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An ONT For All Seasons
Hello everybody! Welcome to Thursday's ONT. Let's open with words of wisdom from 1947:
Tonight's Game
I could maybe get behind the 1916 one. So, tonight's game is this: If you could, what amendments would you add to the constitution? Here's a few I've thought of. A) Congress may not exempt itself or any federal agency or department from any laws which apply to The People. B) Congress Shall not pass any bills containing more words than the Constitution as in force at the time of the law's passage, inclusive of any active amendments. C) No regulation, statute, law or guideline made by any federal agency shall be valid and binding on The People or The States unless it is passed by the Congress of the United States and signed into law by the President. That's a good start, what have you got?
Doom Thread
What I see in America today is a country on the cusp of a major collapse in our standard of living. You should always ignore the government’s manipulated data and look at real world indicators, like: the price of Ford F-150 and the price of gold. Look at standards that are…
— Porter Stansberry (@porterstansb) October 9, 2024
Obvious Premise Is Obvious
All America’s Problems are Leftist Problems
The problem with solving problems is that once they are solved, no one needs the solver anymore. The better kinds of problems are recurring problems that ensure customer retention, employing plumbers, locksmiths and police officers, but the best kind are the completely unsolvable problems. And those are the only kinds of problems that the Left wants to solve. Given enough human ingenuity and technological development, most problems can concievably be addressed and that is why the Left has to contrive to make them unsolvable by either causing the problem (homelessness), defining it in such a way that it is inherently unsolvable (equity), defining the inappropriate problem while obscuring the actual problem (gun violence) or inventing fake problems (global warming) that can never be solved because they don’t exist in the first place. Why create unsolvable problems? They’re a virtually infinite source of money and power. The Left came into being by defining inequality as its signature problem. Since inequality is a factor of human nature and every attempt to solve it involves creating more inequality, it was the perfect unsolvable problem. But the primal leftist error was defining inequality in social and economic terms. Growing technology and social mobility made both social and economic inequality managable even as leftits were building up a full head of steam, toppling governments and setting off revolutions.It's actually fun to see the expression on someone's face if you can get them to realize that government has no reason to solve problem X, because if it did, then all of the government agencies and unionized employees dedicated to X wouldn't be needed anymore. Compare And Contrast Comparing Helene To Katrina Suggests Americans Are Left To Die Because Democrats Run The White House
The devastation wrought across the American Southeast by Category 4 Hurricane Helene last week has naturally drawn comparisons to the 2005 Hurricane Katrina response. As a veteran of military logistics, I can confirm that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’ response to this round of mass suffering has been orders of magnitude worse than federal actions taken after Katrina. In August of 2005, I was a U.S. Army colonel serving on the Army staff in the Pentagon. Before Hurricane Katrina was even nearing landfall, I was detailed as a shift officer in the National Military Command Center (NMCC) for hurricane support operations. As a career logistics officer, this was the culmination of a noncombat mission I had been associated with since I was first commissioned: disaster relief and humanitarian support operations.He then goes on to compare the response in both cases, and gives a list of seven possible reasons. Beyond the general incompetence that's built into the equation when dealing with Democrats, I lean towards number seven.
Sex And Violence
Death by Online Misadventure
Say hello to Joseph Nathan Ryan, “a Springfield, Va., resident who lived with his grandmother and a small dog,” according to the Washington Post, until one day in February 2023, when he was shot to death as “part of an elaborate ruse that lured a man interested in sexual fetishes” to the home of a married couple “in a well-to-do suburb of the nation’s capital.” My brother Kirby told me about this story, and after doing some research, I remarked to him what I’ve often said before: “There’s a reason why some things are called ‘fantasies,’ because if you try to do them in real life, bad things happen.” Certainly, Joseph Ryan would agree, were he still alive to discuss the subject. What brought Ryan to the home in Herndon on the day of his death was a website called “FetLife,” catering to the devotees of bizarre sexual fetishes, where Ryan’s account handle was “tacosupreme7000.” He had been communicating with an account with the handle “Annastasia9.”
Gee, being perverted is dangerous to your health. Who wouldda thunk it? Thrown To The Wolves 40 US Soldiers Stranded in Israel on Oct 7; Hamas Knew Their Names, Ranks, Locations
Forty U.S. Army soldiers who were in Israel as the advance team for what they thought was a routine training exercise last October 7 suddenly found themselves in the middle of a war, unarmed, and being forced to beg reluctant Pentagon officials to send an Air Force plane to extract them. Approximately a quarter of the soldiers were just miles from Gaza in off-base housing near the IDF’s Tze’elim base when the attack began. A group of local Israelis – IDF reservists, police officers, and ordinary citizens – got them to the base, which Hamas terrorists were quickly heading toward. With his men in mortal danger, the U.S. team leader requested permission to open the arms locker so they could retrieve their firearms but was denied at the US Central Command level and “denied and/or ignored” at a level above that, according to a military intelligence analyst with knowledge of the mission and exfiltration.Infuriating.
Self-Destructive Behavior I have spent the last year angry at Jews
But in America, Jews and their Jewish organizations had leaned so far into their leftist identity that this was difficult to accomplish, especially as October 7th brought the realization to many of them that their leftist friends were very much not on their side. For those of us on the right, we had to be patient and watch them figure out for themselves the serious mistakes they had made over the course of decades. Some are not quite there yet and it’s been hard to watch. Some Jews, you can not reach. Every Jewish society in history had people who lined up to help the enemy and ours is no different. Jewish Voices for Peace, and nonsense groups like that, are Jews who use their Judaism only to harm other Jews with it. Their stupid tallit, meant to be worn only in prayer, suddenly a shmata they wear to choke other Jews. They cry out for peace only when it’s time for Jews to fight back and never when Jews are attacked. They are best shunned and forgotten. Then there are Jews who do get the moment, understand what we are up against, but have spent so long in their “we’re Democrats-first” world that they don’t know how to adjust to our current time.There are people in this world that I will never understand if I live to be a million. “Gays for Gaza” groups, for example. That's like “Chickens for KFC”. Blows my mind.
Putting James Bond To Shame Mossad’s pager operation: Inside Israel’s penetration of Hezbollah
In the initial sales pitch to Hezbollah two years ago, the new line of Apollo pagers seemed precisely suited to the needs of a militia group with a sprawling network of fighters and a hard-earned reputation for paranoia. The AR924 pager was slightly bulky but rugged, built to survive battlefield conditions. It boasted a waterproof Taiwanese design and an oversized battery that could operate for months without charging. Best of all, there was no risk that the pagers could ever be tracked by Israel’s intelligence services. Hezbollah’s leaders were so impressed they bought 5,000 of them and began handing them out to mid-level fighters and support personnel in February. None of the users suspected they were wearing an ingeniously crafted Israeli bomb. And even after thousands of the devices exploded in Lebanon and Syria, few appreciated the pagers’ most sinister feature: a two-step de-encryption procedure that ensured most users would be holding the pager with both hands when it detonated.Israel's intelligence services have to be the best the world has ever seen. Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by angry Greeks:
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) October 11, 2024
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: TRex at October 10, 2024 09:59 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: See? Nobody cares at October 10, 2024 10:00 PM (QSrLX)
Posted by: ALH at October 10, 2024 10:00 PM (xJEPL)
Posted by: Ciampino - a laugh a minute every second daily at October 10, 2024 10:00 PM (qfLjt)
As long as you have a computer, Internet access, electricity, a roof over your head, food to eat…
A big Thursday night howdy, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - all night long at October 10, 2024 10:00 PM (zh58s)
Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at October 10, 2024 10:00 PM (hftn9)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 10, 2024 10:01 PM (kbyy+)
Posted by: Zeera the ungoverened at October 10, 2024 10:01 PM (KF2qL)
Posted by: See? Nobody cares at October 10, 2024 10:01 PM (QSrLX)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 10, 2024 10:02 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: mikeski at October 10, 2024 10:03 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at October 10, 2024 10:03 PM (hOUT3)
No mention of this anywhere. I'd have thought The James Madison might have made room in his sched. But no.
It's like I don't know you folks.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 10, 2024 10:03 PM (CHHv1)
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The corollary to this is that all proposed bills must be published publicly in full for a period of at least 7 calendar days prior to voting.
Posted by: TRex at October 10, 2024 10:04 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at October 10, 2024 10:04 PM (hftn9)
May all of you enjoy great benefit from your effort today and the leftwits among us receive equal consternation for theirs.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 10, 2024 10:05 PM (hKoQL)
So I actually get to catch the start of the ONT rather than the tail end at about 04:00.
Thank you WeirdDave for all your efforts!
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at October 10, 2024 10:06 PM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Admiral Spinebender at October 10, 2024 10:04 PM (hftn9)
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Har-dee-har-har
Posted by: Darius III at October 10, 2024 10:06 PM (kbyy+)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 10, 2024 10:06 PM (kpS4V)
I might go to 20....
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 10, 2024 10:06 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at October 10, 2024 10:03 PM
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I fail to see the problem. Everything is in order.
Posted by: TRex at October 10, 2024 10:06 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: PaleRider at October 10, 2024 10:07 PM (CKOCg)
Posted by: TRex at October 10, 2024 10:04 PM (IQ6Gq)
Problem is most of us do not have the means to read this on Alpha Centauri. My truck does not have interstellar capabilities.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Jailhouse Bones Parker at October 10, 2024 10:07 PM (Ad8y9)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2024 10:07 PM (FnneF)
1947 ain't bad, either. If a bit too high.
That's a good start, what have you got?
Every law sunsets after seven years. Every one.
If it's worth having "murder" be illegal, you can vote it back in every 7 years.
If Congress is kept busy re-upping the necessary, useful laws, they'll have less time to come up with all the other B.S.
Posted by: mikeski at October 10, 2024 10:07 PM (DgGvY)
No mention of this anywhere. I'd have thought The James Madison might have made room in his sched. But no.
It's like I don't know you folks.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 10, 2024 10:03 PM (CHHv1)
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TJM?! That Limey cocksucker!
Posted by: Bela Lugosi at October 10, 2024 10:08 PM (kpS4V)
I might go to 20....
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Twenty? I bid ten.
With an exception for active-duty military. The boots-on-the-ground type, not the Pentagon desk jockeys.
Posted by: mikeski at October 10, 2024 10:10 PM (DgGvY)
It had to do with "titles of nobility"
Posted by: Common Tater at October 10, 2024 10:10 PM (BliDG)
Posted by: HamAss and HezBalless at October 10, 2024 10:10 PM (FnneF)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 10, 2024 10:11 PM (D7oie)
It's not his fault at all.
Someone left a wet umbrella,
Standing in the hall.
Posted by: Benny Hill, 1978 at October 10, 2024 10:11 PM (CV8a5)
Today IS Thursday - correct? It's so hard to keep track now that I'm retired - I mean 'self-employed'. I love to work at nothin' all day...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 10, 2024 10:12 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 10, 2024 10:13 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: scampydog at October 10, 2024 10:13 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 10, 2024 10:13 PM (wrXPz)
Posted by: PaleRider at October 10, 2024 10:14 PM (CKOCg)
Posted by: TRex at October 10, 2024 10:14 PM (IQ6Gq)
As long as you have a computer, Internet access, electricity, a 5 The best things in life are free, like the ONT.
Posted by: mindful webworker - all night long at October 10, 2024 10:00 PM (zh58s)
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Well you don't ask for much .......
Posted by: Ciampino - it all costs money at October 10, 2024 10:15 PM (qfLjt)
Oldest son is a Fed employee. He isn't a desk jockey, he works for the US Forest Service here in Wyoming.
He needs at least 20 more years service. He has a wife, 4 kids and two dogs to feed, lol.
Posted by: four seasons at October 10, 2024 10:15 PM (3ek7K)
"And here's the jaw-dropper: electricity consumption per capita (which is the best real-world measure of a country's wealth) has fallen virtually every year since 1980 and, by 2020, had reached the same level as 1964."
WEFtards are squeeing...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2024 10:15 PM (FnneF)
That information from the Red State article about leaving our guys without means to defend themselves on 10/7/23 is beyond infuriating. It's treason.
Posted by: ALH at October 10, 2024 10:16 PM (xJEPL)
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at October 10, 2024 10:16 PM (dQfJF)
Posted by: SFGoth at October 10, 2024 10:16 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 10, 2024 10:17 PM (kbyy+)
That way, we can incorporate states not in America, like Fredonia, Latveria, or the Duchy of Grand Fenwick.
I remember, when Alaska and Hawaii were added, thinking (in my naive little-kid way) that there isn't necessarily a limit to the expansion of the Union. What if Canadian provinces wanted to join us, or northern states of Mexico? After all, we do (or once did) have the perfect template to allow such expansion, in the Constitutional Republic model.
Getting all those new stars in the flag would be a bit tricky, but that never stopped us so far.
Alas, now in my jaded aged experience, I realize that even many of the existing states don't adhere to the Constitution. But, you know, we could make America great again. Somehow…
Posted by: mindful webworker - MUSEGA at October 10, 2024 10:17 PM (zh58s)
Posted by: Cicero
Gin
Posted by: SFGoth at October 10, 2024 10:18 PM (KAi1n)
No payments from the fedgov to any legal person except for salaries, compensation for goods or services rendered, or as liability as determined by a court of law.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 10, 2024 10:18 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: Cicero
Ouzo!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at October 10, 2024 10:18 PM (hOUT3)
I have always thought when we pay our federal taxes we should be able to designate where OUR tax money goes.
There is alot of shit I don't want to fund with my hard earned money.
Posted by: four seasons at October 10, 2024 10:18 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: MartynW at October 10, 2024 10:18 PM (+W6G0)
Malakas....*
*and my sister may or may not have sent that to me the other day.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 10, 2024 10:19 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 10, 2024 10:19 PM (kbyy+)
A. No person who entered the US illegally at any age -including as a minor - shall be allowed to vote in any election, nor shall they be eligible to hold public office. Retroactive to include those amnestied in 1984.
B. The electoral college shall be increased by one vote per state.
C. The voting age shall be 23. Active duty uniform military may vote at 21 while active.
D. Naturalized citizens shall not be eligible to vote until they have resided in the US for 5 years.
E. The maximum income tax at all levels shall not exceed 20% of gross income. OR The maximum difference between the highest and lowest tax bracket shall be 20%. No deductions of any kind allowed.
That's a start. I have others.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 10, 2024 10:19 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at October 10, 2024 10:18 PM (hOUT3)
Yrrch!! Just had flashback hangover headache!!
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Jailhouse Bones Parker at October 10, 2024 10:20 PM (Ad8y9)
No payments from the fedgov to any legal person except for salaries, compensation for goods or services rendered, or as liability as determined by a court of law.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
I'd add states, counties, parishes, cities, towns, and villages as well.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 10, 2024 10:20 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: SFGoth at October 10, 2024 10:21 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Ol' "Killer Lips" Franklin at October 10, 2024 10:21 PM (awTae)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 10, 2024 10:11 PM
*narrows eyes*
*gestures*
Na!!!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 10, 2024 10:21 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: ALH at October 10, 2024 10:23 PM (xJEPL)
Dogs and most other pets as of the last 10-15 years have been elevated to the societal norms of human children in the US which I find to be wrong on so many levels.
Especially now-adays when I have to scold patient family members NOT to bring their dog into my medical clinic as it violates so many health codes to begin with.
Yet they always retort "THIS IS MY THERAPY DOG...Or THIS IS MY BOGUS SERVICE DOG!!"
I'm so very over all of you that think Dogs, Cats, Birds, (I think all of this Bullshit started with "POTBELLY PIGS")
think your animal is worthy of status equal to human beings.
It lowers the status of human beings in general.
And that I find appalling.
And I also think that somehow...someway this aberrant physiological construct was implanted here to further weaken this nation.
Go chew on that.
Posted by: Nightwatch at October 10, 2024 10:23 PM (TDvv2)
Posted by: Ciampino - it all costs money which we don't have at October 10, 2024 10:23 PM (qfLjt)
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The voting franchise shall be limited to citizens who have paid at least $125k in the last five years, except that any recipient of federal welfare benefits shall be barred from voting in perpetuity,
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 10, 2024 10:23 PM (kbyy+)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 10, 2024 10:24 PM (CHHv1)
For the state hosting Congress, it would be bigger than hosting a Super Bowl. Think of all the economic activity with the staffers, the lobbyists, the prostitutes and other camp followers. The state could choose to put them in one convention center for the year or, like the Olympics or the World Cup, could spread them out.
It would have the salutary effect of requiring members of Congress from the northeast to actually see the country they deign to govern. If a side benefit were to induce some members, on the margin, to choose not to make Congress a career, all the better.
Posted by: Zombie Rush at October 10, 2024 10:24 PM (r5tfK)
No love for the ERA?? How soon we forget.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 10, 2024 10:24 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 10, 2024 10:24 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 10, 2024 10:24 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Ol' "Killer Lips" Franklin at October 10, 2024 10:25 PM (awTae)
Posted by: ALH at October 10, 2024 10:23 PM
Greek yogurt, garlic, shredded cucumber, a little dill, some lemon juice...It's good.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 10, 2024 10:25 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 10, 2024 10:25 PM (CHHv1)
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Oh, that's easy: they're Commies. They legit believe that once capitalism is eradicated, the Muslim world won't be oppressed anymore and they'll drop their backwards religious ways and join hands with the gays and the trannies and sing kumbaya.
Posted by: Cave Johnson at October 10, 2024 10:25 PM (TeZWv)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 10, 2024 10:25 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 10, 2024 10:25 PM (CHHv1)
No dystopian names for laws or agencies
Legalize pot
Eliminate the infield fly rule
Posted by: SFGoth at October 10, 2024 10:25 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 10, 2024 10:26 PM (0Htd1)
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We should call it "Kill the Administrative State" amendment.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 10, 2024 10:26 PM (RIvkX)
Wasn't that the Stuxnet thing, that it made the centrifuges unstable, or am I thinking of two different things?
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at October 10, 2024 10:26 PM (r5tfK)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2024 10:27 PM (FnneF)
Posted by: SFGoth at October 10, 2024 10:27 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Florida Peasant at October 10, 2024 10:27 PM (Lo97M)
Reminds me of that gal talking about using the mee-cro-wee-vee.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Do you say gee-rohs or hee-rohs? at October 10, 2024 10:27 PM (zh58s)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 10, 2024 10:24 PM (RIvkX)
Like, the TayTay tour?
Posted by: youngsters at October 10, 2024 10:28 PM (FnneF)
Posted by: four seasons at October 10, 2024 10:28 PM (3ek7K)
it seems highly unlikely to me that the existing Iranean nuclear program doesn't already have some surprises in the software and hardware. Posted by: MartynW at October 10, 2024 10:18 PM
At this point it is Allah's decision whether to attach the red wire first or th
Posted by: Angry Muslin at October 10, 2024 10:28 PM (RKVpM)
Eh, be as perverted as you want, safely and consensually, with people you actually know.
Don't be this dumbass, who drove across the country because a woman he met online* supposedly had a fantasy about being r_ped at knifepoint by a stranger.
* - he didn't, it was a fake account set up by the husband & his side piece, who wanted the wife killed.
Posted by: mikeski at October 10, 2024 10:28 PM (DgGvY)
Go chew on that.
Posted by: Nightwatch at October 10, 2024 10:23 PM (TDvv2)
I like dogs in general and I love my dogs. They are companionable. They bark at the door and let me know when strangers are around.
They are not people and they don’t go everywhere with me. I have no problem leaving them in a crate for hours on end..
Hope that helps.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at October 10, 2024 10:29 PM (dQfJF)
Posted by: mikeski at October 10, 2024 10:29 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm
You're getting the hang of this, BeckChas!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at October 10, 2024 10:29 PM (hOUT3)
Not with you on that one. Otherwise a player could get an easy double play by making an intentional error.
I remember last year a ground ball hit to a pitcher where he basically did the same thing, intentionally bobbling it so the runner on first had to run to second and the batter had to run to first, both of them being then put out on an easy double play.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at October 10, 2024 10:30 PM (r5tfK)
It's so stupidly ignorant and off-base it calls into question the rest of his analysis.
Like the fact that a modern F-150 is far more luxurious, capable, powerful, reliable and fuel-efficient than the asthmatic carbureted piece of shit from 1973, which was going to rust out in 3 years anyway.
Posted by: spindrift at October 10, 2024 10:30 PM (WJH5H)
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They could've used the pier Biden built in Gaza.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 10, 2024 10:30 PM (RIvkX)
My dogs are my four-legged children. I don't take them everywere. They are great companions which is more than I can say for most people.
Posted by: four seasons at October 10, 2024 10:30 PM (3ek7K)
D. Naturalized citizens shall not be eligible to vote until they have resided in the US for 25 years.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 10, 2024 10:31 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 10, 2024 10:01 PM (kbyy+)
The 'talent' of 'The View' are in attendance? Hope you brought Omar the tent maker to create the cover.
Posted by: RickZ at October 10, 2024 10:31 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 10, 2024 10:31 PM (wrXPz)
With an exception for active-duty military. The boots-on-the-ground type, not the Pentagon desk jockeys.
Posted by: mikeski at October 10, 2024 10:10 PM (DgGvY)
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They'll find ways to go boots on the ground for a minimum period in a safe zone, and thus extend that government job.
Posted by: Ciampino - the bastards are devious at October 10, 2024 10:31 PM (qfLjt)
That said, I live well outside any major metropolitan area, I have months worth of food and lots of ammo.
Posted by: buddhaha at October 10, 2024 10:32 PM (66ke4)
Posted by: TRex at October 10, 2024 10:32 PM (IQ6Gq)
Resolved: all stock trades/purchases/sales by members of Congress shall be a matter of public record
Posted by: Don Black at October 10, 2024 10:32 PM (/7KEl)
All ok by me.
I want the FBI to be razed to the ground and a new agency formed: The Bureau of Federal Investigations - it's sole charge is to investigate the employees, contractors, and politicians in Federal power. It may not open any investigation on non-Federal actors or military.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 10, 2024 10:32 PM (IG4Id)
I love dogs. My own had to be euthanized a short time ago. It made me sad. But dogs do not belong in grocery stores, medical practices, or restaurants. They shed fur and dander. And lately I have been seeing people taking then everywhere. And there is a huge difference between real service dogs and therapy dogs.
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 10, 2024 10:32 PM (0Htd1)
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I might go to 20....
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 10, 2024 10:06 PM (VNX3d)
Whatever the number of years, NO PENSION.
Posted by: RickZ at October 10, 2024 10:33 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 10, 2024 10:25 PM (CHHv1)
That won't happen to me because I didn't leave the house today....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 10, 2024 10:33 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: ALH at October 10, 2024 10:33 PM (xJEPL)
They are dogs, and that's fine. Dogs are great.
Children are immature humans, they walk on two legs unless they're disabled, and they're not dogs, and that's that.
Posted by: Ol' "Killer Lips" Franklin at October 10, 2024 10:34 PM (awTae)
Posted by: ALH at October 10, 2024 10:34 PM (xJEPL)
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Not just JVP, but the ADL, J-Street, Naturei Karta, New Israel Fund, and all the "Reformed" and secular joos who can't see past their tikkun olams.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 10, 2024 10:34 PM (RIvkX)
"And here's the jaw-dropper: electricity consumption per capita (which is the best real-world measure of a country's wealth) has fallen virtually every year since 1980 and, by 2020, had reached the same level as 1964."
WEFtards are squeeing...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2024 10:15 PM (FnneF)
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I could get behind some of the stuff - then he got silly. Our GDP produced per energy used has been coming down for some time - we are the most efficient producer of stuff ever. So of course we reduce energy consumption - we are doing it deliberately for productive reasons.
As for his F150 example. Put up the parts list on a 1972 F150 next the 2024, with all the safety features the govt requires and all the electronic and environment creature comforts we want.
This guy is an idiot.
Posted by: Black JEM at October 10, 2024 10:34 PM (9j0Kf)
I bet you wouldn't need term limits after that!
Posted by: Mattski at October 10, 2024 10:34 PM (XQQ0P)
Proposed Constitutional amendment
The right of the People to steak and beer shall not be abridged.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 10, 2024 10:35 PM (BkEzK)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 10, 2024 10:35 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Poor man's Tide.
Posted by: mikeski
There's a gendered joke in there....
Just kidding on the infield fly rule. Ban the DH?
Posted by: SFGoth at October 10, 2024 10:35 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Don Black
Their potential trades shall be published publicly three days before they are executed.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 10, 2024 10:35 PM (WXNFJ)
Dogs eat anything, they don't ask for the car keys, they don't call you from jail, they don't leave dirty clothes everywhere, they don't ask for money, etc.
Posted by: four seasons at October 10, 2024 10:35 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Don Black at October 10, 2024 10:35 PM (/7KEl)
On the other hand, I had a hairdresser who decided that her maltipoo was a therapy dog. Idiotic.
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 10, 2024 10:35 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Cicero
Ouzo, of course.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Do you say gee-rohs or hee-rohs? at October 10, 2024 10:36 PM (zh58s)
Posted by: Failure to communicate at October 10, 2024 10:36 PM (NKiY1)
I bet you wouldn't need term limits after that!
Posted by: Mattski
And give up the best stock tips?
Posted by: SFGoth at October 10, 2024 10:36 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: mindful webworker - Do you say gee-rohs or hee-rohs? at October 10, 2024 10:37 PM (zh58s)
Anyway, that comet is now in the field of view of SOHO, and here's some images and a clip when it first came into view:
https://tinyurl.com/272qyds7
And here's the current SOHO clip for today:
https://tinyurl.com/y5yljunm
Look at the C3 to the right. This thing should be visible after sunset starting around the 14th, if we're lucky.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 10, 2024 10:37 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
+++
Earned Run Average??
Posted by: Florida Peasant at October 10, 2024 10:27 PM (Lo97M)
Earnings Ratio Assessment!
Posted by: Obama, Financial Wizard at October 10, 2024 10:37 PM (Aqu9a)
Is this true?
Posted by: Kindltot at October 10, 2024 10:37 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 10, 2024 10:38 PM (8qzun)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 10, 2024 10:38 PM (BkEzK)
Posted by: SFGoth at October 10, 2024 10:38 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Don Black at October 10, 2024 10:39 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: four seasons at October 10, 2024 10:39 PM (3ek7K)
Prohibit Congress from exempting itself from any laws it passes (e.g. insider trading).
Posted by: Moar amendments at October 10, 2024 10:39 PM (NKiY1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 10, 2024 10:39 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Cicero
Ouzo, of course.
Posted by: mindful webworker
Greece has decent wine, I hear, so no need for the
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 10, 2024 10:39 PM (IG4Id)
Posted by: mikeski
They'll find ways to go boots on the ground for a minimum period in a safe zone, and thus extend that government job.
Posted by: Ciampino
They'll have to stay there, then. Ten years of federal employment is their lifetime total. It doesn't start over if they go out in the field for a year.
Posted by: mikeski at October 10, 2024 10:40 PM (DgGvY)
A congress critter must spend at least 6 month/year in his home ward/district.
I approve the sunsetting of all laws every so many years, no exception - @ #25
Posted by: Ciampino - the bastards are ingenious at October 10, 2024 10:40 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: ALH at October 10, 2024 10:33 PM (xJEPL
Good start. Then Energy, Home Land Security, Housing and Urban Development. Like they said in Leader of the Pack, "Get the picture?"
Posted by: See? Nobody cares at October 10, 2024 10:40 PM (QSrLX)
Yes, in both senses of "have to be"
Posted by: MaxCon at October 10, 2024 10:40 PM (UMian)
Is this true?
Posted by: Kindltot at October 10, 2024 10:37 PM (D7oie)
She Ozempicked herself into a singularity
Posted by: Too much of a good thing? at October 10, 2024 10:41 PM (NKiY1)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 10, 2024 10:41 PM (0Htd1)
But they are not children. I'm tired of hearing that false equivalence, that's all.
Posted by: Ol' "Killer Lips" Franklin at October 10, 2024 10:41 PM (awTae)
Posted by: SFGoth at October 10, 2024 10:41 PM (KAi1n)
Also:
The Good and Plenty clause is hereby excised from the Constitution.
The Ninth and Tenth Amendments? We really mean it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 10, 2024 10:41 PM (BkEzK)
Resolved: all stock trades/purchases/sales by members of Congress shall be a matter of public record
Posted by: Don Black
Their potential trades shall be published publicly three days before they are executed.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 10, 2024 10:35 PM (WXNFJ)
Extend these restrictions to first and second generation family members!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at October 10, 2024 10:42 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: SFGoth at October 10, 2024 10:38 PM (KAi1n)
===
*slits eyes*
*thinks "Giants suck"*
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 10, 2024 10:42 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: See? Nobody cares at October 10, 2024 10:42 PM (QSrLX)
Posted by: SFGoth at October 10, 2024 10:25 PM (KAi1n)
Eliminate electronic license plate readers.
Eliminate electronic voting and vote by mail (except for disability/out of the jurisdiction on election day/etc.; a few exceptions).
Declare presidential election day a National Holiday so everybody votes on one day and nobody has an excuse for not voting.
Posted by: RickZ at October 10, 2024 10:42 PM (gKDq2)
Is this true?
Posted by: Kindltot at October 10, 2024 10:37 PM (D7oie)
She Ozempicked herself into a singularity
Posted by: Too much of a good thing? at October 10, 2024 10:41 PM (NKiY1)
Like the TV sets of old, turning off.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 10, 2024 10:42 PM (Aqu9a)
Should proofread better.
The key word was "Psychological" NOT Physiological but probably elements of both at the end of the day to be clear
TikTok addicts being feed these bogus animal rescue vids with the thankful animals returning to the humans that rescued their babies and all that bullshit feelgood vibe...
CCP bitches CCP (don't melt your brains)
Posted by: Nightwatch at October 10, 2024 10:42 PM (TDvv2)
a For certain 'process' crimes - like what happened to Gen'l Flynn - the gov't should be required to provide the defense an amount equal to what was spent investigating and prosecuting. Also - the maximum penalty shall be no more than $5. And no criminal record.
b. Simple possession most items (guns, self-produced narcotics, other 'weapons') shall not be a crime unless 'intent to use to commit a crime' can be proven in a court of law. Again - cost of defense shall be borne by the prosecuting authority. Obviously dangerous items like radioactives or biohazards would not be included.
c. Any year the federal budget is in deficit - unless congress declares a state of emergency - the amount of that deficit shall be recovered in the form of a flat tax on incomes and capital gains in the next tax year.
d. A 'make work pay' law wherein the first $20K of a lesser earning joint filer's income shall be exempt from tax. Think a non-working spouse who gets a part-time job.
I can probably think up more....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 10, 2024 10:43 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 10, 2024 10:43 PM (v6JzV)
I'd prefer a mandatory prison sentence equal to number of years served in Congress, with a 12-year cap.
Posted by: More efficient that way at October 10, 2024 10:43 PM (NKiY1)
But they are not children. I'm tired of hearing that false equivalence, that's all.
Posted by: Ol' "Killer Lips" Franklin
I dunno, you can neuter children in some states, and many people don't clean up after their children nor do they housebreak them.
Posted by: SFGoth at October 10, 2024 10:44 PM (KAi1n)
Spoooooky.
Posted by: Ol' at October 10, 2024 10:44 PM (awTae)
The District of Columbia is abolished and returned to Maryland. Only a four-square mile area centered on the White House is kept as a secure Federal reserve.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 10, 2024 10:44 PM (8qzun)
Posted by: Don Black at October 10, 2024 10:39 PM (/7KEl)
Sorry, I'm not following you on this. Didn't Congress create all the existing executive departments (Homeland Security, Education, Energy, etc)? What existing executive departments were created by some means other than by an act of Congress?
Posted by: BillyD at October 10, 2024 10:44 PM (Yt3ED)
Duh, of course they are not human are not substitutes for children.
I much prefer them to someone like you who only wants to talk about boobs.
Posted by: four seasons at October 10, 2024 10:44 PM (3ek7K)
ERA, is it something to do with baseball??
Posted by: four seasons at October 10, 2024 10:28 PM (3ek7K)
I think it's something like an IRA...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 10, 2024 10:45 PM (QGaXH)
Dogs are wonderful, but they are not human beings and are not acceptable substitutes for children.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 10, 2024 10:43 PM (v6JzV)
__________
Especially since they can't mow the yard or wash dishes.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 10, 2024 10:45 PM (BkEzK)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 10, 2024 10:35 PM (WXNFJ)
Extend these restrictions to first and second generation family members!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at October 10, 2024 10:42 PM (hOUT3
Execute their first and second generation family members.
Posted by: No more hereditary title at October 10, 2024 10:45 PM (NKiY1)
Posted by: TRex at October 10, 2024 10:04 PM (IQ6Gq)
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I'm certain that they would be publicly posted in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.”
Posted by: Pennsyltucky at October 10, 2024 10:45 PM (QdGJh)
Posted by: four seasons at October 10, 2024 10:45 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
That's why i have a cat.
Posted by: SFGoth at October 10, 2024 10:46 PM (KAi1n)
No bill may be voted upon until the entire bill has been read in open session in Congress. This includes references to other laws being amended, which sections must be read in their entirety to give proper context to the proposed changes.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2024 10:46 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Ol' "Killer Lips" Franklin at October 10, 2024 10:46 PM (awTae)
Is this true?
Posted by: Kindltot
Well, if she disappears, the least she can do is take those cows from "The View" with her.
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 10, 2024 10:46 PM (0Htd1)
Such as private rocket fleet operations.
Posted by: Don Black at October 10, 2024 10:47 PM (/7KEl)
They do lick the dishes clean, lol
Posted by: four seasons at October 10, 2024 10:45 PM (3ek7K)
So do the kids.
Posted by: Sometimes anyway at October 10, 2024 10:47 PM (NKiY1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 10, 2024 10:47 PM (8qzun)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 10, 2024 10:48 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Javems at October 10, 2024 10:48 PM (8I4hW)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 10, 2024 10:48 PM (UJ9QF)
Posted by: spindrift at October 10, 2024 10:30 PM (WJH5H)
I felt that was kind of an 'apples to oranges' thing. I remember paying $400 in 1976 for a 1968 Olds 88 with 79000 miles on it. It was considered near-junk with that many miles and being that old. It only made it to about 105000 miles and the timing chain failed and I ended up junking it.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 10, 2024 10:49 PM (QGaXH)
I point out to the LIVs I know everytime they complain about the USPS, IRS, TSA, etc that these are the people that the left wants to give MORE power and MORE money and ask if they think that will improve their lives....
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2024 10:49 PM (oZhjI)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 10, 2024 10:49 PM (v6JzV)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2024 10:49 PM (oZhjI)
Posted by: Don Black at October 10, 2024 10:49 PM (/7KEl)
Yankees win !
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 10, 2024 10:48 PM (UJ9QF)
__________
Yeah, baby! We beat the Royals! On to #28!
*swagger*
*bray*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 10, 2024 10:50 PM (BkEzK)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 10, 2024 10:50 PM (0Htd1)
Tit-bearing people rarely bear any mention. It's not like they do anything besides yammer, most of the time.
Posted by: Ol' "Killer Lips" Franklin at October 10, 2024 10:51 PM (awTae)
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An anti-collectivist ideology, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to execute for treason any proponent of collectivism in any of its various guises shall not be infringed.
Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 10, 2024 10:51 PM (TDdfP)
Posted by: SFGoth at October 10, 2024 10:52 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: 18-1
That cognitive dissonance defines the Left.
The Left: ACAB!
Also the Left: Only the police should have guns!
mikeski: are you even listening to yourselves?
Posted by: mikeski at October 10, 2024 10:52 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: ALH at October 10, 2024 10:33 PM (xJEPL
Good start. Then Energy, Home Land Security, Housing and Urban Development. Like they said in Leader of the Pack, "Get the picture?"
Posted by: See? Nobody cares at October 10, 2024 10:40 PM (QSrLX)
Then dump Labor, Veterans Affairs, Interior, Commerce, Agriculture, Health and Human Services.
DOD takes over veterans services, most Federal real estate not in national parks or military installations gets handed to the states to manage. States can create their own agriculture departments and welfare agencies, if they want to pay for them.
Posted by: BillyD at October 10, 2024 10:52 PM (Yt3ED)
I hate to have to break it to Kamala supporters, so I'll break it to you gently... please read slowly...
Donald Trump is going to be the 47th President of the United States. But you'll be able to afford shit again.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 10, 2024 10:52 PM (RKVpM)
Is this true?
Posted by: Kindltot at October 10, 2024 10:37 PM (D7oie)
If there wasn't a rumor before, there is now.
Posted by: Did you guys hear Oprah has disappeared? at October 10, 2024 10:52 PM (CzMNg)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 10, 2024 10:53 PM (BkEzK)
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. Seriously. That's it. No exceptions, you jackbooted fucksticks. No 'we got a call' or 'our K9 alerted on your car,' any of that shit."
Posted by: This time we mean it! at October 10, 2024 10:53 PM (NKiY1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3yG8D1_6RY
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 10, 2024 10:53 PM (8qzun)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 10, 2024 10:38 PM (8qzun)
Ditto the 1947 idea but with a lower number and applied to all levels of gov't
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 10, 2024 10:53 PM (QGaXH)
I point out to the LIVs I know everytime they complain about the USPS, IRS, TSA, etc that these are the people that the left wants to give MORE power and MORE money and ask if they think that will improve their lives....
Posted by: 18-1 at October 10, 2024 10:49 PM (oZhjI)
But that's DIFFERENT, it is for equality!!!\
-dumb ass LIV liberal
Posted by: Kindltot at October 10, 2024 10:53 PM (D7oie)
Reminds me of a cousin of my wife's who pronounced Jalapeños as "Halah Pee Nose".
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2024 10:54 PM (ynpvh)
It's so stupidly ignorant and off-base it calls into question the rest of his analysis.
Like the fact that a modern F-150 is far more luxurious, capable, powerful, reliable and fuel-efficient than the asthmatic carbureted piece of shit from 1973, which was going to rust out in 3 years anyway.
Posted by: spindrift at October 10, 2024 10:30 PM (WJH5H)
Yeah.
Posted by: Javems at October 10, 2024 10:54 PM (8I4hW)
Reminds me of a cousin of my wife's who pronounced Jalapeños as "Halah Pee Nose".
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2024 10:54 PM (ynpvh)
Or Jala Pee Nose.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2024 10:54 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Anna Puma
I prefer the Marianas Trench.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 10, 2024 10:48 PM (VNX3d)
That's a deep thought there.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2024 10:55 PM (ynpvh)
Honestly, I'll change my vote to Harris, if Waltz f's up and accidentally blows the heads off those two tween twinks that the dems have been using as propagandist.
Posted by: Rbastid at October 10, 2024 10:55 PM (UT7mS)
Posted by: SFGoth at October 10, 2024 10:55 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 10, 2024 10:56 PM (BkEzK)
Also:
The Good and Plenty clause is hereby excised from the Constitution.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 10, 2024 10:41 PM (BkEzK)
Engineer Charlie would be hardest hit....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 10, 2024 10:56 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 10, 2024 10:56 PM (8qzun)
I think among AoS morons, that makes me the sole dissenter.
If the govt HAS been cooking the books, they sure did a lousy job of it today! The inflation report (CPI) was BAD, and the jobs report was WORSE-- and they released this unwelcome news only a month before the election, too. I'm sure there's a conspiracy theory to explain it.
I always note that the private reports*, which precede the govt ones, are usually consistent with the official statistics.
*I submit that neither ADP nor Challenger, Grey and Christmas gives a ratz adz about helping Kamala win.
Posted by: mnw at October 10, 2024 10:56 PM (NLIak)
That cognitive dissonance defines the Left.
The Left: ACAB!
Also the Left: Only the police should have guns!
mikeski: are you even listening to yourselves?
Posted by: mikeski at October 10, 2024 10:52 PM (DgGvY)
Yep, that's an interesting one. Also their fascist position on free speech while insisting those they want censored are the fascists.
Posted by: Some progs you just can't reach at October 10, 2024 10:57 PM (NKiY1)
Posted by: Don Black at October 10, 2024 10:57 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 10, 2024 10:49 PM (v6JzV)
Seems like we stopped wining wars around the time the "Department of War" was renamed "Department of Defense". Time to rename it back to "War".
Or to "Department of FAFO".
Posted by: BillyD at October 10, 2024 10:57 PM (Yt3ED)
Posted by: Nightwatch at October 10, 2024 10:23 PM (TDvv2)
Agree.
Then there's "my fur babies" which makes me cringe.
Posted by: Skinny Gumbo MacGee, singing the Blues at October 10, 2024 10:58 PM (Rbu5d)
----
No more 'czars'
Posted by: Don Black at October 10, 2024 10:49 PM (/7KEl)
Oh, gotcha. And I agree.
Posted by: BillyD at October 10, 2024 10:58 PM (Yt3ED)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 10, 2024 10:47 PM (8qzun)
Don't you think that neighborhood has been through enough? I might advocate the Love Canal remediation plan for Turtle Island. Raze all the buildings, truck away the contaminated soil and debris for incineration or other disposal. Then, bury everything and hope like Hell it doesn't come back to bite you in the ass.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at October 10, 2024 10:58 PM (pIfcn)
Posted by: Don Black
You're one of those "no nukes" kooks.
Posted by: SFGoth at October 10, 2024 10:59 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 10, 2024 10:59 PM (BkEzK)
Posted by: Nightwatch at October 10, 2024 10:23 PM (TDvv2)
Agree.
Then there's "my fur babies" which makes me cringe.
Posted by: Skinny Gumbo MacGee, singing the Blues at October 10, 2024 10:58 PM (Rbu5d)
They must've taken doggie style too literally...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2024 10:59 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: SFGoth at October 10, 2024 10:55 PM (KAi1n)
Putting German law into the Constitution. Interesting.
Posted by: Not all purity laws are bad at October 10, 2024 10:59 PM (NKiY1)
Posted by: Grateful at October 10, 2024 10:59 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Don Black at October 10, 2024 11:00 PM (/7KEl)
The right of the People to own cannons shall not be questioned.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 10, 2024 10:59 PM (BkEzK)
I thought I could already own a cannon...oh wait, I'm in Commufornia...
And remember: private citizens own ships o' war back in the day. I'd be like an average citizen owning a Destroyer or Battleship...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2024 11:00 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: t-bird at October 10, 2024 11:00 PM (QHWjA)
Posted by: Skinny Gumbo MacGee
Acceptable for Ace and any other ewoks. Not acceptable for the rest.
Posted by: mikeski at October 10, 2024 11:00 PM (DgGvY)
Is this true?
Posted by: Kindltot
Well, if she disappears, the least she can do is take those cows from "The View" with her.
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 10, 2024 10:46 PM (0Htd1)
Be interesting if big celebs like Oprah started to disappear like the capitalists/entrepreneurs in Atlas Shrugged only it was the other side that was disappearing....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 10, 2024 11:00 PM (QGaXH)
Congress will only convene 60 days/year.
__________
Every other year. Like the Great State of Texas.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 10, 2024 11:01 PM (BkEzK)
Posted by: SFGoth at October 10, 2024 10:55 PM (KAi1n)
Any beverage that didn't come out of a mammal's tit may not be called "milk".
Posted by: BillyD at October 10, 2024 11:01 PM (Yt3ED)
__________
Every other year. Like the Great State of Texas.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Couple that with my "sunset all the laws" thing and we might have a normal-sized government in a decade or so.
Posted by: mikeski at October 10, 2024 11:02 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 10, 2024 11:02 PM (8qzun)
Posted by: Braenyard at October 10, 2024 11:03 PM (H1Z1q)
I despise overt human cruelty to ANY animal. We as HUMANS are here to shepherd, cultivate species, and otherwise utilize animals to the benefit of the human race as a whole.
This whole thing about that dog tied up to a fence before an oncoming hurricane was cruel and I'm glad the dog was rescued.
But post COVID, the media was very quiet about the number of dogs and cats that were abandoned.
CCP
Posted by: Nightwatch at October 10, 2024 11:04 PM (TDvv2)
Tit-bearing people rarely bear any mention. It's not like they do anything besides yammer, most of the time.
Posted by: Ol' "Killer Lips" Franklin
Shadup you or you'll get a bust in the mouth!!
Posted by: Hardboiled Sam Spade at October 10, 2024 11:04 PM (WXNFJ)
__________
Every other year. Like the Great State of Texas.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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And pay them $600. for their trouble.
Posted by: Braenyard at October 10, 2024 11:04 PM (H1Z1q)
This seat had been considered so Safe R that nobody bothered to poll it. Her opponent is an "Independent," i.e., a DEM who knows that brand is toxic in NE.
And we better hope Trump won't be needing that 1 Electoral vote in NE, either, because that CD (Omaha) looks very blue.
Posted by: mnw at October 10, 2024 11:05 PM (NLIak)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 10, 2024 11:00 PM (QGaXH)
"we will not pursue you if you go live in Cote d'Ivoire, Liberia or Morocco and never leave. Don't write, we will be watching"
Posted by: Kindltot at October 10, 2024 11:05 PM (D7oie)
"I'm sorry sir, you broke up. Could you repeat the answer."
"It sounded like you said 'yes'. Thank you for the prompt approval, sir."
Posted by: Chuck C at October 10, 2024 11:06 PM (yOPBE)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 10, 2024 11:02 PM (8qzu
Pepsi, where's my [jump] jet ?!?!!!
Posted by: John Leonard at October 10, 2024 11:06 PM (ozryO)
Posted by: SFGoth
Any beverage that didn't come out of a mammal's tit may not be called "milk".
Posted by: BillyD
G-d: What are they doing down there?
Angel: They are making milk from almonds.
G-d: What? I gave them, like, eight animals to get milk from.
Angel: They don't like that milk.
G-d: .....
Posted by: the meme about that at October 10, 2024 11:06 PM (DgGvY)
Posted by: Zeera the ungoverened at October 10, 2024 11:07 PM (KF2qL)
Posted by: scampydog at October 10, 2024 11:07 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Tinfoil Dispenser at October 10, 2024 11:08 PM (Ij2uN)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 10, 2024 11:00 PM (QGaXH)
"we will not pursue you if you go live in Cote d'Ivoire, Liberia or Morocco and never leave. Don't write, we will be watching"
Posted by: Kindltot at October 10, 2024 11:05 PM (D7oie)
Port Au Prince could also be an option.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 10, 2024 11:08 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Weirddave at October 10, 2024 11:08 PM (lXRbX)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 10, 2024 11:09 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: BillyD
That's the rule for cheese. It should work for milk too.
Posted by: pastuerized process mikeski product at October 10, 2024 11:09 PM (DgGvY)
What?
Limp legs was a Socialist who crushed media dissent during WWII.
Why do you think he was so very comfortable with Stalin during the Malta Conference?
Churchill always smelled a rat during that deal.
Posted by: Nightwatch at October 10, 2024 11:09 PM (TDvv2)
Is this true?
Posted by: Kindltot
Well, if she disappears, the least she can do is take those cows from "The View" with her.
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 10, 2024 10:46 PM (0Htd1)
Be interesting if big celebs like Oprah started to disappear like the capitalists/entrepreneurs in Atlas Shrugged only it was the other side that was disappearing....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 10, 2024 11:00 PM (QGaXH)
"... our prayers for their safe return ..." -- Uncle Palp
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2024 11:10 PM (FnneF)
Posted by: scampydog at October 10, 2024 11:11 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Don Black at October 10, 2024 11:11 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 10, 2024 11:11 PM (BkEzK)
Posted by: pookysgirl, ranting as always at October 10, 2024 11:12 PM (dtlDP)
Dogs and most other pets as of the last 10-15 years have been elevated to the societal norms of human children in the US which I find to be wrong on so many levels.
Posted by: Nightwatch at October 10, 2024 10:23 PM
It started when the word "adopt" replaced "buy from a pet store" or "get from the shelter"
Posted by: Chuck C at October 10, 2024 11:12 PM (yOPBE)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at October 10, 2024 10:26 PM
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Yeah that was Stuxnet, which played out in 2010. Presumably Iran has hardened the security around its nuclear program since then, but I wouldn't be surprised if Mossad has other stuff in the works.
Posted by: Bigsmith at October 10, 2024 11:12 PM (1Au9i)
Posted by: Braenyard at October 10, 2024 11:13 PM (H1Z1q)
The 49ers look to have regained their mojo. Prior to tonight's victory over the Seahawks, they hadn't looked like the team that made it to the Super Bowl last year.
Posted by: K.C. Wolf (mnw) at October 10, 2024 11:13 PM (NLIak)
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Every other year. Like the Great State of Texas.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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And pay them $600. for their trouble.
Posted by: Braenyard at October 10, 2024 11:04 PM (H1Z1q)
Pay 'em the way we get paid for jury duty...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2024 11:13 PM (ynpvh)
OBAMA has put his most favorite Hawaii Compound on the market...
RATS fleeing the ship?
Posted by: Nightwatch at October 10, 2024 11:14 PM (TDvv2)
Posted by: SFGoth
Any beverage that didn't come out of a mammal's tit may not be called "milk".
Posted by: BillyD
G-d: What are they doing down there?
Angel: They are making milk from almonds.
G-d: What? I gave them, like, eight animals to get milk from.
Angel: They don't like that milk.
G-d: .....
Posted by: the meme about that at October 10, 2024 11:06 PM (DgGvY)
That's not milk. Maybe nut juice...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2024 11:14 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Living Proof at October 10, 2024 11:15 PM (TLBJy)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 10, 2024 10:56 PM (BkEzK)
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AND METHODISTS!
Posted by: 496 at October 10, 2024 11:15 PM (qR69T)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 10, 2024 11:11 PM (BkEzK)
And we'll make American syrup gr--, uhm, not contain any fructose corn syrup.
Posted by: RickZ at October 10, 2024 11:15 PM (gKDq2)
Eliminate the infield fly rule
Posted by: SFGoth
The Infield Fly rule has been a rule since 1895. Why would you want to get rid of it?
Posted by: Chuck C at October 10, 2024 11:16 PM (yOPBE)
Eliminate the infield fly rule
Posted by: SFGoth
The Infield Fly rule has been a rule since 1895. Why would you want to get rid of it?
Posted by: Chuck C at October 10, 2024 11:16 PM (yOPBE)
Keep yer fly zipped up.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2024 11:16 PM (ynpvh)
Dogs and most other pets as of the last 10-15 years have been elevated to the societal norms of human children in the US which I find to be wrong on so many levels.
Posted by: Nightwatch at October 10, 2024 10:23 PM
It started when the word "adopt" replaced "buy from a pet store" or "get from the shelter"
Posted by: Chuck C at October 10, 2024 11:12 PM (yOPBE)
People can delay or forego parenthood, but they cannot free themselves of their true nature. Whether one attributes our traits to a Creator or evolution, they are hardwired in us. Our needs and behaviors persist, even if only in perverse way.
Posted by: We Are What We Are at October 10, 2024 11:17 PM (CzMNg)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 10, 2024 11:11 PM (BkEzK)
And we'll make American syrup gr--, uhm, not contain any fructose corn syrup.
Posted by: RickZ at October 10, 2024 11:15 PM (gKDq2)
Especially that high stuff.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2024 11:17 PM (ynpvh)
They wanna legislate like clowns, the least they can do is to wear the costumes.
*pours bourbon* ONT Greetings, Horde. CHEERS!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at October 10, 2024 11:17 PM (kQgoX)
Posted by: Bigsmith
I wonder how far along that tunnel the Mossad is stealthily digging is. Gotta be into Iran by now. Tunnel under, grab the centrifuges, collapse the tunnel.
Posted by: SFGoth at October 10, 2024 11:17 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Chuck C at October 10, 2024 11:12 PM (yOPBE)
Not to mention the background check one goes through before a pet 'adoption' from a shelter.
Posted by: RickZ at October 10, 2024 11:17 PM (gKDq2)
https://youtu.be/ulZQTrV8QlQ?si=Ed6QHUgWfzysQQRD
I have a pet theory that a generation that sends its kids to church, and to sing classical songs there, had an advantage over the current crop. This isn't a top 100, but the harmonies are more sophisticated than anything current.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at October 10, 2024 11:19 PM (lhenN)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at October 10, 2024 11:00 PM (QGaXH)
Rumor is a bunch of Diddy-connected celebs are running for the hills.
Posted by: Imagine Diddy spit roasted by Oprah and JayZ at October 10, 2024 11:20 PM (NKiY1)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 10, 2024 11:13 PM (ynpvh)
So payment per diem. Except when in filibuster.
Posted by: RickZ at October 10, 2024 11:21 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Bigsmith
And they've had it in the works since Stuxnet day, I'm sure. If not earlier. The pager maneuver was just jaw-dropping. Figuratively, unless you were in Hezbollah.
Posted by: mikeski at October 10, 2024 11:21 PM (DgGvY)
If it had been prevented from being able to poop all over, I confess I would have been tickled by the Emotional Support Peacock, but other than Seeing Eye Dogs, I do not hold with therapy animals for individuals roaming about freely. If you are so mental that you can't go out in public without your peacock/monkey/Monitor lizard, then by all means, stay at home with it. NOT because I don't like them, but because your fragile mental state makes you a danger to society. Im all for animal therapy, don't get me wrong, but if you can't leave your house without toting livestock, there's somthin' wrong with ya.
You can tell alot about a society by the way they treat animals and old folks. Some people carry things too far, but I don't think it's wrong to love your pets like family.
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at October 10, 2024 11:22 PM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: Nightwatch at October 10, 2024 10:23 PM
Agreed, and I'm of the generation that started the trend. However, I lived in an area where marrying someone you met in high school or early college was not unusual. I think when you get married at that age and are surrounded by families, you tend to think "babies" rather than "furbabies."
Posted by: pookysgirl still loves her two cats at October 10, 2024 11:22 PM (dtlDP)
Yeah that was Stuxnet, which played out in 2010. Presumably Iran has hardened the security around its nuclear program since then, but I wouldn't be surprised if Mossad has other stuff in the works.
Posted by: Bigsmith
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They'll ride by on a Vespa and shot the guy that knows how to make it work.
Posted by: Braenyard at October 10, 2024 11:24 PM (H1Z1q)
Posted by: PabloD at October 10, 2024 11:24 PM (3m6Kq)
That's right, & I wish more people KNEW that.
Back in the Clinton years, Bill & Hill used to cluck about how EMBARRASSING it was that the U.S. had a worse infant mortality rate than (insert name of 3rd world zh*thole here).
Posted by: K.C. Wolf (mnw) at October 10, 2024 11:24 PM (NLIak)
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Every other year. Like the Great State of Texas.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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And pay them $600. for their trouble.
Posted by: Braenyard at October 10, 2024 11:04 PM (H1Z1q)
Pay 'em the way we get paid for jury duty...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Congressional pay (including their staff and travel) is paid by their home state.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 10, 2024 11:25 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 10, 2024 11:26 PM (RIvkX)
Eliminate the infield fly rule
Posted by: SFGoth
The Infield Fly rule has been a rule since 1895. Why would you want to get rid of it?
Posted by: Chuck C at October 10, 2024 11:16 PM (yOPBE)
No person shall be eligible to become President, Senator, or Representative, who cannot correctly explain the infield fly rule and give three examples of its application in a baseball game, to a panel of three major league baseball team managers selected at random.
This one will disqualify idiots like Biden, Harris, Hillary, Romney, Obama, Kerry and many more from running for Federal elective offices. Yay!
Posted by: Gref at October 10, 2024 11:26 PM (aBgBM)
Posted by: Don Black at October 10, 2024 11:26 PM (/7KEl)
No Law, either Federal or State shall abridge nor alter this Second Amendment so long as the Republic Stands as to deny the citizens of this Republic the Right To Bear Arms in whatever manner or form, they wish, as it is stated in the original Amendment.
The 3 branches of the current Government shall not infringe, nor shall they be allowed redress in this amendment
Posted by: Nightwatch at October 10, 2024 11:27 PM (TDvv2)
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Yep. Danger meter goes off when seeing these people in the wild. Like danger hair, best to give a wide berth.
Posted by: scampydog at October 10, 2024 11:27 PM (41CYW)
OBAMA has put his most favorite Hawaii Compound on the market...
RATS fleeing the ship?
Posted by: Nightwatch
Whoever was paying for it, stopped paying for it.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 10, 2024 11:29 PM (wrXPz)
Posted by: pookysgirl, ranting as always
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And for aging mortality zero out Chicago, Detroit, and Baltimore.
Posted by: Braenyard at October 10, 2024 11:29 PM (H1Z1q)
Posted by: Nightwatch
Because they're superior to human children.
Posted by: SFGoth at October 10, 2024 11:30 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: pookysgirl, ranting as always at October 10, 2024 11:12 PM (dtlDP)
Other countries also manipulate the hell out of those statistics, such as excluding premature births of infants under a certain weight or a particular amount of gestation.
Posted by: Figures don't lie but liars do figure at October 10, 2024 11:30 PM (NKiY1)
Posted by: Don Black
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Five (5) days a week.
Posted by: Braenyard at October 10, 2024 11:30 PM (H1Z1q)
Posted by: Imagine Diddy spit roasted by Oprah and JayZ at October 10, 2024 11:20 PM (NKiY1)
Diddy's connection list, though mainly music, is just as varied as Epstein's when it comes to other well-known 'celebrities' (for want of a better word) -- and just as perverted. I've 'heard' rumors of both Oprah and Obama being at Diddy's parties, maybe even filmed. Who knows? Some of these people have been really quiet since Diddy's arrest. Full credit to comedian Kat Williams who predicted all this stuff six-seven months ago on Club Shay Shay, that Diddy would be arrested for Epstein-like crimes and many would go down with him.
Posted by: RickZ at October 10, 2024 11:32 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Nightwatch
Whoever was paying for it, stopped paying for it.
Posted by: Puddleglum
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Maybe he's thinking about Dag Hammarskjold.
Posted by: Braenyard at October 10, 2024 11:33 PM (H1Z1q)
Used to joke about if 'that one' fiber line that connected Centcom to the rest of the world was cut then all our soldiers downrange would just wonder about aimlessly not knowing what to do. That was twenty years go. More true than ever.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 10, 2024 11:33 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Weirddave at October 10, 2024 11:33 PM (lXRbX)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at October 10, 2024 11:19 PM (lhenN)
Your theory has somewhat been proven correct. My mother-in-law is a piano teacher, and teaches public school, Christian school, and homeschool kids. The local public school has become quite secularized, to the point that kids don't know Christmas carols. They only know pop songs like "All I Want For Christmas" but not even carols like "Carol Of The Bells" that don't mention Christ. It's disheartening for my MiL.
Posted by: pookysgirl has favorite carols at October 10, 2024 11:33 PM (dtlDP)
Posted by: mikeski at October 10, 2024 11:02 PM (DgGvY)
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I was thinking of a proposal made by Prof in "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress." A bicameral legislature, with one house to create laws and one to repeal them. The "create laws" house would need a 2/3 majority to pass anything, because if not even 2/3 of people support it, it's probably not an idea that should be forced on everyone. The "repeal laws" house would require only a 1/3 minority to repeal, because if a third of everyone thinks an existing law is bad, then it probably is.
Lots of great ideas in that book.
Posted by: Pennsyltucky at October 10, 2024 11:34 PM (QdGJh)
We went to our oldest grandson's Christmas pageant last year here in small town Wyoming. There was not one commercial Christmas song the entire time.
It was so wonderful.
Posted by: four seasons at October 10, 2024 11:36 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Don Black at October 10, 2024 11:36 PM (/7KEl)
I think among AoS morons, that makes me the sole dissenter.
If the govt HAS been cooking the books, they sure did a lousy job of it today! The inflation report (CPI) was BAD, and the jobs report was WORSE-- and they released this unwelcome news only a month before the election, too. I'm sure there's a conspiracy theory to explain it.
I always note that the private reports*, which precede the govt ones, are usually consistent with the official statistics.
*I submit that neither ADP nor Challenger, Grey and Christmas gives a ratz adz about helping Kamala win.
Posted by: mnw at October 10, 2024 10:56 PM (NLIak)
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You aren't alone. The argument over inflation is that it has been deliberately redefined in such a way as to mask what is really happening.
On jobs, some of it is malice - because depending on who is in the WH (D) or (R) the adjustments are usually different. Dems are wildly optimistic, GOP underreport. Kind of the make a small promise then beat expectations attitude. But some of the survey instruments they have for employment doesn't work very well today. And it is causing issues.
Posted by: Black JEM at October 10, 2024 11:36 PM (9j0Kf)
Posted by: buddhaha at October 10, 2024 11:37 PM (66ke4)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 10, 2024 11:37 PM (BkEzK)
Posted by: Black JEM at October 10, 2024 11:38 PM (9j0Kf)
Posted by: Anna Puma
I prefer the Marianas Trench.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 10, 2024 10:48 PM (VNX3d)
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Hmm, the UN building, the real estate value will really be underwater then!
Posted by: Ciampino - the bastards are ingenious & devious at October 10, 2024 11:39 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Weirddave at October 10, 2024 11:33 PM (lXRbX)
I've been yelling about that aspect as well for even longer. But the author wasn't comparing our stats to other countries, just noticing a trend in ours.
I did find his F-150 metric fascinating, though.
Posted by: pookysgirl prefers Dodges at October 10, 2024 11:39 PM (dtlDP)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 10, 2024 11:39 PM (BkEzK)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 10, 2024 11:40 PM (ZVgZ4)
https://tensor.art/u/727481333235843246
Hey Robert
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 10, 2024 11:40 PM (8qzun)
Posted by: buddhaha at October 10, 2024 11:37 PM (66ke4)
So does your mom.
Posted by: She Thirsty at October 10, 2024 11:43 PM (i5iKV)
A postscript on job report revisions:
Do all kids turn their homework in on time? Do all small businesses get their job reports in on time?
No, obviously. The jobs report revisions every month are due in large part to the late arrival of new data, or so I've read.
Posted by: mnw at October 10, 2024 11:43 PM (NLIak)
Or to "Department of FAFO".
Posted by: BillyD at October 10, 2024 10:57 PM (Yt3ED)
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No no, not with my dime.
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, sono tutti disgraziati puzzolenti at October 10, 2024 11:44 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Don Black at October 10, 2024 11:45 PM (/7KEl)
I'm going to wander out in my back yard with my binoculars and see if I can spot this supposed comet OF A LIFETIME.
be well horde.
Posted by: Nightwatch at October 10, 2024 11:46 PM (TDvv2)
Posted by: scampydog at October 10, 2024 11:46 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: pookysgirl prefers Dodges
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You would have to factor what today's F-150 would cost stripped down to the level of the '73 F-150. Lot of money in CAFE junk, lot of money in trinkets.
A/C, FM radios, automatic transmissions were expensive extras in '73.
Posted by: Braenyard at October 10, 2024 11:47 PM (H1Z1q)
https://tensor.art/u/727481333235843246
Hey Robert
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 10, 2024 11:40 PM (8qzun)
And here I was so proud of the Arctic Foxgirl profile picture I rendered for our Pathfinder campaign! You put me to shame!
Posted by: pookysgirl often plays kitsune at October 10, 2024 11:50 PM (dtlDP)
Posted by: mnw
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Odd thing, they are always revised upward for Republicans and downward for Democrats. Gives one that extra-natural feeling about the whole thing.
Posted by: Braenyard at October 10, 2024 11:50 PM (H1Z1q)
Anyone country with a statistically significant black population is going to have higher IMR. (Infant mortality rates)
It cuts across socioeconomic lines. Black women give birth to babies with proportionally lower body weight, and body weight in infants is a major factor in survival. The theory at the time is that it was some sort of evolutionary respinse from the African feast/famine cycles.
Also, at least in the 90s, infant mortality stats ( all mortality stats, actually) are ( were?) calculated in wildly different ways across the world. In most European countries, again in the 90s, a baby that dies within 72 hours of being delivered is considered a miscarriage. Same with preemies; a preemie could live for weeks, months even, but if it died before it reached 72 hours after it's original due date, it would be a miscarriage.
Life expectancy is also crazy. Other countries don't count accidents or suicides. Many countries don't count death from disease in with it, either. They are just looking to see how long a healthy person will live. The US just enters the age at which you died. Lies, damn lies & stats. 😉
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at October 10, 2024 11:50 PM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: Mishdog at October 10, 2024 11:53 PM (oHSRY)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 10, 2024 11:54 PM (8qzun)
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at October 10, 2024 11:54 PM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at October 10, 2024 11:55 PM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor
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And all the young adult deaths (bang) in Chicago, Detroit and Baltimore must skew the adult mortality age downward.
Posted by: Braenyard at October 10, 2024 11:57 PM (H1Z1q)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 10, 2024 11:57 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 10, 2024 11:59 PM (8qzun)
Small businesses that report after the deadline usually have worse jobs data to report than larger businesses which report on time.
That's why the revisions of "jobs created" and unemployment data usually go down, not up.
Posted by: mnw at October 10, 2024 11:59 PM (NLIak)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 11, 2024 12:01 AM (IG4Id)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 10, 2024 11:59 PM (8qzun)
Yeah....she tried to get Ukrainian citizenship when she got married to him in 07 and volunteered at animal shelters in kiev. She would be a model citizen for them...but she's a native Russian and they treated her like a second class person. She's worried she will be sent to prison in Russia because she gave meals to Ukrainian soldiers in kiev. It's f'd up over there
Posted by: Mishdog at October 11, 2024 12:02 AM (oHSRY)
20 Tweets from Bad Blue
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2024 12:03 AM (fwDg9)
I thought, if a German girl was named that, she could be teased by calling her name in English...YesNo! Hey YesNo!
Posted by: haffhowershower at October 11, 2024 12:03 AM (NMT5x)
Get rid of gerrymandering and return the election of senators to the individual state legislatures.
Expanding the size of the House of Representatives would also help in reducing the effects of the ridiculous torture that creates modern congressional districts.
Posted by: Pete Bog at October 11, 2024 12:03 AM (wr7vT)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 11, 2024 12:03 AM (IG4Id)
Posted by: PabloD at October 11, 2024 12:04 AM (3m6Kq)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 11, 2024 12:05 AM (mH6SG)
Tell her "welcome to Amerika".
Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 10, 2024 11:57 PM (mH6SG)
We tried to get her and her daughter here in 22 when shit started but the US government made it impossible even with help from US reps ...
Posted by: Mishdog at October 11, 2024 12:05 AM (oHSRY)
The current election is giving me flashbacks to 2016, and that was about the time that I really started following Ace regularly. I haven't seen Dave in Fla post anything in a while and was wondering if he was going to start putting out some detailed analysis of the polling and state of the race. Dave - you out there? How goes?
I am cautiously optimistic - but having a serious review, Dave, would be very appreciated!
Posted by: Publius Redux at October 11, 2024 12:06 AM (y7TEY)
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at October 11, 2024 12:07 AM (w6EFb)
x.com/amuse/status/1844580604932751682
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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I want one.
Posted by: Braenyard at October 11, 2024 12:08 AM (H1Z1q)
So sorry to hear that. Prayers up.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 11, 2024 12:09 AM (mH6SG)
Posted by: Braenyard at October 11, 2024 12:10 AM (H1Z1q)
Posted by: spindrift
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So you're saying that a '73 is a rare collectible?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 11, 2024 12:10 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Braenyard
That's the problem. You order one and you end up with all of them.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 11, 2024 12:11 AM (IG4Id)
Pretty good aurora going on right now. Not quite the barburner like we had a few nights ago, but still quite worthy. The "radiant" appears to be few degrees south of the zenith here.
Might be visible to anyone with dark skies north of Lat. 40?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 11, 2024 12:11 AM (FzuHv)
So sorry to hear that. Prayers up.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 11, 2024 12:09 AM (mH6SG
Much appreciated!!
Posted by: Mishdog at October 11, 2024 12:12 AM (oHSRY)
Posted by: Braenyard at October 11, 2024 12:13 AM (H1Z1q)
Humans could take lessons in friendship and loyalty from ANY dog.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 11, 2024 12:13 AM (hKoQL)
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at October 11, 2024 12:14 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at October 11, 2024 12:14 AM (mH6SG)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 11, 2024 12:14 AM (UUBIv)
Posted by: PabloD at October 11, 2024 12:16 AM (WLkJ+)
Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at October 11, 2024 12:17 AM (JRP2U)
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 11, 2024 12:18 AM (S6gqv)
Aurora was faintly visible here, according to my cousin. She's getting to be quite the astro-photographer, and she got some shots of it. She cheats with some cameras that can see things the nekkid eye can't.
Dave up above noted he saw some in E. Texas. We had a G4 level today. I'd let this solar and astro stuff drop off my radar with all this mess with Helene. Just getting back up to speed.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 11, 2024 12:18 AM (w6EFb)
WEFtards are squeeing...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 10, 2024 10:15 PM (FnneF)
In 1980, we had incandescent lamps, and vacuum tube TV sets. A big TV could use 400 watts, and they were on for hours.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 11, 2024 12:18 AM (QpSHc)
Posted by: Dr. Bone at October 11, 2024 12:20 AM (gE9PJ)
The festivities in the West Bank have been almost totally ignored outside Israel, far as I can tell (though I am exposed to almost no "press", directly anyway).
Posted by: rhomboid at October 11, 2024 12:22 AM (GcNJ2)
x.com/amuse/status/1844580604932751682
Posted by: weft cut-loop
Your plastic pal who’s fun to be with!
— The marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation
Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at October 11, 2024 12:23 AM (JRP2U)
Section 1
All persons born TO AT LEAST ONE CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES AT THE TIME OF THEIR BIRTH, or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
Section 2's first sentence should also be changed to read as follows:
Section 2.
Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of ("persons" removed here) UNITED STATES CITIZENS in each State, excluding Indians not taxed.
Posted by: Publius Redux at October 11, 2024 12:24 AM (y7TEY)
Historic battles and MOH recipients - already a pattern used for many years - are far better.
As far as battles/events where we kicked Nihon's behind, there have been/are some ships (amphibious, including carriers) named for some of those. But some - Pelelieu, Iwo Jima - recall battles where the cost to the US was horrific, unimaginable by today's standards.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 11, 2024 12:25 AM (GcNJ2)
Posted by: Weirddave at October 11, 2024 12:30 AM (lXRbX)
Only United States citizens shall be eligible to vote in, or register for, any and all United States Federal elections and in any elections in any of the several states of the United Sates and any subdivision thereof. Proof of such citizenship must be provided prior to any person being registered to vote in the United States, or in any of the several states of the United States or any subdivision thereof.
Posted by: Publius Redux at October 11, 2024 12:30 AM (y7TEY)
Posted by: Pete Bog at October 11, 2024 12:32 AM (wr7vT)
@CollinRugg
Florida boys get pulled over after wake surfing through the streets in Florida.
The men were surfing on Desoto Parkway in Satellite Beach.
Epic 🔥
http://tiny.cc/zlupzz
Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 11, 2024 12:33 AM (TGPs7)
"recall battles where the cost to the US was horrific" yet we ALWAYS have run to the sound of the guns.
Always.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at October 11, 2024 12:33 AM (hKoQL)
Posted by: muldoon at October 11, 2024 12:35 AM (uCfKO)
Posted by: Weirddave at October 11, 2024 12:30 AM (lXRbX)
Hey Wierddave! Absolutely agree. This corrects that and makes it quite explicit. The correction of apportionment to mean apportionment by citizens only also erases the use of illegal immigrants to improperly bolster a state's voting power in the House of Reps (I am looking at you CA!) and also stops the ridiculous "estimations" of illegals by the Census bureau to include in such calculations
Posted by: Publius Redux at October 11, 2024 12:35 AM (y7TEY)
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* The race-hustling industry has entered the post *
Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 11, 2024 12:35 AM (TDdfP)
Europe Invasion
@EuropeInvasionn
🚨BREAKING NEWS
Sweden has begun mass deportations of Iraqi immigrants. Yesterday, a planeload of Iraqis was sent to Iraq. Authorities say the deportations will continue.
Do you want this to be implemented throughout Europe?
Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 11, 2024 12:35 AM (TGPs7)
Vietnam, 1966. Epic fight against vastly superior enemy forces, while surrounded. Citation is impressive, to say the least.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 11, 2024 12:35 AM (GcNJ2)
Posted by: Publius Redux at October 11, 2024 12:35 AM (y7TEY)
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Posted by: weft cut-loop
Those remind me of androids in THX 1138.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 11, 2024 12:36 AM (wrXPz)
Posted by: Publius Redux at October 11, 2024 12:36 AM (y7TEY)
Posted by: Notorious BFD
Pretending to be peaceful and non-threatening? You're on the list.
Posted by: Bob from the NSA at October 11, 2024 12:37 AM (DgGvY)
Posted by: rhomboid at October 11, 2024 12:38 AM (GcNJ2)
Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 11, 2024 12:38 AM (TGPs7)
All persons born TO AT LEAST ONE CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES AT THE TIME OF THEIR BIRTH, or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
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Both parents. National if only one citizen parent.
These Nationals can be naturalized on their 18th if they formally renounce duel citizenship or they lose US citizenship.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 11, 2024 12:40 AM (/lPRQ)
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Posted by: weft cut-loop
Those remind me of androids in THX 1138.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 11, 2024 12:36 AM (wrXPz)
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Your own personal Robot
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who cares
Your own personal Robot
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who's there
Posted by: ShainS -- Assassination is The Ultimate Form of Censorship at October 11, 2024 12:41 AM (TDdfP)
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Posted by: Mister Ghost
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I'm going to call BS on these pics. That is so over-enhanced as to be nonsensical.
Posted by: muldoon at October 11, 2024 12:42 AM (uCfKO)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at October 11, 2024 12:43 AM (lhenN)
Norton is a very interesting town.
There's a semi-fortune of Colonial copper
mints hidden in the town from a failed attempt at early
coinage.
Bigfoot and Thunderbird sightings aplenty in Norton,
which is one of the Bridgewater Triangle towns.
Ghosts galore.
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Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 11, 2024 12:47 AM (TGPs7)
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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I want one.
Posted by: Braenyard at October 11, 2024 12:08 AM (H1Z1q)
Those are the ugliest-looking sexbots ever.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 11, 2024 12:49 AM (gRLf5)
Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 11, 2024 12:50 AM (TGPs7)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 11, 2024 12:51 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at October 11, 2024 12:52 AM (lhenN)
Posted by: spindrift
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So you're saying that a '73 is a rare collectible?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 11, 2024 12:10 AM (/lPRQ)
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By that desription I imagine it comes as a sack full of brownish-red dust? Some serious assembly/metallurgy required?
Posted by: Ciampino - Anyone have a spare iron smelter? at October 11, 2024 12:54 AM (qfLjt)
Cat stuff....hold on
Posted by: Stateless at October 11, 2024 12:54 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 11, 2024 12:55 AM (TGPs7)
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at October 11, 2024 12:57 AM (Vvh2V)
https://tinyurl.com/mr3rx845
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 11, 2024 12:51 AM (w6EFb)
Funny, the garden shed, and the neighbors' homes, not strapped down, also seem to have weathered the storm OK.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 11, 2024 12:58 AM (gRLf5)
People can't just content themselves with castigating him for his stupidity, or celebrating his quixotic intentions (would you say he's crazier than some of the Instagram flying-suit people?), or being happy to hear that he made it through OK? No, give him a boat that he wouldn't be able to afford the taxes on, or destroy him for being an assaulter of police/slapper of a woman.
2024
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 11, 2024 12:58 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: BourbonChicken
>Cruelty knows no boundaries here at the AOSHQ.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at October 11, 2024 12:58 AM (gE9PJ)
Snowflake has 3 kittens she takes care of. This is the longest all three have been here.
Lot of exploring now. I need to ask th
Posted by: Stateless at October 11, 2024 12:59 AM (jvJvP)
Through the land I own
You never found it home
You're not the girl I used to know
What would you hide from such a glow
If I had only told you so...
Beirut - Goshen
Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 11, 2024 12:59 AM (TGPs7)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 11, 2024 01:00 AM (w6EFb)
____________________________________
All members of congress must divest any and all stock investments for the length of their served term.
All members of congress are banned from acquiring any outside income separate from their designated salary associated with their position.
Posted by: Orson at October 11, 2024 01:01 AM (dIske)
Posted by: Dr. Bone at October 11, 2024 12:58 AM (gE9PJ)
Isn't that VDH's endorsement for AoS?
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 11, 2024 01:02 AM (w6EFb)
😊😊😊 Ditto!
I do see his point, but my animals are family, too. I'm know they don't compare to children, which I don't have, but I love them.
Posted by: Tammy-al Thor at October 11, 2024 01:02 AM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 11, 2024 01:00 AM (w6EFb)
It looks like his anchors held, all right. The ginger was nice and jiggly in the chesticle department, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 11, 2024 01:05 AM (gRLf5)
I've ridden out Tropical Storms and a Hurricane or two, when I lived aboard the Sloop New Dawn.
Dammit, no one offered me no 100k boat, as a reward!
The ones I truly admire, were the Shrimpers. They'd go out about five miles into Galveston Bay, and set out seven, eight, nine anchors or so.
Thus avoiding being bashed to bits against a dock, or impaled by flying debris.
But absolutely, completely, and very fatalistically IMPOSSIBLE to be reached by rescue or aid of any kind.
Zero "oops" margin.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at October 11, 2024 01:06 AM (kQgoX)
Snowflake is here looking around. Beautiful cat. Long fur white and grey fur.
Posted by: Stateless at October 11, 2024 01:07 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 11, 2024 01:11 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 11, 2024 01:12 AM (w6EFb)
I've bookmarked BOTH the Times of Israel (ToI) AND the Jerusalem Post (J-Post).
They keep me well-supplied with up to the minute war news. Neither of them have any use for Trump, though... just like their U.S. counterparts.
Posted by: mnw at October 11, 2024 01:14 AM (NLIak)
Where will it all end?
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 11, 2024 01:17 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: That guy who always asks... at October 11, 2024 01:21 AM (mH6SG)
Peace, yet chos. These aren't my cats but I'll be taking care of them in the New Year,
Posted by: Stateless at October 11, 2024 01:22 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist
>VDH is a very intelligent man with a keen sense of humor.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at October 11, 2024 01:23 AM (gE9PJ)
Not so long ago, 1980s I think, Singapore used to stamp the passports of arriving foreigners: "Penalty For Drug Crimes Is Death."
Did you ever hear of that?
Posted by: mnw at October 11, 2024 01:24 AM (NLIak)
https://tinyurl.com/mr3rx845
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist
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The didn't get that much wind, blossoms are still on the flowers.
Oleanders or Altheas.
Posted by: Braenyard at October 11, 2024 01:28 AM (H1Z1q)
Posted by: That guy who always asks
Cat spelled backwards is 'tac,' which is short for 'tactical.' And as this is a very smart military blog, they are all 'cat' threads.
Thanks for attending my TED talk.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 11, 2024 01:29 AM (IG4Id)
Posted by: SFGoth at October 10, 2024 10:41 PM (KAi1n)
Afghanistan.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 11, 2024 01:33 AM (w6EFb)
Not so long ago, 1980s I think, Singapore used to stamp the passports of arriving foreigners: "Penalty For Drug Crimes Is Death."
Did you ever hear of that?
Posted by: mnw
Beats a Turkish prison.
Posted by: Billy Hayes at October 11, 2024 01:35 AM (wrXPz)
For me, yes....sorry. The younger sister is also hanging around for the first time ever. Not used to this.
Also had three relative kick ass beers - Carling Black Ice 6.1%...710 ml. Cans....about 2 cans.
And I'm was watching a 2013 US horror film "You're Next." I've been watching a lot of horror and slasher flicks. So many 'victims' are liberal douchebags....
Posted by: Stateless at October 11, 2024 01:36 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Braenyard at October 11, 2024 01:36 AM (H1Z1q)
Posted by: Braenyard at October 11, 2024 01:39 AM (H1Z1q)
An older woman tells her husband she thought she heard someone upstairs.
Dude, a rich marketing guy from a defense contract company, grabs something from a basket. So many liberal characters end up wanting guns. And are amazing with them if they find one.
Posted by: Stateless at October 11, 2024 01:42 AM (jvJvP)
Am deciding what to do with the resting Trumpy....very happy here tonight.
Aunt Twilight just passed by on the porch. I took care of her and Trump and Snowflake's mother Starry when the two were indoor cats. As they became out door cats. The flesh and blood that girl took from me during play.
Trump's catching up.
Sorry for all the cat posts.
I DON'T HAVE ANY CATS!
Just cat friends I'm learning about...
Posted by: Stateless at October 11, 2024 01:48 AM (jvJvP)
Amendments - did anyone suggest…
Federal balanced budget?
Any state in debt reverts to territory until that's fixed?
States must apportion votes a la the Electoral College, to balance out urban and rural populations' influence?
Repeal of the income tax?
and of course
Women still allowed to vote, but their votes count half as much as men's?
Yeah, okay, sure. Now I'm ready to retire.
https://youtu.be/L4s-I9AFXPE
G'nite, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Do you say gee-rohs or hee-rohs? at October 11, 2024 01:49 AM (zh58s)
Posted by: mnw at October 11, 2024 01:51 AM (NLIak)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 11, 2024 02:01 AM (gRLf5)
Posted by: Braenyard at October 11, 2024 02:05 AM (H1Z1q)
Trumpy is still here. I'll take anothe zzzQuil and have him in my room.
I was exhausted last night, he left and that was the first time he hadn't slept with me in October....the start of this experiment. Left at about 9pm and didn't see him again.
Hasn't left today.
I also got toys!
And 'Temptation' cat treats!
Posted by: Stateless at October 11, 2024 02:11 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Braenyard
Some reports on him say he's a felon with DA raps. So, he lost his free boat donation.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 11, 2024 02:18 AM (IG4Id)
@MacroEdgeRes 1h
7-Eleven is shuttering 444 convenience stores in North America, including in the U.S., due to underperformance
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 11, 2024 02:20 AM (IG4Id)
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 11, 2024 02:24 AM (QAkQ3)
@MacroEdgeRes 1h
7-Eleven is shuttering 444 convenience stores in North America, including in the U.S., due to underperformance
Posted by: weft cut-loop
Best Economy Ever, Jack!!!
MSNBC: Best. Economy. Ever.
Posted by: Joe Biden, sharp as a nerf ball at October 11, 2024 02:27 AM (wrXPz)
Posted by: SFGoth at October 10, 2024 10:41 PM (KAi1n)
Afghanistan.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist
I meant in the U.S. We can't compel anyone else in particular to take it since we only have jurisdiction over us.
Posted by: SFGoth at October 11, 2024 02:55 AM (KAi1n)
Ready for takeoff. Flight time 14 hrs 40 mins.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at October 11, 2024 02:57 AM (Xui2y)
The Federal Government of the United States of America shall have no authority or jurisdiction over any citizen of the United States of America.
Leave it all to the States, if it involves people as citizens.
Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at October 11, 2024 03:14 AM (6Nl+V)
Posted by: SFGoth at October 11, 2024 02:55 AM (KAi1n)
Then say... bye bye...
It is not OUR responsibility to support the UN...
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 11, 2024 03:14 AM (QAkQ3)
Wrote a note in a 'wishing you peace' card to the husband of a 'phone' friend (from a forum) who passed this past June. Just wanted him to know I think of him often and that I miss talking to his wife late at night, both of us being night owls. I hate cancer.
Posted by: RickZ at October 11, 2024 03:46 AM (gKDq2)
Halfway decent temps for October here -- 71 w/ only 70% humidity now. It'll be hot once the sun comes up, but it is a touch dryer. Not bad for working out.
Plans for the weekend, anybody?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 11, 2024 03:47 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2024 03:49 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 11, 2024 03:51 AM (wrXPz)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at October 11, 2024 02:57 AM (Xui2y)
Sounds like LAX to Narita. Whatever the destination, enjoy!
Posted by: pookysgirl misses those days at October 11, 2024 04:00 AM (dtlDP)
Posted by: Skip at October 11, 2024 04:01 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Adriane the Shower Curtain INSIDE the Tub Critic . . . at October 11, 2024 04:28 AM (TX4bP)
Posted by: Adriane the Shower Curtain INSIDE the Tub Critic . . . at October 11, 2024 04:29 AM (TX4bP)
Thanks. I'm still wiping away a few tears. But I did put in the nearest mailbox an hour ago.
Posted by: RickZ at October 11, 2024 04:39 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: rhomboid at October 11, 2024 12:38 AM (GcNJ2)
HK is still not fully under Chy-nah yet so it's still livable. The security laws, however, have wreaked havoc and there has ben a steady flood of ex-past and wealthy Hong Konginese leaving for freer climates ("Hong-Couver" Canada being a popular one). I would go see it before it finishes transiting to full Chi-com. Still a blast to visit with great restaurants and bars and nightlife. Not sure if you ever went to Ned Kelly's - but I highly recommend - dive bar in Tsim Sha Tsui Kowloon with an awesome Jazz Swing band
Posted by: Publius Redux at October 11, 2024 04:42 AM (y7TEY)
Posted by: Adriane the Shower Curtain INSIDE the Tub Critic . . . at October 11, 2024 04:50 AM (TX4bP)
These Nationals can be naturalized on their 18th if they formally renounce duel citizenship or they lose US citizenship.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at October 11, 2024 12:40 AM (/lPRQ)
I wouldn't say no to that, although if I am a US Citizen and I have a child with a non citizen, as long as that Child is born to me AND is "subject to the jurisdiction of the United States" i.e. born in the United States or territory etc. then I think it reasonable to expect that my child is a US citizen. If not in the US, then, as you suggest, the child would have to apply for and receive citizenship under any rules congress passes. My amendment requires that the child be born of at least one parent who is a US citizen AND be subject to the jurisdiction of the US, when born.
But I am not adverse to saying both parents be US citizens.
Posted by: Publius Redux at October 11, 2024 04:51 AM (y7TEY)
Posted by: No True Scotsman at October 11, 2024 11:17 AM (d5aIs)
Also, thank you for allowing for me to comment!
Posted by: Texas Strong Air Conditioning & Heating Houston at October 13, 2024 07:17 PM (WwPrK)
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