Daily Tech News 29 January 2024

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Good news, everyone: Japan's Moon lander is working. (The Guardian)

It landed more or less safely, but with the solar panels facing the wrong way, so it only had battery power. (Since there's no atmosphere on the Moon, solar cells that aren't in direct sunlight produce no power at all.)

Mission control shut it down, in the hope that after a few days the angle of the Sun would shift enough to reach the solar panels.

It did.

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And now that it's joined the Space Age Japan won't be using floppy disks anymore. (Tom's Hardware)

Coincidentally the first 8" floppy drives from IBM were introduced right about the time of Apollo 15.
The rooftop solar industry is facing collapse. (Time)

Not because solar panels themselves don't work, but because the industry employs sales tactics that would make a used car remora blush.
Netflix is different now - and there's no going back. (The Verge)

It still sucks - more than ever, in fact - but now it's more expensive.

...

Yep, that's about it.
California wants to mandate speed limiters in cars. (Car and Driver)

Because of course it does.
Hundreds of thousands of EU citizens have been incorrectly fined for driving in London's new clean air zone. (The Guardian)

Fines can exceed 2000 pounds a day ($3.50), and if you fine people who weren't even there as if they were driving a 1950s double-decker omnibus, it adds up.

Disclaimer: Along the Queen's great highway
I drive my merry load
At twenty miles per hour
In the middle of the road
We like to drive in convoys
We're most gregarious
The big six-wheeler, scarlet-painted,
London Transport, diesel-engined,
Ninety-seven horsepower omnibus.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 Oops.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 29, 2024 04:29 AM (BLOW1)

2 Somebody forgot to press the go button.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 29, 2024 04:30 AM (BLOW1)

3 Howdy!

Posted by: JQ at January 29, 2024 04:31 AM (njWTi)

4 hiya

Posted by: JT at January 29, 2024 04:32 AM (T4tVD)

5 Mondays can be like that!

Mornin', all

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at January 29, 2024 04:32 AM (kazHO)

6 Hey JT!
A belated Happy Birthday to you!

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at January 29, 2024 04:33 AM (kazHO)

7 Calizuela is just about the most screwed up mess o' crap the USA has to offer... ugh!

Posted by: JQ at January 29, 2024 04:33 AM (njWTi)

8 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 29, 2024 04:34 AM (sAmhv)

9 Hiya MLii !

THANK YOU !

Posted by: JT at January 29, 2024 04:34 AM (T4tVD)

10 "As California goes, so goes the country" (straight down the toilet)

Not if I can help it!!!!!

Posted by: JQ at January 29, 2024 04:35 AM (njWTi)

11 >>Not if I can help it!!!!!
Posted by: JQ

Right?! Hope all is good JQ

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at January 29, 2024 04:36 AM (kazHO)

12 Mornin' MLii! Long time no see!

Posted by: JQ at January 29, 2024 04:37 AM (njWTi)

13 Speaking of Mondays...I'm way late. Gotta run

Will try to lurk from work later.

Make it a good day, all

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at January 29, 2024 04:37 AM (kazHO)

14 Dr.s say hubby has experienced "a miracle"-- 3yrs ago, they all said he was gonna die within probably 3-6 months.

Every day is a blessing!

Posted by: JQ at January 29, 2024 04:39 AM (njWTi)

15 7 Calizuela is just about the most screwed up mess o' crap the USA has to offer... ugh!
Posted by: JQ at January 29, 2024 04:33 AM (njWTi)

Canary in the coal mine, maybe.

Posted by: m at January 29, 2024 04:47 AM (1BWJp)

16
1 British pound sterling = $1.27 US / $1.92 AUD

2000 British pounds sterling = $2540 US / $3840 AUD

or thereabouts

Posted by: m at January 29, 2024 04:52 AM (1BWJp)

17 16 1 British pound sterling = $1.27 US / $1.92 AUD

2000 British pounds sterling = $2540 US / $3840 AUD

or thereabouts

Details.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 29, 2024 04:53 AM (BLOW1)

18 Wish I could purchase a lb of *sterling silver* for $1.27!

Posted by: JQ at January 29, 2024 04:53 AM (njWTi)

19 17 Details.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 29, 2024 04:53 AM (BLOW1)

De plane! De plane!

Posted by: m at January 29, 2024 04:55 AM (1BWJp)

20 I played with a currency converter for a minute and it's actually pretty close if you substitute Sudanese pounds. Works out to $3.33.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 29, 2024 04:58 AM (BLOW1)

21 I just had somebody try to sell me rooftop solar a couple of days ago.

I lied and told him I was renting.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at January 29, 2024 04:59 AM (iZEhM)

22 20 I played with a currency converter for a minute
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 29, 2024 04:58 AM (BLOW1)

Nice entry on your work history form.

Posted by: m at January 29, 2024 05:08 AM (1BWJp)

23 I lied and told him I was renting.
Posted by: Cybersmythe at January 29, 2024 04:59 AM
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That's the way to do it! We get soooo many scam calls (landline) and don't answer the questions. "How did you get this number?" is a favorite, which usually results in them hanging up. LOL

But it's a hassle. Would like to ditch the landline, except cell service is still hit- or- miss out here.

Posted by: JQ at January 29, 2024 05:10 AM (njWTi)

24 23 I lied and told him I was renting.
Posted by: Cybersmythe at January 29, 2024 04:59 AM
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That's the way to do it! We get soooo many scam calls (landline) and don't answer the questions. "How did you get this number?" is a favorite, which usually results in them hanging up. LOL

But it's a hassle. Would like to ditch the landline, except cell service is still hit- or- miss out here.
Posted by: JQ at January 29, 2024 05:10 AM (njWTi)

Agreed on that's the way to do it. My standby is, "Who's calling, please?" And I just keep repeating it.

Posted by: m at January 29, 2024 05:12 AM (1BWJp)

25 ... also, "I'm not interested; thank you!"

Posted by: m at January 29, 2024 05:14 AM (1BWJp)

26 It wasn't a phone call. The guy came to my door.

If I'm feeling charitable, I tell the callers that I'm not interested before hanging up on them. If I'm not, I just hang up.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at January 29, 2024 05:18 AM (iZEhM)

27 "Hang on, let me get my dad."

Then just put the phone to one side for half an hour.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 29, 2024 05:18 AM (BLOW1)

28 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 29, 2024 05:19 AM (ju2Fy)

29 I have to answer the phone at the moment. I'm job hunting. That might be over this week. We shall see.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at January 29, 2024 05:19 AM (iZEhM)

30 If callerID lists only city/state instead of name or even unknown... reject the call.

Most scammers now have auto-dialing tech. You answer, there's a pause, and then *bloop* sound as scam-person gets on the line. Hang up.

They spoof #s, and use different ones all the time now so can't just block numbers anymore. Pfft. PITA.

Posted by: JQ at January 29, 2024 05:19 AM (njWTi)

31 Morning all!

"studies show that rooftop solar could eventually meet residential electricity demand in many states if deployed widely, freeing American homes from dependency on fossil fuels. To help speed adoption, the Inflation Reduction Act extended a 30% tax credit for residential solar and battery installations. "

See. That's why inflation keeps going up. We need more solar panels

Posted by: Bruce at January 29, 2024 05:28 AM (vd8XM)

32 Our phones have a screening feature:

Unknown caller rings up... press Call Screening button... auto-voice says "please say your name"... pause. We can then push the Answer button if it's legit. If not, do nothing... and then auto-voice says "Your call will be disconnected now. Goodbye." and hangs up on them.

Nice feature!

Posted by: JQ at January 29, 2024 05:30 AM (njWTi)

33 27 "Hang on, let me get my dad."

Then just put the phone to one side for half an hour.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 29, 2024 05:18 AM (BLOW1)

hahahahahahaha
hahahahahahaha

I might never quit laughing.

Posted by: m at January 29, 2024 05:31 AM (1BWJp)

34 yo wut sup

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 29, 2024 05:33 AM (ENQN6)

35 I have blocked 1680 spam phone calls. In a year.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 29, 2024 05:36 AM (u82oZ)

36 To help speed adoption, the Inflation Reduction Act extended a 30% tax credit for residential solar and battery installations. "

See. That's why inflation keeps going up. We need more solar panels
Posted by: Bruce at January 29, 2024 05:28 AM (vd8XM)

I would be curious what a solar roof would do here...snow, which has mostly melted off our roof coupled with 6 days straight of zero sunshine. Im sure there would be SOME generation from light, but minimal.

Posted by: a dude in MI at January 29, 2024 05:38 AM (+I6Y/)

37 Salty, I only block #s if I notice repeats. Otherwise, would fill up the 'blocked # memory' quickly!

Effing gov could've made things "opt-IN" and otherwise stopped this harassment, but noooooo...

Jerks!

Posted by: JQ at January 29, 2024 05:40 AM (njWTi)

38 35 I have blocked 1680 spam phone calls. In a year.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 29, 2024 05:36 AM (u82oZ)

Zowie.

Posted by: m at January 29, 2024 05:41 AM (1BWJp)

39 JQ

This phone spamming has to be in cahoots with the phone industry and the deep state / criminal gangs.

A daily visitor from Porlock, for sure.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 29, 2024 05:43 AM (u82oZ)

40 I would be curious what a solar roof would do here...snow, which has mostly melted off our roof coupled with 6 days straight of zero sunshine. Im sure there would be SOME generation from light, but minimal.
Posted by: a dude in MI

Same here in No Ill. Cloudy, foggy, rainy.

2 weeks ago, it was ice and a foot of snow.

And I've seen the pictures of solar farms after a hail storm. I'm assuming on a house you would need solar panel insurance.

But, anything to keep all that nasty CO2 from choking Earth.

Posted by: Bruce at January 29, 2024 05:43 AM (vd8XM)

41 Bruce

The Lovelock Gaia hypothesis has entered the chat.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 29, 2024 05:44 AM (u82oZ)

42 >>>California wants to mandate speed limiters in cars. (Car and Driver)

I'm not even gonna read this, I hate these control freaks so much.

Posted by: m at January 29, 2024 05:44 AM (1BWJp)

43 Salty, I only block #s if I notice repeats. Otherwise, would fill up the 'blocked # memory' quickly!

Effing gov could've made things "opt-IN" and otherwise stopped this harassment, but noooooo...

Jerks!
Posted by: JQ

I utilize NoMoRobo on my landline. It's free and seems to work very well. If one gets thru, you report the number to them. If the phone rings once and stops, it's NoMoRobo blocking the call.

Posted by: Bruce at January 29, 2024 05:45 AM (vd8XM)

44 I have zero qualms about saying F*ck Off quite audibly before hanging up. I can't not answer unknown numbers because i get a lot of calls from people for work i need to pick up even though i may not have their number. But Steve from Bengaluru can well and truly f*ck off with its little "We're calling about your health care account"... my lolwutnow? Got a company name there, chief, or you just cold reading here?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 29, 2024 05:45 AM (9UlRk)

45 27 "Hang on, let me get my dad."

Then just put the phone to one side for half an hour.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 29, 2024 05:18 AM (BLOW1)

Or, wait, maybe:

"Hang on, let me get my gun."

Posted by: m at January 29, 2024 05:47 AM (1BWJp)

46 Warai-otoko

You are much too polite.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 29, 2024 05:47 AM (u82oZ)

47 "We're calling about your health care account"... my lolwutnow? Got a company name there, chief, or you just cold reading here?
Posted by: Warai-otoko

And since KoViD, so many people are working from home, utilizing their cell phones that the number they are using comes thru as "Unknown Caller" on my caller ID.

Even doctors, dentists, etc.

Posted by: Bruce at January 29, 2024 05:48 AM (vd8XM)

48 Somebody forgot to press the go button.
Posted by: Pixy Misa
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I hate when I do that with my coffee maker. Like today.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 29, 2024 05:49 AM (ju2Fy)

49 Posted by: Bruce at January 29, 2024 05:45 AM

I will check out this "nomorobo" thing!

Thanks!

Posted by: JQ at January 29, 2024 05:49 AM (njWTi)

50 I hate when I do that with my coffee maker. Like today.
Posted by: olddog in mo

HA!!

Posted by: Bruce at January 29, 2024 05:49 AM (vd8XM)

51 Evening and morning to all of you! I'm back from my workout and shower (not simultaneous), and am scarfing up some breakfast. I wish I could call in sick today; I only slept about 4.5 hours last night. But I suspect there's stuff I gotta handle at work. Maybe I can call in later this week.

The Killer Kittens From Outer Space are well. Stirling usually sleeps with me and makes a point of bumping me with his head (and trying to stick a paw in my face) when he knows I'm awake. Little Dagny La Siberienne doesn't do that, but this a.m. she was remarkably affectionate (for her) while I was stretching and doing my calisthenics.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 29, 2024 05:51 AM (omVj0)

52 Damn. Landlines must be converted to VoIP to use NoMoRobo... Not happening.

Thanks anyway, Bruce!

If/when cell service improves here, we won't need landline anymore, anyway.

Posted by: JQ at January 29, 2024 05:53 AM (njWTi)

53 AT&T does not support NoMoRobo. Sad.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 29, 2024 05:54 AM (u82oZ)

54 Good morning early risers!

Posted by: Rosasharn at January 29, 2024 05:54 AM (PzBTm)

55 >>. . .That's because state senator Scott Wiener earlier this week proposed a new bill that aims to prevent certain new vehicles from going more than 10 mph over the speed limit.

This guy - such a creep! - always working to decriminalize crime (including infecting someone w/HIV) and normalize all LGBT deviance, yet he wants to control everyone else's driving speed.
https://sd11.senate.ca.gov/legislation

Posted by: Lizzy at January 29, 2024 05:56 AM (KsMUR)

56 My VoIP service is MUCH cheaper than POTS.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 29, 2024 05:56 AM (daAqw)

57 {{{Rosasharn}}}

Good morning to you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 29, 2024 05:57 AM (u82oZ)

58 AT&T probly make$ $$$$$$$ from over$ea$ $cammer$-- why would they want to support any interference?

Posted by: JQ at January 29, 2024 05:57 AM (njWTi)

59 I just had somebody try to sell me rooftop solar a couple of days ago.

I lied and told him I was renting.
Posted by: Cybersmythe
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Guy knocked on my door Sunday. Asked if I was interested saving 50% on utility bill. Told him I had stock in the utils company and got my savings back in dividends.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 29, 2024 05:57 AM (ju2Fy)

60 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 29, 2024 05:57 AM (u82oZ)

61 Lizzy

Put Scott Wiener on the list. Of people that will not be missed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 29, 2024 05:58 AM (u82oZ)

62 JQ

Concur they are corrupt.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 29, 2024 05:59 AM (u82oZ)

63 Time for my semi-annual flea dip.

Have a great morning, everyone.

May you all be blessed with health, warmth, and a full pantry.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 29, 2024 06:00 AM (u82oZ)

64 London's Clean Air Zone - is that like having a no smoking section in a restaurant, plane, etc,?

Posted by: Lizzy at January 29, 2024 06:00 AM (KsMUR)

65 The patty melt in the food thread is spectacular:

https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=407948

Posted by: m at January 29, 2024 06:01 AM (1BWJp)

66 Damn. Landlines must be converted to VoIP to use NoMoRobo... Not happening.

Thanks anyway, Bruce!

If/when cell service improves here, we won't need landline anymore, anyway.
Posted by: JQ

Rats. Didn't know that. I had gotten ATT fiber about 6 years ago and they changed me to VOIP at the time.

Posted by: Bruce at January 29, 2024 06:02 AM (vd8XM)

67 Don't forget to dip behind your ears, Salty.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 29, 2024 06:02 AM (ju2Fy)

68 The patty melt in the food thread is spectacular:

https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=407948
Posted by: m

Yes indeed. A local restaurant makes them using marble rye. One of my favorites.

Posted by: Bruce at January 29, 2024 06:03 AM (vd8XM)

69 Yep, Salty - have a happy Monday!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 29, 2024 06:04 AM (KsMUR)

70 Maybe I can find a phone what has a *whitelist* function? Only trouble might be hubby's Dr/office numbers... they tend to be different than the published ones. Hmm.

Posted by: JQ at January 29, 2024 06:06 AM (njWTi)

71 We are moving to a new house, in a new town in about 2 months. I need to find out if the current landline number will still be "ours". We've had it since we've been married, and my wife had it for 10 years prior to that.

I'm too damn old to memorize a new number.

Posted by: Bruce at January 29, 2024 06:06 AM (vd8XM)

72 BTW, I have ATT internet, but VoIP provided by Ooma, and that is supported by Nomorobo.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 29, 2024 06:07 AM (daAqw)

73 Those solar panels will pay for themselves in 10 years!

*assuming 100% output every day and no panel failures

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 29, 2024 06:07 AM (2ovLw)

74 BTW, I have ATT internet, but VoIP provided by Ooma, and that is supported by Nomorobo.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent

Does Ooma work well? That's what I'm thinking of changing to. I would just need to port my current number.

Posted by: Bruce at January 29, 2024 06:08 AM (vd8XM)

75 What's a landline?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 29, 2024 06:09 AM (2ovLw)

76 My Mother's clinic call backs came from Unknown Number.

My favorite is when the city doesn't match the Area Codes. Example 651 and Minneapolis Minnesota. 651 is the Saint Paul Area Code and was created just for that area, after they were running out of 612 numbers. Minneapolis never had that AC.

Posted by: rd at January 29, 2024 06:09 AM (b85As)

77 We get (or, used to get) spam calls as early as 6am! Stooopid furriners think the whole US is on Eastern Time, I guess?

So I programmed the phone to not ring from 8pm to 9am. If we miss a few calls... oh, well.

Posted by: JQ at January 29, 2024 06:09 AM (njWTi)

78 Those solar panels will pay for themselves in 10 years!

*assuming 100% output every day and no panel failures
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

And you'll make millions selling the extra electricals to the electric company.

Posted by: Bruce at January 29, 2024 06:09 AM (vd8XM)

79 I had vonage many many many moons ago.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 29, 2024 06:10 AM (2ovLw)

80 75 What's a landline?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 29, 2024 06:09 AM (2ovLw)

Off my lawn!

Posted by: m at January 29, 2024 06:13 AM (1BWJp)

81 What's a landline?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy
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Something we would not have, if cell service were reliable in our area!

Posted by: JQ at January 29, 2024 06:14 AM (njWTi)

82 Salty! Hope you are well!

And Wolfus, good to see you. I like reading about the kittehs.

Posted by: Rosasharn at January 29, 2024 06:14 AM (PzBTm)

83 Mmm. Warm, snuggly kitteh... awaits me.

Nighty-night all!

Thanks for lively chat!

Posted by: JQ at January 29, 2024 06:15 AM (njWTi)

84
There's some website which has something to do with Google Maps that will find your location, your roof orientation, and determine the approximate number of hours of usable solar per year. In corner of SE PA it came in at 1,000 hours.

Not very impressed. I do have a eight foot portable 400 watt solar panel and a 2k battery which is nice to have in power outages.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 29, 2024 06:17 AM (nIvob)

85 Ooma is great, and inexpensive (even the Premiere plan, which is required for Nomorobo).
BTW, just because you have ATT (or anybody else) as your internet provider, it doesn't mean they have to be your VoIP provider.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 29, 2024 06:21 AM (daAqw)

86 Our local 911 service seems to crash a couple times a year due to software problems. And it is not a small isolated local problem either. It always seems to affect about 1/8-1/4 of the state.

Keep a list of the regular phone numbers for the police, and fire departments for when 911 goes out.

Posted by: rd at January 29, 2024 06:21 AM (QceSi)

87 >>The proposed legislation is said to be an attempt to address rising traffic fatalities, which in California have reportedly increased by 22 percent from 2019 to 2022. . . .

So, like, people just magically started speeding in the last 5 years? "Speed kills" - this is on par with talking about "gun deaths" as if the guns act on their own. It's a change in people's behavior. What could have caused that?

*Steve Sailer has entered the chat http://tinyurl.com/42e437rv*

Ferguson Effect/BLM as well as efforts by people like Weiner to reduce sentences, no cash bail, etc. changed traffic enforcement. And maybe all those immigrants from places w/different driving patterns. . ?
Now Weiner thinks he can just gloss over who's speeding and why it's increased with tech. Tech that assumes we're all speeders that need to be stopped by default, a paradigm shift from innocent until proven guilty mindset. Defund the police and replace it with Total Control Tech.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 29, 2024 06:22 AM (KsMUR)

88 Ooma is great, and inexpensive (even the Premiere plan, which is required for Nomorobo).
BTW, just because you have ATT (or anybody else) as your internet provider, it doesn't mean they have to be your VoIP provider.
Posted by: Angzarr

Thanks!

Posted by: Bruce at January 29, 2024 06:24 AM (vd8XM)

89
Good morning, Hordians.

Up, dressed, puppies let out, morning prayers said, puppies brought back in and fed, kennel dogs let out and fed, puppies let out again, brought in again, a new bowl of puppy food made to soak, now having my coffee at last.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 29, 2024 06:24 AM (MoZTd)

90 Meet Amy Pope, an open borders advocate, Obama apparatchik, and an accomplice of DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. As the UN's Deputy Secretary of the International Organization of Migration (IOM), the preeminent NGO in the field of migration, she plays an integral role in the illegal alien surge at our southern border.

And she looks exactly how you think she would look.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 29, 2024 06:25 AM (2ovLw)

91 87 talking about "gun deaths" as if the guns act on their own
Posted by: Lizzy at January 29, 2024 06:22 AM (KsMUR)

A colleague launched into "gun deaths are the number one cause of deaths of children in America" the other day, completely out of the blue, and I had no idea where to go with that.

Posted by: m at January 29, 2024 06:25 AM (1BWJp)

92 His punishment? Next time you work in government, hoo boy, you better not!

Timothy Thibault “engaged in modern-day leafletting on social media,” the U.S. Office of Special Counsel found after reviewing Mr. Thibault’s posts.

Mr. Thibault’s social media activity included sharing in 2020 a post from the anti-Trump political action committee Lincoln Project that itself included an article with the title, “Donald Trump is a Broken Man.”

That violated the Hatch Act, which bars federal employees from engaging in political activity while on duty. The law also imposes further restrictions on employees of some agencies, such as the FBI, such as prohibiting activity “in concert” with partisan political groups like the Lincoln Project.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 29, 2024 06:28 AM (2ovLw)

93 The entire renewable energy scam is meeting the reality of its insufficiency.

The ironic thing is that as your so-called renewable energy grows so does your traditional energy needs to grow to backstop it.

Everything gets more and more ridiculous by the day.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 29, 2024 06:29 AM (XV/Pl)

94 And Wolfus, good to see you. I like reading about the kittehs.
Posted by: Rosasharn at January 29, 2024

***
Morning, Rosasharn!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 29, 2024 06:29 AM (omVj0)

95 We COULD take action!

The OSC said it warned Mr. Thibault that if in the future he violates the Hatch Act while in a position covered by the act, “OSC would consider such activity to be a willful and knowing violation of the law that could result in disciplinary action.”

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 29, 2024 06:29 AM (2ovLw)

96 Let's have a law saying no new laws allowed for a year.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 29, 2024 06:30 AM (klgQg)

97 Every MW of new solar or wind should require 1MW of new nuclear.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 29, 2024 06:31 AM (2ovLw)

98 Let's have a law saying no new laws allowed for a year.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

But what would congress do? We pay them to write laws! They have been doing it every year since 1791 without fail!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 29, 2024 06:32 AM (2ovLw)

99 CBD was bitching about the cost of bourbon in New Jersey, saying the state rules (and taxes, presumably) make his favorite bourbon lots more expensive compared to other states.

Oddly, wine costs less in NJ than in many states. Weird.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 29, 2024 06:33 AM (klgQg)

100 100

Posted by: m at January 29, 2024 06:33 AM (1BWJp)

101 Woman steals 100 million from Government and gets to keep Government pension and benefits

Posted by: Ben Had at January 29, 2024 06:34 AM (bn3/b)

102 But what would congress do? We pay them to write laws! They have been doing it every year since 1791 without fail!
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 29, 2024 06:32 AM (2ovLw)
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Well, ok, then a law saying for every new law passed Congress has to revoke one previous law.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 29, 2024 06:35 AM (klgQg)

103 A colleague launched into "gun deaths are the number one cause of deaths of children in America" the other day, completely out of the blue, and I had no idea where to go with that.
Posted by: m at January 29, 2024 06:25 AM (1BWJp

First. He is lying.

I don't have the facts in front of me, but disease, drowning and accidents far outnumber gun deaths.

If you think you might have this convo again? Find yourself some good references for the facts.

Other frequent lies? Children and teens usually includes 16-25 year olds, the prime homicide demographic.

"Mass shootings" are anytime X number of people are shot. X is usually 4. Chicago alone had about 100 shootings with four or more shot and wounded or killed.

Posted by: rd at January 29, 2024 06:35 AM (g75u+)

104
Yeah, there's some law that pension benefits are untouchable. I remember that from the OJ Simpson civil trial.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 29, 2024 06:36 AM (nIvob)

105 >>A colleague launched into "gun deaths are the number one cause of deaths of children in America" the other day, completely out of the blue, and I had no idea where to go with that.

Well, start with the definition of "children" in those stats. It includes teens in order to drive up that stats -- gang violence.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 29, 2024 06:37 AM (KsMUR)

106 Trump is out this morning saying if Biden stays in office we are getting WW3. We might get it anyway, he said, even before the election, because Biden (paraphrasing TFG) fucks up everything.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 29, 2024 06:37 AM (klgQg)

107 Woman steals 100 million from Government and gets to keep Government pension and benefits

Posted by: Ben Had at January 29, 2024 06:34 AM (bn3/b)

Big Bewbed ?

Posted by: JT at January 29, 2024 06:37 AM (T4tVD)

108 Oops. I exaggerated.

Chicago had 36 mass shootings in 2023. 28 died.
48 mass shootings in 2022.

Posted by: rd at January 29, 2024 06:41 AM (g75u+)

109 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at January 29, 2024 06:41 AM (NBVIP)

110 Chicago mass shootings
61 in 2021
58 in 2020.

Stats from heyjackass!

Posted by: rd at January 29, 2024 06:45 AM (g75u+)

111 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

Dark.

And WET !

Posted by: JT at January 29, 2024 06:45 AM (T4tVD)

112 106 Trump is out this morning saying if Biden stays in office we are getting WW3. We might get it anyway, he said, even before the election, because Biden (paraphrasing TFG) fucks up everything.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 29, 2024 06:37 AM (klgQg)

Part of being a good politician is saying what most people feel to be true but isn't said enough.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 29, 2024 06:45 AM (Fw51g)

113 Two crazy womyn threw soup at the Mona Lisa, at the Louvre, as some kind of a protest against farming. A third video'd for them, and posted it to social media.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 29, 2024 06:46 AM (fmtFO)

114 What kinda soup ?

Posted by: JT at January 29, 2024 06:49 AM (T4tVD)

115 I guess we'll be bombing some rug factory in Iran as retaliation for them killing 3 of our soldiers and injuring 34

Posted by: Ben Had at January 29, 2024 06:49 AM (bn3/b)

116 Those poor, poor little guns. Dying in droves. Won't someone do something?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 29, 2024 06:50 AM (yaxEg)

117 mornin yall. If I'm in the mood, I will mess with telemarketers. I asked one "What are you wearing?" and she she paused and hung up.

Another fun thing to do is to act like you are hard of hearing. "Warren T? He's not here!"

Posted by: fd at January 29, 2024 06:51 AM (vFG9F)

118 If things don't go just my way, "we" may be spending a little time in France this summer. DIL's mom (Sister-Out-Law?) is cramming French so she can embarrass us all even worse than I will. Which is, how you say, a lot.

I intend to teach her Soupe de potiron sur la Joconde so we can order that in all the fancy restaurants.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 29, 2024 06:52 AM (zdLoL)

119 "What kinda soup ?
Posted by: JT"

The first stories were that it was tomato. That turned out to be fake news and later reports say it was pumpkin.

Posted by: fd at January 29, 2024 06:53 AM (vFG9F)

120
I've been reading No Small Victory by Norman Davies, a survey of World War II from several perspectives. Basically, Davies - who's definitely no Sovaboo - says:

- There was little difference in brutality between the Nazis and the Soviets.
- The effort of the Soviets against Germany completely outswamped that of the US and UK.
- Lend-Lease didn't really get going until 1943, by which time the Soviets had turned the tide and were advancing.

If all that's true, then the Anglo-American effort in the ETO was a waste. When Hitler invaded the Soviet Union, we should have cut a deal with him and left the two to fight it out. Not only would considerable blood and treasure been saved, but we could have turned our full effort against Japan when they attacked.

Sometimes I think the isolationists back then were smarter than historians give them credit for.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 29, 2024 06:53 AM (MoZTd)

121 Trump is out this morning saying if Biden stays in office we are getting WW3

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Iran has enriched uranium to 60%. At least 125 kg as of last report. At 60% enrichment, it only takes one pass through the centrifuges to make it weapons grade purity. It take 25 kg of 60% to make one nuclear weapon.

So that means Iran is damned close to having nuclear weapons. PLURAL!

And Iran has North Korea and Pakistan to provide them with all the other necessary nuclear equipment and information needed.

Comparison: It takes multiple passes through the centrifuges to make 4% fuel grade from natural uranium.

Posted by: rd at January 29, 2024 06:54 AM (6p8/j)

122 "113 Two crazy womyn threw soup at the Mona Lisa, at the Louvre, as some kind of a protest against farming. A third video'd for them, and posted it to social media."

This should be considered a Crime against Humanity.

I think cleaning the toilets in some public restrooms (in FRANCE! ) for a year would be in order.

Posted by: pawn at January 29, 2024 06:56 AM (QB+5g)

123 If the GOP can't summon the will to censure and evict that traitorous viper from Minnesota, they're worth nothing.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 29, 2024 06:56 AM (Fw51g)

124 I think cleaning the toilets in some public restrooms (in FRANCE! ) for a year would be in order.
Posted by: pawn at January 29, 2024 06:56 AM (QB+5g)

Publicize their images. Make it non-prosecutable to throw soup at them, wherever they may happen to be.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 29, 2024 06:57 AM (VoAdT)

125 rd, do you think that the Nork's test firing these missiles lately are putting the finishing touches on Iran's delivery systems ?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 29, 2024 06:58 AM (bn3/b)

126 Good morning morons

Local TV news says the Niners won.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 29, 2024 06:59 AM (RIvkX)

127 Or maybe get some Banksy type rascal to strap them up onto a wall, throw soup on them, and then have them drop into an industrial shredder the minute the work is "purchased" by a collector. That could be fun.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 29, 2024 06:59 AM (VoAdT)

128 from the news this morning Brock Purdy doesn't sound like he played very well, and yet the Niners pulled it out with a three point win.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 29, 2024 07:03 AM (uqTQ6)

129 I think Iran will keep enriching up to 60% until they have enough ready for 20-25 weapons, then go for weapons grade uranium quietly and quickly.

After they build about 8-12 actual weapons, they will test one and announce they are in the nuclear club.

Could they do that this year? While Senile Joe is in office?

Then they get serious and build 100 more bombs and develop and test a thermonuclear weapon too.

Maybe by 2028?

Posted by: rd at January 29, 2024 07:03 AM (yJE6e)

130
Saw a pretty cool animated gif on Twit/X of communism across the planet over the years, starting around the year 1910. It advances continually, maybe 1/3rd to 1/2th the planet, then retreats until it is basically only China left.

Maybe that's why the left is so desperate, it's the last stand.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 29, 2024 07:04 AM (nIvob)

131 If the GOP can't summon the will to censure and evict that traitorous viper from Minnesota, they're worth nothing.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 29, 2024 06:56 AM (Fw51g)
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Are you talking about the racist anti-semite who married her brother and committed tax fraud?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 29, 2024 07:05 AM (uqTQ6)

132 A rat done bit my sister Nell.
(with Japs on the moon)
Her face and arms began to swell.
(and the Japs are on the moon)...

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 29, 2024 07:06 AM (Dc73h)

133 "University of Georgia students are disgusted to be welcomed back to college by a massive BAT infestation in their dorms "

It could be worse.

Posted by: They Might Be Penguins at January 29, 2024 07:06 AM (vFG9F)

134 133 "University of Georgia students are disgusted to be welcomed back to college by a massive BAT infestation in their dorms "

It could be worse.
Posted by: They Might Be Penguins at January 29, 2024 07:06 AM (vFG9F)

... do they actually mean the flying mammal, or is this some kind of new acronym the kids are using these days, like LUGs or FLIKs?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 29, 2024 07:07 AM (VoAdT)

135 Israel is not going to let Iran deploy a nuke. They are target #1.

Posted by: fd at January 29, 2024 07:08 AM (vFG9F)

136 Two articles of impeachment against Mayorkas going to committee today

Posted by: Ben Had at January 29, 2024 07:08 AM (bn3/b)

137 "University of Georgia students are disgusted to be welcomed back to college by a massive BAT infestation in their dorms "

It could be worse.
Posted by: They Might Be Penguins at January 29, 2024 07:06 AM (vFG9F)
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yup

Posted by: Anal Otters for the win at January 29, 2024 07:08 AM (uqTQ6)

138 125 rd, do you think that the Nork's test firing these missiles lately are putting the finishing touches on Iran's delivery systems ?
Posted by: Ben Had at January 29, 2024 06:58 AM

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I don't know. But the Iranians just put 3 satellites into Low Earth Orbit last week. It took them 6 rockets until a single rocket actually worked.

I think the Norks are building their rockets for their own (thermonuclear) weapons.

Too many unstable people with H Bombs will not end well.

Posted by: rd at January 29, 2024 07:09 AM (yJE6e)

139 I guess we'll be bombing some rug factory in Iran as retaliation for them killing 3 of our soldiers and injuring 34
Posted by: Ben Had at January 29, 2024 06:49 AM (bn3/b)

What will the bald people do then ?

Hiya BenHad !

Posted by: JT at January 29, 2024 07:09 AM (T4tVD)

140 Those gun violence stats include "kids" through 19. And if you look at the breakdown, the deaths are concentrated in 15-19 year olds. Most heavily in the 19s. What we consider "children", under 12, is almost nonexistent

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 29, 2024 07:10 AM (3gpMQ)

141 "As recently as Thursday, another 30 bats - a protected species in the state of Georgia - were found inside the dorm"

Bat squatters. It may take years to get rid of them.

Posted by: fd at January 29, 2024 07:10 AM (vFG9F)

142 The first stories were that it was tomato. That turned out to be fake news and later reports say it was pumpkin.

********

Those idiots must have been out of their gourd!

And good morning y'a'll!

Posted by: Muldoon at January 29, 2024 07:11 AM (991eG)

143 Are you talking about the racist anti-semite who married her brother and committed tax fraud?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 29, 2024 07:05 AM (uqTQ6)

Yes.

http://tinyurl.com/yu278at9

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 29, 2024 07:11 AM (Fw51g)

144 "Georgia family of 281 disgusted at infestation of undergraduates"

Posted by: Bat News Daily at January 29, 2024 07:12 AM (VoAdT)

145 Hi JT. Still need a Mac and wellies to go outside?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 29, 2024 07:12 AM (bn3/b)

146 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at January 29, 2024 07:12 AM (0gvpA)

147
A 'massive bat infestation' - does that mean they're really big and fat? Have we as a society become so impolite that we resort to fat shaming bats now?

Posted by: Karen CheChe at January 29, 2024 07:13 AM (nIvob)

148 Saw a pretty cool animated gif on Twit/X of communism across the planet over the years, starting around the year 1910. It advances continually, maybe 1/3rd to 1/2th the planet, then retreats until it is basically only China left.

Maybe that's why the left is so desperate, it's the last stand.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at January 29, 2024 07:04 AM (nIvob

======

The Communist Infestations at Harvard, Berkeley and 200 other US Universities are too small to see on a map of the world. But they are even more dangerous than the country of China is to the United States.

Posted by: rd at January 29, 2024 07:13 AM (yJE6e)

149 "University of Georgia students are disgusted to be welcomed back to college by a massive BAT infestation in their dorms "
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The guano has hit the windmill!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at January 29, 2024 07:14 AM (0gvpA)

150
... a massive BAT infestation in their dorms

Count your blessings, kiddos. At least it wasn't BATF. Infestations by those vermin never end well.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 29, 2024 07:15 AM (xG4kz)

151 Make an animated map of the advance of western liberalism.

Europe and the US would blip hot for a few frames and then the world would go 100% dark again.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 29, 2024 07:15 AM (VoAdT)

152 According to the Telegraph newspaper, a good sign for Trump in November is that he got half the womens vote in the recent NH GOP primary. Haley expected to swamp him in that demographic, and did not.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 29, 2024 07:15 AM (p//7s)

153 Those gun violence stats include "kids" through 19. And if you look at the breakdown, the deaths are concentrated in 15-19 year olds. Most heavily in the 19s. What we consider "children", under 12, is almost nonexistent
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

********

Listen to this guy, he's pre-med.

And the AAP loves lumping the babies with the gang bangers when emotionally manipulating the public.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 29, 2024 07:15 AM (991eG)

154 Make an animated map of the advance of western liberalism.

Europe and the US would blip hot for a few frames and then the world would go 100% dark again.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 29, 2024 07:15 AM (VoAdT)

FOREVER

Posted by: rd at January 29, 2024 07:18 AM (yJE6e)

155 Well, ok, then a law saying for every new law passed Congress has to revoke one previous law.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

I have been suggesting that for a while

Also to have s maximum number of laws
God only gave Moses 10 after all

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at January 29, 2024 07:19 AM (V1Jl+)

156 I guess we'll be bombing some rug factory in Iran
Posted by: Ben Had

*******

Oh? Did I miss something? Biden called them on the carpet, eh?

Posted by: Muldoon at January 29, 2024 07:19 AM (991eG)

157 Oh? Did I miss something? Biden called them on the carpet, eh?
Posted by: Muldoon at January 29, 2024 07:19 AM (991eG)

Someone's gonna get shagged, that's for certain.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 29, 2024 07:20 AM (VoAdT)

158 Great. Now yall are going to pile on the puns.

Posted by: fd at January 29, 2024 07:21 AM (vFG9F)

159 We will punish Iran by giving them another $5billion with the caveat they only use it to buy medicine and tampons.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 29, 2024 07:23 AM (2ovLw)

160 158 Great. Now yall are going to pile on the puns.
Posted by: fd at January 29, 2024 07:21 AM (vFG9F)

What's the thread count so far on these puns?

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 29, 2024 07:23 AM (Fw51g)

161 Bribe'em will do something when he wakes up from his nap

Posted by: Ben Had at January 29, 2024 07:23 AM (bn3/b)

162
Also to have s maximum number of laws
God only gave Moses 10 after all
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion

As I recall, those noted scholars of "too muchedness", one B. H. Obama and one B. Saunders, have shared their wisdom on the evils of "too muchedness".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 29, 2024 07:23 AM (xG4kz)

163
Great. Now yall are going to pile on the puns.
Posted by: fd

You are free to exit, stage weft, if the very thought of the rich tapestry of puns to come warps your equanimity.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 29, 2024 07:26 AM (xG4kz)

164 "Republican presidential candidate former Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that she absolutely trusted the jury’s $83 million verdict for E. Jean Carroll in her case against former President Donald Trump"

I hope this cucking funt is humiliated in SC and then sued for $83 million for her stinking carbon emissions.

Posted by: fd at January 29, 2024 07:26 AM (vFG9F)

165

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 29, 2024 07:27 AM (X4yCj)

166 I hope this cucking funt is humiliated in SC and then sued for $83 million for her stinking carbon emissions.
Posted by: fd at January 29, 2024 07:26 AM (vFG9F)

Nikki Haley had her way with me once in the shitter at the Circle K. I still can't walk right.

I mean, i'm pretty sure it was her. My hippocampus says so anyway.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 29, 2024 07:28 AM (VoAdT)

167 I had to install a second fly on all my pants i was so traumatized.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 29, 2024 07:29 AM (VoAdT)

168 Also to have s maximum number of laws
God only gave Moses 10 after all
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion
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Georges Clemenceau, on hearing of Wilson's "14 Points:"

Quatorze? Le Bon Dieu n'a que dix.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at January 29, 2024 07:29 AM (0gvpA)

169 I wanna open a bead and crafting store and call it "Thou Shalt Knot".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 29, 2024 07:30 AM (VoAdT)

170 Never have seen so many carpet puns, they are literally wall-to-wall!

Posted by: Muldoon at January 29, 2024 07:31 AM (991eG)

171 I wonder if Hillary gets the nomination again in 2024, after failing to steal the 2016 election.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 29, 2024 07:31 AM (S5xOs)

172 Never have seen so many carpet puns, they are literally wall-to-wall!
Posted by: Muldoon at January 29, 2024 07:31 AM (991eG)
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One man's mead is another man's Persian, after all.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at January 29, 2024 07:32 AM (0gvpA)

173 Oh? Did I miss something? Biden called them on the carpet, eh?
Posted by: Muldoon at January 29, 2024 07:19 AM (991eG)

carpet bombing

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 29, 2024 07:32 AM (ENQN6)

174 It's gonna be carpet puns from here on out, at least as far as I can see.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 29, 2024 07:33 AM (VoAdT)

175
Wait ... the cure for vertigo is to find a fat guy with a grossly large gut, and then truss him up like a turkey for roasting? I smell fraud -- after all, they did not tell you what recipe would work best for the stuffing.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 29, 2024 07:33 AM (xG4kz)

176 Never have seen so many carpet puns, they are literally wall-to-wall!
Posted by: Muldoon at January 29, 2024 07:31 AM (991eG)
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One man's mead is another man's Persian, after all.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at January 29, 2024 07:32 AM (0gvpA)
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go ahead, pile on

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 29, 2024 07:33 AM (S5xOs)

177 "It's gonna be carpet puns from here on out, at least as far as I can see.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

We should throw rugs out.

Posted by: fd at January 29, 2024 07:34 AM (vFG9F)

178 Well, ok, then a law saying for every new law passed Congress has to revoke one previous law.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

They're lawyers. We'll end up with one Omnibus Law. (As with Microsoft, we'll start getting it right by version 3.0!)

Posted by: t-bird at January 29, 2024 07:34 AM (173mD)

179 It's gonna be carpet puns from here on out, at least as far as I can see.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 29, 2024 07:33 AM (VoAdT)
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I'm trying to work out one involving "Axminster," but it's just not happening.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at January 29, 2024 07:34 AM (0gvpA)

180
Is it considered uncultured for me to sit here and eat yogurt while you pun away?

Posted by: Karen CheChe at January 29, 2024 07:34 AM (nIvob)

181 Is it considered uncultured for me to sit here and eat yogurt while you pun away?
Posted by: Karen CheChe at January 29, 2024 07:34 AM (nIvob)

Only if you lacked a bacillus.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 29, 2024 07:35 AM (VoAdT)

182 The number of carpet puns in this thread has been padded.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 29, 2024 07:36 AM (NBVIP)

183 saying she owed $52,564.28 for a solar panel loan that expires when she’s 106, and costs more than she originally paid for her house.

--

hahahaha

So you never make the energy back on the production, shipment, installation, maintenance, etc., you more than likely aren't going to break even if you paid for the equipment and installation yourself, AND you get underwater on the installations by the companies selling what is a scam no matter how you look at it.

Sign me up!

Posted by: Moron Robbie stands in support of afro-chemistry, afro-economics, and afro-engineering at January 29, 2024 07:38 AM (k1AR8)

184 Is it considered uncultured for me to sit here and eat yogurt while you pun away?
Posted by: Karen CheChe

Not if you're Greek.

Posted by: Ask Miklos first at January 29, 2024 07:38 AM (NBVIP)

185 The number of carpet puns in this thread has been padded.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 29, 2024 07:36 AM (NBVIP)
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you can tell the quality of a thread by the number of knot puns per square inch

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 29, 2024 07:39 AM (S5xOs)

186 The number of carpet puns in this thread has been padded.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 29, 2024 07:36 AM (NBVIP)

No need to pile on.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 29, 2024 07:39 AM (yPYgF)

187 He's going to end up getting us into an artificial turf war.

Posted by: Muldoon at January 29, 2024 07:39 AM (991eG)

188 Jackie Robinson statue stolen from youth ballpark in NJ.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 29, 2024 07:39 AM (bn3/b)

189 If you had the make a new law and and an old one goes rule, the next move would be to ram through a hundred thousand laws legislating natural processes.

"The Sun must rise every day."

"The Sun must rise in the East."

"Plants will use chlorophyll to attain a green color."

"Wind and water will cause erosion."

"Democrat legislators will contract monkeypox."

And so on.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 29, 2024 07:40 AM (0FoWg)

190 Byeee.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at January 29, 2024 07:40 AM (0gvpA)

191 At WaPo, "Everyone says trees are good for us. This scientist wants to prove it"

Girls love Log!
Boys love Log!
It's big, it's heavy,
it's made of wood!
It's better than Bad!
It's Good!

Posted by: gp Would Like The Number For Corporate Please at January 29, 2024 07:40 AM (MvF+J)

192 Hi JT. Still need a Mac and wellies to go outside?
Posted by: Ben Had at January 29, 2024 07:12 AM (bn3/b)

The water's not THAT deep (yet)

The current temp is 37 Deg.

Posted by: JT at January 29, 2024 07:42 AM (T4tVD)

193 Everyone wants a log!
C'mon and get your log!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 29, 2024 07:42 AM (RIvkX)

194 It looks like a newspaper, but it's not.

Posted by: The Amazon Post at January 29, 2024 07:42 AM (NBVIP)

195 A colleague launched into "gun deaths are the number one cause of deaths of children in America" the other day, completely out of the blue, and I had no idea where to go with that.
Posted by: m at January 29, 2024 06:25 AM (1BWJp

Abortion is the number one cause of deaths of children in America.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 29, 2024 07:43 AM (GYIa4)

196 Tootsie roll logs.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 29, 2024 07:43 AM (bn3/b)

197 Also from the solar link, it talks about how solar could power the world and then links to a study to prove it that says this:

"We conduct a linear regression analysis to elucidate factors that positively (insolation, retail electricity price, Democratic voting fraction, net metering, fraction of science or engineering degree holders) and negatively (fraction of business or education degree holders) correlate with solar adoption. The results suggest anticipated electricity cost savings as a strong motivator for PV adoption, particularly in majority Republican areas"

--

Rememeber when no one was wanted hot water or indoor plumbing or cars or... Wait, nevermind. Those things sold themselves for some weird reason, and with hardly any money laundering / massive organized grift involved (initially, because I'm sure the Joes and Hunters got involved eventually).

Posted by: Moron Robbie stands in support of afro-chemistry, afro-economics, and afro-engineering at January 29, 2024 07:43 AM (k1AR8)

198 Carpet puns. Always underfoot.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 29, 2024 07:44 AM (NBVIP)

199 Some guy in a wheelchair in Miami got mauled by a pair of pitbulls whose owner was in jail. The neighbors were taking care of the dogs. I love dogs but would have no problem shooting one that is attacking somebody. In this case, 30 people stood around and watched and took video.

Posted by: fd at January 29, 2024 07:44 AM (vFG9F)

200 A colleague launched into "gun deaths are the number one cause of deaths of children in America" the other day, completely out of the blue, and I had no idea where to go with that.
Posted by: m
-

They lump 18 year old gangbangers in with toddlers. That's how they get the numbers. It might even go up to 19 (teenagers!!!)

Next time he brings it up remind him that more people die every year from jamming stuff up their butts than die from AR-15s.

Posted by: Moron Robbie stands in support of afro-chemistry, afro-economics, and afro-engineering at January 29, 2024 07:45 AM (k1AR8)

201 Some guy in a wheelchair in Miami got mauled by a pair of pitbulls whose owner was in jail. The neighbors were taking care of the dogs. I love dogs but would have no problem shooting one that is attacking somebody. In this case, 30 people stood around and watched and took video.
Posted by: fd at January 29, 2024 07:44 AM (vFG9F)
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guy should have run away

Posted by: Joe Biden, confused and demented, but happy! at January 29, 2024 07:45 AM (S5xOs)

202 27 "Hang on, let me get my dad."

Then just put the phone to one side for half an hour.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 29, 2024 05:18 AM (BLOW1)

Or, "This sounds terrific! Please give me all the details."

Posted by: Gref at January 29, 2024 07:46 AM (5fDan)

203 I don't want some nibble-around-the-edges solution.

I want a blanket repeal of all federal laws and regulations. There is the Constitution itself dictating what the States may and may not do, and international treaties, and that is it. Shitcan the entire U.S. Code. Any other law or regulation pertaining to U.S. citizens must be done at the state level. No more of this pretending we're one gigantic mono-state with the actual states acting as some kind of super-county.

Congress assembles once every four years to say "Are we at war? Do we need to be at war? OK, cool. See you in four years then."

Feh. It's a fool's dream, I know.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 29, 2024 07:47 AM (VoAdT)

204 The real question is do the carpet puns match the drapes puns?

Posted by: Inquiring minds at January 29, 2024 07:47 AM (NBVIP)

205 Some guy in a wheelchair in Miami got mauled by a pair of pitbulls whose owner was in jail. The neighbors were taking care of the dogs. I love dogs but would have no problem shooting one that is attacking somebody. In this case, 30 people stood around and watched and took video.
Posted by: fd at January 29, 2024 07:44 AM (vFG9F)

It's like the Roman Colosseum. The savages are in the stands.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 29, 2024 07:48 AM (Dc73h)

206 A neighbor says of one of the pitbulls:

'He was probably attacking because he was hungry and scared.

Posted by: fd at January 29, 2024 07:48 AM (vFG9F)

207 LOL, gp!

g'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at January 29, 2024 07:50 AM (WsTvr)

208 The real question is do the carpet puns match the drapes puns?

******

Well, there's no way to really be curtain...

Posted by: Muldoon at January 29, 2024 07:51 AM (991eG)

209 A neighbor says of one of the pitbulls:

"He was probably attacking because his owner is a stereotypical gangbanger type and that's why he's in jail"

(not a real quote)

Posted by: Moron Robbie stands in support of afro-chemistry, afro-economics, and afro-engineering at January 29, 2024 07:51 AM (k1AR8)

210 At LAT, "These Chinese chicken burgers could spark the next fried chicken sandwich craze"

They're cooked sous virus.

Posted by: gp Would Like The Number For Corporate Please at January 29, 2024 07:52 AM (MvF+J)

211 Pitbulls must be given room to destroy.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 29, 2024 07:53 AM (yPYgF)

212 but what a lovely dream, W-o!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at January 29, 2024 07:53 AM (WsTvr)

213 Pitbulls, 9mm or .45 acp?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 29, 2024 07:54 AM (bn3/b)

214 The pit bulls were just turning their lives around.

Posted by: The media at January 29, 2024 07:54 AM (NBVIP)

215 At LAT, "These Chinese chicken burgers could spark the next fried chicken sandwich craze"

They're cooked sous virus.
Posted by: gp Would Like The Number For Corporate Please at January 29, 2024 07:52 AM (MvF+J)

Could is a magical word. After all, I could be the next Super Bowl winning QB. The fact that I'm fully 29, fat, with no athletic talent is the only thing standing in my way.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 29, 2024 07:54 AM (GYIa4)

216 My only problem with pitbulls is that I once had a border collie.

Fantastic dog. Smartest dog I've ever personally owned. Knew verbal commands, understood pointing, etc. Obedient as heck and sweet as the day is long.

But if you watched you'd still see her subtly herding people (and little kids) at parties. She couldn't help it.

I don't know why I'm expected to believe pitbulls aren't the same way.

Posted by: Moron Robbie stands in support of afro-chemistry, afro-economics, and afro-engineering at January 29, 2024 07:55 AM (k1AR8)

217 Moron Robbie - Daughter has a Boder Collie. She's everything you describe. Herds the chickens.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 29, 2024 07:57 AM (SfhV1)

218 Law 360:

We grant the executive branch authority to carry out its constitutional duties with agencies and regulations at its sole discretion and such funding as is necessary to carry out its tasks.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 29, 2024 07:57 AM (2ovLw)

219 Pit Bull is an aspiring rapper.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 29, 2024 07:57 AM (yPYgF)

220 You do not want a pitbull to latch on to you. Another reason to carry.

The neighbor's dog is escaping from the their invisible fence and yesterday followed me down the driveway barking and growling. I am going to have to have a talk with my neighbor. The dog is young, and I'm not afraid of it, but I will not put up with that squit.

Posted by: fd at January 29, 2024 07:57 AM (vFG9F)

221 border not boder

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 29, 2024 07:57 AM (SfhV1)

222 Headline- Coyote with bucket stuck on head rescued by humane society

Muldoon- Why?

Posted by: Muldoon at January 29, 2024 07:57 AM (991eG)

223 The NFL is not representative of its fanbase. It needs to have more diverse representation.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 29, 2024 07:58 AM (2ovLw)

224 border not boder

--

I assumed that was a more specialized Finnish version.

Posted by: Moron Robbie stands in support of afro-chemistry, afro-economics, and afro-engineering at January 29, 2024 07:58 AM (k1AR8)

225 One of the mysteries of life is how the rapper Pitbull ever became successful.

Another indicator of how stupid people are.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at January 29, 2024 07:58 AM (Dc73h)

226
Temperament is all. And assholes breed pitbulls to be assholes. And a pitbull is too big, too fast and too strong to be an asshole.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 29, 2024 07:58 AM (MoZTd)

227 Alternatively: "Could these Chinese chicken burgers could spark the next fried chicken sandwich craze?"

Posted by: The rule about question marks in headlines at January 29, 2024 07:58 AM (NBVIP)

228 197 Also from the solar link, it talks about how solar could power the world and then links to a study to prove it that says this:

"We conduct a linear regression analysis to elucidate factors that positively (insolation, retail electricity price, Democratic voting fraction, net metering, fraction of science or engineering degree holders) and negatively (fraction of business or education degree holders) correlate with solar adoption. The results suggest anticipated electricity cost savings as a strong motivator for PV adoption, particularly in majority Republican areas"

Posted by: Moron Robbie stands in support of afro-chemistry, afro-economics, and afro-engineering at January 29, 2024 07:43 AM (k1AR

If only that were written in English.

Posted by: m at January 29, 2024 07:59 AM (1BWJp)

229 That's not chicken.

Posted by: fd at January 29, 2024 07:59 AM (vFG9F)

230 Pitbull proclaimed himself Mr Worldwide when he became popular in both Miami and South Beach.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 29, 2024 08:00 AM (2ovLw)

231 nood

Posted by: gp Would Like The Number For Corporate Please at January 29, 2024 08:01 AM (MvF+J)

232 My pittie will go "woooooo" and growl and then run away and pee on something if you come into my backyard.

I might bite you, though.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 29, 2024 08:01 AM (VoAdT)

233 If only that were written in English.

-

It says, roughly, "it has been determined that we can get commie areas to help companies and governments launder money on a massive - sometimes even worldwide - scale, but the more independent-minded areas are reluctant to engage in the practice"

Posted by: Moron Robbie stands in support of afro-chemistry, afro-economics, and afro-engineering at January 29, 2024 08:01 AM (k1AR8)

234 Pitbull proclaimed himself Mr Worldwide when he became popular in both Miami and South Beach.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 29, 2024 08:00 AM (2ovLw)

We gots both kinds of rap music.

Posted by: Bob's Rap Bunker at January 29, 2024 08:01 AM (4I/2K)

235 Nood!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 29, 2024 08:01 AM (GYIa4)

236
In fourth grade I understood division intwotively.

Posted by: Karen CheChe at January 29, 2024 08:03 AM (nIvob)

237 The neighbor's dog is escaping from the their invisible fence and yesterday followed me down the driveway barking and growling. I am going to have to have a talk with my neighbor. The dog is young, and I'm not afraid of it, but I will not put up with that squit.

Posted by: fd at January 29, 2024 07:57 AM (vFG9F)

Battery on the collar probably died. We have replacements on hand, but I don't know how easy it is to source a battery for the lower-end systems.

Posted by: pookysgirl's husband went all out on the system at January 29, 2024 08:04 AM (dtlDP)

238 233 If only that were written in English.

-

It says, roughly, "it has been determined that we can get commie areas to help companies and governments launder money on a massive - sometimes even worldwide - scale, but the more independent-minded areas are reluctant to engage in the practice"
Posted by: Moron Robbie stands in support of afro-chemistry, afro-economics, and afro-engineering at January 29, 2024 08:01 AM (k1AR

Heh. Thanks.

Posted by: m at January 29, 2024 08:10 AM (1BWJp)

239 Fines can exceed 2000 pounds a day ($3.50)

Um, that doesn't seem like the right coversion to dollars...Aussie or otherwise.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 29, 2024 10:44 AM (ynpvh)

240 239 Fines can exceed 2000 pounds a day ($3.50)

Um, that doesn't seem like the right coversion to dollars...Aussie or otherwise.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 29, 2024 10:44 AM (ynpvh)

No math.

Posted by: m at January 29, 2024 11:18 AM (1BWJp)

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