Wednesday Morning Rant

"Consultants"

That's what they often call themselves, anyway. Traditionally, consultants are third parties who come into a company to help solve a problem by bringing their expertise to bear. It's a mixed bag to say the least and the idea of outside consultants has its fans and detractors, with the latter often outnumbering the former. It is more complicated than ever because alongside the traditional consultancy market, a new breed has emerged.

Well, a very old breed, just with a new name. Next to the traditional consultancies - efficacy notwithstanding - are the undisguised ideological gangsters. These new-school consultancy firms aren't there to help their clients' businesses, aren't there to provide technical or regulatory expertise and aren't there to deliver accurate information. They exist to enforce ideological conformity under threat of destruction.

One type of these gangster consultants operates against the target directly. They act as ideological cops, muscle their way into organizations, then start wreaking havoc. This variety started making headlines recently in the games business, after gamers started to notice and discuss their corrosive effects on the product. The most famous of this variety at the moment is Sweet Baby. Inc. out of Canada.

Sweet Baby bullies games developers to wokify their games, and one way it gets through the door is by threatening the development companies with Twitter armies descending on them with woke backlash. Several years ago, the boss of Sweet Baby put it pretty bluntly to its ideological allies in the games companies: terrify your bosses into hiring us:

The Co-Founder of Sweet Baby Inc Kim Belair proudly explains the method she uses to force bosses at game studios to censor, alter, and "diversify" game projects she feels are problematic - "Terrify them" aka threaten them with the anger of the cancel culture mob. pic.twitter.com/eFJZeKqSZd
— GamesNosh (@GamesNosh) March 4, 2024

This is a direct "nice shop you have here, it would be a shame if something happened to it" mafia tactic. It's a protection racket. "Pay me or I'll wreck up the joint and scare off your customers" is what the mob does, not a business. And the mob, at least, won't break your windows if you pay. These guys break your windows anyway and claim that it's to allow more customers to come in.

The other type of gangster consultancy operates against the target indirectly, by poisoning the target's business customers/partners. They get other companies to punish the target. This variety is the "research" firm. They don't provide strategy or direct recommendations, they provide "information" about with whom it is safe - that is Party-approved - for you to do business. This is the professional services equivalent of the "fact checking" racket. A recent example of this is an outfit called DoubleVerify.

DoubleVerify provides "brand safety" data to companies. "Brand safety" is an attempt to quantify whether advertisements appear near content that the advertiser wants. A brand may want their ad to show up near posts about cars, for example, but not near posts containing pornography. DoubleVerify provides data about ad placement to advertisers. This seems reasonable on its face, until you get to the problem: the company was "inaccurate" about ad placements on X/Twitter - and only on X. They showed X as having low scores for "brand safety" despite the platform actually having very high scores, and this resulted in their customers pulling ads from X and suspending ad campaigns there. DoubleVerify claims it was a mistake and has now been corrected, but this "mistake" was active for months. A mistake of this magnitude in their core product can mean only that they are incompetent, that they were lying, or both. There is not an innocent explanation.

The consultant mafias make navigating consultancies quite difficult for businesses. If a company thinks it needs a consultant for strategy or technical expertise, how does it pick one that is real and avoid accidentally hiring an ideological gangster? If a company needs data about product performance or market conditions, how does it choose a data service that provides real information rather ideologically-conforming disinformation?

The consultant industry was already plagued with problems of inconsistent results or outright incompetence, but an industry or product doesn't have to be broadly reputable or beloved to be strapped down to the altar of Woke sacrifice.

Posted by: Joe Mannix at 11:00 AM

Comments

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1 Mannix!

Posted by: Doof at April 17, 2024 11:01 AM (JunzL)

2 1

Posted by: Skip at April 17, 2024 11:01 AM (/vSYF)

3 1 Mannix!
Posted by: Doof at April 17, 2024 11:01 AM (JunzL)

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I'm pretty sure that guy's a cop.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 17, 2024 11:01 AM (GBKbO)

4 Thank goodness that last thread is over.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 17, 2024 11:01 AM (9yWhg)

5 SME

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 17, 2024 11:02 AM (Q4IgG)

6 Or otherwise know as Doof's second
Anyway it's Lunch / driving back towards home to 2nd job time

Posted by: Skip at April 17, 2024 11:02 AM (/vSYF)

7 I'm pretty sure that guy's a cop.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 17, 2024 11:01 AM (GBKbO)
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LIES AND SLANDER

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 11:02 AM (HnUIn)

8 7 I'm pretty sure that guy's a cop.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 17, 2024 11:01 AM (GBKbO)
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LIES AND SLANDER
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 11:02 AM (HnUIn)

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1. That's just what a cop would say.
2. You know, if you're an undercover cop, you have to admit that you're a cop if I ask.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 17, 2024 11:03 AM (GBKbO)

9 Good morning

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at April 17, 2024 11:03 AM (w3u3d)

10 non-nooding dicks

Well, I'm not going to do it now either.

Harrumph!

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 17, 2024 11:04 AM (vtyCZ)

11 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 17, 2024 11:05 AM (Zz0t1)

12 non-nooding dicks

Well, I'm not going to do it now either.

Harrumph!
Posted by: andycanuck

I nooded, andy, don't include me in your invective.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 17, 2024 11:05 AM (9yWhg)

13 Or otherwise know as Doof's second
Anyway it's Lunch / driving back towards home to 2nd job time
Posted by: Skip at April 17, 2024 11:02 AM (/vSYF)

My second, huh? Sloppy or non-sloppy??

Posted by: Doof at April 17, 2024 11:05 AM (JunzL)

14 You forgot management consulting firms like McKinsey putting out fake studies claiming to show that firms with strong DEI programs were more profitable than firms without DEI programs.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 17, 2024 11:05 AM (YAtuc)

15 I always try to listen to the job titles/descriptions of "Jeopardy" contestants...some make you go what?

Posted by: BignJames at April 17, 2024 11:06 AM (AwYPR)

16 Used to be there was money to be made prolonging the problem. Now they're causing it in the first place.

Posted by: DaveA at April 17, 2024 11:06 AM (FhXTo)

17 Makes you wonder why the right doesn't apply Alinsky and do the same damn thing right back to them.

Start an org that points out the woke and DIE ness of businesses and label them accordingly.

"They prefer diversity over quality."

"This company would rather push an agenda over entertaining with good old fashioned customer satisfaction."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 17, 2024 11:06 AM (Zz0t1)

18 What is it you say you do around here?

~The Bobs

Posted by: Heavy Meta at April 17, 2024 11:07 AM (NgqoH)

19 Or otherwise know as Doof's second
Anyway it's Lunch / driving back towards home to 2nd job time
Posted by: Skip at April 17, 2024 11:02 AM (/vSYF)

My second, huh? Sloppy or non-sloppy??
Posted by: Doof

Maybe he meant it in a duelling sense. Like when you face off with TJM.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 17, 2024 11:07 AM (9yWhg)

20 You forgot management consulting firms like McKinsey putting out fake studies claiming to show that firms with strong DEI programs were more profitable than firms without DEI programs.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 17, 2024 11:05 AM (YAtuc)
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I count them as the "information" variety. They publish ideologically-conforming disinformation.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 11:07 AM (HnUIn)

21
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1. That's just what a cop would say.
2. You know, if you're an undercover cop, you have to admit that you're a cop if I ask.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 17, 2024 11:03 AM (GBKbO)

Seems we need Buckeye Cop to do an investigation.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 17, 2024 11:07 AM (Zz0t1)

22 Sweet Baby bullies games developers to wokify their games, and one way it gets through the door is by threatening the development companies with Twitter armies descending on them

I can't wait until the day these basement dwellers meet a real army of thugs.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2024 11:07 AM (gkpAx)

23 DEI is slowly being re-termed "BRIDGE", so keep an eye out for that.

Posted by: XTC at April 17, 2024 11:07 AM (UnA8+)

24 Long-term capital gains tax rates range from 0% to 20%, based on taxable income 1040 line 15:

▪ 0%: Up to $47,025 for single filers, or up to $94,050 for married couples filing jointly.
▪ 15%: Between $47,026 and $518,900 for single filers, or between $94,051 and $583,750 for married couples filing jointly.
▪ 20%: Over $518,900 for single filers, or over $583,750 for married couples filing jointly.

Posted by: SMOD at April 17, 2024 11:08 AM (RHGPo)

25 Maybe he meant it in a duelling sense. Like when you face off with TJM.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 17, 2024 11:07 AM (9yWhg)

TJM and Doof swordfight? That's disturbing.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 17, 2024 11:08 AM (R4t5M)

26 What happened to all the scary variants?

Posted by: I gotta ask at April 17, 2024 11:08 AM (spJGG)

27
non-nooding dicks

Well, I'm not going to do it now either.

Harrumph!
Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 17, 2024 11:04 AM (vtyCZ)

Uh......

348 Noodus gratia chimpus.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 17, 2024 11:02 AM (9yWhg)

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 17, 2024 11:08 AM (Zz0t1)

28 "BRIDGE", so keep an eye out for that.
Posted by: XTC

Wish we had done that.
-- Crew of the Dali

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 17, 2024 11:09 AM (9yWhg)

29 22 Sweet Baby bullies games developers to wokify their games, and one way it gets through the door is by threatening the development companies with Twitter armies descending on them

I can't wait until the day these basement dwellers meet a real army of thugs.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2024 11:07 AM (gkpAx)

Considering that those companies are getting funding from the Department of Homeland Security, don't be surprised if Gropey Joe "Diddlefingers" Shitpants sends divisions out to back them up against the thugs.

Posted by: XTC at April 17, 2024 11:09 AM (UnA8+)

30 Welp, Hezbollah fired a drone at a community center in a town in Northern Israel, wounding 18, one seriously. Hezbollah continued its attacks to try to keep emergency services from aiding the victims.

The twist?

It was an Arab town.

Hezbollah is now targeting Arab Israelis to punish them for their loyalty to the Israeli state in the current conflict.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 17, 2024 11:09 AM (YAtuc)

31 25 Maybe he meant it in a duelling sense. Like when you face off with TJM.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 17, 2024 11:07 AM (9yWhg)

TJM and Doof swordfight? That's disturbing.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 17, 2024 11:08 AM (R4t5M)

Pickleball paddles...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at April 17, 2024 11:09 AM (PiwSw)

32 SME's or "subject matter experts" was what the Army went with while I worked as a Program Manager. You'd have to enlist one (or more) for your development team when working on some of the software programs used, or writing a new one.

Because reasons.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 17, 2024 11:09 AM (Q4IgG)

33 2. You know, if you're an undercover cop, you have to admit that you're a cop if I ask.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 17, 2024 11:03 AM (GBKbO)

Usually that statement is made by hookers. Not that I’m implying anything.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 17, 2024 11:09 AM (fR1dp)

34 "If a company needs data about product performance or market conditions, how does it choose a data service that provides real information rather ideologically-conforming disinformation?"

Assuming the company is not woke and doesn't want to go there, I would say 'word of mouth' within the industry. That's one usefulness of trade fairs. I hate this term 'networking' unless it's about computers, but there you are.

Posted by: Ciampino - Gino says don't buy Aldo's fish, it stinks at April 17, 2024 11:09 AM (qfLjt)

35 Good rant, Mr. "not a cop".

There's a component of DATA ANALYTICS at play here. It has ruined sports and it is certainly wreaking havoc in this realm.

Posted by: Doof at April 17, 2024 11:10 AM (JunzL)

36 Looks like an opportunity for a counter-mafia. Imagine a couple of large fellows in suits showing up at Sweet Baby HQ. Youze shudda paid us our respect up front.

Posted by: DaveA at April 17, 2024 11:10 AM (FhXTo)

37 The above is true enough. They do have the one virtue of being easy to recognize. The old fashioned type consultant is almost as harmful, and tougher to point out. I know my own employers (and my wife's) were continually falling for these frauds with their "over the top customer service" and "no transferred calls" policies.

There seems to be something in the nature of upper management which makes them suckers for sophistry.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 17, 2024 11:11 AM (1bNHn)

38 10 non-nooding dicks

Hey, it's eleven o'clock somewhere.

Posted by: Snarkmeister at April 17, 2024 11:11 AM (spJGG)

39 SME's or "subject matter experts" was what the Army went with while I worked as a Program Manager. You'd have to enlist one (or more) for your development team when working on some of the software programs used, or writing a new one.

Because reasons.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 17, 2024 11:09 AM (Q4IgG)
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True SMEs are often valuable in technical fields. I've even been one myself, so that might color my opinion of it.

But "you must have SMEs X, Y and Z no matter what" rules often make little sense. "This guy really knows his shit, so talk to him before you potentially blow up the system" often does.

If he actually knows his shit, of course.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 11:11 AM (HnUIn)

40 I worked for a division where the President and a VP were battling.
The President brought in a management consultant who came in and interviewed the staff and wrote a report.
To the chagrin of the President, the staff and the consultant identified the President as the problem. The President got so pissed off that he went to corporate and bad mouthed the consultant, saying she should never be used again.

Posted by: SMOD at April 17, 2024 11:11 AM (RHGPo)

41
I'm pretty sure that guy's a cop.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda

He's a Private Investigator, so he's free to shoot at will.

So long as your name isn't "Will", you should be okay.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 17, 2024 11:12 AM (xG4kz)

42 Good comparison, Joe Mannix! How have these DEI and ethics-assurance consultants avoided going to court? They are causing loss of income for the companies who cave to their extortion.

Reminds me of a writer who blogged about two professional "sensitivity readers" critique her manuscript. They didn't coordinate their approaches and at times contradicted each other.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at April 17, 2024 11:12 AM (fxCK2)

43 In the East German version of America we're becoming, everyone is a cop.

Posted by: Be a Good Citizen, Report Wrongthink at April 17, 2024 11:12 AM (Bwyoc)

44 Give yourself a fancy title.

Posted by: Like Data Scientist at April 17, 2024 11:12 AM (spJGG)

45 DoubleVerify claims it was a mistake and has now been corrected, but this "mistake" was active for months. A mistake of this magnitude in their core product can mean only that they are incompetent, that they were lying, or both.

Thank heaven Musk is very understanding and not at all litigious....

Oops.

Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at April 17, 2024 11:12 AM (x/y5f)

46 >36 Looks like an opportunity for a counter-mafia. Imagine a couple of large fellows in suits showing up at Sweet Baby HQ. Youze shudda paid us our respect up front.

Posted by: DaveA at April 17, 2024 11:10 AM (FhXTo)

Until an example is made of one if these blue-haired ass hats, nothing will change.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at April 17, 2024 11:12 AM (NgqoH)

47 non-nooding dicks >>>>>>> nood dicks

Posted by: Doof at April 17, 2024 11:12 AM (JunzL)

48 I nooded, andy, don't include me in your invective.
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Too little, too late!!!

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 17, 2024 11:13 AM (vtyCZ)

49 I’ve always thought that consultants were management’s way to enact change that they didn’t have the guts to do conventionally.

You might call antifa, BLM and Hamas consultants to the democrat controlled government.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 17, 2024 11:13 AM (jbnUc)

50 I always try to listen to the job titles/descriptions of "Jeopardy" contestants...some make you go what?
Posted by: BignJames

Someone mentioned it yesterday. Home shows.
I wrangle moths and my wife catagorizes dust bunnies. Our budget is $8.7 million.

WTF?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2024 11:13 AM (gkpAx)

51 McKinsey is recognized as a bad joke, except possibly by those who continue to use them

Posted by: SMOD at April 17, 2024 11:13 AM (RHGPo)

52 Maybe he meant it in a duelling sense. Like when you face off with TJM.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 17, 2024 11:07 AM (9yWhg)

Oh -- so I can send Skip in to fight for me?

Posted by: Doof at April 17, 2024 11:14 AM (JunzL)

53 There seems to be something in the nature of upper management which makes them suckers for sophistry.

There’s a Dilbert from a long time ago where the boss hires consultants on the basis that “if they don’t work here they’re smart”. I think that’s definitely an element of it.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 17, 2024 11:14 AM (fR1dp)

54 There seems to be something in the nature of upper management which makes them suckers for sophistry.
Posted by: Eeyore at April 17, 2024 11:11 AM (1bNHn)
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Lack of vision, usually. I've seen it happen numerous times.

The division is failing to hit its numbers and the GM of the division can't figure out what if anything to cut, what if anything to buy or implement to improve efficiency, how or if to reorganize, etc. His job is in the line if he doesn't hit those numbers, so he'll fire 3-4 people to free up budget and then spend the money bringing in consultants to "assess the business and provide recommendations."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 11:14 AM (HnUIn)

55 Would this beine thesnti
Posted by: Paul

What the hell is your native language?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 17, 2024 11:14 AM (9yWhg)

56 Live life, not video games. Or if you need diversion from life, get stoned and rock out (even better if you have a musical instrument).

Posted by: SFGoth at April 17, 2024 11:15 AM (KAi1n)

57
I'm old enough to remember when management consultants sold their services on the basis of how much profit they would yield my company.

"LOOK AT THE FLOOR! SEE THAT? THERE'S MONEY ALL OVER IT! ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PICK IT UP! WE"LL SHOW YOU HOW!"

Posted by: Auspex at April 17, 2024 11:15 AM (j4U/Z)

58 Give yourself a fancy title.
Posted by: Like Data Scientist

Rickb223 - HCIC
Head Cracker in Charge

Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2024 11:15 AM (gkpAx)

59 McKinsey is recognized as a bad joke, except possibly by those who continue to use them
Posted by: SMOD

Induced 'self-deleting' of US industries doesn't sound funny to me.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 17, 2024 11:16 AM (IG4Id)

60 I always looked at most consultants are “information repackagers”

They usually don’t bring any real knowledge to a situation, but rather repackage what is already known

Posted by: SMOD at April 17, 2024 11:16 AM (RHGPo)

61 Wasn't McKinsey the outfit that Pete Buttyjizz worked for?

Tells you all you need to know.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 17, 2024 11:16 AM (9yWhg)

62 >51 McKinsey is recognized as a bad joke, except possibly by those who continue to use them

Posted by: SMOD at April 17, 2024 11:13 AM (RHGPo)

The ONLY thing McKinsey does well, is log billable hours. Same for PwC and Accenture.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at April 17, 2024 11:16 AM (NgqoH)

63 Would this beine thesnti
Posted by: Paul

What the hell is your native language?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

He comes from beyond the stars.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2024 11:16 AM (gkpAx)

64 ...so he'll fire 3-4 people to free up budget and then spend the money bringing in consultants to "assess the business and provide recommendations."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 11:14 AM (HnUIn)

The Bobs have entered the chat

Posted by: Doof at April 17, 2024 11:16 AM (JunzL)

65 What the hell is your native language?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 17, 2024 11:14 AM (9yWhg)
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He hails from a tiny South Pacific island semi-nation on the fringes of Micronesia. They call it "Gibber" and the native people there - the Gibbers - speak Gibberish.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 11:16 AM (HnUIn)

66 There is a disconnect once you get to a certain point in management. You lose the 'feel' for a site and have to rely on your people- who could be morons, and not the good kind.

It is one reason I have resisted 'moving up', my OCD and personality does not want to become disconnected. So I have developed a reputation as 'unambitious' and 'hard to work with'. Although that last is for other reasons. Don't ask my opinion of you do not want to hear it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 17, 2024 11:16 AM (GIzpt)

67 Good comparison, Joe Mannix! How have these DEI and ethics-assurance consultants avoided going to court? They are causing loss of income for the companies who cave to their extortion.

Reminds me of a writer who blogged about two professional "sensitivity readers" critique her manuscript. They didn't coordinate their approaches and at times contradicted each other.
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That is beginning to happen. The DEI consultancy is starting to see their clients lose in court with more frequency than clients expect to lose. That whole industry is in trouble.

Posted by: Black JEM at April 17, 2024 11:17 AM (GZYu7)

68 The “Age of Experts” has been a real disappointment

Posted by: SMOD at April 17, 2024 11:17 AM (RHGPo)

69 Gibberish with Prolapse Paul!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at April 17, 2024 11:18 AM (R4t5M)

70 The “Age of Experts” has been a real disappointment, especially outside of STEM

Posted by: SMOD at April 17, 2024 11:18 AM (RHGPo)

71 ME became the 17th state to ratify the National Interstate Popular Vote Compact this week. That makes 209 electoral votes. It takes 270 to go into effect.

MI is actively considering it right now. Last night, the DEMs recaptured the MI House via 2 special elections. DEMs now have the trifecta in MI again-- the governor & both branches of the legislature. MI would make it 224 in favor.

This horror show flies beneath the radar. The public is mostly unaware of it, I suspect.

It would be a serious mistake to think this thing is unconstitutional, so therefore... not to worry. If it goes into effect, the courts are likely to uphold it, because the states are given great latitude as to how they choose their electors.

So, no more Electoral College. As CA and NY go, so goes the nation.

Posted by: mnw at April 17, 2024 11:19 AM (NLIak)

72 McKinsey is recognized as a bad joke, except possibly by those who continue to use them

And McKinsey is laying people off, because the economy is so wonderful.

I always thought that McKinsey's business model is that they make half of their people leave and go to work for clients, so there are people working at the clients who will hire McKinsey.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 17, 2024 11:19 AM (YAtuc)

73 The point I was trying to make ties into what Joe is talking about. There is already a disconnect between upper management and the floor. Add in a woke filter of DEI consultants and it Cc reates not just disconnection, but fantasyland.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 17, 2024 11:19 AM (GIzpt)

74 He hails from a tiny South Pacific island semi-nation on the fringes of Micronesia. They call it "Gibber" and the native people there - the Gibbers - speak Gibberish.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

We imported them when we were building the transcontinental railroad. They roamed the frontier with their Gibberish.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2024 11:19 AM (gkpAx)

75 Long-term capital gains tax rates range from 0% to 20%, based on taxable income 1040 line 15:
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Justin's new budget from yesterday:
The federal government is increasing capital gains taxes on wealthy individuals and companies, leaning on an affluent segment of the population to finance billions in new spending on housing and other government priorities.

The federal budget, released Tuesday, increases the inclusion rate on some capital gains. Businesses will now pay income tax on two-thirds of their capital gains earnings, up from one half. The increase will also apply to individuals, but only on capital gains earnings over $250,000.

The tax measure is expected to net the government $19.3-billion over the next five years – $8.8-billion from individuals and $10.5-billion from companies – in a bid to offset roughly $53-billion in new spending. It’s by far the largest revenue measure in the budget and the first change to capital gains taxes in a quarter-century.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland described the measure as an attempt to lean against “structural inequality” and raise funds from wealthy individuals that could be funnelled toward middle class and younger Canadians

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 17, 2024 11:19 AM (vtyCZ)

76 That is beginning to happen. The DEI consultancy is starting to see their clients lose in court with more frequency than clients expect to lose. That whole industry is in trouble.
Posted by: Black JEM at April 17, 2024 11:17 AM (GZYu7)
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That's okay. We'll pivot away from DEI and toward the BRIDGE framework to expand enterprise value as we help companies navigate the social and ecological landscape of a stakeholder market.

Posted by: Sour Adult, Inc. at April 17, 2024 11:20 AM (HnUIn)

77
You forgot management consulting firms like McKinsey putting out fake studies claiming to show that firms with strong DEI programs were more profitable than firms without DEI programs.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

Do they redefine the word "profit?"

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 17, 2024 11:20 AM (63Dwl)

78 too bad this is tortious interference and a corrupt practice that the courts and legislature approves of.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 17, 2024 11:20 AM (D7oie)

79 36 Looks like an opportunity for a counter-mafia. Imagine a couple of large fellows in suits showing up at Sweet Baby HQ. Youze shudda paid us our respect up front.

Posted by: DaveA at April 17, 2024 11:10 AM (FhXTo)

Until an example is made of one if these blue-haired ass hats, nothing will change.
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Christopher Rufo is destroying the DEI world. He has almost single handedly shown DEI research to be shoddy, and mostly recopied HS style victimology based garbage.

Posted by: Black JEM at April 17, 2024 11:20 AM (GZYu7)

80 Permanent Democrat hegemony.

Blah.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 17, 2024 11:21 AM (GIzpt)

81 Makes you wonder why the right doesn't apply Alinsky and do the same damn thing right back to them.

Start an org that points out the woke and DIE ness of businesses and label them accordingly.

"They prefer diversity over quality."

"This company would rather push an agenda over entertaining with good old fashioned customer satisfaction."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 17, 2024 11:06 AM (Zz0t1)

There is someone who does that for Sweet Baby... SBI Detected or something like that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 17, 2024 11:21 AM (nR2nR)

82 Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland described the measure as an attempt to lean against “structural inequality” and raise funds from wealthy individuals that could be funnelled toward middle class and younger Canadians

And Ukraine, of course.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 17, 2024 11:21 AM (YAtuc)

83 I think the scariest lines I ever heard in high-tech were …

I don’t know how to read those profit/loss statements and if I ever really needed to know what is in them, I would hire somebody to explain it to me

Posted by: SMOD at April 17, 2024 11:21 AM (RHGPo)

84 McKinsey. I worked at an organization many years ago that had McKinsey come in an tell us what was wrong. Part of the contract was a deliverable, a report on the findings and recommendations going forward. We never received the report. In other words, McKinsey is probably the best BS artists in the consulting world.

Of course, McKinsey alums gave us Enron. How did that work out?

Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at April 17, 2024 11:21 AM (+YRf1)

85 The point I was trying to make ties into what Joe is talking about. There is already a disconnect between upper management and the floor. Add in a woke filter of DEI consultants and it Cc reates not just disconnection, but fantasyland.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 17, 2024 11:19 AM (GIzpt)
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Right, I dig it. The C-Suite is often isolated from the production business, and the lines of communication aren't particularly open. The men between the C-Suite and the floor won't say, "this is a disaster," they'll say something like, "the staff aren't happy with the changes, but we're managing expectations." It becomes a non-problem.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 11:22 AM (HnUIn)

86 Damn pro-Palestinian elephants!

R A W S A L E R T S
@rawsalerts
🚨#BREAKING: A circus elephant has gotten loose after after escaping from its circus tent. Watch as Law enforcement and other authorities shutdown the streets after a A Circus elephant was running loose in the streets stopping traffic while a handler ran after it after escaping from traveling circus tent in Butte Montana Officals from Jordan World Circus said the elephant’s handlers were washing the female elephant outside the civic center when a passing vehicle backfired and spooked the animal causing it temporarily to escaped The spooked animal was soon safely corralled back at the civic center without injury

https://shorturl.at/cryU1

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 17, 2024 11:23 AM (FVME7)

87 Question: would consultancies like Sweet Baby Inc exist without social media? It seems to me they wouldn’t - or would be very different, and smaller, without social media.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 17, 2024 11:23 AM (nvtOt)

88 willowed:

351 It begs the question.....does the lack of protest in the black community mean they prefer tha thug lyfe over gainful, steady employment?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden
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Black community, old says goes, 'don't have anything to do with them across the tracks'. Across the tracks were White Trash, usually illiterate, Irish, drunks, and wife beaters. They weren't forced into a life of stupidity they chose it and there children didn't know any better. This was elementary school it was right next to the tracks so there was a generous mix of white trash and regular people and it was easy to tell who was who.

It's the same with Blacks today, there's a dichotomy. There are those who have studied and want a civil life for themselves and their children and those who don't care to know better. It's easier for them to see the difference than us; Just as it was easier for us kids to know white trash from not.

Posted by: Braenyard at April 17, 2024 11:23 AM (HLBYA)

89 Do they redefine the word "profit?"

Those fake McKinsey studies did a lot of damage - tons of companies used them as "proof" that they should go full DEI.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 17, 2024 11:23 AM (YAtuc)

90 Correlate turned into Cc rates?

Wtf, autocucumber?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 17, 2024 11:23 AM (GIzpt)

91 McKinsey. I worked at an organization many years ago that had McKinsey come in an tell us what was wrong. Part of the contract was a deliverable, a report on the findings and recommendations going forward. We never received the report. In other words, McKinsey is probably the best BS artists in the consulting world. ...
Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at April 17, 2024 11:21 AM (+YRf1)
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Been there. I've been there specifically. In my case, it was an example of the "GM is on the ropes and hired them in desperation." It failed. The GM got fired and most of his direct staff. For all I know, McKinsey created the report, but it never got delivered because the people who ordered it were shit-canned and there was nobody to whom they could deliver it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 11:24 AM (HnUIn)

92 That's okay. We'll pivot away from DEI and toward the BRIDGE framework to expand enterprise value as we help companies navigate the social and ecological landscape of a stakeholder market.
Posted by: Sour Adult, Inc.

That sounds like a statement that Joe Mannix would make with a "Your Kid's ____" sock.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 17, 2024 11:24 AM (9yWhg)

93 This is a direct "nice shop you have here, it would be a shame if something happened to it" mafia tactic. It's a protection racket. "Pay me or I'll wreck up the joint and scare off your customers" is what the mob does, not a business.

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* Jackson & Sharpton, The ~~Justice~~ Extortion Brothers, have entered the chat *

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at April 17, 2024 11:24 AM (g6nra)

94 The point I was trying to make ties into what Joe is talking about. There is already a disconnect between upper management and the floor. Add in a woke filter of DEI consultants and it Cc reates not just disconnection, but fantasyland.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 17, 2024 11:19 AM (GIzpt)
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Right, I dig it. The C-Suite is often isolated from the production business, and the lines of communication aren't particularly open. The men between the C-Suite and the floor won't say, "this is a disaster," they'll say something like, "the staff aren't happy with the changes, but we're managing expectations." It becomes a non-problem.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 11:22 AM (HnUIn)
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And as the lawsuits start to roll in, the C Suite realizes they are in trouble and starts firing people - usually starting with the HR/DEI officers. Already happening. Wait until the Supremes make affirmative action completely illegal.

Posted by: Black JEM at April 17, 2024 11:24 AM (GZYu7)

95 Question: would consultancies like Sweet Baby Inc exist without social media? It seems to me they wouldn’t - or would be very different, and smaller, without social media.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 17, 2024 11:23 AM (nvtOt)
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They would exist, because colleges are still churning out the primary input for them.

But they'd likely be much smaller, much less numerous and have a much harder time making inroads.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 11:25 AM (HnUIn)

96 91 Been there. I've been there specifically. In my case, it was an example of the "GM is on the ropes and hired them in desperation." It failed. The GM got fired and most of his direct staff. For all I know, McKinsey created the report, but it never got delivered because the people who ordered it were shit-canned and there was nobody to whom they could deliver it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 11:24 AM (HnUIn)

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Alternate theory:

It was delivered to new management, but management made no news of it. They didn't care about it or the report was borderline nonsense.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 17, 2024 11:25 AM (GBKbO)

97 I feel targeted by this post! When I left corporate, I consulted pretty successfully for 3 years before I bought my studio.

Posted by: Piper at April 17, 2024 11:25 AM (ZdaMQ)

98 Communism is a parasite. It flourishes because of the excess wealth a capitalism driven system creates. Once it gains complete control though, it kills the host.

So we got that going for us.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 17, 2024 11:26 AM (GIzpt)

99 Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland described the measure as an attempt to lean against “structural inequality” and raise funds from wealthy individuals that could be funnelled toward middle class and younger Canadians.

She, and the government, are nothing but thieves and robbers, and should go to prison.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 17, 2024 11:26 AM (nvtOt)

100 >Been there. I've been there specifically. In my case, it was an example of the "GM is on the ropes and hired them in desperation." It failed. The GM got fired and most of his direct staff. For all I know, McKinsey created the report, but it never got delivered because the people who ordered it were shit-canned and there was nobody to whom they could deliver it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 11:24 AM (HnUIn)

And McKinsey still got paid - handsomely.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at April 17, 2024 11:26 AM (NgqoH)

101 And Ukraine, of course.
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No, we've been intercoursing the canine on that because i] military-related; and ii] hurts domestic bribe-spending dollars.

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 17, 2024 11:26 AM (vtyCZ)

102 Makes you wonder why the right doesn't apply Alinsky and do the same damn thing right back to them.

because the left doesn't care. All those things like income equality, diversity, etc? They do not give the slightest shit about.

They want power. And they want to use that power to take things from you.

So ultimately they have a very simple calculus for if something is moral or not. Does this make us, the left, strong or not?

If the answer is yes then it is all good. Which is why feminists defend Bill Clinton raping women, environmentalists defend the megawealthy being "carbon pigs", and the "peace movement" defends the endless war in Ukraine.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 17, 2024 11:26 AM (ibTVg)

103 It was delivered to new management, but management made no news of it. They didn't care about it or the report was borderline nonsense.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 17, 2024 11:25 AM (GBKbO)
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Entirely possible.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 11:26 AM (HnUIn)

104 Do you remember the 'Time & Motion' consultant fad? (I think I got that right)

Posted by: Ciampino - Gino says don't buy Aldo's fish, it stinks! at April 17, 2024 11:26 AM (qfLjt)

105 95 Question: would consultancies like Sweet Baby Inc exist without social media? It seems to me they wouldn’t - or would be very different, and smaller, without social media.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 17, 2024 11:23 AM (nvtOt)

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The idea that companies like Ubisoft are terrified of social media blowback feels nonsensical to me.

They do what they want. Sweet Baby gives them an excuse to do it, is all.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 17, 2024 11:26 AM (GBKbO)

106 Consultants are almost always brought in because upper managers are pussies and refuse to do their job and fire the middle and lower managers and supervisors.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 17, 2024 11:27 AM (GIzpt)

107 I feel targeted by this post! When I left corporate, I consulted pretty successfully for 3 years before I bought my studio.
Posted by: Piper at April 17, 2024 11:25 AM (ZdaMQ)
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In fairness, I didn't say all consultants are shit. I said it's a very difficult market to navigate and it's becoming nearly impossible to do so due to the gangsters. It used to be that you just had to try to identify and avoid the idiots.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 11:28 AM (HnUIn)

108 The idea that companies like Ubisoft are terrified of social media blowback feels nonsensical to me.

They do what they want. Sweet Baby gives them an excuse to do it, is all.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 17, 2024 11:26 AM (GBKbO)
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This is a very real possibility, too.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 11:28 AM (HnUIn)

109 The new face og North Face? https://tinyurl.com/3nud5k7r

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at April 17, 2024 11:28 AM (snyZJ)

110 I'd hire Mannix' chimp as a consultant. He looks like he's pretty no-nonsense and knows his stuff.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 17, 2024 11:28 AM (9yWhg)

111 71 ME became the 17th state to ratify the National Interstate Popular Vote Compact this week. That makes 209 electoral votes. It takes 270 to go into effect.

MI is actively considering it right now. Last night, the DEMs recaptured the MI House via 2 special elections. DEMs now have the trifecta in MI again-- the governor & both branches of the legislature. MI would make it 224 in favor.

This horror show flies beneath the radar. The public is mostly unaware of it, I suspect.

It would be a serious mistake to think this thing is unconstitutional, so therefore... not to worry. If it goes into effect, the courts are likely to uphold it, because the states are given great latitude as to how they choose their electors.

So, no more Electoral College. As CA and NY go, so goes the nation.
Posted by: mnw at April 17, 2024 11:19 AM (NLIak)

ME has voted to silence itself. As have rural states that go along with this.

But then, ME wants a parliamentary system anyway. They should just join Canada and become the 11th province.

(I wonder how many of these states will run away screaming from this if an evil Republican wins the popular vote?)

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 17, 2024 11:28 AM (nvtOt)

112 73 The point I was trying to make ties into what Joe is talking about. There is already a disconnect between upper management and the floor. Add in a woke filter of DEI consultants and it Cc reates not just disconnection, but fantasyland.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 17, 2024 11:19 AM (GIzpt)
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That's true about the disconnect. I recall trying to get an upper management guy to see it. He wasn't a dummy, by any means, but he simply couldn't grasp how unreliable the communication was between levels.

I did know one man who, whenever someone under him took a vacation, tried to spend one day working that person's desk. That would help. But you cannot go that far down; not enough time.

A friend told me the only useful advice he'd seen from a consultant was that, if you interview several people for a position, you should hire the one you like least.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 17, 2024 11:28 AM (1bNHn)

113 I'd hire Mannix' chimp as a consultant. He looks like he's pretty no-nonsense and knows his stuff.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 17, 2024 11:28 AM (9yWhg)
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Plus, he's holding six cards so at least you know up-front that he's a cheater and be prepared to manage him pretty closely...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 11:29 AM (HnUIn)

114 Damn pro-Palestinian elephants!
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Hey! I was saving that one for Quick Hits and the Café if ace didn't see it too!

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 17, 2024 11:29 AM (vtyCZ)

115 105 95 Question: would consultancies like Sweet Baby Inc exist without social media? It seems to me they wouldn’t - or would be very different, and smaller, without social media.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 17, 2024 11:23 AM (nvtOt)

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The idea that companies like Ubisoft are terrified of social media blowback feels nonsensical to me.

They do what they want. Sweet Baby gives them an excuse to do it, is all.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 17, 2024 11:26 AM (GBKbO)
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You'd be surprised how cloistered the top is. They believe this because they were told to believe it. The consultancy of DEI plays to this. So they say fine and go off to other things. There are some who are died in the wool DEI types of course. They aren't faring very well right now.

Posted by: Black JEM at April 17, 2024 11:29 AM (GZYu7)

116 110 I'd hire Mannix' chimp as a consultant. He looks like he's pretty no-nonsense and knows his stuff.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 17, 2024 11:28 AM (9yWhg)
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Disagree. That's not the kind of picture I want from Mannix.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 17, 2024 11:29 AM (1bNHn)

117 108 The idea that companies like Ubisoft are terrified of social media blowback feels nonsensical to me.

They do what they want. Sweet Baby gives them an excuse to do it, is all.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 17, 2024 11:26 AM (GBKbO)
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This is a very real possibility, too.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 11:28 AM (HnUIn)

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It's how they overbearingly overcome internal resistance to directions the more powerful factions within the corporation want to go anyway.

"CEO says we have to because social media blowback. He has a report about it."

"Well, CFO, I guess we have to do it now."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 17, 2024 11:30 AM (GBKbO)

118 (I wonder how many of these states will run away screaming from this if an evil Republican wins the popular vote?)

Then the National Vote Compact will be ignored, of course.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 17, 2024 11:31 AM (YAtuc)

119 And now a word from a teacher at the school where an evil tranny nutball killed a bunch of elementary students . . .

Breaking911
@Breaking911
Nashville Covenant school teacher on bill to arm teachers: “I simply cannot imagine how I could have pulled out a gun with 10 children under foot and in my arms. I think of all the terrible things that could have gone wrong had I had a gun.”

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Yeah, boy, we really dodged a bullet there.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 17, 2024 11:31 AM (FVME7)

120 The idea that companies like Ubisoft are terrified of social media blowback feels nonsensical to me.

They do what they want. Sweet Baby gives them an excuse to do it, is all.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 17, 2024 11:26 AM (GBKbO)

It is nonsensical to you, and to me, because we both know (and others here too) that social media is NOT reality. YET every business aches to pander to social media, which allows orgs like Sweet Baby to flourish.

Hence my belief that Sweet Baby, er Al would not exist if not for social media, OR if companies and others figured out what we already know, that social media is NOT reality.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 17, 2024 11:31 AM (nvtOt)

121 Disagree. That's not the kind of picture I want from Mannix.
Posted by: Eeyore

You prefer the ugly ripped monkey?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 17, 2024 11:32 AM (9yWhg)

122 Ooooo, got a date tonight! Man oh man is that babe hot to trot! Screen door-hurricane, IYKWIM

LETS DANCE!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Dq9Dqohhmg

Posted by: Jimmy Carter at April 17, 2024 11:32 AM (X4yCj)

123 97 I feel targeted by this post! When I left corporate, I consulted pretty successfully for 3 years before I bought my studio.
Posted by: Piper at April 17, 2024 11:25 AM (ZdaMQ)
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That just means you're a recovering consultant.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 17, 2024 11:32 AM (1bNHn)

124
You prefer the ugly ripped monkey?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 17, 2024 11:32 AM (9yWhg)

I'm quite sure he's referring to Mannix's 'Pic of the Thread' posts........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 17, 2024 11:32 AM (Zz0t1)

125 In my experience, consultants are brought in when management (either middle or upper) is clueless about their product and refuse to listen to staff who do.

I've seen, and been part of this clown-show before.

The arguments are sometimes heated and management seldom bends or admits they're wrong.

It ends up costing time, money and (sometimes) personnel.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 17, 2024 11:32 AM (Q4IgG)

126 118 (I wonder how many of these states will run away screaming from this if an evil Republican wins the popular vote?)

Then the National Vote Compact will be ignored, of course.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 17, 2024 11:31 AM (YAtuc)

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The National Vote Compact is dead letter until they get enough states signed up to be a majority. It's in all of the passed individual bills.

And, as time goes on, the biggest signers are losing electoral power as they lose population.

If you want to go three levels deep, you could say that the efforts to bring in and count illegal immigrants is part of a long effort to make the National Vote Compact come into effect.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 17, 2024 11:33 AM (GBKbO)

127 Breaking911
@Breaking911
Nashville Covenant school teacher on bill to arm teachers: “I simply cannot imagine how I could have pulled out a gun with 10 children under foot and in my arms. I think of all the terrible things that could have gone wrong had I had a gun.”

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Yeah, boy, we really dodged a bullet there.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 17, 2024 11:31 AM (FVME7)

Maybe because I am a military officer, but I would have had no such qualms. I would be thinking of alll the things that could go wrong if I were NOT armed to deal with the threat.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 17, 2024 11:33 AM (nvtOt)

128 (I wonder how many of these states will run away screaming from this if an evil Republican wins the popular vote?)

Then the National Vote Compact will be ignored, of course.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 17, 2024 11:31 AM (YAtuc)
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Oh, they'll make sure that NEVER happens, by hook or by crook (mostly the latter).

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 17, 2024 11:33 AM (7fElN)

129 Other than a few limited areas of mostly scientific or engineering disciplines, I've found experts/consultants to be totally worthless if not outright counterproductive. We use a lot of them in the legal field. 95% of them are total scams and will do or say anything for a paycheck.

If it was up to me, I'd kick them all to the curb, but there's kind of a Legal Consultant Complex that has grown up around the legal profession. Evidence rules have developed to favor outside "expert witnesses" on almost everything. It's a billion-dollar industry dug in like alien ticks.

Posted by: Elric Blade at April 17, 2024 11:33 AM (iFTx/)

130 120 It is nonsensical to you, and to me, because we both know (and others here too) that social media is NOT reality. YET every business aches to pander to social media, which allows orgs like Sweet Baby to flourish.

Hence my belief that Sweet Baby, er Al would not exist if not for social media, OR if companies and others figured out what we already know, that social media is NOT reality.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 17, 2024 11:31 AM (nvtOt)

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This isn't mutually exclusive to my conclusion.

It's an excuse. They don't have to believe it. They just need a study to point to.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 17, 2024 11:33 AM (GBKbO)

131 118 (I wonder how many of these states will run away screaming from this if an evil Republican wins the popular vote?)

Then the National Vote Compact will be ignored, of course.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 17, 2024 11:31 AM (YAtuc)
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You know the answer perfectly well. Were that to happen, it would be proof that the Republicans stole it.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 17, 2024 11:34 AM (1bNHn)

132 @Breaking911
Nashville Covenant school teacher on bill to arm teachers: “I simply cannot imagine how I could have pulled out a gun with 10 children under foot and in my arms. I think of all the terrible things that could have gone wrong had I had a gun.” ...
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 17, 2024 11:31 AM (FVME7)
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Okay. So don't carry one. You sound self-aware enough to that it is a bad idea for you. Good. That's called "responsibility."

Your trepidation, however, does not define someone else's rights.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 11:34 AM (HnUIn)

133 A friend told me the only useful advice he'd seen from a consultant was that, if you interview several people for a position, you should hire the one you like least.

My philosophy always was that for the more senior positions, you identify the person that you want to hire, and then talk them into taking the job, without any public job search.

This, of course, requires that you 1) know the people in your industry; and 2) have a reputation as an excellent place to work at.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 17, 2024 11:34 AM (YAtuc)

134 86
I thought elephants in circuses had been banned?

Posted by: Ciampino - Dumbo not like this at April 17, 2024 11:34 AM (qfLjt)

135 "Company" I contracted with bankrupted more businesses than not.
Supposedly they came in to help the company, usually with poor cash flow, with product delivery. However the "Company" managers had no practical experience with delivery or customer service and didn't care, they were all about the numbers. They could manipulate numbers better than Professor Harold Hill.

They could interpret negative or neutral cash flow as a positive on the books and mesmerize the owner into believing it. The business would slowly bleed to death.

Posted by: Braenyard at April 17, 2024 11:34 AM (HLBYA)

136
The idea that companies like Ubisoft are terrified of social media blowback feels nonsensical to me.

They do what they want. Sweet Baby gives them an excuse to do it, is all.

I think in many cases bringing in DEI is a way for one group/leader in a company to attack another.

My division's profits are down my your rival? Who cares because he's racist! And this report proves it.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 17, 2024 11:34 AM (ibTVg)

137 A couple of jobs ago, I worked at a medium-sized company and sat in the executive suite as the paralegal to the general counsel. The senior management would fight like cats and dogs sometimes. It was quite entertaining.

And then there were the Board meetings. LOL.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 17, 2024 11:34 AM (9yWhg)

138 "When an evil Republican wins the popular vote" (W in 2012), said Republican also wins the Electoral College by an even GREATER margin than he won the popular vote,

So, the Interstate Popular Vote Compact would be irrelevant in that scenario. Not a factor.

Posted by: mnw at April 17, 2024 11:35 AM (NLIak)

139 Your trepidation, however, does not define someone else's rights.
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Like being an older, male teacher, teaching older students who don't literally need their hands held.

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 17, 2024 11:36 AM (vtyCZ)

140 The National Vote Compact is dead letter until they get enough states signed up to be a majority. It's in all of the passed individual bills.

There is also the slight problem that interstate compacts need to be approved by Congress.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 17, 2024 11:36 AM (YAtuc)

141 couple of jobs ago, I worked at a medium-sized company and sat in the executive suite as the paralegal to the general counsel. The senior management would fight like cats and dogs sometimes. It was quite entertaining.

And then there were the Board meetings. LOL.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 17, 2024 11:34 AM (9yWhg)
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Probably a good thing. Executives should routinely call bullshit on each other and nothing should be rubber-stamped. It can become pathological and limit all action, of course, but universal harmony in the C-Suite is a bad sign.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 11:36 AM (HnUIn)

142 110 I'd hire Mannix' chimp as a consultant. He looks like he's pretty no-nonsense and knows his stuff.

He's a straight shooter with upper management written all over him.

Posted by: The Bobs at April 17, 2024 11:36 AM (og5mY)

143 140 The National Vote Compact is dead letter until they get enough states signed up to be a majority. It's in all of the passed individual bills.

There is also the slight problem that interstate compacts need to be approved by Congress.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 17, 2024 11:36 AM (YAtuc)

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I imagine it wouldn't pass a serious constitutional review.

The question is: Would there be a serious constitutional review in the courts once lawsuits started?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 17, 2024 11:37 AM (GBKbO)

144 There is also the slight problem that interstate compacts need to be approved by Congress.

And that this one explicitly violates the constitution.

But hell in 2020 Biden openly stole the election and the SC deemed every case brought to them as not having standing...the same thing would happen here

Posted by: 18-1 at April 17, 2024 11:37 AM (ibTVg)

145 I think in many cases bringing in DEI is a way for one group/leader in a company to attack another.

Of course.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 17, 2024 11:37 AM (YAtuc)

146 I'd hire Mannix' chimp as a consultant. He looks like he's pretty no-nonsense and knows his stuff.

He's a straight shooter with upper management written all over him.
Posted by: The Bobs at April 17, 2024 11:36 AM (og5mY)
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Yeah, I'm gonna have to disagree with you there, m'kay....

Posted by: Bill Lumbergh at April 17, 2024 11:37 AM (7fElN)

147 Put down the kids and shoot the motherfucker, dumbshit. Jeebus. No wonder the kids can't read or write, with incandescently brilliant pedagogues like these.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 17, 2024 11:38 AM (0FoWg)

148 How have these DEI and ethics-assurance consultants avoided going to court? They are causing loss of income for the companies who cave to their extortion.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at April 17, 2024 11:12 AM (fxCK2)

Management at these companies WANT to do this. The DEI consultants provide them an excuse to do what they want to do anyway. They have agendas other than the company making money.

Welcome to Ayn Rand Stage Capitalism.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 17, 2024 11:38 AM (nR2nR)

149 The question is: Would there be a serious constitutional review in the courts once lawsuits started?

Before the election: The issue is not yet ripe as you haven't suffered any harm

After the election: Well unfortunately we can't change election results so you have no standing or uh...the good and plenty clause or...just get lost

Posted by: 18-1 at April 17, 2024 11:38 AM (ibTVg)

150
That sounds like a statement that Joe Mannix would make with a "Your Kid's ____" sock.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April

Ha! But the new words are as follows :
Pivot is now reframe
Landscape is an ecosystem
Navigate is guide or maneuver
Data driven is empirical
Value is intrinsic excellence.

J is still in the c suite and I make fun of him daily when I hear these words exit his mouth. I know him better. 😂

Posted by: Piper at April 17, 2024 11:38 AM (ZdaMQ)

151 Nashville Covenant school teacher on bill to arm teachers: “I simply cannot imagine how I could have pulled out a gun with 10 children under foot and in my arms. I think of all the terrible things that could have gone wrong had I had a gun.”

Why the fuck do you have kids in your arms? For any fucking reason?

And you'd rather watch them die than end the rampage? GTFOOH. Seriously. Quit and go live in a cave.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2024 11:38 AM (gkpAx)

152 149 The question is: Would there be a serious constitutional review in the courts once lawsuits started?

Before the election: The issue is not yet ripe as you haven't suffered any harm

After the election: Well unfortunately we can't change election results so you have no standing or uh...the good and plenty clause or...just get lost
Posted by: 18-1 at April 17, 2024 11:38 AM (ibTVg)

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It's almost like you've been paying attention. What are you, some sort of doomer?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 17, 2024 11:39 AM (GBKbO)

153 Goodbye, Dubai.

Watch videos of Dubai under water after they injected chemicals into a storm and got an entire year’s worth of rain

https://shorturl.at/cIPT0

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 17, 2024 11:39 AM (FVME7)

154 133 A friend told me the only useful advice he'd seen from a consultant was that, if you interview several people for a position, you should hire the one you like least.

My philosophy always was that for the more senior positions, you identify the person that you want to hire, and then talk them into taking the job, without any public job search.

This, of course, requires that you 1) know the people in your industry; and 2) have a reputation as an excellent place to work at.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 17, 2024 11:34 AM (YAtuc)
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That also assumes you are justified in trusting your own judgement. I have found that that is almost never correct. The number of times smart, even brilliant, people hire and promote the unqualified, is astounding. I've seen this both in my work life, and in my reading (especially naval history).

I honestly think that identifying the best person for a position is the hardest task known to man. Nelson showed good sense when he handed a list back, saying to pick them yourself.

Socrates was wrong. Beans (lotteries) work better.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 17, 2024 11:40 AM (1bNHn)

155 Watch videos of Dubai under water after they injected chemicals into a storm and got an entire year’s worth of rain

https://shorturl.at/cIPT0
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,

My wife showed me a video of that. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 17, 2024 11:40 AM (9yWhg)

156 Management at these companies WANT to do this. The DEI consultants provide them an excuse to do what they want to do anyway. They have agendas other than the company making money.

DEI, along with ESG, is also a way for established companies to keep out new entrants.

Requiring that all companies in your industry have to meet certain "standards" (enforced by the government, if necessary) is a good way to cripple companies just starting out.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 17, 2024 11:41 AM (YAtuc)

157 I dunno... given the mental state of most teachers today, arming them seems like a really bad idea.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 17, 2024 11:41 AM (Q4IgG)

158 Not exactly the same, but consultants and agents seem to have some similarities, and Jim Breuer was talking about this recently with some conspiracy guy. They were asking the question, why do they call themselves agents?

Anyhoo, lots of behind the scenes stuff happens in Hollowood, everyone knows that, and I'm never sure if the people who want to talk about it, and do so cryptically, are just playing a game, or if they really have some dark secrets they know.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 17, 2024 11:42 AM (dGCAG)

159 120 The idea that companies like Ubisoft are terrified of social media blowback feels nonsensical to me.

They do what they want. Sweet Baby gives them an excuse to do it, is all.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 17, 2024 11:26 AM (GBKbO)
_________

Yes and no. I tend to agree that the target is a soft target in that woke cancer has already metastasized at the target and makes it prone to bouts of woke harakiri already.

But the threat of social media blowback is a real threat to be taken seriously. It's not a gaggle of SM incels ranting on SM per se, but the chance (likelihood?) that such an effort turns into larger cancellation. Even huge game developers need access to sales channels, promotion, banks and financing, etc. All of that can be targeted and, as we've seen, they have spines made of limp-wristed homosexual noodles.

Posted by: Elric Blade at April 17, 2024 11:42 AM (iFTx/)

160 Live life, not video games. Or if you need diversion from life, get stoned and rock out (even better if you have a musical instrument).
Posted by: SFGoth at April 17, 2024 11:15 AM (KAi1n)

Or, allow people to enjoy what they enjoy. Lots of people here comment on the game of baseball. I thought baseball was mind-numbingly boring to watch even before they started trying to be stupid... but lots of people here seem to enjoy it. Their enjoyment harms me not at all so I wish them well.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 17, 2024 11:42 AM (nR2nR)

161 Goodbye, Dubai.

Watch videos of Dubai under water after they injected chemicals into a storm and got an entire year’s worth of rain

https://shorturl.at/cIPT0
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

How toxic is the rainwater?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2024 11:42 AM (gkpAx)

162 ... Watch videos of Dubai under water after they injected chemicals into a storm and got an entire year’s worth of rain ...
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 17, 2024 11:39 AM (FVME7)
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Assuming that this is true and that their scheme worked and *did* cause a major local weather event (rather than it being a coincidence or there being some confounding variable, which is usually the case with weather control experiments), how is this not being decried under the banner of "climate change?"

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 11:42 AM (HnUIn)

163
"I was made to feel undervalued because my voice was unheard in the thread, and yes, I feel race and gender affirmation were unaccounted for in this hateful action, so I see no other course but to be here in federal court asking for my rightful damages of a hundred bajillion dollars, and an apology, and whatever else my justice consulting co-op comes up with tomorrow."

Posted by: Auspex at April 17, 2024 11:43 AM (j4U/Z)

164 79
‘ DEI research to be shoddy’
If the research were shoddy, why do so many people want to plagiarize it, hmm?

Checkmate.

Posted by: Dr. Claudine Gay at April 17, 2024 11:43 AM (jbnUc)

165 I dunno... given the mental state of most teachers today, arming them seems like a really bad idea.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 17, 2024 11:41 AM (Q4IgG)

Meanwhile, there was a hearing yesterday regarding whether to release the entire Nashville shooter's manifesto. I don't know the outcome, Crowder seems to be the only one talking about it.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 17, 2024 11:43 AM (dGCAG)

166 The National Vote Compact is another communist conspiracy.

Posted by: Braenyard at April 17, 2024 11:43 AM (HLBYA)

167 I dunno... given the mental state of most teachers today, arming them seems like a really bad idea.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Depends on where you live. Our small, country school has signs out from warning that teachers are armed and will not hesitate to return fire.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2024 11:44 AM (gkpAx)

168 If it goes into effect, the courts are likely to uphold it, because ~~the states are given great latitude as to how they choose their electors~~ it will minimize the effort needed to be applied for the cheat and result in the outcome they want.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 17, 2024 11:44 AM (nR2nR)

169 And you'd rather watch them die than end the rampage? GTFOOH. Seriously. Quit and go live in a cave.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2024 11:38 AM (gkpAx)

Where the argument is made to allow teachers to arm themselves, clearly this one should be marked for "Cannon fodder use only".

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 17, 2024 11:44 AM (N39Ws)

170 Or, allow people to enjoy what they enjoy. Lots of people here comment on the game of baseball. I thought baseball was mind-numbingly boring to watch even before they started trying to be stupid... but lots of people here seem to enjoy it. Their enjoyment harms me not at all so I wish them well.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 17, 2024 11:42 AM (nR2nR)
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Right. I'm not a big video gamer. I play some games sometimes when I'm bored or something. It's not a big part of my life.

But if it makes you happy, go for it. I love baseball. The MLB is the only thing I've boycotted since the Woke Explosion that I've actually missed. That you don't love baseball has no effect on me.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 11:44 AM (HnUIn)

171 Meanwhile, there was a hearing yesterday regarding whether to release the entire Nashville shooter's manifesto. I don't know the outcome, Crowder seems to be the only one talking about it.
Posted by: BurtTC

They need time to come up with a totally phony manifesto blaming climate change and the cis male hetero patriarchy.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 17, 2024 11:44 AM (9yWhg)

172 Even conservative/MAGA legal scholars are warning that the National Vote Compact will likely NOT be found unconstitutional.

JEM

I don't get why you think that the fact states which have already adopted this thing are losing population is significant. If MI ratifies (the DEMs control the whole show there), that's 224 votes. It takes 270. One more big blue wave (like 200

would put it over the top.

Posted by: mnw at April 17, 2024 11:45 AM (NLIak)

173
Do you remember the 'Time & Motion' consultant fad? (I think I got that right)
Posted by: Ciampino

Cheaper by the dozen.

wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheaper_by_the_Dozen

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 17, 2024 11:45 AM (63Dwl)

174 Piracy the second half
Con (con job) first half
Conspiracy

Posted by: Braenyard at April 17, 2024 11:45 AM (HLBYA)

175
Your trepidation, however, does not define someone else's rights.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 11:34 AM (HnUIn)

'HOW DARE YOU!!!!'

- - - - - Every Leftist Everywhere

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 17, 2024 11:45 AM (Zz0t1)

176 165 I dunno... given the mental state of most teachers today, arming them seems like a really bad idea.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 17, 2024 11:41 AM (Q4IgG)

Meanwhile, there was a hearing yesterday regarding whether to release the entire Nashville shooter's manifesto. I don't know the outcome, Crowder seems to be the only one talking about it.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 17, 2024 11:43 AM (dGCAG)

Nashville Police are still "investigating" the matter - looking for accomplices. Supposedly wrapping it up by July. Judicial Watch is on it.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 17, 2024 11:45 AM (N39Ws)

177 165 I dunno... given the mental state of most teachers today, arming them seems like a really bad idea.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 17, 2024 11:41 AM (Q4IgG)

Meanwhile, there was a hearing yesterday regarding whether to release the entire Nashville shooter's manifesto. I don't know the outcome, Crowder seems to be the only one talking about it.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 17, 2024 11:43 AM (dGCAG)
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There must be something seriously bad in that manifesto given the superhuman efforts to keep it hidden. What could it be? It can't just be that "I'm a tranny and hate normals and I'm insane." We already know that. I think it must be something that expressly implicates state actors in the creation, preparation, or instigation for the murders.

Posted by: Elric Blade at April 17, 2024 11:46 AM (iFTx/)

178 how is this not being decried under the banner of "climate change?"

Dubai is built like a drunken game of SimCity with the cheat codes on. I guess all their money lets them fly under the radar of criticism from the greens.

Posted by: brak at April 17, 2024 11:46 AM (25k9m)

179 Sounds like there's a need for a (conservative) consultancy that can rank consultancies in this regard?

Posted by: Eric at April 17, 2024 11:46 AM (k8/Fn)

180 "Consultants" is just another word for Bull Shit Artist.

The money, time and effort wasted on these pukes would be better spent in a five dollar whore house.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 17, 2024 11:46 AM (cDEsv)

181 Dubai is built like a drunken game of SimCity with the cheat codes on. I guess all their money lets them fly under the radar of criticism from the greens.
Posted by: brak at April 17, 2024 11:46 AM (25k9m)
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LOL. Great description.

I imagine that Abu Dhabi resents having to bail out Dubai sometimes, though.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 11:47 AM (HnUIn)

182 They're some kind of government labs. (See Take This dot org.)

Luckily for all, I don't know enough about Tech to comment further.

Posted by: L - If they do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at April 17, 2024 11:47 AM (NFX2v)

183 President Joe Biden, 81, “has no impairment,” Attorney General Merrick Garland claimed in the octogenarian’s defense on Tuesday.

While testifying under oath before a House appropriations subcommittee, Garland said “the president has no impairment” because he “watched” Biden conduct meetings.

Posted by: Muad'Dib at April 17, 2024 11:47 AM (RHGPo)

184 172 should read "(like 200

". I dunno why I get those damn emojis every once in a while.

Posted by: mnw at April 17, 2024 11:47 AM (NLIak)

185 Meanwhile, there was a hearing yesterday regarding whether to release the entire Nashville shooter's manifesto. I don't know the outcome, Crowder seems to be the only one talking about it.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 17, 2024 11:43 AM (dGCAG)
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There must be something seriously bad in that manifesto given the superhuman efforts to keep it hidden. What could it be? It can't just be that "I'm a tranny and hate normals and I'm insane." We already know that. I think it must be something that expressly implicates state actors in the creation, preparation, or instigation for the murders.
Posted by: Elric Blade at April 17, 2024 11:46 AM (iFTx/)

Nah - they just never, ever, ever give an inch. Ever.
We could learn from that lesson.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 17, 2024 11:47 AM (exHjb)

186
Watch videos of Dubai under water after they injected chemicals into a storm and got an entire year’s worth of rain

https://shorturl.at/cIPT0
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

"Never fool with Mother Nature."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 17, 2024 11:48 AM (Zz0t1)

187 WTF?

Posted by: mnw at April 17, 2024 11:48 AM (NLIak)

188 “I have watched him expertly guide meetings of staff and of cabinet members on issues of foreign affairs and military strategy and policy,” he said.

“I have complete confidence in the president,” Garland noted.

Posted by: SMOD at April 17, 2024 11:48 AM (RHGPo)

189 This redhead just finished getting dressed and is ready to go out - and she didn't need a Wardrobe Consultant to provide trend information prior to selecting her outfit:
http://tiny.cc/eovsxz

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 11:48 AM (HnUIn)

190
Watch videos of Dubai under water after they injected chemicals into a storm and got an entire year’s worth of rain

I saw a video of the airport being under a foot or so of water. But they mentioned about 4 inches of rain. Damn that's dry. Here in SE PA we get 4 inches of rain every month, all year long.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 17, 2024 11:48 AM (RKVpM)

191 Goodbye, Dubai.

Watch videos of Dubai under water after they injected chemicals into a storm and got an entire year’s worth of rain

https://shorturl.at/cIPT0
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

How toxic is the rainwater?
Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2024 11:42 AM (gkpAx)

Meanwhile, Bill Gates is rubbing his hands together, and speculating on how much rain his ex-wife's current location might need.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 17, 2024 11:48 AM (dGCAG)

192 ‘ DEI research to be shoddy’
If the research were shoddy, why do so many people want to plagiarize it, hmm?

Checkmate.
Posted by: Dr. Claudine Gay

1. They're too stupid to know the research was shoddy.
2. The results aligned with their outlook.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2024 11:48 AM (gkpAx)

193 should read "(like 200". I dunno why I get those damn emojis every once in a while.
Posted by: mnw at April 17, 2024 11:47 AM (NLIak)

Putting an 8 next to the ")" gives a smiley with sunglasses. Use a space between and you'll get your intent:

(2008 ).

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 17, 2024 11:49 AM (Zz0t1)

194 192 1. They're too stupid to know the research was shoddy.
2. The results aligned with their outlook.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2024 11:48 AM (gkpAx)

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3. The research doesn't matter, only the conclusions.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 17, 2024 11:50 AM (GBKbO)

195 Pamela Anderson Joins Liam Neeson in Paramount’s New “Naked Gun” Movie

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Who they gonna get to play Nordburg? Maybe Joy Reid?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 17, 2024 11:50 AM (FVME7)

196 I saw a video of the airport being under a foot or so of water. But they mentioned about 4 inches of rain. Damn that's dry. Here in SE PA we get 4 inches of rain every month, all year long.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

I would expect Dubai to get 12 inches of rain and the streets be moist. Figure the desert would suck it all up like a sponge.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2024 11:50 AM (gkpAx)

197 Hiya

Posted by: JT at April 17, 2024 11:50 AM (T4tVD)

198 “I have watched him expertly guide meetings of staff and of cabinet members on issues of foreign affairs and military strategy and policy,” he said.

Weird that Biden can only do that behind closed doors, and not in public.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 17, 2024 11:50 AM (YAtuc)

199 http://tiny.cc/eovsxz
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 11:48 AM (HnUIn)

How might I disappoint thee.

Let me count the ways.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 17, 2024 11:50 AM (Zz0t1)

200 Watch videos of Dubai under water after they injected chemicals into a storm and got an entire year’s worth of rain
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Oh, wow. I knew of the flooding [Saudi too I think] but didn't know about the cloud seeding.

Let's hope it sets a precedent for action against any individual, corporation, or country that tries blocking the Sun purposefully using particulate matter.

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 17, 2024 11:50 AM (vtyCZ)

201 There must be something seriously bad in that manifesto given the superhuman efforts to keep it hidden. What could it be? It can't just be that "I'm a tranny and hate normals and I'm insane." We already know that. I think it must be something that expressly implicates state actors in the creation, preparation, or instigation for the murders.
Posted by: Elric Blade at April 17, 2024 11:46 AM (iFTx/)

Nah - they just never, ever, ever give an inch. Ever.
We could learn from that lesson.
Posted by: Nova Local at April 17, 2024 11:47 AM (exHjb)

Yeah, I gotta say, the "I'm a tranny and I want to kill normals" is enough. It's also possible, if we want to get conspiratorial about it, the school (or someone else) had been contacting the cops about this chick, and the cops basically ignored them.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 17, 2024 11:51 AM (dGCAG)

202 127 Breaking911
@Breaking911
Nashville Covenant school teacher on bill to arm teachers: “I simply cannot imagine how I could have pulled out a gun with 10 children under foot and in my arms. I think of all the terrible things that could have gone wrong had I had a gun.”

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Yeah, boy, we really dodged a bullet there.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 17, 2024 11:31 AM (FVME7)

Maybe because I am a military officer, but I would have had no such qualms. I would be thinking of alll the things that could go wrong if I were NOT armed to deal with the threat.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at April 17, 2024 11:33 AM (nvtOt)

Not sure I want to be around people who don't trust themselves to be able to defend themselves. Self-awareness is one thing but yee gads...

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 17, 2024 11:51 AM (KbCG3)

203 189 This redhead just finished getting dressed and is ready to go out - and she didn't need a Wardrobe Consultant to provide trend information prior to selecting her outfit:
http://tiny.cc/eovsxz
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 11:48 AM (HnUIn)
______

That's what I'm talking about!

Posted by: Eeyore at April 17, 2024 11:51 AM (1bNHn)

204 126
‘biggest signers are losing electoral power as they lose population. ‘

They’ ll have to an even larger number of fake votes onto the thumb drives.

Posted by: Dr. Claudine Gay at April 17, 2024 11:51 AM (jbnUc)

205 Pamela Anderson Joins Liam Neeson in Paramount’s New “Naked Gun” Movie

Ruining it, just like they do EVERYTHING ELSE.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 17, 2024 11:51 AM (Zz0t1)

206 Let's hope it sets a precedent for action against any individual, corporation, or country that tries blocking the Sun purposefully using particulate matter.
Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 17, 2024 11:50 AM (vtyCZ)

This will only empower them to try even more.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 17, 2024 11:52 AM (Zz0t1)

207 Dubai is built like a drunken game of SimCity with the cheat codes on.

I guess all their money lets them fly under the radar of criticism from the greens.
Posted by: brak

Possibly the fact that they are still muslim and will throw their faggot asses of a building might have something to do with it.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2024 11:52 AM (gkpAx)

208 Goodbye, Dubai.

Watch videos of Dubai under water after they injected chemicals into a storm and got an entire year’s worth of rain ...
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 17, 2024 11:39 AM (FVME7)
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Oy. Okay. From the article:
The heavy rains that caused widespread flooding across the desert nation stemmed partly from cloud seeding. The UAE started cloud seeding operations in 2002 to address water security issues, even though the lack of drainage in many areas can trigger flooding.

Cloud seeding is unreliable and expensive. It's extremely unlikely that cloud seeding caused a 100-year storm (or whatever this one was).

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 11:52 AM (HnUIn)

209 ""Terrify them" aka threaten them with the anger of the cancel culture mob."

I will never understand why the first action of any game company whom these people talk to is not to hit them with a suit for extortion.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 17, 2024 11:52 AM (ou9hh)

210 189 This redhead just finished getting dressed and is ready to go out - and she didn't need a Wardrobe Consultant to provide trend information prior to selecting her outfit:
http://tiny.cc/eovsxz

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 11:48 AM (HnUIn)

I would need to see a driver's license and birth certificate before I took a chance here.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 17, 2024 11:52 AM (KbCG3)

211 Errp?

@TheInsiderPaper 27m
BREAKING: FAA issues ground stop advisory on all Alaskan Airline's flights without mentioning the reason (SkyWest excluded)

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 17, 2024 11:53 AM (IG4Id)

212 Weird that Biden can only do that behind closed doors, and not in public.

Reminiscent of the day after Chappaquiddick, when the Kennedy brain trust gathered to figure out how to deal with the scandal, and Teddy was given a kite, and was told to go outside and fly the kite, so he wouldn't interfere with the adults deliberating.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 17, 2024 11:53 AM (YAtuc)

213 211 Errp?

@TheInsiderPaper 27m
BREAKING: FAA issues ground stop advisory on all Alaskan Airline's flights without mentioning the reason (SkyWest excluded)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 17, 2024 11:53 AM (IG4Id)

======

Boeing needed cover from the newest whistleblower?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 17, 2024 11:53 AM (GBKbO)

214 Nashville Police are still "investigating" the matter

-
There must be a Christian nationalist behind it somehow.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 17, 2024 11:53 AM (FVME7)

215 209 ""Terrify them" aka threaten them with the anger of the cancel culture mob."

I will never understand why the first action of any game company whom these people talk to is not to hit them with a suit for extortion.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 17, 2024 11:52 AM (ou9hh)

Or just, you know, ignore them. Businesses have not learned a single thing. Standing your ground earns you customers and loyalty.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 17, 2024 11:54 AM (KbCG3)

216 Meanwhile, there was a hearing yesterday regarding whether to release the entire Nashville shooter's manifesto. I don't know the outcome, Crowder seems to be the only one talking about it.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 17, 2024 11:43 AM (dGCAG)

Nashville Police are still "investigating" the matter - looking for accomplices. Supposedly wrapping it up by July. Judicial Watch is on it.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 17, 2024 11:45 AM (N39Ws)

Whenever they talk about it, Crowder will ask his team "has the Nashville DA sued us yet, like they said they were going to?

Inevitably the answer is "No, nothing's come in."

Posted by: BurtTC at April 17, 2024 11:54 AM (dGCAG)

217 Not sure I want to be around people who don't trust themselves to be able to defend themselves. Self-awareness is one thing but yee gads...
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 17, 2024 11:51 AM (KbCG3)

Agreed. You can't just cower. I've told my kids that. We don't really believe in the 3rd part of run/fight/hide - hiding is like the absolute last resort and only if you KNOW help is coming REALLY REALLY soon. And it really never does.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 17, 2024 11:54 AM (exHjb)

218 "Makes you wonder why the right doesn't apply Alinsky and do the same damn thing right back to them.

Start an org that points out the woke and DIE ness of businesses and label them accordingly."

Honestly? You can just use the tools they've already created.

If one has mutual funds, those mutual fund are going to have an ESG score that you can look up.

You can use that to find and invest in mutual funds with low ESG scores.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 17, 2024 11:55 AM (ou9hh)

219 BREAKING: FAA issues ground stop advisory on all Alaskan Airline's flights without mentioning the reason (SkyWest excluded)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 17, 2024 11:53 AM (IG4Id)

Closed for repairs. Moose out front shoulda told ya.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 17, 2024 11:55 AM (dGCAG)

220 217 Not sure I want to be around people who don't trust themselves to be able to defend themselves. Self-awareness is one thing but yee gads...

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 17, 2024 11:51 AM (KbCG3)

Agreed. You can't just cower. I've told my kids that. We don't really believe in the 3rd part of run/fight/hide - hiding is like the absolute last resort and only if you KNOW help is coming REALLY REALLY soon. And it really never does.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 17, 2024 11:54 AM (exHjb)

"Here's a tool that you can use to save your life."

"Oh, no, I couldn't. I'd probably just end up killing myself if I had that."

"Uh, what?"

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 17, 2024 11:56 AM (KbCG3)

221 BREAKING: NPR Editor Uri Berliner, Who Was Suspended for Exposing Liberal Bias Against Conservatives, Has Just Resigned.

"I am resigning from NPR, a great American institution where I have worked for 25 years. I don’t support calls to defund NPR. I respect the integrity of my colleagues and wish for NPR to thrive and do important journalism. But I cannot work in a newsroom where I am disparaged by a new CEO whose divisive views confirm the very problems at NPR I cited in my Free Press essay," Berliner wrote in a statement published on X.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 17, 2024 11:56 AM (YAtuc)

222 CvntSultan 4 hire.

Have gun, will travel.

Posted by: Dick Boone at April 17, 2024 11:56 AM (lZVy/)

223 213 211 Errp?

@TheInsiderPaper 27m
BREAKING: FAA issues ground stop advisory on all Alaskan Airline's flights without mentioning the reason (SkyWest excluded)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 17, 2024 11:53 AM (IG4Id)

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Boeing needed cover from the newest whistleblower?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 17, 2024 11:53 AM (GBKbO)

Or they finally found a placed saboteur. I mean, things fail...and DEI probably makes them fail more...but their plane issues have hit the ridiculous point for believability that someone isn't sabotaging internally...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 17, 2024 11:56 AM (exHjb)

224 221 BREAKING: NPR Editor Uri Berliner, Who Was Suspended for Exposing Liberal Bias Against Conservatives, Has Just Resigned.

"I am resigning from NPR, a great American institution where I have worked for 25 years. I don’t support calls to defund NPR. I respect the integrity of my colleagues and wish for NPR to thrive and do important journalism. But I cannot work in a newsroom where I am disparaged by a new CEO whose divisive views confirm the very problems at NPR I cited in my Free Press essay," Berliner wrote in a statement published on X.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 17, 2024 11:56 AM (YAtuc)

========

"It's a great American institution that has been completely and totally taken over by idiots. I hope it continues with full funding."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 17, 2024 11:56 AM (GBKbO)

225 Have gun, will travel.
Posted by: Dick Boone at April 17, 2024 11:56 AM (lZVy/)
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I always thought, "Have Brain, Will Travel" would be a good name for an independent consultant's business.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 11:57 AM (HnUIn)

226 New NPR CEO Dubbed Bill Maher “Racist Bigot”

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I can live with that.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 17, 2024 11:57 AM (FVME7)

227 Disagree. That's not the kind of picture I want from Mannix.
Posted by: Eeyore

You prefer the ugly ripped monkey?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 17, 2024 11:32 AM (9yWhg)

https://is.gd/bAVLGB

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 17, 2024 11:57 AM (nR2nR)

228 Pamela Anderson Joins Liam Neeson in Paramount’s New “Naked Gun” Movie

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Ruining it, just like they do EVERYTHING ELSE.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at April 17, 2024 11:51 AM (Zz0t1)

Neeson's become a trash actor. If they were going to go with a ham, they should have gotten Nick Cage. Or maybe Bruce Campbell.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 17, 2024 11:57 AM (dGCAG)

229 "It's a great American institution that has been completely and totally taken over by idiots. I hope it continues with full funding."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 17, 2024 11:56 AM (GBKbO)

"The problems I identified will likely be magnified through the employment of a CEO that embodies the worst of everything I pointed out. Donate today!"

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 17, 2024 11:58 AM (KbCG3)

230 I would expect Dubai to get 12 inches of rain and the streets be moist. Figure the desert would suck it all up like a sponge.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2024 11:50 AM (gkpAx)

Mike Douglas used to make me moist when I watched his show. The only white man ever did that to me.

Posted by: Granny Klump at April 17, 2024 11:58 AM (cDEsv)

231 https://is.gd/bAVLGB
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 17, 2024 11:57 AM (nR2nR)
++++
AHHHHHHHHH

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 11:58 AM (HnUIn)

232 105 The idea that companies like Ubisoft are terrified of social media blowback feels nonsensical to me.

They do what they want. Sweet Baby gives them an excuse to do it, is all.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 17, 2024 11:26 AM (GBKbO)

They want the big investment deals from BlackRock, Vanguard, etc...

This is the only way they get them.

Posted by: XTC at April 17, 2024 11:58 AM (UnA8+)

233 Alaska ground stop -- Japan earthquake > Tsunami / Godzilla attack?

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at April 17, 2024 11:59 AM (YIxO9)

234
Liam Neeson is no Leslie Nielson.

He did do a great bit in the checkout scene from "Ted", though.

Posted by: Auspex at April 17, 2024 11:59 AM (j4U/Z)

235 I would expect Dubai to get 12 inches of rain and the streets be moist. Figure the desert would suck it all up like a sponge.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2024 11:50 AM (gkpAx)
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Apparently not. Cities are paved, which I think is a big factor. I dunno about Dubai, but Las Vegas has really a significant storm sewer system to prevent flooding when it sometimes dumps rain.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 11:59 AM (HnUIn)

236 New York Ballot Initiative Could Allow Kids to Get Sex Changes Without Parental Consent

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What could possibly go wrong?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 17, 2024 11:59 AM (FVME7)

237 Mike Douglas used to make me moist when I watched his show. The only white man ever did that to me.
________

Whether I'm right,

Or whether I'm wrong.

Posted by: Robert Goulet at April 17, 2024 11:59 AM (lf83v)

238 Liam Neeson does comedy?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 17, 2024 11:59 AM (9yWhg)

239 “Trans Vampire” Convicted of Sexually Assaulting Disabled Girl

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Well, it is 2024.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 17, 2024 12:00 PM (FVME7)

240 Whether I'm right,

Or whether I'm wrong.
Posted by: Robert Goulet at April 17, 2024 11:59 AM (lf83v)
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I'm more concerned about whether there will be weather than what the weather will be.

Posted by: The Whetherman at April 17, 2024 12:00 PM (HnUIn)

241 >>I would expect Dubai to get 12 inches of rain and the streets be moist. Figure the desert would suck it all up like a sponge.

You'd be amazed at how rich Dubai is and how poorly things are engineered there.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2024 12:00 PM (LkLld)

242 New York Ballot Initiative Could Allow Kids to Get Sex Changes Without Parental Consent
__________

Remember when the government used to involuntarily sterilize children?

They're back.

Posted by: Indians, Blacks and the Handicapped at April 17, 2024 12:01 PM (lf83v)

243 It is one reason I have resisted 'moving up', my OCD and personality does not want to become disconnected. So I have developed a reputation as 'unambitious' and 'hard to work with'. Although that last is for other reasons. Don't ask my opinion of you do not want to hear it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

I went the pure technical track and became a Fellow in my company. Now I'm the boogy man the duvision chief engineer and director of engineering throw at a failing program to unphuck problems, ID the root cause, and recommend whom was the culprit that let shiz go sideways. Fun job.

Posted by: BifBewalski at April 17, 2024 12:01 PM (MsrgL)

244 Generally, individual consultants good, consulting firm bad

Posted by: N at April 17, 2024 12:01 PM (RjBju)

245 ... and will throw their faggot asses of a building might have something to do with it.
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Glitter-bombing!

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 17, 2024 12:01 PM (vtyCZ)

246 This isn't hard. Make firearm certification a requirement for the teaching credential.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 17, 2024 12:01 PM (yeEu9)

247 Las Vegas has really a significant storm sewer system to prevent flooding when it sometimes dumps rain.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 11:59 AM (HnUIn)

Lots of Mole People living in those storm sewers.

Like a sci fi movie for reals.

Posted by: THX 1138 at April 17, 2024 12:02 PM (cDEsv)

248 Pamela Anderson Joins Liam Neeson in Paramount’s New “Naked Gun” Movie
_________

I wonder who will break a hip first?

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at April 17, 2024 12:02 PM (lf83v)

249 This isn't hard. Make firearm certification a requirement for the teaching credential.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 17, 2024 12:01 PM (yeEu9)
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Or just for teachers who want to be armed.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 12:02 PM (HnUIn)

250 147
‘ Put down the kids and shoot the motherfucker’

What this chick is really saying’s is her fear of guns is more important than the lives of children.

Posted by: Dr. Claudine Gay at April 17, 2024 12:03 PM (jbnUc)

251
Lots of Mole People living in those storm sewers.

Like a sci fi movie for reals.
Posted by: THX 1

I could tell you some stories...
-- Zombie Carl Kolchak

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 17, 2024 12:03 PM (9yWhg)

252 How's Pam Anderson looking these days?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 17, 2024 12:04 PM (9yWhg)

253 Lots of Mole People living in those storm sewers.

Like a sci fi movie for reals.
Posted by: THX 1138 at April 17, 2024 12:02 PM (cDEsv)
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Yeah. And when there's a decently big rainfall in Las Vegas, there's usually a body count as a result. Those storm sewers essentially flash flood (by design) and carry away some of the zombies.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 12:04 PM (HnUIn)

254 250 147
‘ Put down the kids and shoot the motherfucker’

What this chick is really saying’s is her fear of guns is more important than the lives of children.
Posted by: Dr. Claudine Gay at April 17, 2024 12:03 PM (jbnUc)

Or that she would be the 1st target instead of the kids b/c she'd have a weapon.

Aka, she's not into putting herself in more danger to save them...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 17, 2024 12:04 PM (exHjb)

255 What this chick is really saying’s is her fear of guns is more important than the lives of children.
Posted by: Dr. Claudine Gay at April 17, 2024 12:03 PM (jbnUc)
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And the rights of others.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 12:04 PM (HnUIn)

256 Almost 25,000 Chinese Nationals Crossed U.S. Borders In 6 Months, 37,000% Increase In 3 Years

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Maybe we can finally get some decent General Tso's chicken.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 17, 2024 12:04 PM (FVME7)

257
Yeah, I gotta say, the "I'm a tranny and I want to kill normals" is enough. It's also possible, if we want to get conspiratorial about it, the school (or someone else) had been contacting the cops about this chick, and the cops basically ignored them.

I suspect she mentions talking with specific NGOs that stoked her rage against normal people and THAT is what they are keeping hidden

Posted by: 18-1 at April 17, 2024 12:04 PM (ibTVg)

258 257
Yeah, I gotta say, the "I'm a tranny and I want to kill normals" is enough. It's also possible, if we want to get conspiratorial about it, the school (or someone else) had been contacting the cops about this chick, and the cops basically ignored them.

I suspect she mentions talking with specific NGOs that stoked her rage against normal people and THAT is what they are keeping hidden
Posted by: 18-1 at April 17, 2024 12:04 PM (ibTVg)

=========

"A Pritzker bought me my guns."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 17, 2024 12:05 PM (GBKbO)

259 lmost 25,000 Chinese Nationals Crossed U.S. Borders In 6 Months, 37,000% Increase In 3 Years

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Maybe we can finally get some decent General Tso's chicken.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Kung Pao Fentanyl

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 17, 2024 12:05 PM (9yWhg)

260 Liam Neeson does comedy?
__________

I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for cheap gags, I can tell you I don't have any. But what I do have are a very particular set of deadpan skills, deadpan skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make people like you laugh.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at April 17, 2024 12:05 PM (lf83v)

261 The group of guys that jumped off the boat and disappeared were all 20 year old middle eastern men.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 17, 2024 12:06 PM (88juN)

262 Agreed. You can't just cower. I've told my kids that. We don't really believe in the 3rd part of run/fight/hide - hiding is like the absolute last resort and only if you KNOW help is coming REALLY REALLY soon. And it really never does.

Posted by: Nova Local

Or for tactical advantage. Training your kids to set and execute an ambush is useful for fostering teamwork, problem-solving, and situational awareness.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez Nick Saban for President! at April 17, 2024 12:06 PM (OUMaO)

263 Yeah, how would giving teachers guns be the smart thing?

Posted by: N at April 17, 2024 12:06 PM (RjBju)

264 252 How's Pam Anderson looking these days?
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I just looked -- body fine; face showing her age although that's understandable [and not fatty or the like, I'd add].

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 17, 2024 12:06 PM (vtyCZ)

265 Liam Neeson does comedy

Does he do anything but

Posted by: N at April 17, 2024 12:07 PM (RjBju)

266 Or for tactical advantage. Training your kids to set and execute an ambush is useful for fostering teamwork, problem-solving, and situational awareness.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez Nick Saban for President! at April 17, 2024 12:06 PM (OUMaO)

If it bleeds, we can kill it.

Posted by: BruceWayne at April 17, 2024 12:07 PM (CIS44)

267 I suspect she mentions talking with specific NGOs that stoked her rage against normal people and THAT is what they are keeping hidden
Posted by: 18-1 at April 17, 2024 12:04 PM (ibTVg)
++++
I think it's related but different. I suspect she mentions being groomed by specific online personalities and that will raise questions and put the forums where this happens under scrutiny. And then it will turn out that these forums and the screen names are "known to law enforcement" and they have done nothing, which will raise further questions about why, and will also raise questions about why some forums are suppressed by the state and others are not.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 12:07 PM (HnUIn)

268 How's Pam Anderson looking these days?

You know that sarcophagus with Lenin in it on Red Square...?

Posted by: Archimedes at April 17, 2024 12:07 PM (CsUN+)

269 I suspect she mentions talking with specific NGOs that stoked her rage against normal people and THAT is what they are keeping hidden
Posted by: 18-1 at April 17, 2024 12:04 PM (ibTVg)

Concur. Some one was Control and directing her/it's madness to their own ends.

Like Alec Leamas in "The Spy Who Couldn't Cum From Being Too Cold".

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 17, 2024 12:07 PM (cDEsv)

270 The group of guys that jumped off the boat and disappeared were all 20 year old middle eastern men.
_______

Israelis or Coptic Christians?

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at April 17, 2024 12:07 PM (lf83v)

271 267 I think it's related but different. I suspect she mentions being groomed by specific online personalities and that will raise questions and put the forums where this happens under scrutiny. And then it will turn out that these forums and the screen names are "known to law enforcement" and they have done nothing, which will raise further questions about why, and will also raise questions about why some forums are suppressed by the state and others are not.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 12:07 PM (HnUIn)

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Is "known to law enforcement" the same as "the same as law enforcement"?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 17, 2024 12:07 PM (GBKbO)

272 252 How's Pam Anderson looking these days?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 17, 2024 12:04 PM (9yWhg)

Presumably, still like a "Spitting Image" puppet.

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at April 17, 2024 12:08 PM (DTX3h)

273 How's Pam Anderson looking these days?
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I just looked -- body fine; face showing her age although that's understandable [and not fatty or the like, I'd add].
Posted by: andycanuck

Huh. She's a Canuck. I did not know that.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at April 17, 2024 12:08 PM (9yWhg)

274 200
Let's hope it sets a precedent for action against any individual, corporation, or country that tries blocking the Sun purposefully ~~using particulate matter.~~

There, fixed it.

Posted by: Ciampino - Camel say 'what's all this shit' at April 17, 2024 12:08 PM (qfLjt)

275 How's Pam Anderson looking these days?

Depends, if you have had sex without paying for it , not good

Posted by: N at April 17, 2024 12:08 PM (RjBju)

276 Assuming that this is true and that their scheme worked and *did* cause a major local weather event (rather than it being a coincidence or there being some confounding variable, which is usually the case with weather control experiments), how is this not being decried under the banner of "climate change?"
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 11:42 AM (HnUIn)

Brown people did it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 17, 2024 12:08 PM (nR2nR)

277 Almost 25,000 Chinese Nationals Crossed U.S. Borders In 6 Months, 37,000% Increase In 3 Years
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Let me translate -- two or three Army Divisions!

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 17, 2024 12:08 PM (vtyCZ)

278 Is "known to law enforcement" the same as "the same as law enforcement"?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 17, 2024 12:07 PM (GBKbO)
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Can be. That's a whole 'nother wrinkle.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 12:08 PM (HnUIn)

279 262 Agreed. You can't just cower. I've told my kids that. We don't really believe in the 3rd part of run/fight/hide - hiding is like the absolute last resort and only if you KNOW help is coming REALLY REALLY soon. And it really never does.

Posted by: Nova Local

Or for tactical advantage. Training your kids to set and execute an ambush is useful for fostering teamwork, problem-solving, and situational awareness.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez Nick Saban for President! at April 17, 2024 12:06 PM (OUMaO)

That's more part of "fight"...in my mind, anyway. I mean, fight doesn't have to mean going toward the threat if he has a gun and you don't...it can mean lying in wait to distract, disarm, and take down (with 3 kids on 1 of each task)...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 17, 2024 12:09 PM (exHjb)

280 Auburn Men’s Basketball Coach Bruce Pearl: "It Blows My Mind" That LGBTQ People Support Hamas, Who Would Have Them Killed

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Well, they're not what's traditionally known as smart. More what's traditionally known as stupid.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 17, 2024 12:09 PM (FVME7)

281 How's Pam Anderson looking these days?
________

Hepatitis isn't kind.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at April 17, 2024 12:09 PM (lf83v)

282 278 Is "known to law enforcement" the same as "the same as law enforcement"?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 17, 2024 12:07 PM (GBKbO)
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Can be. That's a whole 'nother wrinkle.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 12:08 PM (HnUIn)

========

I mean, we know that the FBI runs child pron sites to entrap child pronographers, right?

And we also know that the FBI is deeply, deeply corrupt, right?

It really doesn't feel like a leap.

Hey, do we know why the Las Vegas shooter went mad?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 17, 2024 12:10 PM (GBKbO)

283 Almost 25,000 Chinese Nationals Crossed U.S. Borders In 6 Months, 37,000% Increase In 3 Years
________

They're here for the Taylor Swift concerts.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at April 17, 2024 12:10 PM (lf83v)

284 That's more part of "fight"...in my mind, anyway. I mean, fight doesn't have to mean going toward the threat if he has a gun and you don't...it can mean lying in wait to distract, disarm, and take down (with 3 kids on 1 of each task)...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 17, 2024 12:09 PM (exHjb)
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"Maintain the presence of mind to throw a chair at him while he reloads" would go a long way.

I am astounded by how many of these incidents involve multiple reloads in confined spaces. The reload is the opportunity. Throw a desk at him and dive for cover. Low risk. If it connects, it opens more opportunity.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at April 17, 2024 12:10 PM (HnUIn)

285 @NowPammsy
You wanted "Build Back Better"? . . .
Well...Here it is!!!
Walmart is closing 23 stores in 8 states (all blue).
Target is closing 9 stores in 4 states (all blue).
Walgreens is closing 900 stores (mostly blue)
Bed bath and beyond is closing its remaining 360 stores.
Lowes has closed 50 stores.
Macy's is closing 150 stores (mainly blue)
Starbucks has closed 61 stores (mainly blue)

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 17, 2024 12:10 PM (RKVpM)

286 Home Depot is closing 15 stores
Dollar Tree is closing 1,000 stores
Foot Locker is closing 400 stores
Gap is closing 350 stores
Party City is closing 24 stores (mainly blue)
Big Lots is closing stores in Cali and Colorado
Burger King is closing 400 stores
Best Buy is closing 20 stores
Boston Market is closing 27 stores
Kmart only has 2 stores left
Sears closed all but 22 stores
Regal Cinemas has closed 429 movie theaters
Kroger grocery chain has closed 413 stores
US Bank is closing 23 branches
Wells Fargo is closing over 60 branches
Capital One is closing 50 branches
Bank of America is closing 20 branches
All because the economy is so wonderful

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 17, 2024 12:10 PM (RKVpM)

287 Some Arkansas school systems have really good armed teachers and staff programs in place. You will even see teachers open carry and the little munchkins aren't traumatized. Non woke hillbilly state. Hope it stays that way as long as I live here.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 17, 2024 12:10 PM (0EOe9)

288 258 257
Yeah, I gotta say, the "I'm a tranny and I want to kill normals" is enough. It's also possible, if we want to get conspiratorial about it, the school (or someone else) had been contacting the cops about this chick, and the cops basically ignored them.

I suspect she mentions talking with specific NGOs that stoked her rage against normal people and THAT is what they are keeping hidden
Posted by: 18-1 at April 17, 2024 12:04 PM (ibTVg)

=========

"A Pritzker bought me my guns."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 17, 2024 12:05 PM (GBKbO)
____

Yea, that was my point above. I think what's in the manifesto goes beyond the usual rantings. I think it directly implicates others and that's why they are fighting so hard to keep it hidden. It may be as simple as "I hate X and Y for pushing this tranny bullshit on me, now I'm a mutant and miserable, and want the world to burn. I can start by murdering people."

Posted by: Elric Blade at April 17, 2024 12:10 PM (iFTx/)

289 There must be something seriously bad in that manifesto given the superhuman efforts to keep it hidden. What could it be? It can't just be that "I'm a tranny and hate normals and I'm insane." We already know that. I think it must be something that expressly implicates state actors in the creation, preparation, or instigation for the murders.
Posted by: Elric Blade at April 17, 2024 11:46 AM (iFTx/)

My friends at the FBI tell me that if I kill enough kids I'll become a real boy.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 17, 2024 12:11 PM (nR2nR)

290 Is "known to law enforcement" the same as "the same as law enforcement"?

Sometimes yes, more often being paid by a different part of uncle sugar and directly working with so they get plausible deniability.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 17, 2024 12:11 PM (ibTVg)

291 That boat arriving:

Breaking911 @Breaking911 10h
THE INVASION CONTINUES: Boat full of migrants runs ashore in Carlsbad, Calif.

"Many of these crossers know there will be no consequences here."

https://tinyurl.com/bdf3vsjp
54 seconds

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 17, 2024 12:11 PM (vtyCZ)

292 289
My friends at the FBI tell me that if I kill enough kids I'll become a real boy.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 17, 2024 12:11 PM (nR2nR)

======

This is now my prediction.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 17, 2024 12:12 PM (GBKbO)

293 "@Breaking911
Nashville Covenant school teacher on bill to arm teachers: “I simply cannot imagine how I could have pulled out a gun with 10 children under foot and in my arms. I think of all the terrible things that could have gone wrong had I had a gun.”

Well, that's why you teach the kids to build barricades out of the desks and hide behind them with improvised melee weapons, keeping silent as you, the adult in the room, stand guard with your weapon.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 17, 2024 12:12 PM (ou9hh)

294 250
Stop plagiarizing my comments, Claudine!

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 17, 2024 12:12 PM (jbnUc)

295 215 209 ""Terrify them" aka threaten them with the anger of the cancel culture mob."

I will never understand why the first action of any game company whom these people talk to is not to hit them with a suit for extortion.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 17, 2024 11:52 AM (ou9hh)

Or just, you know, ignore them. Businesses have not learned a single thing. Standing your ground earns you customers and loyalty.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at April 17, 2024 11:54 AM (KbCG3)

Also odd that they wouldn't be able to respond to a bot army... I mean you have programmers, right?

Posted by: Inogame at April 17, 2024 12:12 PM (53oGX)

296 Took this picture yesterday. Fifty cents to the first person to identity it.

https://i.post___.cc/hPLQbn8C/PV.jpg

Posted by: javems at April 17, 2024 12:12 PM (OKm1R)

297 How's Pam Anderson looking these days?
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Depends, if you have had sex without paying for it , not good
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When I checked, i thought to myself, she looks a lot like Stormy Daniels. Then i checked that image and yes, yes they do appear similar.

If i had to pick one out and name her, i could be wrong at a 50% rate.

Posted by: BifBewalski at April 17, 2024 12:12 PM (MsrgL)

298 >>All because the economy is so wonderful

Red Lobster is considering bankruptcy.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2024 12:12 PM (LkLld)

299 Trans Vampire” Convicted of Sexually Assaulting Disabled Girl

Oh, that's why it's called Transylvania.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 17, 2024 12:13 PM (w9Wax)

300 Assuming that this is true and that their scheme worked and *did* cause a major local weather event (rather than it being a coincidence or there being some confounding variable, which is usually the case with weather control experiments), how is this not being decried under the banner of "climate change?"
Posted by: Joe Mannix

People who will cut your head off with a rusty soup can lid did it.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2024 12:13 PM (mvepF)

301 249
"A Pritzker bought me my guns."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at April 17, 2024 12:05 PM (GBKbO)
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That would make my day.

Posted by: Ciampino - dromedary or ? at April 17, 2024 12:13 PM (qfLjt)

302 Home Depot is closing 15 stores
Dollar Tree is closing 1,000 stores
Foot Locker is closing 400 stores
Gap is closing 350 stores
Party City is closing 24 stores (mainly blue)
Big Lots is closing stores in Cali and Colorado
Burger King is closing 400 stores
Best Buy is closing 20 stores
Boston Market is closing 27 stores
Kmart only has 2 stores left
Sears closed all but 22 stores
Regal Cinemas has closed 429 movie theaters
Kroger grocery chain has closed 413 stores
US Bank is closing 23 branches
Wells Fargo is closing over 60 branches
Capital One is closing 50 branches
Bank of America is closing 20 branches
All because the economy is so wonderful
Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 17, 2024 12:10 PM (RKVpM)

Good. I will have them all working at Arby's for below minimum wage and a shift meal.

Hahahahaha...eat your week old curly fries peasant!

Posted by: Dick Cheney, Mastermind On Viagra at April 17, 2024 12:13 PM (cDEsv)

303 Home Depot is closing 15 stores
Dollar Tree is closing 1,000 stores
Foot Locker is closing 400 stores
Gap is closing 350 stores
Party City is closing 24 stores (mainly blue)
Big Lots is closing stores in Cali and Colorado
Burger King is closing 400 stores
Best Buy is closing 20 stores
Boston Market is closing 27 stores
Kmart only has 2 stores left
Sears closed all but 22 stores
Regal Cinemas has closed 429 movie theaters
Kroger grocery chain has closed 413 stores
US Bank is closing 23 branches
Wells Fargo is closing over 60 branches
Capital One is closing 50 branches
Bank of America is closing 20 branches
All because the economy is so wonderful

Should have gotten rid of most of those way before now

Posted by: N at April 17, 2024 12:13 PM (RjBju)

304 Sorry, this picture.

https://i.post___.cc/hPLQbn8C/PV.jpg

Posted by: javems at April 17, 2024 12:14 PM (OKm1R)

305 "I am resigning from NPR, a great American institution where I have worked for 25 years. I don’t support calls to defund NPR. I respect the integrity of my colleagues and wish for NPR to thrive and do important journalism. But I cannot work in a newsroom where I am disparaged by a new CEO whose divisive views confirm the very problems at NPR I cited in my Free Press essay," Berliner wrote in a statement published on X.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 17, 2024 11:56 AM

This guy doesn't connect the dots well, does he?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 17, 2024 12:14 PM (I6W2K)

306 nood illegals

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 17, 2024 12:14 PM (vtyCZ)

307 261
‘ The group of guys that jumped off the boat and disappeared were all 20 year old middle eastern men.’

I’d like to see this more often but in the middle of the ocean. How about it, Santa?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 17, 2024 12:15 PM (jbnUc)

308 293 Nashville Covenant school teacher on being armed. She would probably be totes OK with that brilliant idea somebody floated about keeping a bucket of river rocks on hand to throw at the assailant doing a magazine dump. Take cover and shoot back, lady. Probably throws like a girl anyway.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 17, 2024 12:16 PM (0EOe9)

309 @NowPammsy
You wanted "Build Back Better"? . . .
Well...Here it is!!!
Walmart is closing 23 stores in 8 states (all blue).
Target is closing 9 stores in 4 states (all blue).
Walgreens is closing 900 stores (mostly blue)
Bed bath and beyond is closing its remaining 360 stores.
Lowes has closed 50 stores.
Macy's is closing 150 stores (mainly blue)
Starbucks has closed 61 stores (mainly blue)
Posted by: Divide by Zero

The miracle of Bidenomics!

Stephen Moore: Biden's Economic Message: I Don't Feel Your Pain

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at April 17, 2024 12:16 PM (FVME7)

310
Red Lobster is considering bankruptcy.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 17, 2024 12:12 PM

To me a one pound lobster is kinda small. But as long as the lobster-men can harvest them without losing their shirts then the supply is fine.

But the Feds wanna weight minimum, to tag the boats, to restrict their fishing grounds, and restrict the speed they can travel.

I didn't vote for this shit, did you?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at April 17, 2024 12:16 PM (RKVpM)

311 Foe Javems...

https://postIMG.cc/BXvv4dVD

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 17, 2024 12:16 PM (vtyCZ)

312 Well crap. One last try.

https://tinyurl.com/ycvuym3z

Posted by: javems at April 17, 2024 12:17 PM (OKm1R)

313 FOR Javems not Foe!

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 17, 2024 12:17 PM (vtyCZ)

314 Make i m g in lowercase IMG in uppercase in Pixy's comment boxes, Javems.

Posted by: andycanuck (vtyCZ) at April 17, 2024 12:18 PM (vtyCZ)

315 309 …Starbucks has closed 61 stores (mainly blue)
Posted by: Divide by Zero

Starbucks is building a store in my hood. We are red, for now.

Posted by: Piper at April 17, 2024 12:18 PM (ZdaMQ)

316 315 In my little drive through (like fly over) town, somebody built a new Starbucks wannabe operation. Judging by traffic, it should be out of business by Labor Day. People around here realize if you want a burnt cup of coffee, you can go to Ali's gas station or Casey's (actually Casey's coffee ain't bad) for a buck.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 17, 2024 12:26 PM (0EOe9)

317 Dammit. Sorry to be late to the thread and on\off topic but I have to add...

The definition of a consultant is someone who borrows your watch to tell you what time it is...

Posted by: NIVQII at April 17, 2024 12:45 PM (FO+ZA)

318 picture is Florence, Italy. Arno river.

Posted by: free tibet with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at April 17, 2024 12:57 PM (iNp3L)

319 DEI research to be shoddy’
If the research were shoddy, why do so many people want to plagiarize it, hmm?

Checkmate.

Posted by: Dr. Claudine Gay at April 17, 2024 11:43 AM (jbnUc)
==
Because we are all imbeciles.

Posted by: Black JEM at April 17, 2024 01:45 PM (GZYu7)

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