New York Man Stabs Fellow Subway Rider -- Because The Other Subway Rider Had Been Harassing People on the Subway, Screaming At Them

If you don't like the cops, you're really not going to like vigilantism.

Vigilantes aren't trained and also aren't enforcing an agreed-to law. They're enforcing a personal idea of what order should be.

And they don't have a rulebook of what kinds of violence are appropriate in different kinds of enforcement situations.

A straphanger stabbed another man who had been harassing passengers on a Brooklyn train over the weekend, authorities said.
The 25-year-old harasser was pestering and screaming at people on a southbound No. 2 train approaching the Sterling Street station in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens around 9:45 p.m. Sunday when the male rider intervened to stop him, sparking an argument, cops said.
The scuffle turned physical when the straphanger stabbed the crazed rider in the head and torso with an "unknown object," cops said.

We need common sense unknown object control.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe

The wounded man is hospitalized in stable condition. Doctors say he's receiving regular courses of Think About What You Did.

I'll have to hear from the other subway riders before rendering judgment. If I find out the man who was stabbed was really aggressively harassing, I say, as far as the vigilante: Not guilty.

If I was his superior officer in a war movie: "I don't know whether to court martial you or put you up for a medal!"

When there are no state-provided peace officers, people will deputize themselves to keep the peace. People enforced their own law and peace before organized state-provided police forces, and people will enforce their own law and peace after the state-provided police forces withdraw to bunker up in their precinct houses.

It worked for 300,000 years, in a bloody, brutal way, and it will work again.

Don't worry; you'll never hear about this story again. The subway vigilante in question is black.

But you'll hear about other vigilantes, that's for certain.

Posted by: Ace at 03:22 PM

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1 "I'm vengeance..."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 26, 2022 03:22 PM (LvTSG)

2 Knife violence. The new frontier.

Posted by: 7man at July 26, 2022 03:24 PM (qwO6y)

3 It is rumored that the attacked shouted, "I am the Teeth in the Darkness, the Talons in the Night. Mine is Strength... and Lust... and Power! I AM BEOWULF!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 26, 2022 03:24 PM (LvTSG)

4 TJM with the FIRST!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2022 03:24 PM (RkC6l)

5 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 26, 2022 03:24 PM (Zz0t1)

6 Hey, politicos! Some comic book character once said: Don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry.

Take it to heart.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 26, 2022 03:24 PM (7bRMQ)

7 Good.

This is what they moved us towards. I hope they enjoy it.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 26, 2022 03:24 PM (32gjU)

8 5 FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 26, 2022 03:24 PM (Zz0t1)

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I'll never be first while you're around.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 26, 2022 03:24 PM (LvTSG)

9 If charged, was he released by midnight?

Posted by: Golfman at July 26, 2022 03:25 PM (KzJ0T)

10 Knife violence. The new frontier.
Posted by: 7man at July 26, 2022 03:24 PM (qwO6y)

"Unknown object" violence, in this case.

Posted by: Jordan61 at July 26, 2022 03:25 PM (DRSnL)

11 You will give up your car. You will ride the train. You will be screamed at and stabbed by crazy people.

Posted by: WEF at July 26, 2022 03:25 PM (j5Tg0)

12

It's a great thing that they have a black mayor!

With those big choppers, those Baba Booey humongous toofuses.

Posted by: Dr.Rev. Senator Your Highness E Buzz Miller, Esq PhD MA MS at July 26, 2022 03:25 PM (DYmlj)

13 *Paul Kersey entered the chat.

Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 26, 2022 03:25 PM (Zz0t1)

14 Stabbing play is just their culture.

Posted by: Michelle Obama and Valerie Jarrett at July 26, 2022 03:25 PM (PiwSw)

15 Good afternoon all!

What is the saying? Don't start none, won't be none. The stabbed guy choose....poorly.

Posted by: jmel at July 26, 2022 03:25 PM (bVhJi)

16 Never interfere with crimes in progress, the Marxists will get mad and charge you for a crime.

Posted by: Skip's phone at July 26, 2022 03:25 PM (gtAB/)

17 We need common sense unknown object control.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 26, 2022 03:25 PM (UuD2k)

18 Always good to see the word "straphanger" make it into print.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 26, 2022 03:25 PM (906pl)

19 Was he shouting 'THIS IS MAGA COUNTRY!'?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 26, 2022 03:25 PM (yQpMk)

20 Tell me about it!

Posted by: Bernie Goetz! at July 26, 2022 03:26 PM (I2/tG)

21 I think you spelled "hero" wrong

Posted by: Curtis Sliwa at July 26, 2022 03:26 PM (UuclC)

22 Frank Castle (2004 movie): "I leave this as a declaration of intent so no one will be confused. Number one: Sic vis pacem, para bellum. Latin. The boot-camp sergeant made us recite it like a prayer. Sic vis pacem, para bellum. If you want peace, prepare for war."

Posted by: Thrawn at July 26, 2022 03:26 PM (Rl7KJ)

23 ==========

I'll never be first while you're around.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 26, 2022 03:24 PM (LvTSG)

But you're first in our hearts.

Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 26, 2022 03:26 PM (Zz0t1)

24 "Don't worry; you'll never hear about this story again."

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Do we at least know the stabber's pronouns?

Posted by: 496 at July 26, 2022 03:26 PM (VJsqe)

25 Test

Posted by: Skip's phone at July 26, 2022 03:26 PM (k8B25)

26 >>>It is rumored that the attacked shouted, "I am the Teeth in the Darkness, the Talons in the Night. Mine is Strength... and Lust... and Power! I AM BEOWULF!"

is that from beowulf, what translation?

I'm following this Norse expert, Jackson Crawford, and he has me interested in Beowulf.

Posted by: ace at July 26, 2022 03:26 PM (B3oWe)

27 "I am ripper, tearer, shasher, gouger!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 26, 2022 03:26 PM (LvTSG)

28 Damn, those Hello Kitty brass knuckles really get around . . . .

Posted by: Elric Blade at July 26, 2022 03:26 PM (iFTx/)

29
We are all Bernie Goetz now

Posted by: Feeling Lucky? at July 26, 2022 03:26 PM (JMavx)

30 Is Bernie Goetz still alive?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 26, 2022 03:26 PM (2urLC)

31 Don't start none, won't be none.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at July 26, 2022 03:27 PM (HQ6iz)

32 This totally makes me want to get on-board with the Leftist Utopia of moving to the city, ditching my car, and using public transportation for all my mobility needs.

Looking forward to eating bugs and owning nothing!

Posted by: red speck at July 26, 2022 03:27 PM (gS3OW)

33 *Paul Kersey entered the chat.
Posted by: Sponge

He should pick targets with more discernment.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 26, 2022 03:27 PM (StBu4)

34 26 >>>It is rumored that the attacked shouted, "I am the Teeth in the Darkness, the Talons in the Night. Mine is Strength... and Lust... and Power! I AM BEOWULF!"

is that from beowulf, what translation?

I'm following this Norse expert, Jackson Crawford, and he has me interested in Beowulf.
Posted by: ace at July 26, 2022 03:26 PM (B3oWe)

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It's from the movie, the weird animated one by Robert Zemeckis from about fifteen years ago.

My mother bought Junior an animated version while she was in England, and he became interested. When I told him that I had the movie, he begged to watch it. It was into it. I really like it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 26, 2022 03:27 PM (LvTSG)

35 Bernard Goetz glows with fatherly pride.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 26, 2022 03:27 PM (/NCI4)

36 >>Always good to see the word "straphanger" make it into print.

You know what those straps look like, don't you?

Posted by: Bubba Wallace at July 26, 2022 03:27 PM (Y1sOo)

37 Soon there will be more stabbing on the subway than a gay orgy.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 26, 2022 03:27 PM (UuD2k)

38 Bernie Goetz
Paul Kersey
Curtis Sliwa,,,

Posted by: What decade is this? at July 26, 2022 03:27 PM (UuclC)

39 The problem with chaos is that it is so chaotic. When Bolsheviks implement their rules to destroy civilization they cannot pretend to be surprised when anarchy and chaos result.

Posted by: WarEagle82 at July 26, 2022 03:27 PM (RIfux)

40 It would be okay if he had used a Viking axe. Knives are for pussies.

Posted by: Puddinhead at July 26, 2022 03:27 PM (bA3Ln)

41 I'll never be first while you're around.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 26, 2022 03:24 PM (LvTSG)

But you're first in our hearts.

Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 26, 2022 03:26 PM (Zz0t1)

Oh ffs! Is it kissyface time around here again?! When's this place gonna be fun anymore??

Posted by: CSA Drinks A Fifth at July 26, 2022 03:27 PM (7bRMQ)

42 I have read two translations of Beowulf, but it's been a very long time. I don't remember the first, but I do remember it was hard to get through.

The second was the Seamus Heaney translation, and it was great.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 26, 2022 03:28 PM (LvTSG)

43 11 You will give up your car. You will ride the train. You will be screamed at and stabbed by crazy people.
Posted by: WEF at July 26, 2022 03:25 PM (j5Tg0)

Ans you'll like it.

Posted by: 29Victor at July 26, 2022 03:28 PM (BJKQV)

44 I've seen a number of these kinds of altercations over the years. I never got involved. Well, once I did but that was to defend a girl I was with. But otherwise it's not my circus, not my monkeys.

Posted by: Elric Blade at July 26, 2022 03:28 PM (iFTx/)

45 So long as there is Based Gotham, there will be Based Batman.

He's the vigilante Based Gotham deserves...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 26, 2022 03:28 PM (WWh8n)

46 I thought you had to pay an extra fare to have someone stab you on the subway in New Yawk...or maybe it was the public toilet.

It gets confusing in these shining examples of democrat run shitholes known as America's cities.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 26, 2022 03:28 PM (qZQHw)

47 It was into it. I really like it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 26, 2022 03:27 PM (LvTSG)

Kid hasn't chosen a gender yet, eh?

Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 26, 2022 03:28 PM (Zz0t1)

48 It is rumored that the attacked shouted, "I am the Teeth in the Darkness, the Talons in the Night. Mine is Strength... and Lust... and Power! I AM BEOWULF!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 26, 2022 03:24 PM (LvTSG)

I heard it was "I will bathe in your blood before the Children of Babylon"!

Posted by: spindrift at July 26, 2022 03:28 PM (h5TKJ)

49
But you're first in our hearts.
Posted by: Sponge

Threw up a little in my mouth.
BRB, I have to gargle... with listerine you pervs!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 26, 2022 03:29 PM (StBu4)

50 So we all are gonna get Mohawk haircuts? Cool.

Posted by: Puddinhead at July 26, 2022 03:29 PM (bA3Ln)

51 >>>The second was the Seamus Heaney translation, and it was great.

thanks.

Posted by: ace at July 26, 2022 03:29 PM (B3oWe)

52 39 The problem with chaos is that it is so chaotic. When Bolsheviks implement their rules to destroy civilization they cannot pretend to be surprised when anarchy and chaos result.
Posted by: WarEagle82 at July 26, 2022 03:27 PM (RIfux)

Joker: "And you know the thing about chaos? It's *fair*."

Posted by: Thrawn at July 26, 2022 03:29 PM (Rl7KJ)

53 I heard it was "I will bathe in your blood before the Children of Babylon"!
Posted by: spindrift at July 26, 2022 03:28 PM (h5TKJ)

Nice callback.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 26, 2022 03:29 PM (yQpMk)

54 >>>I heard it was "I will bathe in your blood before the Children of Babylon"!
Posted by: spindrift

that was too hardcore for beowulf.

Posted by: ace at July 26, 2022 03:29 PM (B3oWe)

55 Public transportation be crazy.

Posted by: Puddinhead at July 26, 2022 03:30 PM (bA3Ln)

56 I'm following this Norse expert, Jackson Crawford, and he has me interested in Beowulf.
Posted by: ace at July 26, 2022 03:26 PM

I am following him, too. And he has me interested. Full stop.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at July 26, 2022 03:30 PM (/+bwe)

57 I need to get some knife-bladed bullets for my .38/.357s.

Shot or stabbed? Stabbed or shot? I'm writing CSI episode in my mind, even now.

Needs that asshole who dramatically takes-off his sunglasses for the full effect though.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 26, 2022 03:30 PM (tkOps)

58 New York Man Stabs Fellow Subway Rider -- Because The Other Subway Rider Had Been Harassing People on the Subway, Screaming At Them

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This is the way.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 26, 2022 03:30 PM (gbzeC)

59 Sooner or later we will all be back to the wild west

Posted by: Skip at July 26, 2022 03:30 PM (k8B25)

60 I thought "straphanger" meant someone who's bad at bra removal. Maybe she was saying something else.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at July 26, 2022 03:30 PM (+R5dc)

61 The wounded man was taken to the Kings County Hospital Center, where he was listed in stable condition.

Didn't finish the job, eh?

Posted by: Paul Kersey at July 26, 2022 03:30 PM (v0R5T)

62 >>>I am following him, too. And he has me interested. Full stop.

oh you want to lay with him?

Posted by: ace at July 26, 2022 03:30 PM (B3oWe)

63 I am tanned, rested, and ready

Posted by: Bernie Goetz at July 26, 2022 03:31 PM (flINI)

64 Tonight you sleep in Hell

Posted by: The Kurgan vigilante at July 26, 2022 03:31 PM (hl0kg)

65 All the parallels of the late 70's.

Inept Democrat elected POTUS during a pandemic that featured a worthless vaccine, economy in a free fall, shortages of basic necessities, runaway inflation, and a Democrat party focused on some Presidential "scandal" of the guy no longer in power.

Just waiting now for the modern day Bernie Goetz.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at July 26, 2022 03:31 PM (HJcWr)

66 When there are no state-provided peace officers, people will deputize themselves to keep the peace. People enforced their own law and peace before organized state-provided police forces, and people will enforce their own law and peace after the state-provided police forces withdraw to bunker up in their precinct houses.

It worked for 300,000 years, in a bloody, brutal way, and it will work again.
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Until the vigilantes over-extend and then counter-vigilantes take over. Well-run vigilante groups sometimes eventually become the legitimate cops after the dust settles.

But vigilantism is inevitable once the legitimate police vanish or become illigitimate. Our modern urban police force/DA complex often manages to accomplish both at one - absent when they're needed (say, investigating and responding to violent crime) and ever-present when it comes to things they shouldn't be doing (like, say, harassing angry parents at school board meetings and ticketing middle-class motorists while those motorists' houses are broken into by illegal aliens in sanctuary cities).

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 26, 2022 03:31 PM (WWh8n)

67 Would a 24 hour purge be long enough?

Posted by: NCKate at July 26, 2022 03:31 PM (2oJif)

68 Then again, as we have often been heard to say at AoS, violence is never the answer.

There is always a be a peaceful solution and we must talk through functional diplomacy at all times, even in the face of what we may perceive as ruthless adversity or an opponent with no moral code of their own.

Brotherhood, Sisterhood, Transhood, Colorhood, Personhood Understanding is the way. The Ace of Spades way.

Thank you and goodnight.

Posted by: ... at July 26, 2022 03:31 PM (nwW96)

69 My favorite ominous declaration was something my friend came up with. He'd say, "Don't f'k with me, I'll put shrimp in your curtain rods."

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 26, 2022 03:31 PM (UuD2k)

70 I have a question that has been bothering me for a couple of days. Has something happened to the commenter Garrett? He seems to have gotten extremely angry and nasty recently. Wasn't he the guy that had all kinds of fun with the gay jokes about himself?

Posted by: Brunnhilde at July 26, 2022 03:32 PM (aW5/6)

71 The scuffle turned physical when the straphanger stabbed the crazed rider in the head and torso with an "unknown object," cops said.

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Cuomo Collectible Kello Kitty Nipple Rings FTW!

Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at July 26, 2022 03:32 PM (NPPbl)

72 Then again, as we have often been heard to say at AoS, violence is never the answer.

Unless you win.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 26, 2022 03:32 PM (yQpMk)

73 Sorry, but I am for more appropriate sentencing guidelines. Stabbing is a bit excessive. He should have thrown him between cars, onto the tracks. I think even Alvin Bragg could live with that outcome.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 26, 2022 03:32 PM (vBMpQ)

74 This is the way.
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 26, 2022 03:30 PM (gbzeC)
.......

I was hesitating to comment before hearing from the expert.

Posted by: wth at July 26, 2022 03:33 PM (v0R5T)

75 Jussie Smollet is familiar with Subway violence.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 26, 2022 03:33 PM (2urLC)

76 Nurse: Male, mid-twenties, multiple stab wounds.

Doctor: *Points to medical chart* What's this acronym, 'FAFO'?

Nurse: Fucked around, found out.

Doctor: Ah. Been a lot of that going around.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at July 26, 2022 03:33 PM (HQ6iz)

77 A Tolkien translation of Beowulf came out a few years ago. I haven't read it but his translation of The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún was good.

Posted by: 29Victor at July 26, 2022 03:33 PM (BJKQV)

78 I donno, stabbing seems appropriate.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at July 26, 2022 03:33 PM (QSjkU)

79 Then we shall stab you in the shade!!!!!

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 26, 2022 03:33 PM (8GBH4)

80 People ride in a hole in the ground. New York, New York, it's a hell of town. Hard to believe, but it was worse. Back in the 1970's train would be stuck between stations and the lights in the car would go out. Some emergency lights would come on -- about as bright as two fireflies. And you were stuck in the dark with all the reprobates. Ah, good times. Token only cost 50 cents, so there was that.
I don't miss that commute at all.

Posted by: J. Burns at July 26, 2022 03:33 PM (INYOw)

81 So I can't hang out on public transportation stinking to high heaven threatening people?

Since when?

Posted by: Aqualung at July 26, 2022 03:33 PM (Y274z)

82 Years ago I was in a big blue shithole on the subway. A guy got on the train and was obviously on something.

As the train got going he started yelling at an empty seat that he was going to kill the person there for...some reason or other.

Then he kicked through the glass of the train right as it went into a tunnel. His leg was sticking out but fortunately the tunnel was wide enough to not rip it off.

The train stopped and he got his leg back in and went back to threatening the empty seat. The train stayed stopped for like 10m. I figured they were calling the cops to get ready for him at the next stop.

But no...he just got out. I got to my stop and found some cops and asked if he anyone had called it in. Answer? No.

Lesson I learned that day...big blue shithole mass transit is dangerous as hell and NO ONE CARES.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 26, 2022 03:33 PM (ESjRY)

83 The scuffle turned physical when the straphanger stabbed the crazed rider in the head and torso with an "unknown object," cops said.

Unknown object? Integrity?

Posted by: t-bird at July 26, 2022 03:33 PM (Jg92y)

84 Was it a Hello Kitty stabby thing?

Posted by: Roland THTG at July 26, 2022 03:33 PM (j40lz)

85 For Atreyu!

Posted by: Bastian at July 26, 2022 03:33 PM (QYPq3)

86 69 My favorite ominous declaration was something my friend came up with. He'd say, "Don't f'k with me, I'll put shrimp in your curtain rods."
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 26, 2022 03:31 PM

What does that mean?

Posted by: NaughtyPine at July 26, 2022 03:34 PM (/+bwe)

87 Don't worry; you'll never hear about this story again. The subway vigilante in question is black.

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Yet another black face of white supremacy.

Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at July 26, 2022 03:34 PM (NPPbl)

88 77 A Tolkien translation of Beowulf came out a few years ago. I haven't read it but his translation of The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún was good.
Posted by: 29Victor at July 26, 2022 03:33 PM (BJKQV)

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I had no idea. I must procure this edition.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 26, 2022 03:34 PM (LvTSG)

89 Avenge me!

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 26, 2022 03:34 PM (BFigT)

90 Today the WEF came right out and admitted that it is working for the banning of private cars, even the electric ones.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, partly cloudy clearing in the afternoon at July 26, 2022 03:34 PM (jTmQV)

91 >>>A Tolkien translation of Beowulf came out a few years ago.

huh, really?

Posted by: ace at July 26, 2022 03:34 PM (B3oWe)

92 What does that mean?
Posted by: NaughtyPine at July 26, 2022 03:34 PM (/+bwe)

That's the thing. Makes the other person stop and think. They then decide you're a lunatic and probably dangerous.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 26, 2022 03:35 PM (UuD2k)

93 So how many years until we hit "Escape from New York" territory?

Posted by: brak at July 26, 2022 03:35 PM (j5Tg0)

94 Don't worry; you'll never hear about this story again. The subway vigilante in question is black.

Was he dressed as Blade?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 26, 2022 03:35 PM (yQpMk)

95 Vigilantism is society's way of restoring order. It can be someone on a subway who doesn't like people harassing others or it could be citizens bringing actual justice to people in power who are lawless coupled with a system that is corrupt.

When the mechanisms of polite society fail to operate, nature finds a way to bring balance back.

Posted by: jwest at July 26, 2022 03:35 PM (/BlEx)

96 I read Beowulf in 8th grade.

We call this "a mistake ".

Like for a book report or something. It had to be poetry. Smart ass me was like Ill do a report on some damn poetry.

It was way over my head.

Posted by: TexasDan at July 26, 2022 03:35 PM (TMFWk)

97 yeah but there's still plenty of cops to harass whites and conservatives for picayune bullshit stuff, and for fash bullshit political motives.

Posted by: sockamster-they're not all bangers, folks at July 26, 2022 03:35 PM (OuH7W)

98 it's what the kids call Anarcho Tyranny.

Posted by: sockamster-they're not all bangers, folks at July 26, 2022 03:35 PM (OuH7W)

99 >>> 90 Today the WEF came right out and admitted that it is working for the banning of private cars, even the electric ones.
Posted by: gourmand du jour, partly cloudy clearing in the afternoon at July 26, 2022 03:34 PM (jTmQV)

Link? Seems a rather, um, notable step by the asshoes.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 26, 2022 03:35 PM (llON8)

100 91 >>>A Tolkien translation of Beowulf came out a few years ago.

huh, really?
Posted by: ace at July 26, 2022 03:34 PM (B3oWe)

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It seems as though he did the actual translation work in the 20s, and then Christopher Tolkien got it published in 2014.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 26, 2022 03:35 PM (LvTSG)

101 I'm getting myself a Hello Kitty self-defense key chain weapon.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 26, 2022 03:35 PM (NpAcC)

102 56 I'm following this Norse expert, Jackson Crawford, and he has me interested in Beowulf.
Posted by: ace at July 26, 2022 03:26 PM

I watched a YouTube thing showing a dramatic reading of Beowulf in the setting of a modern meade house. It was great.
I see the HQ as a meade house--a pin prick of light, warmth and fellowship set in a howling wilderness.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at July 26, 2022 03:35 PM (eGTCV)

103 > Today the WEF came right out and admitted that it is working for the banning of private cars, even the electric ones.
__________

Well.... fuck.

Posted by: New EV Owner at July 26, 2022 03:36 PM (BFigT)

104 What does that mean?

Posted by: NaughtyPine at July 26, 2022 03:34 PM (/+bwe)

It's literal. Fish in the curtain rods is an age old "trick". The source does not get found easily.

Posted by: ... at July 26, 2022 03:36 PM (SJYYw)

105 96 I read Beowulf in 8th grade.
We call this "a mistake ".
Like for a book report or something. It had to be poetry. Smart ass me was like Ill do a report on some damn poetry.
It was way over my head.
Posted by: TexasDan at July 26, 2022 03:35 PM (TMFWk)

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I read Ulysses as a senior in high school. THAT was a mistake.

I read it again a few years later, and I understood so much more.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 26, 2022 03:36 PM (LvTSG)

106 People ride in a hole in the ground. New York, New York, it's a hell of town. Hard to believe, but it was worse. Back in the 1970's train would be stuck between stations and the lights in the car would go out. Some emergency lights would come on -- about as bright as two fireflies. And you were stuck in the dark with all the reprobates. Ah, good times. Token only cost 50 cents, so there was that.
I don't miss that commute at all.

Posted by: J. Burns at July 26, 2022 03:33 PM (INYOw)

We were busy.

Posted by: Mr Blue at July 26, 2022 03:36 PM (7bRMQ)

107 As they say in the hood, "fuck around and find out."

Posted by: mr tmz at July 26, 2022 03:36 PM (rJ48h)

108 Jody Foster played a pretty good vigilante in a movie once.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 26, 2022 03:36 PM (6M5Hw)

109 95 Vigilantism is society's way of restoring order. It can be someone on a subway who doesn't like people harassing others or it could be citizens bringing actual justice to people in power who are lawless coupled with a system that is corrupt.

When the mechanisms of polite society fail to operate, nature finds a way to bring balance back.
Posted by: jwest at July 26, 2022 03:35 PM (/BlEx)
===

I think it's only a matter of time until we see people larping as superheroes.

Posted by: Augustine at July 26, 2022 03:37 PM (BDZWU)

110 I own and have listened to an Audible version of a recent translation of Beowulf.
I like saying Beowulf.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at July 26, 2022 03:37 PM (eGTCV)

111 >>I am following him, too. And he has me interested. Full stop.

oh you want to lay with him?

Posted by: ace at July 26, 2022 03:30 PM

He's a 1.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at July 26, 2022 03:37 PM (/+bwe)

112 It was way over my head.
Posted by: TexasDan

I read a lot of stuff over my head... pushed by a 5th grade teacher.
I've since revisited most of it. Some good. Some sucks.

Posted by: MkY at July 26, 2022 03:37 PM (jTQ4/)

113 Someday a rain will come.

Posted by: ... at July 26, 2022 03:37 PM (SJYYw)

114 The leftards are parading and demonstrating in Schumer's office.

They all go to a monkey pox party afterwards.

Posted by: torabora at July 26, 2022 03:37 PM (Y274z)

115 110 I own and have listened to an Audible version of a recent translation of Beowulf.
I like saying Beowulf.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at July 26, 2022 03:37 PM (eGTCV)

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So did Beowulf.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 26, 2022 03:37 PM (LvTSG)

116 86 69 My favorite ominous declaration was something my friend came up with. He'd say, "Don't f'k with me, I'll put shrimp in your curtain rods."
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 26, 2022 03:31 PM

What does that mean?
Posted by: NaughtyPine

Imagine the smell after a few days. Now imagine trying to figure out where the smell is coming from. (Maybe I am way off, but that's the image I get).

Posted by: quantum mechanic at July 26, 2022 03:37 PM (vcv8B)

117 >>>108 Jody Foster played a pretty good vigilante in a movie once.

yeah that one was decent.

Posted by: ace at July 26, 2022 03:37 PM (B3oWe)

118 So two wrongs make a right, right?

Posted by: Czech Chick at July 26, 2022 03:37 PM (Ypbog)

119 So we all are gonna get Mohawk haircuts? Cool.
Posted by: Puddinhead
_______________________

Can crocs be worn with a Mohawk? That's like a Trump sticker on a Subaru Outback.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 26, 2022 03:38 PM (es0Dj)

120 118 So two wrongs make a right, right?
Posted by: Czech Chick at July 26, 2022 03:37 PM (Ypbog)

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Some people need killin'.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 26, 2022 03:38 PM (LvTSG)

121 What were the vigilante angels group called in the 70s? I thought I read those were coming back recently.

Posted by: TexasDan at July 26, 2022 03:38 PM (3vChb)

122 I have a question that has been bothering me for a couple of days. Has something happened to the commenter Garrett? He seems to have gotten extremely angry and nasty recently. Wasn't he the guy that had all kinds of fun with the gay jokes about himself?

Posted by: Brunnhilde at July 26, 2022 03:32 PM (aW5/6)

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I think Cruel Ace finally broke him.

Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at July 26, 2022 03:38 PM (NPPbl)

123 Yup. Subways are overrated... So is lightrail. You couldn't pay me to use lightrail here in Denver. Public Transportation is a gamble I won't take.

Posted by: USNtakim deplorable, now with ultra maga at July 26, 2022 03:38 PM (6zcSr)

124 I think duelling should be legalized. It would make people politer.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at July 26, 2022 03:38 PM (eGTCV)

125 Chick-a-pay!

Posted by: Jody Foster at July 26, 2022 03:38 PM (yQpMk)

126 I glass bedded a rifle yesterday. Probably the 7th or 8th I've done. Really easy to fuck that up and consequences are rather severe. Increases accuracy though. Will separate stock and barreled action tonight......I hope.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at July 26, 2022 03:38 PM (QSjkU)

127
Wow. Just saw this on the WSJ. Unfortunately, this is likely behind a paywall:

https://tinyurl.com/25hhtr5q

Chicoms have been trying to compromise the Fed for a decade. They've been trying to buy off Fed officials and get spies inside. They even went so far as to kidnap a Fed economist (literally Shanghaied) to make him give them information.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 26, 2022 03:38 PM (Mzdiz)

128 A Tolkien translation of Beowulf came out a few years ago.

huh, really?
Posted by: ace

At Amazon (using AoSHQ link of course)
https://is.gd/EIufnd

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 26, 2022 03:38 PM (StBu4)

129 Here's what NYPD cops have to contend with:

https://bit.ly/3b3Ftt7

Posted by: Braenyard at July 26, 2022 03:38 PM (Wj/z9)

130 NYP headline: Twerking girls host wild, booze fueled pool party on NYC subway

They brought a slip and slide and everything.

Posted by: Ktgreat at July 26, 2022 03:38 PM (t6t6M)

131 The comments in the linked article are most interesting. At least on the first page all in favor of the stabber and his actions.

Posted by: moon_over_vermont at July 26, 2022 03:39 PM (bowfr)

132 Vigilantism? That's a paddlin...

Posted by: Jasper Beardley at July 26, 2022 03:39 PM (BDZWU)

133 So we all are gonna get Mohawk haircuts? Cool.
Posted by: Puddinhead

That might fuck up my mullet.

Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 26, 2022 03:39 PM (Zz0t1)

134 >>> 127
Wow. Just saw this on the WSJ. Unfortunately, this is likely behind a paywall:

https://tinyurl.com/25hhtr5q

Chicoms have been trying to compromise the Fed for a decade. They've been trying to buy off Fed officials and get spies inside. They even went so far as to kidnap a Fed economist (literally Shanghaied) to make him give them information.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 26, 2022 03:38 PM (Mzdiz)

"trying"???

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 26, 2022 03:39 PM (llON8)

135 i had to read "Grendel" in 9th grade AP English, by John Gardener or something like that. I don't remember liking it. It had a very dirty word in it.

Posted by: ace at July 26, 2022 03:39 PM (B3oWe)

136 I'm getting myself a Hello Kitty self-defense key chain weapon.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 26, 2022 03:35 PM (NpAcC)
........

Does Hello Kitty make a switchblade?

Posted by: wth at July 26, 2022 03:39 PM (v0R5T)

137 I heard it was "I will bathe in your blood before the Children of Babylon"!
Posted by: spindrift

that was too hardcore for beowulf.
Posted by: ace at July 26, 2022 03:29 PM (B3oWe)

I would quote Chaucer...

"This Nicholas just then let fly a fart ; As loud as it had been a thunder-clap, ; 700, And well-nigh blinded Absalom, poor chap; ; But he was ready with his iron ..."

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at July 26, 2022 03:39 PM (flINI)

138 What were the vigilante angels group called in the 70s? I thought I read those were coming back recently.

Posted by: TexasDan at July 26, 2022 03:38 PM (3vChb)

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Curtis Sliwa and the Guardian Angels?

Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at July 26, 2022 03:39 PM (NPPbl)

139 Had a freak out this morn when the swamp coolor kicked on a 6:30, burnt out the motor and filled the house with smoke. Thought the house was on fire, got my heart racing in a hurry. Anyhow the damn motor was only 20 years old, what kind of quality is that?

I guess it got covid.

Anywho, bought a new one, replaced and am cool again.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 26, 2022 03:39 PM (8GBH4)

140 with an "unknown object," cops said.

Do I look like an objectologist to you?

Posted by: the cop at July 26, 2022 03:39 PM (P1f+c)

141 Avenge me!
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 26, 2022 03:34 PM

*Waters tomato plants with juice from olive jar. Waits for martinis to grow*

Posted by: NaughtyPine at July 26, 2022 03:40 PM (/+bwe)

142 What were the vigilante angels group called in the 70s? I thought I read those were coming back recently.
Posted by: TexasDan at July 26, 2022 03:38 PM (3vChb)

The Baseball Furies.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 26, 2022 03:40 PM (yQpMk)

143 CDC's new monkeypox warning:

https://tinyurl.com/ac22nnjy

Posted by: quantum mechanic at July 26, 2022 03:40 PM (vcv8B)

144 Should have been "potato," not "tomato."

Posted by: NaughtyPine at July 26, 2022 03:40 PM (/+bwe)

145 Chicoms have been trying to compromise the Fed for a decade. They've been trying to buy off Fed officials and get spies inside. They even went so far as to kidnap a Fed economist (literally Shanghaied) to make him give them information.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 26, 2022 03:38 PM (Mzdiz)

Everything is just going peachy keen!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 26, 2022 03:40 PM (diceA)

146 Via Insty:

THEY REALLY ARE COMING AFTER YOUR CAR AND TRUCK: World Economic Forum article lays it out about as clearly as it could be – You don’t need to own an automobile, you just need to be able to use one owned by somebody else. Check it out:

https://tinyurl.com/3p25kry7

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 26, 2022 03:40 PM (FBkLm)

147 135 i had to read "Grendel" in 9th grade AP English, by John Gardener or something like that. I don't remember liking it. It had a very dirty word in it.
Posted by: ace at July 26, 2022 03:39 PM (B3oWe)

=========

I remember liking Grendel back in high school, though I haven't really considered it since.

That was my major Tolkien phase (right before the Lord of the Rings started coming out), and I was consuming a lot of what inspired him. Gawain and the Green Knight was big for me.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 26, 2022 03:40 PM (LvTSG)

148 Light rail in Houston quickly turned into a billion dollar homeless shelter. But liberals love their trains....

Posted by: brak at July 26, 2022 03:40 PM (j5Tg0)

149 The head stabby was nice. I wonder if he used and icepick.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 26, 2022 03:40 PM (m7R0k)

150 moar

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 26, 2022 03:41 PM (XvPQV)

151 In the North Shore area of Staten Island in 2021 there was a shooting. Guy walked up to a guy sitting in his car and then mag dumped on him. Shooter is taken into custody and arraigned. It goes to the grand jury. Grand jury refused to indict. Why? Because dead guy had been sexually assaulting shooter's mom, and this put an end to the sexual assaulting of mom.

Posted by: Penfold at July 26, 2022 03:41 PM (Fbt5B)

152 I watched a YouTube thing showing a dramatic reading of Beowulf in the setting of a modern meade house. It was great.
I see the HQ as a meade house--a pin prick of light, warmth and fellowship set in a howling wilderness.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at July 26, 2022 03:35 PM

Link, please!

Posted by: NaughtyPine at July 26, 2022 03:41 PM (/+bwe)

153 I glass bedded a rifle yesterday. Probably the 7th or 8th I've done. Really easy to fuck that up and consequences are rather severe. Increases accuracy though. Will separate stock and barreled action tonight......I hope.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at July 26, 2022 03:38 PM (QSjkU)

Did you play some Barry White while you did that?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 26, 2022 03:41 PM (7bRMQ)

154 I tried to watch Beowulf, the movie. I couldn't do it.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at July 26, 2022 03:41 PM (eGTCV)

155 I seriously would trust vigilantes over statist thugs who stand by and watch as shops and homes are burned.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 26, 2022 03:41 PM (XvPQV)

156 Does Hello Kitty make a switchblade?

Posted by: wth at July 26, 2022 03:39 PM (v0R5T)

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Yes, with both blades ejecting out of the ears when you press its nose.

Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at July 26, 2022 03:42 PM (NPPbl)

157 -----

Curtis Sliwa and the Guardian Angels?
Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at July 26, 2022 03:39 PM (NPPbl)

Hell's Angels, famous for destroying a dude that brought a gun to a Stones concert?

"WHY ARE WE FIGHTING!!???"

Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 26, 2022 03:42 PM (Zz0t1)

158 90 Today the WEF came right out and admitted that it is working for the banning of private cars, even the electric ones.
Posted by: gourmand du jour

Not ours of course, prole.

Posted by: WEF at July 26, 2022 03:42 PM (HQ6iz)

159 >>> 146 Via Insty:

THEY REALLY ARE COMING AFTER YOUR CAR AND TRUCK: World Economic Forum article lays it out about as clearly as it could be – You don’t need to own an automobile, you just need to be able to use one owned by somebody else. Check it out:

https://tinyurl.com/3p25kry7
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 26, 2022 03:40 PM (FBkLm)

Thanks for the link.

It seems the psychos are starting to accelerate.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 26, 2022 03:42 PM (llON8)

160 My grandfather was pretty much always working up on the swamp cooler on the roof. White rock on the roof, white rock in the yard.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 26, 2022 03:42 PM (diceA)

161 https://tinyurl.com/3p25kry7
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 26, 2022 03:40 PM (FBkLm)

They can come and take mine. But they need to start early and maybe bring a lunch. And a lot of ammo.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at July 26, 2022 03:42 PM (QSjkU)

162 154 I tried to watch Beowulf, the movie. I couldn't do it.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at July 26, 2022 03:41 PM (eGTCV)

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If you can get past the animation, there's actually a really intelligent take on Beowful there. The more I watch it, the more I like it. It's becoming one of my favorite Zemeckis films.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 26, 2022 03:42 PM (LvTSG)

163 What were the vigilante angels group called in the 70s? I thought I read those were coming back recently.
Posted by: TexasDan at July 26, 2022 03:38 PM (3vChb)

Guardian Angels.

Posted by: Penfold at July 26, 2022 03:42 PM (Fbt5B)

164 https://bit.ly/3b3Ftt7
Posted by: Braenyard at July 26, 2022 03:38 PM (Wj/z9)

If I were that cop, I would be beating that guy with my nightstick to this very minute.

Posted by: jwest at July 26, 2022 03:42 PM (/BlEx)

165 Yup. Subways are overrated... So is lightrail. You couldn't pay me to use lightrail here in Denver.

in fairness, they, subways, are by far the fastest and most efficient way to get around the city, bu light rail is garbage.

Posted by: confederatefifth at July 26, 2022 03:42 PM (gzd9L)

166 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 26, 2022 03:24 PM (LvTSG)

Best part of the movie.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at July 26, 2022 03:42 PM (Rjy9f)

167 The Baseball Furies.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 26, 2022 03:40 PM (yQpMk)

LOL

Posted by: Jordan61 at July 26, 2022 03:42 PM (DRSnL)

168 NYP headline: Twerking girls host wild, booze fueled pool party on NYC subway

They brought a slip and slide and everything.
Posted by: Ktgreat at July 26, 2022 03:38 PM (t6t6M)
.......

Dinner AND a show.

Posted by: wth at July 26, 2022 03:42 PM (v0R5T)

169 The wounded man is hospitalized, listed in stab-le condition.

He is recovering from a gash-tric bypass, and being treated with hole-istic medicine.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 26, 2022 03:42 PM (HeG6g)

170 Trump is very subdued when talking to a small crowd, the America First Institute today. He's not getting energy.

Posted by: t-bird at July 26, 2022 03:42 PM (Jg92y)

171 154 I tried to watch Beowulf, the movie. I couldn't do it.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at July 26, 2022 03:41 PM (eGTCV)

It is pretty crap- even with naked CGI Angelina Jolie.

Watch 13th Warrior instead.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 26, 2022 03:43 PM (diceA)

172 I wonder if anyone’s ever made a movie about Lady Godiva’s ride.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 26, 2022 03:43 PM (2urLC)

173 Vigilantism is merely the People reclaiming their rights when the State fails to protect the or enforce laws fairly.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 26, 2022 03:43 PM (XvPQV)

174
Mass transit, it's great! Meet interesting people.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 26, 2022 03:43 PM (JVuoD)

175 All the animals come out at night - whores, skunk pussies, buggers, queens, fairies, dopers, junkies, sick, venal. Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets. I go all over. I take people to the Bronx, Brooklyn, I take 'em to Harlem. I don't care. Don't make no difference to me. It does to some. Some won't even take spooks. Don't make no difference to me.

Posted by: Travis Bickle at July 26, 2022 03:43 PM (qZQHw)

176 >>>If I find out the man who was stabbed was really aggressively harassing, I say, as far as the vigilante: Not guilty.

Eh. If the guy who was stabbed was not stabbing, then isn't the stabbing disproportionate?

Posted by: m at July 26, 2022 03:43 PM (RtN13)

177 And don't forget Trump delayed this shitstains a few years and woke a lot of people up in the meantime. I can only imagine all the stuff The Hag was gonna have in place ready for the plandemic.

Posted by: ... at July 26, 2022 03:43 PM (9yaRI)

178
THEY REALLY ARE COMING AFTER YOUR CAR AND TRUCK: World Economic Forum article lays it out about as clearly as it could be – You don’t need to own an automobile, you just need to be able to use one owned by somebody else. Check it out:

https://tinyurl.com/3p25kry7
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 26, 2022 03:40 PM (FBkLm)

Any building they're assembling in should be tactically nuked.

Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 26, 2022 03:43 PM (Zz0t1)

179 170 Trump is very subdued when talking to a small crowd, the America First Institute today. He's not getting energy.
Posted by: t-bird at July 26, 2022 03:42 PM (Jg92y)

I seem to recall seeing a story yesterday that they are a bunch of GOPe quislings who are working to coopt his energy and do absolutely nothing but what they want.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 26, 2022 03:43 PM (diceA)

180 173 Vigilantism is merely the People reclaiming their rights when the State fails to protect the or enforce laws fairly.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 26, 2022 03:43 PM (XvPQV)

========

I'm pretty sure that Batman is actually Liberace. Or maybe Abraham Lincoln. Bigfoot is another potential identity.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 26, 2022 03:43 PM (LvTSG)

181 NYP headline: Twerking girls host wild, booze fueled pool party on NYC subway

They brought a slip and slide and everything.

Posted by: Ktgreat at July 26, 2022 03:38 PM (t6t6M)

Uptown girls....

Posted by: Billy Joel at July 26, 2022 03:44 PM (7bRMQ)

182 "So we all are gonna get Mohawk haircuts? Cool.
Posted by: Puddinhead "

Those of you who don't already have them, yes.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 26, 2022 03:44 PM (vBMpQ)

183 Yup. Subways are overrated...

Not for monkeypox transmission!

Posted by: t-bird at July 26, 2022 03:44 PM (Jg92y)

184 >>>It seems the psychos are starting to accelerate.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 26, 2022 03:42 PM (llON8

They have no choice, at this point. They're lives literally depend on it, now.

Posted by: In Reel Life (yes, dummy, on purpose) at July 26, 2022 03:44 PM (QYPq3)

185 Any building they're assembling in should be tactically nuked.
Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 26, 2022 03:43 PM (Zz0t1)

Sounds like vigilante talk.
And I'm here for it.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 26, 2022 03:44 PM (XvPQV)

186 Mass transit, it's great! Meet interesting people.
Posted by: H

that is not entirely untrue

Posted by: confederatefifth at July 26, 2022 03:44 PM (gzd9L)

187 Just about every normal adult intuitively knows what constitutes proper behavior, without government or police enforcing it.

The five percent who don't know or accept those rules need to be dealt with by someone.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 26, 2022 03:44 PM (lTGtQ)

188 Pols don't care about vigilantism, or inflation. They are safe and cozy where they are.

Posted by: runner at July 26, 2022 03:44 PM (5gyQ/)

189 179 I seem to recall seeing a story yesterday that they are a bunch of GOPe quislings who are working to coopt his energy and do absolutely nothing but what they want.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 26, 2022 03:43 PM (diceA)

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Are they stealing his purity of essence?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 26, 2022 03:44 PM (LvTSG)

190 If I were that cop, I would be beating that guy with my nightstick to this very minute.
Posted by: jwest

but he was a good boy

Posted by: sockamster-they're not all bangers, folks at July 26, 2022 03:44 PM (OuH7W)

191 We need common sense unknown object control.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 26, 2022 03:25 PM (UuD2k)

Oi! That's what we did!

Posted by: The UK at July 26, 2022 03:44 PM (yPFdZ)

192 I'm pretty sure that Batman is actually Liberace. Or maybe Abraham Lincoln. Bigfoot is another potential identity.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 26, 2022 03:43 PM (LvTSG)

I heard he was The Night.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 26, 2022 03:45 PM (XvPQV)

193 152 I watched a YouTube thing showing a dramatic reading of Beowulf in the setting of a modern meade house. It was great.
I see the HQ as a meade house--a pin prick of light, warmth and fellowship set in a howling wilderness.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at July 26, 2022 03:35 PM

Link, please!
Posted by: NaughtyPine at July 26, 2022 03:41 PM (/+bwe)

Sorry I can't find it.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at July 26, 2022 03:45 PM (eGTCV)

194 I'm getting myself a Hello Kitty self-defense key chain weapon.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 26, 2022 03:35 PM (NpAcC)

I’m getting myself a Hello Kitty self-defense chain gun weapon.

Posted by: RI Red at July 26, 2022 03:45 PM (xtg8y)

195 What does that mean?

When you leave a rental, put some shrimp in the hollow curtain hangers. Give it a couple of days and voila.

Only if you didn't like the landlord.

Posted by: Bosk at July 26, 2022 03:45 PM (v4L7Y)

196 Does Hello Kitty make a switchblade?
Posted by: wth at July 26, 2022 03:39 PM (v0R5T)
******
https://tinyurl.com/2uurj4ck

Posted by: redridinghood at July 26, 2022 03:45 PM (NpAcC)

197 Will we hear the lamentations of their women?

Posted by: Archer at July 26, 2022 03:45 PM (qdO7F)

198 This guy Goetz it!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 26, 2022 03:45 PM (89T5c)

199 171 154 I tried to watch Beowulf, the movie. I couldn't do it.
Posted by: N.L. Urker, there are chickens in my trench at July 26, 2022 03:41 PM (eGTCV)

It is pretty crap- even with naked CGI Angelina Jolie.

Watch 13th Warrior instead.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 26, 2022 03:43 PM (diceA)
_____________________________

Watch Outlander. (The movie, not the series.) It's not a "Beowulf movie" but if I'm right about what was really going on, you'll see why I'm recommending it as a Beowulf movie.

Posted by: Elric Blade at July 26, 2022 03:45 PM (iFTx/)

200
They want a "circular economy". You see, you proles owning stuff is bad. You waste and don't use resources efficiently. We'll own everything and tell you how (if) you get to use it.

These fuckers need to be nuked from orbit.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 26, 2022 03:45 PM (Mzdiz)

201 Does Hello Kitty make a switchblade?
Posted by: wth

* checks Amazon *

The first four hits were three Hello Kitty cooking knives, and then Hello Kitty Band-Aids.

I'm not sure if the Amazon bot is sentient and humorous, or just random.

Posted by: mikeski at July 26, 2022 03:45 PM (P1f+c)

202 It is rumored that the attacked shouted, "I am the Teeth in the Darkness, the Talons in the Night. Mine is Strength... and Lust... and Power! I AM BEOWULF!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 26, 2022 03:24 PM (LvTSG)

Look up the HISHE Beowulf for a chuckle.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 26, 2022 03:45 PM (44ww/)

203 Are they stealing his purity of essence?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 26, 2022 03:44 PM (LvTSG)

I am hoping he denies them his essence.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 26, 2022 03:45 PM (diceA)

204 I'm getting myself a Hello Kitty self-defense key chain weapon.
Posted by: r

get the aheago hello kitty

Posted by: confederatefifth at July 26, 2022 03:45 PM (gzd9L)

205 "Vigilantes aren't trained and also aren't enforcing an agreed-to law. They're enforcing a personal idea of what order should be."
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AND THE COPS ARE? NO THE COPS ARE NOT.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at July 26, 2022 03:46 PM (u4CEu)

206 This guy Goetz it!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 26, 2022 03:45 PM (89T5c)

*golf-clap*

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 26, 2022 03:46 PM (HeG6g)

207 192 I'm pretty sure that Batman is actually Liberace. Or maybe Abraham Lincoln. Bigfoot is another potential identity.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 26, 2022 03:43 PM (LvTSG)

I heard he was The Night.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 26, 2022 03:45 PM (XvPQV)

The Fabulous, Sequined Night.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 26, 2022 03:46 PM (diceA)

208 A fucking knife? Loser.

Posted by: Paul Kersey at July 26, 2022 03:46 PM (m7R0k)

209
that is not entirely untrue
Posted by: confederatefifth at July 26, 2022 03:44 PM (gzd9L)

I went to a hockey game the day before they shut everything down for covid. Homeless guy, drinking a 'foady' in a paper bag was begging for money.

My friend said "digital age, man. No one carries cash anymore." Another guy started asking him "why would I give you money knowing full well you're not going to better yourself with it. You're going to buy more booze."

I'm sure he had covid too.....

Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 26, 2022 03:47 PM (Zz0t1)

210 29
We are all Bernie Goetz now
Posted by: Feeling Lucky? at July 26, 2022 03:26 PM (JMavx)

Some of us are B'Nard Goetz

Posted by: Roy at July 26, 2022 03:47 PM (Ti+Tv)

211 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 26, 2022 03:44 PM (LvTSG

“But first you will blow me”

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at July 26, 2022 03:47 PM (Rjy9f)

212 If anyone needs extra cash during these inflationary times, Sarah has some options for you....

* does ace know about Sarah?

Posted by: runner at July 26, 2022 03:48 PM (5gyQ/)

213 None of the media alive today recall or know why Death Wish was so popular and spawned 4 sequels.

They have no idea why the audience cheered Charles Bronson.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 26, 2022 03:48 PM (eCM59)

214 The bodega owner case clearly established the precedent that stabbing while black is self-defense

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 26, 2022 03:48 PM (gbzeC)

215 We are all Bernie Goetz now
Posted by: Feeling Lucky

///

says something that some nyc libs complain more about Goetz, to this day, than they complain about the gangraping wilding crews

Posted by: sockamster-they're not all bangers, folks at July 26, 2022 03:48 PM (OuH7W)

216 More people are killed with hands and feet than with any kind of rifle ("assault" or otherwise), yet we don't see people ranting about "foot violence" or demanding "common-sense foot control".

Someone once observed that while Anglo-Saxon has its limitations, it is a first-rate language for writing poems about slaughtering your enemies in a mead hall.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 26, 2022 03:48 PM (f0ykX)

217
COps just enforce democrats rules

Posted by: Yo! Ultra MAGA at July 26, 2022 03:48 PM (7/0BF)

218 * checks Amazon *

The first four hits were three Hello Kitty cooking knives, and then Hello Kitty Band-Aids.
--------------------------

The doctors used a Hello Kitty Band-aid on the shiv'd perp.

Posted by: Roy at July 26, 2022 03:49 PM (Ti+Tv)

219 >>> 199
_____

Watch Outlander. (The movie, not the series.) It's not a "Beowulf movie" but if I'm right about what was really going on, you'll see why I'm recommending it as a Beowulf movie.
Posted by: Elric Blade at July 26, 2022 03:45 PM (iFTx/)

I'm curious, what do you think was really going on?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 26, 2022 03:49 PM (llON8)

220 Light rail in Houston quickly turned into a billion dollar homeless shelter. But liberals love their trains....
Posted by: brak at July 26, 2022 03:40 PM (j5Tg0)

***

In MD we derogatorily call it the Soul Train. It transported a certain demographic out into the Suburbs to unleash mayhem into the outer reaches of the city. It got so bad that it shut down the Owings Mills Mall.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at July 26, 2022 03:49 PM (flINI)

221 None of the media alive today recall or know why Death Wish was so popular and spawned 4 sequels.

They have no idea why the audience cheered Charles Bronson.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 26, 2022 03:48 PM (eCM59)

3 of the 4 sequels were horseshit.

Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 26, 2022 03:49 PM (Zz0t1)

222 Another guy started asking him "why would I give you money knowing full well you're not going to better yourself with it. You're going to buy more booze."

That's the whole idea! You don't want to give him a drinking problem, do you?

Posted by: t-bird at July 26, 2022 03:49 PM (Jg92y)

223 Today the WEF came right out and admitted that it is working for the banning of private cars, even the electric ones.

I've been telling anyone who'll listen for 3 years now that that was the real goal. Their plan is that everyone lives in dense urban areas and rides electric scooters.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 26, 2022 03:49 PM (ZGrMX)

224 213 None of the media alive today recall or know why Death Wish was so popular and spawned 4 sequels.

They have no idea why the audience cheered Charles Bronson.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 26, 2022 03:48 PM (eCM59)

========

The first Death Wish is a tragedy. The violence he must commit to exact justice robs him of his humanity. He becomes an empty shell of a man by the end. It's more of a drama than an action movie.

The rest are just action movies.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 26, 2022 03:49 PM (LvTSG)

225 135 i had to read "Grendel" in 9th grade AP English, by John Gardener or something like that. I don't remember liking it. It had a very dirty word in it.
Posted by: ace at July 26, 2022 03:39 PM (B3oWe)

I read that in high school too!
I recall liking it quite a bit.
Didn't read the original until college days

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 26, 2022 03:49 PM (XvPQV)

226 122 I have a question that has been bothering me for a couple of days. Has something happened to the commenter Garrett? He seems to have gotten extremely angry and nasty recently. Wasn't he the guy that had all kinds of fun with the gay jokes about himself?

Posted by: Brunnhilde
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I think it had to do with the recent arguments of boob links or no boob links. Might have also involved some ONT argument over whether current AOS has boring commenters that are old farts or something.

I don't think Crocs and wear thereof were involved.

Easy to be confused though given the linear nature of AOS comment software versus the holistic derivation of particular arguments and irritants within that linear flow.

Posted by: whig at July 26, 2022 03:49 PM (CXr4y)

227 This guy Goetz it!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 26, 2022 03:45 PM (89T5c)

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Nice. Bring on the Berning Times ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at July 26, 2022 03:50 PM (NPPbl)

228 Are we sure that JJ is really in Wisconsin?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 26, 2022 03:50 PM (2urLC)

229 172 I wonder if anyone’s ever made a movie about Lady Godiva’s ride.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 26, 2022 03:43 PM

Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955) with Maureen O'Hara in the title role.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at July 26, 2022 03:50 PM (/+bwe)

230 @39 The problem with chaos is that it is so chaotic. When Bolsheviks implement their rules to destroy civilization they cannot pretend to be surprised when anarchy and chaos result.

----

They want anarchy and chaos. They think that will provide an opening to push through their "solutions".

Posted by: junior at July 26, 2022 03:50 PM (Cw/eK)

231 212 If anyone needs extra cash during these inflationary times, Sarah has some options for you....

* does ace know about Sarah?
Posted by: runner at July 26, 2022 03:48 PM (5gyQ/)

"Sara, Sara, storms are brewin' in your eyes
Sara, Sara, no time is a good time for goodbyes!"

Posted by: Thrawn at July 26, 2022 03:50 PM (Rl7KJ)

232 > The bodega owner case clearly established the precedent that stabbing while black is self-defense

Bodega dude was Puerto Rican. The stabee was black.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 26, 2022 03:50 PM (f0ykX)

233 Warriors! Come out to play-ay.
Warriors! Come out to play-ay.
Warriors! Come out to PLAY-AY.

Posted by: Clink, clink at July 26, 2022 03:50 PM (Ti+Tv)

234 Their plan is that everyone

Posted by: Ian S. at July 26, 2022 03:49 PM (ZGrMX)

is enslaved or dead

Posted by: ... at July 26, 2022 03:50 PM (ZrWYE)

235 I went to a hockey game the day before they shut everything down for covid. Homeless guy, drinking a 'foady' in a paper bag was begging for money.

My friend said "digital age, man. No one carries cash anymore." Another guy started asking him "why would I give you money knowing full well you're not going to better yourself with it. You're going to buy more booze."

those guys are funny, nothing pisses a hobo in ny offf more than giving him food or booze, they want $

Posted by: confederatefifth at July 26, 2022 03:50 PM (gzd9L)

236 He stabbed him with a BIC pen.

Posted by: Ciampino - they are not only for writing at July 26, 2022 03:51 PM (qfLjt)

237 59 Sooner or later we will all be back to the wild west
____________

Anyone see the story about the white (or looks to be white on the video anyway) Taco Bell manager who poured boiling water on two black female customers who complained about their order?

Surprised that story is not getting more play. Although maybe the manager is hispanic, and the media can't label him white?

Posted by: TrivialPursuer--FJB at July 26, 2022 03:51 PM (MvHI3)

238 >>> 223 Today the WEF came right out and admitted that it is working for the banning of private cars, even the electric ones.

I've been telling anyone who'll listen for 3 years now that that was the real goal. Their plan is that everyone lives in dense urban areas and rides electric scooters.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 26, 2022 03:49 PM (ZGrMX)

Agenda 21

Posted by: Glenn Beck at July 26, 2022 03:51 PM (llON8)

239 I'm curious, what do you think was really going on?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 26, 2022 03:49 PM (llON

It's aliens!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 26, 2022 03:51 PM (diceA)

240 OT:

"Exclusive: In Private, [Madison Cornbread] Joked About Riot, Called J6 Committee ‘Phony,’ Praised Trump Before Changing Story"

The Federalist's Molly Hemmingway.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at July 26, 2022 03:51 PM (fI5MT)

241 The first Death Wish is a tragedy. The violence he must commit to exact justice robs him of his humanity. He becomes an empty shell of a man by the end. It's more of a drama than an action movie.

The rest are just action movies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 26, 2022 03:49 PM (LvTSG)

"just"

But yes, the first movie is a drama. But he was empty and hollow by the death of his wife, the rape of his daughter and the utter disinterest of the police. Out of that hollowness, he got justice at his own hands.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 26, 2022 03:51 PM (XvPQV)

242 Posted by: Ian S. at July 26, 2022 03:49 PM (ZGrMX)

They hate freedom and liberty. Private car ownership is the epitome of that.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at July 26, 2022 03:51 PM (Rjy9f)

243 In MD we derogatorily call it the Soul Train. It transported a certain demographic out into the Suburbs to unleash mayhem into the outer reaches of the city. It got so bad that it shut down the Owings Mills Mall.

Owings Mills also? I know it caused the Hunt Valley Town Center to convert from an indoor mall to a strip mall, and forced the big Best Buy there to close.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 26, 2022 03:51 PM (ZGrMX)

244 Chaos is a ladder.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 26, 2022 03:51 PM (yQpMk)

245 Bodega dude was Puerto Rican. The stabee was black.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 26, 2022 03:50 PM (f0ykX)

stabee's black gf also a stabber, not charged

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 26, 2022 03:51 PM (gbzeC)

246 Garrett was around this morning and fine

Posted by: ... at July 26, 2022 03:51 PM (ZrWYE)

247 223 Today the WEF came right out and admitted that it is working for the banning of private cars, even the electric ones.

I've been telling anyone who'll listen for 3 years now that that was the real goal. Their plan is that everyone lives in dense urban areas and rides electric scooters.

Posted by: Ian S.
---------------------
Easier just to drop a nuke on the next WEF meeting. Easy to kill a lot of cockroaches that way at one time. We can plant trees in their memory to account for their bodily husks giving up carbon to our atmosphere.

Posted by: whig at July 26, 2022 03:51 PM (CXr4y)

248 I read the 13th Warrior book (Eaters of the Dead) and it adds another interesting level that isn't mentioned in the movie. It's narrated by a modern scholar that is reading an old manuscript.

There's also theory presented that the "Eaters" were the last remnants of the Neanderthals.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 26, 2022 03:51 PM (UuD2k)

249 > Maureen O'Hara in the title role.

Given the date, I'm guessing not actually nekkid on screen? Pity... she was one tasty ginger.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 26, 2022 03:52 PM (f0ykX)

250 John Wick was just seen walking onto the subway with a #2 pencil.

Posted by: Roy at July 26, 2022 03:52 PM (Ti+Tv)

251 225 135 i had to read "Grendel" in 9th grade AP English, by John Gardener or something like that. I don't remember liking it. It had a very dirty word in it.
Posted by: ace at July 26, 2022 03:39 PM (B3oWe)

We used to stuff the AP English kids into lockers. Fuckers thought they were better than everyone just because they could read in the 9th grade.

Posted by: jwest at July 26, 2022 03:52 PM (/BlEx)

252 Does Hello Kitty make a switchblade?
Posted by: wth at July 26, 2022 03:39 PM (v0R5T)
******
https://tinyurl.com/2uurj4ck
Posted by: redridinghood at July 26, 2022 03:45 PM (NpAcC)
........

Ooh. My granddaughter's birthday is coming up!

Posted by: wth at July 26, 2022 03:52 PM (v0R5T)

253 Keep in mind that the kid that stopped the mass shooting is technically a vigilante.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at July 26, 2022 03:52 PM (QSjkU)

254 It's aliens!
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 26, 2022 03:51 PM (diceA)

I wouldn't say that.

Posted by: Giorgio Tsoukalos at July 26, 2022 03:52 PM (yQpMk)

255 in fairness, they, subways, are by far the fastest and most efficient way to get around the city, bu light rail is garbage.

Posted by: confederatefifth at July 26, 2022 03:42 PM (gzd9L)

That's true, but the NYC subway is getting shittier and shittier. Hard to believe.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2022 03:52 PM (XIJ/X)

256 Are we sure that JJ is really in Wisconsin?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 26, 2022 03:50 PM (2urLC)

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JJ in blackface. Junior Jolson?

Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at July 26, 2022 03:52 PM (NPPbl)

257 229 Thanks, NP. I’ll have to check that out.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 26, 2022 03:53 PM (2urLC)

258
Watch 13th Warrior instead.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 26, 2022 03:43 PM (diceA)

This.

It's a crime that Vlad Kulich never became a big star. Dood was awesome in that flick.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 26, 2022 03:53 PM (n+4am)

259 Was the Beowulf video this one?

https://youtu.be/AaB0trCztM0

Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at July 26, 2022 03:53 PM (5HBd1)

260 >>> 239 I'm curious, what do you think was really going on?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 26, 2022 03:49 PM (llON

It's aliens!
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 26, 2022 03:51 PM (diceA)

Well yeah but I thought that was explicit in the movie...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 26, 2022 03:53 PM (llON8)

261 I think it had to do with the recent arguments of boob links or no boob links. Might have also involved some ONT argument over whether current AOS has boring commenters that are old farts or something.

I don't think Crocs and wear thereof were involved.

Easy to be confused though given the linear nature of AOS comment software versus the holistic derivation of particular arguments and irritants within that linear flow.
Posted by: whig at July 26, 2022 03:49 PM (CXr4y)

Hopefully Garrett was pro-boob.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 26, 2022 03:53 PM (XvPQV)

262 ... World Economic Forum article lays it out about as clearly as it could be – You don’t need to own an automobile, you just need to be able to use one owned by somebody else. ...
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 26, 2022 03:40 PM (FBkLm)
++++
1. Own nothing
2. Be happy

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 26, 2022 03:53 PM (WWh8n)

263 Has something happened to the commenter Garrett?

Ordered a matching Vespa and messenger bag in plum. The bag arrived in lavender. Everything just clashes now.

Posted by: Sauce for the Goose at July 26, 2022 03:53 PM (ZMYfe)

264 232 > The bodega owner case clearly established the precedent that stabbing while black is self-defense

Bodega dude was Puerto Rican. The stabee was black.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 26, 2022 03:50 PM (f0ykX)
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The stabee's girlfriend, also a stabber, was Black.

Posted by: Ciampino - BICs are not only for writing at July 26, 2022 03:53 PM (qfLjt)

265 Cars are freedom. The elites hate that the filthy peasants have freedom. We shouldn't be allowed to wander too far from the manor house. So they allow criminals to haunt the byways and tell us stories of the grim monster COVID who learks in the towns nearby.

Posted by: 29Victor at July 26, 2022 03:53 PM (BJKQV)

266 > My friend said "digital age, man. No one carries cash anymore."

In some cities the homeless have swipe terminals.

Not making this up.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 26, 2022 03:53 PM (f0ykX)

267 JJ in blackface. Junior Jolson?
Posted by: ShainS -- Welcome to the boneyard, it gets worse here every day at July 26, 2022 03:52 PM (NPPbl)

Mammy! I hear you callin'!

Posted by: JJ, doing a blackface at July 26, 2022 03:54 PM (diceA)

268
The first Death Wish is a tragedy. The violence he must commit to exact justice robs him of his humanity. He becomes an empty shell of a man by the end. It's more of a drama than an action movie.

The rest are just action movies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 26, 2022 03:49 PM (LvTSG)

I'll disagree slightly on II. The horrific life of the daughter after what happened in I was tragic as well.

The rest is just stupid.

Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 26, 2022 03:54 PM (Zz0t1)

269 219 >>> 199
_____

Watch Outlander. (The movie, not the series.) It's not a "Beowulf movie" but if I'm right about what was really going on, you'll see why I'm recommending it as a Beowulf movie.
Posted by: Elric Blade at July 26, 2022 03:45 PM (iFTx/)

I'm curious, what do you think was really going on?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 26, 2022 03:49 PM (llON

_____________________________

At the risk of spoilers for those who haven't seen it, I think what happened in the movie was supposed to become the basis for the Beowulf/Grendel legend. It's basically an origin story for the legend.

Posted by: Elric Blade at July 26, 2022 03:54 PM (iFTx/)

270 Steve Bannon @SteveBannon

STUNNING: CNN reports Bush appointed Chief Justice John Roberts worked ‘down to the bitter end’ to REVERSE the Roe v Wade overturn decision by flipping Kavanaugh …..

Impossible this CNN story pulled together WITHOUT Roberts assistance…

.. hmm ... I wonder who leaked the opinion

Posted by: SMOD at July 26, 2022 03:54 PM (RHGPo)

271 I don't remember liking it. It had a very dirty word in it.

Posted by: ace at July 26, 2022 03:39 PM (B3oWe)

We had to read it, and I wish we had just read Beowulf and not bothered with Grendel. I thought it was stupid.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2022 03:54 PM (XIJ/X)

272 More people are killed with hands and feet than with any kind of rifle

True greatness is conferred upon those who convince their victims to ask for death.

Posted by: Pfizer, Moderna, Astra-Zeneca at July 26, 2022 03:54 PM (Jg92y)

273 to be honest, no one shut down Owings Mills Mall because that was who shopped there

Posted by: sockamster-they're not all bangers, folks at July 26, 2022 03:54 PM (OuH7W)

274 Interwebs says that The 13th Warrior was one of the biggest box office bombs of all time.

I don't get it. I liked that movie.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 26, 2022 03:54 PM (UuD2k)

275 Does Hello Kitty make a switchblade?

Posted by: wth at July 26, 2022 03:39 PM (v0R5T)

Don't know about a switchblade, but: https://tinyurl.com/mvesbz9c

Posted by: Average Guy at July 26, 2022 03:54 PM (f7Cdr)

276 So two wrongs make a right, right? Posted by: Czech Chick at July 26, 2022 03:37 PM (Ypbog)

the rights of individual to self determination and security are inviolable, and anyone violating those rights have forfeited their claim on other peoples' forbearance.
So no, but under threats individuals have the right to self protection, and protection of others, and have the right to determine the type of appropriate action.

However, I am sure the straphanger will be wind up in Rikers just like the bodega owner.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 26, 2022 03:54 PM (xhaym)

277 They hate freedom and liberty. Private car ownership is the epitome of that.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at July 26, 2022 03:51 PM (Rjy9f)

So is private gun ownership.
And the right of self-protection.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 26, 2022 03:54 PM (XvPQV)

278 >>> 258
Watch 13th Warrior instead.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 26, 2022 03:43 PM (diceA)

This.

It's a crime that Vlad Kulich never became a big star. Dood was awesome in that flick.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 26, 2022 03:53 PM (n+4am)

You have to make sacrifices for your craft and he wouldn't.

Posted by: Harvey Weinstein at July 26, 2022 03:54 PM (llON8)

279 Rekieta Law's epic rant on vigilantism is a great follow-up listen to this post:

https://tinyurl.com/rfy4j2d7

Posted by: McLurkerson at July 26, 2022 03:55 PM (wNDOJ)

280 I don't like vigilantes. I don't like taking the law into our own hands. But what choice do people have if the cops won't do it? Its inevitable that people just do what they feel is right, if the law enforcement we hire to do it for us... won't.

This is only going to spread and become more common. Count on it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 26, 2022 03:55 PM (Ivdso)

281 213 None of the media alive today recall or know why Death Wish was so popular and spawned 4 sequels.

They have no idea why the audience cheered Charles Bronson.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

Razorfist has some Razorfistian recaps of the Death Wish franchise, as well as the Dirty Harry series, on YouTube.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at July 26, 2022 03:55 PM (HQ6iz)

282 A straphanger stabbed another man

This sounds very Ghey

Posted by: Peter BootyJudge at July 26, 2022 03:55 PM (M+Lyo)

283 Word is that Garrett is preoccupied running his new bath house venture. The lavender paint needed renewing.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at July 26, 2022 03:55 PM (QSjkU)

284 But I have heard that Towson Center Mall gets its share of commuter crime.

but that is the prequel to Biden's initiation of migratory crime where crooks from the 3rd world come to America for some light robbing and looting.

Posted by: sockamster-they're not all bangers, folks at July 26, 2022 03:55 PM (OuH7W)

285 The wounded man is hospitalized in stable condition. Doctors say he's receiving regular courses of Think About What You Did.
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This may well be one of the funniest things I have ever read. Thank you Ace.

Posted by: Darth Randall at July 26, 2022 03:55 PM (zL564)

286 Hopefully Garrett was pro-boob.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 26, 2022 03:53 PM (XvPQV)

I dunno... He stands with his feet parallel to each other.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at July 26, 2022 03:55 PM (fI5MT)

287 I asked before... how many divisions does the WEF have? How's their air force, navy? Not every despot on the plant is just going to roll over because the WEF said so.

I realize some governments are all onboard with the WEF's bullshit, but the public ain't. And this shit won't end the way the WEF thinks it will end.

Lastly their PowerPoint stuff is retarded and their shit's all fucked up.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 26, 2022 03:55 PM (BFigT)

288 in fairness, they, subways, are by far the fastest and most efficient way to get around the city, bu light rail is garbage.

Posted by: confederatefifth at July 26, 2022 03:42 PM (gzd9L)

That's true, but the NYC subway is getting shittier and shittier. Hard to believe.
Posted by: CharlieBrown

I have no interest in arguing for ny, it did it to itself, intentionally; the mystery is why.

just saying the subway is fast and efficient, especially during the work day.

Posted by: confederatefifth at July 26, 2022 03:55 PM (gzd9L)

289 231 212 If anyone needs extra cash during these inflationary times, Sarah has some options for you....

* does ace know about Sarah?
Posted by: runner at July 26, 2022 03:48 PM (5gyQ/)

"Sara, Sara, storms are brewin' in your eyes
Sara, Sara, no time is a good time for goodbyes!"
Posted by: Thrawn at July 26, 2022 03:50 PM (Rl7KJ)

saraa smile
won't you smile a while for me

Posted by: m at July 26, 2022 03:55 PM (RtN13)

290 in fairness, they, subways, are by far the fastest and most efficient way to get around the city, bu light rail is garbage.
Posted by: confederatefifth at July 26, 2022 03:42 PM (gzd9L)
++++
There is one counter-example of effective light rail: the original build-out in Denver that was rolled in with the I-25 expansion from Downtown Denver to the south side. As an overall infrastructure scheme, that actually did work and was fairly cost-effective. The subsequent expansions out to the airport and to the northern and western suburbs have been typical light rail boondoggles.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 26, 2022 03:55 PM (WWh8n)

291 those guys are funny, nothing pisses a hobo in ny offf more than giving him food or booze, they want $

I used to keep a gallon can of gasoline behind the bar for every bum that came in claiming they ran out of gas and needed a few bucks.

I had the same can of gas for 3 months, so I eventually just put it in my truck and then filled the can with water, since none of the bums ever took me up on it.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 26, 2022 03:55 PM (HeG6g)

292 The Bruce Willis remake of Death Wish was pretty good. I recommend it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 26, 2022 03:55 PM (Ivdso)

293 It's a crime that Vlad Kulich never became a big star. Dood was awesome in that flick.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 26, 2022 03:53 PM (n+4am)

This. As well as the right hand man guy who is friends with the main character. Those guys were all great. The Hunter guy. The guy with the breastplate. The Kid. The old grey haired dude with the bow.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 26, 2022 03:55 PM (diceA)

294 Hopefully Garrett was pro-boob.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 26, 2022 03:53 PM (XvPQV)

He digs bears? I did not know that

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2022 03:56 PM (XIJ/X)

295 But he was empty and hollow by the death of his wife, the rape of his daughter
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 26, 2022 03:51 PM (XvPQV)

Jeff Goldblum, terrorizing the citizens of New York

Posted by: 29Victor at July 26, 2022 03:56 PM (BJKQV)

296 Bodega dude was Puerto Rican. The stabee was black.

Thought I had read somewhere that he was Indian. One picture of him showed him wearing what might have been a Sikh headdress. In which case, stabbee should have known that it's a bad idea to f*ck with Sikhs.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 26, 2022 03:56 PM (nfrXX)

297 244 Chaos is a ladder.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at July 26, 2022 03:51 PM (yQpMk)

hmm

Posted by: m at July 26, 2022 03:56 PM (RtN13)

298 The "T" in Boston used to be fantastic. Having the same blue city problems others are having lately but it used to be the only way to get around the city. It was cheap, you could get blocks from just about anywhere in the city and you never had to worry about parking.

Mass transit works best in cities where the city grew around it not where it was glued on after the city was built.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2022 03:57 PM (ZLI7S)

299 This young man was HUNTED down and STABBED just for TALKING to people!

Posted by: Mad Maxie if the Demographics Were Different at July 26, 2022 03:57 PM (OzNIz)

300 Crystal Sepulveda, 28, was injured early Saturday and remains hospitalized in stable condition, authorities said Monday.

She suffered one gunshot to the cheek and jaw, a second to her foot and a third shot to the calf, Missouri City police said._ABC
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Shooter is mort.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 26, 2022 03:57 PM (Wj/z9)

301 274 Interwebs says that The 13th Warrior was one of the biggest box office bombs of all time.

///

a rare Chrichton miss at the box office. Yeah, it was good.

Too bad hollywood ain't never going to make State of Fear...which is holy crap 18 years old now.

Posted by: sockamster-they're not all bangers, folks at July 26, 2022 03:57 PM (OuH7W)

302 There's this one which I guess is at a mead house:

https://youtu.be/3GnbfnFdkiM

Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at July 26, 2022 03:57 PM (5HBd1)

303 It's a crime that Vlad Kulich never became a big star. Dood was awesome in that flick.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 26, 2022 03:53 PM (n+4am)

He got typecast.

Posted by: Giorgio Tsoukalos at July 26, 2022 03:57 PM (yQpMk)

304 Here's what NYPD cops have to contend with:

https://bit.ly/3b3Ftt7

**

Diversity warms and enriches every community it touches.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 26, 2022 03:57 PM (STbM6)

305 In which case, stabbee should have known that it's a bad idea to f*ck with Sikhs.

Yeah. I mean I don't really agree with their religion but damn they seem to be solid citizens who do right, and DO NOT MESS with them. I mean its worse to piss off a Gurkha, but Sikhs are just bad news.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 26, 2022 03:57 PM (Ivdso)

306 If the guy is acquitted, then this busty bikini blonde will be ever so slightly less afraid of riding the subway:
https://is.gd/1SqL2j

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 26, 2022 03:58 PM (WWh8n)

307
Hopefully Garrett was pro-boob.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
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Difficult to tell--does pro-boob include man boobs?

Posted by: whig at July 26, 2022 03:58 PM (CXr4y)

308 249 > Maureen O'Hara in the title role.

Given the date, I'm guessing not actually nekkid on screen? Pity... she was one tasty ginger.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 26, 2022 03:52 PM

She wore a body-stocking and looked good, according to some guys I went to college with. They had the movie poster on their wall. Very tasteful.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at July 26, 2022 03:58 PM (/+bwe)

309 I only just realized "straphanger" is a real word. Not a typo for "stranger".

Posted by: quantum mechanic at July 26, 2022 03:58 PM (vcv8B)

310 Jeff Goldblum, terrorizing the citizens of New York
Posted by: 29Victor at July 26, 2022 03:56 PM (BJKQV)

40 years later, nothing has changed.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 26, 2022 03:58 PM (XvPQV)

311 effective light rail: the original build-out in Denver that was rolled in with the I-25 expansion from Downtown Denver to the south side. As an overall infrastructure scheme, that actually did work and was fairly cost-effective. The subsequent expansions out to the airport and to the northern and western suburbs have been typical light rail boondoggles.
Posted by: J

did not know that

Posted by: confederatefifth at July 26, 2022 03:58 PM (gzd9L)

312 >>> 287 I asked before... how many divisions does the WEF have? How's their air force, navy? Not every despot on the plant is just going to roll over because the WEF said so.

I realize some governments are all onboard with the WEF's bullshit, but the public ain't. And this shit won't end the way the WEF thinks it will end.

Lastly their PowerPoint stuff is retarded and their shit's all fucked up.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 26, 2022 03:55 PM (BFigT)

But they are so very SMARRRRHHHT, don't you see. ///

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 26, 2022 03:58 PM (llON8)

313 So two wrongs make a right, right?

Short Answer - sometimes, yes.

Posted by: Sauce for the Goose at July 26, 2022 03:58 PM (ZMYfe)

314 172 I wonder if anyone’s ever made a movie about Lady Godiva’s ride.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 26, 2022 03:43 PM

Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955) with Maureen O'Hara in the title role.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at July 26, 2022 03:50 PM (/+bwe)
......

also Rule 34

Posted by: wth at July 26, 2022 03:58 PM (v0R5T)

315 https://is.gd/1SqL2j
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 26, 2022 03:58 PM (WWh8n)

Great googly moogly.

Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 26, 2022 03:58 PM (Zz0t1)

316 306 If the guy is acquitted, then this busty bikini blonde will be ever so slightly less afraid of riding the subway:
https://is.gd/1SqL2j
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 26, 2022 03:58 PM (WWh8n)

Now THAT is pro-boob. Hubba.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 26, 2022 03:59 PM (XvPQV)

317 274 Interwebs says that The 13th Warrior was one of the biggest box office bombs of all time.

I don't get it. I liked that movie.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 26, 2022 03:54 PM (UuD2k)

========

Production was a complete clusterfuck. John McTeirnan filmed the whole thing, and he got fired during post production. He went off and made The Thomas Crown Affair remake (it released the same month as 13th Warrior) while Crichton himself filmed the reshoots that were extensive (pretty much the whole movie).

It ended up being wildly expensive. It made no money. Yes, it was a huge bomb. Not John Carter bomb, but a big bomb.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 26, 2022 03:59 PM (LvTSG)

318 298 The "T" in Boston used to be fantastic.
.....
Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2022 03:57 PM (ZLI7S)

Unless you were Charlie, then you couldn't ever get off of it.

Posted by: moon_over_vermont at July 26, 2022 03:59 PM (bowfr)

319 yeah 13th warrior was a catastrophe at the box office.

$61,698,899 worldwide earning, budget supposedly $160,000,000 (seems excessive for a sword and sorcery flick). I doubt its even made it up from DVD and streaming but its quite good.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 26, 2022 03:59 PM (Ivdso)

320 Just got here. Are we playing the Nuance Game?!!

Posted by: kraken at July 26, 2022 03:59 PM (C5Ncp)

321 I always offer the grifting Urban Outdoorsman cash for doing my lawn. Not a one of them have taken me up on my offer.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at July 26, 2022 03:59 PM (flINI)

322 Even without vigilantism, and even if the NYPD AND the DA’s office and court system were all at the top of their game…

When seconds count, the police are minutes away.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 26, 2022 03:59 PM (aaq4H)

323 I wonder if anyone’s ever made a movie about Lady Godiva’s ride.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 26, 2022 03:43 PM (2urLC)

They did, it was a big Hollywood blockbuster, but it is like The Ring, everyone who watched it went blind.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 26, 2022 03:59 PM (xhaym)

324 I used to keep a gallon can of gasoline behind the bar for every bum that came in claiming they ran out of gas and needed a few bucks.

Posted by: confederatefifth at July 26, 2022 03:59 PM (gzd9L)

325 Jeff Goldblum, terrorizing the citizens of New York
Posted by: 29Victor at July 26, 2022 03:56 PM (BJKQV)

And spraying swastikas on the wall, which killed me.

Posted by: Jordan61 at July 26, 2022 03:59 PM (DRSnL)

326 just saying the subway is fast and efficient, especially during the work day.

Posted by: confederatefifth at July 26, 2022 03:55 PM (gzd9L)

No argument from me, but the accumulating deferred maintenance and the rapidly increasing crime is going to make it not-so-wonderful very soon. I know plenty of people who won't take it in spite of its efficiency.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2022 03:59 PM (XIJ/X)

327 Heh, saw this on a humor site and thought of how hot Ace must have been with the recent heat wave...https://tinyurl.com/36yyjxux

Posted by: 18-1 at July 26, 2022 03:59 PM (ESjRY)

328 Did you hear about the Chinese couple that had a baby come out Caucasian?

Turns out sometimes two Wongs can make a white.

Posted by: ... at July 26, 2022 04:00 PM (ZrWYE)

329 Hopefully Garrett was pro-boob.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 26, 2022 03:53 PM (XvPQV)

He digs bears? I did not know that
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2022 03:56 PM (XIJ/X)

lol

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 26, 2022 04:00 PM (XvPQV)

330 There's also theory presented that the "Eaters" were the last remnants of the Neanderthals.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at July 26, 2022 03:51 PM (UuD2k)

Badass, I liked that movie

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 26, 2022 04:00 PM (M+Lyo)

331 But I have heard that Towson Center Mall gets its share of commuter crime.

Not as high grade as Hunt Valley since it's just buses there and not the light fail.

I not-so-secretly want the rest of the light rail to be built, the line that was supposed to go from Mondawmin (the Deep Hood) to the rich hipster areas. Democrat voters should have to suffer for their stupidity.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 26, 2022 04:00 PM (ZGrMX)

332 I asked before... how many divisions does the WEF have? How's their air force, navy? Not every despot on the plant is just going to roll over because the WEF said so.

Posted by: Martini Farmer

That's the thing. The WEF, run by the son of a Nazi, is using bribes to get political leaders to punish their voters, and it isn't turning out so great for those politicians. I don't see the great payoff, though Bolton proved that a very small bribe goes a long way.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 26, 2022 04:00 PM (lTGtQ)

333 I'm sure we're not supposed to know, but what was the race of the 25 year-old harasser?

I'm putting my money on "Asian."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 26, 2022 04:01 PM (guGkK)

334 Does Hello Kitty make a switchblade?

Posted by: wth at July 26, 2022 03:39 PM (v0R5T)

Don't know about a switchblade, but: https://tinyurl.com/mvesbz9c
Posted by: Average Guy at July 26, 2022 03:54 PM (f7Cdr)
***********
This will do nicely-
https://tinyurl.com/mrmt37t5

Posted by: redridinghood at July 26, 2022 04:01 PM (NpAcC)

335 I use up all the credit on gift cards except for about 50 cents and then toss them to bums.

Posted by: fd at July 26, 2022 04:01 PM (sn5EN)

336 228 Are we sure that JJ is really in Wisconsin?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 26, 2022 03:50 PM (2urLC)
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Yes, you can smell the cheese on his writing.

Posted by: Ciampino - Gorgonzola for ever at July 26, 2022 04:01 PM (qfLjt)

337 Eh. If the guy who was stabbed was not stabbing, then isn't the stabbing disproportionate?
Posted by: m at July 26, 2022 03:43
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Depends.

Posted by: John Wick at July 26, 2022 04:01 PM (ju2Fy)

338 As well as the right hand man guy who is friends with the main character.

Herger The Joyous. My favorite character.

Posted by: g at July 26, 2022 04:01 PM (yQpMk)

339 I doubt its even made it up from DVD and streaming but its quite good.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 26, 2022 03:59 PM (Ivdso)

It's a rely good movie. I forced my kids to watch it, they thanked me later.

Posted by: 29Victor at July 26, 2022 04:01 PM (BJKQV)

340 292 The Bruce Willis remake of Death Wish was pretty good. I recommend it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 26, 2022 03:55 PM (Ivdso)

Yeah, might be the last good Bruce Willis movie before his health went south.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at July 26, 2022 04:01 PM (XvPQV)

341 Never understood why 13th Warrior wasn't a hit, but surely it's made money after all the times it's been on cable? Great flick, even with Banderas.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at July 26, 2022 04:02 PM (oWBc3)

342 Must have been an assault knife.

Posted by: Puddinhead at July 26, 2022 04:02 PM (bA3Ln)

343 Hunt Valley's further out though?

Posted by: sockamster-they're not all bangers, folks at July 26, 2022 04:02 PM (OuH7W)

344
"trying"???
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
-------------------------------------

Yeah, that's a coverup.
They own a high percentage of *government and college admin and perfessors. They've infiltrated healthcare/science to a great extent.

*Mitch McConnell is compromised by his familial associations to the CCP and should be allowed no position in US government.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 26, 2022 04:02 PM (Wj/z9)

345 He used an assault trifle.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 26, 2022 04:02 PM (STbM6)

346 341 Never understood why 13th Warrior wasn't a hit, but surely it's made money after all the times it's been on cable? Great flick, even with Banderas.
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at July 26, 2022 04:02 PM (oWBc3)

=======

Most likely not. It needed to make a LOT back after its theatrical dud of a run.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 26, 2022 04:02 PM (LvTSG)

347 > Thought I had read somewhere that he was Indian.

He has a Spanish name, though I guess that doesn't rule out him being a Sikh. They take converts.

I must've missed the part about Miss All That And Not Enough On Her EBT Card to Buy a Bag of Chips also being a stabber.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 26, 2022 04:03 PM (f0ykX)

348 https://is.gd/1SqL2j
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

All-natural. Yum. But something strangely unalluring about her face.

(nitpicking I know. would I kick her out of bed if she farted? of course not).

Posted by: quantum mechanic at July 26, 2022 04:03 PM (vcv8B)

349 Cars are freedom. The elites hate that the filthy peasants have freedom. We shouldn't be allowed to wander too far from the manor house.
Posted by: 29Victor at July 26, 2022 03:53 PM (BJKQV)
______________
Two major impediments to the Glorious Socialist Paradise that leftists and soi-disant "elites" yearn for:

1. the nuclear family
2. freedom of movement

The nuclear family intrinsically generates competition, especially in women, who want to give their children the very best opportunities, if necessary at the expense of other women's children. (See, e.g., the USC admissions scandal.)

A command economy cannot work when the peasants have freedom of movement. Fixing prices, wages, etc. fails when people can move freely.

THAT'S why the left has drawn a bead on the nuclear family and on freedom of movement.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara - Impeach Joe Biden at July 26, 2022 04:03 PM (L0j+V)

350 Interwebs says that The 13th Warrior was one of the biggest box office bombs of all time.

I don't get it. I liked that movie.

______

Love that movie. But I'm apparently the only person who liked Waterworld, so don't trust my judgment.

Posted by: McLurkerson at July 26, 2022 04:03 PM (wNDOJ)

351 Not sure what Rule 34 is. Pics?

Here's a movie still of Maureen O'Hara as Lady Godiva:

https://tinyurl.com/859umvmn

Posted by: NaughtyPine at July 26, 2022 04:03 PM (/+bwe)

352 Hunt Valley's further out though?
Posted by: sockamster-they're not all bangers, folks at July 26, 2022 04:02 PM (OuH7W)

***

Both of them are just outside the Beltway. OM off of 795 and HV off of 83

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at July 26, 2022 04:03 PM (flINI)

353 Posted by: Oddbob at July 26, 2022 03:56 PM (nfrXX)

Bodega Dude is from the DR.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2022 04:03 PM (XIJ/X)

354 I don't see the great payoff, though Bolton proved that a very small bribe goes a long way.

Posted by: Thomas Paine
-------------------
Mustache gotta eat I guess. He certainly shit all over his reputation where no one will hire him for influence peddling in the future, not even the Arab sheikhs.

Posted by: whig at July 26, 2022 04:04 PM (CXr4y)

355 No argument from me, but the accumulating deferred maintenance and the rapidly increasing crime is going to make it not-so-wonderful very soon. I know plenty of people who won't take it in spite of its efficiency.
Posted by: CharlieBrown

yeah, it is a good thing they did not give amzn $40bn to move there.

better to spend that $ for the subway.

forget not taking the subway for its efficiency, manhattan is not worth the conveniences anymore. the sad thing is that since finance has moved out of manhattan, the golden goose that underwrote the rebuilding of the city after every recession is not there.

Posted by: confederatefifth at July 26, 2022 04:04 PM (gzd9L)

356 I always thought The Five Fingers by Gayle Rivers should have been turned into a movie. Who doesn't like former NAZIs killing Vietcong in French Indo China? Good Times.

Posted by: Puddinhead at July 26, 2022 04:04 PM (bA3Ln)

357 Wasn't there a time when Crichton fell out
of favor with our Poobahs? I wonder if that might have affected the movie.

Posted by: kraken at July 26, 2022 04:04 PM (C5Ncp)

358 No argument from me, but the accumulating deferred maintenance and the rapidly increasing crime is going to make it not-so-wonderful very soon. I know plenty of people who won't take it in spite of its efficiency.

Sorry to hear that. My first and only visit to NYC in 2011 the subways were fine, and I kind of enjoyed getting the authentic Noo Yawker experience. I really enjoyed the city then but I never made it back and from what I'm reading now I don't want to.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 26, 2022 04:04 PM (ZGrMX)

359
Someone once observed that while Anglo-Saxon has its limitations, it is a first-rate language for writing poems about slaughtering your enemies in a mead hall.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 26, 2022 03:48 PM (f0ykX)

As one does . . .

Posted by: Kindltot at July 26, 2022 04:04 PM (xhaym)

360
13th warrior

Another good Crieghton book ,Timeline, was a movie about 14 century France

Posted by: Yo! Ultra MAGA at July 26, 2022 04:04 PM (7/0BF)

361 > If the guy who was stabbed was not stabbing, then isn't the stabbing disproportionate?

There's no "fair fight" requirement for self-defense.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 26, 2022 04:04 PM (f0ykX)

362 340 292 The Bruce Willis remake of Death Wish was pretty good. I recommend it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 26, 2022 03:55 PM (Ivdso)

The worst Bruce Willis remake was "The Jackal". How they could take a great movie like "The Day of the Jackal" and fuck it up so bad is a mystery.

Posted by: jwest at July 26, 2022 04:05 PM (/BlEx)

363 Love that movie. But I'm apparently the only person who liked Waterworld, so don't trust my judgment.
-----------------
I won't.

Posted by: Puddinhead at July 26, 2022 04:05 PM (bA3Ln)

364 THEY REALLY ARE COMING AFTER YOUR CAR AND TRUCK: World Economic Forum article lays it out about as clearly as it could be – You don’t need to own an automobile, you just need to be able to use one owned by somebody else. Check it out:

https://tinyurl.com/3p25kry7
Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 26, 2022 03:40 PM (FBkLm)

I have to give them props for the brazenness of - hey, we're moving everyone to "renewables" but we don't have enough critical materials to go around some people people will have to do without. And by some people, we mean you.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at July 26, 2022 04:05 PM (uvymP)

365 363 Love that movie. But I'm apparently the only person who liked Waterworld, so don't trust my judgment.
-----------------
I won't.
Posted by: Puddinhead at July 26, 2022 04:05 PM (bA3Ln)

========

It's no Ghost Ship.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 26, 2022 04:05 PM (LvTSG)

366 Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara - Impeach Joe Biden at July 26, 2022 04:03 PM (L0j+V)

The "family" also gives everyone a reason to fight and care about something that is not The State. And The State does not like competition.

Posted by: ... at July 26, 2022 04:06 PM (ZrWYE)

367 Wasn't there a time when Crichton fell out
of favor with our Poobahs?

Yeah, he wrote State of Fear which questioned the agenda and science of warmists. That made them very angry.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 26, 2022 04:06 PM (Ivdso)

368 There's no "fair fight" requirement for self-defense.

*

Amen. Shotgun, semi truck, etc., just end the threat.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 26, 2022 04:06 PM (STbM6)

369 Waterworld would have been improved if the cast Warren Beatty instead of Kevin Kostner.

Posted by: Puddinhead at July 26, 2022 04:06 PM (bA3Ln)

370
Kumswallow opens a meeting (something about disabled people), by announcing, "I am Kamala Harris, my pronouns are she and her, and I am a woman sitting at the table wearing a blue suit."

https://tinyurl.com/2dqy97dp

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 26, 2022 04:06 PM (Mzdiz)

371 If the guy who was stabbed was not stabbing, then isn't the stabbing disproportionate?

Never bring a mouthy mouth to a knife fight.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 26, 2022 04:06 PM (guGkK)

372 > Here's a movie still of Maureen O'Hara as Lady Godiva:

Yowza!

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 26, 2022 04:06 PM (f0ykX)

373 367 Wasn't there a time when Crichton fell out
of favor with our Poobahs?

Yeah, he wrote State of Fear which questioned the agenda and science of warmists. That made them very angry.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 26, 2022 04:06 PM (Ivdso)

========

Which was something like a decade after 13th Warrior.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 26, 2022 04:06 PM (LvTSG)

374 the sad thing is that since finance has moved out of manhattan, the golden goose that underwrote the rebuilding of the city after every recession is not there.

Posted by: confederatefifth at July 26, 2022 04:04 PM (gzd9L)

It really is amazing how much of a huge industry has simply left. Sure...there will always be bankers and analysts, but the back office people? Why have them in NYC when the entire city government is allied against them!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2022 04:06 PM (XIJ/X)

375 The nuclear family intrinsically generates competition, especially in women, who want to give their children the very best opportunities, if necessary at the expense of other women's children. (See, e.g., the USC admissions scandal.)

A command economy cannot work when the peasants have freedom of movement. Fixing prices, wages, etc. fails when people can move freely.

THAT'S why the left has drawn a bead on the nuclear family and on freedom of movement.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
------------------
That is why they will fail. The difference between natural sciences and social sciences is that social scientists invariably try to work against human nature while natural scientists usually try to work with nature. There is nothing new under the sun in human behavior and its all been done.

Posted by: whig at July 26, 2022 04:06 PM (CXr4y)

376 Alyssa Farah Griffin as Meghan McCain's replacement on The View

https://tinyurl.com/59y4y4x4

The last time I saw a mouth like that it had Quint in it.

Posted by: Paul Kersey at July 26, 2022 04:06 PM (m7R0k)

377 But liberals love their trains....
Posted by: brak at July 26, 2022 03:40 PM (j5Tg0)

Careful. That can lead to monkeypox.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at July 26, 2022 04:06 PM (uvymP)

378 Wasn't it just yesterday that there was a viral video about a turnstile jumper turned attacker of police officers? Who was a teen previously caught with a *GUN* in Nazi York City, when everyone else has to be disarmed like the Jews in Germany? Of course, he was let right back out.

Going to be interesting when the same folks that don't speak up about the gangbanger (who assaulted someone for the 27th time) then don't speak up about the vigilante who mostly-peacefully protested against said gangbanger (who then needed a mostly-peaceful trip to the morgue).

Posted by: Another Anon at July 26, 2022 04:06 PM (x8Ov3)

379 FBI
@FBI
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Posted by: redridinghood at July 26, 2022 04:06 PM (NpAcC)

380 365 363 Love that movie. But I'm apparently the only person who liked Waterworld, so don't trust my judgment.
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I won't.
Posted by: Puddinhead at July 26, 2022 04:05 PM (bA3Ln)

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It's no Ghost Ship.
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No shit.

Posted by: Puddinhead at July 26, 2022 04:06 PM (bA3Ln)

381 asked before... how many divisions does the WEF have? How's their air force, navy? Not every despot on the plant is just going to roll over because the WEF said so. ...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 26, 2022 03:55 PM (BFigT)
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How many divisions do they have? Well, they have the US military, so that's 20 right there, give or take. They also have all US federal LE, which is a population of at least 100,000, so that's several more.

They also have the combined armies of Western Europe, whatever they're worth, which probably in the neighborhood of 750k or a million more. They also have some of Latin America.

Even if there's fracturing, the WEF can probably field pretty significant manpower.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 26, 2022 04:07 PM (WWh8n)

382 fun fact, as hot as tx gets it is about the same as standing in a suit and tie on a subway platform.

Posted by: confederatefifth at July 26, 2022 04:07 PM (gzd9L)

383 Reminds me of another story. Fast food manager allegedly pours boiling water on bitching customer. There is a limit, folks, to how much crap a person can take. Makes me sad.

Posted by: Coki at July 26, 2022 04:07 PM (4chvJ)

384 374 It really is amazing how much of a huge industry has simply left. Sure...there will always be bankers and analysts, but the back office people? Why have them in NYC when the entire city government is allied against them!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2022 04:06 PM (XIJ/X)

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Because the C-suite class of Manhattan going against a socialist who wants to eat them would be declasse.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 26, 2022 04:07 PM (LvTSG)

385 Kumswallow opens a meeting (something about disabled people), by announcing, "I am Kamala Harris, my pronouns are she and her, and I am a woman sitting at the table wearing a blue suit."

Liar. The table is naked from where I sit.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 26, 2022 04:07 PM (guGkK)

386 So two wrongs make a right, right?

I don't know.

I think three lefts makes a right, though.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 26, 2022 04:07 PM (HeG6g)

387 Another good Crieghton book ,Timeline, was a movie about 14 century France
Posted by: Yo! Ultra MAGA at July 26, 2022 04:04 PM (7/0BF)

The lady Marine gets taken out right at the beginning of the book but the academics survive for the entire novel. Of course it involves time travel so I guess believability can take a back seat.

Posted by: moon_over_vermont at July 26, 2022 04:07 PM (bowfr)

388 That's the thing. The WEF, run by the son of a Nazi, is using bribes to get political leaders to punish their voters, and it isn't turning out so great for those politicians. I don't see the great payoff, though Bolton proved that a very small bribe goes a long way.

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You couldn't cast Klaus Schwab as a bond villain because he'd be too over-the-top.

Posted by: McLurkerson at July 26, 2022 04:07 PM (wNDOJ)

389 368 There's no "fair fight" requirement for self-defense.

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Amen. Shotgun, semi truck, etc., just end the threat.

Posted by: Moron Robbie
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That sort of thing is for formal duels--not street fights.

Posted by: whig at July 26, 2022 04:07 PM (CXr4y)

390 My first husband took a class in Anglo Saxon at college. And they read Beowulf in the original.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 26, 2022 04:08 PM (LGD8b)

391 Bolton immolated not only his reputation, but any chance he had of remaining relevant in the capitol city.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 26, 2022 04:08 PM (BFigT)

392 ‘Ana Navarro especially feels let down as they are hiring someone who was an essential part of the movement that destabilized this country.

‘Alyssa’s family is also problematic. Her father Joseph founded WorldNetDaily a website that promotes conspiracy theories. It’s terrifying.’

A third source added: ‘Her appointment will also cost us bookings. Wanda Sykes pulled out because she didn’t want to be on the show with her.’

The tolerant and accepting left......

Posted by: Sponge - RIP Dave in Texas at July 26, 2022 04:08 PM (Zz0t1)

393 There is nothing new under the sun in human behavior and its all been done.
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So they haven't topped the Cult of Dionysus yet? Fuck.

Posted by: Puddinhead at July 26, 2022 04:08 PM (bA3Ln)

394 I wonder if anyone’s ever made a movie about Lady Godiva’s ride.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 26, 2022 03:43 PM (2urLC)

Check Pr0nHub.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at July 26, 2022 04:08 PM (uvymP)

395 There's no "fair fight" requirement for self-defense.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 26, 2022 04:04 PM (f0ykX)

If you're fighting "fair", you're doing it wrong. And it might get you killed.

Posted by: Thrawn at July 26, 2022 04:08 PM (Rl7KJ)

396 373

Which was something like a decade after 13th Warrior.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 26, 2022 04:06 PM (LvTSG)

Thanks. Sometimes my " Timeline" is a bit skewed.

Posted by: kraken at July 26, 2022 04:08 PM (C5Ncp)

397 More vigilantism:

https://www.theblaze.com/news/
7-eleven-employee-severs-hand-sword

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 26, 2022 04:08 PM (8GBH4)

398 328 Did you hear about the Chinese couple that had a baby come out Caucasian?

Turns out sometimes two Wongs can make a white.

Posted by: ... at July 26, 2022 04:00 PM (ZrWYE)
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LOL
You Sir would be deemed a racyss except that we are making fun of Whites and 'Whites' and that is permissible.

Posted by: Ciampino - what about a Green man? at July 26, 2022 04:08 PM (qfLjt)

399 Bodega dude was Puerto Rican. The stabee was black.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 26, 2022 03:50 PM (f0ykX)

Bodega owner is Dominican.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 26, 2022 04:09 PM (xhaym)

400 I gave up on Trump's speech. It's just not as much fun as a rally.

Posted by: t-bird at July 26, 2022 04:09 PM (ugV9/)

401 129 Here's what NYPD cops have to contend with:

https://bit.ly/3b3Ftt7

Posted by: Braenyard at July 26, 2022 03:38 PM (Wj/z9)

Both officers have tasers. Clearly seen - yellow on their left side.

If that female (don't know her pronouns) would simply reach for her taser -- there wouldn't be such a ruckous. Just 1 or two of NY's finest citizens seizing up and drooling on the subway terminal floor.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 26, 2022 04:09 PM (N39Ws)

402 You couldn't cast Klaus Schwab as a bond villain because he'd be too over-the-top.
Posted by: McLurkerson at July 26, 2022 04:07 PM (wNDOJ)
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He's also too competent to be a Bond villain.

Unfortunately.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 26, 2022 04:09 PM (WWh8n)

403 That sort of thing is for formal duels--not street fights.

Posted by: whig at July 26, 2022 04:07 PM (CXr4y)

.....

Street fights fall under the NCAA tournament mentality.

Survive and advance.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at July 26, 2022 04:09 PM (HeG6g)

404 State of Fear was a great book, and you can tell by how many one star ratings liberals who never read it give it.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 26, 2022 04:10 PM (lTGtQ)

405 How many SF types would it require to take on and take out the WEF when they meet at Davos?

Noted: The WEF employs their own SF experienced private security forces. So, I think we'd need superiority in numbers, and superiority in tech, intel, firepower and mobility.

Two or three Company sized units, carrying heavy?

Otherwise, yeah. Davos certainly merits it's own, wee lil' mushroom cloud. Or Czar Bomba, if we're trying to make a more pronounced comment on things.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at July 26, 2022 04:10 PM (tkOps)

406 t really is amazing how much of a huge industry has simply left. Sure...there will always be bankers and analysts, but the back office people? Why have them in NYC when the entire city government is allied against them!
Posted by: CharlieBrown

it is not just the back office sorts any more. GS is moving about half of its professional staff, or more, out of the city, they are going to dallas and miami.

Posted by: confederatefifth at July 26, 2022 04:10 PM (gzd9L)

407 Just read then watched Timeline last week

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 26, 2022 04:10 PM (gbzeC)

408 There's no "fair fight" requirement for self-defense.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 26, 2022 04:04 PM

But ButtBinger said if you bring a gun you forfeit your right to self defense.

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 26, 2022 04:10 PM (MGB5H)

409 ...

A command economy cannot work when the peasants have freedom of movement. Fixing prices, wages, etc. fails when people can move freely.

...

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

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And an increasing number of bullshit professional certifications.

Posted by: McLurkerson at July 26, 2022 04:10 PM (wNDOJ)

410 394 I wonder if anyone’s ever made a movie about Lady Godiva’s ride.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 26, 2022 03:43 PM (2urLC)

Check Pr0nHub.
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I bet Mistress T is up for it but how she rides a horse would be puzzling.

Posted by: Puddinhead at July 26, 2022 04:11 PM (bA3Ln)

411 396 Thanks. Sometimes my " Timeline" is a bit skewed.
Posted by: kraken at July 26, 2022 04:08 PM (C5Ncp)

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Yeah, the studio didn't try to bury 13th Warrior. They spent tens of millions of dollars reshooting it because they wanted it to succeed. They thought McTiernan hadn't made a good movie, and they overspent trying to fix it.

Why were audiences disinterested? Was it the contemporary stories of the messy production? Was it that audiences were simply not interested in buying tickets to a grimy looking historical action movie? Was it that Antonio Banderas was never much of a box office draw? Who knows, but financial success is never a good measure of whether a film is good or not.

Remember, the Transformers movies were regularly some of the biggest grossing films of their release years.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 26, 2022 04:11 PM (LvTSG)

412 My new definition of a recession will be determined by the GDP Growth beginning in 1784. With new metric the economy grew at 42,000% thus we have booming economy.

Posted by: Joe Biden at July 26, 2022 04:11 PM (R+nZe)

413 The globalists want to put us afoot because it gives them greater control of us. They can go get fucked. Come and take it bitch.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at July 26, 2022 04:11 PM (QSjkU)

414 >>>Some of you questioned its Trumpthenticity. I bought it.

I thought you were just pulling our legs. Go with that.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at July 26, 2022 04:11 PM (U3uv2)

415 >>> I have to give them props for the brazenness of - hey, we're moving everyone to "renewables" but we don't have enough critical materials to go around some people people will have to do without. And by some people, we mean you.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic,
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Notice that Klaus keeps his ass in Europe.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 26, 2022 04:11 PM (Wj/z9)

416 Not sure what Rule 34 is. Pics?
........

Oh boy. Don't Goggle it if you're at work.

Posted by: wth at July 26, 2022 04:11 PM (v0R5T)

417 394 I wonder if anyone’s ever made a movie about Lady Godiva’s ride.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 26, 2022 03:43 PM (2urLC)

Check Pr0nHub.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at July 26, 2022 04:08 PM (uvymP)
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The PrOnHub would have her on a donkey and the donkey would then ride her.

Posted by: Ciampino - I'm sure that scenario is common south of the border at July 26, 2022 04:11 PM (qfLjt)

418 Report: Tony Dow Is Still Alive but Remains in Hospice Care, Wife Says

It's Tanya Roberts all over again.

Posted by: Mark1971 at July 26, 2022 04:12 PM (xPl2J)

419 Wow. Just saw this on the WSJ. Unfortunately, this is likely behind a paywall:

https://tinyurl.com/25hhtr5q

Just FYI: this article is behind a paywall. But if you open it up an Incognito Tab, you can access it just fine.

Posted by: Prime Sister at July 26, 2022 04:12 PM (tQL7r)

420 We need common sense unknown object control.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe

This place.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at July 26, 2022 04:12 PM (U3uv2)

421 He has a Spanish name, though I guess that doesn't rule out him being a Sikh. They take converts.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 26, 2022 04:03 PM (f0ykX)

Historically, Sikhs have have a penchant for stabbing. Like Baptist and cassarole baking.

Also, they get +2 on both attack & damage while wearing their turban and sporting a comically oversized mustache.

Posted by: 29Victor at July 26, 2022 04:12 PM (BJKQV)

422 >>>The wounded man is hospitalized in stable condition. Doctors say he's receiving regular courses of Think About What You Did.

Double this place. lol

Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at July 26, 2022 04:12 PM (U3uv2)

423 Urgent prayer request for Ann Wilson.

She had a fall recently and is in the ICU currently. She is improving, but has a long row to hoe.

Take care, horde.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 26, 2022 04:12 PM (W2Pud)

424 Report: Tony Dow Is Still Alive but Remains in Hospice Care, Wife Says

Stop being a baby and get on the cart, Wally.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 26, 2022 04:13 PM (guGkK)

425 So, how will all if uz gonna celebrate ef bee eyes birfday??

Posted by: runner at July 26, 2022 04:13 PM (5gyQ/)

426 My new definition of a recession will be determined by the GDP Growth beginning in 1784. With new metric the economy grew at 42,000% thus we have booming economy.
Posted by: Joe Biden at July 26, 2022 04:11 PM (R+nZe)
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The moment we find an alien civilization (which I think never happens, but hey - we're in fantasy land now anyway), we can include their economic activity and make the measure even less relevant!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 26, 2022 04:13 PM (WWh8n)

427 Remember, the Transformers movies were regularly some of the biggest grossing films of their release years.

I am completely baffled how those movies and Avatar, and the new godawful Jurassic Park movies make a dime. I guess people just shut their brain off and want to see amazing images. Except in Transformers you cannot even figure out what the hell is going on most of the time.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 26, 2022 04:13 PM (Ivdso)

428 There is nothing new under the sun in human behavior and its all been done.
Posted by: whig at July 26, 2022 04:06 PM

It just hasn't been done right yet.

Posted by: Commies, Pinkos, & Socialists at July 26, 2022 04:14 PM (a3Q+t)

429 That WSJ story is also on Zerohedge. I like the part about China kidnapping a fed economist. I'm sure Biden wishes he had thought of that.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 26, 2022 04:14 PM (lTGtQ)

430 Wasn't Lady Godiva about a kind noblewoman riding around town naked to get her husband to be more generous to his subjects?

Posted by: 29Victor at July 26, 2022 04:14 PM (BJKQV)

431 411

Remember, the Transformers movies were regularly some of the biggest grossing films of their release years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 26, 2022 04:11 PM (LvTSG)

The first Transformers movie was great, which means I really like it a lot and rewatch it about once a year.

Posted by: kraken at July 26, 2022 04:14 PM (C5Ncp)

432 Urgent prayer request for Ann Wilson.

She had a fall recently and is in the ICU currently. She is improving, but has a long row to hoe.

Take care, horde.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 26, 2022 04:12 PM (W2Pud)

Godspeed, Ann Wilson.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at July 26, 2022 04:14 PM (U3uv2)

433 My definition of recession is how good my portfolio does.

We are not in a recession, we are in a depression.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 26, 2022 04:14 PM (Wj/z9)

434 There is nothing new under the sun in human behavior and its all been done.
Posted by: w

yes

Posted by: confederatefifth at July 26, 2022 04:14 PM (gzd9L)

435 Notice that Klaus keeps his ass in Europe.
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He seems to think the Swiss Army will succeed in repulsing the Mohammedans.

Posted by: Puddinhead at July 26, 2022 04:14 PM (bA3Ln)

436 372 > Here's a movie still of Maureen O'Hara as Lady Godiva:

Yowza!
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 26, 2022 04:06 PM (f0ykX)

Watched "Rio Grande" the other evening. She shoulda gone with that costume there, too.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at July 26, 2022 04:15 PM (906pl)

437 431 The first Transformers movie was great, which means I really like it a lot and rewatch it about once a year.
Posted by: kraken at July 26, 2022 04:14 PM (C5Ncp)

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I like that one too. I think it was the fourth one where my employer got tickets for everyone to see it (back before the company went public and that sort of thing stopped). I fell asleep during one of the action sequences.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 26, 2022 04:15 PM (LvTSG)

438 There's no "fair fight" requirement for self-defense.

Even if there is, in the middle of a fight, who cares ? I don't. Win first. Worry about jail later.

Posted by: Sauce for the Goose at July 26, 2022 04:15 PM (ZMYfe)

439 433 My definition of recession is how good my portfolio does.

We are not in a recession, we are in a depression.
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Should have gone short as soon as you realized the Dems wanted to erase all of Trump's achievements.

Posted by: Puddinhead at July 26, 2022 04:15 PM (bA3Ln)

440 My definition of recession is how good my portfolio does.

Based on my little crypto investment we're in Weimar Germany territory

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 26, 2022 04:15 PM (Ivdso)

441 Wait: so they're pretending that the absence of Wanda Sykes is a BAD thing?

Ooooo-kay.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 26, 2022 04:16 PM (f0ykX)

442 Anyone who's rode the NY Subway system know exactly the type of guy that got stabbed. They are your mentally ill left to fend for themselves. Usually this means aggressive behavior towards anyone in view (except for the lady in Manhattan who dresses up like a crow and flaps her tissue paper wings up and down while skipping down the center of the street).

In short, if you make eye contact with the former, they will physically enter "your space" and push you to an altercation. I suspect the guy that did the stabbing intervened and made himself the center of the nutzo guy's universe (took one for the team). I'm leaning towards a justifiable beat down.

Posted by: Orson at July 26, 2022 04:16 PM (CNfLd)

443 Michael Bay's crass commercialism is a small sin compared with making every action in Transformers completely fucking unreadable.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 26, 2022 04:16 PM (44ww/)

444 Notice that Klaus keeps his ass in Europe.

Posted by: Braenyard
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They still allow bestiality brothels in Euro land.

Posted by: whig at July 26, 2022 04:16 PM (CXr4y)

445 Just read then watched Timeline last week
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 26, 2022 04:10 PM (gbzeC)

Mmm, Gerard Butler....

Posted by: Jordan61 at July 26, 2022 04:16 PM (DRSnL)

446 Daily Mail is running Trump's speech LIVE on its main page. And the speech is classic Trump, extemporaneous slams on lefty culture (men in women's sports, etc.).

Posted by: Coki at July 26, 2022 04:16 PM (4chvJ)

447 Progress

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMEECbKOH7Q

Posted by: Xipe Totec at July 26, 2022 04:17 PM (QSjkU)

448 The first Transformers movie was great, which means I really like it a lot and rewatch it about once a year.
Posted by: kraken at July 26, 2022 04:14 PM (C5Ncp)

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I like that one too. I think it was the fourth one where my employer got tickets for everyone to see it (back before the company went public and that sort of thing stopped). I fell asleep during one of the action sequences.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, learning the value of horror with Wes Craven at July 26, 2022 04:15 PM (LvTSG)

I very much like the first, 3rd is watchable. I dont think i saw the dinobot or last knight ones. But bumblebee was excellent.

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 26, 2022 04:17 PM (MGB5H)

449 More vigilantism:

https://www.theblaze.com/news/
7-eleven-employee-severs-hand-sword

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 26, 2022 04:08 PM (8GBH4)

There can be only one!

Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at July 26, 2022 04:17 PM (U3uv2)

450 So, how will all if uz gonna celebrate ef bee eyes birfday??
Posted by: runner at July 26, 2022 04:13 PM (5gyQ/)
.......

I'm going to make ham and eggs.

Posted by: wth at July 26, 2022 04:17 PM (v0R5T)

451 Morons and 'ettes if you could spare a few prayers, my sister and I would appreciate it. My sister's 19 year old son, who enlisted in the Army just after high School because "I don't think it's fair for my mother to have to pay for college" was killed in a multi vehicle accident on I-71 south of Louisville. He was stationed at Fort Knox and was heading home to celebrate his 1 year anniversary in the Army Saturday. His car was crushed between two 18 Wheelers and he was killed instantly at 2:45 Saturday afternoon. Godspeed Sean Ingalls.

Posted by: Timon at July 26, 2022 04:18 PM (mCHbQ)

452 442 Anyone who's rode the NY Subway system know exactly the type of guy that got stabbed. They are your mentally ill left to fend for themselves.
...

fend for themselves is a funny way to describe people who get checks from the government every month. Free housing. Free medical (which they choose not to use.)

It is the worst of both worlds. We pay for them, and we suffer them.

Posted by: What decade is this? at July 26, 2022 04:18 PM (UuclC)

453 My critic chops boil down to I like it - I don't like it - I don't care. Based on, I dunno.

Posted by: kraken at July 26, 2022 04:18 PM (C5Ncp)

454 370
Kumswallow opens a meeting (something about disabled people), by announcing, "I am Kamala Harris, my pronouns are she and her, and I am a woman sitting at the table wearing a blue suit."

https://tinyurl.com/2dqy97dp
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 26, 2022 04:06 PM (Mzdiz)

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That's rather insensitive to color-blind folks!

Posted by: No One of Consequence at July 26, 2022 04:18 PM (CAJOC)

455 Street fights fall under the NCAA tournament mentality.

Survive and advance.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger
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More like current college debates where anything goes as an argument.

Posted by: whig at July 26, 2022 04:18 PM (CXr4y)

456 e NY Subway system know exactly the type of guy that got stabbed. They are your mentally ill left to fend for themselves. Usually this means aggressive behavior towards anyone in view (except for the lady in Manhattan who dresses up like a crow and flaps her tissue paper wings up and down while skipping down the center of the street).

In short, if you make eye contact with the former, they will physically enter "your space" and push you to an altercation. I suspect the guy that did the stabbing intervened and made himself the center of the nutzo guy's universe (took one for the team). I'm leaning towards a justifiable beat down.

or, you had two of the same guy

Posted by: confederatefifth at July 26, 2022 04:18 PM (gzd9L)

457 So, how will all if uz gonna celebrate ef bee eyes birfday??
Posted by: runner at July 26, 2022 04:13 PM (5gyQ/)

I'm going to ask for a miracle.

Posted by: spindrift at July 26, 2022 04:18 PM (h5TKJ)

458 406 t really is amazing how much of a huge industry has simply left. Sure...there will always be bankers and analysts, but the back office people? Why have them in NYC when the entire city government is allied against them!
Posted by: CharlieBrown

it is not just the back office sorts any more. GS is moving about half of its professional staff, or more, out of the city, they are going to dallas and miami.

Posted by: confederatefifth at July 26, 2022 04:10 PM (gzd9L)

And that's after they got the city to pony up some big-time tax credits so they could put up that new office building downtown to consolidate the staff - 200 West Street.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 26, 2022 04:19 PM (CeGA3)

459
I can easily see Klaus Schwab uttering my favorite Bond villain line, "Look after Mr. Bond. See that some harm comes to him."

And as was noted, some harm would indeed come to Mr. Bond. Klaus's henchmen would just shoot Bond in the head right there. No Rube Goldberg death traps.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 26, 2022 04:19 PM (Mzdiz)

460 I had Go-Bots and Transformers as a young man, and I was genuinely excited for the Transformer movie. I think that was maybe the first movie I left early because it almost gave me a headache to try and figure out what was happening with the computer generated images on the screen.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 26, 2022 04:19 PM (STbM6)

461 Wow. Just saw this on the WSJ. Unfortunately, this is likely behind a paywall:
https://tinyurl.com/25hhtr5q

I'm failing to see a problem.

Posted by: Fang Fang Swalwell at July 26, 2022 04:20 PM (a3Q+t)

462 Posted by: Timon at July 26, 2022 04:18 PM (mCHbQ)

Oh how awful! Prayers for you and your family.

Posted by: Jordan61 at July 26, 2022 04:20 PM (DRSnL)

463 So, how will all if uz gonna celebrate ef bee eyes birfday??

Posted by: runner at July 26, 2022 04:13 PM (5gyQ/)

Like I do with all pedos and traitors. Load ammo or mags.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at July 26, 2022 04:20 PM (U3uv2)

464 Prayers up, Timon.

Posted by: SMH at what's coming at July 26, 2022 04:20 PM (7vvHL)

465 Godspeed Sean Ingalls.
Posted by: Timon at July 26, 2022 04:18 PM (mCHbQ)

What terrible news. Godspeed, sir.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 26, 2022 04:20 PM (CeGA3)

466 Nood - FBI's birthday.

Posted by: Thrawn at July 26, 2022 04:21 PM (Rl7KJ)

467 I'm with Braenyard, you just thought you hated Biden - until your Q2 investment summaries came in.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at July 26, 2022 04:21 PM (oWBc3)

468 463 So, how will all if uz gonna celebrate ef bee eyes birfday??

Posted by: runner at July 26, 2022 04:13 PM (5gyQ/)

Like I do with all pedos and traitors. Load ammo or mags.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at July 26, 2022 04:20 PM (U3uv2)

Wear a dress like the Founder??

Posted by: kraken at July 26, 2022 04:21 PM (C5Ncp)

469 And that's after they got the city to pony up some big-time tax credits so they could put up that new office building downtown to consolidate the staff - 200 West Street.
Posted by: Dar

not that I blame gs, I mean when they did the deal bloomberg was running things, dictatorialy but efficiently. nobody wants to be there now.

Posted by: confederatefifth at July 26, 2022 04:21 PM (gzd9L)

470 419
China Targeted Fed to Build Informant Network and Access Data, Probe Finds
The investigation by Senate Republicans found that the decadelong effort included detaining a Fed economist in China

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 26, 2022 04:21 PM (gbzeC)

471 I'm feeling a bit stabby myself at the moment:

A friend of 40 odd years was taken off life support by his wife today.

He had a massive heart attack Friday, and never recovered consciousness.

Yeah, he's "29"...but otherwise healthy. Unfortunately, vaxxed to the max.

That's two in my circle of friends so far.

#dontgetmestarted

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at July 26, 2022 04:21 PM (BgMrQ)

472
J-Pow says nothing to see about the Chicoms infiltrating the Fed. There were about 13 Fed officials likely on the Chicom payroll.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 26, 2022 04:21 PM (Mzdiz)

473 I left early because it almost gave me a headache to try and figure out what was happening with the computer generated images on the screen.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Norway only has EVs because the government has guns at July 26, 2022 04:19 PM (STbM6)

That crap is an out of control excuse for being able to tell a story or choreograph action and camera angles.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at July 26, 2022 04:21 PM (U3uv2)

474 Not being able, that is.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at July 26, 2022 04:22 PM (U3uv2)

475 451
Posted by: Timon at July 26, 2022 04:18 PM (mCHbQ

Timon, condolences on the loss of your nephew. Your family will be in my prayers.

Rest easy Sean Ingalls.

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon them.
May the souls of all the faithful departed,
through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 26, 2022 04:22 PM (N39Ws)

476 I asked before... how many divisions does the WEF have? How's their air force, navy? Not every despot on the plant is just going to roll over because the WEF said so. I realize some governments are all onboard with the WEF's bullshit, but the public ain't. And this shit won't end the way the WEF thinks it will end. Lastly their PowerPoint stuff is retarded and their shit's all fucked up. Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 26, 2022 03:55 PM (BFigT)

We live in a world where our "elite" have more in common with each other than with the people they supposedly lead, and have more interest in coordinating for millennial goals than for the security, health, wealth and happiness of the people they claim to represent.
I could talk about the entire business sector of the state of Oregon being shut down by regular press conferences, 20 OR-OSHA agents, city councils and the states ability to seize property by the single act of issuing administrative fines on self-proclaimed emergency powers
However, in looking at Sri Lanka and Holland, I think WEF is mostly a way to hide national level graft, corruption, bankrupt economies and incompetence behind the pretense of globalism.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 26, 2022 04:22 PM (xhaym)

477 ------------------
Should have gone short as soon as you realized the Dems wanted to erase all of Trump's achievements.
Posted by: Puddinhead
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nods head and sighs

Posted by: Braenyard at July 26, 2022 04:22 PM (Wj/z9)

478 Nood FBI.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at July 26, 2022 04:22 PM (U3uv2)

479
Hmmm. Maybe US Monetary Policy over the past decade has been what the Chicoms want. To destroy the US.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion (Mzdiz) at July 26, 2022 04:22 PM (Mzdiz)

480 That's awful, Timon. Sending prayers for you, your sister and family.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 26, 2022 04:23 PM (NpAcC)

481 405 How many SF types would it require to take on and take out the WEF when they meet at Davos?

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
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Jim, at first I read that SF as San Franciscans and wondered if you were planning on shitting out the Davos elite.

Posted by: Ciampino - pavement shitters: SF, Seattle, NYC, Portland at July 26, 2022 04:24 PM (qfLjt)

482 I am completely baffled how those movies and Avatar, and the new godawful Jurassic Park movies make a dime. I guess people just shut their brain off and want to see amazing images. Except in Transformers you cannot even figure out what the hell is going on most of the time.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 26, 2022 04:13 PM (Ivdso)

Kids. My little ones freakin' love them.

One thing I will give them, among the many, many flaws - they are unabashedly pro-American and the anti-Leftist allegories are everywhere. At least, that's how I see it.

Bumblebee was the first movie from that franchise I saw that's letting Lefty tropes sneak in.

Posted by: McLurkerson at July 26, 2022 04:24 PM (wNDOJ)

483 Timon that is very sad. A young man doing the right thing and a tragic death.

Posted by: Skip at July 26, 2022 04:25 PM (k8B25)

484 Prayers up Timon. Bad news.

Posted by: Puddinhead at July 26, 2022 04:26 PM (bA3Ln)

485 481 405 How many SF types would it require to take on and take out the WEF when they meet at Davos?
-----------------
Seven. Read The Five Fingers to see how it goes.

Posted by: Puddinhead at July 26, 2022 04:26 PM (bA3Ln)

486 Urgent prayer request for Ann Wilson.

She had a fall recently and is in the ICU currently. She is improving, but has a long row to hoe.

Take care, horde.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Thanks for the update NR.
Prayers for Ann's quick and complete recovery.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 26, 2022 04:27 PM (StBu4)

487 Can't find Trump speaking at the DM or anywhere else.

Link?

Posted by: Braenyard at July 26, 2022 04:27 PM (Wj/z9)

488 Also sending prayers for Ann Wilson.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 26, 2022 04:28 PM (NpAcC)

489 Trump at Rumble

https://bit.ly/3PZZsHF

Posted by: Braenyard at July 26, 2022 04:30 PM (Wj/z9)

490 I hope Ann makes a full recovery. She seems like a nice lady.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at July 26, 2022 04:30 PM (diceA)

491 Godspeed Sean Ingalls.
Posted by: Timon

Prayers up.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 26, 2022 04:33 PM (StBu4)

492 Ive thought about this. I've been on trains with crazy people yelling, and for some damn reason half of them then start talking to me as if I'm in on their craziness.

But yeah what is that line between "this person is crazy" and "this person is crazy and something needs to be done." Even watching people threaten others you think "well can i do something if it's just threats?"

Then again the was that video a few weeks ago where a crazy tranny was harassing and grabbed some woman by the hair, and the 250lb 6foot hipster didn't do shit, that seems like a time to do shit.

Taking to a former cop i work with, i mentioned how i have a tactical pen, monkey fist/sap, and now a nyc compliant knife on me most of the time, and even his response was "that's not enough"

Posted by: Rbastid at July 26, 2022 04:35 PM (FCGjy)

493 There is nothing new under the sun in human behavior and its all been done.
Posted by: whig at July

My Dad, a Baptist preacher, said this a lot. Nothing new under the sun .... since Genesis chapter 6. IYKWIMAITYD

Posted by: Prime Sister at July 26, 2022 04:38 PM (tQL7r)

494 My new definition of a recession will be determined by the GDP Growth beginning in 1784. With new metric the economy grew at 42,000% thus we have booming economy.
Posted by: Joe Biden

Snort

Posted by: Prime Sister at July 26, 2022 04:40 PM (tQL7r)

495 In the 9th grade, I read the retelling of The Canterbury Tales by Shecky McTurdmeyer - he called it "Let's Getsomeburly Tail" - and it had dirty pictures and everything. I was traumatized. Especially after the fifth reading.

Still, not a bad read...for a classmate.

Posted by: Boswell at July 26, 2022 04:44 PM (+Cgut)

496 165 Yup. Subways are overrated... So is lightrail. You couldn't pay me to use lightrail here in Denver.

in fairness, they, subways, are by far the fastest and most efficient way to get around the city, bu light rail is garbage.
Posted by: confederatefifth

You still don't understand. The fastest and easiest way to get around the city is by limo.

Posted by: West at July 26, 2022 04:47 PM (QY+6a)

497 Godspeed Sean Ingalls.
Posted by: Timon at July

Oh, I am so sorry to hear this. Prayers for God's peace and His Presence, His comfort and care for your sister and you. And all his family and friends.

Posted by: Prime Sister at July 26, 2022 04:48 PM (tQL7r)

498 wait ... cops are trained ? ha ha ... enough with the comedy ...

Posted by: The Dark Lord at July 26, 2022 04:59 PM (5cMUX)

499 If you look closely at the history of law enforcement, it is not to enforce the law and protect the community.
It is to keep people from enforcing the law with consequent spread and collateral damage as feuds get out of hand with a side effect of enhancing the stature of whoever makes the laws by visibly demonstrating the effects of those laws. In several cases, that part also served to transfer authority and prestige from one source of law to another.
Related to that, punishment, including imprisonment, is not about rehabilitation or protecting the community from the criminal, but about satisfying the desire for vengeance and protecting the community from feuds as above when the victim is not satisfied.

Posted by: Sam at July 26, 2022 05:40 PM (ohyxL)

500 263 Has something happened to the commenter Garrett?

Ordered a matching Vespa and messenger bag in plum. The bag arrived in lavender. Everything just clashes now.
Posted by: Sauce for the Goose at July 26, 2022 03:53 PM (ZMYfe)

LOL

Posted by: m at July 26, 2022 11:55 PM (GkGYg)

501 if those are the facts then I'd buy the stabber a few rounds of his favorite adult beverage.

Posted by: stpaulchuck at July 27, 2022 03:47 PM (7ovEk)

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