Daily Tech News 23 November 2024

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Elon Musk's new ideas for improving government efficiency are not in fact new. (The Verge)

Do tell, O Verge.
Though DOGE isn't a real department - and may in fact just be President-elect Donald Trump's way of placating Musk by giving him the appearance of a real job - it represents a long-running right-wing attempt to gut the civil service, a plan the incoming administration fully supports.
So it only appears to be a real job, but the administration fully supports it?
In any case, Musk and Ramaswamy have proposed cutting "thousands" of federal regulations and determining the "minimum number of employees required at an agency for it to perform its constitutionally permissible and statutorily mandated functions."
Awesome.
This time around, it's not clear whether the courts would stop Trump, who, in his first term, nominated more judges to the federal judiciary than any of his predecessors and will inherit an extremely friendly Supreme Court. And as Musk and Ramaswamy noted in their explanation of how DOGE will function, the incoming Trump administration has something new at its disposal: the recent Supreme Court decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the landmark case that overturned Chevron deference.
Better and better!
The goal is mass deregulation - a weakening of checks and balances and a major cut to basic government services, all in the name of concentrating power among a small group of plutocrats.
As opposed to the way things are now, where government regulations are the primary tool for concentrating power among a small group of plutocrats?

Tech News

Is AI hitting a wall? (The Verge) (archive site)

Yes. Also, if you read to the end of the article, it is literally Hitler.
The future of Windows is cloud and AI. (The Verge) (archive site)

Literally Hitler.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is opening an investigation into an advertising group that organised a boycott of Twitter. (Tech Crunch)
Trade organizations and companies cannot collude to block advertising revenue from entities they wish to undermine," said Paxton in the press release. "Today's document request is part of an ongoing investigation to hold WFA and its members accountable for any attempt to rig the system to harm organizations they might disagree with."
Good.
The DOJ is looking to disempartnerise Google and Anthropic. (Pymnts)

Because it can, apparently.
Amazon meanwhile is throwing another $4 billion down the Anthropic drain. (CNBC)

None of the big AI companies are in the same universe as profitable.
TSMC, which is profitable, expects 1.6nm chips to be coming off its production lines in 2026. (Tom's Hardware)

My new laptop has a Ryzen 7730U CPU, which is built on a 7nm process.

So... Yeah.

Disclaimer: Nothing will come of nothing, speak again.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 Mornin' Horde.

Well it's been a lousy 36 hours... some kind of food poisoning. Here's hoping it ends soon.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 23, 2024 04:00 AM (O7YUW)

2 AAAAAA - American Association Against Acronym Abuse Anonymous.

Posted by: Ciampino - Talking of glasses at November 23, 2024 04:00 AM (i0xsb)

3 Good morning Pixy and Grumpy.
At boarding school such gut problems were resolved by starvation for 6-8 hours, then toast and tea. It seemed to work.

Posted by: Ciampino - Po is Polonium eh! at November 23, 2024 04:06 AM (i0xsb)

4 Come on , Verge. I cant vote for Trump any more than i already did.

Posted by: LASue at November 23, 2024 04:08 AM (lCppi)

5 As opposed to the way things are now, where government regulations are the primary tool for concentrating power among a small group of plutocrats?

We have nothing to fear but the Left's recursive function:
power = f(regulations). DOGE it seems: liberty = f(-regulations)

This is not going happen easily.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 23, 2024 04:16 AM (vO42M)

6 @3/Ciampino: Oh we're way past 6-8 hours of no-eating. I'm sipping water to stay hydrated, but I'm not taking any food until I feel hungry and so far, nothing.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 23, 2024 04:18 AM (O7YUW)

7 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 23, 2024 04:25 AM (W3T6M)

8 Windows 365 Link mini PC...so new its old.

ZDnet 2007: The truth about thin clients. "given the choice between cobbling together parts from a bunch of lame PCs and buying new thin clients, that buying new thin clients is the proper choice to make"

Bah! This was the Schicklgruber edition.

https://is.gd/RywZM8

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 23, 2024 04:29 AM (vO42M)

9 TSMC, which is profitable, expects 1.6nm chips to be coming off its production lines in 2026.

What happens when TSMC runs out atoms? Everybody panic? Everybody party like it's 1979?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 23, 2024 04:33 AM (vO42M)

10 At the end of Trumps presidency, I expect the number of federal employees will still be where it is today. I would love to see a diagram of how the whole thing is organized, but it would probably cover a football field with 6 pt type. Civil service will not give up anything easily.

Posted by: Colin at November 23, 2024 04:36 AM (wlQdF)

11 G'Day everyone
Working today

Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2024 04:41 AM (fwDg9)

12 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at November 23, 2024 04:44 AM (dg+HA)

13 10
Colin look at this mess.

https://www.usa.gov/agency-index#A

Posted by: Ciampino - compare Peperless Office to Paperless Toilet at November 23, 2024 04:47 AM (i0xsb)

14
Cry, Verge, cry!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 23, 2024 04:48 AM (nf3W5)

15 Never trust atoms.

They make up everything.

Posted by: pawn at November 23, 2024 04:50 AM (QB+5g)

16 Triple D!

Deregulation, deportation, defenestration.

Posted by: pawn at November 23, 2024 04:52 AM (QB+5g)

17 Verge is a tad hysterical. A bit over the top with the pearl clutching.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 23, 2024 04:52 AM (W3T6M)

18 The bureaucracy is a target rich environment

Alhurra TV
The Middle East Broadcasting Network operates Alhurra TV and Radio Sawa. Alhurra TV and Radio Sawa provide news to the people of the Middle East about the region, the world, and the United States.

WTF. Pull the plug.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram at November 23, 2024 04:55 AM (vO42M)

19
Clutch the pearls, shit the diamonds

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 23, 2024 04:57 AM (nf3W5)

20 many w00ts!

Posted by: m at November 23, 2024 05:04 AM (VnUSN)

21
Here's one badly in need of a performance review -based purge, given that vote counting is still going on for House races in California.

The Election Assistance Commission (EAC) supports state and local election officials in their efforts to ensure accessible, accurate. and secure elections. EAC develops guidance to meet the Help America Vote Act requirements, adopts voluntary voting system guidelines, and serves as a national clearinghouse of information on election administration. EAC also accredits testing laboratories and certifies voting systems, as well as audits the use of Help America Vote Act funds.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 23, 2024 05:04 AM (nf3W5)

22 >>>Do tell, O Verge.

many LOLS!

Posted by: m at November 23, 2024 05:04 AM (VnUSN)

23 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at November 23, 2024 05:08 AM (86W+h)

24 >>>Verge: The goal is mass deregulation - a weakening of checks and balances and a major cut to basic government services, all in the name of concentrating power among a small group of plutocrats.
Pixy: As opposed to the way things are now, where government regulations are the primary tool for concentrating power among a small group of plutocrats?

Ooh, nice.

Posted by: m at November 23, 2024 05:10 AM (VnUSN)

25 21
They forgot to add election fraud. If they can't count everything in one day then it's fraud.

Posted by: Ciampino - compare Paperless Office to Paperless Toilet at November 23, 2024 05:10 AM (i0xsb)

26
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 23, 2024 05:10 AM (tljrc)

27 >>> This is not going happen easily

The way to get the left on board is to hype everyone up to cut back on the budget's biggest item. A lot of them will bleat in favor.

Posted by: fluffy at November 23, 2024 05:12 AM (86W+h)

28 Calvin Coolidge has efficiency folks whose job was to look for government waste

Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 23, 2024 05:14 AM (SSBCb)

29 G'morning, all!

35.2 degrees out.

On the plus side, the Volvo parts will arrive this afternoon.

Hopefully back on the road by evening.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2024 05:16 AM (a1415)

30 16 Triple D!

Deregulation, deportation, defenestration.
Posted by: pawn at November 23, 2024 04:52 AM (QB+5g)

Ooh, recommend that to vmom for her new nic!

Posted by: m at November 23, 2024 05:19 AM (VnUSN)

31 I have been assured that our elections and voter registration processes are secure.

https://tinyurl.com/yc8jxpch

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2024 05:19 AM (a1415)

32 21 Here's one badly in need of a performance review -based purge, given that vote counting is still going on for House races in California.

The Election Assistance Commission (EAC) supports state and local election officials in their efforts to ensure accessible, accurate. and secure elections. EAC develops guidance to meet the Help America Vote Act requirements, adopts voluntary voting system guidelines, and serves as a national clearinghouse of information on election administration. EAC also accredits testing laboratories and certifies voting systems, as well as audits the use of Help America Vote Act funds.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 23, 2024 05:04 AM (nf3W5)

So much gobbledygook over there.
https://www.eac.gov

Poll Workers Helping Americans Vote Campaign & Toolkit

Posted by: m at November 23, 2024 05:24 AM (VnUSN)

33 My update: here at least another day. Tummy not happy when I drink more than a few sips, so still getting IV fluids. Pain has mostly diminished, but belly has started to bloat again like with the diverticulitis. On stronger antibiotics. Mostly sleeping. Had IV site go bad w fluid intrusion in one arm making me look like Popeye; by lifting and applying heat, now looks like granny upper arm flap...

Damn, that was hard to type.

Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 23, 2024 05:26 AM (SSBCb)

34 On DOGE - I fear we may end up like Steve Martin in The Jerk: “I don’t need anything … I need this pencil. I don’t need anything but this pencil … and this kazoo” ad infinitim.

35 and some snow still on the ground.
Getting ready to leave for a drive to the greatest hive of scum and villainy (well just outside it in MD).

Posted by: CTSPURSMAN at November 23, 2024 05:26 AM (Uy2Lz)

35 32

New math & common core Ftw

Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 23, 2024 05:27 AM (SSBCb)

36 21 Here's one badly in need of a performance review -based purge
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 23, 2024 05:04 AM (nf3W5)

That's a great way to put it, and to propose it.

Posted by: m at November 23, 2024 05:27 AM (VnUSN)

37 Praying for you Jim.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 23, 2024 05:31 AM (dg+HA)

38 27 >>> This is not going happen easily

The way to get the left on board is to hype everyone up to cut back on the budget's biggest item. A lot of them will bleat in favor.
Posted by: fluffy at November 23, 2024 05:12 AM (86W+h)

And the MAGA push for transparency might make the bleating available to be seen! And heard! Replacing, maybe, many of the legacy media shows. It's all getting very exciting.

Posted by: m at November 23, 2024 05:32 AM (VnUSN)

39 Thanks. I've made peace with whatever happens, but Lord, if I'm to suffer, let it be short, not a long drawn-out affair please!

Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 23, 2024 05:34 AM (SSBCb)

40 Elon does have a sense of humor.

'How much?'

https://tinyurl.com/3xfbd4nj

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2024 05:36 AM (a1415)

41 VIA many states do the motor voter registration and give illegals drivers licenses. 3 counties in Pennsylvania wanted to count them. So illegal voting has to be much larger than anyone wants to admit.

Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2024 05:37 AM (fwDg9)

42 41

KALI is technically in that same boat.

Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 23, 2024 05:39 AM (SSBCb)

43 LASue, are you still here?

Posted by: Ben Had at November 23, 2024 05:40 AM (gGMRM)

44 Skip, I'm with you.

Motor-Voter was always a back-door way of persons not eligible to vote being 'accidentally' registered to vote.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2024 05:41 AM (a1415)

45 G'morning, Ben Had.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2024 05:41 AM (a1415)

46 Hang in there, Horde members with ailments--known and unknown!

Posted by: m at November 23, 2024 05:42 AM (VnUSN)

47 VIA, good morning to you, Sir. How's being the kitten staff going?

Posted by: Ben Had at November 23, 2024 05:45 AM (gGMRM)

48 >>>MAGA darling Elon Musk is flirting with the idea of buying MSNBC. ... While it’s not for sale .... (Off the Press)

Well, its individual employees seem to have been for sale for donkey's years.

40 Elon does have a sense of humor.

'How much?'

https://tinyurl.com/3xfbd4nj
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2024 05:36 AM (a1415)

Posted by: m at November 23, 2024 05:45 AM (VnUSN)

49 Ben Had,

Kittens have hit the 5.5 month age mark.

While Margo is still around 5.4 pounds, her brother, Frog is right up against 9.0 pounds.

The Norwegian Forest Cat half is really beginning to show, with both of them having long and bushy tails, fur beginning to grow out from between their toes, and several other physical and behavioral traits emerging. Can't keep either of them away from water, as they love to play with it.

Both of them have been running and chasing each other since about 4:30 this morning, and I have Thunder-hooves going across the TV room ceiling.

Almost forgot how much 'fun' kittens bring to a home.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2024 05:52 AM (a1415)

50
@truckdriverpleb
8h
Trudeau is dancing at the Taylor Swift concert while Montreal burns
Words cannot describe how much I despise this man

Posted by: m at November 23, 2024 05:53 AM (VnUSN)

51 One of the many things I respected Limbaugh for was his refusal to play any audio clips from MSDNC. He gave it no credence whatsoever.
It's best ignored.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 23, 2024 05:54 AM (dg+HA)

52 Just above freezing but clear, getting windy later
Flag is up
🫡
Forward Dog 9 down that long road

Posted by: Skip at November 23, 2024 05:54 AM (fwDg9)

53 VIA, the joys of their very first Christmas are coming up. Those heart memories are the very best.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 23, 2024 05:55 AM (gGMRM)

54 heh

The Pleb 🌍 Reporter retweeted
Joe Rogan
@joerogan
12h
Replying to @elonmusk
If you buy MSNBC I would like Rachael Maddow’s job. I will wear the same outfit and glasses, and I will tell the same lies.

Posted by: m at November 23, 2024 05:55 AM (VnUSN)

55 I’m sure Comcast said MSNBC is for sale.

Also, for those who didn’t see it on ONT, the official name for “tweets” on Bluesky is “skeets”. Gonna assume they didn’t check Urban Dictionary about that, LOL.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 23, 2024 05:56 AM (QZThv)

56 The goal is mass deregulation - a weakening of checks and balances and a major cut to basic government services, all in the name of concentrating power among a small group of plutocrats.

Mass deregulation actually strengthens checks and balances. It prevents an unelected "civil servant" from forcing his preferences on the populace with no permission or oversight from the people's representatives.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 23, 2024 05:58 AM (g2V9J)

57 " the joys of their very first Christmas are coming up."

Much discussion has already taken place concerning the tree(s).

Frog tends to go for the high ground, and has taken over the top of the Fridge as his throne.

But to their credit, nothing has been broken yet, and they seem to be pretty good a navigating around things without knocking them over.

We'll see.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2024 06:00 AM (a1415)

58 Good morning horde

Reagan made a buzzword out of "deregulation" and so will Trump, Musk, and Ramaswamy.

This Administrative State must be destroyed, not merely deregulated.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 23, 2024 06:01 AM (RIvkX)

59
"It prevents an unelected "civil servant" from forcing his preferences on the populace with no permission or oversight from the people's representatives."

1.6 liters ought to be enough to flush anything.

Posted by: Nameless faceless bureaucrat at November 23, 2024 06:03 AM (dg+HA)

60 SanFranpsycho, in case you didn't see it. I spoke with JT yesterday and he is doing well. Going to get him set up with some communicating ability.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 23, 2024 06:04 AM (gGMRM)

61 "I spoke with JT yesterday and he is doing well. Going to get him set up with some communicating ability."
Posted by: Ben Had at November 23, 2024 06:04 AM

***STANDING OVATION***

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 23, 2024 06:06 AM (dg+HA)

62 Rabbi's daughter at the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews encourages us not to blame God- Proverbs 19:3

https://tinyurl.com/txrkec6d

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2024 06:07 AM (7tjTn)

63 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at November 23, 2024 06:07 AM (z0QHk)

64 1.6 liters ought to be enough to flush anything.
Posted by: Nameless faceless bureaucrat at November 23, 2024 06:03 AM (dg+HA)

Definitely. Of course, there are times you need to repeat the 1.6 liter flush four or five times.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 23, 2024 06:08 AM (g2V9J)

65 Quarter Twenty, he remains at the facility. He said to say Hello from him and wished all a Happy Thanksgiving.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 23, 2024 06:08 AM (gGMRM)

66 Evening and morning, early risers and Saturday toilers! (This . . . this IS Saturday, right? Otherwise I'm very late to work!)

As for me, I'm dealing with a bruised rib or strained muscle on the left side. It's been bugging me for a little while, partly because I haven't rested it completely and skipped exercise when I should. I am now. I'm wearing a rib belt, applying some heat, and taking some naproxen. A trip to the grocery this morning, because I must, and that's it; no car washing or anything unnecessary. But I have new books from the library!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 23, 2024 06:08 AM (omVj0)

67 What's going on in Montreal?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at November 23, 2024 06:09 AM (z0QHk)

68 Thanks, Ben Had for doing that. He's a nice, funny and I think it would be great for both him and for us to have that connection.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2024 06:09 AM (7tjTn)

69 64 1.6 liters ought to be enough to flush anything.
Posted by: Nameless faceless bureaucrat at November 23, 2024 06:03 AM (dg+HA)

Definitely. Of course, there are times you need to repeat the 1.6 liter flush four or five times.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 23, 2024 06:08 AM (g2V9J)

Too much fat, not enough fiber. Like most of the bureaucracy.

Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 23, 2024 06:09 AM (SSBCb)

70 Good morning! Well the 'lil bro is gonna be home maybe tomorrow or the next day. The docs took out his gall bladder, the spleen, a portion of the kidney, a portion of the stomach, a portion of the duodenum, some lymph nodes and his entire pancreas. Then they replumbed him. Pretty amazing what can be done by modern medicine.

He's walking about and can eat 'soft solids', just not more than a few bites at a time. Hell of a way to lose 20 pounds.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 23, 2024 06:10 AM (3Ope8)

71 BH, thanks for the update.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 23, 2024 06:10 AM (dg+HA)

72 Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 23, 2024 05:26 AM (SSBCb)
====

Will make a prayer for complete and speedy recovery.

For Grumpy too.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 23, 2024 06:11 AM (RIvkX)

73 66
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 23, 2024 06:08 AM (omVj0)

I know someone that felt like that; the rib was cracked/broken.

Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 23, 2024 06:12 AM (SSBCb)

74 Ben Had, outstanding news.

Thank you for doing that for a fellow Moron.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2024 06:12 AM (a1415)

75 CrothchetyOldJarhead, wow. Replumbed him is right.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 23, 2024 06:13 AM (gGMRM)

76 Happy Saturday

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 23, 2024 06:14 AM (gbOdA)

77 70 Good morning! Well the 'lil bro is gonna be home maybe tomorrow or the next day. The docs took out his gall bladder, the spleen, a portion of the kidney, a portion of the stomach, a portion of the duodenum, some lymph nodes and his entire pancreas. Then they replumbed him. Pretty amazing what can be done by modern medicine.

He's walking about and can eat 'soft solids', just not more than a few bites at a time. Hell of a way to lose 20 pounds.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 23, 2024 06:10 AM (3Ope

Holy Moley! What happened?

Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 23, 2024 06:14 AM (SSBCb)

78 VIA, thanks to all of you that have kept him in your prayers.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 23, 2024 06:14 AM (gGMRM)

79 Matthew 6:5-15

A man reflects on phone calls from his son and how Jesus always wants to hear from us:

https://tinyurl.com/pks6d5fk

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2024 06:14 AM (7tjTn)

80 SanFranpsycho, in case you didn't see it. I spoke with JT yesterday and he is doing well. Going to get him set up with some communicating ability.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 23, 2024 06:04 AM (gGMRM)
=-==

Thank you I had not seen. b"h

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 23, 2024 06:17 AM (RIvkX)

81 Censor in Chief Feds blew $267M fighting ‘misinformation’ during the COVID-19 pandemic under Biden

So double that when you take in government time.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 23, 2024 06:18 AM (gbOdA)

82 Prayers for healing for Grumpy and Jim in CA.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2024 06:18 AM (7tjTn)

83 Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 23, 2024 06:14 AM (SSBCb)

Had a malignant tumor that had circumscribed the vein that drains the pancreas. Spots and a mass on the liver were suspect so they were removed as a precaution. Pathologies from everything removed should be available next week. Hoping and praying for good news.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 23, 2024 06:20 AM (3Ope8)

84 I know someone that felt like that; the rib was cracked/broken.
Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 23, 2024

***
I've banged up that side in the far past, like twenty-five years ago, but not recently. Well, I'm due to see my doctor on 12/5; I'll ask about it. Maybe they can X-ray me right there.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 23, 2024 06:20 AM (omVj0)

85
The docs took out his gall bladder, the spleen, a portion of the kidney, a portion of the stomach, a portion of the duodenum, some lymph nodes and his entire pancreas. Then they replumbed him.

Whipple resection? Hope it cures him. "Whoops! It's benign after all."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 23, 2024 06:21 AM (dxSpM)

86 83 Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 23, 2024 06:14 AM (SSBCb)

Had a malignant tumor that had circumscribed the vein that drains the pancreas. Spots and a mass on the liver were suspect so they were removed as a precaution. Pathologies from everything removed should be available next week. Hoping and praying for good news.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 23, 2024 06:20 AM (3Ope

So he's probably on on of those continuous monitoring insulin pumps?

Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 23, 2024 06:22 AM (SSBCb)

87 In this 45 minute video Felicia does an EXCELLENT job telling the story of The White Rose resistance movement... after all, it happened in her hometown. Notable courage and conviction.
Lots of details I was unfamiliar with, like the role played by the janitor.

https://youtu.be/dTRbyGEyJR0

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 23, 2024 06:22 AM (dg+HA)

88 I like Trump's appointments of Dr. Marty Makary at FDA and Dr. Janette Nesheiwat as Surgeon General.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 23, 2024 06:23 AM (RIvkX)

89 Will pray for your brother, COJ. What a very big group of procedures to go through:

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2024 06:23 AM (7tjTn)

90 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 23, 2024 06:23 AM (hoCmQ)

91 Okay, at 38 hours since I last ate and finally felt a bit hungry. Ate something small and we'll see how it goes.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 23, 2024 06:25 AM (O7YUW)

92 Brothers sing old time hymn from the 1880s, " Tis
So sweet to trust in Jesus":

https://tinyurl.com/yft7wma6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2024 06:25 AM (7tjTn)

93 I'm off to get few more 💤.

Posted by: jim (in Hospital in Kalifornia) at November 23, 2024 06:25 AM (SSBCb)

94 Please tell me Janette is not a Dude In A Dress that considers itself to be an "Admiral."

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 23, 2024 06:26 AM (dg+HA)

95 Since we're doing an Organ Recital this morning (pancreas, liver, etc.): My blood work came back. Still I'm a little anemic. My blood glucose is normal; but my A1C is still elevated. ???? What can cause that? Three months ago my doctor seemed to think the anemia and A1C reading could be connected.

I'll stick with the no sugar/lower carb diet anyway. I've lost weight and completely eliminated the heartburn that sugar and corn syrup products used to give me. Enormous improvement.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 23, 2024 06:27 AM (omVj0)

96 "Ate something small and we'll see how it goes."

Prior to my last colonoscopy, someone had suggested sipping Bone Broth.

I have developed a hankering for the chicken based bone broth now, as it seems to satisfy hunger pangs, and if you like chicken, it tastes heartier than just regular chicken broth.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2024 06:27 AM (a1415)

97 I don't know anything about Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary. But I like a lot of the economic proposals I have heard such as no taxes on tips or overtime.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 23, 2024 06:27 AM (RIvkX)

98 Morning, Hordelings. I got my buck on the final morning of hunting yesterday. Now it's time for a long day of travel via Interstate and aircraft. Looking forward to sleeping in my own bed at the end.

Posted by: PabloD at November 23, 2024 06:28 AM (BxYBd)

99 So he's probably on on of those continuous monitoring insulin pumps?

Yep. Probably gonna have continuous 'script for some kind of digestive enzyme supplement as well. But the fact that he's up and mobile, and in good spirits is a testament to his health and character, and God's mercy.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 23, 2024 06:29 AM (3Ope8)

100 I don't know anything about Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary. But I like a lot of the economic proposals I have heard such as no taxes on tips or overtime.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 23, 2024

***
And no taxes on Social Security. I hope Trump can get that through.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 23, 2024 06:29 AM (omVj0)

101 disempartnerise

Nice.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 23, 2024 06:29 AM (hoCmQ)

102 I'm sorry I have not heard that Ric Grennell has not been appointed.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 23, 2024 06:29 AM (RIvkX)

103 Morning, Hordelings. I got my buck on the final morning of hunting yesterday. Now it's time for a long day of travel via Interstate and aircraft. Looking forward to sleeping in my own bed at the end.
Posted by: PabloD at November 23, 2024

***
Do you have to buy the buck his own seat?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 23, 2024 06:30 AM (omVj0)

104 Congrats on your successful hunt, Pablo!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 23, 2024 06:30 AM (O7YUW)

105 Adorable two year old who doesn't want to take a nap falls asleep in his two car minutes later:

https://tinyurl.com/ycyk8pvc

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2024 06:30 AM (7tjTn)

106 @105/FenelonSpoke: "I don't need a nap!" (optional meltdown and sleep to follow): Every small child everywhere.

Funny how when we're young we fought against taking naps, but our older selves cherish them.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 23, 2024 06:32 AM (O7YUW)

107
Going down to Lake Jackson midday to pick up a turkey from Honeybaked Ham. I had a gift card that had be laying around for years and we decided to cash it in.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 23, 2024 06:32 AM (dxSpM)

108 I'm sorry I have not heard that Ric Grennell has not been appointed.

Yeah, kinda strange, innit?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 23, 2024 06:33 AM (3Ope8)

109 WASHINGTON, Nov 22 (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump is considering tapping Richard Grenell, his former intelligence chief, to be a special envoy for the Russia-Ukraine conflict, according to four sources familiar with the transition plans.
Grenell, who served as Trump's ambassador to Germany and was acting director of national intelligence during Trump's 2017-2021 term, would play a key role in Trump's efforts to halt the war if he is ultimately selected for the post.

Posted by: Don Black at November 23, 2024 06:33 AM (/7KEl)

110
Funny how when we're young we fought against taking naps, but our older selves cherish them.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 23, 2024

***
Darn straight. My short afternoon sleep on Sat. & Sun. are an invariable part of my weekends.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 23, 2024 06:34 AM (omVj0)

111
My short afternoon sleep on Sat. & Sun. are an invariable part of my weekends.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Wait until you retire completely and can take one every day.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 23, 2024 06:35 AM (dxSpM)

112 I want my administration yo be a cowhorse, not a stubborn government mule.

Posted by: Eromero at November 23, 2024 06:35 AM (jgmnb)

113 Miss Linda and I have a reservation on Thurs. at a nice, upscale restaurant in the Quarter -- about the only time I ever go down to my old neighborhood now, as it's changed so much. We went there last year and it was great: They have a traditional bird-based menu, plus certain of their regular menu items. To me, shrimp and seafood is much more a meal to give thanks for and with.

Last week I asked her what she wants for her birthday on 12/1. She says, "I'm thinking." I warned her that it's now too late to order anything online, so it had better be something I can get from a store here.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 23, 2024 06:38 AM (omVj0)

114 My short afternoon sleep on Sat. & Sun. are an invariable part of my weekends.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
*
Wait until you retire completely and can take one every day.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 23, 2024

***
Again, darn straight.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 23, 2024 06:38 AM (omVj0)

115 I don't often do this, but I want to mention a brand of in-ear headphones that I have been using during my (almost) daily walks.

Amazon is running deals on TOZO brand stuff, and for their price point, I couldn't be happier.

Their noise cancelling ones address my big resistance to wearing stuff that blocks out noise, for safety considerations while walking.

Transparency mode actually brings in the ambient sounds around you while walking, so you hear cars, people and other noises that give you an audible sense of what is happening around you.

Switch to noise cancelling mode, and they drop your ambient noise by as much as 45db.

Anyhow...just thought I would share.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2024 06:39 AM (a1415)

116 Thanks Don Black.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 23, 2024 06:39 AM (RIvkX)

117 Excellent commentary, pixy!

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 23, 2024 06:39 AM (Aqu9a)

118 "Do you have to buy the buck his own seat?"

Alas, I will not be taking anything back home except pictures. I leave the meat with my dad. He usually keeps a freezer or two well-stocked with wild fish and game. He made smoked pheasants the other night. Nom!

Posted by: PabloD at November 23, 2024 06:40 AM (BxYBd)

119 Probably gonna have continuous 'script for some kind of digestive enzyme supplement as well.

Wife takes Creon (pancrilipase) with every meal or snack. Expensive scrip.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 23, 2024 06:40 AM (hoCmQ)

120 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 23, 2024 06:32 AM (O7YUW

Yes, that's true.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2024 06:41 AM (mL2L5)

121 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at November 23, 2024 06:41 AM (gY0JQ)

122 Hiya, sock!

Posted by: PabloD at November 23, 2024 06:42 AM (BxYBd)

123 Last week I asked her what she wants for her birthday on 12/1. She says, "I'm thinking." I warned her that it's now too late to order anything online, so it had better be something I can get from a store here.

A diamond mounted on an engagement ring would probably be acceptable.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 23, 2024 06:42 AM (3Ope8)

124 Denver Mayor has some big battle plans.
Try as I might, I can't find a downside to this.

https://tinyurl.com/38ar75t9

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2024 06:42 AM (a1415)

125
What did the doe say when she came out of the woods?
.
.
.
Last time I'll do that for two bucks!

Posted by: Hey-oooh at November 23, 2024 06:42 AM (dg+HA)

126 Sky is beginning to lighten as dawn approaches.

Not a cloud in the sky, and temps are now down to 34 degrees.

Evaporative cooling will ensure that the cars have frost on the windshields even though we are a touch above freezing.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2024 06:44 AM (a1415)

127 My "retired" day yesterday was almost perfect:
Do work emails, Drive Boy F. to program, coffee out with Mrs. F., visit to the Apple Store, lunch, pick up Boy F., 2-hour nap, PM yoga, bathtime, dinner.

Worst part was we had no log for the fireplace.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 23, 2024 06:45 AM (RIvkX)

128 Sunrise is scheduled for 6:59 this morning.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2024 06:46 AM (a1415)

129 I am old enough to remember the national 55mph speed limit.

States were not required to follow Federal guidance, and it was purely voluntary on the part of the States.

BUT, you either voluntarily lowered your speed limit to a maximum of 55mph, or you lost Federal funding for your highways.

Seems like we could take a lesson from the past here.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2024 06:51 AM (a1415)

130 My "retired" day yesterday was almost perfect:
Do work emails, Drive Boy F. to program, coffee out with Mrs. F., visit to the Apple Store, lunch, pick up Boy F., 2-hour nap, PM yoga, bathtime, dinner.

Worst part was we had no log for the fireplace.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 23, 2024

***
"Almost"????

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 23, 2024 06:51 AM (omVj0)

131 @29/Village Idiot's Apprentice: 55 MPH - Not a good idea, it's just the law. ;-)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 23, 2024 06:52 AM (O7YUW)

132 Er, @129 on that last one.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 23, 2024 06:53 AM (O7YUW)

133 Posted by: Don Black at November 23, 2024 06:33 AM (/7KEl)

I hope he does appoint him. Seems like a very smart guy.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2024 06:53 AM (rvikl)

134 " 55 MPH - Not a good idea, it's just the law. ;-)"

I remember taking the trek from Charleston to my parents house in Allentown as often as possible back then.

And 55mph going through North Carolina on I-95 was .....painful.

I can only imagine places like Texas going through that.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2024 06:55 AM (a1415)

135 Good morning all y'all
Blessings abound. Even in this utterly corrupt world.
Love this place. Thank you to all.

Posted by: OkJohn at November 23, 2024 06:55 AM (NC/it)

136 129 I am old enough to remember the national 55mph speed limit.

States were not required to follow Federal guidance, and it was purely voluntary on the part of the States.

BUT, you either voluntarily lowered your speed limit to a maximum of 55mph, or you lost Federal funding for your highways.

Seems like we could take a lesson from the past here.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2024 06:51 AM (a1415
I never paid any mind to that stuff.
-S. Hager

Posted by: Eromero at November 23, 2024 06:55 AM (4SuZB)

137 "I never paid any mind to that stuff.
-S. Hager"

Heh!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2024 06:57 AM (a1415)

138 Powerline Week in Pictures:

https://is.gd/vxQ3nV

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 23, 2024 06:57 AM (PiwSw)

139 Hey there, g'mornin' PabloD!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at November 23, 2024 07:00 AM (gY0JQ)

140 There’s a NATO conference in Montreal from Nov. 22 - 25th.

Pro-Palestinian & Antifa protestors basically started a small riot.

https://tinyurl.com/mkyzzc6h
(Montreal Gazette)

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 23, 2024 07:01 AM (6ydKt)

141 I used to drive from S.C. to Oceana and going through the Great Dismal Swamp could be….dismal….if you let it. The speed limit was whatever you could get by with, and a base sticker covered many sins if I was respectful to Mr. Officer.

Posted by: Eromero at November 23, 2024 07:02 AM (jgmnb)

142 Good morning. A brisk 41 degrees in Western NC heading to the high 50s. It’s been very windy here, hopefully it will die down soon.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at November 23, 2024 07:02 AM (FRhZX)

143 142 Good morning. A brisk 41 degrees in Western NC heading to the high 50s. It’s been very windy here, hopefully it will die down soon.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at November 23, 2024 07:02 AM (FRhZX
How does Old Fort look.

Posted by: Eromero at November 23, 2024 07:04 AM (jgmnb)

144 Thank you, Shadout Mapes!

Great stuff there!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - they have been lying to us for decades at November 23, 2024 07:04 AM (gY0JQ)

145 134 And 55mph going through North Carolina on I-95 was .....painful.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2024 06:55 AM (a1415)

—

It’s not much fun on 95 through the majority of SC either. Only a few real towns that far inland.
Harleyville,Walterboro/St. George, Santee (by the lakes), and then Florence.

The rest is woods and fields.

But it’s a lot better at 75 mph than 55.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 23, 2024 07:07 AM (6ydKt)

146
Good Morning, everyone.
33° here in North Alabama. Taking Smash to the Motorcycle Safety Foundation basic course today. She should do fine, as we have already mastered all of those basic skills. She gets nervous on the 20' u-turn even though she can do it without going outside the lines.

Posted by: BifBewalski at November 23, 2024 07:08 AM (MsrgL)

147 "I used to drive from S.C. to Oceana and going through the Great Dismal Swamp could be….dismal….if you let it. "

That's back when VA exit 11 to Emporia and beyond was pretty much wilderness.

And Pungo was just an intersection.

Now?

You wouldn't recognize any of it.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2024 07:09 AM (a1415)

148 Imagine there's no federal government
It's easy if you try
No assholes from Washington
Above us, only sky...

Posted by: Zombie John Lennon at November 23, 2024 07:09 AM (R/m4+)

149 Last week I asked her what she wants for her birthday on 12/1.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 23, 2024 06:38 AM (omVj0)

Aw, she shares a birthday with my MIL, who will be 100 this year. We are having a three kids and spouses only small lunch at her living facility, as she is rather frail.

Posted by: sal at November 23, 2024 07:09 AM (f+FmA)

150 >>>How does Old Fort look.
Posted by: Eromero at November 23, 2024 07:04 AM (jgmnb)
*******
I honestly don’t know. What information coming out of the worst hit areas is limited and mixed.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at November 23, 2024 07:09 AM (FRhZX)

151 "But it’s a lot better at 75 mph than 55."

Oh yeh!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2024 07:10 AM (a1415)

152 placating Musk by giving him the appearance of a real job

--

From a person whose main responsibility is checking for typos before someone else checks his work for typos.

Incredible.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie at November 23, 2024 07:10 AM (eE83Y)

153 And I have to remember Dillon, SC and South of the Border.

The South of the Border billboards were about the most interesting things going north on I-95 for decades.

Not so many, if any, of those around these days.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 23, 2024 07:11 AM (6ydKt)

154 What we will see each time a bureaucratic nightmare is choked off by DOGE there will be a government financed social media frenzy to highlight each negative result. They will find one person negatively affected and blow it out of proportion.

Posted by: Baronov GrayMatter at November 23, 2024 07:13 AM (BQNyf)

155 You say "Federal funding."
I say "taxpayer dollars."

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 23, 2024 07:13 AM (dg+HA)

156 BUT, you either voluntarily lowered your speed limit to a maximum of 55mph, or you lost Federal funding for your highways.

Seems like we could take a lesson from the past here.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

-

In hindsight the answer was "speed limit on this road is 55, but enforcement is done only by feds, have a nice day"

Posted by: Boron Cobbie at November 23, 2024 07:14 AM (eE83Y)

157 153 And I have to remember Dillon, SC and South of the Border.

The South of the Border billboards were about the most interesting things going north on I-95 for decades.

Not so many, if any, of those around these days.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 23, 2024 07:11 AM (6ydKt)

Now, going north on I-85 near Gaffney, for example...

Posted by: The Peachoid at November 23, 2024 07:14 AM (PiwSw)

158 "Not so many, if any, of those around these days."

remember the Chevy Vega on the one, and the Pinto on the other north and southbound?

The Vega sign is still there.

But Buc-ee's in Florence at exit 170 is really killing them.

I would be surprised if SoB is still operating five years from now.

The Motocross training facility might, but everything else is contracting in on the footprint of the property.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2024 07:14 AM (a1415)

159 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 23, 2024 07:15 AM (u82oZ)

160 Shadout, great memes!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 23, 2024 07:15 AM (omVj0)

161 Salty!

Kids are settling into married life well.

Had a good time on their Honeymoon in Nashville.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2024 07:16 AM (a1415)

162 For years I thought the movie "James and the Giant Peach" must have centered on Gaffney, South Carolina.
Hunh. Guess not.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 23, 2024 07:16 AM (dg+HA)

163 What we will see each time a bureaucratic nightmare is choked off by DOGE there will be a government financed social media frenzy to highlight each negative result. They will find one person negatively affected and blow it out of proportion.
Posted by: Baronov GrayMatter at November 23, 2024

***
Trump's reaction (and I hope that of his team): "Leftist nuts say what?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 23, 2024 07:17 AM (omVj0)

164 https://tinyurl.com/mkyzzc6h

Why are they all wearing masks? Aren't they proud? What are they afraid of?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 23, 2024 07:17 AM (RIvkX)

165 The goal is mass deregulation - a weakening of checks and balances

There is a bit to unpack from this non sequitor. The phrase "check and balances" was coined by Montesquieu ("Spirit of Laws") and inspired the US Constitution. The author is name dropping here so that your emotions are supposed to associate unelected bureaucrats creating and enforcing their own laws and regulations to cripple We The People is somehow a Constitutional function that keeps the Executive in check.

There is nothing balanced about lobbyist and grifter serving Sadism and Plunder in the form of the Regulatory State.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at November 23, 2024 07:18 AM (rHxhM)

166 i need an adblocker blocker blocker

Posted by: Don Black at November 23, 2024 07:18 AM (/7KEl)

167 "They will find one person negatively affected and blow it out of proportion. "

Have they ever located ~~Bigfoot~~ the one mythical black person who is unable to procure identification, preventing a nationwide requirement for presenting ID before receiving a ballot to cast?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2024 07:19 AM (a1415)

168 31℉. outside. 65℉ inside. 70℉ near a oil-filled radiator.

Life is good. It turns out a $10 diode failed in my HVAC fan motor. The manufacturers covered that diode in a layer of silicon, so the entire fan unit must be replaced. Gaia weeps.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 23, 2024 07:19 AM (u82oZ)

169 long-running right-wing attempt to gut the civil service

Not real strong on the old American History thing, are they?

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at November 23, 2024 07:20 AM (zdLoL)

170 The rest is woods and fields.

But it’s a lot better at 75 mph than 55.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 23, 2024

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In the '70s I lived in Lafayette, Lousy-ana, for a few years. Every month or so, Mrs. Wolfus No. 1 and I would drive down to town to visit friends and family. Took us 2.5 hours at 55.

Last time I came back from there in 2009 or so, driving at 70-72, it was two hours flat from Lafayette exits to the western suburbs here. And that was with some traffic slowdown going through Baton Rouge.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 23, 2024 07:20 AM (omVj0)

171 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Glad to here the good news. May that trend continue.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 23, 2024 07:21 AM (u82oZ)

172 The "protests" (AKA riots) are mostly peaceful.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 23, 2024 07:21 AM (dg+HA)

173 Shame. SotB used to be a fun place to stop. Because fireworks and shit.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 23, 2024 07:22 AM (dR6yv)

174 Hypothersis:

The Deep State sells all the Do Not Call List on the Dark Web for graft, and then tells the Telephone Companies to back off on policing telemarketer calls.

They get a rake off.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 23, 2024 07:23 AM (u82oZ)

175 >What we will see each time a bureaucratic nightmare is choked off by DOGE there will be a government financed social media frenzy
----

and lawsuits- lots of lawsuits
Hawaiian judges will be very busy

Posted by: Don Black at November 23, 2024 07:23 AM (/7KEl)

176 Son and girlfriend are coming for Thanksgiving, so I need to get organized.
We met her at my brother's memorial- not the best intro, but we appreciated her coming- so are looking forward to visiting under calmer circumstances.
I'm going to "buy" another crockpot from the Thrift Store, and "donate" it after the holidays.
Two pies for T-giving and two (or more) for Sausage supper. One is T's favorite- Eagle Brand Lemon- in a foil pan this year, as he kept my good Pyrex for months last time.

Posted by: sal at November 23, 2024 07:23 AM (f+FmA)

177 Almost time for me to shave and shower. In an hour or so I'll hit the nearby Walmart for supplies. The one closest to me I've avoided for years, saying they had the stupidest employees in the metro area (and around here, that's really saying something). Well, last time I was there, they had upped their game. They had three or four checkout lines open and have done away with a lot of the self-checkout stuff -- too much shoplifting, I guess.

On the other hand, they have some of the car detailing supplies, and the deodorants (?!), locked behind glass. Jeez.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 23, 2024 07:25 AM (omVj0)

178 "Shame. SotB used to be a fun place to stop. Because fireworks and shit."

Remember back when the fireworks store was a stand-alone building, housing every conceivable form of firework?

Now it's a corner of the general store and Sunoco station.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2024 07:25 AM (a1415)

179
"They will find one person negatively affected and blow it out of proportion."

A few years ago, they were all on board and ruthlessly enforced lockdowns, social distancing, the bankrupting of businesses, the destruction of education, forbidding families from saying goodbye to loved ones, etc. My pity for their plight is not great.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 23, 2024 07:26 AM (dxSpM)

180 Wasn't South of the Border a Mexican chain restaurant? Or am I remembering something else?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 23, 2024 07:26 AM (omVj0)

181 Speaking of pies, we need together ourselves over to Costco this weekend.

Pies....very large pies.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2024 07:26 AM (a1415)

182 My wife and I are looking forward to another MiniMoMeet with NotSoThoreau. Soon.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 23, 2024 07:27 AM (u82oZ)

183 "They will find one person negatively affected and blow it out of proportion."

A few years ago, they were all on board and ruthlessly enforced lockdowns, social distancing, the bankrupting of businesses, the destruction of education, forbidding families from saying goodbye to loved ones, etc. My pity for their plight is not great.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 23, 2024

***
* rubbing forefinger and thumb together * That is the sound of the world's smallest violin, playing just for them.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 23, 2024 07:27 AM (omVj0)

184 "Or am I remembering something else?"

Perhaps Taco Bells' 'Run for the Border' ad campaign from decades ago.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2024 07:27 AM (a1415)

185 For anybody who is confused by South of the Border -

https://www.sobpedro.com

—-

VIA, all I can remember from my childhood of those signs was Pedro and his huge sombrero and the fact that the signs had either moving parts or popped out of billboards.

I loved them as a kid and then I learned that SotB is not what it was hyped up to be.

When I’m rarely on I-95 now I rarely look up.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 23, 2024 07:28 AM (6ydKt)

186 Remember back when the fireworks store was a stand-alone building, housing every conceivable form of firework?

Sure do. Mucho fireworks. There was even a cafeteria at one point.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 23, 2024 07:28 AM (dR6yv)

187 Though DOGE isn't a real department

We fear it like the plague.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 23, 2024 07:28 AM (gbOdA)

188 Got chores.

Have a wonderful day, everyone. May there be rejoicing.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 23, 2024 07:28 AM (u82oZ)

189 I like these Bushcraft videos featuring shapely women in skin-tight outfits. Because when you're out in the bush, the first thing you're going to encounter is a shapely woman in a skin-tight outfit, rather than a Meth-addled raging Hobo or a swarm of hornets...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 23, 2024 07:29 AM (TGPs7)

190 All data is self reported, you say?

Well then...

https://tinyurl.com/yrryh7dz

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2024 07:29 AM (a1415)

191 180 Wasn't South of the Border a Mexican chain restaurant? Or am I remembering something else?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 23, 2024 07:26 AM (omVj0)

On the Border

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 23, 2024 07:29 AM (gbOdA)

192 Be safe, Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2024 07:29 AM (a1415)

193 Wall Drug is a neat tourist trap, too.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 23, 2024 07:30 AM (dR6yv)

194 "Or am I remembering something else?"

Perhaps Taco Bells' 'Run for the Border' ad campaign from decades ago.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2024

***
Prolly so.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 23, 2024 07:31 AM (omVj0)

195 Huh. I never thought about it, but Bucees is a direct descendant of SOTB. A more Walmart-ish, boring, corporate SOTB.

Dang.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie at November 23, 2024 07:31 AM (eE83Y)

196 "and the fact that the signs had either moving parts "

The sheep moving over the guy sleeping!

Yeh, I-95 has been a big part of my formative years.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2024 07:31 AM (a1415)

197 "the first thing you're going to encounter is a shapely woman in a skin-tight outfit,"

Happens to you too?

I thought I was the only one.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2024 07:32 AM (a1415)

198 And here are some pics of SotB billboards on their site:

https://tinyurl.com/449fhwyj

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 23, 2024 07:33 AM (6ydKt)

199 No, I guess we never had those SotB locations along our interstates here. I do keep thinking that we had a *local* Mex restaurant chain in town long ago, but the Taco Bell ad campaign is probably what I'm thinking of.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 23, 2024 07:35 AM (omVj0)

200 "Do you have to buy the buck his own seat?"

See, there's an example of how you have to Think in Comedy.
It is its own language; once you speak it you can't quit.

This, of course, conjures up an image of the buck strapped across the nacelle cowling like the worst Elmer Fudd cartoon ever.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at November 23, 2024 07:35 AM (zdLoL)

201 It's a rake off, Jerry.
They just rake it off.

Posted by: Kramer at November 23, 2024 07:36 AM (dg+HA)

202 Interesting. One of the SotB border signs advertises. The Peddler Steakhouse. There is one of those in Greenville, SC.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at November 23, 2024 07:36 AM (dR6yv)

203 No, I guess we never had those SotB locations along our interstates here.
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SOTB is a one-off. Really neat place decades ago.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie at November 23, 2024 07:37 AM (eE83Y)

204 OK...time for the morning walk.

BBIAB

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 23, 2024 07:39 AM (a1415)

205 Sahve and shower time. Back in a bit.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 23, 2024 07:40 AM (omVj0)

206 The Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden- pictured in the Powerline Pictures/ is very lovely. Hopefully, she 's sensible too, but I did read Sweden was putting limits of immigration to those who " share their values" or something like that, so that's a good thing.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 23, 2024 07:41 AM (xGq4m)

207 mornin yall. Nobody goes less than 80 on the freeways nowadays without being a rolling roadblock. I was doing about 90 to stay with traffic on the way back from Pensacola a couple of weeks ago and a guy in a truck pulling a trailer with an airplane on it passed me like I was Granny in her LeSabre.

Posted by: fd at November 23, 2024 07:42 AM (vFG9F)

208 SanFranPsycho, it looks like Ric Grenell might be appointed special envoy to Ukraine.

https://tinyurl.com/36xjshwa
(Reuters)

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 23, 2024 07:42 AM (6ydKt)

209 The Subaru Sahve was an unfortunate experiment but it taught the automaker to stay far away from the luxury car market.

Posted by: Car nerd at November 23, 2024 07:42 AM (dg+HA)

210 Morning peeps

Those SotB signs... for about a decade or so my folks used to take us to Florida every summer. Only once did my dad stop at SotB.

Once was enough.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 23, 2024 07:42 AM (Q4IgG)

211 Funny how when we're young we fought against taking naps, but our older selves cherish them.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Old comic has mother and daughter with d asking what is something you hated as a child that you enjoy now? Mom blurts out, "spankings" daughter looks shocked and mom looks embarrassed and says, "NAPS I meant to say naps".

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at November 23, 2024 07:44 AM (4XwPj)

212 Decades now, and I've never lived further than a dozen j miles from I-95.
Most of the time, the vast majority, within one mile.
One of those things.

Posted by: From about That Time at November 23, 2024 07:45 AM (4780s)

213 SoB, the border was North/South Carolina, for those from away. And it was funny because in those days few Mexicans east of the Mississippi.
This should be all caps a la Ben R.

Posted by: From about That Time at November 23, 2024 07:48 AM (4780s)

214 About a decade ago a friend had to drive down I95 to Florida for a conference so I told him of my childhood memories of Pedro and the cheesy South of the Border signs.
He brought me back a T-shirt from the joint.
It became part of my yard work and oil changing wardrobe.
Now it's grossly stained and ripped, tettering on the hairy edge of being thrown into the rag bag.
The circle of life.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 23, 2024 07:49 AM (dg+HA)

215 Morning all.
I ask the Horde a question.

Wife started a show called Cobra Kai.
I'm not a TV guy but caught a bit and was mild entertained.
Is this show worth watching or am I going to be let down again as per usual hollyweird crap?

It lasted a few seasons longer than most shows I wind up liking so I have to wonder.

Posted by: Reforger at November 23, 2024 07:52 AM (xcIvR)

216 Reforger - the first piece of research is to go to IMDB and find out how many gay cast members are in it. Also check the directors and producers.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 23, 2024 07:54 AM (dg+HA)

217 Well this is something:
“World’s tallest and shortest women meet for tea”

https://shorturl.at/K3Kxi

(NY Post)

The short gal looks like a baby doll in comparison.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 23, 2024 07:56 AM (6ydKt)

218 >>>>Reforger - the first piece of research is to go to IMDB and find out how many gay cast members are in it. Also check the directors and producers.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 23, 2024 07:54 AM (dg+HA)
*******
To simplify the research, find out how many cast members aren’t gay.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at November 23, 2024 07:56 AM (NI0CX)

219 “For periodic real-time assessments, the OMB maintains an online landing page for ‘Government-Wide Totals for Active Information Collections.’ It appears as if the time tax tackling isn’t going too well, since as of today it stands at 12.3 billion ‘total annual hours’ in the OMB’s ‘Inventory of Currently Approved Information Collections,’ compared to the 10.5 billion hours detailed in the most current full report. The dead tape is greater than 17,000 lifetimes by that reckoning,” said Clyde Wayne Crews

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 23, 2024 07:57 AM (gbOdA)

220 I watched the first two seasons of Cobra Kai on Netflix and thought it was a nice little nostalgia kick.

If you liked the Karate Kid movies it’s pretty fun watching how they all turned out thirty years later.
They do a pretty god job with the characters and the writing.

But I got bored with it after season 2 so I can’t speak to the rest of the seasons.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 23, 2024 08:01 AM (6ydKt)

221 The Walking Dead For Reals could be just around the corner. Keep you eyes open!

Posted by: Eromero at November 23, 2024 08:05 AM (jgmnb)

222 Good morning Hordelings!😊

Posted by: Doof at November 23, 2024 08:08 AM (RFPHU)

223 But I got bored with it after season 2 so I can’t speak to the rest of the seasons.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 23, 2024 08:01 AM (6ydKt)

Cool. I'll give it a shot. Hard to find things to watch with the wife these days.
A part I saw was at an amusement park which looked like itnwas pulled right out od Karate Kid,... then the power went out so I never got to see what happened.

P.S. I pretty much assume any actor is fag. I think it's a requirement.

Posted by: Reforger at November 23, 2024 08:08 AM (xcIvR)

224 I should proof read a little better.

Posted by: Reforger at November 23, 2024 08:09 AM (xcIvR)

225 Week In Pictures tells me tacos alone will not fill the emptiness in your soul. You also need margaritas.

Well, OK then!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 23, 2024 08:11 AM (tRvof)

226 GWAR covers "I'm Just Ken" from "Barbie":

https://tinyurl.com/mry7xsek

Good morning Horde!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at November 23, 2024 08:14 AM (kpS4V)

227

Was SOTB the place with stuffed jalapeños they called Armadillo Eggs? Those things were great when drinking...

Posted by: Elderly Git at November 23, 2024 08:16 AM (rfQHv)

228
If you saw all of the Karate Kid movies, you'll probably enjoy Cobra Kai.

They're pretty good at bringing back previous villains and allies. It's in its last season and about 5 episodes away from ending. The strain is showing in the effort to come to a grand finale involving everyone, all heroes and villains alike, but eh, you've come this far why not?

CK is basically a kind of soap opera with lots of fighting. I've enjoyed it as light entertainment. It's so far been the best attempt to resurrect a dead franchise that I've seen.

BONUS! No woke nonsense beyond some grrrl power stuff.
DOUBLE BONUS!! Everyone gets the stuffing beat outta them and some point.

Check it out.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 23, 2024 08:17 AM (eDfFs)

229 @211/Madame Mayhem: Old comic has mother and daughter with d asking what is something you hated as a child that you enjoy now? Mom blurts out, "spankings" daughter looks shocked and mom looks embarrassed and says, "NAPS I meant to say naps".

*guffaw*

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 23, 2024 08:17 AM (O7YUW)

230 I am proud to say our daughter number two gave birth yesterday to another productive Trump voter. At nine pounds and 22 inches he will be driving next week!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 23, 2024 08:18 AM (tRvof)

231 Cool. I'll give it a shot. Hard to find things to watch with the wife these days.
A part I saw was at an amusement park which looked like itnwas pulled right out od Karate Kid,... then the power went out so I never got to see what happened.

— —

As it goes along they bring in more characters from the movies. For instance, the original Cobra Kai owner/sensei asshole reappears and Elisabeth Shue kinda makes an appearance as Daniel’s ex-girlfriend.

It’s a fan service show for 80s kids who wanted to be Daniel-san. And it does that part well.

But it does get kinda Cali-Woke in parts with the younger generation on the show.

No Pat Morita though, cuz he died.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 23, 2024 08:18 AM (6ydKt)

232 Huck. Congrats.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 23, 2024 08:19 AM (2NHgQ)

233 >>>> I am proud to say our daughter number two gave birth yesterday to another productive Trump voter. At nine pounds and 22 inches he will be driving next week!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 23, 2024 08:18 AM (tRvof)
*******
Congratulations and best wishes to all !!!!

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at November 23, 2024 08:20 AM (3Wwxz)

234 Heh.

RFK Jr. unveils new school lunches that are just a 24 ounce ribeye and a White Claw.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 23, 2024 08:20 AM (dg+HA)

235

Wax On, Wax Off!

My Dick!

Posted by: Peter Bootygig at November 23, 2024 08:21 AM (rfQHv)

236 Since this actually somewhat tech-related, I came across an old issue of Analog magazine published in 1973. There was an article about "mini-computers" and the marvels of the integrated circuit.

Some of these "mini-computers" only weighed 33 pounds and could be put on a desk!!! (This is back in the days of the "main frame" computer that occupied an entire room). However, there was debate if a "mini-computer" could ever be made small enough to fit in the palm of the hand; a novel was criticized for using such impossible devices.

What we now take for granted was literally science fiction 50 years ago.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at November 23, 2024 08:22 AM (pJWtt)

237 @222/Doof: "Good morning Hordelings!😊"

G'morning Doof!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 23, 2024 08:24 AM (O7YUW)

238 .
NOOD

Saturday Classical Coffee Break & Prayer Revival

NOOD

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 23, 2024 08:25 AM (O7YUW)

239 I am proud to say our daughter number two gave birth yesterday to another productive Trump voter. At nine pounds and 22 inches he will be driving next week!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 23, 2024 08:18 AM (tRvof)

Congratulations, he's a big boy!

It is gratifying to see all of the young families in our parish. Sometimes the babies get cranky, but the priests love to hear the "baby choir" during Mass.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at November 23, 2024 08:26 AM (pJWtt)

240 " I came across an old issue of Analog magazine published in 1973. There was an article about "mini-computers" and the marvels of the integrated circuit."

September 1975 the first "Byte" magazine came out. The first magazine exclusively for microcomputers. I have all the issues for the first two years here on a shelf. What we did back then were just baby steps.

Posted by: fd at November 23, 2024 08:26 AM (vFG9F)

241 I especially like how this part shows a profound ignorance of how the federal government works:

"The goal is mass deregulation - a weakening of checks and balances and a major cut to basic government services, all in the name of concentrating power among a small group of plutocrats."

Shrinking the Executive Branch and it's swarms of officers is "weakening checks and balances" and "concentrating power". The author might be surprised to know that the C&B come from three co-equal branches, not one extremely powerful branch.

Posted by: Heresolong at November 23, 2024 08:26 AM (svgMj)

242 Congratulations Huck! Now go get that kid a Red Ryder.

Posted by: fd at November 23, 2024 08:27 AM (vFG9F)

243 What we now take for granted was literally science fiction 50 years ago.

--

Also: We've made no significant technological advancements in generations except making things smaller and faster.

We're in a rut. People are beginning to notice that it's a self-induced rut because our gatekeepers in science and physics don't want anything upsetting their grifting applecarts, so no new research or ideas are pursued/allowed.

It's been mentioned here before, but remove screens from homes and you wouldn't be able to tell them apart from 1970s homes except for some interior design choices.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie at November 23, 2024 08:28 AM (eE83Y)

244 They realize that regulations are part of the executive branch right? Not the legislative? Therefore it really not a check on executive power.

Posted by: Jon at November 23, 2024 08:40 AM (SevgK)

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