Daily Tech News 30 June 2022

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TSMC to customers: Get with the program and move to 28nm already. (AnandTech)

Compared to the new hotness (see below) 28nm is old school and almost old hat, but it works, and it works the same as older processes. It's the last robust process with planar transistors rather than FinFETs, so designs are relatively easy to move.

There is also a 20nm planar node, but it sucks. AMD never used it, for example, despite being stuck on 28nm for years.
Samsung meanwhile has started production at 3nm. (ZDNet)

The main advantage of Samsung's 3nm and their new GAAFET transistors is that they cut power consumption by nearly half. They also reportedly offer up to 20% better performance but the way that number is measured makes its utility dubious. You need the chart plotting frequencies against power consumption and the details of the sample circuit being evaluated.

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The Raspberry Pi Pico W is the Raspberry Pi Pico with added W. (RaspberryPi)

The W stands for 802.11n - WiFi.

The article also notes that the Pi Pico chip is made on TSMC's 40nm process, so: Get with the program.
Retail prices for Threadripper Pro 5000 have been announced and ouch. (Tom's Hardware)

The 24 core Threadripper 3960X cost $1399. The 24 core Threadripper Pro 5965WX costs $2399 - and will only be 20% faster than the 7950X when that chip arrives in September.

AMD is the only game in town for workstation chips, really, and they're setting prices to match.

Disclaimer: Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match, strike me a light, I'm in a plight. Matchmaker, matchmaker, lend me your fire, my need for a smoke is dire.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 05:49 AM

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1 Good morning all.

Posted by: Ciampino - we do license at June 30, 2022 04:51 AM (qfLjt)

2 w00t

Posted by: m at June 30, 2022 04:51 AM (RtN13)

3 Morning, folk! As I mentioned on the earlier thread, somehow last night I gave myself a charley horse in my lower right leg. I'm stretching and putting some ice on it, but I'm still limping. I won't be moving around much at work today.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 30, 2022 04:55 AM (c6xtn)

4 Pixy needs a light.

Posted by: Ciampino - Lucifers is the way to go at June 30, 2022 04:55 AM (qfLjt)

5 Time to shave and shower, and hit the ATM before work.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 30, 2022 04:56 AM (c6xtn)

6 5 Time to shave and shower, and hit the ATM before work.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 30, 2022 04:56 AM (c6xtn)
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Use at least an 8lb sledge - more effective. It might vomit a lot more notes.

Posted by: Ciampino - Lucifers are strike anywhere at June 30, 2022 04:58 AM (qfLjt)

7 hiya

Posted by: JT at June 30, 2022 04:58 AM (arJlL)

8 Good evening Pixy

Posted by: Skip at June 30, 2022 05:03 AM (2JoB8)

9 Mentioned yesterday broke my phone case belt clip, getting replacement under warranty

Posted by: Skip at June 30, 2022 05:03 AM (2JoB8)

10 If I hadn't been forced into retirement when it happened I probably would have bought one of those Rasberry Pi SBCs to play programming. Am I correct in saying they are single-board computers (SBC) ? The last one I got was a Motorola MC6809E SBC, actually 2 boards as the second board allowed for a parallel port and other enhancements. That was very late 1980s or early 1990s. Dating myself.

Posted by: Ciampino - The 6809 has great assembler code at June 30, 2022 05:05 AM (qfLjt)

11 Slacking again yesterday
https://tinyurl.com/2p8ts92w
Bad Blue

Posted by: Skip at June 30, 2022 05:08 AM (2JoB8)

12 Seems everyone is either making coffee, gone to bed or going to work?

Posted by: Ciampino - I might go sleep myself at June 30, 2022 05:09 AM (qfLjt)

13 Morning, folk! As I mentioned on the earlier thread, somehow last night I gave myself a charley horse in my lower right leg. I'm stretching and putting some ice on it, but I'm still limping. I won't be moving around much at work today.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 30, 2022 04:55 AM (c6xtn)

About a year ago, I woke up with what I can best describe as sciatica. I literally limped for about 4 months. Came out of nowhere and left just as quick. But, boy, for those four or so months, it was excruciating. When it first happened, I had tears and 'walked' hunched over like some old Chinaman and was giving myself a couple of days then, if I didn't see some improvement, I was going to the ER; the pain was that bad. Felt some improvement, so no ER. But I hobbled and limped along for months, with it being better some days and worse others but never gone. All I could think was, 'This getting old crap sure as hell sucks.'

Posted by: RickZ at June 30, 2022 05:09 AM (ldL4g)

14
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 30, 2022 05:10 AM (ENBF0)

15 Seems everyone is either making coffee, gone to bed or going to work?

Posted by: Ciampino - I might go sleep myself at June 30, 2022 05:09 AM (qfLjt)

The Circle of Life.

Posted by: RickZ at June 30, 2022 05:10 AM (ldL4g)

16 If I hadn't been forced into retirement when it happened I probably would have bought one of those Rasberry Pi SBCs to play programming.
Posted by: Ciampino - The 6809 has great assembler code

Forced into retirement ?
At gunpoint ? Or did the natives surround you with spears while Marlin Perkins went to a commercial ?

Posted by: JT at June 30, 2022 05:12 AM (arJlL)

17 #7 is Australian Tech related

Posted by: Skip at June 30, 2022 05:16 AM (2JoB8)

18 No one will ever claim Sundowner did any lunging for control of a vehicle

Posted by: Skip at June 30, 2022 05:17 AM (2JoB8)

19 G'morning, all.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 30, 2022 05:20 AM (1n+EO)

20 So I hear rumors that some of the J6 testimony offered is not aging well.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 30, 2022 05:21 AM (1n+EO)

21
"Highway Patrol", with Broderick Crawford (he's a hoot) is playing on MeTV now. A very young Ted Baxter (Ted Knight) has a part in it. He's a bad guy.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at June 30, 2022 05:22 AM (Mzdiz)

22 Good morning morons

Those Oakland cops who followed (not chased!) a car fleeing from a sideshow have been fired, and may face criminal charges.

The fleeing car crashed into a parked car which killed a guy waiting in line to buy tacos.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 30, 2022 05:24 AM (EZebt)

23 16 If I hadn't been forced into retirement when it happened I probably would have bought one of those Rasberry Pi SBCs to play programming.
Posted by: Ciampino - The 6809 has great assembler code

Forced into retirement ?
At gunpoint ? Or did the natives surround you with spears while Marlin Perkins went to a commercial ?

Posted by: JT at June 30, 2022 05:12 AM (arJlL)
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Everybody's contract was not renewed and the positions were advertised. We had to re-apply and the two oldest guys (myself and one other) were not chosen.

Posted by: Ciampino - First! at June 30, 2022 05:24 AM (qfLjt)

24 Pretty much at gun point

Posted by: Skip's phone at June 30, 2022 05:27 AM (2JoB8)

25 Ciampino - First!

There is a lot of age discrimination out there. Quite short-sighted.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 30, 2022 05:28 AM (u82oZ)

26 When do we get picometer chips?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 30, 2022 05:28 AM (t3/qz)

27 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Your package goes out today. Been busy.
And the email with the info you wanted.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 30, 2022 05:28 AM (u82oZ)

28 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 30, 2022 05:29 AM (u82oZ)

29 Salty, good morning.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 30, 2022 05:30 AM (1n+EO)

30 G'mornin' everyone !

yeah, coffee sounds like a great idea !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - ultra maga ftw ! at June 30, 2022 05:30 AM (a82Er)

31 Ciampino - First!

Hadrian the Seventh has a similar tale of woe.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 30, 2022 05:30 AM (u82oZ)

32 Everybody's contract was not renewed and the positions were advertised. We had to re-apply and the two oldest guys (myself and one other) were not chosen.
Posted by: Ciampino - First!

Well, that sucks ! But it was a feeble attempt at humor, OKAY ? Its still early. I'm sure JJ's still snoring !

(Did you, perchance, contact an attorney ?)

Posted by: JT at June 30, 2022 05:31 AM (arJlL)

33 Oakland can't be far from having warlords.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at June 30, 2022 05:31 AM (oWBc3)

34 25 Ciampino - First!

There is a lot of age discrimination out there. Quite short-sighted.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 30, 2022 05:28 AM (u82oZ)
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New guys can start at the entry level salary whereas we could be considered expensive. We were support staff for people not bringing in money so if a new guy had no experience well too bad, he'd eventually learn. Thus my 14 years on the job were expendable.

Posted by: Ciampino - First! at June 30, 2022 05:32 AM (qfLjt)

35 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

BOO ! (I'm doin' MY part !)

Posted by: JT at June 30, 2022 05:33 AM (arJlL)

36 Not real tech, it a reminder of how many things have changed - guessing for the better - I changed out 4 ceiling fans on the back porch yesterday. The old ones went up with the house in 2002 and they each probably weighed 40 pounds. I was stunned when the first one came off the hook. The new ones weighed maybe half that. My helper was eager to take the old fans assuming they must be loaded with copper windings.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at June 30, 2022 05:36 AM (oWBc3)

37 Explosive new Jan 6 testimony! A guy who knows someone who watched Trump's rally on tv that day said he saw Trump handing out AK 47s to protestors out of the trunk of the presidential limo!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 30, 2022 05:38 AM (t3/qz)

38 32
(Did you, perchance, contact an attorney ?)
Posted by: JT at June 30, 2022 05:31 AM (arJlL)
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We considered it but decided it wasn't worth the effort.
We went from a boss in each section to one boss overall in the new structure. The new boss most likely didn't like the two old guys since we knew our stuff and didn't kiss ass. It's complicated.

Posted by: Ciampino - First!! at June 30, 2022 05:39 AM (qfLjt)

39 Explosive new Jan 6 testimony! A guy who knows someone who watched Trump's rally on tv that day said he saw Trump handing out AK 47s to protestors out of the trunk of the presidential limo!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 30, 2022 05:38 AM (t3/qz)

We'll quote you.

Posted by: Corporate Media Talking Airheads at June 30, 2022 05:41 AM (ldL4g)

40 Having spent a fair amount of time in government offices around the world, Americans would be stunned I think, to learn how many executive and congressional offices in DC run on 20 somethings like this Cassidy chick. They generally take notes and relay messages - frightening actually.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at June 30, 2022 05:42 AM (oWBc3)

41 38 32
(Did you, perchance, contact an attorney ?)
Posted by: JT at June 30, 2022 05:31 AM (arJlL)
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Forgot to mention, we two are R and the rest of the bunch are Ds. Yeah there's that too. We used to have to put up with all the jokes and sniping about Bush but they were really sensitive when we reciprocated about BodyHumOdor.

Posted by: Ciampino - First!!! at June 30, 2022 05:44 AM (qfLjt)

42 What are we going to flip our shit about today, Brain?

Same thing we flip our shit about every day, Pinky... absofuckinglutely nothing!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 30, 2022 05:45 AM (t3/qz)

43 On the local news: Essence Festival is back this year. You'd think no one with any sense would schedule an event in the depths of summer in this pesthole, but noooo --

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 30, 2022 05:46 AM (c6xtn)

44 Essence of what? Swamp sweat?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 30, 2022 05:47 AM (t3/qz)

45 Essence of what? Swamp sweat?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 30, 2022

***
Eau d'opossum

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 30, 2022 05:49 AM (c6xtn)

46 11 Slacking again yesterday
https://tinyurl.com/2p8ts92w
Bad Blue
Posted by: Skip at June 30, 2022 05:08 AM (2JoB8

Thanks, Skip!

Posted by: m at June 30, 2022 05:49 AM (RtN13)

47 Salty!

You have mail.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 30, 2022 05:49 AM (1n+EO)

48 42 What are we going to flip our shit about today, Brain?

Same thing we flip our shit about every day, Pinky... absofuckinglutely nothing!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at June 30, 2022 05:45 AM (t3/qz)
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Old as I am I enjoyed that show.

Posted by: Ciampino - getting a little tired now at June 30, 2022 05:50 AM (qfLjt)

49 Essence Festival is run by the black magazine by that name. It features "music," "entertainment," etc. More like an excuse for attendees to roam the Quarter, make themselves unpopular because they don't tip, and get into fights.

Note to self: Do not go to French Quarter this weekend, and do not go to 24-hour breakfast places at all.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 30, 2022 05:51 AM (c6xtn)

50 This kitten is going to get himself barbecued if he doesn't stop bothering me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 30, 2022 05:54 AM (c6xtn)

51 Morning all. Killary has followed in the footsteps of failed hack pols and written her version of a bodice ripper.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 30, 2022 05:54 AM (Jk3sP)

52
g'mornin', Ben Had

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 30, 2022 05:56 AM (ENBF0)

53 Killary has followed in the footsteps of failed hack pols and written her version of a bodice ripper.
Posted by: Ben Had

Ha! Bodice ripper. That's what I think of when Pixy posts about Threadripper.

And Good morning all.

Posted by: Bruce at June 30, 2022 05:57 AM (vd8XM)

54 51 Morning all. Killary has followed in the footsteps of failed hack pols and written her version of a bodice ripper.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 30, 2022 05:54 AM (Jk3sP)
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As long it's not her bodice ........ phew.
Is this what she wanted from Bill but never got? Inquisitive minds couldn't care less.

Posted by: Ciampino - getting more than a little tired at June 30, 2022 05:58 AM (qfLjt)

55 Thanks Skip !

Gonna be in the 90's today ...bring an ice cube.

Posted by: JT at June 30, 2022 05:59 AM (arJlL)

56 When will the Clintons have enough money? What would constitute enough money?

Posted by: m at June 30, 2022 06:00 AM (RtN13)

57 Inside so not bad

Posted by: Skip's phone at June 30, 2022 06:00 AM (yZs4N)

58 Powerline has an interesting reference to Cassidy having a notebook she referred to constantly during her videotaped deposition. First, this is never done in depositions, period - lawyers hand you papers and ask you to react to them or you tell your story and they question it. Second, were this a real adversarial proceeding, that notebook would be discoverable, likely leading to all sorts of interesting things like the people who wrote it.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at June 30, 2022 06:00 AM (oWBc3)

59 Morning all. Killary has followed in the footsteps of failed hack pols and written her version of a bodice ripper.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 30, 2022 05:54 AM (Jk3sP)

Starring a Monica Lewinsky character, right?

That wouldn't be a bodice ripper novel but a bodice ripper biography.

Posted by: RickZ at June 30, 2022 06:00 AM (ldL4g)

60 Hi AltonJackson.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 30, 2022 06:01 AM (Jk3sP)

61 As long it's not her bodice ........ phew.
Is this what she wanted from Bill but never got? Inquisitive minds couldn't care less.

Posted by: Ciampino - getting more than a little tired at June 30, 2022 05:58 AM (qfLjt)

Bill wouldn't have to role play being a rapist so . . . no.

Posted by: RickZ at June 30, 2022 06:01 AM (ldL4g)

62 Hillary should go for the self-help market. "How I Learned to Embrace My Inner Dr. Strangelove."

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at June 30, 2022 06:02 AM (oWBc3)

63 Good morning, early birds. Two nights in a row no sleep makes for a grumpy SnailRacer.

Posted by: SnailRacer at June 30, 2022 06:03 AM (V/w9Z)

64 Inside so not bad
Posted by: Skip's phone

That's easy for you to say; you're a phone !

Posted by: JT at June 30, 2022 06:03 AM (arJlL)

65 Good morning, early birds. Two nights in a row no sleep makes for a grumpy SnailRacer.
Posted by: SnailRacer

Bring out the extra large coffee for SnailRacer!!

Posted by: Bruce at June 30, 2022 06:04 AM (vd8XM)

66
g'mornin', SnailRacer

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 30, 2022 06:04 AM (ENBF0)

67 How in the heck did Democrats convince blacks to voluntarily kill their own unborn children?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 30, 2022 06:04 AM (1n+EO)

68 No guys--Killary's got an interacial fantasy goin on. "His white nakedness against her wet black skin"

Posted by: Ben Had at June 30, 2022 06:04 AM (Jk3sP)

69 Ciampino - getting more than a little tired

So, what are ya doing these days ?

Posted by: JT at June 30, 2022 06:05 AM (arJlL)

70 They're working overtime to make that Cassidy a thing, still nobody gives a shit about her, which makes them even more desperate to make her a thing.

Posted by: lowandslow at June 30, 2022 06:06 AM (qH6FZ)

71 [takes dollar, looks around furtively]

Word on the the street is, Liz Cheney is Allahpundit.

Posted by: Johnny The Shoeshine Guy at June 30, 2022 06:06 AM (dYpRk)

72 56 When will the Clintons have enough money? What would constitute enough money?

Posted by: m at June 30, 2022 06:00 AM (RtN13)
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I wouldn't be surprised if there is a minimum entry fee for WEF or whatever other cliques exist that may be vieing for the NWO and/or safe havens for when TSHTF. I can imagine that it is some huge figure that is constantly rising.
So enough is never enough.

Posted by: Ciampino - be nice if they got scammed at June 30, 2022 06:07 AM (qfLjt)

73 SnailRacer, maybe you can get a nap.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 30, 2022 06:08 AM (Jk3sP)

74 Another problem with the older nodes is that as some critical bits of equipment fail, there are no parts or full replacements to be had. Despite their age, the gear would be very expensive for anyone who knew how to put back into production. Which is a problem for products that don't have any good reason to be produced at newer nodes.

The changes in semiconductor economics has changed the way many businesses work. Die shrinks that were once the norm no longer make sense. This is why there will likely never be a $250 MSRP version of the PS5 or Xbox Series X. AMD has zero desire to port the underlying CPU and GPU architectures to newer nodes and shouldering the cost by themselves makes it far too costly to ever hope to realize a profit for the console makers, Sony and Microsoft. This is also why there isn't likely to be 'pro' models as there were in the previous generation. There isn't really a need and the pricing doesn't work in favor of them. Having a shorter generation and introducing new backward compatible models that take over the same price point is more likely. Customizing a design AMD is already preparing for for 5nm makes far more financial sense.

Posted by: Epobirs at June 30, 2022 06:08 AM (uNrGf)

75 @48

>>Old as I am I enjoyed that show.

That show first aired 31 years ago.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 30, 2022 06:08 AM (mQFP3)

76 69 Ciampino - getting more than a little tired
So, what are ya doing these days ?
Posted by: JT at June 30, 2022 06:05 AM (arJlL)
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Retired.

Posted by: Ciampino - I need to see another good guy in the WH before I go at June 30, 2022 06:09 AM (qfLjt)

77 Every city has warlords, they just are not running them yet like Mexican ones

Posted by: Skip's phone at June 30, 2022 06:10 AM (yZs4N)

78 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 30, 2022 06:11 AM (ju2Fy)

79 Earned from my grandfather stay busy, hobbies, tinkering, help out others but keep active

Posted by: Skip's phone at June 30, 2022 06:12 AM (yZs4N)

80 How in the heck did Democrats convince blacks to voluntarily kill their own unborn children?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 30, 2022 06:04 AM (1n+EO)

With welfare monies being based upon the number of children, it's a mystery.

Posted by: RickZ at June 30, 2022 06:12 AM (ldL4g)

81 {{{SnailRacer}}}

I am sorry to hear that. Hope it is only lack of sleep, and not other issues too.

May you sleep deeply when you do sleep.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 30, 2022 06:13 AM (u82oZ)

82 Johnny The Shoeshine Guy

**Snort**

That was such a great TV show.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 30, 2022 06:14 AM (u82oZ)

83 Ben Had

♬ ♩ ♪ ♫ Good morning! ♩ ♫ ♬ ♪

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 30, 2022 06:15 AM (u82oZ)

84 Ciampino - getting more than a little tired

Is it too late to contact an attorney ?

Has the Statue of Limitations fallen over ?

Posted by: JT at June 30, 2022 06:18 AM (arJlL)

85 Ben Had

♬ ♩ ♪ ♫ Good morning! ♩ ♫ ♬ ♪
Posted by: NaCly Dog

(Oh Brother !)

Posted by: JT at June 30, 2022 06:19 AM (arJlL)

86 "Has the Statue of Limitations fallen over ?"

it was removed.

Somebody complained.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 30, 2022 06:20 AM (1n+EO)

87 Latest consoles/ phone/PC etc use latest fabrication node, chips in things like cars and equipment is typically several 5-15 years behind. Ya a d Cheaper and proven stable, but also chips just cost alot to design, fan, and test. They aren't in a hurry.

The issue and probably why TSMC is saying this, they can grab exponentially more say 10 million transistor chips at 28nm than they can at 130nm. It's getting to where the resource cost of old big chips is offsetting savings of old nodes.

Posted by: Shiggz at June 30, 2022 06:21 AM (0SrVS)

88
Powerline has an interesting reference to Cassidy having a notebook she referred to constantly during her videotaped deposition.

"Look thoughtful"
"Quiver in the voice"
"Push out boobs"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2022 06:22 AM (/U27+)

89 [You] "Look thoughtful"
[You] "Quiver in the voice"
[You] "Push out boobs"

*Suggested edit

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 30, 2022 06:23 AM (1n+EO)

90 JT

I make no apologies.

Ben Had and her team of party organizers are special, and should be treated well.

Got a problem with that?

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 30, 2022 06:23 AM (u82oZ)

91 How in the heck did Democrats convince blacks to voluntarily kill their own unborn children?

*

Step one: I'm the father now. You don't need the real one, so don't listen to him.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - witness the Amber Heard presidency at June 30, 2022 06:25 AM (TVG9J)

92 The fleeing car crashed into a parked car which killed a guy waiting in line to buy tacos.

*

So Charlottesville all over again.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - witness the Amber Heard presidency at June 30, 2022 06:26 AM (TVG9J)

93 Hello back to my MoMe friends. Hope you all have a wonderful day! Mine will deffo feature a nap.

Thanks for the X-large coffee, Bruce. Going to add a bit of heavy cream. yum!

Posted by: SnailRacer at June 30, 2022 06:27 AM (V/w9Z)

94 Later all.
Gotta go do stuff.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 30, 2022 06:28 AM (1n+EO)

95 As long as the coffee maker works, too early to get testy.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at June 30, 2022 06:28 AM (oWBc3)

96
The fleeing car crashed into a parked car which killed a guy waiting in line to buy tacos.

I keep saying: no good will come from these driver-less cars

we apparently need some common sense driver-less car control

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 30, 2022 06:28 AM (ENBF0)

97 Those Oakland cops who followed (not chased!) a car fleeing from a sideshow have been fired, and may face criminal charges.

The fleeing car crashed into a parked car which killed a guy waiting in line to buy tacos.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

New PD rule: if you find yourself behind a vehicle with blacks in it, you must either pull over and wait, or take a hard left.

Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at June 30, 2022 06:29 AM (M9XmQ)

98 San Franpsycho

I assume anyone that is skilled has left the Oakland Police Department. Or the remainder will leave, seeing how brother officers were treated by city leaders.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 30, 2022 06:29 AM (u82oZ)

99 Judge rules Donald Trump is NO LONGER in contempt of court for failing to comply with the NY Attorney General's subpoena demanding documents from the former president's company

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 30, 2022 06:29 AM (ex2Cx)

100 Going to add a bit of heavy cream. yum!

Posted by: SnailRacer

Thumbs up on that.

Posted by: Bruce at June 30, 2022 06:30 AM (vd8XM)

101 Judge rules Donald Trump is NO LONGER in contempt of court for failing to comply with the NY Attorney General's subpoena demanding documents from the former president's company

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 30, 2022 06:29 AM (ex2Cx)

Yeah, but they are still forging ahead with their investigation and torturing the Trump Family

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 30, 2022 06:31 AM (FNaN1)

102 49 Essence Festival is run by the black magazine by that name. It features "music," "entertainment," etc. More like an excuse for attendees to roam the Quarter, make themselves unpopular because they don't tip, and get into fights.

"Shut 'er down, Diane!"

Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at June 30, 2022 06:31 AM (M9XmQ)

103 96 The fleeing car crashed into a parked car which killed a guy waiting in line to buy tacos.

I keep saying: no good will come from these driver-less cars

we apparently need some common sense driver-less car control
Posted by: AltonJackson at June 30, 2022 06:28 AM (ENBF0)

LOL AltonJackson.

Posted by: m at June 30, 2022 06:33 AM (RtN13)

104 Gay Kentucky Teacher of the Year quits high school job citing homophobia after he was was accused of 'grooming' children at student-run LGBTQ group

Dude you started a club to convert kids. That gonna happen!

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 30, 2022 06:33 AM (ex2Cx)

105 Nevergiveup

The time when the hard guys on their security teams decide to take over from the Dem leaders could be an improvement. Probably not, based on history. But the Left is soo lame.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 30, 2022 06:34 AM (u82oZ)

106 after he was was accused of 'grooming' children at student-run LGBTQ group

Oh No!! And during Pride Month too...

Posted by: Bruce at June 30, 2022 06:35 AM (vd8XM)

107
There is a lot of age discrimination out there. Quite short-sighted.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 30, 2022 05:28 AM (u82oZ)

Of course, age discrimination is illegal. But companies have labor lawyers not to tell them what they can't do but how to plausibly violate the law.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2022 06:35 AM (/U27+)

108 Gay Kentucky Teacher of the Year quits high school job

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Good.

I have no problem saying that, either. Anyone whose identity is their sexuality has no place around children.

I'd say the same if a whore was parading around explaining to the kids why it's awesome that she makes extra money on the side as an escort.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - witness the Amber Heard presidency at June 30, 2022 06:36 AM (SAoso)

109 Worth sharing. A devotional from a young person from Arkansas based on a reading ( which is linked the top) from Isaiah and 1st Peter:

https://tinyurl.com/49xe6etf

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2022 06:36 AM (xywJC)

110 Tech is so racist.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at June 30, 2022 06:37 AM (4ZE6o)

111
Essence Festival is run by the black magazine by that name. It features "music," "entertainment," etc. More like an excuse for attendees to roam the Quarter, make themselves unpopular because they don't tip, and get into fights.

Laissez le bon temps rouler! Woot!

New Orleans isn't even worth going to as a tourist destination any longer. I can get perfectly good Cajun food here in Texas.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2022 06:38 AM (/U27+)

112 Hadrian the Seventh

Good morning. You are correct about the dysfunction in the C-suites. And about MBAs.

How are the puppies developing in Delilah?

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 30, 2022 06:38 AM (u82oZ)

113 Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell admits 'we now understand better how little we understand about inflation' and insists 41-year high prices were 'unpredicted'

Then you sir are an idiot!

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 30, 2022 06:38 AM (ex2Cx)

114 Thanks Fen.

And good morning!

Posted by: Bruce at June 30, 2022 06:38 AM (vd8XM)

115 rhennigantx

I's trust you to be in charge of the Fed more than that confessed failure.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 30, 2022 06:40 AM (u82oZ)

116
How are the puppies developing in Delilah?
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 30, 2022 06:38 AM (u82oZ)

We took her in yesterday for a progesterone level and ultrasound. The babies are doing well in there. Mama is doing well. C section is set for 7:00 AM tomorrow.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2022 06:40 AM (/U27+)

117 FenelonSpoke

Good morning. I trust you are feeling better, and that FenelonSon is moving on up.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 30, 2022 06:41 AM (u82oZ)

118 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes.

Let me admit up front that I don't care for Frank Zappa, but that "Love of My Life" clip was supremely awful. I presume he was doing a parody of doo-wop, but Weird Al at his worst ("One More Minute") is miles ahead of Zappa.

Anyway, just venting. Another day here in the Commonwealth of Babykill.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 30, 2022 06:41 AM (2JVJo)

119 Hadrian the Seventh

May the outcome be positive, with many frisky puppies.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 30, 2022 06:42 AM (u82oZ)

120 Essence Festival is run by the black magazine by that name. It features "music," "entertainment," etc. More like an excuse for attendees to roam the Quarter, make themselves unpopular because they don't tip, and get into fights.
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Will they be on crotch rockets and stay for a week? Asking for a friend.
- Myrtle Beach, SC

Posted by: Moron Robbie - witness the Amber Heard presidency at June 30, 2022 06:42 AM (y63Pd)

121 Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell admits 'we now understand better how little we understand about inflation' and insists 41-year high prices were 'unpredicted'

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We were discussing this yesterday. It's incredible to read this sort of thing. Inflation is around 30% (probably more), and it just so happens that they dumped 30% "new" money into the system.

Gosh, I wonder if the two numbers are related?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - witness the Amber Heard presidency at June 30, 2022 06:43 AM (y63Pd)

122 Time for chores.

Have a great day, everyone. May you find a shaded parking place in your travels.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at June 30, 2022 06:43 AM (u82oZ)

123 Well Episode 13 Season Two of Rising of the Shield Hero has aired on Crunchyroll and my point is why? Episode 12 saw Naofumi and friends deal with Kyo. And save for them offering prayers to Ost at the end of this episode, the story is almost all flashback to incidents that leaves with the suspicion these stories are the characters way of dealing with what happened so they can move on.

One thing that is truly jarring is why would an overage Lolicon like Kizuna remember the Tom Hanks movie Castaway and create her own Wilson?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 30, 2022 06:44 AM (ki2Fo)

124 Last WWII Medal of Honor recipient dies aged 98: War hero who used flamethrower and explosives to clear seven pillboxes under heavy machine gunfire at Battle of Iwo Jima passes away peacefully in West Virginia
The Woody Williams Foundation confirmed the death occurred at 3.15 am

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 30, 2022 06:44 AM (ex2Cx)

125 Essence Festival is run by the black magazine by that name. It features "music," "entertainment," etc. More like an excuse for attendees to roam the Quarter, make themselves unpopular because they don't tip, and get into fights.

Note to self: Do not go to French Quarter this weekend, and do not go to 24-hour breakfast places at all.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 30, 2022 05:51 AM (c6xtn)

I can't imagine why anyone would go to the French Quarter to begin with.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 30, 2022 06:45 AM (2JVJo)

126 Simple guide for Fed chairman:

Dem POTUS - BAD economy = "unexpectedly"

Rep POTUS - GOOD economy = "unexpectedly"

That they haven't figured this out is stunningly stupid.

Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at June 30, 2022 06:45 AM (M9XmQ)

127 I just got a message to start working at 8 instead of 7. Don't know whether that's a good or bad thing. I hope they don't ask me to stay past 3.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 30, 2022 06:46 AM (2JVJo)

128 Accidentally set the alarm 25 min early

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 30, 2022 06:46 AM (kf6Ak)

129 JT

I make no apologies.

Ben Had and her team of party organizers are special, and should be treated well.

Got a problem with that?
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Pssst.....(your serious bone is showing.....)

Posted by: JT at June 30, 2022 06:47 AM (arJlL)

130 Reading the comment about an "overage Lolicon like Kizuna" reminded me of some of the looks of utter confusion I used to get teaching strengths of materials as a grad assistant many years ago - thanks for the chuckle.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at June 30, 2022 06:48 AM (oWBc3)

131 Hi Salty

Thanks. I am ok. No news on the job front for FenSpouse. I don't know if he'll get hired for the rest of the summer which is too bad. Thx for asking

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2022 06:48 AM (xKx+l)

132 Accidentally set the alarm 25 min early
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion

You'll thank yourself at bedtime !

Posted by: JT at June 30, 2022 06:49 AM (arJlL)

133 Sorry-not FenSpouse . He is on a break from the bus. Meant FenSon

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2022 06:50 AM (xKx+l)

134 I am being polite in regards to Kizuna. Naofumi actually called her a Loli hag - ie too old to be dressing as such.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 30, 2022 06:51 AM (ki2Fo)

135 Look way back at the after class student clubs I had in high school. Down right boring now that you have LGBTQ clubs in many schools. Living and growing up in a town of 600, somehow I don't think that would and still won't work in the school where all grades are in the same building. The Boy Scouts was one of the approved after school activities. The scout master may have been gay, but I wouldn't even notice, or know what 'gay' was, I was to busy trying to make knots, which weren't very good.

Posted by: Colin at June 30, 2022 06:51 AM (YVx1O)

136
make themselves unpopular because they don't tip

After coming in huge parties, negotiating their order like it was the Treaty of Versailles, making the wait staff's life miserable, staying for hours, yelling at the top of their voices down the table and complaining to management about the bill.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2022 06:51 AM (/U27+)

137 After coming in huge parties, negotiating their order like it was the Treaty of Versailles, making the wait staff's life miserable, staying for hours, yelling at the top of their voices down the table and complaining to management about the bill.

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It's also racist for you to notice that they don't tip.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - witness the Amber Heard presidency at June 30, 2022 06:55 AM (y63Pd)

138 Good morning all. What's new?

Posted by: Rosasharn at June 30, 2022 06:55 AM (yEBFM)

139 Republican US representative Liz Cheney delivered a fiery speech to call out Donald Trump and GOP leaders at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Wednesday night, receiving thunderous applause from the audience.

The attached video has zero clapping! Strange!

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 30, 2022 06:56 AM (ex2Cx)

140 Someone this morning is holding the winning Powerball ticket worth a $366.7 million annuity.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 30, 2022 06:56 AM (ki2Fo)

141 The attached video has zero clapping! Strange!
Posted by: rhennigantx

So loud, that you can't hear it!

You will see dogs ears go up though

Posted by: Bruce at June 30, 2022 06:57 AM (vd8XM)

142 The Quarter in the 60's was pretty cool - you could actually see jazz and catch folks like Fountain and Hirt and the burlesque shows - which I was too young for - were all Gypsy- like.. The last time I went in 2011 it was serial Jimmy Buffett wannabes, piano bars and rock music - and wall to wall strip joints. Like Dallas.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at June 30, 2022 06:58 AM (oWBc3)

143 Off to find some breakfast.

Have a good day all.

Posted by: Bruce at June 30, 2022 06:58 AM (vd8XM)

144 Naofumi actually called her a Loli hag - ie too old to be dressing as such.

Maybe she's a Jill Biden fan.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 30, 2022 06:59 AM (2JVJo)

145 what fresh hell this day?

Posted by: DB at June 30, 2022 07:00 AM (geLO8)

146 The last time I went in 2011 it was serial Jimmy Buffett wannabes, piano bars and rock music - and wall to wall strip joints. Like Dallas.

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Katrina broke New Orleans. It was a completely different city before and after. It's like it was pressure washed and turned into a Disney version of what people thought New Orleans was. I don't know how they exorcised the spirit of the place, but they did.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - witness the Amber Heard presidency at June 30, 2022 07:01 AM (y63Pd)

147 Someone this morning is holding the winning Powerball ticket worth a $366.7 million annuity.

It sure as hell isn't me. Otherwise, I'd be spending the day looking for a house like this situated in the middle of about a thousand acres of woodland:

https://tinyurl.com/2wfk8v9x

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 30, 2022 07:02 AM (2JVJo)

148 Hadrian reading from script

Posted by: Skip's phone at June 30, 2022 07:03 AM (yZs4N)

149 Y'at?

Posted by: Eromero at June 30, 2022 07:03 AM (gktX6)

150 Do all the street signs in NO still have bullet holes in them?

Posted by: fd at June 30, 2022 07:03 AM (sn5EN)

151 Speaking of attending a very small school in a small town, once had the class jock put his arm around me and rub my butt. Never forget that, did he like me? We were 14 at the time, and most of the class had sex on their mind....and the guys talked about getting rubbers, and the local drug store where you had to ask at the counter, with old ladies standing near by with big ears for hearing things for gossip later at the women's club.

Posted by: Colin at June 30, 2022 07:03 AM (YVx1O)

152 Last week, at the 2022 International Congress of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, a Danish researcher suggested that cannabis might be responsible for 25 percent of new cases of schizophrenia in young men.

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 30, 2022 07:04 AM (ex2Cx)

153 8 year old missing in Germany for about a week found alive in sewer:

https://tinyurl.com/36x3dfsd

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2022 07:05 AM (rIr5X)

154 The morning news is filled with women who are pi$$ed because they can no longer kill their babies.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at June 30, 2022 07:05 AM (bVYXr)

155 The local paper is offering 4 months subscriptions for $4. I might call them and tell them ok but only if they pay me in cash.

Posted by: fd at June 30, 2022 07:06 AM (sn5EN)

156 Marijuana dangerous? Who would have thought. As soon as the asbestos and talcum powder crowd are cleared out, the lawyers will move on to covid and cannabis.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at June 30, 2022 07:07 AM (oWBc3)

157 Last week, at the 2022 International Congress of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, a Danish researcher suggested that cannabis might be responsible for 25 percent of new cases of schizophrenia in young men.

Legalizing a narcotic to create a doped up, lazy, crazy generation of men who can be easily manipulated by a ruling cabal working to eliminate any potential revolutionaries? That's just paranoid talk.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 30, 2022 07:07 AM (2JVJo)

158 what fresh hell this day?
Posted by: DB at June 30, 2022 07:00 AM (geLO

Well, Action Jackson of the Supreme Court is being confirmed today. I intend to take a break from most political things, so hopefully there would be fresh hell to hear about.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2022 07:08 AM (3fmag)

159 You'll thank yourself at bedtime !
Posted by: JT

Lol

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at June 30, 2022 07:08 AM (kf6Ak)

160 The morning news is filled with women who are pi$$ed because they can no longer kill their babies.
Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at June 30, 2022 07:05 AM (bVYXr)

No, they're not pissed that they can't kill their babies. They're pissed because now they can't force those icky red state Trumpkins to kill their babies.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 30, 2022 07:09 AM (2JVJo)

161 MPPPP Reuben and the Jets was not a parody, Zappa really loved doowop and a lot of fifties music. Not something I really like listening to though.

Posted by: fd at June 30, 2022 07:09 AM (sn5EN)

162 Do all the street signs in NO still have bullet holes in them?
Posted by: fd

Don't be cynical; they CAME with bullet holes in them !

Posted by: JT at June 30, 2022 07:10 AM (arJlL)

163 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at June 30, 2022 07:10 AM (UnQlg)

164 First, did any of her claims make sense to these journalists? Do they really believe Trump had access to the driver's cabin in the presidential limousine and that he tried to choke out a Secret Service agent? Did anyone question the story of guns being visible in the mall where Trump spoke, and no one took action to prevent him from speaking?

The biggest lie is the lie to oneself believing in things that cannot or did not happen!

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 30, 2022 07:11 AM (ex2Cx)

165 Good morning, Hordelings!

Posted by: Doof at June 30, 2022 07:11 AM (+kj70)

166
First, did any of her claims make sense to these journalists? Do they really believe Trump had access to the driver's cabin in the presidential limousine and that he tried to choke out a Secret Service agent? Did anyone question the story of guns being visible in the mall where Trump spoke, and no one took action to prevent him from speaking?

It's too juicy a story not to believe, or at least to parrot. Journalists have all the independent thinking of an ant.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2022 07:13 AM (/U27+)

167 118 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes.

Let me admit up front that I don't care for Frank Zappa, but that "Love of My Life" clip was supremely awful. I presume he was doing a parody of doo-wop, but Weird Al at his worst ("One More Minute") is miles ahead of Zappa.

Anyway, just venting. Another day here in the Commonwealth of Babykill.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 30, 2022 06:41 AM (2JVJo)

Great place to vent. Always nice to hear from you.
Do you have anything on Silent Cal? He was under discussion toward the end of the ONT.

Posted by: m at June 30, 2022 07:13 AM (euHgA)

168 >Well, Action Jackson of the Supreme Court is being confirmed today....
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

may she always be on the minority dissent side

Posted by: DB at June 30, 2022 07:14 AM (geLO8)

169 Most journalists think Capricorn One was a documentary.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at June 30, 2022 07:15 AM (oWBc3)

170 Re: Jumanzi Jackson

It still blows my mind that a SCOTUS justice who said something absurd like "I'm not a biologist" will now go and sit on the highest court in the land to hear cases dealing with minutiae and details on subjects well outside of her expertise and experiences.

She outright stated "I am in no way qualified for this position, and possibly for any position beyond cashier at a Dollar Tree" and Our Betters still rushed to get her in there entirely because of her skin color.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - witness the Amber Heard presidency at June 30, 2022 07:16 AM (y63Pd)

171 Honeymooned in NO with my then brand new bride- why we chose NO escapes me now

hotel had a pool on the roof

Posted by: DB at June 30, 2022 07:17 AM (geLO8)

172 Do you have anything on Silent Cal? He was under discussion toward the end of the ONT.
Posted by: m at June 30, 2022 07:13 AM (euHgA)

Do you mean stories or jokes? I know a few, yes.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 30, 2022 07:17 AM (2JVJo)

173 "Russia’s president has rejected British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s charge that if he were a woman he would not have invaded Ukraine."

What a timeline.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at June 30, 2022 07:18 AM (b2nrj)

174 KBJ doesn't have to think, the three liberals are told how to vote. Saves time.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at June 30, 2022 07:18 AM (oWBc3)

175 Well, Action Jackson of the Supreme Court is being confirmed today....
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

She was already confirmed.
You mean sworn in?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 30, 2022 07:18 AM (FNaN1)

176 Cartoonist Michael Ramirez is correct:

https://tinyurl.com/z34w6nvt

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2022 07:18 AM (sDqgu)

177 Honeymooned in NO with my then brand new bride- why we chose NO escapes me now

hotel had a pool on the roof
Posted by: DB

Did it have water in it ?

Posted by: JT at June 30, 2022 07:18 AM (arJlL)

178 Yes; I mean sworn in. Sorry

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 30, 2022 07:19 AM (sDqgu)

179 WV v. EPA and Remain in Mexico decisions to come out today and with that the close of the court's term as well as Breyer's term.

Posted by: IrishEi at June 30, 2022 07:19 AM (VhE0u)

180 With his explicit intention to further strip the rights of queer people and remove the ability for people to practice safe sex without fear of pregnancy, it is evident that the employment of Clarence Thomas at George Washington University is completely unacceptable,” the petition states.

wait wut? How does queer sex make babies?

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 30, 2022 07:19 AM (ex2Cx)

181 It's a woman lying about the president grabbing the steering wheel, isn't it? And women in charge of the J6 TV show advertisement, right? Liz Cheney has a vagina if I'm to believe what I'm told, too.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - witness the Amber Heard presidency at June 30, 2022 07:20 AM (y63Pd)

182 I can't imagine why anyone would go to the French Quarter to begin with.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 30, 2022

***
MPPPP, you have to remember that I grew up down there, so for me there is still a thin overlay of good childhood memories. The part of it downriver from Jackson Square is less touristy and a little more of a neighborhood (if you have the money of a John Goodman or an Angelina Jolie, that is). Plus the Quarter is of historical interest -- though a lot of the buildings are actually Spanish-style, so it really shouldn't be called the "French" Quarter at all.

They city has made it so tourist-oriented, though, and has made it so difficult and expensive to visit, that I travel down there less than once a year now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 30, 2022 07:20 AM (txdEq)

183 fd@ 161-
And a hearty 'Jellyroll Gumdrop' to you!

Posted by: Eromero at June 30, 2022 07:21 AM (gktX6)

184 fear of pregnancy

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Wow.

And all these years I was told it was "for the health of the mother" or something.

Here they are outright admitting murdering babies is birth control.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - witness the Amber Heard presidency at June 30, 2022 07:22 AM (y63Pd)

185 BoJo jumped the shark with that one - were the RUSSIAN president a woman, she would still be RUSSIAN. It matters, and even a foppish grad of UK schools should understand that.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at June 30, 2022 07:23 AM (oWBc3)

186 172 Do you have anything on Silent Cal? He was under discussion toward the end of the ONT.
Posted by: m at June 30, 2022 07:13 AM (euHgA)

Do you mean stories or jokes? I know a few, yes.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 30, 2022 07:17 AM (2JVJo)

Yay. Somebody pointed out that he was President during the Roaring Twenties, so I figured you'd have fun stories or jokes to tell.

Posted by: m at June 30, 2022 07:25 AM (euHgA)

187 "fd@ 161-
And a hearty 'Jellyroll Gumdrop' to you!
Posted by: Eromero"

Any way the wind blows
Doesn't matter to me-eee

Posted by: fd at June 30, 2022 07:26 AM (sn5EN)

188 The Quarter in the 60's was pretty cool - you could actually see jazz and catch folks like Fountain and Hirt and the burlesque shows - which I was too young for - were all Gypsy- like.. The last time I went in 2011 it was serial Jimmy Buffett wannabes, piano bars and rock music - and wall to wall strip joints. Like Dallas.
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at June 30, 2022

***
The Sixties and early Seventies was when I grew up down there. I walked past Pete Fountain's Bourbon St. club every day on the way to school. The area was still a neighborhood, though, with mom-and-pop groceries and service businesses like drugstores, locksmiths, and plumbers. There was an independent hardware store a block from my school. A Pontiac dealership stood on the edge of the Quarter, and I recall at least one Amoco gas station on the river edge of the district.

Plus we had the shopping district of Canal St. only 6 blocks away. Woolworth's (2 of 'em!) and Grants, actual multi-story department stores, army surplus places, newsstands and bookstores and jewelry stores -- instead of endless "urban" clothing and cheap electronics and sneaker shops, and hotels and more hotels.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 30, 2022 07:26 AM (txdEq)

189
And all these years I was told it was "for the health of the mother" or something.

What percentage of abortions are purely elective? If they're elective the "health of the mother" has nothing to do with it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2022 07:27 AM (/U27+)

190 185 BoJo jumped the shark with that one - were the RUSSIAN president a woman, she would still be RUSSIAN. It matters, and even a foppish grad of UK schools should understand that.
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at June 30, 2022 07:23 AM (oWBc3)

Yep, absolutely. Plus he revealed himself as sexist.

Posted by: m at June 30, 2022 07:27 AM (euHgA)

191
The casus belli for wars between two countries run by women would be potentially interesting.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2022 07:28 AM (/U27+)

192 I might get willowed, but I'll try to tell a few stories. These are taken from the 1933 book Coolidge Wit and Wisdom: 125 Short Stories About "Cal."

Here's one:

"Mr Coolidge was retiring to the extreme. Neighbors who lived on the same street in Northampton for twenty years knew him only 'by sight.' One of them, exasperated, approached the great man and said: "I didn't vote for you."

"Somebody did," was the reply."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 30, 2022 07:29 AM (2JVJo)

193 191
The casus belli for wars between two countries run by women would be potentially interesting.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2022 07:28 AM (/U27+)

"You know what you did!"

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at June 30, 2022 07:29 AM (b2nrj)

194 Man, we escaped a bullet not getting Hillary! as President.

Posted by: m at June 30, 2022 07:29 AM (euHgA)

195 What percentage of abortions are purely elective? If they're elective the "health of the mother" has nothing to do with it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

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I doubt any mother's life has been in danger from childbirth in 50-100 years. If it has been, C-sections exist and are elected by millions all the time.

A few years ago the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute released pro-abortion data on the numbers. Abortions somewhat remotely and maybe possibly tied to rape/incest were 1.5% (so the real number is probably 0.10-0.25%).

99% of abortions are recreational.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - witness the Amber Heard presidency at June 30, 2022 07:30 AM (y63Pd)

196 A beautiful young lady who ‘rarely went out’ was fatally shot at a Northeast Philadelphia bar Tuesday night.

21-year-old Jailene Holton was the designated driver for a night out with friends when she was struck by a stray bullet.

Stray Bullet. Stupid reporting!!

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 30, 2022 07:30 AM (ex2Cx)

197 One of them, exasperated, approached the great man and said: "I didn't vote for you."

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I was going to make a Biden/2020 joke except for that part.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - witness the Amber Heard presidency at June 30, 2022 07:31 AM (y63Pd)

198 "Stray Bullet. Stupid reporting!!"

Strayed from a gun that was just laying there.

Posted by: fd at June 30, 2022 07:31 AM (sn5EN)

199 Stray Bullet. Stupid reporting!!
Posted by: rhennigantx

When was the last time you were in Philly ?

Posted by: JT at June 30, 2022 07:32 AM (arJlL)

200 Gina McCarthy: We have opportunities now to transfer to clean energy in a way that grows thousands of jobs. We just had a recent report that is showing that all of the energy and the employment stats from last year. Clean energy is winning. Fossil fuels losing jobs.

FUCK YOU PEASANTS!

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 30, 2022 07:32 AM (ex2Cx)

201 A better example of Zappa doo-wop is his band's rendition of WPLJ.

Posted by: fd at June 30, 2022 07:33 AM (sn5EN)

202 196 Stray Bullet. Stupid reporting!!
Posted by: rhennigantx at June 30, 2022 07:30 AM (ex2Cx)

Stupid reporter.

Posted by: m at June 30, 2022 07:33 AM (euHgA)

203 Ms McCarthy should check out the latest BP statistical report on energy. Renewables ain't winning.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at June 30, 2022 07:34 AM (oWBc3)

204 A beautiful young lady who ‘rarely went out’ was fatally shot at a Northeast Philadelphia bar Tuesday night.*
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Officers with the 8th District recovered a weapon from the scene but did not make any arrests. The suspect is a Black male, but police did not share any further information.

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Nothing to see here, folks. Move along.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - witness the Amber Heard presidency at June 30, 2022 07:34 AM (y63Pd)

205
Stupid reporter.
Posted by: m at June 30, 2022 07:33 AM (euHgA)

A redundancy

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2022 07:34 AM (/U27+)

206 FUCK YOU PEASANTS!
Posted by: rhennigantx

Oh. I thought you said PHEASANTS !

Posted by: JT at June 30, 2022 07:35 AM (arJlL)

207 Clean energy is winning. Fossil fuels losing jobs.

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Gosh, you mean when you subsidize something people won't pay for while you forcibly shut down an industry that folks actually want the one that is subsidized looks like it's growing?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - witness the Amber Heard presidency at June 30, 2022 07:35 AM (y63Pd)

208 Here's another:

"Constant attendance of the Secret Service men sometimes got on the nerves of Mr Coolidge. On his vacation in the Black Hills, he and a guide one day managed to get into a canoe and slip downstream for a little fishing without the Secret Service being aware the President had left. The guide skillfully negotiated a small rapid, and in a pool not far below the President quietly, silently, started casting.

"In about fifteen minutes both the guide and Coolidge heard a commotion upstream - shouts, splashings. Neither spoke. Then a canoe paddle drifted by. The President, intesnt on his fishing, gave no sign that he noticed it. Next a pillow floated past. Mr Coolidge continued his silent fishing. But a few seconds later a Secret Service man's hat followed the paddle and the pillow.

"As he made his next cast, the President spoke: "Been expecting that," he said."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 30, 2022 07:36 AM (2JVJo)

209 205 Stupid reporter.
Posted by: m at June 30, 2022 07:33 AM (euHgA)

A redundancy
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 30, 2022 07:34 AM (/U27+)

stupid reporter --> stupid reporting

Posted by: m at June 30, 2022 07:36 AM (euHgA)

210 Nearly Half of Murders Now Go Unsolved in America, The Lowest Clearance Rate on Record

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 30, 2022 07:37 AM (ex2Cx)

211 Morning all! Happy hump day! Coffee is brewing.

Posted by: jewells45 at June 30, 2022 07:37 AM (nxdel)

212 Like to visit an Antifa web site dating service.
Expectations must be through the roof.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at June 30, 2022 07:38 AM (J8LnB)

213 JJ

Posted by: rhennigantx at June 30, 2022 07:39 AM (ex2Cx)

214 "We just had a recent report that is showing that all of the energy and the employment stats from last year. Clean energy is winning. Fossil fuels losing jobs.

Posted by: rhennigantx"

That is because the govt is subsidizing/mandating clean energy while strangling fossil fuels. Duh/

I'll bet Russia and Saudi Arabia are'nt showing this trend.

Posted by: Ripley at June 30, 2022 07:39 AM (MxEKc)

215 1st quarter gdp revised down from -1.5% to 1.6% btw.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at June 30, 2022 07:40 AM (b2nrj)

216 *-1.6%

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at June 30, 2022 07:40 AM (b2nrj)

217 Shit, today is Thursday. lol!

Posted by: jewells45 at June 30, 2022 07:43 AM (nxdel)

218
"As he made his next cast, the President spoke: "Been expecting that," he said."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

Sounds like a fun book. Cal has always been my fav.

Posted by: Infidel at June 30, 2022 07:43 AM (r2IDy)

219 >Shit, today is Thursday. lol!

Posted by: jewells45

So Happy It's Thursday

Posted by: DB at June 30, 2022 07:43 AM (geLO8)

220 LOL MPPPP

Posted by: m at June 30, 2022 08:01 AM (euHgA)

221 "The LORD will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one LORD, and his name the only name."

Zachariah 14:9

Posted by: Marcus T at June 30, 2022 08:15 AM (VpIIl)

222 Anyone looking to stock up on food still cheap.

A lot of Target Circle members are getting 20-25% off grocery coupons...and then, Vets are getting an additional 10% off an order.

Right now, Target has beans cheaper than Aldi's (as one example). You have to pick up the order to get the deals, but it might be worth a use...

PS - Don't buy cereal - their prices are ridiculous for that...

Posted by: Nova local at June 30, 2022 09:08 AM (exHjb)

223 Anyone know if the Pico has the built-in USB interface like the Arduino Leonardo?

Refreshing to not hear about your house, lol. Will you still talk when the value drops in half?

Posted by: Fisht at June 30, 2022 03:15 PM (ZRarh)

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