EMT 5/5/24

Happy Sunday.

Posted by: krakatoa at 06:54 AM

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1 Good morning horde

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2024 05:54 AM (fwDg9)

2 top 5?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2024 05:58 AM (omVj0)

3 Evening and morning to all the early Sunday risers and later weekend toilers! I slept okay, with the help of a single cold pill -- thus no coughing -- and I plan to work out gently this morning. With 74 F. and 90% humidity, I'm not looking forward to it.

How's thy Sunday looking?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2024 05:59 AM (omVj0)

4 Lots o' rain here this morn.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at May 05, 2024 06:00 AM (DsA2n)

5 Looking like rain chance every day this week but maybe Tuesday

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2024 06:00 AM (fwDg9)

6 Got a Randolph Scott marathon on Grit today. What is supposed to be his best film, and a really good film overall, Ride the High Country, is on the channel at 7 a.m. Central.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2024 06:02 AM (omVj0)

7 Good morning again dear horde

A joyous Easter to the Orthodox morons.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2024 06:03 AM (RIvkX)

8 In other news, Miss Linda is decidedly un-thrilled at the idea of my retiring this month, and won't discuss the move-and-buy-a-house scenario unless I force it. She has never been excited about the idea when I showed her nice houses on Realtor in Evansville and environs.

Instead of being excited about my "new chapter," as the cliche has it, I'm finding myself a little depressed (along with the usual seasonal "down" I feel when the nasty humid heat closes in). Blah.

I know I can't drag her along and don't want to -- and don't have the energy for it anyway. But doing it all myself? I didn't envision this. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2024 06:04 AM (omVj0)

9 Really should make breakfast before it's time for lunch

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2024 06:04 AM (fwDg9)

10 Wolfus, it doesn't sound like Miss Linda is onboard with the plan you should find out why.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2024 06:05 AM (RIvkX)

11 At least the ads don't block Post now

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2024 06:05 AM (fwDg9)

12
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 05, 2024 06:10 AM (tljrc)

13 Good morning! Currently 64 out on the patio here in Cowtown with the humidity at about 97%. Tried to use some simple green cleaner on the brick in front patio alcove to remove some mud dobber nests and all I did was make some grey stains. Looks like I'll need to rent a power washer. On the good news front, I have sourced a local lumber yard with really nice cedar lumber at a very reasonable price and found a highly recommended, local handyman who does carpentry. Once I get the alcove cleaned up, that space and the back patio are gonna get a cedar tongue and groove ceiling.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 05, 2024 06:14 AM (YRsIm)

14 Happy Sunday

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 05, 2024 06:15 AM (ENQN6)

15 I have sourced a local lumber yard with really nice cedar lumber at a very reasonable price

I can only take this as convincing evidence that aliens have landed. I bought gold at 290, and still muse that I could have just picked up thick split shingles instead and done even better.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 05, 2024 06:21 AM (zdLoL)

16 Hiya

Posted by: JT at May 05, 2024 06:23 AM (T4tVD)

17 It ain't warm out thar.

And that's today's accu-weather.

Posted by: JT at May 05, 2024 06:24 AM (T4tVD)

18
Looks like I'll need to rent a power washer.

I need one so often I bought one at Aldi's for a little more then a hundred bucks. It's not as powerful as commercial grade but it gets the job done.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 05, 2024 06:26 AM (RKVpM)

19 Morning, Early Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at May 05, 2024 06:28 AM (86W+h)

20 All you Magyar morons will want to see Tucker's interview of Balasz Orban.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2024 06:32 AM (RIvkX)

21 Hiya Krak !

And Thank You !

Posted by: JT at May 05, 2024 06:32 AM (T4tVD)

22 18 >>> That Portland model?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 05, 2024 06:34 AM (YRsIm)

23 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 05, 2024 06:36 AM (Be/+i)

24 Had some excitement in the back yard this AM.

First, as I was putting out the bird feeders a large bird flew away. It was still mostly dark. My guess is that an owl swooped in silently but made noise taking off.

Second, we appear to have a pair of possum living under our deck.

Posted by: fluffy at May 05, 2024 06:36 AM (86W+h)

25 Second, we appear to have a pair of possum living under our deck.
Posted by: fluffy at May 05, 2024 06:36 AM (86W+h)
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I thought possums lived in 'simmon trees.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 05, 2024 06:38 AM (Be/+i)

26 I had a possum be-bopping around out thar the last two morning well after daylight.

Musta fergot to set his watch.

Posted by: JT at May 05, 2024 06:39 AM (T4tVD)

27 Good afternoon from northern Israel - but not too north.

Hizballah fired all around our northern border area about 30 minutes ago. About 20 missiles landed in the now-ghost-town Kiyat Shemonah, with some building being hit.

I'm guessing that this was a response to something Israel targeted in Lebanon about an hour ago. No word yet what we were aiming at.

In the meantime, Israel huffs and puffs and threatens to blow Rafiah down but does no such thing. And Israel's Gaza envelope communities continue to receive a volley here and there from Hamas.

To those of you analysts here who thought that Israel was doing a great job, I hate to say I told you so but I told you so.

Time for a late lunch with Mrs. BD.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 05, 2024 06:40 AM (NMFQ7)

28 For hand me down tools, got my dad's power washer, been waiting for some warm days to use it

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2024 06:45 AM (fwDg9)

29 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 05, 2024 06:40 AM (NMFQ7)
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Thanks for checking in

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2024 06:51 AM (RIvkX)

30 Mark Hamill obviously drunk at the White House podium Friday. Pathetic.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2024 06:52 AM (RIvkX)

31 At the George Washington University Gaza Solidarity Encampment today, the protesters held a "People's Tribunal" where they put President Ellen Granberg, Provost Christopher Bracey, the Board of Trustees,
@GWPolice , and many others on trial.

Can anyone guess what the sentences are?

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 05, 2024 06:54 AM (ENQN6)

32
For hand me down tools, got my dad's power washer, been waiting for some warm days to use it

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2024 06:45 AM

Always wear foot protection. Hot weather may make it tempting to go barefoot but one slip... and very bad things happen.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 05, 2024 06:55 AM (RKVpM)

33 Boker Tov Patriots

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 05, 2024 06:57 AM (SHAib)

34 Texas Democrat Rep. Henry Cuellar Charged With Accepting Massive Bribes From Azerbaijan

He just got caught. What about the other 400?

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 05, 2024 06:57 AM (ENQN6)

35 Hiya Cap'n !

Posted by: JT at May 05, 2024 06:59 AM (T4tVD)

36 Cuellar stepped out of line on border security and is not being subjected to enforcement action by the junta.

Taking the bribes is not a crime. Going against the Party is the crime.

Totally Soviet.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2024 07:00 AM (RIvkX)

37 Can anyone guess what the sentences are?
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 05, 2024 06:54 AM (ENQN6)
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Death? Just spitballing, here.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 05, 2024 07:01 AM (Be/+i)

38 Mornin'

Nuts, missed the Tech Thread. Got busy the last hour of work.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 05, 2024 07:01 AM (sAmhv)

39 *now being subjected

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2024 07:03 AM (RIvkX)

40 Mark Hamill obviously drunk at the White House podium Friday. Pathetic.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Ha. That's what I thought when I watched a clip of it.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 05, 2024 07:03 AM (ju2Fy)

41 Death? Just spitballing, here.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 05, 2024 07:01 AM (Be/+i)

Judges would have accepted guillotine.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 05, 2024 07:04 AM (ENQN6)

42
BREAKING REPORT:⚠️ Former NBA player Darius Morris dies aged 33..

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 05, 2024 07:08 AM (RKVpM)

43 >>> I thought possums lived in 'simmon trees.

None available. They have to make do.

Posted by: fluffy at May 05, 2024 07:08 AM (86W+h)

44 Byeee...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 05, 2024 07:10 AM (Be/+i)

45 Yes, by the time you have a power washer powerful enough to really do the job, you also have a tool that can hurt you or permanently etch concrete or stucco. Some of the pumps are not all they should be. After one rebuild, I 're-engineered' one unit to accept an improved pump. No money was saved.

There's a cheapo lame excuse, a spray tip with extension tube and shutoff valve, that goes for around $20. Noted, lots of use of the shutoff can cause the joinery of the tube to part, so go easy on that, but, for most spray and wash work, it does the same job as a pressure washer for a fraction. Particularly good for chasing soil and weeds out of parking slab joints.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 05, 2024 07:10 AM (zdLoL)

46 Fake Vax anyone?

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2024 07:10 AM (fwDg9)

47 Fake Vax anyone?
Posted by: Skip

No thank you !

Posted by: JT at May 05, 2024 07:12 AM (T4tVD)

48 @46 the Harry Lyme shot?

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 05, 2024 07:12 AM (zdLoL)

49 The guy who relieved me at work this morning got to talking politics. Nice guy and he shows up on time, so I like him. Of course, he's slightly to the right of Stalin. We have polar opposite world views. He also has a loud, bellowing voice. I hate when I'm responding to a point and can't finish a sentence because he's just louder than me. It's a tactic to prevent someone from opposing a viewpoint. I hate that. I blame cable newz. Should have started talking about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and tell him about the love of God. Politics is a religion in Babylon DC so I should respond accordingly. Missed my moment. I pray I will do better next time and pray for a next time.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 05, 2024 07:13 AM (sAmhv)

50 6 Got a Randolph Scott marathon on Grit today. What is supposed to be his best film, and a really good film overall, Ride the High Country, is on the channel at 7 a.m. Central.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2024 06:02 AM (omVj0)

I always enjoy The Tall T, which is a rather unusual western starring Scott. For a change of pace, you could try the screwball comedy My Favorite Wife, where Scott plays a supporting role to his real life buddy Cary Grant.

Posted by: MichiCanuck at May 05, 2024 07:16 AM (pVqA1)

51 Guy buys an EV motorcycle that is roughly equivalent to the Honda Trail 125 with a few exceptions. It cost 50% more, has 1/3 the range, and refueling takes about 5 hours as opposed to about 5 m. Another key difference is the Honda doesn't catch fire in its first 3 mi. The best quote in the video is it's not on fire, It's overheating. The good part starts at 9 minutes.

https://youtu.be/wxr1iXEf9lY

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 05, 2024 07:17 AM (hqGCh)

52 There is a new bird at the feeder this morning, singing loud and proud. Have to get my birdsong app fired up and figure out what it is.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 05, 2024 07:21 AM (YRsIm)

53 Wolfus, it doesn't sound like Miss Linda is onboard with the plan you should find out why.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2024

***
If only she would tell me! The closest things I've heard are "I'm content here" (not "happy," you'll notice) and "I don't know anything about Indiana."

"That'll be part of the fun," I replied, "learning about someplace new."

*Silence*

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2024 07:21 AM (omVj0)

54 I always enjoy The Tall T, which is a rather unusual western starring Scott. For a change of pace, you could try the screwball comedy My Favorite Wife, where Scott plays a supporting role to his real life buddy Cary Grant.
Posted by: MichiCanuck at May 05, 2024

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I think I've seen the latter, or part of it. Scott looks so . . . odd . . . in a suit and tie, though nowhere near as weird as Grant would have looked in a Western. It says quite a bit about Scott's ability as an actor that he could move between genres like that (though he didn't do it much, did he?).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2024 07:23 AM (omVj0)

55 The weather these next few days.

https://tinyurl.com/2mbv5euk

Posted by: Ciampino - Ouch! Nasty at May 05, 2024 07:25 AM (qfLjt)

56 Wolfus, have you taken her there to visit during your scouting trip(s)?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 05, 2024 07:25 AM (YRsIm)

57 Randolph Scott!

https://youtu.be/SGYoChoijvY?si=IZCmI3sFEnHEgfN7

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 05, 2024 07:26 AM (sAmhv)

58 Morning peeps

Hope the yard dries out. Rain is again forecast for everyday of the week except today and I need to mow the grass.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2024 07:28 AM (Q4IgG)

59 Wolfus, have you taken her there to visit during your scouting trip(s)?
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 05, 2024

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Unfortunately I haven't done a scouting trip yet. If I'd retired in late March, I'd have driven us up there in April. Early June won't be as pleasant -- at least not near here. I'm praying June weather is not as debilitating in southern IN.

I'll ask if she'll come along. Though I can predict right now what the answer will be: "I don't know."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2024 07:29 AM (omVj0)

60 Six states—New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Wyoming, North Dakota and Idaho—get a pass from the transparency obligation.

Why does these states get to hide the voter registration from the public as required by the Motor Voter Act of 1993?

Because the cheating is so bad it would scare the shit out of people.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 05, 2024 07:29 AM (ENQN6)

61 “The Tall T” has been playing on Encore Westerns regularly for a month now. I saw it for the first time a few weeks back and have watched it a few more times since then.

While the story is simple and quite compelling the acting is really great.

Richard Boone as the head bad guy is absolutely superb. If he didn’t get an Oscar nomination and the win for that role, he certainly should have.

My favorite bit is his laughing at Randolph Scott’s tripping and falling down during one scene. His laughter seemed so genuine it’s unreal. I imagine crying and laughing in a convincing way are two of the hardest things for an actor to do, but what do I know?

Posted by: IWatchedThat at May 05, 2024 07:31 AM (6ydKt)

62 Well, I'm tired. Off to bed.

Lots of rain the next few days. Good sleep weather.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 05, 2024 07:33 AM (sAmhv)

63 Morning all. In Boston for work. Saw three young things, dressed as young things are these days, including "Palestinian" kaffiyehs as stylish shawls. Of course, they were also in tight tops and yoga pants, and I noted the irony, which of course they would have been oblivious to: had they tried to wear those outfits in Gaza or West Bank, where I used to live and work, they would have had a rather unpleasant experience.

Posted by: goatexchange at May 05, 2024 07:34 AM (+U9h6)

64 Several things I am grateful for :

The lovely pink dogwood tree I saw while a passenger in a car.

Big Blue Heron I saw in the skies overhead.

Get to worship later and have communion with some people whom I love.

Yesterday, while walking I saw a man whom I said "Good morning, Sir" to and he responded, "May your day be blessed."

Nice to have son at home-(He had to identify some trees in our yard for a class he's talking) for a couple of days before he goes back to school.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2024 07:35 AM (XkYcA)

65 I'll ask if she'll come along. Though I can predict right now what the answer will be: "I don't know."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2024 07:29 AM (omVj0)
===

Me: let's go out for dinner, anywhere you like. Where would you like to go?
Mrs. F.: Ok, where would you like to go?
Me: *slow burn* how about x?
Mrs. F.: no
Me: *slow burn* how about y?
Mrs. F.: no
*makes PB&J*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2024 07:37 AM (RIvkX)

66
Former Florida State quarterback Marcus Outzen has passed away after a short battle with a rare immune deficiency disorder. He was only 46.

Camp Lejeune water, mesothelioma, or something I guess.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 05, 2024 07:39 AM (RKVpM)

67 Jack Smith Admits FBI Messed with Boxes Containing “Classified” Documents They Seized from Trump

I guess the fake red and orange folders were fake after all.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 05, 2024 07:42 AM (ENQN6)

68 Me: let's go out for dinner, anywhere you like. Where would you like to go?
Mrs. F.: Ok, where would you like to go?
Me: *slow burn* how about x?
Mrs. F.: no
Me: *slow burn* how about y?
Mrs. F.: no
*makes PB&J*
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2024

***
Exactly. Or we end up going to one of our 3 or 4 favorite places . . . and a few months later during another "discussion" I find that she hates going to at least one of them, but she never told me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2024 07:42 AM (omVj0)

69 Off to feed and wash the car, and scoop up supplies at W-Mart. I'll be back for the Book Thread.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2024 07:43 AM (omVj0)

70 Another key difference is the Honda doesn't catch fire in its first 3 mi. The best quote in the video is it's not on fire, It's overheating. The good part starts at 9 minutes.
https://youtu.be/wxr1iXEf9lY
Posted by: Lost in Space at May 05, 2024 07:17 AM (hqGCh)

Hahahaha...dumb yankee has to buy it because he is a dummy. EV's are dangerous, bad for the environment and are produced by slave labor from Red China.

No wonder the democrats love them.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 05, 2024 07:45 AM (R/m4+)

71 Saw three young things, dressed as young things are these days, including "Palestinian" kaffiyehs as stylish shawls.

Might have had an epiphany yesterday, talking with the crew about just how stupid everything is. Are we living in the exception, or the rule ?

Society was batshit crazy in the Roaring 20s. The Depression and WW II cured that for a while. By the 60s - everything off the rails again. A very slight correction during Reagan - another short one after 9/11. Other than that ? A pretty consistent trend into madness.

We'll get the immediate "because we need God" here -but I don't give a shit about the Why. The What, to me, seems pretty in focus. America is exceptional, all right. Exceptionally out of our collective minds, and absolutely willfully naive in ignoring that its been so for several generations.

Posted by: Its Always Been This Way at May 05, 2024 07:49 AM (pTv5j)

72 My wife and I resolved the "where do you want to go" ordeal by not going out anymore. I don't think either of us misses it much.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2024 07:49 AM (Q4IgG)

73 66
Former Florida State quarterback Marcus Outzen has passed away after a short battle with a rare immune deficiency disorder. He was only 46.

Camp Lejeune water, mesothelioma, or something I guess.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 05, 2024 07:39 AM (RKVpM)

I think the nano particle that carries the mRNA causes strange cell penetration that leads to growths.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 05, 2024 07:50 AM (ENQN6)

74 I find that she hates going to at least one of them, but she never told me.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

-

And she won't admit it but she thinks slightly less of you for taking her there.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Little girls dreamt of being moms, women told them not to follow their dreams at May 05, 2024 07:50 AM (3fSZZ)

75 The 6 states you mentioned get a pass because -at one time- they were essentially all white, so now cheating could take place based on race.
On political affiliation? Sure, but that's the kind of cheating we permit.

Posted by: Wally at May 05, 2024 07:52 AM (EyElY)

76 I think Huckabee-Sanders will be unavailable for the VP pick. I think Trump will go with Tulsi Gabbard.
She has a book out and a piece in Newsweek this morning.
My hunch

Posted by: Redenzo at May 05, 2024 07:53 AM (XyOpH)

77 As you go through life with success as your goal
Remember to stay focused on the donut and not the hole
Good morning to one and all

Posted by: Ben Had at May 05, 2024 07:55 AM (mKjJV)

78 BREAKING REPORT:⚠️ Former NBA player Darius Morris dies aged 33..
Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 05, 2024 07:08 AM (RKVpM)"

Another grim milestone for the Biden administration!

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 05, 2024 07:56 AM (S6gqv)

79 A 125 dirt ebike doing 48mph on the road? I’ve literally no idea how those things are set up; sprockets etc., and is he riding into a headwind?

And the rider looks like he weighs at least 180?

A 125cc gas powered dirt bike geared for off-road use and a fat guy whipping it at 50mph - it would shrapnel.

Posted by: 13times at May 05, 2024 07:57 AM (5dsPO)

80 mornin yall. Now Teslas are trying to kill people:

"Tesla owner left horrified after getting stuck in her car as temperature hits 103 degrees when she tried to update its software in Chick-fil-A parking lot"

Wait until they put AI in these things and your car decides it doesn't like you. Or the CIA decides to keep you in your car for a couple of hours in 100 degree heat.

Posted by: fd at May 05, 2024 07:57 AM (CM7e9)

81 Randolph Scott marathon on Grit today. What is supposed to be his best film, and a really good film overall, Ride the High Country, is on the channel at 7 a.m. Central.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Randolph Scott!?

*stands up, removes hat*

Good morning you good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 05, 2024 07:58 AM (WXNFJ)

82 I will be much less enthusiastic about voting for Trump if Tulsi is involved. She is a grifter beginning to end.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2024 07:58 AM (RIvkX)

83 Looks like they've got a top speed of 60-65mph and cost $6K+

https://www.tobebike.com/

What a bargain!

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Little girls dreamt of being moms, women told them not to follow their dreams at May 05, 2024 07:59 AM (3fSZZ)

84 76 I think Huckabee-Sanders will be unavailable for the VP pick. I think Trump will go with Tulsi Gabbard.
She has a book out and a piece in Newsweek this morning.
My hunch
Posted by: Redenzo at May 05, 2024 07:53 AM (XyOpH)

She is a hard core progressive.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 05, 2024 07:59 AM (ENQN6)

85 "Tesla owner left horrified after getting stuck in her car as temperature hits 103 degrees when she tried to update its software in Chick-fil-A parking lot"

The possible winner for next year's Bulwer Lytton Fiction Contest?

Posted by: Tonypete at May 05, 2024 08:00 AM (WXNFJ)

86 Nice to hear from you Biden's Dog, been a while. I was one who had thought Israel was doing well, and it had been until Feb 1. Since then it's all gone to shit - and now Egypt, Turkey, and Iran are on the verge of signing an anti-Israel alliance. Iranian reps in Cairo this weekend, all countries now have contempt for US.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 05, 2024 08:00 AM (S6gqv)

87 Ugh. What was she doing at a Chick-Fil-A?

- Other EV owners

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Little girls dreamt of being moms, women told them not to follow their dreams at May 05, 2024 08:00 AM (3fSZZ)

88 As you go through life with success as your goal
Remember to stay focused on the donut and not the hole
Good morning to one and all
Posted by: Ben Had

"Burma Shave"

Posted by: Tonypete at May 05, 2024 08:00 AM (WXNFJ)

89 Good morning, everybody.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 05, 2024 08:01 AM (mH6SG)

90 Oh! Gotta run to Mass.

Stay sane you all!

Posted by: Tonypete at May 05, 2024 08:01 AM (WXNFJ)

91 Tulsi Gabbard has no constituency. Interesting person, terrible pick for VP. She brings no votes and probably loses some.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 05, 2024 08:03 AM (S6gqv)

92 I will be much less enthusiastic about voting for Trump if Tulsi is involved. She is a grifter beginning to end.

At least she's not UniParty. Maybe the short fingered vulgarian managed to learn something after all.

Posted by: Its Always Been This Way at May 05, 2024 08:03 AM (pTv5j)

93 In the meantime, Israel huffs and puffs and threatens to blow Rafiah down but does no such thing.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 05, 2024 06:40 AM (NMFQ7)

Is the English translation Rafah or Rafiah? Because I've been hearing Rafah for the last few months.

Posted by: pookysgirl, not Hebrew enough at May 05, 2024 08:03 AM (dtlDP)

94 If DeSantis also loses to Tulsi that's going to be... Less than ideal.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Little girls dreamt of being moms, women told them not to follow their dreams at May 05, 2024 08:04 AM (3fSZZ)

95 Air Force making gains in artificial intelligence with AI-piloted F-16 flight

Skynet

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 05, 2024 08:04 AM (ENQN6)

96 The ceasefire deal is all over the map. Last check said that Israel had not sent a delegation to the negotiations.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 05, 2024 08:06 AM (mKjJV)

97 About Trump's potential VP....

I recall that his early administration was dotted with a number of lookers. Most turned out to be nuts or incompetent or both. I believe Trump himself tapped them for whatever position they were put in.

A couple of the women who've been suggested as possible VP candidates fit this mold. If Trump is choosing I think this checks out.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2024 08:08 AM (Q4IgG)

98 Wolfus, being a bit of a jerk and a butinski here but maybe the lady isn't so keen on relocating because you have left her out of the decision making process.

Posted by: pawn at May 05, 2024 08:09 AM (QB+5g)

99 94
DeSantis is in Florida, same as Trump. Doesn't go as P and VP have to be from different States.

Posted by: Ciampino - Bewbs? at May 05, 2024 08:09 AM (qfLjt)

100 At least she's not UniParty.

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Tulsi is absolutely 100% uniparty. She is literally the federal example of what people everywhere are seeing at their local (R) breakfasts and political meetings.

"I left my party in 2021 and now what can I do to take over yours?"

She ran for president in 2020 with specific and clear platforms.

"As a candidate in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, Gabbard's political positions were broadly similar to those of contenders on health care, climate, education, infrastructure, and criminal justice reform,"

https://tinyurl.com/yxvd7g3f

(scroll down to read the specifics like "renewable" energy and gun bans)

Those haven't changed. What has changed is where she/they are trying to get the seeds rooted to destroy the foundation of the building.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Little girls dreamt of being moms, women told them not to follow their dreams at May 05, 2024 08:10 AM (3fSZZ)

101 Tulsi is has a nice speaking voice and is easy to listen to. Easy on the eyes too. I don't trust her at all.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 05, 2024 08:10 AM (YRsIm)

102 DeSantis is in Florida, same as Trump. Doesn't go as P and VP have to be from different States.
Posted by: Ciampino

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Yes, and you're making my point for me.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Little girls dreamt of being moms, women told them not to follow their dreams at May 05, 2024 08:11 AM (3fSZZ)

103 Those haven't changed. What has changed is where she/they are trying to get the seeds rooted to destroy the foundation of the building.

Then the jokes on them. Because its already rotten to the core.

Posted by: Its Always Been This Way at May 05, 2024 08:12 AM (pTv5j)

104 Several things I am grateful for :

The lovely pink dogwood tree I saw while a passenger in a car.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2024 07:35 AM (XkYcA)

How fast was the dogwood tree going ?

Posted by: JT at May 05, 2024 08:12 AM (T4tVD)

105 In the meantime, Israel huffs and puffs and threatens to blow Rafiah down but does no such thing.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 05, 2024 06:40 AM (NMFQ7)

Is the English translation Rafah or Rafiah? Because I've been hearing Rafah for the last few months.
Posted by: pookysgirl, not Hebrew enough at May 05, 2024 08:03 AM (dtlDP)
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Pronounced Rafiach (guttural "ch") in Hebrew.

Completely idiotic situation here, both north and south.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 05, 2024 08:12 AM (NMFQ7)

106 If the climatistas were truly concerned with the planet, they would nag the countries that are increasing emissions. But those aren’t developed Western nations, so they get a pass. This gives the game away. Climate hysteria is not about stopping some imagined warming, it’s about choking capitalism, punishing wealthy societies, and establishing a socialist-collectivist governance model.

the whole thing

https://tinyurl.com/42fh34d8

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 05, 2024 08:14 AM (ENQN6)

107 As you go through life with success as your goal
Remember to stay focused on the donut and not the hole
Good morning to one and all
Posted by: Ben Had

I'm eating a donut right now !

Hiya BenHad !

Posted by: JT at May 05, 2024 08:14 AM (T4tVD)

108
Ugly weather north of here this morning. I elected in the interest of safety not to go to Mass at my usual parish, which is northwest of Houston about 50 minutes away. I'll have to attend a NO Mass locally.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2024 08:14 AM (MoZTd)

109 Then the jokes on them. Because its already rotten to the core.

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At the federal level absolutely. At the state level it's here and there, mostly because of the federal influence. At the local level actual conservatives and conservative ideas exist freely and with a great deal of support.

That's what they're organizing to destroy. Tulsi is just the federal face of the same organized push.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Little girls dreamt of being moms, women told them not to follow their dreams at May 05, 2024 08:15 AM (3fSZZ)

110 Climate hysteria is not about stopping some imagined warming, it’s about choking capitalism, punishing wealthy societies, and establishing a socialist-collectivist governance model.

Yep. Watermelons. Doesn't explain why wealthy whites are so onboard - other than idiotic guilt.

Posted by: Its Always Been This Way at May 05, 2024 08:16 AM (pTv5j)

111 Morning all. I've been marinating lamb chops overnight. Gonna put them on the smoker for lunch.

Posted by: Muad'dib at May 05, 2024 08:16 AM (ER9HB)

112 I'm glad to hear that China has signed on to eliminating all coal fired power plants by 2035.

Posted by: Guy who heard wrong at May 05, 2024 08:17 AM (CM7e9)

113 Oh, yes. Another thing to make me thankful. I plan to read no news today.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2024 08:17 AM (XkYcA)

114 I will be watching Chloë Grace Moretz vs WWII air gremlins today.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 05, 2024 08:17 AM (lhenN)

115 > If the climatistas were truly concerned with the planet, they would ~~nag the countries that are increasing emissions~~ immolate themselves.
______

If they were "really serious" about saving erf.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2024 08:17 AM (Q4IgG)

116 Good Sunday morning, dear Horde.

Posted by: Ladyl at May 05, 2024 08:19 AM (+4oV5)

117 112 I'm glad to hear that China has signed on to eliminating all coal fired power plants by 2035.
Posted by: Guy who heard wrong at May 05, 2024 08:17 AM (CM7e9)

Do not play the per capita game. China has double or maybe treble our emissions but almost 5X peeps so it looks better.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 05, 2024 08:19 AM (ENQN6)

118 The US trying to impose sanctions on some IDF units seems to have fallen by the wayside. Our government is doing everything it can to hurt Israel. Guaranteeing that Israel will end the war and give gaza back to hamas is insanity.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 05, 2024 08:20 AM (mKjJV)

119 Have a good day Fen !

Posted by: JT at May 05, 2024 08:20 AM (T4tVD)

120 Couple in their 80s from England has fostered 150 children over their married life:

https://tinyurl.com/42hc8bjs

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2024 08:21 AM (XkYcA)

121 Hiya LadyL !

Posted by: JT at May 05, 2024 08:21 AM (T4tVD)

122 Ladyl and Maud'dib at the same time!!!!

Posted by: Ben Had at May 05, 2024 08:21 AM (mKjJV)

123 Pronounced Rafiach (guttural "ch") in Hebrew.

Completely idiotic situation here, both north and south.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 05, 2024 08:12 AM (NMFQ7)

Dankeschoen. (I don't know "thank you" in Yiddish or Hebrew. Or Aramaic, for that matter.)

Posted by: pookysgirl, German enough at May 05, 2024 08:22 AM (dtlDP)

124 It's weird that the same people who want me to give up my car and cheeseburger also want war in Ukraine and Iran.

Seems like that would have a lot of environmental effects.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Little girls dreamt of being moms, women told them not to follow their dreams at May 05, 2024 08:22 AM (3fSZZ)

125 Dear Ben Had!!!

Posted by: Ladyl at May 05, 2024 08:22 AM (+4oV5)

126 Maud'dib, I haven't had an update in a while. Hope to hear from you .

Posted by: Ben Had at May 05, 2024 08:23 AM (mKjJV)

127 Those damn un-nameable interns in Cincinnati are lying again! Their lying made us, the upstanding, incorruptable DOJ, lie to you, inadvertently, fair Judge!

“There are some boxes where the order of items within that box is not the same as in the associated scans,” prosecutors wrote, adding in a footnote: “The Government acknowledges that this is inconsistent with what Government counsel previously understood and represented to the Court.”

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 05, 2024 08:23 AM (3CVIc)

128 Since the 12th amendment, it is possible for both President and vice Presidential candidates to be from the same state.

The prohibition refers to pre-12th Amendment when the runner-up in the Electoral College became vice President. Now these are separate ballots and offices.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2024 08:24 AM (RIvkX)

129 Some of the documents may be upside-down too!

Posted by: pawn at May 05, 2024 08:25 AM (QB+5g)

130 Stopped at Buc-ee's near Florence SC on Friday lunchtime. Had never heard of it.

Unbelievable! Imagine a 7-11 with 650 parking spaces, 120 gas pumps in front, full of yahoos lined up to buy deep fried anything and bbq.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at May 05, 2024 08:26 AM (UO9mX)

131 Thinking they want a fast train to no whereas a gun to your head making you have a EV that takes forever to get anywhere

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2024 08:26 AM (fwDg9)

132 Dankeschoen. (I don't know "thank you" in Yiddish or Hebrew. Or Aramaic, for that matter.)
Posted by: pookysgirl, German enough at May 05, 2024 08:22 AM (dtlDP)

Toe-Dah. (Hebrew). Biden's Dog can correct.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 05, 2024 08:26 AM (PiwSw)

133 Yep. Watermelons. Doesn't explain why wealthy whites are so onboard - other than idiotic guilt.
Posted by: Its Always Been This Way at May 05, 2024 08:16 AM (pTv5j)

Blah Blah says we should do what we can to help our little black and brown brothers and sistas out as we will need them to mow our grass, remove our garbage, wash our EV's and change Blah Blah's diaper when we are not out in Vale or vacationing among the poverty in India due to the fluctuating temperatures. Remember, the earth is on fire and we need our air conditioning.

I don't mind giving out the code to our gated entrance when the less fortunate colored folks show up to service our residence.

Posted by: Harriet And Blah Blah Nyborg, Democrat Boomers at May 05, 2024 08:26 AM (R/m4+)

134 Couple in their 80s from England has fostered 150 children over their married life:

Amazing. Wonderful people.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 05, 2024 08:26 AM (mH6SG)

135 Yep. Watermelons. Doesn't explain why wealthy whites are so onboard - other than idiotic guilt.

Posted by: Its Always Been This Way at May 05, 2024 08:16 AM (pTv5j)

My in-laws are white guilt people. They struggled for decades to be prosperous, and now can't enjoy it because of mainstream media and Christian publications.

Posted by: pookysgirl, not feeling the guilt at May 05, 2024 08:27 AM (dtlDP)

136 Savior complex, but not really wealthy enough to do anything but pretend they're part of the club.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Little girls dreamt of being moms, women told them not to follow their dreams at May 05, 2024 08:28 AM (3fSZZ)

137 Happy Sunday.

Happy Cinco de Quattro!

Posted by: Barry O. at May 05, 2024 08:28 AM (llON8)

138 Stopped at Buc-ee's near Florence SC on Friday lunchtime. Had never heard of it.
Unbelievable! Imagine a 7-11 with 650 parking spaces, 120 gas pumps in front, full of yahoos lined up to buy deep fried anything and bbq.
Posted by: Mr Gaga at May 05, 2024 08:26 AM (UO9mX)

I like Busy Bee better. There is always that employee in the shitter keeping it clean and I can discuss solving the world's problems with as I relieve myself.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 05, 2024 08:29 AM (R/m4+)

139 Thirty minutes til the book thread!!! Aaannd i gotta go somewhere just after it starts. Rats.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 05, 2024 08:31 AM (0eaVi)

140 How exactly were this pair of Mrs Trump's panties 'misplaced' by the FBI in this box of classified documents?

Posted by: Defense Counsel at May 05, 2024 08:32 AM (SYTee)

141 A good morning and happy Sunday to all. 47 and raining on the mid Hudson. Temperature dropped 25 degrees since yesterday, won't get out of low 50s all day. Good excuse to read a good book

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2024 08:32 AM (5S+sK)

142 US wind power slipped last year for the first time in a quarter-century due to weaker-than-normal Midwest breezes, underscoring the challenge of integrating volatile renewable energy sources into the grid.

Hope is not an energy strategy.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 05, 2024 08:33 AM (ENQN6)

143 I like Busy Bee better. There is always that employee in the shitter keeping it clean and I can discuss solving the world's problems with as I relieve myself.

More coffee...
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 05, 2024 08:29 AM (R/m4+)

Hon Have you checked our shitter?

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 05, 2024 08:34 AM (ENQN6)

144 Working on my second coffee. I can form words now and not just grunt.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 05, 2024 08:37 AM (O7YUW)

145 Directly from Cass:

It warns that the medical pathway is unsuitable for most young people with gender issues.

And it states that clinicians should take extreme care before allowing anyone under the age of 25 to take pharmaceutical steps to ‘transition’ to look like the opposite sex.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 05, 2024 08:38 AM (ENQN6)

146 Directly from Cass:

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 05, 2024 08:38 AM (ENQN6)

Mama, or Peggy?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 05, 2024 08:40 AM (0eaVi)

147 Rain rain rain. Doggy didn't even try to get me up at the usual time. I did take her out on the porch, in case she really needed to step off into the grass to pee. She took one step off into the rain and said, "Naw, I can hold it."

G'morn, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - in before books at May 05, 2024 08:41 AM (OOnTd)

148 Rainy day, dream away
Ain't no use in getting uptight
Just let it groove its own way

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2024 08:42 AM (fwDg9)

149
US wind power slipped last year for the first time in a quarter-century due to weaker-than-normal Midwest breezes, underscoring the challenge of integrating volatile renewable energy sources into the grid.

An actual no-bullshit metric which indicates the climate is becoming more moderate, not severe.

Status in MSM: Buried

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 05, 2024 08:44 AM (RKVpM)

150 Am only left with 2 cross cut trunk sections of the 2 pine trees that took down

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2024 08:44 AM (fwDg9)

151 Woke up with a headache again, worse than yesterday
I blame the weather and my sinuses

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at May 05, 2024 08:45 AM (Ka3bZ)

152 God morning, my pretty Hordelings.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 05, 2024 08:47 AM (FkUwd)

153 Feel better soon VMom !

Posted by: JT at May 05, 2024 08:47 AM (T4tVD)

154 Cinco de Mayo?

Why are we celebrating mayonnaise??

Posted by: dantesed at May 05, 2024 08:48 AM (Oy/m2)

155
Am only left with 2 cross cut trunk sections of the 2 pine trees that took down

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2024 08:44 AM

I have plenty of free diesel fuel if you wanna burn out any stumps. Take a 3/4" bit and drill about a dozen holes in the stump. Fill holes with diesel. Wait a few days, repeat. Do it half a dozen times. Then start a fire over stump and it will burn right down into the roots.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 05, 2024 08:50 AM (RKVpM)

156 Morning.
Woke up to about 1/2 inch of snow.
Started just before I went to bed as an ice storm. Earlier I was playing video poker at the Little 2 Convenient Store and this clown comes in.
"Why do they let that stupid senile idiot Biden play with the weather machine?"
I said "better than letting him play with the football."
Then he blows it. "Did we just become best friends?"
"No. Not if you're going to quote that fucking elf guy ever again."

Posted by: Reforger at May 05, 2024 08:50 AM (B705c)

157 May 5th is our daughter's anniversary... in addition to the day of Tequila.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2024 08:50 AM (Q4IgG)

158 Uruguay will melt down a bronze eagle found on a sunken World War II-era German destroyer off its coast 13 years ago, and recast it as a dove of peace, the South American country’s president said Friday.

The 350-kilogram (770-pound) “symbol of violence and war” will be turned into a “symbol of peace and union,”.

Destroying history is real fucking stupid.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 05, 2024 08:50 AM (ENQN6)

159 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at May 05, 2024 08:52 AM (dg+HA)

160 Luckily if wait until so rotted it falls on its own the stump is rotting away on its own.

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2024 08:53 AM (fwDg9)

161 {157} May 5th is our daughter's anniversary... in addition to the day of Tequila.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2024 08:50 AM (Q4IgG)

Happy Anniversary to your daughter! How many happy years has it been?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 05, 2024 08:54 AM (O7YUW)

162 For Cinco de Mayo I shall sing Hava Tequila at the wing place during lunch.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 05, 2024 08:56 AM (ENQN6)

163 > Happy Anniversary to your daughter! How many happy years has it been?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant
__________

This is their 5th anniversary. Married in Vegas. It was a wild one.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2024 08:57 AM (Q4IgG)

164 Oh, it's Drinko de Mayo. I'll have to have a tequila.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at May 05, 2024 08:59 AM (FkUwd)

165 .

NOOD

Sunday Morning Book thread is live!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 05, 2024 09:00 AM (O7YUW)

166 So, the DOJ now admits to "evidence tampering" in the Mar Lago document case - there is no other way to describe what happened here no matter how much SP Smith squid inks this up as some sort of innocent sounding foul up that the DOJ didn't know about before trial. They testified to the court that all was copasetic with the evidence that was in their custody, and now it isn't...

Judge should immediately dismiss this case and order a complete investigation into who did what, and who knew what and when...

Posted by: Boswell at May 05, 2024 09:03 AM (K+UlC)

167 Exactly. Or we end up going to one of our 3 or 4 favorite places . . . and a few months later during another "discussion" I find that she hates going to at least one of them, but she never told me.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2024 07:42 AM (omVj0)

Made my grandmother's cornbread for fifty years before he mentioned he really didn't like it.

Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at May 05, 2024 09:05 AM (IZjwR)

168 Yeah, it's vacuous and ridiculous to have Mark Hamill deliver a press briefing, but face it - during a Democrat Presidency, anyone can be PressSec. Read the canned remarks. Then call on someone who will ask "why does the President work so hard to keep our democracy so sacred? Does totally above-board and definitely real representative government give him the kind of sexual charge that watching him defend it gives us? Or is it just selfless dedication that drives him?"

They should keep it up with these old Hollywood almost-weres. They've done Luke Uses-A-Walker. Maybe they can the get the guy from "Bosom Buddies" next. Not Tom Hanks, though. The other queer, the one nobody remembers. Or the first drummer from the Beatles. Or Mikey from the Life cereal ads.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 05, 2024 09:16 AM (0FoWg)

169 Mindful: 1 of our dogs asked to go out 5 times last night. Wouldn't step off the patio due to rain. Even tried taking her holding an unbrella over head. Nope. She held it til this morning. Didn't get my restful sleep. Coffee's ready to help.

Posted by: S.Lynn at May 05, 2024 09:34 AM (o+xLn)

170 Trump can establish domicile in any state by buying a house, getting a driver's license and registering to vote. If he picks DeSantis that would show more depth than typical of Trump. DeSantis has almost zero charisma.

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