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    Polygon is one the major blockchains we use at my day job. My year started out with it falling apart due to a viral game called Sunflower Farmers, and it's just not getting any better. Trying to move house while working 18 hours a day is not fun.

Tech News

Disclaimer: And double blrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 06:13 AM




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1 Good evening Pixy
Good morning horde

Posted by: Skip at May 12, 2022 05:16 AM (2JoB8)

2 hiya

Posted by: JT at May 12, 2022 05:19 AM (arJlL)

3 Gas is $4.6x, really need heating oil and normally would be a tiny bit cheaper this time of year but that would hardly matter now.

Posted by: Skip at May 12, 2022 05:20 AM (2JoB8)

4 Podium?

Posted by: Jamaica Queens at May 12, 2022 05:20 AM (b+v9B)

5 >>>Trying to move house while working 18 hours a day is not fun.

And is not for the faint of heart.

Posted by: m at May 12, 2022 05:20 AM (6i1Yo)

6 Bj's gas dropped to 3.75 a couple of weeks ago. It is now 4.35. Some days, the app showed the price rising 3 times during the day.

Posted by: Jamaica Queens at May 12, 2022 05:23 AM (b+v9B)

7 Tachum?

(I'll tachum!)

Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at May 12, 2022 05:23 AM (M9XmQ)

8 I'm guessing Pixy's "gas" above is something other than petroleum based. A unit of computing cost? Not exactly sure.

Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at May 12, 2022 05:26 AM (M9XmQ)

9 Here's a new-to-me word that I tripped over today, and its companion word:

initialism |iˈniSHəˌlizəm|
noun
an abbreviation consisting of initial letters pronounced separately (e.g., CPU).

acronym |ˈakrəˌnim|
noun
an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word (e.g., ASCII, NASA).

I had thought both of those were acronyms.

Posted by: m at May 12, 2022 05:27 AM (6i1Yo)

10 Time to hit road
See you later

Posted by: Skip at May 12, 2022 05:27 AM (2JoB8)

11 A week ago the highs were in the mid 50's, today we're supposed to hit 90. Wisconsin weather, if you don't like it, wait a day, it'll change.

Morning.

Posted by: lowandslow at May 12, 2022 05:29 AM (qH6FZ)

12 Gas fees are surge pricing for blockchains.

Think of it as taxi prices is a city run by Democrats where there's only one taxi company and all alternative transport is banned, and there's only ten taxis and the big game is on and it's raining.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 12, 2022 05:30 AM (MqQvv)

13 Have a good one Skip and stay safe !

Posted by: JT at May 12, 2022 05:32 AM (arJlL)

14 Sounds like scalping might occur.

Posted by: m at May 12, 2022 05:33 AM (6i1Yo)

15 scalping as in

(North American informal) sell (a ticket) for a popular event at a price higher than the official one: tickets were scalped for forty times their face value.

Posted by: m at May 12, 2022 05:34 AM (6i1Yo)

16 Got a job. Better pay than the sawmill. Stocking at a grocery store, and great hours, five minute drive. Starting to agree with Bernie Sanders. Do we really need 15 different scents for our kitchen trash bags? Or Flaming Hot Mountain Dew?

Off to work like Sisyphus.

Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at May 12, 2022 05:36 AM (M9XmQ)

17 scalping as in

(North American informal) sell (a ticket) for a popular event at a price higher than the official one: tickets were scalped for forty times their face value.
Posted by: m

No longer at Indians games !

Posted by: JT at May 12, 2022 05:37 AM (arJlL)

18 initialism |iˈniSHəˌlizəm|
noun
an abbreviation consisting of initial letters pronounced separately (e.g., CPU).

acronym |ˈakrəˌnim|
noun
an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word (e.g., ASCII, NASA).
*
I had thought both of those were acronyms.
Posted by: m at May 12, 2022


***
Me too. On the TV show Man From U.N.C.L.E., the characters would occasionally say "You-Enn-See-Ell-Ee," which would be an initialism; or more usually "Uncle," an acronym.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 12, 2022 05:39 AM (c6xtn)

19 Somebody ask J.J. if he's okay. (TGP link.)

https://tinyurl.com/328shhy3

LOL 😆 Have a great day, hordelings!

Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at May 12, 2022 05:39 AM (M9XmQ)

20 Got a job. Better pay than the sawmill. Stocking at a grocery store, and great hours, five minute drive. Starting to agree with Bernie Sanders. Do we really need 15 different scents for our kitchen trash bags? Or Flaming Hot Mountain Dew?

Off to work like Sisyphus.
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus

They sell boulders there ?

Posted by: JT at May 12, 2022 05:41 AM (arJlL)

21 Morning, Morons! Pixy, you surprised me with that story about rural cybersecurity. NMU is my dad's alma mater and many relatives still live in the Upper Peninsula (aka UP).

Posted by: NaughtyPine at May 12, 2022 05:42 AM (/+bwe)

22 Good morning, Pixy! Thanks for hosting!

Posted by: Emmie at May 12, 2022 05:43 AM (iMlXN)

23 John Brown University in Arkansas is the premier (perhaps only?) Christian university offering a degree in cybersecurity. They attract students from all over the world.

Posted by: Emmie at May 12, 2022 05:45 AM (iMlXN)

24 How much is that boulder in the window ?
The one that is rolling this way ?

Posted by: JT at May 12, 2022 05:46 AM (arJlL)

25

What’s With Prince Charles’ Bizarre Sausage Fingers?

A symptom of lung cancer.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 12, 2022 05:55 AM (dQvv7)

26 I consider any job closer than 20 miles a win, 17 lately.

Posted by: Skip's phone at May 12, 2022 05:57 AM (5WpHf)

27 John Brown University in Arkansas is the premier (perhaps only?) Christian university offering a degree in cybersecurity. They attract students from all over the world.

Posted by: Emmie at May 12, 2022 05:45 AM (iMlXN)


If you fail, do they hang you?

Posted by: RickZ at May 12, 2022 06:00 AM (ldL4g)

28

I saw Dick Fingers open for Too Much Gay Butt Sex at the Castro Street Buffet in '69...

Posted by: Charles, Prince of Wales at May 12, 2022 06:05 AM (f7ZuQ)

29 That's why all these people should have gotten behind AceCoin, the only coin fueled by the processing power of lunch time strippers. That market is never collapsing.

Posted by: Rbastid at May 12, 2022 06:10 AM (XK7X3)

30 Rural America certainly is appealing. Someday...

I wouldn't rule out N. Michigan as a place to live. The arctic winters would take a bit to get used too.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 12, 2022 06:14 AM (xSnmX)

31 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 12, 2022 06:19 AM (ju2Fy)

32
Not 'lunch time strippers' but I went to a Hooters once and was disappointed in both the menu choices and the servers. Sure, shorts, pantyhose, and a low cut top is a good look, but the young women weren't all that attractive.

If the food had been okay I might have gone back, but everything seemed to be fried, and not a fan.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 12, 2022 06:21 AM (dQvv7)

33 Give thanks to God first. A devotional from the rabbi"s daughter at The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews:

https://tinyurl.com/app







Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 12, 2022 06:24 AM (a6Zd5)

34 18 initialism |iˈniSHəˌlizəm|
noun
an abbreviation consisting of initial letters pronounced separately (e.g., CPU).
acronym |ˈakrəˌnim|
noun
an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word (e.g., ASCII, NASA).
*
I had thought both of those were acronyms.
Posted by: m at May 12, 2022
Me too. On the TV show Man From U.N.C.L.E., the characters would occasionally say "You-Enn-See-Ell-Ee," which would be an initialism; or more usually "Uncle," an acronym.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 12, 2022 05:39 AM (c6xtn)

I saw a dude call the TVs at Walmart V1210.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 12, 2022 06:28 AM (yrol0)

35 32 I went to a Hooters once and was disappointed in both the menu choices and the servers. Sure, shorts, pantyhose, and a low cut top is a good look, but the young women weren't all that attractive.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 12, 2022 06:21 AM (dQvv7)

Wait 'til closin' time.

Posted by: m at May 12, 2022 06:30 AM (ZpkZT)

36 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at May 12, 2022 06:31 AM (UnQlg)

37 25 What’s With Prince Charles’ Bizarre Sausage Fingers?

A symptom of lung cancer.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 12, 2022 05:55 AM (dQvv7)

Yikes. Mayo Clinic link:

https://tinyurl.com/36xnw7sp

Posted by: m at May 12, 2022 06:32 AM (ZpkZT)

38
They actually sell the Hooters costume on Amazon. I'm no biologist but the first two buyer supplied pictures are of men. Hopefully for a Halloween costume at some home I am never invited to.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 12, 2022 06:33 AM (dQvv7)

39 >>> I had thought both of those were acronyms.

You focused in like a laser.

Posted by: fluffy at May 12, 2022 06:33 AM (UnQlg)

40 Bill Clinton's special advisor who let Epstein into White House seven times and flew on the Lolita Express dies at 59 the latest associate of the former President to suffer an early demise

Mark Middleton

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 12, 2022 06:35 AM (yrol0)

41 Very, very tangentially related to strippers:

Amazing pictures of light and landscape from horribly named earthporn. No girls in skimpy outfits serving wings,

https://tinyurl.com/2p974yzu

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 12, 2022 06:35 AM (fF2aM)

42 >>>Disclaimer: And double blrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Should we send help?

Posted by: m at May 12, 2022 06:35 AM (ZpkZT)

43 40 Bill Clinton's special advisor who let Epstein into White House seven times and flew on the Lolita Express dies at 59 the latest associate of the former President to suffer an early demise

Mark Middleton
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 12, 2022 06:35 AM (yrol0)

And nowhere have I seen it addressed whether he was any relation to The Duchess of Cambridge, born Catherine Elizabeth Middleton.

Posted by: m at May 12, 2022 06:36 AM (ZpkZT)

44 mornin yall.A quick reminder.

"Ace of Spades HQ is a conservative, humor-driven U.S. political blog. It covers current events, legal issues, and a range of popular culture topics. Ace of Spades HQ has also been quoted, mentioned, and referenced on The Wall Street Journal's website, Fox News, CNN, National Review, The Weekly Standard, and many notable online magazines. The American Conservative Union's Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) named Ace "Blogger of the Year" in March 2008"

Posted by: fd at May 12, 2022 06:37 AM (vrz2I)

45 Arkancide?

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at May 12, 2022 06:37 AM (lKAqb)

46 And that's not all!

"The Ace of Spades HQ audience is smart and engaged. You’ll have ample time to get noticed by these readers because they spend over 3 minutes on the site to catch up on the latest political commentary. 80% of the traffic is direct so they are dedicated and come back day-in and day-out. Ace of Spades’ readers respond to political campaigns and causes, technology developments, and lively discussions."

Posted by: fd at May 12, 2022 06:37 AM (vrz2I)

47
Yikes. Mayo Clinic link:


Posted by: m at May 12, 2022 06:32 AM


Yeah, Prince Charles better make the next available appointment with the National Health Agency in 2025, or come to the USA and get checked out tomorrow.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 12, 2022 06:38 AM (dQvv7)

48 44 "Ace of Spades HQ is a conservative, humor-driven U.S. political blog
Posted by: fd at May 12, 2022 06:37 AM (vrz2I)

with a daily tech column.

Posted by: m at May 12, 2022 06:38 AM (ZpkZT)

49 Oh brother. The Washington Post says George Washington University needs a new name.

Posted by: fd at May 12, 2022 06:40 AM (vrz2I)

50 National Institutes of Health Acting Director Lawrence Tabek confirmed that US health officials concealed early genomic sequences of COVID-19 at the request of Chinese scientists.

Everyone knows is was chinese made!!

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 12, 2022 06:41 AM (yrol0)

51 Good evening morons

We must protect Ukraine's borders, territory, and sovereignty. Our own? Meh. This racist country? I don't think so.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2022 06:42 AM (EZebt)

52 only Dreadcash is backed by Gadolinium !

g'mornin' everyone !

63 degrees, overcast, very humid

Posted by: sock_rat_eez -gaslighted?, more like napalmed at May 12, 2022 06:42 AM (jA0b8)

53 I am happy to report that my son successfully graduated from community college with a degree in biology. He had one required class-Genetics- and one class he was taking just because he was interested-Field Botany. The professor said that the students could apply for paid internships in the field (I don't know if it's literally in the field, Reminds me of that Sandra Boynton cartoon with a cow standing in the field and when you open it up the card says "Congratulations to someone who's outstanding in the field.") if they had a B+ average. He doesn't know if he has a B+ average because he hasn't gotten any tests back.

Anyway, if the praying folks could pray that he gets some kind of job related to agricultural studies so that he could make some money for school before he transfers, it would be much appreciated. Thanks very much.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 12, 2022 06:43 AM (fF2aM)

54 Posted by: fd at May 12, 2022 06:37 AM (vrz2I)

What's that trash? We're a military blog.

Posted by: Rbastid at May 12, 2022 06:44 AM (XK7X3)

55 "Ace of Spades HQ is a conservative, humor-driven U.S. political blog
Posted by: fd at May 12, 2022 06:37 AM (vrz2I)

with a daily tech column.
Posted by: m

And an Art Thread where the guy yells at ya and deletes yer comments.

Posted by: JT at May 12, 2022 06:44 AM (arJlL)

56 Anyway, if the praying folks could pray that he gets some kind of job related to agricultural studies so that he could make some money for school before he transfers, it would be much appreciated. Thanks very much.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Okay

Posted by: JT at May 12, 2022 06:46 AM (arJlL)

57 44 The American Conservative Union's Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) named Ace "Blogger of the Year" in March 2008
Posted by: fd at May 12, 2022 06:37 AM (vrz2I)

AoSHq hasn't been listed on the Blogger of the Year slates in recent years. It's frustrating, seeing lesser sites win, win, win, and AoSHq is nowhere in sight.

Posted by: m at May 12, 2022 06:46 AM (ZpkZT)

58 Mazel tov Fen it has been a journey good for him, you and Fenspouse must be very proud.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2022 06:46 AM (EZebt)

59 Speaking of language oddities, lasers are generally collimated, which is the exact opposite of being focused (essentially, having a focal point at infinity).

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 12, 2022 06:46 AM (6FeV1)

60 will do, FS !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez -gaslighted?, more like napalmed at May 12, 2022 06:46 AM (jA0b8)

61 Thanks, JT. and Good Morning.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 12, 2022 06:47 AM (fF2aM)

62 "What's that trash? We're a military blog."

I'm not sure how I stumbled upon it. It just popped up in a separate window. Probably misdisinfo.

Posted by: fd at May 12, 2022 06:47 AM (vrz2I)

63
My county has gone to only once a week reporting of Covid cases now. So after six days of '0 new cases' today it drops 766. The trend is definitely upward. I guess any new wave is gonna hit the vax'd the hardest, which is the trend in other countries. We can still say that right? The Ministry of Truth is still installing curtains in her new office, and hiring the next Winston Smith.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 12, 2022 06:47 AM (dQvv7)

64 Congrats Fen's son! Prayers up.

Posted by: Mrs. Peel at May 12, 2022 06:48 AM (8548M)

65 59 Speaking of language oddities, lasers are generally collimated, which is the exact opposite of being focused (essentially, having a focal point at infinity).
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 12, 2022 06:46 AM (6FeV1)

... not to put too fine a point on it.

Posted by: m at May 12, 2022 06:48 AM (ZpkZT)

66 Hiya Fen ! How ya doin' ?

Posted by: JT at May 12, 2022 06:48 AM (arJlL)

67 49 Oh brother. The Washington Post says George Washington University needs a new name.
Posted by: fd at May 12, 2022 06:40 AM (vrz2I)

Freddie Washington University?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 12, 2022 06:48 AM (6FeV1)

68 WTF is he talking about:

https://tinyurl.com/2wdsp4yz

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 12, 2022 06:49 AM (yrol0)

69 Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2022 06:46 AM (EZebt

Thanks very much. It has been quite a journey and we are proud of him even if he doesn't get a paid internship. Now we have to figure out how to pay for the next two years of schooling. And I know people here bemoan college being a waste of time, but the school he's been accepted to has a good agricultural studies program and is very big on work study programs and practical experience. Hopefully coming in as a Junior will mean he missing the intense wokeism in classes he'd get as as a Freshman.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 12, 2022 06:52 AM (fF2aM)

70 Congratulations to your Son Fenelon. And you too. Here's hoping he can get an entry level ag job, like tossing hay bales or milking the cows. Those will build a strong body and practical mind.

Posted by: fd at May 12, 2022 06:52 AM (vrz2I)

71 WTF is he talking about:

https://tinyurl.com/2wdsp4yz
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 12, 2022 06:49 AM (yrol0)

DOCTOR Jill: "I thought he was with you. "

Ron Klan: "I thought he was with -you-!!!"

Both: "F*CK!!!!!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 12, 2022 06:52 AM (6FeV1)

72 College is not a waste of time if you don't waste your time doing stuff that has nothing to do with learning.

Posted by: fd at May 12, 2022 06:53 AM (vrz2I)

73 I hope Ace has a dedicated Dan Crenshaw thread today, not that there's anything new, I just love seeing Dan Crenshaw get ripped to shreds.

Posted by: lowandslow at May 12, 2022 06:53 AM (qH6FZ)

74 $6.21per gallon for 91octane in Richmond California this last Tuesday.

Posted by: JROD at May 12, 2022 06:54 AM (0jZnq)

75 Fen- Congrats on your son's graduation! Prayers sent.

And morning all.

Posted by: Mainah at May 12, 2022 06:55 AM (B+qrE)

76 Rural America could have the solution to the growing tech skills crisis.

*

There is no "growing tech skills crisis."

Our betters decided there were some jobs Americans wouldn't do, remember? So they imported leeches to do them for fast food wages (or illegally under the table) while the people who had built the system were let go and laughed at and made to find crappy jobs elsewhere.

Now that the system is collapsing from our betters' decision to hire illegally - which I'm going to say manipulation of the visa system absolutely is - and it's coming back to haunt them, suddenly THEY have a crisis.

But it was fine to fire the Americans. That wasn't a crisis.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The left killed Roe V Wade when they removed shame from society at May 12, 2022 06:55 AM (IXN6t)

77 Congratulations to your Son Fenelon. And you too. Here's hoping he can get an entry level ag job, like tossing hay bales or milking the cows. Those will build a strong body and practical mind.
Posted by: fd at May 12, 2022 06:52 AM (vrz2I)

One of those entry level hayseed grunt jobs like programming the tractor or repairing the milking robots....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 12, 2022 06:55 AM (6FeV1)

78
In the ZDNet article, there's this: "There's a critical shortage of women in cybersecurity, and we need to do something about it"

Yeah, women need to go into it. It's like those constant laments about the lack of women in STEM. Nothing is stopping them from a STEM major except themselves.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 12, 2022 06:56 AM (/U27+)

79 He has his graduation this weekend, but I'm assuming that they wouldn't have issued the cap and gown if he hadn't graduated. The required Genetics course he did quite well in.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 12, 2022 06:56 AM (fF2aM)

80
Well done, FenSon!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 12, 2022 06:57 AM (/U27+)

81 My year started out with it falling apart due to a viral game called Sunflower Farmers, and it's just not getting any better.

Could be worse. You could have invested in Terra LUNA and watched it go from $100 to $0.02 in a few days

Posted by: cool breeze at May 12, 2022 06:57 AM (UGKMd)

82 In the ZDNet article, there's this: "There's a critical shortage of women in cybersecurity, and we need to do something about it"

**

Yeah, it's going to be tough to fill your mandatory quotas of gays and mentally ill cross-dressers and militant blacks and lesbians if you're hoping to look to rural America to help.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The left killed Roe V Wade when they removed shame from society at May 12, 2022 06:57 AM (IXN6t)

83 He worked in the Garden Center at Lowes last summer. He didn't particularly enjoy it because it was more about watering the plants than anything else. He did like saying hello to the dogs than came in with their owners, However, I think a lot of jobs related to agriculture are heavy labor, manual work unless you're a professor..

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 12, 2022 06:59 AM (fF2aM)

84 "There's a critical shortage of women in men's prison security, and we need to do something about it"

Posted by: some guy in prison at May 12, 2022 06:59 AM (vrz2I)

85 Stephen with a ph from HR: "So what we do here is basically leverage synergistic blockchain dynamics in a socially conscious way to achieve maximum stakeholder actualization."

Jim Bob: "Uhmmmm.... no thanks. I'll stick to programming tractors."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 12, 2022 07:01 AM (6FeV1)

86 So we now can confirm Garland lied to Congress.

Do we get calls for his immediate resignation, or a strongly-worded letter?

Posted by: Ordinary American at May 12, 2022 07:02 AM (H8QX8)

87 The Interior Department will not move forward with planned oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Cook Inlet, it was announced Wednesday night. A spokesperson for the department confirmed the planned sale of two leases, lease 259 and lease 261.

Posted by: I DID THAT UNCLE JOE at May 12, 2022 07:02 AM (yrol0)

88 Posted by: JT at May 12, 2022 06:48 AM (arJlL)

This week and next I am the Queen of Medical Tests. Yay.

How are you?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 12, 2022 07:02 AM (fF2aM)

89 You really can't make this shit up:

Alabama jail director Vicky White was about to honored as employee of the year for the fifth time in her career before she helped murderer and lover Casey Cole White escape from prison on April 29.

Posted by: fd at May 12, 2022 07:04 AM (vrz2I)

90 Congrats Fen. It sounds like he's pursuing a career he will love. Interesting story. Back in the 80s I was a member of a VFW post outside DC. One of the regulars was in recruiting and vetting at the CIA. Former intel officer, Army. He said one of their favorite recruiting targets was Ag students. Post them somewhere and they have an excuse to roam the countryside.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 12, 2022 07:05 AM (lz5hY)

91 ---- If you fail, do they hang you?
Posted by: RickZ at May 12, 2022 06:00 AM (ldL4g)

Wrong John Brown.

Posted by: Emmie at May 12, 2022 07:05 AM (grNgC)

92 However, I think a lot of jobs related to agriculture are heavy labor, manual work unless you're a professor..

*

Knowing what I know now, if he doesn't have a clear plan for his future but he does have a two year degree, I would encourage him to get on with a city or state in a job that is somewhat interesting and has a bit of upward mobility. Water plant operators easily make $50K/year or so plus all the overtime they want. DOT workers and inspectors are similar, and they aren't pushing shovels. Get in and get going and retire at 50 with government benefits.

Without a plan in that field that's the sort of thing it's likely he'll be looking at after the debt of a four year school anyway. Good luck and prayers for wisdom.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The left killed Roe V Wade when they removed shame from society at May 12, 2022 07:05 AM (IXN6t)

93 What a messed up life, Flees with a murderer and then shoots herself. I think women should not be guards at a mens prison.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 12, 2022 07:06 AM (fF2aM)

94 What can I say? The Ultra MAGA modifier is kinda kewl!

Posted by: Ultra MAGA Mean Tweets at May 12, 2022 07:07 AM (BOJAx)

95 Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 12, 2022 07:05 AM (lz5hY)

That's very interesting. I hope he wouldn't work for the CIA, however.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 12, 2022 07:07 AM (fF2aM)

96 I think women should not be guards at a mens prison.

*

There was a time not too long ago that society innately knew this sort of basic thing.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The left killed Roe V Wade when they removed shame from society at May 12, 2022 07:07 AM (IXN6t)

97 Trump should adopt the "ultra MAGA" moniker. Say that it's required to defeat "ultra radical Leftism."

Posted by: Ordinary American at May 12, 2022 07:08 AM (H8QX8)

98 Addendum:

He can still pursue college while working if he comes up with a plan, and move on once it works out. Plus he'll have work experience, and employers love that.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The left killed Roe V Wade when they removed shame from society at May 12, 2022 07:08 AM (IXN6t)

99 95 He sounds way too smart and level headed for that, so no worries.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 12, 2022 07:08 AM (lz5hY)

100 Ultra MAGA sounds better than Ultra SAGA-The Biden Cabal of "Stupid, Anti American Grifting Asses"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 12, 2022 07:08 AM (fF2aM)

101 This week and next I am the Queen of Medical Tests. Yay.

How are you?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Didja study ?

You're in my prayers !

Posted by: JT at May 12, 2022 07:10 AM (arJlL)

102 off idiot sox

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 12, 2022 07:11 AM (yrol0)

103 There was a time not too long ago that society innately knew this sort of basic thing.

The fact that our government is openly advocating for a department of disinformation pretty much indicates that our education system has failed.

Posted by: Ultra MAGA Mean Tweets at May 12, 2022 07:11 AM (BOJAx)

104 My question is, how are you going to determine which women currently majoring in elementary education must change majors to electrical engineering in order to achieve parity? A lottery?

(I'd also question why "elementary education" even exists as a degree, but that's a debate for another time)

Posted by: Mrs. Peel at May 12, 2022 07:12 AM (8548M)

105 He worked in the Garden Center at Lowes last summer.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I made my first trip to Lowes yesterday. Loaded up on herbs for the herb garden and peppers for the pepper patch. My lower back is a bit tight this morning.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 12, 2022 07:12 AM (0vFtj)

106 I most emphatically did NOT vote for Michael Shellenberger for governor. And did vote to recall Cheesehead Boudin.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 12, 2022 07:12 AM (EZebt)

107 I'm still holding out for Mega MAGA....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 12, 2022 07:13 AM (6FeV1)

108 Posted by: JT at May 12, 2022 07:10 AM (arJlL)

Thx for the prayers. I didn't study, Just showed up. Hopefully my innate brilliance will mean I successfully pass the tests.

And thanks for the prayers for FenSon, folks. I really appreciate it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 12, 2022 07:14 AM (fF2aM)

109 Mike Rowe, "Don't follow your passion"

https://youtu.be/CVEuPmVAb8o

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Trump did in 2 years what Biden had promised for 40 at May 12, 2022 07:14 AM (udLfr)

110 I've been very happy surprised with how far Lowe's has come with their garden center from the days of two racks of seed packets and a half dozen half dead hydrangeas.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 12, 2022 07:15 AM (6FeV1)

111 Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 12, 2022 07:12 AM (0vFtj)

Sorry about your back and I think Lowes had a nice selection of things.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 12, 2022 07:15 AM (fF2aM)

112 On-rd diesel just jumped $.21 overnight. In one year VA, NC, SC have seen on-rd diesel increase $3/gal.
LET'S GO BRANDON

Posted by: sidney at May 12, 2022 07:16 AM (Uy/WF)

113 86 So we now can confirm Garland lied to Congress.

Do we get calls for his immediate resignation, or a strongly-worded letter?
Posted by: Ordinary American



Strongly worded letter!!

Posted by: Not the Hill to die on PAC at May 12, 2022 07:16 AM (tiR3O)

114 My lower back is a bit tight this morning.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 12, 2022 07:12 AM (0vFtj)

I put in some broccoli and cauliflower, and a few rows of peas and radishes last evening.

My back commiserates.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 12, 2022 07:17 AM (6FeV1)

115 109 Mike Rowe, "Don't follow your passion"

https://youtu.be/CVEuPmVAb8o
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Trump did in 2 years what Biden had promised for 40 at May 12, 2022 07:14 AM (udLfr)

Excellent.

Posted by: Ordinary American at May 12, 2022 07:17 AM (H8QX8)

116 osted by: Moron Robbie - The left killed Roe V Wade when they removed shame from society at May 12, 2022 07:05 AM (IXN6t)

So you're saying he shouldn't transfer or just that he needs to figure out exactly what he wants to do, or just take his two year degree and go with it?.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 12, 2022 07:17 AM (fF2aM)

117 More seriously, something like 90% of new DVMs are women. Someone smart enough to get a DVM is smart enough to do whatever they want. Has it occurred to any of these geniuses that perhaps women are more likely to want jobs that involve human/animal contact and compassion, versus jobs where you stare at a circuit board or a computer all day? Radiology (low patient contact) is mostly men. Pediatrics is mostly women. GEE I WONDER WHY.

(I am a woman who will take probing a circuit board over probing a rabbit's butt any day, but I acknowledge that differences make us stronger as a society.)

Posted by: Mrs. Peel at May 12, 2022 07:17 AM (8548M)

118 Sorry about your back and I think Lowes had a nice selection of things.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I'm a little late this year. My small car doesn't hold much so I'll go back probably tomorrow. Still need some annuals.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 12, 2022 07:17 AM (0vFtj)

119 I missed it. What did Garland lie about to Congress?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 12, 2022 07:18 AM (fF2aM)

120 Hahaha

There's a great quote by Chris Rock at the link

"you can be anything you want, as long as they're hiring."

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Trump did in 2 years what Biden had promised for 40 at May 12, 2022 07:18 AM (udLfr)

121 So you're saying he shouldn't transfer or just that he needs to figure out exactly what he wants to do, or just take his two year degree and go with it?.

*

It's in #92

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Trump did in 2 years what Biden had promised for 40 at May 12, 2022 07:19 AM (udLfr)

122 There's a great quote by Chris Rock at the link

"you can be anything you want, as long as they're hiring."
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Trump did in 2 years what Biden had promised for 40 at May 12, 2022 07:18 AM (udLfr)

Sounds like the second coming of Will Rogers.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 12, 2022 07:19 AM (6FeV1)

123 When will the process of impeachment start? I know we truly cannot afford to have that idiot KH as president but we could impeach her next. By then it will be time to vote for our next president. Can't come soon enough!!!

Posted by: sidney at May 12, 2022 07:20 AM (Uy/WF)

124 And for the record, I have probed both circuit boards and rabbit butts, so I know whereof I speak.

Posted by: Mrs. Peel at May 12, 2022 07:20 AM (8548M)

125 More seriously, something like 90% of new DVMs are women. Someone smart enough to get a DVM is smart enough to do whatever they want.
Posted by: Mrs. Peel

The vet clinic I take my brace to are all women. I've dealt with all of them over the years. Also my godson's wife has a PhD in Veterinary surgery.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 12, 2022 07:21 AM (0vFtj)

126 Also #98

Get a job with a city or state with retirement benefits, continue school. If dream job opportunities arrive take them. If not retire at 50 with full benefits after working cake job for decent pay.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Trump did in 2 years what Biden had promised for 40 at May 12, 2022 07:21 AM (udLfr)

127 119 I missed it. What did Garland lie about to Congress?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 12, 2022 07:18 AM (fF2aM)

Siccing the FBI on school board protestor Moms.
https://tinyurl.com/5n7dte7a

Posted by: Ordinary American at May 12, 2022 07:22 AM (H8QX8)

128
So we now can confirm Garland lied to Congress.

Do we get calls for his immediate resignation, or a strongly-worded letter?
Posted by: Ordinary American at May 12, 2022 07:02 AM (H8QX


Presidential Medal of Freedom

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 12, 2022 07:22 AM (/U27+)

129
(I'd also question why "elementary education" even exists as a degree, but that's a debate for another time)

Posted by: Mrs. Peel at May 12, 2022 07:12 AM


My wife has a combo degree of 'early education' and psychology. It's kinda important on the early end to be aware of where children fit on the norm and flag them for early intervention for issues with speech, hearing, vision, behavior, etc. I actually believe the psych degree is more important then the education degree.

One year her class had the highest achieving class average on a standardized test given to all the students in our county of over 500,000 people. I don't recall how many schools were involved.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 12, 2022 07:22 AM (dQvv7)

130 123 When will the process of impeachment start?
Posted by: sidney at May 12, 2022 07:20 AM (Uy/WF)

Never. GOP was permanently traumatized by the Clinton impeachment.

Posted by: Ordinary American at May 12, 2022 07:23 AM (H8QX8)

131
"The time has come,” the Walrus said,
“To talk of many things:
Of circuit boards and rabbit butts
Of cabbages—and king"

Posted by: fd at May 12, 2022 07:23 AM (vrz2I)

132 Sounds like the second coming of Will Rogers.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 12, 2022 07:19 AM (6FeV1)

I am reading a book about the life of Will Rogers-"Never met a man I didn't like." The back of the book has all kinds of quotes by Will Rogers about different things.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 12, 2022 07:25 AM (fF2aM)

133 Rabbit butt, rabbit butt,
Oh, rabby rabby rabby
Rabbit butt!

*pop*

Ba-bumm-bumm-bummm....

Posted by: Warai-otoko. If it's in my head now, it's dang well gonna be in yours too, at May 12, 2022 07:26 AM (6FeV1)

134 Oh yeah, the development part of it I can see. That makes sense. Unfortunately, experience with my kids' teachers does not suggest that the average student retained anything they might have learned in that regard. (My oldest is deaf and autistic. I'll just say we didn't have positive experiences with the public school district and leave it at that.)

Posted by: Mrs. Peel at May 12, 2022 07:26 AM (8548M)

135 And with a year or two in a real world job he'd have experience to fall back on if he ever needed to return to it or work for extra money. People aren't likely to stop using water anytime soon.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Trump did in 2 years what Biden had promised for 40 at May 12, 2022 07:26 AM (udLfr)

136 People aren't likely to stop using water anytime soon.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Trump did in 2 years what Biden had promised for 40 at May 12, 2022 07:26 AM (udLfr)

We're about three weeks away from the secretary of agriculture mandating that farmers irrigate their fields with Gatorade.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 12, 2022 07:28 AM (6FeV1)

137 135 People aren't likely to stop using water. There's a bunch of people in Sacramento trying to wean the peeps from the stuff.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 12, 2022 07:29 AM (lz5hY)

138 hey y'all

Posted by: Nearsighted Cyclopes at May 12, 2022 07:29 AM (4TZI4)

139
Never. GOP was permanently traumatized by the Clinton impeachment.
Posted by: Ordinary American at May 12, 2022 07:23 AM (H8QX


And it's as though there wasn't a more clear-cut case for conviction. He admitted lying under oath.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 12, 2022 07:29 AM (/U27+)

140 And it's as though there wasn't a more clear-cut case for conviction. He admitted lying under oath.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 12, 2022 07:29 AM (/U27+)

Certain people have the right to be Not Guilty.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 12, 2022 07:31 AM (6FeV1)

141 "Lincoln made a wonderful speech one time: 'That this nation, under God will have a new birth of freedom, and that the Government of the people, by the people and for the people shall not perish from this earth', Everytime a politician gets in a speech, he digs up this Gettysburg quotation. He recites it every Decoration Day, and practices the opposite the other 364 days."

Will Rogers.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 12, 2022 07:32 AM (fF2aM)

142
I'll just say we didn't have positive experiences with the public school district and leave it at that.)
Posted by: Mrs. Peel at May 12, 2022 07:26 AM


Yup, my wife was Parochial school early ed, and I spent half a decade there myself. All the teachers (with one very notable exception - the one with the 'COEXIST' bumper sticker) were top notch and the results vs other schools were highly impressive. But it is a burden for parents to pay for BOTH the public and the private schools. Politicians love to talk about vouchers but I have yet to see a single state permit them. The public school teachers unions are just too damn powerful.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 12, 2022 07:34 AM (dQvv7)

143 Looking at that sidebar drama, it sure seems like TPTB in the GOPe...emphasis "E", really want Oz to win this primary and want to knock Barnette out. Not too obvious... Oh, and Sean Hannity is an idiot. He's always been an idiot. And a tool.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 12, 2022 07:34 AM (sVtYq)

144 No matter how much sleep I get, five minutes after making my bed I want to go back to bed.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 12, 2022 07:35 AM (lz5hY)

145 From the sidebar...

A friend tells me that Ric The True Conservative Grennnell is talking about her calling for a ban on sharia law in the US, which apparently offends Ric's (and Mehmet Oz's) cosmopolitan liberal sensibilities.

Doesn't sharia translate to "Islamic law"? So "sharia law" is "Islamic law law"?

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at May 12, 2022 07:36 AM (Do5/p)

146 . Oh, and Sean Hannity is an idiot. He's always been an idiot. And a tool.
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 12, 2022 07:34 AM (sVtYq

Hannity is a spent force. His only audience is people in nursing homes who get their ballots harvested by democrats anyway.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 12, 2022 07:36 AM (6FeV1)

147 what LiB said @143, seconded !

can't even bear to hear his annoying voice, let alone listen to him ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez -gaslighted?, more like napalmed at May 12, 2022 07:37 AM (jA0b8)

148 A friend tells me that Ric The True Conservative Grennnell is talking about her calling for a ban on sharia law in the US, which apparently offends Ric's (and Mehmet Oz's) cosmopolitan liberal sensibilities.

==

This is supposed to be an attack? Um, I don't know how to tell Grenell, but it's a correct position to take. There's no gray area here. Islamic law doesn't belong in the US. This is a problem??

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 12, 2022 07:37 AM (sVtYq)

149 I think "sharia" directly translates to "the law". The Islamic part is implied. Because outside of submission to the caliph of the day, there is no other valid law on earth. Or so those poor bastards think.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 12, 2022 07:39 AM (6FeV1)

150 JJ

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 12, 2022 07:39 AM (sVtYq)

151 . Islamic law doesn't belong in the US. This is a problem??
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 12, 2022 07:37 AM (sVtYq)

Yup. (As in, i agree, not as in it's problem)

Your community can live by whatever rules and bylaws you like, so long as they don't conflict with the law of the land. Eat whatever the hell you want on the weekends, but you start stoning people to death and we got a problem.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 12, 2022 07:42 AM (6FeV1)

152 Sharia Law. Stonings, dismemberment and beheadings. Coming soon to Dearborn MI.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 12, 2022 07:42 AM (lz5hY)

153 can't even bear to hear his annoying voice, let alone listen to him ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez -gaslighted?, more like napalmed at May 12, 2022 07:37 AM

I stopped watching any TV news -- including Fox News Channel -- during the summer of the 2004 Presidential campaign. It was then that I realized all the TV news personalities were fake and not really taking "brave" stances on any politician or topic.

The last straw for me was when Bill O'Reilly straddled the fence regarding the Swift Boat Veterans and their criticisms of John Kerry. Previously, I liked watching him as he seemed to use his final commentary segment to take hard stances on issues. When I saw him flake out regarding the Swift Boat Veterans, I knew he was a fraud. And I then gave up on all of it.

Thankfully, it was during the time that political blogs were gaining popularity and I have gotten my news exclusively from blogs ever since. 18 years free of TV news.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at May 12, 2022 07:42 AM (Do5/p)

154 25

What’s With Prince Charles’ Bizarre Sausage Fingers?

A symptom of lung cancer.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 12, 2022 05:55 AM (dQvv7)


I thought it was an indicator of a refugee from the hotdog finger universe.

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at May 12, 2022 07:44 AM (8C7+r)

155 This is supposed to be an attack? Um, I don't know how to tell Grenell, but it's a correct position to take. There's no gray area here. Islamic law doesn't belong in the US. This is a problem??

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 12, 2022 07:37 AM

100% agreed. Though apparently Grenell is a Bush-43 "conservative". Recall Bush-43 went completely pro-Islam after 09/11. Cozied up with C.A.I.R. Took the position that Islam wasn't the problem, but just some radicals were distorting the beautiful religion or some such bullshit.

That seems to be the narrative of the Deep State since 09/11/2001.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at May 12, 2022 07:46 AM (Do5/p)

156 I think that there's a question about whether Barnette has tweeted that there should be no:

1) American Muslims
or
2) Islamic law in America

and then whether her tweets on those topics reflect her thoughts or not. Examples here:
https://nitter.net/richardgrenell

Posted by: m at May 12, 2022 07:56 AM (ZpkZT)

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