Daily Tech News 20 February 2024

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Global Foundries is set to receive $1.5 billion in government funds under the CHIPS Act, and another $600 million from New York state in one form or another. (Tom's Hardware)

Global Foundries was originally the manufacturing arm of AMD, and was then spun off as a separate company, acquired the semiconductor operations of AMD, and was bought by the UAE, not necessarily in that order.

The company is planning to invest $12 billion over the next decade, mostly on specialised production like gallium nitride and expanding bulk processes on 12nm.
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Is this money well spent? Probably not; if it were, Global Foundries wouldn't need the money. Is it money better spent than almost anything the US federal government does? Maybe.

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Unraid is going to a subscription model. (Serve the Home)

So what happens to your data if your subscription expires?

Nothing.

It keeps working, you just stop getting updates.

I'd still go with an open-source solution by choice, but that's not disastrous. It's basically what JetBrains does with its development tools.
MariaDB could be taken private at about 6% of its peak valuation. (Tech Crunch)

Ouch. Again, I use open-source MariaDB - it has some great features that mainstream MySQL lacks - and they don't make a penny from me. But for obvious reasons I hope they survive.
Groq allows you to play with the Mixtral 8x7B-32k and Llama 2 70-B 4k chatbots. (Groq)

I had some odd problems getting Mixtral to answer a simple question, and then it started working perfectly. That is likely because Mixtral isn't a single AI, but eight variants of the same LLM tuned to handle different types of questions. If the wrong variant is selected to answer your question you will get a stupid answer, and this interface doesn't let you see all eight possible answers.

Llama 2 70-B worked fine on the same test question. Let me try it on the woodpecker one... No.
Your fingerprints can be recreated from the sounds you make when using a touchscreen. (Tom's Hardware)

No they can't.

Disclaimer: However, please note that this is purely theoretical, as woodpeckers don't actually peck wood.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 hiya

Posted by: JT at February 20, 2024 04:00 AM (T4tVD)

2 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2024 04:02 AM (fwDg9)

3 I'm procrastinating and instead telling cat stories and now playing LL Cool J 'Mama Said Knock You Out'.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 04:03 AM (9yXr+)

4 Hiya Skip !

Hiya Pixy !

Posted by: JT at February 20, 2024 04:03 AM (T4tVD)

5 Top 5?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 20, 2024 04:05 AM (omVj0)

6 Evening and morning to all! Been awake for a while, and haven't the energy for a full-scale workout. I did my stretches and calisthenics, though. Time for a slice of whole-grain toast w/ peanut butter.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 20, 2024 04:06 AM (omVj0)

7 LL Cool J is good but he's no Schooly D.

Schooly D's 'Am I Black Enough For You' fast mix in 'King Of New York' is a rap masterpiece, and 'Signifying Rapper' off 'Bad Lieutenant' comes close to knocking Rudy Ray Moore off his throne. That's hard to do.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 04:06 AM (9yXr+)

8 Schooly D's 'Gucci Time' was his car-trunk and ghetto storefront hit but he did his finest work and rhymes in partnership with Abel Ferrara in movie soundtracks.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 04:11 AM (9yXr+)

9 I liked stopping by the ghetto cassette tape stores, and asking what they had that was cool for USD$50-100.
Give me something interesting.
I still have a few of them, home-brewed early Rap. A lot of it was superlative, really good stuff. They didn't care about licensing samples, it was all underground, and some of its astonishing. Kids would take a Miles Davis track and run with it, and nobody ever heard it but the Block.
Jimmy Page grasping for his 'riff' infuriated me.
Fuck him.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 04:16 AM (9yXr+)

10 Who names their kid Schooly ?

Posted by: JT at February 20, 2024 04:19 AM (T4tVD)

11 Don't subscribe and your software doesn't fully work 4 months later just like bluebeam.

Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at February 20, 2024 04:20 AM (3uc2w)

12 Mornin'

Plumber will arrive this afternoon. Maybe. They said between 12-3, maybe. A leak behind the sink. Also, behind a wall. The ancient pipe, built during the Johnson Administration, has rusted away and is leaking on the condo unit below. I can't use my bathroom sink as a result. Not catastrophic, but it's not good either.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 20, 2024 04:20 AM (sAmhv)

13 Ha! Those ghetto tape stores.

"What you got that's interesting?"
"We ain't got no Carpenters."

"I think you misunderstand."

The car trunks were cool too, most rappers had a boombox so you could hear a sampler before you bought. Some of those guys, and some girls, were seriously talented poets.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 04:21 AM (9yXr+)

14 Staying close to home again today.

Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2024 04:22 AM (fwDg9)

15 Pixy or some other otaku! Please explain the Nisanji or whatever debacle. I remember Pixy mentioning it in a tech thread but can't find it back...

Posted by: pookysgirl, lost otaku at February 20, 2024 04:22 AM (dtlDP)

16 Who names their kid Schooly ?
Posted by: JT'

They didn't!
'Jesse Bonds Weaver Jr.'
Also spelled 'Schoolly D', with two ells.

He was there with KRS-One in the early days. Ice T admits he'd still be a street pimp if not for Schooly D.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 04:26 AM (9yXr+)

17 A lot of people regard 'rap' as just talking. I disagree. In some of the very ancient places I've been 'music' is not a musical performance per se, but rather a rhythmic drone to an epic spoken poem. The Western stringed instruments of many strings are built on mostly single-string droning lyre/bow type machines. The instruments are there to give vibration and metre and act as a structured mnenomic, through which tales can be transmitted, without literacy, down through astoundingly long periods of Time.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 04:39 AM (9yXr+)

18 Staying close to home again today.
Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2024 04:22 AM (fwDg9)

Nice !

Posted by: JT at February 20, 2024 04:39 AM (T4tVD)

19 Morning all!

Gubbmint investing is crap. When the companies go under there is never any collateral to get some type of return. And if the companies do make money, the taxpayers only get the benefits of "jobs created" numbers on a form somewhere...that is usually made up

Posted by: Bruce at February 20, 2024 04:39 AM (vd8XM)

20 Who names their kid Schooly ?
Posted by: JT'

They didn't!
'Jesse Bonds Weaver Jr.'
Also spelled 'Schoolly D', with two ells.

oh.

Posted by: JT at February 20, 2024 04:40 AM (T4tVD)

21 15 Pixy or some other otaku! Please explain the Nisanji or whatever debacle. I remember Pixy mentioning it in a tech thread but can't find it back...

Long story short: Vtuber agency Nijisanji harassed one of its talents until she attempted suicide, then fired her, then forced other talents to publicly accuse her of orchestrating the whole thing. Nijisanji then announced to investors that the financial impact of this PR catastrophe would be negligible, and its share price promptly dropped by 20%.

Long story long: Here's 30 hours of people talking about it: https://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_18_february_2024

(Scroll down a bit.)

Posted by: Pixy Misa at February 20, 2024 04:42 AM (BLOW1)

22 Staying close to home again today.
Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2024

***
Lucky you! I wish I could take a sick day.

Well . . . I *could* . . . shouldn't, but could . . .

Nah.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 20, 2024 04:43 AM (omVj0)

23 Memorized, cadenced Song can and does cut through the fog of senility. People in the near-final stages of Alzheimer's can sing songs they learned as children.
It's a very basic, foundational memory function that is separate from the written word and lasts a lot longer.
At one factory job I had a co-worker sing me a Finnish folk song that his grandfather taught him, which he himself did not understand and he could not tell me what the words meant in English!

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 04:44 AM (9yXr+)

24 'Bout time for shave and shower; then I'll feed the beasts, and then me. I do look forward to my shaves now that I do the old-style safety razor/double-edge blade/brush/soap or cream routine. On a two- or three-day beard, the experience is more than just pleasant. And the feel of my face around its "Commander Riker" beard is fantastic.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 20, 2024 04:46 AM (omVj0)

25 They didn't!
'Jesse Bonds Weaver Jr.'
Also spelled 'Schoolly D', with two ells.
oh.
Posted by: JT'

I worked construction for decades before doing what I do now. We had entire crews where nobody could identify any other member of the crew by a legal name. Some stranger would appear looking for, say, 'Richard Michael Anderson'.
"WHO!?"
He was 'Bird Dog'.
It's not limited to Black Rappers.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 04:47 AM (9yXr+)

26 Well . . . I *could* . . . shouldn't, but could . . .Nah.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius'

Come on, it's comfortable, you know you want to, it'll be warm, there will be a blanket...

Posted by: The cats at February 20, 2024 04:49 AM (9yXr+)

27 It's agreed by honest scholars that epics such as The Odyssey and The Iliad aren't 'written novels', they are transcriptions of performed, rhythmic epic poetry recited to a droning instrument of mostly one, maybe two strings.
And more or less accurately transmitted for centuries that way.

Posted by: The cats at February 20, 2024 04:52 AM (9yXr+)

28 they are transcriptions of performed, rhythmic epic poetry recited to a droning instrument of mostly one, maybe two strings.
Posted by: The cats

Like Yoko?

Posted by: Bruce at February 20, 2024 04:58 AM (vd8XM)

29 Kids get all kinds of names, real or nics

Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2024 05:02 AM (fwDg9)

30 Since it's a Tech Thread I loaded all the apps I wanted onto the New Phone. Not an easy task as many of my passwords are encoded cleverly on post-its and 3x5 cards stuffed into folders even more cleverly marked in Sharpies with titles like 'MISC' and 'STUFF'.

Seems my Pandora account is linked to an AOL email account I'd totally forgotten about. Wow, there was a lot of spam in there. Also, the new-ish requirement that any password require a non-alphabetic character has led to some confusion on my part as to where I put it in the string.

% * & $ ?

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 05:03 AM (9yXr+)

31 Kids get all kinds of names, real or nics
Posted by: Skip'

You're killing me

Posted by: Smalls at February 20, 2024 05:04 AM (9yXr+)

32 Like Yoko?
Posted by: Bruce'

Hey, she made a big impression on such a luminary as Chuck Berry. He might not have liked her, but I guarantee he always remembered her name.

Posted by: Smalls at February 20, 2024 05:06 AM (9yXr+)

33 'That crazy bitch, John Lennon's woman, what's her name, Yoohoo."

Posted by: Chuck Berry at February 20, 2024 05:08 AM (9yXr+)

34 "Also, I would commit suicide before I transported that crazy bitch YooHoo across a state line for any reason, immoral or not."

Posted by: Chuck Berry at February 20, 2024 05:10 AM (9yXr+)

35 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 20, 2024 05:13 AM (ju2Fy)

36 I have a consumer tech question. Does anyone make a NAS type product that runs with WiFi or Bluetooth?

I have lots of pictures on all sorts of media that I’d like to save and collect in one place for future review and today’s overworked term “curate”.

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 20, 2024 05:14 AM (BHL6B)

37 My dissertation was intimately involved with gallium nitride and other III-V semiconductors.....

My eye involuntarily twitched in panic stress when i read that.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 20, 2024 05:14 AM (9UlRk)

38 I have lots of pictures on all sorts of media that I’d like to save and collect in one place for future review and today’s overworked term “curate”.
Posted by: Pete Bog'

First of all, having stored on various media since the mid-1990s, diversify. Your idea of putting everything on a single, permanent electronic shelf is illusory. It's smart to transfer at most every 10 years. So yes, get a Tb storage, but date what you have and be ready to transfer your data to somewhere else after a period of time of be prepared to lose it. Yes, even Walmart sells a HDD for less than $200 that has Bluetooth but I ask why.
It's slow compared to other avenues.
Hard contact, a cord, is so much faster.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 05:20 AM (9yXr+)

39 Western digital has a “home” backup that’s 4tb. Mixed reviews. I don’t want or need web access or fractions of a millisecond read times.

Just have lots of pictures to store and backup. And a single disc product does not have redundancy for safe keeping.

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 20, 2024 05:21 AM (BHL6B)

40 I have a consumer tech question. Does anyone make a NAS type product that runs with WiFi or Bluetooth?'

Any particular reason for the desire for WiFi and/or Bluetooth? I'm not trying to be rude, I'm genuinely curious.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 05:23 AM (9yXr+)

41 Posted by: Warai-otoko

Talk to James Biden. He can prolly get you a few million in CHIPS act money if you cut the big guy into your startup that goes bankrupt in 30 days.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 20, 2024 05:26 AM (NYzgN)

42 Hard contact, a cord, is so much faster.
Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 05:20 AM (9yXr+)

LenNeal thanks for the input. It’s validation for what I was thinking. I have lots of files on older surface book and scattered around. Problem is only one USB port so can’t plug the card reader in as well as the NAS. A switch isn’t difficult just becomes a one use piece of equipment and probably will sit in the box forgotten.

I’d guess a networked NAS drive may have multiple USB ports?

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 20, 2024 05:27 AM (BHL6B)

43 Just have lots of pictures to store and backup. And a single disc product does not have redundancy for safe keeping.
Posted by: Pete Bog'

Well, I use cheap HP USBs I get off eBay in bulk and don't put more than a little bit on any one of them. My daughter, The Kid, has a what 2TB drive, but she admits she should get another backup for that.
So I don't know, if you're seriously concerned about the data and want a safe backup, get two drives of different kinds and/or brands? I assume you know not to put it in The Cloud, at least not solely.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 05:28 AM (9yXr+)

44 News of the bizarre.
Models walk the runway of London Fashion Week in bizarre outfits

https://mol.im/a/13101791

Posted by: Ciampino - Update #58 at February 20, 2024 05:28 AM (qfLjt)

45 Two concepts i don't want anywhere near my life:

- opto startup
- James Biden

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 20, 2024 05:30 AM (9UlRk)

46 I’d guess a networked NAS drive may have multiple USB ports?
Posted by: Pete Bog'

Yeah, multiples, 6-7 ports at least but wow you can spend a LOT of money on NAS!
Yeouch!

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 05:31 AM (9yXr+)

47 News of the bizarre.
Models walk the runway of London Fashion Week in bizarre outfits

https://mol.im/a/13101791
Posted by: Ciampino

Ha! Doing the runway model walk wearing, what looks like, what you found on the floor of you closet.

Posted by: Bruce at February 20, 2024 05:31 AM (vd8XM)

48 I’ll refine my question. Any solid NAS products with a raid array for redundancy and easily used software for a moderate skilled home user that isn’t interested in learning network engineering to organize the family photos.?

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 20, 2024 05:31 AM (BHL6B)

49 I need to do something with pictures, some on phone that is getting too many, some on tablet and most on both

Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2024 05:32 AM (fwDg9)

50 A switch isn’t difficult just becomes a one use piece of equipment and probably will sit in the box forgotten.'

I wouldn't know, I have never in my life put something in a box and forgotten about it.

Ever.

Swearsies.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 05:32 AM (9yXr+)

51 42
I’d guess a networked NAS drive may have multiple USB ports?

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 20, 2024 05:27 AM (BHL6B)
----
You can also buy a USB hub that will convert that one USB slot into 3 or more. I have a few.

Posted by: Ciampino - Update #59 at February 20, 2024 05:33 AM (qfLjt)

52 Sounds like I’m buying a couple of different storage devices and will have to back them up to each other from time to time.

Trying to avoid the cloud and NAS degree of difficulty in administration.

I like the idea of diversifying the products but in reality it means more plugs and power cords to keep track and two clunky interfaces to try to recall during occasional use.

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 20, 2024 05:36 AM (BHL6B)

53 I’ll refine my question. Any solid NAS products with a raid array for redundancy and easily used software for a moderate skilled home user that isn’t interested in learning network engineering to organize the family photos.?
Posted by: Pete Bog'

I personally have no answer for you there, as I'm so paranoid about legacy storage being lost that I do not do what you discuss. I think you are looking for a time-saving process and there might not be one, to really be careful and really archive your images.
I might not be your go-to for advice about what you want to do.
I also ask, are the images in multiple file formats? Are half of them TIFFS?

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 05:38 AM (9yXr+)

54
!!!!! TODAY !!!!!

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - HTS-113BT
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS
February 20th at 2:50 p.m. ET

http://tinyurl.com/yymsesm9

Keep an eye out for the Moon Landing as well (not today)

https://www.youtube.com/live/k2pPHelrQr0

Posted by: Ciampino - Update #60 at February 20, 2024 05:42 AM (qfLjt)

55 Swearsies.
Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 05:32 AM (9yXr+)

I’ve done enough for both of us. And probably Skip and Ciampino as well.

Good feedback. Should have thought about a usb hub. It’s gonna end up looking like a power cord octopus at a third world flea market but that probably the easiest administration option.

A new consumer electronics product need identification has occurred. Except Western Digital is so close to addressing it that is how I’ll go.

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 20, 2024 05:42 AM (BHL6B)

56 Sounds like I’m buying a couple of different storage devices and will have to back them up to each other from time to time.'

No, if you purchase them at the same time you will have to transfer the data from both when they get old, to something else, to achieve redundancy. If you really want the images, find a print shop and print them all out.

I'm starting to think a great many people do not comprehend how illusory electronic data storage really is. It does not last very long. 10 years is barely safe. I've been online about 25 years, not close to some of the graybeards here, and it's scary how much is already gone it's like silver nitrate films.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 05:42 AM (9yXr+)

57 I'm about to hire a Moldovan hacker to hijack every cloud drive i have just so i can get a definitive list of them all.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 20, 2024 05:43 AM (9UlRk)

58 It’s gonna end up looking like a power cord octopus at a third world flea market'

Now we're talkin'!

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 05:44 AM (9yXr+)

59 I'm about to hire a Moldovan hacker to hijack every cloud drive i have just so i can get a definitive list of them all.
Posted by: Warai-otoko'

I will do cheaper.

Posted by: Serbia at February 20, 2024 05:45 AM (9yXr+)

60 LenNeal,

Mostly JPegs, with some Nikon raw files that ought to be converted from a likely to be unsupported future source to JPeg as well.

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 20, 2024 05:45 AM (BHL6B)

61 I've always been partial to the calamari method of cable management.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 20, 2024 05:46 AM (9UlRk)

62 I've always been partial to the calamari method of cable management.
Posted by: Warai-otoko'

So... judging by your nic you stuff them in your mouth... and then tie up a Japanese MILF?

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 05:47 AM (9yXr+)

63 I've always been partial to the calamari method of cable management.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 20, 2024 05:46 AM (9UlRk)

Because calamari don’t exhibit the high order thinking that octopi can?

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 20, 2024 05:47 AM (BHL6B)

64 See some stars. Below freezing
Forward Dog 9 hitting short road

Posted by: Skip at February 20, 2024 05:48 AM (fwDg9)

65 with some Nikon raw files'

Ummm...

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 05:49 AM (9yXr+)

66 I have frequently wondered what is the inspiration for the Warai-otoko nic?

I assumed anime of some sort?

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 20, 2024 05:50 AM (BHL6B)

67 Because calamari don’t exhibit the high order thinking that octopi can?
Posted by: Pete Bog'

Fair point. I've never seen calamari open a pickle jar.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 05:51 AM (9yXr+)

68 I assumed anime of some sort?
Posted by: Pete Bog'

Yes! Well, sort of...

Posted by: Flower & Snake at February 20, 2024 05:52 AM (9yXr+)

69 .... say, why isn't the singular of calamari calamarus?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 20, 2024 05:52 AM (9UlRk)

70 I assumed anime of some sort?
Posted by: Pete Bog at February 20, 2024 05:50 AM (BHL6B)

"Laughing man". The big bad from ghost in the shell stand alone complex season one.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 20, 2024 05:53 AM (9UlRk)

71 I admit I have no idea how to convert Nikon Raw files.
And I had a Flip.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 05:55 AM (9yXr+)

72 You know, for legacy junk my two favorite things were the Kodak Disc cameras, which were great. And the Flip. I loved them both. I did, not ashamed, the Love...

well not THAT kind of love but they were pretty cool.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 05:57 AM (9yXr+)

73 say, why isn't the singular of calamari calamarus?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 20, 2024 05:52 AM (9UlRk)

Or is calamari the Greek/italian translation of squids?

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 20, 2024 06:01 AM (BHL6B)

74 Or is calamari the Greek/italian translation of squids?
Posted by: Pete Bog at February 20, 2024 06:01 AM (BHL6B)

I don't know.

Maybe it's like "pants" or "scissors".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 20, 2024 06:02 AM (9UlRk)

75 Good morning morons

Local TV news reports rain is wet and causes traffic, flooding, and trees to fall.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 20, 2024 06:03 AM (RIvkX)

76 Or is calamari the Greek/italian translation of squids?
Posted by: Pete Bog'

I think it was a luxury model of the Chrysler New Yorker.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 06:03 AM (9yXr+)

77 I think it was a luxury model of the Chrysler New Yorker.
Posted by: LenNeal'

Ricardo Montalban:

"Look at this fiiine Corinthian leath-air, the Calimari stereo, the capacious boo-tay..."

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 06:05 AM (9yXr+)

78 Maybe it's like "pants" or "scissors".
Posted by: Warai-otoko'

'pliers'.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 06:06 AM (9yXr+)

79 "Kala-" sounds like it ought to be Greek.

"Mar" sounds decidedly Latin. (Mare = sea). But that could just be a false etymology.

Why am i thinking so hard about this?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 20, 2024 06:07 AM (9UlRk)

80 Like Yoko?
Posted by: Bruce at February 20, 2024 04:58 AM (vd8XM)
===
*golfclap*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 20, 2024 06:09 AM (RIvkX)

81 "Kala-" sounds like it ought to be Greek.
"Mar" sounds decidedly Latin. (Mare = sea). But that could just be a false etymology.
Why am i thinking so hard about this?
Posted by: Warai-otoko'

Probably something about that tentacle business.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 06:09 AM (9yXr+)

82 Probably something about that tentacle business.
Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 06:09 AM (9yXr+)

Someone's gonna have to go back and get a shitload of lemons and black pepper.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 20, 2024 06:11 AM (9UlRk)

83 Look at this fiiine Corinthian leath-air, the Calimari stereo, the capacious boo-tay..."
Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 06:05 AM (9yXr+)

Calimari stereo would mean two of calimari which is already plural. Is that expressed numerically as plus, times or exponentially?

In any of those examples the outcome is four. Unless it’s eight?

Can I just stick with Octopus/octopi? Tenderized and sautéed in olive oil, chopped garlic, white wine and a little paprika with a splash of Citrus to finish.

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 20, 2024 06:12 AM (BHL6B)

84 Like Yoko?
Posted by: Bruce at February 20, 2024 04:58 AM (vd8XM)
===
*golfclap*
Posted by: San Franpsycho'

I went to NYC multiple times and the only 'celebrity' I ever saw was Yoko Ono on the subway. True story. She could ride anywhere in perfect safety. Like the crazy people in Indian tribes. Like Ol' Mose in 'The Searchers'.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 06:13 AM (9yXr+)

85 Calimari stereo would mean two of calimari which is already plural. Is that expressed numerically as plus, times or exponentially?'

Why should I give a flying fuck?

Posted by: Ricardo Montalban not doing that stupid accent at February 20, 2024 06:14 AM (9yXr+)

86 Why should I give a flying fuck?
Posted by: Ricardo Montalban not doing that stupid accent at February 20, 2024 06:14 AM (9yXr+)

It's bullshit, Ricky.

Posted by: Herve Villachaize in a disconcerting baritone at February 20, 2024 06:17 AM (9UlRk)

87 Thanks for the update on the CHIPS act and the subsidies that are going their way for the chip cold war.

Posted by: Draki at February 20, 2024 06:18 AM (TehgL)

88 I do have a classic funny New York story.
Riding the bus through Cypress Hills a team of Bangledeshi kids got on, to be subjected to a loud and long sanctimonious lecture from a Dominican man in his 50s, telling them all about how baseball skills can lead to life success, him not picking up at all on that they were all carrying cricket bats and had no idea what he was talking about.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 06:20 AM (9yXr+)

89 It's bullshit, Ricky.
Posted by: Herve Villachaize

“My people called it compost”

Sacheen Little Flower

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 20, 2024 06:20 AM (BHL6B)

90 God's wise purposes- psalm 13:

http://tinyurl.com/y4nh9cdw

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 20, 2024 06:23 AM (nlZSB)

91 lol

g'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at February 20, 2024 06:23 AM (QwWES)

92 It's bullshit, Ricky.
Posted by: Herve Villachaize in a disconcerting baritone'

"I've never killed a midget before. But, there can always be a first time."

Posted by: Bond. James Bond. at February 20, 2024 06:23 AM (9yXr+)

93 “My people called it compost”

Sacheen Little Flower
Posted by: Pete Bog'

"Bleearuugghhhh I'm just too fat to attend send that little prairie rat to do it."

Posted by: Marlon Brando at February 20, 2024 06:24 AM (9yXr+)

94 Calimari stereo would mean two of calimari which is already plural. Is that expressed numerically as plus, times or exponentially?'

It's quadraphonic.

Posted by: The Who at February 20, 2024 06:27 AM (9yXr+)

95 Adorable baby loves his grandfather playing the sax. Watch till end of video. There's surprise:

http://tinyurl.com/ykseat7a

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 20, 2024 06:29 AM (nlZSB)

96 Adorable baby loves his grandfather playing the sax. Watch till end of video. There's surprise:
http://tinyurl.com/ykseat7a
Posted by: FenelonSpoke'

Oh great, it's the Church Lady with her wholesome goodness. And we were (I was) having so much degenerate fun.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 06:32 AM (9yXr+)

97 A beautiful guitar and vocal version of the great hymn- "Blessed Assurance":

http://tinyurl.com/mr2xcmsp

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 20, 2024 06:33 AM (nlZSB)

98 A beautiful guitar and vocal version of the great hymn- "Blessed Assurance": http://tinyurl.com/mr2xcmsp
Posted by: FenelonSpoke'

Actually, Yo Fen, what is your impression of Orthodox Christian Ikons?
What do you think they are, how do you feel about them? They're not a 'part' of us, they're central, the entire point, it's experiential, and the sidelining of them in Catholicism is a deal breaker, and Protestant rejection makes that 'evolution' not Christianity at all.

Genuinely curious.

??

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 06:38 AM (9yXr+)

99 Boker Tov Patriots

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 20, 2024 06:41 AM (pVWRI)

100 Tucker's visit to a Moscow grocery two weeks ago was 180 degrees different than mine 40 years ago

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 20, 2024 06:47 AM (RIvkX)

101 Trying to decide: get new mini PC with Windows 10, or 11?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 20, 2024 06:47 AM (Angsy)

102 Hiya Cap'n Grandpa !

Posted by: JT at February 20, 2024 06:48 AM (T4tVD)

103 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 20, 2024 06:48 AM (u82oZ)

104 Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 06:38 AM (9yXr+)

Having attended vespers for about a year as well as other EO services before the pandemic. As well as reading a fair amount by Orthodox writers I think I understand Bout the meaning and purpose of icons and I appreciate them. I also visit Roman Catholic Churches and have been a part of Quaker meetings where I. The later one is surrounded by the sounds of a fireplace In the quiet of a fieldstone building that's hundreds of years old, so I see beauty in all kinds of settings and services. I also like the "chanting" of EO services- particularly the psalms.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 20, 2024 06:48 AM (OIqjm)

105 So it appears biden and the dems are blackmailing Israel. They are circulating a draft UN proposal forcing Israel to accept a ceasefire and not allowing Israel to "Finish" the job. They will not bring it to a vote just yet. They want Israel to fold and agree to a appeasment ceasefire. It is a scumbag betrayal.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 20, 2024 06:48 AM (pVWRI)

106 San Franpsycho

I wonder what can happen to a major city (NYC) with even a 10% reduction in deliveries from the logistics chain.

Hope ace has a spare deep freeze for the hobos needed to see him through the troubles ahead.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 20, 2024 06:50 AM (u82oZ)

107 It is a scumbag betrayal.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 20, 2024 06:48 AM (pVWRI)
====
I expect nothing less from foreign policy expert and leading global diplomat Joe Biden.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 20, 2024 06:51 AM (RIvkX)

108 Someone was saying last night that they prefer not to go to a movie theatre, but IMO there is something wonderful about people laughing together, so I enjoyed both black and white peoples enjoying the movie " American Fiction" yesterday afternoon with spouse.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 20, 2024 06:51 AM (OIqjm)

109 The bill, AB 3067, says: “This bill would require an insurer, by January 1, 2026, to include questions on an application for homeowners’ or renters’ insurance seeking specified information regarding the presence and storage of any firearms kept in the household, accessory structures, or vehicles kept on the property subject to any applicable insurance policy.”

What could go wrong?

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 20, 2024 06:52 AM (ENQN6)

110 I hope Israel is learning a valuable lesson.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 20, 2024 06:52 AM (R4t5M)

111 Nancy Pelosi goes completely unhinged as she and Jen Psaki float a delusional conspiracy theory that Putin is blackmailing President Trump with "something financial"

Same as it ever was.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 20, 2024 06:53 AM (ENQN6)

112 Salty in 1977 the lights went out one summer night and the city literally exploded.

If the flow of beer and pork rinds is interrupted anything might happen.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 20, 2024 06:53 AM (RIvkX)

113 @106

>>Hope ace has a spare deep freeze for the hobos needed to see him through the troubles ahead.

From certain context clues he's dropped, I do not believe Ace lives in NYC any longer.

Or perhaps he summers on the Cape and winters in Miami or lives in a tiny home made entirely out of Ikea shelving?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 20, 2024 06:53 AM (XV/Pl)

114 110 I hope Israel is learning a valuable lesson.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 20, 2024 06:52 AM (R4t5M)

That anti-Semitism is baked into their core beliefs.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 20, 2024 06:53 AM (ENQN6)

115 Nevergiveup

Good morning.

I sure any competent intelligence service has archives full of blackmail material on Biden, the uniparty, and the CIA/rest of the deep state.

Would the Israeli government use even a bit of that undisclosed info to tell the Biden Admin to back off? Say, give Tucker Carlson a tour?

Time will tell. I would not back the Israelis into an existential corner.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 20, 2024 06:55 AM (u82oZ)

116 Watching NYC residents fight to the death over a loaf of bread should be fun.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 20, 2024 06:56 AM (R4t5M)

117 Watching NYC residents fight to the death over a loaf of bread should be fun.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 20, 2024 06:56 AM (R4t5M)

Bread?

I wanna see them braining each other over Pelton shoes and pocky.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 20, 2024 06:57 AM (9UlRk)

118 mornin yall

Pete, I prefer having multiple backup drives, at least 5. For my clients, 6 or more, 5 for every day of the week, and two for Mondays. Drives get changed every day, and on Mondays the two drives are alternated.

Backups can get screwed up or infected, even RAIDs can fail. The more copies of your data, the better. Drives that are not in use should be stashed in a fireproof safe. USB drives are cheap, for 2-300$s you can get 4-6 drives.

Posted by: fd at February 20, 2024 06:57 AM (vFG9F)

119 Thomas Bender

I hope not. I can imagine ace is laughing at us from his mansion in Nebraska, with the white picket fence around the Ewok bunkers, the clear fields of fire, and his smiling and comely French wife showing the three kids their dad at work.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 20, 2024 06:57 AM (u82oZ)

120 and his smiling and comely French wife showing the three kids their dad at work.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 20, 2024 06:57 AM (u82oZ)

"Mommy, what's a scallopini?"

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

121 Reverse Hunger Games?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 20, 2024 06:59 AM (qiQTG)

122 I also visit Roman Catholic Churches and have been a part of Quaker meetings where I. The later one is surrounded by the sounds of a fireplace In the quiet of a fieldstone building that's hundreds of years old, so I see beauty in all kinds of settings and services. I also like the "chanting" of EO services- particularly the psalms.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke'

Noted and I'm screen shotting this, I've been curious for a while.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 06:59 AM (9yXr+)

123 Global Foundries is set to receive $1.5 billion in government funds under the CHIPS Act, and another $600 million from New York state in one form or another. (Tom's Hardware)

So I A/B tested this Tom's Hardware article with asking the new CoPilot AI gizmo that is in Windows 11 a couple questions just by looking at the headline.

The TH article is mostly eye-wash and reads like a press release for the consumption of five-year olds. The AI generated response was clear, concise and gave me far more information in less than one tenth the words, eight references, and no advertisements.

This isn't going to go well for the laptop class of content creators who work out of Starbucks.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 20, 2024 06:59 AM (IBtD/)

124 Thomas Bender

We could crowd source info on ace, but will not.
He is smart to be unofficially anonymous.

bluebell and friends has already planned his wedding. So he gots that.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 20, 2024 06:59 AM (u82oZ)

125 @119

>>I hope not. I can imagine ace is laughing at us from his mansion in Nebraska,

I imagine him staring off into the distance Henry Hill style and decrying the fact that he can't get a properly made Tuna Melt on an Everything Bagel in whatever backwater he's relocated to.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 20, 2024 07:01 AM (XV/Pl)

126 Anybody who's up and about in NYC in the middle of the night knows that place cannot survive even one day without truck deliveries.
It is the most dependent place on Planet Earth.
3 days and they're eating each other and if they all try to run, there is no way out.
It's why I don't live in big cities.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 07:01 AM (9yXr+)

127 and was bought by the UAE

--

Is this the massively wealthy oil bunch UAE that we're kindly giving our $1.5B to?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - If this is how Georgia hires attorneys, imagine how they manage elections at February 20, 2024 07:02 AM (Yh0oe)

128 Warai-otoko

His kids would be the most erudite potty-mouthed kids in a Montessori school.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 20, 2024 07:02 AM (u82oZ)

129 Moron Robbie

Just funding our demise. Thanks, deep state.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 20, 2024 07:03 AM (u82oZ)

130 The bill, AB 3067, says: “This bill would require an insurer, by January 1, 2026, to include questions on an application for homeowners’ or renters’ insurance seeking specified information regarding the presence and storage of any firearms kept in the household, accessory structures, or vehicles kept on the property subject to any applicable insurance policy.”

What could go wrong?
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 20, 2024 06:52 AM (ENQN6)
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If the Demofascists really want to comprehensively disarm the peons, the bill should probably include "any adjacent waterways on which a canoe might travel"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 20, 2024 07:03 AM (592NS)

131 I feel like any organized freight boycott of NYC would be wise to allow basic food staples through.

If you make the idiot masses annoyed and deprived of luxuries, they'll turn on their municipal leadership. If you make them desperate for survival, you'll just get unproductive destruction.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 20, 2024 07:04 AM (9UlRk)

132 I would not back the Israelis into an existential corner.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 20, 2024 06:55 AM (u82oZ)

The people in the WH and State are not the brightest bulbs in the rooms. And many are both communist and anti-semites

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 20, 2024 07:04 AM (pVWRI)

133 I sure any competent intelligence service has archives full of blackmail material on Biden, the uniparty, and the CIA/rest of the deep state.

If it isn't obvious by now, there is no level of "blackmail material" out there that will take out a top-level Party Member.

Biden has no shame; everyday there is a new revelation that would have landed any one of us in prison, and yet there he is.

This has nothing to do with blackmail. I think the only ones left to blackmail are on Epstein's list. They haven't milked that one dry as it keeps the funding going to underwrite their "World Island" project (the template that seems to answers most geo-political questions)

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 20, 2024 07:05 AM (IBtD/)

134 If you make them desperate for survival, you'll just get unproductive destruction.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 20, 2024 07:04 AM (9UlRk)

I think that's going to happen anyway.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 20, 2024 07:05 AM (R4t5M)

135 Ive got data going back 30 years or more. Yes, the backup medium has changed several times. I doubt if I could find a working Bernoulli box anymore, and the RAID of 10 Mb SCSI drives that would shake the cabinet when they seeked expired at least 20 years ago. Electronic data can be fleeting unless you actively keep moving it to a newer storage format.

Posted by: fd at February 20, 2024 07:05 AM (vFG9F)

136 calamari (also calamares)
noun
squid served as food.
ORIGIN
Italian, plural of calamaro, from medieval Latin calamarium ‘pen case’, from Greek kalamos ‘pen’ (with reference to the squid's long tapering internal shell and its ink). The variant calamares is Spanish.

Posted by: m at February 20, 2024 07:06 AM (Ncap6)

137 Warai-otoko

Don't organize it. Let it be spontaneous. Our trucker should learn something from Canada.

Just don't deliver. Stay at home or go elsewhere. If there are extra fees paid to get deliveries, this helps also.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 20, 2024 07:06 AM (u82oZ)

138 I hope Israel is learning a valuable lesson.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner'

Like what? That they NEED to totally ostracize shitstain motherfuckers like Richard Goldstone and Aharon Barak, instead of treating them like wayward members of The Tribe? Instead of getting their tichels in a fucking bunch over 'anti-Semitism' to look inside and get rid of wet spots like Yuval Harari?

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 07:06 AM (9yXr+)

139 I missed this. Why are some truckers thinking of doing a boycott of NYC?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 20, 2024 07:06 AM (VxM7q)

140 The people in the WH and State are not the brightest bulbs in the rooms. And many are both communist and anti-semites
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 20, 2024 07:04 AM (pVWRI)
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Not forgetting "anti-American"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 20, 2024 07:06 AM (592NS)

141
If you make the idiot masses annoyed and deprived of luxuries, they'll turn on their municipal leadership. If you make them desperate for survival, you'll just get unproductive destruction.

BLM's mass destruction, murder and mayhem worked, didn't it?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 20, 2024 07:06 AM (IBtD/)

142 The people in the WH and State are not the brightest bulbs in the rooms. And many are both communist and anti-semites
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 20, 2024 07:04 AM (pVWRI)
---------------
Not forgetting "anti-American"
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 20, 2024 07:06 AM (592NS)

Yes Thank You.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 20, 2024 07:07 AM (pVWRI)

143 @131

>>If you make the idiot masses annoyed and deprived of luxuries, they'll turn on their municipal leadership. If you make them desperate for survival, you'll just get unproductive destruction.

There is no turning on these people, they control the apparatus, 100pct, and as mad as the natives may get, they don't really have a say in who's governing them, plus the average NYer, is completely checked out.

The Santos recall vote showed that all you have to do is throw a prototypically greasy and oil NY Donk Pol at the problem and the voters will fall in line.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 20, 2024 07:07 AM (XV/Pl)

144 Just don't deliver. Stay at home or go elsewhere. If there are extra fees paid to get deliveries, this helps also.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 20, 2024 07:06 AM (u82oZ)

Yeah. Put the screws to them, but don't make it an outright siege. Some stuff will still get through. No one is going to die. But it's still gonna be a rather big shock to the system if it takes off in any way.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 20, 2024 07:08 AM (9UlRk)

145 "Mommy, what's a scallopini?"
Posted by: Warai-otoko'

Well, my broth-air, it is a trim option on the K-Car."

Posted by: Ricardo Montalban crying inside at February 20, 2024 07:09 AM (9yXr+)

146 Warai-otoko

The logistics for cities is very finely balanced and honed.

The Army, if called in, can not replace the owner operators.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 20, 2024 07:10 AM (u82oZ)

147 Good morning! Seems like chipper bunch in here today.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at February 20, 2024 07:10 AM (DIB8X)

148 Have a great day, everyone.

May we all chill out, and unicorn farts lead to a better world.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 20, 2024 07:11 AM (u82oZ)

149 Trying to decide: get new mini PC with Windows 10, or 11?
Posted by: OrangeEnt'

Joke? If not, 10.
But Linux is ALWAYS the answer.

Al-WAYS

Posted by: We're not cultists at all at February 20, 2024 07:11 AM (9yXr+)

150 Nate Silver and Ezra Klein both published articles these last few days calling for Joe Biden to quit his campaign. Hope it happens before he does any more damage to the world.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 20, 2024 07:11 AM (7RUmD)

151 Morning peeps

NYC has issues beyond the potential of a trucking strike against the city.

Pro-Palestinian mobs have been shutting down key entry/exit points in and around Manhattan like subways, bridges and tunnels off and on with their "protests." This has been happening for months. From a security standpoint it's a real problem, especially if the mobs get coordinated.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 20, 2024 07:12 AM (Q4IgG)

152 Joe's not gonna quit. First off, the doctor of colors and shapes wouldn't let him even if he wanted to. Second, he's too vain and self obsessed to quit. Besides, he'd have to pardon the entire family to avoid any kind of future indictment.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at February 20, 2024 07:13 AM (DIB8X)

153 111 Nancy Pelosi goes completely unhinged as she and Jen Psaki float a delusional conspiracy theory that Putin is blackmailing President Trump with "something financial"

Same as it ever was.
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 20, 2024 06:53 AM (ENQN6)

President Trump?

Posted by: m at February 20, 2024 07:13 AM (Ncap6)

154 I predict the trucker boycott will not even be noticed.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 20, 2024 07:14 AM (NYzgN)

155 This has been happening for months. From a security standpoint it's a real problem, especially if the mobs get coordinated.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 20, 2024 07:12 AM (Q4IgG)

Imagine a 9/11 scale attack while the useful idiots of the ummah have the city effectively barricaded....

That would never happen. I'm sure it'll be fine.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 20, 2024 07:14 AM (9UlRk)

156 Good morning. Hungary is the only hold out in the EU on the ceasefire.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 20, 2024 07:15 AM (NCs6d)

157 They want Israel to fold and agree to a appeasement ceasefire. It is a scumbag betrayal.

Psychopaths and sociopaths don't understand the word "betrayal" - completely foreign to their vocabulary.

This is purely about political expediency; maintaining a perpetual state of chaos, violence and fear are population management tools, and practical power brokers use them like a carpenter uses a hammer and saw.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 20, 2024 07:15 AM (IBtD/)

158 Gov Hochul: Nice trucking company you got there. Would be a shame if you were sued for taking out a loan and paying it back.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 20, 2024 07:15 AM (NYzgN)

159 G'morning, all!

So today marks the 31st trip around the sun that Mrs VIA and I have taken together.

Been a fun ride together, and looking forward to as many more as God will allow in his plan for us.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 20, 2024 07:16 AM (a1415)

160 The biggest security threat would be if we lost our diversity.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 20, 2024 07:16 AM (9UlRk)

161 Pro-Palestinian mobs have been shutting down key entry/exit points in and around Manhattan like subways, bridges and tunnels off and on with their "protests." This has been happening for months. From a security standpoint it's a real problem, especially if the mobs get coordinated.
------------
That overstates the case a little. Bridges and tunnels have generally been fine, though maybe one the bridges to Brooklyn might sometimes be clogged. It's Penn Station they have focused on, I believe, but Penn Station is full of rhe worst of humanity anyway, so whats a few more scumbags?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 20, 2024 07:16 AM (rjzb1)

162 Nancy Pelosi goes completely unhinged as she and Jen Psaki float a delusional conspiracy theory that Putin is blackmailing President Trump with "something financial"

As opposed to The Party flat-out confiscating hundreds of millions of dollars in broad daylight from the Trump enterprise.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 20, 2024 07:17 AM (IBtD/)

163 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 20, 2024 07:16 AM (a1415)

Congratulations and God bless you both!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 20, 2024 07:17 AM (ugXt+)

164 Congrats to the VIA's!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 20, 2024 07:18 AM (rjzb1)

165 Congrats VIA!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at February 20, 2024 07:18 AM (DIB8X)

166 President Trump.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at February 20, 2024 07:18 AM (QwWES)

167 Meanwhile, Maryland legislature is discussing a bill which would add an 11% excise tax on all items firearm related. Guns, magazines, ammunition, all would face this tax.

And this would be used to help pay for emergency medical services.

Nope...nothing could possibly go wrong there.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 20, 2024 07:18 AM (a1415)

168 “Now, they did this seven months before the election because, at the time, they were worried about the perceived legitimacy of a Biden victory in the case of a so-called ‘red mirage, blue shift event.’

“They knew the only way that Biden would be able to win, mathematically, was through the disproportionate Democrat use of mail-in ballots. They knew there would be a crisis because it was going to look extremely weird if Trump looked like he won by seven states and then, three days later, it came out actually the election switched.

From the Benz video.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 20, 2024 07:19 AM (ENQN6)

169 Mayor Waraiotoko early today unveiled the city's new Dejackassifier for handling threats to all entry and exit points of the metropolitan area.

When asked if there was anything more to it than a stake body truck with a cattle catcher welded to the front, the Mayor responded, "Shut up".

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

170 Gonna be a great morning, folk. On the way into work I banged the RF tire into a curb, and all the air leaked out of it. I tried pumping it back up; no go. AAA is on the way to change it for the donut spare, but I almost certainly will need to buy a new tire. And a Continental is not cheap.

Fortunately I am already at work, and it's not raining. I'll unload the trunk so the technician can get to the tire and put the damaged one in there. The next step will be finding a shop to examine it and see if it can be salvaged. If not, I'll ring up Tire Rack and have a tire sent to me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 20, 2024 07:20 AM (J2vNu)

171 Truckers who wanna make bank will drive to New Yawk because they will get paid. Some won't go to New Yawk because they know what a hassle it is and the chance of getting raped, mugged, hijacked, involved in an accident, tolls, traffic jams and raped is always there. Some will go to New Yawk because their smooth brains give no shits. Some won't go to New Yawk because their smooth brains give no shits either.

It's complicated.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 20, 2024 07:20 AM (2ijlT)

172 Congratulations to the VIAs! may there be many more!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying to us for decades at February 20, 2024 07:20 AM (QwWES)

173 From a security standpoint it's a real problem, especially if the mobs get coordinated.

That is the job of the CIA, which they will do just in time to get the masses screaming for martial law to give them the safety that the feds have systematically and permanently taken away.

Time is ticking, soon it will be November.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 20, 2024 07:21 AM (IBtD/)

174 Joke? If not, 10.
But Linux is ALWAYS the answer.

Al-WAYS
Posted by: We're not cultists at all at February 20, 2024 07:11 AM (9yXr+)

No, not a joke. Have small memory mini pc. It's not compatible with W11. I sort of like that. Haven't heard anything good about Win 11. Would rather keep 10. I think I can still get one online loaded with Win 10. Haven't heard anything good about 11, but I need a lot more hd memory than what I have. Don't want to get upgraded automatically to 11. Seems it's mostly spyware with an os attached.

Nah to Linux. Tried it once, don't care for it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 20, 2024 07:21 AM (Angsy)

175 Some will go to New Yawk because their smooth brains give no shits. Some won't go to New Yawk because their smooth brains give no shits either....
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 20, 2024 07:20 AM (2ijlT)

Some will go to new York because it's still nicer than the city they grew up in.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 20, 2024 07:22 AM (9UlRk)

176 The biggest security threat would be if we lost our diversity.
Posted by: Warai-otoko'

I know, right?

Posted by: Anguilla at February 20, 2024 07:22 AM (9yXr+)

177 Disclaimer: However, please note that this is purely theoretical, as woodpeckers don't actually peck wood.

But woodchucks do chuck wood.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 20, 2024 07:22 AM (4I/2K)

178
@Chicago1Ray is the leader of the NYC boycott on Twit/X. I think he got some sort of approval signal from from someone who resides in Florida who R/T'd six times.

I think it is on.

Also, any real estate developer who does not now sue to get assessment lowered on real estate in NY is nuts. They opened a Pandora's box and now it's time to pay the Piper.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 20, 2024 07:23 AM (nIvob)

179 Here is a weird tech question: My friend will send a text message to me but it will go to my son's phone but he has a different phone number- obviously . However my phone used to be his old phoneWhy does this happen? Also, some texts from other friends never reach me. I'm with the guy here who hates Apple products.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 20, 2024 07:23 AM (ugXt+)

180 Nah to Linux. Tried it once, don't care for it.
Posted by: OrangeEnt'

I, for once, do not recommend dialing it to 11.

Posted by: Nigel Tufnel at February 20, 2024 07:23 AM (9yXr+)

181 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 20, 2024 07:16 AM (a1415)

Congratulations and God bless you both!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 20, 2024 07:17 AM (ugXt+)

Seconded !

Posted by: JT at February 20, 2024 07:24 AM (T4tVD)

182 Looks like Kevin 'Mr Wonderful' O'Leary has come out saying that after the Trump ruling, he will never do business in New York.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 20, 2024 07:24 AM (a1415)

183 Be on the lookout for Beck Chas. He said something last night on the ONT. #46.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 20, 2024 07:24 AM (Angsy)

184 To the VIAs - Sal-lute!

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 20, 2024 07:24 AM (4I/2K)

185 Here is a weird tech question: My friend will send a text message to me but it will go to my son's phone but he has a different phone number- obviously . However my phone used to be his old phoneWhy does this happen? Also, some texts from other friends never reach me. I'm with the guy here who hates Apple products.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke'

Don't you worry your pretty little head about it.

Posted by: Bob at NSA at February 20, 2024 07:25 AM (9yXr+)

186 Nancy Pelosi goes completely unhinged as she and Jen Psaki float a delusional conspiracy theory that Putin is blackmailing President Trump with "something financial"

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Trump is planning to improve the economy.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - If this is how Georgia hires attorneys, imagine how they manage elections at February 20, 2024 07:25 AM (Yh0oe)

187 NYC Amazon driver is attacked by a naked, drunken man and fends him off, gets arrested himself.
Says the driver "“That’s why I hate dealing with police, because it ends up biting me in the rear end.”

Posted by: fd at February 20, 2024 07:26 AM (vFG9F)

188 Rural hospitals are being closed all over the country Patient to payment ratio is a big cause. We all know what that means.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 20, 2024 07:26 AM (NCs6d)

189 69 .... say, why isn't the singular of calamari calamarus?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 20, 2024 05:52 AM (9UlRk)
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Calamari is the plural in Italian. One calamaro is singular of course.

calamari (also calamares )
plural noun squid served as food.

ORIGIN
Italian, plural of calamaro, from medieval Latin calamarium 'pen case', from Greek kalamos 'pen' (with reference to the squid's long tapering internal shell and its ink).

Posted by: Ciampino - Update #61 at February 20, 2024 07:27 AM (qfLjt)

190 Here is a weird tech question: My friend will send a text message to me but it will go to my son's phone but he has a different phone number- obviously . However my phone used to be his old phoneWhy does this happen? Also, some texts from other friends never reach me. I'm with the guy here who hates Apple products.'

There is a technical answer for this and it has to do with how Apple deals with texts differently from Android. Short answer, get rid of your iPhone.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 07:27 AM (9yXr+)

191 Here is a weird tech question: My friend will send a text message to me but it will go to my son's phone but he has a different phone number- obviously . However my phone used to be his old phoneWhy does this happen? Also, some texts from other friends never reach me. I'm with the guy here who hates Apple products.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke'

Your tachyon emitters probably have reversed their polarity.

Posted by: Cdr LaForge at February 20, 2024 07:27 AM (4I/2K)

192 152 Joe's not gonna quit. First off, the doctor of colors and shapes wouldn't let him even if he wanted to. Second, he's too vain and self obsessed to quit.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at February 20, 2024 07:13 AM (DIB8X)

Agreed.

1) the doctor of colors and shapes wouldn't let him even if he wanted to
2) he's too vain and self obsessed to quit

Posted by: m at February 20, 2024 07:28 AM (Ncap6)

193 Congrats VIA. Spending about half your life with someone and happily sticking with them is quite an accomplishment. It doesn't happen without some work.

Posted by: fd at February 20, 2024 07:30 AM (vFG9F)

194 Hiya BenHad !

Posted by: JT at February 20, 2024 07:30 AM (T4tVD)

195 Be on the lookout for Beck Chas. He said something last night on the ONT. #46.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 20, 2024 07:24 AM (Angsy)

What did he say ?

Posted by: JT at February 20, 2024 07:31 AM (T4tVD)

196 Congratulations to VIA and the lovely Mrs.VIA.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 20, 2024 07:32 AM (NCs6d)

197 Italian, plural of calamaro, from medieval Latin calamarium 'pen case', from Greek kalamos 'pen' (with reference to the squid's long tapering internal shell and its ink).
Posted by: Ciampino'

I desperately wanted to meet this with a Latin joke but it seems 'octopus' doesn't lend itself to that.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 07:32 AM (9yXr+)

198 Good morning, JT

Posted by: Ben Had at February 20, 2024 07:33 AM (NCs6d)

199 Nothing good, JT. See comment #46

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 20, 2024 07:33 AM (Angsy)

200 Happy anniversary Mr and Mrs VIA!

Posted by: screaming in digital at February 20, 2024 07:34 AM (1eY81)

201 Dammit. Now i have to buy an aquarium and fill it with squids so i can call it my calamarium.

Those things are expensive, man.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 20, 2024 07:34 AM (9UlRk)

202 155 This has been happening for months. From a security standpoint it's a real problem, especially if the mobs get coordinated.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 20, 2024 07:12 AM (Q4IgG)

Imagine a 9/11 scale attack while the useful idiots of the ummah have the city effectively barricaded....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 20, 2024 07:14 AM (9UlRk)
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Well if I were driving then I wouldn't stop for those useful idiots.

Posted by: Ciampino - Update #62 at February 20, 2024 07:35 AM (qfLjt)

203 Well if I were driving then I wouldn't stop for those useful idiots.
Posted by: Ciampino - Update #62 at February 20, 2024 07:35 AM (qfLjt)

You know we are currently looking for qualified Dejackassifier drivers....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 20, 2024 07:37 AM (9UlRk)

204 'The company had been resisting the Rich Communication Services (RCS) standard for more than a year, with Alphabet’s Google and others pushing for the iPhone maker to adopt the technology. Apple said the new technology would work alongside iMessage and offer better interoperability than SMS or MMS.'
NOVEMBER 2023!!!

In short, Fen, Apple runs a proprietary text avenue? That is antiquated in the extreme and is not compatible with anything newer. They're selling a cool shell with an antique inside.
So when faced with an Android text, Apple converts it into its own form, then looks for a place for it to go. Without a primary destination, it looks for a secondary, and that's your old phone. This is vastly simplified but that's what is happening. It's like, the letter is supposed to go to your house, but since the carrier can't find your house, they deliver it to your son.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 07:38 AM (9yXr+)

205 197 Italian, plural of calamaro, from medieval Latin calamarium 'pen case', from Greek kalamos 'pen' (with reference to the squid's long tapering internal shell and its ink).
Posted by: Ciampino'

I desperately wanted to meet this with a Latin joke but it seems 'octopus' doesn't lend itself to that.
Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 07:32 AM (9yXr+)

LenNeal said "octopus"!!!??!

Posted by: m at February 20, 2024 07:38 AM (Ncap6)

206 Maryland House Bill 935, to create excise tax on firearms and accessories.

https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0935F.pdf

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 20, 2024 07:40 AM (a1415)

207 206 Maryland House Bill 935, to create excise tax on firearms and accessories.

https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0935F.pdf
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 20, 2024 07:40 AM (a1415)

Hmmm. A tax on exercising a basic constitutional right. Neat.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 20, 2024 07:43 AM (9UlRk)

208 What's that, Lassie?

Timmy fell in the well, and the Houthis have an unmanned underwater vessel in their control?

http://tinyurl.com/4kdpr7mv

Remember....Trump said 'pussy', so it's all good.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 20, 2024 07:43 AM (a1415)

209 Maryland House Bill 935, to create excise tax on firearms and accessories.

https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0935F.pdf
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 20, 2024 07:40 AM (a1415)

Would that be replacing or in addition to the state's sales tax?

Posted by: Cdr LaForge at February 20, 2024 07:44 AM (4I/2K)

210 Mazel tov VIA and Mrs. VIA

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 20, 2024 07:45 AM (RIvkX)

211 "Hmmm. A tax on exercising a basic constitutional right. Neat."

I wonder how well they would receive word of a voting tax, where the proceeds were used to clean up the voter rolls, and strengthen election security?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 20, 2024 07:45 AM (a1415)

212 "Latinized form of Greek oktōpous, literally "eight-foot," from oktō "eight" (see eight) + pous "foot," from PIE root *ped- "foot." The more usual Greek word seems to have been polypous (also pōlyps), from polys "many" + pous, but for this word Thompson ["Glossary of Greek Fishes," 1947] suggests folk-etymology and a non-Hellenic origin."

I just ran out of ideas there. Seems it's more PIE than Latin anyway and I plead the quinque, or whatever.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 07:45 AM (9yXr+)

213 So poll taxes are cool again now, right?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 20, 2024 07:45 AM (9UlRk)

214 Since we're discussing gun legislation. CA (of course) has entered a new bill that will require an annual registration of firearms, akin to vehicle registration. All govt. agencies are excluded of course.

Posted by: Halfhand at February 20, 2024 07:46 AM (5xbg9)

215 " or in addition to the state's sales tax?"

I believe in addition to.

Even if in place of, Md sales tax is 6%

This is 11%

So it's either an increase in rate, or in addition to.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 20, 2024 07:47 AM (a1415)

216 "So poll taxes are cool again now, right?"

At minimum, one could build that argument.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 20, 2024 07:47 AM (a1415)

217 Maryland is for crabs.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 20, 2024 07:48 AM (4I/2K)

218 Here is the companion Md Senate bill in PDF.

https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0784F.pdf

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 20, 2024 07:49 AM (a1415)

219 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. I wonder what today will bring.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 20, 2024 07:51 AM (Q0kLU)

220 Fun language fact: in translating Slavic languages, it's not a bad idea to keep in mind that they count up to two and sometimes three; after that, it's just 'more than two'. The numbers don't mean what they mean in English.
Numbers are exasperatingly vague in Slavic. I'm constantly dealing with serious academics using terms like, 'as many as' in numeric counting as low as 4.
No lie: "As many as four countries agreed that the Danube River required a treaty to establish navigational rights."

Me: "Well, is it 4, or is it 3? or 5? What the fuck are you even talking about? 'As many as 4'? So is it 4? is it 3? Explain yourself, motherfucker!"

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 07:52 AM (9yXr+)

221 So it appears biden and the dems are blackmailing Israel. They are circulating a draft UN proposal forcing Israel to accept a ceasefire and not allowing Israel to "Finish" the job. They will not bring it to a vote just yet. They want Israel to fold and agree to a appeasment ceasefire. It is a scumbag betrayal.

--

Makes me think...just how many years were we fighting after 9/11 with no "ceasefire" caterwauls?

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 20, 2024 07:53 AM (mupln)

222 219 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. I wonder what today will bring.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 20, 2024 07:51 AM (Q0kLU)

At least another chance my friend.

Posted by: tubal at February 20, 2024 07:53 AM (PCK5/)

223 In reference to the GOP primary, Nikki Haley tweeted "12 fellas down, 1 to go".

Unsurprisingly, people are interpreting that wrong and asking if her husband knows what she's doing with those "fellas". I can't wait for Ace to wake up.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 20, 2024 07:54 AM (Yqpb4)

224 "Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. I wonder what today will bring. "

Depends

Posted by: Joe Biden at February 20, 2024 07:54 AM (a1415)

225 " I wonder what today will bring."

Something more outrageous than yesterday. It keeps things interesting.

Posted by: fd at February 20, 2024 07:54 AM (vFG9F)

226 223 In reference to the GOP primary, Nikki Haley tweeted "12 fellas down, 1 to go".

Unsurprisingly, people are interpreting that wrong and asking if her husband knows what she's doing with those "fellas". I can't wait for Ace to wake up.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 20, 2024 07:54 AM (Yqpb4)

Hey now, it's not unreasonable to look forward to the impending end of a long work night.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 20, 2024 07:55 AM (9UlRk)

227 "Unsurprisingly, people are interpreting that wrong and asking if her husband knows what she's doing with those "fellas".

........, Same as in town!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 20, 2024 07:55 AM (a1415)

228 To give you a reference point for Maryland's well of brainpower, upon graduating high school in vaunted Prince Georges County I received a letter from University of Maryland.

They had accepted me into their institution of knowledge and learning based on the fact I had earned a GPA of 2.0 or better, and was a resident of the great state of Maryland.

I had never even applied to go there. The Fightin' Turtles, rah.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 20, 2024 07:55 AM (4I/2K)

229 > So it appears biden and the dems are blackmailing Israel.
___________

*biden's staff is. He's scraping crap out of his shorts.

BTW... that staff is people you never hear about nor voted for.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 20, 2024 07:56 AM (Q4IgG)

230 And, let's be honest, 12 to 1 is a pretty damn impressive fella-ratio.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 20, 2024 07:56 AM (9UlRk)

231 In reference to the GOP primary, Nikki Haley tweeted "12 fellas down, 1 to go".

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What's funny about that is she implies she's knocked ut the other 12, when in fact, she did poorly compared to the others who have dropped out.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 20, 2024 07:56 AM (mupln)

232 220 Numbers are exasperatingly vague in Slavic. I'm constantly dealing with serious academics using terms like, 'as many as' in numeric counting as low as 4.
No lie: "As many as four countries agreed that the Danube River required a treaty to establish navigational rights."
Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 07:52 AM (9yXr+)

On the face of it, I would take that to mean, "Four, but we're still awaiting answers from some respondents, so the number is potentially greater."

Posted by: m at February 20, 2024 07:56 AM (Ncap6)

233 So it appears biden and the dems are blackmailing Israel.

Joe Biden has been blackmailing people since he was suckling his whore of a momma's teet.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 20, 2024 07:57 AM (2ijlT)

234 I wonder how the secession of the 3 western counties in MD is going? Garrett, Washington, and Allegheny.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 20, 2024 07:59 AM (R4t5M)

235 Also....

Two, Nikki. Two, presumably, to go.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 20, 2024 07:59 AM (9UlRk)

236 Well, I've almost talked myself into talking to my brother about his project that I insist is wrong-headed and contrary to Church Dogma/Theology.
I exploded on a colleague last week and scared him, he just stressed me out with some bullshit thing.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 07:59 AM (9yXr+)

237 So it appears biden and the dems are blackmailing Israel.

Ah, the "fuck your buddy - international geopolitics edition" game is afoot. This will not end well.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 20, 2024 08:00 AM (4I/2K)

238 Well, AAA stopped and swapped the flat tire for the donut spare. The car looks handicapped with that thing on the front, you know? Yes, I'll be sure to pump it up to the 60 psi required.

The full-size tire does not look obviously damaged. Perhaps the seal between tire and rim was broken and the air all rushed out. It might only need to be remounted. I'll stop at my favorite tire shop this afternoon (good excuse to leave work early) and see what they can do.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 20, 2024 08:00 AM (J2vNu)

239 "Join Fox News for access to this content"

BITE ME

Posted by: fd at February 20, 2024 08:00 AM (vFG9F)

240 "I think that this is really an extraordinary, unusual circumstance that the law-abiding and rule-following New Yorkers who are business people have nothing to worry about, because they’re very different than Donald Trump and his behavior."
Said Governor Kathy Hochul, quoted in "Hochul tells NY businesses not to fear about Trump verdict: 'Nothing to worry about'" (The Hill).

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 20, 2024 08:00 AM (ENQN6)

241 The full-size tire does not look obviously damaged. Perhaps the seal between tire and rim was broken and the air all rushed out. It might only need to be remounted. I'll stop at my favorite tire shop this afternoon (good excuse to leave work early) and see what they can do.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 20, 2024 08:00 AM (J2vNu)

If you hit a curb, it probably is just a popped bead. If you don't have a beefy compressor, it can be hard to get it re-seated. You might be fine.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 20, 2024 08:02 AM (9UlRk)

242 Anybody who is not Donald Trump has nothing to worry about in NY. Also, squirrels stole my dingo.

Posted by: fd at February 20, 2024 08:02 AM (vFG9F)

243 In reference to the GOP primary, Nikki Haley tweeted "12 fellas down, 1 to go".

Hey grrl heyyy!
*awkward cackle*
Git you that Veep office!

Posted by: Kamala Harris at February 20, 2024 08:03 AM (kNWQk)

244 Jj must have been up late celebrating his birthday.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 20, 2024 08:03 AM (NYzgN)

245 Anybody who is not Donald Trump has nothing to worry about in NY. Also, squirrels stole my dingo.
Posted by: fd at February 20, 2024 08:02 AM (vFG9F)

At least they didn't cut off yer Slauson !

Posted by: JT at February 20, 2024 08:04 AM (T4tVD)

246 " Also, squirrels stole my dingo."

Did you leave it unlocked?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 20, 2024 08:04 AM (a1415)

247 "If you hit a curb, it probably is just a popped bead. If you don't have a beefy compressor, it can be hard to get it re-seated. You might be fine."

Use a hypo to inject some gasoline past the bead into the tire. Then light it and the tire will pop right back on the bead.

Or get tire shop to fix it. Boring.

Posted by: fd at February 20, 2024 08:04 AM (vFG9F)

248 On the face of it, I would take that to mean, "Four, but we're still awaiting answers from some respondents, so the number is potentially greater."
Posted by: m'

In The Balkans, what is or is not real or possible is determined by power and influence. So I, in certain situations, can simply tell someone something is indeed possible and it had better happen, right now. Like, 4 people, exactly, are going to perform an action. There is no fact. No discussion.
But in this case it is simply not worth the effort and I attribute it to flocks or herds. Yes there is more than two and less than a hundred, at this moment in time. Some may be lost, one or two might be excess, there may be dead I missed.
So, Who really knows?
It's one, two, and then a group.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 08:05 AM (9yXr+)

249 Dingo… name for a new Ford Model??

Posted by: tubal at February 20, 2024 08:05 AM (PCK5/)

250 Lol. George Santos is suing Jimmy Kimmel for copyright infringement. No matter how solid the case is, he'll lose. He of all people should know you can't fuck with Party men.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 20, 2024 08:05 AM (0FoWg)

251 "Use a hypo to inject some gasoline past the bead into the tire. "

Or starter fluid.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 20, 2024 08:05 AM (a1415)

252 Global Foundries is set to receive $1.5 billion in government funds

See what happens when you agree not to do business with the Trumps?

Posted by: Gov. Katherine Hochul at February 20, 2024 08:06 AM (moEfX)

253 Also, squirrels stole my dingo.

I HATE when they do that!

Posted by: rickb223 at February 20, 2024 08:06 AM (qilzz)

254 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at February 20, 2024 08:06 AM (NBVIP)

255 "I think that this is really an extraordinary, unusual circumstance that the law-abiding and rule-following New Yorkers who are business people have nothing to worry about, because they’re very different than Donald Trump and his behavior."

This is true. None of them beat Hillary Clinton and the Dem machine so they are probably OK. Like Trump was until 2016 when he became an outlaw and a threat to Our Democracy. .

Posted by: Ripley at February 20, 2024 08:06 AM (JojsZ)

256 Good morning. Got here expecting J.J. Hope everything is okay.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 20, 2024 08:07 AM (iF0sF)

257 Dingo… name for a new Ford Model??
Posted by: tubal

Would be good for an Australian Outback police interceptor.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 20, 2024 08:07 AM (qilzz)

258 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering

24 Degrees here....

Posted by: JT at February 20, 2024 08:07 AM (T4tVD)

259 Hiya jewells !

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

260 Morning jewells!

Posted by: tubal at February 20, 2024 08:08 AM (PCK5/)

261 Dingo GT. The last of the V8s.

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

262 I admit I loved New Math when the Fed brought it in, in the early 1970s and I loved it.
Set Theory is, if I had to narrow it down, THE most influential concept in my entire life.
I had it in First Grade.

Posted by: LenNeal at February 20, 2024 08:09 AM (9yXr+)

263 Dingo GT. The last of the V8s.
Posted by: fd at February 20, 2024 08:08 AM (vFG9F)

*eyes glazed over, practically drooling*

Posted by: Mad Max at February 20, 2024 08:09 AM (4I/2K)

264 252 Global Foundries is set to receive $1.5 billion in government funds

See what happens when you agree not to do business with the Trumps?
Posted by: Gov. Katherine Hochul
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Incorporated in the Cayman Islands.

Posted by: L - We're done for now. We just don't have the guts to turn off the lights on the show at February 20, 2024 08:09 AM (GshMh)

265 I was expecting J.J. Hope he's Okay

Posted by: Your Government at February 20, 2024 08:09 AM (Akjoo)

266 .

NOOD Morning Report

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 20, 2024 08:10 AM (qPw5n)

267 "I think that this is really an extraordinary, unusual circumstance that the law-abiding and rule-following New Yorkers who are business people have nothing to worry about, because they’re very different than Donald Trump and his behavior."

Like this guy?

NYC Amazon driver is attacked by a naked, drunken man and fends him off, gets arrested himself.
Says the driver "“That’s why I hate dealing with police, because it ends up biting me in the rear end.”

Posted by: fd at February 20, 2024 08:10 AM (vFG9F)

268 Nood

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 20, 2024 08:10 AM (RIvkX)

269 JJ lives!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 20, 2024 08:11 AM (z99Zw)

270 The Fightin' Turtles, rah.
Posted by: Count de Monet

Why do people keep sending me tshirts from this place?

Posted by: Mitch McConnell at February 20, 2024 08:11 AM (kNWQk)

271 Hiya JT.
Good morning tubal.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 20, 2024 08:12 AM (iF0sF)

272 Fen, go into Settings, Messages. Possible that he has something forwarded. Did he remove that phone from his Apple account?

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 20, 2024 08:13 AM (USTAS)

273 Use a hypo to inject some gasoline past the bead into the tire. Then light it and the tire will pop right back on the bead.

Or get tire shop to fix it. Boring.
Posted by: fd at February 20, 2024

***
I'm flammable. I'll stick with boring!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 20, 2024 08:16 AM (J2vNu)

274 You can ceгtainly see your skills withіn the article you write.
The world hoⲣеs for even more passionate writers such as you who ɑren't afraid to mention how tһеʏ belieνe.
At all times go after youг heart.

Posted by: schroeder at February 21, 2024 05:52 AM (G+Ixb)

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