Daily Tech News 22 January 2025

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OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle are teaming up to spend half a trillion dollars to build a Stargate. (Tech Crunch)

This is significantly more than it would cost to just dig one up in the Egyptian desert. Or even Antarctica.

Wait. It turns out that "Stargate" is just the name of a project to build more AI datacenters.

So who is going to build all the nuclear reactors to power this thing? The ZPM is all out of juice.

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The founder of IMDB is stepping down from the role of CEO after 35 years. (Tech Crunch)

If you do the math, then yes, that means IMDB is older than the web. It started on Usenet on the rec.arts.movies newsgroup during the late Cretaceous.
Decentralised social media is the only alternative to the tech oligarchy. (404 Media)

This is not untrue so far as it goes. There are just a couple of problems with the statement:

First, this complaint arises out of a lack of censorship.

Second, we already have this. It's called Usenet. It still exists.

Third, almost all the direct accusations leveled against individuals made by the author are lies and potentially actionable.

Fourth, the decentralised platforms built recently like Mastodon and Bluesky are oppressive shitholes run by people who are sad that they were born too late to serve as Stasi informants.

Fifth, the author himself is an unreformed Stalinist loon who despises everything that is right and good in the world:
A legion of the worst people on Earth have spent years building admittedly resilient alternative social media sites after being deplatformed from or rage quitting sites like Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. Places like Rumble, Gab, Truth Social, Odysee, and Patriots.Win are full of the worst America has to offer, but people on these websites have been successful in seeding (often false, often hateful) narratives that filter up the power chain and often end up getting repeated by Donald Trump or on more widely viewed right wing media like Fox News
So it's a choice of light censorship by a coterie of partially reformed billionaires or totalitarian oppression by the left.
Nvidia's 5000 series GPUs are out of stock. (WCCFTech)

They haven't launched yet - that doesn't happen until the 30th - but they're out of stock.
AMD's 9900X3D and 9950X3D run games at about the same speed as the 9800X3D. (Tom's Hardware)

Which should come as no surprise, because they are just versions of the 9800X3D with more than eight cores, and very few games use more than eight cores. (Because both the Xbox and PlayStation have eight cores.)

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: 3.5?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 First?

Posted by: Tuna at January 22, 2025 04:12 AM (oaGWv)

2 Somewhat prosaic a project to call it 'Stargate'. It's like me going out and starting my car and referring to it as the Manhattan Project.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 22, 2025 04:14 AM (bss/y)

3 w00t

Posted by: m at January 22, 2025 04:17 AM (VnUSN)

4 At the bottom of the ONT, scampydog made an Aussie reference:

Send Australian Fiddleback Timber Comports to ....

Posted by: m at January 22, 2025 04:19 AM (VnUSN)

5 Mornin' Horde.

Pixy: ZPM.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 22, 2025 04:19 AM (O7YUW)

6 >>>A legion of the worst people on Earth have spent years building admittedly resilient alternative social media sites after being deplatformed from or rage quitting sites like Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. Places like Rumble, Gab, Truth Social, Odysee, and Patriots.Win are full of the worst America has to offer, but people on these websites have been successful in seeding (often false, often hateful) narratives that filter up the power chain and often end up getting repeated by Donald Trump or on more widely viewed right wing media like Fox News

Eww, I got hit by flying spittle.

Posted by: m at January 22, 2025 04:21 AM (VnUSN)

7 And at least one core on the consoles is reserved for system functions. So game devs can utilize just seven cores. Though, if a viable way can be found to utilize a 16 core CPU for an enhanced PC version, the option is there. Though many don't even utilize those seven core very well yet.

Posted by: Epobirs at January 22, 2025 04:28 AM (/0z9K)

8 Even a depleted ZPM would be hugely useful for reverse engineering. The problem is whether we'd need exotic matter not to be found on Earth or readily synthesized.

Posted by: Epobirs at January 22, 2025 04:30 AM (/0z9K)

9 Nvidia's 5000 series GPUs are out of stock.

I'll wait for the rebranded 500 series in two years. Which will be 5.4% better.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 22, 2025 04:30 AM (mlg/3)

10
The incel on the keyboard rocked

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 22, 2025 04:32 AM (xG4kz)

11 So who is going to build all the nuclear reactors to power this thing? The ZPG is all out of juice.

During the press conference President Trump mentioned while discussing the he would make sure that government red tape was not going to be an issue including power requirements which could be on site. The way this comment came out it was a blip and slid right on by.

My ears perked up massively at this point and really perked up when, I think, Larry Ellison said the first data center would be in Abilene, TX. Having been there, I was like Abilene is in the middle of nowhere being some 2+ hours NW of Dallas and that there is zero infrastructure in the area. Toss in that Texas has electricity generation issues because they were dick heads and went green the only way they are going to supply enough power for a 500,000 sq. ft. AI data center is to build on site massive gas fired electrical generation plants or build one these new and much smaller nuke plants.

So yeah, it is very possible a nuke plant is what is under consideration. In other new real estate in Abilene might be a good investment.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 22, 2025 04:33 AM (Q8Bj8)

12 @9/weft cut-loop: This is the proper response to "fear of missing out" manipulative marketing. Yup.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 22, 2025 04:33 AM (O7YUW)

13 A massive hoax attributing huge energy demands to data centers for AI would be a great cover for the Stargate program's needs.

Posted by: Epobirs at January 22, 2025 04:37 AM (/0z9K)

14 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at January 22, 2025 04:37 AM (O/Vqd)

15
Get over here!

We DEMAND that you get over here and re-subject yourselves to our righteously censorious ways!

-- statists who flew to BlueSky and other alt-left platforms because X and ** gasp ** practically every other social media platform where they once strutted their tattle-tale rules elected to no longer play their games

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 22, 2025 04:38 AM (xG4kz)

16 BOING!

A few links....

You know who else love Nazi salutes?

https://tinyurl.com/y9pra4cd

AOC is the meme:

https://tinyurl.com/2cbse864

Nazis. Nazis everywhere!

https://tinyurl.com/b7rwhzyv

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 22, 2025 04:39 AM (RRBie)

17 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 22, 2025 04:40 AM (sAmhv)

18 People are courting AOC:

https://tinyurl.com/3wrhzvwx

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 22, 2025 04:40 AM (RRBie)

19 Trump collars the bitch-op. Eyesore warning:

https://tinyurl.com/4t924zun

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 22, 2025 04:40 AM (RRBie)

20 What if I told you that the Trump Regime might cancel Abraham Lincoln?

https://tinyurl.com/mrxndf28

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 22, 2025 04:41 AM (RRBie)

21 That's it for now. Getting ready to head out later for a grand tour of Israel's National Library:

https://www.nli.org.il/en

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 22, 2025 04:43 AM (RRBie)

22
AOC is the meme:

https://tinyurl.com/2cbse864

Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Pina Colada!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 22, 2025 04:44 AM (xG4kz)

23
Trump collars the bitch-op. Eyesore warning:

https://tinyurl.com/4t924zun
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

Oh ... a cosplay bishop

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 22, 2025 04:47 AM (xG4kz)

24 OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle are teaming up to spend half a trillion dollars to build a Stargate. (Tech Crunch)
-

Be very afraid:

https://tinyurl.com/4upmbpad

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 22, 2025 04:47 AM (RRBie)

25 5

what he said.

ZPM = Zero Point Module

Posted by: Ian Phlegming at January 22, 2025 04:48 AM (MB784)

26
from the Ellison video's closed captioning, probably generated by AI:

"... largest data center ever builded ..."

Yeah, AI "gets it"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 22, 2025 04:56 AM (xG4kz)

27 I wake up after a few tempest-tossed hours of sleep and find that no more gay pride flags will fly over US embassies worldwide, due to our new dictator.

Oh the humanity!

Posted by: lizabth at January 22, 2025 04:56 AM (Jfw7U)

28
I got lotsa xG! Looking to trade it for kz! Any takers? Anyone?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 22, 2025 04:57 AM (xG4kz)

29 So who is going to build all the nuclear reactors to power this thing? The ZPG is all out of juice.

---

ZPM you fake Stargate fan :p

Posted by: Buzzion at January 22, 2025 04:57 AM (tzFCW)

30 A summary of the Leonard Peltier case. While on the run from the attempted murder of a Milwaukee cop Peltier and his cohorts shot hundreds of rounds at two FBI agents who were trying execute an arrest warrant on a different person at the time of the firefight. This crew were stone cold killers and Peltier landing in prison with two consecutive life sentences was a win. The guy should have been executed. It is unthinkable that Biden would set this guy free but he did.

FBI Version
https://is.gd/vteBnk

Wikipedia Version
https://is.gd/NP2LTZ

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 22, 2025 04:58 AM (Q8Bj8)

31 Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

Thank you for those photos. That's three more I didn't have.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 22, 2025 04:59 AM (O/Vqd)

32
The ZPG is all out of juice

Paul Ehrlich sits, all forlorn and alone, comforted only by his dystopian thoughts

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 22, 2025 05:00 AM (xG4kz)

33 Peltier landing in prison with two consecutive life sentences was a win. The guy should have been executed. It is unthinkable that Biden would set this guy free but he did.

AND THAT is why I am against life in prison. Twenty years down the road, some bleeding heart lets them go free.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 22, 2025 05:01 AM (O/Vqd)

34 G'morning, all!

25 Degrees out with three inches of snow, and more still falling.

But so far, we are alive.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2025 05:01 AM (a1415)

35 I wake up after a few tempest-tossed hours of sleep and find that no more gay pride flags will fly over US embassies worldwide, due to our new dictator.

Oh the humanity!
Posted by: lizabth

Plus all the communist DEI offices that have spread like cancer throughout the federal government have until the close of business today to be shut down. The only crappy part is the statsi agents populating them are being put on paid administrative leave instead of being immediately fired and perp walked out the buildings so they can spend more time with their cats and vibrators.

Still, this is good stuff.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 22, 2025 05:03 AM (Q8Bj8)

36 I meant to admit on the ONT that I was one of those nerds that read encyclopedias when young.

As an adult I retruned to that practice when about 20 yrs ago our museum was given an Encycolpedia Britannica set from 1818. I had to read a bit of that. IL was set to become a state, which happened Dec 3, 1818.

Posted by: Farmer at January 22, 2025 05:03 AM (55Qr6)

37
And how did Tim Walz spend Inauguration Day? Scarfing down Sponge Bob mac-n-cheese with his delightful daughter, Hope?

One can, Hope!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 22, 2025 05:03 AM (xG4kz)

38 When a Maryland Democrat starts looking at Natural Gas to generate electrical power....

I simply attribute it to The Trump Effect.

https://tinyurl.com/yphnjw5n

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2025 05:04 AM (a1415)

39 And how did Tim Walz spend Inauguration Day? Scarfing down Sponge Bob mac-n-cheese with his delightful daughter, Hope?

One can, Hope!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

The guy strikes me as a closet cross dresser so that means he most likely spent Inauguration Day in ruby red heels, fishnet stockings, a thong and bullet bra while lip syncing Judy Garland songs.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 22, 2025 05:06 AM (Q8Bj8)

40 So our active duty son texted last night to say that there were three transgender service members sitting outside the door to the Admin office late yesterday.

And at least one of them was crying.

Speculate as you wish.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2025 05:06 AM (a1415)

41 Thank you for those photos. That's three more I didn't have.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 22, 2025 04:59 AM (O/Vqd)
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You mean the heil salute pics? There are so many of them out there.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 22, 2025 05:06 AM (RRBie)

42 When a Maryland Democrat starts looking at Natural Gas to generate electrical power....

Brilliant!
C.T. Wilson.....Genius

Posted by: Bruce at January 22, 2025 05:06 AM (j1G85)

43 And at least one of them was crying.

Speculate as you wish.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Missed his period and is afraid he's pregnant and can't get an abortion in the state?

Posted by: Bruce at January 22, 2025 05:08 AM (j1G85)

44 Reports are coming without documentation that ICE raids are taking place overnight in Arizona, at least in Phoenix.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 22, 2025 05:08 AM (RRBie)

45 Where are the graduates of EverGreen college in Washington state going to work now, with DEI out of favor.

Posted by: colin at January 22, 2025 05:09 AM (wlQdF)

46
Have we a pool going for when Doug the Thug ditches Old Lady Emhoff for a younger punching bag?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 22, 2025 05:10 AM (xG4kz)

47 Willowed from ONT:

For those who don't know it, last night in Tel Aviv we had a(nother) Muslim terrorist knifing attack.

This time, it was by a Biden "American":

https://tinyurl.com/3p5825zv

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 22, 2025 05:10 AM (RRBie)

48 I would guess that with the dismissal of the Commandant of the Coast Guard yesterday, some senior military leaders just got a wake-up call.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2025 05:10 AM (a1415)

49 @35 It is excellent indeed. I don't think I need as much sleep with the Trumpian whirlwinds blowing. Invigorating!

I read a moment ago that the reason they put them on leave with pay was due to that being cheaper than fighting lawsuits if they just flat our fired them.

They will sort them out and reassign as possible I guess? On merit. That will be a shocker to a lot of 'em.

Posted by: lizabth at January 22, 2025 05:12 AM (Jfw7U)

50 They will sort them out and reassign as possible I guess? On merit. That will be a shocker to a lot of 'em.
Posted by: lizabth

You mean I gotta do my job?
Inconceivable!

Posted by: Bruce at January 22, 2025 05:13 AM (j1G85)

51 @40 Is it wrong that this made me smile? I normally am fairly empathetic, but not in this instance.

Posted by: lizabth at January 22, 2025 05:14 AM (Jfw7U)

52 Do your job AND do it in the office..ha!

Posted by: lizabth at January 22, 2025 05:14 AM (Jfw7U)

53 They will sort them out and reassign as possible I guess? On merit. That will be a shocker to a lot of 'em.
Posted by: lizabth

Detailer for The Beast to get the shit stains off the seats. And floor. And ceiling. And...

Posted by: Bruce at January 22, 2025 05:15 AM (j1G85)

54 Y'all know that ICE has a tip line, right?

If you call in, ask if there's a reward per illegal reported:

https://t.co/Lp6JdM2WML

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 22, 2025 05:15 AM (RRBie)

55
I would guess that with the dismissal of the Commandant of the Coast Guard yesterday, some senior military leaders just got a wake-up call.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Getting judged and awarded based on accomplishments instead of activities is a stone cold bitch.

Just ask the two prime exemplars of said outcome, Shrillary and Red Kammie, neither of whom will ever be President.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 22, 2025 05:15 AM (xG4kz)

56 I see on the news that streets in New Orleans have turned into ice hockey rinks. Waiting for Wolfus to check in on that.

Posted by: Tuna at January 22, 2025 05:16 AM (oaGWv)

57 That's it for now. Getting ready to head out later for a grand tour of Israel's National Library:

https://www.nli.org.il/en
Posted by: Biden's Dog

That looks like an incredible library. From what I can gather calling it a library wildly understates what it provides. 40 ILS / $11.29 to get in sounds like a bargain. I need to get off my ass and go to Israel and Australia.

It doesn't seem to be open on Saturday's. What is up with that? As I type this I am preparing to self-denounce myself.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 22, 2025 05:16 AM (Q8Bj8)

58 I am thankful to God that I had a lovely conversation with the activities director at the local senior care center yesterday ( I do a service there once a month) and we talked about my doing a Bible study there. There was a dear old layperson from a local church who used to do studies with them for years, but his family decided he should retire and not drive anymore. He is 90, God bless him!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 22, 2025 05:16 AM (K5GKq)

59 Wylē @D0gWylie 15h
Can confirm as I literally just drove by a very large police presence with ICE agents and guys in flex cuffs right down the road from my office [in Phoenix]. I just thought it was a domestic. But just had confirmation it was a raid indeed. Holy sh!t it’s real.

https://is.gd/6JS8Iz

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 22, 2025 05:21 AM (Q8Bj8)

60
[ Biden-pardoned and felony-adjacent Congresscritter Jeremy ] Raskin Suggests Trump Pardoned J6 Defendants to Be ‘Reserve Army of Political Foot Soldiers’

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 22, 2025 05:21 AM (xG4kz)

61 I'm still waiting for the anti- Kavanaugh women (who had the insurrection at the Capitol in 201

to be arrested and jailed for years without trial.

Posted by: lizabth at January 22, 2025 05:23 AM (Jfw7U)

62 Jamie Raskin?

That dude lies every time he exhales.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2025 05:24 AM (a1415)

63 LOL...too little sleep. I have no idea how a smiley got in there. Later until the coffee takes effect.

Posted by: lizabth at January 22, 2025 05:24 AM (Jfw7U)

64 @59/Altaria Pilgram: And they're probably delighted to be doing one of the core functions of their job again. It's nice when the powers that be support that, and it really sucks when they don't (the last 4 years.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 22, 2025 05:25 AM (O7YUW)

65
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 22, 2025 05:26 AM (tljrc)

66 Good morning! The idea that we are seriously pursuing mRNA 'vaccines' and tailored medicines using AI is absolutely hair raising. Look at what happened with the COVID vaccine and imagine what can be possible.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 22, 2025 05:26 AM (3Ope8)

67
LOL...too little sleep. I have no idea how a smiley got in there. Later until the coffee takes effect.
Posted by: lizabth

You had the numeral eight adjacent to a closing parenthesis:

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 22, 2025 05:27 AM (xG4kz)

68 @60/Krebs v Carnot: " { Biden-pardoned and felony-adjacent Congresscritter Jeremy } Raskin Suggests Trump Pardoned J6 Defendants to Be 'Reserve Army of Political Foot Soldiers'"

It's amazing how consistent the projection of the left is.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 22, 2025 05:27 AM (O7YUW)

69 Looks like the White House culinary advisor that was a friend to tHarry and Megan has been removed from his duties as well

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2025 05:30 AM (a1415)

70 @66/CrotchetyOldJarhead: "Good morning! The idea that we are seriously pursuing mRNA 'vaccines' and tailored medicines using AI is absolutely hair raising. Look at what happened with the COVID vaccine and imagine what can be possible."

Combining an LLM that spits out complete nonsense with a proven dangerous genetic manipulation? Definitely a push by the "reduce the population" arseholes. This is enemy action.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 22, 2025 05:30 AM (O7YUW)

71
I modestly propose that every one of Biden's broadly scoped blanket pardon recipients be tagged as "felony-adjacent".

"You would not have received a pardon had you not been guilty of committing a crime"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 22, 2025 05:31 AM (xG4kz)

72 5 Mornin' Horde.

Pixy: ZPM.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Indeed.

(Fixed.)

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 22, 2025 05:33 AM (BLOW1)

73 ""You would not have received a pardon had you not been guilty of committing a crime""

Kinda what we said several years ago

Posted by: The Supremes at January 22, 2025 05:33 AM (a1415)

74
If you can't compel or forbid, what fun is there being a leftist.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 22, 2025 05:33 AM (dxSpM)

75 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 22, 2025 05:36 AM (hoCmQ)

76 @72/Pixy: "Indeed."

*heh* Well played.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 22, 2025 05:37 AM (O7YUW)

77 Puddleglum, if you're still here, see my post # 89 in yesterday's tech thread which gives you a possible lead on your keyboard layout problem.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 22, 2025 05:39 AM (O7YUW)

78 Good morning.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 22, 2025 05:39 AM (dR6yv)

79
For once, the sound of a dripping faucet is comforting.

19/20 degrees here at Schloss Hadrian. It's 36 out in the garage and I just turned the dryer on, which vents inside.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 22, 2025 05:39 AM (dxSpM)

80 It doesn't seem to be open on Saturday's. What is up with that? As I type this I am preparing to self-denounce myself.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 22, 2025 05:16 AM (Q8Bj

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heh:

https://youtu.be/ll5XxtmZdxE

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 22, 2025 05:42 AM (RRBie)

81 Still snowing

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2025 05:43 AM (a1415)

82 77: I saw it. Haven't had a chance to try it yet. I was using that laptop earlier and it behaved itself. I copied and pasted your post. Keep it for use later. Thanks!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 22, 2025 05:44 AM (sAmhv)

83 Looks like Trump has put new and renewed offshore wind leases on the chopping block as well.

Even if it saves just one whale.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2025 05:45 AM (a1415)

84 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at January 22, 2025 05:45 AM (dg+HA)

85 From Daily Kos. The lack of self-awareness here is hilarious.

"Within hours of being sworn in, convicted felon Donald Trump committed his first blatantly impeachable act. Trump made good on one of his vilest campaign promises, pardoning and commuting the sentences of those convicted of even the most violent of crimes during his Jan. 6, 2021 coup attempt."

A few observations: Leonard Peltier, Federal death penalty prisoners, 1500 drug traffickers, Fauci aka America's Dr. Mengele, Liz Chaney, the entire J6 show trial participants, Hunter Biden and the entire Biden Crime Family, all let go by Biden.

This list stands against the 1500 political hostages that have been held for years, sometimes without a trial, for protesting a stolen election.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 22, 2025 05:46 AM (Q8Bj8)

86 heh:

https://youtu.be/ll5XxtmZdxE
Posted by: Biden's Dog

The things you share about Israel and the Middle East are always enlightening and appreciated. In this case, the current video, that is just flat out hilarious. Thank you.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 22, 2025 05:50 AM (Q8Bj8)

87 "Within hours of being sworn in, convicted felon Donald Trump

Most incompetent judge and DA ever. 34 felony convictions. Not one second behind bars. Not one dime in fines.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 22, 2025 05:51 AM (xv7Bb)

88
"Within hours of being sworn in, Historic First Convicted Felon President Donald Trump committed his first blatantly impeachable act.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 22, 2025 05:46 AM

edited for stylebook compliance

(although I really have no expectations that the daily kos 'tards would adhere to the stylebook guidelines)

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 22, 2025 05:53 AM (tljrc)

89 LOL, Pixy!

G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 22, 2025 05:54 AM (uX4GZ)

90 Got through 7 degrees yesterday. Heat wave today. Sposed to be high of 44 !!!
Good morning all y'all

Posted by: OkJohn at January 22, 2025 05:55 AM (NC/it)

91 @ 60, oh, if only ... gotta hope, right?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 22, 2025 05:57 AM (uX4GZ)

92 And here's another quote from Mary Channell Stevens ( I've been mentioning her the last couple of mornings.) about the Bible. She says Joshua 1:1-9 "brims with courage" . I think that before the internet people who wrote all the time were just better writers. Anyway, May all people of good will who love the Lord and the scriptures and who need courage. receive it today. Here is Joshua 1:1-9

https://tinyurl.com/mwc2r6hd

Pray for Israel and the US and the protection of President Trump and Vice President Trump and their families, and the people who are being interviewed by the Congress for positions in this administration.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 22, 2025 06:00 AM (4Zvz3)

93 mornin yall. 18 degrees here and 3" of snow on the ground. The Blue Jays have been displaced by penguins. I'm not loading that feeder with anchovies though.

Posted by: fd at January 22, 2025 06:00 AM (vFG9F)

94 Is this a thing?

Because it feels like it could be a thing.

Cartel arrests.

https://tinyurl.com/3zjruf3d

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2025 06:03 AM (a1415)

95 Nice video of acapella group, "Go rest high on that mountain. " It's a very nice gospel type song:

https://tinyurl.com/3n3vtcy4

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 22, 2025 06:05 AM (4Zvz3)

96 Good morning!

I see that all the DEI folks in the gubmint are being put on admin leave, awaiting an Reduction in Force.

I may have to see a doctor if my schadenboner doesn't go down in four hours.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 22, 2025 06:05 AM (ZmEVT)

97 Time to make the sandwich for the young man. May you have a blessed day everyone: and know that you're a blessing to others:

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 22, 2025 06:06 AM (4Zvz3)

98 "Which should come as no surprise, because they are just versions of the 9800X3D with more than eight cores, and very few games use more than eight cores. (Because both the Xbox and PlayStation have eight cores.)"

I actually do find it a bit surprising. Adding more cores does usually slow games down, because those cores take up more room on the die, add heat and generally just introduce inefficiencies that do gaming no favors. If they've managed to figure out how to add cores without the downsides, that's a pretty new and good development.

Posted by: Qwinn at January 22, 2025 06:09 AM (I3XdN)

99 Good morning, my dew-kissed children of the dawn.

I wisely gave up trying to sleep and opted for coffee, pancakes, and a book.

Frodo and company are fleeing the Prancing Pony.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 22, 2025 06:09 AM (kpS4V)

100 And if you use a semi-colon before the closing paren, you get a winky smiley.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 22, 2025 06:12 AM (ZmEVT)

101 Negative six degrees right now.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 22, 2025 06:13 AM (kpS4V)

102 Hey Pixy, I haven't been able to read the site on my iPhone for a couple weeks now. All browsers (by which I mean, of course, all covers on top of Safari...) go into an error and reload cycle any time I try to scroll down. I generally prefer the desktop experience but is there anything that can be done to fix this?

Posted by: Santos L. Halper at January 22, 2025 06:15 AM (/Ohgd)

103 95 Nice video of acapella group, "Go rest high on that mountain. " It's a very nice gospel type song:

https://tinyurl.com/3n3vtcy4
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 22, 2025 06:05 AM (4Zvz3)

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Home Free is an awesome acapella group. You should also check out their version of God Bless the USA, with Lee Greenwood.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 22, 2025 06:17 AM (OGOaV)

104
Just got up to see the early morning, 1 - 2 hour temperature plunge that sometimes happens and sometimes doesn't. Temp is now 15.3F, falling from a bit above 20F at 5AM.

That's the lowest the weather station has seen yet since I put it in May.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 22, 2025 06:17 AM (w6EFb)

105 Evening and morning to all the late toilers and early risers of the AOSHQ Empire! I hail you from the frozen tundra of SE Lousy-ana, where men are men and nutria are nervous. Time for a few choruses of "The Lumberjack Song"!

Well, no, not really. The "frozen tundra" part is true. 'Tis 27 F. here, which is minor league stuff compared to real tundra. But the snow abides and is probably turning into ice right now. I'm "working" from home again, and that's good, but I doubt the roads will be safe to drive on even tomorrow.

Who else is surprised by this sudden cold?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 22, 2025 06:19 AM (omVj0)

106 Negative six degrees right now.
Posted by: All Hail Eris
______

38 degrees of frost.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 22, 2025 06:19 AM (Dm8we)

107 Oracle CEO Larry Ellison says AI will be able to detect early stages of cancer and develop personalized mRNA vaccine therapies

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 22, 2025 06:19 AM (hoCmQ)

108 "So our active duty son texted last night to say that there were three transgender service members sitting outside the door to the Admin office late yesterday.

And at least one of them was crying.

Speculate as you wish.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice"

Huh. From today's NY Post:

"Want to have better sex? Find yourself a man who cries, sexperts say: ‘Catch of a lifetime’"

Posted by: fd at January 22, 2025 06:20 AM (vFG9F)

109 95 Nice video of acapella group, "Go rest high on that mountain. " It's a very nice gospel type song:

https://tinyurl.com/3n3vtcy4
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Vince Gill song.

youtu.be/NwFiWCUkk4M

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 22, 2025 06:20 AM (sAmhv)

110 Good morning, my dew-kissed children of the dawn.

I wisely gave up trying to sleep and opted for coffee, pancakes, and a book.

Frodo and company are fleeing the Prancing Pony.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 22, 2025

***
"Indigestion at the Sign of the Goode Eats"!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 22, 2025 06:20 AM (omVj0)

111 Pixy,

What the heck is taking place with Child Care Centers in Sidney?

https://tinyurl.com/4x7nnsja

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2025 06:21 AM (a1415)

112 105: I saw a video yesterday of a guy in his airboat driving on the snow down there. The video was titled 'Cajun Snowmobile'.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 22, 2025 06:23 AM (sAmhv)

113 Wolfus posted a video of Nawlins on his author site.

https://tinyurl.com/u99r5hn7

Posted by: 13times at January 22, 2025 06:23 AM (2NRKb)

114 Well, no, not really. The "frozen tundra" part is true. 'Tis 27 F. here, which is minor league stuff compared to real tundra. But the snow abides and is probably turning into ice right now. I'm "working" from home again, and that's good, but I doubt the roads will be safe to drive on even tomorrow.

Who else is surprised by this sudden cold?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

I see they're playing ice hockey on your streets.

Posted by: Tuna at January 22, 2025 06:23 AM (oaGWv)

115 Indigestion at the Sign of the Goode Eats"!
---

Hojo Homminigritts serves a mean Oink-Oink Burger!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 22, 2025 06:25 AM (kpS4V)

116 105 Evening and morning to all the late toilers and early risers of the AOSHQ Empire! I hail you from the frozen tundra of SE Lousy-ana, where men are men and nutria are nervous. Time for a few choruses of "The Lumberjack Song"!

Well, no, not really. The "frozen tundra" part is true. 'Tis 27 F. here, which is minor league stuff compared to real tundra. But the snow abides and is probably turning into ice right now. I'm "working" from home again, and that's good, but I doubt the roads will be safe to drive on even tomorrow.

Who else is surprised by this sudden cold?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 22, 2025 06:19 AM (omVj0)

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Sounds like good skeechin' weather.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 22, 2025 06:26 AM (OGOaV)

117 I saw a video yesterday of a guy in his airboat driving on the snow down there. The video was titled 'Cajun Snowmobile'.
Posted by: Puddleglum
________

Reverse snow blower.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 22, 2025 06:26 AM (Dm8we)

118 Try turning off Java when loading AOS. Haven’t had to do that in a long time thankfully.

One thing I noticed about being in a sketchy location with a weak signal, you will discover what websites or software work better. All the ads, scripts, bells and whistles must load up before any text or anything important will load. Popup videos - that can’t be x’d out - persons responsible should be waterboarded. Daily

Posted by: Common Tater at January 22, 2025 06:26 AM (2Ra0c)

119 Morning peeps.

Cats were agitated* this morning so, I'm up. -1.9F out there this morning.

*I'd be agitated too if I had to pee outside. (even though there's a litterbox right ----> over there.)

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 22, 2025 06:26 AM (Q4IgG)

120 Midnight mean tweets are back. 12:39am @realDonaldTrump

The so-called Bishop who spoke at the National Prayer Service on Tuesday morning was a Radical Left hard line Trump hater. She brought her chuck into the World of politics in a very ungracious way. She was nasty in tone, and not compelling or smart. She failed to mention the large number of illegal migrants that came into our Country and killed people. Many were deposited from jails and mental institutions. It is a giant crime wave that is taking place in the USA. Apart from her inappropriate statements, the service was a very boring and uninspiring one. She is not very good a her job! She and her church owe the public an apology!

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 22, 2025 06:29 AM (hoCmQ)

121 We'll get above freezing, we're told, and see sun by 11 am. But then it'll all refreeze tonight. If they want us to come in to work tomorrow, I'm telling my boss I tried, but I almost crashed my car and the roads are still too icy.

What a week.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 22, 2025 06:29 AM (omVj0)

122 church. Not chuck.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 22, 2025 06:30 AM (hoCmQ)

123 Some of us are experiencing ordinary weather.

35f low, 57-60f high. And g’morning.

Posted by: 13times at January 22, 2025 06:31 AM (AQVyJ)

124 122 church. Not chuck.
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 22, 2025 06:30 AM (hoCmQ)

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

Here I thought it was just some more slang I was unfamiliar with.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 22, 2025 06:32 AM (OGOaV)

125 Just read about the Inauguration from someone on my FB group that went. She said people were listening or watching it in every shop. She also mentioned men everywhere and few angry women. She also said, you went through searches every time you left an area. The closer you got to the President, the more thorough the search.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 22, 2025 06:34 AM (NQtI0)

126 123 Some of us are experiencing ordinary weather.

35f low, 57-60f high. And g’morning.
Posted by: 13times at January 22, 2025 06:31 AM (AQVyJ)

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Last couple of days, our highs have been sub-zero (F), with godawful wind chills. Today is supposed to get up to 30.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 22, 2025 06:34 AM (OGOaV)

127
January looks to be significantly below average temperature. Here, the station says average temp is 34.9 so far, which is about 7 - 8 degrees below normal.

The second to third week range is the lowest normal temperature here, about 42F.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 22, 2025 06:34 AM (w6EFb)

128 125 Just read about the Inauguration from someone on my FB group that went. She said people were listening or watching it in every shop. She also mentioned men everywhere and few angry women. She also said, you went through searches every time you left an area. The closer you got to the President, the more thorough the search.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 22, 2025 06:34 AM (NQtI0)

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If you hear the snap of a latex glove, you've gotten too close.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 22, 2025 06:35 AM (OGOaV)

129 I need to shower and eat breakfast. After it gets light, too, I want to venture out for a bit and see more of the snowscape before it begins to melt. Once it does, maybe around 3 this afternoon, I'll try to get the worst of whatever snow is left off my car.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 22, 2025 06:35 AM (omVj0)

130 Birdbath status? Apocalyptic.

Posted by: 13times at January 22, 2025 06:35 AM (YqGvk)

131 Well it's 5 here in Nashville land. High of 31 today.

Posted by: Tuna at January 22, 2025 06:35 AM (oaGWv)

132 Cold snap is finished. High of 30 today. Currently 10, WC -2.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 22, 2025 06:40 AM (hoCmQ)

133 Today would be a good day for a perusal of C.S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters. I bought an annotated edition a couple of years ago and have never dipped into it.

First I have to find it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 22, 2025 06:40 AM (omVj0)

134 I wasn't aware that every Federal DEI hire has today off, with pay.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2025 06:42 AM (a1415)

135 Lincoln Brown speaking some Truth to the Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde:

https://is.gd/EpS6hq

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 22, 2025 06:43 AM (PiwSw)

136
gotta "rig for office"

BBIAB

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 22, 2025 06:43 AM (tljrc)

137 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 22, 2025 06:44 AM (u82oZ)

138 -10 degrees on the farm in Pa, this may be the coldest temps I’ve ever experienced.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 22, 2025 06:47 AM (Pu0vu)

139 > I wasn't aware that every Federal DEI hire has today off, with pay.
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The "resistance" is already ahead of this by renaming their DEI programs. Claiming "DEI" isn't being enforced because there's no "DEI" program.

They're using variations of EEO now. Same shit. Different name. So, not "DEI."

Employees may be off work and getting paid, but this isn't going to stop anytime soon.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 22, 2025 06:49 AM (Q4IgG)

140 " ... cursing a blue streak, which was already lapping at the ooze."

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 22, 2025 06:49 AM (uX4GZ)

141 Altaria Pilgram: "The only crappy part is the statsi agents populating them are being put on paid administrative leave instead of being immediately fired and perp walked out the buildings so they can spend more time with their cats and vibrators."

Step One: Close the offices
Step Two: DOGE recommends any personnel from closed offices be terminated
Step Three: Profit

That's about as legitimate a process as we can expect and far more than we've ever seen. I'd prefer to nuke them from orbit just to be sure, but that tends to ruffle feathers.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 22, 2025 06:50 AM (aXxgO)

142 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Hope you have enough eggs, bread, milk, and toilet paper to survive your attack of global warming. I'll bet every Trader Joe's in the area is out of those items and all the wine is gone too.

Thank you for the good news about the possibility of administrative separations. It's hard enough being a LPO or division officer; maybe the drama level will go down.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 22, 2025 06:50 AM (u82oZ)

143
All-time low for the GSP area (upstate SC) was -6F back in the '60s. It hit -4F here in the '80s one time, which I remember.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 22, 2025 06:51 AM (w6EFb)

144 These too clever handlers all thought the joke was on us, but it turned out in the end to be on them, after all.
---------------
VDH comments on the Biden Junta debacle of a four year era of social destruction.

I hope he is right.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 22, 2025 06:52 AM (Os76D)

145 What the heck is taking place with Child Care Centers in Sidney?

https://tinyurl.com/4x7nnsja
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2025 06:21 AM (a1415)
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The Australian government of Anthony Albanese and Penny Wong sucks Arab c*ck is what is happening.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 22, 2025 06:53 AM (RIvkX)

146 140 " ... cursing a blue streak, which was already lapping at the ooze."

😆

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 22, 2025 06:53 AM (kpS4V)

147 Yesterday was much colder. -15℉ overnight. School delayed 2 hours, as it was -9℉ at the normal start time. My bus gear shift lever was frozen shut for a while.

Today a balmy 20℉. Still have packed snow and ice on the rural roads. But the air is dry enough I can see some sublimation is happening.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 22, 2025 06:54 AM (u82oZ)

148 Its Hump Day

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 22, 2025 06:54 AM (gbOdA)

149 Todays musical choice is perfect for students late night play at engineering schools.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 22, 2025 06:55 AM (Os76D)

150 13 degrees in Babylon DC. It's cold.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 22, 2025 06:55 AM (sAmhv)

151 Good morning to everyone. It’s 15 degrees here and only going up to 32 today. Tomorrow is not looking much better.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 22, 2025 06:55 AM (iAdx3)

152 Salty!

I think the active duty side is gonna get real interesting, real quick.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2025 06:55 AM (a1415)

153 148 Its Hump Day
+++
My favorite day.

Posted by: BJ Clinton at January 22, 2025 06:56 AM (dg+HA)

154 25 degrees out.

Heat pump isn't real happy.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2025 06:56 AM (a1415)

155 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. 5 below here at Stately Poppins Manor.

Two observations:
1. I saw the ONT earlier this morning; I, too, am one of those who loved - and still do - to read the encyclopaedia and dictionary as a child.

2. The song above is me to a T.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 22, 2025 06:56 AM (Q0kLU)

156 I think the active duty side is gonna get real interesting, real quick.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2025 06:55 AM (a1415)

The legal system seems to be saying we don't have a country anymore. Let's see if the military agrees.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2025 06:57 AM (ExV1e)

157 I'm reading the story about what the Episcopal priest said, and she said this:

"They ( illegal aliens ) are faithful members of our churches and mosques, synagogues, wadhara, and temples. "

What is a wadhara?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 22, 2025 06:57 AM (PiwSw)

158 What is a wadhara?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 22, 2025 06:57 AM (PiwSw)
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Sounds faintly Indian. (Dit, not feather)

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 22, 2025 06:59 AM (mP7fR)

159 157 What is a wadhara? 20 dinars, same as the souk.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 22, 2025 06:59 AM (gm9Sb)

160 What is a wadhara?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 22, 2025 06:57 AM (PiwSw)

Traditional Wakandan place of lesbian pseudo-worship.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2025 06:59 AM (ExV1e)

161 "Dot, not feather"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 22, 2025 06:59 AM (mP7fR)

162 "What is a wadhara?"

Twenty bucks....same as in town.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2025 06:59 AM (a1415)

163 you guys

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 22, 2025 07:01 AM (PiwSw)

164 Estimates as high as 14,000 transgenders on active duty.

Either they are a rather patriotic group, or the free surgery is a real attractant to serving.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2025 07:01 AM (a1415)

165 Damn. It's getting colder. 14 degrees. Do not like. I need another 60 degrees before I can even take off my thermal underwears.

Posted by: fd at January 22, 2025 07:02 AM (vFG9F)

166 The President turned the tables perfectly, when a presstitute tried to entice him into criticizing the whiny leftist screed from church.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 22, 2025 07:02 AM (mP7fR)

167 "Tech support, not feather."

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 22, 2025 07:02 AM (dg+HA)

168 Either they are a rather patriotic group, or the free surgery is a real attractant to serving.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2025 07:01 AM (a1415)

There have been numerous videos on social media extolling the virtues of patriotically soaking the taxpayer for lunacy-induced cosmetic surgery.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2025 07:03 AM (ExV1e)

169 Anybody seen my missing air mass?

Posted by: Canadia at January 22, 2025 07:03 AM (dg+HA)

170 Anybody seen my missing air mass?
Posted by: Canadia at January 22, 2025 07:03 AM (dg+HA)

Even the cold wants to escape Trudeau.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2025 07:05 AM (ExV1e)

171 "They ( illegal aliens ) are faithful members of our churches and mosques, synagogues, wadhara, and temples."

So her church is profiting from rampant illegality, eh? Taking from the poor to garnish the rich?

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 22, 2025 07:05 AM (aXxgO)

172 WaPo: "Layoffs Loom As Trump Administration Puts DEI Workers On Leave"

Workers? They work? Doing what?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 22, 2025 07:06 AM (mP7fR)

173 President Donald Trump has announced a $500 billion artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure project investment.
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I'd take the $500B and restart the insane asylums instead.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 22, 2025 07:06 AM (Q4IgG)

174 " Anybody seen my missing air mass?
Posted by: Canadia "

Have you checked between your Prime Minister's ears?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2025 07:06 AM (a1415)

175 Huck Follywood: "Workers? They work? Doing what?"

Comparing dermal swatches to properly order hierarchies.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 22, 2025 07:08 AM (aXxgO)

176 Have a great day, everyone.

The winning continues. Not tired yet.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 22, 2025 07:08 AM (u82oZ)

177 WaPo: "Layoffs Loom As Trump Administration Puts DEI Workers On Leave"

Trump solves need for importing millions of uneducated laborers with this one simple step.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2025 07:08 AM (ExV1e)

178 23 now, headed to 40. If you are in the cold now, it should get better in a few days.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 22, 2025 07:08 AM (NQtI0)

179 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: 3.1415927

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 22, 2025 07:09 AM (6K6Eu)

180 And just like that...there were only two sexes.

Posted by: Forrest Gump voice at January 22, 2025 07:09 AM (dg+HA)

181 I'm reading the story about what the Episcopal ~~priest~~ Trump-Hating Racist Dyke Bishop said, and she said this:

"They ( illegal aliens ) are faithful members of our churches and mosques, synagogues, wadhara, and temples. "

What is a wadhara?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 22, 2025 06:57 AM (PiwSw)
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Fixed for accuracy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 22, 2025 07:09 AM (RIvkX)

182 Be safe, Salty!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2025 07:10 AM (a1415)

183 "We got millions of foreigners coming here and it's got to stop"

"Dude, it's fine. Some of them are muslim."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 22, 2025 07:10 AM (+iIV1)

184 Fourth, the decentralised platforms built recently like Mastodon and Bluesky are oppressive shitholes run by people who are sad that they were born too late to serve as Stasi informants.

==

Yes!!

Posted by: runner at January 22, 2025 07:11 AM (g47mK)

185 My VA clinic is giving assistance to setting up the new improved MyHealthyVet tomorrow. It is the most convoluted clusterfarken designed to provide an unneeded layer of security you could ever imagine. I tried setting it up, couldn't get a good picture of my DL on LogIn.gov, IdMe.gov says my phone number is invalid so I'll take a ride over tomorrow and see if they can set it up. Of course, before this, I never had problems checking on appointments or getting scrip refills on the phone.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 22, 2025 07:11 AM (gm9Sb)

186 Anybody seen my missing air mass?
Posted by: Canadia at January 22, 2025

***
It passed through here yesterday. Haven't seen it since.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 22, 2025 07:11 AM (omVj0)

187 Looks like Trump is trying to save feathered Americans from wind turbines as well.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2025 07:12 AM (a1415)

188 It's also a fairly nasty thing to imply that because these people "belong" to some kind of religious building, they are allowed to be criminals.

What, we gonna boot just the atheists and quakers, now?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 22, 2025 07:12 AM (+iIV1)

189 Dang. You dug for that video. I first saw it when Dubya was President.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at January 22, 2025 07:12 AM (2GKZj)

190 Episcopalian church needs to lose its NFO status. Want to politic , go right ahead. Reap the whirlwind.

Posted by: runner at January 22, 2025 07:13 AM (g47mK)

191 187 Looks like Trump is trying to save feathered Americans from wind turbines as well.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2025 07:12 AM (a1415)

How?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 22, 2025 07:13 AM (+iIV1)

192 I remember usenet.
My favorite at link
https://alt.pavethe.earth/

Posted by: jimmymcnulty at January 22, 2025 07:13 AM (DWpio)

193 I'll bet every Trader Joe's in the area is out of those items and all the wine is gone too.
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We went to the first Trader Joe's in Reno, the day it opened. It had been cleaned out. The only bread left was biscotti.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 22, 2025 07:13 AM (6K6Eu)

194 Back from my shower, feeling clean. I'm suipping on a pipe, the blend C.S. Lewis favored, and I have found my copy of Screwtape. I don't need to check my work email until 8 am. Lookin' pretty good.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 22, 2025 07:13 AM (omVj0)

195 Episcopalian church needs to lose its NFO status. Want to politic , go right ahead. Reap the whirlwind.
Posted by: runner at January 22, 2025 07:13 AM (g47mK)

They identify as black. It's okay.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2025 07:14 AM (ExV1e)

196 Estimates as high as 14,000 transgenders on active duty.

Which is still a tiny percentage of people on active duty but there are people who think that throwing out a number like that makes us think there is a legion of them in uniform right now.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 22, 2025 07:14 AM (lXCUP)

197 "How?"

ISWYDT

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2025 07:15 AM (a1415)

198 Nothing can make them happier than being put on leave with pay. That is secondary to shutting down rotten DEI centers, of course, but at some point what can they do with those useless hordes....send them to Greenland after it becomes a US territory ?

Posted by: runner at January 22, 2025 07:16 AM (g47mK)

199 "You can't arrest that guy for robbing fifty liquor stores. He's in my church!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 22, 2025 07:16 AM (+iIV1)

200 Back from my shower, feeling clean. I'm suipping on a pipe, the blend C.S. Lewis favored, and I have found my copy of Screwtape. I don't need to check my work email until 8 am. Lookin' pretty good.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 22, 2025 07:13 AM (omVj0)
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John Cleese did a books-on-tape version of Screwtape, complete except for one letter.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 22, 2025 07:16 AM (6K6Eu)

201 So wait...Maryland has a high tax burden?

No way, it's run by Democrats.

https://tinyurl.com/yh3ds4yu

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2025 07:16 AM (a1415)

202 NFP status, not NFO...

Posted by: runner at January 22, 2025 07:17 AM (g47mK)

203 As @Jack2LONeill on X says, Stargate is a documentary. I'm starting to think he has something there. The aliens pretty much encapsulate the modern left. The Goa'uld are hyper-aggressive, flamboyant, and pretend to be something they aren't. The Ori are on a mission to force the entire universe to adopt their beliefs, or they will kill them. The Wraith are grungy-looking emo parasites. The Asgard are arrogant and into public nudity. The Canadians are mildly annoying.

It really is a documentary.

Posted by: Pennsyltucky at January 22, 2025 07:17 AM (QdGJh)

204 In defiance of reality I wore a short sleeve shirt as my first layer this morning when I took the trash outside. 7 degrees here in socialist utopia at the time, or so claimed my outdoor thermometer.

First layer.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 22, 2025 07:19 AM (sMkVI)

205 Heroes & Icons has no signal. The TV acknowledges that Wanted: Dead or Alive is the program, but the screen is black and there's no sound. Hm.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 22, 2025 07:19 AM (omVj0)

206 OOD: Get me the CO right away, we have incoming.

Messenger of the Watch: Sorry, ~~he's~~ she's in her sea cabin dilating that thing.
Be about another twenty minutes.

OOD:..........* Blink*...*Blink Blink*..

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2025 07:20 AM (a1415)

207 I do enjoy that, after likely well over half of the country saw or heard of this idiot charlatan mouthing off, Our President flat out calls her an idiot charlatan. "Yeah, you're not alone, she's an asshole and a fraud. It's ok to call her an asshole and a fraud."

The Age of Fuck You is already upon us, and The Age of War is nigh.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 22, 2025 07:21 AM (+iIV1)

208 Estimates as high as 14,000 transgenders on active duty.

Which is still a tiny percentage of people on active duty but there are people who think that throwing out a number like that makes us think there is a legion of them in uniform right now.
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How many got thrown out for refusing the jab?

Posted by: screaming in digital at January 22, 2025 07:21 AM (6jgSB)

209 "Fifth, the author himself is an unreformed Stalinist loon who despises everything that is right and good in the world"

Just wait until he finds out that the Fediverse is significantly larger than a handful of instances running off mincing ponce software and that it's the social media equivalent of 4chan. If you want the hugbox, the trade-off is that it's an already tiny pool that no one wants to be in that you'll likely be booted out of for running afoul of your own ever-shifting rules. But if you want the side where all the activity actually is, you risk hurt feelings by people who will openly mock your crying.

Posted by: Saber Alter at January 22, 2025 07:21 AM (AZg1Q)

210 Nothing can make them happier than being put on leave with pay.

This demonstrates a lack of imagination. They assume that they'll remain on leave, with pay.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2025 07:22 AM (ExV1e)

211 204 In defiance of reality I wore a short sleeve shirt as my first layer this morning when I took the trash outside. 7 degrees here in socialist utopia at the time, or so claimed my outdoor thermometer.

First layer.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 22, 2025 07:19 AM (sMkVI)
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15 below here in tentatively-red Western PA. The hydraulic arms on my storm door are frozen, and it just slammed shut and scared the crap out of me when I went out to feed animals. The snow is dry and crunches underfoot. The door handles on my Jeep are frozen stiffer than a wedding pecker. It is...unpleasant.

Posted by: Pennsyltucky at January 22, 2025 07:22 AM (QdGJh)

212 Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 22, 2025 07:11 AM (gm9Sb)

Be prepared for everyone else to have the same problems you are. (Just to check Pooky's med list is a several-step process.) Bring a book, Sudoku, knitting, etc.

Posted by: pookysgirl, taking a break at January 22, 2025 07:22 AM (dtlDP)

213 It is...unpleasant.
Posted by: Pennsyltucky at January 22, 2025 07:22 AM (QdGJh)

The outdoor temperature readout in my truck just said "LOL" yesterday when I went to work.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 22, 2025 07:23 AM (+iIV1)

214 How many got thrown out for refusing the jab?
Posted by: screaming in digital at January 22, 2025 07:21 AM (6jgSB)

I'd imagine that the intersection between "wants to irrevocably alter their body in pursuit of a delusion" and "suspicious of experimental injection" is pretty small.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2025 07:25 AM (ExV1e)

215 213 - instrumentation with a sense of humor? now that's useful AI!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 22, 2025 07:25 AM (uX4GZ)

216 Posted by: Pennsyltucky at January 22, 2025 07:22 AM (QdGJh)
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And yet, I can still hear my father saying to teenage me, the animals still need feeding. So you went.

A tip of my cap to you, sir.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 22, 2025 07:26 AM (sMkVI)

217 H-town is 19 F with ice on every street. Brave and foolish drivers will be playing bumper cars until mid-morning.

Sipping coffee with a goodly amount of bourbon cream. I prefer it to Irish cream in coffee. Got it at the liquor store.

Posted by: Gref at January 22, 2025 07:26 AM (aBgBM)

218 208 Speaking of the jab. I was talking with one of the neighbors over the weekend. Guy's in his late forties, goes to the gym four times a week, gets a few miles roadwork in, weather permitting, a few times a week. Quit smoking years ago, only drinks a little beer. He finally said that since his workplace made the jab and boosters mandatory, he's been sick more times than ever before. Guy wound up in the hospital last summer for a few days.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 22, 2025 07:26 AM (gm9Sb)

219 I do enjoy that, after likely well over half of the country saw or heard of this idiot charlatan mouthing off, Our President flat out calls her an idiot charlatan. "Yeah, you're not alone, she's an asshole and a fraud. It's ok to call her an asshole and a fraud."

I'm going to bet that her office has been swamped with letters, e-mails, texts and voice mails congratulating her for standing tall and speaking truth to that fascist, racist rapist Drumpf.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 22, 2025 07:27 AM (Q0kLU)

220 thank you, Eris!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 22, 2025 07:27 AM (uX4GZ)

221
" ... cursing a blue streak, which was already lapping at the ooze."
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

"Bored of the Rings" never disappoints!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM)[/b at January 22, 2025 07:27 AM (xG4kz)

222 What a beautiful night's sleep. Finally.

It's minus 20 Celcius but the cats still ventured out for a few minutes while I have coffee. And still want to play in and out for awhile.

Thanks Pixy. I'm not usually up this early but have enjpyed many of your links.

Time to listen to liberal wailing before having a good day.

Posted by: Stateless...18% at January 22, 2025 07:28 AM (jvJvP)

223 219 I do enjoy that, after likely well over half of the country saw or heard of this idiot charlatan mouthing off, Our President flat out calls her an idiot charlatan. "Yeah, you're not alone, she's an asshole and a fraud. It's ok to call her an asshole and a fraud."

I'm going to bet that her office has been swamped with letters, e-mails, texts and voice mails congratulating her for standing tall and speaking truth to that fascist, racist rapist Drumpf.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression)

Well, yes. It's why she did it.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 22, 2025 07:28 AM (sAmhv)

224 "Bored of the Rings" never disappoints!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM)[/b at January 22, 2025 07:27 AM (xG4kz)
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...pity stayed his hand.

"It's a pity I've run out of bullets," he thought.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 22, 2025 07:29 AM (6K6Eu)

225 Truth, Krebs vs Carnot!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 22, 2025 07:30 AM (uX4GZ)

226

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 22, 2025 07:31 AM (EFZgU)

227 212 That's the feeling I'm getting. I could just log in on MyHealthyVet and no problems checking stuff or getting refills. Now log in on one place, log in again, sometimes wait for a verification code from what I've heard. Some GS12 empire builder cooked up this mess for job security.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 22, 2025 07:31 AM (gm9Sb)

228 I still use myID to log in, and it goes pretty smooth.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2025 07:32 AM (a1415)

229 faintly Indian. (Dit, not feather)

Are you feeling any re-Morse over that?

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at January 22, 2025 07:32 AM (zdLoL)

230 They identify as black. It's okay.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2025 07:14 AM (ExV1e)

I'm gonna pray for ya. And I want you to hold onto God's unchangin' hand. Cause it helped Joshua fight the battle of Jericho. Yes! It helped Daniel get out the lion's den. It helped Gilligan get off the island. Lawd!

Posted by: Rev. Brown at January 22, 2025 07:33 AM (R/m4+)

231 y'know, there's a weekend thread in there; everyones favorite "Bored of the Rings" quote & discussion thereof.

(sure seems like we've all read it!)

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 22, 2025 07:33 AM (uX4GZ)

232 faintly Indian. (Dit, not feather)

Are you feeling any re-Morse over that?
Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at January 22, 2025 07:32 AM (zdLoL)
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He had a code.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 22, 2025 07:34 AM (6K6Eu)

233 "You named the project 'Stargate'?"
"Yeah, that was a cool tv show!"
"But a 'stargate' is a method for traveling to distant planets instantaneously."
"Yeah, that was a really cool tv show."
"But you're not trying to build a transport system, even, much less one for going to distant planets. Right?"
"Huh? What? It was a really cool tv show."
"Yes. It was. But it wasn't about data centers, and especially not about power sources for said data centers, nor even AI. There were movies about AI, but 'Stargate' was not one of them."
"But... it was a really cool t..."
"Shut up. Go sit down and code a little. Let the adults come up with a relevant code name for the project."

Posted by: GWB at January 22, 2025 07:34 AM (hzHvq)

234 228 I can't seem to get it set up. One won't take my DL picture, the other says invalid phone. Maybe the genius squad at the VA Clinic can get it set up.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 22, 2025 07:35 AM (gm9Sb)

235 Despite the pardons from Trump, prisons and halfway houses across America were reportedly slow-rolling J6 prisoners’ releases, and the infamous Washington, D.C., jail known as “the Gulag” was on Monday evening absolutely refusing to let more than a dozen Jan. 6 hostages go.

Proof the J6s were got ZERO justice.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 22, 2025 07:35 AM (gbOdA)

236 Coffee and beignets in the snow. What a rarity.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 22, 2025 07:35 AM (dg+HA)

237 y'know, there's a weekend thread in there; everyones favorite "Bored of the Rings" quote & discussion thereof.

(sure seems like we've all read it!)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 22, 2025 07:33 AM (uX4GZ)
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The quote I adapt a lot is, "Wouldn't trust (him/her) with a burnt-out match."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 22, 2025 07:35 AM (6K6Eu)

238
The snow is dry and crunches underfoot.

Pennsyltucky, crunches or squeaks? Squeaks is bad -- that is a sign that the temperatures are really cold.

In the movie, "Nobody's Fool" (Paul Newman), there are scenes where the snow squeaked underfoot. Weather continuity throughout that film was wildly inconsistent, but what can you do?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM)[/b at January 22, 2025 07:36 AM (xG4kz)

239 Power steering belts groaning when cars make turns: Cold as a MFer

Posted by: Common Tater at January 22, 2025 07:37 AM (2Ra0c)

240
JJ

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 22, 2025 07:39 AM (gbOdA)

241 - Fen
I've only read down through @100 so someone else may have brought this up.
Go Rest High On That Mountain was written by Vince Gill and released in 1995. Had to look that last part up.
A number of vids on utube of him doing it. Some with other greats joining him.

Posted by: TeeJ at January 22, 2025 07:39 AM (kjZOX)

242 Cold as a brass monkey's butt.

Posted by: As dad used to say at January 22, 2025 07:39 AM (dg+HA)

243 Pennsyltucky, crunches or squeaks? Squeaks is bad -- that is a sign that the temperatures are really cold.
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The excellent memoir "The Worst Journey in the World" by Apsley Cherry-Garrard recounts the Scott Expedition (don't read it on a day like today). During the Winter Journey, the temps were so cold that the snow was like beach sand and the runners on the sledges wouldn't work properly. At times, they were only able to make about 1 1/2 miles/day. And that was by hauling one sledge, then going back to get the other one.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at January 22, 2025 07:39 AM (6K6Eu)

244 Nood.

Morning Report

Posted by: Stateless...18% at January 22, 2025 07:45 AM (jvJvP)

245 45 Where are the graduates of EverGreen college in Washington state going to work now, with DEI out of favor.
Posted by: colin at January 22, 2025 05:09 AM (wlQdF)

; )

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