Daily Tech News 25 November 2022

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Europe is threatening to frown at Twitter if Elon Musk closes all the company's European offices and tells the tiny-minded fascists of the EU to take a hike. (Tech Crunch)
For "appropriateness of the expertise and resources allocated" read: "Shuttering local offices and canning EU staff will be frowned upon - hard."
That idiocy is Tech Crunch's own wording, but it's understandable because EU officials actually said this:
For those platforms that the Commission will designate as very large online platforms, the risk management obligations also include a strong component on the appropriateness of the resources allocated to managing societal risks in the Union. Among other matters, the Commission will scrutinise the appropriateness of the expertise and resources allocated, as well as the way they organise their compliance function.
The appropriate thing to do is for Musk to close down all operations in Europe and direct users at a US-based portal to pay their $8.

It's not like Europe is going to create its own social network.
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere amnesty is loosed upon the world. (Tech Crunch)

Twitter has announced it is granting amnesty to all accounts previously banned for reasons other than actually breaking the law or persistent spam.

I strongly suspect that the records of the former Bureau of Censorship and Intimidation contain so much bullshit that they can't even begin to selectively undo the damage of the past four years.

The mass reinstatements start next week; no indication yet how long it will take to complete.

The usual suspects say that this is the three hundred and seventeenth sign of the Apocalypse which seems to be running seriously behind schedule at this point.

Tech News

The PlayStation 6 could launch in 2028. (WCCFTech)

The PlayStation 5 meanwhile will be in stock in retail stores no later than 2030.
The FTC meanwhile is frowning at Microsoft's acquisition of Activision. (Ars Technica)

Which in my opinion is good news for Microsoft.
Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time: IBM is suing Micro Focus for allegedly reverse-engineering CICS to create its own Enterprise Server product... Close to 20 years ago. (The Register)

CICS was first released in 1969. Micro Focus was founded in 1976, and while I couldn't find exactly when the first version of their Enterprise Server was released, it has been quite a while. Not sure if this sort of suit has any de facto expiry on it the way trademarks do.

Floppotron Rhapsody of the Day

Disclaimer: HTTP 413 I Can't Believe I Ate The Whole Thing.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 Good evening Pixy
Hello everyone

Posted by: Skip at November 25, 2022 04:00 AM (xhxe8)

2 >>>Europe is threatening to frown at Twitter

heh

Posted by: m at November 25, 2022 04:02 AM (RuTUS)

3 Mornin' again, all

Work today but hopefully only for an 8 hour day. Been putting in 10-12 hour days the past few weeks. It's catching up to me!

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at November 25, 2022 04:04 AM (wbI6p)

4 KInd of entertaining watching Leftist get frazzled just for losing 1 of their Propaganda outlets

Posted by: Skip at November 25, 2022 04:04 AM (xhxe8)

5
The appropriate thing to do is for Musk to close down all operations in Europe and direct users at a US-based portal to pay their $8.

This. Tell the Euros and the Schwabbos to sod off.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at November 25, 2022 04:05 AM (pNxlR)

6 Mornin' all. Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and are now sleeping it off.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 25, 2022 04:05 AM (BLOW1)

7 Playstation 6? I think my kids had a Playstation 2 that #1 son bought way back when.

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at November 25, 2022 04:05 AM (wbI6p)

8 Yeah I can work a couple long days but it's hard, couldn't all week

Posted by: Skip at November 25, 2022 04:06 AM (xhxe8)

9 >>KInd of entertaining watching Leftist get frazzled just for losing 1 of their Propaganda outlets
Posted by: Skip

Oh, WAY MORE than kind of!

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at November 25, 2022 04:07 AM (wbI6p)

10 I have no reason to be up, just woke up

Posted by: Skip at November 25, 2022 04:07 AM (xhxe8)

11
Kind of entertaining watching Leftist get frazzled just for losing 1 of their Propaganda outlets
Posted by: Skip

You would be pissed off, too, if your turbocharged and unicorn sparkles-decorated censorship wand, for which you worked so hard, was suddenly rendered powerless.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at November 25, 2022 04:07 AM (pNxlR)

12 Disclaimer: HTTP 413 I Can't Believe I Ate The Whole Thing.

Seems appropriate for a post-Turkey Day lament!

Posted by: m at November 25, 2022 04:07 AM (RuTUS)

13 Europe is threatening to frown at Twitter

Yeah, but will they also fart in Twitter's general direction?

Posted by: JQ at November 25, 2022 04:09 AM (dpnJh)

14 Or say "Ni!" to them? Again?

Posted by: JQ at November 25, 2022 04:10 AM (dpnJh)

15
I wonder if full blown consternation has overcome the sensitive and wise souls who deserted Twitter for Mastodon yet.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at November 25, 2022 04:12 AM (pNxlR)

16 Trying to catch up on a lot of stuff my former co-worker left undone. Things I'm finding that I didn't know she had slacked on, as those things were not ever part of my job. Computer crap. Updating price books and such. Time consuming, and annoying because the program is glitch-y.

Takes a lot of time away from my regular tasks and we don't have a lot of employees so playing catch up every day

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at November 25, 2022 04:13 AM (wbI6p)

17 The FTC meanwhile is frowning at Microsoft's acquisition of Activision. (Ars Technica) Which in my opinion is good news for Microsoft.

I read the linked article. I don't understand how Microsoft being delayed/denied the right to merge would be good news to Microsoft.

Posted by: m at November 25, 2022 04:13 AM (RuTUS)

18 Damn, I used to w*rk 10 hour days all the time, 12s when needed, back at the factory.

Why, no. No, I do not miss that job... But I DO miss the paycheck!

Posted by: JQ at November 25, 2022 04:15 AM (dpnJh)

19 Methinks the EU has done figured out that bullying Musk about censorship won't be a snap; now comes the flop sweat.

Of course, the Euroweenies don't have to build their own social platform, they can just use China's.

Howdy, y'all.

Posted by: GnuBreed at November 25, 2022 04:16 AM (JOtiF)

20 17 I read the linked article. I don't understand how Microsoft being delayed/denied the right to merge would be good news to Microsoft.

That price was calculated before the stock market went belly up. A fair price is probably half that.

Or Microsoft could take that money and fund a thousand new AAA-level games. Though there simply aren't enough talented directors and developers to deliver on that task in any reasonable amount of time.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 25, 2022 04:17 AM (BLOW1)

21
Today I will probably, but reluctantly, wade into the briar patches of allocating costs and earnings for printing and on-line ticket sales for our recent public rock and mineral show and then shove off for the blessed realm of preparing next year's preliminary budgets. You do not find fun, fun finds you!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at November 25, 2022 04:19 AM (pNxlR)

22 Europe is threatening to frown at Twitter
-

They need to take this to the next level by writing a sternly worded letter.

Posted by: Biden's Dog at November 25, 2022 04:22 AM (UK1vv)

23 20 17 I read the linked article. I don't understand how Microsoft being delayed/denied the right to merge would be good news to Microsoft.

That price was calculated before the stock market went belly up. A fair price is probably half that.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 25, 2022 04:17 AM (BLOW1)

Got it; thanks.

Posted by: m at November 25, 2022 04:22 AM (RuTUS)

24 Ok, up and almost out the door. Promise I made in the ONT -done. Wish it could be 10x that.

Love this place and all of you.

And thank you Pixy, for all you contribute, and for keeping the hamster's fed and their wheel running!

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at November 25, 2022 04:25 AM (wbI6p)

25
Why, no. No, I do not miss that job... But I DO miss the paycheck!

One BiL asked me yesterday whether I retained any longing for, or knowledge of, my former job from which I retired. I told him that those barnacles were scraped off the hull as soon as day one of my retirement commenced. "I still have plenty to do, but I enjoy it all much more, if not immensely, because the timing and extent of what I do is completely mine to decide."

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at November 25, 2022 04:25 AM (pNxlR)

26 One BiL asked me yesterday whether I retained any longing for, or knowledge of, my former job from which I retired. I told him that those barnacles were scraped off the hull as soon as day one of my retirement commenced. "I still have plenty to do, but I enjoy it all much more, if not immensely, because the timing and extent of what I do is completely mine to decide."
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

When retired many people would ask, "what do you do all day?"

I found online a great answer. "Yesterday I didn't do anything, but I didn't start until noon"

Posted by: Bruce at November 25, 2022 04:39 AM (vd8XM)

27 Gentlemen, all of you disgust me. And you will be forbidden access to my new Mastodon account.*

* The new post-twitter hawtness.
The reaction: Yawn.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 25, 2022 04:39 AM (2vqn9)

28 Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold

So perfect.

Posted by: m at November 25, 2022 04:41 AM (RuTUS)

29 I saw Widening Gyre open for Big Country at AWH in '85.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 25, 2022 04:44 AM (2vqn9)

30
My week consists of six Saturdays and a Sunday ... and I do not work weekends.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at November 25, 2022 04:44 AM (pNxlR)

31 My week consists of six Saturdays and a Sunday ... and I do not work weekends.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

Perfect!

Posted by: Bruce at November 25, 2022 04:48 AM (vd8XM)

32 I think my cold finally maxed out yesterday. I hope.

Didn't eat a lot because nothing tasted good. I spot some leftovers in the fridge though, so today should be good.

Posted by: Bruce at November 25, 2022 04:50 AM (vd8XM)

33 Twitter won't forgive Alex Jones though. Does Elon know why he was banned? It had nothing to do with the school shooting, he called a CNN reporter bad names.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at November 25, 2022 05:01 AM (AXxfu)

34 The EU is the world's largest mafia syndicate in the world. Just like the mafia made businesses pay a tribute or protection payment, the EU demands anyone doing business in the bloc bow down to their asinine demands. Like how any streamer has to produce a ton of shitty localised content if they want to run their service there, so now they need to either produce 10,000 hours of Estonian TV, or just limit Estonian Netflix to 2 US shows and 2 Estonian shows.

Hopefully Musk calls their bluff and does what he wants, pointing out how everyone threatening him and making demands of him, are totally cool with China running a spy App disguised as a social media app, all free from the same restrictions they want to impose on Twitter.

Posted by: Rbastid at November 25, 2022 05:01 AM (3B4/u)

35 hiya

Posted by: JT at November 25, 2022 05:02 AM (T4tVD)

36
Not sure if this sort of suit has any de facto expiry on it the way trademarks do.

Interesting if the case goes forward. I've read that DOS 1.0 had the exact same first 20 O/S calls as CPM. The theory is that DOS was the thief.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 25, 2022 05:03 AM (y3pKJ)

37 After a few days of pretty minor research, and lots of lots of antsiness to just bite the bullet and buy a new router, now that comcast is going to upgrade me to 1.2 gigabit for not much more than I'm paying now, I think I'm going with the Asus RT-AX86. Think I'm okay with the S model over the U model, as it's not like I'm doing a ton of multisystem gaming.

Posted by: Rbastid at November 25, 2022 05:09 AM (3B4/u)

38
Work today but hopefully only for an 8 hour day. Been putting in 10-12 hour days the past few weeks. It's catching up to me!

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at November 25, 2022 04:04 AM (wbI6p)

I work with people who constantly put in 12+ hour days, 5 days a week, for like 7 month spans, i have no clue how the hell they do it. (For some it's like 14-15 hour days for that time)

I did like 14 hour days for about 2 months once, with a week break in the middle, and that was my very limit. Though I also had anywhere from 2 to 3 hours of travel based on the way the trains ran added to that.

Posted by: Rbastid at November 25, 2022 05:17 AM (3B4/u)

39 Work today but hopefully only for an 8 hour day. Been putting in 10-12 hour days the past few weeks. It's catching up to me!

Posted by: My Life is Insanity

You're in my thoughts and prayers, MLii !

Posted by: JT at November 25, 2022 05:22 AM (T4tVD)

40 G'mornin' everyone ! and of course good evening Pixy!

clear, 30 degrees, great hiking weather (once the sun comes up)

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at November 25, 2022 05:29 AM (AAm6o)

41 JP Watson's latest - "Cringe":

https://youtu.be/3YcGNY8T1Q8

(No margins have been harmed in the making of this comment)

Posted by: Biden's Dog at November 25, 2022 05:29 AM (UK1vv)

42 34 The EU is the world's largest mafia syndicate in the world. Just like the mafia made businesses pay a tribute or protection payment, the EU demands anyone doing business in the bloc bow down to their asinine demands.
Posted by: Rbastid at November 25, 2022 05:01 AM (3B4/u)

EU and G20.
Here's the White House pledging allegiance to the G20. It's complete horsepatooi.

https://tinyurl.com/56mbjsy2

Posted by: m at November 25, 2022 05:29 AM (RuTUS)

43 And the evening and the morning were -- The Friday! The day of blessed surcease from toil, the . . . Oh, wait a minute. Some of us *are* working. Well, I'll have to put it through a new draft.

Hello, all! Survived Thanksgiving, did you? Well, today you must stay *away* from all Walmarts and Targets, all malls, and any other place where mobs gather. Saving a few bucks on a big-screen TV is not worth the annoyance of crowds, not to mention the chance of being trampled or shot. "Black" Friday indeed.

I'm up early with the furry thugs. It's warm and rainy, so no outdoor workout this morning; stretches only, then breakfast. How about you?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 25, 2022 05:30 AM (KAKDL)

44 "4 KInd of entertaining watching Leftist get frazzled just for losing 1 of their Propaganda outlets

Posted by: Skip at November 25, 2022 04:04 AM (xhxe

"

it was working so well for them, too.
but yes, very fun to watch, popcorn-worthy even!
the ap story Pixy linked was *makes chefs-kiss gesture*

I'm'a go make a cuppa coffee, brb

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at November 25, 2022 05:33 AM (AAm6o)

45 >>>46. As women and girls continue to be disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and other crises

?

https://tinyurl.com/56mbjsy2

(WH G20 vows)

Posted by: m at November 25, 2022 05:34 AM (RuTUS)

46 That's better

Posted by: Skip at November 25, 2022 05:35 AM (xhxe8)

47 41 (No margins have been harmed in the making of this comment)
Posted by: Biden's Dog at November 25, 2022 05:29 AM (UK1vv)

Yaaaay. Whooooo! clap clap clap clap clap clap clap

Posted by: m at November 25, 2022 05:36 AM (RuTUS)

48 working long hours at Twitter was probably frowned on. Between breaks for wine and beer and a nap, I bet they never even broke a sweat. Musk must wonder what the hell they all did. I love the locker they discovered with the woke t-shirts and sweat shirts.

Posted by: Colin at November 25, 2022 05:37 AM (zJY/j)

49 46 That's better
Posted by: Skip at November 25, 2022 05:35 AM (xhxe

You have covfefe now?

Posted by: m at November 25, 2022 05:38 AM (RuTUS)

50 yeah, Wolfus, we never played the black friday game here, either.

this year it was kinda funny watching black friday spread out to engulf the whole month of November, as retailers tried desperately to get sales to increase, or maybe just quit slipping ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at November 25, 2022 05:39 AM (AAm6o)

51 Should get up and put coffee on
Sausages and pancakes today little later

Posted by: Skip at November 25, 2022 05:41 AM (xhxe8)

52
Twitter won't forgive Alex Jones though. Does Elon know why he was banned? It had nothing to do with the school shooting, he called a CNN reporter bad names.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at November 25, 2022 05:01 AM

The truth of the matter is that Alex Jones secured the permits for the J6 events, and probably a bunch of his nutty followers were involved in the mayhem. Should Nancy Pelosi been aware of this and requested the National Guard be on hand? Absolutely, positively. She clearly must have had a clue that things could get ugly. She's either the most brain dead politician or the most conniving bitch to ever walk the planet.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 25, 2022 05:45 AM (y3pKJ)

53 From "Stay@woke" to "Stay @work" is pretty clever.

The hijacking of academia, and the media outlets, with all the woke shit, sex deviancy, stirring up racial hatreds, "speech codes" is one of the most coordinated censorship and destabilization, and general mind fvckery campaigns ever.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 25, 2022 05:47 AM (O9tRg)

54 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 25, 2022 05:49 AM (ju2Fy)

55
The idea of Nancy becoming ambassador to Italy? Clearly they want her out of the country and not in front of a new J6 committee to answer questions about her own malfeasance/misfeasance in office.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 25, 2022 05:49 AM (y3pKJ)

56 Elon Musk
@elonmusk
1h
What do you think of the culture war?

19,000 replies in an hour.

Posted by: m at November 25, 2022 05:51 AM (RuTUS)

57 I went to a Black Friday Wallyworld sale many years ago. Fashionably late, I ambled into the store at 6:30 am, when the doors had been open for a half hour.

Holey Guacamole! I managed to wriggle my way over to the area of the item I was semi-interested in, to find them all gone-gone. And the lines at the cash registers? At least 100 deep.

So out I went, sans anything other than my sanity.

Let's just say "Never Again" has other applications than the Holocaust.

Posted by: GnuBreed at November 25, 2022 05:53 AM (JOtiF)

58 twitter--elon--tesla meme

https://tinyurl.com/54dvjhf3

Posted by: m at November 25, 2022 05:57 AM (RuTUS)

59 Pumpkin pie and spinach salad for breakfast.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 25, 2022 06:01 AM (ju2Fy)

60 good stuff, olddog!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at November 25, 2022 06:04 AM (AAm6o)

61 I want to do a little pre rail strike shopping today and increase my stockpile a bit. Nothing pressing, but I want to do it now. It's just stuff I can get at any dollar store, but I'm going to one about 8 miles out of my way to avoid anything to do with Black Friday. The main business strip is wild any day, but once you get Black Friday business it's terrible. Another major route is getting just as bad (another Super Center).

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 25, 2022 06:04 AM (lz5hY)

62 I saw Floppotron open for Rube Goldberg at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park NJw

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damnit! at November 25, 2022 06:05 AM (QzPUP)

63
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 25, 2022 06:06 AM (ENBF0)

64 Musk has forced nearly the entirety of "liberalism" to declare itself pro-censorship.

Posted by: Ordinary American at November 25, 2022 06:07 AM (+RAA2)

65 good idea, bill, probably should do some of that myself.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at November 25, 2022 06:07 AM (AAm6o)

66 64 Musk has forced nearly the entirety of "liberalism" to declare itself pro-censorship.
Posted by: Ordinary American at November 25, 2022 06:07 AM (+RAA2)

He's going to let people see how the sausages are made.

Posted by: m at November 25, 2022 06:11 AM (RuTUS)

67 6 Yeah, even if they walk out for just a week, it'll take a month to relieve the bottleneck. Things transported by rail could become short in supply, and that's about everything.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 25, 2022 06:11 AM (lz5hY)

68

Nonfeasance is the failure to act where action is required — willfully or in neglect.

Nancy Pelosi not requesting the National Guard. Trump could not make that request, it was the duty of the Speaker of the House.

Malfeasance is the willful and intentional action that injures a party. The death of Ashley Babbit was a direct result of Nancy's nonfeasance.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 25, 2022 06:14 AM (y3pKJ)

69 oops no close bold?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 25, 2022 06:14 AM (y3pKJ)

70 "Enduring hope"- A Christian devotional based on a passage from the Book of Revelation about a new heaven and a new earth and the end of suffering:

https://tinyurl.com/2tkxwt26

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 25, 2022 06:16 AM (io/eI)

71 @elonmusk
Nov 11
As Twitter pursues the goal of elevating citizen journalism, media elite will try everything to stop that from happening -- Mainstream media will still thrive, but increased competition from citizens will cause them to be more accurate, as their oligopoly on information is disrupted

Posted by: m at November 25, 2022 06:17 AM (RuTUS)

72 I don't know why the EU is so up in arms about Twitter. It's not like anyone there will have electricity to run devices that could see it within a month or two anyway.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at November 25, 2022 06:18 AM (EsEFH)

73 Things transported by rail could become short in supply, and that's about everything.
Posted by: bill in arkansas
-------------------

Friend of mine used to work for Cottonbelt. He said if they're going to strike chemicals are probably already slowing down. Certain ones can't be left in tankers too long unattended. Or something like that.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 25, 2022 06:20 AM (ju2Fy)

74 Something that won't be moving during a rail strike people don't think of. I was stretching my legs at one of those little picnic table areas off I40 a trip or two back. Looking south, I was watching a west bound train, longest one I ever saw, four locomotives pulling, one bringing up the rear. All shipping containers, no doubt empties, heading back to port. Truckers hate to dead head, so empty containers go back by rail. Ships won't sail unless loaded, so there they sit until containers arrive. The same dock cranes load empties and the inbound full ones, and they get tied up. Bottleneck.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 25, 2022 06:22 AM (lz5hY)

75 "Mainstream media will still thrive,"

Not sure I agree with Musk on that one.

Posted by: Ordinary American at November 25, 2022 06:22 AM (+RAA2)

76 Morning Pixy!

Happy Thanksgiving from the US. Just wanted to say your daily tech news posts have been a very enjoyable addition to the blog. Beats the hell out of most other tech news sites. And you introduced me to Vtubers, and Pippa in particular, so there’s that.

Posted by: Caiwyn at November 25, 2022 06:23 AM (+dHQK)

77
"Mainstream media will still thrive,"

Not sure I agree with Musk on that one.

Posted by: Ordinary American at November 25, 2022 06:22 AM

He misspelled the word 'decay'.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 25, 2022 06:31 AM (y3pKJ)

78 I have all the faith in the world that Uncle Biden will settle the pending rail strike. Look how he handles other things. He is probably on a long weekend in Delaware, right now having oatmeal and getting ready for a long day of doing something. /sarc

Posted by: Colin at November 25, 2022 06:33 AM (zJY/j)

79
"Mainstream media will still thrive,"

Not sure I agree with Musk on that one.

Posted by: Ordinary American at November 25, 2022 06:22 AM

mayhaps he's taking a page from their playbook, to pacify them until it's too late

"Mainstream media will still thrive" = "If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor"

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 25, 2022 06:35 AM (ENBF0)

80 Must be quite cloudy, 6:30 and still dark outside

Posted by: Skip at November 25, 2022 06:35 AM (xhxe8)

81 Psalm 103

A psalm about God's love for us:

https://tinyurl.com/5xzcukdk

A note in my Bible says:

David praised focused on God's glorious acts. It is easy for all of us to complain about life, but David's list gives us plenty for which to praise God-his forgiveness , healing , redemption, loving kindness tender mercies, providence, righteousness, justice, grace, patience,. We receive all of these without deserving any of them. No matter how difficult your life's journey, you can always count -past, present, and future. When you feel as if you have nothing for which to praise God,
read David's list.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 25, 2022 06:36 AM (io/eI)

82 I'm rocking out with Floppotron. Happy Friday, ya'll!

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, what may have had too much banana pudding yesterday at November 25, 2022 06:40 AM (PiwSw)

83 I might add that Biden's secretary of transportation is the finest their is. Assuming he isn't on leave to take care of the children. Does he know what a train is?

Posted by: Colin at November 25, 2022 06:41 AM (zJY/j)

84 Colin he is at some billionaire house on Martha Vineyard or somewhere up there

Posted by: Skip at November 25, 2022 06:41 AM (xhxe8)

85 "tells the tiny minded fascists of the EU to take a hike" LOL

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 25, 2022 06:43 AM (io/eI)

86 Probably pulled a train or two.

Posted by: Eromero at November 25, 2022 06:44 AM (4svuj)

87 sure does! a train is what he used to pull at the bathhouses.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at November 25, 2022 06:44 AM (AAm6o)

88 I have added Elon Musk to my prayer list. I hope he has a security detail.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 25, 2022 06:45 AM (io/eI)

89 So much to do today- watch football, have some coffee & pie
that's all I can think of right now

Posted by: DB at November 25, 2022 06:45 AM (geLO8)

90 hordemind always alert!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at November 25, 2022 06:45 AM (AAm6o)

91 We have a very small railroad in the area, with only about twenty miles of it's own road. They shuttle cars from warehouses back to the yards, and oil tankers from the patch to a pipeline head. Even a tiny operation like that shutting down would knock down some dominoes.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 25, 2022 06:47 AM (lz5hY)

92 https://stream.org/you dont own your computer and your-local election commission-doesnt own theirs either but i do own mine
https://tinyurl.com/2rv6rj4k

Posted by: Skip at November 25, 2022 06:48 AM (xhxe8)

93 Should get up and put coffee on
Sausages and pancakes today little later
Posted by: Skip at November 25, 2022

***
For me, 2 strips of bacon, 1 egg scrambled in the bacon grease, and the egg on two slices of French bread. And 1/2 an English muffin w/ honey.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 25, 2022 06:49 AM (KAKDL)

94 78 I have all the faith in the world that Uncle Biden will settle the pending rail strike. Look how he handles other things. He is probably on a long weekend in Delaware, right now having oatmeal and getting ready for a long day of doing something. /sarc
Posted by: Colin at November 25, 2022 06:33 AM (zJY/j)

Hey fat! Eating ice cream is something! *sniffs* Jill! I made a doody again! What are you lookin' at?

Posted by: The President of the United States at November 25, 2022 06:52 AM (PiwSw)

95 I want to punch the supply chain in its FartClam, I need some Raspberry Pi's but I'm not paying 300 bucks for one.

Harumph.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 25, 2022 06:52 AM (up/3i)

96 Whataburger, sausage/egg/cheese biskit with mustard and senior coffee.

Posted by: Eromero at November 25, 2022 06:54 AM (9kJiK)

97 good one, Skip! everyone should read that, and I do mean everyone.

okay, creepin' up on 6, better get my boots on if I'm actually gonna be on the trails at dawn.

and thank you, FS, for all that you do!

back later!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at November 25, 2022 06:54 AM (AAm6o)

98 It's just stuff I can get at any dollar store, but I'm going to one about 8 miles out of my way to avoid anything to do with Black Friday. The main business strip is wild any day, but once you get Black Friday business it's terrible. Another major route is getting just as bad (another Super Center).
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 25, 2022

***
I've got a Wally World and a Dollar Tree about 15 miles up the old U.S. highway -- a pleasant drive at 55-60. There might be an Autozone up there too and I need some detailing supplies for the car. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 25, 2022 06:55 AM (KAKDL)

99 For me, 2 strips of bacon, 1 egg scrambled in the bacon grease, and the egg on two slices of French bread. And 1/2 an English muffin w/ honey.

Well, heck! I didn't know Skip was taking requests. Hot diggity, I'll take a big old mess of sausage gravy over some sody biscuits. Lottsa pepper please. Oh, and a side of crispy bacon

Posted by: Common Tater at November 25, 2022 06:55 AM (O9tRg)

100 92 https://stream.org/you dont own your computer and your-local election commission-doesnt own theirs either but i do own mine
https://tinyurl.com/2rv6rj4k
Posted by: Skip at November 25, 2022 06:48 AM (xhxe

I wonder which of the eleventy jillion distros he's running.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, what may have had too much banana pudding yesterday at November 25, 2022 06:55 AM (PiwSw)

101 Anyway, yesterday's casino adventure. I took off with intent of an overnighter at a big operation north of here, but being cold and rainy, the knees started up. Went to one of the bigger area ones. The dealer was evidently a newbie, with The Guy in the Suit (the pit boss) hovering over her, making her nervous. And she was wearing a damn mask. Hard to understand her, and you want to see facial expression even on the grizzled vets. Played for an hour, went over to the travel center slot parlor, left there up $50, had a meal and went home.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 25, 2022 06:56 AM (lz5hY)

102 Militant atheist and Trump hater Sam Harris has deleted his Twitter account. What a shame! We all really need to hear from someone who hates Trump so much that he wouldn't have minded if dead bodies were found under Hunter Biden's floorboards. What a champion of free speech Mr. Harris is! /sarc:

https://tinyurl.com/3hdptbcp

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 25, 2022 06:56 AM (io/eI)

103 81- typo Meant "count your blessings"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 25, 2022 06:58 AM (io/eI)

104 Didn't Biden say he really needed a vacation, and was gonna try and squeeze one in. Not this Thanksgiving break, but a real one before, you know, the vacation all of DC takes for Christmas/ New Years. Boy, they all work so hard.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at November 25, 2022 07:02 AM (AXxfu)

105 Good morning! I'm enjoying a piece of pumpkin pie for breakfast. Put the tree up yesterday, half the damn lights quit working. So.. I have to brave the crowds today to find a new one.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at November 25, 2022 07:02 AM (nxdel)

106 @102

>>Militant atheist and Trump hater Sam Harris has deleted his Twitter account.

Never found the fascination with Harris, Dawkins or any of the other aggressive sudo-intellectual atheists.

They all have big-dadd/sky-daddy issues and don't really have anything interesting to say other than to proclaim said daddy issues.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 25, 2022 07:03 AM (up/3i)

107 Harris didn't even say dead bodies of people which is nab enough. He said "dead bodies of children"!!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 25, 2022 07:05 AM (io/eI)

108 yo wut sup

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 25, 2022 07:06 AM (BRHaw)

109 I'm an glad you were feeling well enough to put up the tree, Jewells.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 25, 2022 07:07 AM (io/eI)

110 Relaxing over coffee with a pipeful of Captain Black Original tobacco, mixed with a stronger blend from Cornell & Diehl. This is in my Stanwell straight pipe, the one with 2 gold bands that I call my "lieutenant's pipe." Wanted Dead or Alive has an ep I've seen before with James Coburn, McQueen's co-star in Magnificent Seven.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 25, 2022 07:07 AM (KAKDL)

111 Good morning everyone. Despite massive amounts of tryptophan, I still couldn't sleep past 5. Oh well, that's why God invented coffee.

Everyone else will be up soon and then it's pie for breakfast.

Posted by: bluebell at November 25, 2022 07:09 AM (pTb/Z)

112 I think Dawkins is slightly better than Harris. I don't recall him saying those kinds of things that Harris said about Trump and I think Dawkins now describes himself as an agnostic.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 25, 2022 07:10 AM (io/eI)

113 Researcher blaming injuries and deaths caused by vax on anti-vaxxers' hysteria.

https://tinyurl.com/27w9c722

That wasn't hard to see coming.

Posted by: Ordinary American at November 25, 2022 07:11 AM (H8QX8)

114 The two well-fed kittens are sprawled on the rug near my feet. They've done their early morning session of play and need to rest up for the late morning session of play.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 25, 2022 07:12 AM (KAKDL)

115 Covid-like virus is discovered lurking in bats in southern China - and scientists say it has the potential to jump to HUMANS

Another story to get people to think COVID did NOT come from a lab!

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 25, 2022 07:12 AM (BRHaw)

116 Fappotron?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 25, 2022 07:14 AM (dNqv+)

117 Gun shops should be busy this Black Friday after Retardo's latest words of wisdom.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 25, 2022 07:15 AM (lz5hY)

118
Researcher blaming injuries and deaths caused by vax on anti-vaxxers' hysteria.

Posted by: Ordinary American at November 25, 2022 07:11 AM

''Vasoconstriction caused by stress''. There's a little blue pill that opens those blood vessels up in 20 minutes more or less. Or so I've hard.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 25, 2022 07:15 AM (y3pKJ)

119
''Vasoconstriction caused by stress''. There's a little blue pill that opens those blood vessels up in 20 minutes more or less. Or so I've hard.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 25, 2022

***
Yeah, but if the effect lasts for four hours or more, you gotta call a doctor. (Still worth it)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 25, 2022 07:17 AM (KAKDL)

120 Thanks Fenelon. I actually felt pretty good yesterday. I did have to lay down once but I managed to get through the day. I did however go to bed at 8:45 lol!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at November 25, 2022 07:17 AM (nxdel)

121
There was a nurse over in the UK somewhere with covid. In a coma for 30 days. They gave her a 100 mg dose of Viagra and she came out of the coma the next day.

So many possible cures, but to even discuss is wrongthink.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 25, 2022 07:20 AM (y3pKJ)

122 I am glad you felt good, Jewells. I sometimes go to sleep at 8:45 and I'm not even dealing with cancer treatments. Prayers continue, dear.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 25, 2022 07:20 AM (io/eI)

123 Jewells, I'm glad you had a good day yesterday. Can you send someone else out to get the lights, or at least wait until tomorrow?

Posted by: bluebell at November 25, 2022 07:20 AM (pTb/Z)

124 117 Gun shops should be busy this Black Friday after Retardo's latest words of wisdom.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 25, 2022 07:15 AM (lz5hY)

I'm visiting mine.

Posted by: Ordinary American at November 25, 2022 07:22 AM (H8QX8)

125 Bluebell I have to get a new tree not just lights. I like the prelit trees, so much easier! I don't mind going. It's good for me to get out.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at November 25, 2022 07:24 AM (nxdel)

126 ''Vasoconstriction caused by stress''. There's a little blue pill that opens those blood vessels up in 20 minutes more or less. Or so I've hard.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 25, 2022 07:15 AM (y3pKJ)

Any good scotch'll do that!
-Montgomery Scott

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 25, 2022 07:25 AM (dNqv+)

127
My wife had some ailment in November of 2019 that gave her severe respiratory distress AND a huge jump in BP. I mixed up a low dose of viagra in a water bottle. She sipped it, took her BP, lathered, rinsed, repeated until it dropped. She had to do it for about a week.

My next door neighbor contracted covid, his BP soared, and he had an embolism that took his life.

But there's only one OFFICIAL remedy. Bullshit.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 25, 2022 07:25 AM (y3pKJ)

128 To get a tablet that is not infested with Google, I had to get a tablet that is infested with Amazon. Now I'm getting their BLACK FRIDAY IS HERE! crap.
Sometimes I hate technology. (sorry pixy).

Good morning hordelings!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 25, 2022 07:25 AM (Wy1BU)

129 mornin yall. Black Friday? That's the day I don't go anywhere except to hide in my shop. I'd rather pay more than risk my life supporting the Chinese economy.

Posted by: fd at November 25, 2022 07:26 AM (sn5EN)

130 78 I have all the faith in the world that Uncle Biden has carefully colluded with the rail union to bring on a damaging strike at Christmastime with a Republican congress.

Posted by: Erik In Texas at November 25, 2022 07:27 AM (qfVDK)

131 Strang story but WTF does the Admin of a big school have to do with a coffee spill?

https://tinyurl.com/wy7ysw82

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 25, 2022 07:27 AM (BRHaw)

132 @121

>>So many possible cures, but to even discuss is wrongthink.

The plandemic would have failed if there were therapeutic options to ameliorate the virus, and they also needed as many people to die as possible to sell the lie.

A very large cadre of people need to meet the business end of an industrial wood chipper.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 25, 2022 07:29 AM (up/3i)

133 I got a cheap tablet, disabled every Google thing I could find, and sideloaded Brave. It will come up and say so and so app won't work without Google Play (Do you want to enable Google Play?) but it works anyway.

Posted by: fd at November 25, 2022 07:29 AM (sn5EN)

134 https://tinyurl.com/2rv6rj4k
Posted by: Skip at November 25, 2022 06:48 AM

Skip, that is a real good, understandable article on computers and elections. Thanks

Posted by: clutch at November 25, 2022 07:30 AM (9UmRs)

135 Watched Died Suddenly yesterday, creepy stuff pulling fiber stuff out of bodies.

Posted by: Skip at November 25, 2022 07:31 AM (xhxe8)

136 A square of dark chocolate goes well with another cup of coffee.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 25, 2022 07:31 AM (KAKDL)

137 Even the Biden junta isn't stupid enough to play with fire ala assisting a rail strike. It gets to be Barter Town pretty quick if this happens.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at November 25, 2022 07:33 AM (oWBc3)

138 A square of dark chocolate goes well with
---------
Everything.

Posted by: bluebell at November 25, 2022 07:35 AM (pTb/Z)

139 Here's a story for you. A local businessman had his U-Haul truck stolen 6 months ago. He filed a police report and of course, nothing happened.

Yesterday he is watching a news report on TV about a 12 year old in the projects who got shot, and there is his truck in the background, sitting there in plain sight in the parking lot in front of the apartments.

Posted by: fd at November 25, 2022 07:35 AM (sn5EN)

140
The feminists turned Viagra into a dirty word, an almost 'date rape' type of drug. It's nothing of the kind. It simply replicates to a high degree the vasodilation of blood vessels that naturally occurs after eating certain foods like watermelon.

It's a wonder drug that works on both men and women. The 'side effect' is lowering blood pressure. Which is very good in proper dose.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 25, 2022 07:35 AM (y3pKJ)

141 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at November 25, 2022 07:36 AM (UqnOO)

142 O/T: WHY did this archive page pop up when I opened what was a still from yesterday recent tab?
I didn't even know there WAS an entry point to AoS archives.

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/030912.php

Posted by: Pascal at November 25, 2022 07:37 AM (fKmTO)

143 To work or not to work. My employer has left it up to me.

Posted by: Fool Otto at November 25, 2022 07:37 AM (DB16e)

144
I found online a great answer. "Yesterday I didn't do anything, but I didn't start until noon"
Posted by: Bruce at November 25, 2022 04:39 AM (vd8XM)

I have nothing to do and by the end of the day I haven't done half of it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 25, 2022 07:37 AM (MoZTd)

145 So anyway, the 12 year old that got shot was in a stolen car that got in a wreck when it was shot at by the owner who spotted the car and several passengers driving down the road.

Posted by: fd at November 25, 2022 07:38 AM (sn5EN)

146 Railroad strikes?
Gen X - welp, better stock up, just in case.
Millennial- don't be stupid, the stuff comes from a store, not a train.
Gen Z - I hope you die from the lack of your disgusting capitalism.

My millennial song yeh stocking up is a good idea
My gen z daughter where are we gonna put everything? Don't forget that the tampons!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 25, 2022 07:39 AM (Wy1BU)

147 144
I found online a great answer. "Yesterday I didn't do anything, but I didn't start until noon"
Posted by: Bruce at November 25, 2022 04:39 AM (vd8XM)

I have nothing to do and by the end of the day I haven't done half of it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 25, 2022 07:37 AM (MoZTd)

I do less by 8am than most people do all day.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 25, 2022 07:39 AM (dNqv+)

148 New rules will allow robots to kill people under the direction of the police.

A new San Francisco policy proposal includes guidance that lets police use robots as a “deadly force option” if they have no other choice.

Liberalism does not mean what it used to mean!

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 25, 2022 07:39 AM (BRHaw)

149 My birdbath isn't frozen.

Its cold out thar, and raining.

Posted by: JT at November 25, 2022 07:40 AM (T4tVD)

150 So that's why I don't do Black Friday. There are things in the city that want to kill you, and God help you if you fight back,

Posted by: fd at November 25, 2022 07:40 AM (sn5EN)

151 Have contended since first book I read on the Election, Deep Rig, computer hacking is a major problem in voting.
Said often downloaded the Pennsylvania voting tally on my little tablet and numbers just were too wrong to be correct.
You don't have subtraction on votes but saw it myself

Posted by: Skip at November 25, 2022 07:41 AM (xhxe8)

152 "My birdbath isn't frozen."

The antifreeze worked, huh?

Posted by: fd at November 25, 2022 07:41 AM (sn5EN)

153
My birdbath isn't frozen.

Its cold out thar, and raining.

Posted by: JT at November 25, 2022 07:40 AM

John shaved his mustache

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 25, 2022 07:41 AM (ENBF0)

154 Someone needed a laptop for a school kid here!

At WMT

6. HP 14″ Touch Chromebook, $179, original price: $299

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 25, 2022 07:43 AM (BRHaw)

155 I got a cheap tablet, disabled every Google thing I could find, and sideloaded Brave. It will come up and say so and so app won't work without Google Play (Do you want to enable Google Play?) but it works anyway.
Posted by: fd at November 25, 2022 07:29 AM (sn5EN)

Similar here with a cheap HP laptop. I get a daily message that there is a Microsoft account problem that needs fixing and that I need to login to use apps between this device and other devices. Except I don't use "apps" and I don't want to share them with other devices. FOAD MS bot.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 25, 2022 07:43 AM (4I/2K)

156 Sam Harris pushed the idea that we needed public intellectuals and he was just the guy to be that.

Turns out he was as much a dumbass as anyone else.

Posted by: blaster at November 25, 2022 07:44 AM (hEWkd)

157
You don't have subtraction on votes but saw it myself

Posted by: Skip at November 25, 2022 07:41 AM

Yeah, the infamous eight minutes in Pennsylvania where Trump lost 15,000 votes. Caught on video when broadcast real time.

But, "Shut up" they explained.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 25, 2022 07:45 AM (y3pKJ)

158 She's either the most brain dead politician or the most conniving bitch to ever walk the planet.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 25, 2022 05:45 AM (y3pKJ)

Saggy Boobs Rule!

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 25, 2022 07:45 AM (6FtXF)

159 Have contended since first book I read on the Election, Deep Rig, computer hacking is a major problem in voting.
Said often downloaded the Pennsylvania voting tally on my little tablet and numbers just were too wrong to be correct.
You don't have subtraction on votes but saw it myself
Posted by: Skip

I installed and maintained statewide election systems (both registration and tabulation) for ten years awhile back. The systems spit out garbage numbers if that's what the customer (the Secretary of State for the appropriate state) wants.

Thats what many customers want.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 25, 2022 07:45 AM (3u0d1)

160 Isaac Asimov is rolling in his grave

Posted by: Skip at November 25, 2022 07:46 AM (xhxe8)

161 A new San Francisco policy proposal includes guidance that lets police use robots as a “deadly force option” if they have no other choice.

Liberalism does not mean what it used to mean!
Posted by: rhennigantx at November 25, 2022 07:39 AM (BRHaw)

Excellent.

Posted by: Skynet at November 25, 2022 07:46 AM (hEWkd)

162 Militant atheist

See also "wet water" and "hot fire."

Posted by: NR Pax at November 25, 2022 07:47 AM (Z7Jj3)

163 WHY did this archive page pop up when I opened what was a still from yesterday recent tab?

IDK but I was laughing my ass off.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at November 25, 2022 07:48 AM (nxdel)

164 Dammit! We have run out of the mini chocolate frosted donuts that I usually have for breakfast. I was gonna sub in some pumpkin pie but NOOO! Hubbymayhem has taken issue with the plan. He recommended I eat a bowl of cereal instead.

I married a lunatic.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 25, 2022 07:48 AM (Wy1BU)

165 Militant atheist

See also "wet water" and "hot fire."
Posted by: NR Pax

"I DON'T BELIEVE AND YOU SHOULDN'T EITHER!!!"

Posted by: Tonypete at November 25, 2022 07:48 AM (3u0d1)

166 "A new San Francisco policy proposal includes guidance that lets police use robots as a “deadly force option” if they have no other choice."

Black Friday Special, Only One Dollar!

Posted by: Robocop at November 25, 2022 07:48 AM (oTZbj)

167 The reaction to Musk's takeover and anti-censorship policies on Twitter has been fascinating to watch. I think this is going to have a much bigger impact than predicted.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 25, 2022 07:48 AM (ZLI7S)

168 165
"I DON'T BELIEVE AND YOU SHOULDN'T EITHER!!!"
Posted by: Tonypete at November 25, 2022 07:48 AM (3u0d1)

"GOD IS NOT REAL AND I HATE HIM!!"

Posted by: NR Pax at November 25, 2022 07:49 AM (Z7Jj3)

169 FTX's Bankman-Fried Plans to Attend NYT DealBook Summit Despite Bankruptcy

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 25, 2022 07:49 AM (BRHaw)

170 160 Isaac Asimov is rolling in his grave
Posted by: Skip at November 25, 2022 07:46 AM (xhxe

The entire point of that story is that literal interpretation of directives can have unintended consequences. But that also, robots/computers are very literal things.

The problem with drones/robots is that they allow for a certain disconnection from the situation they are involved in. That can be good if it means the operator can not get caught up in the moment and do something tragic, but it also allows for widescale slaughter if that is what the operator wants.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 25, 2022 07:50 AM (dNqv+)

171 161 Cop controlled Rods from God would be a good deadly force option. Beats the hell out of that icky Glock.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 25, 2022 07:50 AM (lz5hY)

172 Isaac Asimov is rolling in his grave
Posted by: Skip

So he's not dead ?

Posted by: JT at November 25, 2022 07:50 AM (T4tVD)

173 Now some will claim (I'm looking at you, National Review et al.) that the people want "bipartisanship" and "getting along" and perhaps they do, perhaps they don't. It doesn't matter, because it's not what the Republic needs right now. This Republic desperately needs the scales rebalanced. As it is clear that we cannot get along with our fellow Americans on the Left as we have in the past, this new paradigm, the "fear factor," must be introduced or this country is finished as we know it. The GOP must proceed full speed ahead with impeachments, investigations, and subpoenas, whatever it takes to give the left a good taste of their own medicine.

Read the whole damn thing:

https://tinyurl.com/mtspu6m9

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 25, 2022 07:51 AM (BRHaw)

174 Posted by: JackStraw

It's hilarious! The guy is having too much fun.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 25, 2022 07:51 AM (Wy1BU)

175 Isaac Asimov is rolling in his grave
Posted by: Skip

So he's not dead ?
Posted by: JT

No, just mostly dead.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 25, 2022 07:51 AM (3u0d1)

176 72 I don't know why the EU is so up in arms
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at November 25, 2022 06:18 AM (EsEFH)

It's who they are.

Posted by: m at November 25, 2022 07:52 AM (0ixKl)

177
Militant atheist

See also "wet water" and "hot fire."
Posted by: NR Pax

There's a difference between an atheist and an anti-religious hate bigot like Harris.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 25, 2022 07:52 AM (MoZTd)

178
JJ

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 25, 2022 07:52 AM (MoZTd)

179 167 The reaction to Musk's takeover and anti-censorship policies on Twitter has been fascinating to watch. I think this is going to have a much bigger impact than predicted.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 25, 2022 07:48 AM (ZLI7S)

If They let him do it.

Posted by: m at November 25, 2022 07:52 AM (0ixKl)

180 J.J.'s up.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 25, 2022 07:53 AM (3u0d1)

181 Point of rolling in a grave is the dead person would be so upset by events all they could do is be unsettled

Posted by: Skip at November 25, 2022 07:53 AM (xhxe8)

182
He may be dead Jim but he votes every election.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 25, 2022 07:53 AM (y3pKJ)

183 "I DON'T BELIEVE AND YOU SHOULDN'T EITHER!!!"
Posted by: Tonypete at November 25, 2022 07:48 AM (3u0d1)

I argued with someone once: if all of this is a happy coincidence. That the right chemicals were in the right place at the right time. That they came together in just the right way to form life. Then that life just happened to come together to form new, more complex life. That that life achieved sentience and could think for itself and be able to understand the world around it. That it could then get to the point where it is asking the big questions about it's existence. That it could eventually create Bach and Michelangelo.

That is nothing short of a miracle. That makes life even more Sacred than if God did it. So why are you pro abortion? That is nihilistic as fuck.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 25, 2022 07:54 AM (dNqv+)

184 >>It's hilarious! The guy is having too much fun.

He is. But there is some interesting stuff happening as well.

The other day he announced that mission #1 is getting rid of child porn type accounts and all of a sudden a bunch of antifa related accounts went poof.

And tons of leftwing accounts are threatening to leave or doing it just because Musk is not continuing to censor conservatives and bringing some back who were wrongly banned. Leftists are shriveling up like the wicked witch when hit by water at the prospect of having to make their arguments without the aid of censorship.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 25, 2022 07:55 AM (ZLI7S)

185 Elon will do to the media what he is currently doing to GM. Push the until they collapse of their own weight.

Posted by: Garbone at November 25, 2022 07:59 AM (4f5T+)

186
The other day he announced that mission #1 is getting rid of child porn type accounts and all of a sudden a bunch of antifa related accounts went poof.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 25, 2022 07:55 AM

A person could string together some interesting conspiracy theories with that information. One of them being the lack of prosecution of the perps who burned and looted.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 25, 2022 08:04 AM (y3pKJ)

187 36
Not sure if this sort of suit has any de facto expiry on it the way trademarks do.

Interesting if the case goes forward. I've read that DOS 1.0 had the exact same first 20 O/S calls as CPM. The theory is that DOS was the thief.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 25, 2022 05:03 AM (y3pKJ)

That's 1980's conspiracy theories right there. That Gates is just a theif. DOS was stolen. Microsoft is actually his pet name for his dick... etc. etc...

Posted by: Reforger at November 25, 2022 08:14 AM (ulph7)

188
I didn't say Gates was a thief. He purchased the company after the theft had already occurred. Educate yourself on CPM and DOS and get back to me.

Intellectual property laws were pretty nonexistent in those early days.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 25, 2022 08:18 AM (y3pKJ)

189 Gates is a flabby man boobs having crook.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 25, 2022 09:06 AM (6FtXF)

190 Micro Focus missed a big opportunity when it declined to release a single-user version of COBOL around the same time that Visual Basic was released.

Posted by: DavidD at November 25, 2022 09:18 AM (nNVOy)

191 I get paid more than $85 every hour for working on the web. I found out about this activity 3 months prior and subsequent to joining this I have earned effectively $15k from this without having internet working abilities .

Copy underneath the site to check it.. Pr𝐨fit97.Com

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