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LOL: Sesame Street Will "Downsize Significantly"
You're not going to believe this, but CNN recently lied in a "fact" check. Wait, CNN lied? Brrrrcccrrrsssshhh. Mind exploding.
Sesame Workshop will "downsize significantly" announced president and CEO Sherrie Rollins Westin on Wednesday in a note to staff. The layoffs come about two months after Max said it would stop distributing Sesame Street episodes after 2025 and within a day after more than 200 of its employees asked for Sesame Workshop to recognize that they want to form a union. Cast -- like puppeteers -- crew and writers are already unionized, said a statement from OPEIU Local 153. "Amid the changing media and funding landscape, we have made the difficult decision to reduce the size of our organization," a Sesame Workshop spokesperson wrote in an email to NPR. Last December, Warner Bros. Discovery, which owns Max, announced that, after 10 years, it was not renewing its deal to fund new episodes of the iconic children's series. At the time, the corporation said its priorities had shifted and that Sesame Street was "not as core to our strategy."
This is standard leftwing "fact" checking. They begin from the conclusion that Republicans are lying because, you know, we Republicans just always lie, and then they search for arguments and tendentious readings of statements to find a pretext to claim it's false. Meanwhile, on the rare occasions they "fact" check egregious Democrat lies, they start with the opposite conclusion, that Democrats are telling the truth because Democrats are literally made of truth and holy righteousness, and seek out convoluted readings of Democrat lies that can be argued to be "true" from, as Obi-Wan said, "from a certain point of view."
Daily Caller News Foundation:
CNN issued a correction after the network inaccurately asserted that President Donald Trump "falsely claimed" the Biden administration spent $8 million to make mice transgender. During his joint address to Congress on Tuesday, Trump cited several examples of "appalling waste" he had cut, including $8.2 million in NIH-funded studies on "gender-affirming" hormone treatments mice. CNN's Deidre McPhillips initially tried to dispute the claim, arguing only about $500,000 had been allocated for similar research in monkeys -- she was later forced to issue a correction after the White House proved CNN's "fact check" inaccurate in a statement. "Last night, President Donald J. Trump highlighted many of the egregious examples of waste, fraud and abuse funded by the American taxpayers, including $8 million spent by the Biden Administration 'for making mice transgender,'" the White House statement reads. "The Fake News losers at CNN immediately tried to fact check it, but President Trump was right (as usual)." "Trump falsely claimed that the Department of Government Efficiency identified government spending of '$8 million for making mice transgender,'" CNN's original fact check read. The White House then released a statement listing six NIH grants for studies on hormone treatments in mice, a combined total of $8,290,053. The Biden-era grants included $455,000 to study "gender-affirming hormone therapy on HIV-vaccine induced immune responses, $2.5 million to study the reproductive consequences of hormone therapy, $299,940 to study testosterone therapy on breast cancer risk and treatment outcomes, $735,113 to study the effects of hormone therapy on mouse microbiomes, $1.2 million to study "androgen effects on the reproductive neuroendocrine axis" and $3.1 million to study hormones as mediators of sex influences in asthma. All listed studies involved hormonal replacement in mice. CNN's initial fact check Wednesday morning focused narrowly on three NIH studies. One focused on a $299,940 grant from the National Cancer Institute seeking "to compare breast cancer rates among female mice and those receiving testosterone therapy." Two others from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases totaling $455,120 focused on how "an HIV vaccine worked in mice that had received cross-sex hormone therapy." The outlet later updated its page, changing "Trump falsely claimed" to "This claim needs context." The outlet also explicitly acknowledged its earlier error, writing "An earlier version of this item incorrectly characterized as false Trump's claim about federal money being spent for 'making mice transgender.'" "The White House list made clear what Trump, in the speech, did not: The studies were meant to figure out how these treatments might affect the health of humans who take them, not for the purpose of making mice transgender," McPhillips wrote, adding "context" to the initially false article.
CNN just quietly edited their "fact check" article after they reported that Trump's statement on spending $8 million for making mice transgender was "false."
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 5, 2025
It sounds so crazy that they thought Trump made it up…
It’s 100% true and now even CNN is forced to admit it pic.twitter.com/oVETMXbKQG
CNN’s Van Jones says “it’s not even real“ that we spent $8 million on transgender mice.
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 7, 2025
CNN themselves were forced to issue a correction that it is in fact true.
It’s so crazy that CNN thinks Trump made it up… pic.twitter.com/lzRAaybpVg
.@CNN had to trim the salaries of jerkoffs like @jaketapper and @andersoncooper to free up money for the actual talent and audience draw https://t.co/9VHSkZpC8T
— The Reaping Phase (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 7, 2025
Wut pic.twitter.com/ZwTkvIrNI8
— Rothmus 🏴 (@Rothmus) March 7, 2025
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: GF at March 07, 2025 04:02 PM (UhUim)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 07, 2025 04:02 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 07, 2025 04:03 PM (aPBRN)
Posted by: Ciampino's version of a camel's hump at March 07, 2025 04:03 PM (g4sLG)
Instead it went woke like everything else and now are suffering the consequences.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 07, 2025 04:04 PM (aPBRN)
And a bad dude as well, Corn Pop fears him
Posted by: kallisto at March 07, 2025 04:05 PM (1TqBE)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 07, 2025 04:05 PM (8zz6B)
But they are normal people and not mewling quims.
Posted by: Just Lily at March 07, 2025 04:05 PM (jdnTX)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, leading the proletariat with Eisenstein at March 07, 2025 04:05 PM (GBKbO)
They're scared. It's a wonderful thing.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 07, 2025 04:06 PM (aPBRN)
Posted by: t-bird at March 07, 2025 04:06 PM (4Nep/)
Posted by: Big Bird at March 07, 2025 04:07 PM (5qSzr)
Posted by: Tonypete at March 07, 2025 04:07 PM (cYBz/)
BREAKING: Conservative CNN contributor Scott Jennings is reportedly set to receive a pay increase from the news organization.
Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 07, 2025 04:07 PM (/tzYP)
Posted by: BurtTC at March 07, 2025 04:07 PM (dGCAG)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 07, 2025 04:08 PM (VNX3d)
"C" is the first letter in the word Corruption. And now that our many many forms of stealing money from the taxpayers looks in peril, we need to Cover our asses.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 07, 2025 04:08 PM (uCjyK)
Posted by: Big Bird at March 07, 2025 04:08 PM (5qSzr)
Posted by: ScaryMary at March 07, 2025 04:09 PM (i/l90)
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 07, 2025 04:09 PM (+oR7L)
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I knew they'd eventually turn to midgets.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 07, 2025 04:09 PM (Q4IgG)
No reason to "improve" on the Martians and the phone call, or Cookie Monster eating the letters and numbers. Just run the reruns and everything will be fine.
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 07, 2025 04:09 PM (naiw2)
How are you doing?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
I'm OK. I mailed off a letter to my estranged sister yesterday in an effort to re-establish contact. We'll see how it goes.
Posted by: Bulg at March 07, 2025 04:09 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at March 07, 2025 04:09 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: MikeN at March 07, 2025 04:09 PM (HVZOH)
All of them. Everybody dies.
Posted by: Minuteman at March 07, 2025 04:09 PM (47/pr)
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 07, 2025 04:09 PM (x5Jut)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle for festive little hats at March 07, 2025 04:10 PM (T/umi)
Posted by: Bulg at March 07, 2025 04:10 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 07, 2025 04:07 PM
Is that the guy from Jeopardy?
Posted by: Grump928(C) Sunday is Vic's Birthday at March 07, 2025 04:10 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Big Bird at March 07, 2025 04:10 PM (5qSzr)
"The child that was made a Secret Service on Tuesday just received his first email from Elon Musk asking him to detail 5 things he accomplished last week."
Posted by: Stateless...48% - mental state clawing up from 10% at March 07, 2025 04:11 PM (jvJvP)
Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa death investigation update coming Friday, officials say. - LA Times
Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 07, 2025 04:11 PM (/tzYP)
Posted by: Zeno the Stoic at March 07, 2025 04:11 PM (mUGft)
Posted by: brak at March 07, 2025 04:11 PM (uu2iO)
All of them. Everybody dies.
Posted by: Minuteman at March 07, 2025 04:09 PM
*looks around, takes a breath*
So far, so good.
Posted by: Grump928(C) Sunday is Vic's Birthday at March 07, 2025 04:11 PM (jc0TO)
"Lionsgate Television has undergone another round of layoffs, with five people in the scripted TV group let go on Thursday, Variety has confirmed. That represents 6% of the company’s 80-person staff."
Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 07, 2025 04:11 PM (/tzYP)
Posted by: andycanuck
I'd wager Hackman and Ms. Betsy will still be dead.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 07, 2025 04:11 PM (cYBz/)
No reason to "improve" on the Martians and the phone call, or Cookie Monster eating the letters and numbers. Just run the reruns and everything will be fine.
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 07, 2025 04:09 PM (naiw2)
Past episodes did not have enough DEI, Trans, and Gay indoctrination in them...
Clearly not up to modern standards....
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 07, 2025 04:12 PM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle for festive little hats at March 07, 2025 04:10 PM (T/umi)
Well, she was supposed to be a whore.
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 07, 2025 04:12 PM (naiw2)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 07, 2025 04:09 PM (Q4IgG)
We'd still be working for Disney if that bastard Dinklage hadn't opened his mouth.
Posted by: International Brotherhood of Midgets Amalgamated at March 07, 2025 04:12 PM (dGCAG)
It's in the Constitution.
Posted by: Children's Television Workshop at March 07, 2025 04:12 PM (47/pr)
Posted by: Big Bird at March 07, 2025 04:10 PM
Let us sell the parts.
Posted by: Planned Parenthood Inc. at March 07, 2025 04:12 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: andycanuck
I'd wager Hackman and Ms. Betsy will still be dead.
i won't believe it until i hear it from garrett morris.
Posted by: anachronda at March 07, 2025 04:12 PM (oY6Yp)
Posted by: Taggart at March 07, 2025 04:12 PM (5qSzr)
No reason to "improve" on the Martians and the phone call, or Cookie Monster eating the letters and numbers. Just run the reruns and everything will be fine.
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 07, 2025 04:09 PM (naiw2)
They even had Gordon! Quota filled.
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2025 04:12 PM (MGB5H)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle for festive little hats at March 07, 2025 04:13 PM (T/umi)
Posted by: pookysgirl, enforcing naptime at March 07, 2025 04:13 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 07, 2025 04:07 PM
Is that the guy from Jeopardy?
Posted by: Grump928(C)
No, that's lib asshoe Ken Jennings.
Posted by: Bulg at March 07, 2025 04:13 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg
Kangaroo had "Dancing Bear"! Don't you see this was a ploy to advance Ruskie interests?!
Posted by: Tonypete at March 07, 2025 04:13 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: andycanuck
I'd wager Hackman and Ms. Betsy will still be dead.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 07, 2025 04:11 PM
Their condition is stable.
Posted by: Grump928(C) Sunday is Vic's Birthday at March 07, 2025 04:13 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 07, 2025 04:13 PM (naiw2)
Posted by: Cookie Monster at March 07, 2025 04:13 PM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: Tonypete at March 07, 2025 04:11 PM (cYBz/)
Has anyone answered the question as to how the two dogs that lived managed to stay so healthy?
Posted by: BurtTC at March 07, 2025 04:13 PM (dGCAG)
Posted by: Grump928(C) Sunday is Vic's Birthday at March 07, 2025 04:13 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Zelensky guest spot on Seasame Street at March 07, 2025 04:14 PM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 07, 2025 04:14 PM (/tzYP)
Posted by: Cookie Monster at March 07, 2025 04:13 PM (Aqu9a)
We would, but you ate the paperwork, too.
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 07, 2025 04:14 PM (naiw2)
Posted by: andycanuck
Hackman was method acting his future part of Tutankhamun.
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 07, 2025 04:15 PM (+oR7L)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 07, 2025 04:15 PM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2025 04:15 PM (MGB5H)
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 07, 2025 04:15 PM (naiw2)
Kangaroo had "Dancing Bear"! Don't you see this was a ploy to advance Ruskie interests?!
Posted by: Tonypete at March 07, 2025 04:13 PM (cYBz/)
And the environmentalists were covered by Mr. Greenjeans!!
Posted by: moki at March 07, 2025 04:15 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle for festive little hats
My name is Chester. I work for Matt Dillon. I earn two dollars a day. I go see Miss Kitty. I play with her titty. She takes my two dollars away.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at March 07, 2025 04:15 PM (L/fGl)
If the incorrect info is part of the first five minute headline with a same chyron running, that's the way the correction should be presented. If it's a print head line, same. If it's a sub head, same.
No more hiding the correction on the last page or in the last paragraph or under the breath as they are heading for commercial.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 07, 2025 04:15 PM (E7bCG)
Posted by: kallisto at March 07, 2025 04:16 PM (aqmEj)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 07, 2025 04:15 PM (t0Rmr)
But they do sashay.
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2025 04:16 PM (MGB5H)
I can imagine that dealing with your clients engaging in self harm, proving unable to navigate civilian life, and even committing suicide is nothing compared to the stress of having to tell your boss's boss what you did this week...
Posted by: 18-1 at March 07, 2025 04:16 PM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 07, 2025 04:16 PM (naiw2)
But there's no reason the sesame street folks couldn't be finding all the public stuff they want.
And yeah, I'm betting USAID ties into this cut.
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - single moms, your children are a detriment, not a benefit at March 07, 2025 04:16 PM (G+nrD)
Back in my day all Mice had balls
Posted by: Taggart at March 07, 2025 04:16 PM (5qSzr)
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2025 04:16 PM (MGB5H)
Posted by: BruceWayne
Or SuperMensch!
"Up! Up! Oi Vey!!"
Posted by: Tonypete at March 07, 2025 04:16 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 07, 2025 04:16 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Elric Blade at March 07, 2025 04:16 PM (iFTx/)
Have you seen Daguerreotypes of whores of the era? Calamity don't say enough.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle for festive little hats at March 07, 2025 04:17 PM (T/umi)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 07, 2025 04:17 PM (2Km7O)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 07, 2025 04:17 PM (E7bCG)
Posted by: moki
The same guy who played Mr. Greenjeans also supplied the voice of Grandfather Clock, who always kinda creeped me out.
Posted by: Bulg at March 07, 2025 04:17 PM (77rzZ)
They could have a shop steward pop up out of a trash can! And a FAT Union Boss (mine was a 400#er CSEA) drop in every time the Muppets get to eat something. Muppets could go on strike! Or they could slow walk everything. It would be like real life for the kids.
Posted by: torabora at March 07, 2025 04:17 PM (0Gnoc)
This might be the best CNN Scott Jennings clip yet.
"I am not accustomed to helping your party do anything. But let me give you some advice. This was the dumbest thing I've ever seen. And if you read the comments today, lord have mercy."
https://is.gd/J4qS6l
59 seconds
Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 07, 2025 04:18 PM (/tzYP)
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2025 04:18 PM (MGB5H)
Liz Cheney can't afford to lose another job.
Posted by: wth at March 07, 2025 04:18 PM (v0R5T)
"The child that was made a Secret Service on Tuesday just received his first email from Elon Musk asking him to detail 5 things he accomplished last week."
Posted by: Stateless...48% - mental state clawing up from 10% at March 07, 2025 04:11 PM (jvJvP)
And DJ can answer five things, (Made a secret service agent, went to presidential speech, went to oval office, hugged the President, was on Fox news) unlike, apparently, the majority of the feds.
Posted by: moki at March 07, 2025 04:18 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: Lambchop at March 07, 2025 04:19 PM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: moki at March 07, 2025 04:15 PM (wLjpr)
Did you know that Mr. Moose once bit his sister?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 07, 2025 04:19 PM (9d6r+)
Posted by: tcn in AK
My son loved TtTE. We got him a Thomas train set one Christmas.
Posted by: Bulg at March 07, 2025 04:19 PM (77rzZ)
Oscar moves to a storm drain
Elmette
Burt gets RIF'd
Snufalupagus is replaced by a capybara
Posted by: Kindltot at March 07, 2025 04:19 PM (D7oie)
"The child that was made a Secret Service on Tuesday just received his first email from Elon Musk asking him to detail 5 things he accomplished last week."
Posted by: Stateless
That's the difference between them and us. We can laugh at ourselves.
Posted by: mikeski at March 07, 2025 04:19 PM (vF60Z)
Posted by: moki at March 07, 2025 04:18 PM (wLjpr)
DJ also just got a Cybertruck from Elon.
Posted by: ScaryMary at March 07, 2025 04:19 PM (i/l90)
Hurting veterans care? Seriously?
Hahahahahahahaha
If it’s hurting anyone it’s the lazy dirt bags at the VA who suck ass and do nothing all day, especially administrators. And in that case I hope it’s lighting them on fire.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 07, 2025 04:20 PM (1I7ss)
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 07, 2025 04:20 PM (naiw2)
Posted by: Bulg at March 07, 2025 04:20 PM (77rzZ)
I told them I was sick, they started walking away, but I called them back.
Three chocolate bars for 5 bucks. I gave them the money stretched through the door and had them put the bars on the step.
Damn are they small. 28 grams, 28 grams, 31 grams. 4 squares each.
Freaking Liberals....
Posted by: Stateless...48% - mental state clawing up from 10% at March 07, 2025 04:20 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2025 04:20 PM (MGB5H)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at March 07, 2025 04:20 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Bulg
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Good on ya. Prayers for a reconciliation.
Posted by: whig at March 07, 2025 04:20 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Taggart at March 07, 2025 04:20 PM (5qSzr)
Liz Cheney can't afford to lose another job.
Posted by: wth at March 07, 2025 04:18 PM (v0R5T)
Know what's green and smells like depression?
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 07, 2025 04:21 PM (Aqu9a)
We've been ignoring NPR for decades.
Posted by: Non-viewers Like You at March 07, 2025 04:21 PM (dg+HA)
Posted by: Bulg at March 07, 2025 04:21 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: kallisto
......
I hesitate to comment until the Bitcoin fixes everything guy weighs in.
Posted by: wth at March 07, 2025 04:21 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2025 04:18 PM (MGB5H)
I'm awfully fond of you.
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 07, 2025 04:21 PM (naiw2)
Posted by: kallisto
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I don't understand crypto. Turnips have more value.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 07, 2025 04:21 PM (E7bCG)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 07, 2025 04:19 PM (9d6r+)
I can vouch for this, I gave her the interspace toothbrush she was using to carve her initials on it.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy's Sister's Brother-In-Law Svenge at March 07, 2025 04:21 PM (7kSOl)
Posted by: Eromero at March 07, 2025 04:22 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, leading the proletariat
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Me too, I'm 13 over.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 07, 2025 04:22 PM (E7bCG)
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2025 04:22 PM (MGB5H)
1. There were ad breaks, something I never had as a kid.
2. There was a long animated block. Animated puppets are apparently a thing now.
3. The puppets were painfully "diverse." Although I question the decision to make both Asian puppets obviously cross-eyed.
4. The puppets were incredibly spastic. It's as if the puppeteers watched Animal (AN-I-MALLL!) and nothing else.
Posted by: pookysgirl, enforcing naptime at March 07, 2025 04:22 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Taggart at March 07, 2025 04:20 PM (5qSzr)
MOI??!!??
Posted by: Miss Piggy at March 07, 2025 04:23 PM (naiw2)
I watched the clip. Jennings is impressive. The few times I’ve seen him, he never loses his cool and manages to get his point across, no matter what deflection tactics the libtards are using. As did this particular Slay Kween.
Also, it’s so funny she doesn’t get that easily half of the 7MM views were from hate watching
Posted by: kallisto at March 07, 2025 04:23 PM (aqmEj)
Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 07, 2025 04:23 PM (/tzYP)
Posted by: Big Bird
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The wings come next during the NCAA Tournament.
Posted by: whig at March 07, 2025 04:23 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Grump928(C) Sunday is Vic's Birthday at March 07, 2025 04:11 PM (jc0TO)
My primary care doctor fired me today. I'm still feeling pretty good.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at March 07, 2025 04:23 PM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: wth at March 07, 2025 04:23 PM (v0R5T)
TWO things I did last week...
THREE things I did last week...
FOUR things I did last week...
FIVE things I did last week...
That's FIVE fabulous things I did last week!
Posted by: Count von Count at March 07, 2025 04:23 PM (Szews)
Very true!
DJ also just got a Cybertruck from Elon.
Posted by: ScaryMary at March 07, 2025 04:19 PM (i/l90)
Really? Happy for that kid. He's earned it!
Posted by: Stateless...48% - mental state clawing up from 10% at March 07, 2025 04:23 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: whig
Thank you, Whig. I was very nervous sending it off. My hands were shaking as I put it into the envelope.
I think I may have forgotten to sign it with my signature, I was so nervous. Too bad I didn't have Biden's autopen.
Posted by: Bulg at March 07, 2025 04:23 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Stateless...48% - mental state clawing up from 10% at March 07, 2025 04:23 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: He learned almost too late that Moron is a feeling creature at March 07, 2025 04:24 PM (7kSOl)
Jim Henson did the voices for Kermit and Ernie.
Posted by: ScaryMary at March 07, 2025 04:24 PM (i/l90)
Gruesome bunch.
Posted by: torabora at March 07, 2025 04:24 PM (0Gnoc)
Posted by: kallisto
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I don't understand crypto. Turnips have more value.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 07, 2025 04:21 PM (E7bCG)
Tulips have more value than cryptocurrency.
If the President is talking about cryptography, which secures communications, then I agree the US needs to have the best.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 07, 2025 04:24 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Count Von Count at March 07, 2025 04:24 PM (UpGHA)
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 07, 2025 04:24 PM (naiw2)
The Terrorizing Trauma....
https://tinyurl.com/vfuekk5a
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 07, 2025 04:24 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: pookysgirl
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True story--Animal character was based on the Who's Drummer Keith Moon.
Posted by: whig at March 07, 2025 04:24 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Taggart at March 07, 2025 04:24 PM (5qSzr)
Good luck. Happy hunting. It looks like the government squooshed the numbers together so it's impossible to tell which is which.
Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma at March 07, 2025 04:24 PM (Ft5W9)
Freaking Liberals....
Posted by: Stateless...48% - mental state clawing up from 10% at March 07, 2025 04:20 PM (jvJvP)
That's 3.1 ounces for 5 bucks. Buck sixty-something per ounce. 'Bout the price of prime rib roast.
The 3.1 ounce is probably bulked up with melamine.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 07, 2025 04:24 PM (8zz6B)
I was thinking with the dawning of the Golde n Age maybe Ace would want to tweak the HQ a bit. He could add a weekly pod cast.
Since I'm on a first name basis with Natalie Winters maybe she could do a spot.
Phenom 24 YO Natalie Winters
https://tinyurl.com/4wswns7h
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 07, 2025 04:25 PM (x5Jut)
Posted by: ScaryMary at March 07, 2025 04:19 PM (i/l90)
A rocket set is usually a cool kids gift.
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 07, 2025 04:25 PM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2025 04:25 PM (MGB5H)
We don't want to educate!
Posted by: Ms. Piggy, Kermit, and Big Bird on strike! at March 07, 2025 04:25 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Taggart
......
She's gonna need a boob job.
Posted by: wth at March 07, 2025 04:23 PM (v0R5T)
Unless she heads for OnlyBacon instead.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 07, 2025 04:25 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Stateless...48% - mental state clawing up from 10% at March 07, 2025 04:25 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: eleven at March 07, 2025 04:25 PM (0HaGk)
I think I may have forgotten to sign it with my signature, I was so nervous. Too bad I didn't have Biden's autopen.
Posted by: Bulg
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I can imagine. Remember you took the step to reconcile so whatever happens, you did good.
Posted by: whig at March 07, 2025 04:25 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 07, 2025 04:25 PM (XMwZJ)
Don’t drop the soap, homies.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 07, 2025 04:26 PM (1I7ss)
Posted by: Taggart
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She's gonna need a boob job
She'll show you her bacon strip
Posted by: Taggart at March 07, 2025 04:26 PM (5qSzr)
Two! Fired Employee
Ah, ah, ah,
Three! Fired Employees
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Posted by: Count Von Count at March 07, 2025 04:24 PM (UpGHA)
*fistbump*
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 07, 2025 04:26 PM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 07, 2025 04:23 PM (/tzYP)
Nobody is gonna mess with those old farts, but I am concerned about the Swedish Chef.
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 07, 2025 04:26 PM (naiw2)
Posted by: ScaryMary
Cool, thanks. (Johnny Carson voice) I did not know that.
Posted by: Bulg at March 07, 2025 04:26 PM (77rzZ)
Grover & Telly were overshadowed by that scene stealing hack Elmo.
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 07, 2025 04:26 PM (+oR7L)
Posted by: pookysgirl
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True story--Animal character was based on the Who's Drummer Keith Moon.
Posted by: whig at March 07, 2025 04:24 PM (ctrM5)
Ah, Dr. Teeth, and the Electric Mayhem...
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 07, 2025 04:26 PM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: ScaryMary at March 07, 2025 04:19 PM (i/l90)
A rocket set is usually a cool kids gift.
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 07, 2025 04:25 PM (Aqu9a)
If it's from Elon, a flamethrower would also be pretty cool.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 07, 2025 04:26 PM (VNX3d)
To make Sesame Street!?!?!?!?!
fkn lol.
Posted by: eleven
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It is a very wide and long street I guess to clean up after the Muppets go through. Not like you can ask Oscar to help.
Posted by: whig at March 07, 2025 04:27 PM (ctrM5)
It's a painful and unedifying watch, like all the other junk on tv, except it's slightly less transparently commercial.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at March 07, 2025 04:27 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: He learned almost too late that Moron is a feeling creature at March 07, 2025 04:27 PM (7kSOl)
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2025 04:27 PM (MGB5H)
The Hill: DOGE team shut out of US African development agency. Several DOGE workers tried to enter the agency’s office in Washington on Wednesday but were “unable to access” it, the USADF confirmed to The Hill. The staffers eventually left the building,
The agency’s chair, Ward Brehm, wrote in a letter to a DOGE staffer obtained by The Hill that he “specifically instructed the staff of USADF to adhere to our rules and procedure of not allowing any meetings of this type without my presence.”
NYT: Marshals Escort DOGE Team Into African Aid Agency. Federal marshals on Thursday escorted officials from DOGE into the U.S. African Development Foundation, a day after its employees refused entry to DOGE and Pete Marocco, the State Department official in charge of foreign aid.
Security officials changed the agency's locks. Barely an hour after the officials, the foundation's president, Ward Brehm, filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent Mr. Marocco from ousting him and usurping control.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 07, 2025 04:27 PM (JCZqz)
Now is a good time for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to be utterly eliminated.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 07, 2025 04:28 PM (2VST1)
NEW - Trump to welcome crypto elite at White House
Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper Mar 2
JUST IN - Trump says the U.S. will move forward on a "Crypto Strategic Reserve" that includes Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, SOL, ADA and other cryptocurrencies
Autism Capital 🧩 @AutismCapital Mar 2
🚨 President Trump announces the confirmation of a CRYPTO STRATEGIC RESERVE that includes XRP, SOL, and ADA. Surprising that Bitcoin isn’t mentioned once!
Autism Capital 🧩 @AutismCapital Mar 2
🚨 UPDATE: Trump heads the collective cries of the Crypto industry at once. That was fast. 😂 💀
https://is.gd/mKXOFr
Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 07, 2025 04:28 PM (/tzYP)
Don’t drop the soap, homies.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 07, 2025 04:26 PM (1I7ss)
I really hope they throw in 18 USC 1324 Aiding and Abetting... that law needs some serious publicity.
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 07, 2025 04:28 PM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 07, 2025 04:21 PM (E7bCG)
Turnips as objects are more valuable than printed dollar bank notes.
as a marker for who has freely exchangeable value that most anyone will take in exchange for actual objects is where currency shines.
Just think of crypto as "free range banking" and you won't be far wrong. All that exists is the shared balance sheet.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 07, 2025 04:28 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: 18-1 at March 07, 2025 04:15 PM (t0Rmr)
Well, the stated reason for the money was to study the effects of testosterone treatment on things like breast cancer and contra indicators with other common drugs, etc.
Which, again, is only the stated reason for the money. It could very well have been spent on dry docking someone's yacht to repaint the bottom of it for all we know.
But if it is true -- well, shouldn't they have done those tests BEFORE approving putting a bunch of kids on these drugs? What if it turned out that giving a young girl testosterone increased her risk of ovarian cancer or something by 1000%?
Odd.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 07, 2025 04:28 PM (uCjyK)
Posted by: kallisto
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I don't understand crypto. Turnips have more value.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _
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Agree. Maybe Trump should check Fort Knox first.
If they can lose gold bars then POOF your crypto is next.
Posted by: wth at March 07, 2025 04:28 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: Taggart
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Then comes her loins while she is hamming it up.
Posted by: whig at March 07, 2025 04:28 PM (ctrM5)
Damn are they small. 28 grams, 28 grams, 31 grams. 4 squares each.
Freaking Liberals....
Posted by: Stateless...48% - mental state clawing up from 10% at March 07, 2025 04:20 PM (jvJvP)
****
Bidenomics
Posted by: torabora at March 07, 2025 04:29 PM (0Gnoc)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at March 07, 2025 04:29 PM (L/fGl)
JUST IN - Trump says the U.S. will move forward on a "Crypto Strategic Reserve" that includes Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, SOL, ADA and other cryptocurrencies
we need a strategic tulip bulb reserve. can i get a grant?
Posted by: anachronda at March 07, 2025 04:29 PM (oY6Yp)
Posted by: 18-1
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My guess is intention to use genetic modification knowledge gained from that on humans. Have to do the animal studies first.
Posted by: whig at March 07, 2025 04:29 PM (ctrM5)
Back in my day all Mice had balls
Posted by: Taggart at March 07, 2025 04:16 PM (5qSzr)
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The IBM ones were field-replaceable.
Posted by: Ciampino's version of a camel's hump at March 07, 2025 04:29 PM (g4sLG)
Posted by: He learned almost too late that Moron is a feeling creature at March 07, 2025 04:24 PM (7kSOl)
I never could distinguish between the Muppets and Sesame Street. I was well beyond the latter's target demo by the time it arrived. I thought there was some crossover beetween them, though.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 07, 2025 04:30 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 07, 2025 04:28 PM (QAkQ3)”
I’m trying to find the indictment paperwork. Don’t think DoJ has released it yet but 10 years is a good start.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 07, 2025 04:30 PM (1I7ss)
Posted by: Bulg at March 07, 2025 04:21 PM (77rzZ)
And Bert was Fozzie. It was pretty obvious on the one Muppets episode that they showed up on.
"Some enchanted eeeeeeveniiiing, you might see a strangeeerrrr..."
Posted by: pookysgirl, enforcing naptime at March 07, 2025 04:30 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Bulg at March 07, 2025 04:30 PM (77rzZ)
Don’t drop the soap, homies.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 07, 2025 04:26 PM (1I7ss)
I really hope they throw in 18 USC 1324 Aiding and Abetting... that law needs some serious publicity.
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 07, 2025 04:28 PM (QAkQ3)
Bailiff, whack their pee pees.
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 07, 2025 04:30 PM (naiw2)
Don’t drop the soap, homies.
Posted by: Marcus T
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Marcellus will help them with that.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 07, 2025 04:30 PM (E7bCG)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 07, 2025 04:30 PM (8zz6B)
They were both created by Henson studios
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2025 04:30 PM (MGB5H)
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Borkin' da allah akbar! Bork! Bork!
Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 07, 2025 04:31 PM (/tzYP)
Posted by: Braenyard
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Fiat money is simply crypto that sometimes comes with printed certificates. No one really understands much about how money is digitally created and transferred either.
Posted by: whig at March 07, 2025 04:31 PM (ctrM5)
My kid's turning ten soon. I'm thinking of getting a CZ 457 Scout for him. Maybe I'll get a rocket set too!
Posted by: bonhomme at March 07, 2025 04:31 PM (lIio7)
Posted by: Taggart
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Then comes her loins while she is hamming it up.
Posted by: whig
Rest assured someone is going to pork her.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 07, 2025 04:31 PM (cYBz/)
pETA: Impregnating cows is RAPING THEM!!!!
also pETA: Surgically mangling mice is perfectly fine.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 07, 2025 04:31 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: torabora at March 07, 2025 04:31 PM (0Gnoc)
Sesame Street: using puppets to make black and brown kids feel good about living in abject poverty in the ghetto.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 07, 2025 04:32 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 07, 2025 04:32 PM (naiw2)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 07, 2025 04:30 PM (8zz6B)
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Yes, there was some crossover from time to time. Kermit, of course, was frequently featured on both The Muppet Show and Sesame Street, but there were others.
It's pretty clear both shows took place in the same "universe."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 07, 2025 04:32 PM (7fElN)
Posted by: runner at March 07, 2025 04:33 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: torabora at March 07, 2025 04:31 PM (0Gnoc)
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Excuse me. That's three things.
Posted by: torabora at March 07, 2025 04:33 PM (0Gnoc)
Posted by: Tonypete
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Well, I guess she will end up with a smoked butt.
Posted by: whig at March 07, 2025 04:33 PM (ctrM5)
Thursday's takeover of the small foundation, which has about 55 employees and an annual budget of about $45 million, came after a weekslong standoff between administration officials and the foundation's leaders. The leaders refused to succumb to the efforts of Mr. Marocco and the Department of Government of Efficiency team, overseen by Elon Musk, to assume control of their functions, dismiss staff members and install Mr. Marocco as the acting leader.
The hubris and resistance is kind of shocking. Fuck these guys, and burn their agencies to the ground.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 07, 2025 04:33 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at March 07, 2025 04:29 PM (L/fGl)
Magic drawing board FTW!
Posted by: Damn I'm Old at March 07, 2025 04:33 PM (GTqXr)
Posted by: Taggart
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Then comes her loins while she is hamming it up.
Posted by: whig
Rest assured someone is going to pork her.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 07, 2025 04:31 PM (cYBz/)
I'm sure someone will remember to bring the Sweet and Sour sauce
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 07, 2025 04:33 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Braenyard
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and beets. Beets are valuable too.
Posted by: wth at March 07, 2025 04:33 PM (v0R5T)
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Why do we have an "African development agency?" Let's face it, Africa is a total basket case, and probably always will be regardless of any and all efforts to fix it.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 07, 2025 04:33 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Mental Health Pro's at the VA at March 07, 2025 04:34 PM (sAmhv)
Sesame Street: using puppets to make black and brown kids feel good about living in abject poverty in the ghetto.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 07, 2025 04:32 PM (y9nCu)
"Hey! Hey! Another one rides the bus!"
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 07, 2025 04:34 PM (naiw2)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 07, 2025 04:34 PM (1I7ss)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 07, 2025 04:34 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Mickey was castrated ages ago though at March 07, 2025 04:34 PM (5TbUi)
______________________
Dude....remember your audience. That's more than two syllables.
Tendentious?....that has to do with those elastic type thingies that hold your kneecap together...yes?
Posted by: Orson at March 07, 2025 04:34 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Comet Pizza, DeBunked at March 07, 2025 04:35 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: eleven at March 07, 2025 04:35 PM (0HaGk)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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I guess Ms. Piggy if someone does her is pulled Pork.
Posted by: whig at March 07, 2025 04:35 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Kindltot
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Turnips have more value than crypto. I can eat a turnip and I can buy gas, pay a bill or eat a steak using paper dollars. Can't do any of that with crypto.
Dollar bill is backed in full faith and credit of the USA , oil and guns.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 07, 2025 04:35 PM (E7bCG)
Posted by: Marcus T at March 07, 2025 04:35 PM (1I7ss)
Posted by: He learned almost too late that Moron is a feeling creature at March 07, 2025 04:35 PM (7kSOl)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 07, 2025 04:33 PM (YqDXo)
The problem with Africa is that it is full of Africans.
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 07, 2025 04:35 PM (naiw2)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at March 07, 2025 04:35 PM (wBaIH)
https://tinyurl.com/yc4z5pev
Posted by: Stateless...48% - mental state clawing up from 10% at March 07, 2025 04:35 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 07, 2025 04:32 PM (naiw2)
No, we have no idea where the money ended up. And I agree -- I think the stated reasons for the money were most likely all made up by some interns filling out fake grant applications at an NGO. Or the employees on the fed side approving said fake grant application.
MAYBE some of the money went where they said it went, but I doubt it.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 07, 2025 04:35 PM (uCjyK)
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2025 04:36 PM (MGB5H)
There's a youtuber who calls himself Johnny Somali who went to South Korea who's facing ten years in prison. He's one of those idiots who made a name for himself by being a dickbag in public, intentionally irritating people around himself, and laughing at people because they can't do anything about it.
Well, he took his show on the road to South Korea, and they definitely can do something about it there. He apparently was read his charges today. He showed up late and hung over. Reportedly he started paying attention when the judge informed him he was facing a decade in prison.
Posted by: bonhomme at March 07, 2025 04:36 PM (lIio7)
Marcellus will help them with that.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 07, 2025 04:30 PM (E7bCG)
Pliers and a blowtorch
Posted by: not done with them by a damn sight at March 07, 2025 04:36 PM (5TbUi)
Posted by: whig at March 07, 2025 04:31 PM (ctrM5)
If fiat money goes "poof!" you can descend upon the capitol with pitchforks and torches and lynch the perpetrators. If crypto goes "poof!" who are you going to lynch?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 07, 2025 04:36 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Braenyard
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and beets. Beets are valuable too.
Posted by: wth at March 07, 2025 04:33 PM (v0R5T)
Fact! Bears eat beets.
Posted by: Dwight Shrute at March 07, 2025 04:36 PM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: BruceWayne
I guess the dog did too. Smells fishy.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 07, 2025 04:36 PM (/U5Yz)
Those guys were dope.
Literally.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Used to be a Sid and Marty Krofft theme park in downtown Atlanta. Part of the park became the Omni Hotel/CNN hq at the time. Stuff of nightmares.
Posted by: whig at March 07, 2025 04:36 PM (ctrM5)
From Dr Robert Malone, I think the numbers you are looking for are included
https://tinyurl.com/4jsmb65u
Posted by: extybeebeachbum at March 07, 2025 04:37 PM (T34So)
Posted by: stuckInCalifornia at March 07, 2025 04:37 PM (HHTes)
Dude just saunters into enemy territory and smacks idiots with his dick.
Posted by: eleven at March 07, 2025 04:37 PM (0HaGk)
Damn are they small. 28 grams, 28 grams, 31 grams. 4 squares each.
Freaking Liberals....
Posted by: Stateless...48% - mental state clawing up from 10% at March 07, 2025 04:20 PM (jvJvP)
****
what, aren't you going to the rally to celebrate that the chocolate ration has been increased to 28 grams?
Posted by: Kindltot at March 07, 2025 04:37 PM (D7oie)
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Why do we have an "African development agency?" Let's face it, Africa is a total basket case, and probably always will be regardless of any and all efforts to fix it.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
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That's an agency that should be on the elimination list.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 07, 2025 04:37 PM (E7bCG)
Posted by: bonhomme
I have a CZ 455. Great, great rifle. Also a (pistol with an absurdly long name) CZ-75 SP-01 Tactical, which is also great (as long as you like very heavy, all steel gun).
In general, I find CZ is great quality for the price. Options and accessories aren't as plentiful as Rugers and such, but I've always liked to try oddball brands, and CZ has always been good to me.
Posted by: Military Moron at March 07, 2025 04:37 PM (JCZqz)
Those guys were dope.
Literally.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 07, 2025 04:34 PM (Q4IgG)
Tubi, I think. Sid and Marty Krofft were the bomb.
Posted by: ScaryMary at March 07, 2025 04:37 PM (i/l90)
These are the agencies spending the most on consulting contracts
The Department of Veterans Affairs ended 585 consulting contracts deemed non-essential, but HHS, DHS and DoD also buy a large amount of these services. Jason Miller @jmillerWFED, March 4, 2025 2:24 pm
In part, The Veterans Affairs Department lifted its pause on cancelling “non-essential” or duplicative contracts and reduced its initial number by more than 300.
VA said today it is terminating 585 contracts, down from its initial total of 875 it released last week and immediately came under fire for impacting for veterans services.
Democrat lawmakers say the initial list of cancelled contracts affected direct service to veterans for cancer care, for recruiting of doctors and for decontamination of facilities that are polluted.
This time, VA says ending these contracts will not negatively affect veteran care, benefits or services."
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Also, VA gets GSA request to slash total number of employees who hold purchase cards
GSA has asked 15 other agency heads “to reduce their agency charge card limits, and the number and usage of cards.” Jory Heckman@jheckmanWFED, Feb 26, 2025
DOGE 👍
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 07, 2025 04:37 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 07, 2025 04:36 PM (/U5Yz
It's spread through rat shit and saliva so makes since the dog coulda got it.
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2025 04:38 PM (MGB5H)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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I'm gonna lynch Merrill.
Seriously, crypto is no more a scam than fiat money or bank notes were back in the day.
Posted by: whig at March 07, 2025 04:38 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 07, 2025 04:33 PM (YqDXo)
Deep state / intel agencies are supposed to use the money in all of these various slush funds as a "soft power". Ie: let Exxon Mobil drill for oil in your country and we'll give you $100 million in a swiss bank account, Mr. Tinpot Dictator.
But in reality -- we have no idea where the money goes.
Well, I have SOME idea, but it's going to be very difficult to prove.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 07, 2025 04:38 PM (uCjyK)
Here's the 2:32 video where Katy Perry made headlines showing a lot of boobs while singing to Elmo.
"Wait til I tell you about what I was staring at from my perspective"
--Elmo's Puppeteer
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 07, 2025 04:38 PM (2VST1)
Those guys were dope.
the cnn headquarters used to be a sid ampersand marty krofft theme park
Posted by: anachronda at March 07, 2025 04:38 PM (oY6Yp)
Posted by: BruceWayne
Further proof that Otisberg is a pestilential hellhole.
Too soon?
Posted by: Bulg at March 07, 2025 04:38 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
The same people.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 07, 2025 04:38 PM (sAmhv)
David Sacks@davidsacks47 21h
Just a few minutes ago, President Trump signed an Executive Order to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.
The Reserve will be capitalized with Bitcoin owned by the federal government that was forfeited as part of criminal or civil asset forfeiture proceedings. This means it will not cost taxpayers a dime.
It is estimated that the U.S. government owns about 200,000 bitcoin; however, there has never been a complete audit. The E.O. directs a full accounting of the federal government’s digital asset holdings.
The U.S. will not sell any bitcoin deposited into the Reserve. It will be kept as a store of value. The Reserve is like a digital Fort Knox for the cryptocurrency often called “digital gold.”
Premature sales of bitcoin have already cost U.S. taxpayers over $17 billion in lost value. Now the federal government will have a strategy to maximize the value of its holdings.
The Secretaries of Treasury and Commerce are authorized to develop budget-neutral strategies for acquiring additional bitcoin, provided that those strategies have no incremental costs on American taxpayers. [...more]
https://is.gd/zl8b9p
Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 07, 2025 04:39 PM (/tzYP)
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 07, 2025 04:39 PM (naiw2)
Posted by: whig at March 07, 2025 04:39 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: It's funny if the guy's getting beaten, right at March 07, 2025 04:39 PM (5TbUi)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at March 07, 2025 04:39 PM (kTd/k)
But not its people. Then you look at South Africa. Before and after.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at March 07, 2025 04:39 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 07, 2025 04:40 PM (/tzYP)
And the poor dog, I don't want to think about it.
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at March 07, 2025 04:40 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 07, 2025 04:39 PM (naiw2)
Guy Smiley was a game show host, you’re probably thinking of the news anchor on The Muppet Show who sounded almost exactly like him.
Posted by: He learned almost too late that Moron is a feeling creature at March 07, 2025 04:40 PM (7kSOl)
Posted by: It's funny if the guy's getting beaten, right at March 07, 2025 04:39 PM (5TbUi)
I remember pointing this out when I was young. I was like Miss piggy is awful.
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2025 04:40 PM (MGB5H)
Posted by: Crusader at March 07, 2025 04:40 PM (azSra)
MAYBE some of the money went where they said it went, but I doubt it.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 07, 2025 04:35 PM (uCjyK)
Do you have any idea how much it costs to properly run a 10 bedroom estate in Switzerland?
Posted by: Prince Katanga of Cameroon, in exile in Nigeria at March 07, 2025 04:41 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Kindltot at March 07, 2025 04:37 PM (D7oie)
I'm in Canada.
Can't afford gas because us 40 million 'people' are saving Mother Gaia.....
Posted by: Stateless...48% - mental state clawing up from 10% at March 07, 2025 04:41 PM (jvJvP)
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Mike Connolly@MikeConnollyMA
Memo to all the MAGA members of Congress — you’re dealing with a Harvard Law School grad [Boston Mayor Wu Wu] — she’s a lot smarter than you, and she is leading the safest city in the nation. You’re just embarrassing yourselfs while failing to address our nation’s actual problems.
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We're not worthy! We're not worthy!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at March 07, 2025 04:41 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: stuckInCalifornia at March 07, 2025 04:37 PM (HHTes)
Weapons grade earworm.
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 07, 2025 04:41 PM (naiw2)
Posted by: He learned almost too late that Moron is a feeling creature at March 07, 2025 04:41 PM (7kSOl)
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 07, 2025 04:39 PM (naiw2)
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"Muppet News Flash" was hilarious. However he was just known as the "Newsman."
Guy Smiley was the game show host from Sesame Street.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 07, 2025 04:42 PM (7fElN)
Posted by: It's funny
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Critical theory dictates that when Ms. Piggy bops Kermit, it is female empowerment. For Kermit to question Ms. Piggy's right to do so is oppression. Stay tuned for future tips in critical theory on Sesame Street
Posted by: whig at March 07, 2025 04:42 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: bonhomme at March 07, 2025 04:36 PM (lIio7)
Give South Korea some kind of prize for this. These dipshit influencer clout chasers need to start getting their guts stomped out.
Posted by: One down hundreds to go at March 07, 2025 04:42 PM (5TbUi)
Posted by: whig at March 07, 2025 04:31 PM (ctrM5)
Saifedean Ammous makes a stab at explaining it in The Fiat Standard.
Murray Rothbard does, too, but he is mostly explaining credit and banking, as is Jesus Huerta de Soto.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 07, 2025 04:42 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Kermit at March 07, 2025 04:42 PM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: ScaryMary
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Brown acid you mean.
Posted by: whig at March 07, 2025 04:39 PM (ctrM5)
I was a little kid when those shows first aired. I didn't get...the references. Thought it was just a kid and his flute, lol.
Posted by: ScaryMary at March 07, 2025 04:42 PM (i/l90)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at March 07, 2025 04:42 PM (kTd/k)
Posted by: BruceWayne
I guess the dog did too. Smells fishy.
Posted by: Maj. Healey
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They must have had a maid.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 07, 2025 04:42 PM (E7bCG)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 07, 2025 04:42 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2025 04:42 PM (MGB5H)
Posted by: Braenyard
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and beets. Beets are valuable too.
if we corner the beet market, putin would have to buy his borshch from us.
Posted by: anachronda at March 07, 2025 04:43 PM (oY6Yp)
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2025 04:18 PM
Doing the (er er) pigeon!
You know, we are proving SS was impactful.
Posted by: Piper at March 07, 2025 04:43 PM (BgmlQ)
Posted by: One down hundreds to go at March 07, 2025 04:42 PM (5TbUi)
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South Koreans gotta entertain themselves somehow without any kids around.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, leading the proletariat with Eisenstein at March 07, 2025 04:43 PM (GBKbO)
Needed Context -
Trump White House an arena where staff are encouraged to "go at it", usually with pugal sticks.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 07, 2025 04:43 PM (/lPRQ)
Memo to all the MAGA members of Congress — you’re dealing with a Harvard Law School grad [Boston Mayor Wu Wu] — she’s a lot smarter than you, and she is leading the safest city in the nation. You’re just embarrassing yourselfs while failing to address our nation’s actual problems.
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We're not worthy! We're not worthy!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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Apparently Mike Connolly goes for that Wu Wu stuff.
Posted by: whig at March 07, 2025 04:43 PM (ctrM5)
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Did they mention the dog too? All three dead promoted the CO theory; and maybe murder/suicide as well. [Not that it was either apparently.]
Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 07, 2025 04:43 PM (/tzYP)
Memo to all the MAGA members of Congress — you’re dealing with a Harvard Law School grad
LOL.
Ask her to define: Woman. Then get back to me, fag.
Posted by: garrett at March 07, 2025 04:43 PM (oa1NA)
If you really want your kid to learn the ABCs or counting or basic life skills from Sesame Street, you can pull up thousands of episodes from their catalog and play it for them.
If some network wants to buy the show and make more episodes, they can do that too.
Posted by: bonhomme at March 07, 2025 04:43 PM (lIio7)
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2025 04:42 PM (MGB5H)
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That show was amazing for its time. Still holds up great!
I love all the practical effects they used on the show--lots of explosions!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 07, 2025 04:44 PM (7fElN)
Posted by: ScaryMary
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Watch the Beverly Hills episode where Granny goes to smoke crawdads from the creek. Complete with Hippies. It is one of the later ones of course.
Posted by: whig at March 07, 2025 04:45 PM (ctrM5)
Remember in Captain America where Peggy Carter spots Steve kissing another girl? They hadn't dated, or even done anything beyond extremely brief mild flirting at that point. Peggy picks up a gun and tries to SHOOT CAP in anger. She doesn't know the shield is bulletproof.
She was psychotic.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 07, 2025 04:45 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: stuckInCalifornia at March 07, 2025 04:37 PM (HHTes)
Weapons grade earworm.
Posted by: tcn in AK at March
That was The Muppet Show. Which was wonderful.
Posted by: Piper at March 07, 2025 04:45 PM (BgmlQ)
Posted by: Braenyard
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and beets. Beets are valuable too.
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And Tulips! Tulips, yes!
Oh...hang on a second....
Posted by: Crusader at March 07, 2025 04:45 PM (azSra)
So. The Story is the NYT reported this.
My question is, to whom did they report this?
Because I am betting their readership is straight up shit.
And, I am guessing more people read the back of a Tampon Box each day than read the NYT.
Posted by: garrett at March 07, 2025 04:45 PM (oa1NA)
And the poor dog, I don't want to think about it.
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at March 07, 2025 04:40 PM (w6EFb)
Damn, Hantavirus is bad shit. It's endemic in the Southwest
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 07, 2025 04:45 PM (NtVYv)
Posted by: BruceWayne
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Thanks, BruceWayne. Above written before having read your reply.
Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 07, 2025 04:45 PM (/tzYP)
It is estimated that the U.S. government owns about 200,000 bitcoin; however, there has never been a complete audit. The E.O. directs a full accounting of the federal government’s digital asset holdings.
maybe we can get one of smartguys in the nsa to figure out how to access the $700 million worth of bitcoin that one guy tossed in the trash...
Posted by: anachronda at March 07, 2025 04:45 PM (oY6Yp)
Posted by: whig
.....
My daughter laughs at me for carrying cash around. I've always got at least a couple $50 bills in my wallet.
But they don't laugh when I pick up the check at dinner.
Posted by: wth at March 07, 2025 04:46 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 07, 2025 04:46 PM (A7Jfs)
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2025 04:42 PM (MGB5H)
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That show was amazing for its time. Still holds up great!
I love all the practical effects they used on the show--lots of explosions!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 07, 2025 04:44 PM (7fElN)
James Coburn meditating with Animal:
https://youtu.be/3z1WW70R88w
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 07, 2025 04:46 PM (VNX3d)
Yeah I watch a lot of "renovate the old car" shows and those guys are constantly dealing with old mouse poo which is full of hantavirus. One of them is gonna get that crap one day.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 07, 2025 04:47 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: There is no beloved property leftists cannot ruin at March 07, 2025 04:47 PM (5TbUi)
Posted by: garrett at March 07, 2025 04:47 PM (oa1NA)
"Jerkoff Jake" Tapper -- it's who he is AND what he does!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Enstompen! Enstompen! Enstompen! at March 07, 2025 04:47 PM (xG4kz)
And the poor dog, I don't want to think about it.
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at March 07, 2025 04:40 PM (w6EFb)
Sounds like neither one of them was receiving appropriate medical attention. AFAIK, hantavirus is survivable if one gets early treatment. Mice are the vector. Dried mouse pee and droppings contain hantavirus particles that can be inhaled if they become airborne. If you have to clean up a "moused" car or building. hose it down with diluted bleach, first.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 07, 2025 04:48 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: ScaryMary
Elektra Woman and Dyna Girl
Ohhhh....Dyna Girl
And Wonder Woman's young cousin....
Posted by: Stateless...48% - mental state clawing up from 10% at March 07, 2025 04:48 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 07, 2025 04:48 PM (/U5Yz)
It's now in a competition.
The purple-haired Batman villain has submitted an entry.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 07, 2025 04:48 PM (Fsn05)
Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma at March 07, 2025 04:49 PM (Ft5W9)
It's on the youtubes
Posted by: Taggart
Yes, but you can't expect people to go through the trouble of looking for it lol
https://tinyurl.com/5xe3xnn8
More, more, more.....ahhhhhh!
Posted by: Moron Analyst at March 07, 2025 04:49 PM (JCZqz)
But they don't laugh when I pick up the check at dinner.
Posted by: wth
150 years ago or such you could have bought a huge ranch in Wyoming with a couple of hundred bucks. Nowadays, you can buy a little league team lunch at McDonalds. That is a seriously diminished value of the dollar all thanks to DC.
Posted by: whig at March 07, 2025 04:49 PM (ctrM5)
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Lots of people make excuses for Africa. Jared Diamond claimed a lack of domesticated animals held Africa back.
Compare and contrast Africa with Japan. In 1853 Japan was a backward, feudal society with precisely zero natural resources and essentially no foreign contact whatsoever. Perry forced Japan to open up, and in fifty-three years Japan was a modern economic and military power that kicked the snot out of a major European power.
Up until 1880 Africa was isolated in much the same way as Japan, but had abundant natural resources. Africa was colonized beginning in 1880, and decolonized circa 1960. But to this day it's still hopelessly backward and needs handouts.
The difference is in the people who live in Japan and who live in Africa. Notice that there's no Japan development agency.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 07, 2025 04:49 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: rickb223 at March 07, 2025 04:50 PM (A7Jfs)
Those guys were dope.
Literally.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 07, 2025 04:34 PM
Wow, Jack Wild has been dead for 19 years.
I would say that he will be missed but, apparently not.
Posted by: Grump928(C) Sunday is Vic's Birthday at March 07, 2025 04:50 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
We find the occasional pack rat nest on the ranch. Gasoline and a match is the cure.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 07, 2025 04:50 PM (/U5Yz)
Re: African Aid Agency
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions
Oh my! Now where can my state and county claim they're sending a cut of state opioid settlement settlement money?!
State Opioid Settlement Spending Decisions
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 07, 2025 04:50 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2025 04:40 PM (MGB5H)
I didn't fully pick up on this until I was much older. I just accepted that's how women were because that was my primary formative experience. Then one day I was like, "wait that's wrong. Like REALLY fucking wrong."
Posted by: Lessons learned disastrously late at March 07, 2025 04:51 PM (5TbUi)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 07, 2025 04:51 PM (2Km7O)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 07, 2025 04:35 PM (E7bCG)
As was the Argentine "Austral"
It is just a piece of paper, there is nothing magical about it, and if I made a copy of one it would be worth nothing unless you were dumb enough to take it.
as an object it has little intrincic value, and it makes terrible TP. The only value in it is the same that Dentalia shells or bushels of field peas had at one time "in the Western territories". They are only acceptable as a medium of exchange if everyone involved in the transaction accepts them as being representative of wealth.
IF you can set up a dollar like system that does not have actual dollars, just representation in a ledger, then you have a system . . . Just like a credit card system that you use every day when your boss gives you a direct deposit, you make purchases with a card, and you get a balance afterwards from the ATM or from the bank when you buy cheese at the grocery store.
Crypto is essentially that, without the bank, Visa company, being involved. Just a ledger run by the holders
Posted by: Kindltot at March 07, 2025 04:51 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deporte at March 07, 2025 04:51 PM (/ncst)
But not its people. Then you look at South Africa. Before and after.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at March 07, 2025 04:39 PM (wBaIH)
‘It was commies what done the old country in.’
Posted by: Eromero at March 07, 2025 04:51 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 07, 2025 04:52 PM (2Km7O)
Posted by: ScaryMary at March 07, 2025 04:52 PM (i/l90)
Sesame Street peaked around 1970 with the Mahna Mahna song. Should have ended it right there and just go into syndication.
Posted by: stuckInCalifornia at March 07, 2025 04:37 PM (HHTes)
I always like the Electric Company better. Morgan Freeman as Easy Reader was coooooool.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 07, 2025 04:53 PM (y9nCu)
And the WashPo's "Democracy Dies in Darkness" is clearly not a warning, but a Mission Statement.
Scott Jennings, on the other hand, is a national treasure. Smart, good-natured in spite of being in the snakepit of CNN, and an incredibly valuable voice of reason in that cacophony of craziness. Handsome, too.
Posted by: Beverly at March 07, 2025 04:53 PM (Epeb0)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
They will say anything to cover for deep state.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 07, 2025 04:53 PM (/lPRQ)
I always like the Electric Company better. Morgan Freeman as Easy Reader was coooooool.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 07, 2025 04:53 PM (y9nCu)
And they had Spider-Man
Posted by: HEY YOU GUUUUUYYYYSSS!!! at March 07, 2025 04:54 PM (5TbUi)
Posted by: Beverly at March 07, 2025 04:54 PM (Epeb0)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 07, 2025 04:49 PM (YqDXo)
That we know of.
Wouldn't surprise me if we're still funding some Japanese Development Agency from 1947 who are feverishly handing out grants to groups like "Japanese-American Friendship Committee" which is run by someone's brother in law.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 07, 2025 04:54 PM (uCjyK)
http://tiny.cc/luic001 (nypost)
Posted by: bonhomme at March 07, 2025 04:54 PM (lIio7)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 07, 2025 04:54 PM (NFX2v)
I will say that all Government workers have been branded with a broad brush as all lazy and worthless and that hurts as there are a lot of us that come to work everyday and bust our ass and actually care to do the best that we can and are always thinking on process improvement. There are also a lot who should be fired. What those numbers are in relation to each other I really don't know. I've also worked in the private sector and saw the same thing, it was just a little easier to fire someone but not by much. I'm a taxpayer too and the fraud, waste, and abuse in the Federal government pisses me off to no end. We just lost 4 employees in their probation period that were excellent that were needed and hard to replace. I pray for better days ahead for all of us.
Posted by: Cheri at March 07, 2025 04:54 PM (oiNtH)
Posted by: Grump928(C) Sunday is Vic's Birthday at March 07, 2025 04:55 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Crusader at March 07, 2025 04:55 PM (azSra)
Foreignassistance.gov says we recently issued the following grant to "Japan": "$965k - Partnership for Living Better"
And who could be against a partnership for living better?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 07, 2025 04:56 PM (uCjyK)
My guess: Hackman's wacky oriental wife gave Gene & the dog an overdose of pills, then overdosed herself.
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 07, 2025 04:56 PM (uotK4)
Posted by: stuckInCalifornia at March 07, 2025 04:37 PM (HHTes)
Weapons grade earworm.
Posted by: tcn in AK at March
That was The Muppet Show. Which was wonderful.
Actually they did it on both shows. The skit was that popular.
Posted by: stuckInCalifornia at March 07, 2025 04:56 PM (HHTes)
Posted by: Grump928(C) Sunday is Vic's Birthday at March 07, 2025 04:57 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Kindltot at March 07, 2025 04:51 PM (D7oie)
What it lacks is anyone who can be held to account if the whole enterprise fails, or is hacked.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 07, 2025 04:57 PM (8zz6B)
virus, my ass
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 07, 2025 04:57 PM (uotK4)
Foreignassistance.gov says we recently issued the following grant to "Japan": "$965k - Partnership for Living Better"
And who could be against a partnership for living better?
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If they wanted to send me $965,000 I would partner with them to make sure I lived better too.
Posted by: Crusader at March 07, 2025 04:57 PM (azSra)
Posted by: ScaryMary
Sigmund the Seamonster.
HR Puffenstuff
the true star was witchiepoo
Posted by: anachronda at March 07, 2025 04:57 PM (oY6Yp)
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Sowell should stick to economics and keep his sociological theories to himself.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 07, 2025 04:58 PM (E7bCG)
And who could be against a partnership for living better?
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 07, 2025 04:56 PM (uCjyK)
They better start making babies or they're going to be in even worse trouble than they already are.
Posted by: South Korea too. And the US. at March 07, 2025 04:58 PM (5TbUi)
Posted by: Crusader at March 07, 2025 04:57 PM (azSra)
Tell me about it.
I would love for them to be my partner in my living better as well.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 07, 2025 04:58 PM (uCjyK)
Posted by: Grump928(C) Sunday is Vic's Birthday at March 07, 2025 04:58 PM (jc0TO)
But not its people. Then you look at South Africa. Before and after.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at March 07, 2025 04:39 PM (wBaIH)
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Or Rhodesia/Zimbabwe.
The navigable rivers and deep water ports argument is rubbish. The implication is that a lack of foreign contact caused the backwardness. But Japan had essentially zero foreign contact before Commodore Perry, and of course has no navigable rivers and most of the country is mountainous. Didn't stop Japan.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 07, 2025 04:58 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deporte at March 07, 2025 04:58 PM (/ncst)
Forensics say she died a week before him, though.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 07, 2025 04:59 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: garrett at March 07, 2025 04:59 PM (oa1NA)
Lots of people make excuses for Africa. Jared Diamond claimed a lack of domesticated animals held Africa back.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 07, 2025 04:49 PM (YqDXo)
Jared Diamond is full of shit. Cruelty fan VDH wrote Carnage and Culture in response to Diamond's totally wrong Guns, Germs and Steel.
As I've described it in the past, Carnage and Culture is a book-length exercise in repeatedly kicking Diamond in the nutsack.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 07, 2025 04:59 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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That's the full faith and credibility part.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 07, 2025 04:59 PM (E7bCG)
No covering that up.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 07, 2025 04:59 PM (/lPRQ)
I agree with everything you said. I suppose it makes some people feel good to trash all of us, but that doesn't make it any more true. There are real people, good people, who are being hurt. Does that mean Trump should stop? No, of course not, but it's also no reason to revel in the damage done to people's lives because non-Feds suffered as well over the last administration.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 07, 2025 04:59 PM (xCA6C)
Posted by: South Korea too. And the US. at March 07, 2025 04:58 PM (5TbUi)
I don't know if I fully buy in to that.
Japan has been around for a long time as a culture. And they've certainly had ebbs and flows in population numbers.
Yes, it will be an adjustment and probably result in a lower standard of living (temporarily) for younger people.
But fewer people will mean property is cheaper and jobs pay more, so it may come out in the wash.
I don't think any economic or welfare system based on infinite population growth is very sustainable, frankly.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 07, 2025 05:00 PM (uCjyK)
Posted by: There is no beloved property leftists cannot ruin at March 07, 2025 04:47 PM (5TbUi)
The neighbor boy wants to suck your dick. *everyone breaks out in song*
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at March 07, 2025 05:00 PM (g8Ew8)
Don't we all.
Posted by: Grump928(C) Sunday is Vic's Birthday at March 07, 2025 04:57 PM (jc0TO)
Human life itself is a sexually-transmitted terminal condition.
Posted by: Recycle. Reuse. Repeat. at March 07, 2025 05:00 PM (5TbUi)
Didn't I see them do it on the Red Skelton show before that?
Posted by: fd at March 07, 2025 05:00 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: whig at March 07, 2025 05:00 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Grump928(C) Sunday is Vic's Birthday at March 07, 2025 05:00 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: whig at March 07, 2025 04:49 PM (ctrM5)
But the Federal Reserve saved us from a worse fate!
Posted by: Kindltot at March 07, 2025 05:00 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon.
I recall, some years ago, there was an outbreak of plague in New Mexico (rodents were the vector in that case, also).
Posted by: Paco at March 07, 2025 05:00 PM (mADJX)
Posted by: Deplorable Minion at March 07, 2025 05:01 PM (QSrLX)
Warner Bros. Discovery, which owns Max, announced that, after 10 years, it was not renewing its deal to fund new episodes of the iconic children's series.
I am shocked, shocked that the FNM lied to me that cutting NRP funding would kill off Big Bird.
Posted by: PaleRider at March 07, 2025 05:01 PM (34pOu)
Wait wait, so we are doing this to fucking kids? And THEN someone thought "Hmm, maybe we should try this out on mice?" But it really is safe and effective on kids. No worries.
Posted by: El Mariachi at March 07, 2025 05:01 PM (mvURQ)
Posted by: PaleRider at March 07, 2025 05:01 PM (34pOu)
Posted by: Braenyard
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I wouldn't brag about that regarding the US government. Pretty much the US has pissed on both parts of that equation.
Posted by: whig at March 07, 2025 05:01 PM (ctrM5)
Snape! He's a bad motha--
shut yo mouf!
But I'm just talkin 'bout Snape!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 07, 2025 05:02 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Deplorable Minion at March 07, 2025 05:02 PM (QSrLX)
Posted by: Pug Mahon at March 07, 2025 05:02 PM (HG+uw)
Trump pulls $400 million in grants and contracts from Columbia U over their pro-Hamas campus activities.
http://tiny.cc/luic001 (nypost)
Posted by: bonhomme
Yeah, old news. Speaking of old news, ever see this roadside shooting of a State Police officer? **Do Not Watch If You Don't Want To See A Human Get Shot Multiple Times**
https://is.gd/ZfMvqL
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 07, 2025 05:02 PM (uotK4)
As I've described it in the past, Carnage and Culture is a book-length exercise in repeatedly kicking Diamond in the nutsack.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 07, 2025 04:59 PM (y9nCu)
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Agreed. I read Diamond's poxy book, which should have been subtitled "It Ain't Their Fault!" when in fact it IS their fault.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 07, 2025 05:02 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: ScaryMary at March 07, 2025 05:02 PM (i/l90)
Posted by: Is that what you're saying? at March 07, 2025 05:03 PM (5TbUi)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 07, 2025 04:59 PM (E7bCG)
Incredibly, I have no faith in crypto promoters.
Now, I might consider using crypto as a transactional medium, same as I once used traveler's checks. But as a store of value? No way.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 07, 2025 05:03 PM (8zz6B)
Just getting it wet with water will stop the dust, which is what you get sick from.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 07, 2025 05:03 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 07, 2025 04:58 PM (YqDXo)
I don't know why we have to argue about this. The answer to this question is easily obtained by googleing "average IQ by country".
Sierra Leone has an average IQ of 52. I don't care how many rivers they have or don't have, when the AVERAGE in your country is 33 IQ points below what is typically considered the cut off for mentally "slow" people (85), I don't think you're going to be creating the next Google.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 07, 2025 05:03 PM (uCjyK)
Posted by: Kindltot
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Can't say that the era of central banking has improved the West. Instead, it seems to have enabled a steady impoverishment of average citizens.
Posted by: whig at March 07, 2025 05:03 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Beverly at March 07, 2025 05:03 PM (Epeb0)
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at March 07, 2025 05:04 PM (w6EFb)
Didn't I see them do it on the Red Skelton show before that?
Posted by: fd at March 07, 2025 05:00 PM (vFG9F)
It goes back to the Ed Sullivan show when the Muppets were first catching people's attention.
So..what? Early 60s?
Posted by: naturalfake at March 07, 2025 05:04 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Paco at March 07, 2025 05:00 PM (mADJX)
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Happens periodically in rural California, too.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 07, 2025 05:04 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Paco at March 07, 2025 05:04 PM (mADJX)
My guess: Hackman's wacky oriental wife gave Gene & the dog an overdose of pills, then overdosed herself.
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Forensics say she died a week before him, though.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Wow, even more clever than I had guessed.
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 07, 2025 05:04 PM (uotK4)
That's not his argument. Its that its very difficult to get major economic activity with the poor navigable rivers. You can't move much down river with all the huge waterfalls and choke points. Look at how well Egypt did with just the one section of the Nile they could work with. Sowell does a great job making sense of it from an economic perspective and how civilizations build.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 07, 2025 05:04 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
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Author Mortimer Dalyrymple (actually a doctor under a pen name) had a whole series of dystopic stories of his time in Africa. Kim DuToit, likewise. I believe them over Jared's tall tales.
Posted by: whig at March 07, 2025 05:05 PM (ctrM5)
That's the best deal going.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 07, 2025 05:05 PM (E7bCG)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 07, 2025 04:57 PM (8zz6B)
Bear Stearns got paid off with my tax monies, and inflationary paper that I get to eat every single day I buy something or hold it in the bank. Citybank as well, AND they all got bonuses.
No one was held to account.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 07, 2025 05:05 PM (D7oie)
Sierra Leone has an average IQ of 52. I don't care how many rivers they have or don't have, when the AVERAGE in your country is 33 IQ points below what is typically considered the cut off for mentally "slow" people (85), I don't think you're going to be creating the next Google.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 07, 2025 05:03 PM (uCjyK)
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That's kinda what I was getting at. And 85 is the average IQ of a certain demographic in the US.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 07, 2025 05:06 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Grump928(C) Sunday is Vic's Birthday
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Man of my heart. Trump said we should have left them alone and taken their oil.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 07, 2025 05:06 PM (E7bCG)
As I've described it in the past, Carnage and Culture is a book-length exercise in repeatedly kicking Diamond in the nutsack.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 07, 2025 04:59 PM (y9nCu)
Hell, Carlo Cipolla wrote better books about development than Diamond ever dreamed about, in 1965. Not only was Diamond an idiot, he was plowing ideas better worked up while he was still in diapers.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 07, 2025 05:07 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 07, 2025 05:04 PM (2VST1)
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The number of navigable rivers in Japan? Zero.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 07, 2025 05:08 PM (YqDXo)
I wonder if the size of Japan and its topography is significant here?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 07, 2025 05:08 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Darth Randall at March 07, 2025 05:09 PM (f1kZG)
That's the best deal going.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 07, 2025 05:05 PM (E7bCG)
Rah rah, sismboombah, and a fistbump dude, but that is not an argument.
look, first figure out how dollars are made, then we can talk.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 07, 2025 05:09 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 07, 2025 05:09 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: Grump928(C) Sunday is Vic's Birthday at March 07, 2025 05:10 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
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My theory is that having a climate mild enough that you can survive wearing nothing but a gourd on your dick the resulting lack of mental challenge retards development.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 07, 2025 05:10 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Grump928(C) Sunday is Vic's Birthday at March 07, 2025 05:10 PM (jc0TO)
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But most of the country is mountainous.
Furthermore, Japan essentially did not engage in foreign trade before Commodore Perry opened it up.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 07, 2025 05:12 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 07, 2025 05:10 PM (/lPRQ)
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Makes sense. See also the natives of Hawaii.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 07, 2025 05:14 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 07, 2025 05:16 PM (E7bCG)
Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high
Your daddy's rich and your ma is good-lookin'
So hush, little baby, baby, don't you cry
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 07, 2025 05:18 PM (E7bCG)
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I guess the dog did too. Smells fishy.
Posted by: Maj. Healey
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They must have had a maid.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 07, 2025 04:42 PM (E7bCG)
ONLY she did...he died 6 days later of heart disease, severe Alzheimer's, and generally being 95 with no caretaker...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 07, 2025 05:20 PM (exHjb)
Posted by: Nova Local
Nothing fishy about it.
Had two relatives die in a similar manner.
Caretaker/spouse collapsed and died in the hallway due to flu or COVID and the wife suffering from dementia covered him with a blanket so he wouldn't get cold while sleeping (they guessed).
The one suffering from dementia died about a week later from not eating or drinking.
This is from memory and the side of tge family I wasn't close with.
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