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Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 07, 2025 06:50 PM (e5NfL) 2
And we could use some more travel bans right about now.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 07, 2025 06:50 PM (e5NfL) 3
late & gay Posted by: Soothsayer at March 07, 2025 06:50 PM (uotK4) 4
The reason we say “an European nonprofit” is because originally it was “A Neuropean Nonprofit” and we just held onto it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 07, 2025 06:52 PM (Tx67K) 5
Sounds more like Voice of UK, but I'm not surprised.
Posted by: Paco at March 07, 2025 06:53 PM (mADJX) Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 07, 2025 06:55 PM (x0n13) Posted by: Zeera , The People Are Coming at March 07, 2025 06:56 PM (L9NLB) 8
An European nonprofit? Where do you come down on this? I think the rule is that you use "an" before a vowel sound. And "Europe" begins with a y-vowel sound. Y is a vowel in some cases but not others. I think in this case it's a consonant sound.
--- In German it is "Oywropean" so the N is appropriate. Americans call it "Yerupe" but it could be "Oorope." Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 07, 2025 06:56 PM (ZOv7s) 9
Also depends on if you consider the written form vs the spoken.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 07, 2025 06:57 PM (ZOv7s) Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 07, 2025 06:57 PM (ufFY8) 11
I wonder if it's autocorrect, which just looks at letters.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 07, 2025 06:58 PM (ZOv7s) 12
These people have been seeded throughout the government. They watch each other's backs. They hire each other. The promote each other. We are literally paying them to subvert and undermine our precious democracy.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 07, 2025 06:58 PM (RIvkX) 13
5 Sounds more like Voice of UK, but I'm not surprised.
Posted by: Paco at March 07, 2025 06:53 PM (mADJX) UK already surrendered to the caliphate. Posted by: Eromero at March 07, 2025 06:58 PM (LHPAg) Posted by: Discarded BOC lyrics at March 07, 2025 06:59 PM (ufFY8) 15
Just like "an historic".
Fuck that. It's "a historic". Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 07, 2025 06:57 PM (ufFY ![]() --- "An historic" inserts a consonant break. "A historic" lacks the proper break. The goal is to make the words distinct. "A historic" sounds like "Ahistoric" that is "not historic". Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 07, 2025 07:00 PM (ZOv7s) Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 07, 2025 07:01 PM (ufFY8) 17
Farivar's presence at VOA is part of the larger story of another USAID project backfiring badly.
Sounds like the project worked exactly as intended. Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 07, 2025 07:01 PM (xTIDn) 18
Kill the whole program
Posted by: Skip i at March 07, 2025 07:01 PM (fwDg9) 19
I am inConsonant, and so must be disemvoweled...
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 07, 2025 06:55 PM (x0n13) === I lghd! Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 07, 2025 07:02 PM (RIvkX) 20
Where is Kari Lake and her sledgehammer?
Posted by: Kindltot at March 07, 2025 07:02 PM (D7oie) 21
Sounds like the project worked exactly as intended.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 07, 2025 07:01 PM (xTIDn) --- Only if the right people got paid. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 07, 2025 07:02 PM (ZOv7s) 22
Why is VOA still around? The Cold War ended years ago, but here it is. Shut it down already, no one is listening anyways. Just another grift like NATO.
Posted by: NPR Too at March 07, 2025 07:03 PM (R/m4+) 23
An urinal.
Posted by: davidt at March 07, 2025 07:03 PM (i0F8b) 24
Europe doesn't deserve an an.
Posted by: fd at March 07, 2025 07:03 PM (vFG9F) 25
I'm a little more concerned by people like Maher Bitar who was in the national security apparatus. What accounting has there been of the damage done by him and his fellow travelers there?
How many of them remain in place? How many of them remain on congressional committee staff? Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 07, 2025 07:03 PM (RIvkX) 26
Vwls r vstly vrrtd, y knw.
Posted by: Cymru Moronau at March 07, 2025 07:03 PM (a3Q+t) Posted by: MkY at March 07, 2025 07:03 PM (cPGH3) 28
An Hysteria.
Posted by: davidt at March 07, 2025 07:04 PM (i0F8b) 29
Yet it is apparently ok to use either "an urologist" or "a urologist."
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 07, 2025 07:04 PM (Dm8we) 30
The goal is to make the words distinct. "A historic" sounds like "Ahistoric" that is "not historic".
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 07, 2025 07:00 PM (ZOv7s) Good point; never thought of that. Still sounds ghey to me. Not lame, though. Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 07, 2025 07:04 PM (ufFY8) 31
Where is Kari Lake and her sledgehammer?
Posted by: Kindltot at March 07, 2025 07:02 PM (D7oie) ===== I'm very unhappy she has not been given a more prominent role by PDT. Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 07, 2025 07:04 PM (RIvkX) Posted by: olddog in mo at March 07, 2025 07:05 PM (XEtb+) 33
An hysterectomy
Posted by: MkY at March 07, 2025 07:05 PM (cPGH3) 34
I am inConsonant, and so must be disemvoweled...
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 07, 2025 06:55 PM (x0n13) === Can you be more pacific? Posted by: Diogenes at March 07, 2025 07:05 PM (W/lyH) 35
An hyperbole
Posted by: MkY at March 07, 2025 07:05 PM (cPGH3) 36
WTAF? Leftard aged rocker Morrissey actually says something *intelligent* and not just Communist?! Where am I? Do they still spell it “Berenstain Bears” with an “a” here?
Posted by: He learned almost too late that Moron is a feeling creature at March 07, 2025 07:06 PM (7kSOl) 37
Vwls r vstly vrrtd, y knw.
Posted by: Cymru Moronau at March 07, 2025 07:03 PM (a3Q+t) ==== Printed Hebrew does not use vowels. Posted by: Wesley Crusher at March 07, 2025 07:06 PM (RIvkX) 38
208 191 Can someone throw together a space station shaped like a hand giving the middle finger? It'd be awesome...every rotation the US flips off the entire world. If nasty aliens show up from outer space, we're giving them a heads up. - Orson
Let's build it like the "Bonb Mohammad" cartoon. Posted by: Stateless...48% - mental state clawing up from 10% at March 07, 2025 07:06 PM (jvJvP) 39
Just like "an historic".
Fuck that. It's "a historic". Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 07, 2025 06:57 It is "an historic" because the stressed syllable is the second, and not first syllable. In opposition, it is "a histamine" because the stressed syllable is the first syllable. You may write it however you like, but please be aware that I am judging you silently. I may be deeply disapproving of your choices. Posted by: Kindltot at March 07, 2025 07:07 PM (D7oie) 40
But J.J.'s right... Churchill used "an historic" so it's good enough for me.
Posted by: MkY at March 07, 2025 07:07 PM (cPGH3) 41
Where is Kari Lake and her sledgehammer?
Posted by: Kindltot at March 07, 2025 Tanned, rested, and ready with my "sledgehammer". Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at March 07, 2025 07:07 PM (ufFY8) 42
"Vwls r vstly vrrtd, y knw.
Posted by: Cymru Moronau" Hah. That actually works perfectly. Tht ctlly wrks prfctly Posted by: eleven at March 07, 2025 07:08 PM (0HaGk) 43
Morrisey hasn’t been relevant in 30 years. Plus his shit’s all retarded. He can enjoy Londonistan.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at March 07, 2025 07:08 PM (GTqXr) 44
Did you see the Ramadan even at Windsor castle from the UK? I'm surprised they didn't prostrate themselves in front of of the muslims and kiss their feet.
Posted by: steevy at March 07, 2025 07:08 PM (KQk9m) 45
שְׁתוֹק Wesley
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 07, 2025 07:08 PM (RIvkX) 46
>> Farivar has since mourned Awal Gul wondering "how many other Awalguls languish in Gitmo."
I’ll take “not enough” for $500, Alec Posted by: Vengeance at March 07, 2025 07:09 PM (Gdqmt) 47
Farivar definitely ain't no Walid Shoebat.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 07, 2025 07:09 PM (mB6WH) 48
It’s not our precious democracy; it’s their precious bureaucracy.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 07, 2025 07:09 PM (BHlFn) 49
An European nonprofit? Where do you come down on this? I think the rule is that you use "an" before a vowel sound.
The trick here is when the "y" at the beginning of "Europe" is silent. An oor-o-peon It's the Elitilogical pronunskiation. Posted by: mindful webworker - master of linualistics at March 07, 2025 07:09 PM (+QBnl) Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 07, 2025 07:09 PM (x0n13) 51
Did you see the Ramadan even at Windsor castle from the UK? I'm surprised they didn't prostrate themselves in front of of the muslims and kiss their feet.
Posted by: steevy at March 07, 2025 07:08 PM (KQk9m) Time for a pig roast on the front lawn! Tomorrow noon! Bring your friends! Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 07, 2025 07:09 PM (VNX3d) 52
Yet it is apparently ok to use either "an urologist" or "a urologist."
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 07, 2025 07:04 PM (Dm8we) The former could be confused with " a neurologist". Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 07, 2025 07:10 PM (8zz6B) Posted by: eleven at March 07, 2025 07:10 PM (0HaGk) 54
48 It’s not our precious democracy; it’s their precious bureaucracy.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 07, 2025 07:09 PM (BHlFn) Precious = dog in Buffalo Bill's basement Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 07, 2025 07:10 PM (x0n13) 55
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Since when is "u" a consonant? EuroPEON starts with a "u" sound. "An European" is the English of Queen Charles. "A European" is irrelevant because ... America First Baby. Posted by: Marooned at March 07, 2025 07:12 PM (kt8QE) 56
13 UK already surrendered to the caliphate. - Eromero
Serious question: does a muezzin call the faithful to prayer from Big Ben yet? Posted by: Paco at March 07, 2025 07:13 PM (mADJX) 57
A Yerapeein.
Posted by: fd at March 07, 2025 07:13 PM (vFG9F) 58
Good Lord. Hackman’s Alzheimer’s was so bad he wandered around aimlessly in the house for a week after his wife died until he died. Did the man not have family.
Posted by: Vengeance at March 07, 2025 07:13 PM (Gdqmt) 59
VOA has been around to spread the Democrats/ Marxists H8 of America
Posted by: Skip i at March 07, 2025 07:13 PM (fwDg9) 60
>>I'm very unhappy she has not been given a more prominent role by PDT.
I think her role is a lot more consequential than it appears. And as a former reporter/media type she knows the medium. VOA is our foreign propaganda arm, and now more than foreign thanks to Obama, and we have not been represented well around the world. Posted by: JackStraw at March 07, 2025 07:14 PM (LkLld) Posted by: mindful webworker - how to pronunsciate, by Popeye at March 07, 2025 07:14 PM (+QBnl) 62
Latest lie from the MSM about what Trump and Hesgeth are doing. They're banning pictures of the B-29 that nuked Hiroshima because it's named the Enola Gay and they don't want no pervert planes!
https://is.gd/mlsPz5 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at March 07, 2025 07:14 PM (L/fGl) 63
51 Did you see the Ramadan even at Windsor castle from the UK? I'm surprised they didn't prostrate themselves in front of of the muslims and kiss their feet.
Posted by: steevy at March 07, 2025 07:08 PM (KQk9m) Time for a pig roast on the front lawn! Tomorrow noon! Bring your friends! Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 07, 2025 07:09 PM (VNX3d) Did they PROSTATE themselves? Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 07, 2025 07:14 PM (x0n13) 64
"Good Lord. Hackman’s Alzheimer’s was so bad he wandered around aimlessly in the house for a week after his wife died until he died. Did the man not have family.
Posted by: Vengeance " Or her? Posted by: eleven at March 07, 2025 07:14 PM (0HaGk) 65
"An historic", "a historic"...Too much more of this and I'm going to throw an hissy fit.
Posted by: Paco at March 07, 2025 07:14 PM (mADJX) 66
Latest lie from the MSM about what Trump and Hesgeth are doing. They're banning pictures of the B-29 that nuked Hiroshima because it's named the Enola Gay and they don't want no pervert planes!
Malicious compliance by the Smithsonian staff. Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 07, 2025 07:15 PM (xTIDn) 67
The goal is to make the words distinct. "A historic" sounds like "Ahistoric" that is "not historic".
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 07, 2025 07:00 PM If you say it in Cockney it's AN. Posted by: Grump928(C) Sunday is Vic's Birthday at March 07, 2025 07:15 PM (jc0TO) 68
63 the muslims saved that for the goats
Posted by: steevy at March 07, 2025 07:15 PM (KQk9m) 69
OT: Don Jr. asking =f Mediaite is "fucking retarded" is the voicer of my generation.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 07, 2025 07:15 PM (ZOv7s) 70
47 Farivar definitely ain't no Walid Shoebat.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 07, 2025 07:09 PM (mB6WH) Shoebat. Is that a cricket thing? Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 07, 2025 07:16 PM (x0n13) 71
I am against the thing
Posted by: Don Black at March 07, 2025 07:16 PM (AOsQT) 72
If you say it in Cockney it's AN.
Posted by: Grump928(C) Sunday is Vic's Birthday at March 07, 2025 07:15 PM (jc0TO) --- If you say it in Cockney it's "Oy, gobnah, is the istoric ictory isting?" Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 07, 2025 07:16 PM (ZOv7s) 73
Morrissey, like Musk, has been excommunicated from the church of the left for speaking heresy.
In fact, they both just spoke their minds. And it's not like Morrissey hasn't said dumb shit about the right all his life. Posted by: Grudge Harbor at March 07, 2025 07:16 PM (4DY5T) 74
"Latest lie from the MSM about what Trump and Hesgeth are doing. They're banning pictures of the B-29 that nuked Hiroshima because it's named the Enola Gay and they don't want no pervert planes!
https://is.gd/mlsPz5 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks" They'll go to their deathbeds thinking they're smarter than him, when he's been running circles around them since 2015. Posted by: eleven at March 07, 2025 07:16 PM (0HaGk) 75
Trump and Hegseth are so dumb they don't know that Enola was gay- AOC
Posted by: steevy at March 07, 2025 07:16 PM (KQk9m) 76
Oh yeah.
43 seconds in, and the Red Wings score against the Caps. Just hope they don't blow it like last night. Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 07, 2025 07:16 PM (ufFY8) 77
Did you see the Ramadan even at Windsor castle from the UK?
King Charles is the Defender of the Faith. He didn't say which Faith, however. Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 07, 2025 07:16 PM (xTIDn) 78
So... why the hell is this mf'er in this country getting paid by taxpayers??
Get off yer ass Roberts and quash these rogue judges. And you R congresscvnts submit a bill to scrap all fed courts except the supremes. Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 07, 2025 07:17 PM (B9Du3) 79
Damn it. At least I got the "Fucking retarded" part correct.
Because it is the language of my people. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 07, 2025 07:17 PM (ZOv7s) 80
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Serious question: does a muezzin call the faithful to prayer from Big Ben yet? Posted by: Paco at March 07, 2025 07:13 PM (mADJX) No. Calls to prayer will be from the minerets of Westminster mosque. Posted by: Heavy Meta at March 07, 2025 07:17 PM (GTqXr) Posted by: Grump928(C) Sunday is Vic's Birthday at March 07, 2025 07:17 PM (jc0TO) 82
"An historic" inserts a consonant break. "A historic" lacks the proper break.
The goal is to make the words distinct. "A historic" sounds like "Ahistoric" that is "not historic". Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 07, 2025 07:00 PM (ZOv7s) You have to totally mangle your pace of speaking to say an historic and its against the consonant rule. Brits use an 'istoric so they can swallow the H. Better yet is to rewrite the stupid sentence since a historic is just filler nonsense since anything and everything is historic. Posted by: Oldcat at March 07, 2025 07:17 PM (n7h9X) 83
Ayy. Eee Yooo. Rope eee ooo. Was once the top of the heap and owed NO tax. Nay grow , on the other hand: 30 days work a year. Look it up.
Posted by: Deplorable Minion at March 07, 2025 07:17 PM (QSrLX) 84
also what is Kari Lake supposed to be doing at VOA?
seems like the govt version of 'weather station above the Arctic Circle' Posted by: Don Black at March 07, 2025 07:18 PM (AOsQT) 85
King Charles is the Defender of the Faith.
He's the Caliph of England. Posted by: Grump928(C) Sunday is Vic's Birthday at March 07, 2025 07:17 PM (jc0TO) One of the Pope's titles is "Best Bridgebuilder" Posted by: Oldcat at March 07, 2025 07:18 PM (n7h9X) 86
JJ, Shoebat was a former jihadi terrorist that converted to Christianity. There used to be articles from him here.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 07, 2025 07:18 PM (mB6WH) 87
Next they'll unperson George Gay, sole survivor of Torpedo Squadron 8 at Midway, and George Custer, he dressed a little fruity.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at March 07, 2025 07:18 PM (L/fGl) 88
71 I am against the thing
Posted by: Don Black at March 07, 2025 07:16 PM (AOsQT) Box on Gomez Adams' Coffee table makes sad gesture a la Senor Wences.... Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 07, 2025 07:19 PM (x0n13) 89
Congressman Al Green, my representative, has been censured by the house with 9 Dems voting with the Rebubs. Speaker Johnson attempted to swat him with a newspaper while shouting "Bad Dog", but the remaining Dems stopped him.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at March 07, 2025 07:19 PM (Da7Vv) 90
also what is Kari Lake supposed to be doing at VOA?
seems like the govt version of 'weather station above the Arctic Circle' Posted by: Don Black at March 07, 2025 07:18 PM (AOsQT) Use that voice to entice people here. Posted by: Oldcat at March 07, 2025 07:19 PM (n7h9X) Posted by: Frankie the Talking Pope at March 07, 2025 07:19 PM (jc0TO) 92
87 Next they'll unperson George Gay, sole survivor of Torpedo Squadron 8 at Midway, and George Custer, he dressed a little fruity.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at March 07, 2025 07:18 PM (L/fGl) "Custer had long hair and liked nice horses!" -- George Carlin. Washington was a FAG - Federal Army General! Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 07, 2025 07:20 PM (x0n13) Posted by: Common Tater at March 07, 2025 07:20 PM (94neJ) 94
Americans call it "Yerupe" but it could be "Oorope." Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 07, 2025 06:56 PM (ZOv7s) Just call it faggy loser land? Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 07, 2025 07:20 PM (B9Du3) 95
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In German it is "Oywropean" so the N is appropriate. Americans call it "Yerupe" but it could be "Oorope." Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd --- The Germans can write in German the way Germans write in German. However, in the king's English the word Europe is preceded with an a. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 07, 2025 07:20 PM (E7bCG) 96
King Charles is the Defender of the Faith.
He didn't say which Faith, however. There have been rumors for years that Charles secretly converted to Islam. Those rumors now appear more plausible. I don't think either Charles or Starmer have acknowledged on social media or otherwise that the Lenten season has begun, despite numerous references to Ramadan. Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 07, 2025 07:21 PM (xTIDn) 97
96 I don't think either Charles or Starmer have acknowledged on social media or otherwise that the Lenten season has begun, despite numerous references to Ramadan.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 07, 2025 07:21 PM (xTIDn) They Passed Over it!.... Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 07, 2025 07:21 PM (x0n13) 98
Congressman Al Green, my representative, has been censured by the house with 9 Dems voting with the Rebubs. Speaker Johnson attempted to swat him with a newspaper while shouting "Bad Dog", but the remaining Dems stopped him.
Ooga Booga! Posted by: Al Green, IQ Of 60 at March 07, 2025 07:21 PM (R/m4+) 99
Go Red Wings!
Posted by: Paco at March 07, 2025 07:21 PM (mADJX) 100
You have to totally mangle your pace of speaking to say an historic and its against the consonant rule. Brits use an 'istoric so they can swallow the H. Better yet is to rewrite the stupid sentence since a historic is just filler nonsense since anything and everything is historic.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 07, 2025 07:17 PM (n7h9X) --- American English is complicate because we have regional variations and also the Irish "R" etc. Add into the fact that even educated people want to sound like they just emerged from a slum and use bad grammar on purpose. Total mess. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 07, 2025 07:22 PM (ZOv7s) Posted by: Frankie the Talking Pope at March 07, 2025 07:22 PM (jc0TO) 102
JJ there was a radio guy here for 10 years or so a great guy named Brian Sussman. He used to say his mind was "laid out like a ransom note."
Today your comments bring him to mind. Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 07, 2025 07:22 PM (RIvkX) 103
Arab money is the only thing keeping Ole Blighty afloat.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 07, 2025 07:22 PM (mB6WH) 104
"Latest lie from the MSM about what Trump and Hesgeth are doing. They're banning pictures of the B-29 that nuked Hiroshima because it's named the Enola Gay and they don't want no pervert planes!
https://is.gd/mlsPz5 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks" They'll go to their deathbeds thinking they're smarter than him, when he's been running circles around them since 2015. Posted by: eleven at March 07, 2025 07:16 PM (0HaGk) That has to be a MAGA op, because it is actually funny. Posted by: Oldcat at March 07, 2025 07:22 PM (n7h9X) 105
>>>90 also what is Kari Lake supposed to be doing at VOA?
--- It's a good opportunity for her to put those brains to work and grab a headline. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 07, 2025 07:23 PM (E7bCG) 106
Did they PROSTATE themselves?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 07, 2025 07:14 PM Ask Peg, IYKWIMAITTYD, old chap. Posted by: William Wales at March 07, 2025 07:23 PM (a3Q+t) 107
JJ. What's up with the no vic? You're an insider. Spill.
Posted by: Grump928(C) Sunday is Vic's Birthday at March 07, 2025 07:24 PM (jc0TO) 108
107 JJ. What's up with the no vic? You're an insider. Spill.
Posted by: Grump928(C) Sunday is Vic's Birthday at March 07, 2025 07:24 PM (jc0TO) No comprende? Huh? Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 07, 2025 07:25 PM (x0n13) 109
Growing up, we had a book about the White House, published during the Nixon era.
On the cover : The White House An Historic Guide That settled it for me. Posted by: Common Tater at March 07, 2025 07:26 PM (94neJ) 110
No comprende? Huh?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 07, 2025 07:25 PM Why can't we get vic on the Absent Friends list? Is this site really so crapped that no one can do it? Posted by: Grump928(C) Sunday is Vic's Birthday at March 07, 2025 07:26 PM (jc0TO) 111
No comprende? Huh?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 07, 2025 07:25 PM (x0n13) --- Why has vic been blackballed from the "Absent Friends" list? Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 07, 2025 07:26 PM (ZOv7s) 112
102 JJ there was a radio guy here for 10 years or so a great guy named Brian Sussman. He used to say his mind was "laid out like a ransom note."
Today your comments bring him to mind. Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 07, 2025 07:22 PM (RIvkX) College radio, late 70s early 80s. Music Director! Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 07, 2025 07:27 PM (x0n13) 113
62 Latest lie from the MSM about what Trump and Hesgeth are doing. They're banning pictures of the B-29 that nuked Hiroshima because it's named the Enola Gay and they don't want no pervert planes!
https://is.gd/mlsPz5 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, LOL!!! This is amazing!! The Babylon Bee just can't keep up. Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 07, 2025 07:27 PM (ntk8v) 114
111 No comprende? Huh?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 07, 2025 07:25 PM (x0n13) --- Why has vic been blackballed from the "Absent Friends" list? Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 07, 2025 07:26 PM (ZOv7s) It ain't me babe. I'm not party to whoever whatever is maintaining that list. I can axe? Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 07, 2025 07:28 PM (x0n13) 115
Please do. Sunday is his birthday so it can be a present.
Posted by: Grump928(C) Sunday is Vic's Birthday at March 07, 2025 07:28 PM (jc0TO) 116
It ain't me babe. I'm not party to whoever whatever is maintaining that list. I can axe? Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 07, 2025 07:28 PM (x0n13) --- A lot of folks would appreciate it. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 07, 2025 07:29 PM (ZOv7s) 117
About Vic. Did you read everything he commented on?
Posted by: Ben Had at March 07, 2025 07:29 PM (mB6WH) Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 07, 2025 07:29 PM (aPY1X) 119
hard vowels at the beginning open like a consonant
a united government... soft vowels open with an 'an; an ugly government... Posted by: DanMan at March 07, 2025 07:29 PM (8uzBS) 120
Sultan Charles Han, Padishah and Khan, Sultan us-Selatin, Commander of the Faithful, Sovereign of the Sublime House of Windsor, successor of the Prophet of the Lord of the Universe, etc., etc.
Posted by: Paco at March 07, 2025 07:29 PM (mADJX) 121
An European nonprofit?
Nope. Doesn't sound right. I go by the ear. A not An. Posted by: olddog in mo at March 07, 2025 07:05 PM (XEtb+) The name Europe comes from one of Zeus' girlfriends so it should be shunned. Posted by: Oldcat at March 07, 2025 07:30 PM (n7h9X) 122
Pop Sefton was a gun commander on a B-29. At least that was what he trained for and then they vaporized Hiroshima before he went overseas. Don't think I'd be here if that didn't happen. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 07, 2025 07:31 PM (x0n13) 123
About Vic. Did you read everything he commented on?
Was some of it problematic? If so, I never noticed that. Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 07, 2025 07:31 PM (mH6SG) 124
also, don't confuse historic with historical
Posted by: Don Black at March 07, 2025 07:32 PM (AOsQT) 125
Pop Sefton was a gun commander on a B-29.
Is that the gun looking out the bubble and working the remote guns? Or his boss? Posted by: Grump928(C) Sunday is Vic's Birthday at March 07, 2025 07:32 PM (jc0TO) 126
About Vic. Did you read everything he commented on?
Posted by: Ben Had at March 07, 2025 07:29 PM (mB6WH) --- I think people would like to hear reasons why rather than getting the silent treatment. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 07, 2025 07:33 PM (ZOv7s) 127
I have opinions about Vic z"l and not sure I read all his comments and I know he could be a provocateur sometimes unintentionally but I'm reserved about it because it's not my call. I miss hearing from him.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 07, 2025 07:33 PM (RIvkX) 128
125 Pop Sefton was a gun commander on a B-29.
Is that the gun looking out the bubble and working the remote guns? Or his boss? Posted by: Grump928(C) Sunday is Vic's Birthday at March 07, 2025 07:32 PM (jc0TO) Yes, top turret as well as all of the other guns if the other gunners were knocked out, Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 07, 2025 07:33 PM (x0n13) 129
Notorious BFD, sometimes one has to read ALL the comments.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 07, 2025 07:33 PM (mB6WH) Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 07, 2025 07:34 PM (B9Du3) 131
iirc he had been given a timeout once or twice.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 07, 2025 07:34 PM (RIvkX) 132
Notorious BFD, sometimes one has to read ALL the comments.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 07, 2025 07:33 PM (mB6WH) --- Let he who has not made an ass of himself cast the first stone. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 07, 2025 07:34 PM (ZOv7s) 133
Amazing accuracy in that analog gun computer on the B29. Air pressure, speed of the bomber and of the fighter all computed together.
Posted by: Grump928(C) Sunday is Vic's Birthday at March 07, 2025 07:35 PM (jc0TO) 134
130 Sovereign of the Sublime House of Windsor...
You mean Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 07, 2025 07:34 PM (B9Du3) Inbred hemophiliac Romanoffs, Battenburgs Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 07, 2025 07:35 PM (x0n13) Posted by: Don Black at March 07, 2025 07:35 PM (AOsQT) Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 07, 2025 07:35 PM (mH6SG) 137
I recall Ace once starting a gag where he announced he would use 'an' for everything, because it just sounds smarter.
Posted by: garrett at March 07, 2025 07:36 PM (oa1NA) 138
iirc he had been given a timeout once or twice.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 07, 2025 07:34 PM (RIvkX) --- I mean he's dead now, so expecting him to apologize is a bit much. Is there no forgiveness in the Horde? It's not like he's going to re-offend. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 07, 2025 07:36 PM (ZOv7s) 139
AH Lloyd, not the case here.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 07, 2025 07:36 PM (mB6WH) Posted by: MkY at March 07, 2025 07:36 PM (cPGH3) Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 07, 2025 07:37 PM (2VST1) Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 07, 2025 07:37 PM (mH6SG) 143
I know of no reason Vic shouldn't be posted on the list.
Posted by: Skip i at March 07, 2025 07:37 PM (fwDg9) 144
133 Amazing accuracy in that analog gun computer on the B29. Air pressure, speed of the bomber and of the fighter all computed together.
Posted by: Grump928(C) Sunday is Vic's Birthday at March 07, 2025 07:35 PM (jc0TO) He said that he and the other gunners still had to know what kind of Jap aircraft was approaching, the speed, wingspan and ther things, input it into the gizmo and then aim correctly before pushing the trigger. Pretty incredible. And then after the war, all these hugely expensive gizmos were sold off as so much scrap metal. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 07, 2025 07:37 PM (x0n13) 145
Inbred hemophiliac Romanoffs, Battenburgs
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 07, 2025 07:35 PM (x0n13) See. He's not even a true Scotsman... yet he likes to wear a dress! Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 07, 2025 07:38 PM (B9Du3) 146
Zero Hedge claims DHS has de-unionized airport screeners.
Posted by: torabora at March 07, 2025 07:38 PM (0Gnoc) 147
AH Lloyd, not the case here.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 07, 2025 07:36 PM (mB6WH) --- It would be nice to get a straight-up damnatio memoriae than non-responses to queries. His friends are owed at least that much. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 07, 2025 07:38 PM (ZOv7s) 148
Notorious BFD, sometimes one has to read ALL the comments.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 07, 2025 07:33 PM Is that considered Moronic? Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 07, 2025 07:38 PM (a3Q+t) 149
One of my all time favorite things here was this picture of vic.
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=338342 Those of us of a certain age either knew, or were, that guy right there. Posted by: Grump928(C) Sunday is Vic's Birthday at March 07, 2025 07:39 PM (jc0TO) 150
Pop Sefton was a gun commander on a B-29. At least that was what he trained for and then they vaporized Hiroshima before he went overseas.
Don't think I'd be here if that didn't happen. Posted by: J.J. Sefton My father was an armorer on P-47s with the 8th Air Force in Europe then when that to do was over volunteered as a gunner on B-29s but then the faggot plane nuked Hiroshima and he never made it over. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at March 07, 2025 07:39 PM (L/fGl) 151
Pretty incredible. And then after the war, all these hugely expensive gizmos were sold off as so much scrap metal.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 07, 2025 07:37 PM (x0n13) --- Because they were obsolete. Just all all the prop-driven fighters. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 07, 2025 07:39 PM (ZOv7s) Posted by: Zombie Abe Vigoda at March 07, 2025 07:39 PM (R/m4+) 153
I know of no reason Vic shouldn't be posted on the list.
Posted by: Skip We're old. Our brain arteries are getting hardened. Perhaps someone has a better memory? Always the impression I've gotten. Dunno Posted by: MkY at March 07, 2025 07:39 PM (cPGH3) 154
Europe in a coma, I know, I know it's serious...
Posted by: Mister Ghost at March 07, 2025 07:40 PM (TGPs7) 155
AH Lloyd, his friends might have cautioned him.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 07, 2025 07:40 PM (mB6WH) 156
An orexia.
Posted by: Zombie Karen Carpenter at March 07, 2025 07:40 PM (i0F8b) 157
Vic might be avoided for the stuff he did in the French and Indian wars
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 07, 2025 07:40 PM (2VST1) 158
How are things in here?
Posted by: Piper at March 07, 2025 07:40 PM (QzINz) 159
They said "gay"! He he he he he he!
Posted by: Beavis and Butthead, journalists at March 07, 2025 07:41 PM (L/fGl) 160
I never saw Vic say anything out of line with what goes on here.
Posted by: fd at March 07, 2025 07:41 PM (vFG9F) 161
How are things in here?
Posted by: Piper at March 07, 2025 07:40 PM Tepid, but possibly heating up. Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 07, 2025 07:41 PM (a3Q+t) 162
AH Lloyd, his friends might have cautioned him.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 07, 2025 07:40 PM (mB6WH) --- All his friends wanted was an acknowledgement that people knew he had died and was denied. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 07, 2025 07:41 PM (ZOv7s) 163
...and on the Seventh Day, He rested. On Vic's Porch.
Posted by: garrett at March 07, 2025 07:41 PM (oa1NA) Posted by: Case at March 07, 2025 07:42 PM (xcRXq) 165
Vic might be avoided for the stuff he did in the French and Indian wars
I still think he just moved on and changed his name. A guy that survived the sack of Carthage doesn't just die one day. Posted by: Grump928(C) Sunday is Vic's Birthday at March 07, 2025 07:42 PM (jc0TO) Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 07, 2025 07:42 PM (RIvkX) 167
NOOD Cafe!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 07, 2025 07:42 PM (VNX3d) 168
Cafe is NOOOOODDD!!!!!
Posted by: tankdemon at March 07, 2025 07:42 PM (aIl4i) 169
111 No comprende? Huh?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 07, 2025 07:25 PM (x0n13) --- Why has vic been blackballed from the "Absent Friends" list? Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd --- We either are a group or we are not. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 07, 2025 07:42 PM (E7bCG) 170
To the best of my knowledge nobody in my family fought in any wars, back to the beginning of the 20th century at least. Just age gaps, never really the right age. Grandfathers too old and sons too young, etc. My grandpa was about the right age to fight in WWI but he was from Denmark and I don't know how involved they were. Dad caught the very very end of the Korean war but was at home in Denver in the Air Force. I have his thank you for service from Ronald Reagan when dad died. I don't know if they still do it but they used to send those out when a vet died.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 07, 2025 07:43 PM (2VST1) 171
*backs out slowly*
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 07, 2025 07:43 PM (RIvkX) 172
Inbred hemophiliac Romanoffs, Battenburgs
Posted by: J.J. Sefton I liked in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" that the Button King from New York changed his name from Ginzberg to Mountginz. Posted by: Miklos is frequently amused at March 07, 2025 07:44 PM (RAvq7) 173
Best to stay out of blog management decisions. Usually there is a lot of untold stuff going on and no real reason to air dirty laundry discussed on back channels.
But, since Ace still refuses to accept anything but Paypal and I refuse to do biz with paypal on principle after their agreement change, if a payment is made to the Stripe for the Cut Jib, and whatever for CBD and JJ, can part of the payment be forwarded to Ace or is there some alternative payment way I am unaware of? Posted by: whig at March 07, 2025 07:44 PM (ctrM5) 174
Seriously, acknowledging that a Moron has died is not an endorsement of everything they have ever done, written, or thought about.
We have some really damaged people in this community, folks who veer from lovable to enraging. I am not a friend of vic. I recall him only vaguely, but I think this business of refusing to acknowledge his passing is really low class. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 07, 2025 07:44 PM (ZOv7s) 175
AH Lloyd, there is not a person on this blog that has not acknowledged that and kept his memory alive. He is certainly not forgotten.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 07, 2025 07:44 PM (mB6WH) 176
Dammit willowed.
Posted by: whig at March 07, 2025 07:45 PM (ctrM5) 177
also what is Kari Lake supposed to be doing at VOA?
seems like the govt version of 'weather station above the Arctic Circle' Posted by: Don Black at March 07, 2025 07:18 PM (AOsQT) Hopefully shutting it down? The idea we can bitch at other countries about getting involved in our elections and such, when we fund a pure propaganda Radio Network... is pretty self unaware. Posted by: Romeo13 at March 07, 2025 07:45 PM (QAkQ3) 178
175 AH Lloyd, there is not a person on this blog that has not acknowledged that and kept his memory alive. He is certainly not forgotten.
Posted by: Ben Had --- Crawfish? Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 07, 2025 07:46 PM (E7bCG) 179
It's just a tweet, so who knows, but "Breaking 911" says the administration has cut $400 million in federal funding to Columbia U for their failure to curtail antisemitism.
https://tinyurl.com/2xw7anv4 Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at March 07, 2025 07:49 PM (paSBy) 180
It's just a tweet, so who knows, but "Breaking 911" says the administration has cut $400 million in federal funding to Columbia U for their failure to curtail antisemitism.
Noted earlier today https://tinyurl.com/7wwempuv Posted by: Grump928(C) Sunday is Vic's Birthday at March 07, 2025 07:51 PM (jc0TO) Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at March 07, 2025 07:52 PM (paSBy) 182
Karo Lake is incompetent. It was either Milo or Loomer that had the rundown on her and how Trump didn't want her to run for governor in Arizona - she just wasn't that popular.
She really has only one job with the VOA, reduce the bureaucracy in the organization and bring in more objective journalists... Posted by: Mister Ghost at March 07, 2025 07:52 PM (TGPs7) 183
"AH Lloyd, there is not a person on this blog that has not acknowledged that and kept his memory alive. He is certainly not forgotten"
That is certainly true. So why has someone refused to put his name in a place of honor. One thing that gets everyone's nerve around here is people lacking accountability and hiding the truth. Did I mention elitism? Either take the Absent Friends sidebar down or add vic or explain why he's not worthy. Posted by: Democrats, NGOs, Judges, etc. at March 07, 2025 07:58 PM (QB+5g) 184
Sock off
Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at March 07, 2025 07:59 PM (QB+5g) Posted by: Grump928(C) Sunday is Vic's Birthday at March 07, 2025 08:00 PM (jc0TO) Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 07, 2025 08:00 PM (ynpvh) 187
Cockney - Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle - in ‘Artford, ‘Ereford and ’Ampshire, ‘Urricanes ‘ardly hever ‘appen.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 07, 2025 08:17 PM (EnO9j) 188
Pug yet plain species is Bison bison bison
Posted by: Skip i at March 07, 2025 08:06 PM (fwDg9) and yet I don't call dogs, "Canis" and I don't call cats "felix" and I certainly don't call pigs "sus" Posted by: Kindltot at March 07, 2025 08:23 PM (D7oie) 189
Good California morning KT.
I'm a long-time Bakersfield gardener and lurker, first-time commenter. Gavin is running for President 2028. Look at this from his point of view. He is termed out and cannot run for California Governor in 2026. He can't have a Republican California Governor if he is running for President. He can't help a potential Democrat 2028 Presidential Challenger become California Governor either. Gavin will do anything to elect a weak puppet for Governor in 2026, not Kamala. Can you imagine the crazy things a successful 2026 Gavin Puppet Governor would do to help Gavin in 2028? Posted by: Bill Lever at March 08, 2025 01:40 PM (+Oilw) 190
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