Daily Tech News 20 January 2024

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Palworld, an independent game that can be best described as Pokemon with guns allowed a handful of vtubers a preview the past few days.

Seems to have paid off because they sold a million copies in eight hours and reached half a million concurrent players in the first 24 hours - and it's still in pre-release. (Kotaku)

In case you're wondering, yes, those sheep have Browning M2s.

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Twitter has just launched support for audio and video calls via the Android app. (Thurrott)

I don't know that we want this, but having these features available from a platform not controlled by the usual Silicon Valley mafia is welcome.
The group of crazed billionaires proposing that doomed planned community in Solano County in northern California has released, uh, a map. (Hot Hardware)

Well, that solves everything.
One of JPMorgan Chase's CEOs - apparently they have several - has claimed that the company repels 45 billion hacking attempts every day. (The Register)

This is entirely plausible, if you count individual probes by everyone from random script kiddies to Russian and Chinese state hacking teams. It really is that bad out there.
Speaking of which, Russia hacked Microsoft, looking to find out what Microsoft knew about Russian hackers. (Tech Crunch)

And instead got the source code to Windows 8 and Clippy. They are now pressing charges of war crimes in the Hague.
Apple's Vision Pro, the company's absurdly overpriced VR headset, is up for pre-order. (9to5Mac)

Starting at $3499.

This being Apple, you need an iPhone just to order it.
Third-party platforms are flocking to the Vision Pro, with native applications available from... Nobody. (MacStories)

YouTube, Netflix, Roku, Facebook, and TikTok have all announced a profound lack of interest, though Reddit has announced some kind of support.

You can open your Numbers spreadsheet in glorious 4D though, so there's that.

Disclaimer: VisiCalc support is available in Apple II emulation mode.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 h'lo

Posted by: m at January 20, 2024 04:03 AM (p0NY/)

2 First.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 20, 2024 04:03 AM (ju2Fy)

3 dagnabbit

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 20, 2024 04:04 AM (ju2Fy)

4 Thrid.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 20, 2024 04:06 AM (BLOW1)

5 The group of crazed billionaires proposing that doomed planned community in Solano County in northern California has released, uh, a map. (Hot Hardware)

Well, that solves everything.

Sounds like it will be Jonestown but with Heaven's Gate's population. I don't think this will end well.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 20, 2024 04:07 AM (v9vY1)

6
One of JPMorgan Chase's CEOs - apparently they have several - has claimed that the company repels 45 billion hacking attempts every day.

I think it's safe to extrapolate that someday soon there will no internet traffic except hackers.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 20, 2024 04:07 AM (nIvob)

7 And instead got the source code to Windows 8 and Clippy. They are now pressing charges of war crimes in the Hague.

They have a case.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 20, 2024 04:08 AM (v9vY1)

8 2 First.
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 20, 2024 04:03 AM (ju2Fy)

4 Thrid.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 20, 2024 04:06 AM (BLOW1)

I'm sorry this is happening to you.

Posted by: m at January 20, 2024 04:08 AM (p0NY/)

9 ... especially when I, by contrast, have a p0NY.

Posted by: m at January 20, 2024 04:09 AM (p0NY/)

10 Lol m

Mornin', all

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at January 20, 2024 04:13 AM (T/N8q)

11
Disclaimer: VisiCalc support is available in Apple II emulation mode.

I forget how exactly I did it but I was able to include some public domain version of VisiCalc into my Clipper ( A C+ like RDBM) code and by hitting the correct keys have it popup inside my software. It hardly took up any space at all and was kinda handy.

Before advances in hardware made bloatware a thing.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 20, 2024 04:14 AM (nIvob)

12 "The East Solano Homes, Jobs, and Clean Energy Initiative"

Perhaps these people need to get over themselves.

Posted by: m at January 20, 2024 04:14 AM (p0NY/)

13 Sounds like it will be Jonestown but with Heaven's Gate's population. I don't think this will end well.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 20, 2024 04:07 AM (v9vY1)

It'd be a shame if on its first official day as a city, 45,000 illegal aliens get dropped off by bus.

Posted by: Rbastid at January 20, 2024 04:16 AM (loBTD)

14 "In the past, this plan, while vast, has been lacking in details that have been publicly spoken about."

this plan, while vast

Complete and utter drivel.

Posted by: m at January 20, 2024 04:16 AM (p0NY/)

15 If you haven’t been to east Solano you haven’t lived.

Lived a life of meth, single wides and derelict cars. I can smell the river marsh now!

Posted by: Pete Bog at January 20, 2024 04:17 AM (T8Fgi)

16 "While all of this sounds great, quite a bit of money is being spent on the project."

More drivel.

Posted by: m at January 20, 2024 04:18 AM (p0NY/)

17 this plan, while vast

Complete and utter drivel.
Posted by: m at January 20, 2024 04:16 AM (p0NY/)

You would prefer half-vast?

They have those plans as well

Posted by: Pete Bog at January 20, 2024 04:19 AM (T8Fgi)

18 17 this plan, while vast

Complete and utter drivel.
Posted by: m at January 20, 2024 04:16 AM (p0NY/)

You would prefer half-vast?

They have those plans as well
Posted by: Pete Bog at January 20, 2024 04:19 AM (T8Fgi)

Avast, there!

Posted by: m at January 20, 2024 04:20 AM (p0NY/)

19
"25 or 6 to 4"

Why didn't they just call the song '3:35 or 3:34 am'?

Posted by: Deep Thoughts at January 20, 2024 04:22 AM (nIvob)

20 Vast, half vast, avast

M just pick one and stick with it. It’ll make a dare I say, a Vas deferens

Posted by: Pete Bog at January 20, 2024 04:23 AM (T8Fgi)

21 15 If you haven’t been to east Solano you haven’t lived.

Lived a life of meth, single wides and derelict cars. I can smell the river marsh now!
Posted by: Pete Bog at January 20, 2024 04:17 AM (T8Fgi)

Speaking of meth and such, President Biden has invented a new drug, "fentanol."

https://nitter.net/redsteeze/status/
1748468681904971826#m

Posted by: m at January 20, 2024 04:24 AM (p0NY/)

22 h'lo
Posted by: m

Gesundheidt !

Posted by: JT at January 20, 2024 04:29 AM (T4tVD)

23 Sounds like it will be Jonestown but with Heaven's Gate's population. I don't think this will end well.
Posted by: Puddleglum
----------

They hope to start building homes by the late 2030's. 20,000 homes for 50,000 residents. All with good paying jobs.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 20, 2024 04:30 AM (ju2Fy)

24 Hiya MLii !

Posted by: JT at January 20, 2024 04:30 AM (T4tVD)

25 OK, the Advil has kicked in. Going to try to get another hour of zzzz's.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 20, 2024 04:33 AM (ju2Fy)

26 23 They hope to start building homes by the late 2030's. 20,000 homes for 50,000 residents. All with good paying jobs.
Posted by: olddog in mo

A fortieth of an acre and a drug mule.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 20, 2024 04:33 AM (BLOW1)

27 20 Vast, half vast, avast

M just pick one and stick with it. It’ll make a dare I say, a Vas deferens
Posted by: Pete Bog at January 20, 2024 04:23 AM (T8Fgi)

Sounds devastating.

Posted by: m at January 20, 2024 04:35 AM (p0NY/)

28 Why didn't they just call the song '3:35 or 3:34 am'?

Posted by: Deep Thoughts at January 20, 2024 04:22 AM (nIvob)

I mean i can't argue, "sitting cross legged on the floor, 3:35 or 3:34" still works

Posted by: Rbastid at January 20, 2024 04:36 AM (loBTD)

29 Damn, thought that gun pokemon game was available on phones.

I only keep one mobile game at a time on my phone. Was playing DragonQuest Tact for the last few years, as it was easy to play without spending any money, and fun, but now it's closing.

So im on the search for something that's new, and fun (don't want to jump in to a 2 year olds game that then immediately requires 1,000 hours to catch up)

Posted by: Rbastid at January 20, 2024 04:38 AM (loBTD)

30 Skip -

Thanks for the Big Bad Blue Tweets on the Udder Thread !

Posted by: JT at January 20, 2024 04:52 AM (T4tVD)

31 They hope to start building homes by the late 2030's. 20,000 homes for 50,000 residents. All with good paying jobs.
Posted by: olddog in mo

I'm once again reminded of the poem, 'The Gods of the Copybook Headings'.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 20, 2024 04:54 AM (v9vY1)

32 239
http://tinyurl.com/4h6ykmnb
20 Tweets from Bad Blue
Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2024 12:07 AM (fwDg9)

Posted by: m at January 20, 2024 04:55 AM (p0NY/)

33 I, OTOH, have had the inestimable privilege of having a Katbx for several years.

Posted by: irongrampa at January 20, 2024 05:04 AM (KATBx)

34 I, OTOH, have had the inestimable privilege of having a Katbx for several years.
Posted by: irongrampa at January 20, 2024 05:04 AM (KATBx)

Oh.

Posted by: JT at January 20, 2024 05:05 AM (T4tVD)

35
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 20, 2024 05:09 AM (kQ2Qm)

36 I always wondered if magnets stick to IronGrandpa....

Posted by: JT at January 20, 2024 05:15 AM (T4tVD)

37
Fuck this Arctic air shit. It's too damned cold and too damned dry. I do not like this Arctic air, Sam I am.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 20, 2024 05:16 AM (w6EFb)

38 Good morning morons

Local TV news says its raining because to the average San Franciscan, rain bends minds.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2024 05:18 AM (RIvkX)

39 especially when I, by contrast, have a p0NY.
Posted by: m

Ooo..OOoo.. Can I get my picture with it??

Posted by: Bruce at January 20, 2024 05:21 AM (vd8XM)

40
The group of crazed billionaires proposing that doomed planned community in Solano County in northern California has released, uh, a map. (Hot Hardware)

I'd be willing to bet that the HOA will consist of nothing but Karens.
And assholes

Posted by: Bruce at January 20, 2024 05:22 AM (vd8XM)

41 Morning peeps

Early for me, but the cats wanted to experience 2 degrees this morning at 5AM.

Stupid cats

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 20, 2024 05:22 AM (Q4IgG)

42 especially when I, by contrast, have a p0NY.
Posted by: m

Ooo..OOoo.. Can I get my picture with it??
Posted by: Bruce at January 20, 2024 05:21 AM (vd8XM)

Are you wearing clothes ?

Posted by: JT at January 20, 2024 05:23 AM (T4tVD)

43 Are you wearing clothes ?
Posted by: JT

Dang it! Always a catch.

Posted by: Bruce at January 20, 2024 05:24 AM (vd8XM)

44 It's 56 degrees which means i don't have to turn the heat on. OTOH, i have a nice buzz from the scotch i drank to toast my friend who passed away thursday night from alcoholism. Back in the day, he was one of my scotch drinking buddies in the goth scene. You know that scene in the church in Band of Brothers where they remove the images of the deceased members? It feels like that.

Posted by: SFGoth at January 20, 2024 05:25 AM (KAi1n)

45 It's not a city map if it's not a Thomas guide.

Posted by: SFGoth at January 20, 2024 05:26 AM (KAi1n)

46 18 and clear in sunny Jamaica

Posted by: Jamaica at January 20, 2024 05:33 AM (Eeb9P)

47 The group of crazed billionaires proposing that doomed planned community in Solano County in northern California has released, uh, a map. (Hot Hardware)

Donde me parko el taco Truck, ese?

Posted by: Miklos with good paying taco job at January 20, 2024 05:35 AM (9WMo9)

48
@TheBabylonBee
'I Just Don't Know Where We Went Wrong,' Contemplates Sports Illustrated Executive In Front Of Framed Covers Of Obese, Trans Swimsuit Models

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 20, 2024 05:35 AM (nIvob)

49 Neighbor, may his memory be a blessing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2024 05:35 AM (RIvkX)

50 I prefer several days of dry and cold to warmer and humid, that combo brings snow. We live close enough to Lake Ontario and Tug Hill to benefit from their snow effects anyway.

One full day of climate change rearranging is good for the year, I say.

Posted by: irongrampa at January 20, 2024 05:36 AM (KATBx)

51
Looks like two more days of Arctic conditions, then warming trend, then rain trend.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 20, 2024 05:40 AM (nIvob)

52 Are you wearing clothes ?
Posted by: JT

Dang it! Always a catch.
Posted by: Bruce at January 20, 2024 05:24 AM (vd8XM)

THAT'S how they GET ya !

Posted by: JT at January 20, 2024 05:42 AM (T4tVD)

53
I wonder if Sports Illustrated received the Bud Light treatment?

Go woke, go broke.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 20, 2024 05:44 AM (nIvob)

54
Forecast low for here (Greenville, SC area, me I'm close to Simpsonville and Fountain Inn) tonight is 18F. Tomorrow, the forecast high is only 35F, then a Sat-Sun night low of 15F. Then it starts to warm up.

And rain. They've now got a forecast high for 70F on Friday next week. With lots of rain. Another 3" over the next week. It's an "El Nino" pattern here in the SE. Lots of moisture.

We're not going to set a record for Jan rainfall, but we're going to be on the high end of the normal by a good bit.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 20, 2024 05:45 AM (w6EFb)

55 Well heck.

I was expecting Pixy 0.9 this morning.

Posted by: Bruce at January 20, 2024 05:46 AM (vd8XM)

56 We're not going to set a record for Jan rainfall, but we're going to be on the high end of the normal by a good bit.
Posted by: publius,

As long as it's not Abbey Normal

Posted by: Bruce at January 20, 2024 05:47 AM (vd8XM)

57 ‘My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.’
The Proverbs Chapter 1 Verse 10
A good way to start the day!

Posted by: Eromero at January 20, 2024 05:49 AM (NxC5+)

58
The Real Housewives of Fulton County v The Apprentice

/ coming soon

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 20, 2024 05:50 AM (nIvob)

59 I think we'll be lucky to see 15 degrees today. Hope the sun's out at least.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 20, 2024 05:50 AM (Q4IgG)

60 The wind funnels through the Altamont pass and whips the whole Suisun area. It’s not a ordinary wind. It’s infernal. It’s the marine effect. Hot valley temps create an atmospheric convection that turbo-sucks cool air from the Pacific/SF gate. There’s nothing pleasant about it.

Posted by: 13times at January 20, 2024 05:53 AM (KBU06)

61 ‘My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.’
The Proverbs Chapter 1 Verse 10
A good way to start the day!
Posted by: Eromero

Somehow, that reminded me of Jeff Sessions shoving Biden away from his granddaughter.

Posted by: Miklos is more awake than Sessions, though at January 20, 2024 05:54 AM (9WMo9)

62
Damned dew point here is now 10F and dropping. It will likely bottom out at 0F or less. Damned dry air.

My delicate mucous membranes and supple skin just doesn't like that dry air. Heat the shit up inside the house and the RH goes to nothing. My little humidifier can't keep up. I'd need maybe 3 of them going to keep up.

I just did a little experiment. Got a bit ol' pot of water on the stove and brought it to a rolling boil. This is a piss poor inefficient way to get water vapor in the air. To try to maximize water vapor output for heat input, you want to maintain the lowest volume of water you can. Just keep adding a little along.

Anyway, doing that, I can max the indoor RH at 53%. No more. And that's sucking over 3kW, I think about 3kW for that "fast boil" burner element wide open. It will be a little less than over time, because even on high, the control is still cycling.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 20, 2024 05:55 AM (w6EFb)

63 because even on high, the control is still cycling.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Doesn't running a gas fireplace put water vapor in the air?

Posted by: Miklos thought so at January 20, 2024 05:57 AM (9WMo9)

64 20 degrees here in a bit. I have on three undershirts 1 cotton, 1 blend, 1 polypro. Two long bottoms, both polypro. Summer blend uniform material (ETEX), and winter jacket. ‘Blue Lives Matter’ knit cap. Butt-warmer on high! Ludicrous Speed!

Posted by: Eromero at January 20, 2024 06:02 AM (NxC5+)

65 Buy a portable evaporative room cooler used to cool hot western homes in low humidity regions.

Old models used to be pretty energy efficient.

Posted by: 13times at January 20, 2024 06:03 AM (KBU06)

66 There’s nothing pleasant about it.

Posted by: 13times at January 20, 2024 05:53 AM (KBU06)
===

I beg to differ

Posted by: Roger the fog at January 20, 2024 06:03 AM (RIvkX)

67 Doesn't running a gas fireplace put water vapor in the air?
Posted by: Miklos thought so at January 20, 2024 05:57 AM (9WMo9)

Does lighting farts remove it ?

Posted by: JT at January 20, 2024 06:04 AM (T4tVD)

68 20 degrees here in a bit. I have on three undershirts 1 cotton, 1 blend, 1 polypro. Two long bottoms, both polypro. Summer blend uniform material (ETEX), and winter jacket. ‘Blue Lives Matter’ knit cap. Butt-warmer on high! Ludicrous Speed!
Posted by: Eromero

That's not what I meant when I called and asked you what are you wearing....

....Phone Sex...

Posted by: Bruce at January 20, 2024 06:04 AM (vd8XM)

69 Does lighting farts remove it ?
Posted by: JT

Who cares? It's FUN!

Posted by: Bruce at January 20, 2024 06:05 AM (vd8XM)

70 Our place is poorly insulated (mobile home) so at times like this when it's really cold hard to keep warm.

The furnace has been running on and off (mostly on) since we went to bed last night. The humidity inside is about 25% but it's around 85% outside.

It's also 1 degree now. And the wind's blowing.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 20, 2024 06:05 AM (Q4IgG)

71 >> Doesn't running a gas fireplace put water vapor in the air?

Yes, but most of it goes out the chimney.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 20, 2024 06:07 AM (w6EFb)

72 Our place is poorly insulated (mobile home) so at times like this when it's really cold hard to keep warm.

The furnace has been running on and off (mostly on) since we went to bed last night. The humidity inside is about 25% but it's around 85% outside.

It's also 1 degree now. And the wind's blowing.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

I was told by a HVAC guy that running your furnace fan on manual during the cold cold period helps to distribute the heat thru the home.

Not a complete cure all, but it helps my house.

Posted by: Bruce at January 20, 2024 06:07 AM (vd8XM)

73 Doesn't running a gas fireplace put water vapor in the air?

Yes, but most of it goes out the chimney.
Posted by: publius,

Then I'll just block off the chimney.

...Idiot that'll cause 26 more regulations on gas appliances...

Posted by: Bruce at January 20, 2024 06:08 AM (vd8XM)

74
Some of these modern, highly efficient gas furnaces are something else. They have heat exchangers on the combustion gas output that get all the heat out they can. The vent pipe can be PVC!

I've seen some of those in winter. The vent output looks like a clothes dryer, pouring out clouds of steam. You could divert some of that into the house for water vapor. But the CO2 is high, and maybe CO. There shouldn't be much, but you wouldn't want to dump that inside, really.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 20, 2024 06:12 AM (w6EFb)

75 Anyone hear from NGU? Haven't seen him since last week, he was northeast of Tel Aviv

Posted by: Roger the fog at January 20, 2024 06:15 AM (RIvkX)

76 /wet sock off

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2024 06:16 AM (RIvkX)

77 Happy Saturday

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 20, 2024 06:17 AM (lwOKI)

78 Our HVAC is a "package" system. Everything's outside. Even the furnace. Supposed to be efficient. Propane heat. Given how poorly insulated this joint is it does a remarkable job during the winter and summer months.

Which reminds me.... propane level was at 25% at the beginning of this Artic blast so I probably need to check that.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 20, 2024 06:17 AM (Q4IgG)

79 On the other hand, the vent from an electric clothes dryer can be directed inside the house with no hazard, and a huge humidity output. You just put the toe of a damaged nylon stocking over the end of the tube, and CHANGE IT every tie you run it.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 20, 2024 06:17 AM (zdLoL)

80
There are unvented gas heaters and "fire places". Combustion gas output goes straight inside. Clean burning, with little CO and other nasties lets you do that.

There, you will get the benefit of the H20 produced by combustion. But it's a bit "problematic". You can look up the risk vs benefit of unvented gas heaters.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 20, 2024 06:17 AM (w6EFb)

81 G'morning, all.

26.2 degrees in the back yard with 86% RH.

Holding 71 degrees in the house at 38% RH.

Nose feels like it is packed with dust from sanding drywall mud.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 20, 2024 06:19 AM (hH3Px)

82 Anyone hear from NGU? Haven't seen him since last week, he was northeast of Tel Aviv
Posted by: Roger the fog

I believe he is taking a break.

Posted by: Bruce at January 20, 2024 06:22 AM (vd8XM)

83 I'm watching Milei's speech to WEF and I marvel

He is quite brilliant spokesperson for freedom

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2024 06:24 AM (RIvkX)

84 He handed down an indictment to their faces.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2024 06:25 AM (RIvkX)

85
RH has it uses, but the best absolute measure of how dry or moist air is the dew point. Dew point gets into the 60F range and higher, and it's getting humid. Dew point drops below 30F and you're getting dry. Below 20F and you're really dry.

Dew point is a measure of absolute humidity. The normal units of absolute humidity, either mass of water per volume, or mass ratio to dry air, just don't grok to well for the way we think. It's not obvious what's high or low, unless you're well schooled in it. Using dew point, a temperature value makes much more intuitive sense.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 20, 2024 06:26 AM (w6EFb)

86 Sadly, when it's cold like this, there's an uptick in home fires. Back in December there was an Artic blast around Christmas. Two homes in the area burned during that. Both likely due to space heaters or fireplaces gone bad.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 20, 2024 06:26 AM (Q4IgG)

87 I believe he is taking a break.
Posted by: Bruce at January 20, 2024 06:22 AM (vd8XM)
===
I saw Biden's Dog is taking a break from BOINGing

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2024 06:26 AM (RIvkX)

88 > Below 20F and you're really dry.
___________

The dew point here is -2.3F

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 20, 2024 06:28 AM (Q4IgG)

89 I saw Biden's Dog is taking a break from BOINGing
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Ooops, that's who I was thinking about.

Posted by: Bruce at January 20, 2024 06:28 AM (vd8XM)

90 The dew point here is -2.3F
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 20, 2024 06:28 AM (Q4IgG)

What's the don't point ?

Posted by: JT at January 20, 2024 06:29 AM (T4tVD)

91 In case you're wondering, yes, those sheep have Browning M2s.

We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 20, 2024 06:30 AM (lwOKI)

92 What's the don't point ?
Posted by: JT

Anything after giving her a foot rub..

Posted by: Bruce at January 20, 2024 06:30 AM (vd8XM)

93 What's the don't point ?
Posted by: JT at January 20, 2024 06:29 AM (T4tVD)

Or the dont even think about it point

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 20, 2024 06:30 AM (lwOKI)

94 Ooops, that's who I was thinking about.
Posted by: Bruce at January 20, 2024 06:28 AM (vd8XM)
===

They all look alike.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2024 06:31 AM (RIvkX)

95 TODAY’S WEATHER FORECAST
1/20
47°Hi
RealFeel® 43°
Mostly sunny and chilly

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 20, 2024 06:31 AM (lwOKI)

96 The dew point of a given body of air is the temperature to which it must be cooled to become saturated with water vapor.

Wind Gusts
16 mph
Humidity
52%
Indoor Humidity
29% (Very Dry)
Dew Point
17° F
Pressure
↔ 30.47 in
Cloud Cover
7%
Visibility
11 mi
Cloud Ceiling
40000 ft

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 20, 2024 06:33 AM (lwOKI)

97 A transgender golfer has managed to secure her spot on a prestigious tour, specifically designed to provide 'growth opportunities' for female players. Hailey Davidson, 30, who was born in Scotland but now lives in Florida has long been aiming to become the first transgender woman to earn a Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) tour card

the best woman is a man

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 20, 2024 06:35 AM (lwOKI)

98
Both likely due to space heaters or fireplaces gone bad.

If mice can find a way into the warmth of a homes service panel they'll build a nest inside filled with highly flammable material. On a day when it's really cold outside and all of those electrons are flowing it can easily ignite.

Electricians find those nests all the time. Another reason to kill the mice with extreme prejudice before they kill you.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 20, 2024 06:36 AM (nIvob)

99 CBS Sports host Katie Mox discovers all of her UNDERWEAR and bras have been stolen from her suitcase after catching Delta flight

panty raid

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 20, 2024 06:36 AM (lwOKI)

100 panty raid
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 20, 2024 06:36 AM (lwOKI)

Just another day that ends in y.

Posted by: Atomic Tranny Dog Boy at January 20, 2024 06:38 AM (9UlRk)

101 "CBS Sports host Katie Mox discovers all of her UNDERWEAR and bras have been stolen from her suitcase after catching Delta flight
"

This is why I always say to never fly economy class.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 20, 2024 06:41 AM (hH3Px)

102 Milei's speech has a sign language interpreter but I wonder is she signing in Spanish? Is that ASL?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2024 06:41 AM (RIvkX)

103 Where’s bai-den’s bald headed nuclear butt-puppy?

Posted by: Eromero at January 20, 2024 06:42 AM (qUMIr)

104 "Socialism has been a failure economically. It has been a failure politically. It has been a failure socially."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2024 06:43 AM (RIvkX)

105 Evening (well, it's close to eleven p.m. for Pixy) and morning to all of you!

Dew point, don't point -- reminds me of Do Bees and Don't Bees from Romper Room. No, I don't remember it directly (well, dimly), but I've seen it on retrospectives of early TV.

'Tis right at freezing here, though clear and dry. I guess I won't be washing the car this morning. Coffee with some honey and almond milk to wake up, then breakfast, maybe a pipe, and a shave and shower. And then? Dunno.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 20, 2024 06:44 AM (omVj0)

106
Highest dew point ever recorded on this here Erf was 95F. Temp (dry bulb, which is, just "temperature", but when doing psychrometry, you explicitly state) was 108F. The was some damn place in Saudi Arabia, close to the Persian Gulf. Lots of moisture. The heat index was 178F.

A healthy human, a strapping young lad or lass would soon die in those conditions. The human body cools by sweating, evaporative cooling. When it gets too humid, that don't work any more. Body temp will rise above lethal levels.

Really, "wet bulb" temp is more applicable than dew point, but there's not much difference. Anyway, wet bulb or dew point (technically a smidge less) of 85F is about the limit of what a healthy human could stand indefinitely.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 20, 2024 06:44 AM (w6EFb)

107 Katie Mox, meet Sam Brinton.

Posted by: Wally at January 20, 2024 06:44 AM (gKtPM)

108 Psychrometry is fascinating. Just having a temperature and absolute humidity number for the air you're in doesn't always tell you how you can expect it to "feel". There was work a while ago i saw on making thermostats have simple up and down buttons with no setpoints or current values... just signals for "I'm hot" and "I'm cold". And then with some fancy control space modeling, you can have the system learn the setpoints and control variables needed to keep the occupant comfortable. I started to make my own Tensor Flow app to do something like this, but abandoned it because there's always more important shit to get done.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 20, 2024 06:45 AM (9UlRk)

109
TSA = Taking Sexy Apparel

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 20, 2024 06:46 AM (nIvob)

110 All this weather-talk kinda sounds like math.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2024 06:48 AM (RIvkX)

111 104 "Socialism has been a failure economically. It has been a failure politically. It has been a failure socially."
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2024 06:43 AM (RIvkX)

Noe do D E I

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 20, 2024 06:49 AM (lwOKI)

112 All this weather-talk kinda sounds like math.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2024 06:48 AM (RIvkX)

"The unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 20, 2024 06:49 AM (9UlRk)

113 Electricians find those nests all the time. Another reason to kill the mice with extreme prejudice before they kill you.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 20, 2024 06:36 AM (nIvob)

Crazy Ted Lieu wants to ban sticky glue traps.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 20, 2024 06:50 AM (lwOKI)

114 G'Day everyone
I shouldn't be up yet, we will see

Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2024 06:50 AM (fwDg9)

115 It seems likely that government officials were involved in planting pipe bombs in Washington, DC three years ago, as part of an effort to keep Donald Trump from running for president again.

J6 was a govt operation

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 20, 2024 06:51 AM (lwOKI)

116 All this weather-talk kinda sounds like math.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2024 06:48 AM (RIvkX)

"The unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics"
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Or the unseasonable effectiveness of mathematics?

Posted by: Bruce at January 20, 2024 06:52 AM (vd8XM)

117 Anything a person does not understand is witchcraft. For example, maths.

Posted by: Eromero at January 20, 2024 06:52 AM (qUMIr)

118 @DiscussingFilm
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transphobe def
will not fuck a dude in a dress

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 20, 2024 06:53 AM (lwOKI)

119
Like there's some perfectly 'humane' way to kill vermin that has the potential to kill humans.

The same people crying about mice have no issue with killing human fetuses though. All the way up to and after birth.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 20, 2024 06:53 AM (nIvob)

120 Imagine if you will Clippy installing itself into every Russian launch system in order 'to be helpful.'

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 20, 2024 06:54 AM (KsjBh)

121
It seems likely that government officials were involved in planting pipe bombs in Washington, DC three years ago, as part of an effort to keep Donald Trump from running for president again.

Yet not one honest whistle-blower comes forward even as the once merely obvious now becomes crystal clear.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 20, 2024 06:56 AM (nIvob)

122 Good morning. Nikki Haley, the champion of the Constitution has banned the Daily Mail from covering her campaign.
Tim Scott may be in the VP running.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2024 06:57 AM (tfKxW)

123 Anna Puma @ 120-
‘I can’t do that, Dave.’

Posted by: Eromero at January 20, 2024 06:58 AM (qUMIr)

124 I got a crazy idea if you'll indulge me: An Absolute Flat Tax. You pay X% of your income as taxes, some tiny number. If you want to avail yourself of any public services, simply have your documentation that you paid your taxes and you're all good. BUT.... That tax rate also works for negative incomes. If you really took it on the chin, say you're unemployed and living off savings, then you *get paid* that same X% of what you lost. Essentially a form of welfare or assistance, to say "OK, you're screwed. Here's a couple bucks to help you get around and keep looking for work". And same as with income, prove you are reporting your losses and participating in the system, and you can still avail yourself of public services, because you're gonna need all the help you can get.

As long as public services are bare-minimum kind of stuff (public transit, emergency healthcare, etc), it could work. Of course, it wouldn't, because the ratshit uniparty types would define "food water and shelter" to be public services and the whole risk/reward gestalt of this fanciful system would collapse like an undercooked souffle. But there might be the nucleus of a nice idea in there.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 20, 2024 06:58 AM (9UlRk)

125 What do you expect when you're sporting sexy panties?

Put on some granny bloomers with skidmarks and quit playing the victim.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at January 20, 2024 06:59 AM (J3ryZ)

126 Warai, finite spending. What a novel concept.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2024 07:01 AM (tfKxW)

127 “Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston apprehended an unlawfully present Haitian national Jan. 9 who was recently arrested by local police on charges of rape and indecent assault and battery on a developmentally disabled person in Dorchester,” Immigration and Customs Enforcement reported Thursday. “ERO Boston lodged an immigration detainer against the Haitian citizen, but the Dorchester District Court chose not to honor it and released him from jail after his arrest on the sexual assault-related charges.”

This happens every day. There is a day coming that everyone will have an illegal rape or kill a friend or family.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 20, 2024 07:03 AM (lwOKI)

128 The cats here take care of any mice that may (or may not) pose a threat.

Commentary for the gardening/puttering thread later, but with it being really cold and snow on the ground we're seeing lots of interesting footprints.

One set is obviously a fox... because I saw him/her yesterday in the backyard.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 20, 2024 07:03 AM (Q4IgG)

129 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at January 20, 2024 07:03 AM (86W+h)

130
You pay X% of your income as taxes, some tiny number...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 20, 2024 06:58 AM

taxation of income is theft

taxing consumption is the only equitable way to levy taxes

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 20, 2024 07:04 AM (kQ2Qm)

131 AltonJackson. Good morning.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2024 07:05 AM (tfKxW)

132 As long as public services are bare-minimum kind of stuff (public transit, emergency healthcare, etc), it could work. Of course, it wouldn't, because the ratshit uniparty types would define "food water and shelter" to be public services and the whole risk/reward gestalt of this fanciful system would collapse like an undercooked souffle. But there might be the nucleus of a nice idea in there.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 20, 2024 06:58 AM (9UlRk)

Fair tax does al that. As you get your taxes that would be collected on food, shelter, etc on a debit card every month you get a basic income.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 20, 2024 07:05 AM (lwOKI)

133
Armed and mentally suspect cartoonish characters -- computer fame or real life?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 20, 2024 07:05 AM (xG4kz)

134 “ERO Boston lodged an immigration detainer against the Haitian citizen, but the Dorchester District Court chose not to honor it and released him from jail after his arrest on the sexual assault-related charges.”

This happens every day. There is a day coming that everyone will have an illegal rape or kill a friend or family.
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 20, 2024 07:03 AM (lwOKI)

If it were about so-called "immigration", they would say "No, this is our prisoner, go away", and then keep the prisoner in prison until they face justice. But it's not about immigration. It's about fostering degenerates and filling the streets with criminals and monsters like they're some kind of fucking Batman villain.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 20, 2024 07:05 AM (9UlRk)

135
g'mornin', Ben Had

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 20, 2024 07:06 AM (kQ2Qm)

136 118 @DiscussingFilm
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transphobe def
will not fuck a dude in a dress
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 20, 2024 06:53 AM (lwOKI)

Notice how they frame that involvement? They do not mention SHE CREATED THE FUCKING PROPERTY!

My thing on HP is that I really liked the first four books or so. Then it seemed like she had no real focus or idea of what she wanted to do (my guess is those first books are the ones she had planned out in a good outline before she hit the big time.) After that they just got dour, angsty and directionless by turns. Still, these fuckers make me want to take up for this lib twat.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 20, 2024 07:06 AM (di6C2)

137
'The Star Chamber' should be real and spectacular.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 20, 2024 07:08 AM (nIvob)

138 112 All this weather-talk kinda sounds like math.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2024 06:48 AM (RIvkX)

"The unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 20, 2024 06:49 AM (9UlRk)

Nah, math you get the same answer every time. It is predictable and satisfying. Weather is sort of like math, but it is that complex system shit that we have no real grasp on.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 20, 2024 07:08 AM (di6C2)

139
And instead got the source code to Windows 8 and Clippy.

Clippy will become Borschty, your bowl of beet soup pal!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 20, 2024 07:09 AM (xG4kz)

140 Hi De Ho, Horde!

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2024 07:10 AM (4I/2K)

141 Count de Monet, Good morning. Are you thawed out down there?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2024 07:11 AM (tfKxW)

142 taxing consumption is the only equitable way to levy taxes
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 20, 2024 07:04 AM (kQ2Qm)

I could possibly see it the other way around. Taxation of income is once-and-done. You made this much, pay this cut. Then do whatever the hell you want with it. Taxation of consumption becomes a cascade of ever increasing acts of theft as most of what is consumed becomes yet another thing that can be once again consumed (i'm thinking of things like the VAT in the UK, and wording it poorly, so i'm going to stop trying now.) Consumption is also more difficult to define. Are we saying X% of every single monetary transaction carries a tax now? That seems way more invasive and confiscatory and thievish than a simple one time income tax. But if not every transaction, where's the limiting principle? What is "consumption" and what isn't? I don't know. I think you're still right just by gut feeling, but there's also some wrinkles there to muse about.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 20, 2024 07:12 AM (9UlRk)

143 Imagine if you will Clippy installing itself into every Russian launch system in order 'to be helpful.'
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 20, 2024 06:54 AM (KsjBh)

Hello! *commences dancing*

It looks like you are launching WW3. Would you like my help?

Posted by: Clippy at January 20, 2024 07:13 AM (4I/2K)

144
It seems likely that government officials were involved in planting pipe bombs in Washington, DC three years ago, as part of an effort to keep Donald Trump from running for president again.

Seems, oh, I dunno, insurrectionish ...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 20, 2024 07:14 AM (xG4kz)

145 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at January 20, 2024 07:14 AM (NBVIP)

146 Bank records show that special prosecutor Nathan Wade purchased airline tickets in his and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ name for trips to San Francisco and Miami, according to a court motion filed Friday.

The filing was made on behalf of Joycelyn Wade in her divorce case with Nathan Wade in Cobb County Superior Court.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 20, 2024 07:16 AM (lwOKI)

147
If its code were captured by Trekkies, Clippy would become Wesley.

What Trekkie doesn't want to say , "Shut up, Wesley!" early and often?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 20, 2024 07:16 AM (xG4kz)

148 Clippy? That guy's a fag!

Posted by: WOPR-Spicoli at January 20, 2024 07:18 AM (4I/2K)

149 Are we saying X% of every single monetary transaction carries a tax now? That seems way more invasive and confiscatory and thievish than a simple one time income tax. But if not every transaction, where's the limiting principle? What is "consumption" and what isn't? I don't know. I think you're still right just by gut feeling, but there's also some wrinkles there to muse about.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 20, 2024 07:12 AM (9UlRk)

Grow a summer garden and opt out. Raise a calf and put it in the freezer. Buy a used truck.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 20, 2024 07:18 AM (lwOKI)

150
... trips to San Francisco and Miami ...

Atlanta's oversexed fireplug spreads her charms wide, er, far and wide!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 20, 2024 07:18 AM (xG4kz)

151 Was "Clippy" the father of all AI? It would explain a lot...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 20, 2024 07:18 AM (Q4IgG)

152 118 @DiscussingFilm
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Posted by: rhennigantx

Cute phrasing. I can do that too!

Noted Pedo Curious and child mutilators, Discussing Film, say...

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 20, 2024 07:20 AM (sAmhv)

153
It wasn't so much Clippy's obtrusiveness that annoyed, it was that insufferably smug look it continually sported.

Kind of like Bill Gates himself.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 20, 2024 07:21 AM (xG4kz)

154 IIRC, Clippy was the capstone project of one Melinda (Ann French) Gates.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2024 07:21 AM (4I/2K)

155 A side note on mice: in the same way that they'll get into your house wiring, they can get into automotive fuseboxes and battery covers. At the time of the year when field mice are looking for a place to hole up, any enclosure inside the car will hold warmth for a while after you've used it. If a mouse gets into a nice warm plastic box, he'll stay for the winter and try to eat whatever is around him. That includes circuit boards, chips, wiring, insulation, connectors. The fact that this may kill the mouse doesn't really help with your problem.

A little animal repellent in the garage, or even under the hood, helps with this. One or two around here will chuckle at the idea that they just hate pipe tobacco. Aromatic soap flakes used to work too, but perhaps they've evolved on that.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 20, 2024 07:22 AM (zdLoL)

156 Harley Davidson >> Hailey Davidson.

Posted by: And we all know it at January 20, 2024 07:22 AM (NBVIP)

157
IIRC, Clippy was the capstone project of one Melinda (Ann French) Gates.
Posted by: Count de Monet

It's right at the top of her CV, I'm sure. "Lead with your strength!" they always say.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 20, 2024 07:23 AM (xG4kz)

158
Very bright outside. No doubt the four or more inches of snow on the ground has not shoveled itself ... sigh.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 20, 2024 07:25 AM (xG4kz)

159 >> but it is that complex system shit that we have no real grasp on.

My dear 1st cousin, the retired meteorologist, upon asking, a few years ago, if it was going to snow (this was the winter of 2020-2021, when snow was forecast). His reply was thus:

"Well, it might and it might not, and if it does, might be a little, might be a lot." He said that with a straight face. All his decades of meteorological experience and knowledge led to that.

It's all stochastic pattern recognition. There is much uncertainty. You can only know what will happen after it happens. But when it does, happen, he can tell you exactly why. But before, it's all probabilities.

So, "might and might not" and "could be a little, could be a lot" has mathematical precision....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 20, 2024 07:27 AM (w6EFb)

160 The Weather Rock is never wrong about the weather. Just sayin'.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2024 07:32 AM (4I/2K)

161 The Weather Rock is never wrong about the weather. Just sayin'.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2024 07:32 AM (4I/2K)

My weather rock is liquid....

Posted by: Warai-otokosson of Reykjavik at January 20, 2024 07:33 AM (9UlRk)

162 Powerline funnies

http://tinyurl.com/5ybmk2j8

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 20, 2024 07:34 AM (VYql4)

163 Listening to the radio this morning I keep hearing "we are working to make sure this never happens again". What bullshit.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2024 07:35 AM (tfKxW)

164
No java west of krakatoa yet?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 20, 2024 07:36 AM (xG4kz)

165
there's also some wrinkles there to muse about.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 20, 2024 07:12 AM

agreed; there would be much debate about when & where consumption taxes are levied

the bestest example I have of a consumption tax is the gas tax...you buy gas to use (consume) the roads, so there's a direct connection to the taxation and the benefit

and it scales: the guy driving the little 3 cylinder ass-dragger shit-box getting 54 mpg pays less in taxes than the guy driving a F-250 getting 14 mpg

theoretically, the gas taxes are used to pay for the roads, unless you're Obergruppenfuhrer Whitmer (the Jussie Smollet of governors) and you divert the gas tax to the general fund (the roads be damned)

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 20, 2024 07:37 AM (kQ2Qm)

166
Listening to the radio this morning I keep hearing "we are working to make sure this never happens again". What bullshit.
Posted by: Ben Had

What was it, one of those radio stations that routinely plays two ads simultaneously or one ad over the regular content at the same time?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 20, 2024 07:38 AM (xG4kz)

167 Prosecutors say Peter Navarro — a former trade adviser to Donald Trump — should go to jail for six months and pay a $200,000 fine for defying a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 select committee.

Now do Hunter and Alahandro

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 20, 2024 07:38 AM (lwOKI)

168 "A little animal repellent in the garage, or even under the hood, helps with this. One or two around here will chuckle at the idea that they just hate pipe tobacco. Aromatic soap flakes used to work too, but perhaps they've evolved on that.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver"

I use mothballs under the hood. Makes your car smell good too.

morninyall

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2024 07:38 AM (vFG9F)

169 what never happens again, BH?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 20, 2024 07:39 AM (WsTvr)

170 "A little animal repellent in the garage, or even under the hood, helps with this. One or two around here will chuckle at the idea that they just hate pipe tobacco. Aromatic soap flakes used to work too, but perhaps they've evolved on that.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver"

I use mothballs under the hood. Makes your car smell good too.

morninyall
Posted by: fd at January 20, 2024 07:38 AM (vFG9F)

*glares*

Posted by: Gelded Moths at January 20, 2024 07:40 AM (4I/2K)

171 Krebs, reports on the Ulvalde shooting and the gas explosion in Ft Worth.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2024 07:41 AM (tfKxW)

172
Obergruppenfuhrer Whitmer (the Jussie Smollet of governors)

'Round the two peninsulas, they affectionately refer to her as "Governor Gunt".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 20, 2024 07:41 AM (xG4kz)

173 Some Canadian is missing an air mass.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 20, 2024 07:43 AM (NBVIP)

174 "Hailey Davidson"

That is one ugly dude.

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2024 07:43 AM (vFG9F)

175
A little animal repellent in the garage ...

A repellent little animal in the garage ...

This is about me, isn't it?

-- #neverNikki

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 20, 2024 07:44 AM (xG4kz)

176 sock_rat. Shootings and gas explosions. How are you this fine morning?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2024 07:44 AM (tfKxW)

177
"Accidentally put my phone in airplane mode and the front door blew off."

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 20, 2024 07:46 AM (nIvob)

178 Is it possible that Jill is so clueless that she thought giving a speech at Hunter High was a good idea? Or is she so confident of her and Hunter's invulnerability that she just wanted to give us the finger?

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2024 07:47 AM (vFG9F)

179 Divide by Zero, hahaha.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2024 07:47 AM (tfKxW)

180
*glares*
Posted by: Gelded Moths

Hey! All you had to do was keep your tiny little legs together ...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 20, 2024 07:48 AM (xG4kz)

181 Hey! All you had to do was keep your tiny little legs together ...
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 20, 2024 07:48 AM (xG4kz)

The boys needed room to air out.

Posted by: Gelded Moths at January 20, 2024 07:50 AM (4I/2K)

182
Divide by Zero, hahaha.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2024 07:47 AM

Snitched from Powerline. Here's another good one from there:
"Disgusting scene in Dallas as security forces Dallas Cowboy fans to stay and watch the game to the end."

(Picture of security holding fan in Cowboy sweat shirt)

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 20, 2024 07:51 AM (nIvob)

183 178 Is it possible that Jill is so clueless that she thought giving a speech at Hunter High was a good idea? Or is she so confident of her and Hunter's invulnerability that she just wanted to give us the finger?
Posted by: fd at January 20, 2024 07:47 AM (vFG9F)

Never attribute to stupidity that which is adequately explained by malice.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 20, 2024 07:51 AM (lwOKI)

184 The DM says Hunter has been clean since October 2019. I believe that as much as I believe tiny aliens live in my sock drawer.

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2024 07:52 AM (vFG9F)

185 To be fair, I gave them 30 days to get out.

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2024 07:52 AM (vFG9F)

186 Biden violating the Supreme Court and forgiving student loan debt by fiat -- how is this not impeachable?

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 20, 2024 07:53 AM (LBeha)

187 Doing good! Yourself?

bit too chilly (-7) for a hike today, so grocery shopping is the leading agenda item.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 20, 2024 07:53 AM (WsTvr)

188 Moth gelding is a highly valued skill in some parts of Bolivia.

Posted by: Cliff Claven at January 20, 2024 07:54 AM (NBVIP)

189 fd, depends on clean having the same value as drug free. Hope those aliens didn't miss match your socks.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2024 07:55 AM (tfKxW)

190 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

Frozen and covered in snow

Posted by: JT at January 20, 2024 07:55 AM (T4tVD)

191
Biden violating the Supreme Court and forgiving student loan debt by fiat -- how is this not impeachable?
Posted by: Ordinary American

We have a Gelded Congress

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 20, 2024 07:55 AM (xG4kz)

192 Here's some news. "20 year old man gets vasectomy to prevent his wife from getting pregnant again."

I've got news for you buddy. Your wife can still get pregnant again.

Posted by: The milkman at January 20, 2024 07:56 AM (vFG9F)

193
Biden violating the Supreme Court and forgiving student loan debt by fiat -- how is this not impeachable?

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 20, 2024 07:53 AM (LBeha)

The left is always planning way ahead for an election advantage. When banks made the loans to students they HAD to pay THEM back. What did Obama do - one of the first things? Nationalized the student loans. So Biden ran on cancelling them, because he thought he could.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 20, 2024 07:57 AM (nIvob)

194
I've got news for you buddy. Your wife can still get pregnant again.
Posted by: The milkman

Another forlorn little sign on the Trail to Tears and Disappointment

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 20, 2024 07:58 AM (xG4kz)

195 "Hope those aliens didn't miss match your socks.
Posted by: Ben Had"

Those little fkrs have been stealing them for years. I've had enough.

Posted by: The milkman at January 20, 2024 07:58 AM (vFG9F)

196 Oh, darn that sock.

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2024 07:59 AM (vFG9F)

197 Sock Drawer Aliens was the garage band name for Devo.

Posted by: Not a joke at January 20, 2024 08:00 AM (NBVIP)

198 Any select loan forgiveness is a "moral hazard." This used to be a term politicians understood and respected. No more. What about the handicapped veteran struggling to pay off his mortgage? Will his loan be forgiven?

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 20, 2024 08:03 AM (LBeha)

199 Why is this sock sticky?

Ewwwwwww, it's his fap sock!

Posted by: Sock Drawer Aliens at January 20, 2024 08:04 AM (3CCua)

200 The proposal explains that this new community is going to be an 18,600 acres large town supporting up to 50,000 residents Who will quickly realize that Air Force Bases are loud and immediately begin petitioning the government to shut it down.
Which is what China wants.
Which is the point of the whole endeavor.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 20, 2024 08:05 AM (2ovLw)

201 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 20, 2024 08:06 AM (u82oZ)

202 What did Obama do - one of the first things? Nationalized the student loans.

Oh that wasn't Obama. That was the other progressive pos. Bush.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 20, 2024 08:06 AM (2ovLw)

203 I gotta say, in accordance with CBD's First World Problems theme....

When one's life is free enough from strife, and their food and housing is assured enough that their biggest concern is if they should lop their dick off, and wear a dress....

That's First World, baby!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 20, 2024 08:06 AM (hH3Px)

204 Moth gelding is a highly valued skill in some parts of Bolivia.
Posted by: Cliff Claven at January 20, 2024 07:54 AM (NBVIP)

Cutting off my mothhood? I think it's barbaric. No one's getting near that part of my body. No one. Unless, of course, it's a shemoth. And then she better not have a scalpel.

Posted by: Moth Man at January 20, 2024 08:06 AM (R/m4+)

205 Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 20, 2024 08:06 AM (hH3Px)

206 What about the handicapped veteran struggling to pay off his mortgage? Will his loan be forgiven?
Posted by: Ordinary American

Who? Whom?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 20, 2024 08:07 AM (2ovLw)

207 Are we saying X% of every single monetary transaction carries a tax now? That seems way more invasive and confiscatory and thievish than a simple one time income tax. But if not every transaction, where's the limiting principle? What is "consumption" and what isn't? I don't know. I think you're still right just by gut feeling, but there's also some wrinkles there to muse about.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 20, 2024 07:12 AM (9UlRk)

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A simple financial electronic transaction tax of about 0.5% is enough to cover every income stream to every government in the USA.

There are trillions of dollars in financial transactions every year on Wall Street and the ultrarich do NOT want that touched. Yes there will be some changes or reductions in financial transactions but I suspect most of the transactions that will disappear are phony baloney milking the system type of stuff that the rich use to squeeze out wealth from the middle class.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 20, 2024 08:09 AM (cMXNt)

208 First third world problem:

Your family is struggling to make ends meet on only your wife's disability because the government hasn't approved yours yet.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 20, 2024 08:09 AM (2ovLw)

209 Cutting off my mothhood? I think it's barbaric. No one's getting near that part of my body. No one. Unless, of course, it's a shemoth. And then she better not have a scalpel.
Posted by: Moth Man at January 20, 2024 08:06 AM (R/m4+)

Be on guard, even when you sleep!

Posted by: John Bobbitt at January 20, 2024 08:10 AM (4I/2K)

210 Brrr... it's cold. Need to turn up the thermostat.

Posted by: dantesed at January 20, 2024 08:11 AM (88xKn)

211 "Speaker Mike Johnson insists his Republican conference is 'unified,' even though a vote to approve a stopgap funding bill to avert a government shutdown sharply divided them.

The House passed a continuing resolution, or CR, on Thursday to fund the government - but 106 Republicans voted against the measure in a show of revolt."

The only thing that is unified is Congress' assault on American citizens.

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2024 08:11 AM (vFG9F)

212 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

-7 ℉ and wind. Keeps the chiggers dead and the homeless in Florida or California. Inside the house depends on which room you are in.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 20, 2024 08:12 AM (u82oZ)

213 Birdbath status? Frozen and covered in snow

Yabbut. What is the dew point?

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 20, 2024 08:13 AM (zdLoL)

214 @211

>>The only thing that is unified is Congress' assault on American citizens.

Remember, the GOP has controlled The House, ie, The Power of The Purse for 22 of the last 30 years. The main assault has come from those chuckle heads.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 20, 2024 08:13 AM (XV/Pl)

215 Nowhere is the absurdity of taxation more evident that PA.

My school district taxes my property. It taxes every adult over 18 $10 per year just for being alive.
My township taxes my property. And my income. And certain townships add additional taxation based on profession.
The township I work in taxes my income. But they give a credit for the tax I pay to my home township. Some do not.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 20, 2024 08:14 AM (2ovLw)

216 "-7 ℉ and wind."

No....just no.

We are at 29.3 right now, from a low of around 25.1.

Barely survivable, with electrons even behaving sluggishly, and cannibalism just around the corner.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 20, 2024 08:16 AM (hH3Px)

217 @215

>>Nowhere is the absurdity of taxation more evident that PA.

As a newly minted PA Resident all I can say about PA so far is...

Not quite my tempo.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 20, 2024 08:17 AM (XV/Pl)

218 Divide by Zero

Been noticing a trend in job requirements. The need for a college diploma is being done away with in local governments and smaller companies. Experience and performance is what is being looked at.

If Johnny the Shoeshine Guy passes out this info as word on the street, universities will be under more pressure.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 20, 2024 08:18 AM (u82oZ)

219 http://tinyurl.com/2azrkx65

Italian police beat and water cannon Palestinian antifa.

Posted by: 13times at January 20, 2024 08:19 AM (UVL7B)

220 Birdbath status? Frozen and covered in snow

Yabbut. What is the dew point?
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 20, 2024 08:13 AM (zdLoL)

Dewn't ask me.

Posted by: JT at January 20, 2024 08:19 AM (T4tVD)

221 "Keeps the chiggers dead and the homeless in Florida or California."

You aren't kidding. This is the thickest infestation of homeless I have ever seen in FL. Unbelievable. And sad.

Posted by: pawn at January 20, 2024 08:20 AM (QB+5g)

222 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Yesterday was a two hour delay because of drifts. My rural gravel road had a lot of drifts, which trapped two cars. A tractor pulled them out before I went through those drifts. It was close, but I made it through.

If we were stuck, I was going to announce "Donner, party of eight. Donner party of seven. ... " only the middle schoolers would have got it.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 20, 2024 08:21 AM (u82oZ)

223 Aww.

"Doomed $108 million Peregrine One lunar lander carrying JFK's remains is destroyed in fiery reentry of Earth over Pacific Ocean"

Another grim milestone for the Biden administration.

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2024 08:21 AM (vFG9F)

224 215 17 The Occupational Privilege Tax. Gotta pay a tax to go to work so you can pay taxes. Welcome to the Keystone State.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 20, 2024 08:21 AM (0EOe9)

225 My tax avoidance scheme is my work avoidance scheme.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2024 08:22 AM (RIvkX)

226 Maybe they saved some of those ashes and can try again. $216 million dollars seems like a small price to pay to get JFK to the moon.

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2024 08:23 AM (vFG9F)

227 Apple's Vision Pro:

If you build it, they will come...

... and point, and laugh.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 20, 2024 08:23 AM (qPw5n)

228 Salty, were you in a bus for 2 hours with a bunch of students??

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2024 08:24 AM (RIvkX)

229 pawn

By design. With the right policy choices, that would be minimal. The bipartisan closing of mental institutions in the 1960s was the first part of that problem.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 20, 2024 08:24 AM (u82oZ)

230 Off nasty sock

Posted by: BifBewalski at January 20, 2024 08:26 AM (3CCua)

231 Taxing movement of money seems a little complicated.

Taxing good and services at retail cuts the number of tax paying entities but about 75%.

As it is calculated at the register no complicated IRS tables.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 20, 2024 08:27 AM (lwOKI)

232 Bif, how's the shoulder?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2024 08:27 AM (tfKxW)

233 San Franpsycho

The standard is no more than an hour. I get to school in 45 minutes. Never had them on the bus for that long.

When I was in Reston. Va, a coworker's bus was stuck for 3 hours in deep snow and ice. I still remember her plaintive cries for help. "We are having bathroom issues."

The advice from dispatch was "boys on the left, girls on the right." Today that would get you fired in a woke school district.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 20, 2024 08:28 AM (u82oZ)

234 The one that are here aren't the crazy one's. These are mostly older guys who can't work and women who are crazy.

The biggest problem is that many of them can't stay sober.

Posted by: pawn at January 20, 2024 08:29 AM (QB+5g)

235 At some point VAT is going to raise it's ugly head

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2024 08:29 AM (tfKxW)

236 {{{Ben Had}}}

🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good morning! ♬♬ ♩ ♪

Add antifreeze:
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Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 20, 2024 08:29 AM (u82oZ)

237 Good morning, NaCly, dearest. My zeal for life keeps me warm!

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2024 08:31 AM (tfKxW)

238 Ben Had

The Republican majority in the Kansas State Legislature has been pushing hard for a flat tax. They can not override the Dem Governor's veto.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 20, 2024 08:32 AM (u82oZ)

239 NaCly Dog @ 229-
The insane are just like anybody else, they’re just crazy is all. Thanks, psychiatrists. Ya bastards.

Posted by: Eromero at January 20, 2024 08:32 AM (g0T1Z)

240 Ben Had

Your zest for life is so powerful that you could melt an iceberg if you were on the bow of the Titanic.

Good for you!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 20, 2024 08:33 AM (u82oZ)

241 NaCly, I only see a flat tax working with controlled spending.
The glutton that is government always wants more.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2024 08:34 AM (tfKxW)

242 >>> Italian police beat and water cannon Palestinian antifa.

A solid performance but nothing for the highlight reel.

Worth a click

Posted by: fluffy at January 20, 2024 08:34 AM (86W+h)

243 Salty, crazy stories

I once sat in snowstorm in downtown Newark for 3 hours. It was apocalyptic. But no kids in the backseat.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2024 08:35 AM (RIvkX)

244 Eromero

Well, TPTB has a plan that has no margin for error. All the homeless will be gone.

Maybe the survivors will be hunted by the elite, like the Draka in that dystopian series.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 20, 2024 08:36 AM (u82oZ)

245 Finished up a couple of ham biscuits and an over-easy fried egg. Temperature still hasn't hit 2 degrees. It's trying, but not real hard. Sun's up. Hardly any warmth tho'.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 20, 2024 08:37 AM (Q4IgG)

246 I see Coach Jim Harbaugh addressed the March for Life event yesterday. Good on him.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 20, 2024 08:37 AM (SfhV1)

247 I keep seeing articles about how Social Security recipients may pay 50% to 85% on their benefits. They increased the monthly benefit but haven't increased the amounts that triggers taxes in years. Pushes folks into a new tax bracket

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 20, 2024 08:38 AM (L8hCM)

248 San Franpsycho

It is all about the planning and leadership. I used to have some blankets, but I got a radio, and can summon help.

Dealing with kids is not a problem. In my service days, I led 19 year olds away from home for the first time, with their own money.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 20, 2024 08:39 AM (u82oZ)

249 231 Taxing movement of money seems a little complicated.

Taxing good and services at retail cuts the number of tax paying entities but about 75%.

As it is calculated at the register no complicated IRS tables.
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 20, 2024 08:27 AM (lwOKI)

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It's not complicated at all as it's on electronic transfers not cash transfers. There would have to be a decision on who will pay (buyer, seller or both) but that is something that would be written into law. After that the operation will always be the same.

However, I assume there would be some sort of market correction when implemented.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 20, 2024 08:39 AM (cMXNt)

250 From our neighbor up north (Kate):

Seems Canada government just figured out they had been had:

http://tinyurl.com/2uyrxrpr

Posted by: pawn at January 20, 2024 08:39 AM (QB+5g)

251 At some point VAT is going to raise it's ugly head
Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2024 08:29 AM (tfKxW)

Ben Had, agree, I think either a VAT or a wealth tax to go after property and retirement for a start.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 20, 2024 08:40 AM (KwvbG)

252 Notsothoreau

How are you this fine morning?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 20, 2024 08:40 AM (u82oZ)

253 We are all up. When I took the dog out this morning, the stray cat ran away from the door, back to the warm bedroom. He went out later with much grumbling but is back in. Waiting for the thaw.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 20, 2024 08:43 AM (L8hCM)

254 Independent UK

Trump squeezes his trials for political gain before verdicts are in

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 20, 2024 08:43 AM (lwOKI)

255 241 NaCly, I only see a flat tax working with controlled spending.
The glutton that is government always wants more.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2024 08:34 AM (tfKxW)

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Need a reset switch.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 20, 2024 08:43 AM (cMXNt)

256 The last time I was in a middle school the heavy odor of sweat and hormones was overwhelming.

Muni runs specials when the middle schools dismiss because the regular riders don't want the students on their buses.

Salty, kudos to you and all who suffer our youth. It must get harder every day.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2024 08:44 AM (RIvkX)

257 rhennigantx

The Deep State is so incompetent they helped Trump. Biggly.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 20, 2024 08:45 AM (u82oZ)

258 Hiya Grammie !

Posted by: JT at January 20, 2024 08:46 AM (T4tVD)

259 Someone in Patera's comments mentioned an elderly woman found dead of hypothermia in her home. Didn't say if she lost power. I have lots of blankets and even sheepskins if needed. But the gas furnace and two oil radiators are keeping the house at 69.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 20, 2024 08:46 AM (L8hCM)

260 Hiya JT!

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 20, 2024 08:46 AM (SfhV1)

261 grammie, Good morning . Long time since I have gotten to say Hi.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2024 08:48 AM (tfKxW)

262 San Franpsycho

Nyah. I was telling the 2nd graders about volcanoes yesterday. Had stories of eruptions in Iceland and Indonesia. I hinted that these eruptions have a much larger effect on the atmosphere than mankind.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 20, 2024 08:48 AM (u82oZ)

263 {{{grammie winger - cheesehead}}}

And a respectful tip of the hat to the Rev.

Long may you two turtledoves thrive.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 20, 2024 08:49 AM (u82oZ)

264 Good morning Ben Had - nice to see you!

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 20, 2024 08:49 AM (SfhV1)

265 >>> I hinted that these eruptions have a much larger effect on the atmosphere than mankind.

How dare you!

Posted by: fluffy at January 20, 2024 08:50 AM (86W+h)

266 Good morning!

Salty, will you tell them dino farts caused climate change, too

Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2024 08:50 AM (NKqpy)

267

What the Obama administration did do was great for the federal government, not the students. Obama federalized the system to where the government now profits immensely from both interest on loans it makes directly to students, and defaults. To say that the federal government now sits atop the most predatory lending system in our nation’s history ...

It was Obama, not Bush. How the hell does the government benefit from defaults? Writer has his head shoved up his ass.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 20, 2024 08:50 AM (nIvob)

268 Long may you two turtledoves thrive.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 20, 2024 08:49 AM (u82oZ)

Life is good, Salty. I hope on your end as well. Now, if we can just get through winter alive....

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 20, 2024 08:51 AM (SfhV1)

269 That's better

Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2024 08:51 AM (fwDg9)

270 NaCly, maybe throw in a couple of sea stories!

Posted by: Ben Had at January 20, 2024 08:51 AM (tfKxW)

271 Nedz coffeve

Posted by: Skip at January 20, 2024 08:51 AM (fwDg9)

272 Lizzy

Baby steps.

I get more into detail with the older kids, like discussing the new, safer nuclear reactor design recently approved by the Feds. Nuclear power is Green, and helps Gaia. And we solved the waste issue back in 1980.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 20, 2024 08:52 AM (u82oZ)

273 The sea was angry that day my friends...

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at January 20, 2024 08:53 AM (NBVIP)

274 The more carbon volcanoes emit, the less we must emit. Science says to hell with people.

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2024 08:53 AM (vFG9F)

275
I keep seeing articles about how Social Security recipients may pay 50% to 85% on their benefits. They increased the monthly benefit but haven't increased the amounts that triggers taxes in years. Pushes folks into a new tax bracket

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 20, 2024 08:38 AM

If you're collecting SS with no other earnings nothing changes. You'll still collect a slightly above poverty level check.

It's people who want to work AND collect SS they're after. You know, productive people past 65.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 20, 2024 08:55 AM (nIvob)

276 Ben Had

Nay. Those are a little too adult for the young ones.

But I tell stories of Shackleton, and some cautionary tales of what not to do.

And bus stories, of which I have a plethora. Those always come with a safety moral, like leave your back-pack behind if you have to leave the bus unexpectedly.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 20, 2024 08:55 AM (u82oZ)

277 >>I get more into detail with the older kids, like discussing the new, safer nuclear reactor design recently approved by the Feds. Nuclear power is Green, and helps Gaia. And we solved the waste issue back in 1980.

Love it! I remember having to deprogram my kid in the climate stuff. Fortunately, he has always been a skeptic/not a joiner so he was wary of the heavy-handedness of the narrative early on.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2024 08:56 AM (NKqpy)

278 Seven years ago today DJT was inaugurated.

Posted by: Let's do it again at January 20, 2024 08:57 AM (NBVIP)

279 COFFEE

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 20, 2024 08:57 AM (lwOKI)

280 I've been reading about Charlemagne (the real one, not Tha Gawd) . Did you know that his mother was called Bertha Broadfoot?

How many of you instantly thought of Jimmy Castor?

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2024 08:59 AM (vFG9F)

281 Nood

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 20, 2024 08:59 AM (R4t5M)

282 Have a great day everyone.

Stay warm and safe travels to all.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 20, 2024 08:59 AM (u82oZ)

283 I don't understand the VAT but the euros seem to love it. I can see it coming here eventually, but in addition to all of the other taxes.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 20, 2024 08:59 AM (2ovLw)

284 This was probably already mentioned, but O'Keefe is uncovering things at the AZ border: http://tinyurl.com/yaz6w62z

Posted by: Lizzy at January 20, 2024 08:59 AM (NKqpy)

285 Sounds like it will be Jonestown but with Heaven's Gate's population. I don't think this will end well.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 20, 2024 04:07 AM (v9vY1)

Jonestown + Heaven's Gate + Zombie Patrick MacGoohan = The Village

Motto:

"I am ~~not~~ a number I am a ~~free man...well, mostly I'm a genderfluid twin soul furry."~~

Posted by: naturalfake at January 20, 2024 09:11 AM (nFnyb)

286 The group of crazed billionaires proposing that doomed planned community in Solano County in northern California has released, uh, a map.

Let me guess, exactly none of the crazed billionaires will be living within 30 miles of said Utopian city where everyone walks and has jobs. Oddly that description sounds exactly like Pompey, or any other iron age city. Will horses be allowed in city limits? Will the people be able to dodge the pasture paddies said horses leave behind? All that is lacking is the water supply and sewage facilities for the homeless people who will be drawn to it like flies to honey. Or will such riff-raff be met at the city limits with signs that say: "Don't let the sun set on your homeless ass in this perfect city."

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at January 20, 2024 09:15 AM (CecP5)

287 Been a while since Apple released a "jump the shark" product. Must have been overdue ... Just sayin'

Posted by: SecondCityLurker at January 20, 2024 09:21 AM (MEbkQ)

288 Windows 8 and Clippy. Perfect!

Posted by: look whats not at January 20, 2024 01:53 PM (nakGR)

289 94 Ooops, that's who I was thinking about.
Posted by: Bruce at January 20, 2024 06:28 AM (vd8XM)
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They all look alike.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 20, 2024 06:31 AM (RIvkX)

LOL

Posted by: m at January 20, 2024 03:16 PM (p0NY/)

290 NGU, we're wondering how you are!

Posted by: m at January 20, 2024 03:27 PM (p0NY/)

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