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Monday Overnight Open Thread (12/16/24) - Doof
Howdy Hordelings, and thanks for stopping by tonight’s ONT. Hope you are all doing well on this mid-December Monday night.
Longshoreman Strike Revisited As the old saying goes, politics makes strange bedfellows. Labor unions typically do not lend any kind of overt support to Republican candidates. However, Donald Trump benefited from an atypical amount of labor union support and endorsements in the recent election. As a January 15 deadline approaches for an agreement between the International Longshoremen’s Association and employers represented by the United States Maritime Alliance, Trump recently met with ILA President Harold Daggett, at Trump’s residence, Mar-a-Lago, in Florida. Trump again backs longshore union as possible port strike nears.
President-elect Donald Trump over the weekend doubled down on his opposition to automation as a possible strike by union dockworkers at East and Gulf Coast container ports draws closer. President-elect Donald Trump over the weekend doubled down on his opposition to automation as a possible strike by union dockworkers at East and Gulf Coast container ports draws closer. On Saturday, Trump reposted to more than 8 million followers on his social media platform, Truth Social, a Facebook message by Dennis Daggett, International Longshoremen’s Association executive vice president, praising Trump for his support of the union in its protracted contract fight with employers at Eastern Seaboard and Gulf Coast container ports.Taking an opposing view in a recent Stossel TV video, John Stossel "explores how automation will make the future safer and richer, if only unions get out of the way."
While Harold Daggett is the epitome of a thug union boss, Trump's support for the actual workers is understandable. However, the concept of opposing automation seems to be at odds with someone who is trying to implement efficiencies within his own upcoming administration. Stay tuned.
Strange Geography - Maine From a blog entry "Weird Geography: 10 Bizarre and Unusual Facts About the United States" - Here are some weird facts about the state of Maine.
Maine is the closest US State to Africa. Quoddy Head, Maine sits just 3,154 miles from El Beddouzza, Morocco. For comparison, Florida is more than 4,000 miles from its nearest point on the African continent. If you take a road trip through the Lower 48, passing through each state only once, you always end in Maine. That’s because Maine is the only state in the continental United States that borders only one other state. Nobody knows how Maine got its name. All they know is that the name first appeared in writing in 1622. Despite the mystery behind its name, Maine was part of Massachusetts until 1819. Maine is larger than the other 5 New England States combined. If you visited one island per day, it would take you more than 9 years to visit every island in Maine At 3,478 miles, Maine’s coastline is longer than California’s (3,427 miles)More facts about Maine at the link, along with a bunch of other strange and interesting facts about US geography.
Bonus Strange Geography - Daylight Savings Time Anomoly Lots of discussion last night about Daylight Savings Time and a recent tweet from Trump about doing away with it. While it exists, there is a strange occurrence once a year where there is no time difference between portions of two coastal states on opposite sides of the country. Notice from the timezone map below that an eastern part of Oregon is in Mountain time and the western panhandle of Florida is in Central time. Because the Mountain and Central times zones are adjacent, parts of Oregon (a Pacific coast state) and Florida (an Atlantic coast state) have the same time for one hour each year in the fall when clocks are turned back.
Pickleball in Prisons? Yes - Pickleball in prisons!
From banker to investments to writer and professional speaker, [Roger] BelAir now finds himself in the role of a pickleball advocate and coach in the unlikeliest of places – correctional institutions. From Rikers Island to Cook County Jail, BelAir has traveled the country teaching pickleball to prisoners. “It’s fun and rewarding,” he said. “I’ve never done anything so satisfying in my life.” He continued, “there are people who come from the perspective that there shouldn’t be fun or games in prison and say that they are there to be punished. I understand both sides, but even if you don’t want them to have joy, the guards use force 15-20 times per day at Rikers. If you could cut that in half, isn’t that better for everyone?” Getting to play pickleball in prison is a reward for many of the inmates and co-existing on the court with someone of a different color, age, or even someone in another gang, is a necessity. Anyone who’s played pickleball can certainly relate. We’ve all shared the court with someone of a different skill, age, or background. You have to figure things out together if you want to win and that figuring-things-out part is all the fun. “You have prisoners who are enemies and, all of a sudden, they are playing as a team and laughing together,” BelAir said. “You have groups of people who won’t talk to each other, but then voluntarily get involved playing pickleball on the same court. Guys in different gangs giving each other a high five. There’s something positive that comes out of each hitting session. I had no idea that something like pickleball could be so powerful until I saw the dividends for myself.”
More here
“Going into a prison is a lot like going into a Catholic church in Italy—they’re all the same, but they’re all different,” BelAir says. “Most people in prison are pretty good at sizing people up. If they weren’t, they might be dead. They’ve got real street smarts. So, within 20 minutes or so, they’ve got me figured out. They know I’m not there to talk about my hip replacement or my grandkids—I’m there for them. And they go out and play pickleball, and all they care about is hitting the ball over the net. I go from ‘OG’ (Old Guy) to bro or dude within a half hour.”
Pickleball is changing lives everywhere. 💗
— The Kitchen Pickleball 👨🏻🍳 (@TheKitchenPB) December 14, 2024
(via: @nbcnews) pic.twitter.com/NCSjqdS8EU
As the yet-to-be disputed AOSHQ pickleball champion, you humble host endorses this program!
DJ Doof – Sounds of the Season (Part 6)
Christmas with Coldplay. Christmas Lights.
Christmas with The Brian Setzer Orchestra. Boogie Woogie Santa Claus.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 16, 2024 10:00 PM (hOUT3)
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Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 16, 2024 10:03 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 16, 2024 10:01 PM (lUFok)
Glad you approve! Here's your chocolate flavored covering bugs. Eat up!
Posted by: WEF at December 16, 2024 10:03 PM (0eaVi)
Though it did seem like half the state was exposed granite rather than soil, and it can be like 40 degrees in May, so take that into consideration.
Posted by: Dr. T at December 16, 2024 10:04 PM (lHPJf)
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 16, 2024 10:04 PM (IQ6Gq)
/adjusts kangol
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 16, 2024 10:04 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 16, 2024 10:03 PM (hOUT3)
You are very welcome, Mr Back to Back Doof-ONT Firsts!
Posted by: Doof at December 16, 2024 10:05 PM (RFPHU)
Posted by: TRex at December 16, 2024 10:06 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Doof at December 16, 2024 10:05 PM (RFPHU)
Just practicing the fundamentals, bro'!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 16, 2024 10:06 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at December 16, 2024 10:02 PM (QXQ4l)
When you are a commenter-only on an ONT, do you feel like the Monopoly "just visiting" guy?
Posted by: Doof at December 16, 2024 10:07 PM (RFPHU)
There is no good argument for opposing automation. None. This is a pure political payoff.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 16, 2024 10:07 PM (xCA6C)
Posted by: Ex-Con at December 16, 2024 10:07 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 16, 2024 10:07 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: fd at December 16, 2024 10:08 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 16, 2024 10:08 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: TRex at December 16, 2024 10:06 PM (IQ6Gq)
Glad you approve! Crack the Sky should have been more of a national act.
Posted by: Doof at December 16, 2024 10:08 PM (RFPHU)
Posted by: scampydog at December 16, 2024 10:09 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 16, 2024 10:09 PM (hovnC)
The Black Fly
***ba dum / tish***
Seriously, those little bastards are evil.
Posted by: browndog wants a flea collar at December 16, 2024 10:09 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: TRex at December 16, 2024 10:09 PM (IQ6Gq)
Wikipedia has several explanations, none of which sound especially plausible to me. I guess the most reasonable is that it's a reference to "mainland" as opposed to the offshore islands, but even that seems a bit sketchy.
Additional fun fact: the first colonial proprietors intended to call it "New Somersetshire." Glad that didn't stick.
Posted by: Dr. T at December 16, 2024 10:10 PM (lHPJf)
They're okay when you want something to bore you to sleep. Which is what I use them for.
Posted by: Someday I'll choose a nick and stick with it. Today is not that day! Dangerous Radical at December 16, 2024 10:10 PM (89Sog)
Posted by: Carried Me Off at December 16, 2024 10:10 PM (G5+As)
Hiya Doof! You all done behind the RVs?
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 16, 2024 10:08 PM (mT+6a)
I knew I could bait you with Coldplay!
Don't you be starting that RV trouble back up!
Posted by: Doof at December 16, 2024 10:10 PM (RFPHU)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 16, 2024 10:10 PM (hOUT3)
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Have the guards beat them with the paddles. Win-win!
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 16, 2024 10:10 PM (hovnC)
Posted by: jeff at December 16, 2024 10:11 PM (ZiwLX)
Posted by: scampydog at December 16, 2024 10:09 PM (41CYW)
Thanks, scimpydug!
Posted by: Doof at December 16, 2024 10:11 PM (RFPHU)
Posted by: TRex at December 16, 2024 10:11 PM (IQ6Gq)
Prisoners should all have to work at least 8 hours a day 5 days a week even if it’s just make work jobs.
Going to school , trade or educational can replace work hours.
There should not be a prison canteen.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 16, 2024 10:11 PM (D6PGr)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 16, 2024 10:12 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: scampydog at December 16, 2024 10:12 PM (41CYW)
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Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 16, 2024 10:13 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 16, 2024 10:07 PM (RIvkX)
"Someone" probably wouldn't turn it down
Posted by: Doof at December 16, 2024 10:13 PM (RFPHU)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 16, 2024 10:14 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Vaudeville Vance at December 16, 2024 10:14 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 16, 2024 10:14 PM (D6PGr)
Similar to this:
https://t.ly/OcDmK
Posted by: Tonypete at December 16, 2024 10:14 PM (WXNFJ)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 16, 2024 10:14 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 16, 2024 10:15 PM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Doof at December 16, 2024 10:15 PM (RFPHU)
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 16, 2024 10:13 PM (mT+6a)
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Me neither. Nor here. https://tinyurl.com/4b7758y9
Posted by: scampydog at December 16, 2024 10:15 PM (41CYW)
Yeah...what the f*ck is Trump thinking?
Catering to a powerful union might be smart during a campaign, but I want my president to tell the Longshoremen to go pound sand...automation is good for everyone. Including them.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 16, 2024 10:15 PM (d9fT1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 16, 2024 10:16 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 16, 2024 10:16 PM (kDn72)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 16, 2024 10:16 PM (WYPRS)
It's also emptier. Something like 1/3 of it is a national forest. And another 1/3 is pretty much potato fields and dirt since they "closed" Loring AFB.
(One of the Maine senators got them to move one office of DFAS there when they shut the rest of it down. So, it's this particularly far-flung, not really reachable, base in the middle of NOWHERE. I know, I was there for a couple of years just prior to it shutting down.)
Posted by: GWB at December 16, 2024 10:16 PM (WlvCt)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 16, 2024 10:16 PM (ZpPPm)
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Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 16, 2024 10:17 PM (hovnC)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 16, 2024 10:17 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Some Garbage Rat at December 16, 2024 10:18 PM (+VovS)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 16, 2024 10:16 PM (WYPRS)
And you guessed wrong on who'd be the ONT host tonight. Uh-huh -- I saw that!
Posted by: Doof at December 16, 2024 10:18 PM (RFPHU)
Posted by: W. R. Hearst at December 16, 2024 10:18 PM (WYPRS)
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 16, 2024 10:18 PM (cCMLd)
I'm from Kansas so "Midwest" never made sense.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 16, 2024 10:19 PM (Y6IkP)
Posted by: Dry, But Clean at December 16, 2024 10:19 PM (G5+As)
I actually never made a trip to visit him. Mom and Dad visited him a number of times. ( we lived in Louisiana)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 16, 2024 10:20 PM (D6PGr)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 16, 2024 10:15 PM (d9fT1)
Agree. And I want my president to oppose ANYTHING a union boss thug wants.
Posted by: Doof at December 16, 2024 10:20 PM (RFPHU)
Trump's support for the actual workers is understandable. However, the concept of opposing automation seems to be at odds with someone who is trying to implement efficiencies within his own upcoming administration. Stay tuned.
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He can blame it on Vivek and Elon. Damn foreigners.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's office at December 16, 2024 10:20 PM (NAICc)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 16, 2024 10:20 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 16, 2024 10:15 PM (d9fT1)
Turning the Republican/Maga party into the pro-union party (except for the godforsaken SEIU and teachers unions) is a stroke of genius that no Republican has even imagined in 90 years.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 16, 2024 10:22 PM (W6hoT)
Posted by: Blue Oyster Cult at December 16, 2024 10:23 PM (ufFY8)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 16, 2024 10:24 PM (qK9lf)
We'll be doing a lot less importing. Easy political win.
Posted by: t-bird at December 16, 2024 10:24 PM (OqC0L)
Posted by: Carried Me Off at December 16, 2024 10:10 PM (G5+As)
__________________________
That is affirmative. I lived up in northern NH for a few years and they're bad there as well....Worse yet in Southern Vermont....anyway, here's a tip on mosquitoes and black flies. Lavender Oil. It's a nice repellant for both, and if you don't mind smelling like an 18th Century Courtesan....the more you layer own, the better it works.
Posted by: Orson at December 16, 2024 10:24 PM (dIske)
Someone refresh my memory on why the Right or at least aos opposed the security tech at the ports after 9/11 during the Bush administration. I never understood the opposition.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 16, 2024 10:24 PM (D6PGr)
PDT best not go there with those miscreants. They are a pox on America.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 16, 2024 10:25 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: t-bird at December 16, 2024 10:25 PM (OqC0L)
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Unless, you know, you start in Maine...
Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 16, 2024 10:25 PM (OGOaV)
Uber driver wouldn't take rubles
Posted by: Don Black. Message: send lawyers guns and money at December 16, 2024 10:26 PM (/7KEl)
What bullshit.
Fuck that, lol.
They should worry about playing winning football. So their fans can stop hating them.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 16, 2024 10:26 PM (ufFY8)
Ontario (Malhuer county) is in Treasure Valley, which is commercially based in Idaho, and Boise. There are times I think I should have just moved out to there instead, but I grew up under oaks and douglas firs, and I would have missed the green and golds
Posted by: Kindltot at December 16, 2024 10:27 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: scampydog at December 16, 2024 10:28 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 16, 2024 10:28 PM (qK9lf)
What bullshit.
Fuck that, lol.
They should worry about playing winning football. So their fans can stop hating them.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 16, 2024 10:26 PM (ufFY
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Next team that plays the Bears should have their RB put the name Hate on the back of his jersey instead of their real name.
Posted by: Orson at December 16, 2024 10:28 PM (dIske)
Posted by: He Hate Me at December 16, 2024 10:29 PM (Aqu9a)
Boss had a condo in Kennebunk, and issued the invite for a Saturday visit.
Got a good, cheap, lobstah sammich on the way out of town, too!
Back in the pre-GPS days. Everything was Rand McNally Atlas, and locally purchased area maps.
*pours bourbon* ONT Greetings, Horde. CHEERS!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at December 16, 2024 10:29 PM (Xo+UM)
https://t.ly/OcDmK
Posted by: Tonypete at December 16, 2024 10:14 PM (WXNFJ)
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That scene was great - thanks for posting it.
I intend to track down that movie now and check it out.
Posted by: 496 at December 16, 2024 10:29 PM (t+VLa)
Hey, when you suck, you suck. Be proud of it, Bears. Embrace mediocrity and in competence.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 16, 2024 10:29 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: Doof at December 16, 2024 10:18 PM (RFPHU)
My inner Jeane Dixon ain't always up to snuff.
Posted by: W. R. Hearst at December 16, 2024 10:29 PM (WYPRS)
Pro-Union will never be a stroke of genius, At least not in reality. Like socialism it’s perfect in theory . Not so much in real life.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 16, 2024 10:29 PM (D6PGr)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 16, 2024 10:31 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: Dry, But Clean at December 16, 2024 10:19 PM (G5+As)
That's definitely a valid excuse. Approved.
Posted by: W. R. Hearst at December 16, 2024 10:31 PM (WYPRS)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 16, 2024 10:32 PM (qK9lf)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 16, 2024 10:32 PM (WYPRS)
What bullshit.
Fuck that, lol.
They should worry about playing winning football. So their fans can stop hating them.
As a once long-suffering Bears fan, I would like to take this moment to thank Colin Kaepernick, the kneeling NFL owners and players, and the left wing NFL commercial producers for eternally breaking me of the habit of giving a damn about the Bears. Sincerely.
Posted by: Chuck C at December 16, 2024 10:32 PM (0ibXw)
Posted by: Dry, But Clean at December 16, 2024 10:19 PM (G5+As)
That's definitely a valid excuse. Approved.
Posted by: W. R. Hearst at December 16, 2024 10:31 PM (WYPRS)
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It wasn't consensual.
Posted by: Billy Martin at December 16, 2024 10:32 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Dry, But Clean at December 16, 2024 10:19 PM (G5+As)
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Avoid MinuteLube.
It is a lie.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 16, 2024 10:33 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: pookysgirl, counting down days til the surgery at December 16, 2024 10:33 PM (dtlDP)
BREAKING: Court allows Derek Chauvin legal team to test George Floyd's heart tissue for appeal
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The tell-tale heart.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 16, 2024 10:34 PM (hovnC)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 16, 2024 10:34 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Orson
I love lavender oil. Have a 4 oz. bottle right next to me here. Mix it with lotion to use on my hands nightly. I'll remember the bug use, thanks.
Posted by: Essential Oilman at December 16, 2024 10:34 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 16, 2024 10:34 PM (fY84s)
Posted by: Dry, But Clean at December 16, 2024 10:19 PM (G5+As)
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Avoid MinuteLube.
It is a lie.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 16, 2024 10:33 PM (hY4dx)
There was/is a LicketyLube in Houston.
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 16, 2024 10:34 PM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 16, 2024 10:34 PM (ufFY8)
There were a lot of French in that part of colonial North America.
I guess my point is, Stephen King sucks.
Posted by: gKWVE at December 16, 2024 10:34 PM (gKWVE)
My mom declined to be left alone in TX with the five of us, so we all went.
I remember pines, birch trees, which were lovely and that you could only stay in the lake about 5 minutes before you turned blue.
Posted by: sal at December 16, 2024 10:34 PM (f+FmA)
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at December 16, 2024 10:35 PM (d9Cw3)
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 16, 2024 10:13 PM (mT+6a)
I have a friend who lives in the north part of Maine, and I am thinking of going to visit. In the summer, of course
Posted by: Kindltot at December 16, 2024 10:35 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Dry, But Clean at December 16, 2024 10:19 PM (G5+As)
It wasn't consensual.
Posted by: Billy Martin at December 16, 2024 10:32 PM (dIske)
Says you!
Posted by: Ricky Martin at December 16, 2024 10:36 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 16, 2024 10:36 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: pookysgirl, counting down days til the surgery
Oh dear, babies hurting is the worst! Thoughts and prayers for the family.
Posted by: Some Garbage Rat at December 16, 2024 10:36 PM (+VovS)
Posted by: Your Friendly Cafeteria Microwave at December 16, 2024 10:36 PM (EXyHK)
Uber driver wouldn't take rubles
Posted by: Don Black. Message: send lawyers guns and money at December 16, 2024 10:26 PM (/7KEl)
Even Russian bureaucrats don't take rubles for their bribes these days.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 16, 2024 10:36 PM (WYPRS)
Posted by: Dr. T at December 16, 2024 10:04 PM (lHPJf)
I was not happy to be headed there as a first flying assignment. Any time people start talking about the place using the phrase, "Well, if you like outdoor activities, you'll enjoy it...", you know you're in for desolation.
But it did turn out to be a good assignment. Met my future wife there, so... yeah, that was good, too. We spent a lot of time in New Brunswick. (That's in Canadia.)
But, no, I did not enjoy chipping the garage door free of ice so I could get my car out to go pick up a pizza.
Posted by: GWB at December 16, 2024 10:37 PM (WlvCt)
@Breaking911
54s
JUST IN: Biden’s DHS releases statement on mystery drones
“We have not identified anything anomalous and do not assess the activity to date to present a national security or public safety risk over the civilian airspace…Such sightings near or over DoD installations are not new.”
https://tinyurl.com/53584mky
screencaps of press release
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 16, 2024 10:37 PM (hovnC)
Catering to a powerful union might be smart during a campaign, but I want my president to tell the Longshoremen to go pound sand...automation is good for everyone. Including them.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 16, 2024 10:15 PM (d9fT1)
If port volume goes up there is no other option than to automate. In which case, the drive to automate is a pull, not a push. Push is not fun and it is hard to get it right, and it really pisses the brotherhoods off.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 16, 2024 10:37 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 16, 2024 10:38 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 16, 2024 10:38 PM (RIvkX)
I am nominally a Bears fan, and fair weather football fan, but this year I am jumping on the Lions bandwagon, since I have been a peasant under Evil Queen Whitchmer.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 16, 2024 10:38 PM (ufFY8)
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at December 16, 2024 10:35 PM (d9Cw3)
Thank you, brother! One day I'll surprise you with some upright bass.
Posted by: Doof at December 16, 2024 10:38 PM (RFPHU)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 16, 2024 10:16 PM (ZpPPm)
there used to be a gas station at Juntura. Not any more.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 16, 2024 10:38 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at December 16, 2024 10:39 PM (bMh3T)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 16, 2024 10:15 PM (d9fT1)
Turning the Republican/Maga party into the pro-union party (except for the godforsaken SEIU and teachers unions) is a stroke of genius that no Republican has even imagined in 90 years.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 16, 2024 10:22 PM (W6hoT)
Of all the fights that I want Trump to make in Feb 2025, the Longshoremen are fairly low on the list. Make a deal with them now, and deal with them later.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 16, 2024 10:39 PM (3/D/j)
Posted by: Orson at December 16, 2024 10:24 PM (dIske)
18th century courtesans don't smell very good. Ask any anthropologist or grave robber.
Posted by: GWB at December 16, 2024 10:41 PM (WlvCt)
Sadly they quit touring pre Covid...
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 16, 2024 10:41 PM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: gKWVE at December 16, 2024 10:41 PM (gKWVE)
Nice ONT, Doof.
Posted by: LRob in OK, Moron and Lunatic at December 16, 2024 10:39 PM (bMh3T)
Thank you!
Posted by: Doof at December 16, 2024 10:41 PM (RFPHU)
Posted by: Archimedes
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Less efficient ports make trade more expensive.
Inefficient inbound traffic and very efficient outbound would favor domestic production.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 16, 2024 10:42 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 16, 2024 10:13 PM (mT+6a)
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I kind of like the music.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 16, 2024 10:42 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: Darrell Harris
Yes. And then have them help automate. Baby steps.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 16, 2024 10:43 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: ObsidianKnife at December 16, 2024 10:43 PM (1Xis7)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 16, 2024 10:29 PM (D6PGr)
Unions are obviously becoming a smaller and smaller share of the workforce - this isn’t about them. This is about eviscerating and seizing control of the last vestiges of the Dems great 20th century coalitions. This is about ripping away the last chance the left has to say that they still represent any working class voters.
Delaying automation of some ports for a few years (of course they’ll automate eventually) is a tiny price to pay for that great prize.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 16, 2024 10:43 PM (W6hoT)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 16, 2024 10:44 PM (WYPRS)
It was directed by Clint Eastwood. The dude is 94. He must have had a good assistant director.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 16, 2024 10:44 PM (D6PGr)
Apparently Maine was/is(?) the Alabama of the Northeast, stereotypically speaking.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 16, 2024 10:44 PM (ufFY8)
Powerful: This Broadway Production Called A Little Retarded Girl Up On Stage
buff.ly/3OXM9Jp
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 16, 2024 10:45 PM (fs1hN)
BREAKING: House has passed a bill to designate the bald eagle as the official national bird of the United States.
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I guess it wasn't official. Franklin supporters should pull for the noble 🦃 !!!
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 16, 2024 10:46 PM (hovnC)
Give them spoons.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 16, 2024 10:47 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: gKWVE
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Very true. Rules on stacking height at ancillary yards, warehouses and offsite storage sized for just in time inventory, and the disruption of normal port flow (Covid and the west coast strike) - companies began moving thing to other ports. Those ports were/are unprepared for traffic bursts. Typically there are enough containers in the world but they are often not in the right places, which further stresses the system.
Posted by: scampydog at December 16, 2024 10:47 PM (41CYW)
Apparently Maine was/is(?) the Alabama of the Northeast, stereotypically speaking.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 16, 2024 10:44 PM (ufFY
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Depends where you go. Lewiston has about 6,000 Somalis, Afghans, and Iraqis....as does Portland...(S. Portland just elected a Somali Mayor).
Posted by: Orson at December 16, 2024 10:47 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Livia Augusta at December 16, 2024 10:47 PM (lAAta)
I don’t totally disagree with your strategy. I guess like teaming with the Soviet Union in WW2. Just hope it doesn’t come back to bite us in the butt like the Soviet Union.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 16, 2024 10:47 PM (D6PGr)
Delaying automation of some ports for a few years (of course they’ll automate eventually) is a tiny price to pay for that great prize.
Why don't they use spoons?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 16, 2024 10:47 PM (63Dwl)
I recall driving through one time and spotting a reader board announcing there was going to be a "BJ Tournament" that week.
After my initial startlement, I realized it was an ad for the local Indian casino.
I assume they meant Blackjack, but then again Burns is a long way from anywhere...
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 16, 2024 10:47 PM (ZpPPm)
BREAKING: House has passed a bill to designate the bald eagle as the official national bird of the United States.
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It was rigged!
Posted by: Penguins at December 16, 2024 10:48 PM (hY4dx)
It was directed by Clint Eastwood. The dude is 94. He must have had a good assistant director.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 16, 2024 10:44 PM (D6PGr)
Eastwood is like an anti-Kubreck. Kubrick is know for making actors go through a ridiculous number of takes for a scene, while Eastwood would say "print it" while the actors think they ate still in rehearsal.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 16, 2024 10:49 PM (WYPRS)
Posted by: JohnSmith at December 16, 2024 10:49 PM (fjqUv)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 16, 2024 10:49 PM (63Dwl)
IMO
Posted by: Don Black. Message: dance with the one what brung ya at December 16, 2024 10:49 PM (/7KEl)
Posted by: Orson at December 16, 2024 10:47 PM (dIske)
Yup.
This story is more than 29 years old.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 16, 2024 10:50 PM (ufFY8)
🚨#BREAKING: The NYPD has discovered a massive drone amid spate of sightings in tri-state area
📌#Manhattan l #NewYork
New York police recovered a massive drone abandoned in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. A video shows an NYPD officer holding the large aircraft, which appears to measure over five feet in diameter. Officers found the drone on a sidewalk after responding to an emailed tip. During the investigation, a passerby mentioned working in the building housing the drone’s manufacturer, Amogy, Inc. Amogy CEO Seonghoon Woo later confirmed the drone belonged to the company, explaining it had been left on the sidewalk after a company party about a month ago. This comes amid reports of thousands of unidentified drone sightings along the East Coast and other areas.
https://tinyurl.com/2p9455h8
39 seconds
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 16, 2024 10:50 PM (hovnC)
Delaying automation of some ports for a few years (of course they’ll automate eventually) is a tiny price to pay for that great prize.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Very similar thoughts and conversations behind the scenes about the unions by those moving the containers.
Posted by: scampydog at December 16, 2024 10:51 PM (41CYW)
BREAKING: House has passed a bill to designate the bald eagle as the official national bird of the United States.
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I guess it wasn't official. Franklin supporters should pull for the noble 🦃 !!!
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 16, 2024 10:46 PM (hovnC)
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I was hoping for the Cuckoo. They like to drop an egg into an unsuspecting next of a different bird. Then the newly hatched cuckoo will push the other hatched birds out. Sort of like what I anticipate our next generation of Trade Agreements to accomplish.
Posted by: Orson at December 16, 2024 10:51 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 16, 2024 10:52 PM (63Dwl)
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I want to go to next year's company party.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 16, 2024 10:52 PM (hY4dx)
It’s not about pushing them away. It’s about joining them against automation /efficiency.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 16, 2024 10:53 PM (D6PGr)
There are currently yuge Truck areas right past the California border, where they change trucks... because so many Big Rigs used throughout the nation, do not pass Calif standards...
Which has driven out most of the small truck firms in Calif, which means they cannot support the Ports... all planned by big Corporations, in league with Calif's semi Socialist Gov.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 16, 2024 10:53 PM (QAkQ3)
This story is more than 29 years old.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 16, 2024 10:50 PM (ufFY
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29 years ago the total number of Somalis was about twice that total...but a lot left after the Lewiston mayor sent out a press release telling the Somali community that they were pressing the city's resources to the max ...and it didn't help that someone threw a pig's head into a mosque around the same time.
Posted by: Orson at December 16, 2024 10:54 PM (dIske)
I assume they meant Blackjack, but then again Burns is a long way from anywhere...
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 16, 2024 10:47 PM (ZpPPm)
Now, imagine staying at a hotel in Burns, but your worksite is out to the southeast between Crane and New Princeton.
Where? you say
exactly.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 16, 2024 10:55 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 16, 2024 10:56 PM (QHOVG)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1752686
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0507824
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 16, 2024 09:39 PM (63Dwl)
Thanks. U-47 in Scapa Flow is the one.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 16, 2024 10:54 PM (aD39U)
Posted by: Grump928(C) repeats himself at December 16, 2024 10:56 PM (aD39U)
>>Eastwood is like an anti-Kubreck. Kubrick is know for making actors go through a ridiculous number of takes for a scene, while Eastwood would say "print it" while the actors think they ate still in rehearsal.
Well, sometimes the actor leaves his best stuff in rehearsals and forgets what's in his pockets when it's the take.
You can probably count on one hand and one finger with Directors with as much acting and directing experience as Eastwood.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 16, 2024 10:57 PM (XV/Pl)
Which has driven out most of the small truck firms in Calif, which means they cannot support the Ports... all planned by big Corporations, in league with Calif's semi Socialist Gov.
Posted by: Romeo13
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There has been a lot of talk about a mega port, south of the border - Baja. California is out of their mind with their trucking rules and requirements. We do some modified containers that end up there and it is a headache.
Posted by: scampydog at December 16, 2024 10:57 PM (41CYW)
29 years ago the total number of Somalis was about twice that total...but a lot left after the Lewiston mayor sent out a press release telling the Somali community that they were pressing the city's resources to the max ...and it didn't help that someone threw a pig's head into a mosque around the same time.
Posted by: Orson
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Voluntary deportation can be encouraged.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 16, 2024 10:58 PM (QHOVG)
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I want to go to next year's company party.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 16, 2024 10:52 PM (hY4dx)
Inventory control!
What a concept!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 16, 2024 10:59 PM (8zz6B)
https://t.ly/OcDmK
Posted by: Tonypete at December 16, 2024 10:14 PM (WXNFJ)
Reminds me of this place in New Orleans. No menu. Two steaks, T-bone and rib-eye, each large or medium. Wedge salad and the best onion rings known to man. Didn't matter much as the waiter usually decided for you.
It's changed a it since Katrina but still a cherished institution.
Charlie's Steakhouse > https://tinyurl.com/2e895ncs
Posted by: javems at December 16, 2024 11:00 PM (8I4hW)
Especially if you look at the success rate. I can’t think of a real stinker as a director in his catalogue. I’m sure there is one or two but they just don’t come to mind. Did he direct The Gauntlet?
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 16, 2024 11:00 PM (D6PGr)
I have a Burns cookbook from about 1952. Most memorable recipe so far is for “Dago Dane”. I’m guessing Mrs. C.H. Fosburg‘s maiden name is Italic.
Posted by: Your Friendly Cafeteria Microwave at December 16, 2024 11:02 PM (EXyHK)
Charlie's Steakhouse > https://tinyurl.com/2e895ncs
Posted by: javems at December 16, 2024 11:00 PM (8I4hW)
Marking that one down for my next trip to Nawlins!
Posted by: Doof at December 16, 2024 11:02 PM (RFPHU)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 16, 2024 11:00 PM (D6PGr)
15:17 To Paris wasn't all that well regarded, but Eastwood definitely has one of the better batting averages as directors go.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 16, 2024 11:03 PM (WYPRS)
solving little made-up problems because the real problems are too difficult
Posted by: Don Black. Message: dance with the one what brung ya at December 16, 2024 11:03 PM (/7KEl)
🚨#BREAKING: The NYPD has discovered a massive drone amid spate of sightings in tri-state area
📌#Manhattan l #NewYork
New York police recovered a massive drone abandoned in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. A video shows an NYPD officer holding the large aircraft, which appears to measure over five feet in diameter. Officers found the drone on a sidewalk after responding to an emailed tip. During the investigation, a passerby mentioned working in the building housing the drone’s manufacturer, Amogy, Inc. Amogy CEO Seonghoon Woo later confirmed the drone belonged to the company, explaining it had been left on the sidewalk after a company party about a month ago. This comes amid reports of thousands of unidentified drone sightings along the East Coast and other areas.
https://tinyurl.com/2p9455h8
39 seconds
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 16, 2024 10:50 PM (hovnC)
I'm beginning to think the recent and very visible drone swarms is an op intended to get people used to having a large number of drone-UFOs hovering and buzzing overhead at night. Why? We plebs don't have a need to know this, of course.
Posted by: Gref at December 16, 2024 11:04 PM (aBgBM)
It's changed a it since Katrina but still a cherished institution.
Charlie's Steakhouse > https://tinyurl.com/2e895ncs
Posted by: javems
I traveled for business so often and for so many years that I eventually took to saying "Surprise me" when ordering. I rarely had anything less than an outstanding meal. The cooks/servers seemed to like me trusting them.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 16, 2024 11:04 PM (WXNFJ)
>>Did he direct The Gauntlet?
Yep.
My favorite film he directed was Midnight in The Garden of Good and Evil.
Such a good film.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 16, 2024 11:04 PM (XV/Pl)
solving little made-up problems because the real problems are too difficult
Posted by: Don Black. Message: dance with the one what brung ya at December 16, 2024 11:03 PM (/7KEl)
What about flavored weed?
Posted by: tankdemon at December 16, 2024 11:05 PM (WYPRS)
What about flavored weed?
Posted by: tankdemon at December 16, 2024 11:05 PM (WYPRS)
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Pumpkin Spice is still leaping off the shelf.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 16, 2024 11:06 PM (hY4dx)
Posted by: Tonypete at December 16, 2024 11:04 PM (WXNFJ)
Gonna try this occasionally. Will be on extended work travel a few times in 2025.
Posted by: Doof at December 16, 2024 11:06 PM (RFPHU)
I consider The Gauntlet a stinker because it was kind of silly. I didn’t care for The Bridges of Madison County but can’t really blame that on Eastwood.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 16, 2024 11:06 PM (D6PGr)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 16, 2024 11:05 PM (WYPRS)
Corn chip and grape jelly flavored dabs FTW!
Posted by: Kindltot at December 16, 2024 11:08 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: GWB
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Perfume was popular.
Posted by: Bottom Feeders, Law firm at December 16, 2024 11:10 PM (XeU6L)
Such a good film.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 16, 2024 11:04 PM (XV/Pl)
He might be a horrible person but Kevin Spacey does his very job well.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 16, 2024 11:10 PM (k3/sC)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0507824
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 16, 2024 09:39 PM (63Dwl)
Thanks. U-47 in Scapa Flow is the one.
Posted by: Grump928(C)
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https://tinyurl.com/3d46mhrb
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 16, 2024 11:11 PM (QHOVG)
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 16, 2024 11:11 PM (QHOVG)
Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at December 16, 2024 11:11 PM (tmPIh)
Trump is playing at a level way above everyone else’s heads; he’s not concerned with port specifics, he’s setting up the MAGA movement to be in charge in this country for the next 30 or 40 years. (Which is what FDR did for the Democrats)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 16, 2024 11:12 PM (W6hoT)
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As an aside, I knew some of the actual people mentioned in the book.
Posted by: Bottom Feeders, Law firm at December 16, 2024 11:12 PM (XeU6L)
Such a good film.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 16, 2024 11:04 PM (XV/Pl)
He might be a horrible person but Kevin Spacey does his very job well.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth
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American Beauty
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 16, 2024 11:12 PM (QHOVG)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 16, 2024 11:12 PM (XeU6L)
I am not actually a fan, though I need to ask my wife's opinion since she likes that sort of thing.
Personally I think I can mix it with the bay rum, and smell like a Cuba Libre.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 16, 2024 11:13 PM (D7oie)
Wondered where you had gotten to
Posted by: Kindltot at December 16, 2024 11:14 PM (D7oie)
Trump is playing at a level way above everyone else’s heads; he’s not concerned with port specifics, he’s setting up the MAGA movement to be in charge in this country for the next 30 or 40 years. (Which is what FDR did for the Democrats)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Long game is hard to perceive sometime. What looks like a loss in the short term evolves into a big win in the long run.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 16, 2024 11:14 PM (QHOVG)
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 16, 2024 11:12 PM (QHOVG)
K-Pax is a favorite of mine.
Not a fan of the movie American Beauty but Spacey played his part well.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 16, 2024 11:15 PM (k3/sC)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 16, 2024 11:15 PM (W/lyH)
They had the capacity to breed them, they can find the capacity to feed them.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 16, 2024 11:17 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 16, 2024 11:18 PM (W6hoT)
>>I consider The Gauntlet a stinker because it was kind of silly. I didn’t care for The Bridges of Madison County but can’t really blame that on Eastwood.
Taste and aesthetic are subjective, I don't believe, objectively, Eastwood has made a bad film, either as an actor or director.
There are some actors and directors you just like.
Eastwood is one of them.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 16, 2024 11:18 PM (XV/Pl)
I'm beginning to think the recent and very visible drone swarms is an op intended to get people used to having a large number of drone-UFOs hovering and buzzing overhead at night. Why? We plebs don't have a need to know this, of course.
Posted by: Gref
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There's a clip of a fellow firing tracers at some. They are very hard to hit.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 16, 2024 11:18 PM (QHOVG)
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 16, 2024 11:14 PM (QHOVG)
Just as many short term losses with the idea of long term wins that turned into bigger losses .
That said I will always hope for our side to win.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 16, 2024 11:19 PM (k3/sC)
Posted by: Kindltot at December 16, 2024 11:13 PM (D7oie)
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10 High keeps the skeeters away.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 16, 2024 11:19 PM (hY4dx)
Beautiful country up there.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 16, 2024 11:19 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 16, 2024 11:15 PM (W/lyH)
They can certainly take back the ones that originated there. And they could cooperate in unwinding the net of NGO's that used them as stepping-stones to bring in Africans, Asians, and muzzies.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 16, 2024 11:19 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 16, 2024 11:20 PM (ZpPPm)
I am not actually a fan, though I need to ask my wife's opinion since she likes that sort of thing.
Personally I think I can mix it with the bay rum, and smell like a Cuba Libre.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 16, 2024 11:13 PM (D7oie)
***
Tried that sniff commercial test with Mrs D.
She called bullsh*t with the blindfold.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 16, 2024 11:20 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 16, 2024 11:18 PM (QHOVG)
There is a reason that you use shotguns to hunt game birds.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 16, 2024 11:21 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 16, 2024 11:21 PM (W6hoT)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 16, 2024 11:22 PM (dxSpM)
Such a good film.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 16, 2024 11:04 PM (XV/Pl)
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He might be a horrible person but Kevin Spacey does his very job well.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth
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American Beauty
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 16, 2024 11:12 PM (QHOVG)
The Usual Suspects.
(If not already said.)
Posted by: RickZ at December 16, 2024 11:22 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 16, 2024 11:22 PM (RIvkX)
#WATCH: One-armed MMA fighter Marney Maxx delivers a first round knockout.
https://tinyurl.com/2s3jbc79
33 seconds
Posted by: michelle fields at December 16, 2024 11:22 PM (hovnC)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth
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It was a real movie. Shocked I was. Annette Benning was type cast as a real bitch and she played the part well. Yeah, it was a dark comedy, they say. I'd say tragedy. But solid beginning to end,
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 16, 2024 11:23 PM (QHOVG)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 16, 2024 11:20 PM (ZpPPm)
Werner, if so, is Jill Wagner as hawt as she looks?
She could really heat up my wurst if you catch my drift.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 16, 2024 11:23 PM (W/lyH)
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Wondered where you had gotten to
Posted by: Kindltot at December 16, 2024 11:14 PM (D7oie)
Scary thing is that comment made sense to me. A first for a Werner post.
Posted by: RickZ at December 16, 2024 11:23 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 16, 2024 11:23 PM (k3/sC)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 16, 2024 11:24 PM (qK9lf)
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As an aside, I knew some of the actual people mentioned in the book.
Posted by: Bottom Feeders, Law firm
hahahah!!
Posted by: runner at December 16, 2024 11:25 PM (QTCRF)
There is a reason that you use shotguns to hunt game birds.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Way out of shotgun range.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 16, 2024 11:25 PM (QHOVG)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 16, 2024 11:26 PM (qK9lf)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 16, 2024 11:26 PM (k3/sC)
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 16, 2024 11:27 PM (QHOVG)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 16, 2024 11:23 PM (k3/sC)
When Elic Swarrwerr wore hai karate, it always smelled like a fart!
Posted by: Fang Fang at December 16, 2024 11:27 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 16, 2024 11:25 PM (QHOVG)
Apparetly out of anybody's range. Air Force, traffic helicopters, anything.
Posted by: RickZ at December 16, 2024 11:28 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Kindltot
Like many Deutsche Leute in this magical Yuletide season, Werner has been hiding from Krampus. He is adroit and clever, and great care must be taken to avoid him. Werner and his kitty were previously hiding in the attic of my Swiss chateau, but we have relocated many times since. Kitty and I think all should be well by Boxing Today, but Werner is not counting on it.
Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at December 16, 2024 11:29 PM (tmPIh)
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 16, 2024 11:25 PM (QHOVG)
Well, not in every case.
Actually, I am kind of surprised that some owners of hobby drones have not rigged some of their toys to make kamikaze runs on the "unknowns".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 16, 2024 11:30 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Fang Fang at December 16, 2024 11:27 PM (8zz6B)
You reminded me of the brothers in HS who played B-Ball in the morning before class and didn't shower but just splashed on the Brute.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 16, 2024 11:30 PM (k3/sC)
Way out of shotgun range.
Posted by: Braenyard
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ONTOS. That is always the answer. Flechette rounds.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 16, 2024 11:30 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 16, 2024 11:31 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
That one is already in the can, as the Hollywood folk say. CGI Klaus is actually an improvement over regular Klaus. The poor Tech people who had to create him, however, may never be the same. When gazing into the Abyss is your primary means of research, that's going to leave a mark.
Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at December 16, 2024 11:35 PM (tmPIh)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 16, 2024 11:23 PM (k3/sC)
Absolutley. It's the oils in the cologne. Same for perfume for ladies. As much as I hated wsalking around Macy's smelling like a cologne advertisement, I did appreciate being able to get test sprays/drops then walk around the store. Some scents worked, some didn't. I could never wear Polo or Grey Flannel, e.g. They smelled like cat urine on me. But Canoe is fine. Whatever works with the oils in your skin. And the 'smell sense' of one's partner. I was amazed at how complicated cologned is, without animal testing. Anyone animal testing cologne should be shot. Or fed to said animals after being nicely trussed up.
Posted by: RickZ at December 16, 2024 11:36 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 16, 2024 11:31 PM (CHHv1)
It’s not just perverse but incredibly sad that someone hate the best part of themselves.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 16, 2024 11:37 PM (W6hoT)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 16, 2024 11:30 PM (8zz6B)
Unless you are in a position to recover the wreckage, then expect the febs to be knocking on your door in about 48 hours.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 16, 2024 11:37 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 16, 2024 11:38 PM (mH6SG)
It might have civet musk or something related as a sticker.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 16, 2024 11:40 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 16, 2024 11:37 PM (W/lyH)
Just get a local Sheriff to deputize you.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 16, 2024 11:40 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 16, 2024 11:18 PM (W6hoT)
Kinda like the way a majorIty of Buffalonians feel about The Natural.
Proud that it was filmed in the city, and that some of the castings were locals, but disappointed in the final product.
Posted by: browndog was not one of the fans in the stands at December 16, 2024 11:41 PM (TTAGa)
Spot on RickZ.
I've had all manner of colognes over the years. Cheap and expensive. My personal favorite was Jovan.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 16, 2024 11:43 PM (W/lyH)
Always seems weird when women resent female curves just because men like them.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm
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Men have funny ways of expressing it at times, like shaming girls just when they are at their most sensitive about their bodies.
I follow a lot of those stories online, and the proportion of these self-mutilating girls that is objectively beautiful is saddening. Someone is abusing them horribly.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 16, 2024 11:45 PM (lCaJd)
Those ones I suspect like Old Spice or Nautica
Posted by: Kindltot at December 16, 2024 11:45 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions
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Good to see you back, Werner. Never saw the Abyss, but did see The Deep. Don't recall much other than Jacqueline Bisset.
Posted by: scampydog at December 16, 2024 11:45 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Archer at December 16, 2024 11:46 PM (IDphi)
She could really heat up my wurst if you catch my drift.
Posted by: Diogenes
The answer is a resounding "ja." There are not sufficient adjectives to describe her allure. Were Werner thirty years younger and not currently married to wife number four ... alas, the things that cannot be. I do take some comfort in my success in preventing the casting of Lori Loughlin. Danica McKellar I would not object to, but there was no way that Aunt Becky could be allowed to bypass Winnie Cooper.
Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at December 16, 2024 11:48 PM (tmPIh)
Posted by: Archer at December 16, 2024 11:46 PM (IDphi)
The Pickleball Shankers.
Nasty prison gang name.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 16, 2024 11:48 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 16, 2024 11:50 PM (XeU6L)
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Hai Karate.
Posted by: Valerie Leon at December 16, 2024 11:51 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Archer at December 16, 2024 11:51 PM (IDphi)
Of course, John Palumbo is a filthy commie, so it serves him right that success eluded him.
Posted by: goozer at December 16, 2024 11:51 PM (aWAkn)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth
I did a renovation at the Faberge offices in Manhattan around 1975. There were many dozens of beautiful, young, ladies working there. I think the largest collection I can remember. They're all 70-85 years old now.
Posted by: Sic Transit Gloria Mundi at December 16, 2024 11:53 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Cosda at December 17, 2024 12:02 AM (kqxc8)
Posted by: Archer
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During the filming of 'The Last of the Mohicans', there were a lot of extras around Asheville with Mohawk haircuts.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 17, 2024 12:03 AM (XeU6L)
Prisoners can play Pickleball and get a Sex Change all in one week!!!!!!!!!!!
Cackle............ Cackle......... Cackle.......
Posted by: Kamal Harris at December 17, 2024 12:06 AM (1U5p7)
Posted by: Pete in Texas at December 17, 2024 12:12 AM (p9rFX)
Posted by: Diogenes at December 17, 2024 12:13 AM (W/lyH)
Not a movie maven, but Spacey was good in LA Confidential. But partly I like that movie, and a few others set in the same period, for how they captured the old LA feel and look.
I often say "what are the two best things on the menu?" when at a new place. Depends on the kind of restaurant, the staff, etc, but it's not a bad way to start.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 17, 2024 12:20 AM (1m82a)
Posted by: Diogenes
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The accommodations might be a bit quirky, but I'll give it a go.
Posted by: scampydog at December 17, 2024 12:21 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 17, 2024 12:23 AM (1m82a)
Posted by: Pete in Texas at December 17, 2024 12:12 AM (p9rFX)
I've never heard of this movie and from just a quick search I have to ask: Why is it infamous?
Posted by: RickZ at December 17, 2024 12:23 AM (gKDq2)
Here, in case you missed this on BluebirdOfBitterness's site - 11 great minutes:
https://youtu.be/T-E4vyrKsJs
🎄🔔
G'nite, y'all, and God bless.
Posted by: mindful webworker - tis the season at December 17, 2024 12:24 AM (DJly0)
Posted by: RickZ at December 17, 2024 12:23 AM (gKDq2)
Jerry Lewis plays a clown in a death camp. So you already have something in dubious taste He was so embarrassed by the final product that he supposedly bought up every print of the movie and destroyed them.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 17, 2024 12:27 AM (ZpPPm)
Posted by: RickZ at December 17, 2024 12:23 AM (gKDq2)
It’s a movie about a clown who entertains children at a death camp before they’re taken to the showers and gassed. Really.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 17, 2024 12:30 AM (W6hoT)
https://youtu.be/T-E4vyrKsJs
🎄🔔
G'nite, y'all, again
Posted by: mindful webworker - whoopsie at December 17, 2024 12:31 AM (DJly0)
There's a murky situation now WRT the new management possibly extending Russian base rights in Syria, but I'd guess if it happens main reason is Damascus wants a possible counterweight to .... Turkey.
That country has replaced Iran as the big swinging schlong in Syria, so as Assad did but eventually failed to play Jerusalem, Moscow, and Tehran off against each other to extend his run, the new chief turbans will replace Ankara for Tehran in that matrix.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 17, 2024 12:31 AM (1m82a)
Posted by: RickZ at December 17, 2024 12:36 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: RickZ
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Wikipedia has a good rundown of events surrounding the movie and its state of existence at this time.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 17, 2024 12:39 AM (QHOVG)
The map of Arizona shows an interesting situation. The state is shown as brown, which means we don't change to Daylight time... except for the yellow (Daylight time) lump in the NE corner. That's the Navajo reservation, and they go with Daylight time to make the whole reservation, which extends into New Mexico and Utah, consistant. The smaller brown swatch in the middle there is the Hopi reservation, and it wouldn't surprise me to find out that the Hopi Tribal Council voted to go with the rest of Arizona just to be different than the Navajo Nation.
Posted by: buddhaha at December 17, 2024 12:42 AM (YRARP)
They are building facilities for the soldiers.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 17, 2024 12:44 AM (QHOVG)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 17, 2024 12:47 AM (1m82a)
Putin and Netanyahu have a working relationship (I think) and taking Damascus wouldn't bother Putin. It would certainly upset Erdogan's apple cart.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 17, 2024 12:51 AM (QHOVG)
Posted by: scampydog at December 17, 2024 12:54 AM (41CYW)
Move the PLO grifters to a shit hole in Syria, Iraq or Iran or Diego Garcia.
You're welcome,
DM
Posted by: Deplorable Minion at December 17, 2024 01:02 AM (QSrLX)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 17, 2024 01:03 AM (1m82a)
https://youtu.be/YZuMe5RvxPQ
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 17, 2024 01:05 AM (ZpPPm)
Posted by: Werner Herzog Has Opinions at December 16, 2024 11:11 PM (tmPIh)
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Just the name of it is like fingernails drawn across a blackboard. Not something I'd ever play, just because of that...
Posted by: As not seen on TV at December 17, 2024 01:06 AM (L8T6F)
Posted by: Deplorable Minion at December 17, 2024 01:06 AM (QSrLX)
Those ones I suspect like Old Spice or Nautica
Posted by: Kindltot at December 16, 2024 11:45 PM (D7oie)
"Canoe" the fragrance for men. Nothing compares to the kitsch:
Sexy bathing suit clad woman looking at signal flags from guy's yacht with binoculars:
"C - Come on over. A - Alone. N - Now. O - Okay. E - Etc. Etc. How do you spell Canoe?"
Posted by: Publius Redux at December 17, 2024 01:07 AM (dx5/5)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 17, 2024 01:08 AM (W6hoT)
Posted by: Skip at December 17, 2024 01:10 AM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Archer at December 16, 2024 11:51 PM (IDphi)
How many MILFs in MILFord?
Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 17, 2024 01:12 AM (SSBCb)
Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 17, 2024 01:18 AM (SSBCb)
At the moment, and for a few months, with world eyes on the other fronts, the West Bank has been a hot theater of action between Israel and various armed Paleo factions, and now, an open armed tussle between the PA and Hamas/PIJ. Fatah is flaccid politically, Hamas has major mojo (imagine being eviscerated and making your area resemble 1945 Tokyo *increasing* your political traction, but that's what's happened in the West Bank).
Posted by: rhomboid at December 17, 2024 01:19 AM (1m82a)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 17, 2024 01:27 AM (8zz6B)
Tell the Gazans that they are now Syrians... and to get out.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 17, 2024 01:29 AM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: As not seen on TV at December 17, 2024 01:06 AM (L8T6F)
Hold my beer...
Posted by: Cornhole at December 17, 2024 01:30 AM (ZpPPm)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at December 17, 2024 01:33 AM (fsC91)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 17, 2024 01:44 AM (Sgq8y)
Posted by: rhomboid at December 17, 2024 01:03 AM (1m82a)
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Let's not forget the Midget Kingdom:
https://tinyurl.com/yc6htrzc
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 17, 2024 01:50 AM (LhkjR)
If you're not expecting it, it can either be amusing or embarrassing when you show up smelling the same as your date.
Fortunately, she was amused.
Posted by: buddhaha at December 17, 2024 01:58 AM (YRARP)
Has Farmer posted lately, does anybody know how things are going for him?
It has warmed up considerably outside. we are do for some rain.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 17, 2024 02:09 AM (Sgq8y)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 17, 2024 02:20 AM (Sgq8y)
Posted by: tcn in AK at December 17, 2024 02:21 AM (xZ/E3)
Did Trudeau resign?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 17, 2024 03:16 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 17, 2024 03:25 AM (omVj0)
It's changed a it since Katrina but still a cherished institution.
Charlie's Steakhouse > https://tinyurl.com/2e895ncs
Posted by: javems
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I was there for a late lunch a few years ago, and it was great. Turns out my father grew up, ages 10-13, directly across the street -- before Charlie's was there.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 17, 2024 03:32 AM (omVj0)
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