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Sunday Overnight Open Thread (9/8/24) Off Grid Edition
The Quotes of The Day and The Comments of The Week will return soon. The Fabulous and I are at our off grid bunker. And no, I have no idea when we will return to civilization. Intermittent iPhone hot spot and a Chrome Book are the tools at the moment.
Paul Joseph Watson looks at Russian interference.
Kamala Harris Admits She Intends to Use Dept. of Justice to Censor Free Speech In a video when she was speaking to the NAACP, Kamala Harris admitted that she would direct the DOJ to censor “misinformation and hate” online if she becomes president.
New York Democratic Rep. Grace Meng has longstanding ties to an organization reportedly linked to a Chinese intelligence agency and alleged Communist Party operatives, the Daily Caller News Foundation found.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday indicted Linda Sun, who served in two New York governors’ offices as well as Meng’s chief of staff while she served in the state assembly, for allegedly acting as an unregistered foreign agent of China and money laundering. The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that Sun met the “heads of key groups identifiable in the indictment as being United Front-linked, including the U.S. Federation of Chinese-American Entrepreneurs and the Henan Association of Eastern America.”
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One of only eight signed “ratification copies” of the United States Constitution and the only one known to be in private hands is now up for auction to be sold on September 28, 2024, the 237th anniversary of the day the existing congress (formed under the failing Articles of Confederation) voted to send it to the states for ratification. The minimum bid is one million, but it will not be surprising if the auction produces a much higher selling price. The public will be able to view the document on September 13, 2024 from 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm (Eastern) at the Federal Hall National Memorial at 26 Wall Street in New York, the location where that congress debated and voted for the new Constitution. The document’s recent history is intriguing.
It sure won't be Chocolate Jesus or his stooge MushHead.
Isophorone Blog forwarded the following to me. He thought you Morons would get a chuckle or three.
A 33-year-old man from the Netherlands will be spending the next few months in jail after stalking and harassing his ex-girlfriend. The man, who was not identified, appeared in court, where prosecutors said that he had himself delivered in a box to his ex-girlfriend's home.
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: nurse ratched at September 08, 2024 10:00 PM (7ySGn)
Posted by: Tonypete at September 08, 2024 10:00 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 08, 2024 10:00 PM (1Nxff)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 08, 2024 10:01 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at September 08, 2024 10:01 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at September 08, 2024 10:01 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, la cucina piccante Indiana e buonissima #21 at September 08, 2024 10:01 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Tonypete at September 08, 2024 10:02 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 08, 2024 10:01 PM (0eaVi)
Driven away? Not hardly.
I'm still here cobbing my life away.
Looking for a better payday.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at September 08, 2024 10:02 PM (cmGUu)
Look guy, this kind of stuff works for me but you? You should stick to just giving her wooden shoes or whatever the heck you dutch people actually do with each other
Posted by: Adam Sandler at September 08, 2024 10:03 PM (oZhjI)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 08, 2024 10:03 PM (1Nxff)
Posted by: Vincent Hannah at September 08, 2024 10:03 PM (i0F8b)
Now, the GOPe is tentatively arguing that this is wrong...which of course it is.
But the only way to make it stop is to start throwing leftists in jail for "hate".
Posted by: Adam Sandler at September 08, 2024 10:04 PM (oZhjI)
Posted by: mikeski at September 08, 2024 10:04 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at September 08, 2024 10:04 PM (4N1cO)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at September 08, 2024 10:04 PM (xSYff)
Posted by: 18-1 at September 08, 2024 10:05 PM (oZhjI)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
I am wondering if DoorDash can get them here in time for breakfast!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at September 08, 2024 10:06 PM (hOUT3)
New York Democratic Rep. Grace Meng has longstanding ties to an organization reportedly linked to a Chinese intelligence agency and alleged Communist Party operatives, the Daily Caller News Foundation found.
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Time for a second look at the Chinese Exclusion Act?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 08, 2024 10:06 PM (1Nxff)
You know Reggie tricked me with this once. Just say no...trust me
Posted by: Barack Obama at September 08, 2024 10:06 PM (oZhjI)
Talk about Cultural Transfer.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 08, 2024 10:06 PM (XV/Pl)
Kamala Harris’s razor-sharp debate skills have powered her political ascent. Much of her performance in Tuesday’s presidential debate will depend on whether she can successfully adapt to an opponent best known for his unpredictability.
Oh. My. God.
It is becoming apparent that Tuesday is going to be one of the more important days in American history - if Kamala flubs, or fails to show up, the movement towards Trump will become well-nigh unstoppable. (Trump is now approaching being a 2:1 favorite in the betting markets.)
I'm sure they have some sort of terrible October Surprise planned, and they may well try to block Trump from taking office, but that is going to be increasingly difficult to do if Trump wins by a big margin.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 08, 2024 10:06 PM (uxCna)
Is that the one signed by Aaron Burr?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 08, 2024 10:06 PM (0eaVi)
One of the most pro-Trump counties in Ohio.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 08, 2024 10:07 PM (uxCna)
Evening, all. Here's another feel-good story. Cop pulls woman over for speeding, she tells him honestly she can't pay a ticket, he counsels her briefly on her lousy life, and a few years later she's graduating from a nursing program and he's at the ceremony.
https://tinyurl.com/4fwrbjf4
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 08, 2024 10:07 PM (lCaJd)
Is that the one signed by Aaron Burr?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 08, 2024 10:06 PM (0eaVi)
Read the link
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at September 08, 2024 10:07 PM (cmGUu)
Posted by: tankdemon at September 08, 2024 10:08 PM (US5hw)
The New York Times actually published this today:
Kamala Harris’s razor-sharp debate skills have powered her political ascent.
Posted by: The ARC of History!
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This is prepping the ground. "Behold, here comes the Great Debater. What you see next will be Master-class Debating Skills. Look at this pinwheel and repeat 20 times: I will see Master-class debating skills."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 08, 2024 10:09 PM (lCaJd)
Posted by: Piper at September 08, 2024 10:09 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Some Rat at September 08, 2024 10:11 PM (vJiyU)
>>It is becoming apparent that Tuesday is going to be one of the more important days in American history - if Kamala flubs, or fails to show up, the movement towards Trump will become well-nigh unstoppable. (Trump is now approaching being a 2:1 favorite in the betting markets.)
Muir and his DEI side kick will run interference for Kamala.
Look for real time "fact checks" and moderators arguing with Trump on behalf of Kambala.
We saw this play out in 2020, there is no reason to expect any different.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 08, 2024 10:11 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Some Rat at September 08, 2024 10:11 PM (vJiyU)
My browser's flaky, too.
Not only won't I get a First,
I'll be lucky to just get through!
I'll go ahead and say Howdy, y'all,
Just in case I do.
Big hooray for pookysgirl's new son.
Posted by: mindful webworker - am I here now? at September 08, 2024 10:11 PM (ps8QT)
On average, for every post I make with a sock intentionally, I make two more accidentally forgetting to change it back.
Posted by: Oddbob at September 08, 2024 10:11 PM (/y8xj)
Posted by: Dennis Morgan's Ghost at September 08, 2024 10:11 PM (CV8a5)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 08, 2024 10:06 PM (0eaVi)
Read the link
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at September 08, 2024 10:07 PM (cmGUu)
Aw, it's just a call back to the Book Thread this morning.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 08, 2024 10:12 PM (0eaVi)
Is that the one signed by Aaron Burr?
Posted by: OrangeEnt
No, it has Oprah's signature, along with several other Hollwierd celebrities.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 08, 2024 10:12 PM (VNX3d)
I mean, I'm sure that she's been given all the questions that they are going to ask her, and all the questions that they are going to ask Trump, but this is a woman who is incapable of speaking extemporaneously without notes.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 08, 2024 10:12 PM (uxCna)
Posted by: Moonbeam at September 08, 2024 10:12 PM (rbKZ6)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 08, 2024 10:12 PM (JhrF+)
Posted by: Adam Sandler at September 08, 2024 10:04 PM (oZhjI)
I'm seeing a naceant realization of this in divergent areas. May be to little too late.
Posted by: hart at September 08, 2024 10:12 PM (H2zSJ)
Posted by: Slash Buzz at September 08, 2024 10:12 PM (qVs5k)
Posted by: tankdemon
That's a bald-faced lie.
Posted by: the eagle, combing his feathers over at September 08, 2024 10:13 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: LRob in OK at September 08, 2024 10:13 PM (TSQkU)
The New York Times actually published this today:
Kamala Harris’s razor-sharp debate skills have powered her political ascent.
Posted by: The ARC of History!
Posted by: sal at September 08, 2024 10:13 PM (bx3Km)
What I wouldn't do to hold my boys in my arms and hold their hands when we cross the street.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 08, 2024 10:13 PM (U5tre)
Posted by: tankdemon at September 08, 2024 10:08 PM (US5hw)
***Golf Clap***
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at September 08, 2024 10:14 PM (cmGUu)
Posted by: Need Supervision at September 08, 2024 10:14 PM (CV8a5)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 08, 2024 10:14 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Piper at September 08, 2024 10:14 PM (pZEOD)
I'm home. I got home last night. I drank to excess. Then decided today to buy an air fryer because I saw a dude on Instagram use one to make s'mores.
I make bad choices.
(The s'mores were delicious.)
Posted by: Robert at September 08, 2024 10:14 PM (1Yy3c)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at September 08, 2024 10:14 PM (CiNoz)
I had a thought, but deleted it
Posted by: sal at September 08, 2024 10:14 PM (bx3Km)
Ordinarily I would say that she should go live in Red China, but lately it seems that she could get her censorship needs met by going to the UK.
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 08, 2024 10:15 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 08, 2024 10:00 PM (1Nxff)
Here we go again this week, Hadrian. Hopefully this one will bend to the east of the 3-5 day projected track as they typically do, and as Beryl did. Hopefully.
Posted by: Gref at September 08, 2024 10:15 PM (aBgBM)
Kamala = 4 more years of weed, pron, and sitting on your ass.
Trump? You want to make something of yourself and your country don't you? Well, now's the time. Just uh...wash your hands before you go vote ok?
Posted by: 18-1 at September 08, 2024 10:16 PM (oZhjI)
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, la cucina adesso e pulita #01 at September 08, 2024 10:16 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: mindful webworker - am I here now? at September 08, 2024 10:11 PM (ps8QT)
That would be Pooky the Twoth? Congrats, in any case!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2024 10:16 PM (NQ0jI)
Or Canada.
Canada's new "hate speech" law is retroactive, so they can imprison you for statements made on social media before the law went into effect.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 08, 2024 10:16 PM (uxCna)
Posted by: nerdygirl
Plus the Chinese aren't real fond of either of her races.
Posted by: Some Rat at September 08, 2024 10:17 PM (vJiyU)
Posted by: Bulg at September 08, 2024 10:17 PM (v6JzV)
Kamala Harris’s razor-sharp debate skills have powered her political ascent.
Kamala couldn't finish in the top two in her debate with Mike "30 Pieces of Silver" Pence.
Posted by: The fly who was the only thing anyone remembers from that debate at September 08, 2024 10:17 PM (oZhjI)
Can't wait to see someone go to jail for making fun of trannies back in say 2010 when no one would have thought twice about it
Posted by: 18-1 at September 08, 2024 10:18 PM (oZhjI)
Posted by: Need Supervision
And effectively #1, since the current #1 just appends a count to his nickname. That's not really a new sock, IMHO.
Posted by: mikeski at September 08, 2024 10:18 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Bulg at September 08, 2024 10:19 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: the eagle, combing his feathers over at September 08, 2024 10:13 PM (DgGvY)
Actual conversation I have had:
I saw a bald eagle last week when I was driving in Pennsylvania.
How did you know it was a bald eagle?
It was trying on toupees.
Posted by: tankdemon at September 08, 2024 10:19 PM (US5hw)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 08, 2024 10:16 PM (uxCna)
Good thing I am not on social media.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2024 10:19 PM (NQ0jI)
Can't wait to see someone go to jail for making fun of trannies back in say 2010 when no one would have thought twice about it
Posted by: 18-1
I'll believe that they mean it when they imprision Trudeau for his blackface antics.
Posted by: mikeski at September 08, 2024 10:19 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 08, 2024 10:20 PM (RIvkX)
Kammie will have to settle for the Cheneys, Mike Pence, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, and Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 08, 2024 10:20 PM (uxCna)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 08, 2024 10:16 PM (uxCna)
No constitutional protections against ex post facto laws?
Posted by: Robert at September 08, 2024 10:20 PM (1Yy3c)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 08, 2024 10:16 PM (uxCna)
Good thing I am not on social media.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2024 10:19 PM (NQ0jI)
We would bust you out.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at September 08, 2024 10:20 PM (cmGUu)
I'm getting a ton of one sided text messages from all over the country.
Posted by: Some Rat at September 08, 2024 10:21 PM (vJiyU)
Posted by: Obligatory at September 08, 2024 10:21 PM (vFG9F)
The New York Times actually published this today:
Kamala Harris’s razor-sharp debate skills have powered her political ascent.
Posted by: The ARC of History!
Posted by: sal at September 08, 2024 10:13 PM (bx3Km)
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Only things that may be razor-sharp on that harpie are the dentures so careful unless you want a circumcision.
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, la cucina adesso e pulita #02 at September 08, 2024 10:21 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Kemal-a Harahs at September 08, 2024 10:21 PM (gsJ4Q)
You bastard!
Did you invite me to the Apple Cup? Because if you did, I'm pissed because I'm out of town next weekend. And I would have gone. And rooted for the Cougs.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 08, 2024 10:21 PM (0kkUS)
Now: Well, if Dicky Cheney endorsed Kamala Harris how could you wing nuts still vote for Trump?
Posted by: The left at September 08, 2024 10:22 PM (oZhjI)
Posted by: Eromero at September 08, 2024 10:22 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 08, 2024 10:23 PM (qytSq)
Truly, a moron.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Meets and exceeds even Moron Standards!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at September 08, 2024 10:23 PM (hOUT3)
Kammie will have to settle for the Cheneys, Mike Pence, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, and Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at
It -might- be a little difficult to claim Russian interference for Trump this time around.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 08, 2024 10:23 PM (VNX3d)
These laws are only meant to apply one way - no iman will ever be imprisoned in Canada for calling for the slaughter of Jews.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 08, 2024 10:23 PM (uxCna)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2024 10:19 PM (NQ0jI)
We would bust you out.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at September 08, 2024 10:20 PM (cmGUu)
*Cue that scene from Lord Of The Rings*
You have my bow.
Posted by: Robert at September 08, 2024 10:23 PM (1Yy3c)
I'm getting a ton of one sided text messages from all over the country.
Posted by: Some Rat
May all the naked selfies be from "ones."
Posted by: mikeski at September 08, 2024 10:23 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: 18-1 has to know at September 08, 2024 10:24 PM (oZhjI)
You think Putin's endorsement of Harris will stop them?
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 08, 2024 10:24 PM (uxCna)
Posted by: Some Rat at September 08, 2024 10:24 PM (vJiyU)
The late model cars with no oil changes are worse than disgusting.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 08, 2024 10:25 PM (jP4Fm)
Posted by: Robert
Almost like Our Founders read history and knew what acts of treachery could be implemented by power hungry unchecked despots, eh?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at September 08, 2024 10:25 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: mikeski
No, those are genuine socks. He is prolific and a credit to his race and this blog.
Posted by: Also Ran at September 08, 2024 10:25 PM (CV8a5)
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Hold my vodka !
--Kamala Harris
Posted by: runner at September 08, 2024 10:26 PM (V13WU)
You think Putin's endorsement of Harris will stop them?
Posted by: The ARC of History!
No, but it's easier to counter with that endorsement.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 08, 2024 10:26 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: 18-1 has to know at September 08, 2024 10:24 PM (oZhjI)
*Doesn't know the right answer*
*Sweats profusely*
Posted by: Robert at September 08, 2024 10:27 PM (1Yy3c)
Posted by: nurse ratched
Yep. Hoping it will be a good game. Would NEVER expect you to root against the Huskies.
Invited Pookys kid....didn't respond.
Posted by: Some Rat at September 08, 2024 10:27 PM (vJiyU)
Posted by: runner at September 08, 2024 10:27 PM (V13WU)
Here we go again this week, Hadrian. Hopefully this one will bend to the east of the 3-5 day projected track as they typically do, and as Beryl did. Hopefully.
Posted by: Gref at September 08, 2024 10:15 PM (aBgBM)
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This is suxoluxic. I don't mind the weather on the Texas Gulf Coast, except for hurricane season.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 08, 2024 10:28 PM (1Nxff)
Posted by: hart at September 08, 2024 10:28 PM (H2zSJ)
You think Putin's endorsement of Harris will stop them?
Posted by: The ARC of History!
Trump made him do it! It's reverse psychology! False-flag op!!!
Posted by: "Them" at September 08, 2024 10:29 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 08, 2024 10:29 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Joe Pesci understands... at September 08, 2024 10:29 PM (oZhjI)
The late model cars with no oil changes are worse than disgusting.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
That's criminal. My four vehicles are a combined 180 years old and all get fresh oil, lube, coolant as needed. Well, two use air for coolant, so I'm cheating.
Posted by: Old School at September 08, 2024 10:29 PM (CV8a5)
Posted by: Don Black at September 08, 2024 10:30 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: Bulg at September 08, 2024 10:30 PM (v6JzV)
Kamala Harris’s razor-sharp debate skills have powered her political ascent. Much of her performance in Tuesday’s presidential debate will depend on whether she can successfully adapt to an opponent best known for his unpredictability.
Oh. My. God.
It is becoming apparent that Tuesday is going to be one of the more important days in American history - if Kamala flubs, or fails to show up, the movement towards Trump will become well-nigh unstoppable. (Trump is now approaching being a 2:1 favorite in the betting markets.)
I'm sure they have some sort of terrible October Surprise planned, and they may well try to block Trump from taking office, but that is going to be increasingly difficult to do if Trump wins by a big margin.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 08, 2024 10:06 PM (uxCna)
I think we are either 48 hours from the practical end of Kamala's run for POTUS, or about 36 hours from Kamala canceling out of the debate because of a COVID infection.
Posted by: Gref at September 08, 2024 10:31 PM (aBgBM)
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This is a tragedy. I did some of my most inspired work this week.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 08, 2024 10:31 PM (JkO4W)
I perused one of the competitor's stories and found it lacking. Yours was enjoyable and original.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at September 08, 2024 10:31 PM (CiNoz)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at September 08, 2024 10:20 PM (cmGUu)
Thank you, MisHum!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2024 10:31 PM (ZhV+D)
The center of the latest track takes this storm past Houston and toward the Sabine. If so, we may just have rain. But we're in the cone right now. Given how wrong they were with Beryl, I'm apprehensive.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 08, 2024 10:32 PM (1Nxff)
The late model cars with no oil changes are worse than disgusting.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
The completely rusted out subframes are nightmare material. Don't change your oil? Engine dies. Front suspension fails, human dies.
Posted by: Some Rat at September 08, 2024 10:32 PM (vJiyU)
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 08, 2024 10:32 PM (CwGN+)
@VivekGRamaswamy
If Trump trounces Kamala at the debate, get ready for some very strange things to happen before November. They’ve already sued him, prosecuted him, tried to kick him off the ballot, and swapped out his opponent. All of it could be just a preview of what’s to come.
Fact check: True.
Buckle up, people.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 08, 2024 10:33 PM (uxCna)
Posted by: Need Supervision
And effectively #1, since the current #1 just appends a count to his nickname. That's not really a new sock, IMHO.
Posted by: mikeski at September 08, 2024 10:18 PM (DgGvY)
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We have rules now?
1. It's my internal counting scheme.
2. Nobody commented on my old unique socks so a lot of trouble for apparently nothing. Yesterday I found out that someone bothers to translate my Italian ones so I'll go back and come up with unique ones. Happy now?
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, la cucina e stata pulita #03 at September 08, 2024 10:33 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Don Black at September 08, 2024 10:33 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at September 08, 2024 10:25 PM (hOUT3)
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White dead guys, all of them. You do know that, right?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 08, 2024 10:34 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 08, 2024 10:35 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Bulg at September 08, 2024 10:35 PM (v6JzV)
I perused one of the competitor's stories and found it lacking. Yours was enjoyable and original.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at September 08, 2024 10:31 PM (CiNoz)
Thanks! I haven't read the others. Didn't want to find out mine was crap. It's one of my earlier stories. I'm surprised they accepted it.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 08, 2024 10:35 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 08, 2024 10:32 PM (CwGN+)
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Center square is slurring, incoherent drunk.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 08, 2024 10:35 PM (JkO4W)
I am speaking
Convicted felon
Everything is great, and I will fix it
Convicted felon
I was an oppressed black woman
Did I mention he is a convicted felon?
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 08, 2024 10:35 PM (uxCna)
You think Putin's endorsement of Harris will stop them?
Posted by: The ARC of History!
Trump made him do it! It's reverse psychology! False-flag op!!!
Posted by: "Them"
It was the giant ants!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 08, 2024 10:36 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Ciampino - The battle of the generations #04 at September 08, 2024 10:36 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 08, 2024 10:34 PM (JkO4W)
WDG don't get no respect...
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at September 08, 2024 10:36 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 08, 2024 10:32 PM (CwGN+)
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We had to switch to bingo cards this year...
Too many Morons succumbed to alcohol poisoning when we had a drinking game...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 08, 2024 10:37 PM (BpYfr)
I'm so old I remember when I was told that it was crazy to think Trump could win.
Of course that was last week so...
Posted by: JackStraw at September 08, 2024 10:37 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 08, 2024 10:34 PM (JkO4W)
WDG don't get no respect...
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at September 08, 2024 10:36 PM (hOUT3)
... but they *do* get to vote for Democrats!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 08, 2024 10:37 PM (FnneF)
I'm getting a ton of one sided text messages from all over the country.
I've been getting an unusual number of "wrong number" text messages lately. I suspect it's some kind of phish but I don't get what the point is. If I were to reply (which I don't), at best they learn that it's a working phone number which doesn't seem like much. So I'm not sure what the game is.
Posted by: Oddbob at September 08, 2024 10:37 PM (/y8xj)
Posted by: Don Black at September 08, 2024 10:38 PM (/7KEl)
heh, heh, heh . . . he said succumbed . . . heh, heh, heh
Posted by: Beavis or Butthead at September 08, 2024 10:38 PM (TSQkU)
https://mol.im/a/13827703
Posted by: Ciampino - The battle of the generations #04 at September 08, 2024 10:36 PM (qfLjt)
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Thanksgiving dinner at the Gray spread this year is going to be LIT.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 08, 2024 10:38 PM (JkO4W)
If Trump trounces Kamala at the debate, get ready for some very strange things to happen before November. They’ve already sued him, prosecuted him, tried to kick him off the ballot, and swapped out his opponent. All of it could be just a preview of what’s to come
*******
Well, they've already tried to kill him, what more can they do? Kidnap his family, get a better assassin, disappear him?
Posted by: Megthered at September 08, 2024 10:38 PM (XR9vR)
1. It's my internal counting scheme.
2. Nobody commented on my old unique socks so a lot of trouble for apparently nothing. Yesterday I found out that someone bothers to translate my Italian ones so I'll go back and come up with unique ones. Happy now?
Posted by: Ciampino
0. Not many, and the rules we do have, I don't make. I just mentally give "first place" in the sock list to the next guy down. Same way I give "first post" honors to the first on-topic comment. Or to Sponge. Or both, there's no rule that says there's only one "first."
1. I figured it was something like that.
2. Whatever makes you happy. I post odd music links and assume 99% of the Horde doesn't care.
Posted by: mikeski at September 08, 2024 10:38 PM (DgGvY)
@VivekGRamaswamy
If Trump trounces Kamala at the debate, get ready for some very strange things to happen before November. They’ve already sued him, prosecuted him, tried to kick him off the ballot, and swapped out his opponent. All of it could be just a preview of what’s to come.
Fact check: True.
Buckle up, people.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 08, 2024 10:33 PM (uxCna)
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Night of the Long Knives
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 08, 2024 10:39 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Adriane the Ethnic Cuisine Critic . . . at September 08, 2024 10:39 PM (TX4bP)
It turns out that running a Presidential campaign entirely on "vibes" has a limited half-life.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 08, 2024 10:39 PM (uxCna)
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yes
every square reads 'I'm speaking!'
Posted by: Don Black at September 08, 2024 10:33 PM (/7KEl)
Or, "Thank you, I've just had it stuffed."
Posted by: The Beaver at September 08, 2024 10:39 PM (0eaVi)
The center of the latest track takes this storm past Houston and toward the Sabine. If so, we may just have rain. But we're in the cone right now. Given how wrong they were with Beryl, I'm apprehensive.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 08, 2024 10:32 PM (1Nxff)
Same here.
Posted by: Gref at September 08, 2024 10:39 PM (aBgBM)
We're only getting one this time? I know Trump already debated the Corpse, but I'm sure he's up for more against the selected one, who got no primary votes in 2020 or 2024.
Posted by: I Like Fireworks! at September 08, 2024 10:39 PM (CV8a5)
Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 08, 2024 10:40 PM (TGPs7)
If Trump trounces Kamala at the debate, get ready for some very strange things to happen before November. They’ve already sued him, prosecuted him, tried to kick him off the ballot, and swapped out his opponent. All of it could be just a preview of what’s to come.
Kinda left something out of that list, didn't he?
Posted by: Oddbob at September 08, 2024 10:40 PM (/y8xj)
Guns bad
Vodka good
Trump weird
Money good
Cackle
I love Vern diagrams
Space is big
Companies baf
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 08, 2024 10:40 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: hart at September 08, 2024 10:40 PM (H2zSJ)
https://tinyurl.com/4exwtmat
Posted by: Ciampino - Remote Elections have repercussions #04 at September 08, 2024 10:41 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at September 08, 2024 10:41 PM (hOUT3)
Kamala's people are terrified of letting her debate once, for completely understandable reasons.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 08, 2024 10:41 PM (uxCna)
Posted by: Don Black at September 08, 2024 10:42 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Just Dang at September 08, 2024 10:42 PM (Ad8y9)
Joy
Posted by: Ciampino - Do not get points for KNEES #05 at September 08, 2024 10:42 PM (qfLjt)
Abortion doubleplusgood
Evil Orange Man doubleplusungood
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 08, 2024 10:42 PM (uxCna)
Posted by: Jen the original at September 08, 2024 10:42 PM (cfOxu)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Just Dang at September 08, 2024 10:43 PM (Ad8y9)
Posted by: The spy who loved Miss Lindsey at September 08, 2024 10:43 PM (mH6SG)
@VivekGRamaswamy
If Trump trounces Kamala at the debate, get ready for some very strange things to happen before November. They’ve already sued him, prosecuted him, tried to kick him off the ballot, and swapped out his opponent. All of it could be just a preview of what’s to come.
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Exposed him to assassination. You forgot that one.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 08, 2024 10:43 PM (JkO4W)
The late model cars with no oil changes are worse than disgusting.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
The completely rusted out subframes are nightmare material. Don't change your oil? Engine dies. Front suspension fails, human dies.
Posted by: Some Rat at September 08, 2024 10:32 PM (vJiyU)
Some peoples' children should not be allowed to pick up wrenches. Currently working on an '83 El Camino that came from Idaho. Somebody swapped out the 305 that it came with with a 350 from some other Chevy vehicle. Should be a simple swap right? Hoo, boy! Rear transmission mount off center. They used an exhaust "Y" pipe with the "Y" on the wrong side. Manual shift linkage cacked. Transmission cooler lines pinched and flattened between right side exhaust manifold and upper A-arm. Transmission throttle valve cable: absent. Two bolts missing that hold transmission onto engine.
New cooler lines installed, and properly routed. Manual shift linkage fixed, leastwise at the bottom end. Exhaust "Y" pipe cut apart, awaiting reassembly once the right side manifold is reinstalled. I switched the old starter for a smaller gear-reduction starter. Hope it works.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2024 10:43 PM (ZhV+D)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Just Dang
Yep already know abc will softball kumala, and diamond drill President Trump. I won't invite that aggregation into my life.
Posted by: Some Rat at September 08, 2024 10:44 PM (vJiyU)
Posted by: Adriane the Ethnic Cuisine Critic . . . at September 08, 2024 10:39 PM (TX4bP)
I also bought Kraft Mac and cheese flavored ice cream.
No, really, I swear to f#*^}+g GAAD! It's by some company called Van Leeuwen. One of the ingredients is "Kraft cheese sauce mix". It tastes *just like* Kraft Mac and cheese.
Pleze...halp...
Posted by: Robert at September 08, 2024 10:44 PM (1Yy3c)
Who knew?
Trump is going to win the debate no matter what the media says and they are still going to try and steal the election no matter what. That's the world we live in.
It's never been about winning polls or issues. It's about beating the cheat and making sure as many people as possible know what's going on.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 08, 2024 10:44 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Just Dang at September 08, 2024 10:46 PM (Ad8y9)
No, really, I swear to f#*^}+g GAAD! It's by some company called Van Leeuwen. One of the ingredients is "Kraft cheese sauce mix". It tastes *just like* Kraft Mac and cheese.
Pleze...halp...
Posted by: Robert at September 08, 2024 10:44 PM (1Yy3c)
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WHY???? What prompted you to buy that in the first place?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 08, 2024 10:46 PM (BpYfr)
ABC:
A question for Kamala:
"Why is your wonderful candidacy so history-making?"
A question for Trump:
"How DARE you continue running for President after being convicted of dozens of felonies?
Have you no shame?"
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 08, 2024 10:47 PM (uxCna)
Could be worse.
They sold squid ink flavored ice cream in Japan once …
Posted by: Adriane the Ethnic Cuisine Critic . . . at September 08, 2024 10:47 PM (TX4bP)
Posted by: I Feel Your Pain... at September 08, 2024 10:47 PM (CV8a5)
Posted by: Ciampino - an invasion it is #06 at September 08, 2024 10:48 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Adriane the Ethnic Cuisine Critic . . . at September 08, 2024 10:47 PM (TX4bP)
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Once.
Posted by: The Spartans at September 08, 2024 10:48 PM (JkO4W)
Sadly, Mossberg does not make its tactical 940 (spelling?) in 22 gauge …
Posted by: Adriane the Ethnic Cuisine Critic . . . at September 08, 2024 10:48 PM (TX4bP)
Fed-up New Yorkers blast massive migrant shelter as lease with feds nears an end: ‘It’s affecting everyone’
Blasted it with a bomb?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 08, 2024 10:50 PM (63Dwl)
Biden's people thought that having no audience and muting the mikes would cripple Trump.
It turns out that not having an audience to play to and not being able to talk over the other person made Trump a lot more disciplined.
Oops.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 08, 2024 10:50 PM (uxCna)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 08, 2024 10:46 PM (BpYfr)
Because I hate myself.
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Could be worse.
They sold squid ink flavored ice cream in Japan once …
Posted by: Adriane the Ethnic Cuisine Critic . . . at September 08, 2024 10:47 PM (TX4bP)
In The Philippines they sell ice cream on a bun. And they have flavors like pickle. I saw that on Andrew Zimmern's Bizzare Foods once.
BTW, The Mac and cheese ice cream isn't terrible. :B
Posted by: Robert at September 08, 2024 10:50 PM (1Yy3c)
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Posted by: JackStraw
Next, they'll try running it on vibrators, but will probably forget to get extra batteries.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 08, 2024 10:50 PM (VNX3d)
https://tinyurl.com/mw9u288k
Posted by: Ciampino - why bother letting out it was not intended? at September 08, 2024 10:51 PM (qfLjt)
No, really, I swear to f#*^}+g GAAD! It's by some company called Van Leeuwen. One of the ingredients is "Kraft cheese sauce mix". It tastes *just like* Kraft Mac and cheese.
Pleze...halp...
Posted by: Robert at September 08, 2024 10:44 PM (1Yy3c)
Cheese flavored ice cream? I see you've hit the Filipino store.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 08, 2024 10:52 PM (0eaVi)
Sat stage side where the piano was situated.
Somewhere, I have about 72 color slides of that concert.
Great songwriter, lovely clear voice.
Posted by: browndog had / has a serious crush on Ms. Bonoff at September 08, 2024 10:52 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Just Dang
Yep already know abc will softball kumala, and diamond drill President Trump. I won't invite that aggregation into my life.
Posted by: Some Rat at September 08, 2024 10:44 PM (vJiyU
Don’t need to hear dems lie. Heard it before.
Posted by: Eromero at September 08, 2024 10:52 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
I'm sure Kamala's "advisors" have more OnlyFans experience than that.
Posted by: mikeski at September 08, 2024 10:53 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Ciampino - That's why we don't keep them as pets! at September 08, 2024 10:53 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: BifBewalski at September 08, 2024 10:53 PM (MsrgL)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 08, 2024 10:52 PM (0eaVi)
Walmart. Freakin' Walmart.
This brand had some weird flavors like Earl Grey.
Posted by: Robert at September 08, 2024 10:53 PM (1Yy3c)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 08, 2024 10:35 PM (RIvkX)
My first few debate Bingo squares:
And that little girl was me!
I don't know what she said and I don't think she does, either.
Wasn't the Biden-Harris Administration was in charge of that?
The sanctity of a woman's body and her right to choose!
I don't think she knows where (a country) is on the map.
I will move us on from the tired, failed politics of the past!
He's a 34-times convicted felon!
No member of the US military died in combat while I was Commander-in-Chief. There were no wars in Eastern Europe and the Middle East while I was Commander-in-Chief. No one heard about the Houthis while I was Commander-in-Chief.
Posted by: Gref at September 08, 2024 10:55 PM (aBgBM)
"A visibly unhinged Donald Trump was disconcerted by the calm dignity of Vice President Kamala Harris in last night's debate." - NYT lede Wednesday morning
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 08, 2024 10:55 PM (1Nxff)
Posted by: Robert at September 08, 2024 10:50 PM (1Yy3c)
Red bean ice cream is very good as is green tea ice cream, but Mac and cheese seems a mite too far!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at September 08, 2024 10:55 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Ciampino - That's why we don't keep them as pets! at September 08, 2024 10:53 PM (qfLjt)
Imagine, if you will, a gangsta rap group of nothing but grossly obese hippity hoppers. Land whales, you might say. Their group's name?
*Puts on sunglasses*
*Hands on hips*
The Krill Kill Cult.
Posted by: Robert at September 08, 2024 10:56 PM (1Yy3c)
As much as my mom liked Earl Grey (tea) she probably would have liked the ice cream.
The bergamot flavor is way too strong for me.
Posted by: Adriane the Ethnic Cuisine Critic . . . at September 08, 2024 10:56 PM (TX4bP)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 08, 2024 10:56 PM (1Nxff)
No, really, I swear to f#*^}+g GAAD! It's by some company called Van Leeuwen. One of the ingredients is "Kraft cheese sauce mix". It tastes *just like* Kraft Mac and cheese.
Pleze...halp...
Posted by: Robert at September 08, 2024 10:44 PM (1Yy3c)
Cheese flavored ice cream? I see you've hit the Filipino store.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 08, 2024 10:52 PM (0eaVi)
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Younger daughter tells me she has had Mac 'n Cheese flavored ice cream and describes it as a sweet cheese.
Posted by: Ciampino - The Philadelphia Experiment? at September 08, 2024 10:58 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 08, 2024 10:39 PM (uxCna)
Vibes haven't been the same since the passing of the great ones, Lionel Hampton, and Peter Appleyard.
Here's Peter Appleyard, sitting in with the Downchild Blues Band, and trading licks with Jane Vasey on piano. It looks like they are enjoying every minute of it, too. RIP, Jane, and Peter.
https://youtu.be/cCR1KDxAnZ4
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2024 10:58 PM (ZhV+D)
As the first strong empowered woman of color to be a major party candidate for president how do the racist and sexist attacks of your opponent make you feel?
Posted by: hart at September 08, 2024 10:58 PM (H2zSJ)
Mrs Pug has a peanut butter cup version. She has the same kind of dedication to making it last. It's a treat.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Just Dang at September 08, 2024 10:58 PM (Ad8y9)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Just Dang at September 08, 2024 10:59 PM (Ad8y9)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 08, 2024 10:59 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Ciampino - That's why we don't keep them as pets! at September 08, 2024 10:53 PM (qfLjt)
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So one blue whale is a sea monkey holocaust? And they looked so happy in the ads.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 08, 2024 10:59 PM (+o2mc)
Wouldn't miss it for the world.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 08, 2024 11:00 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 08, 2024 10:59 PM (RIvkX)
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She should inaugurate ocean cruises.
Posted by: The Wilhelm Gustloff at September 08, 2024 11:01 PM (+o2mc)
They film on the latest smartphones and will send the footage to their mates back home, encouraging them to make the same journey.
https://tinyurl.com/4utev6as
Posted by: Ciampino - "The Tire Irons" welcoming band at the Southern Border? at September 08, 2024 11:01 PM (qfLjt)
There's a soundtrack for that. "The Gift" by Velvet Underground.
Posted by: Tom Perry at September 08, 2024 11:02 PM (MX0bI)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Starter swap here too this weekend. Right arm looks like an alligator was chewing on it. VW Bus starter died, had another on hand from who knows where. It's a long reach up and back to reach the starter above the axle and next to heat boxes. The top bolt is like 6 inches long and doubles as an engine mounting bolt. The nut for it is in the engine compartment around back of the doghouse fan. No room for ratchet and you can get less than a quarter turn before wrench bottoms out. Have to kneel on ground, stick body, arm, and head in and reach around the doghouse. Old guys bruise easy.
Bottom line, it works now. Took the old starter apart just to see. Corrosion on the plate that holds the brushes must have made a short. Could probably clean and reassemble, but a new one is only about $60. I like to have a spare.
Posted by: Westfalia at September 08, 2024 11:02 PM (CV8a5)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 08, 2024 11:02 PM (0eaVi)
But that doesn't mean drivers can't chase the police.
https://t.co/Q53Dfd6ING
Posted by: Ciampino - The Windy City farts in our general direction at September 08, 2024 11:03 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Megthered at September 08, 2024 10:38 PM (XR9vR)
car bombs, IEDs, drone strikes, misplaced MANPADS, blown dams, Smallpox re-emergence. Give me more than 5 minutes and I will think of a few more.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 08, 2024 11:03 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: tankdemon at September 08, 2024 11:04 PM (US5hw)
As the first strong empowered woman of color to be a major party candidate for president how will you protect women's fundamental rights to reproductive health.
Posted by: hart at September 08, 2024 11:04 PM (H2zSJ)
The bergamot flavor is way too strong for me.
Posted by: Adriane the Ethnic Cuisine Critic . . . at September 08, 2024 10:56 PM (TX4bP)
When I come back after my next trip out I'll pick up a pint and report back. I bet it tastes fancy.
Posted by: Robert at September 08, 2024 11:05 PM (1Yy3c)
Bombshell: Ronald Reagan has just endorsed Kamala Harris.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
........................................................
Bombshell: Jefferson Davis has just endorsed Kamela Harris!! Asked to comment, Harris said she'd bang em'!!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 08, 2024 11:05 PM (JhrF+)
Much cooler weather here, which is nice. Meteorological Fall began in Sept. We'll likely have another hot spell or two before it's through, but this is nice.
It's 58F right here, now -- the low for today will be on the evening side, not morning.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 08, 2024 11:05 PM (w6EFb)
162 US deaths linked to Ozempic and similar weight loss drugs - including 28-year-old who died from 'intestinal mass' and a pregnant woman, our analysis shows
https://mol.im/a/13816987
Posted by: Ciampino - Do Drs get rewarded for Rxs of certain favored drugs? at September 08, 2024 11:05 PM (qfLjt)
It's just terrible how Trump's plane suffered a unexpected mechanical failure and crashed!
Tee, hee!
Posted by: The CIA! at September 08, 2024 11:05 PM (uxCna)
Bottom line, it works now. Took the old starter apart just to see. Corrosion on the plate that holds the brushes must have made a short. Could probably clean and reassemble, but a new one is only about $60. I like to have a spare.
Posted by: Westfalia at September 08, 2024 11:02 PM (CV8a5)
Been there, done that. I feel your pain. I drew blood on my arm when it came across the sharp end of a zip tie today.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2024 11:05 PM (ZhV+D)
There's a soundtrack for that. "The Gift" by Velvet Underground.
Posted by: Tom Perry at September 08, 2024 11:02 PM (MX0bI)
This song is the reason I don't use scissors on boxes anymore.
Posted by: tankdemon at September 08, 2024 11:06 PM (US5hw)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 08, 2024 11:06 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: Adriane the Ethnic Cuisine Critic . . . at September 08, 2024 11:07 PM (TX4bP)
The Kim family in North Korea famously refuses to fly (they have taken trains all the way from North Korea to Moscow on occasion).
Putin prefers an armored train for fairly short trips.
They know.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 08, 2024 11:08 PM (uxCna)
We're only getting one this time? I know Trump already debated the Corpse, but I'm sure he's up for more against the selected one, who got no primary votes in 2020 or 2024.
Posted by: I Like Fireworks! at September 08, 2024 10:39 PM (CV8a5)
Trump asked Kamala for additional debates. He wanted his town hall on Fox last week to be a debate, and one to be broadcast on NBC, but the Harris campaign turned down his offer.
Posted by: tankdemon at September 08, 2024 11:09 PM (US5hw)
-angry black everywheres
Posted by: Eromero at September 08, 2024 11:09 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Adapt, Or Die at September 08, 2024 11:09 PM (CV8a5)
Posted by: tankdemon
Dad was adamant about changing his own oil/filters.
"Not to save money, but to look around while you're under there."
Posted by: Some Rat at September 08, 2024 11:09 PM (vJiyU)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 08, 2024 11:09 PM (1Nxff)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at September 08, 2024 11:09 PM (YIxO9)
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The Day the MAGA Died.
Posted by: Don McLean at September 08, 2024 11:10 PM (+o2mc)
https://9gag.com/gag/abAzBdL
Posted by: BifBewalski at September 08, 2024 11:10 PM (MsrgL)
Well we made it safely home to our home port in H.B. Ca last night just in time for near record heat in 'the OC'. We made it as far east as Onawa, Ia on the Neb/Ia line. We came home via Omaha, Cheyenne, New Castle, Co, Grand Junction, Mesquite, Nv and home. We met a lotta nice people in the campgrounds and various parks and tourist sites, but as soon as we said we were from California, they'd make an ugly face and say something like 'really....'.
Other than that (Mrs Lincoln) it was a great trip.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at September 08, 2024 11:10 PM (QGaXH)
It's just terrible how Trump's plane suffered a unexpected mechanical failure and crashed!
________
With Vance aboard!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 08, 2024 11:10 PM (1Nxff)
Headline 1: Harris Struggles in Debate
Headline 2: Experts Fear Virulent New Virus Outbreak
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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This headline is very very plausible.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 08, 2024 11:11 PM (JhrF+)
Posted by: Tom Perry at September 08, 2024 11:02 PM (MX0bI)
Not to take anything away from Velvet Underground, who were magic in their own way, but there is a completely different song by the same name, written and performed by Ian Tyson, a paean to Charlie Russel:
https://youtu.be/3RSHQWHH2m8
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2024 11:11 PM (ZhV+D)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at September 08, 2024 11:13 PM (QGaXH)
We're only getting one this time? I know Trump already debated the Corpse, but I'm sure he's up for more against the selected one, who got no primary votes in 2020 or 2024.
Posted by: I Like Fireworks! at September 08, 2024 10:39 PM (CV8a5)
The Biden-Harris Junta never intended to Restore Our Precious Norms. It intended to destroy them, once and for all.
Posted by: Gref at September 08, 2024 11:13 PM (aBgBM)
Discipline. Stay on message. My guess is that things have been moving a millimeter* at a time of late toward Trump. Don't f it up!
This is not a MAGA rally in Stone Mountain, GA. Inflation. Groceries. Housing costs. Are you better off? Immigration. Crime. (rinse & repeat)
*some millipedes ooze cyanide, which discourages predators.
Posted by: mnw at September 08, 2024 11:14 PM (NLIak)
Regarding the original copy of the Constitution - the Donald should buy it and put it up for display (for free) at Mar-a-Lago or donate it to the Smithsonian.
___________
With a post-it note attached: "The Democrats think this is dangerous."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 08, 2024 11:14 PM (1Nxff)
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This is when you flash your HQ membership card, bakelite level.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 08, 2024 11:14 PM (+o2mc)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2024 11:05 PM (ZhV+D)
My brother in law was complaining of similar things, I told him the young guys down at Les Schwab were wearing Nomex sleeves under their uniforms and those should give them a bit of protection from sharp edges and burrs while they were changing out tires.
(I susped they wear them to hide their tats, though)
Posted by: Kindltot at September 08, 2024 11:14 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: skywch at September 08, 2024 11:14 PM (uqhmb)
Posted by: Gref
They're trying, but they haven't restored Norm to his barstool in Cheers yet!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 08, 2024 11:14 PM (VNX3d)
Unless the fucking monsters succeed next time.
I fucking hate this time-line. I blame Jeff Winger.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Just Dang at September 08, 2024 11:15 PM (Ad8y9)
The Klaus box went out and 24 hours later, I received a frantic phone call from Kinski. Vern, said he (Ja, even Klaus calls me that, it is my curse) I am in the clutches of the witchy woman! Save Klaus, bitte! He had been mailed to the home of Agnes Moorehead by mistake, and Kinski was terrified of Endora, as are we all. I was able to retrieve him, but the tragedy and PTSD could not be undone. I have said "ach" once before, but now I say it again. Ach.
Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at September 08, 2024 11:15 PM (tcQGp)
I have gotten several texts over the last few months that are like "hey, are we still playing golf today?" or "are you bringing cake, Elaine?" which are completely unexplainable. I just delete them and nothing further. I also see no point in attempting to verify if I can get texts so no idea why this happens
Posted by: azjaeger at September 08, 2024 11:15 PM (3/XaG)
Posted by: Megthered at September 08, 2024 11:17 PM (XR9vR)
Posted by: runner at September 08, 2024 11:17 PM (V13WU)
So again, thank you!
Posted by: pookysgirl, happily exhausted at September 08, 2024 11:17 PM (K8lOu)
Posted by: runner at September 08, 2024 11:17 PM (V13WU)
And then get Trump to append his signature to it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2024 11:18 PM (ZhV+D)
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at September 08, 2024 11:18 PM (ufFY8)
Blue whales are the biggest animals to ever live on earth. The oceans cover the majority of the planet. Krill and other bait fish have been producing in enough quantity to feed Blue whales and other species for thousands of years. Global climate stuff hasn't altered it an iota.
Elon should focus on the oceans instead of Mars. We know almost as much about Mars as we do the oceans. You want to save the planet then save the planet.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 08, 2024 11:18 PM (LkLld)
https://shorturl.at/hvIF3
Now do the Sierra Club.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at September 08, 2024 11:18 PM (voxAy)
Posted by: Diogenes at September 08, 2024 11:19 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 08, 2024 11:19 PM (+o2mc)
Posted by: pookysgirl, happily exhausted at September 08, 2024 11:17 PM (K8lOu)
Congratulations to you! Where's my cigar?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2024 11:19 PM (ZhV+D)
So again, thank you!
Posted by: pookysgirl, happily exhausted at September 08, 2024 11:17 PM (K8lOu)
YAY! Congratulations. Babies are the best.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Just Dang at September 08, 2024 11:19 PM (Ad8y9)
Posted by: skywch at September 08, 2024 11:14 PM (uqhmb)
Tillamook ice cream ROCKS!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at September 08, 2024 11:20 PM (W/lyH)
But I remember wondering how any woman could just go home with a stranger; the idea seemed awful and sad. I knew I would never be able to do that. Looking for Mr. Goodbar was out at the same time, for heaven's sake, so the idea was scary too. Never understood it.
Posted by: skywch at September 08, 2024 11:20 PM (uqhmb)
Posted by: Ciampino
I understand how a drug might cause a guy to get an intestinal mass, but how does it cause him to get a pregnant woman? Was she part of the mass?
DailyMail needs to hire another headline writer. Or at least a proofreader to check the AI-generated ones.
Posted by: mikeski at September 08, 2024 11:21 PM (DgGvY)
Gotta admit, it's a bit of a mood shift from Velvet Underground. I'm not sure what we're talking about anymore.
Posted by: Tom Perry at September 08, 2024 11:21 PM (MX0bI)
Now that I'm well into my 29th year, I notice I get a lot of cuts and bruises that I just don't where they came from. What was I doing?
I remember when I was young, the old timers would say stuff like that, and I just thought, sucks to be old. Well, here I am.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 08, 2024 11:21 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Just Dang at September 08, 2024 11:21 PM (Ad8y9)
Posted by: Diogenes at September 08, 2024 11:20 PM (W/lyH)
we always got Umpqua.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 08, 2024 11:22 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: pookysgirl, happily exhausted at September 08, 2024 11:17 PM (K8lOu)
Great news!!!
Congrats!
Posted by: Diogenes at September 08, 2024 11:22 PM (W/lyH)
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Everyone knows that.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 08, 2024 11:22 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2024 11:19 PM (ZhV+D)
I don't have a USB port to shove it into, I'm on my phone.
Posted by: pookysgirl, happily exhausted at September 08, 2024 11:22 PM (K8lOu)
The Kim family in North Korea famously refuses to fly (they have taken trains all the way from North Korea to Moscow on occasion).
Putin prefers an armored train for fairly short trips.
They know.
It is a scary possibility. Govt knows where all the jets are, and MANPADS are widely available, and the normie media is controlled. The only gamble for them is what happens next? Do they risk what could happen? Is it a bigger risk than what Trump might do in four years? I am sure that much discussion has been discussed.
Posted by: azjaeger at September 08, 2024 11:23 PM (3/XaG)
Daily Mail can pull some doozies of ambiguous wording, making a real mess of sentences. Who are these damned pronouns referring to?!!!!!!
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 08, 2024 11:23 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 08, 2024 11:23 PM (1Nxff)
I'd support hoovering up the Great South Seas Garbage Patch.
Mostly decades of plastic debris left by fishing fleets. And mostly courtesy of the Land of the Rising Sun, IIRC.
Posted by: mnw at September 08, 2024 11:23 PM (NLIak)
Posted by: Don Black at September 08, 2024 11:23 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: Kindltot at September 08, 2024 11:23 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 08, 2024 11:24 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Kindltot at September 08, 2024 11:22 PM (D7oie)
Peasant. I always get Willie Brown's "Baby Batter" ice cream.
Posted by: Kamala Harris at September 08, 2024 11:24 PM (ZhV+D)
Posted by: Megthered at September 08, 2024 11:25 PM (XR9vR)
Posted by: PabloD at September 08, 2024 11:25 PM (lUpXd)
tied, 11 seconds to play
Posted by: Don Black at September 08, 2024 11:25 PM (/7KEl)
Fat black women while being about 3 percent of Americans have an outsized influence particularly in media, politics and government.
Posted by: hart at September 08, 2024 11:26 PM (H2zSJ)
Posted by: Skip at September 08, 2024 11:26 PM (fwDg9)
New baby moron!!1!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 08, 2024 11:24 PM (RIvkX)
__________
You'll know he's a Moronling if his first word is "boob".
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 08, 2024 11:26 PM (1Nxff)
Posted by: Don Black at September 08, 2024 11:27 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: mnw at September 08, 2024 11:27 PM (NLIak)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Just Dang at September 08, 2024 11:28 PM (Ad8y9)
The first Starships to Mars will launch in 2 years when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens.
These will be uncrewed to test the reliability of landing intact on Mars. If those landings go well, then the first crewed flights to Mars will be in 4 years.
Flight rate will grow exponentially from there, with the goal of building a self-sustaining city in about 20 years. Being multiplanetary will vastly increase the probable lifespan of consciousness, as we will no longer have all our eggs, literally and metabolically, on one planet
Posted by: Braenyard at September 08, 2024 11:28 PM (JAu+O)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 08, 2024 11:28 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: mindful webworker - am I here now? at September 08, 2024 10:11 PM (ps8QT)
Such wonderful news ! Congratulations to Pooky and Pookysgirl and welcome to the newest member of the horde...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at September 08, 2024 11:29 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Diogenes at September 08, 2024 11:20 PM (W/lyH)
we always got Umpqua.
Posted by: Kindltot at September
Also good.
I go with whichever one is on sale.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 08, 2024 11:30 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 08, 2024 11:31 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 08, 2024 11:26 PM (1Nxff)
Not to mention telling all his teachers at Pre-School about his Uncle Dildo.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 08, 2024 11:31 PM (W/lyH)
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Mars ain't no kind of place to raise your kids.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 08, 2024 11:32 PM (+o2mc)
Posted by: Diogenes at September 08, 2024 11:20 PM (W/lyH)
Rocks?! Another weird flavor coming soon?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 08, 2024 11:33 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: skywch
"Brownie Batter"?
Whoa!
-- Pervy Joe
Posted by: Tonypete at September 08, 2024 11:35 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Cicero
Arjen agrees.
https://youtu.be/EBKUU0Mneb8
Posted by: mikeski at September 08, 2024 11:36 PM (DgGvY)
They have a genius for controlling bureaucracies.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 08, 2024 11:36 PM (uxCna)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Just Dang at September 08, 2024 10:43 PM (Ad8y9)
I've been binging on Dunsmuir and The Company Band.
Give them a whirl.
Neil Fallon side projects.
Posted by: Reforger at September 08, 2024 11:37 PM (xcIvR)
Flight rate will grow exponentially from there, with the goal of building a self-sustaining city in about 20 years. Being multiplanetary will vastly increase the probable lifespan of consciousness, as we will no longer have all our eggs, literally and metabolically, on one planet
Posted by: Braenyard at September 08, 2024 11:28 PM (JAu+O)
Hell, Elon. Put crew on the first set of ships. Old farts, maybe, with diagnoses of terminal disease, but still able to do shit. They will know that they will probably die on Mars, but their legacy will be a habitable planet. Send those folks with enough food and medications to see them through to the next launch window, and then some. I doubt you would have a hard time finding volunteers.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2024 11:38 PM (ZhV+D)
They have a genius for controlling bureaucracies.
Posted by: The ARC of History!
They're a triple threat. Disagree with them, and they'll call you racist, they'll call you misogynist, and they'll sit on you.
Posted by: mikeski at September 08, 2024 11:38 PM (DgGvY)
Mars is pretty hard to land on, being in the sour spot of atmospheric density vs gravity well depth.
On the Moon, there's no atmosphere, thus no reentry heat to worry about, but you do have to do it all with fuel, but the gravity is such it doesn't take much.
Earth on the other hand, with no atmosphere, you'd have to use as much fuel to land as you did to get in orbit. But the atmosphere is think enough, you can just lose that energy as heat (but this means engineering a heat shield to stand it).
Mars is between those two. The thin atmosphere still generates a lot of heat, but isn't thick enough to slow you down enough, so you need rockets or some other complicated thing.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 08, 2024 11:39 PM (w6EFb)
Can we do it? Of course we can. We are human beings with limitless capacity to achieve the impossible. God-given intelligence and self-awareness.
The hindrance is, and will always be, the fucking gubmint. Like crabs in a a ship's hold.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Just Dang at September 08, 2024 11:40 PM (Ad8y9)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 08, 2024 11:39 PM (w6EFb)
Maybe pop a series of drogue 'chutes? When #1 burns up, pop #2, and so on.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2024 11:41 PM (ZhV+D)
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According to a TV movie I saw, everything hinges on allowing the right black female janitor to do the orbital calculations.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 08, 2024 11:42 PM (+o2mc)
https://mol.im/a/13827703
Posted by: Ciampino - The battle of the generations #04 at September 08, 2024 10:36 PM (qfLjt)
Without reading the link I know it's the Maternal Grandfather....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at September 08, 2024 11:43 PM (QGaXH)
Give them a whirl.
Neil Fallon side projects.
Posted by: Reforger at September 08, 2024 11:37 PM (xcIvR)
Will do. thanks.
I've always described Clutch as three high school teachers and a fur trapper.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Just Dang at September 08, 2024 11:43 PM (Ad8y9)
One idea is lifting body. Come, get inside the atmosphere, but circle around for a much longer flight path and gradually let drag slow you down enough for a landing. But that means a lot of complicated design to go to Mars.
All the tradeoffs and different approaches are interesting and complex.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 08, 2024 11:44 PM (w6EFb)
These will be uncrewed to test the reliability of landing intact on Mars. If those landings go well, then the first crewed flights to Mars will be in 4 years.
What are you going to get your oxygen?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 08, 2024 11:44 PM (63Dwl)
How would it be habitable?
Posted by: JackStraw at September 08, 2024 11:45 PM (LkLld)
We should, had they (congress) not killed the funding, by this time 60 years later have made flights to the Moon routine. Lunar flybys would probably be in the realm of an expensive vacation. Maybe a Moon base stay would be prohibitively costly for most, but the logistics for a free return Moon flyby should be pretty inexpensive by now.
They really explored some cool areas on Apollos 15, 16 etc. What would be super is to get about 500 feet off the deck and cruise through those mountain ranges. Mars will be off the charts incredible, they have canyons and mountains that dwarf anything else known. Get your ass to Mars!
Posted by: Common Tater at September 08, 2024 11:45 PM (+xgnY)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 08, 2024 11:44 PM (63Dwl)
Pack it with you. Along with algae or other green plants to eat the CO2, and give you oxygen back. And a small nuclear reactor could make enough energy to reduce CO2 by brute force.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2024 11:47 PM (ZhV+D)
Posted by: Common Tater at September 08, 2024 11:45 PM (+xgnY)
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And you could do a flyby of the American flag.
Posted by: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D)umbass at September 08, 2024 11:47 PM (+o2mc)
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they are really really good at raising holy Hell
IMO
Posted by: Don Black at September 08, 2024 11:48 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: JackStraw at September 08, 2024 11:45 PM (LkLld)
First crew establishes a habitat, probably mostly underground. Not much different from the current Space Station, but rooted on an inhospitable planet, instead of floating in the void. Build greenhouses for plants on the surface, and add rooms to the underground village. So when the next cohort arrives, accommodations exist.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 08, 2024 11:51 PM (ZhV+D)
Posted by: Adriane the Ethnic Cuisine Critic . . . at September 08, 2024 11:52 PM (TX4bP)
Posted by: Dr. Heywood Floyd at September 08, 2024 11:53 PM (+o2mc)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 08, 2024 11:44 PM (w6EFb)
So many problems. Just beam down.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 08, 2024 11:54 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Megthered at September 08, 2024 11:55 PM (XR9vR)
Posted by: hart at September 08, 2024 11:56 PM (H2zSJ)
You've pretty much got to be underground on Mars. With no magnetic field (to speak of), you get cosmic rays and solar wind particles on the deck. Quickly accumulate lethal doses of radiation.
Something concerning is growing stuff in Martian soil (one of the things had in "The Martian" mentioned above). Martian soil has a lot of perchlorates, IIRC, they've discovered, and that's toxic.
And finally there's the 1/3 surface gravity thing, which will be a problem.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 08, 2024 11:57 PM (w6EFb)
amateurs in parenting. We just raised them as WE were brought up, in accord with all those values now derided by the leftwits.
Oh, and good evening, good people.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at September 08, 2024 11:59 PM (hKoQL)
Gravity is indeed a problem. Humans have some unknown long term tolerance, 1g +/-a, a being unknown factor. So far, it looks like 'a' is pretty small, long term.
Some just sort of wave this off, "we'll adapt...". Well, I don't know about that. Especially for making babies, you know having a colony on Mars where you have kids and they have kids and so forth.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 08, 2024 11:59 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 09, 2024 12:00 AM (12uA6)
Posted by: pawn at September 09, 2024 12:01 AM (QB+5g)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 08, 2024 11:44 PM (63Dwl)
Pack it with you. Along with algae or other green plants to eat the CO2, and give you oxygen back. And a small nuclear reactor could make enough energy to reduce CO2 by brute force.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Not to mention the billion dollar prize to Musk's contest to efficiently break down CO2. It's a 5 year contest and must be close to its year 3.
There are other donors to the prize. At the end of year 2 they appraise the contestants. The two contestants the committee deems most promising receive one million dollars each to assist them to the goal.
Every thing Musk does is something that will give advantage to Mars travel or habitation.
Posted by: Braenyard at September 09, 2024 12:01 AM (JAu+O)
But that's my point. You could do the exact same thing under the sea for a fraction of the cost and probably an even bigger fraction of the cost of maintenance. Bonus, there is an abundance of edible life already in the oceans. The entire planet already eats it every single day.
Colonizing another planet is a cool idea but at our current state it is a vanity project. And as soon as the first outpost is set up on Mars, Mars Karen will show up telling us why we can't develop it because we will cause climate change.
We don't need another planet, not yet anyway. We got a pretty good gig going on right here. We even have Monday Night Football.
We need to destroy Karen in all her forms. We can't outrun Karen. She will follow. We need to destroy Karen. There aren't any Martians that threaten us.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 09, 2024 12:02 AM (LkLld)
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those kids would be Martians 👽
Posted by: Don Black at September 09, 2024 12:02 AM (/7KEl)
Posted by: hart at September 09, 2024 12:02 AM (H2zSJ)
Posted by: Braenyard at September 09, 2024 12:04 AM (JAu+O)
Posted by: The Robot at September 09, 2024 12:04 AM (+o2mc)
sorry. mars-moving equipment
Posted by: Don Black at September 09, 2024 12:04 AM (/7KEl)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 09, 2024 12:05 AM (KRPTR)
Posted by: pawn at September 09, 2024 12:06 AM (QB+5g)
you take one of Elon's tunnel building machines with you
you bore large tubes into the martian landscape, then insert inflatable habitat modules
nailed it
Posted by: Don Black at September 09, 2024 12:07 AM (/7KEl)
Colonizing another planet is a cool idea but at our current state it is a vanity project. And as soon as the first outpost is set up on Mars, Mars Karen will show up telling us why we can't develop it because we will cause climate change.
We don't need another planet, not yet anyway. We got a pretty good gig going on right here. We even have Monday Night Football.
We need to destroy Karen in all her forms. We can't outrun Karen. She will follow. We need to destroy Karen. There aren't any Martians that threaten us.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 09, 2024 12:02 AM (LkLld)
An undersea colony would be at the mercy of any dipshit with a rowboat and a hundred pounds of dynamite. And we know what exists under the sea. Not everything, but we have the gist of it. And you are dealing with thousands of psi in pressure, vs a handful of psi of non-breathable atmosphere.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 09, 2024 12:07 AM (ZhV+D)
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Mars Karen will set up an HOA first
Posted by: Don Black at September 09, 2024 12:09 AM (/7KEl)
Posted by: pookysgirl, happily exhausted at September 08, 2024 11:17 PM (K8lOu
BRAVO!! Well done madam!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at September 09, 2024 12:11 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 08, 2024 11:57 PM (w6EFb)
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This is offset by no plastic micro-particles on Mars.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 09, 2024 12:12 AM (KRPTR)
Shortly thereafter inexplicably she exits the airlock.
Posted by: Braenyard at September 09, 2024 12:12 AM (JAu+O)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 09, 2024 12:13 AM (dTTBf)
And I'm unarmed!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 09, 2024 12:05 AM (KRPTR)
glares
Posted by: Michelle Fields at September 09, 2024 12:13 AM (0eaVi)
Unfortunate airlock accidents.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 09, 2024 12:13 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: pawn at September 09, 2024 12:13 AM (QB+5g)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Crossbow, longbow, gun, 45, or 9mm would also be good indicators.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 09, 2024 12:13 AM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Don Black at September 09, 2024 12:09 AM (/7KEl)
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And the first guy who paints his Mars Environmental Residential Unit something other than beige gets kicked off the entire planet.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 09, 2024 12:14 AM (+o2mc)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 09, 2024 12:16 AM (dTTBf)
Developing ocean habitats less expensive than cruise ships and oceanic storm survivable is a wonderful technological goal.
Space exploration make us less like to succumb to an extinction level event: asteroid collision, super volcano, Black Death …
Posted by: Adriane the Ethnic Cuisine Critic . . . at September 09, 2024 12:16 AM (TX4bP)
Posted by: Braenyard at September 09, 2024 12:16 AM (JAu+O)
Posted by: hart at September 09, 2024 12:18 AM (H2zSJ)
I was reading something about that. SpaceX already has some interesting language in some documents about that.
They way I interpret it, they are hinting that no earth govt. will have any control over any human habitat outside of earth's gravitational influence.
Now, that would alarm the powers that be a lot if you made all that explicit, but there are hints that's the idea. Free Mars. Free space.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 09, 2024 12:18 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 09, 2024 12:18 AM (dTTBf)
Posted by: Braenyard at September 09, 2024 12:16 AM (JAu+O)
There is established law about property rights and legal administration on other plantes.
Then again there was specific law supporting the treaty of Tordasillas dividing the new world between Spain and Portugal, too, and that didn't turn out.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 09, 2024 12:19 AM (D7oie)
Posted by: Kindltot at September 09, 2024 12:21 AM (D7oie)
And I'm unarmed!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 09, 2024 12:05 AM (KRPTR)
glares
Posted by: Michelle Fields at September 09, 2024 12:13 AM (0eaVi)
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Like Eastwood in The Good, the Bad & the Ugly finale?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 09, 2024 12:21 AM (KRPTR)
Posted by: Kindltot at September 09, 2024 12:23 AM (D7oie)
Posted by: pawn at September 09, 2024 12:23 AM (QB+5g)
https://mol.im/a/13826715
Those Hillbillies, can't take them anywhere, not even for ice cream!
Posted by: Ciampino - I was going to make espresso! at September 09, 2024 12:23 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: pawn at September 09, 2024 12:23 AM (QB+5g)
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Anybody know offhand the composition of the atmosphere on Mars?
Posted by: Ciampino - Stavo per fare l'espresso! at September 09, 2024 12:25 AM (qfLjt)
Then again there was specific law supporting the treaty of Tordasillas dividing the new world between Spain and Portugal, too, and that didn't turn out.
Posted by: Kindltot
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It's hard to run a planet when one doesn't have the ability to travel there. Guess that was Spain and Portugal's problem.
They probably sent sternly worded letters too.
Posted by: Braenyard at September 09, 2024 12:26 AM (JAu+O)
Posted by: Skip at September 09, 2024 12:26 AM (fwDg9)
Really. Try rowing nearing a Navy base with a hundred pounds of explosives. And it's kind of silly to think that if we go to Mars our enemies won't be right on our heels. How do we defend that?
I disagree that we know what exists under the sea because factually we don't. Hell, most of the world doesn't even know that a huge percentage of greenhouse gases come from the ocean. They it comes from cow farts an '69 Camaros. That seems like a big deal but it is largely unknown.
Despite actually living here we don't know nearly as much about the oceans as we should. I don't have a problem with going to Mars, great idea, but if actually care about solving immediate issues like food it's already here on this planet. We already get a significant percentage of our food from the ocean and it's relatively cheap.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 09, 2024 12:26 AM (LkLld)
Posted by: pawn at September 09, 2024 12:23 AM (QB+5g)
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Lunartics everywhere!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 09, 2024 12:26 AM (KRPTR)
Posted by: Skip at September 09, 2024 12:27 AM (fwDg9)
I'm reading about "space law", primarily the Outer Space Treaty. It's interesting.
Basic premise: no nation can claim sovereignty over any celestial body or part of it, or any region of space. All are free to go and use any such.
All persons and property aboard any such vehicles launched, bases established remain under the jurisdiction of the nation who launched it.
That's the very basics of it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 09, 2024 12:27 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice at September 09, 2024 12:27 AM (h8c/W)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 09, 2024 12:28 AM (ZhV+D)
That's the very basics of it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 09, 2024 12:27 AM (w6EFb)
How do they put private parties under that? Just because they got a license to launch?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 09, 2024 12:29 AM (0eaVi)
Psalm 35 1-9
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 09, 2024 12:29 AM (dTTBf)
Posted by: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice at September 09, 2024 12:27 AM (h8c/W)
I have a suspicion.
Posted by: Cash Register at September 09, 2024 12:30 AM (0eaVi)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 09, 2024 12:32 AM (dTTBf)
The people of Mars say, 'Come and Take It'.
Posted by: Braenyard at September 09, 2024 12:32 AM (JAu+O)
https://tinyurl.com/4zjsy6ed
Posted by: OrangeEnt
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Let's see: Santa Monica Blvd, Vegas, ????, Crater Lake, Mt Hood, Hollyweird, Jellystone, Monument Valley.
How'd I do?
Posted by: buddhaha at September 09, 2024 12:32 AM (ozlIt)
Posted by: Braenyard at September 09, 2024 12:34 AM (JAu+O)
Who is we?
Do you think if an extinction level event happens 99.9% of us are going to Mars?
Posted by: JackStraw at September 09, 2024 12:34 AM (LkLld)
That's exactly how it would eventually be. But getting it started means you're very dependent on earth.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 09, 2024 12:35 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: USS Cole at September 09, 2024 12:36 AM (lUpXd)
Sealab 2021!!!
Posted by: Tom Servo at September 09, 2024 12:36 AM (S6gqv)
Ding.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 09, 2024 12:37 AM (LkLld)
How'd I do?
Posted by: buddhaha at September 09, 2024 12:32 AM (ozlIt)
1. Reno 2. Vegas 3. Lake Tahoe 4. Crater Lake 5. Mt Hood 6. H'wood 7. Yellowstone 8. Monument Valley
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 09, 2024 12:37 AM (0eaVi)
I noticed that pookysgirl's announcement last night came something like three comments after my log-off comment wondering about her.
Following this gray-box community, we've seen deaths (too many), and marriages; heard from folks in the midst of earthquakes and hurricanes (not at the same time); followed adventurers across America and around the world. Pookysgirl's live-blogging her birthgiving was a first, and one for the books.
This one's for the new little guy
https://youtu.be/OXCmsKr_WhI
G'nite, y'all. Sweet dreams, sweeter wakings.
Posted by: mindful webworker - used to be younger at September 09, 2024 12:37 AM (ps8QT)
My mother was an old school liberal and she disliked Reagan, but I'm a Republican now and I think my son needs to know about him. I didn't know until very recently that he was a man of religious faith.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 09, 2024 12:37 AM (dTTBf)
In the short term, no. In the long term, and I'm talking astronomical time scale long term, the idea is to have humanity spread out over several worlds in the solar system, and then later, "elsewhere".
This is very, very, far future thinking.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 09, 2024 12:38 AM (w6EFb)
The late model cars with no oil changes are worse than disgusting.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
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'Cept I don't understand the diesel with 22k miles looking that bad. The standard change interval on my Cummins is 10k or a year. The oil comes out black (it's a diesel, duh), but I can't see that much sludge one one missed change... or Duramax are crappy engines.
Posted by: buddhaha at September 09, 2024 12:38 AM (ozlIt)
I like the idea of going to Mars, no it isn't in my time line but I like the idea and appreciate what Musk is doing. And I like the idea of being an interplanetary species.
Posted by: Braenyard at September 09, 2024 12:40 AM (JAu+O)
Posted by: JackStraw
Some people have floated the Space Greenhouse idea, but in the form of L-5s.
But, Elon has specifically said that his Mars ideas are to make humanity a 2 planet species to avoid extinction level events.
Posted by: Adriane the Ethnic Cuisine Critic . . . at September 09, 2024 12:42 AM (TX4bP)
Posted by: pawn at September 09, 2024 12:43 AM (QB+5g)
Elon Musk just announced the timeline for Mission Mars.
2 years→ First uncrewed Starships launch to Mars during the next Earth-Mars transfer window to test landing reliability.
4 years→ First crewed flights to Mars, if the uncrewed landings are successful.
20 years→ Goal of building a self-sustaining city on Mars, with an exponentially growing flight rate.
Long-term→ Becoming a multiplanetary species to increase the probable lifespan of consciousness by reducing dependence on a single planet.
Posted by: Braenyard at September 09, 2024 12:43 AM (JAu+O)
https://tinyurl.com/34tb8em6
I'm going to be bold and say that Hill was full of himself, probably ran at the mouth with the 'Do you know who I am?' routine and was treated just like every other obstructing person I have watched on uTube traffic stops - pulled out of the vehicle, cuffed and sat in squad car while paperwork is filled in.
His team's statement says he was a block from the stadium, thus on a public road. His lawyer claims 'entering the stadium' which is legalese for 'he could see the stadium'?
Posted by: Ciampino - Ha bisogno della chiave per le ruote at September 09, 2024 12:43 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: pawn
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Good.
Posted by: Braenyard at September 09, 2024 12:44 AM (JAu+O)
As the Sun ages, it's luminosity increases. We've only got about 1 billion years left. After that, earth will no longer be habitable.
The habitable zone of the Sun will have pushed out to Mars. Mars will be very warm by then.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 09, 2024 12:44 AM (w6EFb)
https://tinyurl.com/2zar3j8m
Posted by: Ciampino - Ha bisogno della chiave inglese at September 09, 2024 12:45 AM (qfLjt)
Look up "Mars in-situ resource utilization". Lots of interesting ideas about various reactions to exploit with the compounds in the Martian soil and atmosphere.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 09, 2024 12:46 AM (w6EFb)
Do you think if an extinction level event happens 99.9% of us are going to Mars?
Posted by: JackStraw
When an extinction level event happens 99% of Earth’s human population will be dead.
Viva La Cucaracha…
Posted by: Adriane the Ethnic Cuisine Critic . . . at September 09, 2024 12:47 AM (TX4bP)
In the long term, there needs to be a planet that can sustain human life outside a controlled atmosphere for any of this to be remotely realistic. We haven't found one yet.
Humans evolved on this planet because we can without any external support. If we can find another planet that allows humans to evolve where we can exist without external support that might be plausible. Until then it's just BS.
Even if we could, why the hell would we want to leave this planet just to recreate another planet where the exact same things that caused us to leave will cause us to want to leave there?
Posted by: JackStraw at September 09, 2024 12:50 AM (LkLld)
Viva La Cucaracha…
Posted by: Adriane the Ethnic Cuisine Critic .
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Stay in your lane. We don't need any logic going on around here.
Posted by: Braenyard at September 09, 2024 12:51 AM (JAu+O)
https://mol.im/a/13826995
Similar case approx. 20 years ago (2007), with an IL State cop hitting two sisters head-on as he lost control, and crossed the median on I-64 near the Scott AFB turnoff. Cop was Matt Mitchell, not a White cop, doing 120mph while on the phone and on his laptop, for no urgent reason. Killed both girls and then his mates tried to hide the details, making up a phantom car, etc. -- dashcam video 'wasn't available' for a while then it was 'found'. Lots of irregularities. Cop had to resign and has lost his DL permanently.
Posted by: Ciampino - IL State Police set bad examples at September 09, 2024 12:51 AM (qfLjt)
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And we're not going to find one unless we go looking.
Jack, you're not your old self tonight. Maybe a scotch neat?
Posted by: Braenyard at September 09, 2024 12:53 AM (JAu+O)
Posted by: JackStraw at September 09, 2024 12:50 AM (LkLld)
You're on Mars and the mother-in-law's on Earth?
Posted by: RickZ at September 09, 2024 12:53 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: JackStraw
Why would I buy a new car after my previous one was totaled?
Posted by: Adriane the Ethnic Cuisine Critic . . . at September 09, 2024 12:55 AM (TX4bP)
Posted by: Ciampino - Evil Evil & Evil at September 09, 2024 12:55 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the impondrables at September 09, 2024 12:57 AM (vCQ/u)
Posted by: JackStraw
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We wouldn't. For the first time in over a century it would be a new place, a new start. The laws will be made and administered by the people of Mars not the people of earth. A meritocracy.
Posted by: Braenyard at September 09, 2024 12:57 AM (JAu+O)
It's time to kill them all.
Posted by: Braenyard at September 09, 2024 01:00 AM (JAu+O)
Or at least make said noise …
Posted by: Adriane the Ethnic Cuisine Critic . . . at September 09, 2024 01:02 AM (TX4bP)
Jack, you're not your old self tonight. Maybe a scotch neat?
Sure I am. I'm all for looking. We've been looking for generations. And primarily what we've been looking for is a planet that can sustain human life without external support. That's what it will take. And we haven't found one and that includes Mars.
Also, what even do you envisage that will require a mass exodus from this planet?
Posted by: JackStraw at September 09, 2024 01:04 AM (LkLld)
Boring.
Everyone phoned it in, I don't know why they bothered
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I saw it today. It's damn good, especially for a sequel.
It took me a moment to get the reference at the very end, but it was classic.
Posted by: As not seen on TV at September 09, 2024 01:05 AM (+E9xv)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 08, 2024 11:44 PM (63Dwl)
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The soil has perchlorates, say NaClO4, but I don't know what concentration. Should be able to make O2 using heat.
Posted by: Ciampino - If there's water then split water at September 09, 2024 01:08 AM (qfLjt)
https://tinyurl.com/426b4p26
Goodnight all!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 09, 2024 01:08 AM (ZfOBk)
Posted by: Douglas MacArthur at September 09, 2024 01:10 AM (hXlgB)
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Said life in the ocean can also eat YOU.
Better to take your chances with the Martians... ;-)
Posted by: As not seen on TV at September 09, 2024 01:12 AM (+E9xv)
DailyMail needs to hire another headline writer. Or at least a proofreader to check the AI-generated ones.
Posted by: mikeski at September 08, 2024 11:21 PM (DgGvY)
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DM has terrible writers. They hate commas but love scare quotes. Punctuation has gone out of the window, with our modern teachers. Even in Science: "Must wear gloves to handle magnesium metal!"
Posted by: Ciampino - Plant beans on Mars? at September 09, 2024 01:13 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: 13times at September 09, 2024 01:14 AM (zmVPn)
We have to practice. We can't just jump off to another solar system. We must develop the technology to do it and Space X is doing that now.
Posted by: Braenyard at September 09, 2024 01:14 AM (JAu+O)
Posted by: As not seen on TV
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Some of those Martian women are hot.
Posted by: Braenyard at September 09, 2024 01:18 AM (JAu+O)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Crossbow, longbow, gun, 45, or 9mm would also be good indicators.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 09, 2024 12:13 AM (VNX3d)
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Trebuchet.
Posted by: Ciampino - Please to not fling diseased cows at Arthur at September 09, 2024 01:19 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Crossbow, longbow, gun, 45, or 9mm would also be good indicators.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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Trebuchet.
Posted by: Ciampino - Please to not fling diseased cows at Arthur
Bottle … nose dolphin!
Posted by: Adriane the Ethnic Cuisine Critic . . . at September 09, 2024 01:21 AM (TX4bP)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 08, 2024 11:44 PM (63Dwl)
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Fuel and oxygen will come from CO2.
Posted by: Braenyard at September 09, 2024 01:23 AM (JAu+O)
Is that how you get your oxygen today?
Not trying to be Debby Downer but we aren't leaving this planet. Hell, some of you refuse to leave Texas.
If Kamala wins in November what makes you think her puppet masters will allow Musk to send your ass to Mars anyway?
Your extinction level event is upon you. Find friends to vote while it still matters even a bit.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 09, 2024 01:24 AM (LkLld)
We have to practice. We can't just jump off to another solar system. We must develop the technology to do it and Space X is doing that now.
Posted by: Braenyard at September 09, 2024 01:14 AM (JAu+O)
That's 'one giant leap for mankind.' The Great Steppe is a land area in Eurasia.
Posted by: RickZ at September 09, 2024 01:25 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: JackStraw
Halloween candy & decorations on sale in August ???
Posted by: Adriane the Ethnic Cuisine Critic . . . at September 09, 2024 01:26 AM (TX4bP)
There is established law about property rights and legal administration on other planets.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 09, 2024 12:19 AM (D7oie)
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NO STANDING.
(There would be no way of enforcing laws and rights, agreed to on Earth, on another Space Body. At least not unless Earth had this invincible Space Fleet ......)
Posted by: Ciampino - Capt. Kirk or Capt. Picard? at September 09, 2024 01:26 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Kindltot at September 09, 2024 12:19 AM (D7oie)
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NO STANDING.
(There would be no way of enforcing laws and rights, agreed to on Earth, on another Space Body. At least not unless Earth had this invincible Space Fleet ......)
Posted by: Ciampino - Capt. Kirk or Capt. Picard? at September 09, 2024 01:26 AM (qfLjt)
No Taxation Without Representation!
Come and take my ray gun from my warm gloved hand.
Posted by: Rebel Martians at September 09, 2024 01:30 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: pookysgirl, happily exhausted at September 08, 2024 11:17 PM (K8lOu
BRAVO!! Well done madam!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
Awesome!! Job well done mom. This was the only reason I popped in tonight. I am going to return to reading Mr. Lewis with a smile on my face.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the impondrables at September 09, 2024 01:30 AM (vCQ/u)
Posted by: RickZ at September 09, 2024 01:25 AM (gKDq2)
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zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Posted by: Braenyard at September 09, 2024 01:31 AM (JAu+O)
Posted by: JackStraw
Extinction level events and holocausts are of different scales…
It’s true that I will be dead either way, but I can choke on a pancake at breakfast.
I support Elon’s efforts to colonize Mars for the protection (however small) that it affords my species, whether I personally benefit or no.
Posted by: Adriane the Ethnic Cuisine Critic . . . at September 09, 2024 01:33 AM (TX4bP)
That's the very basics of it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 09, 2024 12:27 AM (w6EFb)
How do they put private parties under that? Just because they got a license to launch?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 09, 2024 12:29 AM (0eaVi)
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So Guiana would be in charge maybe?
Posted by: Ciampino - Capt. Picard? They picked a French name? at September 09, 2024 01:33 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Braenyard at September 09, 2024 01:35 AM (JAu+O)
Posted by: runner at September 08, 2024 11:17 PM (V13WU)
I actually won't be suprised if he does buy it.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I AM The Science at September 09, 2024 01:35 AM (lg881)
Posted by: Braenyard at September 09, 2024 01:37 AM (JAu+O)
I am thinking about northern AZ for the October comet, though.
I was up there for the meteor shower and … clouds and rain, of course.
Posted by: Adriane the Ethnic Cuisine Critic . . . at September 09, 2024 01:38 AM (TX4bP)
Only by degrees not intent.
The only thing that stopped the Nazis was the US. Who do you think is coming to our rescue, Martians?
Posted by: JackStraw at September 09, 2024 01:39 AM (LkLld)
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE TEXAS
If Kamala wins in November what makes you think her puppet masters will allow Musk to send your ass to Mars anyway?
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And she's going to put money forward for undersea habitat?
Posted by: Braenyard at September 09, 2024 01:40 AM (JAu+O)
35-year-old San Francisco business shuts down after shoplifting, break-ins, .....
https://mol.im/a/13827595
Posted by: Ciampino - and so perish all the enemies of the King at September 09, 2024 01:44 AM (qfLjt)
https://tinyurl.com/3dkx5tun
Posted by: 13times at September 09, 2024 01:46 AM (hAU6L)
Yes, one could have a drone drop a suitable explosive device over the undersea abode, quite surreptitiously.
Imagine the decompression stages and time, just to come to the surface!
Why don't we just colonize the deserts instead?
Posted by: Ciampino - in Space no liberals to shoot at September 09, 2024 01:50 AM (qfLjt)
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You need a team of dipshits, really. Any boat would do.
Posted by: "Rogue" Ukrainian general at September 09, 2024 01:54 AM (Dnobf)
Posted by: Ciampino - in Space no liberals to shoot at September 09, 2024 01:50 AM (qfLjt)
Because that's not where the FOOD is!
Posted by: Zombie Sam Kinison at September 09, 2024 01:55 AM (gKDq2)
No, of course not. But despite very little reporting on it ocean exploration and commercialization for things like aquaculture have been going on for decades. Not as sexy but a bit more practical and has the benefit of not getting 2 astronauts marooned in space for 8 months waiting for Musk to bail NASA out.
A bit easier to go a few hundred meters under the sea than 140 million miles.
https://tinyurl.com/yta4jncp
Posted by: JackStraw at September 09, 2024 02:04 AM (LkLld)
Posted by: Braenyard at September 09, 2024 02:05 AM (JAu+O)
Sam Kinison and Rodney Dangerfield were both in 'Back To School'. Given those two and thinking about it now, how was a movie ever made? The set must have been one joke-fest after another. Keeping a straight face 'in character' must have been very difficult. These were two stand-up comedians at the top of their game in that movie.
Posted by: RickZ at September 09, 2024 02:07 AM (gKDq2)
https://tinyurl.com/yta4jncp
Posted by: JackStraw
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Never expected you to take this position. I'm truly shocked. But reality is, as of now, both are hypothetical, we each can have opposing positions on this and fight together for the Republic. Without the Republic our argument is moot.
Posted by: Braenyard at September 09, 2024 02:12 AM (JAu+O)
Posted by: Braenyard at September 09, 2024 02:05 AM (JAu+O)
Cute thing about that 'verge' wording is Walz will always be on the 'verge of completion'. If you have 118 credits and need 120 to graduate but quit school before completion over 40 years ago, you'll always be on the verge of a degree.
Posted by: RickZ at September 09, 2024 02:16 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at September 09, 2024 02:23 AM (t8L50)
Reminds me of Africa. At the university I was at we had a very well equipped Science Workshop. One of the jobs we took on was sign making for doors, etc. Job came in for an office door sign for the Special Assistant to the Principal but it was abbreviated to Spec. Ass. To The Principal.
We joked about The Special Associate Assistant - Spec. Ass. Ass. ........
(Principal==President)
Posted by: Ciampino - why is abbreviation such a long word? at September 09, 2024 02:23 AM (qfLjt)
Apropos of nothing:
Sam Kinison and Rodney Dangerfield were both in 'Back To School'. Given those two and thinking about it now, how was a movie ever made?
Posted by: RickZ
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I thought you were going for the fact that they were both mad coke-heads.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 09, 2024 02:24 AM (lCaJd)
I don't know why you are shocked, I've been pretty clear on this issue for a long time. I think all exploration is great but I don't think space exploration is more important than understanding our own planet Star Trek not withstanding.
The idea that we understand our own oceans is silly and they have a much more profound effect on our planet than Mars including our politics including the idiocy of manmade global warming. The truth is we know very little about the deep ocean and we frigging live here.
By all means, explore space. But the idea that anyone who is alive today or in the foreseeable future is going to be colonizing Mars is wishful thinking and nobody can even give a good reason for it other than we need to run away from this planet.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 09, 2024 02:24 AM (LkLld)
_Spectator World
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Honor thy mother.
Mongolia has solved the fertility crisis. 2.64 babies per family.
Order of Maternal Glory
https://tinyurl.com/bdmmkdnw
Posted by: Braenyard at September 09, 2024 02:24 AM (JAu+O)
Well, hopefully the next 6 mile asteroid will crash on land and leave the aquaculture farms alone. I’ll donate some moneys to the Mrs. Paul’s Fishstick Asteroid Deflection Fund.
Posted by: Adriane the Ethnic Cuisine Critic . . . at September 09, 2024 02:26 AM (TX4bP)
Posted by: Braenyard at September 09, 2024 02:29 AM (JAu+O)
Posted by: Braenyard at September 09, 2024 02:31 AM (JAu+O)
Cute thing about that 'verge' wording is Walz will always be on the 'verge of completion'. If you have 118 credits and need 120 to graduate but quit school before completion over 40 years ago, you'll always be on the verge of a degree.
Posted by: RickZ at September 09, 2024 02:16 AM (gKDq2)
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UK and South Africa, at least when I was there, maximum period allowed for a Master's was 3 years and a Ph.D. was 6. After that it was start again with a new project and probably supervisor, assuming both the supervisor and the department would allow one to try again.
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, non ho trovato le cose rubate at September 09, 2024 02:31 AM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Dr. Jill Youngman at September 09, 2024 02:32 AM (TX4bP)
You'll let us know when that's going to happen, right?
That way we will all have time to hop on space ships and take the 140 million mile trip to the non-existent space station with the capacity to sustain the life of the 8 billion people currently living on earth. Even without fish sticks.
By the way, in case you haven't noticed there's no water on Mars. Will you be bringing 8 trillion gallons of water in your carry on?
Posted by: JackStraw at September 09, 2024 02:36 AM (LkLld)
So you click your seatbelt only when you see a car speeding toward you or you click it when you pull out of the drive way ???
Posted by: Dr. Jill Youngman at September 09, 2024 02:38 AM (TX4bP)
How deep is your bomb shelter or didn't you bother to dig one yet?
Posted by: JackStraw at September 09, 2024 02:39 AM (LkLld)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 09, 2024 02:42 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: SFGoth at September 09, 2024 02:43 AM (KAi1n)
Why did man climb Mt Everest?
Why try to find a short cut to China when there is a perfectly good land route.
And Mars does have water. It’s frozen.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at September 09, 2024 02:43 AM (B1dzx)
Posted by: SFGoth at September 09, 2024 02:44 AM (KAi1n)
There isn't going to be any escape. The idea is to spread humanity out, so if something happens to earth, humanity lives on. The idea is not evacuating the whole planet.
There have been 5 ELEs over the last 500 million years are so, the last one happening at 66 million years ago, the big SMOD that wiped out the dinosaurs.
If there's another ELE, humans are done. So, spread out. We've got all the time in the world, relatively speaking. Start out now, with the spreading out of humanity.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 09, 2024 02:45 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: SFGoth at September 09, 2024 02:46 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Adriane the Cynical Critic . . . at September 09, 2024 02:46 AM (TX4bP)
Posted by: Braenyard
I presume that's just as he says, "a doctorate in education." So an EdD, not a "PhD, in education".
So he's not even as well-educated as """Doctor""" Jill Biden.
Sad.
Posted by: mikeski at September 09, 2024 02:47 AM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
Ham mer, Ham mer, Ham mer, Ham mer !!!
Posted by: Adriane the Cynical Critic . . . at September 09, 2024 02:49 AM (TX4bP)
Posted by: SFGoth at September 09, 2024 02:50 AM (KAi1n)
>>Argue in bad faith with someone else.
I hate when people argue in bad faith.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 09, 2024 02:50 AM (LkLld)
I looked this up. From what's been actually measured, there is about 100' of water on Mars. That is, if you melted all the ice, it would be enough to cover the surface to a depth of 100 feet roughly. That's just what's been measured. Most of that is at the poles.
Billions of years ago, Mars was warm and wet. It had a pretty big ocean, mostly covering the northern hemisphere, which is lower than the southern. You can find videos of the simulations of what warm, wet Mars looked like.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 09, 2024 02:54 AM (w6EFb)
I looked it up too. The average temperature on Mars is -85 F. It's going to take a bit of heating.
https://tinyurl.com/yc588san
Posted by: JackStraw at September 09, 2024 03:00 AM (LkLld)
Posted by: JackStraw at September 09, 2024 02:50 AM (LkLld)
'[A]rgue in bad faith'? You mean like muzzies?
Posted by: RickZ at September 09, 2024 03:01 AM (gKDq2)
And that’s how we will terraform some of the caves on Mars. Extract the O out of the H2O. A miniature version of Total Recall.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at September 09, 2024 03:02 AM (B1dzx)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 09, 2024 02:54 AM (w6EFb)
A warm and wet Mars, huh? So Mars has an OnlyFans account?
Posted by: RickZ at September 09, 2024 03:06 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at September 09, 2024 03:06 AM (B1dzx)
That Venus, though, is really hot. Not too wet, though. Bone dry.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at September 09, 2024 03:07 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at September 09, 2024 03:06 AM (B1dzx)
'Drill, Baby, Drill!' It's not just for America anymore.
Posted by: RickZ at September 09, 2024 03:09 AM (gKDq2)
I really believe that the Meak SHALL inherit the Earth....
Because the rest of us... those with Balls.... will leave as soon as technology allows us to.
And there is, IMO a genetic component, to cowardice... it does seem to run in families.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 09, 2024 03:16 AM (xaFKb)
Posted by: Quaid at September 09, 2024 03:22 AM (JhrF+)
As if anyone cares and Time Magazine, the magazine no
one cares about anymore except the elites.
To think that I once subscribed to it and still have some old copies of a worth while read years ago.
Posted by: Colin at September 09, 2024 03:22 AM (e8qy3)
Because the rest of us... those with Balls.... will leave as soon as technology allows us to.
And there is, IMO a genetic component, to cowardice... it does seem to run in families.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 09, 2024 03:16 AM (xaFKb)
There is an argument to be made that Europe is where it is today because it lost a lost of people with gumption/balls to the US and a new start without nobility. Moving here way back when wasn't easy, even for my Hungarian Grandma in 1910 or so. Then those two world wars. Europe now is basically on a dead-end genetic pathway with a low birth rate and will be easily conquered (as is currently underway now).
Posted by: RickZ at September 09, 2024 03:23 AM (gKDq2)
Like yesterday am, it's less hot than usual now, 77 F. and 70% humidity. I'm going to use this while I can to work out. Yesterday's run/walk on a local 1/5 mile walking trail left me feeling energized, instead of the usual sogginess.
However . . . and there's always a "however" . . . we have a tropical thing forming in the Gulf, and it's going to head north. Hard to tell yet if it's going to miss the city, but almost certainly we will gets lotsa rain. Grocery store run tonight, I guess. . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 09, 2024 03:33 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Skip at September 09, 2024 03:40 AM (fwDg9)
Yeah: Even at 9 am on a Sunday, the bridge is full of cars.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 09, 2024 03:45 AM (omVj0)
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City thing. That's the same in Babylon DC.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 09, 2024 04:03 AM (JhrF+)
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Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 09, 2024 04:21 AM (JhrF+)
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Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 09, 2024 04:26 AM (JhrF+)
He came out of it better than Waldo Jeffers did.
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