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A day after firing Sam Altman, OpenAI is in talks to bring him back. (Tech Crunch)
No they're not. (Tech Crunch)

Well, that certainly clears that up.

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Twitch founder Emmett Shear will be the new CEO of OpenAI. (The Verge)

It looks like the researchers and non-profit board wanted a CEO who would run the business, and not try to also run the non-profit side of things.
Microsoft is celebrating the 20th anniversary of Patch Tuesday. (Microsoft)

Apparently with a driver update that broke the microphone in my laptop.
After 33 years of searching, two groups of mathematicians have independently discovered the ninth Dedekind number. (Quanta)

It was behind the sofa cushion.

The first four Dedekind numbers are 2, 3, 6, and 20.

The ninth number is 286,386,577,668,298,411,128,469,151,667,598,498,812,336. So it does grow a bit after that start.
There is no cloud, there is only someone else's computers... Or your own. (The Register)

Microcloud from Canonical - the company behind Ubuntu - is designed to make it easy to deploy your own small cloud - where "small" is anything from three Raspberry Pis to fifty 128-core AMD servers. Which is a pretty large value of small.

Disclaimer: Fountain pens, yes. Everything else, no.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 20, 2023 04:00 AM (BoX/+)

2 First?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 20, 2023 04:00 AM (omVj0)

3 "Missed it by that much!"

Evening and morning to ever'body!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 20, 2023 04:01 AM (omVj0)

4 G'Day everyone
Very short week

Posted by: Skip at November 20, 2023 04:02 AM (fwDg9)

5 Morning all!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 20, 2023 04:02 AM (BLOW1)

6 Mornin' again, all.

Fountain pens are not for left-hand writing.

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at November 20, 2023 04:07 AM (y4Bbz)

7 Git to leave a hour early today for appointment
Tomorrow is fast day so will try to get in just a couple hours
Wednesday is Colonoscopy

Posted by: Skip at November 20, 2023 04:11 AM (fwDg9)

8 Colonoscopy
Posted by: Skip at November 20, 2023 04:11 AM (fwDg9)
-

With or without anesthetic?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 20, 2023 04:13 AM (BoX/+)

9 Fountain pens are not for left-hand writing.
Posted by: My Life is Insanity

You'd think that if they can make a left handed monkey wrench, they'd be able to invent a left handed fountain pen.

Posted by: Bruce at November 20, 2023 04:13 AM (vd8XM)

10 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 20, 2023 04:13 AM (sAmhv)

11 Lol Bruce!

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at November 20, 2023 04:15 AM (y4Bbz)

12 Time to head out.

Make it a good day, all

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at November 20, 2023 04:20 AM (y4Bbz)

13 what do you mean searching for 33 years for a number...its RIGHT THERE!

Posted by: a dude in MI at November 20, 2023 04:23 AM (+I6Y/)

14 Is it safe for me to come out now?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 20, 2023 04:24 AM (WVOm3)

15 Probably

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 20, 2023 04:27 AM (sAmhv)

16 Thanks, Puddkeglum.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 20, 2023 04:29 AM (WVOm3)

17 Is it safe for me to come out now?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Were you in time out?

Posted by: Bruce at November 20, 2023 04:33 AM (vd8XM)

18 Colonoscopy Wednesday > Patch Tuesday

Posted by: Chuck C at November 20, 2023 04:35 AM (xttsV)

19 Were you in time out?

Nope; A poster did not like some thing which I said and stated that I should get my own blog.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 20, 2023 04:36 AM (WVOm3)

20 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 20, 2023 04:36 AM (ju2Fy)

21 Fen ignore them, your staying here

Posted by: Skip at November 20, 2023 04:39 AM (fwDg9)

22 Heading out for a road trip to spend a couple of days with a nephew and family. Both parents make over 2 hundred K so they are far, far, richer than poor me. They bought a very large travel 5th wheeler with a GMC diesel to pull it. Not they are selling it (not the truck) terrible time to sell a large travel trailer. will be glad when it over as they are snobs and want the latest in their new home and new cars. Be glad to get back home, where I can live my life on a few dollars a month.

Posted by: Colin at November 20, 2023 04:42 AM (bOfbg)

23 Skip; Thanks. I think I probably should just stay here on this thread😊

I will pray for the smoothness of your procedure and good results.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 20, 2023 04:42 AM (WVOm3)

24 Cleat out, near freezing
Forward Dog hitting the road

Posted by: Skip at November 20, 2023 04:43 AM (fwDg9)

25 Nope; A poster did not like some thing which I said and stated that I should get my own blog.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 20, 2023 04:36 AM (WVOm3)
-

I will gladly sell you this blog for a hamburger.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 20, 2023 04:44 AM (BoX/+)

26 May everybody traveling have safe travels.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 20, 2023 04:45 AM (WVOm3)

27 will gladly sell you this blog for a hamburger

Only if I can pay you next Tuesday.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 20, 2023 04:48 AM (WVOm3)

28 Nyquil wore off a few hours earlier than expected.

Hi.

Posted by: pookysgirl is sick of this cold already at November 20, 2023 04:48 AM (dtlDP)

29 Some posters carry more weight than others.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 20, 2023 04:48 AM (+cIkI)

30 I missed the drama, Fen. I understand. If things get a bit sporty here, I bail, come back later. This thread tends to be the most chill.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 20, 2023 04:50 AM (sAmhv)

31 Nyquil wore off a few hours earlier than expected.

Hi.
Posted by: pookysgirl

Oh oh...feeling lousy at the start of the holiday season?

That's not good

Posted by: Bruce at November 20, 2023 04:50 AM (vd8XM)

32 A letter to God. A devotional based on one of the psalms by a man from Nigeria:

https://tinyurl.com/2p9pwa4j

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 20, 2023 04:54 AM (WVOm3)

33
Posted by: pookysgirl

I am sorry. There seems to be a lot of headcold, nasal drip going around. I hope you feel better soon.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 20, 2023 04:55 AM (WVOm3)

34 'Day everyone
Very short week
Posted by: Skip at November 20, 2023

***
I read that as "very short wreck."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 20, 2023 04:56 AM (omVj0)

35 Nyquil wore off a few hours earlier than expected.

The cold remedy part or the sleeping aspect of it?

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 20, 2023 04:57 AM (ju2Fy)

36 Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 20, 2023 04:50 AM (sAmhv

Yes; This is a pleasanter spot.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 20, 2023 04:57 AM (WVOm3)

37
I just read the Wiki page on Dedekind numbers and am now educated on the topic.

Who am I kidding? I don't have a clue what I read.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 20, 2023 05:00 AM (enJYY)

38 A nice story about kindly and talented grandmothers in Texas:

https://tinyurl.com/b59zpup3

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 20, 2023 05:02 AM (WVOm3)

39 Is the left claiming vote fraud or Russian collusion in Argentina yet?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 20, 2023 05:05 AM (+cIkI)

40 This thread is chill because there is no alcohol, only coffee, lots and lots of coffee.

Posted by: Jamaica at November 20, 2023 05:09 AM (Eeb9P)

41 Is the left claiming vote fraud or Russian collusion in Argentina yet?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

Decided to mix it up a bit and claim White racism backlash.

Posted by: Bruce at November 20, 2023 05:09 AM (vd8XM)

42 Milei will vanish like the El Salvador preisident: they will close their eyes.

Posted by: Jamaica at November 20, 2023 05:12 AM (Eeb9P)

43 nyquil is only good for 4 hours of sleep for me

Posted by: a dude in MI at November 20, 2023 05:13 AM (+I6Y/)

44 nyquil is only good for 4 hours of sleep for me
Posted by: a dude in MI

This thread is chill because there is no alcohol, only coffee, lots and lots of coffee.
Posted by: Jamaica

And people coming off a Nyquil buzz.

Posted by: Bruce at November 20, 2023 05:16 AM (vd8XM)

45 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 20, 2023 05:17 AM (RIvkX)

46 Fountain pens .... Oh yeah, I went thru that phase/fad/whatever. I got pretty good at doing all the maintenance stuff, but inevitably I'd stain my left titty black or blue (not to mention ruining a few shirts).

Morning, y'all.

Posted by: GnuBreed at November 20, 2023 05:17 AM (zHuJr)

47 I just read the Wiki page on Dedekind numbers and am now educated on the topic.

Who am I kidding? I don't have a clue what I read.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

You must learn it! Someday your neighbor will ask you to help him build a garage and it will be useful

Posted by: Bruce at November 20, 2023 05:19 AM (vd8XM)

48 Local TV news is braying about the unmitigated success of the APEC conference, restoring vitality and energy to a cleaned-up downtown, and bringing a surge of new revenue for struggling small businesses, restaurants, and retail.

/s

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 20, 2023 05:21 AM (RIvkX)

49
I made the mistake last Sunday of walking a couple feet into a gym filled with about 100 parents and 300 children. Realized my mistake and walked away as quickly as I could. Too late. Sore throat that same night, box of tissues every day since. Not too bad this morning. Reminds me of the old saying, that a treated cold lasts a week, untreated lasts 7 days.

First cold I've had in decades.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 20, 2023 05:22 AM (enJYY)

50 Hi ho
HI HO!

Posted by: Skip at November 20, 2023 05:25 AM (l6eme)

51 First cold I've had in decades.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

Then it's probably the Kovid Zeus strain.

Did you get all 26 boosters?

Posted by: Bruce at November 20, 2023 05:26 AM (vd8XM)

52 Posted by: Jamaica at November 20, 2023 05:09 AM (Eeb9P

That made me laugh. Someone got offended once because I said some of the belligerence on the board late in the evening might be due to alcohol. I didn't say it about them, just a general comment.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 20, 2023 05:27 AM (0ZsQR)

53 Local TV news reports an Amazon driver was kidnapped while making deliveries in tony San Ramon and taken to several banks forced to withdraw money from his bank account.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 20, 2023 05:28 AM (RIvkX)

54
I just disabled Microsoft's compatibility telemetry. The damn program would fire up every morning around 4AM, and run for an hour or two, consuming 25% CPU or so. It started this shit a while back.

I got sick of it, and learned it can easily be disabled by Group Policy (provided you're running Win 10 Pro or better). I just did that. No more CompaTelRunner.exe going nuts.

Hell, damn thing upped power consumption by 20-50W depending ramping up CPU on all the cores.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 20, 2023 05:33 AM (Mzdiz)

55 37 I just read the Wiki page on Dedekind numbers and am now educated on the topic.

Who am I kidding? I don't have a clue what I read.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

I read the article and didn't understand it, and then I looked at the diagrams of the smaller numbers and light dawned.

If you have a digital control system with eight subsystems (2^3), and once a subsystem completes its task it doesn't go backwards, and the order of the tasks can branch out three ways after each subtask is completed, there are exactly twenty meaningfully distinct states that your system can find itself in.

That's useful to know if you want to make sure that none of those twenty states result in a Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly.

With this 42-digit number it's much less useful, except that the way they calculated it was to prove that it had a symmetry with a much simpler problem with just 18 digits: They cut the problem down by a trillion trillion times. And that trick potentially is useful.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 20, 2023 05:36 AM (BLOW1)

56
Local TV news reports an Amazon driver was kidnapped while making deliveries in tony San Ramon and taken to several banks forced to withdraw money from his bank account.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 20, 2023 05:28 AM

Kidnapping is serious charge with lengthy prison sentence. Some knucklehead in Philly did an ATM kidnap* the past week and is behind bars with a two million dollar bail.

* Victim is driven from ATM to ATM withdrawing money at each

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 20, 2023 05:37 AM (enJYY)

57 yo wut sup

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 20, 2023 05:38 AM (lwOKI)

58 >> Who am I kidding? I don't have a clue what I read.

That's an example of a very arcane, highly specialized mathematical subject. It doesn't seem to have any general use, and is sort of a "curiosity".

However, history is replete where such mathematical curiosities suddenly became very useful later on, perhaps decades after they were disovered.

The mathematics of General Relativity, Differential Geometry in higher dimensions, is a big example.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at November 20, 2023 05:40 AM (Mzdiz)

59 57 yo wut sup
Posted by: rhennigantx at November 20, 2023 05:38 AM (lwOKI)

We all are.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 20, 2023 05:40 AM (0ZsQR)

60 Why criticize Candace Owens?

She has falsely compared Israel to the “segregated South.” This is the Apartheid lie.

Candace implied that Israel was engaged in “genocide” for defending itself.

She suggested that to remove Students for Justice in Palestine from campuses will only generate more antisemitism.

h/t Frontpage

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 20, 2023 05:41 AM (RIvkX)

61 Sorry, got lost in a good article that had tons of embedded links to stuff I'd never seen before. Pallywood papering over sheer human savagery is probably not a subject that helps sleep, but oh well.

tinyurl.com/4cf96d5k

Posted by: pookysgirl is sick of this cold already at November 20, 2023 05:50 AM (dtlDP)

62
Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly

Sure, maybe the rocket was out of control and heading right at Maui, but is the US Treasury so low on funds it can't afford to pay out another $400.00 per household?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 20, 2023 05:51 AM (enJYY)

63 Cnadace, IMO, has jumped the shark. I know what I am talking about.

Posted by: Arthur fonzerelli at November 20, 2023 05:51 AM (89Sog)

64 Radiant TV- worshipping God through scenery, scripture and song:

https://tinyurl.com/3dxfx9d4

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 20, 2023 05:53 AM (xEe6E)

65 Candace Owens is a drama queen. There, I said it, now she can label me as a non-peacemaker or whatever. In my opinion, she uses her Christianity as a club to beat her opponents with as she rides a high horse. I don't think she's really studied the rest of the Beatitudes, and if she has, I don't think she's really taken the lesson of humility to heart.

Posted by: pookysgirl has heard it said that pride is the original sin at November 20, 2023 05:59 AM (dtlDP)

66 Reviewing video of scuffling between pro and anti-CCP people down at the APEC conference last week, and the elite glad-handing with their master Xi Jinping I'm sickened by the rush to embrace evil in service to mammon.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 20, 2023 06:02 AM (RIvkX)

67 Good morning! Currently 62 out on the patio, headed for 72 later today. I'm gonna take the grandkids to Central Market this afternoon to get stuff for a charcuterie board. And some pachugo.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 20, 2023 06:06 AM (YRsIm)

68
In my opinion, she uses her Christianity as a club to beat her opponents with as she rides a high horse.

If Candace Owens is citing scripture to serve her purpose I suggest Corinthians 5, 13: "Put away the evil one from among yourselves"

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 20, 2023 06:10 AM (enJYY)

69 Reviewing video of scuffling between pro and anti-CCP people down at the APEC conference last week, and the elite glad-handing with their master Xi Jinping I'm sickened by the rush to embrace evil in service to mammon.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 20, 2023 06:02 AM (RIvkX)

Were both sides of the pro- and anti-CCP people of Asian heritage? Just curious.

Posted by: pookysgirl's job will never be outsourced, thankfully at November 20, 2023 06:10 AM (dtlDP)

70 Pity printed 'over' the margins on my phone. Have not seen that before.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 20, 2023 06:16 AM (zZu0s)

71 Were both sides of the pro- and anti-CCP people of Asian heritage? Just curious.
Posted by: pookysgirl's job will never be outsourced, thankfully at November 20, 2023 06:10 AM (dtlDP)
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Mostly, but that is what I would expect.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 20, 2023 06:18 AM (RIvkX)

72 You know, I don't think I have ever heard Owen's speak.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 20, 2023 06:19 AM (zZu0s)

73
I don't wanna be rude and not reply to Pixy but I'm still ~~pretty~~ completely clueless as to Dedekind numbers. I simply can't fathom a real world example to their usage.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 20, 2023 06:21 AM (enJYY)

74 If Candace Owens is citing scripture to serve her purpose I suggest Corinthians 5, 13: "Put away the evil one from among yourselves"

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 20, 2023 06:10 AM (enJYY)

She'd probably use that as an excuse to purge the DW's Jewish "overlord." She implied in a tweet that her fellow Christians at the office were getting sick of Ben's highly emotional state. (TBF, this is probably the first time in his life he's had to deal with a real crisis that he couldn't rhetorically steamroll his way out of. I doubt the jihadis that were a week removed from kidnapping or killing him would have listened to his debating tactics or impassioned defense of Judaism.)

Posted by: pookysgirl, coughing up a storm at November 20, 2023 06:22 AM (dtlDP)

75 Math is extraordinarily practical. To a point. Somewhere after Diff Eqs and Hamilton Ian Wave functions is a bright dividing line where it immediately goes to plaid/philosophy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 20, 2023 06:24 AM (zZu0s)

76 A Bible joke from the little book
Of jokes and riddles from 1902 which was sent to me by kindlyvposter "snail racer":

What did Jonah think when the whale swallowed him?

He thought he was going to blubber, but he didn't.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 20, 2023 06:24 AM (HgT1s)

77 Hamiltonian. Silly phone. It IS a word.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 20, 2023 06:25 AM (zZu0s)

78 IDF moves 31 premature babies to Rafa hospital.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 20, 2023 06:26 AM (DyzF3)

79 What did Jonah think when the whale swallowed him?

He thought he was going to blubber, but he didn't.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 20, 2023 06:24 AM (HgT1s)

God is a God of second chances!

Posted by: pookysgirl, now with the Veggietales Jonah song stuck in her head at November 20, 2023 06:27 AM (dtlDP)

80
On the subject of leaf blowers from the ONT, yesterday I saw one of the neighborhood kids using an electric one to pick up fallen leaves. He had hearing protection on, the machine was on the ground, and he was crawling around to push leaves from their pile into it.

I laughed, but to be fair, he was not big enough to have carried it while filling it. Kudos to his parents for getting him started early to perform yard chores.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 20, 2023 06:27 AM (hn0eg)

81 Global warming might not happen quite as fast as we thought – here’s why

End of world prognosticators got some splainin to do

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 20, 2023 06:27 AM (lwOKI)

82 I proudly ran my leaf blower Saturday to blow out the gutters on the house, and to round up all the acorns and leaves from the street. Shoulda bought that thing years ago.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 20, 2023 06:30 AM (YRsIm)

83
Reflecting on 20 years of Patch Tuesday

"Now you KNOW on what day we'll FUCK YOU UP every month!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 20, 2023 06:30 AM (hn0eg)

84 G'mornin' everyone!

FS, we are not letting anyone run off the Chaplain of the Horde!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at November 20, 2023 06:30 AM (hXr4C)

85 IDF moves 31 premature babies to Rafa hospital.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 20, 2023 06:26 AM (DyzF3)

Talk about doctors without borders! I knew they were moving in with med teams and generators, but good for them for getting the babies stabilized enough to move them.

Posted by: pookysgirl, now with the Veggietales Jonah song stuck in her head at November 20, 2023 06:32 AM (dtlDP)

86
After 33 years of searching, two groups of mathematicians have independently discovered the ninth Dedekind number

*sings*

"Dedekinded to the one I love ..."

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 20, 2023 06:32 AM (hn0eg)

87
I got my latest electric bill on Saturday. I usually compare the graph against the year before. I expected usage to be lower but it was slightly higher. Then I looked at the average temperature for mid Oct to mid Nov and it was five degrees lower then the year before.

The climate be changing.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 20, 2023 06:34 AM (enJYY)

88
I am an on again, off again geocacher. I am proud to announce that yesterday I snagged my first cache in New Jersey. Appropriately, the cache was located at Cowtown, Southern New Jersey's proud locus of western kitsch and the Cowtown Rodeo.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 20, 2023 06:36 AM (hn0eg)

89 I hope this dispute between Ben Shapiro and Candace Owens is salubrious but not so far.

I haven't seen her talk with Tucker but I've read it doesn't address the substance of the dispute. Which I'm still trying to divine.

There are many layers to it. But the view that "this is not my fight" or "it's a cycle" or "it's a blood-feud" or "it's about land" I think is very short-sighted and I hope at least I have been consistent and continuous in my own view.

I have been rhetorically clawing on a whole lot of lib Jews the past few weeks and they don't like it. But They haven't had much to say in their own defense.

Candace doesn't know what she's talking about, but talks anyway.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 20, 2023 06:38 AM (RIvkX)

90 JJ will have it but goid videos at Legalinsurrection.com on Gaza hospital and moving hostages around inside from their security cameras

Posted by: Skip at November 20, 2023 06:38 AM (l6eme)

91 G'morning, all.

My MiL has asked me to look at the Mexican Bagpipes at Harbor Freight, and tell her if any of them are any good.

For her use, Harbor Freight should be fine.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 20, 2023 06:39 AM (hH3Px)

92 Hi ho
HI HO!
Posted by: Skip

Who you callin' a Ho ?

Posted by: JT at November 20, 2023 06:39 AM (T4tVD)

93 Have a good one and stay safe Skip !

Posted by: JT at November 20, 2023 06:40 AM (T4tVD)

94 Hiya

Posted by: JT at November 20, 2023 06:40 AM (T4tVD)

95 Any updates on that ship in the Red Sea that pirates took over just the other day?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 20, 2023 06:41 AM (hH3Px)

96 While I do think large numbers based on weird calculations is interesting, I struggle to find any practical reason to do so.

Many of them are mathematical solutions to problems in some strange multidimensional construct, so have NO bearing on our experiences in the real world. But yet the solutions still exist.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 20, 2023 06:41 AM (BpYfr)

97
without anesthetic

Asked and answered -- the procedure without an anesthetic is properly referred to as a "semicolonoscopy".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 20, 2023 06:43 AM (hn0eg)

98 "My MiL has asked me to look at the Mexican Bagpipes at Harbor Freight, and tell her if any of them are any good."

The Baur battery ones are pretty good. We a vac, pole saw, and blower that use the same batteries, which cost more than the device itself. Sometimes they will have a deal on the batteries, which is worth waiting for.

Posted by: fd at November 20, 2023 06:43 AM (vFG9F)

99 IDF moves 31 premature babies to Rafa hospital.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 20, 2023 06:26 AM (DyzF3)

I read that as premature rabies.....

Hiya BenHad !

Posted by: JT at November 20, 2023 06:44 AM (T4tVD)

100 Sure, maybe the rocket was out of control and heading right at Maui, but is the US Treasury so low on funds it can't afford to pay out another $400.00 per household?
Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 20, 2023 05:51 AM (enJYY)
----
"Look, if we start handing out $400 checks to Americans in need every time there's a crisis, we won't have $100 billion to give to our dear friends in the Ukraine to save their democracy." -- Treasury Officials

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 20, 2023 06:45 AM (BpYfr)

101 Good morning, JT

Posted by: Ben Had at November 20, 2023 06:45 AM (DyzF3)

102 Asked and answered -- the procedure without an anesthetic is properly referred to as a "semicolonoscopy".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 20, 2023 06:43 AM (hn0eg)
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I've actually had one of those.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 20, 2023 06:46 AM (BpYfr)

103 We have two of the Bauer hand vacs. One is a designated bug vac, for sucking up spiders and such.

Posted by: fd at November 20, 2023 06:46 AM (vFG9F)

104 "The Baur battery ones are pretty good. "

I might have to check it out.

To be fair, the amount of actual lawn on the yard is probably 350 square foot, max.

And my MiL gets confused by mechanical things.

Like pencils, light bulbs and hose washers.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 20, 2023 06:47 AM (hH3Px)

105 I love this headline:

Florida rapper caught on security footage gunning down manager in street before being run over by car

Posted by: fd at November 20, 2023 06:47 AM (vFG9F)

106 G'morning, Ben Had.

Forgot to do that for the last several days now.

Unintentionally rude of me.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 20, 2023 06:48 AM (hH3Px)

107 "Dedekinded to the one I love ..."
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 20, 2023 06:32 AM (hn0eg)

Dammit. Earworm.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 20, 2023 06:48 AM (zZu0s)

108 Like pencils, light bulbs and hose washers.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 20, 2023 06:47 AM (hH3Px)
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Which way do you turn those things??

Posted by: VIA's MiL at November 20, 2023 06:48 AM (RIvkX)

109
She suggested that to remove Students for Justice in Palestine from campuses will only generate more antisemitism.

I think of Palestinians, generally, as the world's Saudi Arabia of antisemitism. They have more than adequate stockpiles of that odious commodity.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 20, 2023 06:49 AM (hn0eg)

110 "I might have to check it out"

If you get one, get the bigger battery.

Posted by: fd at November 20, 2023 06:49 AM (vFG9F)

111 53 Local TV news reports an Amazon driver was kidnapped while making deliveries in tony San Ramon and taken to several banks forced to withdraw money from his bank account.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 20, 2023 05:28 AM (RIvkX)

That sounds.....fishy.

Who kidnaps an Amazon DRIVER - for their money? My bank has a limit on how much money I can withdraw in a day (I assume this "kidnapper" took him to ATMs to take the money out. All he would have to do is enter the wrong PIN a couple of times, and the machine would lock him out.

If someone is driving an Amazon truck, chances are they aren't exactly rolling in dough.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AOS Ladies Brigade, Plucky Comic Relief at November 20, 2023 06:50 AM (SRRAx)

112 "Which way do you turn those things??"

Heh!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 20, 2023 06:50 AM (hH3Px)

113 Disclaimer: Fountain pens, yes. Everything else, no.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM
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Some kid will ask, "What's a fountain pen?"

Posted by: Ciampino - used a fountain pen from grade school at November 20, 2023 06:50 AM (qfLjt)

114 All day soaker today, and so far lots of thunder and lightning. I think I'll just do a little housecleaning, cook something yet to be determined in the crock pot, and start on the bloody marys about 1100.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 20, 2023 06:50 AM (0EOe9)

115 Posted by: fd at November 20, 2023 06:43 AM (vFG9F)

Thanks, I was just about to ask what Mexican Bagpipes were. Ironically, the Hispanic family across the street had their yard cleaned up yesterday by what looked like a church group. Within fifteen minutes they had the lawn raked, mowed, and leaves into the vacuum truck.

Posted by: pookysgirl, living through the second round of autumn at November 20, 2023 06:50 AM (dtlDP)

116 We have two of the Bauer hand vacs. One is a designated bug vac, for sucking up spiders and such.
Posted by: fd at November 20, 2023 06:46 AM (vFG9F)
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I was kinda surprised yesterday to learn you are an 'ette but this comment proves it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 20, 2023 06:51 AM (RIvkX)

117 105 I love this headline:

Florida rapper caught on security footage gunning down manager in street before being run over by car
Posted by: fd at November 20, 2023 06:47 AM (vFG9F)

So many questions:

1) was it his manager or the manager of the business with the security camera?

2) did the car accidently hit him or did it intentionally hit him since he was shooting people in the street?

3) You never hear about Cellists doing this kind of thing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 20, 2023 06:51 AM (zZu0s)

118 VIA, not riude at all. A cheerful good morning to you and Mrs VIA.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 20, 2023 06:52 AM (DyzF3)

119 " All he would have to do is enter the wrong PIN a couple of times, and the machine would lock him out. "

I have always wondered why bank customers are not offered an optional 'SOS' pin for their card.

When that pin is used, it immediately notifies police of a forced withdrawal, and puts the ATM machine in 'Slow' mode. Not enough to reject the transaction, but enough to delay the ejection of cash to allow Police time to respond.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 20, 2023 06:53 AM (hH3Px)

120 You can still get the pilot disposable fountain pens I like so much. Scratchy. Should last me a couple years.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 20, 2023 06:53 AM (zZu0s)

121 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 20, 2023 06:53 AM (u82oZ)

122 Present

watch out
I have thoughts

Posted by: DB - two time Comment of the Week honoree at November 20, 2023 06:53 AM (geLO8)

123 "I was kinda surprised yesterday to learn you are an 'ette but this comment proves it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho"

Now wait a minute. I got the bug vac for HER so SHE can get the damn bugs herself. I got tired of coming home and finding her standing on a chair.

She still screams a little when vacuuming up a particularly nasty bug. It's cute.

Posted by: fd at November 20, 2023 06:53 AM (vFG9F)

124 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Do not count on police response time in minutes. Think hours. Even days in bigger cities. Or none, like in B'more.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 20, 2023 06:54 AM (u82oZ)

125 Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 20, 2023 06:55 AM (hH3Px)

126 "was it his manager or the manager of the business with the security camera?"

Actually, it was a "her".

Posted by: fd at November 20, 2023 06:55 AM (vFG9F)

127 {{{Ben Had}}}

🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good morning! ♬♬ ♩ ♪

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 20, 2023 06:55 AM (u82oZ)

128 LOL My gaydar has never been good.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 20, 2023 06:55 AM (RIvkX)

129 Good morning, NaCly.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 20, 2023 06:56 AM (DyzF3)

130 /jk

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 20, 2023 06:56 AM (RIvkX)

131 Best fountain pen is the Noodlers Ahab Flex Nib Fountain Pen, 2nd best is the TWSBI Diamond with a Fine Nib.

Lamy Safari is a good runner up to those pens.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 20, 2023 06:56 AM (XV/Pl)

132 111 chances are they aren't exactly rolling in dough. I used to take the Greyhound from Erie to Buffalo, and the city bus out to Niagara Falls. Dropped off right in front of the hotel near the casino. Used to amaze me that there were panhandlers at the Greyhound, where maybe half of those disembarking were looking for the food stamp office.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 20, 2023 06:56 AM (0EOe9)

133 "Do not count on police response time in minutes. "

In our sleepy little town, it's about three minutes average.

Plus, it puts local Police on alert to expect another withdrawal nearby soon.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 20, 2023 06:56 AM (hH3Px)

134 5 AM (hH3Px)

126 "was it his manager or the manager of the business with the security camera?"

Actually, it was a "her".
Posted by: fd at November 20, 2023 06:55 AM (vFG9F)

Precocious.*

*it was either this or a PMS joke

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 20, 2023 06:56 AM (zZu0s)

135 TBF, I let Mrs. F. handle the spiders.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 20, 2023 06:57 AM (RIvkX)

136 bill in arkansas,

We have your rain here. Much needed.

Gets me to thinking about burning my pasture. Without rain, that would be a bad idea.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 20, 2023 06:57 AM (u82oZ)

137 In the pre-BIC days everyone used fountain pens even left-handed people.

You know the modern Biro was a Hungarian invention?

Posted by: Ciampino - used a fountain pen from grade school before Biro at November 20, 2023 06:58 AM (qfLjt)

138
A distant relative asserted that one can find the names of all fifty states inscribed on the Lincoln Memorial engraving on the back of the U. S. five dollar bill.

Not true -- the names of only 26 states are visible there, on the Memorial's East face frieze and "attic". And besides, nowhere in all four friezes and attics are the names of Alaska and Hawaii inscribed.

"The More You Know ..."

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 20, 2023 06:58 AM (hn0eg)

139 'Burning my pasture'.

Euphemism?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 20, 2023 06:58 AM (zZu0s)

140 3) You never hear about Cellists doing this kind of thing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 20, 2023 06:51 AM (zZu0s)

Why do you think we let Pookette play cello? (Debut concert of her as a percussionist tonight, btw. She's taken to the bells like a duck to water.)

Posted by: pookysgirl, constantly managing instrument schedules at November 20, 2023 06:59 AM (dtlDP)

141
Correction: "...four friezes and four attics..."

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 20, 2023 07:01 AM (hn0eg)

142 I want to thank everyone who was here yesterday for what turned out to be an enlightening thread about the creation of the nation of Pakistan.

I had no idea about its creation, nor the Islamic backstory to it.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 20, 2023 07:01 AM (hH3Px)

143 131 Best fountain pen is the Noodlers Ahab Flex Nib Fountain Pen, 2nd best is the TWSBI Diamond with a Fine Nib.

Lamy Safari is a good runner up to those pens.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 20, 2023 06:56 AM (XV/Pl)

I love my Waterman Philéas.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 20, 2023 07:01 AM (PiwSw)

144 You know the modern Biro was a Hungarian invention?
Posted by: Ciampino - used a fountain pen from grade school before Biro at November 20, 2023 06:58 AM (qfLjt)
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Yeh. Sure.

That's what they told me about the goulashes I wear out in the rain.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 20, 2023 07:02 AM (BoX/+)

145
... an enlightening thread about the creation of the nation of Pakistan.

It was not complete unless you were also told about the creation of Pockestan.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 20, 2023 07:04 AM (hn0eg)

146 Aetius451AD work phone

Burning pasture is needed to keep unwanted cedar and black locust trees from establishing. They suck water out of my big bluestem grass pasture. The trick is controlling it, and not getting near the house.

I plan to document the next burn, and maybe write an essay on it. If there is any interest.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 20, 2023 07:04 AM (u82oZ)

147 @143

>>I love my Waterman Philéas.

I hear that's a good pen.

There are some really nice pens out there, the Pilot Metropolitan is another nice pen, it's inexpensive and can be found pretty much everywhere.

I exclusively buy on JetPens and they have a ridiculous selection to choose from.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 20, 2023 07:05 AM (XV/Pl)

148 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

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My MiL has asked me to look at the Mexican Bagpipes at Harbor Freight, and tell her if any of them are any good.
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So they play "La Cucaracha" rather than "The Rowan Tree?"

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at November 20, 2023 07:05 AM (ScR16)

149 We have two of the Bauer hand vacs. One is a designated bug vac, for sucking up spiders and such.
Posted by: fd at November 20, 2023 06:46 AM (vFG9F)

Now they're all trapped in the vac planning an escape.

And REVENGE !

Posted by: JT at November 20, 2023 07:06 AM (T4tVD)

150 To pookysgirl

Well done. Good luck, and maybe one day you can use a gong and chainsaw in a P.D. Q. Bach concert.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 20, 2023 07:06 AM (u82oZ)

151 Now they're all trapped in the vac planning an escape.

And REVENGE !
Posted by: JT at November 20, 2023 07:06 AM (T4tVD)
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It's where they lay their eggs

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 20, 2023 07:08 AM (RIvkX)

152 Fen, I posted a funny for you in the ONT #327. Here it is again if you missed it:

Hear about that high-tech thriller, about a submarine crew that gets lost at sea due to extreme computer failure? It’s called DOS Boot.

Jim at #333 had a pertinent and amusing BSOD addition:
"I put that into the queue, but all I got was the Blue Sea of Death."

Posted by: Ciampino - Did you screen your U-Boat? at November 20, 2023 07:08 AM (qfLjt)

153 Work preps.

Have a blessed day, everyone.

May no YOLO Darwin Award candidate approach you.

Ad Astra Per Aspera

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 20, 2023 07:08 AM (u82oZ)

154 Fountain pens. Lady I knew in PA was the luckiest in the world when it came to raffles, chinese auctions, you name it. She scored a Mont Blanc fountain at some function, entry level but still expensive. Her bum son "lost" it.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 20, 2023 07:09 AM (0EOe9)

155 Be safe, Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 20, 2023 07:09 AM (hH3Px)

156 Good morning! Happy Thanksgiving week!
Got the tree up yesterday as well as other Christmas decorating. My gnome collection has taken over the living room! Anyhoo.. special memories made with the kiddos.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at November 20, 2023 07:09 AM (iF0sF)

157 Break a leg pookette!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 20, 2023 07:10 AM (RIvkX)

158 Hiya Jewells !

Posted by: JT at November 20, 2023 07:11 AM (T4tVD)

159 Chicagoans will be victims of nearly 80,000 major crimes in 2023. That’s about 29,000 more crimes than in 2019 – an increase of nearly 60 percent. And it’s an 18 percent increase over last year.

Gooder and Harderer.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 20, 2023 07:12 AM (lwOKI)

160
The price of meat has just gone up
and your crime rate has not gone down

Posted by: Frank Zappa at November 20, 2023 07:14 AM (enJYY)

161 Hiya JT!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at November 20, 2023 07:14 AM (iF0sF)

162 Candace Owens is Ye West in drag.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 20, 2023 07:14 AM (S6gqv)

163 Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 20, 2023 07:06 AM (u82oZ)

Pooky and Pookette were trying to figure out yesterday how to get her to hit the snare drum on the off-beat of the cello. It involved duct tape and a different seating position than she's currently in.

Posted by: pookysgirl, not sure if she has enough duct tape at November 20, 2023 07:14 AM (dtlDP)

164 “The President acted without sense and without constraint in a panorama that was gotten up more for the benefit of his party than for the honor of the deed….We pass over the silly remarks of the President; for the credit of the nation we are willing that the veil of oblivion shall be dropped over them and that they shall no more be repeated or thought of.”

These dudes seems not to like Lincoln's speech.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 20, 2023 07:18 AM (lwOKI)

165 Overnight Libertarian Follies: Milei in Argentina just won the greatest political victory for any Libertarian ever. So already Doug MacAdams, head of the Ron Paul Institute here in the US is bitterly criticizing him for not being the "right" kind of Libertarian. (My guess is that Milei forgot to promise free weed for everyone)

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 20, 2023 07:20 AM (S6gqv)

166 OK, so Tucker, Candace, and Paul Joseph Watson's criticism is the same as mine.

Liberal joos were absent and did not oppose DIE, CRT and the other anti-white racist and Marxist fronts. But now these movements have specifically targeted them they find themselves shocked, and bereft of allies.

I find this a little too cute, and while I'm also critical, I have also understood the deep emotional connection of the people to the land in a way they apparently cannot. And I'm trying to educate and win these folks over with overdoing the tsk-tsking part of it. This is an opportunity to wrest away an important part of their coalition.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 20, 2023 07:22 AM (RIvkX)

167 The anti semetic part of their argument is that they are "Israel First" and not "America First" which I disbelieve

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 20, 2023 07:24 AM (RIvkX)

168 NBC weeps:

A once-robust alliance of federal agencies, tech companies, election officials and researchers that worked together to thwart foreign propaganda and disinformation has fragmented after years of sustained Republican attacks.

The GOP offensive started during the 2020 election as public critiques and has since escalated into lawsuits, governmental inquiries and public relations campaigns that have succeeded in stopping almost all coordination between the government and social media platforms.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 20, 2023 07:24 AM (lwOKI)

169 This is an opportunity to wrest away an important part of their coalition.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 20, 2023 07:22 AM (RIvkX)

Bringing them into the light.

Posted by: pookysgirl knows you sometimes have to drag people into seeing the truth at November 20, 2023 07:25 AM (dtlDP)

170 Microsoft hired Sam Altman.

Posted by: fd at November 20, 2023 07:25 AM (vFG9F)

171 Good morning everyone. I just got a nice surprise - my nephew in the Navy whom I thought was under the sea somewhere just texted and asked if he could join us for Thanksgiving. My parents are going to be thrilled.

Posted by: bluebell at November 20, 2023 07:26 AM (pTb/Z)

172 succeeded in stopping almost all coordination between the government and social media platforms.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 20, 2023 07:24 AM (lwOKI)

Something to celebrate, not weep over.

Posted by: pookysgirl knows you sometimes have to drag people into seeing the truth at November 20, 2023 07:27 AM (dtlDP)

173 167 The anti semetic part of their argument is that they are "Israel First" and not "America First" which I disbelieve
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 20, 2023 07:24 AM (RIvkX)

Highly unlikely that they would be anything first. Almost everything we see is a result of explicit anti-nationalist policies and practices. Why are the kids so enamored with the Bin Laden coorespondance- because they have been taught ot be reflexively anti American and by extension, Anti Israel.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 20, 2023 07:28 AM (zZu0s)

174 Boker Tov Patriot

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 20, 2023 07:28 AM (pVWRI)

175 Good morning everyone. I just got a nice surprise - my nephew in the Navy whom I thought was under the sea somewhere just texted and asked if he could join us for Thanksgiving. My parents are going to be thrilled.
Posted by: bluebell at November 20, 2023 07:26 AM (pTb/Z)

Outstanding

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 20, 2023 07:29 AM (pVWRI)

176 171 Good morning everyone. I just got a nice surprise - my nephew in the Navy whom I thought was under the sea somewhere just texted and asked if he could join us for Thanksgiving. My parents are going to be thrilled.
Posted by: bluebell at November 20, 2023 07:26 AM (pTb/Z)

*Airplane Awwww moment*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 20, 2023 07:29 AM (zZu0s)

177 131 Best fountain pen is the Noodlers Ahab Flex Nib Fountain Pen, 2nd best is the TWSBI Diamond with a Fine Nib.

Lamy Safari is a good runner up to those pens.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 20, 2023 06:56 AM (XV/Pl)
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Parker used to be the Rolls-Royce of fountain pens.

Posted by: Ciampino - Did you screen your U-Boat crew? at November 20, 2023 07:29 AM (qfLjt)

178 Good morning everyone. I just got a nice surprise - my nephew in the Navy whom I thought was under the sea somewhere just texted and asked if he could join us for Thanksgiving. My parents are going to be thrilled.
Posted by: bluebell at November 20, 2023 07:26 AM (pTb/Z)

Thanks for sharing that wonderful news. That’s America writ large right there. May you and all your family have a blessed holiday

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at November 20, 2023 07:30 AM (iR91D)

179 Stop Stop the Stral

Posted by: Paul at November 20, 2023 07:31 AM (y6jaJ)

180 And especially nice because this nephew had to miss my daughter's wedding this summer due to being under the sea, so missed the first gathering of my whole family since 2019.

Posted by: bluebell at November 20, 2023 07:31 AM (pTb/Z)

181 60 Why criticize Candace Owens?

While i can find criticism of Jews who use the Covenant as a shield without living the covenant, the right commentators who are excoriating Israel over a supposed genocide of Palestinians because there is some kind of firm line between a pali and hamas, and somehow Israel is supposed to deal with hamas without causing an ounce of disruption to a single pali, is fucking infuriating. And like DJT rooted out the squishes on the right, so too is this Israeli situation.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 20, 2023 07:31 AM (R8uWY)

182 Strahl?

Sounds German.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 20, 2023 07:31 AM (zZu0s)

183 MARIA CELESTE ARRARAS: Because the last thing we want is to have a foreign company with its own agenda, whatever it may be, exerting, if that’s the case, undue pressure on the electoral process. How do they exercise (undue pressure)? Well, we clearly know that here in the United States, Univision is the number one network with the highest audience among Latinos, who are the key bloc for any election. So, if these Latinos, no matter how intelligent they are, only see one side of what the news is and do not see it in its entirety, then obviously that is going to alter their perception and, therefore, their reality.

Univision says Latinos not smart enough to watch PDT and make decisions for themselves.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 20, 2023 07:32 AM (lwOKI)

184 Why is a cello better than a violin?

It burns longer.

Posted by: Ciampino - From Canonical Music Humor at November 20, 2023 07:32 AM (qfLjt)

185
My parents are going to be thrilled.
Posted by: bluebell

How wonderful - enjoy your time together!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 20, 2023 07:32 AM (hn0eg)

186 182 Strahl?

Sounds German.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 20, 2023 07:31 AM (zZu0s)

I think it means "beam", like a beam of sunlight. I could also be completely wrong.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 20, 2023 07:33 AM (9UlRk)

187 Thanks for sharing that wonderful news. That’s America writ large right there. May you and all your family have a blessed holiday
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at November 20, 2023 07:30 AM (iR91D)
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Thank you Rufus! There i was feeling kind of sorry for myself because it was going to be our smallest Thanksgiving ever (two of my kids won't be here, and usually we have other kids who live too far from home to go back but we don't this year). So this is really wonderful.

Posted by: bluebell at November 20, 2023 07:33 AM (pTb/Z)

188 172 succeeded in stopping almost all coordination between the government and social media platforms.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 20, 2023 07:24 AM (lwOKI)

Something to celebrate, not weep over.
Posted by: pookysgirl knows you sometimes have to drag people into seeing the truth at November 20, 2023 07:27 AM (dtlDP)

not to JournoLIST

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 20, 2023 07:34 AM (lwOKI)

189 182 Strahl?

Sounds German.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 20, 2023 07:31 AM (zZu0s)

Stral?

As in 'stralians.

Posted by: m at November 20, 2023 07:34 AM (SpRPx)

190 aww, that's great news, bluebell!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at November 20, 2023 07:36 AM (hXr4C)

191 184 Why is a cello better than a violin?

It burns longer.
Posted by: Ciampino - From Canonical Music Humor at November 20, 2023 07:32 AM (qfLjt)

Half the people run out of the bank seeing a man with a cello case thinking GUN
The other half leave thinking CELLO

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 20, 2023 07:36 AM (lwOKI)

192 because there is some kind of firm line between a pali and hamas,

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 20, 2023 07:31 AM (R8uWY)

Yeah, after my Pallywood reading this morning, I'm starting to really understand how blurry that line is. Did you know that a BBC photographer was later revealed to be an official member of Hamas?

Posted by: pookysgirl, always soaking in new info at November 20, 2023 07:36 AM (dtlDP)

193 That's nice bluebell!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at November 20, 2023 07:36 AM (iF0sF)

194 191 Half the people run out of the bank seeing a man with a cello case thinking GUN
The other half leave thinking CELLO
Posted by: rhennigantx at November 20, 2023 07:36 AM (lwOKI)

hahahahaha

Posted by: m at November 20, 2023 07:37 AM (SpRPx)

195 Posted by: bluebell at November 20, 2023 07:26 AM (pTb/Z)

That's wonderful!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 20, 2023 07:37 AM (mYnSZ)

196 Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 20, 2023 07:31 AM (R8uWY)

People show you who they are.

The thing about all of this is that there should be room for criticism of Israel or even 'Jews' (although I think this is tricky simply because no one is monolithic. Does what Pope Francis, a vile commie does as the Pope tar all catholics. May be a bad example simply because of the inherent hierarchical nature of the Church.) There should be room for criticism of either without it being equated with antisemitism. It still can be, but there has to be a distinction. Otherwise you run into the problem of Israel or Jews being above any reproach- which is always a bad idea- no matter what country or group of people we are talking about.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 20, 2023 07:37 AM (zZu0s)

197 So now of course I am calculating how many more pies I need to make, lol. This will probably be his first home-cooked meal since last Christmas with his family.

Posted by: bluebell at November 20, 2023 07:37 AM (pTb/Z)

198 McLaughlin reported that:

This as the Israeli military continues to search the hospital complex looking for any signs of what it alleges is a Hamas terror cell that it says was operating deep beneath the complex itself, so far presenting evidence of a tunnel, as well as weapons that it says it found on hospital grounds,

but nothing definitive so far.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 20, 2023 07:37 AM (lwOKI)

199 200

Posted by: m at November 20, 2023 07:38 AM (SpRPx)

200 200!

Posted by: m at November 20, 2023 07:38 AM (SpRPx)

201 bluebell are you going to make his attendance a surprise?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 20, 2023 07:38 AM (RIvkX)

202
SEF
TON

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 20, 2023 07:39 AM (lwOKI)

203 I am going to guess that most of Univisions viewers are not legal voters anyway. So, what they think of DJT is irrelevant, because they will vote for biden whether they want to or not.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at November 20, 2023 07:39 AM (R8uWY)

204 bluebell are you going to make his attendance a surprise?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 20, 2023 07:38 AM (RIvkX)
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No, I want my parents to enjoy the anticipation as much as I do. Plus I don't want any heart attacks, lol.

Posted by: bluebell at November 20, 2023 07:40 AM (pTb/Z)

205 I mean really, when you think about it, is there really such a thing as "too much pie"?

lol

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at November 20, 2023 07:40 AM (hXr4C)

206 Excellent point, sock!

Posted by: bluebell at November 20, 2023 07:41 AM (pTb/Z)

207 Otherwise you run into the problem of Israel or Jews being above any reproach- which is always a bad idea- no matter what country or group of people we are talking about.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 20, 2023 07:37 AM (zZu0s)

I don’t think we have to worry about that. There has never been a shortage of criticism regarding Israel or their actions toward the “paleostinians”.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at November 20, 2023 07:43 AM (iR91D)

208 Blueberry or apple pie?

Posted by: dantesed at November 20, 2023 07:46 AM (88xKn)

209 Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 20, 2023 07:37 AM (zZu0s)

Yeah, I don't think any group should be off-limits to criticism, as long as its informed. I'm somewhat taking Ben's side on this one as Candace is shooting off her mouth without really informing herself, hence the "faux sophistication" comment. And the information the IDF is putting out, especially about the Shifa hospital, is hurting the "both siiiiiiides" argument Candace has been pushing.

Posted by: pookysgirl, tiredly philosophizing at November 20, 2023 07:46 AM (dtlDP)

210 Strahl?

Sounds German.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 20, 2023 07:31 AM (zZu0s)

I think it means "beam", like a beam of sunlight. I could also be completely wrong.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 20, 2023 07:33 AM (9UlRk)

You are correct, sir.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at November 20, 2023 07:48 AM (CnLzB)

211 Blueberry or apple pie?
Posted by: dantesed at November 20, 2023 07:46 AM (88xKn)
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Pumpkin, pecan, apple, and chocolate chip.

But blueberry tomorrow night, when my daughter and son-in-law stop overnight on their way to his mother's house.

Posted by: bluebell at November 20, 2023 07:48 AM (pTb/Z)

212 153
Salty, those YOLO people are sometimes joined by the 'Hold my beer ......' individuals. (HMB)

Posted by: Ciampino - HMB people are fun until one gets the cone of shame at November 20, 2023 07:49 AM (qfLjt)

213 “paleostinians”.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at November 20, 2023 07:43 AM (iR91D)

Yeah, reading about/seeing their treatment of the bodies of dead Israelis makes cavemen seem civilized.

Posted by: pookysgirl, tiredly philosophizing at November 20, 2023 07:54 AM (dtlDP)

214 205 I mean really, when you think about it, is there really such a thing as "too much pie"?

lol

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at November 20, 2023 07:40 AM (hXr4C)
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That's almost like saying 'left over bacon' ... sheesh!

Posted by: Ciampino - If the bacon packet is not resealable then it's One Serving at November 20, 2023 08:03 AM (qfLjt)

215 In case anyone reads this later, get a bottle of Noodlers Black. It's fast drying and will work better for Lefties

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Posted by: ithaca at November 20, 2023 08:08 AM (EvYW1)

217 JournoList is dead.

Posted by: CabaList at November 20, 2023 08:10 AM (wK4hU)

218 As mentioned above, Microsoft has hired Alrman, plus Brockman and the rest of the 10X engineers, and will be spending 50B on data centers. Musk comments - at least now they will have to use Microsoft Teams instead of Google Meet.

Posted by: Candidus at November 20, 2023 08:41 AM (oFLDw)

219 >>>There is no cloud, there is only someone else's computers... Or your own.

On that note, Synology NAS does a decent job, if you keep it in your network, and perhaps set up a VPN to access your network from outside. I don't use their personal "cloudish" networking, only their file, note, calendar local apps. Next step is OMV.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 20, 2023 01:40 PM (i4S1+)

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