Daily Tech News 5 November 2024

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At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create the Torment Nexus: The first user of the Sarco suicide pod, an American woman suffering from a rare and painful bone infection compounded by an immune disorder, was found alive in the pod with strangulation marks before dying on the scene. (LBC)

The Swiss police, after warning everybody involved in writing that they would be arrested if they proceeded with their stunt, arrested everybody involved.
According to the news outlet, the company president, who was standing beside the woman throughout the event, was heard to tell the pod's designer over video call: "She's still alive, Philip".
Always mount a scratch monkey.
After being notified of her death by the two lawyers involved in the project and present at the scene, the police swept the forest and arrested everyone near the Sarco, including a photographer for Volkskrant.
Good call.
A Forensic doctor present at the scene told the court that the woman had, among other things, severe injuries to her neck.
This is apparently not supposed to happen.

Tech News

Amazon and Facebook's respective nuclear ambitions have been put on hold. (Tech Crunch)

Amazon by the power regulator which believes that the planned deal with the Savannah power plant would unfairly impact other customers.

Facebook by... Bees.
Intel is upset that it has received $0 in promised CHIPS Act funding. (Tom's Hardware)

Intel has invested $30 billion in US facilities, which should attract $8.5 billion in CHIPS grants. It hasn't received a penny of that money, though it has received a lot of other government money.

A lot.
Netflix is focusing its game development efforts on AI after laying off its game developers. (404 Media)

While the company no longer has any humans working on games, it now boasts a VP, GenAI for Games.
Perplexity, an AI startup widely reviled for simply stealing content wherever it can find it has offered to replace striking New York Times staff with robots. (Tech Crunch)

What the hell, I love these guys.
FFmpeg, a widely-used open-source video encoding framework, runs up to 94 times faster with a new hand-written AVX-512 update. (Tom's Hardware)

Except that it doesn't. The 94x speedup is for a single function and compares AVX-512 to baseline C code with no SIMD at all, not even the MMX instructions that came out in the 90s.

Compared to existing AVX2 instructions it's about 40% faster, again just on that one specific function.
You can now play Doom on a Nintendo alarm clock. (Hot Hardware)

It is the 21st century after all.
Los Angeles county is suing Pepsi and Coca Cola because bottles. (Yahoo)

It's time to treat California as a smallpox outbreak. Complete isolation. Nobody goes in, nobody comes out.

Showa American Story Video of the Day

Warning: This video depicts zombies - maybe people too, but definitely zombies - being killed in extremely gruesome ways.

It's basically a Chinese game developer's take on what America might have looked like if Japan had bought Texas at some time in the 1980s and then everyone got eaten by zombies.

While the recent title from American developer Bioware, Dragon Age: The Veilguard is basically a 50-hour DEI lecture from a blue-haired HR staffer with a sociology degree, this game is insane in a good way.

Disclaimer: Guys, you're getting out-competed for creativity by literal communists.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 watching rogan/elon

Posted by: m at November 05, 2024 04:01 AM (VnUSN)

2 G'Day everyone
It's showi time

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2024 04:03 AM (fwDg9)

3 Evening and morning to all the early risers and late toilers across the AoSHQ Empire!

Willowed: I'm going to vote this morning. Polls open at 0600. I'll probably walk up there early and stand in line. 0515 or so. Could use the walk. Got Bible Study tonight, so will be a nice distraction to the madness of today. I'll glance here, from time to time, otherwise, I'll just ignore the newz. Most of it will be wrong and manipulative. Between all the DOOM and Hopium posts, I get burned out on both. Vote and pray, that's all one can do now. . . .

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by pew pew at November 05, 2024

***
Good advice, Puddleglum.

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

4 G'morning Pixy, m, Skip, Wolfus, and the rest of the Horde once y'all get here.

On to the content...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 05, 2024 04:05 AM (O7YUW)

5 Is Don't Create the Torment Nexus a real novel, then? Because that is a *great* title. Seems like whenever you have a full sentence as a title, you get something memorable. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Wait Until Dark, All Heads Turn When the Hunt Goes By. (Maybe not so much that last one. I read it but remember little about it. But that title --!)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 05, 2024 04:07 AM (omVj0)

6 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 05, 2024 04:10 AM (sAmhv)

7 I'm up: coffee, a pipe since today is not a workout day. How about all of you?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 05, 2024 04:10 AM (omVj0)

8 https://legalinsurrection.com/US soldier hurt-during-bidens-failed gaza pier operation has died of injuries

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2024 04:10 AM (fwDg9)

9 I can start work whenever I want, always a issue for insomnia to consider.

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2024 04:11 AM (fwDg9)

10 Well said,
Hoot Hoot!

Catturd ™
@catturd2
Trump wins tomorrow or our country is toast.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 05, 2024 04:12 AM (TGPs7)

11 Good morning, good people from the politically active (this morning, anyhow) Adirondacks.
May all effort today from you--especially you, Pixy--being particularly exposed, result in maximum benefit to you. This to compliment the consternation in store for the leftwits among us. May today be especially redolent with grief.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 05, 2024 04:13 AM (hKoQL)

12 5 Is Don't Create the Torment Nexus a real novel, then? Because that is a *great* title. Seems like whenever you have a full sentence as a title, you get something memorable. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Wait Until Dark, All Heads Turn When the Hunt Goes By. (Maybe not so much that last one. I read it but remember little about it. But that title --!)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Alas no, 'tis but a Twitter meme. Albeit a great Twitter meme.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 05, 2024 04:14 AM (BLOW1)

13 Either wake or party with a few riots in-between...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 05, 2024 04:14 AM (TGPs7)

14 Favorite titles?

Letter Never Sent.

Posted by: 13times at November 05, 2024 04:14 AM (VqDvL)

15 G'morning, all.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 05, 2024 04:15 AM (a1415)

16 Got brand new running/walking shoes yesterday after wearing out my old sketchers.

Let's see how they do this morning.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 05, 2024 04:16 AM (a1415)

17 https://tinyurl.com/atu3v77s

Megyn Kelly at the rally

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2024 04:16 AM (fwDg9)

18 Alas no, 'tis but a Twitter meme. Albeit a great Twitter meme.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at November 05, 2024

***
Then I'll have to take it, twist it to my own ends, and write something with a similar flavor!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 05, 2024 04:18 AM (omVj0)

19 Morning horde. Voted earlier and hoping all like minded people take the time to do as well.

God Bless America.

Posted by: Pete Bog at November 05, 2024 04:19 AM (R5T/l)

20 Apparently there is some kind of a "thing" w/ liberal wives voting secretly for KH to cancel out their Trump-voting husbands. "No one will ever know." Well, silly Karen, they'll know if you post what you're doing to social media!!!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 05, 2024 04:20 AM (omVj0)

21 Showa American Story

Well, that was something.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 05, 2024 04:21 AM (sAmhv)

22 Hitting the road, hopefully out of work early too
Forward Dog 9 out

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2024 04:22 AM (fwDg9)

23 A 1977 Barnaby Jones is on MeTV, in which J.R., Barnaby's young cousin and detective associate, goes undercover in a paramilitary or mercenary group. J.R. was never a fascinating character, but I have to admit his presence opened the series up to stories that Barnaby himself could never be involved in.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 05, 2024 04:23 AM (omVj0)

24 Spent yesterday working on the Volvo wagon.

258,000 miles and gas mileage and power are both not as good as when new. (Duh!)

Leak down test shows no appreciable increase from when new, so it can contain combustion gasses as well as ever.

Back pressure check shows that the exhaust system and catalytic converter are flowing exhaust gasses as well as ever.

Waste gate adjustment are where they should be, but I am using oil at about 1 qt per thousand miles with no visible leaks except around the turbo, and oil inside the charge pipe going into the intercooler.

Verdict seems to be that I need a new turbocharger. With the rest of the engine going strong, even though it's about $1,200 for the OEM turbo replacement kit, I think it's a good investment. So now we set aside some moneys till we can order it.

And......

Don't forget to vote.

Do it for Peanut!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 05, 2024 04:23 AM (a1415)

25 1 watching rogan/elon
Posted by: m at November 05, 2024 04:01 AM (VnUSN)

lotta f-bombs! (consider this an f-bomb warning)

Posted by: m at November 05, 2024 04:24 AM (VnUSN)

26 Push, drag, force everyone you know to vote!

Posted by: a dude in MI at November 05, 2024 04:24 AM (+I6Y/)

27 Don't Create the Torment Nexus

Sounds like a dare.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 05, 2024 04:24 AM (sAmhv)

28 My boss is traveling tomorrow through Friday, so I can probably tiptoe out a little early those days. He's allowing those of us who have not voted to come in two hours late or leave two hours early today. Unfortunately I already voted, and the mustard seed that serves me as a conscience would nag me if I took advantage.

Maybe I can ignore it. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 05, 2024 04:25 AM (omVj0)

29 I always read about the army of lawyers standing by at some secret place ready to pounce on the slightest election irregularity. One thing they say they are ready to do is invalidate the election if Trump wins.
Whatever that means, who knows, only the Shadow knows.

Posted by: Colin at November 05, 2024 04:26 AM (wlQdF)

30 VIA, you mention a "waste gate" on your Volvo. Does that mean it's a diesel?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 05, 2024 04:26 AM (omVj0)

31 @21/Puddleglum: Yeah that was about my reaction too.

Here, have a palette cleanser. Chris Rea and his song "Texas":
https://youtu.be/qqBCurSwK3k

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 05, 2024 04:26 AM (O7YUW)

32 Heard an interesting caller on Baltimore talk radio the other day talking about black men voting.

As a self identified black man, he explained that black men will vote in the way that black women tell them to. And it has been this way since government gave all the power to black women, and black women will vote for the Democrat every time in order to keep the power flowing to them.

Sounds like black men might be a better target audience for the 'Only you know who you vote for' argument, and educate them to vote in their own best interest.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 05, 2024 04:27 AM (a1415)

33 Do it for Peanut!
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 05, 2024 04:23 AM (a1415)

A modern day “Remember the Alamo”. I’m not sure I’d believe it would be a factor but whatever helps turn the tide.

Posted by: Pete Bog at November 05, 2024 04:29 AM (R5T/l)

34 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 05, 2024 04:29 AM (hoCmQ)

35 'Does that mean it's a diesel?'

Nope, standard liquid dinosaurs at 91 octane.

2.5 liter inline 5 cylinder with ported fuel injection and a low pressure turbo.

Waste gate for the turbo should begin to open at around 1.8 PSI input into the waste gate actuator from the turbo control valve, but if the adjustment is off, it will prevent even that small amount of boost from spooling up.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 05, 2024 04:31 AM (a1415)

36
Clay Travis
@ClayTravis

Exclusive to
@outkick: Patrick Mahomes’ mom, Randi Mahomes
@tootgail, with a special message for America on Election Eve: “Make America great again, let’s do it!”

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 05, 2024 04:33 AM (TGPs7)

37 @29/Colin: It's a fake-out. The courts are extremely reluctant to overturn the results of a vote. They might throw one or two people here and there in prison if it can be proven that they personally voted more than once, but that's about all you can expect.

Stopping systemic cheating? The courts expect the legislators to do their actual job and legislate the changes everyone wants but never seems to get.

When the foxes are "guarding" the henhouses, this is what you get.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 05, 2024 04:35 AM (O7YUW)

38 @35/Village Idiot's Apprentice: "... standard liquid dinosaurs ..."

*heh* This is why I always loved the logo for Sinclair gas stations.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 05, 2024 04:37 AM (O7YUW)

39 I keep saying that when finally released, Season 5 of Fauda is gonna be LIT!

https://tinyurl.com/y5987v5m

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 05, 2024 04:37 AM (a1415)

40 "*heh* This is why I always loved the logo for Sinclair gas stations. "

* Fistbump*

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 05, 2024 04:38 AM (a1415)

41 'Does that mean it's a diesel?'

Nope, standard liquid dinosaurs at 91 octane.

2.5 liter inline 5 cylinder with ported fuel injection and a low pressure turbo.

Waste gate for the turbo should begin to open at around 1.8 PSI input into the waste gate actuator from the turbo control valve, but if the adjustment is off, it will prevent even that small amount of boost from spooling up.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 05, 2024

***
I remember the term "waste gate" popping up in discussions of Mercedes turbodiesels when i was into vintage MB cars. Volvo imported some diesels into America once upon a time, didn't they?

I test drove a diesel E-Class MB, a 2009 I think, some years ago. It was a wonderful car, except for the suspension which was a little too stiff to be comfortable on these cart tracks around here. I wouldn't mind a BMW diesel wagon if it rode well.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 05, 2024 04:39 AM (omVj0)

42 @35/Village Idiot's Apprentice: "... standard liquid dinosaurs ..."

*heh* This is why I always loved the logo for Sinclair gas stations.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 05, 2024

***
We had them all over Denver when I lived there '97-2001. And I recall seeing one station in this area when I was young. But there are none here now. Are they still in business?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 05, 2024 04:40 AM (omVj0)

43 23 A 1977 Barnaby Jones is on MeTV, in which J.R., Barnaby's young cousin and detective associate, goes undercover in a paramilitary or mercenary group. J.R. was never a fascinating character, but I have to admit his presence opened the series up to stories that Barnaby himself could never be involved in.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 05, 2024 04:23 AM (omVj0)

So many of those old series are available for free download at The Internet Archive, back working with a few kinks to be ironed out.

They even have Run For Your Life with Ben Gazzara, which I had never heard of, but sadly few McHale's Navy and F Troop episodes. Plenty of Dark Shadows, however.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 05, 2024 04:40 AM (TGPs7)

44 Okay, a half slice of whole-grain toast with peanut butter, and I'm ready for my real breakfast. I need to shave and shower first, and feed the feline thugs, too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 05, 2024 04:42 AM (omVj0)

45 SARCO Suicide Pod

Yiiiiikes

Posted by: Lizzy at November 05, 2024 04:42 AM (scDBq)

46 "Volvo imported some diesels into America once upon a time, didn't they? "

I believe that at some point they did offer a small number of US models with diesel.

Never a huge holder of the US market to begin with, Volvo never really sold a large number of them.

But for Volvo lovers, those cars simply refuse to die.

They are the Toyota Hilux of passenger cars.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 05, 2024 04:43 AM (a1415)

47 Suicide is painless, unless they are strangling you in the meantime....

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 05, 2024 04:43 AM (TGPs7)

48 "Suicide is painless, unless they are strangling you in the meantime....'

Seems like a not-well-thought-out process.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 05, 2024 04:45 AM (a1415)

49 They even have Run For Your Life with Ben Gazzara, which I had never heard of, but sadly few McHale's Navy and F Troop episodes. Plenty of Dark Shadows, however.
Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 05, 2024

***
Run For Your Life was a kind of no-crime Fugitive -- the hero, Gazzara's character, had a fatal disease, and so he took off from his lucrative law practice to live fully what time he had left. All I recall about it: Kim Darby, pre-True Grit, was in one episode, and a two- or three-parter was based on the John D. MacDonald standalone novel Cry Hard, Cry Fast, focusing on a multi-car accident on a state highway, and the lives of those who died in, and survived, it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 05, 2024 04:45 AM (omVj0)

50 It's not just about a squirrel.

https://tinyurl.com/3m8nhbah

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 05, 2024 04:47 AM (a1415)

51 @42/Wolfus: "Are they still in business?"

Not as the original company, but yes. HollyFrontier acquired Sinclair in Aug 2021, and then they formed a new company in 2022 called the "HF Sinclair Corporation" and they've kept the Sinclair logo for operating fuel stations. The Dino logo has just too much brand recognition to let go or rebrand. (Smart of them to realize that...)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 05, 2024 04:49 AM (O7YUW)

52 Well, off to 15 hours at the vote mines, where I will assist in convincing five precincts that their silly vote matters. I will make $150, and get back here in time for some snide teenage a-hole to accuse me of depriving him of his birthright.

If anyone comes in in a high-viz vest, I'm going to ask him to turn it inside-out. It's a political statement.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at November 05, 2024 04:49 AM (zdLoL)

53 "If anyone comes in in a high-viz vest, I'm going to ask him to turn it inside-out. It's a political statement."

How about women wearing pant-suits?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 05, 2024 04:51 AM (a1415)

54 Run For Your Life was a kind of no-crime Fugitive -- the hero, Gazzara's character, had a fatal disease, and so he took off from his lucrative law practice to live fully what time he had left. All I recall about it: Kim Darby, pre-True Grit, was in one episode, and a two- or three-parter was based on the John D. MacDonald standalone novel Cry Hard, Cry Fast, focusing on a multi-car accident on a state highway, and the lives of those who died in, and survived, it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 05, 2024 04:45 AM (omVj0)

Thanks very much. These are all before my time, but I remember watching some of them in syndication on Channels 38 and 56 in Boston growing up. Just tiny fragments of memories with Dark Shadows and The Banana Splits, Daktari, Speed Racer, and some cartoon show which featured this little white lion. And Dobie Gillis. I think I was captivated by the beauty of Tuesday Weld, but liked the one who grew up to be the lesbian politician too.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 05, 2024 04:55 AM (TGPs7)

55 Wanted to put my flag out this morning, in rush forgot

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2024 04:56 AM (AYz4A)

56 "and some cartoon show which featured this little white lion. "

That would be 'Kimba, the White Lion'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimba_the_White_Lion

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 05, 2024 04:59 AM (a1415)

57 Ugh, it feels like I should already be at work. Blast you, twice-yearly time change. It takes me weeks to adjust fully.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 05, 2024 05:02 AM (O7YUW)

58 We have a Sinclair station in town. Phillips 66 is still alive out here too.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 05, 2024 05:04 AM (gfViB)

59 Courage from the shepherd- Devotional on Psalm 23:

https://tinyurl.com/58tbe2ak

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2024 05:08 AM (N65PV)

60 69.1 degrees out, with 99% RH.

Looks like the morning walk will be in shorts today.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 05, 2024 05:11 AM (a1415)

61 Man sings all harmonies from a great old hymn, "When the roll is called up younger and a story from about the background of the hymn":

https://tinyurl.com/yckfk8wf

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2024 05:12 AM (N65PV)

62 Well, so much for that.

It's raining out.
First rain in damn near month.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 05, 2024 05:13 AM (a1415)

63 Just imagine if John Wick owned Peanut.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 05, 2024 05:14 AM (a1415)

64 @59/FenelonSpoke: Thanks Fen. I'm always reminded of Isaiah 41, verses 10 and 13 in conjunction with stories like this.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 05, 2024 05:15 AM (O7YUW)

65 57 Ugh, it feels like I should already be at work. Blast you, twice-yearly time change. It takes me weeks to adjust fully.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 05, 2024 05:02 AM (O7YUW)

I was in ireland last week when they set their clocks back, then flew to Iceland a time zone away, who don't do that nonsense at all because it's only light out in winter for a couple hours anyway. Then flew back home, where the next day we set our clocks back.

So I don't know if I'm coming or going right now.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2024 05:17 AM (DDGz9)

66 Werner is confused, but Werner is 82 years old and a foreigner, so this is not uncommon. This Sarco affair really happened? Or is Werner falling for a meme?

Of course, given that the Swiss are involved, it does sound plausible. As some of you may recall, the only compliment Deutschland can pay to the Swiss is that at least they are not Austrians. Austrians are soul-less creatures with an intelligence above that of an animal but less than that of a human. So, telling someone that they are at least not an Austrian is not unlike telling the Dutch to rejoice that they are not Belgians. It is...sad, ja?

Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at November 05, 2024 05:17 AM (tmPIh)

67 "Get in the pod, grandma. You're depressed."

Posted by: Sarco: When Your Loved Ones Persist at November 05, 2024 05:18 AM (boEfg)

68 Do they tie the Sarc tag to your toe before or after you go into the pod?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2024 05:19 AM (DDGz9)

69 RE: Sarco.

She should have used "Stop and Drop," America's favorite suicide booth since 2008.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 05, 2024 05:23 AM (BpYfr)

70 I love that their core technology is basically just a guy in the box who strangles you.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2024 05:26 AM (DDGz9)

71 "Why does your company need to hire so many felons on work release?"

"Trade secret. Shush."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2024 05:27 AM (DDGz9)

72 I love that their core technology is basically just a guy in the box who strangles you.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2024 05:26 AM (DDGz9)
----
Isn't that more of a "murder pod?"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 05, 2024 05:30 AM (BpYfr)

73 A Forensic doctor present at the scene told the court that the woman had, among other things, severe injuries to her neck.
-

Back to the guillotine we go!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2024 05:30 AM (FeKXP)

74 With the Swiss involved, I am surprised that there was not some Soylent Green angle to this. They are in some ways like the Serbs, who will buy or sell literally anything, and who would love to partner up with the Swiss here.

Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at November 05, 2024 05:30 AM (tmPIh)

75 Isn't that more of a "murder pod?"
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 05, 2024 05:30 AM (BpYfr)

Only if you went in there to make a phone call.

"Hey, where does the quarter go----GAAAH!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2024 05:31 AM (DDGz9)

76 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 05, 2024 05:15 AM (O7YUW)

You are most welcome. Those are great verses. I appreciate you lifting them up!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2024 05:31 AM (DjpNm)

77 If you're on a budget or not ready to fully commit, they offer a "some dude just knees you in the crotch" booth, too.

No lifetime warranty on that model, though.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2024 05:34 AM (DDGz9)

78 Morning, all. As Messala said, "This is the day, Judah!"

I am praying for a massive victory.
I am expecti`

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 05, 2024 05:37 AM (Q0kLU)

79 Fuck

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 05, 2024 05:37 AM (Q0kLU)

80 Morning, all. As Messala said, "This is the day, Judah!"

I am praying for a massive victory.
I am expecting a massive steal.

And that's all I'm going to say. BBL.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 05, 2024 05:38 AM (Q0kLU)

81 Perplexity, an AI startup widely reviled for simply stealing content wherever it can find it has offered to replace striking New York Times staff with robots. (Tech Crunch)

What the hell, I love these guys.

--------------

LMAO

Posted by: ShainS -- In Trump's America, Garbage Throws Out YOU! at November 05, 2024 05:38 AM (jfKqs)

82 Happy Tuesday, everyone. Right now, I'm simply praying for patience and the future of my country.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 05, 2024 05:39 AM (OPGS/)

83 Getting ready to drive over to the polling place and vote for Trump. They open at 6am. Trying to avoid the crowds. We'll see.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at November 05, 2024 05:40 AM (iODuv)

84 So when Democrat Underground goes dark, we'll know things aren't going well for Comrade Harris, right?

Posted by: lizabth at November 05, 2024 05:40 AM (Jfw7U)

85 "Yes. This is the day."

Posted by: Don Black at November 05, 2024 05:41 AM (/7KEl)

86 And that's all I'm going to say. BBL.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 05, 2024 05:38 AM (Q0kLU)

I'm kind of expecting a massive steal that completely backfires on them.

That, or just maximum FUDOPS to get the EV and NPV margins as close as possible followed by months of "sToLeN ElEcTiOn"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2024 05:41 AM (DDGz9)

87 Back to the guillotine we go!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

Not-so-fun morbid fact - on the guillotine's introduction into Deutschland, those who underwent execution were placed face-up instead of face-down. The French, to their credit, did the opposite.

Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at November 05, 2024 05:42 AM (tmPIh)

88 I have been assured that there is no such thing as Voter Fraud.

https://tinyurl.com/5ynsu9wr

Remember, no one snowflake caused the avalanche.

But each snowflake contributed to it.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 05, 2024 05:43 AM (a1415)

89 Bold prediction: today will be messed up.

Posted by: Don Black at November 05, 2024 05:43 AM (/7KEl)

90 Perhaps there is time for Kamala to put her head down, and get to work?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 05, 2024 05:44 AM (a1415)

91 The first person to use the controversial suicide pod dubbed the “Tesla of euthanasia” was found inside with strangulation marks on her neck.

The president of Sarco’s operator The Last Resort, Dr Florian Willet, remains in custody after being arrested along with several other people nearby. Willet was the only person present when the woman died.

----------------

"They call it paradise
I don't know why
You call someplace paradise
Kiss it goodbye"

Posted by: ShainS -- In Trump's America, Garbage Throws Out YOU! at November 05, 2024 05:45 AM (jfKqs)

92
Rocket Lab - Electron - CIL-CIA - Launch Complex 1
Mähia Peninsula, NZ - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: November 5, 2024

T - 11 minutes

https://www.youtube.com/live/IM7lgn4ISvQ

Posted by: Ciampino - No Ispettore, hanno copiato lo schermo! at November 05, 2024 05:46 AM (i0xsb)

93 Wasn’t it the government that convinced people recycling was perfect and made it mandatory, not the beverage industry? And wasn’t it Penn and Teller’s “Bullshit” 20 years ago that revealed it was a scam for Democrats to make money?

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2024 05:47 AM (QZThv)

94 It's basically a Chinese game developer's take on what America might have looked like if Japan had bought Texas at some time in the 1980s and then everyone got eaten by zombies.

"But the characters are cis! And there is no dialogue about systemic raysism! Where is the trans character!? How can this hope to be appealing to MoDeRn AuDiEnCeS!?"

Posted by: NR Pax at November 05, 2024 05:48 AM (OPGS/)

95 Los Angeles county is suing Pepsi and Coca Cola because bottles. (Yahoo)

It's time to treat California as a smallpox outbreak. Complete isolation. Nobody goes in, nobody comes out.

------------

One Word: ~~Plastics~~ Napalm.

Posted by: ShainS -- In Trump's America, Garbage Throws Out YOU! at November 05, 2024 05:48 AM (jfKqs)

96 Perhaps there is time for Kamala to put her head down, and get to work?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 05, 2024 05:44 AM (a1415)

Honest question:

Freudian Slip, or Kinsley Gaffe?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2024 05:48 AM (DDGz9)

97 But the characters are cis! And there is no dialogue about systemic raysism! Where is the trans character!? How can this hope to be appealing to MoDeRn AuDiEnCeS!?"
Posted by: NR Pax at November 05, 2024 05:48 AM (OPGS/)

No acne slider? Bullshit!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2024 05:49 AM (DDGz9)

98 "Honest question:

Freudian Slip, or Kinsley Gaffe?"

Somebody should maybe ask Doug that very question.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 05, 2024 05:50 AM (a1415)

99
Last Friday evening and last night there were gatherings of Trump supporters at major intersections during rush hour that lasted dusk in Delaware County, one of the collar counties around Philly. Lots of horn honking by supporters, me included.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 05, 2024 05:50 AM (qWj72)

100 And one more time! Taize chant based on Psalm 62. The words are

Choir: My soul is at rest at God alone
My salvation comes from Him.

Solo:

From age to age
through all the generations
My mouth shall proclaim your truth O Lord
Who O God who in the nervous
can compare with you?
Blest be the Lord forever
Throughout eternity amen amen
In God is my safety and glory
The rock of my strength
Take refuge in God's all ye people
Trust him at all times
Pour out your hearts before Him
For God is our refuge

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2024 05:51 AM (ivmox)

101 It's basically a Chinese game developer's take on what America might have looked like if Japan had bought Texas at some time in the 1980s and then everyone got eaten by zombies.
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Now there's a paragraph for the ages.

Perfect for the day ahead.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 05, 2024 05:51 AM (M3n+u)

102 We have a Sinclair station in town. Phillips 66 is still alive out here too.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 05, 2024

***
About twenty years ago, Dollar Tree sold pint bottles of Phillips 66 oil, the real up-to-date stuff. For $2 you could get a quart of fine oil. My car at the time took 5 quarts, so for $10 and the cost of a filter, about $8, I could change my own oil and know it was good stuff.

Now my car takes 6 quarts, $5 or so each at Walmart, so a change costs ca. $38 in materials. And I give my mechanic $20 to do the change. It lasts for six months -- so $120 a year is not bad, I guess.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 05, 2024 05:52 AM (omVj0)

103 100. Sorry; Experiencing technical difficulties . Here is the link for post:

https://tinyurl.com/ywauj2k5

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2024 05:54 AM (N7OXg)

104 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at November 05, 2024 05:56 AM (dg+HA)

105 No acne slider? Bullshit!

Vitiligo is the hot new slider for woke games. I’m serious. People first noticed it in Dustborn but it’s cropping up elsewhere too.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2024 05:56 AM (QZThv)

106 100

Haha stupid autocorrecr
Not "nervous". It's "who in the universe."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2024 05:56 AM (N7OXg)

107 88 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 05, 2024 05:43 AM (a1415)
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I am kind of shocked Pennsylvania county election authorities figured this out.

Michigan, anyone?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 05, 2024 05:57 AM (YEi31)

108 On the other hand, it's a good basis for a prayer: "Be, O Lord, with the Trump and Republican voters who are nervous."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2024 05:58 AM (N7OXg)

109 Good morning!

I seem to remember some short time ago that lots of people we remarking about God saving PDTS from the assassin in PA. Myself included. Well God saved him for a reason and PDTS has a purpose. If you believe, have a little faith.

So, don't be anxious about this election buffoonery. Just my thoughts. YMMV.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 05, 2024 05:59 AM (3Ope8)

110 The crazy is at eleventy and moving off the meter scale. Rachel Madcow says Elon Musk has demonstrated he is a national security risk and the government will have to "remove" him from SpaceX, presumably by arresting him and seizing his property.

https://tinyurl.com/8kb62yj5

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 05, 2024 06:02 AM (3RZw1)

111 Guys, can you help me out? I'm not sure who to vote for, and I think this Will Ferrell guy is super-smart. Does anyone know who he endorses, so I can make the right decision?

Posted by: Obviously a heretofore unreached demographic at November 05, 2024 06:02 AM (PiwSw)

112 Now my car takes 6 quarts, $5 or so each at Walmart, so a change costs ca. $38 in materials. And I give my mechanic $20 to do the change. It lasts for six months -- so $120 a year is not bad, I guess.

FFS, the synthetic for the hog is $17/qt and it takes 5 qts to do the entire bike. I'm cryin'... 3 times a year whether it needs it of not. And I damn sure don't take it to the hog shop for $125/hr labor.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 05, 2024 06:04 AM (3Ope8)

113 97 No acne slider? Bullshit!
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2024 05:49 AM (DDGz9)

Best I can do is a main character that's an obese black woman with a sassy attitude.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 05, 2024 06:04 AM (OPGS/)

114 Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 05, 2024 05:59 AM (3Ope

I do think God saved Trump in PA. There is a guy up the road from me with a big sign with the iconic Trump "fight fight fight" stance. Underneath it says "Amazing grace." I'm not really that nervous. I just don't want things to drag on for days.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2024 06:05 AM (6l+e6)

115 > Rachel Madcow says Elon Musk has demonstrated he is a national security risk
----

did (s)he explain how Elon supposedly demonstrated this

Posted by: Don Black at November 05, 2024 06:07 AM (/7KEl)

116 Election Day

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 05, 2024 06:08 AM (gbOdA)

117 "did (s)he explain how Elon supposedly demonstrated this"

Beaker did not amplify on the subject.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 05, 2024 06:08 AM (a1415)

118 Is it me, or could Rachael Madcow, Joe Scarborough and Mathew Perry pass for siblings?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 05, 2024 06:09 AM (a1415)

119 115 > Rachel Madcow says Elon Musk has demonstrated he is a national security risk
----

did (s)he explain how Elon supposedly demonstrated this

Yes. By supporting Trump.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 05, 2024 06:11 AM (OPGS/)

120 Wasn’t it the government that convinced people recycling was perfect and made it mandatory, not the beverage industry?

Yes. And they did it for the same reason they did anything, someone's palms were getting greased.

I always find it amusing when I have to take ethics training because they'll say that bribery is normal in some parts of the world but we just don't do things like that in America.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 05, 2024 06:12 AM (ExV1e)

121 “ Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.”

Psalm 42:11

Posted by: Marcus T at November 05, 2024 06:12 AM (7PBzX)

122 Maddow does the worst thing you can do a an entertainer.

She's a boring crank.

If you're gonna be a crank, you gotta be interesting and unpredictable.

If you're gonna be boring, you gotta be studiously sober and correct about things.

You can't be both a crank and a predictable bore at the same time.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2024 06:12 AM (DDGz9)

123 of course not

these leftists think their audience is stupid
yesterday, Oprah told her audience that if Trump wins, women will lose their voting rights

this despite something called the Nineteenth Amendment

Posted by: Don Black at November 05, 2024 06:12 AM (/7KEl)

124 Cargo Module docking to ISS

Coverage of the Rendezvous and Docking of the NASA/SpaceX CRS-31 Dragon Cargo Craft to the International Space Station Harmony module (docking scheduled at 10:15 a.m. EST, 1515 UTC, 16:15 CET).

https://www.youtube.com/live/DBRc9bs0GrE

Posted by: Ciampino - No Ispettore, un bel lancio at November 05, 2024 06:13 AM (i0xsb)

125 That "Showa American Story," someone has been reading the works of Philip K. Dick to an extent, I guess. And moved the story up 40 years.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 05, 2024 06:13 AM (i+WgN)

126 And Kamal'a's campaign staff doesn't seem very bright. Do multi millionaire and billionaire celebrities really convince your " average" struggling American to vote for your gal?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2024 06:14 AM (MQJVv)

127 Guys, can you help me out? I'm not sure who to vote for, and I think this Will Ferrell guy is super-smart. Does anyone know who he endorses, so I can make the right decision?

Posted by: Obviously a heretofore unreached demographic at November 05, 2024 06:02 AM (PiwSw)

---------------

FWIW, after interviewing Elon Musk -- Joe Rogan (LATE, but "Welcome to The Party, Pal") finally endorsed President Donald J. Trump for POTUS:

Joe Rogan
@joerogan

The great and powerful
@elonmusk

If it wasn't for him we'd be fucked. He makes what I think is the most compelling case for Trump you'll hear, and I agree with him every step of the way.

For the record, yes, that's an endorsement of Trump.
Enjoy the podcast

x.com/joerogan/status/
1853614670764015762

Posted by: ShainS -- In Trump's America, Garbage Throws Out YOU! at November 05, 2024 06:14 AM (jfKqs)

128 “ Everyone is senseless and without knowledge; every goldsmith is shamed by his idols. The images he makes are a fraud; they have no breath in them.”

Jeremiah 10:14

Posted by: Marcus T at November 05, 2024 06:14 AM (7PBzX)

129 Have a little rant about how Elon is turning the gay frogs straight again or something, Raych. Anything. Please. You're so damn boring.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2024 06:17 AM (DDGz9)

130 these leftists think their audience is stupid
yesterday, Oprah told her audience that if Trump wins, women will lose their voting rights

-------------

IF TRUMP WINS, women will also be banned from wearing shoes, driving, and showing their faces in public! Just like when he occupied the White House for four years between 2017 & 2020!

Posted by: ShainS -- In Trump's America, Garbage Throws Out YOU! at November 05, 2024 06:17 AM (jfKqs)

131 Just like when he occupied the White House for four years between 2017 & 2020!
Posted by: ShainS -- In Trump's America, Garbage Throws Out YOU! at November 05, 2024 06:17 AM (jfKqs)

Trumpy America > Saudi Arabia

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2024 06:18 AM (DDGz9)

132
Whoopi Goldberg to Liz Cheney: You Would ‘Be a Great’ AG, Leading FBI, CIA for Kamala Harris

Whopeed is a great picker of candidates for positions. Remember how "Doctor Jill" would have made a great Surgeon General because she was "a great doctor"?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 05, 2024 06:18 AM (qWj72)

133 Fear is the only weapon they have left

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 05, 2024 06:18 AM (i+WgN)

134 My mom always said her vote cancelled out Dad's.

Somehow they had 8 kids and were married 45 years before he died of cancer.

"for better or worse" can mean finding out your husband is a libtard.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 05, 2024 06:20 AM (+H2BX)

135 Fear is the only weapon they have left
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 05, 2024 06:18 AM

Fear and surprise...the only two weapons they have left!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 05, 2024 06:20 AM (Wnv9h)

136 130 these leftists think their audience is stupid
yesterday, Oprah told her audience that if Trump wins, women will lose their voting rights

Is she still A Thing?

I recall a debate years back when a liberal type stated in all seriousness that George Bush was going to bring back slavery. I refused to let that go and pushed him into giving me one article that said that.

End result? "Well, that's what it feels like."

Posted by: NR Pax at November 05, 2024 06:20 AM (OPGS/)

137 "Whopeed is a great picker of candidates for positions. Remember how "Doctor Jill" would have made a great Surgeon General because she was "a great doctor"?"

Whoopie should stick to going to parties with Ted Danson.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 05, 2024 06:20 AM (a1415)

138 Vitiligo is the hot new slider for woke games. I’m serious. People first noticed it in Dustborn but it’s cropping up elsewhere too.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2024 05:56 AM (QZThv)

Here at Woke Games Inc., our motto is "If you can't make the game fun, at least make it stupid. And don't try to make it fun because that's -ist."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 05, 2024 06:21 AM (ExV1e)

139 "Los Angeles county is suing Pepsi and Coca Cola because bottles"

Fine. Sell them powder in a paper envelope. Or just pull out and don't do business there. Let them live in harmony with nature an drink from streams. Give the asshole libs what they want.

Posted by: Ripley at November 05, 2024 06:21 AM (PTDkx)

140 135 Fear is the only weapon they have left
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 05, 2024 06:18 AM

Fear and surprise...the only two weapons they have left!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 05, 2024 06:20 AM (Wnv9h)

Fear, suprise and ruthless efficiency!

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 05, 2024 06:21 AM (PiwSw)

141 Those "View" idiots are the same. Fucking hell, say *something*, just once, that isn't exactly what one would expect you to say. These people are the Government Cheese of political commentary.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2024 06:21 AM (DDGz9)

142 "Fear and surprise...the only two weapons they have left!"

So they gave up on ballot shenanigans?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 05, 2024 06:22 AM (a1415)

143 The crazy is at eleventy and moving off the meter scale. Rachel Madcow says Elon Musk has demonstrated he is a national security risk and the government will have to "remove" him from SpaceX, presumably by arresting him and seizing his property.

Because he supports a fascist dictator who would seize property from and imprison his political foes. I wonder sometimes if leftist mouthpieces sit around and ask themselves just how far they can push the projection before their drones say, "wait a minute."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 05, 2024 06:23 AM (ExV1e)

144 "Fear and surprise...the only two weapons they have left!"

So they gave up on ballot shenanigans?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 05, 2024 06:22 AM

People expect that.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 05, 2024 06:24 AM (Wnv9h)

145 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at November 05, 2024 06:25 AM (U1w17)

146 Use to be we had special buildings and dedicated doctors for all these people with psychosis who can't interact properly with the world and people around them.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2024 06:26 AM (DDGz9)

147 For Windows 10 and 11, Microsoft has a red/white/blue ballot box in the Search window.

Thanks for the reminder you idiots.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 05, 2024 06:27 AM (i+WgN)

148
You can't be both a crank and a predictable bore at the same time.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Oh, c'mon! Remember her triumphalist demeanor when Rache broadcast that she had scored the instruction pages from PDJT's tax return?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 05, 2024 06:27 AM (xG4kz)

149 146 Use to be we had special buildings and dedicated doctors for all these people with psychosis who can't interact properly with the world and people around them.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2024 06:26 AM (DDGz9)

J-schools?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 05, 2024 06:27 AM (PiwSw)

150 "Use to be we had special buildings and dedicated doctors for all these people with psychosis who can't interact properly with the world and people around them."

Universities?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 05, 2024 06:28 AM (a1415)

151 VIA *fistbump*

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 05, 2024 06:28 AM (PiwSw)

152 @133/Anna Puma: And that fearmongering nonsense isn't working out real well for them anymore. Funny that... Mash on the fear button each and every day, people eventually catch on that it's a bunch of Chicken Little'ing and stop paying attention.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 05, 2024 06:28 AM (O7YUW)

153 Fear is the only weapon they have left
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 05, 2024 06:18 AM

Fear and surprise...the only two weapons they have left!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 05, 2024 06:20 AM (Wnv9h)

Fear, suprise and ruthless efficiency!
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 05, 2024 06:21 AM (PiwSw)

And an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 05, 2024 06:29 AM (ExV1e)

154 "VIA *fistbump*"

HordeMind superpower...

* Touch power rings together*

Activate!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 05, 2024 06:31 AM (a1415)

155 Thanks, Tensor for generating an image I can call "Attack of the 50ft cat girl."

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 05, 2024 06:32 AM (i+WgN)

156 Or just pull out and don't do business there.

At some point some company is going to do a cost/benefit analysis and determine that they spend more complying with Cali than they earn in Cali. That will start the exodus. Most of the people in Cali won't understand what happened but they'll be convinced that it's the fault of Republicans.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 05, 2024 06:32 AM (ExV1e)

157 Thanks, Tensor for generating an image I can call "Attack of the 50ft cat girl."
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 05, 2024 06:32 AM (i+WgN)

Is that sensitive or just not published yet?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 05, 2024 06:35 AM (ExV1e)

158 “ So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”

Isaiah 41:10

Posted by: Marcus T at November 05, 2024 06:35 AM (voHIS)

159 146 Use to be we had special buildings and dedicated doctors for all these people with psychosis who can't interact properly with the world and people around them.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2024 06:26 AM (DDGz9)

Nowadays, mental illness is supposed to be celebrated instead of treated.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 05, 2024 06:35 AM (OPGS/)

160 Just published it

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 05, 2024 06:36 AM (i+WgN)

161
It is Guy Fawkes Day
"Penny for the Guy?"

Remember, remember!
The fifth of November,
The Gunpowder treason and plot;
I know of no reason
Why the Gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot!

Posted by: Don Black at November 05, 2024 06:36 AM (/7KEl)

162 “ Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then I will be confident.”

Psalm 27:3

Posted by: Marcus T at November 05, 2024 06:37 AM (voHIS)

163 @110/Huck Follywood: "The crazy is at eleventy and moving off the meter scale."

The option to override detonation procedure has now expired. Ship will automatically self-destruct in T-minus five minutes.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 05, 2024 06:37 AM (O7YUW)

164 Posted by: Marcus T at November 05, 2024 06:37 AM (voHIS)
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I am exalted among the heathen, I am exalted in the earth.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at November 05, 2024 06:38 AM (U1w17)

165 Razzafrattin ... messed up the italics in 163. Oh well, at least I added closure tags to my nickname.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 05, 2024 06:38 AM (O7YUW)

166 Is it me, or could Rachael Madcow, Joe Scarborough and Mathew Perry pass for siblings?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Nein. You are close, but sometimes it takes a foreigner like Werner to see. They are not siblings. They are the same person.

Think about it - have you seen them all together at the same time? The "death" of Matthew Perry was designed to make the deception easier, and to bring NBC/MSNBC budget constraints under tighter control. A similar thing has been going on with Aubrey Plaza and Dakota Johnson for quite some time, and there is, in truth, only one Baldwin Brother. Christopher Hemsworth is two dwarfs in a trench coat. Hollywood is a treacherous, deceitful place, not unlike a Rachel Ray fan convention.

Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at November 05, 2024 06:38 AM (tmPIh)

167 That Swiss Murder Pod sounds like a gruesome horror movie made real

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 05, 2024 06:39 AM (mmvPs)

168 147 For Windows 10 and 11, Microsoft has a red/white/blue ballot box in the Search window.

Thanks for the reminder you idiots.
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 05, 2024 06:27 AM (i+WgN)

In the next release, using the awesome power of AI, Copilot will actually vote for you.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 05, 2024 06:39 AM (PiwSw)

169 Christopher Hemsworth is two dwarfs in a trench coat.
Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at November 05, 2024 06:38 AM (tmPIh)

Hard lol.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2024 06:40 AM (DDGz9)

170 @168/Shadout Mapes: That's when you take your Microsoft box to the range and deliver the AI some "highly accelerated training".

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 05, 2024 06:41 AM (O7YUW)

171 54

Thanks very much. These are all before my time, but I remember watching some of them in syndication on Channels 38 and 56 in Boston growing up.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 05, 2024 04:55 AM (TGPs7)
----
Remind me which of those was the one that televised Bruins games? I tend to remember 56. (1974-5). Good times.
Thanks.

Posted by: Ciampino - No Ispettore, la squadra si chiama Boston Bruins at November 05, 2024 06:41 AM (i0xsb)

172 Or, y'know, just mindwipe it with your favourite Linux distribution, and keep the hardware functioning for years and years more.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 05, 2024 06:42 AM (O7YUW)

173 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

My plan for today is pretty simple. Go to work and do my job. Then go to a men's group meeting at my church, which is actually going to be at a polling place next door to the church due to some recent flooding. We will naturally be praying for our country.

Then tomorrow, regardless of the result, I'm going to get up, go to work, teach my students, and otherwise get on with my life, continuing to pray for each of you and for our country as a whole.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 05, 2024 06:42 AM (BpYfr)

174
Mornin', Hordians. Anything going on today?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2024 06:42 AM (EsZUh)

175 I am now seriously squiffed out, a user who likes to generate bondage images is now following me on Tensor.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 05, 2024 06:44 AM (i+WgN)

176 It is Guy Fawkes Day
"Penny for the Guy?
Posted by: Don Black

Ja - most British people still know and repeat the three-century-old joke about Guy Fawkes: "the only man to enter Parliament with honest intentions."

Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at November 05, 2024 06:44 AM (tmPIh)

177 Adding to the impression they need to find real work somewhere else, the FBI and the "Intelligence Community" issued a joint statement today that says Russia, Russia, Russia! is intruding in our election.

You know how they know? Well, Trump is winning, so obviously....

https://tinyurl.com/2wevxxnc

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 05, 2024 06:44 AM (YgZzp)

178 174
Mornin', Hordians. Anything going on today?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2024 06:42 AM (EsZUh)

Aikido practice tonight. And hopefully, we'll hear something about the status of my wife's car.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 05, 2024 06:44 AM (OPGS/)

179
A Forensic doctor present at the scene told the court that the woman had, among other things, severe injuries to her neck.

There's a reason that physician-assisted suicide is considered intrinsically evil.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2024 06:45 AM (EsZUh)

180 Then tomorrow, regardless of the result, I'm going to get up, go to work, teach my students, and otherwise get on with my life, continuing to pray for each of you and for our country as a whole.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 05, 2024 06:42 AM (BpYfr)

I assume that, should the unthinkable occur and Harris win, your lesson plans will include edible native plants and how to hide from hunter-killer robots.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 05, 2024 06:45 AM (ExV1e)

181 Mornin', Hordians. Anything going on today?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2024 06:42 AM (EsZUh)
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A little light celebration of Guy Fawkes Day. Why do you ask?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at November 05, 2024 06:45 AM (U1w17)

182 There's a reason that physician-assisted suicide is considered intrinsically evil.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2024 06:45 AM (EsZUh)

It's not physician assisted suicide.

It's deadness affirming surgery.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2024 06:46 AM (DDGz9)

183 "Use to be we had special buildings and dedicated doctors for all these people with psychosis who can't interact properly with the world and people around them."

The American Communist Litigation Unit (ACLU) set them loose.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 05, 2024 06:46 AM (+H2BX)

184 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2024 06:46 AM (u82oZ)

185 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 05, 2024 06:42 AM (BpYfr

Amen!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2024 06:47 AM (h+LAH)

186 I'm starting to wonder if the continued unavailability of JJ's laptop constitutes election interference.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 05, 2024 06:47 AM (ExV1e)

187
Quick show of hands: Who is looking forward to another "Dear Electors" video featuring earnest entreaties from brainiac Hollywood "actors"?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 05, 2024 06:47 AM (xG4kz)

188 Bold prediction: today will be messed up.
Posted by: Don Black at November 05, 2024 05:43 AM (/7KEl)

Today will be okay until the evening and night time. That's when everything goes to shit.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at November 05, 2024 06:47 AM (g8Ew8)

189 I think first breakfast is in order.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 05, 2024 06:48 AM (i+WgN)

190 deer tick vectors >> dear electors

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at November 05, 2024 06:48 AM (U1w17)

191 77 If you're on a budget or not ready to fully commit, they offer a "some dude just knees you in the crotch" booth, too.

No lifetime warranty on that model, though.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2024 05:34 AM (DDGz9)
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Okay now we are venturing into plagiarism/copyrights with the Monty Python "Argument" episode.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, la squadra si chiama Boston Bruins at November 05, 2024 06:48 AM (i0xsb)

192 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Rain is good for mallards.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2024 06:48 AM (u82oZ)

193 This will not be close, folks. Enjoy the day!

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 05, 2024 06:48 AM (VA28R)

194
Then tomorrow, regardless of the result, I'm going to get up, go to work, teach my students, and otherwise get on with my life, continuing to pray for each of you and for our country as a whole.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 05, 2024 06:42 AM (BpYfr)

That's the difference between us and them. We're not going to run out, start throwing bricks and burning businesses, attack people who voted the other way or have recourse to thumb-sucking "self-care pods". That's because we're not children.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2024 06:48 AM (EsZUh)

195 I assume that, should the unthinkable occur and Harris win, your lesson plans will include edible native plants and how to hide from hunter-killer robots.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 05, 2024 06:45 AM (ExV1e)
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I'm expecting a book this evening that should assist with at least part of that.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 05, 2024 06:49 AM (BpYfr)

196
Dear "Perfessor" Squirrel,

Please avoid New York state in your travel plans.

-- zombie Sammy

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 05, 2024 06:49 AM (xG4kz)

197 Okay now we are venturing into plagiarism/copyrights with the Monty Python "Argument" episode.
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, la squadra si chiama Boston Bruins at November 05, 2024 06:48 AM (i0xsb)

No we're not.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, Buongiorno Maestro! at November 05, 2024 06:49 AM (PiwSw)

198 Salty!

Seems that all of our ducks have either moved on, or have been eaten by Haitians.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 05, 2024 06:49 AM (a1415)

199 Daniel Penny was called "the white man" by the prosecutor in her closing statement at his lynching.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 05, 2024 06:50 AM (Zk+C1)

200 2 hours at work and not much to show for it, problems at every turn

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2024 06:50 AM (AYz4A)

201 hay cobs
my bad somehow my browser cached an old thread

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 05, 2024 06:51 AM (gbOdA)

202 For inspiration at the watch parties tonight:

https://tinyurl.com/2km5jmst
Henry V Saint Crispin's Day 3:23

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2024 06:52 AM (u82oZ)

203 187
Quick show of hands: Who is looking forward to another "Dear Electors" video featuring earnest entreaties from brainiac Hollywood "actors"?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 05, 2024 06:47 AM (xG4kz)

You mean they haven't done it by now?

Posted by: NR Pax at November 05, 2024 06:53 AM (OPGS/)

204 Democrat-run Cobb County wanted to accept 3,000 absentee ballots AFTER the Election Day deadline. We took this case to the Georgia Supreme Court.

We just got word that we WON the case. Election Day is Election Day

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 05, 2024 06:54 AM (gbOdA)

205 Byeee...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at November 05, 2024 06:55 AM (U1w17)

206
Election Day is Election Day
Posted by: rhennigantx at November 05, 2024 06:54 AM (gbOdA)

Election DAY is White Supremacy. Voters should be able to drift in whenever.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2024 06:55 AM (EsZUh)

207 Election DAY is White Supremacy. Voters should be able to drift in whenever.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2024 06:55 AM (EsZUh)

Punctuality is a wypipo thing according to The Smithsonian.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 05, 2024 06:57 AM (OPGS/)

208 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Where are the Sierra Club and other green groups protesting this?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2024 06:57 AM (u82oZ)

209 Okay now we are venturing into plagiarism/copyrights with the Monty Python "Argument" episode.
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, la squadra si chiama Boston Bruins at November 05, 2024 06:48 AM

Why not? We've already done the Spanish Inquisition.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 05, 2024 06:57 AM (Wnv9h)

210 That's the difference between us and them. We're not going to run out, start throwing bricks and burning businesses, attack people who voted the other way or have recourse to thumb-sucking "self-care pods". That's because we're not children.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2024 06:48 AM (EsZUh)

It is very very hard for me when I realize that the Walz types (maybe 35% of the Ds) have ZERO issues with raping and pillaging and burning as a political statement. No sane country would accept this.
Just like the way J6 was created by (D)s to throw thousand and thousand in jail.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 05, 2024 06:58 AM (gbOdA)

211 FenelonSpoke

Good luck. May your win be part of the new surprise package for America.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2024 07:00 AM (u82oZ)

212 .
NOOD

The Morning Report is here!

NOOD!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 05, 2024 07:00 AM (O7YUW)

213 Well, that was new. I got to the polls early enough that I was first in line. Don't think I've done that before. Small line formed up behind me.

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

214 Quick show of hands: Who is looking forward to another "Dear Electors" video featuring earnest entreaties from brainiac Hollywood "actors"?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM)

As a filmmaker and documentarian, Werner cannot not watch them. Each time I tell myself, ja, they are idiots, but maybe this time they will break away from the format they developed around 2008 or so - constant repetitions of the same lines, broken up and cut in such a frenzied fashion that they could trigger an epileptic seizure.

But they do not - Mila Kunis, let us say, begins with two words "Please, America" then her image is rapidly replaced by Danny Devito saying "Please" before yielding to Demi Moore saying "America, we must," then there is Dee Snyder from Twisted Sister intoning "Please, America, we must act." At one point there is Benedict Cumberbatch saying "Wait, why the Hell am I in this?" Lather, rinse, and repeat, and by the end of the commercial there has been a total of five lines. Poor Benedict never receives any answer to his legitimate query. Ach.

Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at November 05, 2024 07:01 AM (tmPIh)

215 161
It is Guy Fawkes Day
"Penny for the Guy?"

Remember, remember!
The fifth of November,
The Gunpowder treason and plot;
I know of no reason
Why the Gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot!

Posted by: Don Black at November 05, 2024 06:36 AM (/7KEl)
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Growing up in British colonies and ex-colonies that was something every year.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, Guido Fawkes at November 05, 2024 07:02 AM (i0xsb)

216 Again, that's a NOOD.

Stop willowing yourselves and get on over to Sefton's "Computer is still in the repair shop" Morning Report...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 05, 2024 07:05 AM (O7YUW)

217 Went to my polling station. About 50 in line outside. I'll go back in an hour after the initial rush dies down. I'm usually one of the first 10 to vote there. Enthusiasm is high to vote. However, we have abortion and a local tax increase on our ballot as well.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 05, 2024 07:07 AM (hoCmQ)

218 forWAR'd:: LIBS. What Price their Vision? Moral Cowardice.

They expect you to Fear Evil because it is Evil, and fail to uphold Good Because it is Good. They not only Sponsor our Adversaries, but actively Defend them as well.

If we are strong, our words need only convey conviction, for if we are weak, our words will be of no avail.

ctHARRIS:: AND SHE WOULDN'T CHANGE A THING.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at November 05, 2024 07:46 AM (wgDL7)

219 https://tinyurl.com/ctHARRIS-FamousLastWords

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at November 05, 2024 07:57 AM (BLd5g)

220 210 the Walz types (maybe 35% of the Ds) have ZERO issues with raping and pillaging and burning as a political statement
Posted by: rhennigantx at November 05, 2024 06:58 AM (gbOdA)

wut

Posted by: m at November 05, 2024 08:51 AM (VnUSN)

221 By "tech company" do you mean Tony Fauci and the NIAID?

Posted by: Joe at November 05, 2024 09:09 AM (zhWvq)

222
A little hemlock tea goes a long way.

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at November 05, 2024 10:07 AM (1hM1d)

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