The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition

I defy you to find a worse cable company than Optimum, or Cablevision, or The Devil's Carbuncle, or whatever they call themselves.

Open Thread, because composing a rant on a phone is a non starter.

Posted by: CBD at 11:00 AM

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Posted by: Formerly Virginian at December 31, 2024 11:00 AM (N1DT3)

2 Good morning everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 31, 2024 11:00 AM (WXNFJ)

3 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 31, 2024 11:01 AM (id160)

4 Willowed:

Why would the Mob be interested in a former comedian with a big chin?
Posted by: Boss Moss

Gambling debts.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 31, 2024 11:01 AM (id160)

5 I don't think I can find a worse cable company...

of course, I haven't dealt with a cable company in more than a dozen years.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at December 31, 2024 11:01 AM (N1DT3)

6 Monkey's back!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, still gloating at December 31, 2024 11:01 AM (bpljM)

7 I nooded.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 31, 2024 11:01 AM (id160)

8 I see someone's a bit torqued off this morning....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2024 11:01 AM (Q4IgG)

9 I don't think I can find a worse cable company...

of course, I haven't dealt with a cable company in more than a dozen years.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

ViaSat or HughesNet.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 31, 2024 11:02 AM (id160)

10 Good Morning! Happy New Year (almost) to Ace, the COB's, all of the 'rons and 'ettes that make this place a wonderful place to be.

Posted by: Old Blue at December 31, 2024 11:03 AM (X6YhY)

11 If the choice for cable companies comes down to ViaSat, HughesNet or smoke signals, take the smoke signals.

You'll still be frustrated, but for free.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 31, 2024 11:04 AM (id160)

12 Posted by: Old Blue at December 31, 2024 11:03 AM (X6YhY)

Good morning to you!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 31, 2024 11:04 AM (CwoAk)

13 German Authorities Charge Iraqi Couple Over Keeping Yazidi Sex Slaves

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Immigration has transformed Germany into a vast Tapestry of diversity!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at December 31, 2024 11:05 AM (L/fGl)

14 Comcast is coming here to podunk sw Virginia.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2024 11:05 AM (JMjSs)

15 Verizon has been ok

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2024 11:06 AM (yZLuv)

16 Willowed:

The dude has a car collection worth more than some country GDP. But he has to borrow money from the Mafia to gamble? Its. A silly story.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald

He didn't borrow from them. He bet with them. Them being the bookies. And lost. Bigly.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 31, 2024 11:06 AM (id160)

17 Comcast is coming here to podunk sw Virginia.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Starlink is already there. 😉

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 31, 2024 11:07 AM (id160)

18 Cable TV providers, proof that it is still possible to have a legal monopoly in defiance of the laws. They provide service like it too.

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at December 31, 2024 11:07 AM (XjTSo)

19 Why do people with shittons of money gamble in tge first place?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2024 11:08 AM (JMjSs)

20 I don't think I can find a worse cable company...

of course, I haven't dealt with a cable company in more than a dozen years.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

ViaSat or HughesNet.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 31, 2024 11:02 AM

We had hughes net when we lived in Kentucky, it sucked so bad I paid the $385 early contract termination fee to get rid of it.

We don't have cable anymore and we really don;t need it as there is a ton of free stuff out there. Right now we have frontier for internet and have had zero issues with them.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 31, 2024 11:09 AM (Rcnd3)

21 Mobile, AL police are on the lookout for a black SUV that stopped on the Dog River Bridge.

Person in vehicle threw over the side two puppies. Both puppies survived the 75ft plunge and are now being taken care of.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 31, 2024 11:09 AM (w3wZO)

22 completely happy to be getting internet, at all, by supporting Elon's efforts. To me, after Dish annoyed me for the last time 3+ years ago ... Starlink made the only sense. Allows me to keep lurking here

Posted by: Wingnutt at December 31, 2024 11:09 AM (H/AKd)

23 19 Why do people with shittons of money gamble in tge first place?
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2024 11:08 AM (JMjSs)
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Dopamine, I think. Possibly adrenaline.

Posted by: Another Anon at December 31, 2024 11:11 AM (QNMaY)

24 What are the capabilities and costs of Starlink?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2024 11:11 AM (JMjSs)

25 I don't think I can find a worse cable company...

of course, I haven't dealt with a cable company in more than a dozen years.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at December 31, 2024 11:01 AM (N1DT3)

My town set up its own telecom utility because Qwest wouldn't bring in fiber to the area. They did it themselves, and wound up linking with the closest three towns as well in an extended service are. They handle phones as well.
It started out kind of rough because after they started operating they discovered that no one had set up the corporation with the state, but they fixed that eventually.

It is about 90 bucks for phone and internet, and 15 bucks more for Roku. When it first came out I was paying 120 a month for phone and internet from Qwest, and was far worse service.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2024 11:11 AM (D7oie)

26 > Why do people with shittons of money gamble in tge first place?
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Boredom, and they have a shit ton of money.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2024 11:11 AM (Q4IgG)

27 Everyone hates the cable company regardless of which one it is. Just like everyone hates all airlines. And Telcos

But it's not warranted. The problem is people expect 100% from them. And guess what, nothing is 100%. Flights get delayed. Internet service has outages. These are extremely complex integrated systems. The fact you get 99% plus up time is pretty damn amazing in and of itself.

I've worked in tech my whole life and roll my eyes when people scream about how things break " all the time". Oh all the time? You mean once a month for 7 minutes? In a month where you conduct 1000 transactions without a hitch the rest of the time? Yeah the system fucking sucks man!!!

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 31, 2024 11:12 AM (LpQ7W)

28 Why do people with shittons of money gamble in tge first place?
Posted by: Boss Moss

Because they can. They aren't losing the rent money.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 31, 2024 11:12 AM (id160)

29 After the exit polls were reweighted to reflect the final popular vote result, Republicans outnumbered Democrats by 5 points in the AP VoteCast survey and by 4 points in the network exit polls.

Posted by: SMOD at December 31, 2024 11:12 AM (RHGPo)

30 13 German Authorities Charge Iraqi Couple Over Keeping Yazidi Sex Slaves

Immigration has transformed Germany into a vast Tapestry of diversity!
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Islam permits actual slavery, not the pretend bedroom kind. The taking and keeping of slaves is a benefit given to the believers who participate in the Holy war against the infidel. Slaves are often compelled to become converts to Islam. This practice has no compatibility with the laws and traditions of the USA and the post-Medieval West. See John Adams's report on meeting with the representative of the Barbary Corsairs.

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at December 31, 2024 11:12 AM (XjTSo)

31 13
‘ Immigration has transformed Germany’

But AfD is the only threat the socialists see.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 31, 2024 11:13 AM (jbnUc)

32 I'm hoping space daddy is fairly successful with his satellite business and eventually cuts out all the cable companies.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2024 11:13 AM (Y6IkP)

33 Why do people with shittons of money gamble in tge first place?
Posted by: Boss Moss

Same reason people overeat, shop too much. Or drink or do drugs.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 31, 2024 11:13 AM (LpQ7W)

34 Vox is in the running.

Posted by: From about That Time at December 31, 2024 11:14 AM (4780s)

35 Everyone hates the cable company regardless of which one it is. Just like everyone hates all airlines. And Telcos

But it's not warranted.

I don't need 1200 channels with another 12oo channels in high def for the six channels I did watch. And I damn sure don't want to pay $200 a month for the privilege.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 31, 2024 11:14 AM (id160)

36 Cox, not Vox.
AC for the loss.

Posted by: From about That Time at December 31, 2024 11:14 AM (4780s)

37 The Taliban have banned windows that look onto areas where Afghan women could be seen inside their homes. "Seeing women working in kitchens, in courtyards or collecting water from wells can lead to obscene acts," government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid posted on X on Saturday.

Posted by: SMOD at December 31, 2024 11:15 AM (RHGPo)

38 Amusement in Portland - the Soros DA in Portland's county lost his election, so he is trying to get a bunch of sentences commuted before he leaves office this week. The sentences he is trying to commute include a bunch of vicious murderers.

There are actually requirements for commutation petitions in Oregon - in particular, that the victims and their families have to be informed and have time to comment, which the Soros DA is ignoring.

Welp - a judge ruled yesterday that the commutation hearing will be delayed - until the new, non-Soros DA takes office. The new DA has already denounced the proposed commutations.

Too bad we couldn't do this to Biden.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 31, 2024 11:15 AM (uxCna)

39 Mobile, AL police are on the lookout for a black SUV that stopped on the Dog River Bridge.

Person in vehicle threw over the side two puppies. Both puppies survived the 75ft plunge and are now being taken care of.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 31, 2024 11:09 AM (w3wZO)

Bad of me to laugh, but the location name was too "on the nose".

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 31, 2024 11:15 AM (lFFaq)

40 ...15 bucks more for Roku...

What does that mean? Roku is a streaming device/service. If you have internet, then you can just buy a Roku, hook it up to your internet, and you're done.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 31, 2024 11:15 AM (XMwZJ)

41 If you've got shittons of money, you've already won. Enjoy it.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2024 11:15 AM (JMjSs)

42 I've had great service - most of the time - from Spectrum. A couple of times, I've lost internet for a day or two. Since that's occurred over 20+ years, and mostly when there's been construction nearby, it isn't all that bad.

Electricity, on the other hand, is annoying me now. I'm now getting temporary glitches, which resets a lot of electronics.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 31, 2024 11:15 AM (VNX3d)

43 Seeing women working in kitchens... can lead to obscene acts,"

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I see the Taliban is familiar with my wife's cooking...

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 31, 2024 11:16 AM (BI5O2)

44 Comcast.

All of the sweet TV ads how its out they're supporting underserved communities. Well, it must clearly be on my dime and those of others from the crazy bills, ever vanishing channels and lack of service.

As I wrote in the past, their foreign Customer Service agents cursed me for reporting they had the wrong equipment sent to my home and it wouldn't connect, and their in store personnel simply said they didn't care - No refunds - when the equipment was driven to the store for return.

It's a pattern of conduct and they should have long been investigated ages ago. Oh, nevermind, wasn't it Ok'ed by the Justice Department? IDK, but...

Posted by: L - Hook him, book him, cook him. Now! at December 31, 2024 11:16 AM (NFX2v)

45 Our home internet is nearly as pricey as Starlink. If they keep raising rates, we just might take the leap.

$117 with no TV. Seems kinda high.

Posted by: Emmie at December 31, 2024 11:16 AM (Sf2cq)

46 The Taliban have banned windows that look onto areas where Afghan women could be seen inside their homes. "Seeing women working in kitchens, in courtyards or collecting water from wells can lead to obscene acts," government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid posted on X on Saturday.

If this goes on, soon Afghanistan will be as bad as the United States for women.

Posted by: Feminists! at December 31, 2024 11:16 AM (uxCna)

47 The Taliban have banned windows that look onto areas where Afghan women could be seen inside their homes. "Seeing women working in kitchens, in courtyards or collecting water from wells can lead to obscene acts," government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid posted on X on Saturday.
Posted by: SMOD

But fucking a goat is A-OK. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 31, 2024 11:17 AM (id160)

48 German Authorities Charge Iraqi Couple Over Keeping Yazidi Sex Slaves

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Immigration has transformed Germany into a vast Tapestry of diversity!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at December 31, 2024 11:05 AM (L/fGl)

Slave(s)? So the guy was building a harem in the west. At least he's actually being charged.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 31, 2024 11:17 AM (lFFaq)

49 They can no longer watch the women make sammiches?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2024 11:17 AM (JMjSs)

50 >>Person in vehicle threw over the side two puppies. Both puppies survived the 75ft plunge and are now being taken care of.

Throw him off the bridge.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2024 11:18 AM (LkLld)

51 Our home internet is nearly as pricey as Starlink. If they keep raising rates, we just might take the leap.

$117 with no TV. Seems kinda high.
Posted by: Emmie

Starlink Residential - $120 a month, unlimited bandwidth. Already have Amazon Prime.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 31, 2024 11:18 AM (id160)

52 What does that mean? Roku is a streaming device/service. If you have internet, then you can just buy a Roku, hook it up to your internet, and you're done.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 31, 2024 11:15 AM (XMwZJ)

some of the channels are subscription. My wife likes Kocowa channel to watch Korean soaps so I pay for it.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2024 11:18 AM (D7oie)

53 I'll fill your environment suit with cancerous piss.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at December 31, 2024 11:19 AM (R1O3W)

54 The Taliban have banned windows that look onto areas where Afghan women could be seen inside their homes.

Far worse is that the University of Iowa is abolishing its gender studies department!

Posted by: Feminists! at December 31, 2024 11:19 AM (uxCna)

55 I have never had Cable, but my e-mail is messed up and my phone won't text certain people. I am about to throw much of this great new technology out the window. Aaaaaaaaarrrrrgh!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2024 11:19 AM (MQJVv)

56 Starlinks as high as shit.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2024 11:20 AM (JMjSs)

57 37
‘ can lead to obscene acts," government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid’

His presence on earth is an obscene act.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 31, 2024 11:20 AM (jbnUc)

58 45 Our home internet is nearly as pricey as Starlink. If they keep raising rates, we just might take the leap.

$117 with no TV. Seems kinda high.
Posted by: Emmie at December 31, 2024 11:16 AM (Sf2cq)

Is high - I have 1G internet only unlimited use for $80/month all in (it is Cox, who pissed me off for a week when they did service a few years ago, but well, spouse wants speed and unlimited, and they are who there is)...

I have a rule that my cellphone and internet have to be different plans b/c that one week, we heavily used the phones for kid learning and college online classes...if it was one provider, we'd have been screwed...

Posted by: Nova Local at December 31, 2024 11:20 AM (exHjb)

59 "Diversity is our strength". Utter horse shit.

If you have a glass of good wine, and you pour piss into the wine, did you improve the piss, or ruin the wine?

Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 31, 2024 11:21 AM (pohLc)

60 Slave(s)? So the guy was building a harem in the west. At least he's actually being charged.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 31, 2024 11:17 AM (lFFaq)
****
The duece, you say!

Posted by: Zombie David Koresh at December 31, 2024 11:22 AM (DG3IX)

61 I was in Florida earlier this year during the shit weather days. I saw several instances of women wearing the mini-burka while her man was next to her waring a t shirt.

This situation is culturally cool according to the left. But banning late term abortions is anti woman.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 31, 2024 11:22 AM (LpQ7W)

62 You lefy out the h in divershitty.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2024 11:22 AM (JMjSs)

63 And, another thing (continued from 44, above) ...

Its workers are assigned to sit daily in local parking lots in repair vehicles waiting to get work assignments?

That's what it appears to be and not just them, Verizon, too. I use to think they had the longest lunch and 'rest' breaks ever by contract. But now I've come to believe its almost comparable to federal workers working from home with the exception they park the work vehicle where public bathrooms are also available.

One accomplishment for OSHA.

Posted by: L - Hook him, book him, cook him. Now! at December 31, 2024 11:23 AM (NFX2v)

64 We missed having Gore, Kerry, Hillary Clinton, and Harris as president. Such intelligent, thoughtful people. Our country would be in a better place if we had elected them...especially Al Gore.

Also Humphrey and Carter's 2nd term

I blame Fox News for the election losses. Fox has severely damaged the Democratic Party. And the internet has become Fox on steroids.

I will never forget the swiftboating of Kerry and neighbors saying he was "not a patriot". Kerry understood the war, fought in it, and fought to end it.

Those damned purple heart band-aids Republicans mocked him with were the lowest thing I'd ever seen in the realm of politics.

The attacks against Hillary were personal, not about policy. Same with Harris. They can't see a woman as an authority figure. They don't see how that bias hurts all women.

They don't care how such attacks hurt all women. It is part of the goal, to keep women barefoot & pregnant by disparaging well educated public figures.

The Republicans that lost since 1996 were better than the two R's who won. If given the choice, I'd take Dole, McCain, or Romney over any R president since Eisenhower.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at December 31, 2024 11:23 AM (JCZqz)

65 If you have a glass of good wine, and you pour piss into the wine, did you improve the piss, or ruin the wine?
Posted by: Xipe Totec

This is my thought on sangria.

Posted by: Kratwurst at December 31, 2024 11:23 AM (RV/En)

66 I saw several instances of women wearing the mini-burka while her man was next to her waring a t shirt.

Don't worry - she's doing that completely voluntarily.

Posted by: Feminists! at December 31, 2024 11:23 AM (uxCna)

67 I ay $30 a month for 300 mbps service. Intro price for new customers, good for 2 years.when the two years is up, off to get the new customer price from someone else.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 31, 2024 11:24 AM (LpQ7W)

68 My BIL has worked in electric utilities ever since he came ashore offer MM. Really nice happy guy.
All I have to do is mention infrastructure to put a frown on his face.

Posted by: From about That Time at December 31, 2024 11:24 AM (4780s)

69 The problem is people expect 100% from them.

I do not expect 100% of them. I do expect that when they know the Internet is down that they don’t require me to hunt down their outage reporting tool and then wade through several screens just to be told, oh, yeah, we know about that already.

I expect that when I call them to report that every time the wind blows my Internet drops for a few minutes, they understand that the wind blowing does not somehow implicate my cable modem.

I expect that when I go to their web site to see what services I need, I won’t need a degree in advanced mathematics to understand their pricing scheme(s) when all I want is Internet connectivity.

Note: saying “I expect” is a rhetorical construct. I don’t really expect any of that.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 31, 2024 11:24 AM (EXyHK)

70 We have Tmobile home internet in the rv. Our internet speed beats my brothers Starlink everywhere we go. And we stream all the time. We had Dish but they were not very good. We were going to get Starlink but this Tmobile deal popped up. We can park anywhere and still have internet.

Posted by: Megthered at December 31, 2024 11:24 AM (HZt/w)

71 well, to put it in perspective, when Brezhnev moved large populations of Kirghiz and other Central Asians into Ukraine to be labor in the new state factories there, he knew that diversity would result in improving his power and strength.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2024 11:25 AM (D7oie)

72 Starlinks as high as shit.
Posted by: Boss Moss

The thing with Starlink? If you have other options, you don't need them.

Me? At home? No internet. No cell service. No landline. It's Starlink or 903Internet. (Ground based, but you have to pay the $3500 for the radio tower they install next to your house)

AT&T lies about their coverage map. Deep red my ass. I can show them about a five to ten mile square area that has no coverage.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 31, 2024 11:25 AM (id160)

73 The "infrastructure bill" got us fiber-optic lines run to our neighborhood in the sticks, terminating at the cul-de-sac. We need to pay to run the extra 300 yds to the individual properties ourselves. Everybody here decided to go Starlink instead.

Posted by: Halfhand at December 31, 2024 11:25 AM (TYY5I)

74 I only have Comcast because I'd have to chop down trees to get Starlink, FIOS doesn't exist in my neck of the woods and Cox does not have service here.

Posted by: NR Pax at December 31, 2024 11:25 AM (jjoN6)

75 If given the choice, I'd take Dole, McCain, or Romney over any R president since Eisenhower.

Of course, when Dole, McCain, and Romney ran for the Presidency, they were all Literally Hitler.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 31, 2024 11:25 AM (uxCna)

76 I have a rule that my cellphone and internet have to be different plans

Yes, it’s nice to be able to tether my desktop to my phone.

It’s great to be able to tether my TV streaming device to my phone.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 31, 2024 11:27 AM (EXyHK)

77 There are many areas in my state with no cell signal. AT&T.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 31, 2024 11:27 AM (pohLc)

78
I expect that when I call them to report that every time the wind blows my Internet drops for a few minutes, they understand that the wind blowing does not somehow implicate my cable modem.

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Did you try restarting your computer? 😁

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 31, 2024 11:27 AM (LpQ7W)

79 64
‘ Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions’

Well, that was another walk down Delusional Lane

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 31, 2024 11:28 AM (jbnUc)

80 They don't care how such attacks hurt all women. It is part of the goal, to keep women barefoot & pregnant by disparaging well educated public figures.

At least, keeping the barefoot, pregnant & in the kitchen keeps rando guys in dresses from wagging their dicks in the women's faces in public restrooms.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 31, 2024 11:28 AM (id160)

81 All cable companies are average joe who sucks cock by choice.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at December 31, 2024 11:28 AM (Idisy)

82 75 Of course, when Dole, McCain, and Romney ran for the Presidency, they were all Literally Hitler.

Saw that in real time with WaPo. McCain was the "maverick who reached across the aisle to negotiate with Democrats" until the instant he was the contender against Obama. And then he was a warmongering baby killer who was too old and stupid to know what email was.

And this is why nowadays when I hear about a reporter getting killed, my recation is "Wonder what he did to deserve it?"

Posted by: NR Pax at December 31, 2024 11:28 AM (jjoN6)

83 The Taliban have banned windows that look onto areas where Afghan women could be seen inside their homes. "Seeing women working in kitchens, in courtyards or collecting water from wells can lead to obscene acts," government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid posted on X on Saturday.
Posted by: SMOD at December 31, 2024 11:15 AM (RHGPo)
_________

"You're telling us?? We love this new law!"

-- Afghan goats

Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 31, 2024 11:29 AM (iFTx/)

84 Morning again, all,

Did we reach any consensus as to what the art in today's Art Thread was all about? I liked it; it appealed to my imagination. I need to look it over some more, and to check out the artist's other works.

I'm sitting in a coffee shop in exciting downtown Boutte, Lousy-ana. Nice coffee shop on a nicely-paved highway. I started out more than an hour ago and cruised up through this town and the bustling, vibrant towns of Paradis and Cut Off, where you see more pickups and trailers than you do sedans (and, I suspect, more dogs and boats than you do people). This mini-road trip was just for the fun of piloting the Buick on a smooth moderate-speed road for a change. A good way to cap off the year.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2024 11:29 AM (Dxave)

85 And this is why nowadays when I hear about a reporter getting killed, my recation is "Wonder what he did to deserve it?"
Posted by: NR Pax

So, anyway...

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 31, 2024 11:30 AM (id160)

86 Did you try restarting your computer?

Honestly, having assisted with tech support in the past, I don’t mind this so much—as long as they’re willing to wait on the phone while I do it.

I saw a meme go by last night or this morning, “why are IT folks so mean?”

I just drove two hours to turn on a server that I was assured by three different people was already turned on.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 31, 2024 11:30 AM (EXyHK)

87 Person in vehicle threw over the side two puppies. Both puppies survived the 75ft plunge and are now being taken care of.

Throw him off the bridge.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2024 11:18 AM

Yep and if he survives keep throwing him off the bridge until he doesn't survive. I will volunteer to assist.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 31, 2024 11:30 AM (Rcnd3)

88 Not wearing rants this morning CBD?
Puerto Rico has gone mostly Greenland this morning. 2/3 of the islands power is out. Viva independent Puerto Rico

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2024 11:31 AM (MLa3L)

89 In most places there are alternative to big Telcos when it comes to internet service. Most of the time they don't advertise much if at all. You have to go look for them. I had a local company service for many years. Someone actually answered the phone when you called.

These companies still exist.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 31, 2024 11:31 AM (LpQ7W)

90 Why do people with shittons of money gamble in tge first place?
Posted by: Boss Moss

If you've got the itch bad and you're given the right odds, you'll bet on whether or not the sun will come up tomorrow.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 31, 2024 11:31 AM (WXNFJ)

91 A store in LA takes it to the next level:

This store in LA now has an entire aisle in a glass cage. You can only exit after the item taken is stamped.

Several of the Krogers in Portland now have someone checking your receipt when you exit.

The Kroger in my placid Portland suburb doesn't do that yet, but they occasionally station an armed guard at an entrance/exit (which they never did before), and they have started locking up some of the laundry detergent.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 31, 2024 11:32 AM (uxCna)

92 I just drove two hours to turn on a server that I was assured by three different people was already turned on.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair

Two hours out & two hours back that you weren't in the office dealing with stupid customers or bosses.

Sounds like heaven.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 31, 2024 11:32 AM (id160)

93 Did Puerto Rico forget to pay their electric bill?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2024 11:32 AM (JMjSs)

94 The Taliban have banned windows that look onto areas where Afghan women could be seen inside their homes. "Seeing women working in kitchens, in courtyards or collecting water from wells can lead to obscene acts," government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid posted on X on Saturday.
Posted by: SMOD

And yet, the goat pens are open for viewing.

Odd that.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 31, 2024 11:32 AM (WXNFJ)

95 I ay $30 a month for 300 mbps service. Intro price for new customers, good for 2 years.when the two years is up, off to get the new customer price from someone else.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 31, 2024

***
In my area, at least at my home, there is no "someone else." The service that advertises on TV that you can get full-scale Internet from them even if you live way out in the sticks? Yeah, doesn't supply my area.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2024 11:33 AM (Dxave)

96
Out here in the boonies, we switched from a point-to-point ISP to Frontier this summer. It's been pretty good except when the fibers get cut in the course of development that's going on all over the place.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 31, 2024 11:33 AM (dxSpM)

97 Puerto Rico has gone mostly Greenland this morning. 2/3 of the islands power is out. Viva independent Puerto Rico

They're doing that in solidarity with Cuba, and its regular island-wide blackouts.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 31, 2024 11:34 AM (uxCna)

98 Did Puerto Rico forget to pay their electric bill?
Posted by: Boss Moss

The Methican Americans stole the copper.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 31, 2024 11:34 AM (id160)

99 My cable never goes out and neither does my power.

I have 2 H1Bs living in the basement.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2024 11:35 AM (LkLld)

100 With speech to text we're all ranting at our foams now.

Posted by: DaveA at December 31, 2024 11:35 AM (FhXTo)

101 just drove two hours to turn on a server that I was assured by three different people was already turned on.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair
****
Obviously it didn't love them. It loves you. Don't leave your love behind.

Posted by: torabora at December 31, 2024 11:35 AM (DG3IX)

102
***
In my area, at least at my home, there is no "someone else." The service that advertises on TV that you can get full-scale Internet from them even if you live way out in the sticks? Yeah, doesn't supply my area.

Yeah if you're not in the city or burbs you're kinda fucked.
I live in a smallish city, and we have 4 companies aggressively fighting for customers. 2 giant TelCos and 2 smaller regional internet only providers.

It's awesome for the consumer.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 31, 2024 11:35 AM (LpQ7W)

103 Did Puerto Rico forget to pay their electric bill?
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2024 11:32 AM (JMjSs)

All the rich-rich tech bros that moved there have yet to figure out "self interest judiciously applied" I think.

Let them sit in the dark.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2024 11:36 AM (D7oie)

104 Please stop taking the fucking phones with you when you break the law.
Flashing guns and money on Facebook.
Texting murder and sex.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at December 31, 2024 11:36 AM (R1O3W)

105 I have 2 H1Bs living in the basement.
Posted by: JackStraw

"Ah'lo, theeese is Steeeve. I would be happy to do the needful for you today. . . "

Posted by: Tonypete at December 31, 2024 11:36 AM (WXNFJ)

106 I remember going to the movies when I was in college and the ME students would all of a sudden turn around and look at the girls.

Guy explained that so any of them have never seen a woman's face up close before.

No wonder they are raving maniacs.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 31, 2024 11:36 AM (QB+5g)

107 A store in LA takes it to the next level:

This store in LA now has an entire aisle in a glass cage. You can only exit after the item taken is stamped.

***
The Walmart closest to me locks up the deodorants (??!!) and certain (not all) detailing products in the auto section. Also the car scent products. I can sort of understand that -- it's be easy for some thief to pocket a few lavender or "new car" scent dispensers. But deodorant? And full-size bottles of Meguiar's Detail Spray???

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2024 11:36 AM (Dxave)

108 I don't think I can find a worse cable company...

of course, I haven't dealt with a cable company in more than a dozen years.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at December 31, 2024 11:01 AM (N1DT3)

I haven't ever personally bought cable TV, although I have shared houses with cable subscribers, and kicked in my share. Here in Arizona, I contracted with Mediacom for internet service, and it was never very good, and I finally shitcanned them after a billing dispute. They still spam my postal mailbox.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2024 11:37 AM (8zz6B)

109 If I don't pay my $525 PG&E bill this place is going to be like Puerto Rico without the Ricans.

Posted by: torabora at December 31, 2024 11:38 AM (DG3IX)

110 it's be easy for some thief to pocket a few lavender or "new car" scent dispensers. But deodorant?

Think of it as reparations.

Posted by: Illegal Immigrants! at December 31, 2024 11:38 AM (uxCna)

111 99
‘ I have 2 H1Bs living in the basement.’

Me too!

Posted by: Gary Heidnik at December 31, 2024 11:38 AM (jbnUc)

112 It's incredible that the Taliban are admitting that their men are feral savages who can't even look at clothed women doing mundane chores without raping them -- or goats, whichever is easier.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 31, 2024 11:38 AM (iFTx/)

113 South Korean court issued an arrest warrant for their president. I guess that is the new form of politics. Arrest or imprison those that impede your vision.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2024 11:38 AM (e+fCf)

114 I defy you to find a worse cable company than Optimum, or Cablevision
---
I'm right here, you know?!

Posted by: Xfinity at December 31, 2024 11:39 AM (krQz2)

115 Do H1Bs pick cotton?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2024 11:39 AM (JMjSs)

116 I remember going to the movies when I was in college and the ME students would all of a sudden turn around and look at the girls.

Guy explained that so any of them have never seen a woman's face up close before.

No wonder they are raving maniacs.
Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 31, 2024

***
Fritz Leiber wrote a short story in the late Forties in which a future American and English society required masks on both men and women. This, I recall, was because there were not a few people who had been scarred or disfigured in atomic warfare a generation before. But the end result was to make the *face* a center of sexual interest. Women would legally go topless, but revealing their faces was considered super-sexy.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2024 11:39 AM (Dxave)

117 My wal mart locks up the wallets.
That doesn't track.

Posted by: torabora at December 31, 2024 11:39 AM (DG3IX)

118 it's be easy for some thief to pocket a few lavender or "new car" scent dispensers. But deodorant?

Think of it as reparations.
Posted by: Illegal Immigrants! at December 31, 2024 11:38 AM

Lume! Why actually clean your junk when you can mask it with some deodorant! (yuck)

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 31, 2024 11:40 AM (ewjUl)

119 At least, keeping the barefoot, pregnant & in the kitchen keeps rando guys in dresses from wagging their dicks in the women's faces in public restrooms.
Posted by: rickb223

I wish they'd do it more in the men's restroom.

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at December 31, 2024 11:40 AM (WNQoQ)

120 Think of it as reparations.

I went to the Walmart a few miles from my house for some reason, and it really is the People of Walmart - the whole Third World was there, along with the most tasteless white people you could imagine.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 31, 2024 11:40 AM (uxCna)

121 A store in LA takes it to the next level:

This store in LA now has an entire aisle in a glass cage. You can only exit after the item taken is stamped.

***
The Walmart closest to me locks up the deodorants (??!!) and certain (not all) detailing products in the auto section. Also the car scent products. I can sort of understand that -- it's be easy for some thief to pocket a few lavender or "new car" scent dispensers. But deodorant? And full-size bottles of Meguiar's Detail Spray???
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2024 11:36 AM (Dxave)
________

Deodorant and other hygiene products are easy to resell, relatively compact, and never go bad. Same reason these filthy thieves steal baby diapers. All of this stuff that's stolen is immediately resold.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 31, 2024 11:41 AM (iFTx/)

122 it'd be easy for some thief to pocket a few lavender or "new car" scent dispensers. But deodorant?
*
Think of it as reparations.
Posted by: Illegal Immigrants! at December 31, 2024

***
From what my nose gathers when I accidentally get close to some of the locals, they might steal the body deodorant, but they don't use it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2024 11:41 AM (Dxave)

123 I would guess shoplifters don't really need wallets.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2024 11:41 AM (JMjSs)

124
2/3 of the islands power is out.

_______

It's Trump's fault. Expect an indictment this morning.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 31, 2024 11:41 AM (dxSpM)

125 98 Did Puerto Rico forget to pay their electric bill?
Posted by: Boss Moss

The Methican Americans stole the copper.
==============
This
*applauds*

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at December 31, 2024 11:41 AM (XjTSo)

126 112
‘ their men are feral savages who can't even look at clothed women doing mundane chores without raping them’

I think it’s more that they are giving themselves pre-baked excuses to rape .

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 31, 2024 11:42 AM (jbnUc)

127 At least, keeping the barefoot, pregnant & in the kitchen keeps rando guys in dresses from wagging their dicks in the women's faces in public restrooms.
Posted by: rickb223

I wish they'd do it more in the men's restroom.
Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at December 31, 2024 11:40 AM (WNQoQ)
______

"Be careful what you wish for, faggot."

-- George Michael

Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 31, 2024 11:42 AM (iFTx/)

128 Comcast - $218 a month for limited* TV channels - nothing special, no Peacock, and the TCM, CMT, cartoons, etc. are all now gone. Vanished, as is the routine.

Internet is often iffy and frequently throttled though I understand it's illegal to do so.

The best shows that have remained are on the Hispanic channels. The advertised number of available channels are simply doubled tripled, repetitious. For example, a channel 20 could also be found at 260 and 1170. The exact same offerings, time, station, etc.

Posted by: L - Hook him, book him, cook him. Now! at December 31, 2024 11:42 AM (NFX2v)

129 Lume! Why actually clean your junk when you can mask it with some deodorant! (yuck)
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 31, 2024

***
Twelve bucks for a stick of deodorant? If it were sold by some of the girls who advertise BlueChew on TV, maybe, but it ain't.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2024 11:42 AM (Dxave)

130 TV related, so cable-adjacent...I watched the entire Lost series while pregnant and on bed rest with my twin boys, due to a scary pregnancy complication. Fourteen years later, my twin boys and I have started watching Lost together recently and they love it. It's a fun, almost poetic experience in a silly way. Also, I seem to have forgotten that they share names with a few characters. I truly can't remember if that was intentional or accidental. Bed rest for three months will do strange things to a person, so possible it was intentional.

Posted by: Scarlett O'Hara at December 31, 2024 11:43 AM (FFn+L)

131 BTW, Border Czar Homan has been sending personalized letters to the mayors of big "sanctuary cities" explaining what Federal laws they are currently violating, and what the penalties for violating those laws are.

Winter Is Coming.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 31, 2024 11:43 AM (uxCna)

132 2/3 of the islands power is out.

I bet the casinos are OK.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 31, 2024 11:43 AM (QB+5g)

133 We spend a boatload of money on cable/Internet/land line every month. A huge boatload.

That ends after the first.

When we were both working it was a nice luxury but not anymore.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2024 11:43 AM (Q4IgG)

134 The Taliban have banned windows that look onto areas where Afghan women could be seen inside their homes. "Seeing women working in kitchens, in courtyards or collecting water from wells can lead to obscene acts," government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid posted on X on Saturday.
Posted by: SMOD at December 31, 2024 11:15 AM

We've gone from water wells to Pronhub.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 31, 2024 11:44 AM (ewjUl)

135 With speech to text we're all ranting at our foams now.
Posted by: DaveA

F'n deaf Siri.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 31, 2024 11:44 AM (id160)

136
their men are feral savages who can't even look at clothed women doing mundane chores without raping them

________

It's no different than encouraging women to wear chapel veils at Mass.

(I once saw exactly this)

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 31, 2024 11:44 AM (dxSpM)

137 The Walmart closest to me locks up the deodorants (??!!) and certain (not all) detailing products in the auto section. Also the car scent products. I can sort of understand that -- it's be easy for some thief to pocket a few lavender or "new car" scent dispensers. But deodorant? And full-size bottles of Meguiar's Detail Spray???
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2024 11:36 AM (Dxave)

Items like milk, Tide, deodorant, razors and the like are used to convert benefits into items that can be traded or sold for cash and stuff that can't be gotten using the benefits. A friend of mine used to look at the various brands of milk at the cooler in the local quicki-mart and figure that someone was trading WIC milk for cigarettes.
It is even better if you steal the items.

"Tide laundry detergent has no smell" as it were.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2024 11:44 AM (D7oie)

138 We have Spectrum internet service. Streaming, no network anything, only Prime offerings and no charge YouTube. 82 bucks a month. Works for us.

Posted by: tubal at December 31, 2024 11:45 AM (PCK5/)

139 My brother lives in Puerto Rico. Power goes out all the time, although not usually on this scale or for this duration. They are expecting at least 24 hours.

This is why all the affluent homes have built-in generators to power the house when the public power is out. Power outages are for the peons, don't you know? I'm sure all the fancy homes in CA have gennies too.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 31, 2024 11:45 AM (iFTx/)

140 In my area, at least at my home, there is no "someone else." The service that advertises on TV that you can get full-scale Internet from them even if you live way out in the sticks? Yeah, doesn't supply my area.
*
Yeah if you're not in the city or burbs you're kinda fucked.
I live in a smallish city, and we have 4 companies aggressively fighting for customers. 2 giant TelCos and 2 smaller regional internet only providers.

It's awesome for the consumer.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 31, 2024

***
That's just it, IGTD. I AM in the city proper.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2024 11:45 AM (Dxave)

141 2/3 of the islands power is out.

That means the island is imbalanced and is going to tip over!

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 31, 2024 11:46 AM (ewjUl)

142 A court just ruled that Biden's plea deals for the 911 terrorist masterminds must be upheld.

https://www.aol.com/
plea-deals-9-11-terrorists-145954833.html

Biden's greatest gifts are to our enemies. What does that make him?

Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2024 11:46 AM (Y6IkP)

143 Deodorant and other hygiene products are easy to resell, relatively compact, and never go bad. Same reason these filthy thieves steal baby diapers. All of this stuff that's stolen is immediately resold.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Even in higher end WM's, they lock the baby formula up.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 31, 2024 11:46 AM (id160)

144 My brother lives in Puerto Rico. Power goes out all the time, although not usually on this scale or for this duration. They are expecting at least 24 hours.

NYE is gonna be Lit ish.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 31, 2024 11:46 AM (ewjUl)

145
I'm sure all the fancy homes in CA have gennies too.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 31, 2024 11:45 AM (iFTx/)

________

With Governor Brylcreem, maybe not. They require fossil fuels to run.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 31, 2024 11:47 AM (dxSpM)

146 Biden's greatest gifts are to our enemies. What does that make him?
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2024 11:46 AM

A senile corrupt cunt.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 31, 2024 11:47 AM (ewjUl)

147 This is why all the affluent homes have built-in generators to power the house when the public power is out. Power outages are for the peons, don't you know? I'm sure all the fancy homes in CA have gennies too.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

But the gennies in Kali are used to charge EV's.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 31, 2024 11:47 AM (id160)

148 It can be lunch time
Have I mentioned recently I work with a bunch of slackers?

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2024 11:47 AM (yZLuv)

149 in higher end WM's, they lock the baby formula up.

And the condoms for irony.

Posted by: DaveA at December 31, 2024 11:48 AM (FhXTo)

150 This is why all the affluent homes have built-in generators to power the house when the public power is out. Power outages are for the peons, don't you know? I'm sure all the fancy homes in CA have gennies too.

I was once staying in the richest neighborhood of the island of Antigua.

I suggested that the motto of the Antigua Electric Board should be "Reliable Power, 23 Hours A Day".

The lights would flicker, and you would hear all the house generators in the neighborhood starting up.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 31, 2024 11:48 AM (uxCna)

151 Biden's greatest gifts are to our enemies. What does that make him?
Posted by: banana Dream

A treasonist.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 31, 2024 11:48 AM (id160)

152 I might not mind the locking up part at Walmart. But I was shopping for a stick of deodorant earlier this year. And nobody could be found among the so-called "employees" who had a key to the cabinet. I threw up my hands and went somewhere else.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2024 11:48 AM (Dxave)

153 Puerto Rico needs more solar panels and windmills.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2024 11:48 AM (JMjSs)

154 Who want's to bet against the 911 terrorists just walking after this. Some fed attorney or Guantanamo Bay intel insert "accidently" messes up some procedure and they all just walk. Obama's final gift?

Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2024 11:49 AM (Y6IkP)

155 With Governor Brylcreem, maybe not. They require fossil fuels to run.

Yeah, I think Cali is trying to ban emergency generators.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 31, 2024 11:49 AM (uxCna)

156 Yeah, the phone is definitely a non-starter. Laughed out loud at that one!

Posted by: Close The Fed at December 31, 2024 11:49 AM (LeNk3)

157 Twelve bucks for a stick of deodorant? If it were sold by some of the girls who advertise BlueChew on TV, maybe, but it ain't.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2024 11:42 AM

Those chicks on the ads. Yea you don't need the product then.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 31, 2024 11:49 AM (ewjUl)

158
We have two big generators and a transfer panel because when the solids hit the air conditioning we know we'll be the last ones restored.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 31, 2024 11:49 AM (dxSpM)

159 Well, as someone who started their career at Cablevision in the 80's, it was a great place to cut your teeth.

And I don't believe Cablevision went dedunct and was absorbed by Altice about a decade ago.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 31, 2024 11:49 AM (XV/Pl)

160 Puerto Rico needs to be cut loose so they can get foreign aid.

Posted by: tubal at December 31, 2024 11:49 AM (PCK5/)

161 I'm sure all the fancy homes in CA have gennies too.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 31, 2024 11:45 AM (iFTx/)

________

With Governor Brylcreem, maybe not. They require fossil fuels to run.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Remember, the connected were allowed to go to the French Laundry restaurant during covid.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 31, 2024 11:49 AM (id160)

162 131 BTW, Border Czar Homan has been sending personalized letters to the mayors of big "sanctuary cities" explaining what Federal laws they are currently violating, and what the penalties for violating those laws are.

Winter Is Coming.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

This is illegal intimidation! A thugocracy, spreading a chilling wind over the accepting, modern, progressive parts of Amerikkka that support the backwards Red-States through Federal taxes and wealth redistribution! We shall resist! We will not be intimidated!

Posted by: Rabid deranged Leftist at December 31, 2024 11:49 AM (JCZqz)

163 Has anyone noticed how companies (e.g., AT&T, State Farm) are slowly jacking up their rates by increasing the 'amount due' every month by $5.00? I've already contacted SF and told them that, while their service is excellent and their customer service is great, I'm already looking for their replacement (and yes, I suspect the replacement to follow the same path as SF). This is the monetary equivalent of 'The Holy COHHHH-vid!' ... except it happens to be real. Yeahyeahyeah ... Happy Noo Yeah to all of us, Cap'n Jack.

Posted by: Dr_No at December 31, 2024 11:50 AM (ayRl+)

164 I went to the Walmart a few miles from my house for some reason, and it really is the People of Walmart - the whole Third World was there, along with the most tasteless white people you could imagine.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

The Walmart here is the major shopping location in town. There are definitely poor folks that shop here but there is damn little tomfoolery or shenanigans. Both the cashiers and the hillbilly clientele will not stand for it.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 31, 2024 11:50 AM (WXNFJ)

165 I'm sure all the fancy homes in CA have gennies too.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 31, 2024 11:45 AM (iFTx/)

________

With Governor Brylcreem, maybe not. They require fossil fuels to run.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 31, 2024 11:47 AM (dxSpM)
_____

You can be sure rich democraps have plenty of those evil fossil fuels on hand to keep power running to their wives' vibrators. Plus, the really expensive homes have underground gennies that run off gas. They automatically kick in when power shuts off. Way more advanced -- and expensive -- than the stand-alone Generac units.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 31, 2024 11:51 AM (iFTx/)

166 I tried tits to speech but sometimes I would forget the breast of my sentence.

Posted by: fd at December 31, 2024 11:51 AM (vFG9F)

167 Does Puerto Rico have an extension cord connected to the mainland?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2024 11:51 AM (JMjSs)

168 I might not mind the locking up part at Walmart. But I was shopping for a stick of deodorant earlier this year. And nobody could be found among the so-called "employees" who had a key to the cabinet. I threw up my hands and went somewhere else.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Santazon delivers.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 31, 2024 11:51 AM (id160)

169 Comcast sucks customer service-wise, but their uptime is very good.

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at December 31, 2024 11:51 AM (nx43N)

170 On the good side, the same Walmart near me has mostly done away with the self-checkout kiosks. There are only about four of them. Now, to check out with a cashier, you go through a passageway into an enormous corral where they keep the registers and staffers. Usually there are at least three or four open, even fairly early in the morning.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2024 11:51 AM (Dxave)

171 Who want's to bet against the 911 terrorists just walking after this. Some fed attorney or Guantanamo Bay intel insert "accidently" messes up some procedure and they all just walk. Obama's final gift?

Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2024 11:49 AM

obama did want them all transferred to US prisons so they would be subject to civil courts and not military jurisdiction.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 31, 2024 11:52 AM (Rcnd3)

172 Does Puerto Rico have an extension cord connected to the mainland?
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2024 11:51 AM

It does. But you just know it's like 1 foot from the outlet and it's too short or it snagged on something.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 31, 2024 11:52 AM (ewjUl)

173 Then I wanted to try speech to tits but my phone doesn't support it.

Posted by: fd at December 31, 2024 11:52 AM (vFG9F)

174 The Walmart here is the major shopping location in town.

Yeah, the impression I've got is that the rural Walmarts are OK, because everyone shops there.

In urban Walmarts, you get the People of Walmart.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 31, 2024 11:52 AM (uxCna)

175
along with the most tasteless white people you could imagine.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

________

In the dim, distant past, the wealthy set the tone for how society should appear in public. Now that celebs look undressed most of the time, what can you expect from those lower?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 31, 2024 11:53 AM (dxSpM)

176 Puerto Rico needs to be cut loose so they can get foreign aid.
Posted by: tubal at December 31, 2024 11:49 AM

Then start a war with Russia and profit!

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 31, 2024 11:53 AM (ewjUl)

177 >>My brother lives in Puerto Rico. Power goes out all the time, although not usually on this scale or for this duration. They are expecting at least 24 hours.

When I lived there many moons ago the wait time to get the phone in my apartment turned on was 1 year. They didn't need to run wire, it was an apartment that was all wired and ready to go. All they needed to do was turn on the service. 1 year.

It's nice to see some traditions don't change.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2024 11:54 AM (LkLld)

178 @139

>>This is why all the affluent homes have built-in generators to power the house when the public power is out. Power outages are for the peons, don't you know? I'm sure all the fancy homes in CA have gennies too.

The first thing I did when I bought my house was install a generator inlet and panel interlock, the power doesn't go out much but when it does it's inconvenient.

My ultimate goal is to get a used army surplus diesel generator, If your lucky you can pick up a 48kw for around 5 grand.

The hard part is being lucky though.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 31, 2024 11:54 AM (XV/Pl)

179 The Walmart here is the major shopping location in town.

Yeah, the impression I've got is that the rural Walmarts are OK, because everyone shops there.

In urban Walmarts, you get the People of Walmart.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

*cough Any WM served by a bus line cough*

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 31, 2024 11:54 AM (id160)

180 I'm preparing for the dog apocalypse tonight. I've found one place to put her crate where she won't have a nervous shaking breakdown. The most central part of the house then cover it with a blanket. She's still going to freak though

Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2024 11:54 AM (Y6IkP)

181 I work from home. Optimum showed up and, without warning, as I was in the middle of something, cut the cable. I walked outside and looked at the guys and asked them what they thought they were doing.

Their, "You'll be back online in just a minute" answer didn't cut it. I switched to Allo fiber and didn't look back.

Idiots.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 31, 2024 11:54 AM (tT6L1)

182 I might not mind the locking up part at Walmart. But I was shopping for a stick of deodorant earlier this year. And nobody could be found among the so-called "employees" who had a key to the cabinet. I threw up my hands and went somewhere else.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Santazon delivers.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 31, 2024

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Yeah, but when I need something now, I need it *now*. Besides, given the "employee" pool here, I'm not sure Am*zon drivers can find my apartment. The local post office screwed up two shipments earlier this month, one going back to the sender and one to Massachusetts before coming at last to me. And Walmart's use of Federal Express earlier this year was another disaster -- they left the floor cleaner I'd ordered at someone else's door.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2024 11:55 AM (Dxave)

183 I am rural. There's still plenty of Wal-Martians. But nothing is locked up. Ah, I see you wore your dress pajama bottoms today. Well done mam.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 31, 2024 11:55 AM (ewjUl)

184 My ultimate goal is to get a used army surplus diesel generator, If your lucky you can pick up a 48kw for around 5 grand.

The hard part is being lucky though.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Find a broke down semi rig with a good engine.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 31, 2024 11:55 AM (id160)

185 because composing a rant on a phone is a non starter.

And, just like that, a FWP Post was born.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2024 11:56 AM (TTO0Z)

186 Yeah, the impression I've got is that the rural Walmarts are OK, because everyone shops there.

In urban Walmarts, you get the People of Walmart.
Posted by: The ARC of History!
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*cough Any WM served by a bus line cough*
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 31, 2024

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The one I'm sitting five minutes' drive from is pretty rural, and the customers and staffers are all pretty good by comparison with the ones in the city.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2024 11:56 AM (Dxave)

187 I'm preparing for the dog apocalypse tonight. I've found one place to put her crate where she won't have a nervous shaking breakdown. The most central part of the house then cover it with a blanket. She's still going to freak though
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2024 11:54 AM

WE give our pup a doggeh CBD chew on the 4th of July. or if we have a bunch of people coming over.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 31, 2024 11:56 AM (ewjUl)

188 How great is this?

>>@RealPatrickWebb

>>JUST IN: New report reveals that President Biden and Vice President Harris are not speaking to each other, amid rift following election loss, according to WSJ.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2024 11:57 AM (LkLld)

189 Twelve bucks for a stick of deodorant? If it were sold by some of the girls who advertise BlueChew on TV, maybe, but it ain't.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2024 11:42 AM

Those chicks on the ads. Yea you don't need the product then.
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 31, 2024 11:49 AM (ewjUl)

I wondered about that, too. I keep thinking the only reason those girls want BlueChew for their men i because they've worn the guys out with non-stop sex.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 31, 2024 11:57 AM (Q0kLU)

190 The generator we had on our track in the army never actually worked We would just leave the engine on.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2024 11:57 AM (JMjSs)

191
I'm preparing for the dog apocalypse tonight.

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Diana is going to be a very unhappy girl this evening. Poor thing.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 31, 2024 11:58 AM (dxSpM)

192 >>> WE give our pup a doggeh CBD chew on the 4th of July. or if we have a bunch of people coming over.
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 31, 2024 11:56 AM (ewjUl)

My wife was just asking if there's something like that. What do you get? Are they at pet stores?

Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2024 11:58 AM (Y6IkP)

193 'm preparing for the dog apocalypse tonight. I've found one place to put her crate where she won't have a nervous shaking breakdown. The most central part of the house then cover it with a blanket. She's still going to freak though
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2024

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Some early celebrants were firing off a few firecrackers last night, which I know sends the big black Stirling cat slinking under the bed. I gave him some calming chews, which are melatonin-laced. He seemed pretty okay with the noises. I'll feed him a few more tonight.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2024 11:58 AM (Dxave)

194 Yeah, the impression I've got is that the rural Walmarts are OK, because everyone shops there.

In urban Walmarts, you get the People of Walmart.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 31, 2024 11:52 AM (uxCna)

In my family we used to joke about the people of Walmart being the dregs of society… and that was a rural area! Unwashed fat unkempt people wandering around Walmart at all hours

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 31, 2024 11:58 AM (YobFY)

195 Had to deal with Comcast years ago (it was the only provider for TV service, other than OTA).
They sucked so badly that I swore to never use them or any other cable provider ever again. Switched to satellite TV. It has it's issues, but infinitely better than Comcast. And might just get rid of that and just stream everything...

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 31, 2024 11:59 AM (XMwZJ)

196 We shall resist! We will not be intimidated!
Posted by: Rabid deranged Leftist at December 31, 2024 11:49 AM (JCZqz)

I am thinking that Homan may be looking at human trafficking violations and start issuing to such mayors and officials charges for participation in and support of human trafficking and slavery.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2024 11:59 AM (D7oie)

197 I tried tits to speech but sometimes I would forget the breast of my sentence.
Posted by: fd at December 31, 2024 11:51 AM

I've heard that boobies are easier to teach to speak than tits. Fen might know.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2024 11:59 AM (TTO0Z)

198 Those chicks on the ads [for BlueChew]. Yea you don't need the product then.
Posted by: Minnfidel at December 31, 2024
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I wondered about that, too. I keep thinking the only reason those girls want BlueChew for their men i because they've worn the guys out with non-stop sex.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 31, 2024

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Every one of them looks like Central Casting for "mistresses." Which, you know, I'm *completely* okay with. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2024 12:00 PM (Dxave)

199 My wife was just asking if there's something like that. What do you get? Are they at pet stores?
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2024 11:58 AM

Yep. All the pet stores I've been to have them. The one we use is something like calming moments or something. But they seem to help. Shit I was ready to eat a few when my wife's family invaded for Christmas. Also we keep a noise machine in the room with her when fireworks are going off. Those things seem to help too.

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 31, 2024 12:00 PM (ewjUl)

200 The Blade already posted five comments on the NUDE

Posted by: Elric The Blade at December 31, 2024 12:01 PM (iFTx/)

201 I am thinking that Homan may be looking at human trafficking violations and start issuing to such mayors and officials charges for participation in and support of human trafficking and slavery.
Posted by: Kindltot

My schadenboner could cut diamonds right now.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 31, 2024 12:01 PM (id160)

202 I signed up for Walmart "free" delivery about a year and a half ago, and its been great due to the contractor. I schedule for delivery usually at 0800-1000 the next morning and its likely here at 0815. They keep you posted by text and email and are usually dead on. Costs $100 a year and you get free Paramount Plus. I was putting an order in a couple weeks ago and got a Merry Christmas message saying I had one free express delivery so I took it. Placed order at 1645 and it was here at 1720.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 31, 2024 12:02 PM (gm9Sb)

203
Energy Secretary Granholm has spent over a month in Puerto Rico the past four years.

Can somebody connect some dots?

Posted by: Auspex at December 31, 2024 12:02 PM (ivDq9)

204 .
NOOD

Biden's "Business" Associates in China Hack the US Treasury Department

NOOD!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at December 31, 2024 12:02 PM (O7YUW)

205 In my family we used to joke about the people of Walmart being the dregs of society… and that was a rural area! Unwashed fat unkempt people wandering around Walmart at all hours
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 31, 2024

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Oh, for the days when we had 24-hour Walmarts and grocery stores. For a long time the WMs here opened at 6 am. Now, post-Sniffle Scare, it's 7, and they usually have no manned checkouts until 7:30 or later.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2024 12:02 PM (Dxave)

206 Had to deal with Comcast years ago (it was the only provider for TV service, other than OTA).
They sucked so badly that I swore to never use them or any other cable provider ever again. Switched to satellite TV. It has it's issues, but infinitely better than Comcast. And might just get rid of that and just stream everything...
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 31, 2024 11:59 AM (XMwZJ)

I really like my DirecTV and have had it for years… but it is now so ridiculously expensive that I’m thinking of dropping it and replacing with streaming

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 31, 2024 12:02 PM (YobFY)

207 In my family we used to joke about the people of Walmart being the dregs of society… and that was a rural area! Unwashed fat unkempt people wandering around Walmart at all hours
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 31, 2024 11:58 AM

Yoga pants that have never done yoga but should! And Pajama pants that you can wear all the time everywhere!

Posted by: Minnfidel at December 31, 2024 12:02 PM (ewjUl)

208 @184

>>Find a broke down semi rig with a good engine.

Unfortunately, any engine in remotely proper running condition is going to cost a small fortune and as I said, you really can get a used army surplus generator for a song, if you luck out, or slightly more if you don't want to slog through the bidding wars, which is going to be less than any diesel engine you can get your hands on.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 31, 2024 12:02 PM (XV/Pl)

209 they may be stealing deodorant to sell ... but I remember, in the early 70's in the Canadian arctic, the Canadian version of Walmart (Hudsons Bay Co) restricted sales of deodorant ... AND shoe polish to natives for the latter half of each month. After they'd burned thru their welfare, the would melt deodorant and polish for the alcohol.

Posted by: Wingnutt at December 31, 2024 12:03 PM (H/AKd)

210 I give my defective dog 30 mg of Trazadone whenever she is faced with social situations. She cannot function without it and, as it turns out, she cannot function with it. I like dogs but this one is broken.

Posted by: Life of Wryly at December 31, 2024 12:04 PM (1FWWQ)

211 > Has anyone noticed how companies (e.g., AT&T, State Farm) are slowly jacking up their rates by increasing the 'amount due' every month by $5.00?
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I've noticed insurance premiums going up, but not specifically by $5 a month... just a general increase every year.

I think it's part of a plan to make home and auto ownership "too expensive" for a lot of people... thus they will own neither. The push with homeowner's insurance in this regard is well documented. Without insurance on a home with a mortgage you'll likely lose the house. This is by design.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2024 12:05 PM (Q4IgG)

212 In urban Walmarts, you get the People of Walmart.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

*cough Any WM served by a bus line cough*
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices

Yep. That makes sense to me. Also, and this just may be a coincidence, but our county was off scale high racist up until the 50's. As a result, we don't have a yute culture AT ALL here.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 31, 2024 12:07 PM (WXNFJ)

213 Signe up for Comcast when I bought my house a few years ago, explaining to the sales rep that I was mainly interested in the local sports that are 90% on one channel (Sixers and Phillies plus Flyers and some Eagles analysis). He said no problem and said they would provide intro service for a few months and then choose a plan based on my "viewing preferences".

After a few months, they turned off the sports channel. When I called them they said they would be happy to turn that channel back on for an added $20 per month. Paying around $230 a month now.

People wonder why huge corporations are loathed?

Posted by: RM at December 31, 2024 12:17 PM (n/1Oj)

214 I was teaching the wee ones to shoot when my dog was a pup. Dog learned to ignore loud noises, but if an animal moves within a quarter mile, the race is on.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2024 12:23 PM (e+fCf)

215 The one-word answer to the problem of High Cable Pricing is ... ROKU! (you're welcome).

Posted by: Dr_No at December 31, 2024 12:38 PM (ayRl+)

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