Daily Tech News 13 February 2025

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Oracle chairman Larry Ellison says governments should unify all their data into a single feed for training AI. (MSN)
Fragmented sets of data about a population's health, agriculture, infrastructure, procurement and borders should be unified into a single, secure database that can be accessed by AI models.
This is not unreasonable for already-public broad-scale data. Getting it all into a standard format so that AI - and non-AI computer tools - can analyse it could be valuable. If all of USAID's funding had been out there so that anyone could plug it into a spreadsheet and look for fraud...

Actually, people have been doing that for years and hardly anyone cared.

Anyway. He also wants your DNA. (The Register)

So that's a no.

Tech News

Intel's new Core Ultra 9 285H - the top of the line of the middle-of-the-line Arrow Lake H series - is here. Is it any good? (Hot Hardware)

Actually, yes. Intel's Lunar Lake laptop chips are a bit limiting, since memory is soldered directly onto the CPU and there are just four fast cores and four slow ones. Now you can have memory soldered onto the motherboard and six fast cores and ten slow ones.

Which is better.

And it performs very well in tests, including - on this specific laptop - battery life. A big part of that is the MSI Prestige 16's 99Wh battery, but it lasts just shy of 24 hours playing video constantly, and weighs 3.3lbs which is pretty light for a 16" laptop.
Emojis and other Unicode characters can be hacked to smuggle data invisibly. (Tom's Hardware)

I've said before that Unicode is a semantic Superfund site.

Now I think that ASCII was a mistake and we should all go back to SIXBIT.
Why firing programmers and replacing them with AI is a mistake. (Defrag Zone)

Because AI is shit.

All the points made are obvious, but they are also correct.
AI is shit. (The Register)

At summarising news headlines, but at many other things too.
A neutrino moving with the energy of a ping pong ball has been detected by a deep sea telescope. (Phys.org)

Ping pong balls don't have that much energy by macroscopic standards, but neutrinos are about as far from macroscopic as you can get without ceasing to exist entirely. The single particle was so energetic that it triggered a third of the detectors in the telescope all by itself.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: 13780 Devil Gate Drive, next to the Episcopalian church.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 and the colors were funny

Posted by: Ciampino - Meanwhile at St Peter's house on Friday: Fish!? Again? at February 13, 2025 04:00 AM (KjLnc)

2 First?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 13, 2025 04:00 AM (omVj0)

3 "Bloody close, you colonials, bloody close!"

Evening and morning to all the late toilers and early risers who swear allegiance to the AoSHQ Empire. 'Tis Thor's Day, and we inch closer to the weekend.

Tonight Miss Linda and I are going to Texas Roadhouse right after my work. I dread the traffic and wait for a table, but it's the best I can do, going at 5:30 (if we can get there that early).

This morning at work I have to put in the "vacancy" notice for my job. This'll be . . . fun. Though that is not quite the correct word.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 13, 2025 04:04 AM (omVj0)

4 Anyone here? I got no comments. Even mine is gone.

Posted by: Ciampino - not the real CIA at February 13, 2025 04:05 AM (KjLnc)

5 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at February 13, 2025 04:06 AM (sAmhv)

6 OK, everything is back to normal.

Posted by: Ciampino - not the real CIA? at February 13, 2025 04:06 AM (KjLnc)

7 They will have to find a huge cave first. Are the Mines of Moria available?

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 13, 2025 04:08 AM (yF8T2)

8 I have always loved Suzi Quatro and Chris Norman's "Stumblin' In" -- one of the many songs that made 1979 the last truly great year for pop music.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 13, 2025 04:13 AM (omVj0)

9 IDOA Suspends Poultry Exhibition and Sale Events:

https://tinyurl.com/ycxkrrjs

Posted by: Ciampino - not the real CIA? Joking at February 13, 2025 04:15 AM (KjLnc)

10 Trump will impose reciprocal tariffs on the miserable fuck countries who have been robbing us in a few hours.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 13, 2025 04:17 AM (yF8T2)

11 And I suppose I'll have to get Linda something chocolate-oriented for Valentine's Day. She has her Safari browser on this computer open to a promo for Ghirardelli Squares, so maybe that's a hint. I have a card for her, anyway.

The Killer Kittenz From Outer Space are here: little gray Dagny on the end table under my lamp, and big black Stirling lounging like a jungle panther on the kitchen counter near the sink.

We didn't get the heavy rain they were warning us about, and temps are not that low, 64 F. Better than the 80 we were sweltering in yesterday. (In February. Gah.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 13, 2025 04:18 AM (omVj0)

12 Madigan Guilty of Bribery Conspiracy as Jury Returns Partial Verdict:

https://tinyurl.com/3372wnkb

Are these jailable offenses? I don't want just fines, the guy was a de facto king of Illinois.

Posted by: Ciampino - put his Irish ass in jail at February 13, 2025 04:21 AM (KjLnc)

13 Many of the same points in the "replacing programmers with AI is a mistake" article apply equally if you put "foreign, barely-competent, but cheaper H1B workers" in for "AI."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 13, 2025 04:23 AM (omVj0)

14 FLASHBACK: In 2009 Chuck Schumer Defended ‘Porky’ Government Spending, Saying ‘The American People Really Don’t Care’ (VIDEO)

https://tinyurl.com/4zenxk7a

Posted by: Ciampino - because we thought it was like pennies at February 13, 2025 04:24 AM (KjLnc)

15 Anyway. He also wants your DNA.

Does he work a Glory Hole at a truckstop?

Posted by: Bruce at February 13, 2025 04:25 AM (oEgF3)

16 This morning at work I have to put in the "vacancy" notice for my job. This'll be . . . fun. Though that is not quite the correct word.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 13, 2025 04:04

You are putting in your resignation? Good for you, from what you've said you should retire.

Posted by: Farmer at February 13, 2025 04:26 AM (55Qr6)

17 Good morning! It is pinche frio out on the patio this morning. Currently 19 here in Cowtown and not expected to get above freezing until approximately 10 tomorrow morning.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 13, 2025 04:29 AM (3Ope8)

18 Wolfus,

Most Texas Roadhouse's have a waitlist you can sign into online. I think you have to wait until they are open.

Cuts down on the wait time when you get there.

Posted by: Bruce at February 13, 2025 04:31 AM (oEgF3)

19 She drives a 2024 BMW and has taxpayers paying her bills, groceries, rent, and cash assistance! Now she’s shocked she has to pay her own way ..

https://tinyurl.com/5bbpj6wd

- Assuming this is true: how did she qualify for $4K a month?
- Who approved her various allowances? Also guilty.
- Needs to repay that money.
- Needs jailing if she lied on applications.

Posted by: Ciampino - another side of the Gov grift at February 13, 2025 04:31 AM (KjLnc)

20 Madigan Guilty of Bribery Conspiracy as Jury Returns Partial Verdict: https://tinyurl.com/3372wnkb

Are these jailable offenses? I don't want just fines, the guy was a de facto king of Illinois.
Posted by: Ciampino - put his Irish ass in jail at February 13, 2025 04:21

Yes, throw his crooked ass in jail. Who did he piss off that the Biden administration went after him?

Posted by: Farmer at February 13, 2025 04:31 AM (55Qr6)

21 NYPD Officers Frustrated Over City’s Ban on Working with ICE: “We Want to Help”

https://x.com/ViralNewsNYC/
status/1889881702165782709

Posted by: Ciampino - Law & Order can be followed at February 13, 2025 04:33 AM (KjLnc)

22 Okay make sure you're comfortable and ready to laugh: Maxine Waters admits why democrats are terrified of DOGE. “We don’t know what all they have on us.”
Has Maxine Waters inadvertently finally told the truth?

https://x.com/4Mischief/
status/1889796402982576316

Posted by: Ciampino - Law & Order & Waters at February 13, 2025 04:35 AM (KjLnc)

23 Ahhh...Suzi Quatro. Pinky Tuscadero's little sister, Leather

Posted by: Bruce at February 13, 2025 04:37 AM (oEgF3)

24 20 Madigan Guilty of Bribery Conspiracy as Jury Returns Partial Verdict: https://tinyurl.com/3372wnkb

Are these jailable offenses? I don't want just fines, the guy was a de facto king of Illinois.
Posted by: Ciampino - put his Irish ass in jail at February 13, 2025 04:21

Yes, throw his crooked ass in jail. Who did he piss off that the Biden administration went after him?

Posted by: Farmer at February 13, 2025 04:31 AM (55Qr6)
----
I'm going to go with:
either he clashed with Pritzker (Trannies and whatnot) or
it was time for someone else's turn to be king and he wouldn't let go. We don't seem to have a replacement so I'll go with #1.

Posted by: Ciampino - Law & Order & Cook County at February 13, 2025 04:41 AM (KjLnc)

25 it was time for someone else's turn to be king and he wouldn't let go. We don't seem to have a replacement so I'll go with #1.
Posted by: Ciampino

Kamalalalala is available now. Tanned, Rested, and semi-sober

Posted by: Bruce at February 13, 2025 04:44 AM (oEgF3)

26 A la Sweden: Grenade blast in French bar wounds 12

https://tinyurl.com/3b33c8b4

There is only one solution: expel all mohammedans. Shoot the ones that won't leave. They are incompatible with Western norms and Christianity.

Posted by: Ciampino - Law & Order OR Islam at February 13, 2025 04:46 AM (KjLnc)

27 This morning at work I have to put in the "vacancy" notice for my job. This'll be . . . fun. Though that is not quite the correct word.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 13, 2025
*
You are putting in your resignation? Good for you, from what you've said you should retire.
Posted by: Farmer at February 13, 2025

***
Oh, yes -- I delivered my retirement letter to my boss last week. March 31 is it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 13, 2025 04:48 AM (omVj0)

28 What makes this okay yet a jailable offense if you do it outside school?
LGBTQ naked Pride book given to kindergartners

https://mol.im/a/14391229

Posted by: Ciampino - Law & Order OR Two Tiers at February 13, 2025 04:49 AM (KjLnc)

29 Most Texas Roadhouse's have a waitlist you can sign into online. I think you have to wait until they are open.

Cuts down on the wait time when you get there.
Posted by: Bruce at February 13, 2025

***
Yes, there's a "Join Waitlist" button on the page for mine. But it's not active now. If I wait until 3 pm, when they open, I guess I could use it. But I don't know exactly when we'll arrive, since we have traffic to deal with.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 13, 2025 04:52 AM (omVj0)

30 Why firing programmers and replacing them with AI is a mistake.

Not to worry. Tech will be able to hire a dozen incompetent Indian developers for pennies on the dollar. That'll fix everything.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 13, 2025 04:53 AM (ExV1e)

31 Tanned, Rested, and semi-sober
Posted by: Bruce at February 13, 2025 04:44

Hey Bruce. You've seen her semi-sober?

Posted by: Farmer at February 13, 2025 04:55 AM (55Qr6)

32 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 13, 2025 04:56 AM (hoCmQ)

33 Is there anything career entry level programmers can't do?

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 13, 2025 04:59 AM (yF8T2)

34 Wolfus, a short timer! Gotta be exciting...

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 13, 2025 05:00 AM (3Ope8)

35 Two kids freeze to death sleeping in a van.

https://tinyurl.com/53xhafbn

This is heartbreaking and also frustrating.
The Welfare department never got back to her.
She could have gone to any church and asked for directions to a shelter. Or a police station or a fire station.

Posted by: Ciampino - Those poor children at February 13, 2025 05:03 AM (KjLnc)

36 15 Anyway. He also wants your DNA.

Does he work a Glory Hole at a truckstop?
Posted by: Bruce

His usual spot is behind the Circle-K.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at February 13, 2025 05:12 AM (BLOW1)

37 Magatte Wade dropped a nuke on Jamie Raskin at the House Judiciary hearing when he went off-topic to attack Elon Musk.

https://x.com/BehizyTweets/status/

1889791217770307694

So Mr Raskin, aren't NGOs a 4th branch of government? Or is it the Bureaucracy in DC that has that title?

I don't necessarily agree with her that Africa is over-regulated, instead it's a shambles as everyone in government is solely concerned with making money ..... wait .... that's what's been happening here .... Oops.

Posted by: Ciampino - Dem logic sucks at February 13, 2025 05:16 AM (KjLnc)

38 Oops sorry, forgot to shorten that URL. My apologies.

Posted by: Ciampino - Dem logic sucks at February 13, 2025 05:17 AM (KjLnc)

39 Should be fine.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at February 13, 2025 05:18 AM (BLOW1)

40 I was watching Pippa's movie watchalong stream this evening. A thousand people watching It Happened One Night together.

Everyone loved it. There is hope for the species yet.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at February 13, 2025 05:19 AM (BLOW1)

41 Oops sorry, forgot to shorten that URL. My apologies.
Posted by: Ciampino - Dem logic sucks at February 13, 2025 05:17 AM (KjLnc)

Did you know... you can replace the username with the letter i and it will go to the correct spot.

x.com/i/status/1889791217770307694

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 13, 2025 05:21 AM (ExV1e)

42 Mornin' Horde.

Too much excitement before coffee this morning. Now enjoying coffee.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 13, 2025 05:22 AM (O7YUW)

43 G'morning, all!

Looks like AtC was linked to at Insty's place this morning.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2025 05:22 AM (a1415)

44 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at February 13, 2025 05:26 AM (dg+HA)

45 Good morning, one and all! Today is my wife's birthday so between that and Valentine's Day, the finances take a bit of a hit.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 13, 2025 05:26 AM (BpO1e)

46 Fast moving rain storm heading our way.

Gonna try to fit the morning walk in a few minutes early.

BBIAB

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 13, 2025 05:26 AM (a1415)

47 Watching the video of that weasel Raskin. I hope more humiliation like that keeps happening.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 13, 2025 05:29 AM (BpO1e)

48 Pixy, you are doing a great job as Tech DJ. My musical taste runs off in other directions so a lot of the bands you're picking I gave scant attention. When that happens, I find myself looking up their bios, their discography, and at a minimum wandering through their top 10 songs on Spotify. One or two tracks often make it into my all you can eat playlist which runs thousands of songs long which I play on shuffle exclusively. Think of this playlist as my own endless personal satellite radio station.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at February 13, 2025 05:32 AM (Q8Bj8)

49 41
Did you know... you can replace the username with the letter i and it will go to the correct spot.

x.com/i/status/1889791217770307694

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 13, 2025 05:21 AM (ExV1e)
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Didin't know that, thanks.

Posted by: Ciampino - anything to ease posting at February 13, 2025 05:32 AM (KjLnc)

50 This morning at work I have to put in the "vacancy" notice for my job. This'll be . . . fun. Though that is not quite the correct word.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

I hope you've had the good sense to loot the office supply room.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at February 13, 2025 05:36 AM (Q8Bj8)

51 Wolfus: Just go through the steps with the vacancy notice and other paperwork. It's just a process, and it leads to freedom. Keep your eye on the prize.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 13, 2025 05:40 AM (O7YUW)

52 Wolfus, I wish you luck today.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 13, 2025 05:40 AM (BpO1e)

53
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 13, 2025 05:42 AM (tljrc)

54 Numbers 6:22-27

A devotional appropriate for both interested Christians and Jews, "Never overlooked by God."

https://tinyurl.com/yerswcpv

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 13, 2025 05:50 AM (42Vb+)

55 34 Wolfus, a short timer! Gotta be exciting...
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 13, 2025

***
Terrifying, is more like it. You generally only retire once (leaving aside people who retire early and go into a new career, then retire from that). You want to get it right the first time.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 13, 2025 05:50 AM (omVj0)

56 Good morning morons

Good luck Wolfus

I'm looking forward to re-retiring.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 13, 2025 05:51 AM (RIvkX)

57 I hope you've had the good sense to loot the office supply room.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at February 13, 2025

***
The break room supplies, yes; sweetener, Quest bars, all sorts of little things. Since I'm the one who does the ordering, and nobody checks on me, I suppose I could walk out with more swag. Would I feel guilty? After the way I was threatened with termination over refusing to take an experimental drug? Not much.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 13, 2025 05:53 AM (omVj0)

58 Good morning, good people, from the Messirondacks. Only possible way to describe the weather here today.
And I have a full day of running around through it.

Yay me.

Regardless, may all your effort this day result in the maximum benefit to you and subsequent anguish to the leftwit fungus that plagues us here.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at February 13, 2025 05:54 AM (hKoQL)

59 I thought this was a very nice story about a veteran from MS. After-sadly-his wife died he was able to
renewed purpose in life:

Sunny Skyz story:

https://tinyurl.com/yhedmnjh

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 13, 2025 05:54 AM (42Vb+)

60 Steady rain here today which means the streets will be madness. Rain might was well be hot lava considering how Californians react to it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 13, 2025 05:55 AM (RIvkX)

61 Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at February 13, 2025 05:36 AM (Q8Bj

LOL

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 13, 2025 05:55 AM (42Vb+)

62 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 13, 2025 05:50 AM (omVj0)

I suppose it's terrifying if you're planning on living only with what you accumulated in a 401k or a pension. If you're planning to remain engaged in something you enjoy and stay productive and in addition to what you've saved, the change can be exhilarating.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 13, 2025 05:56 AM (3Ope8)

63 Rain might was well be hot lava considering how Californians react to it.

I had a hypothesis about that when I lived in CA. There is something in the asphalt that produces vapors when mixed with water. The vapor gets into peoples' brains and renders them incapable of driving.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 13, 2025 05:57 AM (BpO1e)

64 BallotPedia, oddly Patel is not listed for confirmation
https://tinyurl.com/32p44mzf

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at February 13, 2025 05:58 AM (2NHgQ)

65 NEC - Kash Patel's nomination vote by the judiciary committee confirmation board is today at about 0900 ET.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 13, 2025 06:02 AM (3Ope8)

66 Terrifying, is more like it. You generally only retire once (leaving aside people who retire early and go into a new career, then retire from that). You want to get it right the first time.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

It's not terrifying at all. The day before retirement you realize you spent way too much time, in your case, shaving and wearing pants and then on the morning of your retirement you find yourself suddenly counting the days to Trash Day Eve. After that you find it is impossible to get out of the house before 1:00 in the afternoon.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at February 13, 2025 06:02 AM (Q8Bj8)

67 Posted by: Pixy Misa at February 13, 2025 05:19 AM (BLOW1

That is one of my favorite movies. Ace says men like action movies and women don't , but there obviously are movies which men and women can both enjoy together .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 13, 2025 06:04 AM (/jyqc)

68 G'mornin' everyone!

thx for the fun news bits Ciampino!

Trumpmas Every Day!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 13, 2025 06:07 AM (KaBJL)

69 I suppose it's terrifying if you're planning on living only with what you accumulated in a 401k or a pension. If you're planning to remain engaged in something you enjoy and stay productive and in addition to what you've saved, the change can be exhilarating.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 13, 2025

***
Such is my plan, CoJ. The "terrifying" part comes from having less income, though not that much less. Always before when I lost a job (frequent) or quit (rare), I had no safety net. Now I have SS and pension. I hope to do some editing work and to hawk my own fiction manuscripts, and maybe write some new stuff. And if I have to take a part-time job, so be it.

You can always get a part-time job. You only have so much life.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 13, 2025 06:09 AM (omVj0)

70 AtC (link @ Insty) is absolutely right.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 13, 2025 06:10 AM (KaBJL)

71 Anyone here know just how many aviation assets the military has for VIP transport of our elite flag officers, bureaucrats and politicians? The numbers I have found are far beyond anything I could have imagined. My total for purchase costs and maintenance looks to be a over couple billion dollars, that can't be right.

Posted by: extybeebeachbum at February 13, 2025 06:11 AM (Ia5fG)

72 You can always get a part-time job. You only have so much life.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

I skipped the job part and bought a goofy 9 HP motorcycle. So far that decision hasn't cut into my life. Yet.
.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at February 13, 2025 06:13 AM (Q8Bj8)

73 I'm not sure what time Trump is supposed to speak from the WH. I may tune in for that. And for comments following However , if I don't returntoday, don't say I didn't give you anything. 😉. Here's a picture of an attractive moderately busty woman dressed modestly and nicely:

https://tinyurl.com/3rj582fx

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 13, 2025 06:14 AM (sX4Di)

74 Good morning. Woke up at 5 am thinking about current events and my head cold. There is so much happening. It's as if DJT has put the bureaucracy into the center of, what to call it, maybe a crossfire hurricane. What awaits us today?

Posted by: Indiana Lurker at February 13, 2025 06:16 AM (3ZVqj)

75 Canadian Press seems to be in a full press to get us to hate Americans.

*flips the bird to the Press*

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 13, 2025 06:18 AM (O7YUW)

76 Humanity would be better served if Ellison got none of the things he's asked for.

Posted by: Jim at February 13, 2025 06:19 AM (zhWvq)

77 Canadian Press seems to be in a full press to get us to hate Americans.

Who knew that illegal aliens and fentanyl smuggling was so important to them?

Posted by: NR Pax at February 13, 2025 06:20 AM (BpO1e)

78 Missed the ONT… I worked with an older guy who had the bumper sticker that said “ Save a tree, eat a beaver”. He was dating a younger chick whose surname was Beavers.

Posted by: Fenderbender at February 13, 2025 06:21 AM (r72iY)

79 Terrifying, is more like it.

What is you fear?

My financial advisor says that 100% of his women clients who retire stay retired but 80% of the men go back to work. I'm retiring later this year and planning on improving our 20% rating.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 13, 2025 06:22 AM (ExV1e)

80 Federal bean counters treat $900 million the way a normal person treats the 0.9 cents per gallon at a gas station.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2025 06:23 AM (jKo6M)

81 Thanks crotchety, so not officially nominated yet?

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at February 13, 2025 06:24 AM (2NHgQ)

82 Canada works out like this for me. There's some islands, then the surly French part, next is Toronto, then there's an Ikea store in Edmonton, and then there's New Hong Kong where Vancouver used to be.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at February 13, 2025 06:26 AM (Q8Bj8)

83 BallotPedia, oddly Patel is not listed for confirmation
https://tinyurl.com/32p44mzf
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at February 13, 2025 05:58 AM (2NHgQ)
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NEC - Kash Patel's nomination vote by the judiciary committee confirmation board is today at about 0900 ET.

They're only listing cabinet positions and FBI director isn't one despite needing Senate approval.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 13, 2025 06:27 AM (ExV1e)

84 Canada works out like this for me. There's some islands, then the surly French part, next is Toronto, then there's an Ikea store in Edmonton, and then there's New Hong Kong where Vancouver used to be.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at February 13, 2025 06:26 AM (Q8Bj

You let out "every American dad's secret fishing spot"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2025 06:27 AM (jKo6M)

85 morning. Haven't found the good part yet. Power has been out all night and not expected to be on for a few more hours. Time to crank up the forge to heat the coffee.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 13, 2025 06:28 AM (mB6WH)

86 The problem with Ellison is he thinks HE'S an oracle.

Posted by: Joe at February 13, 2025 06:30 AM (rzwGB)

87 thanks all on enlightening me on Patel, now it makes sense

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at February 13, 2025 06:31 AM (2NHgQ)

88 The day before retirement you realize you spent way too much time, in your case, shaving and wearing pants and then on the morning of your retirement you find yourself suddenly counting the days to Trash Day Eve.

I've been WFH since covid (yay, laptop class) but have to RTO soon in order to be able to interact with my team (I don't have a team) and cross-pollinate ideas (I interact mostly with people on another continent) and generally hang with co-workers (who get into the office ~6 hours after I do).

After spending a few months being reminded how much of my life is wasted pointlessly driving to/from an office for no point, I'll totally be ready to hang it up.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 13, 2025 06:32 AM (ExV1e)

89 Did I just hear the WH press briefing question correctly? $2.7 TRILLION in improper Medicare/Medicaid payments to people overseas who weren’t entitled to the benefit?

https://x.com/ShawnOnTheRight/
status/1889751630246969668

How about not paying anyone outside the USA, even an American?

Posted by: Ciampino - unbelievable at February 13, 2025 06:39 AM (KjLnc)

90
Good morning, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 13, 2025 06:39 AM (dxSpM)

91 After spending a few months being reminded how much of my life is wasted pointlessly driving to/from an office for no point, I'll totally be ready to hang it up.

Last January, I was driving into work. It was about 530 and I was looking around the traffic and I asked myself "Why am I doing this?"

I could not come up with a logical answer so I decided it was time to start planning my exit.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 13, 2025 06:40 AM (BpO1e)

92 Schumer is actually kind of correct... Americans generally don't care about giant pork spending bills. We only start to care when you take so much we start to notice, and then find out that what you do with it is useless theft, at best, or actively anti-America, at worst.

But you people messed up. You went full retard and kaiboshed the whole racket.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2025 06:41 AM (jKo6M)

93 Just found the good part. Power came back on.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 13, 2025 06:41 AM (mB6WH)

94 After spending a few months being reminded how much of my life is wasted pointlessly driving to/from an office for no point, I'll totally be ready to hang it up.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 13, 2025 06:32 AM (ExV1e
When I retired from the Navy I had a bunch and I mean a bunch of leave accumulated. My out-processing was literally my last three days in the Navy.

Posted by: Eromero at February 13, 2025 06:41 AM (jgmnb)

95 Trump administration WINS in court... judge issues ruling clearing the way for Trump and Musk's federal resignation program to continue tonight, lifting a prior ruling that blocked it - CBS

https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/
1889813280333635732

Posted by: Ciampino - winning at February 13, 2025 06:42 AM (KjLnc)

96
Kash is not out of Committee.
Once the Senate Shits on the Committee vote to proceed, then Kash's nom will be up for a Cloture vote. Then more bullshit "debate," then more Democrat party delays, then a floor vote.

Posted by: Soothsayer learns about Kickapoo at February 13, 2025 06:42 AM (1ml9d)

97
Voluntary retirement >>>>>>>> Involuntary retirement

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 13, 2025 06:43 AM (dxSpM)

98 Yay, BH!

nice to have a forge to make coffee on, though, just in case ...

farrier shop then? cool!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 13, 2025 06:45 AM (KaBJL)

99 When I retired from the Navy I had a bunch and I mean a bunch of leave accumulated. My out-processing was literally my last three days in the Navy.
Posted by: Eromero at February 13, 2025 06:41 AM (jgmnb)

When I got out of the Navy, my command tried to fuck me over by repeatedly postponing the CO interview. Finally set it up for 1800 but the yeoman signed off that I'd done it because I still had to deal with base admin. Finished the base stuff at 1500 and the guy signed me out on terminal leave. Never did talk to the CO.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 13, 2025 06:46 AM (ExV1e)

100 I see on X that a car drove itself into a crowd in Munich. Then the person in the driver’s seat was cruelly shot by police while yelling something about snack bars. Obviously a Scientologist again.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 13, 2025 06:47 AM (QZThv)

101 Never did talk to the CO.

Did talk to the XO. He asked what I was gonna do when I got out. I told him that I was gonna blow sheep at 5 cents a herd to regain my self-respect. He didn't appreciate that answer.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 13, 2025 06:47 AM (ExV1e)

102 Did I just hear the WH press briefing question correctly? $2.7 TRILLION in improper Medicare/Medicaid payments to people overseas who weren’t entitled to the benefit?
-

I've been saying it for a couple of weeks now, but I'm betting Medicare, Medicaid and SS have been fine and fully funded and solvent this entire time, and the only reason there's a problem is the money laundering / looting of the treasury by officials and their friends and family.

It's staggering to consider how much concentrated wealth that is, too.

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - is a man who works and pays his bills strong and independent or just normal? at February 13, 2025 06:48 AM (8afTZ)

103 Madigan Guilty of Bribery Conspiracy as Jury Returns Partial Verdict:

He finally got it, eh. The schmoe.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at February 13, 2025 06:48 AM (SfhV1)

104 but the yeoman signed off that I'd done it

It's easy to bash on the Admin types but staying on their good side helps out a lot.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 13, 2025 06:50 AM (BpO1e)

105 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 13, 2025 06:50 AM (u82oZ)

106 $2.7 TRILLION in improper Medicare/Medicaid payments to people overseas who weren’t entitled to the benefit?

Any idea what the time period of that is?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 13, 2025 06:50 AM (ExV1e)

107 Trump administration WINS in court... judge issues ruling clearing the way for Trump and Musk's federal resignation program to continue tonight, lifting a prior ruling that blocked it - CBS

I was reading the Fed employee subreddits a few hours after the TRO was lifted. A number were shocked that they couldn't still get the buyout after being told they wouldn't be able to get the buy out if they didn't act early and often. Then there was another segment who suddenly realized that Trump is serious and that they are about to experience the rest of their lives outside the Federal job hospice. Prior to that there was a lot of surly we're going to band together and sue Trump in a class action lawsuit because we're so essential. Oops.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at February 13, 2025 06:51 AM (Q8Bj8)

108 97
Voluntary retirement >>>>>>>> Involuntary retirement
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 13, 2025 06:43 AM (dxSpM
I knew a guy involuntarily retired from IBM. He joined an age discrimination suit and went from wealthy to crazy rich.

Posted by: Eromero at February 13, 2025 06:51 AM (jgmnb)

109 sock_rat, Good morning. Hiking today?

Posted by: Ben Had at February 13, 2025 06:51 AM (mB6WH)

110 mornin yall. What's this about the State dept spending $400 million on armored Teslas? If so, they need to nip it, nip it in the bud.

Posted by: fd at February 13, 2025 06:52 AM (vFG9F)

111
Why do we have 17 "intelligence" agencies?

I honestly cannot name 3.

Posted by: Soothsayer learns about Kickapoo at February 13, 2025 06:52 AM (1ml9d)

112 Larry Ellison is a fucking retard, the US civil service already does not give a tinker's damn about maintaining American traditional liberty.

You get all the world's government's data in one place and eventually it will lead to one government and the standard of operation will devolve to the motive matrix off the worst not the best actor.

Posted by: sven at February 13, 2025 06:52 AM (X0I7i)

113 {{{Ben Had}}}
🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good evening! ♬♬ ♩ ♪

Horses on a treadmill to run the heater and lights? Probably not.

-3℉ here. Don't want to know the wind chill.

Sending electrons and warm thoughts your way.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 13, 2025 06:52 AM (u82oZ)

114 ULL pri My ASCII from my um.. dead arms?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 13, 2025 06:52 AM (mlg/3)

115 Cardi B blames Trump for ruining her $3,000 shoes at the Super Bowl

https://mol.im/a/14389911

Her IQ must be room temperature. Shame she has all that money. It never occurred to her to take off her shoes?

Posted by: Ciampino - My date for New Year is February 13th at February 13, 2025 06:53 AM (KjLnc)

116 I knew a guy involuntarily retired from IBM. He joined an age discrimination suit and went from wealthy to crazy rich.
Posted by: Eromero at February 13, 2025 06:51 AM (jgmnb)

My company did a few rounds of layoffs with a suspiciously high percentage of older workers affected. Texas - so at-will state and all. The added in a few newbies to shield themselves from lawsuits.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 13, 2025 06:54 AM (ExV1e)

117 oothsayer

I can name all of them. But their track record is not good. We could have a good discussion on how, collectively, they are anti-civilization. The CIA is the worst.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 13, 2025 06:54 AM (u82oZ)

118 NaCly, dearest. Wish I could send you some warmer weather.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 13, 2025 06:54 AM (mB6WH)

119 armored Teslas

What a colossally stupid idea.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 13, 2025 06:54 AM (ExV1e)

120 @107: I was shocked that there are federal employee subreddits (including one for FBI) until it came out that Reddit’s ownership is tangled up with USAID. Reddit’s reputation as an insane asylum for hardcore Marxists made a lot more sense after that.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 13, 2025 06:55 AM (QZThv)

121 Retire? Luxury! I have to work until I die and then dig my own grave.

Posted by: fd at February 13, 2025 06:55 AM (vFG9F)

122
I knew a guy involuntarily retired from IBM. He joined an age discrimination suit and went from wealthy to crazy rich.
Posted by: Eromero at February 13, 2025 06:51 AM (jgmnb)

I knew my last company was getting rid of older guys and I was an older guy, but what's the use? I wasn't wealthy enough to tell them to shove their severance, then go see a lawyer. And I'm sure the company had enough labor lawyers to tell them what they wanted to do anyway was A-OK.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 13, 2025 06:56 AM (dxSpM)

123 What a colossally stupid idea.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic /i]

Yes, but what about second Teslas?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 13, 2025 06:56 AM (mlg/3)

124 If you get upset about what happened to your $3000 shoes then you're acknowledging that you can't really afford to have $3000 shoes.

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - is a man who works and pays his bills strong and independent or just normal? at February 13, 2025 06:56 AM (8afTZ)

125 From yesterday: President Trump commends Elon, announces a news conference set for TOMORROW —
— will read list of names of recipients of waste, fraud and abuse.

https://x.com/WesternLensman/
status/1889794177631948865

So this is set for today.

Posted by: Ciampino - My date for New Year is February 13th. at February 13, 2025 06:57 AM (KjLnc)

126
Waste, fraud and abuse of tax dollars is a basic human right!!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 13, 2025 06:58 AM (dxSpM)

127 I guess it can also be an attempt to make sure everyone knows you have $3000 shoes because you're like Karmella Harris walking through public areas and no one knows who you are or really cares about anything you do.

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - is a man who works and pays his bills strong and independent or just normal? at February 13, 2025 06:59 AM (8afTZ)

128 Two hour delay to school.

It is because our few diesel school busses will not run well when it is this cold. I have had the fuel freeze in the lines on the road, even with a lot of inhibitor. That was not a good morning.

Even though gas busses get worse fuel economy, we are buying them. Because the required pollution control devices on diesel buses break down so often that those busses are unaffordable.

Thanks, Biden Feds.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 13, 2025 06:59 AM (u82oZ)

129

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at February 13, 2025 07:00 AM (EFZgU)

130
Even though gas busses get worse fuel economy, we are buying them. Because the required pollution control devices on diesel buses break down so often that those busses are unaffordable.

Thanks, Biden Feds.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 13, 2025 06:59 AM (u82oZ)

For the Earf >>>>> For the Chirrun

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 13, 2025 07:00 AM (dxSpM)

131 Ben Had

The remembered hugs are like sunshine for my heart. May your power come on soon, and no strange ~~dog~~wolf packs visit the ranch.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 13, 2025 07:01 AM (u82oZ)

132 alas, not today; the inch or so of fresh snow would be fun - so many interesting critter tracks! - but the sub-zero temps, not so much.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 13, 2025 07:02 AM (KaBJL)

133 Larry Ellison is a fucking retard...

Posted by: sven at February 13, 2025 06:52 AM (X0I7i)

Worse. He is an intelligent and successful (in one field) man whose arrogance and hubris have convinced him that he is intelligent in all things.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 13, 2025 07:02 AM (mWSu4)

134 130 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 13, 2025 07:00 AM (dxSpM)

It is part of rent seeking, government creates a reg that requires a boutique procedure to fix that can only be facilitated by one vendor. That person is made wonderfully artificially wealthy and "shares the wealth" with at best a political party, and at worst individual actors in a regulatory body.

Here's looking at you Fauci.

Posted by: sven at February 13, 2025 07:02 AM (X0I7i)

135 Hillary Clinton

May DOGE audit you. And take all your ill-gotten money. They you can be sent to Haiti to live.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 13, 2025 07:03 AM (u82oZ)

136 I am rested and ready.

Posted by: Le guiottine at February 13, 2025 07:04 AM (ZmEVT)

137 106 $2.7 TRILLION in improper Medicare/Medicaid payments to people overseas who weren’t entitled to the benefit?

Any idea what the time period of that is?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 13, 2025 06:50 AM (ExV1e)
----
Here you go:
https://tinyurl.com/5ywz35sx

Posted by: Ciampino - Nice scam - is it Nigeria? at February 13, 2025 07:04 AM (KjLnc)

138 Terrifying, is more like it.

What is you fear?

My financial advisor says that 100% of his women clients who retire stay retired but 80% of the men go back to work. I'm retiring later this year and planning on improving our 20% rating.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 13, 2025

***
Mostly running out of money for little things like food, gas, utilities, car insurance, home repairs. Tiny stuff like that. Our outlook is much more hopeful in America -- it was really why I waited until after the election and the inauguration to decide once and for all to retire. Still, I have to worry.

I can stay busy and engaged. It's not being able to afford home heating or cooling that is scary.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 13, 2025 07:04 AM (J2vNu)

139 133 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 13, 2025 07:02 AM (mWSu4)

Thereby making him dumber than a dummy.

When blessed with exceptional intelligence and skill in an area a person has a choice to make at some fork in the road in life.

You either decide you MUST be a natural polymath after all you understand this one grain of sand at the cognitive beach so well, or you are humbled and grasp you need people who understand their own piece of sand just as well.

Ellison, Gates et al decided they understand every grain of sand.

Posted by: sven at February 13, 2025 07:05 AM (X0I7i)

140 Absurd emissions "advancements" have caused far more problems than they ever solved. Engines are mature technology. There is no reason every car shouldn't routinely break 300K now, but emissions regulations keep making them worse and worse. Which seems like would negate any emissions savings.

I just read an article about someone finding a 2022 Toyota with 200K on the original engine and how incredible that accomplishment is.

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - is a man who works and pays his bills strong and independent or just normal? at February 13, 2025 07:06 AM (8afTZ)

141 Fascinating piece on how Trump is outflanking the Deep State and his plan to subvert lawfare.

https://tinyurl.com/4xz45tm9

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 13, 2025 07:07 AM (ZlOcj)

142 140 Posted by: Boron Quidquid - is a man who works and pays his bills strong and independent or just normal? at February 13, 2025 07:06 AM (8afTZ)

Detroit has been trained by the government in its desires.

The best idea every year earns the engineer a 10,000 buck bonus-the worst one earns a 100,000 one.

Posted by: sven at February 13, 2025 07:08 AM (X0I7i)

143 My financial advisor says that 100% of his women clients who retire stay retired but 80% of the men go back to work.

-

It would be interesting to know any related social aspects of that. Are women eligible for more help that allows them to stay retired?

Or, like the MSM articles celebrating the teacher (who was married to an investment banker) who donates millions of dollars to a library after she dies, do they leave out the part where the woman is getting her dead husband's benefits?

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - is a man who works and pays his bills strong and independent or just normal? at February 13, 2025 07:10 AM (8afTZ)

144 Wolfus Aurelius

I retired at 50. Them went back to work.

I thought of being a school teacher, which I had done for a short time. My teachings, from reality, do not comport with the cult of global warming. Schools avoid hiring paleo-conservative vets.

Driving a school bus is how I relax. Still being operational is fun. And I can get around the schools by telling stories. Like lessons on chickens. And why there are no 50 foot chickens.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 13, 2025 07:10 AM (u82oZ)

145 In the always amusing category is how the Las Cruces New Mexico public schools deal with anything considered an adverse weather event. One example is the school district delays school by 2 hours when it is 30° outside in the morning. The fear is the roads will be iced up and everybody would die in an accidents while trying to get to school. One detail they they always gloss over account is we live in a desert so there's no moisture to make ice. And on the rare occasions when we get a quarter inch of snow that lasts a whole 2 hours they shut down the schools.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at February 13, 2025 07:10 AM (Q8Bj8)

146 "I just read an article about someone finding a 2022 Toyota with 200K on the original engine and how incredible that accomplishment is.
Posted by: Boron Quidquid"

Toyota I can believe. Korean cars, not so much.

Posted by: fd at February 13, 2025 07:10 AM (vFG9F)

147 144 Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 13, 2025 07:10 AM (u82oZ)

If I could be a back-up school bus driver here I would, it would interfere with my contracting work for the army absent that.

The one thing I learned from my work in the field here is the kids NEED sanity introduced into their intellectual development before they are 24 and too few get it in their education.

Posted by: sven at February 13, 2025 07:12 AM (X0I7i)

148 I need something to watch today. Is the confirmation vote for RFK Jr today?

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at February 13, 2025 07:13 AM (SfhV1)

149 This is what Donald Trump has wrought:

"NYC bodegas selling ‘loosie’ eggs as bird flu causes prices of cartons to skyrocket"

Posted by: fd at February 13, 2025 07:13 AM (vFG9F)

150 Apparently, because of chasing emissions regulations, Toyota and Hyundai engines are pretty much interchangeable these days.

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - is a man who works and pays his bills strong and independent or just normal? at February 13, 2025 07:14 AM (8afTZ)

151 146 Posted by: fd at February 13, 2025 07:10 AM (vFG9F)

Korean cars are engineered to need the stupidest accesses to the critical areas of the car.

I think my favorite is the Kia whatever from the 2010s needing essentially the passenger front wheel well dismantled to get to the alternator.

Great work everyone.

Posted by: sven at February 13, 2025 07:14 AM (X0I7i)

152 What? Why would Larry Ellison want me to get a vasectomy? I barely know the man! Cutting off my manhood? I think it's barbaric. No one's getting near that part of my body. No one, Larry. Unless, of course, it's a woman. And then she better not have a scalpel. Why would Larry want me to get a vasectomy? Don't joke with me like that, man.

Posted by: Dupree at February 13, 2025 07:14 AM (y7KuV)

153 The one thing I learned from my work in the field here is the kids NEED sanity introduced into their intellectual development before they are 24 and too few get it in their education.
Posted by: sven at February 13, 2025 07:12 AM (X0I7i)

What gives me hope for future generations is that sanity has become fun and unexpected, and insanity has become boring and quotidian.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2025 07:14 AM (jKo6M)

154 Federal bean counters treat $900 million the way a normal person treats the 0.9 cents per gallon at a gas station.

That's funny. When someone asks me what the price of gasoline is posted on a station, I always round up a tenth of a cent.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 13, 2025 07:14 AM (a4flb)

155 My dad jokingly said "You can't take it with you because it goes before you do."

With 6% or more inflation and a 2.5% SS COLA, my income is gradually decreasing. I should be okay, unless I live to 100.

Posted by: Le guiottine at February 13, 2025 07:15 AM (ZmEVT)

156 That's funny. When someone asks me what the price of gasoline is posted on a station, I always round up a tenth of a cent.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 13, 2025 07:14 AM (a4flb)

I said "normal person".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2025 07:15 AM (jKo6M)

157 148 Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at February 13, 2025 07:13 AM (SfhV1)

Should be barring snow, or I guess "wind."

DC sure does shut down easy.

Posted by: sven at February 13, 2025 07:16 AM (X0I7i)

158 off French Justice sock.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 13, 2025 07:16 AM (ZmEVT)

159 "I think my favorite is the Kia whatever from the 2010s needing essentially the passenger front wheel well dismantled to get to the alternator"

The BMW Minis are like that. That's why it costs $1500 to replace an alternator.

Posted by: fd at February 13, 2025 07:17 AM (vFG9F)

160 Thanks sven. I'll be sitting at the hospital again and that gives me something to do.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at February 13, 2025 07:17 AM (SfhV1)

161 Gotta run - have a great day!

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at February 13, 2025 07:17 AM (SfhV1)

162 Like lessons on chickens. And why there are no 50 foot chickens.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 13, 2025 07:10 AM (u82oZ)

I dunno about that...I have seen some things. Strange things.

Posted by: Georgia Chicken Farm Truck Driver at February 13, 2025 07:17 AM (y7KuV)

163 Grammie, no good news yet?

Posted by: fd at February 13, 2025 07:17 AM (vFG9F)

164 160 Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at February 13, 2025 07:17 AM (SfhV1)

No problem, I hope all is well.

Be safe, and enjoy the show maybe Lieawatha will have a pow-wow and Madam Duckworth will break dance to the drum beat.

Posted by: sven at February 13, 2025 07:18 AM (X0I7i)

165 Would a fifty foot chicken be a hemicentipede?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2025 07:18 AM (jKo6M)

166 "NYC bodegas selling ‘loosie’ eggs as bird flu causes prices of cartons to skyrocket" Posted by: fd

Wasn't there there a case or some guy was selling single cigarettes on the street, which for some reason is against the law in New York City, and when he got confronted by the cops he resisted. If I recall correctly he ended up dying because he had a heart attack cuz he was obese as hell. I never did hear how many centuries the responding cops got in prison for police brutality. With this in mind loosie eggs ought to be lit.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at February 13, 2025 07:18 AM (Q8Bj8)

167 I retired at 50. Them went back to work.

I thought of being a school teacher, which I had done for a short time. My teachings, from reality, do not comport with the cult of global warming. Schools avoid hiring paleo-conservative vets.

Driving a school bus is how I relax. Still being operational is fun. And I can get around the schools by telling stories. Like lessons on chickens. And why there are no 50 foot chickens.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 13, 2025

***
If I could have retired twenty years ago, I would have!

Being a substitute teacher or a school bus driver (to fill in) doesn't sound too horrible. One little town in S. Indiana I was researching last year actually had employment ads for those two things. They would train you for the school bus. And they didn't mention requiring an Ed. degree or certification for the other -- though I suppose it's probably hidden in there.

I'm just tired of a commute both morning and evening, and a long day in front of a computer in between. Plus I've been working in this building over twenty years, and living in this damn city much longer. I've seen it all -- and I need a change.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 13, 2025 07:19 AM (J2vNu)

168 "I think my favorite is the Kia whatever from the 2010s needing essentially the passenger front wheel well dismantled to get to the alternator"

The BMW Minis are like that. That's why it costs $1500 to replace an alternator.
Posted by: fd

'90s VW Jetta water pumps were known to make mechanics cry.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at February 13, 2025 07:20 AM (Q8Bj8)

169 "Everything is fake, ghey, and an op" - The USAID Story

Posted by: Sharkman at February 13, 2025 07:20 AM (BRvvM)

170 Which came first?

The loosie eggs or the missing sausage link?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 13, 2025 07:20 AM (jKo6M)

171 $2.7 TRILLION in improper Medicare/Medicaid payments to people overseas who weren’t entitled to the benefit?

Any idea what the time period of that is?

Oh, so over 20+ years. A 2003 dollar purchased a whole lot more eggs than today's.

The number is worthless.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 13, 2025 07:22 AM (a4flb)

172 "Everything is fake, ghey, and an op" - The USAID Story

Posted by: Sharkman at February 13, 2025 07:20 AM

Is this not also the story of Obama?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 13, 2025 07:23 AM (S8fPG)

173 168 Ford Taurus heater cores. The service bulletin started out with getting a soldering gun to cut through a plastic panel, gaining access to the core.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 13, 2025 07:23 AM (gm9Sb)

174 "NYC bodegas selling ‘loosie’ eggs as bird flu causes prices of cartons to skyrocket"

I remember when we used to throw them at houses and cars.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 13, 2025 07:24 AM (a4flb)

175 Ordinary American

That was a great and hopeful link.

Thank you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 13, 2025 07:24 AM (u82oZ)

176 Is it legal to call a drink made with ice cream, milk, and blackberries a smoothie? I think it is because well it's smooth. My cousin, the health nut scolded me. I was highly amused.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at February 13, 2025 07:24 AM (Q8Bj8)

177 "I think my favorite is the Kia whatever from the 2010s needing essentially the passenger front wheel well dismantled to get to the alternator"

1990s Jeep Cherokee with the inline 6.

You could change the engine at a stop light. Except you didn't need to change the engine because the 4.0L will outlast you.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 13, 2025 07:26 AM (a4flb)

178 Why does Ellison want ALL the data in the world, unified, to teach AI?

Ellison is a preeminent Progressive. And he wants to train a GOD. He, of all people, wants AI to be a god - all the knowledge in the world so it can make wise decisions for how we all live.

Do not let them make the fiction books come true.

Posted by: GWB at February 13, 2025 07:27 AM (hzHvq)

179 Retire? Luxury! I have to work until I die and then dig my own grave.
Posted by: fd at February 13, 2025 06:55 AM (vFG9F)

Sucks when that happens. I've see a few people who really tried but shit happened. Most people, though, who're fortunate to make enough that they reasonable could, still live for today and it ends up slapping them in the face.

OTOH, there're people who save like crazy and then die young. All a crap shoot, really.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 13, 2025 07:27 AM (ExV1e)

180 The one I'm watching is "nuggs"

I'm betting that becomes a legally recognized term for a food product containing less than a certain percentage of chicken

Posted by: Boron Quidquid - is a man who works and pays his bills strong and independent or just normal? at February 13, 2025 07:28 AM (8afTZ)

181 Wow, that neutrino news is amazing. Maybe it was generated by the implosion in DC?

Posted by: pawn at February 13, 2025 07:28 AM (QB+5g)

182 Ellison is a preeminent Progressive. And he wants to train a GOD. He, of all people, wants AI to be a god - all the knowledge in the world so it can make wise decisions for how we all live.

Knowledge vs Wisdom:

Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing it doesn't belong in a fruit salad.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 13, 2025 07:29 AM (a4flb)

183 According to Forbes, citing data from Jato Dynamics, the Toyota RAV4 SUV has successfully dethroned the F-150 as America's favorite vehicle. The Blue Oval's F-150 had dominated domestic sales for decades and when it was named the best-selling vehicle in 2023, it was the 42nd time it had done so.

Posted by: fd at February 13, 2025 07:29 AM (vFG9F)

184 AI is shit. (The Register)

At summarising news headlines, but at many other things too.

Well, headline writers suck, so AI isn't getting any help from the data, either.

Posted by: GWB at February 13, 2025 07:29 AM (hzHvq)

185 Yes, but what about second Teslas?

I'm not a fan of EVs but for some people it might make sense... I guess. Long as they're not using MY money to do it, don't care.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 13, 2025 07:29 AM (ExV1e)

186 "Loosies" are illegal in California too. I was walking my dog and smoking a ciggie and a guy came up wanting to buy a cigarette. I said "That would be illegal. But I can give you one." And I gave him one.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 13, 2025 07:30 AM (ZmEVT)

187 Have a great day, everyone.

Going to break trail with my bus. My commute is 20 feet. I then have a long, unplowed driveway.

No snow plow on the bus, but I am going to thrust forward.

May you be warm, loved, and have the eggs you need at home.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 13, 2025 07:32 AM (u82oZ)

188 "1990s Jeep Cherokee with the inline 6."

Those were great and I would buy another if I saw a good deal. The last one I sold with 210k on it.

Posted by: fd at February 13, 2025 07:32 AM (vFG9F)

189 @144/NaCly Dog: "... Driving a school bus is how I relax. Still being operational is fun. And I can get around the schools by telling stories. ..."

Similar situation here. And yes, as I talk to the students I ferry around daily, topics come up, and I counter the leftist narrative where I can. I'm teaching them to follow the money if they want to know the truth and to ask the question, "Who's paying for this? Who benefits? Are they the same people? If not, what's the connection between them?"

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 13, 2025 07:32 AM (O7YUW)

190 According to Forbes, citing data from Jato Dynamics, the Toyota RAV4 SUV has successfully dethroned the F-150 as America's favorite vehicle.

Clearly that is a regional thing. Good luck even finding a RAV4 in ETX.

Then again, I'm more likely to see more F250s than F150s.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 13, 2025 07:33 AM (a4flb)

191 It would be interesting to know any related social aspects of that. Are women eligible for more help that allows them to stay retired?

He said it's cuz the guys get bored. They've all got enough money.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 13, 2025 07:33 AM (ExV1e)

192 @77/NR Pax: Oh trust me, that's not the narrative the Canadian Press is using. Go look at nationalpost.com or reddit.com/r/canada

You may need a shower afterwards, fair warning.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 13, 2025 07:33 AM (O7YUW)

193 .
NOOD

J.J. Sefton is here with the Morning Report

NOOD!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 13, 2025 07:36 AM (O7YUW)

194 141 Fascinating piece on how Trump is outflanking the Deep State and his plan to subvert lawfare.

https://tinyurl.com/4xz45tm9

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 13, 2025 07:07 AM (ZlOcj)
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Thank you so much for that link.

Posted by: Ciampino - Nice scam - is it Nigeria?? at February 13, 2025 07:36 AM (KjLnc)

195 "1990s Jeep Cherokee with the inline 6."

Those were great and I would buy another if I saw a good deal. The last one I sold with 210k on it.

Less than three years ago I bought a 100% garaged 1999 XJ from a little old lady who only used it to drive to church on Sunday, and to the grocery on Wed.

$300. Clean, straight, less than 80k miles.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 13, 2025 07:36 AM (a4flb)

196 Nood JJ.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 13, 2025 07:36 AM (ExV1e)

197 According to Forbes, citing data from Jato Dynamics, the Toyota RAV4 SUV has successfully dethroned the F-150 as America's favorite vehicle. The Blue Oval's F-150 had dominated domestic sales for decades and when it was named the best-selling vehicle in 2023, it was the 42nd time it had done so.
Posted by: fd

Well, Toyota is still making cars people want to buy while Ford has decided to make vehicles nobody wants to buy. QED. An example. The electric F-150 that can go 120 mi when pulling a trailer before needing a multi-hour charge vs. a RAV4 hybrid that gets over 40 mi to the gallon around town and with minimal service will last 200,000 miles with a hybrid battery that is guaranteed for 150,000 mi. There's not much mystery to be discovered here.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at February 13, 2025 07:37 AM (Q8Bj8)

198 He said it's cuz the guys get bored. They've all got enough money.

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Makes sense now that I think about the financial planner variable. Folks using them are already planning ahead.

I'll have to see if I can dig up some stuff on the general population numbers. I can't imagine blue collar stiffs would rather work until they die instead of being out hunting and fishing.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Nacho taco chimichanga at February 13, 2025 07:38 AM (sG4Li)

199 Is this not also the story of Obama?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Indeed.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 13, 2025 07:47 AM (BRvvM)

200 Madigan Guilty of Bribery Conspiracy as Jury Returns Partial Verdict: He finally got it, eh. The schmoe.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at February 13, 2025 06:48

Who did he piss off that this was started under the Biden admin? Crook should rot in jail.

Posted by: Farmer at February 13, 2025 08:06 AM (55Qr6)

201 "Can Trump as I have asked just tell the Courts to go to Hell..."

He can and he must. And stop with the weak sauce of "lawsuits" and impeachment of judges. They are criminals--prosecute them. As in handcuffs, jail cell, grand jury.

This is the big test, Donald. Step up to the plate.

Posted by: AWOL Civilization at February 13, 2025 08:16 AM (ZQ3a+)

202 6 OK, everything is back to normal.
Posted by: Ciampino - not the real CIA? at February 13, 2025 04:06 AM (KjLnc)

For some values of "normal."

Posted by: m at February 13, 2025 09:42 AM (v0TzN)

203 Ah sixbit. I miss my pdp-10

Posted by: Mud at February 13, 2025 10:33 AM (rHnIs)

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