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EMT 2/05/23

Happy Sunday!

Posted by: krakatoa at 06:00 AM




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1 Hi

Posted by: Ciampino - buying cars is now dangerous to your health at February 05, 2023 06:06 AM (qfLjt)

2 Good Morning Morons. Today is Sunday, February 5h2023.on this day in 1901 J. P. Morgan forms U.S. Steel, a $1 billion steel company, having bought some of John D. Rockefeller's iron mines and Andrew Carnegie's entire steel business

Posted by: vic/ at February 05, 2023 06:07 AM (sbuTN)

3 Border town’s only hospital ‘running out of resources’, on the brink of collapse caring for migrants


Most of the women are pregnant and want to get an instant US citizen. Congress needs to fix this crap but it will never happen.


https://tinyurl.com/4tx5etzp

Posted by: vic/ at February 05, 2023 06:07 AM (sbuTN)

4
More outrageous crap from Biden. He wants to reverse clemency decision by Trump. I did not know you could do that.


https://tinyurl.com/kkxhrwse

Posted by: vic/ at February 05, 2023 06:07 AM (sbuTN)

5 Chicago
This city will pay $422 million to run on 100% renewable energy by 2025: ‘A significant, long-term source of tax revenue’
https://is.gd/le39LQ

Ha Ha Ha Ha --- by 2025, LOL !!!
The city will be frozen by 2025. Now if they said IN THE YEAR 2525 .....

Posted by: Ciampino - frozen buns on Lakeshore Drive anyone? at February 05, 2023 06:08 AM (qfLjt)

6 Black pastor excoriates White people in the wake of Tyre Nichols death: They 'gonna bring you down!'



White people had nothing to do with Tyre Nichols death. It was 5 black officers who beat him.


https://tinyurl.com/yj69btd7

Posted by: vic/ at February 05, 2023 06:08 AM (sbuTN)

7 Political cartoons of the day


https://tinyurl.com/4jsc62wp

Posted by: vic/ at February 05, 2023 06:08 AM (sbuTN)

8
Ramirez


https://www.creators.com/read/michael-ramirez


Not much out there this morning.

Posted by: vic/ at February 05, 2023 06:09 AM (sbuTN)

9 6 Black pastor excoriates White people in the wake of Tyre Nichols death: They 'gonna bring you down!'

Posted by: vic/ at February 05, 2023 06:08 AM (sbuTN)
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Low intelligence 'pastor'. What 'church'? Like Jessie Jackson or that other NY fool Sharpton?

Posted by: Ciampino -- frozen buns on Lakeshore Drive anyone? at February 05, 2023 06:11 AM (qfLjt)

10 Good morning horde

Slacking today

Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2023 06:11 AM (xhxe8)

11 Now utube is full of triumphalism about shooting down the drone. *sigh*

Posted by: Aetius451AD, from the 50s at February 05, 2023 06:18 AM (CsVWE)

12 errr, Balloon. YKWIM.

Posted by: Aetius451AD, from the 50s at February 05, 2023 06:18 AM (CsVWE)

13 What an ungodly hour...

G'morning peeps!

Off to compete in a Powerlifting meet shortly, good thoughts and vibes deeply appreciated.

See ya later today...much later.

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at February 05, 2023 06:20 AM (CCSxw)

14 12 errr, Balloon. YKWIM.

Posted by: Aetius451AD, from the 50s at February 05, 2023 06:18 AM (CsVWE)
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I think yesterday we referred to it as the barroom.

Posted by: Ciampino --- frozen buns on Lakeshore Drive anyone? at February 05, 2023 06:20 AM (qfLjt)

15 G'mornin', folken across the globe! 'Tis 56 F. here, dampish but no rain expected, with a high of 67. Today should be the day to get the second third of the Buick (including the tough part, the roof) washed, clayed, polished, and waxed. Got to feed kittens, and me, and scoop up a few things at the grocery too.

I need a 4-day work week. No; I need to retire, buy a house, "live by the side of the road and be a friend to Man." (By "Man," of course, I mean attractive women.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2023 06:22 AM (omVj0)

16 What's balloon in Spanish - for the South American one.

Posted by: Ciampino - distinct taco appearance? at February 05, 2023 06:22 AM (qfLjt)

17 This week will be tough. Budget meetings, a doctor's appointment, running my tax info out to the H & R Block lady, and avoiding parades. Bah. Humbug.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2023 06:24 AM (omVj0)

18 17 This week will be tough. Budget meetings, a doctor's appointment, running my tax info out to the H & R Block lady, and avoiding parades. Bah. Humbug.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2023 06:24 AM (omVj0)
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Those all fall under First World Problems. Great for the thread.

Posted by: Ciampino - we have too many FWP - First is D.C. at February 05, 2023 06:27 AM (qfLjt)

19 mornin yall. First world problems? I painted that fjpkn trim for the bathroom yesterday and was then informed that it is not white enough. At least I haven't put it up yet. This time, Mrs fd is going to the store with me to make sure I get the RIGHT white.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2023 06:30 AM (iayUP)

20 Posted this on the wrong place in prior thread:

Rev. Galliard- as far as I can tell has no M.Div degree and never pastored a church before being the pastor of this mega church in Rocky Mount NC. He moved from being a businessman to being a Democrat Rep in the NC House of Reps to being a pastor, so he's bring his social justice act to the church. Usually it's the other way around-pastors in the AA churches sometimes go from actual pastoring to political life because they're already known in their communities so they have a base to draw on for votes.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2023 06:31 AM (BpifS)

21 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 05, 2023 06:31 AM (ju2Fy)

22 This city will pay $422 million to run on 100% renewable energy by 2025: ‘A significant, long-term source of tax revenue’

What they mean is the quickly evaporating pool of rate payers (as they move out to red states) will be stuck with paying over a half-billion annually in carbon credits. (because $422 million is Bravo Sierra)

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 05, 2023 06:33 AM (l7lsb)

23 Good morning all. Up before the doggies - what's with THAT?

Posted by: Rosasharn at February 05, 2023 06:33 AM (PzBTm)

24 Sharpton and Jackson also do not have ministerial training and have never pastored churches so 'Rev" is a courtesy title because they are activists who sometimes preach in churches..

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2023 06:33 AM (D+F6R)

25 More outrageous crap from Biden. He wants to reverse clemency decision by Trump. I did not know you could do that.

In a post Constitutional society that is run without rule of law, anything is possible.

The Biden junta and Deep State is an occupying hostile enemy force.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 05, 2023 06:36 AM (l7lsb)

26 Hot Coffee!!!...Fox one!!! F22 with a balloon sillhouette

Posted by: Qmark at February 05, 2023 06:37 AM (+t9Oi)

27 fd is trim installed already? Because what is white out in sunlight will take on other colors around it once installed

Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2023 06:38 AM (xhxe8)

28 I tuned on the TV and Thunderbirds is on. It's the one where the puppets save the world while smoking cigarettes and shooting down rogue baroons.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2023 06:39 AM (iayUP)

29 Now utube is full of triumphalism about shooting down the drone. *sigh*

Shooting a million dollar missile to take down a cheap balloon once it is over the ocean and a harm to no one.

I think this totally sum up the tactical and strategic ability of The Party Military.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 05, 2023 06:39 AM (l7lsb)

30 Mornin'
(sips coffee)

Posted by: Puddleglum at February 05, 2023 06:40 AM (sAmhv)

31
White people had nothing to do with Tyre Nichols death. It was 5 black officers who beat him.

Nah. I heard on radio yesterday they fired/or are gonna charge a white cop who was involved in the initial traffic stop. He used a taser on the perp. Who then ran away.

I knew it was only a matter of time before they had to throw some white guy under the bus.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 05, 2023 06:43 AM (enJYY)

32 "fd is trim installed already"

No. I cut and painted crown mold and chair rail yesterday. When I brought a piece in to get approval before installing is when the issue reared it's ugly off-white head.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2023 06:44 AM (iayUP)

33 24 Sharpton and Jackson also do not have ministerial training and have never pastored churches so 'Rev" is a courtesy title because they are activists who sometimes preach in churches..
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2023 06:33 AM (D+F6R)


Joel Osteen's "training" is in "Radio and Television Communications." One year at Oral Roberts.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 05, 2023 06:45 AM (PiwSw)

34 Sharpton and Jackson also do not have ministerial training and have never pastored churches so 'Rev" is a courtesy title because they are activists who sometimes preach in churches..

Fascinating inside look at how black churches are destroying the black family by Vince Everett Ellison in his book: "The Iron Triangle: Inside the Liberal Democrat Plan to Use Race to Divide Christians and America in their Quest for Power and How We Can Defeat Them"

As you can tell from the title, he is black, bold and on fire and spares nothing and uses rhetoric that can be at times over the top, but words that would get most others #canceled. He was brought up in the environment and has very good inside knowledge of what the black clergy are doing. Not pretty on Judgement Day for them.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 05, 2023 06:45 AM (l7lsb)

35 ...where apparently he excelled in a class entitled "Opening Jokes."

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 05, 2023 06:46 AM (PiwSw)

36 And during Black History month if one wanted to look at a man who really was a worthy pastor in contrast to Sharpton, ( and there are many of them )?we could look at Charles Albert Tindley, son of slaves who taught himself to read, was a janitor at a church in Philadelphia and got a degree in theology as a correspondence course and became the pastor at the church he had formerly been the janitor of. Several of his children died, his wife died on the day before they were to open a new, larger church and still he tried to be faithful to his calling as a pastor. He is the author of hymns including " Stand by me".

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2023 06:46 AM (+YvQf)

37 yo wut sup

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 05, 2023 06:48 AM (BRHaw)

38 33 24 Sharpton and Jackson also do not have ministerial training and have never pastored churches so 'Rev" is a courtesy title because they are activists who sometimes preach in churches..
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2023 06:33 AM (D+F6R)
Might as well call them Doctor.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 05, 2023 06:49 AM (gugbE)

39 What's balloon in Spanish - for the South American one.
Posted by: Ciampino - distinct taco appearance? at February 05, 2023 06:22 AM (qfLjt)

Bomba

Posted by: clutch at February 05, 2023 06:49 AM (9UmRs)

40 Joel Osteen's "training" is in "Radio and Television Communications." One year at Oral Roberts.

I used to be outspoken about the Osteen type Big Box churches as they are clearly false teachers, but they do serve a role in society. As long as any form of orthodox doctrine is brought up, the attendees of this weekly festival are at least not overtly hostile to Christianity, particularly the stereotypes of Christianity.

I would much rather have people believing in a plush-toy Genie Jesus and having a false piety than having them be totally apathetic or hostile to Christianity.

As a person who deeply believes in the Doctrines of Grace, its the Paraclete's business to open their eyes to the Truth - as God Wills.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 05, 2023 06:50 AM (l7lsb)

41 Boker Tov Patriots

Much warmer here in the North East today

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 05, 2023 06:52 AM (Irn0L)

42 I tuned on the TV and Thunderbirds is on. It's the one where the puppets save the world while smoking cigarettes and shooting down rogue baroons.
Posted by: fd at February 05, 2023


***
The model work is astonishing. It came along a little too late for me to enjoy it completely, but looking at it now, the design and execution is amazing. The human figures are not 100% -- but much of the show is great.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2023 06:53 AM (omVj0)

43 Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 05, 2023 06:45 AM (PiwSw)

I am not saying that you have to go to seminary to be a good pastor, but Sharpton and Jackson aren't .As far as Joel Osteen, I think his father may have been a pastor, but the prosperity gospel is not the gospel.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2023 06:53 AM (H8A7T)

44 What's balloon in Spanish - for the South American one.
Posted by: Ciampino - distinct taco appearance? at February 05, 2023
*
Bomba
Posted by: clutch at February 05, 2023


***
I thought that meant "fire truck"?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2023 06:53 AM (omVj0)

45 Jill Biden on Saturday praised her husband Joe Biden's decision to shoot down a Chinese balloon suspected of spying on America.

So incredibly stunning and brave. What a President.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2023 06:54 AM (iayUP)

46 China fumes after US pops its balloon, warns of possible ‘responses’ to ‘clear overreaction’

Yeah? FU and Blow me

We must cripple the Chicoms

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 05, 2023 06:55 AM (Irn0L)

47 The Holy Spirit can lead people to a deeper faith even in Osteen's church, so I agree with you, Rueben.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2023 06:55 AM (H8A7T)

48 Early breakfast for me: a scrambled egg and a small portion of ground meat sizzled up in the skillet, all seasoned with chili powder, paprika, salt, and with some shredded cheese. Perhaps I'll spread some honey on a slice of French bread too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2023 06:55 AM (omVj0)

49 hiya

Posted by: JT at February 05, 2023 06:56 AM (T4tVD)

50 When a kid watched Thunderbirds, the cigarette is funny now

Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2023 06:57 AM (xhxe8)

51 Time to recall our Ambassador from Communist China for "consultations"

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 05, 2023 06:58 AM (Irn0L)

52 39 What's balloon in Spanish - for the South American one.
Posted by: Ciampino - distinct taco appearance? at February 05, 2023 06:22 AM (qfLjt)

Bomba

Posted by: clutch at February 05, 2023 06:49 AM (9UmRs)
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That's the obummer translation in Austrian. I wanted the global one.

Posted by: Ciampino - globo eh! at February 05, 2023 06:58 AM (qfLjt)

53 Good morning all. Up before the doggies - what's with THAT?
Posted by: Rosasharn at February 05, 2023


***
Hullo, Rosasharn,

With cats that doesn't happen. Little Dagny the brown torbie Siberian was actually curled up against my back, and big black Stirling immediately threw himself into the crook of my arm so as to knead and nuzzle. Like Santa Claus in the song, they know when I'm sleeping and they know when I'm awake.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2023 06:58 AM (omVj0)

54 White people had nothing to do with Tyre Nichols death. It was 5 black officers who beat him.

I'm proud to be ignorant of the whole narrative on the Tyre Nichols thing.

Just like what is happening in Ukraine. When liars, manipulators and craven exploiters see something and filter it through their corrupt and depraved minds and then wrest the story even further, then pass it down a chain of similarly minded activists and perverts before it gets presented to the public either through blog, TV or other corporate media, the narrative is guaranteed to be completely different from the truth.

Why waste intellectual and emotional energy on content that is specifically designed to deceive you and prepare a path for sociopaths to gain more money, power and sex (with children)?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 05, 2023 07:00 AM (l7lsb)

55 time to recall our Ambassador from Communist China for "consultations" "consortations."
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 05, 2023 06:58 AM (Irn0L)
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FIFY

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 05, 2023 07:01 AM (gugbE)

56 Oh no, a NY school system served chicken and waffles on the first day of Black History month. And watermelon for dessert! I've never been so offended and outraged. People should be hanged. No, whipped, then hanged.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2023 07:01 AM (iayUP)

57 "Stand By Me" which pictures and lyrics:

https://tinyurl.com/mryj4hkv

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2023 07:01 AM (H8A7T)

58 Israeli company is introducing their 3D printed "plant meat" - the "future of food." Ingredients: Water, wheat protein, soy protein, potato protein, refined veg seed oils, corn starch, wheat starch, wheat flour, etc. I bet that smart dog of yours won't eat it!

https://is.gd/UuJPwy

Posted by: Ciampino - global crappola at February 05, 2023 07:02 AM (qfLjt)

59 The Holy Spirit can lead people to a deeper faith even in Osteen's church,

Exactly. People who attend there are often there for a reason. Occasionally it is because they heard about this Jesus fellow and Osteen has a pretty good marketing campaign.

I often thought that it would be effective if a Big Box minded corporation would partner with something like an Orthodox Presbyterian denomination and house the two very different entities on the same campus.

There could be the wide gate that leads to the Wham Bam Jesus Jam and a narrow door that leads to the solid preaching and teaching of the Word.

Have the two services start/stop about the same time and parties could agree to meet in the fellowship hall or coffee bar afterwards.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 05, 2023 07:04 AM (l7lsb)

60 Oh no, a NY school system served chicken and waffles on the first day of Black History month. And watermelon for dessert! I've never been so offended and outraged. People should be hanged. No, whipped, then hanged.
Posted by: fd at February 05, 2023 07:01 AM (iayUP)
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Watermelon in February? Well shut my mouth and call me cornpone!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 05, 2023 07:05 AM (gugbE)

61 the lefty press is falling all over itself to say Chinese spy balloons flew over the US when PDJT was in office but Biden, who is a real man and a great contrast to the orange Hitler, shot one down.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 05, 2023 07:05 AM (mZBka)

62 Sunrise. Going to be a beautiful day; bot too cold for me to go outside. Hoping it warms up enough to go to the 11:00 service.

As to false teachers: Psalm 37.

Posted by: Queequeg the Harpooner at February 05, 2023 07:05 AM (9X60i)

63
Oh no, a NY school system served chicken and waffles on the first day of Black History month. And watermelon for dessert! I've never been so offended and outraged. People should be hanged. No, whipped, then hanged.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2023 07:01 AM


That’s totally inappropriate. It’s lewd, lascivious, salacious, outrageous.

Posted by: Jackie Chiles at February 05, 2023 07:06 AM (enJYY)

64 I like meat based plants, like dogwood.

Posted by: Barky McDogeaterface at February 05, 2023 07:08 AM (iayUP)

65 Oh no, a NY school system served chicken...

I did wonder where the $1.5M in stolen chicken wings from the Chicago school system went to.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 05, 2023 07:08 AM (l7lsb)

66 the lefty press is falling all over itself to say Chinese spy balloons flew over the US when PDJT was in office but Biden, who is a real man and a great contrast to the orange Hitler, shot one down.

Yet another topic I am proudly ignorant of. (but not enough to prevent me from offering gratuitous snark)

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 05, 2023 07:10 AM (l7lsb)

67 61 the lefty press is falling all over itself to say Chinese spy balloons flew over the US when PDJT was in office but Biden, who is a real man and a great contrast to the orange Hitler, shot one down.
Posted by: Huck Follywood



They're lying, of course. Had that been true, the msm would have been screeching like banshees about it, just because of #BADORANGEMAN.

Posted by: Puddleglum at February 05, 2023 07:11 AM (sAmhv)

68 Once again, Our Betters act like the obvious solution is somehow arcane, ridiculous and unworkable... "Birthright citizenship" should only apply if the mother is on US soil legally.

Done. Wrap it up. Call it a day.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2023 07:12 AM (9UlRk)

69 67 61 the lefty press is falling all over itself to say Chinese spy balloons flew over the US when PDJT was in office but Biden, who is a real man and a great contrast to the orange Hitler, shot one down.
Posted by: Huck Follywood


They're lying, of course. Had that been true, the msm would have been screeching like banshees about it, just because of #BADORANGEMAN.

Posted by: Puddleglum at February 05, 2023 07:11 AM (sAmhv)
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Just ask that same press where are the articles they published at the time.

Posted by: Ciampino -- global crappola at February 05, 2023 07:13 AM (qfLjt)

70 52 39 What's balloon in Spanish - for the South American one.
Posted by: Ciampino - distinct taco appearance? at February 05, 2023 06:22 AM (qfLjt)

la trojana

Posted by: sofasaver at February 05, 2023 07:14 AM (us2H3)

71 Just ask that same press where are the articles they published at the time.
Posted by: Ciampino -- global crappola at February 05, 2023 07:13 AM (qfLjt)

Well they couldn't, you see, on account 'a the iron grip Orange Man had on the media....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2023 07:14 AM (9UlRk)

72 That’s totally inappropriate. It’s lewd, lascivious, salacious, outrageous.
Posted by: Jackie Chiles at February 05, 2023 07:06 AM (enJYY)

Your fly is open.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2023 07:15 AM (9UlRk)

73 Once again, Our Betters act like the obvious solution is somehow arcane, ridiculous and unworkable... "Birthright citizenship" should only apply if the mother is on US soil legally.

I believe that Our Betters are terrified at what the demographic consultants keep reporting in terms of nations where the birth rate has dropped below replacement levels. We are there, so importing warm bodies is their solution.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 05, 2023 07:16 AM (l7lsb)

74 It's official:
No global warming for 8 years and 5 months, per NASA satellite data.
That's no warming despite ~475 billion tons of CO2 emissions.
CO2 warming is the biggest scientific hoax of all time.

https://tinyurl.com/ytcbeauu

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 05, 2023 07:17 AM (BRHaw)

75 the 2024 Democrat primary schedule officially changed yesterday. Iowa and New Hampshire lost their first-in-the-nation places because they are both predominantly white. South Carolina is first, because 40% of African slaves migrated into the country through the port of Charleston. That's the cited reason.

Iowa and NH Democrats are sort of screwed, because state laws require they go first and the Democrat Party is now saying if they follow through they will be penalized with delegate cuts. Ah well, they'll sort something out I guess.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 05, 2023 07:18 AM (DT85R)

76 That’s totally inappropriate. It’s lewd, lascivious, salacious, outrageous.
Posted by: Jackie Chiles at February 05, 2023


***
I found out recently, probably here, that the actor who played Jackie Chiles is the son of Greg Morris of the original Mission: Impossible!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2023 07:18 AM (omVj0)

77 I feel like there's something inherently suspect about using the logic of Modern Monetary Theory as applied to human reproduction.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2023 07:19 AM (9UlRk)

78 72 That’s totally inappropriate. It’s lewd, lascivious, salacious, outrageous.
Posted by: Jackie Chiles at February 05, 2023 07:06 AM (enJYY)

Your fly is open.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2023 07:15 AM (9UlRk)
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Open Carry.

Posted by: Ciampino --- global crappola at February 05, 2023 07:19 AM (qfLjt)

79 “Our findings suggest that mask-wearing can shift from being a self-protection measure during the COVID-19 pandemic to a self-presentation tactic in the post-pandemic era,” the researchers conclude.

So it is Kabuki Theatre!

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 05, 2023 07:19 AM (BRHaw)

80 Iowa and NH Democrats are sort of screwed, because state laws require they go first and the Democrat Party is now saying if they follow through they will be penalized with delegate cuts. Ah well, they'll sort something out I guess.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 05, 2023 07:18 AM (DT85R)

Maybe we can eventually quit burning corn in leased 80k SUVs to drive children to game where they do not keep scores.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 05, 2023 07:21 AM (BRHaw)

81 “Our findings suggest that mask-wearing can shift from being a self-protection measure during the COVID-19 pandemic to a self-presentation tactic in the post-pandemic era,” the researchers conclude.

So it is Kabuki Theatre!
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 05, 2023


***
My clerk at the grocery last night was wearing a black face diaper. I try to make it a point not to use a checkout counter where the staffer is muzzled -- same at the library -- but sometimes you have no other choice.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2023 07:21 AM (omVj0)

82 As a person who deeply believes in the Doctrines of Grace, its the Paraclete's business to open their eyes to the Truth - as God Wills.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 05, 2023 06:50 AM (l7lsb)

I recommend this very short book to you:

https://is.gd/8V4IEo

TL ; DR " Grace without truth deceives people, and ceases to be grace. Truth without grace crushes people, and ceases to be truth."

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 05, 2023 07:22 AM (PiwSw)

83 name field test

Posted by: If we had signed, we would have opened our borders and killed our own manufacturers - Ukraine, 2013 at February 05, 2023 07:22 AM (XTk1T)

84 They're lying, of course. Had that been true, the msm would have been screeching like banshees about it, just because of #BADORANGEMAN.

Its interesting when the enemedia heard "happened before", without evidence they immediately eisegete that it happened during Trump's time. Once that fiction settled in and is now considered settled Truth™ they then totally excuse the junta for which we know with absolute certainty that the incursion occurred while simulatenously screaching about imagined occasions - never asking themselves if "happened before" may just be the previous two years.

Ask General Milley, he is the Western office and liaison for the Chinese military.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 05, 2023 07:22 AM (l7lsb)

85 Ask General Milley, he is the Western office and liaison for the Chinese military.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 05, 2023 07:22 AM (l7lsb)

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE HE'S GETTING KINDA FAT THESE DAYS

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at February 05, 2023 07:23 AM (9UlRk)

86 Morning Vic >>>>>> Morning Joe

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 05, 2023 07:24 AM (XlE1Z)

87 This balloon business reveals, as if we didn't already have enough proof, Joe Biden and his generals as the worst sort of cowards - acting after the damage is done and then claiming some sort of heroic bravery. Its like a man who lets his wife get beaten up and only acts when the perps have already walked away. Cowards, devoid of virtue.

Posted by: Erik In Texas at February 05, 2023 07:24 AM (SvtOj)

88 The prolonged, televised tea-bagging of the United States

Posted by: If we had signed, we would have opened our borders and killed our own manufacturers - Ukraine, 2013 at February 05, 2023 07:26 AM (XTk1T)

89 Another thing about it happening during the BADORANGEMAN years. Not only would the msm have been screeching like banshees about it, but the Deep State would also have leaked it to them. So yes, they're lying, badly.

Posted by: Puddleglum at February 05, 2023 07:26 AM (sAmhv)

90 TL ; DR " Grace without truth deceives people, and ceases to be grace. Truth without grace crushes people, and ceases to be truth."

I spent the 1990s wrestling with the so-called paradox of Grace vs Free Will. The short version is that the protagonists for the Paradox view water down Grace, Truth and Sovereignty of God.

If you were to read books from the age of Owen and Edwards, there was a remarkable devotion to the absolute sovereignty of God, making no room for man to veto God's will or for God to pine for man's approval.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 05, 2023 07:26 AM (l7lsb)

91 I think the PRC is clever here. Don't waste time and money on fancy spyplanes and satellites. Just float a couple balloons over and watch as the idiot clown dildoes make fools of themselves.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2023 07:26 AM (9UlRk)

92 'The Magpie" by Claude Monet

a good entry for tomorrow's art thread

Posted by: sofasaver at February 05, 2023 07:27 AM (us2H3)

93 Good morning! I see some jet jockey outta Langley has a air to air kill... ;-)

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 05, 2023 07:28 AM (+2RzF)

94 This balloon business reveals, as if we didn't already have enough proof, Joe Biden and his generals as the worst sort of cowards - acting after the damage is done and then claiming some sort of heroic bravery


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But they might have intercepted radio signals!!!

Posted by: If we had signed, we would have opened our borders and killed our own manufacturers - Ukraine, 2013 at February 05, 2023 07:28 AM (XTk1T)

95 How about starting off your week with a good cackle?

https://youtu.be/THe1JWz38rM

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 05, 2023 07:29 AM (gugbE)

96 I saw Idiot Clown Dildoes open for Steely Dan at the Whiskey in '82.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 05, 2023 07:29 AM (XlE1Z)

97 91 As if setting up a purposeful demonstration of impotence? Certainly not from the likes of Mark Milley in his Greatest Generation skin suit.

Posted by: Erik In Texas at February 05, 2023 07:31 AM (SvtOj)

98 92 'The Magpie" by Claude Monet

a good entry for tomorrow's art thread

Posted by: sofasaver at February 05, 2023 07:27 AM (us2H3)
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Do you have a leesonce to shaw that peinture Monsieur?

Posted by: Ciampino - nothing escapes Clouseau at February 05, 2023 07:31 AM (qfLjt)

99 Reality competes with the Babylon Bee far too often these days.

The woolly mammoth's de-extinction process now employs 40 scientists in three labs and has successfully sequenced high-quality reference genomes for African and Asian elephants in the hopes of fusing elephant DNA with mammoth DNA that has been frozen in ice for centuries.

For the thylacine tiger, commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger, 30 scientists are now a part of the resurrection, which have successfully established conservation and genomic preservation capabilities in all marsupials. "The work is massively accelerated and currently ahead of our internal schedules," said Andrew Pask, Colossal Scientific Advisory Board member and Thylacine lead.


https://tinyurl.com/yc57kcwa

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 05, 2023 07:31 AM (DT85R)

100 As if setting up a purposeful demonstration of impotence? Certainly not from the likes of Mark Milley in his Greatest Generation skin suit.
Posted by: Erik In Texas at February 05, 2023 07:31 AM (SvtOj)
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Gives a whole new meaning to the term "fruit salad".

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 05, 2023 07:32 AM (XlE1Z)

101 Anyone remember when a Russsian spy ship came down the coast of the US - but well in international waters - and they said oh why are the Russians emboldened to do this now Trump is President?

Posted by: blaster at February 05, 2023 07:32 AM (pwExq)

102 Do you have a leesonce to shaw that peinture Monsieur?
Posted by: Ciampino - nothing escapes Clouseau at February 05, 2023 07:31 AM (qfLjt)
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From the blahnd mahn and his minkey.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 05, 2023 07:33 AM (XlE1Z)

103 This balloon business reveals, as if we didn't already have enough proof, Joe Biden and his generals as the worst sort of cowards - acting after the damage is done and then claiming some sort of heroic bravery.

I'm not going to pretend to be able to sort this out. With a fully infiltrated media, academia, government and industry by Chicoms and their agents, with satellite abilities and an overall generosity of the Deep State IC and the Party Military to provide the Chinese anything they want, the fickleness of wind patterns, and a host of other head scratchers, I have no idea, other than reputational, is the "damage" performed.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 05, 2023 07:33 AM (l7lsb)

104 93 Good morning! I see some jet jockey outta Langley has a air to air kill... ;-)

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 05, 2023 07:28 AM (+2RzF)
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Is he going to paint a balloon on his plane?
Wait .... I'm assuming gender here, it may have been a brave POC of the 'may get pregnant' genotype.

Posted by: Ciampino -- nothing escapes Clouseau at February 05, 2023 07:34 AM (qfLjt)

105 My opinion of the Balloon fiasco is shows to me Sundowner and others are beholden to their Chinese paymasters.
What they paid The Biden Crime Family has be repaid 10 fold.

Keep writing name something or action Sundowner has done against China?
That Spy Balloon had to be sending data in real time back to its base, no way were they going to store then recover it for sure.

Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2023 07:35 AM (xhxe8)

106 The best thing about South Carolina being first in the Dem primary season is the drama will be over from the jump. Once the Clyburn constituency and the Yankee locust coastals there agree, it's done.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at February 05, 2023 07:35 AM (oWBc3)

107 making no room for man to veto God's will or for God to pine for man's approval.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 05, 2023 07:26 AM (l7lsb)

God's Will is for us to have will too. If He wanted a perfect terrarium in a glass dome with everything exactly where He placed it, He wouldn't have created something as absurd as Humans. And a father who doesn't to some degree desire the freely given love of his children isn't worthy of the name. A father who beats his children into submission and treats them like livestock is a terrible father. I think what gets called a paradox is nothing of the sort. Everything sucks because we're just shitty children. Sometimes if you're lucky, shitty children grow out of it and realize how great their parents actually had been all their lives.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2023 07:35 AM (9UlRk)

108 Morning Mouth Breathers

Posted by: weirdflunky at February 05, 2023 07:36 AM (cknjq)

109 The spy balloon seems sort of pricey to me, why don't they use spy pigeons and dolphins like Israel does?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at February 05, 2023 07:36 AM (WNfWI)

110 @88, bravo - so true.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at February 05, 2023 07:37 AM (oWBc3)

111 Ciampino I hate to try and imagine what my ancestors at FF are like.

Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2023 07:37 AM (xhxe8)

112 The best thing about South Carolina being first in the Dem primary season is the drama will be over from the jump. Once the Clyburn constituency and the Yankee locust coastals there agree, it's done.
Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at February 05, 2023 07:35 AM (oWBc3)

Well if you ain't voting for biden, You ain't black

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 05, 2023 07:37 AM (Irn0L)

113 Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 05, 2023 07:31 AM (DT85R)

Soooo...Jurrasic Ice Age Park? Are they gonna resurrect Raquel Welch too?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 05, 2023 07:38 AM (+2RzF)

114 I spent the 1990s wrestling with the so-called paradox of Grace vs Free Will. The short version is that the protagonists for the Paradox view water down Grace, Truth and Sovereignty of God.

If you were to read books from the age of Owen and Edwards, there was a remarkable devotion to the absolute sovereignty of God, making no room for man to veto God's will or for God to pine for man's approval.
Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 05, 2023 07:26 AM (l7lsb)

I'm not sure I understand this argument. Grace Alone? That's it? You are the Elect, it doesn't matter where you go, who you listen to (or not)?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 05, 2023 07:38 AM (PiwSw)

115 Well if you ain't voting for biden, You ain't black
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 05, 2023 07:37 AM (Irn0L)

*looks at opalescent noodly forearms*

Well son of a bitch. Stopped clocks, eh?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 05, 2023 07:39 AM (9UlRk)

116 Who knew that Ken Follet's "NEVER" was prophetic?

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at February 05, 2023 07:39 AM (nFV+K)

117 Good morning again dear morons and thanks for VNN

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2023 07:39 AM (EZebt)

118 G'mornin' everyone!

Also worth noting that the gummint was careful to shoot down the balloon over the ocean so that the wreckage will be lost and we will never know what was truly up with the whole sorry-ass clown show.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at February 05, 2023 07:41 AM (XzIdt)

119 Ha. Babylon Bee says the Chinese spy balloon was shot down after getting too close to Ukraine.

Posted by: Without Ashli Babbitt it's just people walking respectfully between velvet ropes at February 05, 2023 07:41 AM (vuQMF)

120 Actually when I was there the First Fighter group wasn't in charge of covering the region. There was a stand alone fighter squadron at Langley that was the on call. My old crew chief from England was in that squadron when I was there.
Ralph was damn near 7 foot and quite a funny guy

Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2023 07:41 AM (xhxe8)

121 VICE IS SMOKIG XOME GOOD CRACK

From the outside looking in, her near six-year leadership appeared almost beyond critique. Ardern, who enjoys immense popularity on the world stage, is seen by many around the globe as a shining star of progressive politics, a compassionate leader who commentators have praised as an antithesis to Donald Trump, a role model for Joe Biden, and a candidate for “the most effective leader on the planet.”

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 05, 2023 07:41 AM (BRHaw)

122 Morning peeps.

It occurs to me that private US citizens with radio controlled toy drones have less freedom to operate than the CCP does over US airspace.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 05, 2023 07:42 AM (Q4IgG)

123
The job numbers report was kinda interesting because credit card debt is at an all-time high and a buncha people are at their debt limit. So they went and found a McJob in the service industry.

Good job, Joe. Now, end the moratorium on repayment of student loan debt and get more people back to work. Those beds aren't gonna change themselves.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 05, 2023 07:42 AM (enJYY)

124 And if you're a Christian pastor like "Rev" Galliard in Rocky Mount, NJ who seems to engaging in racial division he is not in harmony with Colossians 3 :11 which says

"In that renewal in Christ, there is no longer Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all in all!"






Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2023 07:42 AM (vHt2Q)

125 God's Will is for us to have will too.

You are conflating the decision to eat toast or bacon for breakfast and choosing righteousness over evil.

The Scriptures speak of "slaves to sin" and "spiritually dead". Slaves just don't bring themselves to life and wander off the plantation and come and go as they please.

There is also "No one seeks after God" in both the NT and OT. There are whole passages on the Gospel is hidden to all and is revealed only by the Paraclete, the Gospel is a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Greeks.

This is all language that confirms depravity (which is watered down in a Free Will soteriology). It also confirms the Potter's Freedom (also a OT/NT teaching)

Westerners hate God's Sovereignty because our culture demands that we are behind the steering wheel in our lives, we must be the authors of our story, and we are autonomous. So accepting that the Creator is the author of our faith is against Western popular culture.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 05, 2023 07:42 AM (l7lsb)

126 "Why waste intellectual and emotional energy on content that is specifically designed to deceive you and prepare a path for sociopaths to gain more money, power and sex (with children)?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 05, 2023 07:00 AM (l7lsb) "

A - men!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at February 05, 2023 07:43 AM (XzIdt)

127 I thought the part where they let the citizens know there was nothing they would or could do about it was the best part. That balloon was seen by tens of millions of people. Imagine the psychological effect on them.

Posted by: Without Ashli Babbitt it's just people walking respectfully between velvet ropes at February 05, 2023 07:43 AM (vuQMF)

128 Good morning all! Happy Sunday!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 05, 2023 07:44 AM (nxdel)

129 111 Ciampino I hate to try and imagine what my ancestors at FF are like.

Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2023 07:37 AM (xhxe
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Sorry long night, I don't get that. What is FF?

Posted by: Ciampino -- nothing escapes Clouseau at February 05, 2023 07:45 AM (qfLjt)

130 Also worth noting that the gummint was careful to shoot down the balloon over the ocean so that the wreckage will be lost and we will never know what was truly up with the whole sorry-ass clown show.

Out of curiosity, other than Elon Musk, who would have been able to retrieve the balloon and its gear intact once it got over the Atlantic?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 05, 2023 07:45 AM (l7lsb)

131 Maybe the balloon trash will wash ashore with the next batch of dead whales.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 05, 2023 07:47 AM (lz5hY)

132 Hi, Jewells

How did your meeting with the Dr. go?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2023 07:47 AM (D+F6R)

133 130 Also worth noting that the gummint was careful to shoot down the balloon over the ocean so that the wreckage will be lost and we will never know what was truly up with the whole sorry-ass clown show.

Out of curiosity, other than Elon Musk, who would have been able to retrieve the balloon and its gear intact once it got over the Atlantic?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 05, 2023 07:45 AM (l7lsb)
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The Air Force used to pluck stuff out of the air in the old days.

Posted by: Ciampino --- nothing escapes Clouseau at February 05, 2023 07:48 AM (qfLjt)

134 121 VICE IS SMOKIG XOME GOOD CRACK

From the outside looking in, her near six-year leadership appeared almost beyond critique. Ardern, who enjoys immense popularity on the world stage, is seen by many around the globe as a shining star of progressive politics, a compassionate leader who commentators have praised as an antithesis to Donald Trump, a role model for Joe Biden, and a candidate for “the most effective leader on the planet.”
Posted by: rhennigantx



Is that the fascist Karen PM who ruled New Zealand?

Posted by: Puddleglum at February 05, 2023 07:48 AM (sAmhv)

135 Went to Sams yesterday to pick up some stuff and they had their entire beef coolers at 33% off due to the ice storm we had earlier this week. I picked up some nice chuck roasts and a bunch of boneless rib eye steaks. We normally don't buy rib eyes because they are $15 a pound. Saved $25 over regular prices enough for me to pick up a two pack of spare ribs.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 05, 2023 07:48 AM (uNylN)

136 Even as inept as I believe or government to be, the ballon gear section is likely already at Langley.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at February 05, 2023 07:49 AM (oWBc3)

137 China is a "shame" culture and what the CCP has done has caused the U.S. to "lose face."

Among many Asians this balloon fiasco is seen as a very significant diminishing of our standing in the world.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2023 07:49 AM (EZebt)

138 Looks like the Biden Administration was late on a balloon payment to China for all the US land China now owns.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at February 05, 2023 07:49 AM (DsA2n)

139 133 I was watching a show about the Corona satellite program last night. Had film of the Air Force grabbing the film canisters in flight.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 05, 2023 07:49 AM (lz5hY)

140 Went to Sams yesterday to pick up some stuff and they had their entire beef coolers at 33% off due to the ice storm we had earlier this week. I picked up some nice chuck roasts and a bunch of boneless rib eye steaks. We normally don't buy rib eyes because they are $15 a pound. Saved $25 over regular prices enough for me to pick up a two pack of spare ribs.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 05, 2023


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Last night my local chain had a .99 sale: lettuce, a 3-lb. bag of russet potatoes, other things.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2023 07:50 AM (omVj0)

141 131 Maybe the balloon trash will wash ashore with the next batch of dead whales.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 05, 2023 07:47 AM (lz5hY)
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O goody, more Gelignite explosions and blubber rain.

Posted by: Ciampino - nothing escapes Inspector Clouseau at February 05, 2023 07:50 AM (qfLjt)

142 Off to change and out to wash and wax the car. I hope to be back later for the Book Thread!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2023 07:50 AM (omVj0)

143 "Carefully shaped" - A Christian devotional from the"Upper Room".

https://tinyurl.com/276b49jx

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2023 07:51 AM (2ZrUG)

144 Even as inept as I believe or government to be, the ballon gear section is likely already at Langley.
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Post 2020, I'm going with "on its way back to Beijing, unmolested, per the agreement"

Posted by: Without Ashli Babbitt it's just people walking respectfully between velvet ropes at February 05, 2023 07:51 AM (vuQMF)

145 Redstate says new NC Supreme Court is "reconsidering" opinions rushed out in December, especially one trying to overturn Congressional district maps, and Democrats are mad as hell. Democrats claim they legislated from the bench fair and square and the new court has no right to review those "decisions".

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 05, 2023 07:52 AM (mZBka)

146 There was a little piece on the news stating the FBI is involved in balloon wreckage recovery, and components may be sent to their labs in Quantico. What can't they do?

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 05, 2023 07:52 AM (lz5hY)

147 Need to remake the movie Up with Joey and the balloon.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 05, 2023 07:53 AM (N72/9)

148 FF is the tail call letters for First Fighter group at Langley
I was in 27th fighter squadron, with two others

Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2023 07:53 AM (xhxe8)

149 The job numbers report was kinda interesting because credit card debt is at an all-time high and a buncha people are at their debt limit. So they went and found a McJob in the service industry.

Good job, Joe. Now, end the moratorium on repayment of student loan debt and get more people back to work. Those beds aren't gonna change themselves.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 05, 2023 07:42 AM


I am certainly seeing that around here, especially with the elderly. A whole bunch of people working at McDonald's and Walmart that are working there because they have to, not because they want to.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 05, 2023 07:53 AM (uNylN)

150 Reports are that the Chinese balloon went down in only 47 feet of water... well within reach. Yet, expect recovery to take months, cost 10's of millions of dollars and net some rusty solar panels and a battery with no intelligence value.

I would expect more of these "surveillance balloons" to be sighted over US territory. The Chinese seem to have faith in these contraptions that they can perform worthwhile intelligence gathering. They've been using them for some time and this is not the first time. Give it a few months and it will be "routine" and nothing to worry about.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 05, 2023 07:53 AM (Q4IgG)

151 There was a little piece on the news stating the FBI is involved in balloon wreckage recovery, and components may be sent to their labs in Quantico. What can't they do?

Solve actual crimes

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 05, 2023 07:54 AM (l7lsb)

152 Is that the fascist Karen PM who ruled New Zealand

They obviously are on the outside looking in because she resigned before she was booted out. Outside progressives may love her. The non progressives of New Zealand didn't. Compassionate?!! She locked down her country, put people in camps I believe, and had pastors arrested.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2023 07:54 AM (D+F6R)

153 Also worth noting that the gummint was careful to shoot down the balloon over the ocean so that the wreckage will be lost and we will never know what was truly up with the whole sorry-ass clown show.

Out of curiosity, other than Elon Musk, who would have been able to retrieve the balloon and its gear intact once it got over the Atlantic?

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 05, 2023 07:45 AM


The Navy. They have deep sea recovery stuff all up and down the East and West Coast.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 05, 2023 07:55 AM (uNylN)

154 Interesting. I hadn't considered that the FBI would have been part of the balloon planning and execution. Makes sense, though.

Posted by: Without Ashli Babbitt it's just people walking respectfully between velvet ropes at February 05, 2023 07:55 AM (vuQMF)

155 146 There was a little piece on the news stating the FBI is involved in balloon wreckage recovery, and components may be sent to their labs in Quantico. What can't they do?

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 05, 2023 07:52 AM (lz5hY)
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Well their lab(s) managed to screw up or falsify 'evidence' and manufacture 'facts' out of whole cloth.
People spent years in the pen on that evidence and some even died there. Then there's that whole 'we don't record our interrogations .......

Posted by: Ciampino -- nothing escapes Inspector Clouseau at February 05, 2023 07:57 AM (qfLjt)

156 Without Ashli Babbitt it's just people walking respectfully between velvet ropes

Never say the agency that is really interested. The FBI is a cover story.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at February 05, 2023 07:57 AM (u82oZ)

157 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at February 05, 2023 07:58 AM (u82oZ)

158 Good morning Hordelings!

Posted by: Doof at February 05, 2023 07:58 AM (yUjc0)

159 @46

>>We must cripple the Chicoms

It's kinda hard to cripple a country that supplies most of your sh*t.

Harder still when the President and most of your government and corporations are owned by that country.

The Chinese Balloons are tea bagging on a foreign policy scale.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 05, 2023 07:58 AM (up/3i)

160 Dementia Joe starts yelling again, and then forgets what he's talking about. The Junta should not let him talk in public.


https://tinyurl.com/544zzpwa

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 05, 2023 07:58 AM (DT85R)

161 Thank you for the news and cartoon links, Vic. Much appreciated. And I hope you are coping.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at February 05, 2023 07:59 AM (u82oZ)

162 "The Lord foils the plans of the nations;
he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.
But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever,
the purposes of his heart through all generations."

Psalm 33:10-11

Posted by: Marcus T at February 05, 2023 07:59 AM (M5z+9)

163 " I was watching a show about the Corona satellite program last night. Had film of the Air Force grabbing the film canisters in flight."

That's what my dad did when we lived in Hawaii in the late 60s. Later we moved to Edwards for some secret stuff doing the same kind of thing. For a long time we had one of the practice capsules in our garage.
He also did ground recoveries, like in the movie "The Green Berets". They would fly over and snatch up a balloon attached to a guy in a harness on the ground and reel him into the back of a C-130.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2023 07:59 AM (iayUP)

164 155 Don't forget that it's just fine to fill out those 302s in pencil, and have one of those giant I Only Make Big "Misteaks" novelty erasers to clean things up.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 05, 2023 07:59 AM (lz5hY)

165 Looks like the Biden Administration was late on a balloon payment to China for all the US land China now owns.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at February 05, 2023 07:49 AM (DsA2n)


*rim shot*

Posted by: Doof at February 05, 2023 07:59 AM (yUjc0)

166 Doof!

Where are you today? Someplace warm?

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at February 05, 2023 08:00 AM (u82oZ)

167 Fenelon I don't see the doctor until Friday when I get my next infusion. I had the CT scan Friday.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 05, 2023 08:00 AM (nxdel)

168 12 errr, Balloon. YKWIM.
Posted by: Aetius451AD, from the 50s at February 05, 2023 06:18 AM (CsVWE)

WKWYM.

Posted by: m at February 05, 2023 08:00 AM (4VwiF)

169 The FBI are quite a busy group

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2023 08:00 AM (EZebt)

170 For history buffs
MoH Frank " balloon buster" Luke was in the 27th in WWI
Luke AFB is named in his honor

Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2023 08:00 AM (ipK3N)

171 148 FF is the tail call letters for First Fighter group at Langley
I was in 27th fighter squadron, with two others

Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2023 07:53 AM (xhxe
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I envy you for that. My Dad flew during WW2 and I wanted to go Air Force but my Mum said absolutely not, she had enough worries when my Dad was a flier. By the time I got part way into high school I had been bitten by the Chemistry bug and that settled it.

Posted by: Ciampino --- nothing escapes Inspector Clouseau at February 05, 2023 08:01 AM (qfLjt)

172 Dementia Joe starts yelling again, and then forgets what he's talking about. The Junta should not let him talk in public.


https://tinyurl.com/544zzpwa
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 05, 2023 07:58 AM (DT85R)
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There is a reason they are parading him out there.

They are "paying out rope."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2023 08:02 AM (EZebt)

173 Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 05, 2023 08:00 AM (nxdel)

I apologize for my confusion.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2023 08:02 AM (fjoxH)

174 Princeton’s criminal justice-inspired Honor Code hurts FLI students

https://tinyurl.com/7m2332vj

So if you are wondering where and how social justice and wokeness will take you review the above. Instead of a set of rules for civilized people, it will be cutouts, lawlessness, and low expectations.

These people will never become high-trust citizens that can live and control their own lives and actions but instead groups that will demand (and receive) control from centralized government.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 05, 2023 08:02 AM (BRHaw)

175 Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 05, 2023 07:58 AM (DT85R)

Is that where he says half of the women in his administration are women?

Posted by: dantesed at February 05, 2023 08:02 AM (88xKn)

176 No apology needed Fenelon. I even get confused lol!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 05, 2023 08:03 AM (nxdel)

177 Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at February 05, 2023 07:57 AM (u82oZ

I'm happy. We are having Holy Communion today. I am always glad about that!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 05, 2023 08:04 AM (fjoxH)

178
When I was at Lowe's yesterday, with the exception of one early 20's girl it was all people either very close to retirement age or a decade past.

Our cashier (female) was easily 75 years old. She got a cramp in her hand while using the scanner.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 05, 2023 08:06 AM (enJYY)

179 Also worth noting that the gummint was careful to shoot down the balloon over the ocean so that the wreckage will be lost and we will never know what was truly up with the whole sorry-ass clown show.

It's in 47 feet of water.

Posted by: Bert G at February 05, 2023 08:06 AM (aCgRi)

180 Good Lord did you hear about that loony woman sending letters to Kohbeger? What the hell???

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 05, 2023 08:06 AM (nxdel)

181 Is that where he says half of the women in his administration are women?
Posted by: dantesed at February 05, 2023 08:02 AM (88xKn)
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Sorry, I don't speak "Joe" so, other than lame self-promotion, I'm not sure what he's saying.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 05, 2023 08:07 AM (DT85R)

182 Hey! Over half the women in my administration are men.
No joke.

Posted by: Joe Biteum at February 05, 2023 08:11 AM (iayUP)

183 Girls will be boys and boys will be girls
It's a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world
Except for Lola
Lo-Lo-Lo-Lo-Lola

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 05, 2023 08:12 AM (BRHaw)

184
Some guy standing right behind Ashli Babbitt got two years probation. Lightest sentence I've seen so far. Fed?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 05, 2023 08:12 AM (enJYY)

185 {{{jewells45 fuck cancer}}}

It is a story as old as the human race.

A person thinks that the power of their love can change another person. Sometimes it works. We have seen a good woman help Insomniac, right here.

But it usually does not work. There is sadness in the situation. Not sure I can blame Hallmark Movies for the modern reiteration of this theme. But popular culture does reinforce it.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at February 05, 2023 08:13 AM (u82oZ)

186 I'm afraid that the practical effect of denying free will, is that an individual either smugly feels saved being sure that whatever is done must be God's will, or give up and live worldly lives, because what is the use. There are of course those who agonize over their uncertainty as to whether they belong to the saved, and the hopelessness of it all.

What good is it to be able to choose trivial things if we can not freely give our love and devotion to the Author of our being? To live so that we grow in knowledge, and learning ever more about His Love, we respond, freely by ever loving Him more, and loving Him, desire to serve Him? Is that not truly at the heart of our faith?

Posted by: Trudy at February 05, 2023 08:16 AM (ruZh7)

187 Some guy standing right behind Ashli Babbitt got two years probation. Lightest sentence I've seen so far. Fed?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 05, 2023 08:12 AM


Probably pantyfa.

Posted by: Bert G at February 05, 2023 08:17 AM (aCgRi)

188 I heard that the guys from Babylon Bee are going to be guests after tonight's episode of The Chosen. I had early access to the show last night but wasn't able to stick around for the interview.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 05, 2023 08:17 AM (45fpk)

189 178 The "clean teams" at the local Indian casinos are getting pretty geriatric. The one casino had to cut back on hours due to a shortage of help.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 05, 2023 08:18 AM (lz5hY)

190 Last night my local chain had a .99 sale: lettuce, a 3-lb. bag of russet potatoes, other things.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 05, 2023 07:50 AM (omVj0)

Yeah, my HMart had the 99 cent lettuce - you could tell it partially froze, so the long term prospects will be terrible, but I decided I could use up a head in less than 72 hours and got one...

The better deal there was 1.99 boneless, skinless thighs...those were in dinner last night (what dinner - come to the food thread later...

Posted by: Nova Local at February 05, 2023 08:18 AM (exHjb)

191 Gettin' ready for church so later all.

Probably mostly lurk today till the ONT.

https://youtu.be/MLZvCtXQSZs

Posted by: Puddleglum at February 05, 2023 08:19 AM (sAmhv)

192 Among many Asians this balloon fiasco is seen as a very significant diminishing of our standing in the world.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2023 07:49 AM (EZebt)

We still have "standing"?

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 05, 2023 08:20 AM (H8QX8)

193 Trudy gets it. You cannot say you are part of the doctrine of grace and be a Calvinist at heart. God is too big to be put in a box made by man.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at February 05, 2023 08:20 AM (oWBc3)

194 3 Researcher review diagnostic codes:
The increases found are from 2021, compared to the five year average from 2016 to 2020.

Myocardial infarction: 269% increase
Miscarriages: 300% increase
Bell’s palsy: 291% increase
Congenital malformations: 156% increase
Female infertility: 471% increase
Pulmonary embolisms: 467% increase
Neurologic abnormalities: 300% increase
Cancers: 300% increase

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 05, 2023 08:21 AM (BRHaw)

195 God is too big to be put in a box made by man.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at February 05, 2023 08:20 AM (oWBc3)


Last night we had a discussion on the origin and presence of evil in the world. There are some thoughts too high for us. It would be like trying to teach an ant how to do arithmetic.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 05, 2023 08:23 AM (45fpk)

196 The Babylon Bee:

Biden Says He'll Shoot Down Chinese Spy Balloon As
Soon As He's Done Letting It Spy


Ha ha ha ha ha......

Wait a minute.

That was reality!!!

Welp, I sure hope Our Dotard Preezy got his 10% for that.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 05, 2023 08:23 AM (KLPy8)

197
Probably pantyfa.

Posted by: Bert G at February 05, 2023 08:17 AM


Maybe. Perhaps a John Sullivan 'associate'. He had a number of them breaking glass while he filmed. Someone in the front row ranks broke the glass for Ashli to climb through.

The light sentence is a big 'tell' in my opinion.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 05, 2023 08:24 AM (enJYY)

198 A posting on Next Door:

"517,000 new jobs added. Thank you, President Biden!"

She goes on to defend his judicious and well-timed response to the balloon.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 05, 2023 08:24 AM (H8QX8)

199 Three things I pray
To see thee more clearly
Love thee more dearly
Follow thee more nearly

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2023 08:25 AM (EZebt)

200 Doof!

Where are you today? Someplace warm?
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at February 05, 2023 08:00 AM (u82oZ)


Yo Salty! Home in northeastern MD. Not warm at all in these parts. But I don't mind the cold. Hope all is well with you, brother!

Posted by: Doof at February 05, 2023 08:26 AM (yUjc0)

201 The Experts were unexpectedly surprised by the jobs numbers. I figured they were made up and will be revised anyway. Unexpectedly.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2023 08:27 AM (iayUP)

202 Among many Asians this balloon fiasco is seen as a very significant diminishing of our standing in the world.

As somebody yesterday so eloquently put it, this was Comrade Xi dragging his balls across Joe Biden's face.

Posted by: t-bird at February 05, 2023 08:27 AM (Sv58p)

203 198 A posting on Next Door:

"517,000 new jobs added. Thank you, President Biden!"

She goes on to defend his judicious and well-timed response to the balloon.
Posted by: Ordinary American at February 05, 2023 08:24 AM (H8QX

Yeah, I had folks defending it on another board and saying it was brought up to be a distraction.

When I mentioned he shot it down over water anyway on Feb 4, when he could have done it over water on Jan 28 (since he knew beforehand it was coming b/c we always know and that the early briefing was solely go-no go on that decision), I got a lot of silence and then one poor soul said he was happy we were diplomacy 1st and shoot later...sigh...at least the silent reachables probably got reached...

Posted by: Nova Local at February 05, 2023 08:27 AM (exHjb)

204 Also worth noting that the gummint was careful to shoot down the balloon over the ocean so that the wreckage will be lost and we will never know what was truly up with the whole sorry-ass clown show.

Out of curiosity, other than Elon Musk, who would have been able to retrieve the balloon and its gear intact once it got over the Atlantic?
Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 05, 2023 07:45 AM (l7lsb)

I believe it's only in 47 feet of water. But, still, if it WAS a spy balloon, its mission has been accomplished and the data it gathered had been fed to the CCP in real time. Any debris will yield nothing of value. And any digital recordings on board will only contain a three minute audio loop of VP Harris's cackle.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at February 05, 2023 08:28 AM (Zvtjl)

205 thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy

We could have shot it down over Alaska. But did not. This is failure to control sovereign airspace made manifest.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at February 05, 2023 08:30 AM (u82oZ)

206 Really good article on Gyorgy Schwartz.

https://www.rt.com/news/570868-george-soros-nato-conflict/

Posted by: clutch at February 05, 2023 08:31 AM (9UmRs)

207 >>Three things I pray
To see thee more clearly
Love thee more dearly
Follow thee more nearly
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2023 08:25 AM (EZebt)

Day By Day

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at February 05, 2023 08:31 AM (dANdM)

208 We could have shot it down over Alaska. But did not. This is failure to control sovereign airspace made manifest.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at February 05, 2023 08:30 AM (u82oZ)

Ya think? We're talking an entire government owned by the CCP, so why would we expect anything different?

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at February 05, 2023 08:31 AM (Zvtjl)

209 It looks like it's going to be a pleasant day in this area. I was planning on just staying in, but it might be too nice to waste, what with a two day rain event blowing in on Tuesday. I filled the tank about a week ago and got some water contaminated gas. I added some Heet, and it's just about smoothed out. I think I'll go on a drive, run another quarter tank out and fill up with some ethanol free and a bottle of injector cleaner. Drive over to Lake Dardanelle for lunch.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 05, 2023 08:32 AM (lz5hY)

210 Trudy gets it. You cannot say you are part of the doctrine of grace and be a Calvinist at heart. God is too big to be put in a box made by man.

Then you have no understanding of Grace. "Calvinism" is a pejorative invented by the Remonstrants who categorically reject God's Sovereignty in terms of the Elect.

Doctrines of Grace is the proper understanding of TULIP. We use that name so as to keep those who are easily triggered and offended at God's Sovereignty and the declaration of it.

Potter's Freedom.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at February 05, 2023 08:32 AM (l7lsb)

211 *beep* *beep*

Posted by: Sputnik at February 05, 2023 08:32 AM (4I/2K)

212 The NIH-funded study will include 12,000 college students ages 18 to 26 from more than 20 universities, and is expected to last 5 months, Fauci said. One group of 6,000 students will receive their first dose of the Moderna vaccine immediately. The controls will receive their vaccine 4 months later.
Participants will swab their noses daily for SARS-CoV-2 infection, provide blood samples periodically, and complete surveys through an electronic diary app. They will also be asked to follow their university’s SARS-CoV-2 protocols and get tested twice each week, according to the study’s website.

NIH NOW POSTS THIS

Thank you for your participation in the Prevent Covid U study. We are no longer enrolling new participants in the study and are ending the study earlier than anticipated. This is because of the success of COVID-19 vaccination programs across the US! This may mean that your study participation will be shorter than expected. If you are still actively providing data, we will be reaching out soon to schedule your final study activities, which should be completed by the end of December 2021.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 05, 2023 08:32 AM (BRHaw)

213 thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy

Where do we get the responders to reverse the situation? It is a tell, but only to the observant.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at February 05, 2023 08:33 AM (u82oZ)

214 Foggy. Coffee!

Posted by: Eromero at February 05, 2023 08:33 AM (MF3yS)

215 "Sir, we have recovered the digital recordings from the balloon, and it seems the CCP is a huge fan of Nickelback".

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 05, 2023 08:35 AM (lz5hY)

216 When I was at Lowe's yesterday, with the exception of one early 20's girl it was all people either very close to retirement age or a decade past.
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Which was the plan.

No need to openly seize your 401k when they can openly seize your 401k.

Posted by: Without Ashli Babbitt it's just people walking respectfully between velvet ropes at February 05, 2023 08:36 AM (vuQMF)

217 Since we keep track of satellites (hundreds of them) in space, how is it no one notice this balloon until it was over Montana?

Posted by: dantesed at February 05, 2023 08:36 AM (88xKn)

218 how is it no one notice this balloon until it was over Montana?
Posted by: dantesed

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A civilian noticed it over Montana
I'm sure govt knew about it since entering Canada

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at February 05, 2023 08:38 AM (BtmcP)

219 217 How about being able to sift through a gazillion cell phone calls to find somebody within five miles of the Capitol on J6?

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 05, 2023 08:38 AM (lz5hY)

220 So they knew about 4 months after the vax came out:
1. It did not stop transmission
2. It did not stop infections
3. It did cause injuries
4. Young people were about 0.000002% of the risk of serious COVID

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 05, 2023 08:38 AM (BRHaw)

221 Does the Book of Revelation mention, "The Terror in the Sky?"

Posted by: davidt at February 05, 2023 08:39 AM (SYTee)

222 Posted by: rhennigantx at February 05, 2023 08:38 AM (BRHaw)
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And we were having such a nice time...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2023 08:40 AM (EZebt)

223 >>Really good article on Gyorgy Schwartz.

I saw an interesting piece the other day listing the number to times Soros affiliated people have visited Biden in the White House and it dwarfs the amount he visited Obama and thats just at the WH and not at his homes where Biden is refusing to release visitor lists. The article went on to say Soros was frustrated with Obama because he had limited influence but with Biden he is much more influential.

It amazes me that Soros has so much control over world events yet manages to fly so far below the radar. I know he has paid off a lot of media to look the other way but his control is obvious to anyone who just looks at the locations and events he is involved with.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2023 08:41 AM (ZLI7S)

224 No need to openly seize your 401k when they can openly seize your 401k.
Posted by: Without Ashli Babbitt it's just people walking respectfully between velvet ropes at February 05, 2023 08:36 AM (vuQMF)

One way to do it would be a bail-in. So banks would be allowed to issue bank equities (stocks) with some type of government backing that would have staggered vesting dates.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 05, 2023 08:41 AM (BRHaw)

225 Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at February 05, 2023 08:38 AM (BtmcP)

Exactly, no one said anything until someone else besides the military noticed it.

Posted by: dantesed at February 05, 2023 08:43 AM (88xKn)

226 I could use $18376 a month. Maybe I'll click on that link.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 05, 2023 08:44 AM (45fpk)

227 > Since we keep track of satellites (hundreds of them) in space, how is it no one notice this balloon until it was over Montana?
____________
I think our junta was hoping nobody would notice the Chinese "spy balloon." They allowed it to complete its mission.

There were other balloons that crossed some part of the US. One drifted across SoCA, AZ and NM before being lost over the Gulf of Mexico. Another was reported near Hawaii years ago.

Rumors persist about those "UFO" sightings that look very similar to the balloon. I'd bet good money this has been going on for quite a while.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 05, 2023 08:44 AM (Q4IgG)

228 Jenny, Jenny, I read your numbers on a blog...

Posted by: davidt at February 05, 2023 08:45 AM (SYTee)

229 163 " I was watching a show about the Corona satellite program last night. Had film of the Air Force grabbing the film canisters in flight."

That's what my dad did when we lived in Hawaii in the late 60s. Later we moved to Edwards for some secret stuff doing the same kind of thing. For a long time we had one of the practice capsules in our garage.
He also did ground recoveries, like in the movie "The Green Berets". They would fly over and snatch up a balloon attached to a guy in a harness on the ground and reel him into the back of a C-130.
Posted by: fd at February 05, 2023 07:59 AM (iayUP)

Cool.

Posted by: m at February 05, 2023 08:45 AM (4VwiF)

230 Sunday Morning Book Thread

T-15 minutes

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 05, 2023 08:45 AM (BpYfr)

231 Global green energy company Siemens Gamesa reported Thursday that it had lost a staggering $967 million during the three-month period from between October to December.

The company added that governments would need to further assist the industry to ensure future positive growth.

WIND DOES NOT WORK!!

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 05, 2023 08:45 AM (BRHaw)

232 "Cool.
Posted by: m"

Yeah. My dad is kind of a hero. To me anyway.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2023 08:46 AM (iayUP)

233 174 Princeton’s criminal justice-inspired Honor Code hurts FLI students

https://tinyurl.com/7m2332vj

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 05, 2023 08:02 AM (BRHaw)
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Funny how it's always "minorities" that suffer from not being able to look after themselves as if they are somehow stupid and low IQ so they need special treatment. We do have 'low information' citizens but they come in all colors and sizes. Any individual or 'group' (ethnic, sexual, economic, etc.) that expects special treatment is acknowledging that they are idiots.

Posted by: Ciampino - nothing escapes Chief Inspector Clouseau at February 05, 2023 08:46 AM (qfLjt)

234 Where do we get the responders to reverse the situation? It is a tell, but only to the observant.
Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at February 05, 2023 08:33 AM (u82oZ)

My opinion? As it stands, I have no faith that the situation will improve in the near future. Americans, as a whole, are still largely detached (with the exception of us here) from anything occurring outside of their little bubble. In other words....the majority still lives a rather comfortable existence, they still have their video games, sports on TV, and a roof over their heads. One single election (if the Deep State permits it) isn't going to change one thing. There is only one answer and it's too terrible to even contemplate. At nearly 76, I've been a political junkie for a very long time, but I never dreamed it would be this bad. Until the majority of the populace finally feels real person pain, economically, they will plod on and, as the frog in the boiling water, be oblivious to what is actually happening to them. Until it's too late. It's frustrating. I swore an oath back in 1967 to protect and defend the Constitution, as did many others. I'm not so sure if that sacred document actually exists anymore.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at February 05, 2023 08:46 AM (Zvtjl)

235 Jennifer is the new Sarah??

Posted by: dantesed at February 05, 2023 08:47 AM (88xKn)

236 Theory is the government knew it from get go but didn't want the public to know so as not to ruin the meeting in China, a civilian in Montana upset that apple cart

Posted by: Skip at February 05, 2023 08:47 AM (ipK3N)

237 "Sunday Morning Book Thread
T-15 minutes"

Already? I've got to start the waffles.

Posted by: fd at February 05, 2023 08:48 AM (iayUP)

238 218. The DOD knew about the balloon when it was over the Pacific. They could have shot it down over the Aleutians before it crossed over Alaska. They chose not because one faction of the DOD did not want to bring it to light in the public and another wanted to see what it could do, IMO. The BS story of concern of falling debris is a lie.

Posted by: Jen the original at February 05, 2023 08:48 AM (WqNgw)

239 My friend tells me he read that the DoD was jamming the balloon's signals so whatever the ChiComs were after, they probably didn't get it. Now if I could only believe what the DoD says . . .

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Not a Real Simulation at February 05, 2023 08:48 AM (FVME7)

240
Interesting:

Between 2019 and 2020, poverty rates increased for married-couple families and families with a female householder. The poverty rate for married-couple families increased from 4.0 percent in 2019 to 4.7 percent in 2020. For families with a female householder, the poverty rate increased from 22.2 percent to 23.4 percent. The poverty rate for families with a male householder was 11.4 percent in 2020, not statistically different from 2019.



Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 05, 2023 08:48 AM (enJYY)

241 Hey, my college degree is in radio and television. I went into the wrong field (but one i'm generally competent in).

Posted by: SFGoth at February 05, 2023 08:48 AM (KAi1n)

242 Already? I've got to start the waffles.
Posted by: fd at February 05, 2023 08:48 AM (iayUP)
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And find some pants...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 05, 2023 08:50 AM (BpYfr)

243 I still haven't recovered from the Balloon Boy Hoax of 2009.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 05, 2023 08:50 AM (R/m4+)

244 thatcrazyjerseyguy

Thanks. My reading as well. But the slide is evident to the wider population. I aver only systemic cheating has eliminated the feedback mechanism of the voting populous correcting the situation.

Look at right track/ wrong track numbers.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at February 05, 2023 08:50 AM (u82oZ)

245 @220

>>So they knew about 4 months after the vax came out:

They knew before it came out it did not work, the "vaccine" was also part of the Op.

Everything is an Op.
Everything is Bullsh*t.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 05, 2023 08:50 AM (up/3i)

246 >>The BS story of concern of falling debris is a lie.

Jennifer Griffin, Fox's Pentagon stenographer, said the DOD told her that the reason they chose not to shoot it down over the US was because the debris field could be up to 400 sq miles.

Anyone who saw the shoot down yesterday knows they were lying all along.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2023 08:50 AM (ZLI7S)

247 Girls will be boys and boys will be girls
It's a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world
Except for Lola
Lo-Lo-Lo-Lo-Lola
Posted by: rhennigantx

Not our Lola !

Posted by: JT at February 05, 2023 08:51 AM (T4tVD)

248 Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2023 08:41 AM (ZLI7S)

Soros is 92, I wonder how effective his sons are at continuing his destruction?

Posted by: clutch at February 05, 2023 08:52 AM (9UmRs)

249 207 >>Three things I pray
To see thee more clearly
Love thee more dearly
Follow thee more nearly
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 05, 2023 08:25 AM (EZebt)

Day By Day
Posted by: My Life is Insanity at February 05, 2023 08:31 AM (dANdM)

I like that so much.

Posted by: m at February 05, 2023 08:52 AM (4VwiF)

250 my birdbath is frozen solid.

Posted by: JT at February 05, 2023 08:52 AM (T4tVD)

251 Balloons in the news: Japan launched 9300 Fu-Go balloon bombs during WWII. The only casualties were a family on a picnic in Oregon.

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In their oral history of the Pacific War, the Cooks in their book Japan At War, they describe the brutal conditions in which Japanese school girls were forced to construct these balloons. It's heartbreaking as is the entire book.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Not a Real Simulation at February 05, 2023 08:53 AM (FVME7)

252 Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2023 08:50 AM (ZLI7S)

When that Space Shuttle broke apart during re-entry, did the falling debris hurt anyone?

Posted by: dantesed at February 05, 2023 08:54 AM (88xKn)

253 Israeli company is introducing their 3D printed "plant meat" - the "future of food." Ingredients: Water, wheat protein, soy protein, potato protein, refined veg seed oils, corn starch, wheat starch, wheat flour, etc. I bet that smart dog of yours won't eat it!

https://is.gd/UuJPwy

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Utterly disgusting. I can't imagine what the next decade or so will bring with what these maniacs are going to do to our natural, real food supplies in order to get us to eat their fake hell food.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 05, 2023 08:56 AM (sVtYq)

254 >>Soros is 92, I wonder how effective his sons are at continuing his destruction?

Probably not as capable, the copies usually aren't, but Soros has already installed so much of the foundation they likely don't have to be as capable. The WEF is a Soros dominated organization. Schwab gets most of the attention but Soros is right there next to him but behind the spotlight which is what he prefers.

Soros also had a big hand in taking down Trump and creating the chaos in the US right now. Not only with his corrupt DAs sprinkled across the country but with funding for things like BLM, antifa, all this weird gender crap and paying off the media to get behind all of it.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2023 08:58 AM (ZLI7S)

255 The poverty rate for married-couple families increased from 4.0 percent in 2019 to 4.7 percent in 2020.

1. Inflation was starting in 2019 and definitely in 2020.
2. Housing prices are a double hit with both monthly mortgage and then the property tax increase.
3. As rising tide does not raise ships tied down to the dock. IOW, the thinking that where you are now, what you are doing now will work out in the future is wrong.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 05, 2023 08:59 AM (BRHaw)

256 >>When that Space Shuttle broke apart during re-entry, did the falling debris hurt anyone?

Good point.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2023 09:00 AM (ZLI7S)

257 NOOD reading

Posted by: Ciampino - nothing escapes Chief Inspector Clouseau at February 05, 2023 09:00 AM (qfLjt)

258 Hmmm, is this being reported anywhere other than Daily Mail?

REVEALED: Three Chinese spy balloons infiltrated the US during Trump administration but he NEVER shot them down or told the public - as Republicans call for Biden to resign for putting Americans at risk

http://bit.ly/3DIbfXt

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 05, 2023 09:00 AM (Do5/p)

259 I watched Der Bunker, a movie about Hitler's final days. (Don't bother; it's not nearly so good as Downfall and they whitewash Speer.). It did do a good job of showing the unreality prevailing among the Nazi elite facing absolute destruction. I couldn't help but think of the unreality prevailing in the White House.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Not a Real Simulation at February 05, 2023 09:00 AM (FVME7)

260 253 Israeli company is introducing their 3D printed "plant meat" - the "future of food." Ingredients: Water, wheat protein, soy protein, potato protein, refined veg seed oils, corn starch, wheat starch, wheat flour, etc. I bet that smart dog of yours won't eat it!

https://is.gd/UuJPwy

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Utterly disgusting. I can't imagine what the next decade or so will bring with what these maniacs are going to do to our natural, real food supplies in order to get us to eat their fake hell food.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 05, 2023 08:56 AM (sVtYq)

If it were gluten-free, which it's not, it might be a more reasonable achievement.

Posted by: m at February 05, 2023 09:00 AM (4VwiF)

261 I am willing to bet that some serious checks got posted to accounts in Zurich over the weekend, and that they benefitted select members of the military and the administration!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at February 05, 2023 09:00 AM (hOUT3)

262 239 Interesting that the Pentagon says it was jamming CHICOM balloon transmissions. Because it doesn't work like that and that's a stupid thing to say. You can jam reception by a competing signal, but you ca't jam transmissions.

Posted by: Erik In Texas at February 05, 2023 09:01 AM (U4pE/)

263 255
3. A rising tide does not raise ships tied down to the dock.
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 05, 2023 08:59 AM (BRHaw)

Nice!

Posted by: m at February 05, 2023 09:02 AM (4VwiF)

264 my birdbath is frozen solid.
Posted by: JT


But are the eels doing ok?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at February 05, 2023 09:02 AM (hOUT3)

265 Jennifer Griffin, Fox's Pentagon stenographer, said the DOD told her that the reason they chose not to shoot it down over the US was because the debris field could be up to 400 sq miles.

Sure. You punch a hole in a balloon and it becomes a drag chute. It does not explode like a Death Star.

Posted by: t-bird at February 05, 2023 09:04 AM (Sv58p)

266 Don't worry, we can develop a balloon program at a real bargain price.

---Raytheon

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at February 05, 2023 09:04 AM (r3PlK)

267 Reading the full Daily Mail article, it seems to be written based solely on "the Department of Defense stated" and that's it.

Seems like CYA for Biden Administration by Deep State Uniparty people in Department of Defense. If it actually happened, why not report when and where these 3 incursions of Chinese spy balloons occurred.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 05, 2023 09:08 AM (Do5/p)

268 If there were previous incursions by Chinese surveillance balloons I'd wager they go back pre-Obama and not "just" back to Trump's administration.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 05, 2023 09:11 AM (Q4IgG)

269 White people had nothing to do with Tyre Nichols death. It was 5 black officers who beat him.

Posted by: vic/ at February 05, 2023 06:08 AM (sbuTN)


Police are a white man idea.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 05, 2023 10:11 AM (yQpMk)

270 Nichols family doesn’t need Crump and Sharpton but Crump and Sharpton need the Nichols family.
Btw…. What happened to the white attorney the Nichols family originally had?

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