -- Ayn Rand

Posted by: ShainS -- A faculty lounge, if you can keep it. at January 31, 2022 11:40 AM (+Cnza)

205 The grocery stores are decently stocked in Northern California but gradually certain areas are thinning out. Frozen food sections looking more sparse, potato chips for some reason are really bad. Slowly then quickly I guess.

Posted by: Max Power at January 31, 2022 11:40 AM (q177U)

206 People have been having problems since the gun thread. Seems to come and go. I only saw it on a few page loads in the ONT. So it's not just you.
Posted by: Oddbob at January 31, 2022 11:35 AM (nfrXX)


I use Brave and have no issues.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at January 31, 2022 11:40 AM (EjmvJ)

207
Ace should put up a Convoy post with a pic of The Three Monkeys:

See No Convoy
Hear No Convoy
Speak No Convoy

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 31, 2022 11:40 AM (fJ6b0)

208 The page looks fine on a laptop running Brave.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 31, 2022 11:41 AM (4I/2K)

209 I never told my wife, but the only reason I got rid of premium cable was because she'd sit and watch HGTV for hours on end. It's like meth for housewives.

Posted by: 496 at January 31, 2022 11:41 AM (VJsqe)

210
The Left: What Trucker Convoy?

Also the Left: The Trucker Convoy is racist, toxic, and a Russian op.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 31, 2022 11:41 AM (fJ6b0)

211 The grocery stores are decently stocked in Northern California but gradually certain areas are thinning out. Frozen food sections looking more sparse, potato chips for some reason are really bad. Slowly then quickly I guess.
Posted by: Max Power


Keep an eye on the pasta aisle.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2022 11:41 AM (uXonU)

212 201 Do you love to entertain? We love to entertain. We can also see ourselves drinking our coffee here in the mornings.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer

Or the backyard makeover shows.
We're putting a Bocce ball court, fire pit and outside kitchen into a backyard that....the owners didn't even mow.

Yeah, that'll work out
Posted by: Bruce at January 31, 2022 11:39 AM (vd8XM)

Yes, the backyard that had been neglected when it was just dirt and grass patches will now be super maintained by these same folks because it has a pizza oven and koi pond.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at January 31, 2022 11:42 AM (KbCG3)

213 It was long rumored many ships were taken further off the California coast, out to sea, to await off loading someday, or to be abandoned. Warehousing - lack thereof - is always part of port problems. And I also have serious doubts Customs & the USDA Food Service Inspection Service has been staffed (or adequately staffed) in most ports as required through the last 22 months.

I so greatly admire the Canadian trucks and farmers making a stand for freedom. But I'm also concerned it might work well into cutting exports & imports to/from Canada & the USA that coupled with west coast port situation, will place us at the start of a major trade squeeze that will further rock the pocketbooks and jobs of average citizens and many businesses.

They kid about Canada being the 51 state. The NGOs actually running the US may be way ahead in planning, ready to make us another Australia soon. They're not backing off The Reset.

Posted by: Lola at January 31, 2022 11:42 AM (xjz83)

214 The Feds didn't cause the problems in LA. Yes, they made them worse, but, Gavin Newsom screwed things up all on his own. The Feds merely lent a helping hand.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 31, 2022 11:42 AM (5pTK/)

215 Goes to gatewaypundit.

This is my signal to stop reading.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at January 31, 2022 11:36 AM (y7DUB)


In fairness, that was the last line of the comment so stopping was okay.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at January 31, 2022 11:42 AM (EjmvJ)

216
My supermarket was out of freakin' potatoes.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 31, 2022 11:42 AM (Cf/uA)

217 I'm trying and failing to remember that saying about gubmit creates problems, applies solutions that make the problem worse, and wastes money in doing so. Can't find it. Help a moron out?

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 31, 2022 11:43 AM (4I/2K)

218 Aren't the Conex boxes getting looted?
So actually not just less volume but no volume.

Ship Schiff to LA and it just vanishes.

Posted by: torabora at January 31, 2022 11:43 AM (WnpTB)

219
Potata Famine?

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 31, 2022 11:43 AM (fJ6b0)

220 My supermarket was out of freakin' potatoes.

/Thumbs up

Posted by: Samwise Gamgee at January 31, 2022 11:43 AM (ESjRY)

221 One of the things I liked about Fixer Upper, particularly in the beginning, is that they worked with people who had realistic budgets. Many were under $200K, which was a nice change from "This couple only has $800K to get the house of their dreams!" week after week.
Posted by: No One of Consequence

Room by Room and others of that vintage are what DIY used to watch. Today, most people are neither inclined nor competent to do their own home renovations despite the fact that people have done so for centuries.

Most of what any of today's shows do is follow a format--just with a lower starting point on home acquisition and budget because of Waco. Watch something like Fixer Upper with a general contractor, electrician, carpenter, or plumber sometime. Ask them to comment freely during the show.

Posted by: whig at January 31, 2022 11:43 AM (Iq9dF)

222 61 >>Does Joni Mitchell suffer from imaginary disease?

They paved her and put up a parking lot.
Posted by: garrett at January 31, 2022 11:14 AM (W4O4v)

Maybe she shouldn't have drunk that whole case of U.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 31, 2022 11:43 AM (PiwSw)

223
What is this, Ireland??

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 31, 2022 11:44 AM (fJ6b0)

224 I'm trying and failing to remember that saying about gubmit creates problems, applies solutions that make the problem worse, and wastes money in doing so. Can't find it. Help a moron out?
Posted by: Count de Monet


If you can't find it, go with yours. That pretty much nailed it.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2022 11:44 AM (uXonU)

225 FJB: The most destructive Shit-Midas ever to walk the planet.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at January 31, 2022 11:44 AM (JNTt1)

226 208 The page looks fine on a laptop running Brave.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 31, 2022 11:41 AM (4I/2K)

Page looks fine on Win11 using Vivaldi as a browser

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 31, 2022 11:45 AM (N39Ws)

227 FJB: The most destructive Shit-Midas ever to walk the planet.
Posted by: Bonecrusher at January 31, 2022 11:44 AM (JNTt1)
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Miss me yet?

Posted by: Obama at January 31, 2022 11:46 AM (5pTK/)

228
Hear this?

This Convoy isn't going away after today or tomorrow.
These patriots plan on sticking around for a while.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 31, 2022 11:46 AM (fJ6b0)

229 Joe Biden has shit the Conex Box.

Repeat.

Joe Biden has shit the Conex Box.

Over.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 31, 2022 11:46 AM (a5d7/)

230 Joe Biden has shit the Conex Box.

Repeat.

Joe Biden has shit the Conex Box.

Over.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy

Heh heh...I made a doody...

...SLoe Joe...

Posted by: Bruce at January 31, 2022 11:47 AM (vd8XM)

231 I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is a disgrace, that two become a law firm, and that three or more become a congress. - John Adams

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 31, 2022 11:47 AM (4I/2K)

232 Keep an eye on the pasta aisle.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2022 11:41 AM (uXonU)
---------------

Local supermarket. Portions of the pasta aisle were completely bare.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 31, 2022 11:47 AM (5pTK/)

233 228
Hear this?

This Convoy isn't going away after today or tomorrow.
These patriots plan on sticking around for a while.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 31, 2022 11:46 AM (fJ6b0)

With Trudeau MIA, it would almost be funny if the Canadian Trucker Convoy declared the government null and void and appoint new leaders.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 31, 2022 11:47 AM (N39Ws)

234 Wait until the maladministration starts monkeying around with bandwidth. We're going to have a shortage of that too.

Posted by: torabora at January 31, 2022 11:47 AM (WnpTB)

235 Los Angeles Ports Are Now Handling Less Volume Than Before Biden Announced His Fix

We love it when a plan comes together.

Posted by: Brandon's A-Team Handlers at January 31, 2022 11:47 AM (a3Q+t)

236 232 Keep an eye on the pasta aisle.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2022 11:41 AM (uXonU)
---------------

Local supermarket. Portions of the pasta aisle were completely bare.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 31, 2022 11:47 AM (5pTK/)

Been watching the pasta aisle here (NH) too. Generally OK, but you can see in some canned goods the grocers are front stacking.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 31, 2022 11:48 AM (N39Ws)

237
I suspect it's the handful of American and Canadian Feds who are jumping in their big asset-seized trucks and flying their confederate flags.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 31, 2022 11:48 AM (fJ6b0)

238 Where are my boxes ? Waaaaaa!

Posted by: LASue at January 31, 2022 11:48 AM (Ed8Zd)

239 195 They say 3 percent of the people use 5 to 6 percent of their brain
97 percent use 3 percent and the rest goes down the drain
I'll never know which one I am but I'll bet you my last dime
99 percent think we're 3 percent 100 percent of the time

-Todd Snyder
Posted by: 496 at January 31, 2022 11:38 AM (VJsqe)
--------------
This could be the first Todd reference I have ever seen at the HQ!

Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at January 31, 2022 11:48 AM (CKevK)

240 VivaFrei is Livestreaming from Ottowa for anyone wanting a look at the Canadian Truckers.

Posted by: garrett at January 31, 2022 11:48 AM (W4O4v)

241 I'm on an iPhone, and haven't seen the gray boxes for about 10 minutes. Perhaps some of the hamsters are tired of dealing iPhones and iPads? Maybe they want their own instead of a party line?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 31, 2022 11:49 AM (joJfO)

242
Does Joni Mitchell suffer from imaginary disease?

Goodness me it must be industrial disease.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 31, 2022 11:49 AM (63Dwl)

243 233 228
Hear this?

This Convoy isn't going away after today or tomorrow.
These patriots plan on sticking around for a while.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 31, 2022 11:46 AM (fJ6b0)

With Trudeau MIA, it would almost be funny if the Canadian Trucker Convoy declared the government null and void and appoint new leaders.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 31, 2022 11:47 AM (N39Ws)

Amazing how countries like Denmark and the UK are done with their bullshit but countries like Canada and the US are itching to pile on more. If Trudeau believes Canada needs saving from Covid, surely he believes this must be obtained at any cost. If so, why is he hiding? Isn't your country worth the risk, Justine?

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at January 31, 2022 11:49 AM (KbCG3)

244 Where are my boxes ? Waaaaaa!
Posted by: LASue at January 31, 2022 11:48 AM


All the leaves are brown
and the boxes aren't grey

Posted by: AoSHQ Dreamin' at January 31, 2022 11:50 AM (a3Q+t)

245 The Canadian Truckers have posted a press conference:

https://tinyurl.com/ytavraep

Posted by: Revenant at January 31, 2022 11:50 AM (T4RS9)

246
I'm watching Viva, now.

He just made a great point about how the Canadian govt (and USA) are using this "pandemic" as cover for their scandals and corruption.

lulz: Viva just said "nincompoopery."

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 31, 2022 11:50 AM (fJ6b0)

247 On the topic of supply chain, goods availability, shortages and inflation, my company has thrown in the towel on trying to hold the line on prices. I don't know how big the move will be, but it was a "we will be increasing all prices across the board sometime during the first half because of the problems" statement.

Add a bit more to PPI!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 31, 2022 11:50 AM (DU+/6)

248 >>I'm watching Viva, now.


Canadia is a funy place. Everyone is so nice it is hysterical.

Posted by: garrett at January 31, 2022 11:51 AM (W4O4v)

249 241 I'm on an iPhone, and haven't seen the gray boxes for about 10 minutes.

not just iphones. my computer at home hasn't seen gray boxes since the ont. still see them here at work, though.

i'm guessing there's an issue fetching the style sheets and folks still seeing the gray boxes still have them cached for a while longer.

Posted by: Kulak Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at January 31, 2022 11:51 AM (v3pYe)

250 >>> Does Joni Mitchell suffer from imaginary disease?

She believes that her opinions are relevant.

Posted by: fluffy at January 31, 2022 11:51 AM (UnQlg)

251 Opera on Linux here: gray boxes abound.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 31, 2022 11:52 AM (5pTK/)

252 Why doesn't schiffmidas order the Army to take delivery of goods ...or did they leave all their trucks in Afghanistan?

Posted by: torabora at January 31, 2022 11:52 AM (WnpTB)

253 245 The Canadian Truckers have posted a press conference:

https://tinyurl.com/ytavraep
Posted by: Revenant at January 31, 2022 11:50 AM (T4RS9)

500K views!

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at January 31, 2022 11:52 AM (KbCG3)

254
You guys remember this ridiculous campaign video ace posted last week, where they're trying to take back "Brandon" from the Deplorables?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nYFP5zghDM

Well, I figured if Brandon's media mouthpieces can make a stupid ass video like that, piss drunk in the middle of the night, then so can I:

https://tinyurl.com/2p85u859

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 31, 2022 11:52 AM (Cf/uA)

255 The right's #1 concern is being liked by the left.

The left's #1 concern is control.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 31, 2022 11:52 AM (F4b8f)

256 And, just like that, gray vs. grey joined .45ACP/9mm, Mary Ann/Ginger, and longbows/crossbows in the AoSHQ pantheon.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 31, 2022 11:52 AM (a3Q+t)

257 Things look perfectly normal from MT.

Grey boxes. No Ace before Noon.

All is normal.

Posted by: garrett at January 31, 2022 11:52 AM (W4O4v)

258
Canadia is a funy place. Everyone is so nice it is hysterical.
Posted by: garrett


I love the Donut man!

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 31, 2022 11:52 AM (fJ6b0)

259 Hmm. Blog formatting still off in Chrome, Safari and Brave on Mac OS Monterey.

Worked fine last night on Windows 10 and last week on the mac.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, RIP Oregon Muse at January 31, 2022 11:53 AM (V6f9+)

260 With Trudeau MIA, it would almost be funny if the Canadian Trucker Convoy declared the government null and void and appoint new leaders.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 31, 2022 11:47 AM (N39Ws)

Multiple Parliament locations at Truck Stops, debate and discussion via CB Radio . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 31, 2022 11:53 AM (4I/2K)

261 216 My supermarket was out of freakin' potatoes.

stuck in a container ship off the coast of boise

Posted by: Kulak Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at January 31, 2022 11:53 AM (sGtp+)

262 So, once again the government takes a bad situation and makes it worse. Not surprised, but I am tired of feeling like I have to stock up on basic items like pasta, because when I want it there might not be any there.

Posted by: nerdygirl at January 31, 2022 11:53 AM (+lVUW)

263 Keep an eye on the pasta aisle.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2022 11:41 AM

Local supermarket. Portions of the pasta aisle were completely bare.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 31, 2022 11:47 AM


local Walmart: no white onions, no cottage cheese, pasta shelves 70 percent bare

but they did have hominy this week

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 31, 2022 11:53 AM (DUIap)

264 The boosters... zey do nothink!

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has tested positive for COVID-19

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday he has tested positive for COVID-19 and, so far, he's feeling "fine."

The positive result comes after he was exposed to one of his children who also tested positive for the virus last week. In a social media post, Trudeau said he would stay in isolation and work remotely while he recovers.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 31, 2022 11:53 AM (UHVv4)

265
Everyone knows Viva there!

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 31, 2022 11:53 AM (fJ6b0)

266 It took her a while to find it, but this brunette has the coffee that Diogenes was looking for on the last thread:
https://is.gd/geh9pR

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 31, 2022 11:53 AM (DU+/6)

267 hmm, unexpected is popping up quite a bit lately.

Weird.

Posted by: JayInAmes at January 31, 2022 11:54 AM (yGu6h)

268 >>One of the things I liked about Fixer Upper, particularly in the beginning, is that they worked with people who had realistic budgets. Many were under $200K, which was a nice change from "This couple only has $800K to get the house of their dreams!" week after week.



Yeah, one the blue state transplants started showing up the house fixes got bigger and much more expensive.

One thing that always bugs me on these shows are that in a lot of the houses toured, you can see that the current owner fixed up the kitchen, bathroom -- not high end, but. . .it's like a renovation scam.

First, the owner is told by the realtor they have to redo these spaces to attract buyers and increase sale price. Typically, not high end, but take it from, say, 70's and 80's to current style. Then the shows with the potential buyer(s) show them, usually the woman, taking a one second glance at the kitchen and exclaiming "this of course has to go!" -- it's an obviously new, if not fancy, redone kitchen and it's going to be trashed immediately.

Wanna talk about wasted resources? How about this double renovation on a single house purchase

Posted by: Lizzy at January 31, 2022 11:54 AM (URNdm)

269 "Does Joni Mitchell suffer from imaginary disease?

Goodness me it must be industrial disease.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr"


Out through the night
An' the whispering breezes
To the place where they keep
The Imaginary Diseases

Posted by: Guy who relates everything to a Zappa song at January 31, 2022 11:55 AM (vrz2I)

270 >>It took her a while to find it, but this brunette has the coffee that Diogenes was looking for on the last thread:
https://is.gd/geh9pR


Underboob, FTW!

Posted by: garrett at January 31, 2022 11:55 AM (W4O4v)

271
Canada's Fake News aired video of yellow snow near statues and said the protesters were desecrating war memorials??

No shame.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at January 31, 2022 11:55 AM (fJ6b0)

272 Joe Rogan is part of the new Amorphous Political Blob with no continuity of thought or logic. It's increasingly popular among younger people that are products of post-modernist education.

It's partly rejectionist ideology, part utopian dreamer, part lethargy. You will see inconsistent thought like "The government has covered up alien existence and imprisoned people for using homeopathic treatments, it can't be trusted. But I still think a communist society could work."

It's populated with people like Rogan, Tim Pool, Russel Brand and others. There basic talking point is "I'm not left or right" and they talk all the time about getting along and stopping arguing and stuff that basically appeals to kids that grew up in broken homes where their moms and dads fought all the time. It's flash promise is that we can all stop arguing and then the world will be grand.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 31, 2022 11:55 AM (dbs6Z)

273 stuck in a container ship off the coast of boise

left to rot in the field, because no trucks could pick them up. From last year.

Posted by: JayInAmes at January 31, 2022 11:55 AM (yGu6h)

274 It took her a while to find it, but this brunette has the coffee that Diogenes was looking for on the last thread:
https://is.gd/geh9pR
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 31, 2022 11:53 AM (DU+/6)

Mismatched drawer knobs! Swipe left.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 31, 2022 11:55 AM (4I/2K)

275 As near as I can tell, truckers are in short supply, and, therefore, are able to pretty much pick and choose their work.

So, of course, our so-called "elites" have decided disparaging truckers is a great idea.

There are an awful lot of distribution centers that are nowhere near major cities that truckers can decide they prefer.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 31, 2022 11:55 AM (5pTK/)

276 Last I heard from Trudeau was basically LOLGF.

Posted by: I guess I'll tell them at January 31, 2022 11:56 AM (bUT7U)

277 I'm on a laptop and no site issues. Had the site blink no boxes blue print while on my ipad yesterday during the food thread.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 31, 2022 11:56 AM (Y+l9t)

278 andycanuck: "The positive result comes after he was exposed to one of his children who also tested positive for the virus last week. In a social media post, Trudeau said he would stay in isolation and work remotely while he recovers."

Does he really have Wuhan Flu, or is it simply a cover story to excuse his going into hiding as the nation's backbone arrives to yell at him in his yard?

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Ashli Babbitt at January 31, 2022 11:56 AM (aXxgO)

279 I head that in Twiki's voice.



Mel Blanc.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot

Dean Martin

Posted by: JT at January 31, 2022 11:57 AM (arJlL)

280 The site is blank for me and I'm having to feel my way around.

* grope grope *

Posted by: fd at January 31, 2022 11:57 AM (vrz2I)

281 First, the owner is told by the realtor they have to redo these spaces to attract buyers and increase sale price. Typically, not high end, but take it from, say, 70's and 80's to current style. Then the shows with the potential buyer(s) show them, usually the woman, taking a one second glance at the kitchen and exclaiming "this of course has to go!" -- it's an obviously new, if not fancy, redone kitchen and it's going to be trashed immediately.

Wanna talk about wasted resources? How about this double renovation on a single house purchase
Posted by: Lizzy at January 31, 2022 11:54 AM (URNdm)
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Ugh. Yes. And I do not get it. My house was built in the 70s and the last renovation (kitchen) was done, if I had to guess, in the early or mid 90s. It's "dated" as they say, but it's a *very* good kitchen. They did a great job with layout, cabinets are solid wood, drawers are all nicely dovetailed and assembled, the sink is good, etc. On HGTV, this kitchen would be promptly ripped out and replaced with something more "current" or fashionable. But to replace my kitchen with a new one of equivalent quality would be very very expensive.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 31, 2022 11:57 AM (DU+/6)

282 "I read where something like 47.3% of percentages used in online debate are made up.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger"


93% of great quotes about freedom are erroneously attributed to Benjamin Franklin.

Posted by: Ripley at January 31, 2022 11:57 AM (MxEKc)

283 162 So....are we just not supposed to mention the grey boxes being gone?

you want grey boxes.
you'd settle for gray boxes.
you'll get nothing and like it.

Posted by: Kulak Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at January 31, 2022 11:58 AM (v3pYe)

284
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday he has tested positive for COVID-19 and, so far, he's feeling "fine."

So that's why he escaped to an undisclosed location.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 31, 2022 11:58 AM (63Dwl)

285 209 I never told my wife, but the only reason I got rid of premium cable was because she'd sit and watch HGTV for hours on end. It's like meth for housewives.
Posted by: 496 at January 31, 2022 11:41 AM

With meth, she'd be energized, trying to clean and organize the house to match what she saw on TV. No, HGTV is the modern opiate of the masses, with subconscious class envy thrown in for fun!

Posted by: Karl Marx at January 31, 2022 11:58 AM (JCZqz)

286 I heard that in Twiki's voice.

Col. Deering >>>> Princess Ardala

Fight me.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 31, 2022 11:58 AM (dfRN6)

287 Port of Los Angeles Confirms Cargo Dip in November 2021

I like chives and green onion in my cargo dip.

Posted by: spindrift at January 31, 2022 11:59 AM (h5TKJ)

288 Buck missed the really funny part of this story. Biden's actual solution was to order the ships to wait further off shore so people couldn't see that they were still stacked up waiting. Seriously.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 31, 2022 11:59 AM (ZGrMX)

289 I'm expecting a Port of Amazon to be built in the next decade.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 31, 2022 12:00 PM (7amCf)

290 As a Canadian I don't regard myself as particularly nice. In fact I've met many Americans who are significantly nicer than me.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, resolved to lurking at January 31, 2022 12:00 PM (eGTCV)

291 Brought up lack of gray ink to Pixy this morning but don't think anyone got a answer

Posted by: Skip's Phone at January 31, 2022 12:00 PM (XPz0O)

292 93% of great quotes about freedom are erroneously attributed to Benjamin Franklin.


"Show me the famous quote and I'll show you the erroneous attribution."

--Mark Twain

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 31, 2022 12:00 PM (dbs6Z)

293 As a Canadian I don't regard myself as particularly nice. In fact I've met many Americans who are significantly nicer than me.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, resolved to lurking at January 31, 2022 12:00 PM (eGTCV)
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Heh. I've known some Canadians who aren't nice, but I've never met one who's impolite. Canadians I have met are universally polite.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 31, 2022 12:01 PM (DU+/6)

294 Buck missed the really funny part of this story. Biden's actual solution was to order the ships to wait further off shore so people couldn't see that they were still stacked up waiting. Seriously.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 31, 2022 11:59 AM


Optics. It's a the only thing!

Posted by: Barack, in his third term at January 31, 2022 12:01 PM (a3Q+t)

295 Wanna talk about wasted resources? How about this double renovation on a single house purchase
Posted by: Lizzy at January 31, 2022 11:54 AM (URNdm)
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A few years before my wife and I sold our house, we'd put about 30K into various upgrades/maintenance, but, tried to be strategic where we put the money, for ROE reasons. And it paid off.

Another house in our neighborhood, same floor plan, roughly the same lot, the owners put over 100K into the house, house looked great, but, the market wasn't there to recoup the amount spent on remodeling, plus what was owed and, they took a hit when the house was sold.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 31, 2022 12:01 PM (5pTK/)

296 Been fine on my end always

Posted by: Skip's Phone at January 31, 2022 12:01 PM (XPz0O)

297
I'm expecting a Port of Amazon to be built in the next decade.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter


In Brazil?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 31, 2022 12:01 PM (63Dwl)

298 F*ck aboot, find oot.

Posted by: Canadian Truckers at January 31, 2022 12:01 PM (a3Q+t)

299 Does he really have Wuhan Flu, or is it simply a cover story to excuse his going into hiding as the nation's backbone arrives to yell at him in his yard?
--------------------
Yes. Faking it -- probably took a dozen RAT tests until he and a kid got a positive result.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 31, 2022 12:01 PM (UHVv4)

300 I feel like I just renovated my place a few years ago. It's actually been 14 years. The next owner will have to do any further renovations.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 31, 2022 12:02 PM (7amCf)

301 Texas Medical Center's weekly update shows the 3rd consecutive week of across-the-board sharp declines in Covid metrics.
https://tinyurl.com/mr2xa4bv

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 31, 2022 12:02 PM (4I/2K)

302 It took her a while to find it, but this brunette has the coffee that Diogenes was looking for on the last thread:
https://is.gd/geh9pR
Posted by: Joe Mannix

Mismatched drawer knobs! Swipe left.
Posted by: Count de Monet

Who among us doesn't like mismatched drawer knobs?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2022 12:02 PM (uXonU)

303 Formerly anti-gun comedian, JP Sears did something rare and commendable. He changed his mind and put out a video explaining his clearly carefully considered change of opinion.

https://youtu.be/7fKO1-hE2Wg

Note: it starts off looking like a standard leftist anti-gun video, but that's an intro to his old mode of thinking.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 31, 2022 12:02 PM (CC8oT)

304 not just iphones. my computer at home hasn't seen gray boxes since the ont. still see them here at work, though.

i'm guessing there's an issue fetching the style sheets and folks still seeing the gray boxes still have them cached for a while longer.
Posted by: Kulak Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at January 31, 2022 11:51 AM (v3pYe)


I see the issue on Firefox. Trying with Brave/Edge on my work computer, which hasn't accessed Ace in well over a year and has had the caches cleared, grey boxes are still present.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at January 31, 2022 12:03 PM (EjmvJ)

305 Been fine on my end always

Well, hello there.

Posted by: Sec. of Trans. at January 31, 2022 12:03 PM (nfrXX)

306 278 andycanuck: "The positive result comes after he was exposed to one of his children who also tested positive for the virus last week. In a social media post, Trudeau said he would stay in isolation and work remotely while he recovers."

Does he really have Wuhan Flu, or is it simply a cover story to excuse his going into hiding as the nation's backbone arrives to yell at him in his yard?
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Ashli Babbitt at January 31, 2022 11:56 AM (aXxgO)

No, Trudeau does not have COVID-19. He has COWARD-22.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 31, 2022 12:03 PM (N39Ws)

307 I feel like I just renovated my place a few years ago. It's actually been 14 years. The next owner will have to do any further renovations.
Posted by: Anti doesn't matter

New house is being built. Wife has picked everything. I'm 59. NOTHING gets changed until after I'm dead.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2022 12:03 PM (uXonU)

308 So that's why he escaped to an undisclosed location.
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The original report last week was he had been exposed to an infected person.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 31, 2022 12:03 PM (UHVv4)

309 "What about other US ports. Did they get the increase from LA's decrease?"

I do know that last week the media started covering difficulties at the Charleston ports.

Suddenly....like out of the blue, there are reports of incredible delays.

Seems coordinated.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at January 31, 2022 12:04 PM (3D/fK)

310 The honor of being the worst still goes to POTATUS and his adopted Delaware.

Pennsylvania's Buchanan was the 1st gay President. Don't touch that.

Posted by: Lola at January 31, 2022 12:04 PM (xjz83)

311 This Canada trucker press conference is great. Guy just called Trudeau Prime Minister Blackface.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at January 31, 2022 12:04 PM (KbCG3)

312
Brought up lack of gray ink to Pixy this morning but don't think anyone got a answer
Posted by: Skip's Phone


Everything looks the same as always here. Win 10 w/Chrome.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 31, 2022 12:04 PM (63Dwl)

313 Who among us doesn't like mismatched drawer knobs?
Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2022 12:02 PM


Are you saying with sufficient and sustained attention, deft manipulation, and massage they might even out?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 31, 2022 12:04 PM (a3Q+t)

314 >>>Mismatched drawer knobs! Swipe left.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 31, 2022 11:55 AM (4I/2K)

=====

Well, one looks like it's sitting lower than the other, but I think it is just because of the way she's standing.

Posted by: Turn two at January 31, 2022 12:04 PM (CoAjq)

315 This Canada trucker press conference is great. Guy just called Trudeau Prime Minister Blackface.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at January 31, 2022 12:04 PM (KbCG3)
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I'm about 30 minutes in -- they're doing a great job.

Posted by: Revenant at January 31, 2022 12:05 PM (T4RS9)

316 If the imports are delayed they don't count against GDP till later.

Posted by: blaster at January 31, 2022 12:05 PM (9otr5)

317 The Administration ordered the cargo ships to anchor further from shore so as to be less visible, so we have that going for us.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 31, 2022 12:05 PM (yQpMk)

318 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday he has tested positive for COVID-19 and, so far, he's feeling "fine."

The positive result comes after he was exposed to one of his children who also tested positive for the virus last week. In a social media post, Trudeau said he would stay in isolation and work remotely while he recovers his wife is serviced by the staff.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 31, 2022 11:53 AM (UHVv4)

FIFY

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at January 31, 2022 12:05 PM (EjmvJ)

319 Are you saying with sufficient and sustained attention, deft manipulation, and massage they might even out?
Posted by: Duncanthrax


If you massage the situation properly, anything is possible.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2022 12:06 PM (uXonU)

320 Ah...the missing grey box debate.

My MacBook Airshows the normally appearing look of the blog.

iPhone, running IOs 12 has the new boxeless format.
And all the red text on laptop is now blue text on the iPhone.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at January 31, 2022 12:06 PM (3D/fK)

321 Show me the famous quote and I'll show you the erroneous attribution."

--Mark Twain
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 31, 2022 12:00 PM (dbs6Z)

Heh. My favorite erroneous attributed quote is ' the best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter'

Does sound like Churchill though.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 31, 2022 12:06 PM (7amCf)

322 >>The Administration ordered the cargo ships to anchor further from shore so as to be less visible, so we have that going for us.


International Waters?

Second look at an AoSHQ Pirate Ship?

Posted by: garrett at January 31, 2022 12:06 PM (W4O4v)

323 Been fine on my end always
Posted by: Skip's Phone

So you have toilet paper.

Posted by: JT at January 31, 2022 12:06 PM (arJlL)

324 >>A few years before my wife and I sold our house, we'd put about 30K into various upgrades/maintenance, but, tried to be strategic where we put the money, for ROE reasons. And it paid off.


Yeas, and that makes sense.

What kills me is the HGTV shows ALL push renovation, even perfectly good homes. Like, maybe that cheap house with the not high end but new stuff is affordable and acceptable to a number of potential buyers -- but HGTV is selling us on people with means buying up that house and then throwing $10's or thousands, 100's of dollars even, because the new owner doesn't like the news stuff. Hey, how about you build a new house then, work with a home builder instead of scooping up all the cheap houses and turning them into lil' mcmansions?

Posted by: Lizzy at January 31, 2022 12:06 PM (URNdm)

325 This Canada trucker press conference is great. Guy just called Trudeau Prime Minister Blackface.


He ought to "accidentally" call him Ceaesescu. Maybe that will get his attention.

Posted by: Ripley at January 31, 2022 12:07 PM (MxEKc)

326 325 He ought to "accidentally" call him Ceaesescu. Maybe that will get his attention.
Posted by: Ripley at January 31, 2022 12:07 PM (MxEKc)

=========

Canada isn't exactly a bastion of free speech.

That'd most likely be a recipe for arrest.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 31, 2022 12:07 PM (LvTSG)

327 Pennsylvania's Buchanan was the 1st gay President. Don't touch that.
Posted by: Lola

No weedwhacker.

Posted by: JT at January 31, 2022 12:08 PM (arJlL)

328 I alerted Pixy on his Ambient Irony site about the CSS rendering issues here at Ace when using Firefox 96.0.2 on Linux Mint, and Firefox 91 on Windows.

Same rendering issues seen between platforms and versions, and a thread at the bottom of the page when compared live versus when compared with its archive.org copy: Demonstrably different.

Nice that it's not affecting you folks using different browsers (good data point) but it's most definitely being a pain in the arse to me right now.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 31, 2022 12:08 PM (nRMeC)

329 WINNING!

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 31, 2022 12:08 PM (cMXNt)

330 That's what I said!!!

Ryan O'Connor @rpoconnor
"Quick, Sophie, hand me another rapid test! The truckers are still here!"

"Justin, you've already taken 8 tests and you aren't even sick. Why are you still testing?"

"Maybe if I keep testing I'll get a positive!"

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 31, 2022 12:08 PM (UHVv4)

331 315 This Canada trucker press conference is great. Guy just called Trudeau Prime Minister Blackface.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at January 31, 2022 12:04 PM (KbCG3)
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I'm about 30 minutes in -- they're doing a great job.
Posted by: Revenant at January 31, 2022 12:05 PM (T4RS9)

Was talking to my father about this yesterday and Trudeau running away is more disastrous than he probably realizes. People want to support the strong side of an argument. They will choose who they want to be associated with on an emotional level almost more than anything. How long can you hold out support for a PM that runs away in the face of resistance?

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at January 31, 2022 12:08 PM (KbCG3)

332 Truckers descend on Ottawa, Trudeau runs away and hides.

Truckers descent on DC when PDT is president: Any guesses as to what would happen?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 31, 2022 12:08 PM (5pTK/)

333 330 Ryan O'Connor @rpoconnor
"Quick, Sophie, hand me another rapid test! The truckers are still here!"

"Justin, you've already taken 8 tests and you aren't even sick. Why are you still testing?"

"Maybe if I keep testing I'll get a positive!"
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 31, 2022 12:08 PM (UHVv4)

========

"And for the 9th time, Justin. They do not go up your ass."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 31, 2022 12:09 PM (LvTSG)

334
>>The Administration ordered the cargo ships to anchor further from shore so as to be less visible, so we have that going for us.

Don't any of the news stations out there have access to a helicopter?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 31, 2022 12:09 PM (63Dwl)

335 News Flash:
Truckers in the United States are getting ready to follow the lead of their Canadian counterparts and form a convoy that will travel from California to Washington D.C.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 31, 2022 12:09 PM (Y+l9t)

336 Truckers in the United States are getting ready to follow the lead of their Canadian counterparts and form a convoy that will travel from California to Washington D.C.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 31, 2022 12:09 PM (Y+l9t)
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I hope they do.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 31, 2022 12:10 PM (5pTK/)

337 They will choose who they want to be associated with on an emotional level almost more than anything. How long can you hold out support for a PM that runs away in the face of resistance?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at January 31, 2022 12:08 PM (KbCG3)
--
Trudeau apparently is delivering a public statement (I haven't watched it yet):

Link: https://tinyurl.com/mr2wtms6

Posted by: Revenant at January 31, 2022 12:10 PM (T4RS9)

338 The Administration ordered the cargo ships to anchor further from shore so as to be less visible, so we have that going for us.

International Waters?

Second look at an AoSHQ Pirate Ship?
Posted by: garrett at January 31, 2022 12:06 PM (W4O4v)

Crimson Permanent Assurance!

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 31, 2022 12:10 PM (4I/2K)

339 >>The Administration ordered the cargo ships to anchor further from shore so as to be less visible, so we have that going for us.

Don't any of the news stations out there have access to a helicopter?


Better than that, you can track the ships online. Nobody in the MFM has shown any interest in doing so however.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 31, 2022 12:10 PM (ZGrMX)

340 The Administration ordered the cargo ships to anchor further from shore so as to be less visible, so we have that going for us.

Don't any of the news stations out there have access to a helicopter?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.


Some drones can run four miles away before losing connection and returning home.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2022 12:10 PM (uXonU)

341 335 News Flash:
Truckers in the United States are getting ready to follow the lead of their Canadian counterparts and form a convoy that will travel from California to Washington D.C.
------------------
Tell them to include a goodly number of MRAPs with .50 cals. District of Chazz doesn't like the unwashed.

Posted by: Puddin Head at January 31, 2022 12:11 PM (tiR3O)

342 ...but the dollar value of what the ports are handling has gone up tremendously. To steal a line from my boss, you'd think you'd be thanking me!

Posted by: Joe Buden at January 31, 2022 12:11 PM (vOGqy)

343 332 Truckers descend on Ottawa, Trudeau runs away and hides.

Truckers descent on DC when PDT is president: Any guesses as to what would happen?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 31, 2022 12:08 PM (5pTK/)

Probably a big party.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at January 31, 2022 12:11 PM (KbCG3)

344 Biden has a backlog in his Depends.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2022 12:11 PM (P3gRi)

345 Posted by: Lizzy at January 31, 2022 12:06 PM (URNdm)

Sell This House was my favorite show and they did minor renovations and staging. Okay it was my favorite because of Tanya Memme.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 31, 2022 12:11 PM (7amCf)

346 When Democrats say they're going to "fix" something, they mean it in the elections sense.

Posted by: ... at January 31, 2022 12:11 PM (dscaa)

347 Trudeau apparently is delivering a public statement (I haven't watched it yet):
----------------------------------
Already done at 11:00 a.m. as a 'virtual' press conference; and his account also twatted about his and kid's alleged positive RAT test.

Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at January 31, 2022 12:12 PM (UHVv4)

348 Nobody in the MFM has shown any interest in doing so however.
-------------------
MFM is a church. Its a trap!

Posted by: Puddin Head at January 31, 2022 12:12 PM (tiR3O)

349 Mismatched drawer knobs! Swipe left.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 31, 2022 11:55 AM (4I/2K)

Properly called pulls. Don't you guys watch queer tv?

Posted by: BignJames at January 31, 2022 12:12 PM (AwYPR)

350 Truckers come to DC?

Drone strikes.

Posted by: blaster at January 31, 2022 12:12 PM (9otr5)

351 Howdy.

Noting that at 11:12am CST, the house rattled and shook. Must've been a big one.

Posted by: mindful webworker - quakey! at January 31, 2022 12:12 PM (zR2p/)

352 Tried both browsers on my tablet and phone, boxes are where they should be.

Posted by: Skip's Phone at January 31, 2022 12:12 PM (XPz0O)

353 The Administration ordered the cargo ships to anchor further from shore so as to be less visible, so we have that going for us. Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 31, 2022 12:05 PM (yQpMk)

I'm pretty sure California actually did that. The excuse was air quality -- those ships were making a hell of a lot of smog.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at January 31, 2022 12:13 PM (BMmaB)

354 You know Canadians were once some real bad asses. WTF happened?

Posted by: Puddin Head at January 31, 2022 12:13 PM (tiR3O)

355 Trudeau just said he's addressing the House of Commons virtually.

What a wiener.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 31, 2022 12:13 PM (CC8oT)

356 322 >>The Administration ordered the cargo ships to anchor further from shore so as to be less visible, so we have that going for us.

International Waters?

Second look at an AoSHQ Pirate Ship?
Posted by: garrett at January 31, 2022 12:06 PM (W4O4v)

--------

Wench'ettes in skimpy outfits? Hoist the Black Flag and sign me up!

Cap'n O'Spades ...

Posted by: ShainS -- A faculty lounge, if you can keep it. at January 31, 2022 12:13 PM (4u5zd)

357 Quincey is staring from the deck of his houseboat and shaking his head silently.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 31, 2022 12:13 PM (vuisn)

358 337 They will choose who they want to be associated with on an emotional level almost more than anything. How long can you hold out support for a PM that runs away in the face of resistance?
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at January 31, 2022 12:08 PM (KbCG3)
--
Trudeau apparently is delivering a public statement (I haven't watched it yet):

Link: https://tinyurl.com/mr2wtms6

Posted by: Revenant at January 31, 2022 12:10 PM (T4RS9)

26K watching vs. 500K for the trucker press conference. Fuck Justin Trudeau. Fuck Joe Biden.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at January 31, 2022 12:13 PM (KbCG3)

359 Shut up fat. How much could YOU fit into a 10 hour work week?

Posted by: Joey Shortbus at January 31, 2022 12:13 PM (OzNIz)

360 Truckers descend on Ottawa, Trudeau runs away and hides.

Truckers descent on DC when PDT is president: Any guesses as to what would happen?
Posted by: blake


Trump hires the semi rig sized bbq pit and a trailer full of cows and a big bbq on the east lawn.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2022 12:13 PM (uXonU)

361 >>Don't any of the news stations out there have access to a helicopter?

I'm sure they all do. What they don't have is a desire to cover the issue just like they haven't covered the border issue for an entire year.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 31, 2022 12:13 PM (ZLI7S)

362 So now that the Maderna vaccine has JUST received full approval, do the others lose their EUA status?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at January 31, 2022 12:13 PM (3D/fK)

363 Second look at an AoSHQ Pirate Ship?

It'd go well until the pirates boarded a ship loaded with shelves.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 31, 2022 12:13 PM (ZGrMX)

364 346 When Democrats say they're going to "fix" something, they mean it in the elections sense.
--------------
You forgot the Grift factor.

Posted by: Puddin Head at January 31, 2022 12:13 PM (tiR3O)

365 "Trudeau apparently is delivering a public statement (I haven't watched it yet):

Link: https://tinyurl.com/mr2wtms6

Posted by: Revenant"


He just blamed Russian provocation for the convoy! As if he didn't sound pathetic enough. LOL!

Posted by: Ripley at January 31, 2022 12:14 PM (MxEKc)

366 The truckers go to DC and the chain link and barriers will go up faster than they can get there.

Posted by: Skip's Phone at January 31, 2022 12:14 PM (XPz0O)

367 /potentially embarrassing sock

Posted by: Oddbob at January 31, 2022 12:14 PM (nfrXX)

368 365 He just blamed Russian provocation for the convoy! As if he didn't sound pathetic enough. LOL!
Posted by: Ripley at January 31, 2022 12:14 PM (MxEKc)

===========

"Well, now we HAVE to go to war over the Ukraine."
-Joe Biden

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 31, 2022 12:14 PM (LvTSG)

369 Ugh. Yes. And I do not get it. My house was built in the 70s and the last renovation (kitchen) was done, if I had to guess, in the early or mid 90s. It's "dated" as they say, but it's a *very* good kitchen...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 31, 2022 11:57 AM (DU+/6)


They will also always replace it with something trendy. That way it'll be dated in 5 years and need to be replaced again.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, member - Ashli Babbitt Society at January 31, 2022 12:14 PM (EjmvJ)

370 Someone noted that with DC traffic, the truckers wouldn't be able to get to Washington to blockade it because it was already blockaded.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at January 31, 2022 12:14 PM (BMmaB)

371 Caller asks Trudeau if he or anyone in his gov't has addressed the truckers, he goes off on platitudes about standing together with Canadians.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 31, 2022 12:15 PM (CC8oT)

372 The truckers go to DC and the chain link and barriers will go up faster than they can get there.
Posted by: Skip's Phone


80,000 lb rig will go thru chain link.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2022 12:15 PM (uXonU)

373 Second look at an AoSHQ Pirate Ship?
Posted by: garrett at January 31, 2022 12:06 PM (W4O4v)


arg

aarg

AARGH!

Posted by: Somalis in training at January 31, 2022 12:15 PM (QzkSJ)

374 Trump hires the semi rig sized bbq pit and a trailer full of cows and a big bbq on the east lawn.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2022 12:13 PM (uXonU)

Remember the faux outrage when he hosted the college national champs and served a fast food bonanza ?

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 31, 2022 12:15 PM (7amCf)

375 He just blamed Russian provocation for the convoy! As if he didn't sound pathetic enough. LOL!
Posted by: Ripley at January 31, 2022 12:14 PM (MxEKc)
++++
"THE RUSSIANS MANIPULATED CANADIAN TRUCKERS" thing is the most ludicrous thing I've seen recently.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 31, 2022 12:15 PM (DU+/6)

376 370 Someone noted that with DC traffic, the truckers wouldn't be able to get to Washington to blockade it because it was already blockaded.
------------------
Not that bad, what with all Feds working from home.

Posted by: Puddin Head at January 31, 2022 12:15 PM (tiR3O)

377 354 You know Canadians were once some real bad asses. WTF happened?

Posted by: Puddin Head at January 31, 2022 12:13 PM (tiR3O)

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Importation of a third of its population from third-world shit-holes?

At least that couldn't happen here ... oh, wait.

Posted by: ShainS -- A faculty lounge, if you can keep it. at January 31, 2022 12:15 PM (4u5zd)

378 Someone noted that with DC traffic, the truckers wouldn't be able to get to Washington to blockade it because it was already blockaded.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon


Cocktail parties will be slim affairs if trucks don't get thru to restock liquor stores.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2022 12:16 PM (uXonU)

379 "Biden and the rest of the Democrats are like Ayn Rand villains... a perfect mix of maliciousness and incompetence. The only thing they have is a certain low cunning and a thirst for power.
Posted by: Bram Stoker's Chocula"

Eh, they're ok.

Posted by: Ellsworth Monkton Toohey, man about town at January 31, 2022 12:16 PM (9s20h)

380 Just a new blazin' fast modem. Router too. Refresh quicker to keep up with youse guys!

Posted by: kraken at January 31, 2022 12:16 PM (Vr12I)

381 The Administration ordered the cargo ships to anchor further from shore so as to be less visible, so we have that going for us.

Don't any of the news stations out there have access to a helicopter?


Or a fishing boat or a simple thing like vesselfinder.com.

Honestly, it doesn't look like there are near as many ships stuck there as there used to be. It's as if they've adapted and made other plans.

Posted by: t-bird at January 31, 2022 12:16 PM (jacU8)

382 Damn supply chain!!!
Just came from the local coffee shoppe. NO MOCHA!!!
AYFKM??
NO MOCHA!!!
Call out the National Guard. Let's flush the bombers and get the subs to their launch modes. This is Go Time!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at January 31, 2022 12:17 PM (axyOa)

383 Anyone remember a guy parking one vehicle in DC and threatening to blow himself up or something?

Traffic was snarled for 3 days.

Posted by: blaster at January 31, 2022 12:17 PM (9otr5)

384 382 Damn supply chain!!!
Just came from the local coffee shoppe. NO MOCHA!!!
AYFKM??
NO MOCHA!!!
Call out the National Guard. Let's flush the bombers and get the subs to their launch modes. This is Go Time!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at January 31, 2022 12:17 PM (axyOa)

========

Did you get in a word with the manager?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 31, 2022 12:17 PM (LvTSG)

385
He just blamed Russian provocation for the convoy! As if he didn't sound pathetic enough. LOL!
Posted by: Ripley


I'm not sayin' it's aliens...

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 31, 2022 12:17 PM (63Dwl)

386 Cocktail parties will be slim affairs if trucks don't get thru to restock liquor stores.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2022 12:16 PM (uXonU)
++++
They'll go empty out the liquor stores in all surrounding areas before the trucks arrive.

It's B-double-E-double-R-U-N BEERRUN!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 31, 2022 12:17 PM (DU+/6)

387 >>>Tried both browsers on my tablet and phone, boxes are where they should be.
Posted by: Skip's Phone at January 31, 2022 12:12 PM (XPz0O)

=====

No gray boxes on my iPhone 12 running brave. Also, Safari on phone won't let me go to the HQ, saying it may be impersonating the real HQ to steal personal information. WTH? Going to go try it on Firefox.

Posted by: Turn two at January 31, 2022 12:17 PM (CoAjq)

388 The shelves at two of the stores I shop at are at 70%+/- throughout with certain areas at 0-20% stocked. This is far worse than the panic buying of 1st and 2nd qtr 2020.

Stolen elections and traitorous governments have their consequences.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 31, 2022 12:17 PM (iDcra)

389 He just blamed Russian provocation for the convoy! As if he didn't sound pathetic enough. LOL! Posted by: Ripley at January 31, 2022 12:14 PM (MxEKc)

Serious question: if the Russians were to occupy some Canadian Arctic islands, say for global warming research, what would Canada do?

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at January 31, 2022 12:17 PM (BMmaB)

390 Don't any of the news stations out there have access to a helicopter?

Or a fishing boat or a simple thing like vesselfinder.com.

Honestly, it doesn't look like there are near as many ships stuck there as there used to be. It's as if they've adapted and made other plans.
Posted by: t-bird


Been sunk.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2022 12:17 PM (uXonU)

391 "THE RUSSIANS MANIPULATED CANADIAN TRUCKERS" thing is the most ludicrous thing I've seen recently.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 31, 2022 12:15 PM (DU+/6)

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I believe the initial CBC newswhore speculated that Russian agents had infiltrated the truckers, and that Putin was on the verge of surrounding Ottawa.

Posted by: ShainS -- A faculty lounge, if you can keep it. at January 31, 2022 12:18 PM (4u5zd)

392 THE RUSSIANS MANIPULATED CANADIAN TRUCKERS" thing is the most ludicrous thing I've seen recently.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 31, 2022 12:15 PM (DU+/6)

It is. And that's saying something.

Note how even after the Left were proven to be the ones colluding with Russia, they maintain their bs accusations. It's risk free.

Posted by: ... at January 31, 2022 12:18 PM (dscaa)

393 Here's a cool website:
https://tinyurl.com/yckbz565

Shipping traffic everywhere on the planet. Long Beach/LA doesn't look particularly backed up but I'm certainly no expert.

Posted by: lurk you longtime at January 31, 2022 12:18 PM (hTWNl)

394 >>>No gray boxes on my iPhone 12 running brave. Also, Safari on phone won't let me go to the HQ, saying it may be impersonating the real HQ to steal personal information. WTH? Going to go try it on Firefox.
Posted by: Turn two at January 31, 2022 12:17 PM (CoAjq)

=====

Welp, no gray boxes on Firefox either.

Posted by: Turn two at January 31, 2022 12:19 PM (CoAjq)

395 391 "THE RUSSIANS MANIPULATED CANADIAN TRUCKERS" thing is the most ludicrous thing I've seen recently.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 31, 2022 12:15 PM (DU+/6)

--------

I believe the initial CBC newswhore speculated that Russian agents had infiltrated the truckers, and that Putin was on the verge of surrounding Ottawa.
Posted by: ShainS -- A faculty lounge, if you can keep it. at January 31, 2022 12:18 PM (4u5zd)

Bought off with caviar and vodka, no doubt. And girls.

Posted by: kraken at January 31, 2022 12:19 PM (Vr12I)

396 I believe the initial CBC newswhore speculated that Russian agents had infiltrated the truckers, and that Putin was on the verge of surrounding Ottawa.

You can see that the media controls the Left in real-time here. CBC said it first, and now Trudeau's repeating it.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 31, 2022 12:19 PM (ZGrMX)

397 A lot of those California bound container ships went to Florida.

Posted by: blaster at January 31, 2022 12:19 PM (9otr5)

398 "Serious question: if the Russians were to occupy some Canadian Arctic islands, say for global warming research, what would Canada do?
Posted by: Caesar North"


They would cede them to Russia without being asked because it is the polite thing to do.

Posted by: Ripley at January 31, 2022 12:19 PM (MxEKc)

399 Walter White didn't go from good to bad. He went from weak to strong. And he would only refuse any plan to bring things back to normal after all the medical bills paid off.

Jules from Pulp Fiction actually gives up the thing he is good at, and that is a huge sacrifice.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 31, 2022 12:19 PM (44ww/)

400 332/Blake: "Truckers descent on DC when PDT is president: Any guesses as to what would happen?"

Trump went to North Korea in person. I'm pretty sure he'd meet with some truckers that wanted to air a few grievances.

Completely unlike Prime Minister Trudeau. I can't decide if it's cowardice or arrogant elitism that drives his actions; maybe it's just both.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 31, 2022 12:20 PM (nRMeC)

401 It's as if they've adapted and made other plans. Posted by: t-bird at January 31, 2022 12:16 PM (jacU

Don't know if Jim SND is around, he would have better perspective than I do, but I drove down Harborside Drive one day last week and the Port of Galveston was VERY busy. I worked those docks when I was a kid and in recent years I've never seen that much activity.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at January 31, 2022 12:20 PM (BMmaB)

402 and that Putin was on the verge of surrounding Ottawa.
Posted by: ShainS

Paulus told not to surrender.

Posted by: Bruce at January 31, 2022 12:20 PM (vd8XM)

403 The left turned into Joe McCarthy so slowly that ... no wait ... they turned quick the moment they thought it would benefit them.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 31, 2022 12:20 PM (44ww/)

404 340 The Administration ordered the cargo ships to anchor further from shore so as to be less visible, so we have that going for us.

Don't any of the news stations out there have access to a helicopter?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.


Some drones can run four miles away before losing connection and returning home.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2022 12:10 PM (uXonU)



MarineTraffic.com shows a lot of LA and Long Beach destination cargo ships off the coast of Baja

Posted by: Gref at January 31, 2022 12:20 PM (AMIL/)

405 Did you get in a word with the manager?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 31, 2022 12:17 PM (LvTSG)


She's the one who told me.
She said they make the mixture at the warehouse up the road but they are out of certain ingredients that are probably shitting on a ship in the Puget Sound somewhere.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 31, 2022 12:20 PM (axyOa)

406 Does Trudeau still have both his eyebrows or did the trucker convoy scare them off?

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 31, 2022 12:20 PM (iDcra)

407 Margot Cleveland has an interesting Durham update, saying Durham "clarified" that he thinks the FBI has not demonstrated a good reason to open an investigation of Trump.

In English, that would seem to say, the FBI investigated a major party candidate and then sitting President of the United States for its own particular reasons.

I think that sounds like an accusation of treason, if it actually is leveled publicly. Kinda serious, no matter how it gets characterized.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at January 31, 2022 12:21 PM (j5ceG)

408 You can see that the media controls the Left in real-time here. CBC said it first, and now Trudeau's repeating it.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 31, 2022 12:19 PM (ZGrMX)

Or the Left uses the media to initially disseminate the message they intend to eventually spread.

Posted by: ... at January 31, 2022 12:21 PM (dscaa)

409 Don't know if Jim SND is around, he would have better perspective than I do, but I drove down Harborside Drive one day last week and the Port of Galveston was VERY busy. I worked those docks when I was a kid and in recent years I've never seen that much activity.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon


Those docks were relatively non existent in the early 80's.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2022 12:21 PM (uXonU)

410 I miss Muse and his philosophical rantings. God Bless him!

And of course, no monkey from Buck.

Not filling the great ones shoes, even there.

Posted by: Loki, a hero archetype, just like Supes and Jeezus at January 31, 2022 12:21 PM (ZW1rs)

411 Grumpy. He's a sissy ass soy boy.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 31, 2022 12:21 PM (2NHgQ)

412 *looks at watch, taps face, listens*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 31, 2022 12:22 PM (dNqv+)

413 I wonder if the Canadian govt. came up with the Russian manipulation explanation all by itself or did it have help from our regime?

Posted by: Ripley at January 31, 2022 12:22 PM (MxEKc)

414 I got 2 cases of ramen less that a year old.

Posted by: Eromero at January 31, 2022 12:22 PM (0OP+5)

415 How can you be both an arrogant, elitist snot and terrified of the peasants.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, resolved to lurking at January 31, 2022 12:22 PM (eGTCV)

416 The Administration ordered the cargo ships to anchor further from shore so as to be less visible, so we have that going for us.

Don't any of the news stations out there have access to a helicopter?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

***
BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!
You mean do, like, really reporting stuff?
BWAHAHAHAHA!!!

Oh...you were serious. My bad.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 31, 2022 12:22 PM (axyOa)

417 "I liked it but enjoy would not be the right word.
I am still thinking about it. Which in my opinions speaks to its power and strength."

------------

Apparently my books are full of power and strength.

I'm not saying that you should buy them and then consume them literally, but I'm also not not saying that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 31, 2022 12:22 PM (LvTSG)

418 Was Neil Young paid to make a stink about Rogan? Seems odd that one random whack a mole head pops up, and suddenly thereafter it's a widespread cultural campaign.

Posted by: ... at January 31, 2022 12:23 PM (dscaa)

419 Welp, no gray boxes on Firefox either.
Posted by: Turn two at January 31, 2022 12:19 PM (CoAjq)

No boxes on DuckDuckGo app on iPhone either.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric(phone) at January 31, 2022 12:23 PM (TDj17)

420 I got 2 cases of ramen less that a year old.
Posted by: Eromero

I have a case that is slightly less than 30 years old. Still viable.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2022 12:23 PM (uXonU)

421 Trudeau really is a little shit. I can't watch him anymore. He just went on a rant about how uniquely terrible the trucker protesters are. It's incredible. There was one guy with a southern battle flag who was very obviously a plant. There was a small group of about seven guys who were carrying around a couple of flags. They were probably plants, who knows? But that's all I saw on Twitter. Now Trudeau is using these very very few people to smear the entire group. What a little shit.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 31, 2022 12:23 PM (CC8oT)

422 Long Beach/LA doesn't look particularly backed up but I'm certainly no expert.

Posted by: lurk you longtime at January 31, 2022 12:18 PM


Hover on the ones off the coast of Baja. Notice how many have a destination of either LAX or LGB. That's where they're parking them out of sight.

Posted by: Bert G at January 31, 2022 12:23 PM (4YnRO)

423 Call out the National Guard. Let's flush the bombers and get the subs to their launch modes. This is Go Time!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at January 31, 2022 12:17 PM (axyOa)


Did you get in a word with the manager?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 31, 2022 12:17 PM (LvTSG)

lol and also lol

Posted by: flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at January 31, 2022 12:23 PM (SH2Zi)

424 418 Was Neil Young paid to make a stink about Rogan? Seems odd that one random whack a mole head pops up, and suddenly thereafter it's a widespread cultural campaign.
Posted by: ... at January 31, 2022 12:23 PM (dscaa)

==========

"Hey Neil, wanna be in the news again?"

Neil Young was probably cheap.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, Searching with John Ford at January 31, 2022 12:24 PM (LvTSG)

425 Gray boxes on my iPad, but not on my iPhone. Weird.

Posted by: kraken at January 31, 2022 12:24 PM (Vr12I)

426 420 I got 2 cases of ramen less that a year old.
Posted by: Eromero

I have a case that is slightly less than 30 years old. Still viable.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2022 12:23 PM (uXonU)
My brother, we still got Y2K Spam.

Posted by: Eromero at January 31, 2022 12:25 PM (0OP+5)

427 Again, these are such easy issues for Biden to address, but he's so wed to the far left of his party, he won't.

Say he pisses off the port unions? So what? Where do these people in CA go to vote? Are they going to start voting Republican? Would it make the state in play? Of course not.

A layup Presidency that Biden misses every time. Even the SC pick was easy but he had to make sure and alienate as many people as possible by saying it had to be a black woman.

Posted by: Blago at January 31, 2022 12:25 PM (PwNLq)

428 " ... but the fact that Biden's plan to fix those problems only made them worse ... "

surprising exactly no one.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (9CuDT) at January 31, 2022 12:25 PM (5JfcP)

429 Hover on the ones off the coast of Baja. Notice how many have a destination of either LAX or LGB. That's where they're parking them out of sight.

LGB is the code for Long Beach? So a Biden disaster is literally Let's Go Brandon? That's fantastic.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 31, 2022 12:25 PM (ZGrMX)

430 421 Trudeau really is a little shit. I can't watch him anymore. He just went on a rant about how uniquely terrible the trucker protesters are. It's incredible. There was one guy with a southern battle flag who was very obviously a plant. There was a small group of about seven guys who were carrying around a couple of flags. They were probably plants, who knows? But that's all I saw on Twitter. Now Trudeau is using these very very few people to smear the entire group. What a little shit.
Posted by: bonhomme at January 31, 2022 12:23 PM (CC8oT)

They have a playbook, and they are running it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 31, 2022 12:25 PM (dNqv+)

431 ace is upstairs.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 31, 2022 12:25 PM (dNqv+)

432 Those docks were relatively non existent in the early 80's. Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2022 12:21 PM (uXonU)

The Del Monte terminal and the grain elevator have always had steady, but not continuous, traffic. I worked the banana boats some as a longshoreman when I was young and stupid. The banana boats come once every couple of weeks, and the grain elevator has a Panamax maybe once a month or every couple of months. But I'm telling you, it was busy.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at January 31, 2022 12:26 PM (BMmaB)

433 I miss Muse and his philosophical rantings. God Bless him!

And of course, no monkey from Buck.

Not filling the great ones shoes, even there.
Posted by: Loki, a hero archetype, just like Supes and Jeezus at January 31, 2022 12:21 PM (ZW1rs)
***

I miss the ape.
But it makes me wonder. What is your blogging animal? Not sure what mine is.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 31, 2022 12:26 PM (axyOa)

434 MarineTraffic.com shows a lot of LA and Long Beach destination cargo ships off the coast of Baja
Posted by: Gref


It does look like they have a little parking lot about a hundred miles off Ensenada.

Posted by: t-bird at January 31, 2022 12:26 PM (8DRUP)

435 Can the Canadian Parliament call for a vote of no confidence?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 31, 2022 12:26 PM (yQpMk)

436 Ace is with us, speaking of Bidens unique talent of turning everything to shit.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at January 31, 2022 12:27 PM (j5ceG)

437 I got 2 cases of ramen less that a year old.
Posted by: Eromero

I have a case that is slightly less than 30 years old. Still viable.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 31, 2022 12:23 PM (uXonU)
My brother, we still got Y2K Spam.
Posted by: Eromero

Properly prepping morons have a bbq foxhole in addition to the main foxhole.

Posted by: Miklos has been using the pressuure canner for actual canning at January 31, 2022 12:27 PM (QzkSJ)

438 > Some drones can run four miles away before losing connection and returning home.

My brother's little DJI drone is 6.2 miles. It's only .54 lbs. I'm sure some of the bigger ones have even more incredible range.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 31, 2022 12:27 PM (CC8oT)

439 435 Can the Canadian Parliament call for a vote of no confidence?
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at January 31, 2022 12:26 PM (yQpMk)

All a vote of no confidence does is install chancellor Palpatine.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric(phone) at January 31, 2022 12:27 PM (TDj17)

440 Remember the outrage when trump said "Good Morning" and Roy Garrison from Rockford IL who just lost his wife in a car accident and was NOT having a good morning, but Trump clearly attempted to force one on him???

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 31, 2022 12:28 PM (F4b8f)

441 No gray boxes on Firefox but Chrome and Opera are ok

Posted by: lurk you longtime at January 31, 2022 12:28 PM (hTWNl)

442 Now that weasel Trudeau is bemoaning that small business are shut down and people can't get to work. Just as I mockingly predicted!. You cant even make a parody of these people.

Posted by: Ripley at January 31, 2022 12:28 PM (MxEKc)

443 A layup Presidency that Biden misses every time. Even the SC pick was easy but he had to make sure and alienate as many people as possible by saying it had to be a black woman.

Posted by: Blago at January 31, 2022 12:25 PM (PwNLq)
I bet I know more black women than Bai-din does.

Posted by: Eromero at January 31, 2022 12:28 PM (0OP+5)

444 NotTheBee has a pretty good rundown of some of the ridiculous narratives being pushed against the Canadian Truckers, and some great pushback against them. Several are from Canadian Sikhs sauntering the "truckers are white supremacists" bullshit. And there's one video of a Chinese lady who climbed up onto a truck's running board to thank the black driver for standing up for her rights -- which she earned by escaping the grip of the CCP only to find once again constricting around her by Nancyboy Trudeau.

Posted by: red speck at January 31, 2022 12:29 PM (gS3OW)

445
Truckers are largely aligned with us politically.

They have more power than any corporation and could shut this country down if they wanted to.

But they are unorganized and without a leader.
Posted by: I guess I'll tell them at January 31, 2022 11:08 AM (BsGiZ)


I'm not quite zombified yet, but I think I still got a convoy or two left in me...

Posted by: C. W. McCall at January 31, 2022 12:30 PM (n+4am)

446 Last June the American Journal of Therapeutics published a meta-analysis of 15 different clinical studies on ivermectin.

That AJT analysis concluded:

"Moderate-certainty evidence finds that large reductions in COVID-19 deaths are possible using ivermectin. Using ivermectin early in the clinical course may reduce numbers progressing to severe disease. The apparent safety and low cost suggest that ivermectin is likely to have a significant impact on the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic globally."

Now, a new study by Japanese pharmaceutical giant Kowa concludes that ivermectin has an "antiviral effect" against covid variants.

But yeah, keep listening to the "mainstream" experts who've been telling everybody that ivermectin is dangerous horse de-wormer and can't help treat covid.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at January 31, 2022 12:31 PM (k4dH2)

447 Looks like a certificate issue affecting Firefox. That might start affecting other browsers soon; I'll get it fixed first thing in the morning here (which is not far away).

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 31, 2022 12:32 PM (MqQvv)

448 435/G'rump928(c): Yes, Parliament could conceivably call a vote of non-confidence, but I seriously doubt they will. Birds of a feather and all that. Even if they did, I doubt there would be enough votes for it to pass.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 31, 2022 12:33 PM (nRMeC)

449 447/Pixy: Thank you!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 31, 2022 12:34 PM (nRMeC)

450 The Ivermectin thing is just so weird, I will never understand why the Left targeted it. I'm agnostic on it, but it really is the furthest things from some urban legend or home remedy that it could possibly be a good therapeutic treatment. But liberals have so painted themselves in a corner that I have ZERO doubt they would kill millions rather than admitting they were wrong.

I got some, just because the Left did not want me to have it. I store it near my AR-15.

Posted by: Blago at January 31, 2022 12:35 PM (PwNLq)

451 450 The Ivermectin thing is just so weird, I will never understand why the Left targeted it. I'm agnostic on it, but it really is the furthest things from some urban legend or home remedy that it could possibly be a good therapeutic treatment. But liberals have so painted themselves in a corner that I have ZERO doubt they would kill millions rather than admitting they were wrong.

I got some, just because the Left did not want me to have it. I store it near my AR-15.
Posted by: Blago at January 31, 2022 12:35 PM (PwNLq)

Ivermectin is to Covid as nuclear energy is to global warming fears.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 31, 2022 12:36 PM (z5Vrg)

452 Finally showed up on the quake map.
4.5magnitude, 7 km NW of Medford, Okla.
A little over 100 miles west of us.

Long waves really travel here in the middle of the continent.

Posted by: mindful webworker - shake rattle & roll at January 31, 2022 12:37 PM (zR2p/)

453 426 My brother, we still got Y2K Spam.

and here i thought i was bad because i have spam marked "best before 2008". tried some a couple months ago; still good.

Posted by: Kulak Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at January 31, 2022 12:37 PM (Nv3bW)

454 450 The Ivermectin thing is just so weird, I will never understand why the Left targeted it.

if a treatment was available, they couldn't do the emergency use authorization on the vaccine.

Posted by: Kulak Anachronda, behind the Newsom curtain at January 31, 2022 12:38 PM (Nv3bW)

455 Are the Canadians taking a page out of American "intell" and goading/entrapping/gaslighting the protesters in Ottawa? Any Khaki clad front groups marching around?
I did see they had snipers on the top of the Parliament building. Using their scopes to, you know, monitor the action.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at January 31, 2022 12:38 PM (lGrs1)

456 But yeah, keep listening to the "mainstream" experts who've been telling everybody that ivermectin is dangerous horse de-wormer and can't help treat covid.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer--F*ck Joe Biden at January 31, 2022 12:31 PM (k4dH2)

Both HCQ and Ivermectin are medications used to fight malaria. I don't know the connection between Covid viruses and malaria but there is one and you would think more research would be done in that aspect. Are both protease inhibitors?

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 31, 2022 12:39 PM (7amCf)

457 The Ivermectin thing is just so weird, I will never understand why the Left targeted it. I'm agnostic on it, but it really is the furthest things from some urban legend or home remedy that it could possibly be a good therapeutic treatment. But liberals have so painted themselves in a corner that I have ZERO doubt they would kill millions rather than admitting they were wrong. I got some, just because the Left did not want me to have it. I store it near my AR-15. Posted by: Blago at January 31, 2022 12:35 PM (PwNLq)

They can't get Emergency Use Authorization for the vaccines if there is an effective alternative therapy. They have to pretend that nothing else works and actively not gain knowledge of the therapies that actually do work, because if they know, they can't justify the vaccines.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at January 31, 2022 12:39 PM (BMmaB)

458 Both HCQ and Ivermectin are medications used to fight malaria. I don't know the connection between Covid viruses and malaria but there is one and you would think more research would be done in that aspect. Are both protease inhibitors? Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at January 31, 2022 12:39 PM (7amCf)

They don't want to know and are actively trying not to find out.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at January 31, 2022 12:40 PM (BMmaB)

459 It's not just the port backlog, either - the container and shipping thefts are getting pretty intense. We lose about 10% of orders slated for home delivery at this point.

Posted by: somedood - skull mountain sherpa at January 31, 2022 12:41 PM (ai0yS)

460 Are the Canadians taking a page out of American "intell" and goading/entrapping/gaslighting the protesters in Ottawa? Any Khaki clad front groups marching around?
I did see they had snipers on the top of the Parliament building. Using their scopes to, you know, monitor the action. Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at January 31, 2022 12:38 PM (lGrs1)

There was one guy with a Confederate flag that the crowd decided was a provocateur.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at January 31, 2022 12:42 PM (BMmaB)

461 Heh. I've known some Canadians who aren't nice, but I've never met one who's impolite. Canadians I have met are universally polite.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 31, 2022 12:01 PM (DU+/6)

Well, fuck you too, eh?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2022 12:45 PM (P3gRi)

462 455/Brave Sir Robin: I'm sure they'll be trying that, but I'm guessing your average Canadian Trucker is fully aware of the January 6 stitch-up that happened in the U.S. Capitol buildings, and any suggestion or encouragement to "storm Parliament" will be met with laughter and responses of "Cowards hide, let them come out here and talk to us!"

As to the snipers... Concerning. Here's hoping none of them are related to a guy named Horiuchi.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 31, 2022 12:48 PM (nRMeC)

463 We have become a short attention span, unserious country ruled by the media and incompetent government. But I repeat myself.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 31, 2022 11:30 AM (2NHgQ)


Our news cycle is curated by corporations that are committed to supporting the Dems and their agenda.

Blame the sieve, it is responsible for the result.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2022 12:50 PM (ZMraq)

464 I hope they do.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/)) at January 31, 2022 12:10 PM (5pTK/)

And may they shatter the record for convoy size that the Canadian convoy set. Because they should, by virtue of sheer numbers.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2022 12:51 PM (P3gRi)

465 Well, fuck you too, eh?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 31, 2022 12:45 PM (P3gRi)


Can you do the Nicole Arbour impression too? I love that one.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2022 12:52 PM (ZMraq)

466 461/Joe Mannix: Well, you may not have personally met an impolite Canadian, but I assure you, we exist.

As an example in the public sphere, look up the Canadian comedy duo of MacLean and MacLean. Fair warning: NOT safe for work in any way, shape, or form.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 31, 2022 12:57 PM (nRMeC)

467 I was at the Port in Long Beach this past Saturday... no one was there and almost nothing was happening. Over four hours we saw exactly one Container Ship make its way into the port. There was one other ship being unloaded, but while each berth has something like a dozen cranes available, only one crane was operating. No line of trucks waiting to be loaded with containers. And there were a ton of tugboats, which guide the ships into port, tied up to the quay and one of the tugboat captains was fishing off the back of his vessel. Yes it was Saturday, but they promised us 24/7... I was there. this is a lie.

Posted by: George MF Washington at January 31, 2022 01:02 PM (WQY/O)

468 I miss the ape.
But it makes me wonder. What is your blogging animal? Not sure what mine is.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 31, 2022 12:26 PM (axyOa)

I am sure this would run afoul of copyright violations.

I do a mean voice impersonation though!

https://tinyurl.com/MorticusKahn

Posted by: Loki, Looking to Water the Tree of Liberty using a few Karens at January 31, 2022 01:12 PM (ZW1rs)

469 Lemurs are primates, right?

Posted by: Loki, Looking to Water the Tree of Liberty using a few Karens at January 31, 2022 01:12 PM (ZW1rs)

470 Ivermectin is to Covid as nuclear energy is to global warming fears.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 31, 2022 12:36 PM (z5Vrg)

My son had a sixth grade test in SCIENCE! One of the questions was - What is the solution to climate change? My son wrote nuclear energy. It was the only thing the teacher marked wrong.

I asked him if he wanted me to fight her over it but he said never mind. She would only pick on him more.

Beatch!

Posted by: Loki, Looking to Water the Tree of Liberty using a few Karens at January 31, 2022 01:18 PM (ZW1rs)

471 I miss the ape.
But it makes me wonder. What is your blogging animal? Not sure what mine is.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 31, 2022 12:26 PM (axyOa)


Xenarthra, I think. Giant anteater, or maybe one of the Megalonyx sloths.

"I have giant claws. Don't piss me off"

Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2022 01:22 PM (ZMraq)

472 I am bored. Entertain me.

https://youtu.be/IoUqh5q--MY

Posted by: Kindltot at January 31, 2022 01:24 PM (ZMraq)

473 >Inexplicably, after President Biden unveiled his plan last October, the situation got worse. Almost as inexplicably, the same media that heaped slobbering praise on Biden for "fixing" the backlog has suddenly stopped reporting on the worsening situation at these ports.

In other doubeplusgood news, the monthly chocolate ration has been increased from 30 grams to 20.

Posted by: Scott at January 31, 2022 02:38 PM (uIqJA)

474 Couple of years ago, talking to a guy in Charleston, I found the understanding was that the Port of Charleston had two advantages; easy access to I95, and west coast ports, including the unions.
Wonder if any TEU increase has shown up at Charleston.

Posted by: Richard AUBREY at January 31, 2022 04:41 PM (dSnnl)

475 The Walmart's around here are looking like Goodwill stores, summer fashions from last summer and some shirts that have fashions from four year ago, the Employee I spoke with said they are dragging out old merchandise just to have something in the clothing sections.

Posted by: obsidian at February 02, 2022 11:48 AM (lAkDJ)

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