For Unto You Is Born An ONT

Wow. Thursday night and I have power. That's a novelty. Welcome to the ONT! Tonight's theme is “Let's be like the Founding Fathers”.

This Is Cool

Does anyone know about this? That seems like a handy thing to have around in case of...situations. How much does it cost? How much water can it filter before it has to be serviced or have parts replaced? Their website is in Polish, so I have no idea.

Down On The Farm

‘Clarkson’s Farm’ Piques Viewers’ Appreciation And Appetite For Good Old-Fashioned Agriculture

Few people want to think about the continued need for farmers and the crucial work they do.
However, TV host and England’s “Sexiest Man of the Year” Jeremy Clarkson proves in his new series, “Clarkson’s Farm,” this is a huge mistake. Clarkson runs a 1,000-acre farm in Oxfordshire, and the series documents his journey to reconnect modern audiences to the work of their ancestors. The result of this endeavor is some of the most entertaining, informative, and surprisingly profound television to come out in a long time.

My wife and I are big fans of the show, we've watched all 3 seasons. The regulatory BS that he has to go through is insane, makes me glad I live in Texas and not England. If you've seen him on Top Gear, you know that Clarkson is a skilled entertainer, and he flexes his entertainment muscles here, but the show also does a really good job at showing just how complicated the job of a “simple farmer” is.

My Shocked Face: Hamas Are Thieves

IDF: Hamas stole $100 million from Gaza banks

The Hamas terrorist group last month stole some $108 million from banks in the Gaza strip, the Israeli military revealed on Wednesday.
Last month, France’s Le Monde reported that armed groups in the Strip with suspected links to Hamas looted $70 million from branches of the Bank of Palestine, a leading Palestinian financial institution.
The funds were taken from the vaults of several branches of the bank across Gaza, said the report, which cited a Bank of Palestine document sent to “certain international partners” detailing the alleged robberies.
In one instance, the largest Bank of Palestine branch was attacked by terrorist commandos who claimed they were sent by “Gaza’s highest authorities,” which Le Monde said was understood to mean Hamas.

I shan't believe that such a fine, upstanding organization would condone such an act. Shan't I tell you.

The Tooth, The Whole Tooth, And Nothing But The Tooth

World-first tooth-regrowing drug will be given to humans in September

The medicine itself deactivates the uterine sensitization-associated gene-1 (USAG-1) protein, which suppresses tooth growth. As we reported in 2023, blocking USAG-1's interaction with other proteins encourages bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling, which triggers new bone to generate.
It resulted in new teeth emerging in the mouths of mice and ferrets, species that share close to the same USAG-1 properties as humans.
"The USAG-1 protein has a high amino acid homology of 97% between different animal species, including humans, mice, and beagles," the researchers noted.

I'm missing a couple of molars on the left side of my mouth. When I lost them we couldn't afford implants, and by the time we could, I was so used to the being gone that I never bothered. Time was I might be interested in this treatment, but since COVID, I'm not sure how much I trust “trials” to ensure that it's a safe treatment.

Daniel Hannon On Free Trade

NEW: What’s Not Fair about Free Trade?

What benefits the world economy more: government-imposed trade regulations or the free exchange of ideas and commerce? @DanielJHannan has the answer ? pic.twitter.com/ExxMEIzs2n
— PragerU (@prageru) June 10, 2024

Bad Day At Work

Bob is a commercial saturation diver for Global Divers in Louisiana.

This time of year the water is quite cool. So what we do to keep warm is this: We have a diesel powered industrial water heater. This $20,000 piece of equipment sucks the water out of the sea. It heats it to a delightful temperature. It then pumps it down to the diver through a garden hose, which is taped to the air hose. Now this sounds like a darn good plan, and I've used it several times with no complaints. What I do, when I get to the bottom and start working, is take the hose and stuff it down the back of my wet suit. This floods my whole suit with warm water. It's like working in a Jacuzzi. Everything was going well until all of a sudden, my butt started to itch. So, o

And then thing got sporty.

We're From The Government And We're Here To Help

Seattle’s $26 Minimum Wage Has Turned Into a Disaster for Delivery Drivers

In an effort to protect gig workers, Seattle implemented a new law mandating a $26 minimum wage for delivery drivers. However, just weeks after its enactment, the law has backfired spectacularly. Instead of benefiting drivers, it has led to exorbitant delivery prices, a plummet in order volumes, and significant income losses for the drivers it intended to help.

My shocked face.

We're Sorry, Mr. Franklin

A Republic? You Can Keep It.

As I've been saying for months now, a "banana republic" is by definition an irrelevant peripheral basket-case on the fringe of the map: yes, yes, I know, if you're watching that pier break apart off Gaza and US navy vessels wash up on Israeli beaches, what's left of America may increasingly seem like that, but it is still in theory "the leader of the free world". The expression "banana republic" was coined for Guatemala and Honduras; it's a problem of an entirely different scale when a great power does it, and it doesn't portend anything good about where the world's headed. A governing party of a serious nation so indifferent to elementary maxims of prudence that it's prepared to invent out of whole cloth crimes with which to convict the leader of the opposition is not one you'd want to bank on to keep us from stumbling into, say, a third world war.
True, "there is a great deal of ruin in a nation". But not this much.

Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by feats of human strength:

pic.twitter.com/SYJmrjB4Tn
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) June 13, 2024

Posted by: WeirdDave at 10:00 PM

Comments

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1 refresh

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at June 13, 2024 10:01 PM (ivrPA)

2 Today's tomorrow but yesterday

Posted by: Ciampino - Wed Update #110 at June 13, 2024 10:01 PM (qfLjt)

3 It was already Thursday
But his lordship's artificial limb had not been found

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 13, 2024 10:01 PM (CHHv1)

4 10th

Posted by: David French at June 13, 2024 10:01 PM (elaR+)

5 Those Founding Fathers knew how to drink!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS year in Corsicana - again! ~ at June 13, 2024 10:02 PM (hOUT3)

6 Aaarrrrg.
Off disgusting sock

Posted by: Erebus- ex-killer whale at June 13, 2024 10:02 PM (elaR+)

7 You just don't find Fathers of the Country who can pull off yoga pants quite like George W.

Lululemon?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2024 10:03 PM (jdHxK)

8 And there was much puking

Posted by: Erebus- ex-killer whale at June 13, 2024 10:03 PM (elaR+)

9 That Founding Fathers bar tab, over how many days?

Posted by: Ciampino - Today's tomorrow but yesterday at June 13, 2024 10:03 PM (qfLjt)

10 That desalinization tank only works if you're wearing a lab coat with pocket protector at the beach.

Posted by: Son of Dad at June 13, 2024 10:04 PM (8JB5s)

11 What? No Pomeroy's Plonck?

Posted by: H. Rumpole at June 13, 2024 10:04 PM (jdHxK)

12 The Hamas terrorist group last month stole some $108 million from banks in the Gaza strip, the Israeli military revealed on Wednesday.
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terrorists, do remember , you can't take it with you

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2024 10:04 PM (9pFgx)

13 Those Founding Fathers knew how to drink!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar
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Looks like a MoMe bar tab!

Posted by: screaming in digital at June 13, 2024 10:04 PM (iZbyp)

14 World-first tooth-regrowing drug will be given to humans in September

SNIZZ FANGS

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at June 13, 2024 10:05 PM (Nfps1)

15 Feats of strength? Is it Festivus already? Oh well, I'm always ready for the airing of grievances!

Posted by: screaming in digital at June 13, 2024 10:06 PM (iZbyp)

16 12 The Hamas terrorist group last month stole some $108 million from banks in the Gaza strip, the Israeli military revealed on Wednesday.
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terrorists, do remember , you can't take it with you
Posted by: runner at June 13, 2024 10:04 PM (9pFgx)

Uh.... you sure about that?

Posted by: Hamas Boss in Mansion in Quatar at June 13, 2024 10:07 PM (xaFKb)

17 World-first tooth-regrowing drug will be given to humans in September. . .

Okay, that's all well and good for active boys but I'm more interested in the new study that shows Viagra enhances blood flow to the brain and improves the function of brain blood vessels in patients at a heightened risk of vascular dementia.

Sure, let's go with that. And the side benefit is. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at June 13, 2024 10:07 PM (FQelG)

18 Sorry I'm late, I was teaching the octopus yoga.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 13, 2024 10:07 PM (ix/nF)

19 Hamas Boss in Mansion in Quatar

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why would a dead man walking need millions ?

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2024 10:09 PM (9pFgx)

20 Two of my favorites are on that bar tab- Madeira and porter. Tough choice as I would be hammered if I drank them both!

Posted by: Moonbeam at June 13, 2024 10:09 PM (rbKZ6)

21 There I was, just strolling through the content, when, suddenly [forehead slap] I realized, I coulda been a contendah. "Bad Day At Work" link didn't work and woke me up.

But, who cares?

Good even', y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - top ten? at June 13, 2024 10:09 PM (oLGRk)

22 My wife and I also watch Clarkson's Farm. It makes her chuckle frequently.

I am not quite sure if Clarkson's bonehead moves are natural or partially scripted.

He will never payout his land purchase price with his horrible and entertaining farming practices.

The British bureaucracy is a nightmare! Anybody know if remaining in the EU would have actually made it worse?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at June 13, 2024 10:09 PM (HlyYF)

23 It resulted in new teeth emerging in the mouths of mice and ferrets, species that share close to the same USAG-1 properties as humans.

LOL you aren't a mouse or a ferret people. Don't false for fake news!

Posted by: The CDC at June 13, 2024 10:09 PM (ibTVg)

24 There were only 55 attendees.
**********
Dudes just got done kicking Great Britain's ass.
They deserved a party.

Posted by: Cosda at June 13, 2024 10:10 PM (2z57a)

25 During Bible study yesterday someone wondered if young Jesus held the flashlight for St. Joseph when he was working and how that all went.

"Oh fer Your sake!! RIGHT THERE!!!!"

Posted by: Tonypete at June 13, 2024 10:10 PM (FQelG)

26 If by "trade regulations" you mean not allowing China to produce and sell to us (thereby undercutting and destroying every other supplier of) virtually everything vital to our functioning society (antibiotics, medical devices, electronics, spare parts, etc etc) then yes, sign me up for NOT "free trade".

Posted by: Son of Dad at June 13, 2024 10:10 PM (8JB5s)

27 I see no reason to watch the 3rd period

Posted by: Don Black at June 13, 2024 10:10 PM (/7KEl)

28 Samurai tree-catcher is hilarious.

Even on the fourth viewing.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2024 10:11 PM (jdHxK)

29 In an effort to protect gig workers, Seattle implemented a new law mandating a $26 minimum wage for delivery drivers. However, just weeks after its enactment, the law has backfired spectacularly. Instead of benefiting drivers, it has led to exorbitant delivery prices, a plummet in order volumes, and significant income losses for the drivers it intended to help.

The left absolutely refuses to consider the consequences of their actions.

So set the minimum wage to $26/h, no jobs will be lost and no costs will go up...why?...because economics is magic and whatever we say it is.

Why not make is $1000h? or hell a million?

Posted by: 18-1 at June 13, 2024 10:11 PM (ibTVg)

30 Good evening morons and thanks wd

In an effort to protect gig workers, Seattle implemented a new law mandating a $26 minimum wage for delivery drivers. However, just weeks after its enactment, the law has backfired spectacularly. Instead of benefiting drivers, it has led to exorbitant delivery prices, a plummet in order volumes, and significant income losses for the drivers it intended to help.
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Economics, how do it work?
/Seattle

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 13, 2024 10:12 PM (RIvkX)

31 when life gives you lemons . . .

https://youtu.be/-GAwqQS0kK8

Posted by: Kindltot at June 13, 2024 10:12 PM (D7oie)

32 Sure, let's go with that. And the side benefit is. . . .

AWFLs hardest hit...sort of literally.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 13, 2024 10:12 PM (ibTVg)

33 Zombie Winston Churchill looks at Washington's bar tab, snickers, and says, "Hold my pint of bitter."

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 13, 2024 10:13 PM (Z+Rw7)

34 I regularly mention that bar bill to my US history class, to put modern drinking habits into perspective.

It's estimated per capita alcohol consumption in the early 19th century was more than twice what it is today.

Posted by: Dr. T at June 13, 2024 10:14 PM (nGCO1)

35 Yes, reverse osmosis filters for desalination and to remove harmful particles are a real thing.

However, the reason it is called "reverse" osmosis is that you need pressure to move the water molecules in their opposite thermodynamic direction from higher salinity to lower salinity.

That is why industrial scale desalination plants are usually planned around nuclear plants or some other inexpensive energy source.

(I know, nukes aren't "cheap" in the U.S., but the process might work to use off-peak energy to make freshwater, where legal fees don't triple the cost.)

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at June 13, 2024 10:14 PM (HlyYF)

36 $108m? Jeebus. Gaza doesn't produce so much as $108.00 in a year. All that loot likely came from us taxpayers.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 13, 2024 10:14 PM (0FoWg)

37 …or the bar tab is just the earliest record of someone defrauding the government.

Posted by: Anon at June 13, 2024 10:15 PM (iauIu)

38 Was Washington's farewell party the original Moron Meetup?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at June 13, 2024 10:15 PM (HlyYF)

39
Oh dear. The Oilers do not seem to be doing particularly well.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2024 10:15 PM (MoZTd)

40 Oh, fixed I see: Bad Day At Work wasn't s'posed to be a link at all. Okay.

I've got two missing teeth which are in the back and not noticeable but miss the chewing power -- and a broken one that is hanging in there. Does this new thing re-grow whole teeth from scratch or just re-grow partial teeth?

Or grow teeth randomly where you might not want them, most likely. (Yike!)

Posted by: mindful webworker - dental hygiene dilemma at June 13, 2024 10:15 PM (oLGRk)

41 The Founders showed that limited violence can lead to truly beneficial changes. I see some signs now that it could happen again. There is some push back that seems to be different.

Posted by: Filler at June 13, 2024 10:15 PM (evFVP)

42 We had a few here who have The Flag and honor the sacrifices made: This is sweet

https://tinyurl.com/bdzyuv2n

Posted by: Ciampino - Today's tomorrow but yesterday .... at June 13, 2024 10:15 PM (qfLjt)

43 8 bottle of whiskey for 55 people...whiskey must not have been popular back in the day

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2024 10:16 PM (9pFgx)

44 9 That Founding Fathers bar tab, over how many days?

Posted by: Ciampino - Today's tomorrow but yesterday at June 13, 2024 10:03 PM

I think that was just a business lunch!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at June 13, 2024 10:16 PM (HlyYF)

45 WD! We are in luck! One of my girlfriends is Polish! I am sending her the video and questions.

Posted by: Piper at June 13, 2024 10:16 PM (p4NUW)

46 Madeira and Claret. French. Hmmm

Posted by: runner at June 13, 2024 10:17 PM (9pFgx)

47 If I knock out all my teeth, can I replace them with
a set of tiger teeth using this stuff?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 13, 2024 10:17 PM (0FoWg)

48 Evening.

Posted by: Robert at June 13, 2024 10:18 PM (Zd91q)

49 I'm curious if the Samurai tree catcher survived or died. I'm afraid my money's on "died."

Posted by: mnw at June 13, 2024 10:18 PM (NLIak)

50 Washington, Washington, six foot 20, drinks a fucking ton.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 13, 2024 10:19 PM (aD39U)

51 49 I'm curious if the Samurai tree catcher survived or died. I'm afraid my money's on "died."
Posted by: mnw at June 13, 2024 10:18 PM (NLIak)

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He cheated death by achieving Youtube immortality.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2024 10:19 PM (jdHxK)

52 I really like Daniel Hannan, but I cannot abide the Prager festival of flying graphics. They are distracting and irritating.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 13, 2024 10:19 PM (xCA6C)

53 Those Founding Fathers knew how to drink!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS year in Corsicana - again! ~

Looks like the founding Fathers were doing MoMes before we were. Knew I liked those boys.

Posted by: Some Rat at June 13, 2024 10:19 PM (vJiyU)

54 Samantha Power is yelping about “diplomatic staff” getting snatched by Houthi rebels.

“The heads of six U.N. agencies and three international humanitarian organizations issued a joint appeal to Yemen’s Houthi rebels for the immediate release of 17 members of their staff who were recently detained along with many others also being held by the Iranian-backed group.”

Of course she was running an operation and got caught-out.

Posted by: 13times at June 13, 2024 10:20 PM (QwXuo)

55 If every Southern state cooked you supper.

https://youtu.be/wB5n3yoegkc

Question: Do the non-Texan and non-Southern members of the Horde know what a chicken fried steak is and what it isn't?

Posted by: Robert at June 13, 2024 10:20 PM (Zd91q)

56 I have a great idea about Hamas. Let’s build them a pier and send them money and humanitarian aid. For the children. Who are dead three times over, but details.

Posted by: Piper at June 13, 2024 10:20 PM (p4NUW)

57 49 I'm curious if the Samurai tree catcher survived or died. I'm afraid my money's on "died."

Posted by: mnw at June 13, 2024 10:18 PM

He died ... but he bequeathed his Samurai sword to Weasel.

So let's call it a wash.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at June 13, 2024 10:20 PM (HlyYF)

58
Washington, Washington, six foot 20, drinks a fucking ton.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 13, 2024 10:19 PM (aD39U)

___________

He tore out Benedict Arnold's eyeball and ate it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2024 10:20 PM (MoZTd)

59 Or grow teeth randomly where you might not want them, most likely. (Yike!)
Posted by: mindful webworker

I saw 'Rabid' also! Marilyn Chambers was terrific!!

Posted by: Tonypete at June 13, 2024 10:20 PM (FQelG)

60 8 bottle of whiskey for 55 people...whiskey must not have been popular back in the day
Posted by: runner at June 13, 2024 10:16 PM (9pFgx)

Whiskey wasn't considered a gentleman's drink back then; it was what those ignorant backwoodsmen made. There's a line of argument that Alexander Hamilton's whiskey tax wasn't just a revenue measure, it was a "sin tax" of sorts. He sure wasn't taking as much aim at all those bottles of Madeira and claret.

Posted by: Dr. T at June 13, 2024 10:20 PM (nGCO1)

61 Gonna be 105 here Sunday.

It's just June.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at June 13, 2024 10:20 PM (3CVIc)

62 Banana in the tailpipe republic.

Posted by: davidt at June 13, 2024 10:21 PM (SYTee)

63 "Hey, where's your wristband? You're not even a Founding Father, are you."

Posted by: Revolutionary Door Guy at June 13, 2024 10:21 PM (jdHxK)

64 feats of human strength

That was treemendous. Couldn't quite laugh through my stunned face.

Posted by: mindful webworker - hold my saki! at June 13, 2024 10:21 PM (oLGRk)

65 RE: the Washington's Farewell bar tab. That sounds like a typical Elk's Lodge Thursday night 8-ball tournament bar consumption. Or as I like to think of it as social progress that matters.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 13, 2024 10:21 PM (fuTvC)

66 Those Founding Fathers knew how to drink!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ THIS year in Corsicana - again! ~

In my defense, I was typing while you were hitting "post"....

Posted by: Some Rat at June 13, 2024 10:21 PM (vJiyU)

67 50 Washington, Washington, six foot 20, drinks a fucking ton.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 13, 2024 10:19 PM

Has there been a single music video on youtube that has topped that one?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at June 13, 2024 10:21 PM (HlyYF)

68 61 Gonna be 105 here Sunday.

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Congrats. And you're still more clearheaded than the Leader of the Free World!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2024 10:22 PM (jdHxK)

69 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, fishin' and golfin' in Amish Country at June 13, 2024 10:22 PM (/Djer)

70 Whiskey was poor people stuff back then. Gentlemen drank wine. 114 bottles of it at a sitting, apparently.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 13, 2024 10:23 PM (0FoWg)

71 Link to George Washington video on youtube:

https://tinyurl.com/2ustkzbv

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at June 13, 2024 10:23 PM (HlyYF)

72 One of the HEBs back home, the big one as I call it, sold these little bottles of Madeira that were supposedly made in the style of the Founders' era.

I'd pick up a bottle on occasion at close to $20 bucks. A couple of months ago I got it in mind to get some. Closer to $40 bucks. Yeah, nevermind.

Looked last week and it looks like they stopped carrying it.

Posted by: Robert at June 13, 2024 10:25 PM (Zd91q)

73 Was Washington's farewell party the original Moron Meetup?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot

Ok, 66 should have been in response to this.
Cripes!

Posted by: Some Rat at June 13, 2024 10:25 PM (vJiyU)

74 58
Washington, Washington, six foot 20, drinks a fucking ton.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at June 13, 2024 10:19 PM (aD39U)

___________

He tore out Benedict Arnold's eyeball and ate it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June

This does not sound like a fun dancing song!

Posted by: Piper at June 13, 2024 10:26 PM (p4NUW)

75 In an effort to protect gig workers, Seattle implemented a new law mandating a $26 minimum wage for delivery drivers. However, just weeks after its enactment, the law has backfired spectacularly. Instead of benefiting drivers, it has led to exorbitant delivery prices, a plummet in order volumes, and significant income losses for the drivers it intended to help.

My shocked face. - Weird Dave.

My most satisfied smug gloating face at watching former beloved city blow itself up. Now do fire.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 13, 2024 10:26 PM (fuTvC)

76 Samurai tree-catcher is hilarious.
Even on the fourth viewing.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

Brainstorming new sports: caber tossing, ~~caber catching~~,

Posted by: some Scotsman's notebook at June 13, 2024 10:27 PM (DgGvY)

77 Good evening horde. Thanks for the content WD.

Harry's Farm is another good British farming youtube channel. More serious and less goofy than Clarkson, but Harry Metcalf has serious car credentials. He founded Evo magazine and has a separate channel just for his car stuff.

Don't know what it is about British car journalists becoming farmers, but there you go.

Posted by: TRex at June 13, 2024 10:27 PM (QdUDF)

78 73 Was Washington's farewell party the original Moron Meetup?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot

Ok, 66 should have been in response to this.
Cripes!

Posted by: Some Rat at June 13, 2024 10:25 PM

Don't we all drink three bottles of Madeira before reading the ONT?

A few mistakes are to be expected!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at June 13, 2024 10:27 PM (HlyYF)

79 Levin is en fuego

Posted by: Don Black at June 13, 2024 10:27 PM (/7KEl)

80 Re: Seattle's $26/hr min wage:

Hahaha hahahahahahahaha
*Draws breath*
Hahahahahahahaha!!!!!

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 13, 2024 10:29 PM (ufFY8)

81 Levin is en fuego
Posted by: Don Black

I agree with him, but I can't listen to him.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, deplorable clown at June 13, 2024 10:29 PM (qZEuM)

82 Party like it's 1787?

Rebellious.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 13, 2024 10:30 PM (Q4IgG)

83 When I lost them we couldn't afford implants,

I've had one tooth implant and they are very expensive. If an end molar goes, I won't bother, but I didn't like the gap for tooth brushing.

Posted by: nerdygirl at June 13, 2024 10:30 PM (0Htd1)

84 funky cold Madeira

Posted by: That rap guy...Dr. Dre? at June 13, 2024 10:30 PM (ufFY8)

85 Tone Loc

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 13, 2024 10:30 PM (0FoWg)

86 Banana in the tailpipe republic.
Posted by: davidt

Yoo Hoo!!

Posted by: Pete Buttigig at June 13, 2024 10:31 PM (TpxpJ)

87 Las Cruces is going be experiencing a Climate Change Disaster
(tm) for a few days due to temperatures being between 105° and 110°. When I moved here in 2019, when we were ignorant, this was called June.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 13, 2024 10:31 PM (fuTvC)

88 Thanks for the ONT, WD.
Saturation diver story is hilarious.

Posted by: scampydog at June 13, 2024 10:31 PM (41CYW)

89 How much does it cost? How much water can it filter before it has to be serviced or have parts replaced?

I went to their website. They say their membranes cost $1 per 10,000 liters (?!) and can work 24 hours a day for 200 days before needing to be replaced.

That's too cheap for any government to allow.

Posted by: t-bird at June 13, 2024 10:31 PM (Av2Ad)

90 Why I think Trump should take J.D. Vance as his running mate:

Trump has to win ONE of WI, MI, or PA to get elected.

What do these 3 states have in common? More white voters than the national average. More voters without college degrees than the national average.

Vance proved in OH that he runs especially well among white voters without a college degree.

Q.E.D.

At a minimum, I hope Team Orange is doing private polling to see who, if any, of the many potential VP picks helps Trump the most in these 3 states. Note that I DID say "if any." Maybe the VP pick makes no difference whatever.

MI & WI are tied in the head-to-head (H2H) polling, while Trump has a 2-point lead in PA, according to the RCP averages.

Anyone who thinks Biden doesn't have a prayer of winning is delusional.

Posted by: mnw at June 13, 2024 10:31 PM (NLIak)

91 The colonial-era theme is timely. I walked some of the freedom trail in Boston this morning. Tea party site, Boston Massacre site, Old North Church, and Bunker Hill (among other stops).

Posted by: TRex at June 13, 2024 10:32 PM (QdUDF)

92 Horde knows rap shit, yo!

Posted by: That rap guy...Dr. Dre? at June 13, 2024 10:32 PM (ufFY8)

93 I got 66 and sunny. Gorgeous day.

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 13, 2024 10:32 PM (HXGNm)

94 Edmonton gets one.
4-2.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 13, 2024 10:32 PM (ufFY8)

95 Party like it's 1787?

With all that sweet stuff, my headache would last a century.

Posted by: t-bird at June 13, 2024 10:32 PM (Av2Ad)

96 Napoleon didn't get a send-off like George's.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2024 10:33 PM (jdHxK)

97 Levin is en fuego
Posted by: Don Black

I agree with him, but I can't listen to him.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, deplorable clown at June 13, 2024 10:29 PM (qZEuM)

Doesn't bother me at all. Growing up, most of my friends' dads were like that when pissed. Hell. I'm like that when I'm pissed.

Must be the Hunky/Slovak in me. LOL!!

Posted by: Thatcrazyjerseyguy now with twice the crazy at June 13, 2024 10:33 PM (iODuv)

98 Jeremy Clarkson has a documentary on the Victoria Cross that includes how his father-in-law was awarded one at a little place called Arnhem.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 13, 2024 10:35 PM (b6PKS)

99 94 and sunny, but will feel a little cooler on the porch because of the breeze off the bay. I will still be found in the pool floating around like the princess I pretend to be.

Posted by: Piper at June 13, 2024 10:35 PM (pZEOD)

100 walked some of the freedom trail in Boston this morning. Tea party site, Boston Massacre site, Old North Church, and Bunker Hill (among other stops).

I walked it in Fallout 4.

But I did visit the Old North Church IRL.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 13, 2024 10:35 PM (ufFY8)

101 99

How's Owlbert?

Posted by: mnw at June 13, 2024 10:36 PM (NLIak)

102 I find Levin soothing and calming

Posted by: Don Black at June 13, 2024 10:36 PM (/7KEl)

103 28 Samurai tree-catcher is hilarious.

Even on the fourth viewing.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2024 10:11 PM (jdHxK)
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There's no splatter or spatter. Come on, I want splatter or it's not real!

Posted by: Ciampino - Today's tomorrow but yesterday ... at June 13, 2024 10:37 PM (qfLjt)

104 Ya big dummy!

There, I said it!

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 13, 2024 10:37 PM (ufFY8)

105 "Daniel Hannon On Free Trade"

sure, let's buy cheap labor items from China. China, who brags about stealing our technology, and using slaves to produce it cheaper, while they bribe our politicians to give them economic advantages.

There is a price to liberty and to producing goods without massive pollution, without using slaves, without stealing technology, without building an antifreedom military. Daniel did not address those costs.

Posted by: illiniwek at June 13, 2024 10:37 PM (Cus5s)

106 That is a true WTF??? Video!

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2024 10:38 PM (S6gqv)

107 The PRC is world leaders in tofu infrastructure.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 13, 2024 10:38 PM (b6PKS)

108 A conspiracy theory just popped into my brain today.

Biden must take all kinds of injections over the course of a week. If it becomes crystal clear that he is going to lose, I think the Democrat powers behind the throne will kill him.

It gives them a legitimate excuse for a last second replacement, AND they get a huge sympathy vote turnout from all of the Karens that weren't excited to vote this election.

Plus some of the power brokers are going to jail if Trump wins and gets any toehold of power within the federal bureaucracy to obtain actual emails, etc.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at June 13, 2024 10:38 PM (HlyYF)

109 Hannan is also a big proponent of the "unlimited Ukraine aid" cash scam. Typical ConInc grifter, but limier.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 13, 2024 10:39 PM (0FoWg)

110 I walked some of the freedom trail in Boston this morning. Tea party site, Boston Massacre site, Old North Church, and Bunker Hill (among other stops).

Posted by: TRex at June 13, 2024 10:32 PM

That is a great walk, TRex!

However, I haven't done it in many years. Have they managed to wokify the history?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at June 13, 2024 10:40 PM (HlyYF)

111 My new Honda Trail 125 is badass. Riding it 108° heat is not badass.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 13, 2024 10:40 PM (fuTvC)

112 101 99

How's Owlbert?
Posted by: mnw at June 13, 2024 10:36 PM

He is good, he had 2 frozen mice snacks today, or scooby snacks as we call them. He didn’t come ask for any more at the window tonight. He is happy because we are in the pool in the evenings so he comes and yells, then flies off doing whatever owl business he does and comes back to yell some more.

Posted by: Piper at June 13, 2024 10:41 PM (pZEOD)

113 100 But I did visit the Old North Church IRL.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 13, 2024 10:35 PM (ufFY

***
Today I learned that the steeple isn't original. It is the third one, installed in 1955 after storm damage. It is a faithful replica.

Posted by: TRex at June 13, 2024 10:41 PM (QdUDF)

114 Plus some of the power brokers are going to jail if Trump wins and gets any toehold of power within the federal bureaucracy to obtain actual emails, etc.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot

I'm hoping, if Trump wins, he expands on one of Vivek's ideas. Pick some number between 0 and 3. If a civilian federal employee's SSN, divided by 4, has that number as a remainder, they keep their job and retirement. Otherwise, they get canned and lose all benefits, current and future.

Cuts the workforce, extra fat, and costs over the long term.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 13, 2024 10:42 PM (VNX3d)

115 I find I am trying to stay away from any national news just to try to shake the growing sense of overwhelming dread that I cannot escape these days.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2024 10:43 PM (S6gqv)

116 111 My new Honda Trail 125 is badass. Riding it 108° heat is not badass.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 13, 2024 10:40 PM

I believe the proper technique is continuous full throttle to create the air-cooled "Alteria Pilgram" effect!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at June 13, 2024 10:43 PM (HlyYF)

117 I'm thinking there were some 'helpers' at George's farewell party.

Posted by: Braenyard at June 13, 2024 10:43 PM (mP6Ur)

118 112 Piper

Glad to hear Owlbert is flourishing!

Where do you acquire frozen mice, btw? (I know I may regret asking.)

Posted by: mnw at June 13, 2024 10:43 PM (NLIak)

119 110 Have they managed to wokify the history?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at June 13, 2024 10:40 PM (HlyYF)
***
Not that I saw. Also humbling to walk through Copps Hill Burying Ground, just up the hill from the church. Lots of people with short lives.

Posted by: TRex at June 13, 2024 10:44 PM (QdUDF)

120 'IDF: Hamas stole $100 million from Gaza banks'

Hamas are so low down that I wouldn't be surprised to hear that they literally eat shit.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at June 13, 2024 10:45 PM (roH4R)

121 Though FAIR THEE WELL

Even on my BEST nights under the ORange TREE...
I would be coffined TWICE trying to keep up with that Bar Tab. (Thank you for the ONT)

But we now have to be tactical since our DIC (Demented in Chief) has thrown down once again against our 2A rights and threatens us once again in speech.

Time to think of our future. Not only for us, but our children and Grand children.

Not to mention the Russkies are now 90 miles off our shores. (Just one nuke sub?)

I think not...

Posted by: Nightwatch at June 13, 2024 10:45 PM (TDvv2)

122 I find I am trying to stay away from any national news just to try to shake the growing sense of overwhelming dread that I cannot escape these days.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2024 10:43 PM (S6gqv)
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It's because the so-called leader of the free world is currently having a steep cognitive and functional decline and they cannot hide it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 13, 2024 10:46 PM (RIvkX)

123 I had a Honda 125 in college many moons ago. Damn I loved that thing would tear down back roads and dirt trails all the time.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2024 10:46 PM (S6gqv)

124 We didn't beat the British by staying sober.

'Drinks all around, then, we shove off for Trenton!' - Stuff Geo. Washington Said, Vol. I, Pg. 3

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 13, 2024 10:46 PM (XeU6L)

125 I'm hoping, if Trump wins, he expands on one of Vivek's ideas. Pick some number between 0 and 3. If a civilian federal employee's SSN, divided by 4, has that number as a remainder, they keep their job and retirement. Otherwise, they get canned and lose all benefits, current and future.

Cuts the workforce, extra fat, and costs over the long term.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 13, 2024 10:42 PM

I am hoping Trump picks Javier Milei as his running mate, and gives him a chainsaw and tells him he will give him a $100 bonus for every federal worker he cuts!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at June 13, 2024 10:46 PM (HlyYF)

126 115 Servo

U r not alone, brother.

It's kind of an existential dread for me. Like a miasma. Not connected to specific circumstances-- although God knows there're plenty of THOSE around.

Posted by: mnw at June 13, 2024 10:47 PM (NLIak)

127 I had a Honda 125 in college many moons ago. Damn I loved that thing would tear down back roads and dirt trails all the time.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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My first ride was a Honda Super 90. I was convinced that I could ride it around the world.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 13, 2024 10:47 PM (XeU6L)

128 Love the Founders.
They caused the Brits to blow a 13 colony lead.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2024 10:47 PM (W/lyH)

129 I'm still LMAO about the baby girl getting her first taste of ice cream.

Posted by: Bananamerica at June 13, 2024 10:48 PM (MB784)

130 Oilers score again!

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 13, 2024 10:48 PM (HXGNm)

131 There is a price to liberty and to producing goods without massive pollution, without using slaves, without stealing technology, without building an antifreedom military. Daniel did not address those costs.
Posted by: illiniwek at June 13, 2024 10:37 PM (Cus5s)

Exactly.

Related to that, it's only really "free" trade when everybody in every nation is on the same page with trade. When some nations are deliberately cheating to get a leg up on others... and when certain morally bankrupt people sell out their fellow citizens' rights and wealth in these deals... then it's not such a free trade anymore.

Posted by: They Can't Have My French Fries at June 13, 2024 10:48 PM (Lhm5y)

132 It's a game.
4-3.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 13, 2024 10:48 PM (ufFY8)

133 I find I am trying to stay away from any national news just to try to shake the growing sense of overwhelming dread that I cannot escape these days.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2024 10:43 PM (S6gqv)

Yeah, reading the news doesn't help. But try to avoid that dread. Things are bad. They will get worse until everything is totally ruined.

But, the flip side of that is that there's also nothing any of us can do about it. The reason things have gotten so bad in the first place is that citizens are no longer relevant and have no recourse to change any of it. No sense fretting about it.

We're all just riding this thing down.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 13, 2024 10:48 PM (0FoWg)

134 118 112 Piper

Glad to hear Owlbert is flourishing!

Where do you acquire frozen mice, btw? (I know I may regret asking.)
Posted by: mnw at June 13, 2024 10:43 PM (NLIak

Pet food stores! You can order them, and much more, online. People feed them to snakes.

Posted by: Piper at June 13, 2024 10:48 PM (pZEOD)

135 The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants.” —Thomas Jefferson, 1787 Accelerate or die!

Posted by: Nightwatch at June 13, 2024 10:50 PM (TDvv2)

136 134 Piper

I had no idea. The stuff you learn here!

Posted by: mnw at June 13, 2024 10:50 PM (NLIak)

137 My first ride was a Honda Super 90. I was convinced that I could ride it around the world.
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Pic:

https://tinyurl.com/3ufez4nz

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 13, 2024 10:51 PM (XeU6L)

138 Mmmm.

Mouse.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 13, 2024 10:51 PM (RIvkX)

139 I am hoping Trump picks Javier Milei as his running mate. . .
Posted by: Pillage Idiot

Javier Bardem would be much, much better.

-- "What's the most you ever lost on a coin toss?"

Posted by: Tonypete at June 13, 2024 10:53 PM (TpxpJ)

140 Jerusalem Post reported today that Biden’s Wonder Pier, which broke down after operating for only a few days, was towed to a proper port and given $22 million in repairs. It was taken back to Gaza and reinstalled… where it promptly broke down again after only 1 day of operation.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2024 10:53 PM (S6gqv)

141 I don't watch any national news: it is all propaganda, or piss poor reportage. Most of it is emotional manipulation and half-truths, when it is not outright lies.

Major news I get through osmosis, ace, or the Horde.

I think I have managed to keep some of my sanity.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 13, 2024 10:53 PM (ufFY8)

142 promptly broke down again after only 1 day of operation.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2024 10:53 PM (S6gqv)

Lol

Is there anything Gaza can't fuck up?

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 13, 2024 10:54 PM (ufFY8)

143 Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by feats of human strength:

The evolution of pancakes. Sigh.

Posted by: Zombie Charles Darwin at June 13, 2024 10:54 PM (mH6SG)

144 promptly broke down again after only 1 day of operation.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2024 10:53 PM (S6gqv)

Lol

Is there anything Gaza can't fuck up?
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt

I don't think they can screw up Joe Biden any more than he already is.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 13, 2024 10:55 PM (VNX3d)

145 Operation Eagle Claw > Gaza Pier

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 13, 2024 10:56 PM (RIvkX)

146 It was taken back to Gaza and reinstalled… where it promptly broke down again after only 1 day of operation.
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So I built a second one. It sank into the swamp. So I built a third. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp.

Posted by: screaming in digital at June 13, 2024 10:56 PM (iZbyp)

147 Did Owlbert react to a frozen mouse like the baby did to the ice cream cone?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 13, 2024 10:57 PM (63Dwl)

148 Pet food stores! You can order them, and much more, online. People feed them to snakes.
Posted by: Piper

"Bobby, please jiggle grandpas rat so it looks alive."

Posted by: Some Rat at June 13, 2024 10:58 PM (vJiyU)

149
147 Did Owlbert react to a frozen mouse like the baby did to the ice cream cone?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June

Not nearly as cute. He grabs it, flies away, gobbles it up and pukes up the bones. Wash, rinse, repeat.

Posted by: Piper at June 13, 2024 10:59 PM (pZEOD)

150 I'm hoping, if Trump wins, he expands on one of Vivek's ideas. Pick some number between 0 and 3. If a civilian federal employee's SSN, divided by 4, has that number as a remainder, they keep their job and retirement. Otherwise, they get canned and lose all benefits, current and future.

Cuts the workforce, extra fat, and costs over the long term.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 13, 2024 10:42 PM (VNX3d)

Cool. Now do Medicare and Social Security.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 13, 2024 10:59 PM (Z+Rw7)

151 I'm early.

WeirdDave!

Posted by: Candidus at June 13, 2024 10:59 PM (UryL6)

152 Nanoseen looks like a variant of cold fusion.

Posted by: EdmundBurkesShade at June 13, 2024 11:00 PM (WvGHv)

153 If a tree falls in the forest and nobody catches it, does the crowd go home disappointed?

Posted by: Muldoon at June 13, 2024 11:00 PM (uCfKO)

154 The medicine itself deactivates the uterine sensitization-associated gene-1 (USAG-1) protein, which suppresses tooth growth.

I wonder how well this medicine will work on women.

Posted by: "Teeth" (2017) at June 13, 2024 11:00 PM (gKWVE)

155 *2007, even. I can't type

Posted by: gKWVE at June 13, 2024 11:01 PM (gKWVE)

156 103 28 Samurai tree-catcher is hilarious.

Even on the fourth viewing.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2024 10:11 PM (jdHxK)
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There's no splatter or spatter. Come on, I want splatter or it's not real!
Posted by: Ciampino
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I Katana belive it.

Posted by: scampydog at June 13, 2024 11:01 PM (41CYW)

157 146 So I built a second one. It sank into the swamp. So I built a third. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp.

Posted by: screaming in digital at June 13, 2024 10:56 PM (iZbyp)
***
Excellent reference. Well played.

Posted by: TRex at June 13, 2024 11:02 PM (QdUDF)

158 Bed time. These classes aren’t going to teach themselves! Sweet dreams, y’all.

Posted by: Piper at June 13, 2024 11:02 PM (pZEOD)

159 I had a good friend who was really into dirt bike / enduro bike racing. He got to where he was doing banked oval racing and winning a lot of the time, winning good money. Then one race something went wrong and he launched off the top of a banked oval and went out into the woods - connected with a pine tree about 30 feet off the ground. He didn’t die, but he didn’t wake up for 4 days either, and it took about 6 weeks to get out of the hospital..
Well racing just didn’t have quite the same appeal after that.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2024 11:03 PM (S6gqv)

160 153 If a tree falls in the forest and nobody catches it, does the crowd go home disappointed?
Posted by: Muldoon at June 13, 2024 11:00 PM (uCfKO)

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Honestly, I didn't know who to root for.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2024 11:03 PM (jdHxK)

161 Is "no video of a guy dying on the ONT" so much to ask?

Posted by: Coast of Gary at June 13, 2024 11:04 PM (Wsh/V)

162 If a tree falls in the forest and nobody catches it, does the crowd go home disappointed?
Posted by: Muldoon
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Honestly, I didn't know who to root for.
Posted by: Cicero

They all wanted to leave.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 13, 2024 11:05 PM (TpxpJ)

163 The Hamas terrorist group last month stole some $108 million from banks in the Gaza strip, the Israeli military revealed on Wednesday.
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Cash.
Greenbacks, right?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 13, 2024 11:05 PM (cOq4q)

164 If a tree falls in the forest and nobody catches it, does the crowd go home disappointed?
Posted by: Muldoon
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Honestly, I didn't know who to root for.
Posted by: Cicero

They all wanted to leave.
Posted by: Tonypete
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Just lumbered along.

Posted by: scampydog at June 13, 2024 11:05 PM (41CYW)

165
Kennel dogs fed and put up, Val medicated, evening prayers said. Good night, Hordians. A busy day today and a busy one tomorrow.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2024 11:05 PM (MoZTd)

166 I'm guessing that tree video is fake. Nobody is stupid enough to think they could catch that kind of weight.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 13, 2024 11:06 PM (0FoWg)

167 161 Is "no video of a guy dying on the ONT" so much to ask?

Posted by: Coast of Gary at June 13, 2024 11:04 PM

ONT guarantee: No one died in the making of that video!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at June 13, 2024 11:06 PM (HlyYF)

168 You might say that guy's lifespan got truncated.

Posted by: Muldoon at June 13, 2024 11:06 PM (uCfKO)

169 I like Steve Inman videos. He doesn’t usually show anyone dying (well it does happen once in a while) he mainly just shows loudmouth fools and thieves getting the bejesus beaten out of them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2024 11:07 PM (S6gqv)

170 Pierced by a limb, he opened a branch orifice.

Posted by: Muldoon at June 13, 2024 11:08 PM (uCfKO)

171 Do we have the names of the Shadow Executive that actually runs the DC cabal. You know, the ones blessed with named lampposts?

Posted by: Ciampino - Today's tomorrow but yesterday .. at June 13, 2024 11:09 PM (qfLjt)

172 If you can't xylem, phloem!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2024 11:09 PM (jdHxK)

173 I went from "Yeah, that looks like a Japanese festival event" to "WTF is that real?!"

So, congrats, Weird Dave, I guess?

Posted by: pookysgirl prefers the Okinawan coming-of-age ceremony at June 13, 2024 11:09 PM (dtlDP)

174 I'm guessing that tree video is fake. Nobody is stupid enough to think they could catch that kind of weight.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Catching a tree? Bad idea. Wood knot try.

Posted by: scampydog at June 13, 2024 11:09 PM (41CYW)

175 Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2024 11:07 PM (S6gqv)

I don't like death videos as a general rule, but I can make an exception for lowlife thugs getting what's coming to them.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 13, 2024 11:09 PM (0FoWg)

176 *sorry*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2024 11:09 PM (jdHxK)

177 I laugh when an anvil lands on the coyote too.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2024 11:11 PM (jdHxK)

178 Seriously - even if you're so stupid that you routinely walk out of the house with your shoes on your hands and pants on your head, you still have an innate instinct that tells you "no you can't catch a tree you dum-dum."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 13, 2024 11:11 PM (0FoWg)

179 I think the tree video is fake. Some type of photosynthesis.

Posted by: Muldoon at June 13, 2024 11:12 PM (uCfKO)

180 168 You might say that guy's lifespan got truncated.

Posted by: Muldoon at June 13, 2024 11:06 PM (uCfKO)
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Forever to sing "Wooden Heart"

Posted by: Ciampino - Today's tomorrow but yesterday . at June 13, 2024 11:12 PM (qfLjt)

181 Pierced by a limb, he opened a branch orifice.
Posted by: Muldoon at June 13, 2024 11:08 PM (uCfKO)
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Ladies and Gentlemen, the next Poet Laureate of the United States!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 13, 2024 11:12 PM (RIvkX)

182 Rings of Clobber

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2024 11:12 PM (jdHxK)

183 That samurai is forever a member of the Birch Society.

Posted by: Ciampino - Heartwood is best wood at June 13, 2024 11:13 PM (qfLjt)

184 We've watched "Clarkson's Farm" too. I can't imagine going through the hoops and hurdles he does. I'm sure some (most) of it strictly for entertainment. But it does lay bare how insane regulations can be.

Plus he's got a fucking Lamborghini tractor...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 13, 2024 11:13 PM (Q4IgG)

185 Catching a tree? Bad idea. Wood knot try.
Posted by: scampydog

People, I think we can stop voting now.

Posted by: Some Rat at June 13, 2024 11:14 PM (vJiyU)

186 Some just pine for attention.

Posted by: scampydog at June 13, 2024 11:14 PM (41CYW)

187 Wood eye!

Posted by: Hare lip at June 13, 2024 11:14 PM (63Dwl)

188 Photosynthesis - oh that’s good, that’s really good!

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2024 11:17 PM (S6gqv)

189 Plus he's got a fucking Lamborghini tractor...
Posted by: Martin
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Those new Lambo tractors are impressive.

Posted by: scampydog at June 13, 2024 11:17 PM (41CYW)

190 The Founders were the highest and best of civilization. It reached its apogee with Lincoln. It's been downhill since. It doesn't mean it can't be reserected again.

Posted by: Filler at June 13, 2024 11:18 PM (evFVP)

191 Lamborghini started out as a tractor company.

Italian tractors. Imagine the durability.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 13, 2024 11:19 PM (jdHxK)

192 promptly broke down again after only 1 day of operation.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 13, 2024 10:53 PM (S6gqv)

Lol

Is there anything Gaza can't fuck up?
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt

I don't think they can screw up Joe Biden any more than he already is.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 13, 2024 10:55 PM (VNX3d)

Jeez! Did they just double down on stupid???

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2024 11:20 PM (W/lyH)

193 SPOILER ALERT!

Geez... no one died!
The guy didn't get crushed, watch the last second the 'catcher' disappears.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 13, 2024 11:21 PM (pUmP9)

194 well, Coors started out as a ceramic company... that built the Pluto Ramjet.
their beer is a little weaker than that.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 13, 2024 11:21 PM (gKWVE)

195 93 I got 66 and sunny. Gorgeous day.
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 13, 2024 10:32 PM (HXGNm)

70 and perfect here in Orange County (Ca) also.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at June 13, 2024 11:22 PM (QGaXH)

196 Italian tractors. Imagine the durability.
Posted by: Cicero
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We have this covered.

Posted by: FIAT money at June 13, 2024 11:22 PM (41CYW)

197 Plus he's got a fucking Lamborghini tractor...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 13, 2024 11:13 PM (Q4IgG)

there was a small, tracked Lambo tractor at the Brooks Steam Up last summer in Oregon. I got a picture of it. It was cute and very, very blue. It was a bit smaller than a Ford Courier pick up.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 13, 2024 11:22 PM (D7oie)

198 If a tree falls in the forest and nobody catches it, does the crowd go home disappointed?
Posted by: Muldoon at June 13, 2024 11:00 PM (uCfKO)

Why was the crowd in the forest?

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2024 11:23 PM (W/lyH)

199
The guy didn't get crushed, watch the last second the 'catcher' disappears.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

He got out but he was two inches tall and made sounds like an accordian.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 13, 2024 11:24 PM (63Dwl)

200 Why was the crowd in the forest?
Posted by: Diogenes
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They are a bunch of saps?

Posted by: scampydog at June 13, 2024 11:25 PM (41CYW)

201 well, Coors started out as a ceramic company... that built the Pluto Ramjet.
their beer is a little weaker than that.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 13, 2024 11:21 PM (gKWVE)

Ball canning jars now has a Defense and Aerospace Division

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2024 11:25 PM (W/lyH)

202
He got out but he was two inches tall and made sounds like an accordian.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot

Favorite of the ladies after that due to his woody.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 13, 2024 11:26 PM (pUmP9)

203 That Samurai got the sap

(* sap = horde tire iron)
--
The Samurai was heard to bark his order to cut the tree.
--
The Samurai was rooted to the spot.

Posted by: Ciampino - Heartwood is best wood. at June 13, 2024 11:26 PM (qfLjt)

204 really good job at showing just how complicated the job of a “simple farmer” is.

"Anybody can be a farmer, just put some seeds in the ground"

-Michael Bloomberg

Posted by: Miklos' farmer grandaddy would beta Bloomberg with a hoe at June 13, 2024 11:26 PM (wWqRd)

205 If a tree falls in the forest and nobody catches it, does the crowd go home disappointed?
Posted by: Muldoon

SPEAK UP

Posted by: Helen Keller at June 13, 2024 11:28 PM (wWqRd)

206 Italian tractors. Imagine the durability.
Posted by: Cicero
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We have this covered.
Posted by: FIAT money

Lamborghini makes tractors.

Pricey, pricey tractors.

Posted by: Miklos is more of a Zetor guy at June 13, 2024 11:29 PM (wWqRd)

207 You all know that hamas will just keep pushing civilians into the line of fire against the IDF because THE Palestinians voted hamas to be their leaders after Israel turned the ENTIRE of GAZA OVER TO THE PALESTINIANS IN 2005?

I'm heading down to UCLA tomorrow to have some fun...

Posted by: Nightwatch at June 13, 2024 11:31 PM (TDvv2)

208 The tree fellow, was he more limber before or after the Fall?

Posted by: Ciampino - Heartwood is best wood.. at June 13, 2024 11:31 PM (qfLjt)

209 Italian tractors. Imagine the durability.
Posted by: Cicero
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We have this covered.
Posted by: FIAT money

Lamborghini makes tractors.

Pricey, pricey tractors.
Posted by: Miklos is more of a Zetor guy at June 13, 2024 11:29 PM (wWqRd)
***

And you can plough 40 acres in 2 minutes.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2024 11:31 PM (W/lyH)

210 157 146 So I built a second one. It sank into the swamp. So I built a third. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp.

Posted by: screaming in digital at June 13, 2024 10:56 PM (iZbyp)
***
Excellent reference. Well played.
Posted by: TRex at June 13, 2024 11:02 PM (QdUDF)

Sounds familiar but I can't place it....old age..LOL

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at June 13, 2024 11:32 PM (QGaXH)

211 NOW...DON'T get yer nickers in a bunch

Water balloons and maybe some pepper spray

just to piss them off...

Posted by: Nightwatch at June 13, 2024 11:34 PM (TDvv2)

212 Sounds familiar but I can't place it....old age..LOL
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue

Let's not argue about O' killed O'....

Posted by: Miklos likes persistence at June 13, 2024 11:34 PM (wWqRd)

213 189 Plus he's got a fucking Lamborghini tractor...
Posted by: Martin
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Those new Lambo tractors are impressive.

Posted by: scampydog at June 13, 2024 11:17 PM (41CYW)
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0 to 60 acres in 1 hour!!

Posted by: Ciampino - Now do Ferrari at June 13, 2024 11:34 PM (qfLjt)

214 World-first tooth-regrowing drug will be given to humans in September

This will bring a whole new level to ass-chewing.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2024 11:35 PM (W/lyH)

215 And you can plough 40 acres in 2 minutes.
Posted by: Diogenes

Don't go giving Darleen no ideas

Posted by: Miklos is already much put upon at June 13, 2024 11:35 PM (wWqRd)

216 True, "there is a great deal of ruin in a nation". But not this much.
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People like to reassure themselves with that phrase and ignore how much of the ruin is already behind us, but covered by borrowing.

Posted by: Methos at June 13, 2024 11:35 PM (Dnobf)

217 True, "there is a great deal of ruin in a nation". But not this much.
-
People like to reassure themselves with that phrase and ignore how much of the ruin is already behind us, but covered by borrowing.
Posted by: Methos

heh

Posted by: 35 Trillion and counting at June 13, 2024 11:37 PM (wWqRd)

218 There is no such thing as free trade. Trade is you give something up to get something in return. If it's free, it's a giveaway, not a trade.

Posted by: Tom at June 13, 2024 11:37 PM (tAkxj)

219 The tree fellow, was he more limber before or after the Fall?
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At least, he wasn't complaining about an itchy butt.

Posted by: Methos at June 13, 2024 11:37 PM (Dnobf)

220 Sounds familiar but I can't place it....old age..LOL
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Posted by: screaming in digital at June 13, 2024 11:39 PM (iZbyp)

221 Well then...

Better be up on my sleep.

Night Horde.

Posted by: Nightwatch at June 13, 2024 11:41 PM (TDvv2)

222 166 I'm guessing that tree video is fake. Nobody is stupid enough to think they could catch that kind of weight.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 13, 2024 11:06 PM (0FoWg)

Play the tree catching video watching the guy very closely. It looks fake to me.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at June 13, 2024 11:45 PM (QGaXH)

223 Good night horde. Over and out.

Posted by: TRex at June 13, 2024 11:46 PM (QdUDF)

224 I would like to mention that my new Honda Trail 125 was a giant hit at my local Elks Lodge. Everyone said it was fantastic and suggested I didn't need to wear a helmet.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 13, 2024 11:47 PM (fuTvC)

225
World-first tooth-regrowing drug will be given to humans in September

Expect M2F trannys to demand their very own vagina dentata soon.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 13, 2024 11:48 PM (xG4kz)

226 My first ride was a Honda Super 90. I was convinced that I could ride it around the world.
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Pic:

https://tinyurl.com/3ufez4nz
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 13, 2024 10:51 PM (XeU6L)

I think my dad had one of those, or at least the same size in the late 60s. I know we had an S65 because I have pic of it face on and can see the badge. That's the one mom rode.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 13, 2024 11:49 PM (0eaVi)

227 201 Ball canning jars now has a Defense and Aerospace Division
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2024 11:25 PM (W/lyH)

I've worked at their Boulder plant as an employee of a co-contractor.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at June 13, 2024 11:51 PM (QGaXH)

228 World-first tooth-regrowing drug will be given to humans in September

Expect M2F trannys to demand their very own vagina dentata soon. Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

That bites.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 13, 2024 11:51 PM (fuTvC)

229 18 Sorry I'm late, I was teaching the octopus yoga.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 13, 2024 10:07 PM (ix/nF)
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How does one practice the octopus yoga?

Posted by: Ciampino - FJB the thing with smelly fingers at June 13, 2024 11:51 PM (qfLjt)

230
We are hitting a hot, dry week. Temps will hit the low 90s all through next week, with just a smidge of a rain chance. I'm not dry here, but if this keeps up, we will be.

My station hit 90F briefly on May 24th, but that wasn't official. Tomorrow, we'll get official highs in the 90s.

"Official" means, as my cousin calls them, "first order" METAR stations.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 13, 2024 11:52 PM (w6EFb)

231 228 World-first tooth-regrowing drug will be given to humans in September

Expect M2F trannys to demand their very own vagina dentata soon. Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

That bites.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 13, 2024 11:51 PM (fuTvC)
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Try and remember Garp whenever ......

Posted by: Ciampino - FJB the thing with smelly fingers. at June 13, 2024 11:53 PM (qfLjt)

232 Who are the greatest popular music groups of all time ? Who are the bands in that conversation? You have start with the Beatles but where do go after that? Zeppelin obviously. I would put the Supremes in that list along with the Beach Boys. That looks like a good rock Mount Rushmore to me.

Posted by: Filler at June 13, 2024 11:56 PM (evFVP)

233
I'm hoping, if Trump wins, he expands on one of Vivek's ideas. Pick some number between 0 and 3. If a civilian federal employee's SSN, divided by 4, has that number as a remainder, they keep their job and retirement. Otherwise, they get canned and lose all benefits, current and future.

Cuts the workforce, extra fat, and costs over the long term.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Do that with everyone.
25% of everyone lose SS.
So that 75% may survive.

Win-Win-Win.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 13, 2024 11:57 PM (cOq4q)

234 Who are the greatest popular music groups of all time ? Who are the bands in that conversation? You have start with the Beatles but where do go after that? Zeppelin obviously. I would put the Supremes in that list along with the Beach Boys. That looks like a good rock Mount Rushmore to me.
Posted by: Filler

Jeezh. WW III begins now.

Fuck it. Glenn Miller.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 13, 2024 11:58 PM (fuTvC)

235 229 18 Sorry I'm late, I was teaching the octopus yoga.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 13, 2024 10:07 PM (ix/nF)
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How does one practice the octopus yoga?
Posted by: Ciampino
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Is that the Kunda-Inky yoga?

Posted by: scampydog at June 14, 2024 12:03 AM (41CYW)

236 okay I saw 'Odd Thomas' and it doesn't suck. thank you Moki for recommending it.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 14, 2024 12:03 AM (gKWVE)

237 In that last video the narrator's comments roughly translate to, "right you are, Ken...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 14, 2024 12:06 AM (szKLp)

238 Coors is STILL a player in the high end industrial ceramics field.

And, Strum, Ruger & Co., is still the Nation's largest producer of Investment Cast golf club heads, made for a great many of the largest names in the golfing industry.

*pours bourbon* ONT Greetings, Horde. CHEERS!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at June 14, 2024 12:08 AM (e6UQI)

239 oh, speaking of Glenn Miller and the Supremes...
... Detroit recently had a shindig with Diana Ross, also Eminem rapping to 'Abracadabra'
youtu.be/SFBlQWCag1g

Posted by: gKWVE at June 14, 2024 12:08 AM (gKWVE)

240 The samurai was practicing new, radicle martial art 'ju-catcheetree-tsu'.

Posted by: Ciampino - do trees really fall in the forest if no one sees? at June 14, 2024 12:09 AM (qfLjt)

241 The samurai was practicing new, radicle martial art 'ju-catcheetree-tsu'.
Posted by: Ciampino
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He thought it would make him poplar.

Posted by: scampydog at June 14, 2024 12:10 AM (41CYW)

242 Jeezh. WW III begins now.

Fuck it. Glenn Miller.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 13, 2024 11:58 PM (fuTvC)

Yoko Ono, singing the theme song of "Prometheus", while aiming a long bow at a 9mm.

Happy now?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 14, 2024 12:13 AM (Z+Rw7)

243 Ball canning jars now has a Defense and Aerospace Division
Posted by: Diogenes at June 13, 2024 11:25 PM (W/lyH)

I wonder if that is why a) they are expensive and b) the lids are now crappy

Anchor Hocking also makes very nice jars and lids
Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2024 12:13 AM (D7oie)

Posted by: Kindltot at June 14, 2024 12:17 AM (D7oie)

244 Trans activists hum loudly and howl like wolves to drown out speaker at NYC meeting about banning trans girls from competing in school sports

https://mol.im/a/13528253

Posted by: Ciampino - Thur Update #20 at June 14, 2024 12:19 AM (qfLjt)

245 Newly released and un-redacted recording

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZtrfF1ETpNY

Posted by: Miklos has access to the Biden Archives at June 14, 2024 12:19 AM (wWqRd)

246 ...Jeezh. WW III begins now.

Fuck it. Glenn Miller.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 13, 2024 11:58 PM (fuTvC)

Yoko Ono, singing the theme song of "Prometheus", while aiming a long bow at a 9mm.

Happy now?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 14, 2024 12:13 AM (Z+Rw7)

Ewok the Ace singing Pia Zadora at the top of his lungs while riding a Banzai Charge on his Vespa, swinging his messenger bag like a limp Katana, careening through the Hobo Camps in Central Park.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at June 14, 2024 12:20 AM (e6UQI)

247 244 Trans activists hum loudly and howl like wolves to drown out speaker at NYC meeting about banning trans girls from competing in school sports

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The art of rhetoric has suffered a catastrophic collapse.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 14, 2024 12:20 AM (jdHxK)

248 Homeless student wins full-ride scholarship to college despite living in shelter and working two jobs six days a week while at school

https://mol.im/a/13528241

Just hope he doesn't waste it on 'Studies' degree.

Posted by: Ciampino - Thur Update #21 at June 14, 2024 12:21 AM (qfLjt)

249 Yoko Ono, singing the theme song of "Prometheus", while aiming a long bow at a 9mm.

Happy now?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

That's kind of sexually satisfying. You got anything else?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 14, 2024 12:21 AM (fuTvC)

250 Arnhem had a strategic bridge that would allow American amor to penetrate behind German lines. British paratroopers were dropped and took the bridge but the American armor never made it. Subject of A Bridge Too Far.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at June 14, 2024 12:22 AM (I/6xK)

251 Barely 3 days after being installed, tire marks were left on the pride crosswalk and pride mural that was painted in middle of the road in Huntington, WV.

https://t.co/rDrplNCoNz

moar moar! encore encore! bis bis!

Posted by: Ciampino - Thur Update #22 at June 14, 2024 12:23 AM (qfLjt)

252 Next time he'll just have to get closer to the base of the tree.

Posted by: DaveA at June 14, 2024 12:23 AM (FhXTo)

253 Gotta go see the Doc for another post-surgical consultation in the morning. Expect he will again just say, go home and keep healing. That's why he gets the big bucks.

https://youtu.be/gABY7F0Dkzo

G'nite, y'all. Don't try catching falling trees.

Posted by: mindful webworker - still me at June 14, 2024 12:25 AM (oqBx2)

254 I can honestly say that while standing in line for 2 hours to see the original Star wars for the fourth time It never once crossed my mind that years, as in this very week, I would be confronted with lesbian communists witches as part of the Star wars canon.

I'm thinking I need to give up drinking.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 14, 2024 12:25 AM (fuTvC)

255 Arnhem had a strategic bridge that would allow American amor to penetrate behind German lines. British paratroopers were dropped and took the bridge but the American armor never made it. Subject of A Bridge Too Far.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson

Wrong.

The Americans took the bridge at Nijmegen.

The British Armor refused to move forward.

Posted by: Miklos met both Maj. T. Moffatt Burriss, and the Brit, later Lord Carrington at June 14, 2024 12:27 AM (wWqRd)

256 ...arely 3 days after being installed, tire marks were left on the pride crosswalk and pride mural that was painted in middle of the road in Huntington, WV.

https://t.co/rDrplNCoNz

moar moar! encore encore! bis bis!
Posted by: Ciampino - Thur Update #22 at June 14, 2024 12:23 AM (qfLjt)

Y'know, a queue of 500 high performance cars and trucks, all waiting their turn at the Rainbow Burnout, would not only Leave a Mark, but Make a Statement.

More of US than there are of THEM.

Fearlessly So, too.

It is time THEY learned that they have to "tolerate" US!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at June 14, 2024 12:28 AM (e6UQI)

257 In case you missed the announcement I am the proud owner of a Honda Trail 125 as of yesterday. Yes, you should be feeling envy and deeply considering your life choices.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 14, 2024 12:28 AM (fuTvC)

258 Glenn Miller's popular songs were total garbage. Really bad. To even pretend otherwise is some seventies fetishist.

Posted by: Filler at June 14, 2024 12:32 AM (evFVP)

259 If a tree falls in the forest and nobody catches it, does the crowd go home disappointed?
Posted by: Muldoon

Why was the crowd in the forest?
Posted by: Diogenes

Because Godzilla was in the City ???

Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic. . . at June 14, 2024 12:32 AM (TX4bP)

260 187 Wood eye!
Posted by: Hare lip at June 13, 2024 11:14 PM

Thanks for reminding me of the funniest "shaggy dog" story I ever heard. Knew a guy on a work crew who would tell jokes that he could weave a good half hour, hour long story out of, and that was one of his finest. 😂

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at June 14, 2024 12:33 AM (iRX3h)

261 ...arely 3 days after being installed, tire marks were left on the pride crosswalk and pride mural that was painted in middle of the road in Huntington, WV.

https://t.co/rDrplNCoNz

moar moar! encore encore! bis bis!
Posted by: Ciampino - Thur Update #22

Just pave over them, so they become speed bumps. Either that, or blast out that part of the roadway so they are destroyed.

Another option is to get a huge crowd, and see who can create the prettiest splatter pattern with paint filled balloons....

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 14, 2024 12:34 AM (VNX3d)

262 Glenn Miller's popular songs were total garbage. Really bad. To even pretend otherwise is some seventies fetishist.
Posted by: Filler

Meanwhile, I'd like to point out that 85 years later a continuous version of his band is still touring, and some of his compositions and recordings are some of the most beloved music in American history. Shall we go on or should I just call you dumb?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 14, 2024 12:35 AM (fuTvC)

263 Yes, you should be feeling envy and deeply considering your life choices.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram

I’m thinking you should be considering more alligators for your moat.

May I interest you in Bruno and Toothy?

Posted by: Adriane the Xotic Pet Critic. . . at June 14, 2024 12:35 AM (TX4bP)

264 Because Godzilla was in the City ???
Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic

Well stomp me flat.

Posted by: Miklos from Mayberry at June 14, 2024 12:36 AM (wWqRd)

265 Yes, you should be feeling envy and deeply considering your life choices.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram

I’m thinking you should be considering more alligators for your moat.

May I interest you in Bruno and Toothy?
Posted by: Adriane the Xotic Pet Critic.

How much for the two of them with shipping to New Mexico??

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 14, 2024 12:37 AM (fuTvC)

266

The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana filed a suit Thursday in US District Court against the City of Loogootee, a small town of around 2,600 people in Martin County. The ACLU filed the suit on behalf of local PrideFest 2024 sponsors.

The ACLU claims in the lawsuit that the Loogootee City Council has rescinded prior approval for the festival, changed the application process for using city property and failed to vote on approving PrideFest’s new application.

https://tinyurl.com/rd5xvuxj

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 14, 2024 12:37 AM (63Dwl)

267 262 Glenn Miller's popular songs were total garbage. Really bad. To even pretend otherwise is some seventies fetishist.
Posted by: Filler

Meanwhile, I'd like to point out that 85 years later a continuous version of his band is still touring, and some of his compositions and recordings are some of the most beloved music in American history. Shall we go on or should I just call you dumb?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 14, 2024 12:35 AM (fuTvC)

Not to mention, that Glen Miller was not at his peak in the 70's... unless that is a shot at people IN their 70's, which would still have grown up in the 1960's... while Glen Miller was 40's.

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 14, 2024 12:38 AM (xaFKb)

268 Not to mention, that Glen Miller was not at his peak in the 70's... unless that is a shot at people IN their 70's, which would still have grown up in the 1960's... while Glen Miller was 40's.
Posted by: Romeo13

To be sort of precise,Glenn Miller died in a plane crash in 1944 while serving in the military during WW III when he was 40. By the 1970s , if he had survived would have been in his 70s.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 14, 2024 12:46 AM (fuTvC)

269 Glenn Miller's popular songs were total garbage. Really bad. To even pretend otherwise is some seventies fetishist.

Total bullshit.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 14, 2024 12:46 AM (mH6SG)

270 How much for the two of them with shipping to New Mexico??
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram

Oy Vey, you can’t sail a ship to New Mexico !!!

Posted by: Adriane the Xotic Pet Critic. . . at June 14, 2024 12:46 AM (TX4bP)

271 By now, I should know better than to even respond to the dorks. Apologies.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 14, 2024 12:48 AM (mH6SG)

272 Oy Vey, you can’t sail a ship to New Mexico !!!
Posted by: Adriane the Xotic Pet Critic.

For the win!

PS. It is called Improved Mexico by the regulars here.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 14, 2024 12:49 AM (fuTvC)

273 >> Glenn Miller's popular songs were total garbage. Really bad.

You are a meathead.

Posted by: Archie Bunker, Boy the Way Glenn Miller Played at June 14, 2024 12:51 AM (w6EFb)

274 Seattle’s $26 Minimum Wage Has Turned Into a Disaster for Delivery Drivers

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Unexpectedly.

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Mean Tweets Great Again! at June 14, 2024 12:53 AM (NGa9E)

275 I'm watching YouTube. What's worse? Getting arrested at a Days inn or at a Motel. 6 when you're the daughter of the local district attorney?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 14, 2024 12:53 AM (fuTvC)

276 There has always been a persistent rumor about Glenn Miller’s plane crash; his plane was returning from France to England across the channel when it disappeared. The story is that a B-17 crew, unable to drop their full load, was returning to base and jettisoned their bombs over the channel before landing, which was SOP. To their horror they saw a smaller plane, several thousand feet below them, take a direct hit from their bomb load. The plane the crew described fit the description of Glenn Miller’s lost transport plane.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2024 12:53 AM (S6gqv)

277 PS. It is called Improved Mexico by the regulars here.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram

It has some shopping malls, though, right?

https://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=8zd8wZ-HoDg

Posted by: Adriane the Xotic Pet Critic. . . at June 14, 2024 12:54 AM (TX4bP)

278 Seattle’s $26 Minimum Wage Has Turned Into a Disaster for Delivery Drivers

Yet another example of partisan government screwing it up. Idiots.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 14, 2024 12:55 AM (W/lyH)

279
Glenn Miller getting In the Mood:
https://tinyurl.com/22c8k4hh

That ain't nothin' but classy, right there.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 14, 2024 12:56 AM (w6EFb)

280 ...To their horror they saw a smaller plane, several thousand feet below them, take a direct hit from their bomb load. The plane the crew described fit the description of Glenn Miller’s lost transport plane.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2024 12:53 AM (S6gqv)

Right about then, Glenn Miller was NOT "In the Mood".

/toosoon?

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at June 14, 2024 12:58 AM (e6UQI)

281
Meanwhile, in the San Francisco-San Jose CA area, the ACLU has run (at least once) an ad screaming bloody murder about book-banning in the area.

They don't specify WHICH books, they do not name titles.

By process of elimination, the only books that seem to be "banned" are the, well, hand-illustrated manuals, that sort of look like comic books/graphic novels, on homosexual stuff, i.e., how-to manuals.

The ACLU isn't quite clear where the bannings are happening, but it appears to be public school libraries, implicitly elementary- and middle-school libraries. But the ACLU doesn't say.

I'm waiting to see if this will be a campaign issue here.

Posted by: Arbalest at June 14, 2024 01:00 AM (FlRtG)

282
Glenn Miller was Major Glenn Miller, US Army Air Corp. He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star in 1945.

A memorial headstone is in Arlington.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 14, 2024 01:02 AM (w6EFb)

283 Artie Shaw, upon hearing of Miller's passing was quoted as saying it was a shame his music couldn't die, or words to that effect...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 14, 2024 01:02 AM (szKLp)

284 "It was taken back to Gaza and reinstalled… where it promptly broke down again after only 1 day of operation."

I think somebody might be working to rule.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 14, 2024 01:07 AM (mXQ/T)

285 Seattle’s $26 Minimum Wage Has Turned Into a Disaster for Delivery Drivers

That is, like, um, like No Way

Posted by: the Youth of Today with Journalisming, like, jobs at June 14, 2024 01:08 AM (wWqRd)

286 I don't believe the bar bill meme. Where is the food and incidentals? Flag on the play.

Posted by: 80's music fan at June 14, 2024 01:08 AM (1oMKu)

287 Glenn Miller getting In the Mood:
https://tinyurl.com/22c8k4hh

That ain't nothin' but classy, right there.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

I like to think that most of the babies birthed in Hackensack, New Jersey, before 1940, were conceived after a Glenn Miller concert. One of the great signals of profoundly original art is that it quickly becomes cliched by cheap imitations. In the entire history of Western music, which begins with Gregorian chant in the year 1000, never once was there anything like the Glenn Miller band until America in the early part of the 20th century and nor has there ever been anything with the defining impact of the Glenn Miller band since.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 14, 2024 01:11 AM (fuTvC)

288 New RSV shots tied to rare nervous system disorder — should you worry?

https://tinyurl.com/3yvtd562

Yes. To stop worrying do not take any NEW SHOTS of anything.

Posted by: Ciampino - Thur Update #23 at June 14, 2024 01:11 AM (qfLjt)

289 I don't believe the tree felling video either.

Posted by: 80's music fan at June 14, 2024 01:12 AM (Yt3+Z)

290 Oh dear. The Oilers do not seem to be doing particularly well.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2024 10:15 PM (MoZTd)

The Edmonton-area golf courses are greening up nicely.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2024 01:12 AM (5WIH7)

291 For anyone considering teeth implants (the current procedure, not the new treatment linked above), I worked with a number of medical professionals, and every single one of them who had the implants said "Don't do it."

One such reason might be the example of my Mother-In-Law - she had it on the upper and lower gums, and apart from the immense pain, one implant went awry. Awry, as in the implant shot into her sinus cavity. The oral surgeon told her "We are going to the hospital right now" and it was touch and go for a while there. Fortunately, no permanent damage ensued, and they were able to remove the foreign object, but a slightly different angle could have ended up piercing her right orbit or even possibly gone into her brain.

Posted by: John Drake High Atop The Kopet Dag Realizes That It IS The Caspian Sea! at June 14, 2024 01:13 AM (u/Zei)

292 Oh dear. The Oilers do not seem to be doing particularly well.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 13, 2024 10:15 PM (MoZTd)

The Edmonton-area golf courses are greening up nicely.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Should Ikea anticipate a banner year for sales too?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at June 14, 2024 01:15 AM (fuTvC)

293 Glenn Miller getting In the Mood:
https://tinyurl.com/22c8k4hh

That ain't nothin' but classy, right there.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

I never knew White People could dance, or play music.

Posted by: Aspiring Rapper at June 14, 2024 01:15 AM (wWqRd)

294 Ackshully burnouts and locked wheel skids are well, you know. The thing.

Posted by: 80's music fan at June 14, 2024 01:15 AM (Yt3+Z)

295 Republican fury over Biden opposition to pay raise for troops

https://mol.im/a/13527559

Well the Rs control the purse. Just cancel money for FJB projects. Chicken?
Forget strongly worded letters.

Posted by: Ciampino - Thur Update #24 at June 14, 2024 01:16 AM (qfLjt)

296 House has adopted an amendment to end all DEI hiring at the Department of Defense in the 2025 NDAA.

https://tinyurl.com/cy7n36ex

Posted by: Ciampino - They'll call it something else at June 14, 2024 01:18 AM (qfLjt)

297 The expression "banana republic" was coined for Guatemala and Honduras

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The expression "Banana-in-the-Tailpipe-Republic" was coined by ShainS in 2021 in his Amazon.com review of J.J.'s book "The End of America."

Title: "Live-Blogging the Design and Fall of the Banana-in-the-Tailpipe Republic"

http://tiny.cc/738lyz

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Mean Tweets Great Again! at June 14, 2024 01:20 AM (NGa9E)

298 Pentagon seeks approval to feed American troops ‘experimental’ lab-grown meat in order to reduce CO2 footprint

https://tinyurl.com/mtknb2p8

Can anyone prove that 'less CO2'?
Have green food plants been consulted?

Posted by: Ciampino - Thur Update #25 at June 14, 2024 01:21 AM (qfLjt)

299
Miller volunteered in 1942, giving up what would be today's equivalent of $300K *per week* salary ($20K/week at the time).

He wanted to go in the Navy, but they turned him down to a scandal about celebrity commissions/special treatment.

He then tried the Army, and they took him making him a "band guy" and broadcasting specialist.

In May of 1944, Ike requested he be transferred, saying Miller's unit was the only unit capable of the mission, which was Allied radio broadcasting and morale with the upcoming D-Day invasion.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 14, 2024 01:23 AM (w6EFb)

300 Fani Willis claims she has been 'over-sexualized' and slams the media for wanting to 'tear a sister down' amid chaos over Trump case

https://mol.im/a/13528259

Posted by: Ciampino - Dripping Fanni Update #26 at June 14, 2024 01:24 AM (qfLjt)

301 'Green' renewable fuel plants are releasing MORE pollution than oil refineries, report claims

https://mol.im/a/13526811

Posted by: Ciampino - Minority Oil Update #27 at June 14, 2024 01:26 AM (qfLjt)

302 I don't like death videos as a general rule, but I can make an exception for lowlife thugs getting what's coming to them.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 13, 2024 11:09 PM (0FoWg)

About where I sit, too. Speaking of sudden death, I ran over a poor old porcupine tonight at dusk. It blended in so well with the pavement that I could not see it until far too late to anything to avoid it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2024 01:26 AM (5WIH7)

303 The Glenn Miller Orchestra certainly was the Beatles to the music orthodoxy immediately preceding.

But it was the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, which was the Stones of their times.

"Song of India". Covered by countless bands and artists.

Stands the test of time.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at June 14, 2024 01:26 AM (e6UQI)

304 The salient thing about the Founding Fathers I recall is that they were all young men. Less than 30 years, certainly less than 40 years old.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 14, 2024 01:28 AM (MeG8a)

305 The salient thing about the Founding Fathers I recall is that they were all young men. Less than 30 years, certainly less than 40 years old.
Posted by: gourmand du jour
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Not Ben Franklin

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 14, 2024 01:30 AM (XeU6L)

306 The Glenn Miller Orchestra certainly was the Beatles to the music orthodoxy immediately preceding.

But it was the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, which was the Stones of their times.

"Song of India". Covered by countless bands and artists.

Stands the test of time.

Posted by: Jim

Glenn Miller had a bigger dick so I am told.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at June 14, 2024 01:30 AM (K89t5)

307 I was just about to type an exclusion for Ben franklin, before I hit POST

Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 14, 2024 01:31 AM (MeG8a)

308 Now who is the racist?
Explosive confrontation erupts on streets of Chicago as black woman accuses white man of racism for filming black man's arrest - and says her rights are 'different'

https://mol.im/a/13526653

Posted by: Ciampino - Minority arsehole Update #28 at June 14, 2024 01:31 AM (qfLjt)

309 Now who is the racist?
Explosive confrontation erupts on streets of Chicago as black woman white man of racism for filming black man's arrest - and says her rights are 'different'

https://mol.im/a/13526653
Posted by: Ciampino

May I purpose that racism today is social construct much like being a woman has nothing to do with one having or not have a penis.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at June 14, 2024 01:33 AM (K89t5)

310 Song of India is Rimsky-Korsakov.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 14, 2024 01:33 AM (MeG8a)

311 Glenn Miller's popular songs were total garbage. Really bad. To even pretend otherwise is some seventies fetishist.
Posted by: Filler at June 14, 2024 12:32 AM (evFVP)

You are a low-rent troll.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2024 01:33 AM (5WIH7)

312 Biden snaps and lectures the PRESS for asking questions off topic as he signs deal with Zelensky that will keep the US supporting Ukraine for 10 years

https://mol.im/a/13527893

Posted by: Ciampino - Minority arsehole Update #29 at June 14, 2024 01:34 AM (qfLjt)

313
In reading, Miller did shake up the Army's band style a bit, getting "jazzy", and some of them didn't like it at the time.

In Dec of '44, Miller's unit was making a big move to France. They were going to do a big Christmas broadcast from Paris.

Miller had orders to fly ahead for preparations, and got frustrated and impatient with delays -- two flights were cancelled. So, he called a buddy, who got him on flight.

This was not authorized, and Miller didn't report it to the chain of command (better to ask for forgiveness than permission).

And that was the fatal, last flight.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 14, 2024 01:36 AM (w6EFb)

314 ...Song of India is Rimsky-Korsakov.
Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 14, 2024 01:33 AM (MeG8a)

The Gold Record pressing and performance though, was the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra.

Hope that Rimsky-Korsakov made royalties, if applicable?

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at June 14, 2024 01:37 AM (e6UQI)

315 To their horror they saw a smaller plane, several thousand feet below them, take a direct hit from their bomb load. The plane the crew described fit the description of Glenn Miller’s lost transport plane.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 14, 2024 12:53 AM (S6gqv)

Miller was riding in a Noordyn Norseman, a Canadian-built bush plane. There is one hanging in the lobby of Petro-Canada Tower in Calgary (fondly known as Red Square).

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2024 01:37 AM (5WIH7)

316 Ciampino, you are the late evening lite version of the JJ morning news explosion. I like what you do even if most of the stories I have already processed. Carry on with purpose please. Thank you.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at June 14, 2024 01:37 AM (K89t5)

317 I don't like death videos as a general rule, but I can make an exception for lowlife thugs getting what's coming to them.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 13, 2024 11:09 PM (0FoWg)

Y'know the guy is edited into the video, right? The tree didn't really fall on him.

Posted by: Weirddave at June 14, 2024 01:39 AM (4mAUh)

318 Song of India is Rimsky-Korsakov.
Posted by: gourmand du jour
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as he signs deal with Zelensky that will keep the US supporting Ukraine for 10 years
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Oh, great...no sooner does 'The Russian Easter Overture' start in my head, then along comes Mussorsky's 'Great Gate of Kiev'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 14, 2024 01:40 AM (XeU6L)

319
Hap Arnold told Miller that aside from a letter from home, Miller was the biggest morale booster in the theater.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 14, 2024 01:42 AM (w6EFb)

320 Jewish student’s diploma withheld over run-in with ‘antisemitic’ poster

https://tinyurl.com/7ryxvw57

I would say UC-Irvine's bias is showing.

Posted by: Ciampino - Minority arseholes Update #30 at June 14, 2024 01:43 AM (qfLjt)

321 But it was the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, which was the Stones of their times.

"Song of India". Covered by countless bands and artists.

Stands the test of time.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at June 14, 2024 01:26 AM (e6UQI)

There were a great many big bands, and many of them were very fine, indeed. Miller, Goodman, the Dorseys, Ellington, Jimmy Lunceford, Count Basie, Artie Shaw, Guy Lombardo, the list goes on and on. And many, many records were made by small combos made up of members of the big bands "moonlighting".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2024 01:44 AM (5WIH7)

322 Glenn Miller's Bronze Star citation:

Major Alton Glenn Miller (Army Serial No. 0505273), Air Corps, United States Army, for meritorious service in connection with military operations as Commander of the Army Air Force Band (Special), from 9 July 1944 to 15 December 1944. Major Miller, through excellent judgment and professional skill, conspicuously blended the abilities of the outstanding musicians, comprising the group, into a harmonious orchestra whose noteworthy contribution to the morale of the armed forces has been little less than sensational.

Major Miller constantly sought to increase the services rendered by his organization, and it was through him that the band was ordered to Paris to give this excellent entertainment to as many troops as possible. His superior accomplishments are highly commendable and reflect the highest credit upon himself and the armed forces of the United States.

That pretty much says it all.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 14, 2024 01:44 AM (w6EFb)

323 The salient thing about the Founding Fathers I recall is that they were all young men. Less than 30 years, certainly less than 40 years old.
Posted by: gourmand du jour
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Not Ben Franklin
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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Older than internet lore would like folks to believe. Link below to National Archives. Declaration signers, so limited list.
https://tinyurl.com/9c6us4fr

Posted by: scampydog at June 14, 2024 01:45 AM (41CYW)

324 I have no idea if Rimsky-Korsakov made any royalties.
There were many pop hits that were based on Russian composers. Some had the good sense to become Americanized and reap the rewards. Here are some songs by Russian composers who changed their names to become American hit writers.
April in Paris
Autumn in New York
Taking a Chance on Love
Other credits with co writers.
His name was Vladimir Dukelsky
The American publishing houses insisted he change his name, today we know him as Vernon Duke.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 14, 2024 01:46 AM (MeG8a)

325 Stop defacing our roads with your ugly symbols.

https://tinyurl.com/yekdj8wk

Posted by: Ciampino - Minority browned arseholes Update #31 at June 14, 2024 01:47 AM (qfLjt)

326 Stop defacing our roads with your ugly symbols.

https://tinyurl.com/yekdj8wk
Posted by: Ciampino
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Drags and dregs on society. Nothing of moral nor economical value.

Posted by: scampydog at June 14, 2024 01:50 AM (41CYW)

327 By the time of the signing of the Declaration of Independence there had already been a decade or two of discussion of it.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 14, 2024 01:51 AM (MeG8a)

328 ...There were a great many big bands, and many of them were very fine, indeed. Miller, Goodman, the Dorseys, Ellington, Jimmy Lunceford, Count Basie, Artie Shaw, Guy Lombardo, the list goes on and on. And many, many records were made by small combos made up of members of the big bands "moonlighting".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2024 01:44 AM (5WIH7)

Notable, isn't it. That at the end of the Big Band Era, the most noted ones were the Gene Krupa Band and the Buddy Rich Band.

Both, led by two of the greatest drummers the world has ever known.

This is what is known as a Crashing Crescendo.

The Bands, went out, not with a whimper, but with the Sound of Thunder, to the very last.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at June 14, 2024 01:52 AM (e6UQI)

329 By the time of the signing of the Declaration of Independence there had already been a decade or two of discussion of it.
Posted by: gourmand
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I believe that Franklin had to be brought in on a stretcher.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 14, 2024 01:54 AM (XeU6L)

330 By the time of the signing of the Declaration of Independence there had already been a decade or two of discussion of it.
Posted by: gourmand du jour
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I agree. And many other contributors after. Many young as you mentioned. But plenty that were seasoned. There are several good lists out there (larger) but on lefty sites that I will not link.

Posted by: scampydog at June 14, 2024 01:54 AM (41CYW)

331 316 Ciampino, you are the late evening lite version of the JJ morning news explosion. I like what you do even if most of the stories I have already processed. Carry on with purpose please. Thank you.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at June 14, 2024 01:37 AM (K89t5)
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Well thank you. I do wonder how many find my daily updates informative. Some generate many comments but most do not. You're the first to actually give me some feed back.
I save interesting stuff which I see daily and what my younger daughter sends me, with the intention of passing them on to the blog.

Posted by: Ciampino - Feedback #32 at June 14, 2024 01:56 AM (qfLjt)

332 Stan Kenton's early 1950's big band recordings are remarkable recordings. After that Atomic Basie and Ellington's pair of recordings, Piano in Background and Piano in Foreground are allowed into that club. I so profoundly love American 20th century music that sometimes it just hurts but always hurts in the best way imaginable.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at June 14, 2024 01:59 AM (K89t5)

333 I believe that Franklin had to be brought in on a stretcher.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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For the signing of The Constitution

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 14, 2024 01:59 AM (XeU6L)

334 Notable, isn't it. That at the end of the Big Band Era, the most noted ones were the Gene Krupa Band and the Buddy Rich Band.

Both, led by two of the greatest drummers the world has ever known.

This is what is known as a Crashing Crescendo.

The Bands, went out, not with a whimper, but with the Sound of Thunder, to the very last.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at June 14, 2024 01:52 AM (e6UQI)

The big bands were very expensive to operate. You had to pay all those highly-skilled musicians. Plus travel costs, plus accomodations. And they made records, lots of them, but until the very end of the era, they were all 78 RPM, and the fidelity, especially on most home players, was not great. So fans were eager to see, and dance to, the live band on tour. And there was (practically) no television to compete for the public's entertainment dollar. TV started to penetrate the market in about 1949, and the big touring bands soon ceased to tour. It was economics, mostly, that ended the big band era.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2024 01:59 AM (5WIH7)

335 I have posted this already but it's too funny. Also complements the funnel in the wall.
Babylon Bee: Man Arrested For Urinating On New Pride Urinals

https://buff.ly/4aZ3M4f

Posted by: Ciampino - Funny #33 at June 14, 2024 02:00 AM (qfLjt)

336 Stan Kenton's early 1950's big band recordings are remarkable recordings.
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Ah! But what about Ken Stanton?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 14, 2024 02:00 AM (XeU6L)

337 It was economics, mostly, that ended the big band era.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Dude, amen, you know a thing about some things.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at June 14, 2024 02:02 AM (K89t5)

338 Ozempic and Mounjaro makers could be hit with 10,000 lawsuits over claims the drugs cause life-threatening side effects

https://mol.im/a/13522187

Posted by: Ciampino - Take at your own risk #34 at June 14, 2024 02:02 AM (qfLjt)

339 "It was economics, mostly, that ended the big band era."

That was certainly the case, first with Duke Ellington who had trouble meeting his payroll. Later Woody Herman got taken to the cleaners by his manager. Buddy Rich carried on with the boast that the players in his band were the very best so they could go on to higher aspirations. The end of the era was the Johnny Carson tonight Show and the dissolution of that Big Band.

Today big bands are a luxury.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 14, 2024 02:04 AM (MeG8a)

340 Stan Kenton's early 1950's big band recordings are remarkable recordings.
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Ah! But what about Ken Stanton?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 14, 2024 02:00 AM (XeU6L)

And let's not forget Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy!

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 14, 2024 02:05 AM (Z+Rw7)

341 Alberta Oil Peon

Dude, amen, you know a thing about some things.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram
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And a day or two ago AOP had an appropriate hash.

Posted by: scampydog at June 14, 2024 02:05 AM (41CYW)

342 It was economics, mostly, that ended the big band era.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Dude, amen, you know a thing about some things.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at June 14, 2024 02:02 AM (K89t5)

Some of those bands still tour, albeit with no original musicians anymore. Pretty sure there is still a Count Basie Orcehestra, and a Goodman orchestra. Goodman and Ellington both lived to a ripe old age, and continued to perform for many years.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2024 02:05 AM (5WIH7)

343 >> Ozempic and Mounjaro makers could be hit with 10,000 lawsuits

Those drugs are messin' with human body systems they're only scratching the surface of understanding. You'd be a fool to take drugs like this.

You need, oh, about another 100 years of data....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 14, 2024 02:05 AM (w6EFb)

344 Here are some "Ghost" bands which still give concerts, with no original members.
The Glenn Miller Orchestra
The Count Basie Orchestra
The Harry James Orchestra

Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 14, 2024 02:08 AM (MeG8a)

345 And a day or two ago AOP had an appropriate hash.
Posted by: scampydog at June 14, 2024 02:05 AM (41CYW)

My hash is "dynamic" because that's how my ISP is set up. Changes often over the course of the day. By the way, a mutual friend says our friend the Pontiac guy in Helena would likely be happy to talk to you. I have yet to get his number, but when I do, I will pass it on to you.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2024 02:08 AM (5WIH7)

346 Some of those bands still tour, albeit with no original musicians anymore. Pretty sure there is still a Count Basie Orcehestra, and a Goodman orchestra. Goodman and Ellington both lived to a ripe old age, and continued to perform for many years.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I have heard a number of these post leader orchestras and they are still brilliant. What I can add to the discussion is this ongoing bands are exactly identical to the European classical organizations but with a much closer continuity to the original intent of the composer/band leaders plus the the recordings. This music is nothing less than American classical music and gives up nothing to it European counter parts; I am ready and willing to die on this hill.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at June 14, 2024 02:11 AM (K89t5)

347 My hash is "dynamic" because that's how my ISP is set up. Changes often over the course of the day. By the way, a mutual friend says our friend the Pontiac guy in Helena would likely be happy to talk to you. I have yet to get his number, but when I do, I will pass it on to you.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Sounds good, AOP. I took the Pontiac to the golf course Tuesday evening. Going to get it up in the air this weekend and have a look at where it is leaking. On another note, I have some interesting old records that I'll email some pics to you and Jim SND one of these days. Thanks again.

Posted by: scampydog at June 14, 2024 02:13 AM (41CYW)

348 Here are some "Ghost" bands which still give concerts, with no original members.
The Glenn Miller Orchestra
The Count Basie Orchestra
The Harry James Orchestra
Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 14, 2024 02:08 AM (MeG8a)

The thing to remember is that all these bands had "charts", or arrangements to play their tunes in the original style that made the hit record. So a band of skilled musicians using those charts will sound much like the original band did...at least as close as it can be done. And, of course, because it was "big band jazz", they did let some of their star players improvise on solos, because the fans expected that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2024 02:13 AM (5WIH7)

349 The Harry James Orchestra is led by a marvelous trumpeter from the Seattle area, Fred Radke. God bless him and his French cuffs.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 14, 2024 02:13 AM (MeG8a)

350 https://tinyurl.com/yc4vhw58
20 Tweets from Bad Blue

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2024 02:13 AM (fwDg9)

351 Humor seen before - Babylon Bee: Marlboro Adds Puberty Blockers To Cigarettes To Make Them Legal For Kids

https://buff.ly/3X5pe20

Posted by: Ciampino - Take at your own risk #35 at June 14, 2024 02:15 AM (qfLjt)

352 ...And there was (practically) no television to compete for the public's entertainment dollar. TV started to penetrate the market in about 1949, and the big touring bands soon ceased to tour. It was economics, mostly, that ended the big band era. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2024 01:59 AM (5WIH7)

We're in agreement. Gene Krupa was featured well into the 50s, and the Buddy Rich Band was a guest on Carson, through the '60s and into the early '70s.

In my present role in driving passengers, I've carried a good many bands and celebrities.

You go now to hear Jose Felciano or The Commodores?

Those bands to NOT travel together in a tour bus, as you might expect. Nope. They all arrive at IAH Bush Airport (for example) within an hour or two of each other, and all board the Common Shuttle to the Hotel near the Venue.

Their GEAR though, all the amps and mixer and engineers and such? They suffer and live the Bus and Cargo Truck life, point to point, along the tour.

But not the "Talent". The "Talent", they be feted and treated and pampered, and that is just how it is.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at June 14, 2024 02:17 AM (e6UQI)

353 I played with the Harry James Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Radke in the hangar deck of the USS Hornet for a sold out swing dance gig. Fred briefed us in the ready room for our concert, resplendent in his satin tuxedo, with lit cigar, pointing out on the map how we were to really give it to the Nips.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 14, 2024 02:17 AM (MeG8a)

354 Fred Radke. God bless him and his French cuffs.
Posted by: gourmand du jour
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My father, a fine trumpet player, mentioned Fred Radke from time-to-time. Cool memory. Thank you.
G'night horde. Thanks for the tree puns and incidental learning sessions.

Posted by: scampydog at June 14, 2024 02:17 AM (41CYW)

355 Wow! Past midnight here. Took a load of scrap steel to Calgary today, and got my $82.50 for a half-ton of scrap. Then did some shopping, and went to a car club meeting, so did not hit the highway for home until 9:30 P.M. 90 minute cruise home; there was a beautiful sunset to view.

Night, HOrde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2024 02:17 AM (5WIH7)

356 323 Of the 56 signers, 16 were 50 or older. Only 2 were under 30.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 14, 2024 02:18 AM (w6EFb)

357 At the time of the signing.
Decades prior to that were the flames lit.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 14, 2024 02:20 AM (MeG8a)

358 Goodnight all!

Posted by: gourmand du jour at June 14, 2024 02:21 AM (MeG8a)

359 I played with the Harry James Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Radke in the hangar deck of the USS Hornet for a sold out swing dance gig. Fred briefed us in the ready room for our concert, resplendent in his satin tuxedo, with lit cigar, pointing out on the map how we were to really give it to the Nips.
Posted by: gourmand du jour

Now that you have my undivided attention...explain in detail, triplicate if needed. You played in that band!! Geezh, none of this is common. Time or not.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at June 14, 2024 02:22 AM (K89t5)

360 I had never heard of Ray Ellington until his orchestra played the musical interlude/brandy break on the BBC's The Goon Show with Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe and Spike Milligan.
Loved the Goon Show (precursor to Monty Python but crazier) but never stomached big bands as jazz is not my thing.

Posted by: Ciampino - He's fallen in the water at June 14, 2024 02:23 AM (qfLjt)

361 ...Some of those bands still tour, albeit with no original musicians anymore. Pretty sure there is still a Count Basie Orcehestra, and a Goodman orchestra. Goodman and Ellington both lived to a ripe old age, and continued to perform for many years.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 14, 2024 02:05 AM (5WIH7)

One of my recent passengers was the Grandson of Duke Ellington.

Still leading the band of the same name, and still BLOWING THE HOUSE DOWN.

While also being a very polite, well spoken, rather BASED no bullshit denizen of New fuckin' YORK City, in spite of all the pressure to the contrary.

The Duke Ellington Band comes to play in your locale, you'll be supporting one of US, if you go and enjoy.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

p.s. he lives part time in (IIRC) Holland, to keep his family OUT of the NYC rathole.

Posted by: Jim at June 14, 2024 02:24 AM (e6UQI)

362 Loved the Goon Show (precursor to Monty Python but crazier) but never stomached big bands as jazz is not my thing.
Posted by: Ciampino

Heretic. Apostate. What do to do with you?

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at June 14, 2024 02:24 AM (K89t5)

363 The Duke Ellington Band comes to play in your locale, you'll be supporting one of US, if you go and enjoy.
Posted by: Jim

Some decades ago my friends and I drove over 6 hours down and back from Hibbing, MN to Minneapolis, MN to hear the Duke Ellington band. Every second spent on this endeavor was some of the most perfect moments of my life. Decades later I still spend hours of my life pursing such things.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at June 14, 2024 02:31 AM (K89t5)

364 We're in agreement. Gene Krupa was featured well into the 50s, and the Buddy Rich Band was a guest on Carson, through the '60s and into the early '70s.
Posted by: Jim

Gene Krupa is a source of nostalgia for me - in the Cruise Book for the light escort carrier my father served on in the Pacific Theater has an abundance of photos of onboard life, such as the Line Crossing Ceremony that marked the first time any crew member crossed the Equator, that critical transition from Pollywog to Shellback.

The photos that accompanied that mesmerized me as a child, and my father's description of what he experienced during that traditional hazing really impressed me. There was a huge celebration afterwards, where crew members with musical talent joined the bandsmen aboard, and one photo was labeled (I can't remember the fellow's name) "pulls a Krupa. He was a friend of Dad's and that over large photo really captured how gifted he was. That guy is clearly into it with his drumming, and Dad often talked about what a virtuoso the fellow was.

Posted by: John Drake High Atop The Kopet Dag Realizes That It IS The Caspian Sea! at June 14, 2024 02:33 AM (u/Zei)

365 I’m expecting Buck Throckmorton, among others, to rage against the Lord Hannan video any time now.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at June 14, 2024 02:43 AM (JKPiI)

366 Memo to Seattle: using the police to set prices is idiotic.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at June 14, 2024 02:44 AM (JKPiI)

367 Some decades ago my friends and I drove over 6 hours down and back from Hibbing, MN
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Home of a VERY large open-pit iron mine (world's largest?), and, the Greyhound Bus Museum. Both interesting to visit.

I believe that Dylan was from there.

The town was once moved, to accomodate the mine expansion. A hell of an undertaking, as the buildings were actually transported.
https://tinyurl.com/4xws56mc

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 14, 2024 02:54 AM (XeU6L)

368 One of the last Greyhound Tracks in Texas, was near here in La Marque, TX.

They don't run those, now.

But I do miss watching those huge buses chase the little white wabbit around the track.

/s

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at June 14, 2024 02:58 AM (e6UQI)

369 But I do miss watching those huge buses chase the little white wabbit around the track.

What did they do during duck season !?!?!?

Posted by: Adriane the Xotic Pet Critic. . . at June 14, 2024 03:01 AM (TX4bP)

370 ....What did they do during duck season !?!?!?
Posted by: Adriane the Xotic Pet Critic. . . at June 14, 2024 03:01 AM (TX4bP)

They aguwe, until Elmer Fudd shows up to settwe the issuwe.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at June 14, 2024 03:04 AM (e6UQI)

371 370
So they just Fudded around?

Posted by: Ciampino - He's fallen in the water Jim at June 14, 2024 03:13 AM (qfLjt)

372 ...So they just Fudded around? Posted by: Ciampino - He's fallen in the water Jim at June 14, 2024 03:13 AM (qfLjt)

Well, yeah. But Daffy did tend to Duck the Question, y'know.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at June 14, 2024 03:16 AM (e6UQI)

373 Well, you know what they say … Fudd awound n find out …

Posted by: Adriane the Xotic Pet Critic. . . at June 14, 2024 03:17 AM (TX4bP)

374 373 Well, you know what they say … Fudd awound n find out …

Posted by: Adriane the Xotic Pet Critic. . . at June 14, 2024 03:17 AM (TX4bP)
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I like that. With your permission I'd like to use Fudd instead of the ruder word.

Posted by: Ciampino - FAFO has a new expansion at June 14, 2024 03:24 AM (qfLjt)

375 I like that. With your permission I'd like to use Fudd instead of the ruder word.

Biden awound n … you know … the thing ???

Posted by: Adriane the Xotic Pet Critic. . . at June 14, 2024 03:49 AM (TX4bP)

376 Time to make Friday happen

Posted by: Skip at June 14, 2024 03:53 AM (fwDg9)

377 Time to make Friday happen
Posted by: Skip

Que the sunrise music.

Places, everyone!!!

And … ACTION

Posted by: Adriane the Director with Beret and Megaphone Critic. . . at June 14, 2024 03:58 AM (TX4bP)

378 Ah well. Time to hit the ‘Hey!’

Posted by: Adriane the Director with Beret and Megaphone Critic. . . at June 14, 2024 03:59 AM (TX4bP)

379 Watching The Deadliest Catch season opener with Mrs. Drake, and an unprincipled skipper stole the crab pots that long-time crabber Sig Hansen had loaded aboard his own craft, the Northwestern, while the crew and Sig were taking care of matters ashore.

These dishonorable fishermen then dropped their pots in an area where another long-timer, Jonathan Hillstrand, was preparing to drop his own. A quick ship to ship call, and Sig and Jonathan quickly sorted things out. Jonathan retrieved all the stolen pots and their bounty of crab, and then the two crafts laid out their own pots so that the treacherous vessel couldn't get through, then waited.

When the disreputable types showed up, they found that either Sig or Jonathan were picking their pots out of the water as fast as they were dropping them off. A pretty satisfying piece of justice there in the Bering Strait. Wish that sort of instant karma could be awarded here in the States.

Posted by: John Drake High Atop The Kopet Dag Realizes That It IS The Caspian Sea! at June 14, 2024 04:02 AM (u/Zei)

380 Morning, insomaniacals! I carefully did not use the "1-4" setting on my coffeemaker today. So my coffee does not taste like an armadillo died in it, the way it did the last two days with that setting enabled.

'Tis Friday, the consummation devoutly to be wished!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2024 04:08 AM (omVj0)

381 As for the Founding Fathers' drinking habits, in 1770 or whenever, water was something you gave the horses and livestock. People didn't drink that polluted stuff if they had anything else available.

Of course, the vast quantities of booze the English Parliament members inhaled may have contributed to their decisions about the colonies.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2024 04:10 AM (omVj0)

382 Morning, insomaniacals! I carefully did not use the "1-4" setting on my coffeemaker today. So my coffee does not taste like an armadillo died in it, the way it did the last two days with that setting enabled.

'Tis Friday, the consummation devoutly to be wished!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

This waking up at 2:30 central time is for the birds. As a matter of fact, the birds aren't even up yet.

Posted by: Tuna at June 14, 2024 04:21 AM (oaGWv)

383 Noodus pixyana

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 14, 2024 04:24 AM (omVj0)

384 That desalination filter has Theranos 2.0 written all over it. All one need do is a simple search for "desalinization plant" and look at the images of the type of facility it takes to desalinate water to understand that this product is a scam.

Posted by: Burton M at June 14, 2024 05:13 AM (i+98N)

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