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Mid-Morning Art Thread
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743--1794) and Marie Anne Lavoisier (Marie Anne Pierrette Paulze, 1758--1836)
Jacques Louis David
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Next2Nothing at September 10, 2024 09:27 AM (tA1/w)
Posted by: Next2Nothing at September 10, 2024 09:29 AM (tA1/w)
Posted by: Pete in Texas at September 10, 2024 09:30 AM (BHrzb)
Posted by: Archimedes at September 10, 2024 09:31 AM (xCA6C)
Posted by: BignJames at September 10, 2024 09:31 AM (AwYPR)
Posted by: I'll choose a new nick later-Certified Dangerous Radical at September 10, 2024 09:31 AM (89Sog)
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at September 10, 2024 09:31 AM (IFeV+)
Posted by: Diogenes at September 10, 2024 09:31 AM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Roy at September 10, 2024 09:31 AM (z+ik4)
Posted by: Eromero at September 10, 2024 09:31 AM (dtj4g)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 10, 2024 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: BignJames at September 10, 2024 09:32 AM (AwYPR)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 10, 2024 09:32 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at September 10, 2024 09:32 AM (hOUT3)
Very nicely done as JLD always is
Posted by: Skip at September 10, 2024 09:32 AM (nbEq8)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 10, 2024 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: IC - #FJB at September 10, 2024 09:32 AM (ZtyUu)
At the height of the French Revolution, he was charged with tax fraud and selling adulterated tobacco, and was guillotined despite appeals to spare his life in recognition of his contributions to science. A year and a half later, he was exonerated by the French government.
1) They were really strict about paying tobacco taxes.
2) Little late, guys.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 10, 2024 09:32 AM (xCA6C)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 10, 2024 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Roy at September 10, 2024 09:33 AM (z+ik4)
Do The Bustle!
Posted by: Diogenes at September 10, 2024 09:33 AM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 10, 2024 09:33 AM (Q0kLU)
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at September 10, 2024 09:33 AM (SfhV1)
Posted by: Archimedes at September 10, 2024 09:31 AM (xCA6C)
5 Jumpin' Jack Flash, it's a gas gas gas.
Posted by: BignJames at September 10, 2024 09:31 AM (AwYPR)
Horde. Mind.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 10, 2024 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Droopy_TX at September 10, 2024 09:33 AM (qeUK5)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 10, 2024 09:33 AM (h4mwe)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at September 10, 2024 09:34 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Sir Mix-A-Lot at September 10, 2024 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)
I really should have either been born in another century or have spent time looking for a lady who was into historical cosplay.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 10, 2024 09:35 AM (Q0kLU)
Posted by: Ribbed at September 10, 2024 09:35 AM (B0mGw)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 10, 2024 09:35 AM (VoAdT)
Posted by: redridinghood at September 10, 2024 09:35 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Roy at September 10, 2024 09:35 AM (z+ik4)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 10, 2024 09:36 AM (Q0kLU)
Bet she likes to hustle
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at September 10, 2024 09:36 AM (EGSGm)
To a woman that'll spend your bread"
Posted by: Rod S. at September 10, 2024 09:36 AM (og5mY)
Posted by: BignJames at September 10, 2024 09:36 AM (AwYPR)
Posted by: huerfano at September 10, 2024 09:36 AM (VGOMa)
Progress.
Posted by: Ribbed at September 10, 2024 09:37 AM (B0mGw)
Posted by: Libertarian Larry at September 10, 2024 09:37 AM (PiwSw)
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 10, 2024 09:37 AM (GJuub)
It is for this reason, we call his discoveries the...noble gases.
j/k
Posted by: Archimedes at September 10, 2024 09:37 AM (xCA6C)
This painting makes him look like a ladies man, a social guy. Who knew.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 10, 2024 09:37 AM (h4mwe)
Posted by: dantesed at September 10, 2024 09:37 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Doof at September 10, 2024 09:37 AM (RhGG0)
Posted by: Sir Mix A Lot at September 10, 2024 09:37 AM (oZhjI)
Posted by: Muldoon at September 10, 2024 09:37 AM (991eG)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 10, 2024 09:38 AM (VoAdT)
Posted by: pawn at September 10, 2024 09:38 AM (QB+5g)
Posted by: Muldoon at September 10, 2024 09:38 AM (991eG)
It was the style at the time. See also Marisa Berenson in Barry Lyndon.
Posted by: Pete in Texas at September 10, 2024 09:38 AM (BHrzb)
This painting makes him look like a ladies man, a social guy. Who knew.
Woo hoo! Take a look at this!
Hey man, that suit is you!
Woo-whee! You'll get some leg tonight for sure!
Tell us how you do! Hoo hoo hoo!
Posted by: D. L. R. at September 10, 2024 09:38 AM (og5mY)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 10, 2024 09:39 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Sir Mix-A-Lot at September 10, 2024 09:39 AM (Zz0t1)
This painting makes him look like a ladies man, a social guy. Who knew.
We chemists are well known Lotharios and raconteurs.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 10, 2024 09:39 AM (xCA6C)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 10, 2024 09:39 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at September 10, 2024 09:39 AM (L/fGl)
And what is that glass thing anyway? It has some sort of brass valve and the object next to it looks like some kind of pump.
Posted by: Oddbob at September 10, 2024 09:39 AM (/y8xj)
Posted by: red speck at September 10, 2024 09:40 AM (0Id0S)
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at September 10, 2024 09:40 AM (SfhV1)
Posted by: Archimedes at September 10, 2024 09:40 AM (xCA6C)
Posted by: A one at September 10, 2024 09:40 AM (3/d+3)
"Once more into the breeches, Marie!"
Posted by: Muldoon at September 10, 2024 09:38 AM (991eG)
"Dammit, woman, i'm trying figure out how P and V go together here."
"Me too, ya mook!"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 10, 2024 09:40 AM (VoAdT)
He's using it for inspiration in writing his steampunk novella.
Posted by: Ribbed at September 10, 2024 09:40 AM (IHRQq)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 10, 2024 09:40 AM (IUd0M)
Posted by: Lonely Maytag Repairman, Jesse White at September 10, 2024 09:41 AM (CV8a5)
The flask was so he could capture quantitative amounts of reaction byproducts and determine reaction formulas.
The less said about the pump, the better.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 10, 2024 09:41 AM (xCA6C)
Posted by: Muldoon at September 10, 2024 09:41 AM (991eG)
Gee, what an odd reaction to leftists killing your husband and destroying your life...
Posted by: 18-1 at September 10, 2024 09:41 AM (oZhjI)
His "solar furnace" is pretty rad, though. Like something out of a steampunk novel:
https://tinyurl.com/mtd3aks7
Posted by: spindrift at September 10, 2024 09:42 AM (OguvZ)
Posted by: one hour sober at September 10, 2024 09:42 AM (Y1sOo)
I don't even know what this is. This sort of thing ain't my bag, baby.
Posted by: Random Movie Quotes at September 10, 2024 09:42 AM (B0mGw)
"Dear, I would suggest that you remove Articles 12 and 13."
Posted by: Muldoon at September 10, 2024 09:42 AM (991eG)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 10, 2024 09:43 AM (h4mwe)
Posted by: Bottle-fed Ned at September 10, 2024 09:43 AM (CV8a5)
Posted by: spindrift
Gross! That's way too old!
Posted by: The Prophet Muhammed at September 10, 2024 09:43 AM (JCZqz)
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 10, 2024 09:37 AM (GJuub)
I'm guessing it's a powdered wig, but who knows?
**waves to Nurse**
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 10, 2024 09:44 AM (Q0kLU)
Posted by: Oddbob at September 10, 2024 09:39 AM (/y8xj)
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Probably a vacuum chamber.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 10, 2024 09:44 AM (VdhcA)
Looks kind of silvery ? Mercury ? Is it next to a barometer ?
Posted by: Next2Nothing at September 10, 2024 09:44 AM (tA1/w)
Posted by: Dirty Frank at September 10, 2024 09:44 AM (kfRlz)
"Looks like it's time to dip your quill in the ink pot!"
Posted by: Muldoon at September 10, 2024 09:44 AM (991eG)
Posted by: Jerry Lee Lewis at September 10, 2024 09:44 AM (og5mY)
Wikipedia notes she was to be married to a 50 year old count and her father instead plotted to have her married to 28 year old Antoine instead.
Posted by: 18-1 at September 10, 2024 09:45 AM (oZhjI)
Posted by: Ribbed at September 10, 2024 09:45 AM (B0mGw)
I don't even know what this is. This sort of thing ain't my bag, baby.
Posted by: Random Movie Quotes
Nothing's happening, you know what I mean? Nothings getting bigger.
(Extra credit for identifying the latter movie.)
Posted by: Another Random Movie Quote at September 10, 2024 09:45 AM (xCA6C)
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at September 10, 2024 09:45 AM (lvH54)
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at September 10, 2024 09:45 AM (zVqTr)
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 10, 2024 09:45 AM (GJuub)
Posted by: Jerry Lee Lewis at September 10, 2024 09:45 AM (VDcVe)
Posted by: CBD Picks A Winner at September 10, 2024 09:45 AM (CV8a5)
Posted by: BignJames at September 10, 2024 09:47 AM (AwYPR)
You pull your right leg out
You put your right leg in
And you knock over a round flask...
Needs work.
Posted by: Antoine Lavoisier at September 10, 2024 09:47 AM (xCA6C)
Sorry, I should have been more specific. I meant the glass globe on the floor. I think Cpt. Obvious has the right answer. Because once he said it, it's...
Posted by: Oddbob at September 10, 2024 09:48 AM (/y8xj)
Posted by: red speck at September 10, 2024 09:48 AM (0Id0S)
Posted by: Archimedes at
[Blonde says] Whaaaaa....?
Posted by: Lady Who Always Has a Burning Question at September 10, 2024 09:48 AM (JCLJi)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 10, 2024 09:49 AM (J2vNu)
Posted by: Skip at September 10, 2024 09:49 AM (nbEq8)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 10, 2024 09:49 AM (J2vNu)
This original painting hung in Lavoisier Library on DuPont's Experimental Station. I saw it in person many times -- it is big.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 10, 2024 09:50 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 10, 2024 09:50 AM (unvNj)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 10, 2024 09:51 AM (J2vNu)
The tale of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
A Chemist/Tobacconist of his day
Sold tobacco to feed his greed
Tainted with Bordeaux ragweed
So they chopped off his head, s'il vous plait!
Posted by: naturalfake at September 10, 2024 09:51 AM (eDfFs)
Posted by: Mohammad at September 10, 2024 09:51 AM (Q0kLU)
Posted by: Lizzy at September 10, 2024 09:51 AM (Pijte)
Was Mr Lavoisier odd like say Newton?
Posted by: 18-1 at September 10, 2024 09:52 AM (oZhjI)
Scrap what I said about "intriguing."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
That's what she said.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 10, 2024 09:52 AM (GJuub)
Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, a meticulous experimenter, revolutionized chemistry. He established the law of conservation of mass, determined that combustion and respiration are caused by chemical reactions with what he named “oxygen,” and helped systematize chemical nomenclature, among many other accomplishments.
https://tinyurl.com/yaasy9py
Posted by: Archimedes at September 10, 2024 09:53 AM (xCA6C)
At least he's got both hands on the table -- unlike that judge from about 20 years ago who, while holding court, was gettin busy. The audible "fft, fft" from behind the bench giving him away.
Posted by: red speck at September 10, 2024 09:53 AM (0Id0S)
https://tinyurl.com/mr2cn8rj
Posted by: Kris at September 10, 2024 09:53 AM (EwaUh)
That's what she said.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 10, 2024 09:52 AM (GJuub)
"Is that a leg in your pants or are you just happy to see me."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 10, 2024 09:53 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: It's me donna at September 10, 2024 09:53 AM (IyPmt)
Posted by: Muldoon at September 10, 2024 09:54 AM (991eG)
At least he's got both hands on the table -- unlike that judge from about 20 years ago who, while holding court, was gettin busy. The audible "fft, fft" from behind the bench giving him away.
Here cum the judge
Posted by: RJD at September 10, 2024 09:54 AM (og5mY)
Posted by: naturalfake at September 10, 2024 09:54 AM (eDfFs)
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Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 10, 2024 09:54 AM (MpVUb)
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 10, 2024 09:55 AM (CEzQx)
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at September 10, 2024 09:55 AM (hKoQL)
Guillotined by enlightened Frogs, of course, because mob rule is always an enlightened and calm rule. Get this: At the height of the French Revolution, he was charged with tax fraud and selling adulterated tobacco, and was guillotined despite appeals to spare his life in recognition of his contributions to science. A year and a half later, he was exonerated by the French government. Exonerated, but still dead. Nicely done, asshats!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 10, 2024 09:55 AM (xG4kz)
Later gang.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 10, 2024 09:55 AM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at September 10, 2024 09:56 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 10, 2024 09:55 AM (CEzQx)
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Now do luminferous ether.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 10, 2024 09:56 AM (VdhcA)
Posted by: red speck at September 10, 2024 09:53 AM (0Id0S)
Reminds me of my Egyptian geometry teacher in high school, who sat all the cute girls in the front row, and wore polyester suits, and...
*Fights off feelings of nausea*
Posted by: Lady Who Always Has a Burning Question at September 10, 2024 09:57 AM (JCLJi)
We chemists are well known Lotharios and raconteurs.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 10, 2024
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Years ago I knew an undergrad in chemistry, an assistant in my office. He was well-groomed, wore a dress shirt and slacks (at work, at least), and worked summers to buy himself . . . a used Porsche. Something told me even then he was going to be something of a ladies' man.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 10, 2024 09:57 AM (J2vNu)
Posted by: Huck Follywood
She was an old maid spinster at 14.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at September 10, 2024 09:58 AM (IFeV+)
Later gang.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 10, 2024 09:55 AM (W/lyH)
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Probably better than goosing the fleezers.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 10, 2024 09:58 AM (VdhcA)
Notable students: Éleuthère Irénée du Pont
That family booked out of France and the rest is history.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 10, 2024 09:58 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Kris at September 10, 2024 09:58 AM (EwaUh)
Posted by: From about That Time at September 10, 2024 09:59 AM (4780s)
Something told me even then he was going to be something of a ladies' man.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
A master of ether.
"Does this rag smell?"
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at September 10, 2024 09:59 AM (IFeV+)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at September 10, 2024 09:59 AM (voxAy)
Posted by: Kris
Wow, I was surprised when I read who posted this moronesque comment. We have brought another one into the darkness.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 10, 2024 10:00 AM (xCA6C)
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at September 10, 2024 09:55 AM (hKoQL)
That reminds me of an old New Yorker cartoon: a couple is standing outside of their cottage, reading a note that's been pinned to their deck chairs - "If you know what's good for you, you'll get those Adirondack chairs out of the Poconos."
Well, I think it's funny.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 10, 2024 10:00 AM (Q0kLU)
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For not being corrupt and trying to get tobacco vendors to sell unadulterated products, as ever with leftist governments.
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 10, 2024 10:00 AM (CEzQx)
https://tinyurl.com/mr2cn8rj
Posted by: Kris at September 10, 2024 09:53 AM (EwaUh)
Sharma is excellent. (So was sister Wendy!)
Posted by: runner at September 10, 2024 10:00 AM (V13WU)
Posted by: Kris at September 10, 2024 09:58 AM (EwaUh)
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The Oath of the Horatii, Napoleon Crossing the Alps, many others. Yep.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 10, 2024 10:01 AM (VdhcA)
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at September 10, 2024 10:01 AM (GTCVo)
Ugh!
What is it good for?
Curtailing civil rights!
Tulsi Gabbard
@TulsiGabbard
Remember: A vote for Kamala is a vote for Dick Cheney, Hillary Clinton, and the woke warmongering cabal. A vote for Kamala is a vote for war, war, and more war — and with it, more infringement on our liberties in the name of “national security.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at September 10, 2024 10:01 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 10, 2024 09:55 AM (CEzQx)
The Science is settled, you bastards!
Why next they'll be mocking the Science of Spontaneous Generation!
Posted by: naturalfake at September 10, 2024 10:01 AM (eDfFs)
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 10, 2024 10:01 AM (CEzQx)
Posted by: It's me donna at September 10, 2024 09:53 AM (IyPmt)
For being a private tax collector.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 10, 2024 10:02 AM (AYCXd)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 10, 2024 10:02 AM (J2vNu)
Posted by: runner at September 10, 2024 10:00 AM (V13WU)
She was wonderful! It was obvious how much she loved art...
Posted by: CharlieGray'sDildo at September 10, 2024 10:02 AM (UJZXn)
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Department officials also released a web video pleading with people to come forward with stories if they think they have been “improperly” removed.
In new guidance to states, the department said federal law allows states to clean their rolls, but it must be done within strict guidelines and only for approved reasons such as a voter has moved out of the jurisdiction, has died or has requested removal.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 10, 2024 10:03 AM (xCA6C)
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 10, 2024 10:04 AM (CEzQx)
Posted by: naturalfake at September 10, 2024 10:01 AM (eDfFs)
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Redi and Spallanzani weep.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 10, 2024 10:04 AM (VdhcA)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 10, 2024 10:01 AM (VdhcA)
The Schama series makes a case for his "Death of Marat" as probably his greatest work. I can't disagree. If you can get past the reality of the subject, it's magnificent.
Posted by: Kris at September 10, 2024 10:05 AM (EwaUh)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 10, 2024 10:05 AM (O8bOp)
Posted by: Muldoon at September 10, 2024 10:05 AM (991eG)
A metaphor for my 401K?
Posted by: Oddbob at September 10, 2024 10:05 AM (/y8xj)
Posted by: Tuna at September 10, 2024 10:06 AM (oaGWv)
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 10, 2024 10:06 AM (CEzQx)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 10, 2024 10:03 AM (0H0Y5)
One of whom was likely David.
Posted by: Kris at September 10, 2024 10:06 AM (EwaUh)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 10, 2024 10:06 AM (SkoKp)
https://x.com/charlescwcooke/
status/1833463549189845338
QueMala is 100% pure fake.
Incompetent too!
Posted by: naturalfake at September 10, 2024 10:07 AM (eDfFs)
Posted by: Kris at September 10, 2024 10:05 AM (EwaUh)
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Possibly the only painter who could make the toadlike Marat look good.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 10, 2024 10:07 AM (VdhcA)
Department officials also released a web video pleading with people to come forward with stories if they think they have been “improperly” removed.
They're not even trying to hide it anymore
Posted by: It's me donna at September 10, 2024 10:07 AM (IyPmt)
Posted by: Kris at September 10, 2024 10:05 AM (EwaUh)
Marat was a bastard, so the reality of his death seems unimportant.
It really is glorious art.
Posted by: CharlieGray'sDildo at September 10, 2024 10:07 AM (UJZXn)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 10, 2024
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Mais non! He was, 'ow you say, an evil collecteur of the taxes!
Posted by: French Revolutionary at September 10, 2024 10:07 AM (J2vNu)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 10, 2024 10:02 AM (J2vNu)
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Posted by: The Weather Channel at September 10, 2024 10:07 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 10, 2024 10:07 AM (0H0Y5)
Pelosi Now Claiming She Didn't Want Biden to Withdraw From Race
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at September 10, 2024 10:07 AM (L/fGl)
Yeah, that Hamlet dude was always one brick short of a load.
Posted by: Oddbob at September 10, 2024 10:08 AM (/y8xj)
Posted by: tankdemon at September 10, 2024 10:08 AM (yKPsT)
Posted by: CharlieGray'sDildo at September 10, 2024 10:09 AM (UJZXn)
Posted by: tubal at September 10, 2024 10:09 AM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 10, 2024 10:09 AM (J2vNu)
Posted by: Muldoon at September 10, 2024 10:09 AM (991eG)
Hot enough for you now, asshole?
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 10, 2024 10:09 AM (CEzQx)
Posted by: tankdemon at September 10, 2024 10:08 AM (yKPsT)
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Let's see what he can do with coconuts and bamboo.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 10, 2024 10:10 AM (VdhcA)
Is that the some chemicals came together and... LIFE thing?
Or maybe the all the matter in the entire universe was in a teeny, tiny little spot and blew up thing?
Some combination thereof?
Posted by: TeeJ at September 10, 2024 10:10 AM (oKIzl)
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Be careful how you pick your friends.
Posted by: zombie leon trotsky at September 10, 2024 10:11 AM (CEzQx)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at September 10, 2024 10:11 AM (K4tSx)
Posted by: naturalfake at September 10, 2024 10:01 AM (eDfFs)
Rats!
Posted by: BignJames at September 10, 2024 10:11 AM (AwYPR)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 10, 2024 10:11 AM (J2vNu)
Posted by: tubal at September 10, 2024 10:11 AM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 10, 2024 10:02 AM (J2vNu)
My writing muse sent me a photo of the old Delmonico's restaurant at 56 Beaver Street in NYC. They're still open, but the menu - woof! It would cost me at least a grand to have dinner there, and probably more depending on the lady at my side.
Either I need a lottery win or Hollywood needs to option my books.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 10, 2024 10:12 AM (Q0kLU)
Posted by: The King at September 10, 2024 10:13 AM (GC+hd)
Posted by: tankdemon at September 10, 2024 10:08 AM (yKPsT)
This may be the thread-winner.
But this-
You blow margins and Manhattans!
Posted by: CharlieGray'sDildo at September 10, 2024 10:09 AM (UJZXn)
This is definitely the thread-loser!
Posted by: naturalfake at September 10, 2024 10:13 AM (eDfFs)
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 10, 2024 10:13 AM (CEzQx)
Posted by: naturalfake at September 10, 2024 10:14 AM (eDfFs)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 10, 2024 10:14 AM (VdhcA)
Posted by: CharlieGray'sDildo at September 10, 2024 10:07 AM (UJZXn)
David worshipped Marat and was referencing Christian imagery. Marat is depicted as a martyr, sacrificed for the "Republic". The painting is David's attempt to elevate him to sainthood. He is the new saint for Robespierre's new "religion" of revolutionary virtue. "This is true holiness. True righteousness. Not those myths."
Posted by: Kris at September 10, 2024 10:14 AM (EwaUh)
Posted by: The King at September 10, 2024 10:13 AM (GC+hd)
The painter is revolting!
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at September 10, 2024 10:14 AM (LxER7)
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Kitty Pryde or Pussy Power?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at September 10, 2024 10:15 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: The King at September 10, 2024 10:13 AM (GC+hd)
Sire, you look just like the piss boy!
Posted by: Count de Monet at September 10, 2024 10:15 AM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: Muldoon at September 10, 2024 10:15 AM (991eG)
Is that the some chemicals came together and... LIFE thing?
Or maybe the all the matter in the entire universe was in a teeny, tiny little spot and blew up thing?
Some combination thereof?
Posted by: TeeJ at September 10, 2024 10:10 AM (oKIzl)
This is more like, you leave meat to rot and maggots suddenly appear.
Posted by: naturalfake at September 10, 2024 10:15 AM (eDfFs)
David worshipped Marat and was referencing Christian imagery. Marat is depicted as a martyr, sacrificed for the "Republic". The painting is David's attempt to elevate him to sainthood. He is the new saint for Robespierre's new "religion" of revolutionary virtue. "This is true holiness. True righteousness. Not those myths."
Marat was a run of the mill leftist despot. The woman that assassinated him though? She was fascinating.
Posted by: 18-1 at September 10, 2024 10:16 AM (oZhjI)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at September 10, 2024 10:15 AM (L/fGl)
There's a black chick in Ohio who would eat her.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 10, 2024 10:16 AM (unvNj)
. . .
Musk is on record . . . .
Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 10, 2024 09:54 AM (MpVUb)
Musk is a snake oil salesman.
I discount that analysis. Here's why.
"However, they have also tagged on attacks on Tesla for having received government subsidies — subsidies and regulatory credits (which are not subsidies) . . . ."
"Tesla raked in $518 million in revenue from sales of regulatory credits in the first quarter of the year, helping the U.S. electric vehicle maker post another quarter of profit."
"Since Tesla receives all these regulatory credits for free, it can essentially sell them for a 100% profit. This has been behind its recent profitable quarters."
CNBC, 2021.
While they are not direct subsidies, per se, it is disingenuous to not include such revenue shifting schemes in the analysis, which, in effect is a tax on consumers and indirect transfer of such taxes to non-Tesla consumers.
1/2
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 10, 2024 10:17 AM (AYCXd)
https://tinyurl.com/mwn89nhj
On top of that, each car is subject to many additional federal and state incentives, which saddle taxpayers with even more Tesla "subsidies" burden.
On top of the $7,500 federal EV tax credit to applicable vehicles, the state offers:
a $5,350 innovative motor vehicle tax credit for EVs with a maximum manufacturer’s suggested retail price, or MSRP, of $80,000
a $5,500 Xcel EV rebate and the MSRP of eligible EVs varies with the model; Xcel Energy is a regulated electric utility and natural gas delivery company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota and its customers get the rebate.
a $6,000 vehicle exchange Colorado program, with a maximum MSRP of $80,000
https://tinyurl.com/2s3ryuk7
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Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 10, 2024 10:17 AM (AYCXd)
So another LUG?
Posted by: 18-1 at September 10, 2024 10:18 AM (oZhjI)
Posted by: TeeJ at September 10, 2024 10:18 AM (oKIzl)
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Who are we to question Ugandan culture?
Posted by: Jerry Lee Lewis at September 10, 2024 10:18 AM (VDcVe)
Posted by: Muldoon at September 10, 2024 10:18 AM (991eG)
Posted by: Kris at September 10, 2024 10:06 AM (EwaUh)
I didn't know that he was behind Lavoisier's arrest . David/ but he certainly was a regicide . It's sort of hard for me to get past that about him It colors all of my views about him.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 10, 2024 10:18 AM (pg2qb)
Pelosi Now Claiming She Didn't Want Biden to Withdraw From Race
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice!
VOTE THIS DEMENTED AND EVIL OLD BAT OUT!
I am so sick of the putative leaders of the federal government.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 10, 2024 10:19 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: From about That Time at September 10, 2024 10:19 AM (4780s)
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 10, 2024 10:13 AM (CEzQx)
That certainly sweetens the bitter of that situation.
Posted by: tankdemon at September 10, 2024 10:19 AM (yKPsT)
We finally have a rich guy 100% on our side and still we need to shit on him. It’s why we never fucking win.
Posted by: Jerry Lee Lewis at September 10, 2024 10:19 AM (VDcVe)
Posted by: 18-1 at September 10, 2024 10:18 AM (oZhjI)
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Alugalugalugaluga.
Posted by: Lug A Lug Cat at September 10, 2024 10:19 AM (VdhcA)
David and Marat were birds of a feather... and both were bad men.
David was a magnificent artist, but every time I see his work I force myself to remember who and what he supported.
Posted by: CharlieGray'sDildo at September 10, 2024 10:20 AM (UJZXn)
Marvel Comics Confirms Kitty Pryde As Bisexual In Debut Issue Of “Exceptional X-Men”
Enjoy your accelerating death spiral as your business augurs into the ground, Marvel
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 10, 2024 10:20 AM (xG4kz)
California Woman Moves To Texas For Freedom, Returns Citing High Costs And Political Exhaustion. A woman from California who moved to Texas because of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate returned after four months because Texas was expensive and everyone was obsessed with politics.
“I consider myself to be pretty conservative. There are a lot of California policies I’m not in favor of.” She added that many people were moving to Texas at the time saying there was “freedom” in the state.
Soon, she realized that Texas was not as cheap as she had been told. She said that it was true that Texas has no income taxes, but the property taxes were “horrific” and services were more expensive.
Now that Speakman is back in California, she says she is happy and that her time in Texas helped her to appreciate her home state.
“I really appreciate that California protects its land, I want to have public spaces that are beautiful. Plus, I love California’s great income for teachers and the great health benefits we’re given. I didn’t know how superior it was until I left.”
https://tinyurl.com/2eenbuwx
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 10, 2024 10:20 AM (JCZqz)
We can call it a not a subsidy, if you want to dither on semantics.
Seems weaselish.
Musk is a carbon credits salesman with a car company. Guy know how to game the system and people.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 10, 2024 10:21 AM (AYCXd)
LINK: https://tinyurl.com/3hkdu27k
Posted by: mrp at September 10, 2024 10:21 AM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Muldoon at September 10, 2024 10:18 AM (991eG)
21%
Same as in town.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 10, 2024 10:21 AM (unvNj)
Posted by: Muldoon at September 10, 2024
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Isn't the answer "The same, but less of it (as well as less nitrogen)"? Or does the oxygen get driven off by increased sunlight at that altitude?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 10, 2024 10:21 AM (J2vNu)
Posted by: Muldoon at September 10, 2024 10:18 AM (991eG)
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Same as at sea level. Just a lot fewer molecules.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 10, 2024 10:21 AM (VdhcA)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 10, 2024 10:14 AM (VdhcA)
The very first thing I saw on the dinner menu was caviar at $200.
Musso & Frank's in Hollywood has the advantages of being relatively inexpensive and an historical landmark from the silent days, but again, to get out there would cost me as much as going to Delmonico's.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 10, 2024 10:22 AM (Q0kLU)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
Le Grande Pariee Home Owners Association.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at September 10, 2024 10:22 AM (IFeV+)
Posted by: Jerry Lee Lewis at September 10, 2024 10:22 AM (VDcVe)
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Kitty Pryde or Pussy Power?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at September 10, 2024 10:15 AM (L/fGl)
Only way they could let a Jewish character stay? Make her the pervert that right-wing antisemites like to tar Jews with?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 10, 2024 10:22 AM (s9EYN)
Posted by: Doof at September 10, 2024 10:22 AM (RhGG0)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 10, 2024 10:21 AM (AYCXd)
You build a system to be gamed, and people will game it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 10, 2024 10:23 AM (unvNj)
Posted by: andycanuck
I read Matthew Gaudreau's wife is pregnant, also.
Posted by: old chick at September 10, 2024 10:23 AM (F3Dlr)
Taylor Swift Fans Outraged Over Pop Star Hugging Brittany Mahomes After Trump Support
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at September 10, 2024 10:23 AM (L/fGl)
LINK: https://tinyurl.com/3hkdu27k
Posted by: mrp
Piss on it.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at September 10, 2024 10:23 AM (IFeV+)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Le Grande Pariee Home Owners Association.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at September 10, 2024
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In other words, Karens with extra-legal and lethal authority.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 10, 2024 10:23 AM (J2vNu)
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In other words I’m only a socialist not a communist.
Posted by: Jerry Lee Lewis at September 10, 2024 10:24 AM (VDcVe)
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 10, 2024 10:20 AM (JCZqz)
Conservative...for a Californian, maybe.
Posted by: BignJames at September 10, 2024 10:24 AM (AwYPR)
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Join my new band, Muldoon -- Water, Earth, Fire & Wind!
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 10, 2024 10:24 AM (CEzQx)
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Right now, Musk is my friend.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at September 10, 2024 10:25 AM (IFeV+)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 10, 2024 10:23 AM (unvNj)
That is correct.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 10, 2024 10:25 AM (AYCXd)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
That is correct.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 10, 2024 10:25 AM (lTGtQ)
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Remember that quite a few of our own Founders were acquainted with high-level French politicians. Our own documents were specifically designed to avoid mob rule.
Posted by: mustbequantum at September 10, 2024 10:25 AM (eRfHZ)
I think somebody forgot to remove their sock.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 10, 2024 10:25 AM (Q0kLU)
Surprising that they didn't emulate the actress who portrayed Kitty in the movies and have the character transition.
Posted by: tankdemon at September 10, 2024 10:25 AM (yKPsT)
https://tinyurl.com/2eenbuwx
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 10, 2024 10:20 AM (JCZqz)
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Every progressive should move to CA to escape politicization of everything.
Do it now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going full throttle with Tony Scott at September 10, 2024 10:25 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 10, 2024 10:23 AM (unvNj)
In other words - "don't hate the player, hate the game"
Posted by: Doof at September 10, 2024 10:26 AM (RhGG0)
Taylor Swift Fans Outraged Over Pop Star Hugging Brittany Mahomes After Trump Support
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at September 10, 2024 10:23 AM (L/fGl)
WGAF. "Taylor Swift Fans" get outraged that their keys don't work in their neighbor's car, or that the month of September has too many letters in it. Fuck them.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 10, 2024 10:26 AM (VoAdT)
Either I need a lottery win or Hollywood needs to option my books.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 10, 2024 10:12 AM (Q0kLU)
"Hand cut French fries with spicy mustard Aioli...$18."
Uhh, I'll take the machine cut fries please.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at September 10, 2024 10:26 AM (iODuv)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 10, 2024 10:26 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: mustbequantum at September 10, 2024 10:25 AM (eRfHZ)
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And tgey didn't even have the bad example of the French Revolution to guide them. Strange.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 10, 2024 10:27 AM (VdhcA)
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at September 10, 2024 10:25 AM (IFeV+)
For sure. Too many fall over that point into a kind of worship, however.
Dude makes his money off of the same government who would put you on trains. How much you can trust him is a question of all who support our current friend should be asking themselves.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 10, 2024 10:27 AM (AYCXd)
Posted by: Muldoon
Oxygen is lighter than nitrogen, so it should be higher than 21% at 10,000 feet, but argon and neon are lighter still, so they would be more concentrated at higher altitudes at the same time.
The reason mountain climbers need oxygen isn't the percentage, but the partial pressure.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 10, 2024 10:28 AM (lTGtQ)
I also remember that Thomas Jefferson supported the French Revolution. He was brilliant man and great writer but not one of my favorite Founding Fathers.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 10, 2024 10:28 AM (pg2qb)
I think somebody forgot to remove their sock.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 10, 2024 10:25 AM (Q0kLU)
That's fine. He can still blow that sentiment out his ass.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 10, 2024 10:28 AM (Zz0t1)
Uhh, I'll take the machine cut fries please.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at September 10, 2024 10:26 AM (iODuv)
Eeeeewwwwww -- who wants to eat french fries made by someone with a cut on their hand??
Posted by: Doof at September 10, 2024 10:28 AM (RhGG0)
Can't just cover the current ones as not spaced correctly.
Tried the widow's old "heat" gun but it's more like a warm gun.
Hopefully my fairly worn, round stainless wire brush in my drill will make quick work of it.
Really want to get it out for it's check for leaks launch this week.
Posted by: TeeJ at September 10, 2024 10:28 AM (oKIzl)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 10, 2024 10:26 AM (RIvkX)
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Alors, il commece.
Posted by: Ce gars qui pense toujours que ça commence. at September 10, 2024 10:29 AM (VdhcA)
196 What percentage of the air is made up of oxygen at 10,000 feet above sea level?
Posted by: Muldoon
No idea, but I do know you can't properly prepare boiled potatoes on Mount Everest.
Posted by: Spud Webb at September 10, 2024 10:29 AM (CV8a5)
>>Marvel Comics Confirms Kitty Pryde As Bisexual In Debut Issue Of “Exceptional X-Men”
Some of the best X-Men stories featured Wolverine and Kitty Pryde, in fact there was a mini-series featuring them, and of course there is Days of Future Past.
Wolverine protected here like a father.
It seems he wasn't able to protect her from the perverts penning current day X-Men comics.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 10, 2024 10:29 AM (XV/Pl)
It is for this reason, we call his discoveries the...noble gases.
The first noble gas to be discovered was helium, via its spectral absorption lines in light from ... wait for it ... the Sun.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 10, 2024 10:29 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 10, 2024 10:29 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 10, 2024 10:30 AM (VoAdT)
I don't get that worked up about it because my Bible describes just such a thing occurring so what's the point of fighting it?
Posted by: Ribbed at September 10, 2024 10:30 AM (B0mGw)
Be excellent to each other.
I'm tired........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at September 10, 2024 10:29 AM (Zz0t1)
Peace out, brother. Hope you get some rest!
Posted by: Doof at September 10, 2024 10:30 AM (RhGG0)
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Kitty Pryde or Pussy Power?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at September 10, 2024 10:15 AM (L/fGl)
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Only way they could let a Jewish character stay? Make her the pervert that right-wing antisemites like to tar Jews with?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 10, 2024
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I remember when they introduced Kitty as a gawky, uncertain, but smart 13-year-old. A friend of mine had been urging me to try the X-Men comics, and I'd been resistant, saying I'd outgrown comic books. But then I tried some, the beginning of the Phoenix Saga as it turned out, and I was blown away at how grown-up the stories and dialog were.
And now they've got to blow it all up. Damn.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 10, 2024 10:30 AM (J2vNu)
We finally have a rich guy 100% on our side and still we need to shit on him. It’s why we never fucking win.
Posted by: Jerry Lee Lewis at September 10, 2024 10:19 AM (VDcVe)
Agree.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at September 10, 2024 10:31 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 10, 2024 10:18 AM (pg2qb)
David was a member of the Committee of Public Safety. He was a Robespierre fanboy and in his inner circle. He was the head artist of the Terror Period and designed much of the pageantry and look of the era. He should have been arrested and executed with Robespierre but was conveniently out sick that day. Instead, David spent a few years in jail. He vowed to give up politics after his release but then Napoleon came calling.
Posted by: Kris at September 10, 2024 10:32 AM (EwaUh)
Posted by: Charlton Heston at September 10, 2024 10:32 AM (VdhcA)
I'll go with This Never Happened. She was there 4 months. How would she know property taxes were horrific? She relocated, bought a house and then decided to return after getting the tax bill? All on a teacher's salary?
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at September 10, 2024 10:33 AM (RXJdG)
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History, history . . . something something . . . doomed to repeat . . .
Two Revolutions, two different outcomes as one avoided the historical mobs and retribution and one embraced mob upheaval.
Posted by: mustbequantum at September 10, 2024 10:33 AM (eRfHZ)
Posted by: Robert at September 10, 2024 10:33 AM (1Yy3c)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 10, 2024 10:30 AM (J2vNu)
She was part of the X-Calibur team, so I have a soft spot for her. To be sure, they aren't betraying her character any more than they warped the entire point of Nightcrawler's character. That's all the new writers are able to do. Written vandalism.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 10, 2024 10:34 AM (s9EYN)
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at September 10, 2024 10:33 AM (RXJdG)
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$5 says she moved to Austin.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going full throttle with Tony Scott at September 10, 2024 10:35 AM (GBKbO)
Seriously, it's everywhere, all the time. Are we not allowed to like people anymore? At all? I get it, i'm just as much of a crotchety misanthropic shitbird as the next guy, but fuck me sideways, are we really all obligated to just say "Oh OK then screw that guy i guess" every time someone we like gets shat on?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at September 10, 2024 10:35 AM (VoAdT)
Posted by: Slim Pickens at September 10, 2024 10:35 AM (CV8a5)
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at September 10, 2024 10:33 AM (RXJdG)
Maybe by "Texas"...she meant "Austin"?
Posted by: BignJames at September 10, 2024 10:35 AM (AwYPR)
Translation: I want sh*t paid for by taxpayers but I don't want to pay taxes myself.
Posted by: Oddbob at September 10, 2024 10:36 AM (/y8xj)
Posted by: Ribbed at September 10, 2024 10:30 AM (B0mGw)
That's right. Don't resist. It just hurts more.
Posted by: Madmen Hellbent on world domination bending you over the barrel at September 10, 2024 10:36 AM (1Yy3c)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
That is correct.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 10, 2024 10:25 AM (lTGtQ)
Kind of like the Department of Homeland Security.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at September 10, 2024 10:36 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Slim Pickens at September 10, 2024 10:35 AM (CV8a5)
Charlemagne?
Posted by: BignJames at September 10, 2024 10:36 AM (AwYPR)
Texas property taxes *are* pretty painful. Not as bad as some of the east coast states though. I'm rather skeptical about her claims as well.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 10, 2024 10:36 AM (s9EYN)
Oxygen is lighter than nitrogen
No, it isn't -- nitrogen at atomic number 7, precedes oxygen at atomic number 8 in the periodic table.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 10, 2024 10:37 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 10, 2024 10:37 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Slim Pickens at September 10, 2024 10:35 AM (CV8a5)
Charlemagne?
Posted by: BignJames at September 10, 2024 10:36 AM (AwYPR)
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Pippin, sit down!
Posted by: Charles at September 10, 2024 10:37 AM (VdhcA)
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Kitty Pryde or Pussy Power?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at September 10, 2024 10:15 AM (L/fGl)
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Only way they could let a Jewish character stay? Make her the pervert that right-wing antisemites like to tar Jews with?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 10, 2024
Did they forget they made her bi just a couple of years ago?
Posted by: Madmen Hellbent on world domination bending you over the barrel at September 10, 2024 10:37 AM (1Yy3c)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 10, 2024 10:27 AM (AYCXd)
The fact that he's antagonizing the government you pretend is his sole source of wealth should give you pause in your DU-level analysis.
Posted by: spindrift at September 10, 2024 10:37 AM (OguvZ)
I think what people are trying to say is that they don't fully trust Musk, which is a rational response. I also think it's been so long since we've seen a true liberal that we're having a hard time understanding there's a hard difference between a liberal and a progressive and constitutional conservatives actually have a lot in common with genuine liberals, especially in the current moment.
Posted by: Ribbed at September 10, 2024 10:38 AM (IHRQq)
The first noble gas to be discovered was helium, via its spectral absorption lines in light from ... wait for it ... the Sun.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
I know my gas is noble.
It comes from the King of Assholes.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at September 10, 2024 10:38 AM (IFeV+)
Wasn't that the role and the treatment during the filming of which that got Ellen Page to decide self-mutilation and sterilization is her only option in life to deal with the abuse? I think I recall reading as much, and as a result, I cannot get to excited about the X-Men franchise.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 10, 2024 10:38 AM (AYCXd)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 10, 2024 10:38 AM (MpVUb)
Posted by: pawn at September 10, 2024 10:38 AM (QB+5g)
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at September 10, 2024 10:33 AM (RXJdG)
I bet "I love California’s great income for teachers and the great health benefits we’re given" was a bigger issue than the "horrific" property taxes.
I don't know how Cali income taxes work but, assuming she paid them, it seems likely that she couldn't take the overall tax expense in Cali and compare it to Texas. Still, doesn't seem like she's a big loss. Maybe she can work on turning Cali red... lol.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 10, 2024 10:38 AM (IUd0M)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 10, 2024 10:36 AM (s9EYN)
Doesn't the tax vary by county? I don't pay a "state" property tax.
Posted by: BignJames at September 10, 2024 10:39 AM (AwYPR)
Posted by: Slim Pickens
If Charles Martel counts as a politician, yes.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 10, 2024 10:39 AM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: Slim Pickens at September 10, 2024 10:39 AM (CV8a5)
And tgey didn't even have the bad example of the French Revolution to guide them. Strange.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 10, 2024 10:27 AM (VdhcA)
The sad thing is theat the frogs took our revolution as inspiration, but didn't follow our post-revolution reconstruction as an example. Though, to be fair, the former colonies did have a few advantages the French revolutionaries lacked.
Posted by: tankdemon at September 10, 2024 10:39 AM (yKPsT)
Posted by: spindrift at September 10, 2024 10:37 AM (OguvZ)
Please school me, professor.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 10, 2024 10:39 AM (AYCXd)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 10, 2024
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There's a copy of The Phoenix Saga on my bookshelf to this day. The only comic book-oriented item I have. It's less like a comic and more a visual novel -- the "graphic novel" term everybody uses today.
The stand-alone issue where Kitty, all alone, defeats an Alien-like creature on Christmas Eve at Professor X's mansion was very well done too. Artist John Byrne said he based her look on an adolescent Sigourney Weaver; so that was very fitting.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 10, 2024 10:39 AM (J2vNu)
Let me know when you take out a couple Starlink satellites, hero.
Posted by: Ribbed at September 10, 2024 10:39 AM (IHRQq)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at September 10, 2024 10:39 AM (PiwSw)
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St Denis? Also beheaded and patron saint of France.
Posted by: mustbequantum at September 10, 2024 10:39 AM (eRfHZ)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 10, 2024 10:36 AM (s9EYN)
What you have to look at is the total tax burden. Property taxes in Kali are held down by Prop 13.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 10, 2024 10:39 AM (unvNj)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 10, 2024 10:40 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Ce gars qui pense toujours que ça commence. at September 10, 2024 10:29 AM (VdhcA)
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Wesley, is that you?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 10, 2024 10:40 AM (RIvkX)
I never got the appeal of a steak.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 10, 2024 10:37 AM
Wait, Wut?
Posted by: Minnfidel at September 10, 2024 10:40 AM (ewjUl)
Posted by: Archimedes at September 10, 2024 10:03 AM (xCA6C)
No mention of illegal entry to these United States...
[spit]
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at September 10, 2024 10:41 AM (zVqTr)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 10, 2024 10:41 AM (AYCXd)
Help a worshipper out???
Posted by: I'll choose a new nick later-Certified Dangerous Radical at September 10, 2024 10:41 AM (89Sog)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 10, 2024 10:41 AM (MpVUb)
Posted by: BignJames at September 10, 2024 10:39 AM (AwYPR)
True enough. One of the reasons we were looking to move to north Texas and out of the Houston region.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 10, 2024 10:41 AM (s9EYN)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 10, 2024 10:42 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 10, 2024 10:42 AM (dTTBf)
It's always interesting to watch MAGA backing their own camels into the tent.
Posted by: Ribbed at September 10, 2024 10:42 AM (IHRQq)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 10, 2024 10:40 AM (RIvkX)
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Mais non.
Posted by: Ce gars qui pense toujours que ça commence. at September 10, 2024 10:42 AM (VdhcA)
Have you seen there's a new version of Matlock, starring Kathy Bates?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 10, 2024 10:42 AM (Q0kLU)
Seriously, it's everywhere, all the time. Are we not allowed to like people anymore? At all? I get it, i'm just as much of a crotchety misanthropic shitbird as the next guy, but fuck me sideways, are we really all obligated to just say "Oh OK then screw that guy i guess" every time someone we like gets shat on?
Posted by: Warai-otoko
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Purity spirals are a bad human tendency and the French Revolution is an example of that.
Posted by: whig at September 10, 2024 10:43 AM (kW+z9)
Posted by: mrp at September 10, 2024 10:43 AM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder,
Hi, again, All. Looks like I missed some kind of kerfuffle here while I was at a doctor's appointment.
Posted by: Bulg at September 10, 2024 10:43 AM (v6JzV)
.. scheduled ?
Posted by: SMOD at September 10, 2024 10:43 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 10, 2024 10:42 AM
I didn't even get to say good morning to you Fen. So good morning
Posted by: Minnfidel at September 10, 2024 10:43 AM (ewjUl)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 10, 2024 10:36 AM (s9EYN)
We bought a bigger house when we moved from CA to TX but our property tax is a little bit lower than what we paid in CA. Overall much lower cost of living when you take into account the much lower gas prices0
Posted by: IC - #FJB at September 10, 2024 10:43 AM (ZtyUu)
Ugh.
Market's slowly dropping again.*
What miracle of Harris Inflatonomics is it this time?
*I know, I know. Market goes up, market goes down.
Finiculi, Finicula!
Posted by: naturalfake at September 10, 2024 10:43 AM (eDfFs)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Actually, she moved to the Dallas-Ft. Worth area, per the article...the article written for reformaustin.org. And they don't want to "reform" it in a good way, as a quick glance at article headlines (such as Texas Major Battlefield in Push for Christian Nationalism in Public Schools) indicates.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 10, 2024 10:43 AM (JCZqz)
Posted by: BignJames at September 10, 2024 10:39 AM (AwYPR)
True enough. One of the reasons we were looking to move to north Texas and out of the Houston region.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 10, 2024 10:41 AM (s9EYN)
Once my VA Tech expense graduates I'm looking to retire and move away from the "horrific" area to somewhere in more eastern Texas.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 10, 2024 10:44 AM (IUd0M)
Posted by: BignJames
Yes. The more rural a county is, the lower the taxes there are. They have less services to provide.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at September 10, 2024 10:44 AM (IFeV+)
Posted by: SMOD at September 10, 2024 10:44 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Slim Pickens
At least DeGaulle kept France from going full Commie.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at September 10, 2024 10:44 AM (kNkY2)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 10, 2024 10:45 AM (unvNj)
By county and by school district. Depending on exactly when this person moved to TX, she may have gotten hit by the sticker shock when some counties that had not been raising taxes for a few years raised them a lot to make up for it. That almost doubled my mortgage payment for a year and then it went back down when the escrow account got caught up.
Posted by: Oddbob at September 10, 2024 10:45 AM (/y8xj)
Broiled lobster or flounder or Petaluma duck a la orange, the steak will lose every time.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 10, 2024 10:45 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: spindrift at September 10, 2024 10:45 AM (OguvZ)
.. scheduled ?
Posted by: SMOD at September 10, 2024 10:43 AM (RHGPo)
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That's what I've been saying for the past few weeks.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 10, 2024 10:45 AM (VdhcA)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 10, 2024 10:45 AM (MpVUb)
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices
So their residents pay fewer in taxes.
Posted by: Bulg at September 10, 2024 10:46 AM (v6JzV)
He's the number one man, he's movin'
The Frenchies call him noble
And it's just what he is
He's dedicated to the mighty C
Chemin' night and day
Never twice in one spot
He's somethin' you and I would like to be
Posted by: Count de Monet at September 10, 2024 10:46 AM (Aqu9a)
Broiled lobster or flounder or Petaluma duck a la orange, the steak will lose every time.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
You know what lobsters eat, correct?
Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 10, 2024 10:46 AM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at September 10, 2024 10:44 AM (IFeV+)
Fewer apartment dwellers who are unaware that property taxes affect them and, therefore, vote for every single bond issue.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 10, 2024 10:47 AM (IUd0M)
Posted by: IC
Speaking of gas prices, $2.56/gal regular, $2.89 diesel & $3.59 Ethanol Free.
Now that summer is over, the Kali Boutique Blends are over with.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at September 10, 2024 10:47 AM (IFeV+)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 10, 2024 10:47 AM (lTGtQ)
Kamala Harris had planned to object, fact-check and directly question Donald Trump while he was speaking during their debate next week. But now, with rules just finalized to mute the candidates when their opponents speaks, campaign officials said Harris advisers are scrambling to rewrite their playbook. Harris and her team — holed up in Pittsburgh for a multi-day debate camp — wanted unmuted microphones so that the vice president could lean on her prosecutorial background, confronting the former president in the same way she laced into some of Trump’s Supreme Court nominees and Cabinet members during Senate hearings.
.. the poor dear
Posted by: SMOD at September 10, 2024 10:47 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Bulg at September 10, 2024 10:47 AM (v6JzV)
Posted by: tankdemon
The ancien regime in France was far worse on commoners than the colonists ever had it with England. Essentially, the French kings impoverished the country by using its treasury to fight foreign wars of choice and magnificent palaces, etc. The French nobles and the clergy by and large did not care as the tax burden was not upon them.
Bit of a difference between the earlier English Civil War and the French is that the king in England was the one relatively impoverished compared to his French counterpart. Charles II was aspiring to Bourbon levels of expenditure but Parliament simply would not let him.
Posted by: whig at September 10, 2024 10:47 AM (kW+z9)
Posted by: SMOD at September 10, 2024 10:43 AM (RHGPo)
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The junta will rid itself of Biden, Harris, and the other "unreliables" either before the election or if they win, after.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 10, 2024 10:47 AM (RIvkX)
Broiled lobster or flounder or Petaluma duck a la orange, the steak will lose every time.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 10, 2024 10:45 AM (RIvkX)
I hate lobster. No matter how it's cooked, it always smells spoiled.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 10, 2024 10:48 AM (Q0kLU)
Bottom line: No matter what state you live in, VOTE TRUMP. A Trump victory is a Kennedy victory.
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 10, 2024 10:48 AM (CEzQx)
Now that summer is over, the Kali Boutique Blends are over with.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at September 10, 2024 10:47 AM (IFeV+)
Yup. I am headed to CA next week - curious to see what the gas prices are in Monterey.
Posted by: IC - #FJB at September 10, 2024 10:48 AM (ZtyUu)
Posted by: Mr Gaga at September 10, 2024 10:49 AM (AyG8y)
Posted by: Warai-otoko
Of course not. No need to take arguments against EM personal, which, of course, is exactly what happened here, and which, of course, then turned into attacks on a thread commenter.
But I suppose I should show myself out for standing my ground?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 10, 2024 10:49 AM (AYCXd)
Bottom line: No matter what state you live in, VOTE TRUMP. A Trump victory is a Kennedy victory.
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 10, 2024 10:48 AM (CEzQx)
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I'm voting for Pat Buchanan.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going full throttle with Tony Scott at September 10, 2024 10:49 AM (GBKbO)
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I think the water is too shallow to eat whale shit there.
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 10, 2024 10:49 AM (CEzQx)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 10, 2024 10:47 AM (lTGtQ)
Well, buzzards are protected.
Posted by: BignJames at September 10, 2024 10:49 AM (AwYPR)
Not necessarily since there are fewer residents. Schools, police, etc. are not 100% variable costs.
Posted by: Oddbob at September 10, 2024 10:49 AM (/y8xj)
All smoke and mirrors. Not actually happening.
Snake oil, you guys.
Posted by: spindrift at September 10, 2024 10:49 AM (OguvZ)
Posted by: whig
plus ça change.....
Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 10, 2024 10:50 AM (lTGtQ)
Posted by: Ribbed at September 10, 2024 10:50 AM (IHRQq)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 10, 2024 10:37 AM
If offered a choice between a beef steak and a
Broiled lobster or flounder or Petaluma duck a la orange, the steak will lose every time.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Off with his head!
Posted by: The Committee for AOSHQ Food Safety at September 10, 2024 10:50 AM (eDfFs)
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices
So their residents pay fewer in taxes.
Posted by: Bulg
Fewer and lower. My county, the majority of county roads are dirt/rock. The Farm to Market & State Highways are covered by the state. City streets are covered by the city.
I pay school district and county property taxes only.
And 10 of the 12 acres are ag exempted.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at September 10, 2024 10:50 AM (IFeV+)
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St Denis? Also beheaded and patron saint of France.
Posted by: mustbequantum at September 10, 2024 10:39 AM (eRfHZ)
Until 1788, France was ruled by monarchs exercising absolute power since the Merovingians. After the fall of the Bastille, the French people have been ripping up constitutions and replacing them with new constitutions in search of the perfect political recipe.
Posted by: mrp at September 10, 2024 10:51 AM (rj6Yv)
Not necessarily since there are fewer residents. Schools, police, etc. are not 100% variable costs.
Posted by: Oddbob
You missed the point of my post.
Posted by: Bulg at September 10, 2024 10:51 AM (v6JzV)
Posted by: whig at September 10, 2024 10:51 AM (kW+z9)
I'm voting for Pat Buchanan.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going full throttle with Tony Scott
We're right here.
-- Chads, continuing to hang
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 10, 2024 10:51 AM (xG4kz)
I read what he writes daily on X. As far as I can determine he's in agreement with me: the government shouldn't be giving out this money, but as long as they are you'd be stupid not to take it. Same reason I don't yell at our older Horde members who get Social Security and Medicare and whatnot.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 10, 2024 10:51 AM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 10, 2024 10:46 AM (lTGtQ)
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Whatever they eat they turn into tender tasty lobster tails!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 10, 2024 10:52 AM (RIvkX)
All smoke and mirrors. Not actually happening.
Snake oil, you guys.
Posted by: spindrift at September 10, 2024 10:49 AM (OguvZ)
Who's paying those bills? Some commercial, yeah. Who else? You can say it.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 10, 2024 10:52 AM (AYCXd)
Why am I supposed to hate him now?
Because he is getting subsidies for Tesla?
Okay well, I guess I'll pass on the hate and the worship.
Posted by: I'll choose a new nick later-Certified Dangerous Radical at September 10, 2024 10:52 AM (89Sog)
.. the poor dear
Posted by: SMOD at September 10, 2024
***
Heh, heh, heh . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 10, 2024 10:52 AM (J2vNu)
Stop the commies biggest vehicle of propaganda communication .
Champion Free Speech.
Be an actual rocket scientist.
I guess if you're going to pick someone to idolize , that resume ain't a bad one to pick.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at September 10, 2024 10:52 AM (kNkY2)
Seems like a very loser mentality to whine about how your really sharp tactics that were going to wow everyone won't work now that they made the rules fair for everyone.
What's her follow up? A livestream post debate where she says, "This is what I WOULD have said!"
Posted by: Ribbed at September 10, 2024 10:52 AM (IHRQq)
Posted by: Oddbob
I don't have city taxes. We don't have a mayor, city council, police or fire.
We do have deputy sheriffs and volunteer firefighters. And good insurance.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at September 10, 2024 10:53 AM (IFeV+)
Got your e-mail, TJM. I'll let you know soon.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 10, 2024 10:53 AM (Q0kLU)
Posted by: Bulg at September 10, 2024 10:53 AM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Bulg at September 10, 2024 10:53 AM (v6JzV)
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He's a type of meatball.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going full throttle with Tony Scott at September 10, 2024 10:53 AM (GBKbO)
I don't hate lobster but it's close enough to shrimp for me that I can't justify the cost difference.
Posted by: Oddbob at September 10, 2024 10:53 AM (/y8xj)
Posted by: The Committee for AOSHQ Food Safety at September 10, 2024 10:50 AM (eDfFs)
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Also, puns are the lowest form of humor.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 10, 2024 10:53 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: mrp
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France's real Constitution is the Napoleonic Code--the form of governments in the various forms of government subsequently to Napoleon were merely the window dressing superstructure that implemented the Code. Closest thing to the rule of law that the French ever came up with for that country.
Posted by: whig at September 10, 2024 10:53 AM (kW+z9)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 10, 2024 10:53 AM (Q0kLU)
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*finger guns*
*is totally awkward*
*owns it*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going full throttle with Tony Scott at September 10, 2024 10:54 AM (GBKbO)
If you watch Leon the Lobster on YouTube, it's mostly shrimp and clams.
https://tinyurl.com/3s6m599r
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 10, 2024 10:54 AM (JCZqz)
Did you guys just call my name?
Posted by: The Ukraine at September 10, 2024 10:54 AM (eDfFs)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 10, 2024 10:23 AM (unvNj)
Exactly. All of the other automobile companies have access to the same bullsh*t government charity. But Musk is the bad guy because he is better at it?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 10, 2024 10:54 AM (F28vG)
Posted by: lol at September 10, 2024 10:54 AM (rhB+e)
Funny guy, Bulg. And here I was staying out of it and trying to keep things moderated.
Posted by: Ribbed at September 10, 2024 10:54 AM (B0mGw)
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Just need pink pussy hats.
Posted by: mustbequantum at September 10, 2024 10:54 AM (eRfHZ)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 10, 2024 10:54 AM (v6JzV)
Bottom line: No matter what state you live in, VOTE TRUMP. A Trump victory is a Kennedy victory.
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 10, 2024 10:48 AM (CEzQx)
Sounds like he's expecting a place in Trump's administration..... Health maybe but no AG
Posted by: It's me donna at September 10, 2024 10:54 AM (IyPmt)
Posted by: It's me donna at September 10, 2024 10:54 AM (IyPmt)
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Declassification Czar.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going full throttle with Tony Scott at September 10, 2024 10:55 AM (GBKbO)
Not sure Musk is an actual rocket scientist. He's a guy who hires actual rocket scientists and has no problem with them blowing shit up - or making mistakes - as long as they learn from it and move the project forward.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 10, 2024 10:55 AM (IUd0M)
🚨Just In: U.S. Secret Service acting director Ronald L. Rowe, Jr. has been asked to retire and is ending his tenure with the service in the coming days, in response to the Trump shooting in Pennsylvania.
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 10, 2024 10:55 AM (CEzQx)
Posted by: Oddbob at September 10, 2024 10:53 AM (/y8xj)
only bug I'll eat...knowingly.
Posted by: BignJames at September 10, 2024 10:55 AM (AwYPR)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 10, 2024 10:55 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: lol at September 10, 2024 10:54 AM (rhB+e)
I'll take his "normal" over any Libs normal any day
Posted by: It's me donna at September 10, 2024 10:56 AM (IyPmt)
Bottom line: No matter what state you live in, VOTE TRUMP. A Trump victory is a Kennedy victory.
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 10, 2024 10:48 AM (CEzQx)
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I'm voting for Pat Buchanan.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going full throttle with Tony Scott at September 10, 2024 10:49 AM (GBKbO)
Pat Paulsen 2024!
Posted by: Count de Monet at September 10, 2024 10:56 AM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: BignJames at September 10, 2024 10:55 AM (AwYPR)
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So, if rich people start eating crickets as a delicacy, in 50 years, the poor people will yearn for it as well!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going full throttle with Tony Scott at September 10, 2024 10:56 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 10, 2024 10:52 AM (AYCXd)
You said it was all snake oil, genius.
Now tell me why you'd rather pay twice as much or more to Boeing or Lockheed for the same service.
Posted by: spindrift at September 10, 2024 10:57 AM (OguvZ)
Tesla owners, mostly, I suspect. Other than that, space nerds.
>>>Why am I supposed to hate him now?
Strawman. You can do what you like. I am merely pointing out the subsidies the guy gets and said his cars were snake oil (spindrift brought in SpaceX). And everyone got their panties in a twist that their space hero was insulted.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 10, 2024 10:57 AM (AYCXd)
I hate lobster. No matter how it's cooked, it always smells spoiled.
That's what copious quantities of melted butter are good for.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at September 10, 2024 10:57 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: lol at September 10, 2024 10:54 AM (rhB+e)
One of the things about being conservative is that you can be eccentric if wish, as long as it's on your dime.
Wait! That sounds almost Libertarian.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 10, 2024 10:57 AM (unvNj)
Posted by: mrp at September 10, 2024 10:57 AM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Ian S. at September 10, 2024 10:51 AM (2ocoG)
I'm sorry, but the strawman has already been built, at great effort.
Your example, while perfectly correct, is unacceptable.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 10, 2024 10:57 AM (F28vG)
Seriously? It's like people saying Steve Jobs wasn't a computer guy. Just a marketing person.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at September 10, 2024 10:58 AM (kNkY2)
Posted by: lol at September 10, 2024 10:54 AM (rhB+e)
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That's just weird...
Posted by: Moonunit Zappa at September 10, 2024 10:58 AM (1FWWQ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going full throttle with Tony Scott at September 10, 2024 10:56 AM (GBKbO)
Hey....some people eat snails.
Posted by: BignJames at September 10, 2024 10:58 AM (AwYPR)
Posted by: The Ukraine
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The roll call of wars of choice is pretty extensive since WWII.
Korea, Vietnam (including Cambodia, Laos, etc.), two Gulf Wars, Afghanistan, and now a ghost war in Ukraine.
Posted by: whig at September 10, 2024 10:58 AM (kW+z9)
Knew a guy who went to Maine and took crawfish boil. They were not amused at his abuse of their sacred crustacean.
Posted by: Ribbed at September 10, 2024 10:58 AM (B0mGw)
Posted by: Ian S. at September 10, 2024 10:51 AM (2ocoG)
I'm sorry, but the strawman has already been built, at great effort.
Your example, while perfectly correct, is unacceptable.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 10, 2024 10:57 AM (F28vG)
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Can I yell at the olds stealing my social security investment?!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going full throttle with Tony Scott at September 10, 2024 10:58 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: andycanuck
Why am I getting Jack Ruby flashbacks?
Posted by: Thomas Paine at September 10, 2024 10:58 AM (lTGtQ)
Stop the commies biggest vehicle of propaganda communication .
Champion Free Speech.
Be an actual rocket scientist.
I guess if you're going to pick someone to idolize , that resume ain't a bad one to pick.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at September 10, 2024 10:52 AM (kNkY2)
You might add: Loves this country. He's more American than many "Americans" are.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at September 10, 2024 10:59 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: mrp at September 10, 2024 10:51 AM (rj6Yv)
And the more they do, the worse it gets.
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 10, 2024 10:59 AM (GlxLj)
No, it isn't -- nitrogen at atomic number 7, precedes oxygen at atomic number 8 in the periodic table.
The ratios of gases does change with altitude above about 100 km. Below that, turbulence makes the mix constant. The varying composition may have somerthing to do with different plasma colors at different heights, for example, red sprites, blue jets, and green elves, but I'm less sure of that.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 10, 2024 10:59 AM (xCA6C)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at September 10, 2024 10:58 AM (kNkY2)
Between he and Wozniak, he was..Or was that sarcasm ?
Posted by: It's me donna at September 10, 2024 10:59 AM (IyPmt)
Posted by: Dr_No at September 10, 2024 10:59 AM (ayRl+)
That's what copious quantities of melted butter are good for.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
Think that works on other fishy, uh...products?
Posted by: Huma Abedin at September 10, 2024 10:59 AM (JCZqz)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going full throttle with Tony Scott at September 10, 2024 10:56 AM (GBKbO)
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Captain Cook laid in a store of sauerkraut as an antiscorbutic on one of his expeditions. The crew turned up their noses at it, so he dcreed it was as n officers-only delicacy. Soon, the crew were demanding that they get some, too.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 10, 2024 11:00 AM (VdhcA)
I don't think that's going to make your boyfriend smell any better.
Posted by: Ribbed at September 10, 2024 11:00 AM (B0mGw)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going full throttle with Tony Scott at September 10, 2024 10:49 AM (GBKbO)
Pat Paulsen 2024!
Posted by: Count de Monet at September 10, 2024 10:56 AM (Aqu9a)
***
Pfffft
Posted by: Harold Stassen at September 10, 2024 11:00 AM (1FWWQ)
Now tell me why you'd rather pay twice as much or more to Boeing or Lockheed for the same service.
Posted by: spindrift at September 10, 2024 10:57 AM (OguvZ)
Read it again, because you are having difficulties. I was talking about Tesla subsidies and the subsidies credits. One can be a snake oil salesman, selling snake oil and do other things. That does not make all things snake oil. You seem intent on being intentionally obtuse. Are you a Tesla owner, because you seem to be taking this personally, where not personal offense was intended.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 10, 2024 11:00 AM (AYCXd)
Posted by: Ian S. at September 10, 2024 10:51 AM (2ocoG)
Het sonny. we've earned it.... Now get off my lawn
Posted by: It's me donna at September 10, 2024 11:00 AM (IyPmt)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 10, 2024 11:01 AM (AYCXd)
Posted by: andycanuck
So kinda like consequences. Except nothing negative actually accrues.
Posted by: blaster at September 10, 2024 11:01 AM (xhfG9)
Posted by: Archimedes at September 10, 2024 10:59 AM (xCA6C)
Might have something to do with the various aurora colors, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 10, 2024 11:01 AM (unvNj)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going full throttle with Tony Scott at September 10, 2024 10:58 AM (GBKbO)
Sure. Go ahead. Yell.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at September 10, 2024 11:01 AM (g8Ew8)
You might as well. Won't help you or hurt me but go for it.
Posted by: Oddbob at September 10, 2024 11:02 AM (/y8xj)
Posted by: It's me donna at September 10, 2024 10:59 AM (IyPmt)
It was a response to saying Musk wouldn't be considered a rocket scientist.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at September 10, 2024 11:02 AM (kNkY2)
“I really appreciate that California protects its land, I want to have public spaces that are beautiful. Plus, I love California’s great income for teachers and the great health benefits we’re given. I didn’t know how superior it was until I left.”
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Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 10, 2024 11:02 AM (wjjYr)
Kamala Harris will likely receive the questions in advance for tonight's debate.
Kamala's best friend is Disney co-chairman Dana Walden.
Walden oversees Disney's ABC News.
Walden was also appointed by Joe Biden as a member of the Export Council.
Walden and Harris have been friends for 30+ years.
Walden has made thousands of dollars in donations to Harris over the years.
This is why Kamala declined the Fox debate.
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at September 10, 2024 11:02 AM (CEzQx)
Why did you feel the need to insult him in the first place? Did your Tesla burn up in a fire?
Posted by: I'll choose a new nick later-Certified Dangerous Radical at September 10, 2024 11:02 AM (89Sog)
Posted by: mustbequantum at September 10, 2024 11:03 AM (eRfHZ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, going full throttle with Tony Scott at September 10, 2024 10:58 AM (GBKbO)
It's in a lock box.
Posted by: BignJames at September 10, 2024 11:03 AM (AwYPR)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at September 10, 2024 11:04 AM (iODuv)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 10, 2024 10:54 AM (F28vG)
The regulatory credit regime is designed to put all the other automobile companies out of business or change fundamentally in ways that is bankrupting their businesses to get that same government charity. Kind of a Hobson's choice, no?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 10, 2024 11:04 AM (AYCXd)
Posted by: Archimedes at September 10, 2024 10:59 AM (xCA6C)
Might have something to do with the various aurora colors, too.
I think so, yes.
Posted by: Archimedes at September 10, 2024 11:04 AM (xCA6C)
I still don't consider the first year of GW2 to be "of choice". The muslim fanatics had spent *decades* trying to get us to fight them. Unfortunately, now they know what it takes and the Junta's border policy makes a repeat much easier.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at September 10, 2024 11:05 AM (s9EYN)
Posted by: I'll choose a new nick later-Certified Dangerous Radical at September 10, 2024 11:02 AM (89Sog)
Too many people suckered by the whole self-described free speech absolutist shtick, where restricted freedom of reach is anathema to freedom of speech. Same kind of thing happens with Tesla and the subsidies/credits grift. It's like a cult.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 10, 2024 11:06 AM (AYCXd)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at September 10, 2024 11:04 AM (iODuv)
That article on credits lists fed/state in CO gets the price out of pocket down to about $20K range. Meanwhile, and I don't have full info, I've seen reports about things starting to be made in China - do your own research.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 10, 2024 11:08 AM (AYCXd)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 10, 2024 11:00 AM (AYCXd)
Even with Tesla, the charge of "snake oil" salesman for a guy selling hundreds of thousands of cars each year that do what they are actually supposed to do is just ... dumb. It makes you look stupid. Deal with it.
And no, I'm not a Tesla owner. I'll never buy an electric car, if I can possibly avoid it.
Posted by: spindrift at September 10, 2024 11:09 AM (OguvZ)
Lot of people hated Ford, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, etc too.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at September 10, 2024 11:10 AM (kNkY2)
And no, I'm not a Tesla owner. I'll never buy an electric car, if I can possibly avoid it.
Posted by: spindrift at September 10, 2024 11:09 AM (OguvZ)
Thanks, rando internet commenter.
I take your constructive criticism with great interest and thank you for your worthwhile contribution to the dialog in determining the real public cost of Tesla to people who won't ever buy one such as yourself.
Be at peace in ignorance.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 10, 2024 11:12 AM (AYCXd)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at September 10, 2024 11:10 AM (kNkY2)
I'm sure they got pilloried by the not a cult like behavior of people who really admired their work too.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 10, 2024 11:14 AM (AYCXd)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 10, 2024 11:08 AM (AYCXd)
I do all of my own research, but all I did was posted a comment, that's all. I, personally, couldn't care less about Teslas. I drive a '06 Mustang GT (372,000 miles), have a 57 Chevy and a 70 Chevelle (bought new by me in 1970) in the garage, both restored by me. So, researching why people are driving Teslas is not a priority. Many will be driving ICE cars this winter.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at September 10, 2024 11:18 AM (iODuv)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at September 10, 2024 11:18 AM (iODuv)
That remark was not an attack on you, it was just a preemptive disclaimer to ward off the hordes of admiring Musk fans.
I have not done full research on the China import situation of Teslas; I merely came across a blurb. I suspect that that could be part of the reason that Tesla are now being pushed down to the filthy masses, which ironically, is why such will become less attractive to the upscale buyers at the same time.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 10, 2024 11:22 AM (AYCXd)
I have not done full research on the China import situation of Teslas; I merely came across a blurb. I suspect that that could be part of the reason that Tesla are now being pushed down to the filthy masses, which ironically, is why such will become less attractive to the upscale buyers at the same time.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 10, 2024 11:22 AM (AYCXd)
Sorry, I, like many here, have been in a rather foul mood lately with what's been unraveling around us. I better not watch the debate tonight, or you may read about me in the newspaper.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at September 10, 2024 11:30 AM (iODuv)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at September 10, 2024 11:30 AM (iODuv)
No worries. Text is a medium in which it is difficult to communicate sentiment. I admire your commitment to old iron. I have a 32 year old F350, and I have been looking at even older to restore for a woods truck. Take it easy.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 10, 2024 11:41 AM (AYCXd)
Posted by: Antoine Lavoisier at September 10, 2024 11:43 AM (S6ArX)
Posted by: It's me donna at September 10, 2024 11:45 AM (IyPmt)
Posted by: It's me donna at September 10, 2024 11:45 AM (IyPmt)
It started as a comment on subsidies and degenerated into you're either for him or against him. I agree, I'd rather have him on my side.
But I bust his chops. And I don't trust his instincts, at least politically.
He's an obama/biden voter, who, to me, seems to go with the political wind. And where I discredit his instincts politically, maybe he can be lauded for reading the political tea leaves better than anyone and milking the state for every red cent possible.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 10, 2024 11:53 AM (AYCXd)
Posted by: 18-1 at September 10, 2024 09:41 AM (oZhjI)
Especially if the husband was Lavoisier. Good luck being prospective fiance #2.
Posted by: gKWVE at September 10, 2024 12:09 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Socratease at September 10, 2024 12:31 PM (t8Egx)
Posted by: EFG at September 10, 2024 12:35 PM (BJDRc)
Posted by: I'll choose a new nick later-Certified Dangerous Radical at September 10, 2024 09:31 AM (89Sog)
*****
Wig.
Posted by: EFG at September 10, 2024 12:37 PM (BJDRc)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at September 10, 2024 10:12 AM (Q0kLU)
Huh. I looked at the menu, and unless you're planning on eating a Waygu steak each, plus a buying *really* nice bottle of wine, I can't see how you'd hit that number.
Prices actually look reasonable. Considering dinner for two at a dumpy Mex. restaurant routinely goes over $40 here in the sticks, $30-$60 entrees at the oldest fine dining establishment in North America don't seem untoward...
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