Mid-Morning Art Thread

Soria Moria Slott
Theodor Severin Kittelsen

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 1st?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 09:29 AM (9yWhg)

2 YESSSSS!!!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 09:29 AM (9yWhg)

3 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

4 Experimenting with the time machine again.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

5 Was kinda hoping for something in English.

Posted by: But that's just me at December 19, 2023 09:30 AM (NBVIP)

6 Slott car racing over the hill?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 19, 2023 09:30 AM (Angsy)

7 Foggy.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2023 09:30 AM (NpAcC)

8 She's a SLOTT!!!!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 09:30 AM (zZu0s)

9
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2023 09:31 AM (MoZTd)

10 Person or place?

Posted by: BignJames at December 19, 2023 09:31 AM (AwYPR)

11 "As I stared into the Valley of Death...."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

12 Hiker gazing upon Grindavík eruption just before he is burned to a crisp.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at December 19, 2023 09:31 AM (w9Wax)

13 Who are you calling a slott?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 19, 2023 09:31 AM (lTGtQ)

14 Nothing like a hike in the mountains to stir the soul.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 19, 2023 09:31 AM (UjFD0)

15 "As I stared into the Valley of Death...."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

Yep, that's Washington DC in the distance.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 19, 2023 09:31 AM (Angsy)

16
Soria Moria Slott

Sounds like an issue Sandra Fluke might have during Fleet Week

Posted by: Obligatory at December 19, 2023 09:32 AM (XqcwY)

17 It's Iceland and the boy is about to suffocate from the volcano gases.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 19, 2023 09:32 AM (2yu8s)

18 You want detail? Ok, here's some rocks.

Posted by: Theodor S. Kittelsen at December 19, 2023 09:32 AM (NBVIP)

19 "As I stared into the Valley of Death...."
Posted by: Sponge

I shall fear no evil,
For I am the meanest son of a bitch here.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2023 09:32 AM (/5TNL)

20
Nothing like a hike in the mountains to stir the soul.
Posted by: nurse ratched

_________

I would prefer they hike the mountains over to me.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 19, 2023 09:33 AM (MoZTd)

21 Soria Moria Slott

Sounds like an issue Sandra Fluke might have during Fleet Week
Posted by: Obligatory at December 19, 2023 09:32 AM (XqcwY)

*golfclap*

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 09:33 AM (zZu0s)

22 Thumbtack up top?

Tacky

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2023 09:33 AM (Q4IgG)

23 So It Begins...

Would Hang.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 19, 2023 09:33 AM (puDky)

24 Who are you calling a slott?
Posted by: Thomas Paine

Well, she's not a peg. No matter how much she wants to be.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2023 09:33 AM (/5TNL)

25 Was kinda hoping for something in English.
-------
Will you fondle my buttocks?

Posted by: a hungarian art critic at the HQ at December 19, 2023 09:34 AM (2yu8s)

26 My eyesight is fine! Why do you ask?

Posted by: Theodor Severin Kittelsen at December 19, 2023 09:34 AM (XqcwY)

27 This is OK. I don't particularly care for it because I don't like the outside and I don't like hiking. I'd hang this if someone gave it to me, but I wouldn't go out of my way to buy it.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 19, 2023 09:34 AM (Q0kLU)

28 Will you fondle my buttocks?

Been waiting for you to ask!

Posted by: Lauren Boebert on a date at December 19, 2023 09:35 AM (XqcwY)

29 We will have no Slott shaming on this thread!

Well, except for Senate staffer Aidan, of course.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at December 19, 2023 09:35 AM (BHrzb)

30 I would prefer they hike the mountains over to me.
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Me too!

Posted by: zombie mohammad at December 19, 2023 09:35 AM (2yu8s)

31 Looks like a happy wanderer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_UnANdDqJc

Posted by: huerfano at December 19, 2023 09:35 AM (Q4KYm)

32 I walk this lonely roar, it's the only road I ehavd ever known

It's nice, seems young kid, maybe running away

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2023 09:35 AM (fwDg9)

33 Sounds like an issue Sandra Fluke might have during Fleet Week

This must be the only blog in America that still uses her as a punch line.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 19, 2023 09:36 AM (Q0kLU)

34 Looks like he forgot the first rule: keep to the roads; stay off the moors.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at December 19, 2023 09:36 AM (CwhoI)

35 Soria, you ignorant Slott!

Posted by: Dan Akroyd at December 19, 2023 09:36 AM (NBVIP)

36 Little Miss Soria Moria Slott,
Looked down from her mountaintop spot.
She thought as she stood there,
"I'm glad that I'm good here,
And on the Andrea Doria, not."

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 09:37 AM (9yWhg)

37 Who's Soria now!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 19, 2023 09:37 AM (zvEEc)

38 They ditched FRODO??!!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 19, 2023 09:37 AM (N3zMI)

39 Sounds like an issue Sandra Fluke might have during Fleet Week

This must be the only blog in America that still uses her as a punch line.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 19, 2023 09:36 AM (Q0kLU)

***

At least I am not the target...

Posted by: Brie Larson at December 19, 2023 09:37 AM (ZV+pB)

40 33 Sounds like an issue Sandra Fluke might have during Fleet Week

This must be the only blog in America that still uses her as a punch line.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 19, 2023 09:36 AM (Q0kLU)

Integrity!

Posted by: Mr Paul Anka at December 19, 2023 09:38 AM (zZu0s)

41 Painting makes me sad for some reason.

Posted by: Tuna at December 19, 2023 09:38 AM (oaGWv)

42 I thought Moria was a massive underground complex, home to many thousands of dwarves.

Where's the Balrog?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2023 09:38 AM (7fElN)

43 *stay off the moors.*
No, I'm sorry but the correct answer is "moops."

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at December 19, 2023 09:39 AM (NBVIP)

44 At least I am not the target...
Posted by: Brie Larson

Well, your ass is too small to be an effective one.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 09:39 AM (9yWhg)

45
Another Euro weenie painting of a spineless stay at home Euro weenie gazing wistfully toward those lands "over there" where kinfolk with discernible backbones packed up and shuffled off to while you held back for the empty promises of Euro socialism.

Take your pathetic self navel-gazing somewhere else.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 19, 2023 09:39 AM (xG4kz)

46 Sounds like an issue Sandra Fluke might have during Fleet Week

This must be the only blog in America that still uses her as a punch line.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 19, 2023 09:36 AM (Q0kLU)

***

At least I am not the target...
Posted by: Brie Larson at December 19, 2023 09:37 AM (ZV+pB)

***

They've completely forgotten about me.

Posted by: Rachel Corrie at December 19, 2023 09:39 AM (ZV+pB)

47 "I'll tell you what it means. No size restrictions and screw the limits."

Posted by: Oddbob at December 19, 2023 09:39 AM (sNc8Y)

48 41 Painting makes me sad for some reason.

He's pining for the F150s.

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at December 19, 2023 09:39 AM (NBVIP)

49 They ditched FRODO??!!
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 19, 2023 09:37 AM (N3zMI)
---
I dunno. Maybe Frodo ditched the Fellowship...He did once, you know.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2023 09:40 AM (7fElN)

50 Jack and Jill went up the hill, both with a buck and a quarter.

Jill came down with $2.50.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 09:40 AM (Zz0t1)

51 The dwarves were greedy and dug too deep.

Posted by: BruceWayne at December 19, 2023 09:40 AM (MGB5H)

52 A shining city on a hill!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2023 09:41 AM (J2vNu)

53 Did someone say "ass?"

Posted by: Hope Solo's Globetrotting Squeakhole at December 19, 2023 09:41 AM (Q0kLU)

54 They've completely forgotten about me.

Posted by: Rachel Corrie at December 19, 2023 09:39 AM (ZV+pB)

Does that squash your spirit?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 19, 2023 09:41 AM (XqcwY)

55 Very nice painting. Very peaceful.

I love to go a wandering
Along the mountain track
And as I go, I love to sing
My knapsack on my back

Val-deri, val-dera
Val-deri, val-dera
ha,ha,ha,ha,ha, ha
ha
Val-dera
My knapsack on my back

Learned that song in the Boy Scouts (1960s)

Posted by: Archer at December 19, 2023 09:41 AM (gmo/4)

56 When the hell is Brigadoon gonna show up?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 09:41 AM (9yWhg)

57 "To Norwegians Soria Moria Castle is probably among the best-known Norwegian folktales. The search for Soria Moria castle might be thought of as a progression, the symbol for perfect happiness. According to legend, the path to the castle is not clearly marked, and the journey is solitary because all people are different and therefore cannot reach the goal in the same manner. It is characteristic of most Norwegian folktales in that it contains a unique undertone of realism and folk humor. These folktales express many customary values, ideas, and characters. One of the most common values expressed is the idea of a common person rising above the circumstances of his birth and becoming successful."

the story of this journey is at Wikipedia ...

Posted by: illiniwek at December 19, 2023 09:41 AM (Cus5s)

58 Tarzan and the City of Gold had no young boy hiking in it, I'm pretty sure.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2023 09:41 AM (J2vNu)

59 They've completely forgotten about me.
Posted by: Rachel Corrie at December 19, 2023 09:39 AM (ZV+pB)

Well, all the jokes about you fall flat.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 19, 2023 09:41 AM (Angsy)

60 He's got a really sweet face.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 19, 2023 09:41 AM (NpAcC)

61 Jack and Jill went up the hill, both with a buck and a quarter.

Jill came down with $2.50.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 09:40 AM (Zz0t1)
----
...and Jack was never seen again in those parts...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2023 09:41 AM (7fElN)

62 The art gallery didn't think too much of it to have punched a hole in the top from which to hang it.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 19, 2023 09:42 AM (2yu8s)

63 51 The dwarves were greedy and dug too deep.
Posted by: BruceWayne at December 19, 2023 09:40 AM (MGB5H)

"Aiyee!" wailed Legolam, "A Ballhog!"

Dribble, dribble, dribble, shoot, swish!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 19, 2023 09:42 AM (N3zMI)

64 Per Wikipedia the painting is based on a popular Norse folktale. "The search for Soria Moria castle might be thought of as a progression, the symbol for perfect happiness. "

Posted by: Tuna at December 19, 2023 09:42 AM (oaGWv)

65 This painting puts me to mind of yesterday's release of five gray wolves into the mountains near Granby, Colorado as part of a controversial experimental repopulation plan. The event was witnessed by a group of about 45 observers including Governor Polis. I was talking to Missus Muldoon and wondered if that was one male and four females, or 2 males and 3 females or what. My wife drily remarked, "Knowing Polis it was probably all five males."

(we'll see if this sneaks past the 100 comment rule)

Posted by: Muldoon at December 19, 2023 09:43 AM (991eG)

66
Soria Moria

Right next to WhatsaMatta U, if I am not mistaken.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 19, 2023 09:43 AM (xG4kz)

67 Da fire vorm come in da mist.

Posted by: Archer at December 19, 2023 09:43 AM (gmo/4)

68 "To Norwegians Soria Moria Castle is probably among the best-known Norwegian folktales. The search for Soria Moria castle might be thought of as a progression, the symbol for perfect happiness. According to legend, the path to the castle is not clearly marked, and the journey is solitary because all people are different and therefore cannot reach the goal in the same manner. It is characteristic of most Norwegian folktales in that it contains a unique undertone of realism and folk humor. These folktales express many customary values, ideas, and characters. One of the most common values expressed is the idea of a common person rising above the circumstances of his birth and becoming successful."

the story of this journey is at Wikipedia ...
Posted by: illiniwek at December 19, 2023 09:41 AM (Cus5s)
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Whoa! This is very like Philip Jose Farmer's Riverworld series...Groups of disparate travelers all attempt to reach a mythical Tower at the top of the world, but only those Chosen to reach the Tower are able to do so.

He was quite well-educated on folklore and myths, so it would not surprise me if this influenced his storytelling in some small way...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2023 09:44 AM (7fElN)

69 >>They've completely forgotten about me.

>>Does that squash your spirit?

Oh, crepe, we did!
What do ya want, a pancake breakfast in your honor?

Posted by: Lizzy at December 19, 2023 09:44 AM (izj35)

70 Off to work.

Be excellent to each other.

Screw Paul....and Sid. I have it on good authority those guys are fags.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 09:44 AM (Zz0t1)

71 "Aragorn Searching for Second Breakfast"

Posted by: Citizen Cake at December 19, 2023 09:44 AM (CwhoI)

72
"'Tis indeed a queer river," said Bromosel, as the water lapped at his thighs.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 19, 2023 09:45 AM (xG4kz)

73 The dwarves were greedy and dug too deep.
Posted by: BruceWayne at December 19, 2023
*
"Aiyee!" wailed Legolam, "A Ballhog!"

Dribble, dribble, dribble, shoot, swish!
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 19, 2023

***
Was that before or after they encountered the Thesaurus?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2023 09:45 AM (J2vNu)

74 >>My wife drily remarked, "Knowing Polis it was probably all five males."

Posted by: Lizzy at December 19, 2023 09:45 AM (izj35)

75 "Aragorn Searching for Second Breakfast"
Posted by: Citizen Cake

I'm more of an elevensies man myself.

Posted by: BruceWayne at December 19, 2023 09:45 AM (MGB5H)

76 -ChemJeff burning steaks

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 09:46 AM (zZu0s)

77 Oh, the grand old Duke of York,
He had ten thousand men;
He marched them up to the top of the hill,
And he marched them down again.

When they were up, they were up,
And when they were down, they were down,
And when they were only halfway up,
They were neither up nor down.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 19, 2023 09:46 AM (2yu8s)

78 67 Da fire vorm come in da mist.
Posted by: Archer at December 19, 2023 09:43 AM (gmo/4)

Nice. 13th Warrior. I really like that movie.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 09:46 AM (zZu0s)

79 Right next to WhatsaMatta U, if I am not mistaken.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 19, 2023

***
Gee, I remember when we all went to the Student Union to protest Norman Mailer. . . .

Posted by: Bullwinkle, ex-college stoodint at December 19, 2023 09:46 AM (J2vNu)

80 It's ok, perhaps not as good as the toe fungus picture.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 19, 2023 09:47 AM (lTGtQ)

81 "Fire on the Mountain", run, boys, run
The Devil's in the house of the risin' sun

Posted by: Charlie Daniels at December 19, 2023 09:47 AM (NBVIP)

82 ***
Was that before or after they encountered the Thesaurus?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2023 09:45 AM (J2vNu)

Ha!

I first read that back in high school during free reading periods. I'd sit at the back of the class literally shaking and weeping with laughter. Everybody thought I was very strange.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 19, 2023 09:48 AM (N3zMI)

83 Gee, I remember when we all went to the Student Union to protest Norman Mailer. . . .
Posted by: Bullwinkle, ex-college stoodint at December 19, 2023 09:46 AM (J2vNu)

At my college, it was Jane Fonda who drew the protest, a couple of years before I was there.

Posted by: Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith at December 19, 2023 09:49 AM (c5CZx)

84 The valley the boy is staring across looks full of mist. No idea how deep it is. He may have quite the hike down and back up again.

Of course, the way the city is shining suggests that this is the early morning. As the sun rises, the mist may burn off somewhat.

Posted by: Bullwinkle, ex-college stoodint at December 19, 2023 09:49 AM (J2vNu)

85 The hiker then wondered to himself, "How did that thumbtack get up there in the sky?"

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 19, 2023 09:50 AM (lTGtQ)

86 The valley the boy is staring across looks full of mist. No idea how deep it is. He may have quite the hike down and back up again.

Whoopi Goldberg's hooha has entered the conversation.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 09:50 AM (9yWhg)

87 67 Da fire vorm come in da mist.
Posted by: Archer at December 19, 2023 09:43 AM (gmo/4)

Nice. 13th Warrior. I really like that movie.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 09:46 AM (zZu0s)

Lo there do I see my father; Lo there do I see my mother and my sisters and my brothers; Lo there do I see the line of my people, back to the beginning. Lo, they do call to me, they bid me take my place among them, in the halls of Valhalla, where the brave may live forever.

Posted by: Archer at December 19, 2023 09:50 AM (gmo/4)

88
[WAGSTAFF]
I don't know what they have to say
It makes no difference anyway
Whatever it is, I'm against it
No matter what it is or who commenced it
I'm against it

Your proposition may be good
But let's have one thing understood:
Whatever it is, I'm against it
And even when you've changed it or condensed it
I'm against it

I'm opposed to it
On general principles, I'm opposed to it[/i

For months before my son was born
I used to yell from night till morn
"Whatever it is, I'm against it."
And I've been yelling since I first commenced it
I'm against it

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 19, 2023 09:51 AM (xG4kz)

89 rather than a sunset or sunrise, I think that is the "magic kingdom", of the castle of dreams, of the story.

Posted by: illiniwek at December 19, 2023 09:51 AM (Cus5s)

90 The valley the boy is staring across looks full of mist. No idea how deep it is. He may have quite the hike down and back up again.

Whoopi Goldberg's hooha has entered the conversation.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 09:50 AM (9yWhg)

Toss a rock in and listen.

Posted by: BignJames at December 19, 2023 09:52 AM (AwYPR)

91 Take a letter, Moria.
Address it to my wife.

Posted by: R.B. Greaves at December 19, 2023 09:52 AM (NBVIP)

92 Lo there do I see my father; Lo there do I see my mother and my sisters and my brothers; Lo there do I see the line of my people, back to the beginning. Lo, they do call to me, they bid me take my place among them, in the halls of Valhalla, where the brave may live forever.

Posted by: Archer at December 19, 2023 09:50 AM (gmo/4)

'You could have killed him at will!'

'Yes?'

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 09:52 AM (zZu0s)

93 They call the wind Moria.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 09:52 AM (9yWhg)

94 It was especially thoughtful of the artist to include a hole at the top. Makes it so much easier to hang it on a nail.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 19, 2023 09:53 AM (bo7UB)

95 rather than a sunset or sunrise, I think that is the "magic kingdom", of the castle of dreams, of the story.

Posted by: illiniwek at December 19, 2023 09:51 AM (Cus5s)

Party town, he gone party down.

Posted by: BignJames at December 19, 2023 09:53 AM (AwYPR)

96 It's a nice picture, I think I prefer "Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog" by Friedrich though. It's a bit more dramatic and you can kind of see what he's getting himself into.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 19, 2023 09:53 AM (EStcP)

97 I also love that they portray the Northmen as uncouth and boorish, but the minute they enter the village, they start breaking down the tactical and strategic situation just from observation.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 09:53 AM (zZu0s)

98 It was especially thoughtful of the artist to include a hole at the top. Makes it so much easier to hang it on a nail.
Posted by: Cicero

Incipient ozone hole. The Industrial Revolution was just getting started.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 09:53 AM (9yWhg)

99 100?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 09:54 AM (9yWhg)

100
... and there, shining like yellow gold on the far horizon, he saw it:

Tondaleia! The City of Golden Sawdust!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 19, 2023 09:54 AM (xG4kz)

101 Was that before or after they encountered the Thesaurus?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2023
*
Ha!

I first read that back in high school during free reading periods. I'd sit at the back of the class literally shaking and weeping with laughter. Everybody thought I was very strange.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 19, 2023

***
It occurred to me the other day that many of the "brand name" gags, such as the Anacin River, Bromosel(tzer), Farahslax, Arrowshirt, Goodgulf, Krona, etc., would be lost on younger modern-day readers.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2023 09:54 AM (J2vNu)

102 Hamas may be fueling global warming by breathing, a new study suggests. “Exhaled Hamas breath can contain small, elevated concentrations of methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O), both of which contribute to global warming,” according to research released last week in the UK journal PLOS. The methane and nitrous oxide exhaled by Hamas makes up about 0.1 of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions, the write-up said. The gasses are in addition to the carbon dioxide that Hamas exhale.

.. Hamas is the cause of Global Warming

.. what it was human not Hamas ?

Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2023 09:55 AM (RHGPo)

103 Norwegian folk tale without trolls rings empty to me. Sad.

Posted by: Troll-less Tuesday at December 19, 2023 09:55 AM (V5BDR)

104 *Party town, he gone party down.*

Everybody have fun tonight.
Everybody wang chung tonight.

Posted by: Irritating earworm at December 19, 2023 09:56 AM (NBVIP)

105
It occurred to me the other day that many of the "brand name" gags, such as the Anacin River, Bromosel(tzer), Farahslax, Arrowshirt, Goodgulf, Krona, etc., would be lost on younger modern-day readers.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

"Rings go better with hocus pocus"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 19, 2023 09:56 AM (xG4kz)

106 They call the wind Moria.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023

***
Trust me. I've *never* heard anybody refer to rain as "Tess" or fire as "Joe." "Tess is coming!" "Look out, you'll set the place on Joe!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2023 09:56 AM (J2vNu)

107
"I thought I'd find you in the tower."
"Ja, that's why I'm not in it."

Posted by: Citizen Cake at December 19, 2023 09:56 AM (CwhoI)

108 NYT has some wack polling out today.

Biden approval is 39%
But Biden beats Trump 47-45

Could be a fucked up poll. Or Dems who hate Biden for not supporting Hamas enough, still say they’ll vote for him.

Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 09:56 AM (Eivob)

109 James Biden’s business partner, Michael Lewitt, pulled money belonging to elderly Americans from an investment fund and “transmitted it to Americore, which turned around and paid James Biden. James Biden on the same day cut a check to Joe Biden for the exact same amount ($200,000) as James Biden received from Americore.” Per @GOPoversight
transcribed Interview with Carol Fox, U.S. Trustee for Americore’s Chapter 11 proceedings.

Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2023 09:57 AM (RHGPo)

110 I enjoy the paintings and drawings that Kittelsen takes from Norse folk tales. This one is especially effective at suggesting the distances involved and the sense of the unknown. The painting is divided into thirds: the darker browns and greens of the land with some detail, the blues and purples of the mountains blending into the softer, similar colors of the sky. The patch of golden yellow along the farthest range hints at the mystery to be discovered. The painting is very evocative of the far north country.

CBD has used one or two drawings by Kittelsen that I recall. They are delightful and remind me a bit of Arthur Rackham illustrations.

Posted by: JTB at December 19, 2023 09:57 AM (tJgRG)

111 I also love that they portray the Northmen as uncouth and boorish, but the minute they enter the village, they start breaking down the tactical and strategic situation just from observation.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 09:53 AM (zZu0s)

We weren't; however, in the present....they let in a lot of barbarians that are ruining the countries.

Posted by: Archer at December 19, 2023 09:58 AM (gmo/4)

112 Ok, put him in a suit of armor and give him two coconut halves...

Posted by: The Monty Python version at December 19, 2023 09:58 AM (NBVIP)

113 Trust me. I've *never* heard anybody refer to rain as "Tess" or fire as "Joe." "Tess is coming!" "Look out, you'll set the place on Joe!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Alan Jay Lerner was hopped up on drugs supplied by Max Jacobson, "Dr. Feelgood." No wonder his lyrics could be a little loopy at times.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 09:58 AM (9yWhg)

114 Take a letter, Moria.
Address it to my wife.
Posted by: R.B. Greaves at December 19, 2023

***
"Moria --
I've just met a girl named Moria --"

Posted by: Tony of the Jets at December 19, 2023 09:58 AM (J2vNu)

115
Anders sighed, for he had many kilometers left to travel and his supply of lutefisk was beginning to go bad.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 19, 2023 09:58 AM (xG4kz)

116 I just met a girl named Moria!

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 19, 2023 09:59 AM (2yu8s)

117 "Moria --
I've just met a girl named Moria --"
Posted by: Tony of the Jets

Dump her. She's a problem you won't be able to solve.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 09:59 AM (9yWhg)

118 108 NYT has some wack polling out today.

Biden approval is 39%
But Biden beats Trump 47-45

Could be a fucked up poll. Or Dems who hate Biden for not supporting Hamas enough, still say they’ll vote for him.

Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 09:56 AM (Eivob)

=======

Or polls are about shaping narratives, not accurately reflecting the mood of the populace or predicting elections.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 10:00 AM (GBKbO)

119 Wine moms still hate Trump more than Biden. The president's next set of policies to 'fix' inflation should help to clarify their thinking.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at December 19, 2023 10:00 AM (CwhoI)

120 (LifeSiteNews) — The head of the Austrian Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Franz Lackner, has said that priests “can no longer say no” to a request for a “blessing” of a homosexual couple after the publication of the Vatican’s controversial Declaration Fiducia supplicans.
...
Lackner expressed his “joy” over the publication of the document that allows the “blessing” of homosexual couples under certain conditions.
...
When asked by the interviewer if priests will be obliged to “bless” same-sex couples, Lackner said that in sacramental and religious life, it is always difficult to speak of a “must.” However, he added, “Basically, you can no longer say no.”
_____________________________

Despite the argument made in one of JJ's links that the Church's teaching didn't change, these bishops think that it did change. I doubt, but I hope I'm wrong, that Pope Francis will do anything about this declaration from Austria's bishops, because the Pope wants to sow confusion.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2023 10:00 AM (fs1hN)

121 his supply of lutefisk was beginning to go bad.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 19, 2023 09:58 AM (xG4kz)

how could he tell?

Posted by: BignJames at December 19, 2023 10:00 AM (AwYPR)

122 "Norwegian folk tale without trolls rings empty to me. Sad."

the story does have trolls, that he kills to free the princesses ... there are also magic rings.

Posted by: illiniwek at December 19, 2023 10:00 AM (Cus5s)

123 his supply of lutefisk was beginning to go bad.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 19, 2023 09:58 AM (xG4kz)

how could he tell?

Even the maggots were fleeing.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 10:01 AM (9yWhg)

124 Trust me. I've *never* heard anybody refer to rain as "Tess" or fire as "Joe

*******

Whoever cast Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood in a musical was a genius.

Posted by: Muldoon at December 19, 2023 10:01 AM (991eG)

125 Anders sighed, for he had many kilometers left to travel and his supply of lutefisk was beginning to go bad.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 19, 2023 09:58 AM (xG4kz)
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How could he tell if the lutefisk was going bad? Isn't it already preserved to begin with?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2023 10:01 AM (7fElN)

126 How do you solve a problem like Moria?

Posted by: Rodgers and Hammerstein at December 19, 2023 10:01 AM (NBVIP)

127 "Moria --
I've just met a girl named Moria --"
Posted by: Tony of the Jets
*
Dump her. She's a problem you won't be able to solve.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023

***
Yeah, that girl is trouble, man. And her brother Bernardo? Cut you as soon as look at you.

Posted by: Riff, advising Tony at December 19, 2023 10:01 AM (J2vNu)

128 Despite the argument made in one of JJ's links that the Church's teaching didn't change, these bishops think that it did change. I doubt, but I hope I'm wrong, that Pope Francis will do anything about this declaration from Austria's bishops, because the Pope wants to sow confusion.

People at high levels understood this as a change. it was a change!!!

Posted by: BlackOrchid, I meant to say at December 19, 2023 10:01 AM (AcWfM)

129 Disinformation! Lutefisk can't go bad. It is born bad!

Posted by: Not a Lye-r! at December 19, 2023 10:02 AM (V5BDR)

130 Oy vey, Moria!

Posted by: Muldoon at December 19, 2023 10:02 AM (991eG)

131 Whoever cast Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood in a musical was a genius.
Posted by: Muldoon

Apparently, when Marvin had the sing the Wanderin' Star song, they just kept plying him with booze until he got it just right.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 10:02 AM (9yWhg)

132 >>>How could he tell if the lutefisk was going bad?

It stood up and told Anders to get his shit together.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at December 19, 2023 10:02 AM (CwhoI)

133 Whoever cast Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood in a musical was a genius.
Posted by: Muldoon at December 19, 2023

***
A demented genius, I'll warrant. (I've never seen the flick, so I don't know.)

Posted by: Riff, advising Tony at December 19, 2023 10:02 AM (J2vNu)

134
Lutefisk has but one way to go, and that is bad.

Show me one instance in literature where the phrase, "... the lutefisk improved ..." or "... the lutefisk was quite good ..." appears.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 19, 2023 10:03 AM (xG4kz)

135 @128

>>People at high levels understood this as a change. it was a change!!!

It's going to create a schism in the church, which seems to be what the marxist Pope is intending.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2023 10:03 AM (XV/Pl)

136 However, he added, “Basically, you can no longer say no.”

Let us see how many in the clergy have balls. My guess is not many.

God help the people under this asshole's religious guidance.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 19, 2023 10:03 AM (R4t5M)

137 Despite the argument made in one of JJ's links that the Church's teaching didn't change, these bishops think that it did change. I doubt, but I hope I'm wrong, that Pope Francis will do anything about this declaration from Austria's bishops, because the Pope wants to sow confusion.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2023 10:00 AM (fs1hN)
---
The confusion is the point. That's *exactly* why this "Pope" made the statement that he did. The lower level bishops and priests will be pressured into blessing the "individuals" within such an unholy union, which will eventually morph into blessing the union itself due to increased pressure from the tranny brigade. Priests who refuse will be defrocked or excommunicated.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2023 10:04 AM (7fElN)

138 61 Jack and Jill went up the hill, both with a buck and a quarter.

Jill came down with $2.50.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 19, 2023 09:40 AM (Zz0t1)
----
...and Jack was never seen again in those parts...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2023 09:41 AM (7fElN)

I was going to say: and Jack came down with a smile on his face..

Posted by: Bourbon and Cigar at December 19, 2023 10:04 AM (z9ms9)

139 Lutefisk has but one way to go, and that is bad.
*
Show me one instance in literature where the phrase, "... the lutefisk improved ..." or "... the lutefisk was quite good ..." appears.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 19, 2023

***
Long long ago, I saw a bumper sticker: "LEGALIZE LUTEFISK"

Appropriately, it was on a Volvo.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2023 10:04 AM (J2vNu)

140 Lutefisk has but one way to go, and that is bad.

Show me one instance in literature where the phrase, "... the lutefisk improved ..." or "... the lutefisk was quite good ..." appears.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars

It does pair well with casu marzu.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 10:04 AM (9yWhg)

141 >>>Whoever cast Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood in a musical was a genius.

The only thing I remember about that movie is the Simpsons parody:
Gonna paint that wagon,
Gonna paint it fine!
Gonna use oil-based paint,
Cause the wood is pine!

Posted by: Citizen Cake at December 19, 2023 10:04 AM (CwhoI)

142 Sodomy now!

Posted by: The Catholic version of Seinfeld at December 19, 2023 10:05 AM (NBVIP)

143 How could he tell if the lutefisk was going bad?

It stood up and told Anders to get his shit together.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at December 19, 2023 10:02 AM (CwhoI)
---
Reminds me of that Far Side cartoon where a man opens his refrigerator and sees the potato salad pointing a gun at the condiments: "When potato salad goes bad."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2023 10:05 AM (7fElN)

144 Appropriately, it was on a Volvo.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

I've heard that a lot of volvos smell like lutefisk, IYKWIMAITYD.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 10:06 AM (9yWhg)

145 Elon Musk Will Offer New "Mod Package" For Amphibious Cybertruck

"Mostly just need to upgrade cabin door seals."

Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2023 10:06 AM (RHGPo)

146 "Or polls are about shaping narratives, not accurately reflecting the mood of the populace or predicting elections."

like, that "Trump is a criminal in several states, and is even less popular than Biden. It is just his dangerous astroturfing white supremacist voters that show up at rallies, and they must be tracked and treated as terrorist scum"?

Posted by: illiniwek at December 19, 2023 10:06 AM (Cus5s)

147 hiya

Posted by: JT at December 19, 2023 10:07 AM (T4tVD)

148 Add torpedo tubes to the amphibious cybertruck and you'll have my attention.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at December 19, 2023 10:07 AM (CwhoI)

149 U.S. health officials are investigating whether three brands of recalled cinnamon apple puree and applesauce that left dozens of American children sickened may have been intentionally contaminated with lead.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) first reported adverse events in children as young as 1 year old in October. The agency has since launched an inspection at a plant in Ecuador that produced the cinnamon-flavored applesauce products.

Jim Jones, the FDA's deputy commissioner for Human Foods, told Politico in an interview published on Dec. 14 that although the investigation is still ongoing, investigators believe the adulteration may have been "an intentional act."

Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2023 10:07 AM (RHGPo)

150 >>Trust me. I've *never* heard anybody refer to rain as "Tess" or fire as "Joe

I've heard the wind cry Mary.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2023 10:08 AM (ZLI7S)

151 Appropriately, it was on a Volvo.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
*
I've heard that a lot of volvos smell like lutefisk, IYKWIMAITYD.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023

***
The 1975 sedan I briefly had smelled like ash and charred upholstery.

Of course, that was *after* it caught fire and burned from end to end.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2023 10:08 AM (J2vNu)

152 Jim Jones, the FDA's deputy commissioner for Human Foods

Does he inspect fruit-flavored beverages?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 10:09 AM (9yWhg)

153 133 Whoever cast Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood in a musical was a genius.
Posted by: Muldoon at December 19, 2023

***
A demented genius, I'll warrant. (I've never seen the flick, so I don't know.)
-------------
Saw in the movie house in 69 and was very surprised it was a fucking musical. Still, it was entertaining.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 19, 2023 10:09 AM (pZ64F)

154 The 1975 sedan I briefly had smelled like ash and charred upholstery.

Of course, that was *after* it caught fire and burned from end to end.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

My kid puked in my Toyota Corolla once. Never quite got the smell out.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 10:10 AM (9yWhg)

155 Tennessee Slaps BlackRock With First-Of-Its-Kind Consumer Protection Lawsuit Over ESG Sham

"BlackRock's conduct concerning the marketing or sale of its investment products and services constitutes deceptive acts and practices under the Tennessee Consumer Protection

Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2023 10:10 AM (RHGPo)

156 The 1975 sedan I briefly had smelled like ash and charred upholstery.
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I drove a 65 from NC to CO and then to VT and VA. Four cylinder Volvos struggle in the Rockies.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 19, 2023 10:11 AM (pZ64F)

157 "Jim Jones, the FDA's deputy commissioner for Human Foods,..."

How unfortunate. I'm not gonna eat or drink ANYTHING recommended by someone with that name.

Posted by: Especially the FlavorAid at December 19, 2023 10:11 AM (NBVIP)

158 Trust me. I've *never* heard anybody refer to rain as "Tess" or fire as "Joe." "Tess is coming!" "Look out, you'll set the place on Joe!"
------
Wolfus talks to the trees
But they don't don't listen to he!

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 19, 2023 10:11 AM (2yu8s)

159 I drove a 65 from NC to CO and then to VT and VA. Four cylinder Volvos struggle in the Rockies.
Posted by: Pudinhead

Wow, that's quite the trek. How many miles?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 10:12 AM (9yWhg)

160 Wikipedia, in part: Soria Moria Castle (Norwegian: Soria Moria slott) is a Norwegian fairy tale made famous by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in their classical Norske Folkeeventyr. Later Andrew Lang included the story in his series of fairy tale collections in The Red Fairy Book.[1][2]

Lovely painting. Would hang it & probably anything else from this artist.

Thanks.

Posted by: L - They don't have to outrun the bear, they only need to outrun us - for now at December 19, 2023 10:12 AM (GshMh)

161
Don't let your superior airs deceive you. Professor Tolkien well understood the entymological ties between "lembas bred" and lutefisk.

Gollum turning up his nose at the proffered lembas bread was a dead giveaway.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 19, 2023 10:12 AM (xG4kz)

162 ---
My kid puked in my Toyota Corolla once. Never quite got the smell out.
---

https://youtu.be/-pEhqiCD27E

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at December 19, 2023 10:13 AM (NBVIP)

163 Morning.

She's either watching a sunrise or Goku going Super Saiyan on the other side of that mountain.

I like it.

Would hang.

Posted by: Robert at December 19, 2023 10:13 AM (7Da6T)

164 I drove a 65 from NC to CO and then to VT and VA. Four cylinder Volvos struggle in the Rockies.
Posted by: Pudinhead

Wow, that's quite the trek. How many miles?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 10:12 AM (9yWhg)

All of them !

Posted by: JT at December 19, 2023 10:13 AM (T4tVD)

165 "Mostly just need to upgrade cabin door seals."
Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2023 10:06 AM (RHGPo

If I had a dollar for every time I heard 'mostly it's just...'

An engineer's nightmare.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 19, 2023 10:13 AM (XtkZj)

166 Someone needs to tell Pope Frankie that it's Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.

But he's an asshole, so why waste your time.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 19, 2023 10:13 AM (puDky)

167 Prominent LGBTQ+ advocate Kendall Stephens arrested in Philly after rapíng 2 boys under the age of 13

Stephens is a male who now identifies as a woman and has worked together with DA Larry Krasner and others to craft LGBTQ+ policies.

The charges against Stephens include rape, obscenity to minors, assault, corruption of minors, unlawful assault to minors, and involuntary deviant sexaul intercourse.

Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2023 10:14 AM (RHGPo)

168 Oh?

>>Over 170 of Jeffrey Epstein's high-profile associates will be NAMED in court documents set to be unsealed in the first days of 2024

https://tinyurl.com/2acnnb5e

Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2023 10:14 AM (ZLI7S)

169 I am so tired of this fake 'I'll gladly pay Thursday for a Hamburger today' XMAS rally. This must please FJB a lot.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 19, 2023 10:14 AM (pZ64F)

170 Simspons watch Paint Your Wagon

https://youtu.be/_W_g7_KJP_o?si=PUXBOJCg5XPdxgcJ

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 19, 2023 10:14 AM (cf/0E)

171 Hobo in the wild?

Posted by: Paladin at December 19, 2023 10:14 AM (AF+lo)

172 "Mostly just need to upgrade cabin door seals."
Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2023 10:06 AM (RHGPo

If I had a dollar for every time I heard 'mostly it's just...'

An engineer's nightmare.

Posted by: AlaBAMA

Nah, he's not gonna hire 50-year-old white guys to design it, so it's all good.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 10:14 AM (9yWhg)

173 167 Prominent LGBTQ+ advocate Kendall Stephens arrested in Philly after rapíng 2 boys under the age of 13

Stephens is a male who now identifies as a woman and has worked together with DA Larry Krasner and others to craft LGBTQ+ policies.

The charges against Stephens include rape, obscenity to minors, assault, corruption of minors, unlawful assault to minors, and involuntary deviant sexaul intercourse.
Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2023 10:14 AM (RHGPo)

Read that this morning and got all Deja Vuey.

This is becoming a common article, like female teachers raping young boys.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 19, 2023 10:15 AM (XtkZj)

174 Or polls are about shaping narratives, not accurately reflecting the mood of the populace or predicting elections.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 10:00 AM (GBKbO)

__

That too. But this same poll showed Trump with a yuuuge lead last month.

Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 10:16 AM (bWsRe)

175 *Prominent LGBTQ+ advocate Kendall Stephens arrested in Philly after rapíng 2 boys under the age of 13.*

But it wasn't rape rape.

Posted by: Whoopi at December 19, 2023 10:16 AM (NBVIP)

176 I'm headed out on a journey today so this painting seemed particularly appropriate.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 19, 2023 10:16 AM (t/2Uw)

177 involuntary deviant sexaul intercourse.

Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2023 10:14 AM (RHGPo)

Involuntary?....accidental?

Posted by: BignJames at December 19, 2023 10:16 AM (AwYPR)

178 Prominent LGBTQ+ advocate Kendall Stephens arrested in Philly after rapíng 2 boys under the age of 13

Stephens is a male who now identifies as a woman and has worked together with DA Larry Krasner and others to craft LGBTQ+ policies.

The charges against Stephens include rape, obscenity to minors, assault, corruption of minors, unlawful assault to minors, and involuntary deviant sexaul intercourse.
Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2023 10:14 AM (RHGPo)

Krasner is the DA. He'll offer a plea deal and the guy will cop to a fucking jaywalking charge or some bullshit.

Posted by: Robert at December 19, 2023 10:17 AM (7Da6T)

179 167 Prominent LGBTQ+ advocate Kendall Stephens arrested in Philly after rapíng 2 boys under the age of 13

___

Love is Love H8er.

Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 10:17 AM (bWsRe)

180 *Prominent LGBTQ+ advocate Kendall Stephens arrested in Philly after rapíng 2 boys under the age of 13.*

But it wasn't rape rape.
Posted by: Whoopi

Teenage boys like sex, so totes cool.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 19, 2023 10:17 AM (R4t5M)

181 176 I'm headed out on a journey today so this painting seemed particularly appropriate.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 19, 2023 10:16 AM (t/2Uw

After the Golden Fleece?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 19, 2023 10:17 AM (XtkZj)

182 I'm headed out on a journey today so this painting seemed particularly appropriate.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)

Where ya goin'?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 10:17 AM (9yWhg)

183 Paint Your Wagon -- red with blood, I bet!

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 19, 2023 10:17 AM (2yu8s)

184 The charges against Stephens include rape, obscenity to minors, assault, corruption of minors, unlawful assault to minors, and involuntary deviant sexaul intercourse.
Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2023 10:14 AM (RHGPo)

He needs to get a job as an intern in the Senate.

He could run wild in that place.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 19, 2023 10:17 AM (puDky)

185 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. I got nuthin' this morning. Painting is ok.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2023 10:17 AM (W/lyH)

186 169 I am so tired of this fake 'I'll gladly pay Thursday for a Hamburger today' XMAS rally. This must please FJB a lot.
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 19, 2023 10:14 AM (pZ64F)

Wall Street is desperate for a Biden re-election

Posted by: It's me donna at December 19, 2023 10:18 AM (n2vyf)

187 The 1975 sedan I briefly had smelled like ash and charred upholstery.
---------------
I drove a 65 from NC to CO and then to VT and VA. Four cylinder Volvos struggle in the Rockies.
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 19, 2023

***
I didn't have the '75 long enough to do any road trips. Driving in the suburbs one night, the fuel line broke (a known problem with that vintage of Volvo, I found much later) and spurted gas over the hot engine. Flames, Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 told me, were flicking out under the dashboard.

I pulled it over, we leaped out and ran to a safe distance to watch it burn. People came out from a dance club to look. One said to me, "Is that your car?"

"It was," I said. . . .

That put me off foreign cars for a long long time.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2023 10:18 AM (J2vNu)

188 I'm so old, I remember when the Mary Kay Latorneau story was such a big scandal.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 10:18 AM (9yWhg)

189 174 Or polls are about shaping narratives, not accurately reflecting the mood of the populace or predicting elections.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 10:00 AM (GBKbO)

__

That too. But this same poll showed Trump with a yuuuge lead last month.
Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 10:16 AM (bWsRe)

That tends to support "shaping narratives" as very wide swings in voting preference in short periods of time are kind of unlikely.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at December 19, 2023 10:18 AM (eYoxG)

190 Going to Italy for two weeks, traveling with my son, DIL and 2 year old grandson. My son lived in Europe for 3 years and is pretty savvy so feel I will have a guided tour but it will certainly be interesting traveling with a little one.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 19, 2023 10:20 AM (t/2Uw)

191 Roofers still working on the pitched roof across the alley, with a decent wind blowing.

There wouldn't be enough clean underwear in the world for me to change into if I were to try that.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 10:21 AM (9yWhg)

192 I'm headed out on a journey today so this painting seemed particularly appropriate.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 19, 2023 10:16 AM (t/2Uw)

Safe travels !

Posted by: JT at December 19, 2023 10:21 AM (T4tVD)

193 Ahhhh old Volvos!! My mom had 240 wagon. Which was bequeathed to me in high school and I kept through college. That fucker refused to die no matter how much abuse I threw at it.

Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 10:21 AM (bWsRe)

194 Going to Italy for two weeks, traveling with my son, DIL and 2 year old grandson. My son lived in Europe for 3 years and is pretty savvy so feel I will have a guided tour but it will certainly be interesting traveling with a little one.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)

Great, Sharon. Safe travels!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 10:22 AM (9yWhg)

195 "Polls." That's cute.

Posted by: Dominion Voting Systems at December 19, 2023 10:22 AM (NBVIP)

196 Wall Street is desperate for a Biden re-election
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Yep. They have to defend their investment. I guess being Powell is like being a toadstool.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 19, 2023 10:22 AM (pZ64F)

197 Roofers still working on the pitched roof across the alley, with a decent wind blowing.

Is the Tejano music cranked to 11?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 19, 2023 10:22 AM (R4t5M)

198 Simspons watch Paint Your Wagon

https://youtu.be/_W_g7_KJP_o?si=PUXBOJCg5XPdxgcJ

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 19, 2023 10:14 AM (cf/0E)

Ok...I'd never seen that...I nominate you for Moron of The Day!

Posted by: BignJames at December 19, 2023 10:22 AM (AwYPR)

199 "Polls." That's cute.

Depends on how hot the stripper is.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 10:23 AM (9yWhg)

200 193 Ahhhh old Volvos!! My mom had 240 wagon. Which was bequeathed to me in high school and I kept through college. That fucker refused to die no matter how much abuse I threw at it.
------------------
They are built well. Or at least the old ones were.

Posted by: Pudinhead at December 19, 2023 10:23 AM (pZ64F)

201 Going to Italy for two weeks, traveling with my son, DIL and 2 year old grandson. My son lived in Europe for 3 years and is pretty savvy so feel I will have a guided tour but it will certainly be interesting traveling with a little one.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 19, 2023 10:20 AM

Very nice. Safe travels.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 19, 2023 10:23 AM (Wnv9h)

202 Is the Tejano music cranked to 11?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 19, 2023 10:22 AM (R4t5M)

Around here it is

Posted by: It's me donna at December 19, 2023 10:24 AM (n2vyf)

203 Is the Tejano music cranked to 11?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Nah. But that reminds me, time to put on some Christmas carols.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 10:24 AM (9yWhg)

204 My kid puked in my Toyota Corolla once. Never quite got the smell out.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 10:10 AM (9yWhg)

You shouldn't puke in my Corolla. My kid puked in my Corolla once. Once.
- Joe Piscopo (paraphrased), Johnny Dangerously

Posted by: Doof at December 19, 2023 10:24 AM (+cH+C)

205
*Going to Italy for two weeks...*

Try the veal.

Posted by: Sollozzo at December 19, 2023 10:25 AM (NBVIP)

206 I caught a spaghetti western with Lee van Cleef called Sabata. It wasn't a musical but did have the constant-spectacle vibe about it.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 19, 2023 10:25 AM (cf/0E)

207 Heh.

hehehe.

"ken doll"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2023 10:25 AM (9UlRk)

208 I drove Volvos for a very long time.Drove a stick shift. My husband drove Volvos forever. My son's first car was a Volvo. Always old and battered.
The very first Moron I met in real life was JesseinDC who gave me a ride to the NoVaMoMe in his very old Volvo station wagon filled with gun paraphernalia. He started to apologize for the condition of his car when I stopped him and told him I loved it. Was the beginning of a wonderful friendship cut short way to soon.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 19, 2023 10:27 AM (t/2Uw)

209 Well, Lee Marvin and the Duke briefly sing "Pretty Little Redwings" in "The Comancheros" but they're supposed to be drunk so poor performance is a plus.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 19, 2023 10:27 AM (N3zMI)

210 But this same poll showed Trump with a yuuuge lead last month

Which is also meant to prod (leftists, winemoms, etc. into mobilizing to bail harder so the SS Biden does not sink in port).

Posted by: got to whip up the base into a lather at December 19, 2023 10:29 AM (pjs7m)

211 I drove the two worse cars made in America during college:

1972 Chevy Kingswood Estate Station Wagon

1973 Opal Manta

The wagon was a party bus the Opal not so much. Neither were in any way shape or form, chick magnets.

I was such a nerd.

Posted by: Archer at December 19, 2023 10:29 AM (gmo/4)

212 What is playing at my local small town cinema? Journey to Bethlehem.
Seems to be pretty popular.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 19, 2023 10:30 AM (cRrcX)

213 212 What is playing at my local small town cinema? Journey to Bethlehem.
Seems to be pretty popular.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 19, 2023 10:30 AM (cRrcX)

Stay off of 22.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2023 10:31 AM (9UlRk)

214 They are built well. Or at least the old ones were.
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 19, 2023 10:23 AM (pZ64F)

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New Volvos and old Volvos are not related in any way. Volvo has been bought and sold so many times over the years, other than the name it has no relationship to the old company. It all started with Ford buying it in the 90s and went downhill from there.

Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 10:31 AM (bWsRe)

215 189 That tends to support "shaping narratives" as very wide swings in voting preference in short periods of time are kind of unlikely.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at December 19, 2023 10:18 AM (eYoxG)

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Polls do not behave logically. They do not behave in ways that seem to reflect the reality of the opinions of the American people. They act irrationally, erratically, and seem to move wildly based on inside the Beltway things that most of the country doesn't care about.

Because polls are bullshit, and looking at really weird behavior and polls and saying, "Well, I guess the American people have had massive changes of heart in a short time," is silliness.

Even if these things were trying to do it well, they'd have to spend a lot more money to get it right than they do. Response rates are trash. They heavily rely on models to make up the gap. The models are based on assumptions. The n is always small, leading to large swings, especially when reflecting smaller groups. They try to massage that with the models, but then that's all piling assumptions on top of assumptions which should expand the error, and yet, the models insist that on 3-5%.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 10:32 AM (GBKbO)

216 Volvo is Chinese owned today.

Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 10:32 AM (bWsRe)

217 We have now gotten to the point where the Democrats best next move is to impeach Joe Biden (so as to wash their own hands; see Pontius Pilate) and have Kamala Harris go down burning in November (so as to leave the field open in '2

Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2023 10:33 AM (RHGPo)

218 193 Ahhhh old Volvos!! My mom had 240 wagon. Which was bequeathed to me in high school and I kept through college. That fucker refused to die no matter how much abuse I threw at it.
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They are built well. Or at least the old ones were.
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 19, 2023

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My killer Volvo was, I think a 164 four-door. It seemed solid enough, though I had spent some money on repairs, and the heat from the vents was the best I'd ever known in a car (as you'd expect with a Swedish car).

Bought it in January; it burned up in March.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2023 10:33 AM (J2vNu)

219 Georgia Power just announced announced yet another rate hike, their fifth their year, which means I will be paying at least 50% above what I was a couple years ago. But inflation is totally under control. Damn those evil, greedy companies.

Posted by: Ripley at December 19, 2023 10:33 AM (JojsZ)

220 It all started with Ford buying it in the 90s and went downhill from there.
Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 10:31 AM (bWsRe)

The corporate wanglings of car, truck, and tractor manufacturers is fascinating.

Volvo Trucks have a similar history, and haven't had anything to do with Volvo Cars in I don't even know how long.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2023 10:33 AM (9UlRk)

221 I drove the two worse cars made in America during college:

1972 Chevy Kingswood Estate Station Wagon

1973 Opal Manta

The wagon was a party bus the Opal not so much. Neither were in any way shape or form, chick magnets.

I was such a nerd.

Posted by: Archer at December 19, 2023 10:29 AM (gmo/4)

There's no Vega...you have no idea.

Posted by: BignJames at December 19, 2023 10:33 AM (AwYPR)

222 196 Wall Street is desperate for a Biden re-election
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Yep. They have to defend their investment. I guess being Powell is like being a toadstool.
Posted by: Pudinhead at December 19, 2023 10:22 AM (pZ64F)

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Wall Street shouldn't be desperate for a Biden re-election. Their investments and wealth have no increased under him.

And yet, they definitely do want him because impoverishing the poors and feeling morally superior is more important than profits at this point.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 10:33 AM (GBKbO)

223 Volvo is Chinese owned today.

Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 10:32 AM (bWsRe)

How do the owners pronounce the name of the company?

Posted by: Archer at December 19, 2023 10:34 AM (gmo/4)

224 which means I will be paying at least 50% above what I was a couple years ago.

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LIAR!! Inflation is 3%
- MSM

Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 10:34 AM (bWsRe)

225 The polls make no sense. One poll listed in the RCP average had less than 500 respondents. How many of each party could one possibly have in order to extrapolate across the entire country? I mean, I'm not very good at math but that seems like a pretty small sample to make such a deduction.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 19, 2023 10:34 AM (t/2Uw)

226 Is the Tejano music cranked to 11?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Around here it is
Posted by: It's me donna

Who's using leaf blowers now?

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2023 10:34 AM (/5TNL)

227 It all started with Ford buying it in the 90s and went downhill from there.
Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 10:31 AM

*Jaguar has entered the chat*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 19, 2023 10:35 AM (Wnv9h)

228 Volvo is Chinese owned today.

Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 10:32 AM (bWsRe)

How do the owners pronounce the name of the company?

Posted by: Archer

Yolo!

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2023 10:35 AM (/5TNL)

229 219 Georgia Power just announced announced yet another rate hike, their fifth their year, which means I will be paying at least 50% above what I was a couple years ago. But inflation is totally under control. Damn those evil, greedy companies.
Posted by: Ripley at December 19, 2023 10:33 AM (JojsZ)

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Why do corporations feel so free to artificially jack up prices to help their stock buyouts without reprisal from the powerful executive that is Joe Biden?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 10:35 AM (GBKbO)

230 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 5h
Malaysia OKs ‘Merry Christmas’ on halal cakes

insiderpaper.com/malaysia-ok…

Malaysia OKs 'Merry Christmas' on halal cakes
Halal-certified bakeries in largely Muslim Malaysia can now put Christmas greetings on cakes for their customers, religious authorities said, reversing a [...]

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 19, 2023 10:36 AM (2yu8s)

231 Ok we're past 100. Need some help fro you oldies.

I took a sociology class when in engineering school, right about when Lyndon Johnson launched his Great Society bill.

We used a text written by a pair of Ivy school profs, the names escape me, but they were both, or one of them, jews.

A whole lotta detail on race and class.

Who were those guys? I think the book, it was a trade paperback, was widely used at collegiate levels then.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at December 19, 2023 10:36 AM (NQRfz)

232 "New Volvos and old Volvos are not related in any way. Volvo has been bought and sold so many times over the years, other than the name it has no relationship to the old company. It all started with Ford buying it in the 90s and went downhill from there."

Now do Jeep.

Posted by: Is it suddenly a car thread? at December 19, 2023 10:36 AM (NBVIP)

233 Volvo is Chinese owned today.

Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 10:32 AM (bWsRe)

How do the owners pronounce the name of the company?

Posted by: Archer

Yolo!

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2023 10:35 AM (/5TNL)

Yolo now! You been here four hour!

Posted by: Archer at December 19, 2023 10:36 AM (gmo/4)

234 Why do corporations feel so free to artificially jack up prices to help their stock buyouts without reprisal from the powerful executive that is Joe Biden?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

They don't have to report the 10% for the Big Guy to the SEC.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 10:37 AM (9yWhg)

235 225 The polls make no sense. One poll listed in the RCP average had less than 500 respondents. How many of each party could one possibly have in order to extrapolate across the entire country? I mean, I'm not very good at math but that seems like a pretty small sample to make such a deduction.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 19, 2023 10:34 AM (t/2Uw)

That's 10 people per state, how many could you possibly need? /s

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at December 19, 2023 10:37 AM (eYoxG)

236 225 The polls make no sense. One poll listed in the RCP average had less than 500 respondents. How many of each party could one possibly have in order to extrapolate across the entire country? I mean, I'm not very good at math but that seems like a pretty small sample to make such a deduction.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 19, 2023 10:34 AM (t/2Uw)

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1000 is generally acknowledged as the low-level for a national poll to make much sense.

If RCP is including polls with 500, it's just further proof that polling is deeply broken. 500 shouldn't even be considered at the national level, much less added to the RCP average. But getting another 500 to get to 1000 was twice as expensive.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 10:37 AM (GBKbO)

237 I drove the two worse cars made in America during college:

1972 Chevy Kingswood Estate Station Wagon

1973 Opal Manta

The wagon was a party bus the Opal not so much. Neither were in any way shape or form, chick magnets. . . .

Posted by: Archer at December 19, 2023

***
At least you had a car. I rode buses and cadged rides from increasingly reluctant friends. In '74, during a bus strike, I had one hell of a time getting to and from campus -- it was not within walking distance of home. My father howled for years about how important it was to "get your degree," but I had a battle getting him to drop me off at campus 2x a week.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2023 10:37 AM (J2vNu)

238 Most people don't realize it since it's not exactly widely publicized by Volvo is Chinese owned, Range Rover and Jaguar are both Indian owned, Dodge/Ram/Chrysler is owned by a Dutch multi-national. And on it goes.

Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 10:37 AM (bWsRe)

239 I read a long time ago that polls need a minimum of 1,000 respondents to be taken seriously and the more, the better.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 19, 2023 10:38 AM (2yu8s)

240 We used a text written by a pair of Ivy school profs, the names escape me, but they were both, or one of them, jews.

A whole lotta detail on race and class.

Who were those guys? I think the book, it was a trade paperback, was widely used at collegiate levels then.
Posted by: Mr Gaga at December 19, 2023

***
Cloward and Piven, I'll bet

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2023 10:38 AM (J2vNu)

241 High school car?

1974 Mecury Grand Marquis
429 Ford. Power everything. Seats, windows, doors. 8 track in dash.

Only thing it couldn't pass was a gas station.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2023 10:38 AM (/5TNL)

242 Georgia Power decided to become greedy in January 2021. For no apparent reason. A total random decision.

Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 10:39 AM (bWsRe)

243 1000 is generally acknowledged as the low-level for a national poll to make much sense.

If RCP is including polls with 500, it's just further proof that polling is deeply broken. 500 shouldn't even be considered at the national level, much less added to the RCP average. But getting another 500 to get to 1000 was twice as expensive.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 10:37 AM (GBKbO)

It took them like forever to make up those 500 answers, too. They're not going to be able to do that again, man. That's just cruel.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2023 10:39 AM (9UlRk)

244 I owned a 1959 Volvo P 544. Bought it for $50.00 and (stupidly) sold for $50.00. Twin Stromberg carbs, damn thing wouldn’t start in cold weather. Snap starter fluid was the solution. Wish I kept that car.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 19, 2023 10:39 AM (8e0w3)

245 If I remember correctly, I paid $300 for the 1972 Chevy and $00 for the 1973 Opal.

That might help understanding the condition they were in.

Posted by: Archer at December 19, 2023 10:39 AM (gmo/4)

246 Volvo is Chinese owned today.

Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023
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How do the owners pronounce the name of the company?

Posted by: Archer at December 19, 2023

***
PLOFIT!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2023 10:39 AM (J2vNu)

247 $400 for the Opal

Posted by: Archer at December 19, 2023 10:40 AM (gmo/4)

248 High school car was my Dad's hand-me-down '66 Mustang (hard top). The clutch on that thing was a real sumbitch.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 19, 2023 10:40 AM (N3zMI)

249 My first was an '87 S-10 Blazer, with the 4.3L and a manual transmission.

I loved that car. Then some dude in a panel truck t-boned me through a red light and broke the poor thing almost in half. No idea how i survived that mess.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2023 10:40 AM (9UlRk)

250 As an avid hiker. Would hang!

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 19, 2023 10:41 AM (SzI2j)

251 ... which means I will be paying at least 50% above what I was a couple years ago.

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"At least it's only transitory, h8r!"

Posted by: ShainS -- CISA Cognitive Security Agent at December 19, 2023 10:41 AM (rQHR5)

252 244 I owned a 1959 Volvo P 544. Bought it for $50.00 and (stupidly) sold for $50.00. Twin Stromberg carbs, damn thing wouldn’t start in cold weather. Snap starter fluid was the solution. Wish I kept that car.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 19, 2023 10:39 AM (8e0w3)

My '84 Cutlass Ciera was the same way. Screwdriver in the clutch plate was the key.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 10:42 AM (zZu0s)

253 High school car?

1974 Mecury Grand Marquis
429 Ford. Power everything. Seats, windows, doors. 8 track in dash.

Only thing it couldn't pass was a gas station.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2023

***
I'm always astonished at people who had a car when in high school or college, complaining about it or not taking care of it and later cars. I'd have been so glad to have any running set of wheels, I'd have been as careful about maintenance as anybody you ever saw.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2023 10:42 AM (J2vNu)

254 I saw a chart today about SS cost of living increases over the last few years. They were negligible during the Trump years because inflation was so low. Just think about the ripple effect this crazy inflation spike has caused across the entire economy not only costing businesses needing to raise employee pay but what government has to pay out in interest payments on government debt and increases in social security, Medicare etc.
Even if inflation is tamed, now these costs are built in.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 19, 2023 10:42 AM (t/2Uw)

255 >>Over 170 of Jeffrey Epstein's high-profile associates will be NAMED in court documents set to be unsealed in the first days of 2024

https://tinyurl.com/2acnnb5e
Posted by: JackStraw at December 19, 2023 10:14 AM (ZLI7S)

Sorted by political party, perchance? And they have decide that R precedes D in the alphabet? And the names will be released in order and they will forget to release the remaining batches?

Does this comment make my butt look cynical?

Posted by: Emmie at December 19, 2023 10:42 AM (Sf2cq)

256 For all the hate on EVs here, it does bear mentioning Tesla is the only real American car manufacturers left. Rivian too, sort of.

Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 10:42 AM (bWsRe)

257 >> High school car?

68 Mustang GT. 'J' Code in Rangoon Red with Black C Stripes.

Posted by: garrett at December 19, 2023 10:42 AM (P0iqR)

258 Someone paraphrased my lines once.

Once.

Posted by: Danny Vermin at December 19, 2023 10:42 AM (r5BH7)

259 225 The polls make no sense. One poll listed in the RCP average had less than 500 respondents."

The RCP average is based on the assumption that you can only determine the truth from averaging the multitude of polls with terrible methodology and low sample size together with the few polls that actually make a serious effort to determine what voters think.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2023 10:43 AM (i9ffA)

260 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 44m
NEW: Pfizer and BioNTech are suing the governments of Poland and Hungary alleging they did not pay for vaccines ordered during the Covid pandemic

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 19, 2023 10:43 AM (2yu8s)

261 Oh, and a 3 speed manual with an unsynchronized first gear PLUS a 6v electrical system.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 19, 2023 10:43 AM (8e0w3)

262 My first two new cars were both manual.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 19, 2023 10:43 AM (RIvkX)

263 I owned a 1959 Volvo P 544. Bought it for $50.00 and (stupidly) sold for $50.00. Twin Stromberg carbs, damn thing wouldn’t start in cold weather. Snap starter fluid was the solution. Wish I kept that car.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly

Swedish car not wanting to start in cold weather. Who knew?

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2023 10:43 AM (/5TNL)

264 Two cars I wish my mom was wealthy enough to have not had to sell when she was a single mom raising us:

1967 Chevy Impala convertible

1972 Chevy Chevelle

Too poor to hang on to them when repairs got too expensive

Posted by: Archer at December 19, 2023 10:43 AM (gmo/4)

265 76 Volare. Straight 6. 8 track, no A/C.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 19, 2023 10:43 AM (SzI2j)

266 256 For all the hate on EVs here, it does bear mentioning Tesla is the only real American car manufacturers left. Rivian too, sort of.
Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 10:42 AM (bWsRe)

You left out Toyota.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2023 10:43 AM (i9ffA)

267 260 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 44m
NEW: Pfizer and BioNTech are suing the governments of Poland and Hungary alleging they did not pay for vaccines ordered during the Covid pandemic
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 19, 2023 10:43 AM (2yu8s)

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Wait what? I thought Pfizer was doing this because WE'RE ALL IN IT TOGETHER. Are you telling me it was all about money? I'm shocked.

Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 10:44 AM (bWsRe)

268 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 44m
NEW: Pfizer and BioNTech are suing the governments of Poland and Hungary alleging they did not pay for vaccines ordered during the Covid pandemic
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 19, 2023 10:43 AM (2yu8s)

I can see Hungary telling them to FOAD. Land of my grandparents.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at December 19, 2023 10:44 AM (iODuv)

269 FoxNews: US economist predicts 2024 will bring 'biggest crash of our lifetime'

Harry Dent warns an 'everything bubble' will burst in the new year

"Since 2009, this has been 100% artificial, unprecedented money printing and deficits; $27 trillion over 15 years, to be exact. This is off the charts, 100% artificial, which means we're in a dangerous state," Harry Dent told Fox News Digital. "I think 2024 is going to be the biggest single crash year we'll see in our lifetimes."

"I'm the guy that's praying for a crash while everybody else is not. We need to get back down to normal, and we need to send a message to central banks," he continued. "This should be a lesson I don't think we'll ever revisit. I don't think we'll ever see a bubble for any of our lifetimes again."

Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2023 10:44 AM (RHGPo)

270 High school car was my Dad's hand-me-down '66 Mustang (hard top). The clutch on that thing was a real sumbitch.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 19, 2023

***
I wish my father had handed me down his '66 Impala Super Sport when he bought his Monte Carlo. But he refused even to teach me to drive.

My first car was actually my fiancee's, the girl who became Mrs. Wolfus No. 1: a metallilc green '75 Ford Maverick, the slightly upscale sedan with the 250 CID engine and some (fake) walnut trim inside. I loved it and learned a lot about taking care of your car on it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2023 10:45 AM (J2vNu)

271 You left out Toyota.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2023 10:43 AM (i9ffA)

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Sure Toyota has plants here. But it's by no means an American company.

Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 10:45 AM (bWsRe)

272 Very nice painting.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2023 10:45 AM (RSbhh)

273 BNO News @BNONews 16h
BREAKING: At least 86 people killed in central China earthquake -- Xinhua

BNO News @BNONews 15h
UPDATE: Death toll from earthquake in central China rises to 111, hundreds injured

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 19, 2023 10:45 AM (2yu8s)

274 My buddy had a Chevy Chevette. ZOMG what a POS.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 19, 2023 10:45 AM (SzI2j)

275
Soria Moria Slott
The mouse went up the mott.

Posted by: m at December 19, 2023 10:46 AM (ZuHdv)

276 1974 Mecury Grand Marquis
429 Ford. Power everything. Seats, windows, doors. 8 track in dash.

Only thing it couldn't pass was a gas station.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2023

***
I'm always astonished at people who had a car when in high school or college, complaining about it or not taking care of it and later cars. I'd have been so glad to have any running set of wheels, I'd have been as careful about maintenance as anybody you ever saw.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

I loved that car. It'd hold 12 kids inside and had a Mafia trunk.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2023 10:46 AM (/5TNL)

277 TJM, the poll was 407 respondents. It is absolutely ridiculous. Rasmussen which is supposed to be a rolling three day average can go from 40 to 43 overnight. It is always higher than everyone else pretty much. That makes no sense either. Emerson, Harvard-Harris which I assume are New England based, always highr for Biden.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at December 19, 2023 10:46 AM (t/2Uw)

278 274 My buddy had a Chevy Chevette. ZOMG what a POS.
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 19, 2023 10:45 AM (SzI2j)

Mammaw and Pappaw had a Citation. Even as a very small child, it felt... shabby.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 10:46 AM (zZu0s)

279 BNO News @BNONews 15h
UPDATE: Death toll from earthquake in central China rises to 111, hundreds injured

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If the CCP "official" number is 111, the real number is 500+.

Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 10:46 AM (bWsRe)

280 >> he continued. "This should be a lesson I don't think we'll ever revisit. I don't think we'll ever see a bubble for any of our lifetimes again."

He had me up until this part.

Nobody should be this dumb.

Posted by: garrett at December 19, 2023 10:47 AM (P0iqR)

281 Volvo is Chinese owned today.
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How do the owners pronounce the name of the company?

They may have thought that they were buying something entirely different.

Posted by: Oddbob at December 19, 2023 10:47 AM (sNc8Y)

282
An example, increasingly more common in the region: Officers were called to the CVS, XXXXX for a report that two subjects had stolen merchandise and left on foot walking on XXXXX. Responding officers stopped both subjects and found them in possession of stolen merchandise. A 21-year-old female from Ecuador and her 13-year-old nephew who are both staying in (the county) were taken into custody. They were later released and will be charged with Retail Theft.

Ecuador, why?? Oh, I see, and it's 'different.'

11/15/23: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced a Federal Register notice implementing a new family reunification parole (FRP) process for Ecuador, advancing the Biden-Harris Administration’s successful combination of expanded lawful pathways and strengthened enforcement to reduce irregular migration. The FRP processes promote family unity and are one of the comprehensive measures announced in April to promote safe and orderly migratory pathways, consistent with the objectives in the Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection.

The new FRP process is by invitation only for certain nationals...

Posted by: L - They don't have to outrun the bear, they only need to outrun us - for now at December 19, 2023 10:47 AM (GshMh)

283 Funny .. https://twitter. com/C3PMeme/status/1736726175387369586

Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2023 10:47 AM (RHGPo)

284 My 3-day rolling polling average is great.

Posted by: masturbator at December 19, 2023 10:47 AM (pjs7m)

285 It took them like forever to make up those 500 answers, too. They're not going to be able to do that again, man. That's just cruel.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2023 10:39 AM (9UlRk)
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Let ChatGPT do all the work...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2023 10:48 AM (7fElN)

286 278 274 My buddy had a Chevy Chevette. ZOMG what a POS.
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 19, 2023 10:45 AM (SzI2j)

Mammaw and Pappaw had a Citation. Even as a very small child, it felt... shabby.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 10:46 AM (zZu0s)

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It's amazing just how bad 80s Big 3 cars were. And even more amazing that millions of people bought them.

Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 10:48 AM (bWsRe)

287 1974 Mecury Grand Marquis
429 Ford. Power everything. Seats, windows, doors. 8 track in dash.

Only thing it couldn't pass was a gas station.

***
The spiritual descendant of the car McGarrett drove (seen in the opening credits) on Five-O.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2023 10:48 AM (J2vNu)

288 >>a metallilc green '75 Ford Maverick

Metallic Green...

or, Lime Gold?

Posted by: garrett at December 19, 2023 10:48 AM (P0iqR)

289 I am a happy wanderer
Along the mountain track
And as I go I love to sing
My knapsack on my back

Valderi! Valdera! Valdera!
Valdera ha ha ha ha ha
Valderi! Valdera!
My knapsack on my back

Posted by: Hear. Have an earworm. at December 19, 2023 10:49 AM (wtpA4)

290 Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2023 10:44 AM (RHGPo)

Well..... That would be awkward.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 19, 2023 10:49 AM (cRrcX)

291 Online, I'm finding an alternate title:

Far, far away Soria Moria Palace shimmered like Gold

Posted by: m at December 19, 2023 10:49 AM (ZuHdv)

292 Morning Art looks like a kid in Iceland watching a volcano on the horizon spewing CO2 and SO2 in violation of UN COP28 goals. Where's Greta?!

Posted by: Java Joe at December 19, 2023 10:50 AM (WaLgG)

293 "It's amazing just how bad 80s Big 3 cars were. And even more amazing that millions of people bought them."

There wasn't much choice.

Posted by: Pepperidge Farms temembers at December 19, 2023 10:50 AM (NBVIP)

294 By the way, the '75 Maverick had A/C (a must here) and power steering, but AM radio and non-power brakes. I put an FM tuner and cassette player into it later.

I'm sure I'd find it tinny and unpleasant to drive now. But you always have a soft spot for your first car whatever its drawbacks and failures (up to a point, anyway).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2023 10:51 AM (J2vNu)

295 I am a happy wanderer
Along the mountain track
And as I go I love to sing
My knapsack on my back

Valderi! Valdera! Valdera!
Valdera ha ha ha ha ha
Valderi! Valdera!
My knapsack on my back
Posted by: Hear. Have an earworm. at December 19, 2023 10:49 AM

I'm now hearing this as sung by the Muppet Show pigs.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 19, 2023 10:51 AM (Wnv9h)

296 Sorted by political party, perchance? And they have decide that R precedes D in the alphabet? And the names will be released in order and they will forget to release the remaining batches?

Does this comment make my butt look cynical?
Posted by: Emmie at December 19, 2023 10:42 AM (Sf2cq)

What? Cynical about the government saying they're going to release documents some day in the future??

Why would they lie?

Posted by: BurtTC at December 19, 2023 10:51 AM (dGCAG)

297 293 "It's amazing just how bad 80s Big 3 cars were. And even more amazing that millions of people bought them."

There wasn't much choice.
Posted by: Pepperidge Farms temembers at December 19, 2023 10:50 AM (NBVIP)

___

DA FUQ??
- Honda, Toyota, Datsun/Nissan

Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 10:51 AM (bWsRe)

298 Looks just like sunrise over the Smokies.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 19, 2023 10:52 AM (XeU6L)

299 206 I caught a spaghetti western with Lee van Cleef called Sabata. It wasn't a musical but did have the constant-spectacle vibe about it.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 19, 2023 10:25 AM (cf/0E)

There was a sequel with Yul Brynner called "Adios, Sabata". Here's a 2:47 minute film clip of every good scene in that movie: (Yul Brynner Kill Count 52)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh26OjzwpMM&t=1s

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2023 10:52 AM (i9ffA)

300 Some mornings I go out to let the chickens have some yard time, holding my staff in case of a coyote, looking out over the fogged-in Gird Valley toward Palomar Mountain, and wish I had a hat like this kid.

Posted by: Candidus at December 19, 2023 10:53 AM (Ya7DW)

301 A truly sucky car; the Chevrolet Citation. My grandfather had one. As I already had an appreciation for cars I hated to be seen in it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2023 10:53 AM (Q4IgG)

302 Insider Corner @insiderscorner 5m
Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago expresses strong displeasure over Texas sending illegal individuals to sanctuary cities, stating,

"It is not just a Chicago Dynamic, he is attacking our country."

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 19, 2023 10:53 AM (2yu8s)

303 Metallic Green...

or, Lime Gold?
Posted by: garrett at December 19, 2023

***
I'm not sure what Ford called it. Could have been either. Mrs. W. No. 1 and I called it "Klingon green," as it was the color we imagined the alien starships looked like on B & W TV Trek. We actually bought and installed a bumper sticker: "Official Vehicle, Vulcan Embassy."

The interior -- vinyl trim, fabric seat surfaces -- was the same basic color. I thought the combo actually looked pretty good. I put baby moon hub caps on it a little later, and that looked sharp.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2023 10:54 AM (J2vNu)

304 The hills are alive with the sound of
Norsemen

Posted by: m at December 19, 2023 10:54 AM (ZuHdv)

305 DA FUQ??
- Honda, Toyota, Datsun/Nissan
Posted by: Montec

Nissan honchos rolled into the desinger's offices and said they needed a name for the new line by the next morning.

One of the designers asked, "dat soon?"

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2023 10:54 AM (/5TNL)

306 Grandpa had a Vega. Black and white checkered interior.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 19, 2023 10:54 AM (C9G9F)

307 he continued. "This should be a lesson I don't think we'll ever revisit. I don't think we'll ever see a bubble for any of our lifetimes again."
---------

He had me up until this part.

Nobody should be this dumb.
Posted by: garrett at December 19, 2023 10:47 AM (P0iqR)

Unless it's basically a prediction of Mad Max world being our future for some time, where silly worries like "bubbles" are a thing of the past.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 19, 2023 10:55 AM (dGCAG)

308 301 A truly sucky car; the Chevrolet Citation. My grandfather had one. As I already had an appreciation for cars I hated to be seen in it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2023 10:53 AM (Q4IgG)

I 'think' this is like the one Mammaw and Pappaw had. Pappaw would NOT buy Japanese.

https://tinyurl.com/36k96bzw

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 10:55 AM (zZu0s)

309 Insider Corner @insiderscorner 5m
Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago expresses strong displeasure over Texas sending illegal individuals to sanctuary cities, stating,

"It is not just a Chicago Dynamic, he is attacking our country."
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 19, 2023 10:53 AM (2yu8s)
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Funny how all these "sanctuary cities" suddenly become NIMBY paradises when illegals take them up on their offer...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2023 10:56 AM (7fElN)

310 I shouldn't be up but am

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2023 10:56 AM (fwDg9)

311 "It is not just a Chicago Dynamic, he is attacking our country."

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 19, 2023 10:53 AM (2yu8s)

Uttering that level of stupidity, should have resulted in an instant stroke death.

Posted by: Archer at December 19, 2023 10:56 AM (gmo/4)

312 292 Morning Art looks like a kid in Iceland watching a volcano on the horizon spewing CO2 and SO2 in violation of UN COP28 goals. Where's Greta?!
Posted by: Java Joe at December 19, 2023 10:50 AM (WaLgG)

=========

That volcano will output more CO2 over the next couple of days than the entire nation over a much longer period.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 10:56 AM (GBKbO)

313 DA FUQ??
- Honda, Toyota, Datsun/Nissan
Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 10:51 AM (bWsRe)

In '82 I had a Datsun small pickup, broke down driving from AIT in Augusta Georgia somewhere about half-way to Atlanta. The local mechanic towed it in, looked at it, spit, and told me 'we don fix furrin cars in this county, boy'.

Posted by: Candidus at December 19, 2023 10:56 AM (Ya7DW)

314 Brigadoon!

Posted by: m at December 19, 2023 10:56 AM (ZuHdv)

315 >>Unless it's basically a prediction of Mad Max world being our future for some time, where silly worries like "bubbles" are a thing of the past.

I was more amazed that he thinks humans can learn a lesson so completely.

Posted by: garrett at December 19, 2023 10:56 AM (P0iqR)

316 Insider Corner @insiderscorner 3h
VIDEO: A strong earthquake measuring 6.2 in magnitude struck the northwest region of Jiangsu, China. Tragically, a minimum of 118 individuals lost their lives, and several hundred sustained injuries in the aftermath.

https://tinyurl.com/79b5kkyt
1:03 minutes

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 19, 2023 10:56 AM (2yu8s)

317 "It's amazing just how bad 80s Big 3 cars were. And even more amazing that millions of people bought them."
*
There wasn't much choice.
Posted by: Pepperidge Farms temembers at December 19, 2023
___

DA FUQ??
- Honda, Toyota, Datsun/Nissan
Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023

***
Ifyou wanted or needed a large car, and couldn't stretch to a Mercedes, the Big Three were about your only choices. The Japanese cars were all small things. A buddy of mine had one of the first Civics, orange with a black interior. It looked like four guys could each grab a corner, pick it up, and move it out of a parking space.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2023 10:56 AM (J2vNu)

318 302 Insider Corner @insiderscorner 5m
Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago expresses strong displeasure over Texas sending illegal individuals to sanctuary cities, stating,

"It is not just a Chicago Dynamic, he is attacking our country."
Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 19, 2023 10:53 AM (2yu8s)

==========

Your entire party is all in on open borders.

Either change the party or leave it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 10:57 AM (GBKbO)

319 Funny how all these "sanctuary cities" suddenly become NIMBY paradises when illegals take them up on their offer...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2023 10:56 AM (7fElN)

It makes sense that, busing aside, the 'immigrants' would flow north- that is where the goodies are.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 10:57 AM (zZu0s)

320 319 It makes sense that, busing aside, the 'immigrants' would flow north- that is where the goodies are.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 10:57 AM (zZu0s)

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"We promise you free housing, food vouchers, and free medical care."
-Chicago

"Great! Here we are!"

"What the fuck are you doing here?"
-Chicago

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 10:58 AM (GBKbO)

321 Father Poppins owned a '57 T-Bird with removable roof.

Second wife made him sell it.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 19, 2023 10:58 AM (Q0kLU)

322 We had a '73 Maverick. Four door, burnt orange, with, get this, a vinyl roof!

Posted by: It was spiffy at December 19, 2023 10:58 AM (NBVIP)

323 >>Funny how all these "sanctuary cities" suddenly become NIMBY paradises when illegals take them up on their offer...

We should really be selling the Illegals on the Workers Paradise that is Canada.

Posted by: garrett at December 19, 2023 10:58 AM (P0iqR)

324 I was more amazed that he thinks humans can learn a lesson so completely.
Posted by: garrett at December 19, 2023 10:56 AM (P0iqR)

I've gotten to the point where it seems precious to me, there are still people who believe in progress.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 19, 2023 10:58 AM (dGCAG)

325 Presbyterian college cancels 'BDSM 101' event led by pro-LGBT chaplain
On Nov. 10, Rhodes College canceled a 'BDSM 101' workshop event that its chaplain planned for students to attend on campus the following Wednesday.
Beatrix Weil serves as the community chaplain, a position that the school claims 'fosters and enriches the religious and spiritual life of the Rhodes College community.'
______

The surprise here is that they cancelled the workshop.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2023 10:59 AM (fs1hN)

326 17 "It's amazing just how bad 80s Big 3 cars were. And even more amazing that millions of people bought them."

K car. Oof.

Posted by: I member at December 19, 2023 10:59 AM (wtpA4)

327 Ifyou wanted or needed a large car, and couldn't stretch to a Mercedes, the Big Three were about your only choices. The Japanese cars were all small things. A buddy of mine had one of the first Civics, orange with a black interior. It looked like four guys could each grab a corner, pick it up, and move it out of a parking space.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2023 10:56 AM (J2vNu)

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Yeah makes sense. I guess Japanese cars didn't start growing until well into the 80s.

Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 11:01 AM (bWsRe)

328 There are no bubbles in a pot that's boiled dry.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2023 11:01 AM (9UlRk)

329 "It's amazing just how bad 80s Big 3 cars were. And even more amazing that millions of people bought them."

But they had rich Corinthian leather!

Posted by: Ricardo Montalban at December 19, 2023 11:02 AM (NBVIP)

330 NO chaplain should be teaching a BDSM workshop. What's next.? Chaplain sponsored field trip to Planned Parenthood to get an abortion?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2023 11:02 AM (EW8Ay)

331 We should really be selling the Illegals on the Workers Paradise that is Canada.
---------
Too late. Asshole Justin is bringing in 2-million a year -- legals, visas, illegals, and phoney refugees. Oddly enough, there's a housing crisis. The same is going on in Oz too.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 19, 2023 11:02 AM (2yu8s)

332 Kinky Presbyterian chaplain story on Campus Reform here -

https://tinyurl.com/mr2aff3f

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2023 11:02 AM (fs1hN)

333 >>K car. Oof.

'Let the (American Motors) Eagle Soar...'

Posted by: W/ Apologies to John Ashcroft at December 19, 2023 11:02 AM (P0iqR)

334 Father Poppins owned a '57 T-Bird with removable roof.

Second wife made him sell it.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 19, 2023

***
Dad had a first-year '58 Chevy Impala, the model Ron Howard's character has in American Graffiti. Red and white, and chrome trim everywhere. It didn't come with air, so he had that installed soon after. There was room under the hood for the compressor. The unit itself looked like a mini-window unit, which it really was, and hung under the dash.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2023 11:02 AM (J2vNu)

335 325. Presbyterian college cancels 'BDSM 101' event led by pro-LGBT chaplain; Posted by: Chuck Martel

Thank heaven!

“Chaplain Beatrix will host a local dominatrix to share wisdom on how to safely, sanely and consensually learn about bondage, discipline-domination, sadism-submission and masochism,” an event flier obtained by FOX 13 Memphis said.

Posted by: L - They don't have to outrun the bear, they only need to outrun us - for now at December 19, 2023 11:03 AM (GshMh)

336 minkey is late.

panic.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 11:03 AM (GBKbO)

337 Knew a guy with a Ford Festiva. Wow. Epic pile of junk.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 19, 2023 11:03 AM (SzI2j)

338 Presbyterian college cancels 'BDSM 101' event led by pro-LGBT chaplain

I'm Presbyterian. This evil just re-enforces the decision I made years ago to stop attending formal church. I'm still religious, but have not attended church in decades.

Posted by: Archer at December 19, 2023 11:03 AM (gmo/4)

339 There is a Norweigen movie about trolls called Troll Hunter. Pretty clever. I watch it if its on.

Icelandic movie Lamb. Watch if you dare. Weird.

Posted by: DOYLE at December 19, 2023 11:04 AM (Z8Yh2)

340 336 minkey is late.

panic.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 11:03 AM (GBKbO)

Unless they are German, monkeys are not exactly known for being precise.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 11:04 AM (zZu0s)

341 297 293 "It's amazing just how bad 80s Big 3 cars were. And even more amazing that millions of people bought them."

There wasn't much choice.
Posted by: Pepperidge Farms temembers at December 19, 2023 10:50 AM (NBVIP)

___

DA FUQ??
- Honda, Toyota, Datsun/Nissan
Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 10:51 AM (bWsRe)

I'll say it again; we need a Car Thread.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 19, 2023 11:04 AM (q1SCI)

342 >>Dad had a first-year '58 Chevy Impala, the model Ron Howard's character has in American Graffiti. Red and white, and chrome trim everywhere. It didn't come with air, so he had that installed soon after. There was room under the hood for the compressor. The unit itself looked like a mini-window unit, which it really was, and hung under the dash.

AC was a Dealer Install, back in those days.
Bolt the compressor in and run some hoses through the firewall and install the 'Under-Dash' Handler.

Voila!

Posted by: garrett at December 19, 2023 11:04 AM (P0iqR)

343
NO chaplain should be teaching a BDSM workshop. What's next.? Chaplain sponsored field trip to Planned Parenthood to get an abortion?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2023 11:02 AM

Remember the religious person I was referring to a couple of weeks ago? Forced to resign. No replacement in the foreseeable future.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 19, 2023 11:05 AM (enJYY)

344 321 Father Poppins owned a '57 T-Bird with removable roof.

Second wife made him sell it.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 19, 2023 10:58 AM (Q0kLU)

I put you in a T-Bird on the tech thread!

233 232 MP4, I'm sorry to hear about your storm and your car being crushed. I hope it was not a rare model or one that will be hard to find parts for.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2023 07:48 AM (J2vNu)

*imagines MP4 driving an Auburn*
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 07:56 AM (zZu0s)

Or a Ford Thunderbird?
Posted by: m at December 19, 2023 08:04 AM (ZuHdv)

Posted by: m at December 19, 2023 11:05 AM (ZuHdv)

345 I'll say it again; we need a Car Thread.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 19, 2023 11:04 AM (q1SCI)

I SECOND THAT EMOTION!

Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 11:05 AM (bWsRe)

346 Beatrix the dominatrix?

Posted by: Can't make this stuff up at December 19, 2023 11:05 AM (NBVIP)

347 I 'think' this is like the one Mammaw and Pappaw had. Pappaw would NOT buy Japanese.

https://tinyurl.com/36k96bzw
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 10:55 AM (zZu0s)

I remember that underpowered monstrosity, gawd what a pathetic car. Right then and there I knew the old GM was dead.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2023 11:05 AM (i9ffA)

348 “Chaplain Beatrix will host a local dominatrix to share wisdom on how to safely, sanely and consensually learn about bondage, discipline-domination, sadism-submission and masochism,” an event flier obtained by FOX 13 Memphis said.

Posted by: L - They don't have to outrun the bear, they only need to outrun us - for now at December 19, 2023 11:03 AM (GshMh)

Ah. The scripturally based path to displacing all your latent insecurities and neuroses onto your genitals.

Eat your heart out, Augustine.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2023 11:05 AM (9UlRk)

349 337 Knew a guy with a Ford Festiva. Wow. Epic pile of junk.
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 19, 2023 11:03 AM (SzI2j)

Everything was boxy as hell.

Hell, I think the Vette was the only thing that looked like anything.

Of course, these days everything looks the same too.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 11:05 AM (zZu0s)

350 CBD’s gotta find a California monkey before he can post.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 19, 2023 11:05 AM (9yWhg)

351 What's next.? Chaplain sponsored field trip to Planned Parenthood to get an abortion?

Would it really surprise you?

Posted by: Oddbob at December 19, 2023 11:06 AM (sNc8Y)

352 First car: 59 VW.
With 36 screaming ponies under the trunk lid.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2023 11:06 AM (W/lyH)

353 Ford, GM, and Chrysler did not get the hang of making smaller cars for a long time. Even "compacts" like Ford's Falcon and Chevy's Malibu/Chevy II, though economical, were not outfitted with the options of the top cars like the Ford LTD or the Impala/Caprice. it was almost as if the makers were penalizing you for not having enough money to splurge on the big sedans or coupes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2023 11:06 AM (J2vNu)

354 Chaplain Beatrix will host a local dominatrix to share wisdom
____

Blessings of Liberty!
-David French

Posted by: Obligatory at December 19, 2023 11:06 AM (fs1hN)

355 >>First car: 59 VW.

Oval Window? Those things were fantastic.

Posted by: garrett at December 19, 2023 11:07 AM (P0iqR)

356 Former President Trump tops His Fraudulency Joe Biden with young voters by six points, according to a New York Times/Siena College poll.

The Times admits it is shocked by Trump’s 49 to 43 percent lead among voters aged 18-29.

Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2023 11:08 AM (RHGPo)

357 Now that’s what I call a staffer.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 19, 2023 11:08 AM (thA9J)

358 No. A smaller rear window but not the oval. I think they dripped those in 57.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2023 11:08 AM (W/lyH)

359 I have fine memeories of front end chatter in my uncles VW. Not sure of the year, but it had a Blaupunk (sic).

Posted by: DOYLE at December 19, 2023 11:08 AM (Z8Yh2)

360 Painting: I like the juxtaposition, composition, and interplay of light and forms.

Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at December 19, 2023 11:08 AM (MvF+J)

361 On the other hand, the Big Three had a lot of variation in the product lines. Ford had Lincoln and Mercury, GM had five marques to choose from, Chrysler also had Dodge and Plymouth. And they were not all badge-engineered, not in the Sixties, though they got that way later.

Plus lots of colors, interior and exterior, and multipl engines and options to select.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2023 11:09 AM (J2vNu)

362 352 First car: 59 VW.
With 36 screaming ponies under the trunk lid.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2023 11:06 AM (W/lyH)

But how heavy was it? Per the wiki entry (and it was a Bug) 1760 to 1850lbs.

Cars are heavy as hell these days.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 11:09 AM (zZu0s)

363 I have fine memeories of front end chatter in my uncles VW. Not sure of the year, but it had a Blaupunk (sic).
Posted by: DOYLE at December 19, 2023 11:08 AM (Z8Yh2)

Damned fine radio!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2023 11:09 AM (W/lyH)

364 If I could have a dream car, it would probably be a Thomas Flyer.

https://tinyurl.com/bdd9jm89

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 19, 2023 11:09 AM (Q0kLU)

365 I always thought that a 1970 Fiat Dino 2400 Spider by Pininfarina looked sweet.

But Fiat so likely always in the shop.

Posted by: Archer at December 19, 2023 11:09 AM (gmo/4)

366 There was some message board/forum kind of thing I was reading a long time ago, basically an anonymous thing for staffers in DC to vent about the perverts and psychopaths they had to work for and with... I completely forget what it was called though. Hilarious stuff. Wonder if it's still around.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2023 11:09 AM (9UlRk)

367 Greetings! My first car, a '64 VW Notchback sedan. It came over to the US from Germany on a carrier. The dash was all in German, with liters and kilometers. I bought it for about $500. I kind of wish I still had it.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at December 19, 2023 11:10 AM (MeG8a)

368 I have fine memories of front end chatter in my uncles VW. Not sure of the year, but it had a Blaupunk (sic).
Posted by: DOYLE at December 19, 2023

***
Blaupunkt = "Blue Point."

My '84 MB 280CE coupe was listed as "Dunkelblau" -- "dark blue."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2023 11:11 AM (J2vNu)

369 What you can't see in this wonderful painting is that the hiker is flashing the entire valley in front of him.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 19, 2023 11:11 AM (tThd/)

370 *Cars are heavy as hell these days.*

Blame it on the lithium.

Posted by: I got yer hybrid right here, pal at December 19, 2023 11:11 AM (NBVIP)

371 It is written in the Scrolls of Skelos that lutefisk cannot go bad.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at December 19, 2023 11:12 AM (4Q7EK)

372
Sounds like an issue Sandra Fluke might have during Fleet Week
Posted by: Obligatory at December 19, 2023 09:32 AM (XqcwY)

Remember, there is only one Sandra. Danke.

Posted by: Sandra at December 19, 2023 11:12 AM (Q9bls)

373 The 1975 sedan I briefly had smelled like ash and charred upholstery.

Of course, that was *after* it caught fire and burned from end to end.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2023 10:08 AM (J2vNu)

I had a roommate in college who was extremely proud of his '65 Mustang fastback, with an original 289, and loved to brag how he had bought it for only $200 and it still ran. Of course it had been burned. Twice. I always think of that car when I watch "Plains, Trains, and Automobiles."

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2023 11:12 AM (i9ffA)

374 Memories of former vehicles are a funny thing. Most of us have a fond memory of one or another, but I wonder what we think if we drove one today? I'm thinking they would seem damned crude, in all respects. Then, there's the fact that at the time we sold or traded them, which implies that we weren't too attached.

My favorite memory is a 1968 RS Camaro. 327, 4 spd., 3.55 positracrion rearend. I put '69 Z-28 15x7 wheels on, with Firestone F60-15 tires, and Koni ajustable shocks.

It was a great driver. Multiple times I made the drive down U.S. 52 from Cincinnati to central NC enjoying every mile through the countryside. Headed south, there was always a sense of homecoming for me when I crossed the ridge at Fancy Gap, VA

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 19, 2023 11:12 AM (XeU6L)

375 >> I always thought that a 1970 Fiat Dino 2400 Spider by Pininfarina looked sweet.

I remember a friend of my father's trying to sell him 2 for around 15-16k each...

damn.

Posted by: garrett at December 19, 2023 11:12 AM (P0iqR)

376 Michigan Democrats Woo the Felon Vote

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Well, they're their natural constituency.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 19, 2023 11:13 AM (FVME7)

377 I have fine memories of front end chatter in my uncles VW. Not sure of the year, but it had a Blaupunk (sic).
Posted by: DOYLE at December 19, 2023

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"Goddamit, you don't need a quadrophonic Blaupunk, what you need is a curve ball!"

- Crash Davis

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 19, 2023 11:13 AM (N3zMI)

378 365 I always thought that a 1970 Fiat Dino 2400 Spider by Pininfarina looked sweet.

But Fiat so likely always in the shop.
Posted by: Archer at December 19, 2023 11:09 AM (gmo/4)

"Fix it again, Tony!"

Posted by: m at December 19, 2023 11:13 AM (ZuHdv)

379 Feels like the painting got put into a random letter generator

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo and keep your rifle by your side at December 19, 2023 11:13 AM (xcxpd)

380 This must be the only blog in America that still uses her as a punch line.
__________________
Integrity! Posted by: Mr Paul Anka
__________________
The old hoo-er from the Sex for Money Skank-a-thon put in an appearance the other day, and that has been a long, hard twenty years.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 19, 2023 11:13 AM (FCs/J)

381 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 19, 2023 11:12 AM (XeU6L)

My current daily driver (and only vehicle that's roadworthy) is old enough to drink.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2023 11:13 AM (9UlRk)

382 There was a sequel with Yul Brynner called "Adios, Sabata". Here's a 2:47 minute film clip of every good scene in that movie: (Yul Brynner Kill Count 52)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh26OjzwpMM&t=1s
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 19, 2023 10:52 AM (i9ffA)

I will watch it tonight. I love kill-count videos and Italian western music is always superb.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 19, 2023 11:13 AM (cf/0E)

383 Soria Moria Slott, oh my!

(repeat)

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at December 19, 2023 11:13 AM (kc18b)

384 1st car - VW Dasher

Posted by: Lizzy at December 19, 2023 11:14 AM (izj35)

385 If I could have a dream car, it would probably be a Thomas Flyer.

https://tinyurl.com/bdd9jm89
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 19, 2023 1

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Dream car for me, one of the 1970 or so Mercedes 110-111-112 sedans or coupes. One of them, a convertible, was the bachelor party car in The Hangover. A '70-'72 would be new enough to be reliable (fuel injection and disc brakes), while still having real style.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2023 11:14 AM (J2vNu)

386 Lady Colin Campbell launches on Meghan Markle, calls her an ass-face: (paraphrase)

https://tinyurl.com/59837rfz

Posted by: kallisto at December 19, 2023 11:14 AM (Oa8FQ)

387 370 *Cars are heavy as hell these days.*

Blame it on the lithium.
Posted by: I got yer hybrid right here, pal at December 19, 2023 11:11 AM (NBVIP)

Huh. You ain't lying. Curb weight of a Model S is 4960lbs.

My Mustang GT is 3300, iirc.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 11:14 AM (zZu0s)

388 361 On the other hand, the Big Three had a lot of variation in the product lines. Ford had Lincoln and Mercury, GM had five marques to choose from, Chrysler also had Dodge and Plymouth. And they were not all badge-engineered, not in the Sixties, though they got that way later.

Plus lots of colors, interior and exterior, and multipl engines and options to select.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2023 11:09 AM (J2vNu)

Back when it was still believed Detroit knew better about building cars than DC. Now DC knows best - or so they will tell you. And people wonder why the U.S auto industry has gone to hell.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at December 19, 2023 11:14 AM (Q9bls)

389 As for cars, I dearly loved my 2011 BMW 328i Xdrive. Loved it.

But it was 4 grand every time I took it in to get fixed. I finally put it to sleep and bought a Toyota.

Sigh.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo and keep your rifle by your side at December 19, 2023 11:15 AM (xcxpd)

390 No Monday Monday?

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2023 11:15 AM (fwDg9)

391 Posted by: Oddbob at December 19, 2023 11:06 AM (sNc8Y)

Not really. Chaplain Beatrix looks like a person in their 30's. I don't really understand why someone getting an M.Div Degree needs to get a certificate in "Women and Gender" but then, Princeton Seminary has gone off the rails. I took one class there a long time ago. It was not off the rails then

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2023 11:15 AM (RSbhh)

392 Back when it was still believed Detroit knew better about building cars than DC. Now DC knows best - or so they will tell you. And people wonder why the U.S auto industry has gone to hell.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at December 19, 2023

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DC first started yammering about safety, and then it got to be emissions and gas mileage, and look where we are now. All the cars look alike and you have to check the badges to be sure what they are.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2023 11:17 AM (J2vNu)

393 I'll say it again; we need a Car Thread.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 19, 2023 11:04 AM (q1SCI)

I SECOND THAT EMOTION!
Posted by: Montec
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We had one. Well-hosted by Neidermeyer's Dead Horse. I suspect that maintaining a regular thread is a *lot* more work than we may understand.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 19, 2023 11:17 AM (XeU6L)

394
No Monday Monday?

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2023 11:15 AM

Can't trust that day

Posted by: Mommas and the Papas at December 19, 2023 11:17 AM (enJYY)

395 Monkey. Monkey.
So good to me.
Monkey morning is all I thought it would be.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 19, 2023 11:18 AM (2yu8s)

396 Can't trust that day
Posted by: Mommas and the Papas at December 19, 2023

***
If I didn't tell her,
I could leave today

Posted by: Mamas and the Papas at December 19, 2023 11:19 AM (J2vNu)

397 Local radio news says gas prices will probably be going up because the Fed is going to lower interest rates.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 19, 2023 11:19 AM (63Dwl)

398 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 19, 2023 11:12 AM (XeU6L)

My current daily driver (and only vehicle that's roadworthy) is old enough to drink.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
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My Sunday-go-to-meeting car is a '98 Buick.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 19, 2023 11:19 AM (XeU6L)

399 356 Former President Trump tops His Fraudulency Joe Biden with young voters by six points, according to a New York Times/Siena College poll.

The Times admits it is shocked by Trump’s 49 to 43 percent lead among voters aged 18-29.
Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2023 11:08 AM (RHGPo)

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That's due to the yuuute support for Hamas. What's funny is they think Trump is a LITERAL NAZI. So they support him because they think he will help Hamas kill Jews.

Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 11:19 AM (bWsRe)

400 Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays 2h
The evidence that Trump will become a dictator is growing. So far we have...

1. A metaphor he used that one time. (blood)
2. A joke he told. (Dictator for a day)
3. A hoax (J6 insurrection)
4. An accurate Putin quote about how corrupt Democrats are.

Metaphors, jokes, hoaxes, and accuracy are sure signs of Hitler.

Commonsense Dog @dbeeswax 1h Replying to @ScottAdamsSays
But my sister assured me that Trump has no sense of humor, therefore he cannot have told a joke, therefore he will become a dictator. Quite simple.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 19, 2023 11:19 AM (2yu8s)

401 397 Local radio news says gas prices will probably be going up because the Fed is going to lower interest rates.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 19, 2023 11:19 AM (63Dwl)

That'll be good for inflation!

Clown world.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 11:20 AM (zZu0s)

402 My Sunday-go-to-meeting car is a '98 Buick.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 19, 2023

***
The big Park Avenue, or one of the intermediates?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2023 11:20 AM (J2vNu)

403 I dated a girl in HS who's dad had a 1970s Porsche 914. He let me use it on a date. 17 yrs old with a hot blonde girl in the passenger seat. I don't know who's engine was running faster!

Posted by: Archer at December 19, 2023 11:20 AM (gmo/4)

404 Posted by: kallisto at December 19, 2023 11:14 AM (Oa8FQ)

I don't know who that is or why I should care about anything she has to say, but that was a rant!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 19, 2023 11:20 AM (r9a0/)

405 As for cars, I dearly loved my 2011 BMW 328i Xdrive. Loved it.

But it was 4 grand every time I took it in to get fixed. I finally put it to sleep and bought a Toyota.

Sigh.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo and keep your rifle by your side at December 19, 2023 11:15 AM

Ditto. I had a 2001 (bought in 2005) 330xi that I loved. 13 years later, the maintenance costs were just too high. Bought a Honda Accord, but I do miss the beemer.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 19, 2023 11:20 AM (Wnv9h)

406 Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley 19h
The Capitol Police have confirmed that it is doing a "thorough" investigation of the Senate sex tape. foxnews.com/politics/senate-… It also indicated that the video may have been shot just the week before it was spotted on the Internet.

Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays 2h
Capitol Police will keep investigating until they find out how Trump is responsible for it.

Personally, I think that when Trump advised people to "Not fuck in the Senate hearing room, no matter how tempting it is," that he was using "Mafia talk" to incite the very behavior that happened.

That's right: Trump incited the inserted erection. #Dicktator

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 19, 2023 11:21 AM (2yu8s)

407 My Mustang GT is 3300, iirc.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 11:14 AM (zZu0s)

A new Mustang GT is the best part of 2 tons.

Of course, it has significantly more power than the original Viper had (I remember when 400hp was a lot), so swings and roundabouts.

Posted by: spindrift at December 19, 2023 11:21 AM (B/KRV)

408 Vic used to do a car thread, IIRC.

Of course, since his first was a Flintstone two-on-the-floor, he had us all beat.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 19, 2023 11:21 AM (Q0kLU)

409 Beatrix the dominatrix?
Posted by: Can't make this stuff up at December 19, 2023 11:05 AM

Same as in town.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 19, 2023 11:21 AM (SzI2j)

410 As for cars, I dearly loved my 2011 BMW 328i Xdrive. Loved it.

But it was 4 grand every time I took it in to get fixed

__

Heh. I joke that any time I got to the vet it's $500 and any time I go to the mechanic for a German car it's $1000. If someone opened up a German Car / Vet and gave a 10% discount for combined services, I'd be a customer.

Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 11:21 AM (bWsRe)

411 President Biden has accused Republicans of scheming to cut Medicare. In fact it is his signature legislation, the Inflation Reduction Act, that will lead to benefit cuts and premium increases for seniors. Medicare’s popular drug-coverage program is headed for a painful amputation.

The private plans participating in Medicare’s prescription-drug program, known as Part D, currently draw on three sources of revenue to finance prescriptions: out-of-pocket payments from patients, premium payments made by plan members, and subsidies from the federal government. In 2025, under the Inflation Reduction Act, both government subsidies and out-of-pocket payments by patients are scheduled to be cut sharply. The difference will have to be made up by premiums. But the statute inhibits this third revenue source, which is also subsidized, from increasing more than 6%. That’s hardly enough to cover inflation, let alone compensate for the other two revenue losses.

Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2023 11:21 AM (RHGPo)

412 For all the pissing and bitching done about mileage, and all the shitty aero design and extraneous bolt-on bullshit they all put on their engines now for "efficiency"... is it just me or do new cars still get atrociously low mileage?

My little twenty year old AMC straight 6 tractor engine gets me almost 20mpg, even better on highways, which isn't too far off from what most new cars seem to get, in the 25-30 mpg range.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2023 11:22 AM (9UlRk)

413 Love the car topic, but I have to run an errand to the mail room. Back later.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2023 11:22 AM (J2vNu)

414 >>Not really. Chaplain Beatrix looks like a person in their 30's. I don't really understand why someone getting an M.Div Degree needs to get a certificate in "Women and Gender" but then,

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE ALL SHE NEEDS TO DO IS READ GENESIS.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at December 19, 2023 11:22 AM (izj35)

415 Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 19, 2023 11:05 AM (enJYY)

Please remind me again, if you would be so kind, because I'm sleep deprived and my brain is fuzzy.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2023 11:22 AM (RSbhh)

416 Sigh.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo and keep your rifle by your side at December 19, 2023 11:15 AM

Ditto. I had a 2001 (bought in 2005) 330xi that I loved. 13 years later, the maintenance costs were just too high. Bought a Honda Accord, but I do miss the beemer.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 19, 2023 11:20 AM (Wnv9h)
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My fun car is a 2005 330ci. Bought it in 2008. Today it only has 53k miles. Drives like a dream. Love it.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2023 11:22 AM (W/lyH)

417 ***
The big Park Avenue, or one of the intermediates?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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LeSabre

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 19, 2023 11:22 AM (XeU6L)

418 It looked like four guys could each grab a corner, pick it up, and move it out of a parking space.

Two guys. I have done this.

OTOH, I have also taken an island trip in an AZ600, with a motorcycle in the back (the ferry operator had a deal with the police not to sell tickets to motorcycles).

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 19, 2023 11:22 AM (FCs/J)

419 That's the tradeoff with German vs Japanese cars.

Option 1: Great driving experience but expensive to maintain and lots of shit breaks

Option 2: Boring driving experience, nothing ever breaks and it's cheap to maintain.

Sadly there's no Option 3

Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 11:23 AM (bWsRe)

420 We had one. Well-hosted by Neidermeyer's Dead Horse. I suspect that maintaining a regular thread is a *lot* more work than we may understand.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 19, 2023 11:17 AM (XeU6L)
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Yep. I only do it once a week. Takes a few hours of my time to collect the various assets and write up the post. J.J., CBD, Mis Hum, and a few others do it multiple times a week. I don't know where they find the time/energy.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2023 11:23 AM (7fElN)

421 It looked like four guys could each grab a corner, pick it up, and move it out of a parking space.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 19, 2023 10:56 AM (J2vNu)

I remember this Mentos commercial.

Posted by: spindrift at December 19, 2023 11:24 AM (B/KRV)

422 dated a girl in HS who's dad had a 1970s Porsche 914.

Knew a guy who put a Mazda rotary in a 914.
Squirrelly.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in solidarity with the struggle to maintain Moron standards at December 19, 2023 11:24 AM (qQApd)

423 do new cars still get atrociously low mileage?
It's the ethanol, of course. 5-10% of your fuel adds no power.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 19, 2023 11:25 AM (FCs/J)

424 That's the tradeoff with German vs Japanese cars.

Option 1: Great driving experience but expensive to maintain and lots of shit breaks

Option 2: Boring driving experience, nothing ever breaks and it's cheap to maintain.

Sadly there's no Option 3
Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 11:23 AM

This guy gets it.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 19, 2023 11:25 AM (Wnv9h)

425 The bottoms were foggy that night. Fortunately, my staff was stout enough for the job.

Posted by: Eromero at December 19, 2023 11:25 AM (rqn5J)

426 419 That's the tradeoff with German vs Japanese cars.

Option 1: Great driving experience but expensive to maintain and lots of shit breaks

Option 2: Boring driving experience, nothing ever breaks and it's cheap to maintain.

Sadly there's no Option 3
Posted by: Montec

You forgot about me!!!

Posted by: America made EV, waiting 3 hours to charge or catch fire at December 19, 2023 11:26 AM (Peuw2)

427 The bottoms were foggy that night. Fortunately, my staff was stout enough for the job.
Posted by: Eromero at December 19, 2023 11:25 AM

Not socked as a D.C. staffer? I am disappoint.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 19, 2023 11:26 AM (Wnv9h)

428 In 2025, under the Inflation Reduction Act, both government subsidies and out-of-pocket payments by patients are scheduled to be cut sharply. The difference will have to be made up by premiums.

I don't understand. How does the government limit out-of-pocket payments by patients? It's your money.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2023 11:26 AM (CsUN+)

429 Yep. I only do it once a week. Takes a few hours of my time to collect the various assets and write up the post. J.J., CBD, Mis Hum, and a few others do it multiple times a week. I don't know where they find the time/energy.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Well, though they may not be expressive, I think everyone here is very grateful for your labors, I know that I am.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 19, 2023 11:27 AM (XeU6L)

430 Had a HS friend whose dad had a red Triumph TR3* - LOVED riding around in that car, always too many of us crammed into it with the top down.

*Technically, he had two - one sat in the garage and he mined it for parts.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 19, 2023 11:27 AM (izj35)

431 423 do new cars still get atrociously low mileage?
It's the ethanol, of course. 5-10% of your fuel adds no power.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 19, 2023 11:25 AM (FCs/J)

It's still kinda ceteris paribus, since i'm using that same watered down fuel too. Maybe i'm mis-appraising newer cars' efficiency, but it just seems like twenty years of engineering development should have gotten us farther than where we are.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2023 11:28 AM (9UlRk)

432 People put a lot of emphasis on mileage but it's not really that much of a difference.

Average person drives 12K miles a year. At 20MPG that's 600 gallons. At 30MPG that's 400 gallons. At $3/gallon the difference is $600 a year on gas. Which isn't nothing, but it's not THAT much money. Yet people will go out of their way to only drive the 30 MPG car because psychologically people have been trained to way overemphasize mileage.

Same with gas price. Taking that same 400 gallons a year, a $1 increase in gas price is $400 a year. But you'd think it was $4,000 the way people react.

Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 11:28 AM (bWsRe)

433 James O'Keefe
@JamesOKeefeIII
BREAKING: New internal slides within IBM’s Red Hat explains ‘how whiteness works’
“Whiteness constructs the game, hides the rules, then rigs the game, over and over again”

https://tinyurl.com/3pd5aytk

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 19, 2023 11:28 AM (FVME7)

434 Monkey’s getting kind of lazy in his old age.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 19, 2023 11:28 AM (jbnUc)

435 I don't understand. How does the government limit out-of-pocket payments by patients? It's your money.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2023 11:26 AM (CsUN+)

If I read that right, by forcing you to pay big time up front. That way the insurance company itself makes out better and incurs less risk.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at December 19, 2023 11:28 AM (zZu0s)

436 Option 2: Boring driving experience, nothing ever breaks and it's cheap to maintain.

Sadly there's no Option 3
Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 11:23 AM

This guy gets it.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 19, 2023 11:25 AM (Wnv9h)
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I think the driving experience is as much about the road as it is the vehicle. I drive a Nissan Sentra. It's quite fun to drive on winding country roads through hills. Boring to drive on an interstate.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2023 11:28 AM (7fElN)

437
Please remind me again, if you would be so kind, because I'm sleep deprived and my brain is fuzzy.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2023 11:22 AM

This person was running the entire religious organization singlehandedly and the stress got to him. He was captured on someones camera walking around outside naked. He was asked to resign and he did.

Posted by: Mommas and the Papas at December 19, 2023 11:29 AM (enJYY)

438 Have read that if you can find non ethanol gas it will give you better mileage

Posted by: Skip at December 19, 2023 11:29 AM (fwDg9)

439 Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 19, 2023 11:20 AM (r9a0/)

she's the only Brit aristo who comes out and publicly trashes Meghan and Harry. IOW she tells the truth

she's a little over the top, but hilarious IMO

Posted by: kallisto at December 19, 2023 11:29 AM (Oa8FQ)

440 Yep. I only do it once a week. Takes a few hours of my time to collect the various assets and write up the post. J.J., CBD, Mis Hum, and a few others do it multiple times a week. I don't know where they find the time/energy.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Well, though they may not be expressive, I think everyone here is very grateful for your labors, I know that I am.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 19, 2023 11:27 AM (XeU6L)
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Thanks! The REAL work is done by the senior COBs who do their best to keep this place humming along...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2023 11:29 AM (7fElN)

441 James O'Keefe
@JamesOKeefeIII
BREAKING: Mad monkey seen running nakid down Pennsylvania Ave. Pedestrians flee in terror.

Film at 11.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2023 11:29 AM (W/lyH)

442 BREAKING: New internal slides within IBM’s Red Hat explains ‘how whiteness works’
“Whiteness constructs the game, hides the rules, then rigs the game, over and over again”

Communist projection.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 19, 2023 11:29 AM (R4t5M)

443 Monkey’s getting kind of lazy in his old age.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 19, 2023 11:28 AM (jbnUc)

Monkey got bought out by Nippon Steel, and is now on vacation in St. Maarten.

Posted by: spindrift at December 19, 2023 11:30 AM (B/KRV)

444 434 Monkey’s getting kind of lazy in his old age.
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Bad reaction from his latest piercing.

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at December 19, 2023 11:30 AM (2yu8s)

445 Around 1971-2, one could order a Pinto or Maverick in the "Antiestablish-mint" color. (Pukey green)

Posted by: Auto Hijinks at December 19, 2023 11:30 AM (V5BDR)

446 > dated a girl in HS who's dad had a 1970s Porsche 914.

Knew a guy who put a Mazda rotary in a 914.
Squirrelly.
_______________

I had a 74 914 2.0L. Go cart. The flat 6 from a Subi WRX was a game changer in the car. Or so I heard.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 19, 2023 11:30 AM (Q4IgG)

447 Presbyterian BDSM female minister...

That right there sounds like a German pr0n movie but her name would be Ilsa.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 19, 2023 11:30 AM (/8lfu)

448 Progressive legislation.

New York introduces bill to force Chick-Fil-A restaurants along highway to stay open on Sundays

https://tinyurl.com/v8rjd6kr

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 19, 2023 11:30 AM (FVME7)

449 Posted by: Mommas and the Papas at December 19, 2023 11:29 AM (enJYY)

Was he elderly? Because that sounds like something people with dementia sometimes do.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2023 11:31 AM (RSbhh)

450 Yep. I only do it once a week. Takes a few hours of my time to collect the various assets and write up the post. J.J., CBD, Mis Hum, and a few others do it multiple times a week. I don't know where they find the time/energy.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Well, though they may not be expressive, I think everyone here is very grateful for your labors, I know that I am.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 19, 2023 11:27 AM (XeU6L)

seconded!

Posted by: JT at December 19, 2023 11:31 AM (T4tVD)

451 Mad monkey or has Joey Bidet's biscuit finally slid off his cracker?

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 19, 2023 11:32 AM (/8lfu)

452 448 Progressive legislation.

New York introduces bill to force Chick-Fil-A restaurants along highway to stay open on Sundays

https://tinyurl.com/v8rjd6kr
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 19, 2023 11:30 AM (FVME7)

=========

Then: "We don't want you."

Now: "We want you more."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 11:32 AM (GBKbO)

453 >>Presbyterian BDSM female minister...

That right there sounds like a German pr0n movie but her name would be Ilsa.

VANDERSEXXX!!!!!

Posted by: Lizzy at December 19, 2023 11:32 AM (izj35)

454 Russia's Central Bank has raised interest rates to 16% and says they plant to keep them there for "a long period". That should do wonders for their economy.

https://tinyurl.com/yeyvrb9z

Posted by: Archimedes at December 19, 2023 11:32 AM (CsUN+)

455 Yep. I only do it once a week. Takes a few hours of my time to collect the various assets and write up the post. J.J., CBD, Mis Hum, and a few others do it multiple times a week. I don't know where they find the time/energy.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Well, though they may not be expressive, I think everyone here is very grateful for your labors, I know that I am.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 19, 2023 11:27 AM (XeU6L)

seconded!
Posted by: JT at December 19, 2023 11:31 AM (T4tVD)
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Thirded!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2023 11:32 AM (W/lyH)

456 New York introduces bill to force Chick-Fil-A restaurants along highway to stay open on Sundays

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This is now Democrats save democracy.

Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 11:33 AM (bWsRe)

457 Philadelphia trans activist charged with rape of not one, but two minors

https://tinyurl.com/45vdumnk

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I'm sure it was just a misunderstanding.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 19, 2023 11:33 AM (FVME7)

458 Then: "We don't want you."

Now: "We want you more."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 11:32 AM (GBKbO)

Nah. They want them gone.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 19, 2023 11:33 AM (R4t5M)

459 All this car talk reminds me of an article I saw recently:

https://tinyurl.com/596mvtwj

I'm not much of a car guy, but the in-depth discussion and examples of changing out the tranny for this race car was fascinating.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at December 19, 2023 11:33 AM (Peuw2)

460 Then: "We don't want you."

Now: "We want you more."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 11:32 AM

Then: We hate your religious views.
Now: We're going to force you to violate them.

GFY, NY.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 19, 2023 11:33 AM (Wnv9h)

461 454 Russia's Central Bank has raised interest rates to 16% and says they plant to keep them there for "a long period". That should do wonders for their economy.
_____

Hmmm, 16%. Bond investment opportunity?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 19, 2023 11:34 AM (fs1hN)

462 New York introduces bill to force Chick-Fil-A restaurants along highway to stay open on Sundays

Just where in the HELL does the state think it h the authority to force a private company to open on any given day?

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2023 11:34 AM (W/lyH)

463 Minors or miners?

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 19, 2023 11:34 AM (/8lfu)

464 >>New York introduces bill to force Chick-Fil-A restaurants along highway to stay open on Sundays

Not fun unless they're forcing you to violate your values.
Feel the boot on your neck, good and hard!

Posted by: Lizzy at December 19, 2023 11:34 AM (izj35)

465 Average person drives 12K miles a year.

24,960. Just to & from work.
And that's without ANY side trips.
ANYWHERE.

I have never driven ONLY 12k miles in a year since I've lived in Texas.
Worst year was 2008. That was 48k and I never left the state.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2023 11:34 AM (/5TNL)

466 Poll: Majority of Democrats Want Joe Biden’s DOJ to Put The Sword To Hunter for Defying Subpoena

Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2023 11:34 AM (RHGPo)

467 I'm sure it was just a misunderstanding.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 19, 2023 11:33 AM (FVME7)

love is love h8r.

now if you'll excuse me i must return to our snuggle struggle session. we're close to a real breakthrough here.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2023 11:34 AM (9UlRk)

468 Monkey’s getting kind of lazy in his old age.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 19, 2023 11:28 AM (jbnUc)

Monkey got bought out by Nippon Steel, and is now on vacation in St. Maarten.
Posted by: spindrift at December 19, 2023 11:30 AM (B/KRV)
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And here I thought he just kept hitting the "Snooze" button on his alarm clock...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 19, 2023 11:35 AM (7fElN)

469 462 Just where in the HELL does the state think it h the authority to force a private company to open on any given day?
Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2023 11:34 AM (W/lyH)

==========

The past 100 years of governance and case law of the United States of America?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 11:35 AM (GBKbO)

470 441 James O'Keefe
@JamesOKeefeIII
BREAKING: Mad monkey seen running nakid down Pennsylvania Ave. Pedestrians flee in terror.

Film at 11.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2023 11:29 AM (W/lyH)

I knew Hunter Biden would move on to bath salts sooner or later....

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo and keep your rifle by your side at December 19, 2023 11:35 AM (xcxpd)

471 433
‘ how whiteness works’
I already know how whiteness works. I don’t need a refresher from the inferiorly minded (don’t mean you).
I am disturbed to see IBM promoting it.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 19, 2023 11:35 AM (jbnUc)

472 I kinda see NY's point though. This bill applies to the rest areas on highways. Those are state owned and if you get a contract to operate there, and the state wants you open 7 days a week, I get it. They are always free to give up the contract and let McDonalds or Burger King take over their slot.

Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 11:36 AM (bWsRe)

473 I have no idea what crazy panties is talking about.

https://tinyurl.com/y6ftdywx

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 19, 2023 11:36 AM (FVME7)

474 466 Poll: Majority of Democrats Want Joe Biden’s DOJ to Put The Sword To Hunter for Defying Subpoena
Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2023 11:34 AM (RHGPo)

=========

"Would a wrist slap do?"

"Sure thing!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 11:36 AM (GBKbO)

475 I have never driven ONLY 12k miles in a year since I've lived in Texas.
Worst year was 2008. That was 48k and I never left the state.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2023 11:34 AM (/5TNL)

2009. Lives just south of Barstow and worked at the NTC at Ft Irwin. 51 miles each way.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2023 11:36 AM (W/lyH)

476 Just where in the HELL does the state think it h the authority to force a private company to open on any given day?
Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2023 11:34 AM (W/lyH)

If it's the ones in the service area plazas, they definitely have the right. If you don't want to be open to serve motorists, then go open your location somewhere else. A service plaza is not the same as any old random strip mall.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2023 11:36 AM (9UlRk)

477 how whiteness works’

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Pay taxes on time. Don't commit crimes. Raise my children.

Anything else I'm missing?

Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 11:36 AM (bWsRe)

478 speaking of monkeys and bath salts, anyone heard from Zod?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo and keep your rifle by your side at December 19, 2023 11:36 AM (xcxpd)

479 Does it ever occur to the racists geniuses, that white people have to compete with other white people as well as everybody else?

The idea I have had a free ride is insulting.

I will endeavor to perservere.

Posted by: DOYLE at December 19, 2023 11:37 AM (Z8Yh2)

480 I'm an Option #2 guy myself. Just get me from point A to point B reliably and I'm happy.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at December 19, 2023 11:37 AM (4Q7EK)

481
>>People at high levels understood this as a change. it was a change!!!

It's going to create a schism in the church, which seems to be what the marxist Pope is intending.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 19, 2023 10:03 AM (XV/Pl)

The schism happened centuries ago. There won't be another Reformation.
These days, since you're not burned alive for being an unbeliever (in the West), people just walk away from Catholicism and that's the end of that.
You see beautiful cathedrals in Europe that are tourists attractions and nothing more.

Posted by: Donny, moving up the pecking order at December 19, 2023 11:37 AM (FCbAQ)

482
Was he elderly? Because that sounds like something people with dementia sometimes do.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2023 11:31 AM

He was 56 years old. I think it was just the stress of running the entire organization singlehandedly. No wife, receptionist, or other clerical/accounting help. This month with weddings and baptisms scheduled is going to be interesting. No replacement on the horizon. Church seats probably 500, to give you an idea.

Posted by: Mommas and the Papas at December 19, 2023 11:37 AM (enJYY)

483 Majority of Democrats Want Joe Biden’s DOJ to Put The Sword To Hunter for Defying Subpoena
Posted by: SMOD at December 19, 2023 11:34 AM (RHGPo)

Polls only say what the Party tell them to.

And I've been seeing polls like this for a couple of weeks.

I've got to wonder if Kalorama finally *is* planning to toss Brandon aside, or if this is just another faction outmaneuvering them.

Posted by: Yudhishthira Florian Maria Hohenzollern von Schloengishugen, Liechtensteinian Usurper at December 19, 2023 11:37 AM (0FoWg)

484 speaking of monkeys and bath salts, anyone heard from Zod?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo and keep your rifle by your side at December 19, 2023 11:36 AM

Saw him around late last week. Sounds like he's doing well and loving the new location of Festung Zod.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 19, 2023 11:38 AM (Wnv9h)

485 24,960. Just to & from work.
And that's without ANY side trips.
ANYWHERE.

I have never driven ONLY 12k miles in a year since I've lived in Texas.
Worst year was 2008. That was 48k and I never left the state.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 19, 2023 11:34 AM (/5TNL)

Ever hear the phrase "the plural of anecdote isn't data"?

Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 11:38 AM (bWsRe)

486 Just where in the HELL does the state think it h the authority to force a private company to open on any given day?
Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2023 11:34 AM (W/lyH)

==========

The past 100 years of governance and case law of the United States of America?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 11:35 AM (GBKbO)
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Oh...details...details...
*stamps foot*

Posted by: Diogenes at December 19, 2023 11:38 AM (W/lyH)

487 Pay taxes on time. Don't commit crimes. Raise my children.

Anything else I'm missing?
Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 11:36 AM (bWsRe)

potato salad, and jello with fruit

Posted by: Donny, moving up the pecking order at December 19, 2023 11:38 AM (FCbAQ)

488 Saw him around late last week. Sounds like he's doing well and loving the new location of Festung Zod.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 19, 2023 11:38 AM (Wnv9h)

Good!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo and keep your rifle by your side at December 19, 2023 11:38 AM (xcxpd)

489 483 I've got to wonder if Kalorama finally *is* planning to toss Brandon aside, or if this is just another faction outmaneuvering them.
Posted by: Yudhishthira Florian Maria Hohenzollern von Schloengishugen, Liechtensteinian Usurper at December 19, 2023 11:37 AM (0FoWg)

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Obama just wants his girl signing the EOs and dolling out the patronage. I suspect Biden's establishment support from that wing came from his mention of being a one term president.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching some more Best Pictures at December 19, 2023 11:39 AM (GBKbO)

490 I kinda see NY's point though. This bill applies to the rest areas on highways. Those are state owned and if you get a contract to operate there, and the state wants you open 7 days a week, I get it. They are always free to give up the contract and let McDonalds or Burger King take over their slot.
Posted by: Montec

And shithole NYS knew CFA didn't operate on Sundays. But signed an agreement with them anyway. Now, they they're stipulating being open on Sundays to fulfill the contract. And it gets them outta there.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at December 19, 2023 11:39 AM (R4t5M)

491 Munkey nood.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 19, 2023 11:39 AM (Wnv9h)

492 Maybe i'm mis-appraising newer cars' efficiency, but it just seems like twenty years of engineering development should have gotten us farther than where we are.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

More safety equipment and enviro widgets and shiny gewgaws?

2000 Honda Accord: 2954 lbs
2023 Honda Accord: 3239 lbs

Add 10% mass, and there goes your efficiency gains.

Posted by: mikeski at December 19, 2023 11:40 AM (jUOLX)

493 I'm an Option #2 guy myself. Just get me from point A to point B reliably and I'm happy.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at December 19, 2023 11:37 AM (4Q7EK)

The idea that there are no exciting or entertaining Japanese cars is bizarre anyway.

Posted by: spindrift at December 19, 2023 11:40 AM (B/KRV)

494 What's galling is that if it were some kind of kebab joint that closed on Fridays, no one would have the balls to say peep about it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 19, 2023 11:40 AM (9UlRk)

495 Veep II: The Dumbfuckening

Ian Miles Cheong
@stillgray
I'm standing, here, in front of you, at a podium, at an event, reading my notes, looking at you, the audience, who's also in this room, right here, with me, in this place.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here at December 19, 2023 11:40 AM (FVME7)

496 The idea that there are no exciting or entertaining Japanese cars is bizarre anyway.
Posted by: spindrift at December 19, 2023 11:40 AM (B/KRV)

Maybe a Supra?
But there's no Japanese version of a BMW 5-series or an Audi RS5, for example.

Posted by: Montec at December 19, 2023 11:42 AM (bWsRe)

497 Posted by: Mommas and the Papas at December 19, 2023 11:37 AM (enJYY)

I'm sorry; It sounds like a very difficult situation both for him and for the church. If it seats 500 people and a large number come, why can't the church afford additional staff?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2023 11:45 AM (RSbhh)

498 I can tell you this much from experience:
A 66 El Camino weighs about 3400 with a V8 in it.
With a 3-speed manual and 2-barrel @160HP, it got 14 MPG.
Built up to 250 HP and a Tremec 5-speed, it gets 20 MPG around town, close to 30 highway.
We used up a lot of gas in the Sixties. This was a failure of our mechanical engineering establishment. I had some 5-speeds back then, but they were trucks with a stump-puller first gear.

Once we go to electric final drive, we will quickly lose the ability to make differentials. You can't code it.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 19, 2023 11:48 AM (FCs/J)

499 There is a new thread.

Posted by: m at December 19, 2023 11:49 AM (ZuHdv)

500 The schism happened centuries ago.

The Schism happened a millennium ago.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 19, 2023 11:54 AM (FCs/J)

501 If it's the ones in the service area plazas, they definitely have the right. If you don't want to be open to serve motorists, then go open your location somewhere else. A service plaza is not the same as any old random strip mall.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
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Maybe. It depends entirely (I think) on how the concession papers read. Moreover, there may be an issue regarding the fact that NY has traditionally allowed them to close.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 19, 2023 11:56 AM (XeU6L)

502 The schism happened centuries ago.

The Schism happened a millennium ago.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver
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The Reformation is apparently still under way.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 19, 2023 11:57 AM (XeU6L)

503
I'm sorry; It sounds like a very difficult situation both for him and for the church. If it seats 500 people and a large number come, why can't the church afford additional staff?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2023 11:45 AM

I went to his spreadsheets of finances since covid hit and they are razor thin. I remember my accountants entries from the 1970's with an acronym of HLP - heat, light, power. Basically, if you're running a church you can't do without any of them. I feel really bad that the congregation could not provide him a little breathing room, but they've had their own battles with inflation to contend with.

BTW: Christmas card on the way and a little something for the collection plate enclosed. Hope you have a nice Christmas with your family.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 19, 2023 02:02 PM (enJYY)

504 Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 19, 2023 02:02 PM (enJYY)

I'm sorry to hear that. I certainly understand about stretched finances and thanks for the card and gift. That's very kind of you. May God bless you and yours too with a Happy Christmas too.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2023 02:10 PM (RSbhh)

505
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2023 02:10 PM

Thank you. My wife informed me just now that the church in question actually has seating for 1,100 people. One person trying to do it all. I imagine you can guess the religion in discussion from that number, as I don't want to say.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at December 19, 2023 02:22 PM (enJYY)

506 Sorry to hear that, DBZ. I can only imagine the stress that would have caused. If you want to post the guy's first name I will pray for him, and the church.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 19, 2023 04:09 PM (RSbhh)

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It's a verｙ easy on the eyeѕ which makes it much more enjoyablе for me to come here and visit more often.
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