Daily Tech News 5 July 2023

Top Story

Ace already hit on this one but the top tech story of the day is undeniably a federal judge's injunction against fascists doing fascist stuff, specifically, censoring the speech of non-fascists. (Washington Post)

(Don't worry, that link goes to an archive site, not to the Post itself.)

The argument in favour of fascism is extraordinary.
The Trump-appointed judge's move could upend years of efforts to enhance coordination between the government and social media companies.
Yes, that's the point. That's illegal.
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked key Biden administration agencies and officials from meeting and communicating with social media companies about "protected speech," in an extraordinary preliminary injunction in an ongoing case that could have profound effects on the First Amendment.
Note that they have protected speech in scare quotes, and describe a straightforward enforcement of First Amendment protections as "extraordinary".

And yes, it could have profound effects on the First Amendment. It upholds it, when Journalists for Censorship has expended so much effort into tearing it down.
The Donald Trump-appointed judge's move could undo years of efforts to enhance coordination between the government and social media companies. For more than a decade, the federal government has attempted to work with social media companies to address criminal activity, including child sexual abuse images and terrorism.

Over the past five years, coordination and communication between government officials and the companies increased as the federal government responded to rising election interference and voter suppression efforts after revelations that Russian actors had sowed disinformation on U.S. social sites during the 2016 election. Public health officials also frequently communicated with the companies during the coronavirus pandemic, as falsehoods about the virus and vaccines spread on social networks including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
Note the desperate attempt to conflate crimes by other people - child porn and terrorism - with crimes by the government - the systemic censorship of protected speech.
"The injunction is strikingly broad and clearly intended to chill any kind of contact between government actors and social media platforms," said Evelyn Douek, an assistant professor at Stanford Law School.
Yes. That's the point.
For years, Republicans have argued that social media companies' policies to address disinformation related to elections and public health have resulted in the unfair censorship of their political views. Meanwhile, Democrats have argued that the companies have not gone far enough in policing their services to ensure they do not undermine democratic institutions.
The Democrat position being that it's not happening and we need more of it.
"Deep state" refers the unsubstantiated idea, frequently invoked by Trump, that a group of bureaucrats is working to undermine elected officials to shape government policy.
Oh, not entirely. Those bureaucrats are entirely happy with the current circus who barely need prompting to do their bidding.

Tech News

Amazon's DMS is shit.
The two things I want and haven't been able to get are an 8" tablet with a high-resolution screen - 2560x1600 would be good, and a small laptop with a Zen 4 CPU and at least 32GB of RAM.

So here's an 8" tablet with a 2560x1600 screen, a Zen 4 CPU, and 32GB of RAM. (Notebook Check)

Not quite what I ordered, but... Maybe? (Checks price.) No.
The UK is planning to scuttle its 15 billion pound "climate" funding promise. (The Guardian)

"Yeah, about that," said PM Rishi Sunak. "We were drunk at the time. Deal's off."
India plans to start construction of a chip assembly and test facility next month, with first production scheduled by the end of next year. (Financial Times)

At first glance I thought this was talking about a fab, where they make the actual silicon, in which case there is no way it could happen that quickly.

But this is talking about the factory that takes the tiny slivers of silicon and packages them in plastic with little leads or pins or metal balls, that can then be attached to circuit boards. Less dramatic but still necessary and something that is quicker and simpler to build.

Disclaimer: Do not taunt happy fun radioisotope.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:10 AM

Comments

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1 Oops! Dryer just went off!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2023 04:10 AM (Angsy)

2 Top 5?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2023 04:11 AM (omVj0)

3 G'Day everyone
It's Monday again

Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2023 04:12 AM (xhxe8)

4 I reject the whole notion of identifying "Trump-appointed" jurists as a means of implying bias.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2023 04:14 AM (RIvkX)

5 hiya

Posted by: JT at July 05, 2023 04:14 AM (T4tVD)

6 Evening and morning to all!

Why does everybody call the use of quotes as in Pixy's top story above "scare" quotes? Wouldn't "sarcasm" quotes or "ironic" quotes be better? (Yeah, those are longer to type.)

The kittens are pursuing general kitten things. We didn't hear any real thundering of fireworks last night -- I suspect my neighbors are too drunk, stoned, or both to bother with that stuff -- so Stirling didn't get frightened.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2023 04:15 AM (omVj0)

7 hiya

Posted by: JT at July 05, 2023 04:14 AM (T4tVD)

Nah, just a bun. Only used once.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2023 04:20 AM (Angsy)

8 BOING. Good news, if you can enforce it.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 05, 2023 04:23 AM (odVni)

9 If there's one thing fascists fear, it's injunctive relief. If someone had just thought to get an injunction against Hitler, WWII could have been averted.

Judge: "It is hereby ordered, adjudged, and decreed that you stop Hitlering, Herr Hitler."

Hitler: "Oh, darn it all! I already planned out an entire genocide. But you have a piece of paper saying I must stop violating the laws I'm violating. So, you got me."

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 05, 2023 04:24 AM (KFhLj)

10 Hunter Biden's Sweetheart Plea Deal:

A big lefty talking point, trying to prove there is no favoritism, is the Fed prosecutor is a holdover from the Trump Administration. So how could there possibly be bias?

Well, unlike the media, that got me curious.

Gone unmentioned in the 'holdover' talking point is that both US senators from a state propose to the new Admin a candidate for US AG. DE has two lefty Dem senators.

Biden fired all Trump prosecutors but this guy in DE. Now why was he retained? Well, he had worked for William Freeh, former head of the FBI and who has ties to Hunter's 'overseas business ventures'.

So more media lies of omission. Now you know the rest of the 'no favoritism in Hunter's plea deal' story.

Posted by: RickZ at July 05, 2023 04:25 AM (emlEe)

11 Venus is up there with a BIG ol' moon.

I don't think the moon is Full, I'd need a taller ladder to measure it.

Posted by: JT at July 05, 2023 04:32 AM (T4tVD)

12 So more media lies of omission. Now you know the rest of the 'no favoritism in Hunter's plea deal' story.

Posted by: RickZ at July 05, 2023 04:25 AM (emlEe)

They all lie, all the time anymore. Mumble mumble years ago when I was involved in a college newspaper, we were drilled on the five w's and the h. I never wrote biased stuff, and didn't let biased stuff in the paper when I spent a year editing it. It seems the most anti-press people these days are former reporters. Note, reporters, not journalists.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2023 04:32 AM (Angsy)

13 They all lie, all the time anymore. Mumble mumble years ago when I was involved in a college newspaper, we were drilled on the five w's and the h. I never wrote biased stuff, and didn't let biased stuff in the paper when I spent a year editing it. It seems the most anti-press people these days are former reporters. Note, reporters, not journalists.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

What's the h ?

Posted by: JT at July 05, 2023 04:36 AM (T4tVD)

14 No rain last night; good thing I watered my garden.

Posted by: JT at July 05, 2023 04:39 AM (T4tVD)

15 No rain last night; good thing I watered my garden.

Posted by: JT at July 05, 2023 04:39 AM (T4tVD)

'Garden'. That's a funny name for diapers.

Posted by: Joey Choo-Choo at July 05, 2023 04:43 AM (emlEe)

16 How.

Posted by: LASue at July 05, 2023 04:43 AM (Ed8Zd)

17 What's the h ?

Posted by: JT at July 05, 2023 04:36 AM (T4tVD)

I dunno, what's the h up wit you?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 05, 2023 04:43 AM (Angsy)

18 What's the h ?

Posted by: JT at July 05, 2023 04:36 AM (T4tVD)

I dunno, what's the h up wit you?
Posted by: OrangeEnt

LOL !!!

Posted by: JT at July 05, 2023 04:47 AM (T4tVD)

19 How.

Posted by: LASue

Are you a Native American ?

How !

Posted by: JT at July 05, 2023 04:47 AM (T4tVD)

20 Forgot where read all players in Hunter's Sweetheart deal are Biden cronies

Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2023 04:53 AM (xhxe8)

21 Nice story of compassion and connectedness out of West Virginia:

https://tinyurl.com/4t74v2d8

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at July 05, 2023 04:55 AM (qMHgG)

22 These American fascists always lens the world with Trump appointed [fill in the blank] as that is the spit in the palm of the hand before they give each other the double secret censorship handshake. These fascists are so tin earred that they cannot hear the utter nonsense of their position: we must censor speech to protect freedom of speech! This judge has done us all a lifetime of hero's work; may many more follow in this judge's wake. The stakes here are as high as they can be; left unchecked these fascist are but moments away from the logical end of protecting their speech by arresting everyone they disagree with and making them disappear. There are ample examples in history to prove this true. What we are in the midst of is a fascist insurgency which not only seeks to eradicate the American Constitution but left unchecked would reach back to the very foundations of western civilization and obliterate that too. The 20th century ideological wars did not end with the fall of the Berlin Wall. Instead these fascists picked up their mortar and bricks and moved on to engage again here. May this judge's work mark this insurgency's high water, it's bloody angle if you will.

Posted by: Lost In Space at July 05, 2023 04:58 AM (+DZCu)

23 This story of a rabbi's reaction to injustice and loss made me cry. International Fellowship of Christians and Jews reflection:

https://tinyurl.com/3fc9n7u3

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at July 05, 2023 05:00 AM (qMHgG)

24 How.

Posted by: LASue

Thank you.

Posted by: JT at July 05, 2023 05:01 AM (T4tVD)

25 Come on... say it... you know you want to say "climate change!"

It's not entirely clear why the Sun has been significantly more active than official predictions suggested.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 05, 2023 05:03 AM (wsSEe)

26 How.

Posted by: LASue

Thank you.

Posted by: JT at July 05, 2023 05:01 AM (T4tVD)

Why must paleface appropriate my culture?

Posted by: The Varnishing Indian at July 05, 2023 05:04 AM (Angsy)

27 Beautiful lake in Idaho;

https://tinyurl.com/2p9dhuc6

I'm glad that the Earthporn site is back up.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at July 05, 2023 05:04 AM (qMHgG)

28 It's muggy out, but the moon is in the 7th house or something

Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2023 05:04 AM (xhxe8)

29 And forgot to put away flag

Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2023 05:05 AM (xhxe8)

30 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 05, 2023 05:07 AM (ju2Fy)

31 If anyone thinks that the government will stop colluding with social media, please check my website for great deals on real estate.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 05, 2023 05:08 AM (wsSEe)

32 I find publications like Ace of Spades, to name but one, are the equivalent of the pamphleteers during the American revolution. They are an essential grassroots rally point against the growing tyranny that is spreading throughout the United States. If these fascists are successful in obliterating the first amendment, you can be sure the first place they will turn next is to pave over these grassroot rally points. The consequences of that are quite clear.

Posted by: Lost In Space at July 05, 2023 05:10 AM (+DZCu)

33 The nice minister-and he had a beautiful speaking voice- read this lovely psalm as part of the benediction- at yesterday's 4th of July celebration. It is a song about creation praising God. Psalm 148:

https://tinyurl.com/45v3t8nm

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at July 05, 2023 05:12 AM (qMHgG)

34 I had another successful 4th of July. My house didn't burn down in the annual barrage.

Posted by: Lost In Space at July 05, 2023 05:13 AM (+DZCu)

35 It's muggy out, but the moon is in the 7th house or something
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2023
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July's supermoon 14,000 miles closer to Earth than typical full moon event

https://is.gd/super_moons

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 05, 2023 05:16 AM (ju2Fy)

36 Today's corny joke:

What do you get from a pampered cow?

Spoiled milk.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at July 05, 2023 05:17 AM (qMHgG)

37 https://tinyurl.com/3fc9n7u3
Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at July 05, 2023 05:00 AM (qMHgG)
===

This is why I (too) often post of my faith and belief in justice. Justice is coming.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2023 05:22 AM (RIvkX)

38 Today is the day when I think SanFranpsycho
made an appt for a mobile vet to come and put their beloved ill dog- whose picture was featured on the Saturday pet thread- to sleep. He mentioned that this will be very hard on his son who has autism and can't say what he thinks. But loves the dog very much Please keep their family in prayer. Thx.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at July 05, 2023 05:23 AM (qMHgG)

39 The nice minister-and he had a beautiful speaking voice- read this lovely psalm as part of the benediction- at yesterday's 4th of July celebration. It is a song about creation praising God. Psalm 148:

https://tinyurl.com/45v3t8nm

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at July 05, 2023 05:12 AM (qMHgG)
===
My favorite

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2023 05:23 AM (RIvkX)

40 Justice is coming.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2023 05:22 AM (RIvkX)

Justice must be done. But not to me.

Posted by: Lance Parkertip at July 05, 2023 05:24 AM (Angsy)

41 Thank you Fen yes today will be very challenging. A lot of sadness here the last few days.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2023 05:24 AM (RIvkX)

42 Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2023 05:22 AM (RIvkX

People posting about their faith doesn't bother me- except when people vociferously argue with each other. I think sharing is a supportive act among people of faith.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at July 05, 2023 05:25 AM (qMHgG)

43 Thank you Fen yes today will be very challenging. A lot of sadness here the last few days.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I had to do that about 15 years ago. My heart is with you.

Posted by: Lost In Space at July 05, 2023 05:28 AM (+DZCu)

44 Okay Fen and SanFran.

Posted by: JT at July 05, 2023 05:28 AM (T4tVD)

45 I think sharing is a supportive act among people of faith.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office

Want a beer ?

Posted by: JT at July 05, 2023 05:30 AM (T4tVD)

46 Prayers up SF for you and your family. Especially Boy F.

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

47 Yeah, I'll take a beer.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 05, 2023 05:33 AM (ju2Fy)

48 Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 05, 2023 05:24 AM (RIvkX

I am sorry. That is such a hard thing,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at July 05, 2023 05:37 AM (qMHgG)

49 It's muggy out, but the moon is in the 7th house or something
Posted by: Skip at July 05, 2023

***
The moon can afford more than one house in this economy? Tax the rich satellites! Check your lunar privilege!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2023 05:39 AM (omVj0)

50 38 Today is the day when I think SanFranpsycho
made an appt for a mobile vet to come and put their beloved ill dog- whose picture was featured on the Saturday pet thread- to sleep. He mentioned that this will be very hard on his son who has autism and can't say what he thinks. But loves the dog very much Please keep their family in prayer. Thx.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at July 05, 2023

***
That is never easy. And his son's autism will make it even harder.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2023 05:40 AM (omVj0)

51 Want a beer ?
Posted by: JT at July 05, 2023 05:30 AM (T4tVD

No thanks. It's 5:40 am and I never liked beer. I was told I would get a liking for it while in college and the drinking age was 21. I never did.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at July 05, 2023 05:42 AM (qMHgG)

52
I had to do that about 15 years ago. My heart is with you.
Posted by: Lost In Space at July 05, 2023

***
I've had to say goodbye to multiple cats over the years, but with Chekov in '22, it was so much easier for him to pass at home instead of undergoing a stressful car ride and then being handled by strangers. I wish I'd done it, or had it available, for his predecessors.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2023 05:43 AM (omVj0)

53 FenSpouse is waiting for my coffee to brew so he contributed this corny joke:

Why did the koala get the job?

He was koalafied

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at July 05, 2023 05:44 AM (qMHgG)

54 We might get some rain this p.m. Of course they said that about yesterday, and while it clouded up and we heard some thunder, we got no rain here.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2023 05:45 AM (omVj0)

55
Public health officials also frequently communicated with the companies during the coronavirus pandemic, as falsehoods about the virus and vaccines spread on social networks including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

I've mentioned this before but when the 'vaccine' was about to be distributed I went to DDG and punched in 'Covid' and 'Vaccine' and the top result was not from the USA but from Australia. You see, in the year 2002 there was a fairly unreported covid outbreak and in the ensuing years research was underway to find a vaccine. I have a sneaky suspicion our government did not want anyone here to see the 20 years of failure which predated the sudden 'success'.

It wasn't just a tiny little bit of failure but time after time the vaccine resulted in VAED - or vaccine associated enhanced disease. So thanks to Australia and the Australian Institute of Virology I said, "Hell NO!" to Fauci's little money making scheme.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 05, 2023 05:47 AM (enJYY)

56 yo wut sup

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

57 Meant " and the drinking age was 18"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at July 05, 2023 05:48 AM (qMHgG)

58 How.

Posted by: LASue

I'm glad it wasn't hoo.

Posted by: JT at July 05, 2023 05:50 AM (T4tVD)

59 Bud Light sales shrunk 28% in the week before holiday weekend - the second worst year-on-year sales decline since Dylan Mulvaney backlash began

called me when it is 28% of nothing

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 05, 2023 05:52 AM (BRHaw)

60 So thanks to Australia and the Australian Institute of Virology I said, "Hell NO!" to Fauci's little money making scheme.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 05, 2023 05:47 AM (enJYY)

My 'fuck this COVID-1984 Dempanic scare tactic bullshit' was early on. Since this disease was so 'deadly', I wondered where all the homeless bodies were that surely must be piling up somewhere? Because if any segment of the population was not going to wash their hands a gazillion times a day nor have a basic diet or hygiene (including the wearing of masks), it's the homeless. But, no, those piles of dead homeless never appeared in any city, even those with a serious homeless problem. Funny that. That's when I knew every emergency decree was bullshit.

Posted by: RickZ at July 05, 2023 06:00 AM (emlEe)

61 Christian devotional on a passage from Roman's about mimicking Jesus:

https://tinyurl.com/yc43avex

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at July 05, 2023 06:11 AM (qMHgG)

62 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at July 05, 2023 06:11 AM (DhOHl)

63
But, no, those piles of dead homeless never appeared in any city, even those with a serious homeless problem. Funny that. That's when I knew every emergency decree was bullshit.

Posted by: RickZ at July 05, 2023 06:00 AM

That was also a 'tell' for me that Vitamin D - abundant in sunshine, which the homeless were certainly getting plenty of - was a really smart preventative measure.

But where were the 'Public Service Announcements' suggesting zinc and Vitamin D supplementation? Never happened. They wanted people to die.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 05, 2023 06:13 AM (enJYY)

64 A lot of people are missing the point of the ruling. It essentially establishes standing for any American for relief against the tech overlords if the engage in government directed abuse of the 1A. This isn't an injunction, it's a baseball bat.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at July 05, 2023 06:14 AM (oWBc3)

65 They wanted people to die.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 05, 2023 06:13 AM (enJYY)

That was just a side bonus. They wanted to make money, first and foremost. And, boy howdy, did they! To the tune of billions.

Posted by: RickZ at July 05, 2023 06:17 AM (emlEe)

66 It was the homeless on the subways that broke the Covid spell on my wife. Then, she noticed Covid PPE went into the regular trash, not infectious waste.
Fireman's carnival was packed again. Did manage the Ferris wheel.

Posted by: Jamaica NYC at July 05, 2023 06:18 AM (6EaAA)

67 G'morning, all.

SFp, prayers for you and your family both during, and after this day.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 05, 2023 06:18 AM (1n+EO)

68 "I'm glad it wasn't hoo."

First base.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 05, 2023 06:19 AM (DhOHl)

69 Good morning all!

Up too late, watching the neighbors' fireworks. Something they have never done before. Huh. Good show.

Posted by: Rosasharn at July 05, 2023 06:20 AM (PzBTm)

70 The young blacks in the nearby city celebrated the 4th in their usual way by shooting each other. If stop and frisk wasn't racist, we could save a lot of black children lives. But its not the way things are done anymore. Candle light vigils just don't seem to do anything.

Posted by: Colin at July 05, 2023 06:23 AM (2DV6+)

71 anyone thinks that the government will stop colluding with social media, please check my website for great deals on real estate.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 05, 2023 05:08 AM (wsSEe)

That's really the issue, across the board. What WILL compel them to stop. Because court rulings or ballot boxes won't.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 05, 2023 06:23 AM (bgCfw)

72 Follow-up article on that Baltimore mass shooting on Sunday reveals maybe just a little bit too much about the mindset of the folks who put together this 'multi-generational' celebration of residency in these basically Section-8 housing units.
Did not apply for a legally required permit
Kept lead up info off of social media, to prevent Law Enforcement awareness of its date of occurrence

And well over a thousand folks in attendance, many armed with firearms and knives.

https://tinyurl.com/u93kf67f

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 05, 2023 06:24 AM (1n+EO)

73 A lot of people are missing the point of the ruling. It essentially establishes standing for any American for relief against the tech overlords if the engage in government directed abuse of the 1A. This isn't an injunction, it's a baseball bat.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at July 05, 2023 06:14 AM (oWBc3)

Problem is, Big Tech already knows the drill and what to censor to enhance The Narrative. They'll just censor on their own, no government involvement. It's going to take a lawsuit to rule whether Big Tech is a public utility or if they are a publishers thanks to their editing via deleting. At this point, they are The New Town Square.

Posted by: RickZ at July 05, 2023 06:24 AM (emlEe)

74 That was also a 'tell' for me that Vitamin D - abundant in sunshine, which the homeless were certainly getting plenty of - was a really smart preventative measure.

But where were the 'Public Service Announcements' suggesting zinc and Vitamin D supplementation? Never happened. They wanted people to die.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 05, 2023 06:13 AM (enJYY)

Excellent point. Another arrow for my 'misinformation conspiracy' quiver.

Posted by: RickZ at July 05, 2023 06:26 AM (emlEe)

75 I just wanted to share a sweet story about someone in our church. As people know, our beloved elderly organist, Jessie, has been having health issues . One of the things she is affected by is diverticulitis- so there are all kinds of things which she can't eat including seeds. Last week we had a luncheon after church. One of our members who is a very good cook made beef brisket to put on rolls. Most of the rolls had sesame seeds. However, I heard the woman say to Jessie, "I made a couple of rolls without seeds for you because I know that you can't eat them." I just thought that was very thoughtful of her.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke-the Mikey candidate for Public Office at July 05, 2023 06:26 AM (qMHgG)

76 A Black, Hispanic or Native American student with a combined SAT score above 1,100 might be invited to apply to Harvard, but an Asian girl would need at least 1,350, and an Asian boy at least 1,380.

The average is 1050. So 1380 is in the top 5% and over 2 standard deviations from the norm.

Funny we see how many back kids get in but we never see there college grades.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 05, 2023 06:27 AM (BRHaw)

77 Candle light vigils just don't seem to do anything.
Posted by: Colin

Has anyone tried Midnight Basketball?

Posted by: Bruce at July 05, 2023 06:27 AM (vd8XM)

78
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 05, 2023 06:28 AM (ENBF0)

79 Just remember, the same folks who said that prescribing ivermectin for covid was a moral sin are the same folks who are happy to use a diabetes medication to reduce weight.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 05, 2023 06:29 AM (1n+EO)

80 Wear a mask. Wear two masks!!

Posted by: Karen down the street at July 05, 2023 06:31 AM (DhOHl)

81 "Wear a mask. Wear two masks!!"

And a face shield!

And if you leave your home, wear more yet!!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 05, 2023 06:34 AM (1n+EO)

82 Good grief, that Guardian article also included a scold to me about how many articles I've read there in the last year. They hope I appreciate their reporting, that's as far as I got in the scold. I'm sure they don't like my ad blocker or the fact that I do not have a subscription to read. Going to have to avoid them from now on.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 05, 2023 06:34 AM (2NHgQ)

83 Wear a mask. Wear two masks!!
Posted by: Karen down the street

HA!!

Posted by: Bruce at July 05, 2023 06:34 AM (vd8XM)

84 Karen: Walls don't work!

Also Karen: Wear your mask!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 05, 2023 06:34 AM (1n+EO)

85 Wear a mask. Wear two masks!!

Posted by: Karen down the street at July 05, 2023 06:31 AM (

Karen needs a burka. And a sound thrashing.

Posted by: RickZ at July 05, 2023 06:35 AM (emlEe)

86 "Wear a mask. Wear two masks!!"

And a face shield!
And if you leave your home, wear more yet!!!
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Liquor stores...Okay to go to

Church...NO!

Posted by: Bruce at July 05, 2023 06:37 AM (vd8XM)

87 Has there ever been a study of the number of incorrectly discarded disposable masks world wide, and their impact on the environment?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 05, 2023 06:38 AM (1n+EO)

88 Everyone must get vaxxed...at least 4 times

Border hOppers...nope, they're good.

Posted by: Bruce at July 05, 2023 06:38 AM (vd8XM)

89 Has there ever been a study of the number of incorrectly discarded disposable masks world wide, and their impact on the environment?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Luckily the sea turtles are immune to masks in the water.

Straws on the other hand...

Posted by: Bruce at July 05, 2023 06:39 AM (vd8XM)

90 88 Everyone must get vaxxed...at least 4 times

Border hOppers...nope, they're good.
Posted by: Bruce at July 05, 2023 06:38 AM (vd8XM)

And Congress.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 05, 2023 06:40 AM (PiwSw)

91 "Luckily the sea turtles are immune to masks in the water.

Straws on the other hand..."

Meanwhile, rats are using them as hammocks, and loving it.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 05, 2023 06:41 AM (1n+EO)

92 Meanwhile, rats are using them as hammocks, and loving it.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Ha!

Posted by: Bruce at July 05, 2023 06:41 AM (vd8XM)

93 And Congress.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 05, 2023 06:40 AM (PiwSw)

It's always nice to be Short Bus Special.

Posted by: Congress at July 05, 2023 06:42 AM (emlEe)

94 Wear your mask while you walk into the restaurant but take it off after you sit down.

'cuz science.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 05, 2023 06:44 AM (DhOHl)

95 One teen killed, six others injured in a mass shooting at a block party in Salisbury Md around 1:00am this morning.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 05, 2023 06:46 AM (1n+EO)

96 Watching the Tour de France and they are talking about the riders and press have to wear masks in the press areas.

Because there is an outbreak of Kovid in France.

Checking the source I looked at thru the pandemic and it shows basically no increases in the past 6 months.

There were riders that weren't able to continue in the Giro de Italia because of Kovid. Yet I see nothing for Italy at that time either.

Someone is making kovid krap up again.
Or...the press are the carriers of kovid.

Time to do the Chinese Bird Flu solution on the press?

Posted by: Bruce at July 05, 2023 06:47 AM (vd8XM)

97
Has there ever been a study of the number of incorrectly discarded disposable masks world wide, and their impact on the environment?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

____________

The percentage of incorrectly discarded mask is 100%, minus one. This is the Greatest Plague in History, but used masks aren't treated as extremely hazardous biowaste. Amazing.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 05, 2023 06:47 AM (MoZTd)

98 And the plexiglass. All the stupid plexiglass.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 05, 2023 06:49 AM (DhOHl)

99
One teen killed, six others injured in a mass shooting at a block party in Salisbury Md around 1:00am this morning.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 05, 2023 06:46 AM

obviously, it's these "block parties" must be banned

obviously

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 05, 2023 06:49 AM (ENBF0)

100 The percentage of incorrectly discarded mask is 100%, minus one. This is the Greatest Plague in History, but used masks aren't treated as extremely hazardous biowaste. Amazing.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

I loved to see the masks some wore. You could see where the grimy fingers had pulled it up and down for however long they wore it...a week? Two?

Posted by: Bruce at July 05, 2023 06:49 AM (vd8XM)

101 If you wear 2 N-95 masks, it is like an N-190, and the only way to really be safe, unless you also wear a regular mask over the top of them.
And social distance
And stay home
And get vaxxed
And boosted

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 05, 2023 06:50 AM (Ss3pk)

102 And the plexiglass. All the stupid plexiglass.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

Clerk at counter, English is not their first language or if it is they mumble anyway, wearing a mask , talking thru plexiglass to someone over 29....

MmmfhOne MmMmOOg?

Posted by: Bruce at July 05, 2023 06:52 AM (vd8XM)

103 I think originally you were to wear the first mask with the exhalation valve discharging outward.

And the second mask with the discharge side of the valve facing inward.

Or was it a garbage bag over your head, with tape around the neck for a better seal?

I can never remember which one it was.

But, wash your hands for twenty minutes.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 05, 2023 06:53 AM (1n+EO)

104 And the plexiglass. All the stupid plexiglass.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 05, 2023 06:49 AM (DhOHl)

My Primary Care still has that up at the front desk.

I can honestly say, if I am ever required to wear a mask for a doctor visit again, I'll wait. I, to my shame, bended the knee on masks. Never again. To my credit, though, I did not receive the Clot Shot nor any of its deadly boosters.

Posted by: RickZ at July 05, 2023 06:55 AM (emlEe)

105 But, wash your hands for twenty minutes.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

And stand 5, no, let's make it 6 feet away from others.

Unless you're walking down a one way aisle at the store.

Posted by: Bruce at July 05, 2023 06:57 AM (vd8XM)

106 Stayed at a hotel last week. At one point I returned to my room and couldn't help but notice the remnants of the glue adhesive stuck to the door jamb from the silly little "sanitized for your protection" seal that had been attached to the door at some point in the last three years.

Idiocy.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 05, 2023 06:58 AM (DhOHl)

107 105 But, wash your hands for twenty minutes.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

And stand 5, no, let's make it 6 feet away from others.

Unless you're walking down a one way aisle at the store.
Posted by: Bruce at July 05, 2023 06:57 AM (vd8XM)

And 6 feet became 3 feet for schools. Science!

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 05, 2023 06:58 AM (PiwSw)

108 And stand 5, no, let's make it 6 feet away from others.

Unless you're walking down a one way aisle at the store.

Posted by: Bruce at July 05, 2023 06:57 AM (vd8XM)

Or peacefully protesting by looting and burning shit down.

Posted by: RickZ at July 05, 2023 06:59 AM (emlEe)

109 Never again. To my credit, though, I did not receive the Clot Shot nor any of its deadly boosters.
Posted by: RickZ

I saw my doctor for my annual physical 2 years ago and he asked if I had gotten one.

I lied and said yes. He said there was nothing in the system. I looked shocked and told him I would contact Walgreens.

Last year, he didn't ask but I noticed on the my file it said no.

This year, we joked about how I didn't get one.

Posted by: Bruce at July 05, 2023 06:59 AM (vd8XM)

110 "And stand 5, no, let's make it 6 feet away from others.

Unless you're walking down a one way aisle at the store.

Posted by: Bruce at July 05, 2023 06:57 AM (vd8XM)

Or peacefully protesting by looting and burning shit down."

And the ever famous.....

'You must wear a mask to enter this bank'.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 05, 2023 07:00 AM (1n+EO)

111 Of course, I need an ankle operation in September. I should find out if there are rules regarding the need for a vax

Posted by: Bruce at July 05, 2023 07:01 AM (vd8XM)

112 'You must wear a mask to enter this bank'.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

HA! I remember when banks would have signs up at Halloween that masks may not be worn into the bank

Posted by: Bruce at July 05, 2023 07:02 AM (vd8XM)

113 Me, I would never taunt radioisotope, whether happy fun or kinda pissy; it just don't seem prudent. my 0.02, ianal.

G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying liars have been lying for decades at July 05, 2023 07:03 AM (dwh5k)

114
The Pennsylvania state liquor stores were closed for 10 weeks. When they reopened they had one way arrows everywhere, circles on the floor six feet apart for waiting in line, and plexiglass barriers that you could barely slide a bottle under. Masks required, over the nose or evicted. They only allowed a certain number of customers in the store, with an employee out front as the referee.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 05, 2023 07:03 AM (enJYY)

115 Bruce, my Primary Doc was practically crying, begging me to get the Clot shot in Feb '22. She was volunteered to work the ER and saw patients die in front of her. She was truthfully a scared Chicken Little. I told her I wan't getting it because I didn't trust the Government and its lies. She said she didn't want to talk politics. I said, 'Doc, it's all about politics!' She's never mentioned it again.

Posted by: RickZ at July 05, 2023 07:03 AM (emlEe)

116 I think the floor stickers in the grocery stores may possibly be the ultimate indicator of the sheepocracy.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 05, 2023 07:03 AM (DhOHl)

117
'You must wear a mask to enter this bank'.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 05, 2023 07:00 AM (1n+EO)

I kept a supply in my violin case.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 05, 2023 07:04 AM (MoZTd)

118 I met Radio Iso Dope behind the barn and whooped him good. Beat him with a chain, then we shook hands and went down to Selma to protest. Ask Corn Pop, he'll tell ya. Word as Biden.

Posted by: Joe Biden at July 05, 2023 07:05 AM (PiwSw)

119
And stand 5, no, let's make it 6 feet away from others.
Unless you're walking down a one way aisle at the store.
Posted by: Bruce at July 05, 2023 06:57 AM (vd8XM)

Or attending a BLM protest.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 05, 2023 07:06 AM (MoZTd)

120 Word as Biden.

Posted by: Joe Biden at July 05, 2023 07:05 AM (PiwSw)

What, no 'no malarkey'? Must be gettin' senile, Joey Choo -Choo.

Posted by: RickZ at July 05, 2023 07:07 AM (emlEe)

121 after revelations that Russian actors had sowed disinformation on U.S. social sites during the 2016 election

--

In a piece lamenting the loss of coordination between the feds and media.

Amazing.

Posted by: The recovered remains of Hitler's cocaine filled flying submarine at July 05, 2023 07:07 AM (dPePg)

122 Amid the turmoil after George Floyd’s murder by police in 2020, Netflix sought to address racist depictions in its film and television library in its own, particularly on-brand way.
Netflix, by contrast, sought to expand its successful nonfiction series “Explained,” produced by Vox Media, into that sensitive space.
In early 2021, the company contracted with Vox to create a series of videos that would run alongside movies or television shows featuring racist or stereotypical caricatures.
The videos would explain topics like the use of blackface and “yellowface” in Hollywood, as well as the depiction of native Americans in classic films and westerns.

Now do womanface!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 05, 2023 07:08 AM (BRHaw)

123 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

Not frozen.

Posted by: JT at July 05, 2023 07:08 AM (T4tVD)

124 Went to an MLB game at some point. Everyone had to wear a mask. The ballpark actually employed Karens to stand among the fans holding signs about the size of a ping pong paddle that said "pull your mask up!"

Disgusting.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 05, 2023 07:08 AM (DhOHl)

125 Wear your mask while you walk into the restaurant but take it off after you sit down.

'cuz science.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 05, 2023

***
'Cause the virus is polite and holds off while you eat your ravioli, until you stand up from your table. Only then will it pounce.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 05, 2023 07:09 AM (J2vNu)

126 The St George Funeral here in Houston proved it was all one big fucking circle jerk.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 05, 2023 07:10 AM (BRHaw)

127 126 The St George Funeral here in Houston proved it was all one big fucking circle jerk.

And the cruise ship.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 05, 2023 07:11 AM (DhOHl)

128 'You must wear a mask to enter this bank'.

---

Not joking:

I took mine off in a bank in order to be asked to leave if I wouldn't put my mask back on while inside the building. I asked if they would call the police if I wouldn't obscure my face while in line to speak to the teller at their bank.

A couple of people there understood, but most everyone was oblivious. Stay safe!

Posted by: The recovered remains of Hitler's cocaine filled flying submarine at July 05, 2023 07:11 AM (dPePg)

129 "And the cruise ship."

And the lack of dead homeless folk piled up under highway overpasses.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 05, 2023 07:12 AM (1n+EO)

130 Trump is toast. How many times have we heard that? He's toast made out of asbestos.

Posted by: fd at July 05, 2023 07:12 AM (iayUP)

131 She was truthfully a scared Chicken Little. I told her I wan't getting it because I didn't trust the Government and its lies. She said she didn't want to talk politics. I said, 'Doc, it's all about politics!' She's never mentioned it again.
Posted by: RickZ

I told mine last year, truthfully, that I had had Kovid in January. I contacted it from my vaxxed wife.
I didn't get it as bad as her, so I was the one taking care of both of us for 2 weeks. With some food deliveries from friends and family.

Posted by: Bruce at July 05, 2023 07:12 AM (vd8XM)

132 If we're laughing about the psy-ops:

That masks can accomplish anything against a cold.

Posted by: The recovered remains of Hitler's cocaine filled flying submarine at July 05, 2023 07:13 AM (dPePg)

133
And the lack of dead homeless folk piled up under highway overpasses.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 05, 2023 07:12 AM (1n+EO)

And the lack of dead superannuated politicos.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 05, 2023 07:13 AM (MoZTd)

134 129 "And the cruise ship."

And the lack of dead homeless folk piled up under highway overpasses.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 05, 2023 07:12 AM (1n+EO)

Or the thousands of dead Wal-Mart employees.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 05, 2023 07:13 AM (PiwSw)

135 Good morning, Hordelings! Hope you all enjoyed celebrating our independence yesterday. Or at least the memory of it.

Posted by: Doof at July 05, 2023 07:14 AM (2NDcH)

136
Trump is toast. How many times have we heard that? He's toast made out of asbestos.
Posted by: fd at July 05, 2023 07:12 AM (iayUP)

Asbestos toast >>> Avocado toast

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 05, 2023 07:14 AM (MoZTd)

137 A federal judge says this, a federal judge says that.

Big deal.

We have work arounds, reach arounds, rape, bribes, ski trips, blow, rape and kick backs.

Ain't worried.

Posted by: The Deep State at July 05, 2023 07:14 AM (XqIlw)

138
Or the thousands of dead Wal-Mart employees.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 05, 2023 07:13 AM (PiwSw)

I think that's what really ticked me off. All those little people who were considered expendable.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 05, 2023 07:15 AM (MoZTd)

139 My radiation Oncologist and I have spent literally hours this year discussing Covid, the nations response, and the impact of the chosen response on both the population, and the trust in medical officials.

In a different world, he would be a Moron.

The good kind....like us.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 05, 2023 07:15 AM (1n+EO)

140 Breakfast time!

have a good one all

Posted by: Bruce at July 05, 2023 07:15 AM (vd8XM)

141 Doof!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 05, 2023 07:16 AM (1n+EO)

142 One teen killed, six others injured in a mass shooting at a block party in Salisbury Md around 1:00am this morning.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

WE DIDN'T KNOW, OKAY?!!! SHUT UP!
- Police, again, after seeing it all over facebook and getting multiple calls

Posted by: The recovered remains of Hitler's cocaine filled flying submarine at July 05, 2023 07:16 AM (dPePg)

143 There was almost zero flu on 20 and 21. Where did it go?

Was the PCR contaminated with plain of flu strands.
Or was COVID a bird flu type of thing filled in with stands of common flus to make it more spreadable?

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

144 We held the TXMOME at the height of the covids. A hundred people from all over the country gathered for two days. No masks and no one got sick.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2023 07:17 AM (gk/C0)

145 I hope Ben and Jerry's gets the Bud light treatment. They have needed it for a long time.

Posted by: fd at July 05, 2023 07:18 AM (iayUP)

146 The PCR had to replicate 40X times to get a sample that then could be POSITIVE.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 05, 2023 07:18 AM (BRHaw)

147 I think the floor stickers in the grocery stores may possibly be the ultimate indicator of the sheepocracy.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 05, 2023 07:03 AM (DhOHl)

Concur. The ferocity of the Karens when you would walk the opposite of the arrows was impressive.

The horror, the horror...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 05, 2023 07:18 AM (XqIlw)

148 121 after revelations that Russian actors had sowed disinformation on U.S. social sites during the 2016 election

--

In a piece lamenting the loss of coordination between the feds and media.

Amazing.
Posted by: The recovered remains of Hitler's cocaine filled flying submarine at July 05, 2023 07:07 AM (dPePg)

The disinformation that would not die.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at July 05, 2023 07:19 AM (eggM4)

149 Or the thousands of dead Wal-Mart employees.

--

hahahaha, I forgot about that. They tried to make that a "thing" briefly, until it came out that there had been IIRC 90 deaths of retail workers during 2020, and all of them were 72 or older.

And that it sorta corresponded with normal deaths in that age group for those workers, and it was fewer deaths overall for retail workers than years prior.

Posted by: The recovered remains of Hitler's cocaine filled flying submarine at July 05, 2023 07:19 AM (dPePg)

150
Concur. The ferocity of the Karens when you would walk the opposite of the arrows was impressive.

The horror, the horror...
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 05, 2023 07:18 AM (XqIlw)

It's everyone else that's walking in the wrong direction.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 05, 2023 07:19 AM (MoZTd)

151 We held the TXMOME at the height of the covids. A hundred people from all over the country gathered for two days. No masks and no one got sick.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2023 07:17 AM (gk/C0)

Howdy Ben Had! Sent you an email a few weeks ago. Not sure if you saw it.

Posted by: Doof at July 05, 2023 07:19 AM (2NDcH)

152 Doof!
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 05, 2023 07:16 AM (1n+EO)

Howdy VIA! Hope all is good with you and Mrs VIA.

Posted by: Doof at July 05, 2023 07:20 AM (2NDcH)

153 Remember when the press and government wanted every factory to turn out ventilators? The local GM plant said they could, but given time. Several other manufactures locally were thinking about gearing up to make them. If everyone had done that, we would have millions of useless equipment stored by the government like they did cheese at one point in history.

Posted by: Colin at July 05, 2023 07:20 AM (2DV6+)

154 Doof, hi darlin. You will hear from me soon.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2023 07:21 AM (gk/C0)

155 Concur. The ferocity of the Karens when you would walk the opposite of the arrows was impressive.

--

I'll admit I was a horrible person and father.

I would walk backwards down aisles with my kids, laughing the entire time, and pointing out that scientifically we were following the rules. I know there were terrified Millennials who are sure we would kill them.

Posted by: The recovered remains of Hitler's cocaine filled flying submarine at July 05, 2023 07:21 AM (dPePg)

156 ha

Reports indicate that Biden and his cronies paid $1 per test kit for 100,000 kits at a time. We know, however, that only 400 million covid test kits were purchased by the regime, the first batch being 300 million followed by an additional 100 million.

Simple math shows that at $1 a pop, this should have costed Americans no more than $400 million, as the more one buys of something the cheaper it gets per unit due to bulk discounts. So, what happened to the other $600 million that the Biden allegedly forked over to communist China for these test kits?

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 05, 2023 07:22 AM (BRHaw)

157
We had a noisy evening last night. Ruth and Diana had never heard fireworks, at least not at that frequency. So running them out for their last exercise session in the pen was something of an adventure. I don't think either one went, likely because we were sitting outside to reassure them.

But they spent the night quietly and made up for it this morning by insisting on going out twice each.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 05, 2023 07:22 AM (MoZTd)

158 Doof, hi darlin. You will hear from me soon.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2023 07:21 AM (gk/C0)

Awesome - thanks! Hope all is good with you!

Posted by: Doof at July 05, 2023 07:23 AM (2NDcH)

159 Volunteers read books to calm animals at Arizona Humane Society during 4th of July

ffs

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 05, 2023 07:23 AM (BRHaw)

160 Remember when the press and government wanted every factory to turn out ventilators? The local GM plant said they could, but given time. Several other manufactures locally were thinking about gearing up to make them. If everyone had done that, we would have millions of useless equipment stored by the government like they did cheese at one point in history.
Posted by: Colin

---

We have a wealth moron here who was discussing making the financial moves to secure warehouses and maintenance to store them because there would be such big and easy (and zero actual expectations) money involved.

Posted by: The recovered remains of Hitler's cocaine filled flying submarine at July 05, 2023 07:23 AM (dPePg)

161 "WE DIDN'T KNOW, OKAY?!!! SHUT UP!
- Police, again, after seeing it all over facebook and getting multiple calls"

Well, to be fair, For example, Baltimore owns several Foxtrot (AKA GhettoBird) helo's.

Some weeks ago, when the city yutes broke into a closed city owned public pool for an unsanctioned pool party, Police sent a Helo overhead to announce that the yutes needed to vacate the area.

This started claims that the Racyst Po-Po were using aircraft to terrorize and intimidate these innocent young folks who were just trying to enjoy some good clean fun.

Several weeks later, after the Police stopped using helo's to maintain overmatch on the high crime areas, a crowd of about 20 teenagers broke into a closed Baltimore city public pool during school hours for another unsanctioned pool party.

First teen who dove into the pool failed to surface. Apparently none of the other children were trained in water rescue, and at last report the victim was unresponsive, and on life support.

But hey, at least there was no intimidation by any of the GhettoBirds, right?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 05, 2023 07:24 AM (1n+EO)

162 I kind of miss being able to terrorize citizens at the grocery store by not wearing a mask. Corridors would clear as my unmasked visage frightened shoppers into fleeing my presence.

Posted by: fd at July 05, 2023 07:24 AM (iayUP)

163 Reparations should require every recipient hyphenate their surname, with "Winner" before the dash. This way we'll know Toowanda Winner-Jackson's using a fake EBT card.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at July 05, 2023 07:25 AM (4ZE6o)

164 One, I love "GhettoBirds". That's hilarious.

Two:

"First teen who dove into the pool failed to surface. Apparently none of the other children were trained in water rescue"

I'm not going to comment on at all.

Posted by: The recovered remains of Hitler's cocaine filled flying submarine at July 05, 2023 07:25 AM (dPePg)

165 Hey DOOF.

Mrs VIA is happy now. Little VIA arrived for about four days with us last night.

Other than that....Bidbath boils dry daily due to the heat.
Yesterday's index was 114 degrees in the yard.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 05, 2023 07:27 AM (1n+EO)

166 I felt like Lon Chaney shopping as mothers hid behind their masks and children.

Posted by: fd at July 05, 2023 07:27 AM (iayUP)

167 I support coffee.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 05, 2023 07:28 AM (FI6T3)

168 " I support coffee."

And coffee supports me.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 05, 2023 07:29 AM (1n+EO)

169 >>>The argument in favour of fascism is extraordinary.

It is!
It is, however, becoming pedestrian.

Posted by: m at July 05, 2023 07:29 AM (x5hic)

170 Note the desperate attempt to conflate crimes by other people - child porn and terrorism - with crimes by the government - the systemic censorship of protected speech.
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Somebody's probably already said this, but I'd argue that the government is also heavily involved in child porn and terrorism...

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 05, 2023 07:30 AM (aBJcM)

171 lot of fun reading all the kovid krazy retrospective ... gotta say out here among the cows & corn we really didn't get all that much of it ...
still a few of the party faithful out here though, wearing their masks through thick and thin, even in the summer, lol

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying liars have been lying for decades at July 05, 2023 07:30 AM (dwh5k)

172 I scared the manager of the UPS store so bad he banned me permanently from his store. One day I saw him in the grocery store next door, standing in the express line, so I got right behind him and started breathing like the wolfman.

Posted by: fd at July 05, 2023 07:31 AM (iayUP)

173 Working in shithole NY, I member listening to that fuckstick Cuomo on the radio.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 05, 2023 07:32 AM (l6UsA)

174 I just looked at the stats at HeyJackass for July.

Good golly....

I think in raw numbers, Baltimore has had more shot, AND more killed in July than Chicago has.

That's a staggering accomplishment for a city who's population has dwindled to below 600K folks in recent years.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 05, 2023 07:32 AM (1n+EO)

175 spot-on, s i d !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying liars have been lying for decades at July 05, 2023 07:32 AM (dwh5k)

176 Hey DOOF.

Mrs VIA is happy now. Little VIA arrived for about four days with us last night.

Other than that....Bidbath boils dry daily due to the heat.
Yesterday's index was 114 degrees in the yard.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 05, 2023 07:27 AM (1n+EO)

Nice that he's home for a bit. Hope you all make the most of the time!

So now we need a "boiling" or "not boiling" status check on your birdbath??

Posted by: Doof at July 05, 2023 07:33 AM (2NDcH)

177 Good morning horde!
Lately I’ve been listening, when I can, to Lauds & Vespers chanted by a young man who started doing it during covid. Just a lovely way to start and end the day.

SingtheHours.org

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 05, 2023 07:34 AM (vHIgi)

178 fd, Good for you! I could clear an aisle with my smoker's cough

Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2023 07:34 AM (gk/C0)

179
I think in raw numbers, Baltimore has had more shot, AND more killed in July than Chicago has.

That's a staggering accomplishment for a city who's population has dwindled to below 600K folks in recent years.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 05, 2023 07:32 AM

Baltimore traditionally "punches above it's weight" in those metrics

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 05, 2023 07:34 AM (ENBF0)

180 "So now we need a "boiling" or "not boiling" status check on your birdbath??"

It's about to that point, yes.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 05, 2023 07:35 AM (1n+EO)

181 Mmmm, birdbath soup.

Posted by: raccoon at July 05, 2023 07:35 AM (SYTee)

182 Other than that....Bidbath boils dry daily due to the heat.
Yesterday's index was 114 degrees in the yard.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 05, 2023 07:27 AM (1n+EO

Zatarain's.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 05, 2023 07:35 AM (l6UsA)

183 VIA's bird sauna

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at July 05, 2023 07:36 AM (vHIgi)

184 I routinely walk for exercise and often will pick up trash. With one noted exception: masks.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 05, 2023 07:36 AM (DhOHl)

185 "The argument in favour of fascism is extraordinary."

Fascism can't occur on the left. Ditto racism. Duh!!

Posted by: Doof at July 05, 2023 07:36 AM (2NDcH)

186 Baltimore traditionally "punches above it's weight" in those metrics

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Hold my beer.
- Birmingham, AL

Posted by: The recovered remains of Hitler's cocaine filled flying submarine at July 05, 2023 07:37 AM (sD7y4)

187 Other than that....Bidbath boils dry daily due to the heat.
Yesterday's index was 114 degrees in the yard.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 05, 2023 07:27 AM (1n+EO

Zatarain's.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 05, 2023 07:35 AM (l6UsA)

Tony Chachere's > Zatarain's

Posted by: Doof at July 05, 2023 07:38 AM (2NDcH)

188
Somebody's probably already said this, but I'd argue that the government is also heavily involved in child porn and terrorism...

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 05, 2023 07:30 AM

I have a sneaky suspicion that Ukraine is the epicenter of child porn, gay adoption, child molestation and abuse. Which is why it needs to be defended so vigorously - in the eyes of the left.

It was only when Russia cut off the adoption pipeline to the US gay community that they became so evil. Overnight.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 05, 2023 07:38 AM (enJYY)

189 We held the TXMOME at the height of the covids. A hundred people from all over the country gathered for two days. No masks and no one got sick.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 05, 2023 07:17 AM (gk/C0)
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I found two days of fresh air and sunshine to be very restorative!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 05, 2023 07:39 AM (YIVH2)

190 I think I found the problem.

To quote some old dead white guy:

'Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.'

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 05, 2023 07:40 AM (1n+EO)

191
I routinely walk for exercise and often will pick up trash. With one noted exception: masks.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 05, 2023 07:36 AM

I hit a local state park pretty often and keep rubber gloves in my backpack for trash picking. People are slobs.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 05, 2023 07:40 AM (enJYY)

192
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Posted by: rhennigantx at July 05, 2023 07:41 AM (BRHaw)

193 The worst part for me is knowing that, similar to the HQ and Trump vs Desantis when the folks *just* watched the election stolen in front of their own eyes, if the government says there's a cold virus and people need to wear masks, people will put their masks back on. Even though they know they don't work, and even though they remember their feelings when they finally got the guts to remove them.

Because they got the guts to remove them. If they didn't, they'd still be wearing them.

But they'll put them back on in a heartbeat. I guess that's just how people work. Oh, and a Republican can win in 2024.

Posted by: The recovered remains of Hitler's cocaine filled flying submarine at July 05, 2023 07:42 AM (sD7y4)

194
Tony Chachere's > Zatarain's
Posted by: Doof at July 05, 2023 07:38 AM (2NDcH)

Tony Chachere's gumbo mix is really good. That, a pound of chicken and a pound of shrimp simmered in beef broth and we have soup for a week.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 05, 2023 07:42 AM (MoZTd)

195 "I hit a local state park pretty often and keep rubber gloves in my backpack for trash picking. People are slobs."

During our recent two month stay at Walter Reed, the premier military medical facility in the world, I was amazed and dismayed by the casual tossing of not just trash, but used masks onto the grounds of the facility.

It's true that our military is a cross section of America.

and it showed.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 05, 2023 07:44 AM (1n+EO)

196
One would think the WaPo would understand the danger of prior restraint WRT to speech. Welp.

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at July 05, 2023 09:33 AM (1hM1d)

197 foreign nationals being allowed to interfere in our election is only good when it benefits democrats.

Posted by: Spiff The Spaceman at July 05, 2023 10:59 AM (lfSFb)

198 138 Or the thousands of dead Wal-Mart employees.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 05, 2023 07:13 AM (PiwSw)

I think that's what really ticked me off. All those little people who were considered expendable.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 05, 2023 07:15 AM (MoZTd)

Like the people who sanitized the hotel rooms:

106 Stayed at a hotel last week. At one point I returned to my room and couldn't help but notice the remnants of the glue adhesive stuck to the door jamb from the silly little "sanitized for your protection" seal that had been attached to the door at some point in the last three years.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 05, 2023 06:58 AM (DhOHl)

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